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1. 51 天 Heavenly Abyss 天渊 Mu Xiao Sansheng沐潇三生Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsOngoing (The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw 976.7kReads9.4Score99.9kShelves
2. 52 万EN The Ultimate Underdog 万古第一废材 Little Seventeen the Crybaby爱哭的小十七Eastern Fantasy10.1M WordsOngoing [Invincible, Fiery, Fast-Paced, Constant Updates, Strongly Recommended by Hundreds of Millions of Readers!] A hundred thousand years ago, everyone was like a dragon, and all could cultivate the martial path. After the Calamity Transformation, the Heavenly Dao collapsed and the gods fell, leaving behind only an ancient tower of reincarnation. A hundred thousand years later, martial cultivation had become a matter of bloodline. A trash bloodline was no better than an insect and could not cultivate 270kReads9.0Score22.9kShelves
3. 53 凡 Mortal Cultivation: Refining Qi to Attain Immortality 凡人修仙，炼气长生 Aconite and Aconitum乌头附子Eastern Fantasy4.2M WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation] [One female lead who serves as a supporting character] [This book has already been adapted into two animated manhua] [Nearly four million characters so far] Su Chen was born a commoner. After both his parents died, he made a living herding cattle for a landlord. One day, soldiers and bandits came through, killing people and wiping out his village. He barely escaped, and a cultivator who happened to pass by took him into an immortal sect. From then on, he embarked on the path 78.8kReads8.4Score7.6kShelves
4. 54 红 Cultivating in the Mortal World: The Path to Enlightenment 红尘修行：证道之路 A Jumble of Thoughts乱七八糟的思绪Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted No System + No Transmigration + Ordinary Mortal’s Journey + Historical Fantasy + Traditional Xianxia + Detailed Cultivation Techniques + Insights into Cultivation Lin Qingyang was born deep in the Qinling Mountains in the third year of the Jiajing era. Gifted with a “White Jade Physique,” he dreamed of the starry sky from childhood and was guided by an old man with white hair, marking him as extraordinary. At twelve, he became the disciple of the wandering Daoist Li Sanren and began his path of 6kReads9.3Score674Shelves

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   A new wave of mortal cultivation, realistic, philosophical, and not a wish-fulfillment story.

5. 55 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Heaven-Piercing Tower 凡人修仙：通天塔 Typing to Success键入佳境Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsOngoing [The animated series A Great Rogue Cultivator: My Quest to Reach the Heavens is currently a hit on Hongguo Short Drama] [No transmigration, sensible plot, traditional cultivation, mortal cultivator, no System] "Are there really immortals in this world?" "Of course!" "Old man, when are you finally going to take me as your disciple?" The boy has lost count of how many times he's begged by now... After a great upheaval, a boy from Lanxian Town embarks on a long journey of cultivation. A mysterious 8.7kReads7.9Score660Shelves

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   This one's pretty good, it's about a powerful, independent cultivator. [Cool][cool]

6. 56 凡 Cultivating Immortality as a Mortal: The Azure Lotus Immortal's Trail 凡人修仙，青莲仙踪 Ink-Washed Painting墨染绘丹青Eastern Fantasy326k WordsOngoing [Traditional cultivation + mortal-protagonist style + a lifelong independent cultivator in the marketplace + decisive and ruthless + master of deception + extremely low-key] [Talisman-making, alchemy, artifact-refining, formations, beast-taming, cooking, and winemaking] [Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, and Deity Transformation] At death's door, Chen Yang, a young independent cultivator, awakens memories of his past life. Still dazed and confused, he is fortun 433Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Ordinary people, wandering cultivators in the marketplace!

7. 57 九 The Ninth-Rank Artifact Crafter 九品炼器师 Xiao Shisanlang Talks About the Three Kingdoms萧十三郎说三国Eastern Fantasy4.0M WordsOngoing [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [Artifact Refining] [A Young Man’s Rise] [Industrialization] [Fantasy Warfare] [Ensemble Cast] [Comedy and Satire] [Slow Burn] Young Qian Duoduo transmigrates through space! As a mortal, he starts from scratch! Thrown into prison, he’s facing certain death from the very start! If he doesn’t want to die, he’ll have to fight! To make matters worse, his bargain-basement master, a skinny old man, puts him over the fire to roast! If you want to read abo 23.5kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves

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   🐉🔥🐉① A grassroots rise to power! From weapon forging to emperor! Young Qian Duoduo, though a mortal, has a dark-skinned, thin old man as his spiritual master. The old man takes him as his disciple and roasts him over a fire! Thinking he's just a piece of grass, he turns out to be a treasure! ② Spiritual bones in the world are divided into four grades. Mortal bones are inherently unfit for cultivation. But young Xu Taiping will prove to the world: Mortal bones can slay demons! Mortal bones can exorcise monsters! Mortal bones can ascend to immortality!

