Male-Oriented Cultivation Novels with a Male Lead Devoted to Cultivation, Great Talent, and No Harem 男主一心修仙，资质好，无后宫的男频修仙小说

1. 151 大 The Big Shot Is a Little Twisted Because He's Too Refined 大佬因太过斯文而有些变态 Clingy Grain穗穗黏黏Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Decisive and Ruthless] x [No Romance] x [Ridiculous Power Fantasy] x [Unhinged but Handsome Male Lead] x [Refined Pervert] “Executioner No. 001, mission completed perfectly.” After dying, Yan Wugui, who had spent ten years in a psychiatric hospital, became an executioner for the Myriad Worlds System. He travels across the heavens and countless realms to hunt down rule-breakers and keep the worlds running as they should. An executioner? Call me the Reaper. [System] Executioner No. 001. Assassina 19.5kReads9.4Score3.9kShelves
2. 152 我 My Senior Brother Is Too Strong 我的师兄太强了 Ke Ning可宁Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsCompleted Original title: My Senior Brother Is Too Strong The eldest senior brother is diligent and tireless, while the second senior brother likes to sneak off and take it easy. The eldest senior brother is hailed as a genius, while the second is the disgrace of the sect. Until one day, the junior sister discovers that the second senior brother is pretty amazing too... This blurb does it no justice. Read the story for yourself... 62.2kReads8.2Score4.2kShelves
3. 153 没EN There's Always Someone More Cautious 没有最苟的只有更苟的 The Flowers Bloomed in My Friend's Hometown朋友故乡的花开了Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted What is an immortal? What is a demon? What is righteous? What is evil? It all comes down to what the victors say! With absolute power, no matter how cunning your schemes, how brilliant your plans, how overwhelming your fortune, whether you are Heaven’s favored child or blessed with one opportunity after another, you can still only be crushed… Qin Fusu of the Great Qin Dynasty had been its crown prince since childhood. As the saying goes, a man of great wealth should not sit beneath a dangerous r 6.5kReads9.0Score477Shelves

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   This book is really good!

4. 154 凡EN Mortal Cultivation: Ten Thousand Corpses Forge an Immortal Bone 凡人修仙，万尸铸仙骨 Swimming Champion游泳冠军Eastern Fantasy4.8M WordsOngoing Demonic cultivation + no System + scheming underdog + decisive and ruthless. This book is dark, so don't read it if that's not your thing. The moment Song Wen kills the frail little beggar and seizes his blood and soul, every cell in his body cheers and leaps with excitement. His mind races, and he knows that killing will be part of his life from now on. For survival and immortality, he'll stop at nothing: petty schemes, conspiracies, and ruthless slaughter. On the road to immortality, bones are 96kReads8.9Score8.2kShelves

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   The protagonist is single-mindedly focused on cultivating immortality (currently there is no female lead), has average aptitude, and his cultivation method leans towards the Corpse Demon Path (Soul Devouring and Corpse Refining). He believes that enemies must die, is not a saint, and lives in a dark forest-like world of cultivation.

5. 155 灵EN A Blind Swordsman's Sword Coffin 灵墟，剑棺，瞎剑客 Cooked Laifu Pigeon煮熟的来福鸽Eastern Fantasy8.8M WordsOngoing [No System] [Genius Swordsmanship] [Passionate] [Decisive and Ruthless] He is blind, carries a coffin on his back, and has a tragic past. The sect says: "We'll protect you." His brothers say: "We'll stay by your side." The sword spirit says: "I... will wait for you." Later, he becomes the ruler of the Immortal Realm, and his eyes regain their sight. Looking back on the road behind him, all that remains is one sentence: "When the wind blows, I'll walk slowly. When it rains, I'll keep to the side. 439.8kReads9.2Score45.7kShelves
6. 156 十 Ten Years of Frost: In the End, Even Fate Was Hard to Defy 十载寒霜：终是难敌天命 The Flowers Bloomed in My Friend's Hometown朋友故乡的花开了Xianxia1.3M WordsOngoing (Male-oriented, xuanhuan, immortal cultivation, xianxia, wuxia, sword cultivator, slow burn, heart-wrenching, multiple female leads, war) He was once the Crown Prince of the Xiaoyao Kingdom, and also the fiancé Shangguan Baili had waited ten years for. On the day his kingdom fell, his face was disfigured and he was left on the brink of death. Shangguan Baili saved him with her own hands. But she failed to recognize the man before her. Taking him for a lowly good-for-nothing with nowhere to go, s 7.4kReads9.3Score738Shelves
7. 157 逐 Chasing the Sword 逐剑 Cooked Laifu Pigeon煮熟的来福鸽Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted [Traditional fantasy] [One female lead] [Lone cultivator] [No transmigration or rebirth] One day, if I hold a sword in my hand, even the saints of the world will bow their heads! One man, one dog, and one sword: together, they stir up a storm across the Six Provinces! After enduring the darkest moment of his life, the boy leaves the city at sunset with a sword on his back. How does he end up with white hair overnight, wearing a ghost mask and wielding a sharp blade, becoming the “Executioner” in 46.6kReads9.0Score5.6kShelves
8. 158 诀 The Dao-Cutting Art 诀天道 Yue Xin Hengtian月信恒天Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing (No mindless protagonist, no clichéd plot, a cunning lead, fully realized characters, no System, twin swords) The twin swords ring out, cleaving the heavens. Let souls be severed and bones torn out as you will. The world shall know no more bloody storms. I am both demon and god! With everything shattered, can it be made whole again? Faced with the shackles of fate, he will cut them apart with his twin swords! The gods and demons wage war for a hundred years. The Heavenly Dao is merciless, treati 3.2kReads—Score261Shelves

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   Fellow Daoists, you'll know once you read the first chapter! What are the three golden chapters? It'll be even more enjoyable if you read up to chapter 57. It's not mindless; your intelligence will be on point throughout!

