The Male Lead Gets Stronger by Taking on Disciples, Not a Weakling Story from the Start 男主收徒就能变强不是废材文开头

1. 1 收 Growing Stronger by Taking Disciples: Even My Weakest Disciple Has Great Emperor Talent 收徒变强，最菜弟子都有大帝天赋 Book-Crazed Madman of the Nine Heavens九霄书狂Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [System + Taking Disciples + Feel-Good Story + No Saintly Pretenses + No Holding Back + Decisive + Rewards for Teaching Disciples] (Adapted into the animated series Disciple Ablaze, Master Shines and Take Disciples for Ten-Thousandfold Rewards: Kick Out Anyone with Poor Talent, as well as the live-action mini-series My Disciple Delivers, So I’ll Beat the Immortal Emperor to a Pulp!) Chu Yuan transmigrates to a fantasy world and becomes one of the elders of the Tianyun Sect, where he binds himsel 56kReads7.7Score5.7kShelves

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   They all become stronger by taking on apprentices.

2. 2 收 Taking Disciples: The Strongest Master System, a Hundredfold Billionfold Return 收徒：最强师尊系统，亿倍返还 Little Emperor Ming小明帝Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Taking disciples + leveling up + invincible + no female lead + System + epic worldbuilding] [The protagonist is decisive and ruthless, strong-willed and free, and bows to no one under heaven.] Ji Xuan transmigrated into another world and awakened the Strongest Master System. To his amazement, every disciple he took in had the potential to become a Great Emperor! In return, he received all sorts of generous rewards. [Ding! Host successfully recruited Huo Ling'er as a disciple. Reward: Sacred-gra 8.8kReads8.3Score717Shelves
3. 3 摆 After Twenty Years of Slacking Off, I Come Out of Seclusion to Recruit Eternal Geniuses as Disciples 摆烂二十年，出山收徒万古天骄 How Many Veins a Leaf Has叶有几纹Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing (Emperor from the start + System disciple recruitment + invincible + decisive and ruthless + expansive worldbuilding!) (PS: The comic adaptation is now available!) (PS: This book has no teacher-disciple romance. Their relationships are all completely normal!) Qin Tianyang transmigrates to the Xuanchen Continent and becomes the youngest lineage master of Daoji Sect. After twenty years of slacking off and doing sign-ins, he finally becomes an Emperor! Then he unlocks a disciple-recruitment System, 11.6kReads7.9Score639Shelves
4. 4 玄EN Xuanhuan: Taking Children of Destiny as Disciples, Sweeping Through the Ages 玄幻：收徒气运之子，横推万古 Three-Inch Literary Abyss三寸文渊Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Master] + [Taking Disciples] + [Invincible] + [No Female Lead] + [No Romantic Tension] + [Behind-the-Scenes] + [Multiple Protagonists] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [No Holds Barred] + [Vast Worldbuilding] Jiang Chen transmigrated into a fantasy world with the Supreme Fortune System and became the master of Qingxu Peak in the Zixiao Sacred Land. By taking in numerous sons of fortune, he gained countless heaven-defying rewards and swept across the heavens, reigning supreme through the ages. Chaoti 18kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
5. 5 我 I'm Already a Great Emperor, Yet the System Wants Me to Take Disciples 我都大帝了，系统竟然让我收徒 Heart of Flowing Clouds流云心Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsOngoing [Invincible] + [Master of Schemes] + [Hidden-Cultivation Style] + [Comedy] + [Lighthearted] Invincible from the start, Gu Changge transmigrates into a fantasy world and binds himself to a sign-in System, earning cultivation rewards and all kinds of peerless treasures every day. While others are risking their lives to break through to the next realm, he has already reached the pinnacle of the Great Dao and become a reclusive emperor whose strength even he can’t fathom. He had planned to lie fla 115kReads8.4Score39.7kShelves

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   I personally think it's quite good, especially the first book.

6. 6 开 From the Start, I Became the Temple Master, and Every Disciple Is Terrifying! 开局成为观主，徒弟全是大恐怖！ The Silent Man in Green青衣无言Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Taking Disciples + Invincible + No Female Lead + the Myriad Worlds] He transmigrates into a fantasy world and activates the System, but never expected his disciples to have such terrifying backgrounds. His eldest disciple has an astonishing identity: she's the lord of a forbidden zone, towering above all living beings! His second disciple is the Violet Star Empress, who rules over a vast expanse of stars and commands the star domains of the world! His third disciple is the lord of the extraterr 8.9kReads8.5Score631Shelves

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   Both of these books are great! [Heart emoji][heart emoji][thumbs up emoji][thumbs up emoji]

7. 7 遇 The Stronger My Opponent, the Stronger I Become. Even an Immortal Emperor Has to Kneel! 遇强则强，仙帝来了也得跪下！ Mountains and Rivers in Dreams梦里河山Eastern Fantasy957k WordsOngoing Chen Ping transmigrates into a fantasy world and becomes a good-for-nothing in the Qingxuan Sect. For years, he has only just managed to get by in the sect under his senior sister’s protection. Today, the [Grow Stronger Against the Strong System] activates. He gains the passive ability to grow stronger against the strong. No matter who he meets, even the mightiest expert, his cultivation will always be one major realm higher than theirs, and he is invincible among those of the same realm. W 71.4kReads7.3Score5.2kShelves

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   Look at this, it's nice, but the updates are a bit slow.