8. 58 凡EN Mortal Bones, Immortal Destiny 凡骨 Master of One Update壹更大师Eastern Fantasy8.3M WordsCompleted (The print edition is now available to buy online) The world's spiritual bones are divided into four grades. First grade: Heavenly Spiritual Bones. Second grade: Golden Spiritual Bones. Third grade: Mystic Spiritual Bones. Fourth grade: White Spiritual Bones. All the rest are ordinary bones, unfit for cultivation. Xu Taiping is an ordinary man with ordinary bones, yet he swears to prove to the cultivation world that ordinary bones can slay demons, ordinary bones can vanquish evil, and ordinary b 561.4kReads9.3Score72kShelves
9. 59 破 Breaking the Bag, Defying Fate: Cultivating Immortality with a Mixed Spirit Root 破袋逆灵：杂灵根的修仙 Madman Niu Ba狂徒牛八Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted In a brutally harsh world of cultivation, Zhu Bu'er is an ordinary man who stumbles into the cultivation world. With a mixed spiritual root and a broken sack as his only tool, he scavenges for scraps and rummages through rubbish, forging an unconventional path to immortality. 4.2kReads8.6Score334Shelves

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   A cultivation novel in the "mortal realm" style is here, bro! Fellow Daoists, please wait a moment, come in!

10. 60 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 18.3kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves

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    The endings are all unexpected and incredibly grand.

11. 61 修 Cultivation: I Have a Heaven-Devouring Pearl 修仙，我有一颗吞天珠 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted By chance, an ordinary young man obtains the most powerful treasure in the Three Realms, the Heaven-Replenishing Pearl. From then on, he defies fate and changes his destiny, fighting his way from the human realm to the spirit realm, founding the world’s strongest people, then battling his way into the immortal realm for the sake of his obsession. He rises from humble beginnings in the mortal world and brings it all to an end in the immortal realm! 8.8kReads8.7Score597Shelves
12. 62 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 11.1kReads8.8Score914Shelves
13. 63 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… 8.6kReads8.7Score722Shelves
14. 64 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... 3.1kReads7.3Score229Shelves
15. 65 花 Whispers Among the Flowers: The Peerless Beauty Who Toppled the World 花间语：绝世美人倾覆天下 All Living Things30芸芸众生30Ancient Romance321k WordsCompleted [Two powerful leads + fantasy romance + rebirth + love that grows over time + sweet romance] [An initially warm, later aloof and lovely young wife × a cold-faced, scheming, decisive dragon prince] Legend has it that anyone born with the Fire Phoenix's blessing is destined to have an extraordinary identity. The day her mother was murdered, Jiang Nanyun was forced to flee because of a prophecy that she was a harbinger of disaster. By chance, she saved a mysterious man, never suspecting that he, to 93Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 66 蚀 A Love That Cuts to the Bone 蚀骨情长 All Living Things30芸芸众生30Modern Romance295k WordsCompleted [Original + sweet romance + a little angst + transmigration + romance + fantasy + strong female lead] Shen Qingyan is deeply in love with Ye Tingchen, but his best friend frames her and sends her to prison. After she gets out, she is determined to take revenge and make them suffer twice as much as she did. But after one unexpected turn after another, she realizes she still loves him. Then she unexpectedly discovers that she has a brain tumor. After Shen Qingyan passes away, she transmigrates to 33Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 67 都 A City Youth’s Journey to the Immortal Realm 都市青年仙界行 There Is a Way to Righteousness道义有道Eastern Fantasy270k WordsCompleted Synopsis: No System + scheming male lead + traditional cultivation + ruthless and decisive A sudden upheaval on Mount Tai sent me to the bottom of the cultivation world, where I became a lone cultivator. With the help of a heaven-defying spirit beast, I found an unparalleled opportunity. I endured for thousands of years, all for the chance to return to Blue Star!!! 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A classic mortal cultivation novel! Extremely good! The characters are all intelligent!