9. 159 亿 Cultivating to Immortality Through a Billion Practices 亿练成仙 Qiu Guagua秋呱呱Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted [Farming and Cultivation] [Slow-Paced] The demon race rules the world, and countless demons roam the land. Cultivation sects establish market towns, spread the teachings, and revive the Dao. They inspire more people to embark on the path of Qi Refining, carrying on the work of those who came before. Li Yinian, a young man who transmigrated here, relies on his talent for making up for his shortcomings through hard work to stand out among the spirit-seed tenant farmers… 18.8kReads8.1Score1.6kShelves

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   Hey, I have to be honest, this novel is like a giant candy, so sweet you can't stop reading, it'll definitely keep you up all night. If you don't like it, feel free to throw the book at me, my confidence is as hard as rock. Go check it out, and if you're not convinced, come back and we'll have a showdown! 💐🌹

10. 160 修 One Sword Across Ten Thousand Years in the Cultivation World 修仙界一剑万古 Zero-Frame Slide Tackle零帧滑铲Eastern Fantasy281k WordsOngoing A new work is here! Come read my stories on Tomato Novel. Mortal + Cultivation + Decisive Killing + Saving My Sister (All for the sake of becoming the strongest) He took the wooden sword from his father's hands. His father's lips trembled violently. Summoning the last of his strength, he forced out a few broken words: “Don't... don't draw... the sword... Run... take... your mother... Xiaoxue... and run... Don't... don't draw... the sword...” “Join my sect and learn powers that reach from Heaven —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you're into mortal cultivation novels, you absolutely must check this one out. The protagonist is extremely cautious throughout his journey, solely focused on becoming stronger to protect his family. There's no harem; he's single-mindedly dedicated to becoming more powerful.

11. 161 仙 Tales of an Immortal Official! It All Begins with Hearing Intel About Immortal Destiny! 仙官物语！从听到仙缘情报开始！ I'll Go Up There and Slash You我上去就是一刀Eastern Fantasy3.6M WordsOngoing A sprawling epic! A sprawling epic! A prodigy’s rise Not traditional classical cultivation. The jokes can get a bit excessive at times, so just enjoy the ride! Shen Li transmigrated to a world of immortal martial arts, and he had a secret. When he was a child, he was knocked over by a five-colored horse. Ever since, strange messages had appeared in his mind! [At midnight tonight, a drop of Moonlight Spirit Water will appear in Crescent Lake. Use it as bait to lure out a Streamswimming Carp. Rewa 74.2kReads8.2Score5.6kShelves

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    The protagonist relentlessly climbs the path to immortality, thinking three steps ahead for every one he takes. With unwavering will, he bravely ventures into high-level battles [Note], acting decisively yet retaining a humorous charm. Every step is foreshadowed; he possesses a cheat code but isn't invincible. Only by climbing step by step can he control his own destiny [Under pressure to finish the draft]. The path to immortality is long and arduous; below the True Lord, all are but ants. A grand worldview + vivid characters, a clear cultivation system, and a thrilling yet heartwarming struggle on the path [Got it], a must-read Xianxia masterpiece! Highly recommended by veteran bookworms! [Masterpiece by Que Shi][Already hooked][Top post]

12. 162 签 Sign-In to Sainthood: I Discover My Wife Is Actually a Demoness Empress 签到成圣：发现老婆竟是魔道女帝 Tong Yuan瞳渊Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted [Invincible]+ [Sign-In]+ [Empress]+ [Swordsmanship]+ [One Female Lead] Xia Xin transmigrates to a world of cultivation. During an expedition to ancient ruins, he falls for a woman, shares an intimate night with her, and marries her. Only after leaving the ruins does he learn that his wife is a member of the demonic path and keeps company with demonic enchantresses. His sect punishes him by sending him to the Cliff of Reflection to meditate on his mistakes. There, he awakens a sign-in System. Sig 47.7kReads8.9Score4.5kShelves

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    A completed and excellent book, featuring a single female lead! It has a sign-in system, a 9.1 Rating, and is a clean, enjoyable read—read it all at once without waiting for updates.

