Long Cultivation Novels with Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Cores, Nascent Souls, and More 长篇修仙小说，有练气筑基金丹元婴等等

1. 651 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: From Con Man to Immortal Venerable 凡人修仙：从骗子到仙尊 Subtle and Profound微妙玄通Urban685k WordsOngoing Ten years of hard work as a poor student, all undone by a scam involving an immortal’s blessing. Wang Yuan was a country boy whose whole family scraped together everything they had just to get him into the city. In his tenth year delivering takeout, he finally accepted the truth: studying couldn’t change his fate. Then he found a book called Notes on the Primordial Chaos at a used-book stall, and his life began to veer into the absurd. He became a “qigong master” in the park, conning people to s 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Book recommendation!

2. 652 懒 The Lazy God Cultivates 懒神修仙 Old Cha Goes Shopping老查逛街Eastern Fantasy567k WordsOngoing Xu Renjie, a good-for-nothing with all five spiritual roots, is widely known in the cultivation world as the ultimate slacker. While others cultivate, he sunbathes. While others fight over treasures, he takes a nap. When refining pills, others proceed with extreme caution. Xu Renjie dumps ten batches of ingredients into one cauldron so he can have more days to play. If the furnace explodes, that's a perfect excuse for a break. A beast tide arrives? He doesn't even lift an eyelid. He pats the spi 721Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's quite addictive to watch when you're bored.

3. 653 玄 The Xuantian Bracelet 玄天镯 Shadow Maker影做Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core... Zhang Yan, an ordinary mortal, obtains the Xuantian Bracelet, which can accelerate time within its spatial realm. Ran Tian, a powerful figure from the True Immortal Realm, uses the spatial treasure Xuantian Bracelet to battle the Dragon King of Ten Thousand Demons and seal him away. But Ran Tian is gravely wounded as well. On the verge of death, fearing the demon dragon might obtain the treasure and break the seal, he tears through space and 21.1kReads8.2Score2.4kShelves

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   Qi Refining Stage, Foundation Establishment Stage... Mortal Cultivation

4. 654 仙 The Immortal Path Has an End 仙途有终 Wandering Tears流浪的热泪Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted The Great Dao rises, and clouds roll as rain falls. When the rain lets up and the clouds thin, all living things are nourished. If one day you ask where the Dao began, its traces lie in the void. Refining qi to attain longevity makes one an immortal; beyond immortals lie the Taiyi, then the Daluo. Take one more step to grasp the Dao, and glimpse how all things have their beginnings and ends. 129Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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   A long cultivation novel, featuring Qi refining...

5. 655 咸 A Slacker Sage, Yet I Attain Sainthood Through Merit 咸鱼圣人，但功德成圣 Subtle and Profound微妙玄通98k WordsCompleted A Slacker Saint, But He Achieves Sainthood Through Merit 5Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 656 啥 What? I'm the World's Only Cultivator 啥？我是全球唯一修仙者 The Number One Guo on the Yangtze, Ten Thousand Miles Long万里长江第一郭Urban408k WordsCompleted [On modern Earth, I'm the only one in the world who can cultivate immortality!] After unexpectedly inheriting the Qingxuan legacy, Lin Yue embarks on the path of cultivation. Among the billions of mortals on Blue Star, only Lin Yue can absorb spiritual energy and set foot on the great path of cultivation. While others are still practicing ancient martial arts, he has already reached the Qi Refining stage, wielding extraordinary power capable of moving mountains and turning seas. Warriors aboun 8Reads—Score127Shelves

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   Classic cultivation novels ✔