8. 8 收 Taking Disciples Brings Ten Thousandfold Returns: The Stronger They Get, the Stronger I Become 收徒万倍返还，徒弟越强我越强 Sad Typing Girl悲伤打字姬Eastern Fantasy217k WordsOngoing Ren Fan transmigrated to the world of immortal cultivation and became the most hopeless peak master in the Taiheng Dao Sect. At just twenty-four, he was in the late Foundation Establishment stage and had only fifteen menial disciples under his command. The once-mighty Asking the Dao Peak was on the verge of complete decline. Fortunately, Ren Fan awakened the [Ten-Thousandfold Return System]! As long as he accepted disciples and devoted himself to training them, he could trigger a random-multipli 6.7kReads—Score572Shelves
9. 9 让 I’ll Show the Cultivation World How to Spell Invincible! 让修仙界知道无敌怎么写！ I'm an Expert我是高人Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Invincible from the start + easy, exhilarating fun + fiercely protective + venerable patriarch master + crushing all opposition] Qin Yuan transmigrates into a powerful secret realm in a fantasy world. His very first task is to take on disciples for a million years! He has taken on hundreds, if not a thousand, and each was carefully selected by the System. He has repaired a disciple’s Supreme Bone, enhanced another’s Double Pupils, and given them the Emperor’s cultivation manual, the Origin of P 15.2kReads8.8Score1kShelves

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   This newly released book! I personally think it's incredibly good. The only downside is that the author updates two chapters a day, so those without a healthy reading habit might want to skip it [facepalm]. I'm not exactly an expert at recommending books.

10. 10 我 I’m This Invincible, So Why Do I Still Have to Take Disciples? 我这么无敌，为什么还要收徒 Fish Three Times a Day一天三顿鱼Eastern Fantasy519k WordsCompleted [No Female Lead + Taking Disciples] After Lin Xing failed to ascend, he unexpectedly arrived in the Great World of Xuanmu, where a System claiming to belong to the Supreme Fortune Sect bound itself to him. “Ding! Host, please recruit disciples far and wide and establish the strongest sect!” Lin Xing fell silent. Lin Xing was speechless. Lin Xing sneered. “Heavenly Dao, what the hell are you doing?” System: “Huh?” First Disciple Ye Lingfeng: A reborn soul who was betrayed in his previous life, hi 3.1kReads8.7Score292Shelves

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    Invincible + no romantic pairing + becoming stronger by taking on disciples + establishing a cultivation sect, the protagonist is always invincible, a very satisfying and enjoyable read.

11. 11 投 I Invested in a Prodigy for a Century, and the Empress Calls Me Her Master 投资天骄百年，女帝称我为师 Chen cc Chen陈cc陈Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Across the Five Regions and Four Seas, heroes vie for the path to imperial power. Lu Chen transmigrated into this world and struggled for half his life, only to become a teacher at a small academy. He thought the dazzling, boundless world had nothing left to do with him, until his golden finger finally arrived. He could see everyone’s destiny, along with the troubles and trials they faced. As long as he taught them and answered their questions, he would receive generous rewards. The greater the 5.7kReads7.8Score478Shelves

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    These are drops.

12. 12 学 My Students Return Ten Times Their Cultivation, So Being a Little Overpowered Is Normal 学生修为十倍返还，强亿点很正常 Pikachu Who Reads读书的皮卡丘Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Spiritual qi revival has ushered in a golden age for martial arts. But transmigrator Mu Xinghe's dream of becoming a martial arts powerhouse is shattered because of his poor aptitude, leaving him no choice but to become a high school teacher. Fortunately, the Sage Teacher System appears, allowing him to see his students' potential. Whenever a student's cultivation improves, he gets ten times the increase in return. In this way, Mu Xinghe embarks on another path toward the pinnacle of martial art 6.9kReads8.1Score501Shelves
13. 13 玄EN Fantasy: Winning Big—All My Disciples Have Systems 玄幻：赢麻了，我的弟子都有系统 Little Bamboo Meow-Meow小竹子喵喵Eastern Fantasy3.3M WordsOngoing [Taking disciples + lighthearted daily life + everyone is a sly schemer + nothing goes by the book] Lu Changzhi transmigrates and finds he can choose a new identity. As a compulsive gambler, he decisively chooses random. The result? He wins so big it’s like Qin Shi Huang touching a live wire: an absolute jackpot. His only limitation is a god-tier disciple-taking System. He never expected its first mission to be… [Detected other Hosts with Systems… Infiltrating… Modifying… Modification complete… 20.9kReads8.8Score2.3kShelves
14. 14 宗EN The Sect Is Recruiting Disciples, and from the Start I Can See Their Attribute Panels 宗门收徒，开局看见属性面板 Golden Beast of Changtu Mountain长涂山的黄金兽Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted Comedy + Everyday Life + Taking Disciples + Sect Building + System + Heartwarming + Slow Pace + The Protagonist Has Both Legs and Joins in the Fun.] After transmigrating into a cultivation world, Chu Xingchen awakened a disciple-recruitment System and gained the ability to see his disciples' traits! Starting from scratch, he would build the strongest sect. First Disciple: Li Yingling [Gold Trait: Cultivation Prodigy][Purple Trait: Extraordinary Luck][Blue Trait: Beautiful] Second D 99.2kReads9.0Score10.5kShelves

