Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Severing, Integration, Tribulation Transcendence, and the Like 炼气，筑基，金丹，元婴，分神，合体，渡劫，之类

1. 1051 神 Tycoon: I Can Trigger Cashback at Ten Thousand Times the Amount 神豪：我能反向暴击一万倍 Draw the Blade at Once立马抽刀Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Wealthy protagonist + everyday life + lighthearted] Lin Bin, an ordinary office worker, thought he had found true love, only to have his wholehearted affection thrown away. From the start, he gets the God-Tier Wealth System. Whenever a woman spends any amount of money on him, he receives a cashback multiplier from one to ten thousand times, based on her sincerity! Anyone can spend money on a woman. Let a woman spend money on you, if you’ve got what it takes. Lin Bin: “If you’re sincere with me, 313Reads8.6Score102Shelves
2. 1052 叩 Seeking the Way of Immortality 叩问修仙道 Sang Die桑蝶Eastern Fantasy761k WordsOngoing Watch an ordinary young man struggle along the arduous path to becoming an immortal and an ancestor! Years later, Liu Feng has gone from nothing to cultivating alongside his Dao companion, supporting each other all the way to eternal life. Only then does he look back and see that countless cultivators are but specks of dust beneath Heaven and Earth... In the Cultivation Realm, the ranks are: Body Shattering, Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Violet Mansion, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Origin 156Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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   The protagonist gradually improves his cultivation through body shattering, Qi refining, foundation building, Purple Mansion Golden Core, Nascent Soul transformation, etc. There is no system or cheat, the plot is engaging, single female lead, slow-burn novel!

3. 1053 来 A Goddess Gives Me a Boost: Spend 100, Get 10,000 Back 来自女神的助攻，花一百返一万 Xi Jie西孑Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Ye Dong, an ordinary college student, gets dumped for someone else by his girlfriend of three years and triggers the Super Goddess Cashback System. Every time he spends money on a beautiful woman, he gets several times that amount back. Beautiful women rated 8 to 9 earn him double cashback. Goddess-tier beauties rated 9 to 9.5 earn him tenfold cashback. And women rated above 9.5 bring him a hundredfold return, with a chance to win a surprise gift pack! While his ex-girlfriend is crying herself s 8.5kReads8.4Score670Shelves
4. 1054 游 When the Game Shut Down, Only I Knew It Was Invading Reality 游戏停服，只有我知道入侵现实 The Main Character头号主角Sports750k WordsCompleted The globally popular online game Slay the Gods has announced that its servers are shutting down! As soon as the news broke, prices crashed. Players frantically dumped their gear and supplies, and some were so furious they deleted their accounts! Ye Qiu was reborn and knew the game was about to become reality, so he poured money into building himself into the number-one player on the server. A month later, everyone’s in-game abilities carried over. Monsters rampaged across the globe, secret realm 2.9kReads6.4Score259Shelves
5. 1055 诸 Cultivating Immortality Across the Heavens, Starting in Siheyuan 诸天从四合院开始修仙 Brother Buddha佛爷哥Male-Channel Fanfiction446k WordsCompleted A low-conflict courtyard-house story, cultivation, brisk pacing, no clichéd showboating and face-slapping. Follow the protagonist as he goes from an ordinary man cultivating in an ordinary world. See how he punishes the courtyard’s little brats, and watch him roam through various side-story worlds. Love in the Courtyard, The Ancient City of Jingjue, A Will Eternal, Ordinary Mortal, Lotus Lantern: Prequel, The Qin Empire, Super God Academy, to be decided 1.8kReads6.8Score100Shelves

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   This is a slice-of-life cultivation novel with a relatively tight plot and a lot of cool magical treasures.

6. 1056 护 The Flower-Guarding Expert in the City 护花高手在都市 Heart on the Road心在流浪Urban8.5M WordsCompleted Why is this young man who came down from the mountains so astonishingly skilled in martial arts? Why is his medical expertise so incredible? And who is his goddess-like elder sister? 10.6kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves

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   It's so beautiful!