13. 163 修 Cultivation: Reborn in Another World to Build the Strongest Sect 修仙：重生异界打造最强宗门 Deep Autumn in Baili百里深秋Eastern Fantasy8.9M WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation + no System + no cheat + relying on skill!] Young scientist Sun Yi transmigrated into the world of immortal cultivation and became a menial disciple with neither talent nor connections. But using the knowledge, experience, and courage of someone from Earth, he successfully latched onto the sect's most powerful patron. Then he set about reforming the sect and developing all kinds of new technology! [Invented a detection radar]: It can locate all kinds of rare treasures, demon 43.7kReads9.0Score4.1kShelves

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    [Ordinary Person Flow + No System + No Cheat Codes + Rely on Abilities! No Harem! No Routine Plot! Upright Morals! Guaranteed 10,000 words per day! No breaks! No leave! Occasionally 20,000-word bursts! Tomato's most fan-loving author, with extra updates during holidays!] Young scientist Sun Yi transmigrates to the cultivation world, becoming a lowly disciple with no talent or background. However, he uses his Earthling knowledge, experience, and courage to successfully latch onto the sect's most powerful backer, then launches major reforms and various research and developments! [Inventing a Detection Radar]: Capable of detecting various rare and precious materials, demonic beasts, and poisonous insects, opening up huge sources of wealth for the sect, its power easily surpassing the treasure-hunting spirit beasts of the cultivation world! [Vigorously Developing Foreign Trade]: Developing commerce, vigorously promoting foreign trade, greatly increasing the sect's financial revenue, and improving cultivator welfare! [Inventing a Technique for Opening New Dantian]: Opening a dantian in each of the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys to form the Five Elements Dantian, greatly increasing endurance and strength, and also possessing mysterious effects. [Invented the Three-in-One Cultivation Path]: Research revealed the root cause of breakthrough failures, discovering a method that guarantees breakthroughs without assistance. [Invented the Demon Refining Tower]: Refines and processes demon souls, creating top-tier artificial Heavenly Soul Liquid to enhance divine soul power. [Invented the Demon Refining Pot]: Purifies the demonic power and remnant souls within the essence blood of demon beasts, increasing body refinement speed tenfold. [Invented the Azure Cloud Battle Armor]: Not only exquisitely designed, but also combining offense and defense, explosively boosting movement speed and attack power. [Invented Satellite Communication]: Eliminates outdated communication technology in the cultivation world, allowing for eavesdropping and creating enormous wealth for sects. [Developed the Financial Industry]: Issues credit currency, strengthens financial control, develops consumer loan business, and promotes the rapid development of the cultivation world! [Invented Cultivation Space]: Creates a high-pressure spirit-gathering cultivation chamber, greatly increasing cultivation speed. [Invented External Dantian]: Refines demon beast inner cores into spirit-filling treasures, greatly increasing true qi endurance! [Invented Artificial Spirit Stones]: Invents artificial spirit stones, promoting economic development and greatly increasing cultivation speed! [Simplified Space Teleportation Array]: Simplify space teleportation arrays through technology to enhance communication within the cultivation world! [Invent a Super Intelligent Computing Center]: Build an intelligent computing center in the heavens, creating a cultivation world version of the internet, and utilize supercomputing to aid research! [Build a Lightning Protection Array]: Utilize the principle of lightning rods to weaken lightning tribulations, increasing the success rate of tribulation transcendence, while simultaneously channeling the power of lightning tribulations into the lightning pool for reuse! [Develop Demon Race Trade]: Utilize controlled demon races to conduct trade, earning abundant resources while simultaneously instigating wars among demons, setting traps for them, and gathering intelligence on the human continent! [Build Qingyun Academy]: Standardize teaching materials and methods, further reforming education within the cultivation world, providing compulsory education, and promoting the development of the cultivation world! Building the foundation of the mortal world, reforming education, establishing distinctive immortal cities, promoting the financial industry, and developing the communications industry, Sun Yi, with the knowledge and wisdom of an Earthling, leads his sect to explosive growth, single-handedly changing the entire cultivation world, and waging war against the demon race with the power of his sect.

14. 164 凡 A Mortal's Immortal Fate 凡人仙缘 Floating Dust Master浮尘子Eastern Fantasy6.2M WordsCompleted Main character: Li Yi. [Traditional cultivation] [Mortal's journey] [One female lead] [Spatial powers] [Farming] [Decisive and ruthless] [No System] An ordinary boy from a mountain village leaves home to pursue immortality, fighting his way into the cruel, dark world of cultivation. With his clever, decisive, and cautious nature, he cuts down his enemies without hesitation and encounters countless wondrous opportunities for immortality. After passing through Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment 36kReads8.3Score3.9kShelves
15. 165 修 Cultivation: Ascending to the Azure Clouds 修仙：羽化青云 Black's White No. 1黑的白一号Eastern Fantasy478k WordsOngoing [No System + traditional xianxia + slow-burn epic] The naive young Chen Meng stumbles onto the path to immortality, only to discover that he is caught between two worlds: one is a new realm personally opened up by mighty cultivators, hiding countless undiscovered wonders; the other is an ancient cultivation world governed by strict rules and rife with the dangers of the law of the jungle. As wondrous adventures and a brutal path to immortality converge, his journey is destined to be fraught with 56Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    In the cultivation world, numerous sects exist, constantly vying for resources and engaging in fierce battles. A poor young man with no background or support relies solely on his innate lightning spiritual root and top-tier inheritance to carefully navigate the sects, rising against the tide, single-mindedly striving towards the path of ascension to immortality.