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    🍀The protagonist becomes stronger by taking on disciples in a cultivation world with talent attributes. The system requires disciples to have at least a celestial spiritual root. The protagonist finally finds a promising disciple and establishes a sect with only two people.🍀The second book is a martial arts world where the protagonist teaches Qi cultivation, using haphazardly created techniques. Disciples' breakthroughs are directly linked to the protagonist's own.

15. 15 武EN This Is a Martial Arts World—Why Are You Teaching Immortal Cultivation? 武者世界，你怎么教人修仙 Fast Blade for Feel-Good Stories爽文快刀手Martial Arts2.5M WordsCompleted This is a world where martial strength reigns supreme. Lin Bei transmigrates into a small mountain village. Using the tai chi practiced by an old man in the park, he tricks children who can't train in martial arts into believing it's a cultivation method even more powerful than martial arts. Then a martial artist whose dantian has been crippled happens to hear of Lin Bei's reputation. With the attitude of giving it a try, he asks to become Lin Bei's disciple, saying that if Lin Bei is a fraud, h 4.6kReads8.5Score574Shelves
16. 16 我 I Run a Funeral Home, I Really Can't Teach You to Slay Demons 我开的是殡仪馆，真不会教斩妖啊 Big Bowl of Beef Noodles大块牛肉面Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [System + urban martial arts + no heroine + decisive and ruthless + ensemble cast + slight delusion] Lu Changsheng transmigrates and becomes the master of the Changsheng Hall, where he is bound to a Disciple Training System. As long as he trains his disciples well, he can share their cultivation progress remotely. System coins can also be used to draw various [skills] and equip them on his disciples. Everything should have been perfect. Unfortunately... [Changsheng Funeral Services] Staring at t 10.7kReads8.7Score925Shelves

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    In the first book, everyone thinks the protagonist is a powerful figure. In the second book, the protagonist is indeed a powerful figure, but he's recuperating at the academy.

17. 17 学 My Students Train Hard While I Slack Off, and I Become a Top Mentor 学生苦修我摆烂，躺成了金牌导师 Five Ridges, Six Beasts五脊六兽Urban2.3M WordsOngoing [High Martial Arts + Ensemble Cast + Rewards for Teaching Disciples + Lighthearted + Absurd + Upside-Down Hierarchy] [A warm, slow-paced comedy] Dong Chao transmigrates into a high-martial-arts world and becomes a slacker teacher at a martial arts university. With his foundation damaged, he is completely unable to cultivate. Fortunately, he awakens the Mentor and Friend System. As long as he earns his students' approval, he can absorb their talents, supernatural abilities, techniques, cultivatio 14kReads8.8Score914Shelves
18. 18 玄 Xuanhuan: Reversing Cause and Effect, Invincible First, Cultivating Later 玄幻：倒果成因，先无敌后修炼 Mingze茗泽Eastern Fantasy675k WordsCompleted [Taking Disciples + Invincible + Lighthearted] Original title: Fantasy: Reversing Cause and Effect, Invincible First, Cultivating Later Ji Yuan transmigrates to a fantasy world and binds himself to a disciple-taking System that reverses cause and effect. By reversing cause and effect, he can claim quest rewards in advance and complete the quests afterward. [Reward Advance]: Great Immortal Technique [Quest Advance]: Teach a disciple a cultivation technique that can lead to immortality. [Reward A 5kReads8.2Score432Shelves

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    [Sending Hearts] The male protagonist transmigrates to the world of cultivation, becomes bound to a system, and experiences cause and effect in reverse order, first claiming rewards and then completing tasks. [Sending Hearts][Sending Hearts][Sending Hearts]

19. 19 开EN Starting as the Peak Master: Signing In for an Ultimate Emperor Armament! 开局成为首座，签到极道帝兵！ Egg-Breaking Expert拆蛋专家Eastern Fantasy6.5M WordsOngoing [Lighthearted daily life + invincible + Backer Sect + call for reinforcements when unable to win + schemer + no martial ethics + longevity] Because he had died once before, Hua Yunfei always put staying alive first. He had hidden away on Daoyuan Peak for a hundred years, performing sign-in for a hundred years. [Beep, congratulations to the Host on completing one hundred years of sign-in and obtaining the Ultimate Emperor Weapon: the Chaos Bell] The Dark Blood Era arrived, plunging Heaven an 136.5kReads9.2Score7.7kShelves

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    The protagonist can become stronger by taking on apprentices, but the protagonist himself is also a super genius.

