Fantasy Novels Where the Protagonist Masters Alchemy, Artifact Forging, Formations, Runes, and Divine Beasts 主角会炼丹、炼器、阵法、符文、神兽的玄幻小说

1. 401 丑 The Ugly Girl Was Rejected, but Became an Exceptional Alchemist 丑女被退婚后，她成了极品炼丹师 Milk Tea with Half the Sugar奶茶要半糖Fantastical Romance3.0M WordsCompleted [Ugly heroine + broken engagement + fantasy + face-slapping + comeback] In her previous life, Bai Fuling was a cultivation prodigy. But on her wedding day, her new husband betrayed her, destroying her spiritual roots and crippling her cultivation. Hounded by everyone in her sect, she was driven to jump off a cliff She thought it was all over, but when she awoke, she had become the useless fifth daughter of a general’s household in the Yongqing Kingdom. Her cousin framed her, her grandfather aban 7.6kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
2. 402 逼 You Forced Me to Dual Cultivate at the Acacia Sect. What Are You Regretting Now? 逼我去合欢宗双修，现在后悔啥？ Qin Gengxin秦更新Eastern Fantasy287k WordsCompleted [Ranma-style gender swapping] [Multiple heroines] [Comedy] [System] [Cultivation] Ye Jinhuan is forced by a gang of cunning villains to transform into a woman and infiltrate the Hehuan Sect. He has no choice but to play their game of wits. Fortunately, he awakens the strongest Spy System and gains supernatural abilities, including the power to eavesdrop on people’s thoughts. His schemes leave everyone who forced him into this predicament filled with regret. Though surrounded by beautiful women i 966Reads5.8Score—Shelves
3. 403 青 Green Origin Immortal Manor 青元仙府 The Handsome Moon Dances to the Ends of the Earth月舞天涯帅Eastern Fantasy4.1M WordsCompleted After a famine forces the young Fang Yang to be sold as a servant in the city, a strange ancient seal script character unexpectedly leads him to join a martial sect. By a twist of fate, a mysterious immortal mountain takes refuge inside him. One day in the outside world equals a year in the mountain, and from then on, thousand-year-old spirit herbs and ten-thousand-year-old immortal medicines are his for the taking... Fengyun Star, Azure Ancient Star, Canglan Star, Tianyuan Star, Qingliu Star, P 9.2kReads8.4Score909Shelves

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4. 404 神 Divine Alchemist 神级炼丹师 Wind and Smoke Disperse风烟散Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsCompleted On the Martial Peak Continent, alchemists reign supreme. Luo Ming was a courier in his previous life, but after accidentally transmigrating, he obtained the Everything Delivery System. As long as he has money, space and time are no problem. What, you want the Three-Flavored True Fire? No problem. If you have the cash, we can work anything out. How about the World-Creating Sacred Flame for a little extra? Need a way to boost your combat power? No problem. As long as you have money, we have peerle 672Reads7.7Score—Shelves
5. 405 退 After Dropping Out, I Became the Female CEO's Bodyguard 退学后我成了女总裁的贴身保镖 Little Wharf小码头Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [Invincible] [Multiple Heroines] [Spatial Powers] [All-Rounder] [Fast-Paced] [Wish-Fulfillment] When Chen Fan jolts awake, he finds himself trapped in a women's bathhouse and is falsely accused, forcing him to leave school. His campus beauty girlfriend abandons him. With nowhere else to turn, he enters a mountain cave, where he encounters the legacy of an Immortal Emperor and masters both medicine and martial arts! He awakens a Pure Yang Divine Body. He spends a year cultivating in a secret real 19.2kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves

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   Alchemy, weapon crafting, formations and talismans, and serendipitous encounters! Cultivating alongside the female protagonist.