7. 657 十 A Short-Lived Ghost with Ten Spiritual Roots? I Craft Scrap Pills by Hand and Become an Immortal 十灵根短命鬼？我手搓废丹成仙 Dream of the Nine Netherworlds梦九幽Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing [Ordinary Protagonist + No System + Steady Growth] Ye Xingchen sets out on the path of cultivation to bring his grandfather back to life. But with a useless set of ten mixed spiritual roots, he is branded a doomed man! If he fails to open ten dantians before turning sixteen, his blood and vital energy will dry up, and he will die. Fortunately, Ye Xingchen possesses the Three Treasures Ruyi Cauldron. There is no way a doomed man like him is going to die. Strengthen three discarded pills to ma 39.3kReads7.7Score2.6kShelves
8. 658 一 A Box of Autumn Pear Candies 一盒秋梨糖 Subtle and Profound微妙玄通11k WordsCompleted A Box of Autumn Pear Candy 8Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 659 葬 The Immortal-Burying Tribulation 葬仙劫 Charlie Comfortable-ski查理舒服斯基Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted The rootless tree blooms in leisure; who can resist the lure of glory? Life is a boat on a sea of suffering, drifting here and there, never free. Gathering qi, refining qi, Foundation Establishment, innate realm, Golden Core, Nascent Soul… Can one truly become an immortal? Do immortals even exist? Lin Huang is hunted by his enemies and falls into an abyss, but somehow survives. After his entire family is wiped out, he unexpectedly acquires a temporal treasure. Burdened with a blood feud but lack 34.2kReads8.3Score4.7kShelves
10. 660 奕 An Ordinary Immortal's Path Through the Game of Go 奕道凡仙 Granny Wang Sells Sweet Potatoes王婆婆卖地瓜Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [Traditional Cultivation] + [Sword Cultivator] + [One Female Lead] + [Genius Protagonist] + [Slow-Burn] + [Every Plot Thread Gets Resolved] An everlasting azure sky, a single lotus. As the last Chaos Azure Lotus in existence, Wang Yi sets out on a road of no return to restore his incomplete body. He recovers a dark petal and awakens a dark spirit root. He recovers a light petal and awakens a light spirit root. He recovers a lightning petal and awakens a lightning spirit root. As he recov 327Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    Traditional cultivation novels, sword cultivators, genius protagonists, with intelligence consistently high throughout, progressing through Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul stages...

11. 661 灵 The Gift of Spirit Roots: Moonlight on Gold and Stone 灵根赋·月照金石 Subtle and Profound微妙玄通57k WordsCompleted Ode to Spiritual Roots: Moonlight on Metal and Stone 2Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 662 诗 Poetry and Swordplay in Our Youth, Growing Old Together 诗剑趁年华，与君共白头 Subtle and Profound微妙玄通Ancient Romance389k WordsOngoing The day I became the owner of a bankrupt tavern in the Tang dynasty, the System asked whether I wanted a golden finger. I looked at the ledger marked “300 strings of debt.” “Can I turn it into cash?” The System fell silent. I said, “Then I don’t want it.” I decided to lie around until I starved to death. That is, until a snowy night, when a drunken young man in white knocked on my door and asked to write a poem in exchange for wine. He took up his brush and splashed ink across my weathered wall, 3Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 663 逆 The Heaven-Defying True God 逆天正神 The God of Heaven Fell in Love with You天神爱上你Eastern Fantasy247k WordsOngoing Suitable for adaptation as a TV series, web series, movie, or animated drama. Zhao Qiankun (Zhao Yuanji) is gravely wounded by mysterious clansmen and falls into Black Mountain Ravine. As beast spirits gnaw at him, Yun Qingwan unexpectedly comes to his rescue! Beautiful Yun, love me! Beautiful Su, you love me even more! The demonic path, the demonic beast path, the immortal path, the divine path! 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    My wife recommended these fantasy and martial arts novels.

14. 664 在 Poison in the Algorithm 在算法里下毒 Subtle and Profound微妙玄通Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted Chen Guang was an “algorithm prodigy” before he turned thirty, and his company, Xunguang Technology, was valued at hundreds of billions. He believed data could optimize everything, including love. To that end, he spent three years running the “Mortal World Project” on his girlfriend, using algorithms to cultivate the “perfect partner.” His world was efficient, cold binary code, until the “Echo” System he had built pushed a depressed girl to the brink of suicide in its pursuit of traffic. The ido 8Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 665 渊 Above the Abyss: The Hibernating Dragon 渊蜮之上之蜇龙 Arctic Snow on North Street北大街的北极雪Eastern Fantasy754k WordsOngoing A solid foundation in the mortal's cultivation style, driven by a subtle golden finger, with a distinctive dark, annihilation-themed aesthetic. Scales fall from the Heavenly Abyss, and the Dao of Annihilation begins. In his darkest hour, Lin Yuan, a young disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect, unexpectedly obtains a mysterious inverse scale and inherits the ancient Great Dao of Annihilation. From then on, he embarks on a perilous and unconventional path of cultivation. Lin Yuan, a boy from Blackwate —Reads7.3Score—Shelves

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    The quantity is plentiful and satisfying, the foundation is laid, and the foreshadowing is brought to a perfect conclusion, echoing the beginning and end.