20. 20 万 A Thousandfold Return: I Become a Mentor in the Novice Village 万倍返还，我在新手村当导师 Classmate Ming明同学Urban1.1M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a world where games have merged with reality, Xu Xuan becomes a beginner's instructor and awakens the Instructor Rewards System. Anything he teaches his students can earn him a return of up to ten thousand times its value. Ding! Teaching the Eagle Takes Flight earns a five-thousand-fold critical return: the Great Might Heavenly Dragon. Ding! Teaching the Eighty-Hammer Technique earns a six-thousand-fold critical return: the Chaotic Wind Hammer Method. Ding! Teaching the 10kReads9.1Score955Shelves
21. 21 我EN I Made Up Cultivation Techniques, So How Did You All Become Great Emperors? 我瞎编功法，你们怎么都成大帝了 Drunk on Wind and Smoke风烟醉Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted Chen Xuan transmigrates to the Xuantian Continent. Unable to cultivate, he unexpectedly awakens a System that makes him stronger every time he takes on a disciple. To grow stronger, he starts bluffing his way into taking disciples. When he doesn’t know a cultivation technique, he just makes one up. To his complete surprise, every one of his disciples masters their techniques. A hundred years later, Chen Xuan watches as each of his disciples becomes an unparalleled Great Emperor and can’t help 2.7kReads8.9Score652Shelves
22. 22 万 A Ten-Thousandfold Rebate: When My Disciple Builds His Foundation, I Ascend Straight to Immortality 万倍返还：徒弟筑基我直接成仙 Feng Lingbei风凌北Eastern Fantasy5.0M WordsOngoing [Invincible + System + Funny + Easygoing + Ruthless + No Saintly Hero] Zhong Qing transmigrates into a minor peak master of one of Pingjiang Sect's seven peaks. He plans to coast through life and take it easy, but then he activates the strongest Bond System. Take in two useless disciples: Activate the Useless Duo Bond. His disciples go from dead weight to geniuses, and their cultivation is returned to the protagonist a thousandfold. Take in a catgirl and a foxgirl: Activate the Allure Bond. The 28.1kReads8.8Score4.9kShelves

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    Become stronger by taking on apprentices

23. 23 开 From the Start, I Became the Peak Master and Signed In to Obtain Saint-Realm Cultivation! 开局成为峰主，签到圣境修为！ Rabbit Eats Watermelon兔子吃西瓜Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Lighthearted + Everyday Life + Invincible + Sign-in + System + Taking Disciples] Chen Luo transmigrates to the Desolate Ancient Continent and becomes the master of Tianzhu Peak in the Daotian Sect. He awakens the Strongest Peak Master System. As long as he takes in disciples and develops Tianzhu Peak, he can earn all kinds of rewards. From then on, the Desolate Ancient Continent has one more utterly ordinary peak master. [Ding! Congratulations, Host, on your first sign-in. 29.3kReads8.1Score2kShelves
24. 24 开 From the Start, I'm an Emperor-Realm Sect Master, with Infinite Synthesis of Immortal Elders 开局帝境宗主，无限合成仙人长老 The Heavenly King Eats Pork Knuckles天王吃肘子Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted Chen Xuan transmigrates to the Primordial Ancient Continent and becomes the sect master of the declining Ethereal Sect. He thinks he'll have to lie low in the mountains for the rest of his life, but then the System suddenly appears, granting him Emperor-level cultivation and an ultimate weapon right off the bat! It also orders him to recruit disciples and build up the sect! “Ding! Congratulations, Host, on recruiting a disciple with nine-star potential. You are rewarded with a deluxe disciple-re 64.2kReads8.5Score5.6kShelves

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    It's finished, you can watch it with peace of mind.

25. 25 开 From the Start, I'm the Holy Land's Granduncle-Master: The Empress Is My Disciple, and Immortals Are My Slaves 开局圣地师叔祖，女帝为徒仙为奴 Long Qiuyuan龙秋源Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Gu Liangyuan transmigrated into a fantasy world and became the grand-uncle master of a sacred land. His talent was average, but he had seniority to spare. One day, he awakened an apprentice-reward System. As long as he taught his disciples divine abilities or gave them treasures, he would receive rewards multiplied by millions. But the requirements for taking disciples were bizarre: he could only accept peerless geniuses who were total simps. Gu Liangyuan: “There are plenty of talented people, a 43.3kReads8.9Score4.1kShelves

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    ①🚀Gu Liangyuan transmigrates to a fantasy world, appearing as a grandmaster from a sacred land! ②😅Average talent, high seniority, awakens a power of return! ③🎁He imparts divine treasures to his disciples, bringing them a thousandfold return and carefree joy! ④😂His requirements for accepting disciples are truly bizarre, accepting only those with unparalleled talent and a devoted admirer! ⑤👨‍🏫"The Legend of the Fantasy Grandmaster," a novel path of teaching disciples! ⑥📖Don't miss the exciting storyline, Gu Liangyuan's name resounds throughout the world! 🔥Gu Liangyuan's fame spreads throughout the fantasy world, may your life also be brilliant! 🌟

