Cultivation Stories with Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Severing, Integration, and Great Ascension 炼气，筑基，金丹，元婴，分神，合体大乘类似小说

1. 1251 烬 The Palace of Embers: A Caged Sparrow Becomes a Consort 烬宫欢：囚雀为妃 Chongqing and Sichuan Spicy Girl川渝辣妹子Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted The Joys of Jin Palace: A Caged Bird Becomes a Consort 3Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 1252 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Immortals Should Cultivate Secondhand! 凡人修仙：仙就要修二手的！ Lard猪油Xianxia770k WordsOngoing The rating has just been released, and it'll rise later! [No AI, entirely handmade] [Mortal-style cultivation + spear-focused cultivator] (Traditional immortal cultivation, slow burn and not a wish-fulfillment story, rising from mortal to immortal, with an exciting later arc) Chen Tuo is reborn in the cultivation world with the ability to repair secondhand goods. He can mend worn-out straw sandals and piece together broken porcelain bowls, but he lacks the one thing that matters most: a spiritua 1.7kReads6.4Score113Shelves

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   It's a serious story, the protagonist kills decisively, and the twist in the later stages is super exciting.

3. 1253 不 Can You Become an Immortal by Any Means Necessary? 不择手段，可成仙否？ The Kingdra Who Loves Drum Corps喜欢军鼓的海刺龙Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless]+ [Will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals]+ [No female lead]+ [The middle and later parts get dark, so don't read if that's not your thing] "The weak are always making excuses for their incompetence and failures, but they themselves are the best excuse of all!" (There are a lot of trolls in the comments, so use your own judgment.) Chen Yi transmigrates to the world of immortal cultivation and opens his eyes already struggling to survive at the bottom. Five years ag 92.8kReads8.5Score10kShelves
4. 1254 残 A Crumbling Temple, No Immortals! 残观无仙！ Granny Wang Sells Sweet Potatoes王婆婆卖地瓜Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing Deep in the Qingmang Mountains, fifteen-year-old Lin Jin tends the crumbling Qingyun Temple. With a cultivation level of only the fourth layer of Qi Refining, he is the lowliest temple master among the three thousand Daoist sects. A summons from the Daoist sects calls him to the grand gathering at Dao Mountain, where he must arrive within thirty years. The long journey spans five seas and fourteen continents, with demons and beasts rampant and powerful enemies lying in wait. Watch as the boy tak 118.8kReads8.3Score14.5kShelves
5. 1255 海 Cultivating on an Island: The Rise of the Wang Clan 海岛修仙：王氏家族崛起记 Jinxiu Sanlang锦绣三郎Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing [Mortal Cultivation] [Island Cultivation] [Farming and Fish-Raising] [Eastern Fantasy] [Mortal Cultivation] [Clan Cultivation] [Farming in Secret Realms] [Building and Development] [Spirit Beasts] Wang Changqing, a mighty Golden Core cultivator, was preparing to lead the Wang clan to dominate the vast seas when the alliance and his friends betrayed him. Beast tides, evil cultivators, pirates, pressure from outside and obstruction from within: in the end, beasts and evil cultivators surrounded th 260Reads5.9Score128Shelves

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   Cultivation of immortals on the island + farming and fish farming + elixirs and spiritual beasts + sea tribes and humans + rise of families = traditional herbal writings on cultivating immortals! Worth watching, highly recommended!!! .

6. 1256 青 Qingyun Comes Down the Mountain: I Cultivate Qi in Yunhai 青云下山：我在云海修引气 Sending You a Strawberry寄一颗草莓Urban274k WordsOngoing [Master Descends the Mountain + Urban Cultivation + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Bodyguard to a Female CEO + Invincible + Superpowers] When everyone thinks he is just an ordinary young man, Jiang Chen returns after three years of grueling cultivation. The patience he showed in the past was not meant to help him scrape by. It was the prelude to an astonishing comeback after descending the mountain. Faced with pressure from powerful families, provocations from formidable foes, and deadly traps 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I just started following it, it's very nice, I highly recommend it!