7. 1057 长 The Immortal’s Long-Lived Tomb 长生仙墓 Wine Without Desire无欲的酒Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Lu Changsheng possesses the Eternal Immortal Body, living forever through the ages, never to die. Over countless years, he has roamed through a myriad of worlds and accumulated boundless experience. He has served as a carefree Immortal Emperor, run a tavern and sold wine, founded a sect as the mysterious and carefree sect leader, and opened a clinic as a master healer who saves lives. He has also wielded a three-foot sword, sweeping across the world with his sword energy as the Azure-Robed Sword 29.5kReads9.0Score2.2kShelves

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   All of them scored high, which is pretty good.

8. 1058 最 The Strongest Live-In Son-in-Law 最强狂婿 Heart on the Road心在流浪Urban4.6M WordsCompleted A young immortal martial artist descends the mountain to become a son-in-law. His fiancée is a stunning campus belle, and he possesses peerless martial arts and a treasure from the Immortal Realm. He punches arrogant rich kids, tramples his romantic rivals, and sweeps all before him as he conquers the city, becoming history's most powerful live-in son-in-law. 716Reads8.4Score100Shelves
9. 1059 师EN Junior Brother, Don’t Cultivate Immortality Like That 师弟，别这么修仙 Softly Falling Words轻落语Eastern Fantasy3.9M WordsCompleted By a stroke of fate, Lu Changsheng is brought into a sect and becomes the junior disciple of Qingyun Peak. Having seen how brutal the path of cultivation can be, he decides to keep a low profile and hide his true abilities. While his senior brothers cultivate, he sleeps. While his fellow disciples take part in trials, he slacks off. Under countless watchful eyes, he does the same thing day after day for ten years, never wavering in his commitment to being a quiet schemer. Until one day, everyone 58.8kReads9.0Score5.2kShelves
10. 1060 长 Eternal Immortality: A Jailor Hiding Out in the Heavenly Prison 长生万古：苟在天牢做狱卒 Qingfeng Riverside青峰浦上Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Smart characters, no brainless plotlines]+ [No System]+ [Cautious survival]+ [Immortality]+ [No heroine]+ [A sly schemer]+ [Political intrigue]+ [Prudent and cautious] Zhang Wu transmigrates to a cultivation world and becomes a jailer in the Imperial Prison from the start. For officials, the end of the road is the Imperial Prison. For soldiers, it is dying on the battlefield. For those in the martial world, it is getting killed in a vendetta. None of them meet a good end. If he wants to survive 37.3kReads9.1Score3.1kShelves
11. 1061 鸿 Hongmeng Supreme 2 鸿蒙至尊2 Jin Yuchen金宇辰Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsOngoing [Reborn Immortal Emperor] [Alchemy, Artifacts, Formations, and Talismans] [Multiple Heroines] [Building a Faction] [Invincible] [Spatial Powers] [Small World] When chaos first emerged, the forces of creation gave birth to eight supreme primordial divine artifacts: the Hongmeng Supreme Tower, the Chaos Pearl, the Heaven and Earth Cauldron, the Hongmeng Supreme Sword, the Luo River Diagram, the Chaos Bell, the Heaven and Earth Eight Trigrams Mirror, and the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disc. When th 795Reads8.2Score105Shelves
12. 1062 神 Divine Venerable Liu Yi 神尊柳毅 Jin Yuchen金宇辰Eastern Fantasy85k WordsCompleted Across ten thousand eras, the Chaos Divine Stone gave birth to twin sisters Bai Ling and Bai You, who became the second and third True Gods in the world. They spent countless ages alongside the first True God, the Primordial True God, born at the dawn of the universe. Then the three True Gods faced the world's Heavenly Dao as it underwent its first rebirth, evolving from an unconscious Heavenly Dao into one with awareness. This brought a cataclysm upon the entire mortal world... —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 1063 农 Farm Game: The Myriad Worlds 农场游戏：诸天万界 Dream Eater食夢Eastern Fantasy990k WordsCompleted [Online game, soul transmigration, unconventional plot, xuanhuan cultivation, dark myriad worlds, slow-paced] A mysterious game descends, bringing humanity hope of ascending to immortality. Everyone fights desperately for a chance to become immortal, unaware that the game world is a breeding ground! Evil demons use worlds as game boards, raising all living beings like livestock in a game and turning them into billions of meals! The world cries out, and all creation fights to save itself! A will 5Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    Dear handsome men and beautiful women, I'm sorry! I wrote a slow-paced novel 😭. Many people said it was good after reading to the end, but how many people can actually stick with it all the way through? 😩 Although I gain one or two new readers every day, I really need your feedback. Five-star reviews, I love them! But I'd much rather see a negative review! Because your criticism will help me grow. 🙏