6. 406 我 My Medicine Cauldron Can Refine Pills Automatically 我的药鼎能自动炼丹 Just Half a Step Away半步之遥Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted P.S. The young Xu Yufan transmigrates from Earth, bringing a miniature universe with him. Within this miniature universe, spiritual energy is so dense it seems almost tangible, and spirit herbs grow dozens of times faster than those in the outside world. It also contains a black medicine cauldron that can refine pills automatically! [Transmigration + no System + ordinary-person cultivation + fast-paced + no female lead + cultivation + decisive and ruthless + no saintly protag 1.2kReads8.4Score141Shelves
7. 407 乖 Submit Obediently, or Be Conquered 乖乖臣服，否则征服 Little Wharf小码头Urban310k WordsOngoing [Fast-paced wish fulfillment | Multiple heroines] With only seven days to live, Xiao Xiaohuo descends the mountain. He can only overcome the poison and start a new life by winning over the women named in four marriage contracts! He checks into an inn after dark and gets some attentive service. A female officer bursts in and catches them red-handed. He takes a closer look at her ID. Xia Bingbing! She's the fiancée he's supposed to visit tomorrow to propose marriage! 11.6kReads7.2Score904Shelves
8. 408 9 999X Cultivation System 999倍修炼系统 Demon Dance妖舞Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted One minute of cultivation grants 999 times the experience, sending his cultivation level soaring! One step grants 999 times the experience in movement techniques, advancing him to divine rank! One punch grants 999 times the experience in boxing, advancing him to divine rank! One glance at alchemy grants 999 times the experience in alchemical mastery, advancing him to become a divine-grade alchemist! One glance at a sword-intent stele activates 999 times the comprehension, allowing him to grasp p 348Reads8.1Score112Shelves
9. 409 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 329Reads6.2Score102Shelves

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   Having learned Master Ren's Pure Blood Primordial Chaos Technique, the mountain village boy Chu Feng activates the Primordial Chaos Tower! [Cool] He can refine pills, forge weapons, practice formations, cultivate medicinal fields, and raise divine pets within his body! [Cool] A thrilling and captivating tale of a mortal cultivating immortality! [Cool][Thumbs up][Admiration]

10. 410 绝 Peerless Alchemy God 绝世丹神 Cyber Black Knight网络黑侠Eastern Fantasy5.3M WordsCompleted He returns to a world ten thousand years in the past, where martial arts reign supreme and powerhouses are everywhere, while the path of alchemy is only just beginning to flourish! Qin Feng, a god-tier alchemist, possesses countless pill recipes and knows every kind of medicinal technique. He embarks on a frenzied quest to refine pills and concoct medicines, advancing the art of alchemy through his own efforts. At the same time, he cultivates all kinds of top-tier techniques and meets countless 1.1kReads8.8Score162Shelves

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    Alchemy, weapon crafting, formations, runes, divine beasts