7. 1257 凡 A Mortal From the Start, With a Cultivation Mega-Model 凡人开局，我有修仙大模型 Fan Sanmeng繁三梦Eastern Fantasy103k WordsOngoing [Mortal-style cultivation, System, decisive and ruthless, no brainless protagonist, no formulaic tropes] I'm Han Ping. In my previous life, I worked myself to death coding. I started out as a good-for-nothing with no spiritual roots, but I still made a comeback. A thrilling cultivation power fantasy with a well-reasoned plot! Fellow cultivators, stop and take a look. You'll be hooked in three chapters, says the Immortal Spirit. What? ...You want to know who the Immortal Spirit is...? 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It doesn't overwhelm the wits, the rhythm is smooth and mortal, and the protagonist has a stable character. Chapter 20 begins with the climax of the mortal world. New book recommendations.

8. 1258 神 The Amazing Little Flower Farmer 神奇小花农 Small-Town Earl小镇伯爵Urban1.8M WordsOngoing An ordinary high school student happens to buy a secondhand book on the Way, and from then on, his life takes a different path. A top-student protagonist, but this isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, an invincible-protagonist novel, or a rebirth novel. It portrays an authentic high school life, with intelligent characters and believable events. There are no advanced martial arts, powerful officials, or influential clans. These are things that could happen to you or me. Blending cultivation element 60.2kReads8.3Score5.3kShelves

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   Cultivate the true energy from ancient books, obtain the inheritance of Taoism, go to school during the day, and practice immortality at night.

9. 1259 扛 Carrying a Coffin on My Way to Cultivate Immortality 扛着棺材去修仙 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing A young man from a once-prosperous family accidentally finds a jade seal coiled by a dragon. He never realizes that this powerful seal is not only a formidable weapon, but also a key to a world of advanced civilization… 101.4kReads8.5Score6.9kShelves
10. 1260 猫 The Demon-Cultivation Tale of Cat Lao Liu 猫老六修妖传 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted [Demon Cultivation | Immortal Cultivation | Comedy | Playing the Fool to Catch the Tiger | Ruthless and Decisive] Mao Laoliu was a wild, unrestrained fellow who accidentally came into possession of the Heavenly Toad, a supreme treasure from the Immortal Realm. The toad carried his soul across time and space to a world of immortal cultivators, where he was reborn in the body of a black cat. And so Mao Laoliu began his life as a demon cultivator… 7.7kReads8.7Score639Shelves
11. 1261 坠 The God Who Fell into the Demonic Path 坠入魔道的神 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted Legend has it that this world is bound by the Heavenly Dao, and only by devouring it can one empower oneself and rise to a higher plane. One day, a Heavenly Dao tomb from a higher plane descended into the mortal world and chose an infant, entering the child's body. From then on, a vast conspiracy gradually unfolded around this child. A lone star of ill fortune descended to the mortal realm, all living beings suffered, and the Divine Clan was destroyed. See how the heaven-chosen youth navigate 17.8kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
12. 1262 不 I’ll Do Whatever It Takes to Cultivate Immortality 不择手段去修仙 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted Feel-Good Story + Comedy + Mortal Cultivation + No Harem + Xuanhuan + No System Belief: If you've got thick skin, you get the meat. Motto: If a problem can be solved by sweet-talking, never resort to force. Principle: If nobody messes with me, I'll mess with them anyway. Specialty: Play the pig to eat the tiger. I'm number one at showing off. A street punk from the 21st century accidentally obtains a rare treasure and transmigrates to a world overrun by immortals, demonic cultivators, and practi 9.5kReads8.8Score745Shelves
13. 1263 凡 Mortal Cultivation, Beginning with Starlight 凡人修仙，从星光开始 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted An ordinary boy is chosen by a star and sent from Earth to another world. His fate is changed forever, and he begins his cultivation journey in this unfamiliar land. He stumbles through cultivation, treading as carefully as if on thin ice, all so he can find his way home. But being reborn was simply a fate that had been ordained... 2.4kReads7.3Score181Shelves
14. 1264 为 For That Dream, I Will Split Heaven and Earth 为了那个梦，我要开天辟地 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy598k WordsCompleted Legend has it that everything in this world is an illusion. This world is merely a dream of yours. As long as you exist, this world exists. When you are gone, it will naturally crumble and vanish... Wang Bin lost his world, lost his dream. For the sake of that dream and the person he loved most, he would split open the heavens and cleave the earth. He would create that world... 441Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 1265 血 Blood Awakens, and I Finally Become an Immortal 血启，终成仙 Dream of the Dead梦亡人Eastern Fantasy152k WordsOngoing [Handcrafted cultivation + wuxia + comeback + pure romance] [A slow-burn cultivation story that gets better and better!] The author is still in school, so updates twice a day during holidays. The early chapters may not be very good, so please bear with me. I'll improve as I go. The protagonist, Lin Xuan, is born into poverty and is unable to cultivate. When turbid energy invades, he relies on fortunate encounters and hard work to power up, awaken his true bloodline, defy fate, and cure the turbi 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A high school student's first novel. No one read it, so I can't continue writing it.