14. 1064 开 From the Start, I Become an Ancestor, and My Whole Clan Ascends to Immortality 开局：我成老祖，举族成仙 Little Lie Flat Jin躺平小锦Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Fantasy + Wild Imagination + Transmigration + System + Accelerated Cultivation + When One Ascends, the Whole Clan Becomes Immortal] Wu Qichen transmigrated to a world of immortal cultivation and broke through to the Heartbeat Stage with a heaven-defying talent. Just then, the System arrived. What the…! Other Systems help their protagonists grow quickly! So why is the first task from your lousy System to go into seclusion and cultivate? In the blink of an eye, seven hundred years had passed 3.1kReads5.8Score180Shelves

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    One person attains enlightenment, and the entire clan becomes immortals.

15. 1065 刚 I Just Saved the Immortal Realm, and My Teacher Told Me to Get Out 刚刚拯救仙界老师竟让我滚出去 Smoke Drifting, Clouds Fading烟飘云渺Urban149k WordsCompleted “Ye Xingyu! Get out!” Ye Xingyu opened his dazed eyes and saw his tyrannical homeroom teacher glaring at him furiously. The students around him looked on with pity. “Xiaoyu, you really need to work on your temper...” Whoosh! The whole class erupted. Some looked horrified, while others wore gleeful expressions... They couldn’t believe Ye Xingyu had called their tyrannical homeroom teacher Xiaoyu. Had he lost his mind? Smack! A blackboard eraser hit Ye Xingyu on the head, jolting him back to his s —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul... From Earth to the world of cultivation, to the immortal realm...

16. 1066 血 Blood Demon Sword 血魔剑 Yue Wuming岳无名Eastern Fantasy356k WordsCompleted The little beggar Chou Ba, a homeless street urchin who survives by begging, stumbles upon an extraordinary opportunity after a single act of kindness. From then on, he defies fate and stirs up the blood-soaked martial world once more. Is it a blessing or a curse? A hero or a demon...? 11.8kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves
17. 1067 九 Divine Emperor of the Nine Realms 九界神帝 Shen Yue神月Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsCompleted There’s nothing one punch can’t solve. And if there is, then two punches will do the trick... Many years later, people divided geniuses into two kinds: ordinary geniuses, and Ye Xiu... 11.5kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves
18. 1068 凡 Mortal Roots 凡根 Xiao Wei晓威Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted He was once a boy in the mountains. He never knew why people were born into different ranks, but because he was told he had no immortal roots, he was doomed to remain beneath others forever, without even the right to dream of changing his fate. His only family left him to seek the path to eternal life, and he had to smile as he sent them off, only to turn away with tears in his eyes. Yet he firmly believed: Heaven and earth are the board, and I am a pawn. My steps may be slow, but I will never r 5.8kReads8.6Score476Shelves

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    Give it a try! Top-notch writing, no filler, a typical mortal story, no system, a coming-of-age story, no idiocy, no Mary Sue characters.