11. 411 至 Supreme Pill Emperor 至尊丹帝 Tong Lin通林Eastern Fantasy6.2M WordsCompleted Pill Sovereign Lu Yu failed to refine an immortal pill and was then reborn as the young master of a prominent clan. Armed with countless divine arts, secret techniques, and pill-refining memories from his previous life, as well as the solid foundation he built by cultivating anew in this life, Lu Yu is destined to forge a glorious path, reach the pinnacle of the Pill Dao, make his name known throughout the world, win the hearts of beautiful women, shatter heaven and earth, and live forever in ca 3.9kReads8.0Score390Shelves
12. 412 绝 Peerless Talisman Master 绝世符神 Dongfang Xingyun东方行云Eastern Fantasy3.6M WordsCompleted [Clever protagonist + power-ups + wish fulfillment + complete] “You can make pills and break through quickly? One Spirit-Gathering Talisman of mine can increase your cultivation speed tenfold, even a hundredfold!” “You can forge weapons, crafting divine arms that can cleave the stars? I have Nine Heavens Thunder Talismans that summon heavenly lightning, reducing everything within a thousand miles to ash with a single strike!” “You’re an expert in formations, adept at both offense and defense? I 3.5kReads8.3Score837Shelves
13. 413 狂 The Berserk Pill Venerable 狂暴丹尊 Half-Orc Warrior半兽勇士Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Yun cultivates a forbidden art and is reborn in the Primordial Era, spanning a hundred thousand years. In this age, humanity is weak and the path of cultivation has only just begun to flourish. They face constant invasions by the ancient races, while Jiang Yun possesses countless cultivation techniques and martial arts from the future, along with an endless trove of alchemical recipes and medicinal arts. One blade slays an ancient race, one punch shatters a tribulation. He is not just stro 524Reads8.1Score100Shelves
14. 414 帝 The Imperial Phoenix Descends! The Divine Phoenix Soars! The Foolish Young Lady Takes Over 帝凰临！神凤倾！痴傻小姐拽翻天 Million Hunt觅百万Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (The main story and all bonus chapters are complete.) [Traditional growth-focused female lead + beast taming + all-element talent + no saintly do-gooder + equally matched leads + sweet and satisfying story. There is a male lead. The heroine grows stronger over time, with slow progression at first and rapid leveling later. She isn’t invincible, and pretends to be weak while secretly being strong in the early story. Please don’t read if that’s not your thing.] She is the finest heir to a reclusive 14.4kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves
15. 415 魔 The Demon Lord's One and Only: A Genius Alchemist 魔尊独宠：天才炼丹师 Jiang Ruyi江如意Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted She was a genius alchemist from the Upper Realm, monstrously powerful and besieged by thousands of experts. Reborn in one instant as the useless second daughter of a general's household, she is mocked by everyone. At the empress's birthday banquet, she is betrothed to a disgraced prince born with an eye ailment. She dazzles at the family tournament, then thrashes scoundrels and gathers underlings at the academy. When her secret identities are revealed, everyone is left dumbfounded. What? The use 100Reads8.3Score—Shelves
16. 416 丹 Pill Emperor, Martial Emperor 丹皇武帝 Lab Rat实验小白鼠Eastern Fantasy6.5M WordsCompleted A hundred thousand white-clad warriors raise their blades to defend Heaven’s Gate! A million evil spirits carry coffins to wage war on Kunlun! Phoenix coronets and bridal robes, bloodied gowns and withered faces, bone lanterns and bloody candles illuminate the cycle of reincarnation! A thousand years ago, a divine emperor fought his way to supremacy on the battlefield of a hundred clans, founding an eternal divine dynasty and striving for the supreme imperial throne, hoping to establish the Nint 15.1kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves

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    It has everything you mentioned, and it also has things you don't.