16. 1266 不 The Invincible Evil Heavenly Emperor 不败邪天帝 Hui Wants You辉要你Eastern Fantasy107k WordsOngoing Thirty thousand years ago, within the Divine Star Sect, an unparalleled prodigy rose to prominence, stunning the cultivators of his age. Betrayed by his sworn brother and Dao companion, he was brutally murdered! Thus fell an unmatched genius! If I become a demon, there will be no gods in the world! If I become a god, there will be no demons in the world! A young man gets an old medicine master from a storage ring? A girlfriend with the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body? A younger sister born —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Are you sure you don't want to read novels about revenge and divorce?

17. 1267 异 A Long Journey in Another World 异界旅途漫漫 The Mountain Moon Knows Not of You山月不知君Eastern Fantasy961k WordsOngoing [No System + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + No Brain-Dead Characters + Fast-Paced + Pure Romance] I’m dedicated to creating a different kind of world and bringing everyone a fresh new thrill, along with a more realistic experience! The rain fell without letup, day after gloomy day. Beneath the curtain of rain... Travelers from another world, I’d like you to finish this terrible game of chess for me. Anyone can be a chess piece, anyone can be sacrificed. All living beings are players in this ga 4.3kReads—Score269Shelves

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    How about trying these two books? Absolutely immortal! The further back you look, the more exciting it becomes! Every starting story and character appearance are interconnected by ultimate cause and effect. I would like to recommend to my family what I consider to be one of the most beautiful novels about another world. It has a high-octane plot, logical and harmonious ingenuity, and ultimate aesthetic skills. It is definitely the most worth-read novel this year.

18. 1268 大 Great Ming: I Shake the Divine Aid in Changle to Help Zheng He Sail West 大明：我在长乐摇神助郑和下西洋 Clear Breeze, Bright Moon清风明月朗Historical816k WordsCompleted In the early years of the Yongle reign, Zheng He prepares to sail west across the oceans. Xie Yifeng, a young man from Changle, is guided by his ancestor's divine consciousness as he transmigrates to the early Ming Dynasty, becoming the only “Maritime Silk Road medium” able to awaken Fuzhou's heroic spirits. Knowing full well how difficult it will be to withstand the dangers of the open sea, Zheng He sincerely asks Xie Yifeng for help. Carrying two great treasures, the Fujian Mountains and River 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Even if you don't practice immortality, you can still enjoy yourself.