18. 68 星EN Path to Immortality Among the Stars 星路仙踪 Wang Yu忘语Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing In the modern world, a passage to another realm appears on Blue Star. Wang Yu is among the first people to enter a cultivation world through their dreams. In a daze, he embarks on the path of cultivation in order to survive! The Great Dao is merciless. On the path of cultivation, failing to advance means falling behind! By becoming a supreme cultivator, one can enjoy endless longevity and bring the power of cultivation back to Blue Star, saving its future. The cultivation world faces an apocalyp 175.5kReads9.1Score15.7kShelves
19. 69 六 Six Paths of Reincarnation: The Prison of Heaven and Earth 六道轮回：乾坤牢笼 The Carp and the Cat鲤鱼与猫Eastern Fantasy3.6M WordsOngoing [Traditional Fantasy] [Overpowered Protagonist] [Eastern Elements] [The Myriad Worlds] [No formulaic tropes, no System, no mindless plot, no wish fulfillment] The gods moved their pieces, burying one dazzling golden age after another. Emperors who had reached the peak of the Great Dao were toyed with like ants, right in the palms of their hands! The gods schemed against those who dared defy heaven, slaughtering their entire clans and leaving only the legitimate heir alive, his Rinnegan gouged ou 6.1kReads8.9Score543Shelves

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    How can you not read this fantasy cultivation novel? It's an absolute gem from Tomato, truly amazing! The male and female leads are both incredibly strong, growing together and reaching the pinnacle of cultivation hand in hand. I've been following it for over sixty days now, and it's high-energy from start to finish. The fight scenes in this book have surpassed the limits of fantasy novels! [Exploring][Exploring][Laughing][Kiss][Kiss]

20. 70 凡 A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Legacy Immortal Mansion 凡人修仙之传承仙府 Have Some Watermelon 6吃个西瓜6Eastern Fantasy618k WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation, no System, one female lead, decisive and ruthless.] An ordinary country boy stumbles upon an immortal manor containing a legacy, and from then on, Yang Hao embarks on the path of cultivation. Inside the manor, he can grow spirit crops, craft artifacts and pills, raise spirit pets, and access an unparalleled legacy. See how he rises from humble beginnings, slays demons and vanquishes evil, and steadily becomes the strongest, roaming freely across the Myriad Worlds. 1.1kReads8.0Score—Shelves

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    Fan Gu Platform's masterpieces include the new book "Inheritance of Immortal Mansion" which is available to follow, "Spirit Eye" which is now complete, "Spirit Stone" which is hilarious, and the last book is a large and satisfying read. They are all in the "mortal cultivation" genre, without any exaggeration, and perfectly solve the problem of having nothing to read!

21. 71 秋 The Spirit Eye That Sees Every Detail 秋毫灵眼 Fishing Hazelnut钓鱼榛仁Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Mortal’s journey + no System + no harem] Li Changsheng stumbled upon the Spiritual Eye of Fine Detail and began his path of cultivation. The road to immortality was as difficult as climbing to the heavens, like rowing upstream, where failing to advance meant falling behind. The cultivation world was full of deceit and treachery, its fortunes as unpredictable as the tides. Li Changsheng had no choice but to tread carefully, as if walking on thin ice. Though he had an ordinary three-element spiri 373Reads8.1Score106Shelves
22. 72 我 I Have an Infinite Spirit Stone System 我有无限灵石系统 Fishing Hazelnut钓鱼榛仁Eastern Fantasy301k WordsCompleted (Transmigration + System + daily life in the cultivation world + a smart protagonist + many love interests + spirit pets + decisive killing + laying low and developing early on + going on a killing spree later) The protagonist transmigrates from Earth to the cultivation world and acquires an infinite spirit stone System. What, you can’t win? Buy a mountain of spirit talismans and blast your enemies to death. Cultivation is too slow? No such thing. Just keep feeding it top-grade spirit stones. So 126Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 73 克 Cthulhu Mythos Invasion: Cultivating Immortality in the Mist 克系入侵：迷雾修仙 Lark Yaoyao百灵鸟媱媱Eastern Fantasy141k WordsOngoing [Ruthless and decisive, a master of keeping a low profile, no holier-than-thou protagonist, status screen, transmigration, traditional cultivation in the early stages, strange Cthulhu invasion in the later stages, no female lead, ordinary mortal] Lu Qian, a young man who worked 996 in his previous life, is carried by a mysterious bead into a cultivation realm. But their arrival draws the attention of an indescribable being, bringing its invasion to this cultivation realm. It began with him, so 6Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 74 修 Cultivation Begins in a Mine 修仙从矿洞开始 Blanched Bok Choy菜心白灼Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted A pure-mortal cultivation story: no System, no transmigration, a return to the traditional essence of cultivation! The protagonist is an ordinary mortal with no spiritual roots who enters a sect to mine spirit stones for a living. By chance, he survives a deadly disaster and awakens the Five-Colored Spiritual Marrow buried underground. This rare treasure, unseen in ten thousand years, reshapes his spiritual roots from within, unexpectedly condensing the rare Five-Element Spiritual Roots! From th 2.3kReads8.7Score188Shelves