17. 417 莲 Lotus-Born Pill Venerable 莲生丹尊 Little Sweet Potato of the Human World人间小地瓜Eastern Fantasy691k WordsCompleted Ji Shiyi, a country boy from a mountain village, unexpectedly gains a space linked to a twin lotus. One day in the outside world equals one month inside. With the lotus space, Ji Shiyi survives a famine and saves the grandfather who raised him. By a twist of fate, Ji Shiyi embarks on the path of cultivation. Everyone knows how difficult cultivation is, and everyone wants to pursue it. While everyone fights tooth and nail over a single spirit plant in a secret realm, Ji Shiyi says, “How did you k 13.3kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
18. 418 超 The Super All-Round Student 超级全能学生 Pig-Slaying Knife杀猪刀Urban6.9M WordsCompleted I'll make everyone who looked down on me do nothing but gaze up at my back. That's right, this is a story about turning things around. 21.8kReads8.7Score2.7kShelves
19. 419 摊 The Truth Is Out: She’s a Genius Alchemist! 摊牌了，她是天才炼丹师！ Lou Qianqian楼浅浅Ancient Romance650k WordsCompleted [Beloved by the whole family + two powerful leads + secret identities + sweet romance + feel-good story] After Feng Xueyao transmigrated, her parents and brothers, who had always doted on her despite thinking she was useless, realized that more and more legendary figures were visiting their home. The supporting female character, who tried to pull her down every day, found that the gap between them only kept growing. The royal clan’s holy son, who had once looked down on her, shut himself away to 766Reads9.1Score111Shelves
20. 420 异 The Otherworldly Alchemist 异世丹帝 Ugly Eight Hundred丑八佰Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsCompleted Brotherhood runs deeper than the sea, while one smile from a beauty can topple a city. My peerless alchemy arts shatter the firmament. I am the Emperor, I am the King! A supreme Alchemy Emperor from the immortal realm was betrayed by his subordinates and transmigrated to another world. With his mastery of pills, he rises at a lightning pace. Supreme techniques, peerless elixirs, divine artifacts: watch me shatter the firmament, ascend to the heavens, and become the greatest legend of all! Master 7kReads8.5Score787Shelves
21. 421 神 The God-Tier System's Shop Across All Worlds 神级系统万界大店长 Shao Shu Jiuhui少书九回Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsCompleted [An original story, not a world-hopping tale] Legend has it that in a corner of the continent, there is a little shop. It sells chewing gum that gives you an endless supply of strength, and soda that can have you leaping around in an instant, even if you were on your last breath. The place is packed with divine beasts and overflowing with magical treasures. There is no product you can’t find there, only things you haven’t thought of yet. Countless powerful figures flock to the shop, and influent 2kReads8.3Score216Shelves

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    It lacks the excitement of fighting and killing, it's more of a laid-back, casual style, but it's incredibly entertaining.

22. 422 丹 Divine Master of Pills and Talismans 丹符神尊 Zuo Ye左夜Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted Jian Zhengfeng sat in seclusion for eight years, poring over ten thousand volumes of scripture, all to comprehend the Great Dao Treasury in a single moment! The Demon God Art, the Song of Weiyang, the Profound Spirit Manual, and the Great Dao Treasury: four extraordinary books, but only the Great Dao Treasury contains ten million true meanings! Spirit talismans are needed to draw talismanic charms, set up formations, refine artifacts, and forge flying swords. Even superior-grade spirit pills req 8.7kReads8.9Score983Shelves
23. 423 古 The Secret Treasure of an Ancient Sect: A Mortal’s Defiant Path to Immortality 古宗密藏凡人逆天修仙路 Waxed Fruit Is a Little Sweet打蜡水果有点甜Eastern Fantasy150k WordsCompleted A twelve-year-old boy goes into the mountains to find water and save the simple villagers. There, he unexpectedly discovers the ruins of an ancient sect. As he begins his path of cultivation, he is swept into the bloody turmoil of the cultivation world, where resources, power, schemes, desires, love, and hatred intertwine. How will the protagonist fight his way through and ascend to immortality? Stay tuned... 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A story of a mortal cultivating immortality, where the protagonist starts by obtaining the ruins of the largest prehistoric sect.

24. 424 傻 The Foolish Immortal Pill Emperor 傻仙丹帝 Red Leaves红叶Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted Chang Sheng, a young alchemy apprentice in the Celestial Court, is an expert in the art of alchemy. After being framed and forced to reincarnate, he unexpectedly ends up in the body of an idiot. So he decides to keep up the act and play dumb to the end... Pretending to be a fool while secretly outsmarting everyone: what's not to love? 3.6kReads8.9Score432Shelves
25. 425 灵 Spirit Sword Sovereign 灵剑尊 Cloud Sky云天空Eastern Fantasy12.1M WordsCompleted A powerful expert is ambushed and returns to his youth, becoming the weak, useless young master he once was. He will never spare the enemies who wronged him in his previous life! He will make up for every regret he carried into this life! When his spirit sword cries out, he will reign supreme over the three realms of heaven and earth! Anyone who defies him will die by his sword! 7.2kReads8.2Score1.1kShelves