19. 1069 太 The First Immortal of the Primordial Era 太古第一仙 Feng Qingyang风青阳Eastern Fantasy2.9M WordsCompleted [The year's most exhilarating, invincible cultivation saga: kill your way to immortality!] As Yun Xiao's soul drifted into the heavens after his death, he witnessed a shocking sight: the vast human world where he had lived for sixteen years was shaped like a tomb! Beneath it lay an ancient giant coffin, vast as the boundless sea and wreathed in demonic energy. Every continent was but a handful of earth atop the coffin, and countless billions of living people had been born and raised in its grave 3.1kReads8.7Score246Shelves
20. 1070 神 The Divine Reversal Pearl 神逆珠 Da Long Xiong A大垄兄啊Urban256k WordsCompleted (Fantasy, decisive and ruthless, yet humorous; Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul cultivation. This universe is a cage. Watch the protagonist lead you in a revolt beyond the boundaries of this world!) The male lead unexpectedly gets his hands on a pearl, which contains a qilin. He brings the qilin into the real world, only to discover that it’s a lecherous beast! Together, the man and the qilin grow stronger step by step and embark on a path of revenge! The blur 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A Celestial Emperor is reborn, starting from Qi Refining and gradually building his foundation step by step: Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, and Void Refinement… He transcends tribulations, reclaims his peak, breaks the seal of the realm, and ascends to the God Realm! The protagonist is decisive and ruthless, and the story is both exhilarating and humorous. It's a worthwhile book to collect and subscribe to.

21. 1071 长 Longevity: Building a Heavenly Dao Clan in the Cultivation Realm 长生：从修仙界开始打造天道家族 Gu Yuetang古月堂Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Cultivation, talisman drawing, taking a wife, no System, golden finger, farming and growing stronger, mighty figures across the myriad heavens] (Also known as: Eternal Life Through the Ages: Starting by Looking After a Fellow Cultivator’s Wife) Lu Chengfeng transmigrates to a cultivation world where the Heavenly Dao is incomplete. Once cultivators reach a certain realm, they can no longer break through. Instead, they face tribulations and die, their spiritual energy and cultivation returning to 2.3kReads7.7Score144Shelves

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    As a seasoned bookworm, I'd like to recommend a cultivation novel. There aren't many books that have kept me hooked from beginning to end. If you're looking for something to read, give it a try. I don't know why no one has recommended it before; it's really well-written. Leave a comment if you like it!

22. 1072 修 Returning after 10000 Years Cultivation 修真万年归来 Rice in the Jar缸里有米Urban8.8M WordsCompleted After cultivating for ten thousand years and reaching the pinnacle of the universe, I am now reborn in a bustling modern city with memories spanning ten millennia. In this life, I seek only to follow my heart, protect those I love, and make up for the regrets of my past life. Give me twenty years to cultivate again, and I will send the gods to the underworld! 8.9kReads7.5Score1kShelves
23. 1073 剑 The Sword Fanatic 剑痴 Lone Shadow Reaches the Summit孤影登顶Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted [Feel-Good Power Fantasy, Lots of Beauties, Classic Xuanhuan, Ensemble Family Story, Swordsmanship, Decisive and Ruthless] He unexpectedly has a child from the start! He begins his journey to godhood through dual cultivation... The male lead has an extraordinarily special physique and endless romantic encounters. He breezes through Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and the Mahayana stage. A swordsmanship prodigy, he practices alchemy, makes talismans, and searches for treasure 1.2kReads8.1Score157Shelves

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    Look here [smirking][smirking]