16. 166 剑 Sword, Moon, Zither, and Star 剑月琴星 Wutong Youyou梧桐悠悠Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsOngoing [Xuanhuan] [Mortal Protagonist] [No System] [Slow Burn] [Swordsmanship] [Mystery] After a war that lasted ten thousand years, heaven and earth shattered, three races stood side by side, and divine artifacts sank into oblivion. A mountain boy with no spiritual roots sets out from the mortal world to avenge a great wrong, enduring hardship after hardship. With one sword, he forges ten thousand; with his Dao heart, he enters a demonic tribulation! Wielding the sword in his hand, he cannot kill ever 115.6kReads8.9Score6.9kShelves

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    Recommended? Okay! 1.5 Million words recommended. Funny, fantasy, cultivation! Slow pace, lots of inner monologues, good for watching the fun, quite lively, exciting dungeons, constant adventures, one wave after another, the Nine Revolutions of Cultivation Technique for getting beaten up, using monster hides as bikinis, all sorts of bizarre names, you'll laugh until you hurt!

17. 167 飞 Ascension Begins with the Primordial Chaos Art 飞升，从天地混沌诀开始 Never Stop永不止步Eastern Fantasy5.8M WordsCompleted [Traditional cultivation fantasy + decisive and ruthless heroine + mutated dual immortal roots + no transmigration, no System + two heroines] [Includes a space that appears later, spiritual fields, alchemy, formations, talisman-making, and raising spirit insects] The young Yang Che accidentally fell into a cultivator's cave dwelling and obtained the Ancient God Art and a mysterious spiritual herb, the Nine-Leaf Black Sun Fruit! He learned to cultivate spirit herbs, make pills and talismans, set 54.4kReads8.7Score5.2kShelves
18. 168 炼EN Cultivation Clan: My Fortune Space 炼气家族，我有一个造化空间 Metal and Fire Flourish, Jia Wood金火旺甲木Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsOngoing [Traditional Cultivation + Slow-Burn Progression + Close-Knit Family + Ruthless + Both Parents Alive. Spatial Realm + Mortal + Cautious + Schemer + Not a Good-for-Nothing] [Realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation...] Li Qingyuan was born with congenital heart disease and died young. He transmigrates into the cultivation world before birth, into a family of Qi Refiners. Once he learns that this is a world of cultivation, seeking immortalit 77.3kReads8.2Score5.7kShelves

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    Traditional cultivation: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation... The male protagonist starts with three spiritual roots, has a steady personality, is very shrewd, has many aliases when he goes out, is decisive in killing, and has a beautiful woman but no harem.

19. 169 修 Cultivation: Why Does Everyone Come to Me to Be Enlightened Into Immortality? 修仙：怎么都来求我点化成仙 Deer in the Deep Forest林深麋鹿Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted [Classic Xianxia] [No System] [Lan Ke Style] He Xiuyuan arrives in a world of immortal cultivation by accident. Here, however, immortals are rarely seen, while cultivators come and go like the wind, elusive and ethereal. He Xiuyuan spends his days pursuing traces of the immortals and seeking the Dao. Along the way, he encounters all manner of demons, spirits, and ghosts, all hoping he will offer them a bit of guidance. Time passes. When He Xiuyuan finally looks back, he discovers that he is the 17.6kReads7.9Score3.5kShelves

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    The first book's male protagonist originally went to seek a fortuitous opportunity but ended up becoming someone else's opportunity himself—it's quite good, with a feel of the old-school immortals [thumbs up]. The second book is a longevity/life-saving novel where the male protagonist obtains a cheat code to avoid misfortune, randomly dropping his lifespan. When the male protagonist encounters danger, this cheat code allows him to survive without harm 😁 The funniest part is that he's forced to survive when a meteorite hits him. The male protagonist's comprehension is also very high, and various prodigies are surpassed by him over time [shy][kissing].

20. 170 天 Lord of the Tianyuan Pavilion 天渊阁主 Classmate Little Sugar, Your Candy Isn't Sweet小糖同学糖不甜哦Eastern Fantasy164k WordsCompleted Zhao Yichuan, who rose from Qingzhou City, takes charge of the Tianyuan Pavilion amid the chaotic age of the immortal heroes. With a single sword, he breaks all techniques. Decisive and ruthless, he never dithers, taking one step straight to godhood. With no romantic entanglements to hold him back and only his Dao heart eternal, watch him forge a legend worthy of the Pavilion Master of Tianyuan in an Eastern fantasy world. 14Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 171 问 Aspiring to the Imperial Throne 问鼎皇尊 Counting掏数Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Growth-Focused | No System | Fresh Setting | Expansive Worldbuilding] When chaos first stirred and the world was born, how many ages passed in the endless struggle for supremacy? In the Chaos Realm, gods and demons came into being, only to vanish into the river of history after countless ages. In the Beast Star Domain, savage beasts roamed the wilderness, yet even they could not escape fate, disappearing from heaven and earth. The Icebound Era began, and no life remained in the world. In the Pr 8.9kReads9.2Score621Shelves

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    High-quality fantasy, a captivating fantasy, already explored, so feel free to jump in. It features decisive action and no Mary Sue elements. Add it to your bookshelf first to avoid getting lost. It's a normal cultivation story without a system, a thrilling and exhilarating fantasy novel that's incredibly exciting and addictive. You can jump in now, brothers! It's the kind of story where you just go wild and kill everything in sight.