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26. 426 万 The Ten Thousand Beasts Register 万兽箓 Basking in the Sun in the Ninth Heaven九霄沐阳Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted I was born into this world and have spent over a decade here. At last, I obtained the supreme treasure, the [Myriad Beasts Compendium]. Demon beasts haven’t gained intelligence? No problem. I can awaken their bloodlines and help them come into their own. Their bloodlines are too weak? Easy. I can purify them and restore their ancestral traits, transforming them completely. You want to cultivate on your own? Fine, take a copy of the Myriad Beasts Dao Scripture and study it yourself. You want to b 4.2kReads7.9Score454Shelves
27. 427 绝 Peerless Immortal Emperor 绝世仙帝 Wind Without Limits风无极光Eastern Fantasy5.9M WordsCompleted Three years ago, Yun Qingyan accidentally fell from the mortal world into the Immortal Realm. Three thousand years later, he became the fearsome Immortal Emperor Yun. After tearing open the void and returning to the mortal world, Yun Qingyan discovered that only three years had passed here. “Once, I wasn't strong enough to protect the people I loved. Now, I will make the whole world prostrate itself at my feet.” 13.3kReads8.3Score1.4kShelves
28. 428 丹 The Alchemist 丹师 Li Douya李豆芽Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted To refine pills, one must calm the mind and steady the breath, letting stillness flow without end as qi enters the dantian. The breath stirs below the navel, flowing continuously. Clasp both hands over the navel, let the pill fire glow warmly, settle the six senses, and forget both self and world. This is the way of pill refinement! At the pinnacle of the pill path, heaven and earth become the furnace, and all creation becomes the herbs! A wisp of essence from the sun and moon, refined into a pi 9.2kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
29. 429 穿 Transmigrating to Another World: Surviving as an Alchemist 穿越异界：从炼丹师开始苟活 Autumn Rain, Spring Swallows秋雨春燕Eastern Fantasy304k WordsCompleted Ten years ago, the world underwent a sudden transformation. Mutant beasts ran rampant, danger lurked everywhere, and the Xia Nation’s army suffered devastating losses. Fortunately, they developed a technique for cultivating the body, giving the people of Xia a chance to survive. Lin Tian transmigrated to Great Xia and unexpectedly awakened a Career-Drawing System. He had imagined that, like everyone else, he would slay enemies and monsters on his way to the pinnacle of life. But the first career 16Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 430 无 Invincible Alchemist 无敌炼药师 Chen Zhaoming陈昭明Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsCompleted On the Sacred Martial Continent, martial artists reign supreme! And among them, alchemists are held in the highest esteem. Without an alchemist's help, a martial artist can never become truly strong! Ye Fei, a medical student, transmigrates to the Sacred Martial Continent and accidentally merges with the supercomputer Galaxy, which is said to be capable of calculating anything. And so begins the legend of an unrivaled alchemist! A demon god who has slaughtered billions comes seeking medicine? Ha 6.4kReads8.5Score730Shelves
31. 431 万 The Eternal Martial Emperor 万古武帝 Expert in Superpowers异能专家Eastern Fantasy10.5M WordsCompleted A hundred years ago, amid a world-shaking war between gods and demons, he was betrayed by his beloved and his sworn brother. His body was reduced to ashes, and his soul sealed away for a century. A hundred years later, he returns to life in another’s body, settling scores with his enemies in a blaze of glory before ascending to the peak once more! Across the eight wildernesses and six directions, I rule over all. Beneath the nine heavens and above the ten lands, who can rival me? I slay gods and 5.1kReads7.9Score518Shelves
32. 432 我 I Refined a Pill in Another World 我在异界炼个丹 Ethereal Hermit飘逸居士Eastern Fantasy778k WordsCompleted Qi Refining, Energy Gathering, Core Formation, Nascent Transformation, Spirit Refining, Void Entry, Tribulation Crossing. From the very moment he transmigrated, an extraordinary life was destined for him. In a world ruled by the strong, you must become stronger and greater, or be devoured by the law of the jungle. Refine pills from herbs, and enter the Dao through pills. 525Reads8.5Score—Shelves
33. 433 丹 The Pill Emperor Returns 丹帝归来 Braised Eggplant红烧茄子Eastern Fantasy4.3M WordsCompleted Heaven is the furnace, earth the cauldron; all creation is medicine, and I am supreme. Yin and yang within the pill reach the heart of creation; with a snap of my fingers, I command life and death and reverse the world! A generation's Pill Emperor is reborn and returns, astounding the four seas and eight wastelands with his heaven-defying talent. In my last life, I saved countless people, yet I could not save the one I loved most. In this life, I will take your hand and stay by your side through 2.9kReads8.6Score328Shelves
34. 434 迷 Surviving the Mist: I Become a God by Drawing Talismans and Refining Pills 迷雾求生：我靠画符炼丹成神 Zi Nan Xu紫楠墟Urban336k WordsCompleted Blue Star is unexpectedly chosen by the gods, and all of humanity is transported to a world of mist to begin the struggle for survival. Natural disasters and eerie horrors run rampant in the mist. Everyone can draw a talent and gain an inherited ability. Song Que receives a gift from the ancestral star and unexpectedly awakens the unique talent Divine Craftsmanship. Unable to inherit a combat profession, he can only become a support class. Fortunately, there’s always a way forward. Just as Song 4.7kReads8.4Score378Shelves
35. 435 废 The Disgraced Girl's Comeback: A Genius Alchemist 废女逆袭，天才丹药师 Red Glass红色琉璃Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted She was once a young genius, peerlessly brilliant. But after being framed by villains, her soul crossed into another world. Overnight, she became a worthless nobody, bullied and humiliated by everyone! But so what? Watch as she uses every ounce of her wit to turn the tables against all odds. He is the eldest son of the Murong family, a refined and gifted young man. Among the countless women in the world, she is the only one to steal his heart! When the underdog makes her move, she does so with a 74Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 436 我 I Have a Demon-Refining Gourd 我有一尊炼妖壶 Mu Jing木井Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted A discarded son of the family unexpectedly obtained the ancient artifact Demon-Refining Pot, and from then on became hopelessly addicted to its synthesis function. Spirit herbs? Instantly turned into immortal medicine. Spirit pets? Instantly turned into divine beasts. Ore? Instantly turned into divine artifacts. You’d better not mess with me, or I’ll toss you in there and see what happens. 1.3kReads8.7Score162Shelves
37. 437 亘 The Eternal Emperor 亘古大帝 Chen Hui陈辉Eastern Fantasy10.8M WordsCompleted [A complete epic spanning ten million words, with one heroine, decisive violence, and unstoppable thrills from start to finish] Ten thousand years ago, Lin Yan suppressed the Demon Emperor, only to be betrayed by his brother and saddled with a reputation as a villain for ten thousand years! Now his imperial soul has returned, and his good-for-nothing body has awakened to the power of rebirth! They steal his sacred bones? He'll forge bones that defy heaven! They break off his engagement? He'll ki 6.5kReads8.7Score839Shelves
38. 438 无 Peerless Immortal King 无双仙王 Multicolored Chen Pinggong五颜六色的陈平公Eastern Fantasy109k WordsCompleted [Traditional Cultivation] + [Feel-Good Story] + [Nearly Invincible Protagonist] As a child, the male lead was given a cultivation technique called the Primordial Unity Art by an immortal. And so his journey of immortal cultivation began. Alchemy? Taming beasts? Wielding artifacts?… He can handle it all with ease! Sect Master: “This boy is the holy son of our sect. Anyone who bullies him is showing me no respect!” Senior Brother: “Why was Shu Hui born if there was already a Wushuang?” Second —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Look, it perfectly fits the traditional fantasy formula: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core. The protagonist currently knows alchemy and beast taming. He's semi-invincible, progressing step by step without forcibly lowering the intelligence of enemies or achieving instant success.