26. 26 你EN Why Provoke Him? Even the Weakest in His Sect Is a Great Emperor 你惹他干嘛？他宗门最弱都是大帝 Mihoyo, Watch Out米忽悠看刀Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsOngoing (Invincible protagonist + taking disciples + sect upgrades + ruthless and decisive + expansive worldbuilding + ensemble cast + gradual build-up + the pacing is a little slow for the first 200,000 words, then becomes explosively fast) “You have to pay to cultivate immortality?” “You even have to grease palms to get a spot?” “And pay the sect thirty taels of silver every month?” “You have to serve as a menial for half a year before you can even get a chance to study immortal arts?” “You came first 134.6kReads8.5Score9.9kShelves

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    The first one is the one I'm currently reading, and it's pretty good. It's not a typical loser story; it's fleshed out and feels very real. I've been following it closely. The second one is slightly worse, but it's still okay, and I can still get into it. I finished the third one right away; invincible stories are just so satisfying to read.

27. 27 杂EN Even the Menial Workers Are Immortal Emperors, and You Call This a Declining Sect 杂役都是仙帝，你管这叫没落宗门 Ming Shiliu冥十六Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Taking disciples + building a sect + nurturing disciples + power fantasy + decisive and ruthless] After transmigrating into a fantasy world, he becomes the head of a peak in the Qingyang Sword Sect. When his personal disciple betrays him and leaves the sect, he awakens the Disciple Investment Return System! “Ding! Invested phoenix blood, received a Primal Chaos Sword Constitution in return!” “Ding! Invested the True Art of Profound Insight, received the Azure Emperor Scripture in return!” “Ding 66kReads7.6Score4.1kShelves
28. 28 开 From the Start, I Activated the Penguin System and Became Invincible 开局激活鹅厂系统我的修为无敌了 Sword Falls, Stars Shine剑落星辰Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Fast-Paced Power-Ups] [No Holding Back Realms] [No Goody-Two-Shoes] [No Gentleman Here, Revenge From Dawn to Dusk] The Cang Tian Continent. Qin Shou transmigrates as the young sect master of the Qingyun Sect. After getting caught sneaking a peek at the Grand Elder’s daughter bathing, he awakens the “Goose Factory System” just as he is stripped of his position as heir. What? I can get stronger just by spending money? I’m not strong enough only because I haven’t spent enough? A thousand top-grade 21.5kReads8.3Score3.2kShelves
29. 29 开 The Critical-Hit Rebate System Activated from the Start: Who Will Rule the World? 开局激活暴击返利系统，谁主沉浮 Jun Tian Pin君天牝Eastern Fantasy332k WordsOngoing [Rebirth of the Strong] [Lighthearted] [Everyday Life] [Invincible] [Female Emperor] [Taking Disciples] [System] Three thousand years ago, Yang Ye, the Sacrificial Dao Sovereign, was pierced through the heart by his eldest disciple, Tang Feng, and fell into the Abyss of Ten Thousand Tribulations. Three thousand years later, he is reborn as the useless master of a peak in the Northern Domain, someone everyone can bully, with the “Critical Hit Rebate System” in tow. Taking on a disciple triggers a 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's watchable [thinking]

30. 30 玄 Xuanhuan: I Can See the Life Panel 玄幻：我能看到人生面板 Bouncing Three Hundred Pounds蹦跶的三百斤Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing Tang Ping is reading a young woman’s face when he unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of an outer disciple in a fantasy sect. He awakens the Face-Reading System, which lets him view people’s life profiles! Curious, he takes a look at his newly arrived junior sister. “ [Name]: Lin Xi [Cultivation]: Second Level of the Origin-Nascent Realm [Fortune]: Favored by Heaven (Gold) [Potential]: Celestial Beauty (Gold) [Ending]: Reaches the Full Completion of the Grand Void Realm, becomes known as th 3.3kReads8.2Score243Shelves
31. 31 长 Ten Billion Years of Immortality: I Lay Low Until I Become an Immortal Emperor 长生10亿年，苟成仙帝再出山 Beneath the Peach Blossoms桃花之下Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Relaxed + Everyday Life + Witty and Funny + Extreme Caution... Enter at your own risk!] Qin Shou is reborn into a world of cultivation, where a [Myriad Worlds Fortune Wheel] appears in his mind. He can spin it once a day. But after 59 straight years of getting nothing but [Thanks for Playing], Qin Shou is on the verge of despair. At last, when Qin Shou is 60 and about to die of old age, he wins the “Myriad Worlds Fortune Grand Prize”! [Chaos Spirit Root: One of the nine highest-grade spirit roo 5.7kReads7.9Score423Shelves
32. 32 饲 All the Livestock I Raise Are Great Emperors! You Call Him an Ordinary Village Guardian? 饲养的牲畜都是大帝！你说他是普通守村人？ Wan Huangming万凰铭Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted Also known as: So I Really Am a Hidden Master. An accident brings Ye Fan deep into the mountains. There is a small village here. He lives in the village as its guardian and raises a herd of livestock. Then one day... a group of people calling themselves revered masters arrives in the village. The moment they see the pets he raises, they tremble in fear. Only then does he understand... How dare you call those chickens, ducks, pigs, and dogs livestock! Your whole family is... 526Reads9.0Score114Shelves
33. 33 我 I Am the Hidden Sect's Master 我！隐世宗门掌教 Wandering the Jianghu江湖浪客Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted Jiang Bei Chen transmigrates to a fantasy world and unexpectedly obtains the strongest Sect Leader System, founding the Immortal Dao Sect. In the sect’s early days, he can only level it up by tricking children of fortune into joining. Every day, he has to put on the airs of a hidden master and fool the prodigiously talented disciples who admire him. Gradually, Jiang Bei Chen realizes that his little sect really has become the most powerful hidden sect of all! 3.1kReads7.9Score194Shelves