22. 172 刀 The Immortal Path Begins with a Blade 刀起仙路 Qi Xiao Qi柒小柒Eastern Fantasy909k WordsCompleted About This Book [Single Heroine + Slow-Burn + Traditional Wuxia + No System + Pure Traditional Fantasy] Struck by lightning and transmigrated: Was it an accident or fate? Gu Qi arrived in a new world and obtained a divine art, giving him the confidence to become the strongest. But he had no desire to do so. Unfortunately, events would not wait for him, and he was forced to keep restoring order in a chaotic age. As his cultivation advanced, hidden secrets gradually began to come to light… 35Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These are all quite good. The first one features a single female lead with excellent qualities. The male and female leads have been betrothed since childhood, and the male lead is henpecked but dotes on his wife.

23. 173 凡 A Mortal's Quest for Immortality 凡人寻仙 Reflect on Myself Three Times三省吾心Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted [Mortal's journey + no System + no harem + no transmigration] Ye Zhou, a village boy, awakens his spiritual root thanks to a small family-inherited gourd that can change the age of medicinal herbs, and embarks on a long journey of cultivation. Everyone schemes against everyone else, danger lurks everywhere, and affection is as thin as paper. Steadfast determination and a sharp mind are his only supports. Millions of years later, he climbs the road to immortality, survives the tribulation of ligh 5.5kReads8.6Score480Shelves
24. 174 独 The Lone Path to Immortality 独行修仙路 Blue Hydrangea蓝色绣球Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted An ordinary young man from Linjia Village, he is kind and simple-hearted. Determined to give his family a better life, he resolutely joins a sect in the martial world. Through his own hard work, he earns the guidance of Elder Huo, who is undergoing mortal trials, and eventually embarks on the path of cultivation. By chance, he obtains the heaven-defying treasure known as the Qiankun Mirror. But his nature is at odds with the cultivation world, and he suffers greatly for it, even nearly losing hi 16.1kReads8.8Score1.6kShelves
25. 175 御 A Beast Tamer Who Can See Through Spirit Beasts Stays Home to Farm 御兽修行能看穿灵兽的我窝家种田 Yanyan Feiji恹恹蜚忌Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsOngoing [Beast Taming] [No Female Lead] After an accident brought Ming Qi to a fantasy world, he became a member of the Ming family in a remote borderland. Here, spirit beasts reign supreme. Those who awaken spirit apertures can form contracts with spirit beasts to aid their cultivation and overcome stronger foes with fewer people. Spirit beasts can also help with crafts such as artifact forging, alchemy, and formation design. Some auspicious beasts are born with divine abilities. Heavenly fire, the Nin 504Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    ① Superior quality

26. 176 一 A Red-Dust Immortal With a Gourd and a Sword 一葫一剑红尘仙 Tangerine Work橘作Eastern Fantasy359k WordsCompleted Traditional fantasy + no System + slow burn + one heroine + swordsmanship + sweet romance + invincible! Chen Anran was born with the Heavenly Yang Severed Meridian, and was fated not to live past sixteen! With only a month left before his end, he met her: the beautiful and kind Mo Ling’er. The lovers shoulder their swords and enter the mortal world! There are demons in the world of mortals, but also immortals! 43Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 177 岁 The Legend of Sui Xian 岁仙传 Unpressed不压Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsCompleted Ten thousand years ago, Zhongtu swept across the Xiaonan Realm, destroyed the Tower to Heaven, wiped out its legacy, and created a vast sea within a bottle, stretching ten thousand li. Ten thousand years later, Duan Qing, born in the Woliu Inn of the Xiaonan Realm, unexpectedly embarked on the path of cultivation. Braving countless dangers and matching wits with his foes, he made his way back to Zhongtu. What waves will he stir up this time? 5.6kReads8.6Score596Shelves
28. 178 大 This Is Bad! One More Cup and He’ll Reach the Heavenly Dao Realm 大事不妙！喝完这杯他该天道级了 Three Thousand Years of Bowing Before the Buddha佛前顿首三千年Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Lin Yi! He transmigrates to the Spirit Realm and obtains the Wine Soul System. Drinking wine can make him immortal. Born in the mortal world, he becomes the greatest martial artist under heaven at the age of sixteen, a living legend of the martial world. He founds the top force in Daqian's martial world: the Yiguang Society. But soon, mortal wine can no longer satisfy Lin Yi, so he goes into seclusion in Qingping City and becomes a wine seller. All so he can brew wine and lure immortals! Hard wo 7kReads9.1Score707Shelves

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    Cultivation, the male protagonist has excellent aptitude, there is no female protagonist, the cultivation world is diverse and harmonious.