39. 439 第 The Number One Talisman Master 第一神符师 Shu Liang殊良Ancient Romance333k WordsCompleted Cultivation is expensive. Really, really expensive! Su Liang, a girl from a small town, is short on money. Really, really short on money! So while other people play, she draws talismans. While they sleep, she makes pills. While they chat, she crafts spiritual weapons. Is she really that dedicated? Don’t ask. She’s just broke. With no money, she can’t buy spiritual source stones. With no money, she can’t enter spiritual veins to cultivate. With no money, she can’t afford high-grade materials. Wit 534Reads8.3Score103Shelves
40. 440 绝 The Peerless Mad Emperor 绝世狂帝 Watermelon Dumpling西瓜小丸子Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing The ruler of a great nation, the Western Chu Heavenly Emperor, fought ten great Heavenly Demons, only to be outmaneuvered by treacherous enemies and die with his blood spilled across the continent. Carrying memories of the future, he returns to his youth, five hundred years in the past. Given a second life, he is determined to make up for the regrets of his former one! He will cultivate the mightiest arts, walk the path of the invincible, and become the Supreme Ancient Emperor! None can defeat h 111Reads7.1Score—Shelves
41. 441 开 From the Start, I Ran Into a Taotie and Began Practicing the Longevity Art 开局偶遇饕餮，修炼长生功 Hunyuanzi混元子Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Not a Saintly Do-Gooder + Master Schemer + Lighthearted + Daily Life + Well-Reasoned Traditional Daoist Cultivation] After dying unexpectedly, the protagonist encounters an escaped Taotie in the Underworld. Their souls merge, and they transmigrate to another world, where he pursues immortality. The protagonist likes to keep a low profile. The first dozen or so chapters mainly cover traditional Daoist cultivation and the world’s background. The story takes its time to get going and isn’t a power 904Reads8.8Score104Shelves