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    These are all completed works.

34. 34 我 I’m the Lord of the Heavenly Dao Hall! All My Disciples Are Traitorous Apprentices 我，天道殿主！弟子全是冲师逆徒 Ascending to Heaven by Day白日飞升去Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Overpowered wish fulfillment, lighthearted and funny, taking disciples, no angst, disciples who turn on their master, lots of them] [Adaptation of the short drama of the same name now available] After Chen Daoxuan transmigrates, he obtains a System that makes him invincible as long as he takes disciples. Whether they are Immortal Emperors or supreme saints of the heavens, they are like ants before him. None can escape his one-stop service of instant annihilation, spiritual deliverance, and havi 38.5kReads9.1Score4.2kShelves

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    Do you want to become stronger? The following are fantasy novels where the male protagonist gains power by taking on disciples. If you want to be like the protagonists below, taking on disciples and becoming stronger, then please read the following books.

35. 35 玄 Xuanhuan: Great Emperor Disciple, Hurry and Save Your Master 玄幻：大帝徒儿，快救为师 Soda, a Little Watery苏打有点水Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Qin Hao transmigrated to a fantasy world and thought that with the System, he would become invincible, rising to be a peerless powerhouse who ruled the ages. The bad news was that the System told him he had to take on ninety-nine disciples and train every one of them into an Emperor before he could start cultivating. With no other choice, Qin Hao began his grueling journey of taking on disciples. Ten thousand years later, he had finally trained all ninety-nine disciples into Emperors. He thought 1.1kReads8.6Score104Shelves

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    The male protagonist isn't a useless character at first; he grows stronger along with his disciple. The plot is fresh and original. The master is powerful and protective, and the female disciple grows under the male protagonist's guidance. It's a story that includes both cultivation and heartwarming daily life. Highly recommend it to all readers! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

36. 36 开 From the Start, I Became a Saint, and All My Disciples Are Reincarnated Empresses 开局入圣，我的徒弟都是女帝转世 Wu Chenchen无辰辰Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted Su Chen transmigrated to a fantasy world and bound himself to a sign-in System. He could claim all kinds of rewards every day. Because he was so handsome, the Mistress of Icecloud Palace took a liking to him and accepted him as her personal disciple. But he knew how dangerous this world was, so he stayed quietly in the mountains and lived in peace. At last... Su Chen cultivated his way to sainthood and became an ancestor-like figure. When the Icecloud Immortal Palace held its once-in-a-decade di 1.8kReads6.7Score192Shelves
37. 37 万 Ten Thousandfold Returns: One Family, Nine Emperors, Guardians of All Clans 万倍返还：一门九帝，镇守万族 Rainbow After the Storm风雨伴彩虹Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Fantasy, System, taking disciples, raising an Immortal Emperor, building a faction, passionate action, a contest for supremacy among the myriad races] Li Daoran transmigrates into a fantasy world where humanity is weak and the myriad races vie for supremacy. He becomes the master of Lingyun Peak and obtains a System that rewards him for teaching disciples. Whenever he grants an opportunity to a disciple, he can receive a reward multiplied ten thousand times! [You gave your disciple a Vitality-R 12.6kReads8.3Score878Shelves

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    These three are all apprentice-taking novels, full of action, humor, and power-building moments. Check them out! 🍀 🔥 "Grandmaster Uncle-Master Takes in Apprentices Who Require Talented Lackeys? A Thousandfold Return on Divine Skills, Even Empresses and Ghost Emperors Kneel Before Him!" 🔥 "Transmigrating into a Human Race in Crisis and Taking in Apprentices! A Thousandfold Return on Sacred Medicines and Immortal Artifacts, The Immortal Emperor and Sword Sovereign Emerge to Suppress All Races!" 🔥 "Transmigrating into a Peak Master and Relaxing to Sign In! Saint Realm Cultivation Instantly Obtained, Apprentices Receive a Chaotic Body as a Gift, This Invincible Journey is Incredibly Satisfying!"