29. 179 崩 The Collapse of Renegade Immortal, Defying the Dao 崩仙逆道 Rainy Dusk Pagoda雨暮浮屠Eastern Fantasy12.1M WordsCompleted The ancient primordial continent buried countless secrets. The civilization of the immortal path has long since vanished, and now technology reigns supreme! There are mighty Celestial Armor suits that can slaughter gods and demons at will, and world-shaking space-time fortresses that can annihilate holy spirits and demon emperors. The human race uses technological civilization to fight the many powerful races of the primordial continent, and never loses. He was born into a fallen family of culti 25Reads6.9Score—Shelves
30. 180 修 Cultivation: Gathering in the Mountains and Seas to Ascend Together 修仙：我在山海聚众飞升 Xiao Gao Doesn't Want to Mix Concrete小高不想打灰Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing [Classic Xianxia + No System + Spiritual Qi Revival + Farming and Management + Pseudo-Ensemble Cast + Sect Leader Story + No Female Lead + Not Mindless Power Fantasy, Long and Slow-Burn, Starts Weak and Gets Better] In the Age of Declining Dharma, the young Tai Shang fell into a river and discovered a Supreme Dao Palace, inheriting the methods of the Dao Venerable from that moment on. Starting from scratch, he founded the Taiqing Immortal Palace, welcoming disciples from all walks of life and t 27.3kReads8.5Score2.9kShelves

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    These books all have no romantic pairings or ambiguous relationships. I highly recommend 5 and 6. Also, Jinjiang's "I Pretend to Be Blind in the Cultivation World" (I don't remember the full title, but that's roughly it) is pretty good.

31. 181 独 Alone Against the Ages 独斗万古 Bing Xian冰闲Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing In the Age of Dharma Decline, spiritual energy has vanished completely. A young boy who knows the secrets of the Daoist sects is persuaded by an old Taoist priest to travel to another world, beginning a dazzling yet perilous journey to prove the Dao... 782Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Traditional fantasy... A young boy is lured to another world by an old Taoist priest; the story is original, the characters are intelligent... No system, no showing off. [Add to bookshelf]

32. 182 小 You Little Imp, Face My Blade! 小妖精，看剑！ Heluo饸络Eastern Fantasy198k WordsOngoing “Young master, no, you mustn’t!” “Don’t be afraid. I’m very capable.” “Please, be gentle with me…” “Hey! Hey! Hey! You little demon, face my sword! Show your true form!” This is the story of a mad young master who takes up his sword and slays demons all the way along… “I have a sword to right every wrong beneath heaven. If one sword isn’t enough, then I’ll use two to right every wrong beneath heaven!” “At dawn I roam Yue and E, at dusk Cangwu; a green serpent in my sleeve, my courage bold. Thric —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The title doesn't do it justice; this book is truly excellent. The protagonist starts by listening to music in a brothel, and he actually sleeps with some vixens.

33. 183 涅 Nirvana Rebirth, Eternal Through the Ages 涅槃重修万古长存 A Dragon from South Mountain南山一条龙Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted [Classic Cultivation] [No Female Lead] [Slow Burn] [No Angsty Grudges or Tragedies] Gu Yuan transmigrates to the world of cultivation. A Nirvana Art in his mind lets him undergo Nirvana an unlimited number of times, improving his talent with each rebirth. He begins as an ordinary spirit farmer. After his first Nirvana, he rises from nothing to become the founding patriarch of a sect. After his second, he becomes a fearsome Demon Lord, whose name makes people tremble. After his third, he bec 15.7kReads7.8Score1.4kShelves
34. 184 九 Nine Turns of the Star Art 九转星辰诀 My Dog-Skin Plaster我的狗皮膏药Eastern Fantasy10.9M WordsOngoing The genius youth Su Yang was tricked by his fiancée, kept as a blood slave for three years, drained of his supreme bloodline, and left to die in the Demon Beast Mountains with the tendons in his hands and feet severed. But the appearance of a black stone allowed Su Yang to survive against all odds. He mastered the Sacred Art of Combat, created the Nine Revolutions Star Art, destroyed his enemies, and seized his destiny. From then on, he embarked on an invincible path of bloody battles! 20.2kReads8.7Score1.9kShelves

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    The male protagonist has no interest in romance and is focused solely on cultivating immortality; the entire story revolves around this cultivation theme.

35. 185 我 I’m Already at the Nascent Soul Stage, and You’re Telling Me It’s Time to Start School? 我都元婴期了，你跟我说开学？ Miaomiao Jiang妙妙酱丷Urban5.4M WordsOngoing During his summer vacation, Ning Chen went traveling and accidentally stumbled into a teleportation array that opened once every two thousand years, transmigrating to the world of cultivation. After reaching the Nascent Soul stage, he returned, thinking the world must have changed beyond recognition. To his surprise, only one summer had passed... And so, among the incoming freshmen at Qingzhou University was an old monster at the Nascent Soul stage. “You have no idea how powerful a Nascent Soul 136.2kReads8.3Score12kShelves

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    🍀①The protagonist transmigrates to the world of cultivation, reaches the Nascent Soul stage, returns to the modern world, and pretends to be weak while actually being strong.🍀②Thinking his master is a fraud, he becomes invincible after leaving the mountain.