24. 1074 都 The All-Powerful Urban Immortal Emperor 都市全能仙帝 Demon Moon Unrivaled妖月无双Urban7.1M WordsCompleted A great cultivator from the Ascendant Immortal Realm travels through the ages in a new body and returns to his high school days. A story of showing off and face-slapping, making up for past regrets, and playing the fool while secretly holding all the cards. 3.4kReads7.5Score362Shelves
25. 1075 我 We Come from Beyond the Universe 我们来自宇宙之外 Happy Thirteen快乐拾叁Urban300k WordsOngoing Li Feng took off his shirt, pulled a small pencil-sharpening knife from his battered desk, and slashed at his chest. Pain surged through his mind. Gritting his teeth, Li Feng forced himself to endure it. “Li Feng, if you can’t even handle pain like this, how can you make others fear you? How can you stop them from picking on you?” The story features traditional immortal cultivation, such as Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, and Golden Core, as well as martial practitioners and the strange a 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Nobody knew whether or not to continue.

26. 1076 我 I, Six-Eared Macaque, Began Plotting the Journey to the West in Honghuang 我六耳从洪荒开始布局西游 My Ikkyu我的一休Eastern Fantasy4.2M WordsCompleted From the start, he takes over the body of the Six-Eared Macaque! The Dao Ancestor’s declaration that “the Dao is not passed on to those with six ears” is known throughout the world! He gains nothing through countless great calamities! Until Journey to the West, when Sun Wukong beats him to death with a single blow! Zhou Cheng panics: No, I, the Six-Eared Macaque, will never accept my fate! The Creation Calamity: He cuts in on the Demonic Ape and comprehends the Law of Battle! The Dragon-Han Cala 2.3kReads7.2Score199Shelves
27. 1077 星 Reversing the Stars 星辰逆世 Starry Sky Lufei星空路飞Eastern Fantasy119k WordsCompleted Deep in a distant world, a mysterious, brilliant star broke free from the darkness. Carrying boundless power, it hurtled toward us. As its light first shone upon the atmosphere, the entire sky was dyed in strange colors, dreamlike and beautiful, yet filled with a terrifying aura. The star's arrival brought no hope. It was the prelude to the apocalypse. Howling winds raised monstrous waves, and cities were swallowed by floods in an instant. The earth shook violently, mountains collapsed, and th —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A good book whose title doesn't do it justice, come and read it!

28. 1078 极 The Supreme Immortal Venerable in the City 极品仙尊在都市 Pretend to Be Yang and Eat the Tiger扮阳吃虎Urban3.8M WordsCompleted The most revered immortal in the Immortal Realm opens his eyes and finds himself a live-in son-in-law. In his previous life, everyone looked down on him. After being reborn, he becomes a genius grandmaster of the ancient martial arts world and a miracle doctor renowned throughout the medical field, with skills that reach the heavens and strength that can split the earth. 4.9kReads8.4Score453Shelves
29. 1079 修 Cultivation: What Do I Do with Too Many Spirit Herbs? 修仙：灵药太多怎么办？ Guan Hao观昊Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + pocket dimension + ordinary-person cultivation + invincible among peers + body tempering + swordsmanship] A menial disciple gets a pocket dimension from the start. It evolves whenever it devours spirit stones, and time inside passes ten times faster than outside. He can speed up his cultivation and grow medicinal herbs faster, so he never runs short of pills or spirit stones again. An ordinary-person cultivation story. The early chapters are somewhat subdued, and progress is sl 1.9kReads8.2Score129Shelves

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    Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul... Mahayana Ascension, there's a space with a spiritual spring, accelerating cultivation tenfold, planting spiritual herbs, raising spiritual beasts, and an abundance of pills, arrays, artifacts, talismans, spirit stones, and pills.

30. 1080 仙 A Fortuitous Encounter with Immortality 仙遇 Pursuing Summer逐夏Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Immortal bones come in eight colors: Purple, gold, red, orange, cyan, green, gray, and white. Anyone with a colored immortal bone can enter the inner sect of an immortal sect. The boy has colorless immortal bones, so the only work he can get is as a medicinal laborer in the immortal herb garden. He diligently tends the herbs, but his hard work arouses envy, and people plot against him. Unexpectedly, disaster turns to fortune when he comes across a jade bottle capable of copying any spirit herb i 3.5kReads8.6Score136Shelves

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    Traditional fantasy/xianxia (fantasy/martial arts) series, already completed.