19. 1269 入 I Joined the Song Army and Helped Yue Fei Defeat the Jin 入宋营，我助岳飞破金兵 Clear Breeze, Bright Moon清风明月朗Male-Channel Fanfiction66k WordsCompleted I Join the Song Army and Help Yue Fei Defeat the Jin 1Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 1270 吾 I Bury Gods and Demons with My Own Body 吾以己身葬神魔 Clear Breeze, Bright Moon清风明月朗Eastern Fantasy308k WordsCompleted He is a prodigy of the Xuanwei Dao Sect, a revenge-driven avenger who slaughtered the enemy responsible for his family’s destruction, and a pure-yang sacrificial vessel cultivated for fifteen years. On the day his revenge is complete, his enemy’s curse comes true. His master hides murderous intent behind a kindly face, the guardians of the Nine Cauldrons Hall watch him with hungry eyes, and the ghosts of the Underworld Pavilion spy on him from the shadows. The blood of ninety-eight sacrifices ha 2Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 1271 被 They Called Me a Pauper, So I Used Sign-In Rewards to Take Over a Fortune 500 Company 被嘲穷鬼后，我靠签到控股世界500强 Clear Breeze, Bright Moon清风明月朗13k WordsCompleted After They Called Me a Broke Loser, I Used Sign-In Rewards to Take Control of a Fortune 500 Company —Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 1272 新 On Our Wedding Night, My Husband Handed Me Seven Rules for Survival 新婚夜，老公递给我七条死亡规则 Clear Breeze, Bright Moon清风明月朗Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted On Our Wedding Night, My Husband Handed Me Seven Rules for Surviving —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 1273 穿 Reborn as a Cannon-Fodder Princess, I Become a Judge in a Rule-Bound Horror Story 穿成炮灰郡主，我在规则怪谈里当判官 Clear Breeze, Bright Moon清风明月朗11k WordsCompleted Reborn as a Fall-Guy Princess, I Become a Judge in a Rules-Based Horror Game —Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 1274 刑 Fresh Out of Prison: My Ex-Girlfriend Is Out of My League 刑满释放：前女友高攀不起 Clear Breeze, Bright Moon清风明月朗9k WordsCompleted Released from Prison: My Ex-Girlfriend Is Out of My League —Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 1275 庶 Qingci, the Concubine's Daughter: I Enter the Palace and Seize the Phoenix Throne 庶女清辞：一入宫门掌凤权 Clear Breeze, Bright Moon清风明月朗Ancient Romance13k WordsCompleted Qingci, the Concubine-Born Daughter: I Enter the Palace and Take Control of the Phoenix Throne —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 1276 人 Where in This Life Can I Find Freedom? 人生何处觅逍遥 Cong Fa丛蕟Eastern Fantasy110k WordsOngoing Ren Sheng always chose to avoid crowds. He thought that if he kept far enough away, trouble would never catch up with him. But he forgot that no matter how vast the world was, it could never be bigger than the human heart. No matter how far away he hid, he was always in someone’s sights. As secrets long buried came to light and he faced one impossible choice after another, he gradually lost sight of whether his struggles were changing his fate or whether fate was simply leading him along. Every —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This new book is the most interesting and interesting that I have read recently.

27. 1277 逆 Defying Fate: I’ll Slay My Way to Immortality with a Mortal Body 逆命：我以凡躯斩仙途 Quiet Rain Falls into the Abyss幽雨落天渊Eastern Fantasy140k WordsCompleted Dark cultivation, mortal-focused progression, play the pig to eat the tiger, strategic battles and political intrigue, a vast world, and a vivid ensemble cast. No System. Measured violence, a rise from the lowest ranks, immortal officials and the imperial court, power struggles in the black market, and long-term schemes. Frequent updates throughout. Over 100,000 readers in ten days. Don't let it pile up. Leave comments, keep reading, and follow every update. May good people enjoy peace all thei 30Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you like dark books, I just want to give you a book review

28. 1278 修 Cultivation: I Want to Live Forever 修仙我想长生 Makeup Lessons for Recovery康复补课Eastern Fantasy165k WordsOngoing A child who could remember everything at a glance unexpectedly obtains a top-tier cultivation manual and is chosen as a disciple by a personal-transmission elder from one of the six great sects. From then on, he roams the cultivation world. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's pretty good, personally.

29. 1279 大 Great Song Lotus Guard: A Transmigration That Begins with an Assassin 大宋芙蓉卫：穿越从刺客开始 Xiao Wu's Coffee小伍的咖啡Ancient Romance1.5M WordsOngoing [Mystery Case Investigation] [Historical Romance] [Transmigration] [Strong Female Lead] [Wuxia] [Medicine] In 2046, Jiang Man, a top agent of the GA Bureau, leapt into the flames of war in the second year of Jianyan under the Southern Song, searching for the lover she had lost long ago. This was her second transmigration. Who could have guessed that an unexpected mishap would strike on the very first day? The Furong Guard assassin Zilian, whose body she had entered, was unconscious and on the br 600Reads9.3Score108Shelves

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    There are invincible novels, Jin Yong's heroes, funny novels, three correct views, good writing, not clever, and many female protagonists!

