Traditional Cultivation Novels Focused on Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment 正统练气筑基的修仙本

1. 951 修 Cultivation Begins with Inheriting a Spirit Beast Shop 修仙从继承灵兽铺开始 Amid the Wind and Sand风沙中Eastern Fantasy802k WordsOngoing Ji Ping transmigrated to the world of cultivation eighteen years ago. Out of luck, he had no spiritual roots and couldn’t cultivate. He awakened no System and never met an old master. All he could do was temper his body and become a poor body cultivator at the very bottom of the cultivation world. Then, on his eighteenth birthday, his parents returned from gathering spiritual materials, badly wounded, and handed over the family business, a spirit-beast shop passed down through the generations, f 666Reads8.3Score—Shelves
2. 952 仙 The Immortal Bee's Path to Supremacy 仙路争蜂 Dumb And Clumsy Guy呆呆笨笨男Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsCompleted A useless boy with all five spiritual roots gets a spiritual beast that’s just as low-grade: a tiny spirit bee. Everything about him is rock-bottom. Headstrong and unyielding, the boy seeks the Dao against all odds. He finally survives and grows powerful in a cultivation world where the weak are prey to the strong, ultimately defying heaven to create something new. Don’t laugh at a poor young man. His day to turn things around will come! 568Reads6.9Score—Shelves
3. 953 真 The Nine Transformations of the True Spirit 真灵九变 Sleeping Through Autumn睡秋Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsCompleted A conspiracy spanning tens of thousands of years lays down layer upon layer of fog. The passionate struggle of an ordinary cultivator blazes with fervor. The rise of a sect foretells schemes and self-interest. The conflict between humans and demons reveals alliances and betrayal. The approach of a great calamity conceals slaughter and secrets. As one secret after another comes to light, the layers of fog begin to lift. See how Lu Ping, an ordinary cultivator of the True Spirit Sect, makes his ma 237Reads8.8Score—Shelves
4. 954 万 The Strongest Sect of All Time 万古最强宗 Little Chubby San小三胖子Eastern Fantasy3.3M WordsCompleted The sect leader was murdered, and chaos engulfed the sect. All that remained was a group of old, weak, and infirm disciples! Lin Xiao had just transmigrated and was left dumbfounded when he learned what had happened. He would steady their hearts, eliminate the villains, open up new sources of income, crush their powerful enemies, and strengthen the sect. Lin Xiao vowed to build a mighty sect that would make the whole world tremble! 1.4kReads8.3Score173Shelves

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   The protagonist of the third book can be viewed as a background character.

5. 955 最 The Strongest Monster Beast System 最强妖兽系统 Gorilla咯比猴Eastern Fantasy3.3M WordsCompleted “Who would’ve thought that I, the mighty Burning Heaven Dragon Emperor, would be reborn as an animal!” As one of the Eight Title-Holding Martial Emperors, Xiao Long was furious. What annoyed him even more was that this body came with a strange System: killing people could level him up, and eating food gave him experience. Wasn’t that just asking for the world to descend into chaos? And so Xiao Long set out on history’s most outrageous path against humanity. 3.4kReads8.9Score414Shelves
6. 956 我 I Created the World 我创造了世界 Fang Yebai方夜白Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted Chen Luo found a Primordial Brush that let him create worlds at will. Whatever he wrote with it would become real in another world. He wrote down light, and the world gained a sun. He wrote down life, and the world gained countless species. More amazingly, he could bring players into this world and have them help evolve its species, advancing the world itself. So Chen Luo turned it into a hit online game that took the world by storm! “Second Life, a casual life-simulation game. Ten years in the 14.6kReads8.3Score1.4kShelves
7. 957 我 I Am the Villain Chosen by Fate: Invincible from the Moment I Crush the Male Lead 我，天命反派，无敌从碾压男主开始 Ou Cong偶葱Urban493k WordsCompleted Every male-oriented novel has a domineering protagonist who relies on forced posturing to pull off face-slapping, along with a crowd of cannon fodder whose intelligence is forcibly lowered by his protagonist aura. Gu Xiao's job is to become a brain-boosting hero in these web novels, raise the intelligence of everyone in each world, and relentlessly rub the male lead's face in the dirt. In a son-in-law story, he's the loyal sidekick who helps the male lead show off, only to have the male lead pat 7.4kReads9.1Score408Shelves
8. 958 带 Reborn with a Coffin, from Heavenly Spiritual Root to Ordinary Mortal 带棺重生，从天灵根沦为一介凡人 Snow Fills the Wind, Lightly雪满风轻Eastern Fantasy785k WordsOngoing The title isn't quite right, and the opening is slow, but I'll stick with it and finish the story! [Mortals + Righteous and Demonic Cultivators + Multiple Female Leads] The protagonist is murdered from the start in a conspiracy between his Dao companion and his junior brother! With the help of a mysterious stone coffin, he is reborn as Gu Yi, a foolish boy with no spiritual roots. He thought his path to immortality was over and revenge was out of reach, leaving him no choice but to live as an or 9Reads—Score—Shelves

   Reader note

   The first book is a classic mortal cultivation novel! Body refinement, Qi refinement, Foundation Establishment at the Extreme Realm, Dispersing Power to Form the Core, Dividing the Spirit and Nascent Soul—it has everything you could want! He's in a righteous sect but cultivates demonic techniques, using every possible means—dual cultivation, corpse refining, poison making, blood sacrifice!

9. 959 灵 Immortal Path of Spirit Origins: The Spirit Beasts I Raise Are So Grateful 灵源仙途：我养的灵兽太懂感恩了 Brewing Tea in the Spring Mist春雾煮茶Eastern Fantasy5.0M WordsOngoing [Cultivation] + [golden finger] + [Farming] + [Steady Progress] + [Relaxed] + [Everyday Life] In the world of Cultivation, all things possess spirits. After transmigrating, Gu An gained the ability to grasp the spiritual essence of spirit beasts. [Spiritual Source Recompense] Any spirit beast or spirit bird he personally raises will repay him when it dies! [One of the rainbow-feathered chickens you raised has died peacefully of old age and returned a portion of spiritual energy to you!] [One of 159.9kReads8.9Score13.3kShelves

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