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    It's alright! I read 100 chapters in one night; the plot is quite engaging.

25. 75 炼EN Cultivation Clan: My Fortune Space 炼气家族，我有一个造化空间 Metal and Fire Flourish, Jia Wood金火旺甲木Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsOngoing [Traditional Cultivation + Slow-Burn Progression + Close-Knit Family + Ruthless + Both Parents Alive. Spatial Realm + Mortal + Cautious + Schemer + Not a Good-for-Nothing] [Realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation...] Li Qingyuan was born with congenital heart disease and died young. He transmigrates into the cultivation world before birth, into a family of Qi Refiners. Once he learns that this is a world of cultivation, seeking immortalit 77.3kReads8.2Score5.7kShelves

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    The Chinese people's obsession with cultivating immortality has reached an immeasurable level!

26. 76 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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    The stories of ordinary people cultivating immortality are all wonderful, with plots that develop at every turn and are incredibly exciting.

27. 77 修 Cultivation: I Become an Immortal Emperor Through More Children, More Blessings 修仙：我靠多子多福当仙帝 Mu Yunshan沐云杉Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted Lin Bufan transmigrated to a cultivation world, but even at twenty, he still had an ordinary body that couldn't be cultivated. After the sect master presided over his betrothal, he awakened the more children, more blessings System. He could grow stronger simply by having children. From then on, powerhouses with Innate Dao Bodies, peerless sword embryos, and True Dragon and Phoenix physiques began rising to prominence... Eventually, the demon, charm, and demon races realized something was wrong. 5kReads7.6Score405Shelves
28. 78 仙 Immortal Jade, Dust, and Destiny 仙玉尘缘 Stubborn Wood顽木Eastern Fantasy5.0M WordsCompleted Lin Mu, a lowly servant of the Qianyu Sword Sect, accidentally discovers that the jade pendant left to him by his parents contains three mu of spiritual farmland. From then on, he uses the pendant to grow spiritual herbs and medicinal plants, earn a fortune in spirit stones, buy flying swords and magic treasures, and refine miraculous pills. Thus begins his rise in the cultivation world. 328Reads7.7Score101Shelves
29. 79 修 Cultivation: Reborn in Another World to Build the Strongest Sect 修仙：重生异界打造最强宗门 Deep Autumn in Baili百里深秋Eastern Fantasy8.9M WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation + no System + no cheat + relying on skill!] Young scientist Sun Yi transmigrated into the world of immortal cultivation and became a menial disciple with neither talent nor connections. But using the knowledge, experience, and courage of someone from Earth, he successfully latched onto the sect's most powerful patron. Then he set about reforming the sect and developing all kinds of new technology! [Invented a detection radar]: It can locate all kinds of rare treasures, demon 43.7kReads9.0Score4.1kShelves