30. 1280 我 My Grandmaster Is Zhuge Liang 我的祖师爷是诸葛亮 Zhijin Di脂金地Urban1.1M WordsOngoing [Fantasy premise] [Urban supernatural powers] [Two Worlds] [Wits and strategy] [Three Kingdoms mysteries] Life is a play, and everything depends on your acting. Surrounded by enemies, fish in troubled waters. Make enemies believe they’re your friends, and make yourself seem like their enemy. Zeng Ming is plagued by a hidden ailment and has little time left to live. By sheer luck, he meets a benefactor and learns a life-saving spell passed down from Zhuge Liang. The trouble is, this spell comes w 3.4kReads9.5Score476Shelves
31. 1281 亲 I Kissed the Demon Dog’s Toes and Became a Cultivation World Troublemaker 亲吻魔犬脚趾，我成了修仙乐子人 A Squirrel Eating Pinecones一只松鼠吃松果Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsOngoing [System shenanigans + absurd comedy + light power fantasy + no farming] Other cultivators slay demons and vanquish monsters, reaching for the heavens, but my very first cultivation quest is to kiss a demonic hound’s toe?! After awakening the Taiji Fun-Seeker System, the more ridiculous the quest, the more outrageous the reward! Fairy dresses, lace gloves, bizarre abilities... As long as I keep the antics coming, my cultivation skyrockets! No protagonist torture, no frustration, no melodrama, jus 1.2kReads9.4Score112Shelves
32. 1282 无 Endlessly Reborn to Kill the Male Lead 无限重生只为杀男主 Mosquito Who Loves Tearjerker Dramas爱看虐剧的蚊砸Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Duan Wuer is trapped in an endless cycle of rebirth. Her greatest goal in life this time around: kill Qi Yi and clock out for good! Who could have guessed her assassination attempts would be so absurd, each one turning into a spectacular fiasco? She once became a buzzing mosquito, only for him to slap her dead. She once became a stray black dog, and he took her to be neutered. The most ridiculous time, she choked to death on a steamed bun while watching a play! Every assassination attempt fail 420Reads9.4Score102Shelves
33. 1283 重 Back to the Beginner’s Village? No! I’m Here to Retire! 重回新手村？不！我是来养老的！ Tattered Immortal破烂仙人Ancient Romance3.2M WordsOngoing After completing 9,999 repair missions in minor worlds, Hua Yi decisively retires and chooses a world to spend her remaining years in. She seems like a fresh-faced newcomer who has just entered the world of cultivation, but behind the scenes, she’s a powerhouse who dares to go head-to-head with the Heavenly Dao! Along the way, she plays the pig to eat the tiger, picks up strays, and enjoys the gossip and drama. There’s the Child of Misfortune, sealed away by a powerful cultivator. There’s also t 8.3kReads9.1Score877Shelves
34. 1284 无 No Spiritual Roots? I’ll Hunt Down the Heavenly Dao with My Mortal Body 无灵根？我以凡躯猎杀天道 Qi Qiao Linglong柒巧玲珑Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing On the day of the tournament, my cousin sighs that I have no spirit root. My fiancée demands to break off our engagement. My whole clan sees me as a burden, and the Heavenly Dao declares me a cripple. But no one knows that the [Myriad Daos Return to the Void System] I awakened tells me: Spirit roots are shackles imposed by the Heavenly Dao. Having no spirit root is what makes a person whole! From then on, I forge an original Great Dao that requires no spirit root. My cousin is a genius? I'll gra 8.2kReads9.3Score775Shelves
35. 1285 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Gave Up, but My Target Started Pursuing Me Instead 穿越后摆烂我被攻略对象反攻略了 Jiang Li Jiang Li江黎姜离Two Male Leads1.4M WordsOngoing Dual male leads, everyone's favorite, cultivation, System, angst first and sweetness later, reincarnation, amnesia, twists. I transmigrated into a hidden extra, and not just any extra, but a crucial one! The original story never even mentioned me! The calamity that will destroy the world is fast approaching, yet the System's missions are utterly baffling. Am I supposed to form a friendship bond with the child of destiny? Or win over the world-ending villain? And there's more than one child of de 484Reads9.4Score110Shelves
36. 1286 重 Reborn: The Phoenix’s Mistake 重生之凤凰错 Dimpled Smile梨涡浅浅漾Ancient Romance645k WordsOngoing Dual rebirth + soul transmigration + political intrigue In her previous life, she was the false phoenix princess who starved to death in a prison cell. Reborn with the advantage of knowing what was to come, she was certain the Crown Prince of Wei was the murderer. With a trump card after trump card, she plotted flawlessly. But she never realized the true killing game was hidden in her older sister's gentle smile. Twin phoenix princesses were seen as an omen of disaster. She took the calamity upo 234Reads9.4Score101Shelves
37. 1287 金 A Journey Through the Martial World in Golden Winds and Jade Dew 金风玉露江湖行 Ink on the Right Hand右手点墨Male-Channel Fanfiction706k WordsOngoing Chen Hao comes from a world utterly different from this one. There, cultivators soar through the skies and burrow through the earth, spells can destroy heaven and earth, and sects have endured for millennia. As the son of the Hehuan Sect’s leader, he was meant to inherit the sect and roam the world in freedom. Until that blood-red night. His sect was destroyed, his father blew himself up, and every fellow disciple was killed. He fought desperately to protect his senior sister, only to end up wit 5.2kReads9.3Score778Shelves
38. 1288 猩 Scarlet Sacrifice 猩红祭品 Min Xi忞兮16k WordsCompleted The Scarlet Offering 71Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The monkey in the wild strayed into the path of cultivating immortality. He went through Qi training and foundation building step by step, and embarked on the long path of cultivating the golden elixir Yuanying. The beasts realize the Tao and transcend the mortal world, and the monsters and beasts go on the journey to the immortal path together. The dispute between good and evil continues, and the immortal path is fought step by step throughout the ages. # # Beast protagonist # orthodox cultivating the immortal # Slow-heating long-term immortal hero