36. 186 苟 The Cautious Path to Immortality: Starting with a Hundred Cultivation Crafts 苟道长生：从修仙百艺开始 Black Ant蚂蚁黑Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted Xianxia + Mortal's Journey + Pseudo-Immortality + Cautious Cultivation + Decisive and Ruthless + Sound Values + No System + No Female Lead Lin Changqing transmigrates to a cultivation world and, using the starry light of enlightenment in his sea of consciousness, masters the many arts of cultivation and cultivates with caution. Throughout his long years of cultivation, he watches countless prodigies rise and fall with a smile. Before he knows it, he has endured for countless ages and stands at t 4.9kReads7.3Score277Shelves
37. 187 逆 Heaven-Defying Demon Mirror 逆天魔镜 Baili, God of Wind风神百里Eastern Fantasy325k WordsCompleted [No transmigration, no System, ruthless and decisive] Zhong Li, a descendant of Zhong Kui, is framed and turned into a corpse puppet. After his bloodline awakens and activates a magic mirror, he rises from the Ashen Lands of the Demon Realm and carves a path through the worlds of immortals and demons... [Demonic world, survival of the fittest, brutally frank, demonic cultivation, immortal cultivation, the Immortal Way, golden finger magic mirror, golden finger, a world-shaking scheme, all-out co 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The opponents are all shrewd and calculating; the protagonist is outmaneuvered and even turned into a corpse—it's not easy! This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, nor is it a harem story; the premise is incredibly powerful! "The Mirror of Destruction" is definitely worth reading!!

38. 188 镇 After Guarding the World for a Million Years, My Disciples Beat Everyone 镇守百万年，我的徒弟吊打诸天 A Pen Becomes a Blade无笔成锋Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted [Traditional fantasy, no System, one female lead! Hilarious + Absolutely exhilarating] Important: [Both leads are men. There’s no master-disciple romance] His master, Bai Fengliu, is known as the Sword Lord of Jingzhe, a man so powerful that all the heavens tremble before him. He commands life and death and defies the cycle of reincarnation. His disciple, Xiao Ke, possesses the world’s strongest skill: Summon Master. So you’re an Emperor? So your cultivation reaches the heavens? Sorry, but all i 14.4kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves

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    A very good novel. The protagonist is invincible. He has an apprentice. Humorous yet ruthless. Highly recommended.

39. 189 修 Cultivation: From House Phoenix to Great Immortal 修真：从家凤到大仙 The Sands of Time光阴流沙Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing The good news is that Chen Yu transmigrated! The bad news is that he transmigrated into the body of a little rooster! Another piece of good news: this is a cultivation world! Another piece of bad news: he may not have more than a few months to live! Of course, the one thing worth celebrating is that he received the transmigrator’s basic allowance: a System! 15.5kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves
40. 190 仙 The Immortal Path Is Vague, the Dao's Summit Awaits, and I Shall Become an Immortal Again 仙途渺茫，道之巅，重为仙 Zhao Ruhui of the Nine Lotus Pagoda九莲宝塔的赵如晦Eastern Fantasy46k WordsOngoing Chu Tianyang, a herb-gathering boy from the miasma-filled forests of the Eastern Wasteland, is ambushed one day and falls from Soulbreak Cliff. What should have been certain death turns around when a warm current in his chest miraculously saves him. He even manages to snatch a talking thousand-year-old blood ginseng and discovers the secret that he is an ancient living pill furnace. His good-for-nothing cultivation, stuck at the third level of Qi Refining, suddenly surges. A mysterious presence —Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 191 师 After My Master Gave Up, the Entire Sect Became Invincible 师尊摆烂后，全宗门都无敌了 If the Sky Is Clear若是晴空Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Laid-Back Heroine + Everyone Else Works Themselves to the Bone + Ensemble Cast + No CP] Mu Shiyue worked herself to the bone for two lifetimes, only to be struck by lightning while undergoing tribulation. Reborn, she becomes the master of Wanxuan Sect, a small and impoverished sect. The sect may be poor, but her six disciples are good-looking, sweet-spoken, and great at getting things done. She absolutely adores them! She has her disciples train hard: one can make medicine, another can forge ma 5.3kReads9.2Score596Shelves

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    No romantic pairing, focused solely on cultivating immortality.

42. 192 混 The Chaotic World Heavenly Venerable: From the Start, I Get Crushed by the Patriarch Hongjun! 混世天尊：开局被鸿钧老祖暴击！ Invincible Fat Beef无敌的肥牛Eastern Fantasy157k WordsCompleted I have a golden finger, but I'm not going with some lowbrow Host setup. I'm the System's dad. Whatever I tell the System to do, it has to do. A wild imagination, an infinite-flow story, and a fantasy cultivation setting. The further you read, the more satisfying moments you get. You won't be able to stop! My name is Zhou Tian. I am the Supreme, Boundless Celestial Venerable of Qianyuan, reborn in the mortal world. A thousand years ago, Patriarch Hongjun framed me, leaving me dead and my magic 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Top-tier bloodline, is being an unparalleled Heavenly Venerable enough? Top-tier background, I'm in charge of the entire Heavenly Realm. Top-tier combat power, sorry, within the Primordial World, no one can rival me. I don't know if there are any masterpieces in the Primordial World genre, but this novel is definitely a masterpiece outside the traditional Primordial World genre. Story Synopsis: A once-powerful Heavenly Venerable has fallen into the life of a rogue. Watch how I, in this chaotic world, acquire unparalleled magical power and countless cultivations, until even the Hongjun Ancestor has to call me brother. [A refreshing novel without harem elements or cheat codes]