16. 666 吞 Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor: From Mortal Warrior to the Supreme Demon Venerable 吞天魔帝：从后天武者到最强魔尊 Wu Suo Wei Ju吴所魏惧Urban1.9M WordsOngoing The Sect Master of the Nation-Guarding Sect shatters his jade cup: “One of our minor hall masters could have his pet destroy our sect ten times over!” The seven great sect masters tremble as they speak: “He's an outer disciple, yet he cuts down Golden Core martial artists like grass!” The Alliance Leader of the Myriad Arts slumps to the ground: “Alone with just one sword, he razed all seventy-two of my branches!” The Demon Realm's Holy Lord falls silent: “Cross him, and your realm is doomed!” L 2.6kReads8.4Score139Shelves

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    Cultivation novels, long

17. 667 仙 A Fortuitous Encounter on the Path to Immortality 仙路奇遇 Even the Panda Is Starving熊猫都要饿死了Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted No System, no goody-two-shoes protagonist, a story about an ordinary mortal. Three years after Chu Nan was reborn, he accidentally obtained a mysterious jade bottle. Just as he was about to be cast out by his sect, this unexpected stroke of luck changed everything. He began cultivating spirit herbs, found ten-thousand-year-old herbs with ease, and saw his cultivation soar after taking them, reaching the Profound Realm in one bound. Powerful enemies fell like dogs driven from their homes. From th 303Reads6.5Score100Shelves

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    Using heaven and earth as its furnace and creation as its craftsman, this book crafts a magnificent and fantastical world. From the Nine Heavens to the Netherworld Blood Sea, from spiritually rich blessed lands to wild and forbidden zones teeming with ferocious beasts, the author uses a style imbued with Eastern aesthetics to depict the laws governing the Three Realms and Six Paths.

18. 668 修 The Cultivation Record: A Commoner Boy and a Rich Heiress Stumble into the Immortal Path 修仙录布衣少年富家千金误入仙道 Listening to the Swallows' Song悉听燕语Eastern Fantasy172k WordsOngoing [Mortal’s Journey style, no System] Deliberately chasing something doesn’t guarantee you’ll get it. You might even lose your way. But a careless act can bring an unexpected surprise, leading you into the path of immortality before you even realize it. The road to cultivating immortality is long and arduous, yet people don’t understand that the Great Dao is simple, and complexity lies in the human heart. Only by simplifying the complicated can one reach beauty through unadorned simplicity. A youn 23Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These are all pretty good. They all have different beginnings, the protagonist steadily grows stronger, and eventually becomes a big shot.

19. 669 听 Hearing Your Double Heartbeat 听见你的双重心跳 Subtle and Profound微妙玄通16k WordsCompleted Hearing Your Double Heartbeat 2Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 670 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Starting with a Chaos Talisman 凡人修仙：开局一张混沌符 I Have a Pot of Milk我有一壶奶Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsCompleted [No System, ordinary mortal cultivation] A man with a mixed spiritual root containing all ten elements accidentally obtains the supreme treasure, the Chaos Talisman, and embarks on the path of immortal cultivation. He tramples prodigies, slays countless enemies, and leaves mountains of corpses and seas of blood behind. When he looks back, nothing remains but mounds of bones! 33.5kReads8.7Score3.7kShelves
21. 671 仙 Immortal Destiny: Entering the Dao Through the Furnace 仙缘，以炉入道 Three Cigars三支雪茄Eastern Fantasy590k WordsOngoing [Cold and Ruthless] + [Intelligence] + [Emotional Intelligence] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Beautiful Prose] + [Astonishing] + [No Clear-Cut Good or Evil] A good book deserves to be savored. This is a gradual, slow-burning story. First appreciate the prose, then absorb the atmosphere, feel the emotions, and grasp the wisdom. Only then will the story truly begin to shine. He arrives riding a seven-colored auspicious cloud, and you may think you have glimpsed the beginning of the plot. The initial charac 741Reads9.2Score106Shelves

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    [No clear distinction between good and evil, slow burn] First, appreciate the writing style, then the atmosphere, and finally, the intelligence. Everything has a cause and effect. The young man is ruthless, seeking a glimpse of opportunity amidst the whirlpool to embark on the path of cultivation. Wisdom is not mere cleverness; he knows when to advance and retreat, understands boundaries, and skillfully manages the situation. The first ten or so chapters are a bit slow, but persevere, the later chapters are absolutely brilliant. Chapter 15 gets better, chapter 35 is full of surprises, chapter 50 will keep you up at night, chapter 75 is like Dongfang Bubai, chapter 100 is like Dugu Qiubai, and chapter 141 is a stroke of genius. If you don't like it, feel free to criticize and send me a knife! Especially the passionate interactions between the characters, the extreme tension, various adventures, explorations, the bizarre, conspiracies, and serendipitous encounters... Beyond imagination (please don't litter, be mindful of your manners).