31. 1081 长 Immortality 长生 Feng Yu Jiuqiu风御九秋Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted Ever since he was young, the boy Changsheng has inexplicably been struck by heavenly lightning time and again. He is saved by Daoist Lin, who takes him in as his final disciple. Daoist Lin was an abandoned disciple of Gezao Mountain, with the Daoist title Luoyangzi. For years, he explored tombs not for wealth, but to find treasures that could extend the life of the woman he loved. Before his death, he divides the secret manuals taken from the tomb among his five disciples and entrusts Changsheng 29.1kReads9.1Score3kShelves

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    These books are all very good, not exaggerated, and are traditional cultivation novels.

32. 1082 灵 The Spirit Cauldron’s Immortal Fate 灵鼎仙缘 Old Official老官Eastern Fantasy598k WordsCompleted An ordinary child from a mountain village is kidnapped and trafficked when he is young. He spends his days poorly clothed and hungry, with his life constantly in danger. Thanks to his cautious nature, he struggles to survive... until one day he encounters the mysterious world of cultivation. From then on, thousands of years pass, the seas turn to mulberry fields, and the world changes beyond recognition... 2.2kReads8.4Score182Shelves
33. 1083 韩 The Legend of Han the Blind Man 韩瞎子传奇 Tea Talk, Fan Hou茶语范厚Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted He was known as Han the Blind, a master of the secrets of feng shui and yin-yang arts. For decades, he roamed the lands beyond the Great Wall, known to everyone. He could read the heavens, the earth, people, and ghosts, yet could never predict his own fate. His life was beset by misfortune: orphaned by his father at a young age, he bore the burden of his sect’s rise and fall. Cursed with the Five Abuses and Three Deficiencies, he had love in his heart, yet was destined to die alone. This book re 2.4kReads7.2Score444Shelves
34. 1084 玄 The Swordplay Chronicles of Xuan Zhen 玄真剑侠录 Mo Fan沫繁Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted The human path stretches far and wild, while the immortal path lies beyond reach. Yu He, a young man blessed with great fortune and rare opportunities, is consumed by his determination to seek the Dao. Yet he is caught in the mortal world, with strange and terrifying forces stirring beyond, and the seven emotions and six desires hard to cast aside within. He has a sword in his hand, enough to slay evil spirits, but can the sword in his heart cut through every tangled burden and distraction? 7Reads7.6Score—Shelves
35. 1085 参 Reaching to the Sky 参天 Feng Yu Jiuqiu风御九秋Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted The appearance of fragments of the Heavenly Book sparks a frenzied struggle among the people. Is this a fortuitous opportunity, or does it conceal a deeper mystery? Is the pursuit of cultivation really only about attaining immortality? 3.8kReads8.9Score478Shelves
36. 1086 纯 The Pureblood Hongmeng Art 纯血鸿蒙诀 Ninety-Four Normal University Student九四师范生Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation ★ Logical and well-reasoned ★ Foreshadowing everywhere ★ Ingeniously crafted ★ A refreshing plot ★ Delicate prose ★ An expansive world ★ An uplifting theme ★ Come cultivate immortality alongside the hero!] In a village in the mortal realm of Qingyun Continent, a young man named Chu Feng is born with a useless Five-Element Spiritual Root. His path to immortality is thwarted as he seeks to save the girl next door, but then he meets Old Ren, who came from the Spirit Realm, and l 321Reads6.2Score102Shelves

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    A mortal cultivates to immortality, and the Primordial Tower recognizes him as its master, starting from the first level of Qi Refining 😎 [laughs][thumbs up]

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