38. 38 玄 Xuanhuan: My Yandere Disciple and Senior Sister Want to Date Me 玄幻：病娇徒儿与师姐想和我恋爱 Paid Guest付费嘉宾Eastern Fantasy489k WordsCompleted [No cheating or cuckolding]+ [Xianxia fantasy]+ [Slightly yandere]+ [Multiple heroines?]+ [Darker turn later]+ [Light novel] After a century in seclusion, Chen Lian, the Great Sword Immortal, loses his memory. The first woman he meets claims to be his master. The second woman he meets claims to be his wife. So he settles into a peaceful life in the Azure Sky Sword Domain. But one day, his memories suddenly return, and he discovers that the first woman is actually his adorable disciple, while the 1.1kReads7.2Score116Shelves
39. 39 被 Ever Since I Was Kicked Out, I’ve Liked My Master More and More 被赶走后，越来越喜欢师尊了呢 Love in Spring春天的爱Eastern Fantasy534k WordsCompleted [Master-disciple romance, seducing the master, taking the initiative, yandere, romantic daily life] Master, I'm sorry! Master, please forgive me... After transmigrating to another world, Xu Chen becomes a major villain. Over the past decade or more, he's hurt many women chosen by fate. He always thought they'd all want to tear him limb from limb. Until one day, Xu Chen realizes that something is very wrong with these rebellious disciples. The way they look at him is like they're looking at t 8.3kReads8.2Score646Shelves

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    1. Xu Chen transmigrated to another world and became a major villain, harming many destined women. He thought they hated him, but discovered his disciples saw him as prey. His eldest disciple, afraid of the dark, begged for his company; his third disciple offered himself in marriage; and his youngest disciple wished for his senior sister to disappear so he could have his master alone. Facing his rebellious disciples, Xu Chen looked up to the sky and shouted, "I have a bunch of yandere rebellious disciples at home, I'm numb!" 2. Before being tricked: "Li Chen'an, I'm going to kill you." "Li Chen'an, if I don't kill you in this life, I swear I'm not human." After being tricked: "Master, your disciple knows he was wrong, please punish him." "Master, your disciple is poisoned, I need to be beaten by you tonight to cure him." "Master, your disciple is in a bad mood, please bully him, that will make him feel better." Looking at his masochistic rebellious disciples, Li Chen'an shouted, "After being tricked, they developed masochistic tendencies!"

40. 40 被 After Being Tricked, They Developed a Taste for Being Mistreated 被忽悠后，她们有了受虐倾向 Love in Spring春天的爱Eastern Fantasy544k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3.2kReads8.6Score428Shelves
41. 41 让 You Were Told to Take Disciples! Why Did You Take a Whole Bunch of Protagonist Types? 让你收徒！你收一堆主角模板？ Lei Xiaolei Is Here雷小雷来了Eastern Fantasy851k WordsCompleted Wu De transmigrates to the cultivation world and activates a barely functioning Sect Recruitment System. After finally tricking and conning a disciple into joining, he discovers that the System’s rewards are downright bizarre. But it doesn’t matter. All my disciples are built like protagonists. With them, I’ll be able to roam the world freely. His eldest disciple has the Flame Ancestor template, wields the Human Emperor Banner, cultivates fire arts, and is a genius at blowing up pills. His secon 1.4kReads6.8Score136Shelves

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    The first book is quite good; I personally found it very enjoyable, yet the rating is so low. The protagonist is surrounded by terrifying, malevolent special effects. The eldest disciple's Human Emperor Banner emits black aura. The second disciple is a woman who cultivates the Eight Gates Formation. The third disciple is the sixth son, but his cultivation technique makes him a stereotypical arrogant and overbearing protagonist. The fourth disciple is a beautiful girl with dead fish eyes, dressed in red and wielding a watermelon knife, cutting down enemies along the way. They also have a nominal disciple, a compassionate little monk with a Gatling gun. Opposite to him is Tang Shenwang, whose mother is obsessed with him, while Wang Teng, the son of a great emperor, is portrayed as...