22. 672 星 Three Thousand Years Along the Star Trails 星轨三千年 Subtle and Profound微妙玄通16k WordsCompleted Three Thousand Years of Star Trails 4Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 673 星 Cultivating Along the Path to Stardom: I Made a Hundred Pregnancies Manifest Miracles 星路修仙：我让百胎显灵 Wu Nan午南Eastern Fantasy163k WordsOngoing Readers of Wangyu’s A Starry Path to Immortality, come on in, please!!! Feng Bufan transmigrates to the world of cultivation to work a job. His million-yuan salary is gone, and he can’t get paid until he reaches Foundation Establishment. What a raw deal. A sharp-tongued but softhearted master, an arrogant genius of a junior fellow disciple, and 108 spirit embryos who love to join in the fun. He practices saber techniques and draws talismans, cracking jokes and enjoying a laid-back life. Nothing 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book is a slow-burn, mortal cultivation novel, not mindless. The second book is a transmigration cultivation novel, a clash of civilizations, where an ordinary person rises to become an immortal.

24. 674 星 Star Laws, Scars of Time, Heavenly Veins 星律·时痕·天脉 Subtle and Profound微妙玄通36k WordsCompleted Star Law · Marks of Time · Celestial Veins 2Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 675 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Cultivating Through Sacrifice 凡人：祭道修仙 Red Scarf of Huaixi淮西红领巾Male-Channel Fanfiction295k WordsOngoing I’m a fan of A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality and have read lots of novels like it. Most of them either went on indefinite hiatus or changed beyond recognition. I wanted to write my own story set in that world. I’m a beginner, so I hope you readers will go easy on me. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 676 九 Divine Emperor of the Nine Heavens 九霄玄天神帝 I Am Formless, Yet I Have Ten Thousand Forms我本无相亦有万相Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [The male lead awakens to cultivation after being betrayed by his girlfriend + ascends from the mortal realm to the celestial realm + the divine realm + play the pig to eat the tiger + face-slapping twists + multiple heroines] Ling Xiao was just a college student. His first love, Ye Muqing, mysteriously vanished during his freshman year... After failing to find her, he met Su Yao, who entered his life as his new girlfriend. But just before graduation, she betrayed him... The path of cultivation 843Reads5.6Score102Shelves

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    Earth → Celestial Realm → Divine Realm → Primordial Chaos Realm. No sycophancy, no dragging things out, decisive action, multiple female leads. If you really don't want to follow the updates every day, you can add it to your bookshelf and read it later when it's more substantial. It definitely won't disappoint you later on. It's already nearly 800,000 words long, and I have several hundred thousand more in reserve. I'll be updating frequently in the near future. [Admiration]

27. 677 第 The Ninth Layer of Autumn 第九重秋色 Subtle and Profound微妙玄通27k WordsCompleted The Ninth Layer of Autumn Colors 1Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 678 尘 Mortal Dust, Defying Immortality 尘凡逆仙 Huo Lingdu霍凌渡Eastern Fantasy668k WordsOngoing Gu Chen is an ordinary boy. Though his family is poor, he has loving parents, a mischievous younger brother, Gu Hao, and a sweet younger sister, Gu Xiaoya. Their simple life is warm and happy. But a sudden accident leaves Gu Chen gravely injured and on the brink of death. At his most desperate moment, his blood unexpectedly awakens a mysterious ancient orb within him. This Origin Returning Orb becomes his only chance to defy fate. It can absorb the spiritual energy contained in all things under —Reads6.8Score—Shelves
29. 679 顶 Top-Tier Talent: Ascending Through the Game 顶级天赋，游戏飞升 Long-Barreled Grenade Launcher长管加榴炮Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Cultivation Game #Genius Protagonist #Invincible Protagonist #No Heroine #Sword Immortal A cultivation game called Featherfall Heaven suddenly appears in the real world. By entering the game, you can obtain cultivation techniques and embark on the path of cultivation. You may even get the chance to seek immortality and ascend to the Immortal Realm. All the abilities and items players obtain in Featherfall Heaven can be brought directly into the real world. Zhang Yuhe passes the screening and qua 27.5kReads8.2Score1.9kShelves

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    A top-tier talent in game-based cultivation, 2 million words long and completed.