39. 1289 仙 Fallen Immortal, Corpsebound Path 仙落尸途 Min Xi忞兮Sci-Fi & Apocalypse270k WordsCompleted [Cultivation in a Wasteland] [Zombies Prove the Dao] [Highway Survival] [Immortal Soul Reborn] [High-Action Revenge] [Apocalyptic Cultivation] The Heavenly Dao shatters, the Three Realms are destroyed, and Chen Xuanye, a menial disciple of an immortal sect, falls into the apocalypse as a wisp of lingering soul, possessing a zombie’s body. With no spiritual energy or spiritual roots, he forges a Dao Foundation from zombie essence and blood, and cultivates the soul Dao with the remnants of his imm 2Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 1290 长 Stealing Gardenias in the Long Night 长夜偷栀 Min Xi忞兮8k WordsCompleted Stealing Gardenias in the Long Night 4Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 1291 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 2.7kReads—Score202Shelves

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    I thought it was another old fantasy routine, but when I opened it up, I found that the protagonist was purely funny in the later stage, but the city was very deep, and there was revenge on the spot. There was no system or golden fingers. The protagonist relied on IQ and two swords to kill everything throughout the whole process. In the end, even the way of heaven was hacked. It was so exciting!

42. 1292 黑 Tales from the Haunted Inn 黑店诡谈 This Daoist Wants to Quit Smoking道爷要戒烟Urban1.2M WordsOngoing He entered the world of the supernatural and thought he would become a feng shui master one day. But he never expected the unruly Heavenly Yang Essence in his body to win him the favor of several lovely young widows and make him the favored companion of a breathtakingly beautiful female ghost. In the twentieth century, an extraordinarily rare celestial event occurred: the Nine Stars aligned! That night, the Heavenly Yang Essence, unseen for a thousand years, descended upon a boy in a small town. 3.4kReads7.0Score292Shelves

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    It's so good, so good. I'll never forget it after reading it. Two good books worth reading.