43. 193 证 Where's the Witness? 证人呢？ Duan Duan Duan'er端端端儿21k WordsCompleted Where are the witnesses? —Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 194 玄EN Xuanhuan: Taking Children of Destiny as Disciples, Sweeping Through the Ages 玄幻：收徒气运之子，横推万古 Three-Inch Literary Abyss三寸文渊Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Master] + [Taking Disciples] + [Invincible] + [No Female Lead] + [No Romantic Tension] + [Behind-the-Scenes] + [Multiple Protagonists] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [No Holds Barred] + [Vast Worldbuilding] Jiang Chen transmigrated into a fantasy world with the Supreme Fortune System and became the master of Qingxu Peak in the Zixiao Sacred Land. By taking in numerous sons of fortune, he gained countless heaven-defying rewards and swept across the heavens, reigning supreme through the ages. Chaoti 18kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
45. 195 镇 Dust of the Immortal-Suppressing Realm 镇仙尘 Luo Luo Luo羅羅羅Urban864k WordsCompleted A dark cultivation epic about Ye Chen, an ambitious rogue cultivator exiled from Kunlun, who traverses seventy years of chaos in Southeast Asia from 1980 to 2050. Using mortal crimes such as gambling, prostitution, drugs, and telecom fraud as his battlefield, he unites strange forces from East and West, slays his way from an ant in the Qi Refining stage to an Immortal King, and brings an end to a conspiracy and war between immortals and gods that has lasted ten thousand years. —Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 196 伴 With a Weapon-Nurturing Immortal Coffin by My Side, I Raised a Million Divine Generals 伴生养兵仙棺，我养出了百万神将 Green, Red, and White Chili Peppers青红白辣椒Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted Among all living beings, those blessed by heaven and earth and born with exceptional gifts may have a spiritual treasure accompany them from birth. Some prodigies are born alongside immortal swords, each stroke capable of cleaving the starry river. Some are born alongside pill furnaces, their alchemy skills unmatched beneath the heavens. Others are born alongside supreme formation diagrams, with killing formations filling the cosmic starry sky and making stars crumble like dust. There is even an 25.7kReads8.8Score2kShelves

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    This story currently has no romantic pairing. Most importantly, the protagonist is not stubborn; he is cautious, knows how to call for backup, and also knows how to utilize his sect's background.

47. 197 余 Please Accept My Love for the Rest of Our Lives 余生请笑纳 Early Spring in March晓春三月Ancient Romance368k WordsCompleted When love takes root, it runs deep. In that age of war and chaos, love was all the more precious. Xingzi and Xia Jiushi's encounter was both fate and destiny. If I don't leave, and you don't give up on me, then please accept the rest of my life with a smile. 2.7kReads9.1Score253Shelves

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    The two married during the mourning period; one was fourteen, the other twelve, and they also had a six- or seven-year-old brother-in-law. What would they do when life was difficult? ...

48. 198 道 A Dao Heart Untainted by Dust 道心无尘 Mr. Cautious at Seven慎独先生7点Sci-Fi & Apocalypse488k WordsOngoing (Mortal protagonist + scheming + forbidden romance + alternate history) Zhang Zhongwen looked at Zhang Yi with pride and said, “Yi, you’ve been studying for a year now. Is there anything you’d like to ask your teacher?” Zhang Yi thought for a moment, then said, “Sir, are there immortals in this world?” Zhang Zhongwen asked in return, “Would Guanyin Bodhisattva in the temple count as an immortal?” Zhang Yi nodded. “Mother says she’s an immortal.” Zhang Zhongwen went on, “And what can immorta 2Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    This novel is the most realistic cultivation novel I've ever read. It's far superior to the typical wish-fulfillment and invincible stories I've read before.

49. 199 红 Proving the Dao in the Mortal World, I Am a True Immortal Among Men 红尘证道，我为在世真仙 Time to Sleep睡觉了吧Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + xianxia + lighthearted + invincible hero + showing off] A song of the mortal world, a tale of immortal dreams. Su Mu was a transmigrator. To perfect the cultivation system he had created, he ventured into the mortal world to hone himself. He traveled north and south, seeing humans, immortals, gods, demons, monsters, and strange creatures. With a broken sword, a bamboo hat, a handful of coins, and an old mountain goat, he slew demons in a lake and discussed the Dao in the fa 18.5kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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    The storyline doesn't just mindlessly chase after pure enjoyment.

50. 200 左 Ascending to Immortality Through the Unorthodox Path 左道登仙 I'm Zhang Dapao, Everyone Fears Me我张大炮谁都怕Eastern Fantasy119k WordsCompleted [Classic Mortal Cultivation + Scheming and Cunning + Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, and Golden Core] Zuo Dao was dead, decapitated with a single slash. With only his soul remaining, he had one goal: revenge. But when he rushed into his enemy's room to take his life, he found a complete stranger he had never met before. This person claimed to be a “cultivator”... 4Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    The first two books feature cold-blooded male protagonists who are ruthless and decisive in a cruel world. The last one is a cultivation story about friendship, where the protagonist is outwardly a demon cultivator but inwardly a sunny and cheerful young man who gradually conquers others in the Hundred Thousand Mountains to become the Demon King.

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