30. 680 凡 The Mortal's Path to Immortality 凡人修仙途 Ride the Waves lll乘风破浪lllEastern Fantasy664k WordsCompleted An ordinary country boy happens upon half a cultivation manual and a mysterious bracelet, setting him on the path of immortal cultivation. Rising from humble beginnings, the young man cultivates the Five Elements arts and practices secret divine abilities. He masters the seventy-two transformations of the Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends, proves his Dao, and roams free on the path to immortality... 1.6kReads8.0Score134Shelves

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    Long-form classical fantasy novel

31. 681 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Purple Mansion's Immortal Destiny 凡人修仙：紫府仙缘 Eternal Swastika卍字永恒Eastern Fantasy283k WordsOngoing (A slow-paced mortal’s tale. No mindless decisions, no characters getting dumber, no System. The protagonist is decisive and there’s a little violence. This is not a power fantasy, so read at your own risk.) The protagonist unexpectedly acquires an immortal estate and from then on embarks on the path of farming and cultivating immortality. I have a few acres of good farmland, and I watch the world change with a smile. I farm a little, refine some pills, and avoid all that environmentally unfrien 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    The first novel by Wang Yu, a work by the author, combines elements from the Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing, and various other dynasties. It explores the cultivation paths of Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Purple Mansion, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Void Refining, Body Integration, and Mahayana, following traditional cultivation methods. The second novel, "Mortal Cultivation," is not mindless or lacking in intelligence, but begins slowly. The third novel establishes the Qin Empire in the cultivation world, allowing its glory to illuminate all realms. (Long novel)

32. 682 凡 The Mortal's Immortal Abode 凡人仙府 Ride the Waves lll乘风破浪lllEastern Fantasy220k WordsCompleted After waking up in the cultivation world, I find that an evil cultivator is about to possess my body. What am I supposed to do? Luckily, I get a little gourd, and there's even an acre of spirit farmland inside. Taking pills, meditating, and following the path to enlightenment as a minor rogue cultivator. Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Deification... 3.1kReads6.2Score277Shelves
33. 683 颍 The Immortal Path of Yingchuan 颍川仙途 Whispering Words文字轻语Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsOngoing The road to immortality is long and arduous! Ten thousand years ago, the war between immortals and demons shook the lower realm. The spiritual energy of the Yingchuan Continent fell into chaos, and the path to ascension mysteriously broke apart. Ten thousand years later, Qin Yi, a young scholar's attendant, embarks on the path of cultivation. By chance, he inherits his master's legacy and overcomes one obstacle after another, becoming the strongest cultivator in Yingchuan. When he sets out with 2.7kReads7.4Score326Shelves
34. 684 修 Cultivating Immortality Begins as a Laborer 修仙从奴工开始 Prajna Xiaoguo般若小果Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted The path to immortality depends on resources and chance encounters. Liu Yang is a lone cultivator who starts out as a formation slave. How will he fight his way through one difficulty after another, carve out a path to survival, and stand at the pinnacle of cultivation? 850Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    Almost a million words! Keep it up!

35. 685 双 Two Souls, Two Lives: I'm Invincible on the Path to Immortality! 双魂双命：修仙路上我无敌！ In the End, Just One Person终究只是一人Eastern Fantasy758k WordsOngoing [No female lead, genius ice-attribute sword cultivator, character growth, decisive and ruthless] “Death Dao Intent, manifest!” A black yin fish appeared before Gu Jianqiu. “I myself have not comprehended the Dao Intent of Life.” “Yet the Dao has myriad paths.” “Killing... can also be the ultimate realm of ‘death’!” At a thought, the baleful aura around him spread, and the Dao Intent of Slaughter bloomed like thorns. “Without life, I shall prove death through slaughter, and use death... to perpet 856Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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    A sword cultivator with an ice-attribute celestial spiritual root and a special physique. A cultivation novel, no female lead, decisive in killing but not indiscriminate. He progresses through Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Deity Transformation stages, and is only kind to members of his own sect.