43. 1293 天 The Way of Heaven's Evolution: Bureau 503 天衍圣道之503局 This Daoist Wants to Quit Smoking道爷要戒烟Urban2.1M WordsCompleted A high-speed express train hurtles along its route. An ordinary train conductor gets drunk in a sleeper compartment, breaking the rules, and becomes embroiled in a bizarre tomb-robbing case. When he sobers up, he unexpectedly joins Huaxia’s most mysterious organization, Bureau 503... By chance, he crosses paths with the mysterious Tongji Alliance, setting him on a completely different path in life. 25.1kReads8.9Score2.7kShelves
44. 1294 异 Ghost Cultivator in Another World 异世鬼修 Feng Qingyang, Who Loves Spicy Strips喜欢辣条的风清扬Eastern Fantasy551k WordsOngoing What the hell? Other people transmigrate and become emperors or crown princes, or else useless princes. At worst, their souls transmigrate into someone else's body! But me? My soul transmigrated all by itself. It didn't even enter a person's body. If I'd at least ended up in a dog's body, I'd have had something! Instead, all I've got is a soul, and it could disappear at any moment. I even have to worry about being captured. How pitiful! What a wretched soul! I'd better work hard, or I'll really 20Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 1295 对 Fighting Behemoths and Demonic Beasts 对抗巨兽与妖兽 Feng Qingyang, Who Loves Spicy Strips喜欢辣条的风清扬Urban330k WordsCompleted A young man from a small clan inherits his grandfather's martial arts, saber techniques, and medical skills. With extraordinary talent, a steadfast character, and a string of lucky encounters, he travels back and forth across the stars. See how he grows stronger step by step as giant beasts and demon beasts invade. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 1296 捡 I Picked Up a Spirit Cat and Proved My Dao to Become a God 捡只灵猫证道成神 See Yourself in Mountains and Seas看山海见自己Xianxia256k WordsOngoing Shen Ciyin, a concubine-born son of the prince's household, was never favored. One day, his stepmother sent him off to an immortal sect. On the surface, she was granting him an immortal opportunity; in truth, she wanted him to die during the trials. On the way to the sect, he found an injured gray cat. The cat was vicious. It bit his hand and forcibly formed a pact with him. From then on, he made his way through cultivation sects and immortal alliances, until he finally charged into the Realm of 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Nice! Watchable! Stay up late chasing!!!

47. 1297 五 Five Thunder Heavenly Venerable 五雷天尊 Foundation Builder筑基建造师Eastern Fantasy427k WordsOngoing At twelve, orphan Wang Erniu joins the Flowing Cloud Sect to pursue his dream of becoming a great hero. By chance, he later obtains an inheritance of immortal cultivation. He is accidentally drawn into a conspiracy involving a small Foundation Establishment clan, and survives thanks to a mysterious little white monkey. Through a twist of fate, he joins the Purple Abyss Sect, a major cultivation sect on Yunxi Island, and begins to learn about the true world of immortal cultivation. Though possess 51Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Push it again, traditional mortal flow

48. 1298 获 After Gaining the Power to Devour, I Created My Own Era 获得吞噬之力后，创造我的时代 Fetal Bovine Serum胎牛血清Eastern Fantasy130k WordsOngoing Golden finger, multiple heroines, feel-good power fantasy, scion of a top family, cultivation, no System, government official Mo Di, heir to a top family, unexpectedly awakens the power to devour everything with a black hole. He goes from pretty awesome to unbelievably awesome. First, he wins over princesses from other countries, then he charms beautiful female officers, and more. And so begins his awesome rise. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Goldfinger, Qi refining and foundation building system, very good

49. 1299 红 The Red Moon Orphanage: A Rule Horror Story 红月孤儿院，规则怪谈 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼8k WordsCompleted Red Moon Orphanage: Rules of the Haunted —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    @Ru

50. 1300 民 Folklore: The Five Ghosts Carrying Wealth 民间奇闻，五鬼运财 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼7k WordsCompleted Folklore Oddities: The Five Ghosts Carrying Wealth —Reads—Score—Shelves

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