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    The protagonist can now refine pills, his wife practices Qi cultivation, and they're dealing with pet formations. It's incredibly well-done.

42. 442 龙 Dragon Martial Emperor 龙武帝尊 Half a Day of Leisure in This Fleeting Life浮生半日闲Eastern Fantasy4.8M WordsCompleted Ling Yun was the Dragon Martial Emperor, whose name shook the Divine Realm. He was just one step away from reaching the rank of Divine Sovereign and dominating the Three Realms, but because he possessed the Ancestral Dragon treasure, the Ten Directions Emperors, Nine Heavens Immortals, Five Tiger Divine Generals, and Ice and Snow Immortal Venerable joined forces to kill him. He was reborn in the body of a martial arts cripple with nine blocked meridians on the Divine Martial Continent. Given ano 67Reads7.5Score130Shelves
43. 443 符 Talisman Arts! Insect Arts! The Heaven-Defying Divine Beast Devours the World! 符道！虫道！逆天神兽吃破天！ Cauliflower Bun花菜包Eastern Fantasy286k WordsCompleted A young man goes out for a trip and is sold into slavery by a sect. Refusing to accept his fate, he escapes with his life and swears to master his skills before returning for revenge! He joins the greatest sect under heaven, only to be exploited by it. By a twist of fate, he acquires vast cultivation resources and is hunted by the Four Sacred Lands. His parents die, the woman he first loved is tortured to death, and the whole world turns against him! There is only one answer: kill, kill, kill, u 964Reads7.2Score126Shelves
44. 444 凡 A Mortal's Path to Immortality 凡人之修仙问道 Running Panda奔跑的熊猫Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation] + [No transmigration] + [No System] + [Decisive and ruthless]: A poor country boy obtains a Mystic Spirit Pearl, joins a martial sect, and embarks on an endless, treacherous, dog-eat-dog path of cultivation, full of schemes and hardships. The road to the Great Dao in the cultivation world stretches on without end, and the path to immortality is perilous. See how an ordinary country boy struggles to cultivate. Mortal Realm: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formatio 858Reads8.2Score106Shelves