36. 686 紫 The Hidden Eastern Treasury of the Violet Palace 紫府东藏 Nine Drunken Reincarnations九醉轮回Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted A thousand cups of wine amid the mortal world, a pot of tea for an everlasting legacy. True love has never lasted since ancient times; only clever schemes can win people's hearts. The sons and daughters of the Jianghu roam the Jianghu, smiling to fulfill old wishes and burying grudges with a laugh. Even when all paths seem lost, shoot an arrow through the clouds, and thousands of troops will come to your aid! 807Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    Is a million words enough? It's a traditional fantasy novel, about a mortal cultivating immortality, with a growth system, not mindless or idiotic. The plot unfolds gradually, without unnecessary padding, the male lead has strong moral principles, and he encounters many extraordinary events. Highly recommended.

37. 687 五 The True Immortal of the Five Elements 五行真仙 Ride the Waves lll乘风破浪lllEastern Fantasy346k WordsCompleted After waking up, an ordinary mortal finds himself reborn in a dangerous, mysterious world of cultivation. From the start, he is a minor rogue cultivator with five spiritual roots. By chance, he finds a mysterious little gourd at the market, setting him on an extraordinary path to immortality... [Mortal cultivation, rogue cultivators, spiritual roots, pills, magical treasures, roaming the immortal sea] 1.7kReads6.1Score144Shelves
38. 688 从 Cultivating Starts with Inheriting the Family's Treasure Gourd 从继承家传宝葫芦开始修炼 96 Degrees Below Zero零下96度Eastern Fantasy327k WordsCompleted Born into a family of independent cultivators, he suffers a great upheaval at home and inherits the family's treasured gourd. From then on, he sets out on the path to the pinnacle of immortality. Put a defective pill in the treasured gourd, and it becomes a top-grade pill in an instant. Put a damaged spirit sword in the treasured gourd, and it becomes a top-grade spirit sword in the blink of an eye. Put a fragmentary cultivation manual in the treasured gourd, and it is restored to a Heaven-grade 95Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Who says cultivation requires a powerful background? A rogue cultivator without a background isn't a cultivator? Even ordinary people can cultivate to immortality! Qin Mu, a rogue cultivator, relies on a family heirloom gourd to achieve the path of Demon Lord, fighting his way through! [No female lead] [New book] + [Author has another completed 3 million-word book]

39. 689 宝 The Immortal Path of the Treasure Cauldron 宝鼎仙途 Ride the Waves lll乘风破浪lllEastern Fantasy363k WordsCompleted A classic mortal cultivation story: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul... The rogue cultivator Lu Xuan accidentally transmigrates to the world of immortal cultivation, where he’s driven out of the market district and left to fend for himself! Luckily, he finds a mysterious treasure cauldron. One month inside it equals three years outside. This lowly rogue cultivator takes one step at a time and eventually ascends to the Immortal Realm... He becomes the Primordial Da 2.1kReads6.3Score126Shelves
40. 690 一 I Accidentally Started Cultivating Immortality 一不小心就开始修仙了 Eat Less, Sleep Better少吃睡眠好Eastern Fantasy571k WordsOngoing Chen Xuan is garrisoning the frontier when he receives a special mission. By chance, he obtains an immortal root for cultivation, leaving his mortal body behind to face life-and-death struggles in the cultivation world, where he eventually becomes an immortal sovereign of his age! 408Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Both are available, long cultivation novels! [I'm full][I'm full]

41. 691 开 From the Start in the Hehuan Sect, I Prove the Great Dao Through Yin and Yang 开局合欢宗，我以阴阳证大道 Walking at Night in the Rain雨下夜行Eastern Fantasy167k WordsOngoing [Mortal's Path to Immortality] [Joyous Union Sect] [Empress] [Rebellious Disciple Who Challenges His Master] [Smart Protagonist] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Creative Fantasy] [Romance] [Wins over a senior sister in the Qi Refining Realm, another in the Foundation Establishment Realm, then the entire Joyous Union Sect in the Deity Transformation Realm] A flame had always burned within Jun Tianyao, a desire to attain immortality, experience every facet of human life, and witness the myriad splendors 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It meets the requirements; those interested can take a look.