42. 42 9 I'm a Level 99,999 Character, and All I Want Is to Claim Some Land 99999级大号的我只想占地盘 Shepherd牧羊生Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted Chen Chang'an was a shut-in who transmigrated into a fantasy world, bringing along his invincible domain. Anyone who entered his domain made him invincible in this world. Bored out of his mind, he casually took a few unremarkable young disciples under his wing. Unexpectedly, these disciples not only became major figures in the cultivation world, but also stirred up world-shaking changes. The Dao De Jing, Huangdi Neijing, and other techniques he recited offhandedly were regarded in this world as 6.2kReads8.6Score493Shelves
43. 43 我 I Really Run an Orphanage, Not an Assassin's Den 我开的真是孤儿院，不是杀手堂 I Am the Ox Warrior我是牛战士Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] [The only imaginative ensemble martial arts novel on the entire site!] [At its peak, 1.5 million readers were following it, ranking seventh across all of Tomato Novel. Come on in and see for yourselves, dear readers!] [Ensemble cast + System + Traits + Martial Arts] Chen Ye transmigrated to the Great Wu Dynasty and became bound to the Orphan-Raising System. By raising orphans, he could earn points, which he could use to draw traits and bestow them upon the children. 116.4kReads8.9Score12.3kShelves
44. 44 无 The Invincible Hall Master: Every Disciple Helps Me Cultivate 无敌馆主，全馆学徒都在帮我修炼 Online Courtesy礼上网睐Eastern Fantasy720k WordsCompleted [High-martial world + disciple rewards + stat allocation + no heroine + invincible + ...] Mo Lingyun transmigrated, poisoned and crippled, abandoned by his family. He took over the Mo Family Martial Arts School in Shuixi County, a remote city. Everyone thought this was the end of a great prodigy. But Mo Lingyun unexpectedly gained a god-tier Martial Arts System. Taking on disciples or teaching martial arts at his school earned him breakthrough points. … [Basic Master-Disciple System: Disciples' 653Reads6.4Score104Shelves
45. 45 高 High Martial: I Just Awakened Ten-Thousandfold Returns, and Now You Want a Divorce 高武：刚觉醒万倍返还，你要离婚 Picking Up Money捡钱Urban873k WordsOngoing [Reborn + Invincible + Taking Disciples + Vengeance Without Regret + Mercilessly Punishing Ungrateful Traitors] In the age of advanced martial arts, Lin Chuan, a Martial God in his previous life, was poisoned and defeated in the arena, losing all his cultivation. After he was gravely injured, only his beautiful master, Xia Qianli, spent a fortune on rare treasures to save his life. It was only after losing his cultivation that Lin Chuan experienced the warmth and cruelty of the world, as everyon 19.6kReads7.4Score1.6kShelves
46. 46 签 Sign-In Disciple Recruitment System: Unlocking Heaven-Defying Skills 签到收徒系统，解锁逆天技能 Jin Tianchen锦天辰Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Invincible + System + Comedy + Lighthearted + Ruthless + No Saintly Do-Gooder] Ye Nan transmigrates to the cultivation world and awakens an Apprentice-Recruitment System. Taking on disciples makes him stronger. But three years pass in a flash, and the System shows no sign of life. He hasn’t gained a single disciple, either. To make ends meet, he has no choice but to open a tavern! The daily sign-ins have left Ye Nan completely numb. His room is piled high with all kinds of techniques and treasu 8.6kReads7.7Score725Shelves
47. 47 逆 Betrayed by My Traitorous Disciple! I Turn Around and Take the Reborn Empress as My Disciple 逆徒背刺！我反手收徒重生女帝 The Little Cockroach Is Seven小蟑螂七岁了Eastern Fantasy509k WordsCompleted [Invincible] + [Ruthless] + [Exhilarating] Jiang Mo, Sect Master of the Qingxuan Sect, devoted himself heart and soul to raising his disciples, only to be betrayed by an ungrateful traitor! To curry favor with the powerful, the traitor used the sect as a stepping stone and defected to a major sect, ruining Jiang Mo's reputation and bringing shame upon his sect! At the brink of despair, Jiang Mo awakens the [Discipleship Rewards System]! As long as he teaches his disciples, he can receive multipl 257Reads6.6Score—Shelves
48. 48 全 All-People Sect Master: What's So Special About Me Being a Transmigrator with Cheats? 全民宗主：我穿越者有外挂怎么了 Emotionless Salted Fish木得感情的咸鱼Eastern Fantasy363k WordsCompleted [Global]+ [Disciple Training]+ [No Romance]+ [Path of Immortal Rivalry]+ [Farming] Everyone transmigrates to the World of Heavenly Mandate and becomes a sect leader. They must recruit disciples and complete missions to advance and gain cultivation. In this world, immortals raise mortals like livestock and refine them into blood pills. Great clans control the immortal sects, leaving low-ranking cultivators unable to advance. A hundred years of cultivation pass in the blink of an eye. Will you sub 1.1kReads8.4Score103Shelves

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    Unbeatable at taking on disciples!

49. 49 前 I'm Trash in the Early Game, but Invincible in the Late Game 前期我垃圾，后期我无敌 Without Beginning or Name无始无名Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted “Would you be willing to take me as your master?” Wang Li froze, unable to understand why the old man in front of him had suddenly asked to take him as a disciple. But, just to be safe... Appraisal Object: Lin Qinghai Cultivation: Ninth Level of Body Integration (Immortal King of the Divine Soul) He was once an Immortal King of the Immortal Realm, but was betrayed by his disciple. As he lay dying, he accidentally activated a temporal treasure and returned to the Lower Realm, where his dream had 487Reads6.8Score101Shelves
50. 50 破 Something's Wrong with This Run-Down Martial Arts School: Every Disciple Is Invincible 破落武馆有问题，门中弟子全无敌 Lonely Evolution孤独的进化Eastern Fantasy617k WordsCompleted No heroine + plot-focused + jianghu and court politics + ensemble cast My disciples handle the cultivation. I lie flat. Zhou Qifang took over a failing martial arts school. Pressured by rivals and gangs, he nearly had to sell himself to a brothel. Just in time, he bound himself to the Martial Arts School System, which could change his disciples’ innate physiques and continually reward him with a portion of their cultivation. [Ding! Spend 100 Reputation to transform disciple Yang Bao’s hidden phy 1.2kReads7.1Score101Shelves

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