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    A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: No Time Travel, No System

45. 445 心 State of Mind! 心境！ Soul of the Mind心境之魂Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsOngoing (Eloquent writing + xuanhuan fantasy + suspense + supernatural + spiritual cultivation + ordinary-person progression + no System + no clichés + no invincibility + no mindless characters) Wu Jing, a young herb gatherer from Qingshi Town, falls off a cliff and attains sudden insight, glimpsing the secret of a century-long lifespan! But the road to longevity is filled with deadly dangers. The stunning heiress he treats has an ancient heart demon sealed inside her; the Daoist temple he joins conceal 138Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 446 炼 Refine Divine Pills, Command Divine Beasts! The Good-for-Nothing Mother Has a Pocket Dimension and Takes Her Child to the Top of the Cultivation World 炼神丹，御神兽！废材娘亲有空间，带娃修仙卷上天 Red Beans in the South红豆在南国Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Shu Jianyue was a level-six powerhouse with a personal space in the post-apocalyptic world. Then she transmigrated and became a good-for-nothing with a huge belly, trying to hang herself. What? A good-for-nothing? Only for now. She unlocked the planting space she had brought from the apocalypse. One fruit was enough to cleanse her meridians and remake her bones. A few cabbages turned rabbits into Skyward Roars. A few apples turned flying monkeys into Zhu Yan. Mashed potatoes and purple yams coul 2.1kReads9.0Score297Shelves
47. 447 造 Divine Alchemy Master 造化丹神 Northward Through the Snow Country雪国向北Eastern Fantasy549k WordsCompleted Who says cultivation through alchemy can’t be used in battle? Ye Tian casually hurls a whole heap of pills at his opponents and crushes them to death. Who says alchemists can only support other cultivators? Ye Tian created an entirely new system for advancing through alchemy. Refining pills can boost your cultivation, too. I, Ye Tian, am the ultimate BKing of the entire alchemy world!!! 163Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist can not only refine pills, but also use them to smash people.

48. 448 焚 The Burning Heavens Way of the Pill 焚天丹道 Konjac Sloth魔芋树懒Eastern Fantasy408k WordsCompleted On the Profound Abyss Continent, countless races stand side by side, martial arts flourish, and alchemy has fallen into decline. Here, martial cultivation can reach the point of moving mountains, filling seas, and shattering stars. Yet even the most powerful martial artists must rely on pills to break through their bottlenecks. Great clans can destroy nations, but must bow before high-level alchemists. A single Nine-Turn Soul-Rebirth Pill can restore flesh to bare bones; a Boundary-Breaking Pill 1Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 449 异 A Genius Talisman Card Boy's Cultivation in Another World 异世修仙之天才符卡少年 A Breeze Along the Way清风随行Two Male Leads1.9M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + transmigration + cultivation + 1v1 + mutually faithful + doting + pocket dimension] During summer vacation, Lin Yangyi goes on a trip with his classmates. He accidentally enters an unfamiliar body of water, and just as he’s about to head back, a strange whirlpool appears and sucks him in. When he wakes up, he’s on the Eastern Profound Continent, a fantastical cultivation world filled with talisman cards, alchemy, artifact crafting, and cultivation! He has become an idle young m 958Reads8.8Score123Shelves
50. 450 玄 Xuanhuan: From Trash to Devouring Heaven and Earth 玄幻：从废材到吞噬天地 Qin Gengxin秦更新Eastern Fantasy168k WordsCompleted [Fantasy + Martial Souls + Passionate Battles + No System] From the start, his archenemy stole his Spirit Profound Bone and shattered his dantian. But in an unexpected turn, this awakened Yun Yifeng's Formless Physique, restored his dantian, and granted him a Devouring Martial Soul. From then on, Yun Yifeng embarked on an epic journey from good-for-nothing to devouring the heavens and earth. 55Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I really enjoyed this book and highly recommend it! 😊😁

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