42. 692 通 The Sky-Piercing Immortal Gourd 通天仙葫 Daughter of the Divine Physician神医之女Eastern Fantasy476k WordsCompleted The protagonist, Zhang Xiaohua, is the orphan of an Immortal Emperor and a maid, left behind in the mortal realm. His parents' whereabouts have been unknown since he was young. By a stroke of luck, he enters the Qingyun Sect to cultivate and accidentally claims the Heaven-Piercing Immortal Gourd as his own through a drop of blood. With the help of the gourd's artifact spirit, Xiao Hong, he obtains an immortal sword, meets his beloved confidante Lin Wan'er, and subdues the spirit pet Six-Headed F 122Reads8.9Score161Shelves

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    I'll stay up all night to finish watching it.

43. 693 弦 Memories of Strings and Pillars 弦柱追忆 Strings Pillar Under Heaven弦柱天下Eastern Fantasy261k WordsCompleted After diligently serving the Qianye Sect for twenty years, Zhou Xian was cast out. Years later, Zhou Xian returned to find the sect on the verge of collapse and refining its own disciples for blood. Only then did he realize how lucky he had been back then. The sect crumbles, and the world falls into turmoil. Cultivating immortality isn’t about seeking eternal life. It’s about being the last one alive. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No system is fine too.

44. 694 我 I Got the Strongest Cultivation Legacy 我得到了最强修仙传承 Xiu Feng修风Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsOngoing Liu Ao has a useless five-element spirit root, and the cultivation sect Taiyi Sect takes him in as a menial disciple to raise pigs. Unexpectedly, while tending the pigs, a small bead burrows into his head by chance. The bead has evolved into a miniature five-element world, within which lingers the remnant soul of an ancient, supreme creator. Seeing that he and Liu Ao are fated to meet, the remnant soul takes him as a disciple and passes on all the knowledge and memories it acquired over its life 1.5kReads7.9Score138Shelves

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    A seemingly useless servant receives a divine inheritance, and rises against all odds, shattering the heavens! [Admiration]

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46. 696 神 The Charlatan 神棍 Qing Chong Yue Er青虫月二Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted A fortune-teller, one of the oldest professions. An ancient name for a fortune-teller or feng shui master. Knowing the stars above and the earth below; the five elements of yin and yang, the eight trigrams and nine palaces. Physiognomy and feng shui, defying fate and changing one’s destiny: nothing is beyond their power! Huang Zheng, a modern-day fortune-teller. Born under the influence of yin and yang, with the canopy star at his back. With extraordinary skills in reading fortunes and feng shui 1.1kReads8.7Score136Shelves
47. 697 黑EN Death God of the Night 黑夜杀神 Riding a Bull to Find You骑牛找你Eastern Fantasy509k WordsCompleted Hunted from the start, I barely escaped with my life. I fought to defy fate, launching attacks and taking down countless powerful opponents. Born with a beautiful face... I hope you enjoy the story. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2.6kReads8.8Score194Shelves

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48. 698 鬼 The Divine Schemes of Guiguzi 鬼谷神谋 Qing Chong Yue Er青虫月二Historical4.6M WordsCompleted [Historical Fiction Writing Contest] Other people are reborn into wealth and privilege, but I came back as a stalk of rice. No, a stalk of rice growing on a grave! A lovesick woman ate me, and became my mother. I became Guigu Wang Chan, whom later generations called Guiguzi, the founding patriarch of the Vertical and Horizontal School. In this turbulent age, watch me stir up the world once more and make my mark on the battlefields of the Warring States! 568Reads6.6Score102Shelves
49. 699 凡 The Immortal’s Song Along the Mortal Path 凡途仙歌 Moonlight Chills a Thousand Mountains月冷千山Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation, no System, multiple heroines, multiple spirit pets] Great rulers and generals are not born to privilege. Even a nobody can defy fate and forge ahead. Xu Sanqian, a young man suffering from consumption, unexpectedly obtained a mysterious space. He thought it was an incredible stroke of fortune, but never imagined it was part of a scheme laid long ago, countless ages in the past. The young man refused to accept his fate and vowed to fight to the death. I have blades in my hand 4.6kReads8.1Score411Shelves

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    Head down typing, head up recommending books, self-recommendation letter: Traditional cultivation novel, Eastern fantasy, Qi refining, Foundation building, Core formation, Nascent Soul.

50. 700 情 City of Heartbreak 情伤都市 Riding a Bull to Find You骑牛找你Urban215k WordsCompleted My new work is out! Come 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! 953Reads—Score—Shelves

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