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    [Ordinary Person Flow + No System + No Cheat Codes + Rely on Ability! No Harem! No Routine! Upright Values! Guaranteed 10,000 words per day! No breaks! No leave! Occasionally 20,000-word bursts!] Young scientist Sun Yi transmigrates to the cultivation world, becoming a lowly disciple with no talent or background. However, he uses his Earthling knowledge, experience, and courage to successfully latch onto the sect's most powerful backer, then launches massive reforms and research! [Invents a Detection Radar]: Capable of detecting various rare treasures, demonic beasts, and poisonous insects, opening up huge sources of wealth for the sect, its power easily surpassing the treasure-hunting spirit beasts of the cultivation world! [Invents a New Dantian Opening Technique]: Opening a dantian in each of the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys to form a Five Elements Dantian, greatly increasing endurance and strength, with mysterious effects. [Invents the Three Paths of Unity Cultivation Path]: Researching and discovering the root cause of breakthrough failures, finding a method that guarantees breakthroughs without assistance. [Invents the Demon Refining Tower]: Refining and processing demon souls to create top-tier Heavenly Soul Liquid, enhancing divine soul power. [Inventing the Demon-Refining Pot]: Purifies the demonic power and remnant souls within the essence of demonic beasts, increasing body refinement speed tenfold. [Inventing the Azure Cloud Battle Armor]: Not only is it exquisitely designed, but it also integrates offense and defense, explosively increasing movement speed and attack power. [Inventing Satellite Communication]: Eliminates the outdated communication technology of the cultivation world, and can also monitor the world, creating enormous wealth for the sect. [Inventing Cultivation Space]: Creates a high-pressure spirit-gathering cultivation chamber, greatly increasing cultivation speed. [Inventing External Dantian]: Refines the inner core of demonic beasts into an inflatable treasure, greatly increasing true qi endurance! [Inventing Artificial Spirit Stones]: Invents artificial spirit stones, promoting economic development and greatly increasing cultivation speed! Building the foundation of the mortal world, reforming education, establishing a unique immortal city, promoting the financial industry, and developing the communications industry, Sun Yi, with the knowledge and wisdom of an Earthling, leads the sect to explosive development, changing the entire cultivation world single-handedly, and waging war against the demon race with the power of his sect.

30. 80 纯 The Pureblood Hongmeng Art 纯血鸿蒙诀 Ninety-Four Normal University Student九四师范生Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation ★ Logical and well-reasoned ★ Foreshadowing everywhere ★ Ingeniously crafted ★ A refreshing plot ★ Delicate prose ★ An expansive world ★ An uplifting theme ★ Come cultivate immortality alongside the hero!] In a village in the mortal realm of Qingyun Continent, a young man named Chu Feng is born with a useless Five-Element Spiritual Root. His path to immortality is thwarted as he seeks to save the girl next door, but then he meets Old Ren, who came from the Spirit Realm, and l 329Reads6.2Score102Shelves

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    Come on in! [Laughs][laughs] Take a look! [Cool][cool] A different kind of mortal cultivation story! [Laughs][cool][thumbs up][admiration]

31. 81 朝 A Mayfly Lives from Dawn to Dusk; Today I Finally Understand What an Immortal Is 朝生暮死蜉蝣命，今日方知仙是仙 Heaven in a Teapot茶壶洞天Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing [Mortal's Journey] + [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] + [Smart Protagonists, Antagonists, and Supporting Characters] + [Slow-Building Plot] I transmigrated, and from the start I got a… Oh, no, from the start, I was given an old man for a father and eighteen young stepmothers, … Old man! Calm down! Let's talk this out! Put down the sword and straighten that green hat on your head first! … What?! I'd already made enough money, bought myself a little maid, and was all set to coast through life, and 12.6kReads7.7Score1.1kShelves

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    The Myriad Soul Banner refines evil spirits, controls corpses and puppets, cultivates Yin and Yang, a mortal's journey, no system, not a wish-fulfillment novel, both protagonists and antagonists are intelligent, the characters are complex and three-dimensional, not stereotypical. Worth reading for veteran readers tired of mindless wish-fulfillment novels.

32. 82 凡 The Mortal's Tale of Breaking Through the Heavens 凡人破天传 The Talking Stone会说话的石头Eastern Fantasy749k WordsCompleted [Fantasy + Ordinary Protagonist + No System + Slow-Burn] A young man seeking medicine falls into a deadly trap. To avenge his family, he must cultivate immortality! His loved ones were killed by an evil cultivator. With only mediocre talent, he enters the world of cultivation for one reason: to avenge them. He also wants to uncover the truth about his origins, and... Demons, monsters, and evil spirits haunt the world. One sword strike is all it takes to cut them down! 5.4kReads8.5Score381Shelves

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    This is the most authentic "mortal cultivation" novel I've read recently; I hope it updates faster.

33. 83 既 Marry a Dao Companion and Cultivate the Truth: Faithful to the Great Dao and to You 既娶道侣又修真，不负大道不负卿 Overlord Pork Knuckle霸王肘子Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the cultivation world and becoming a low-level rogue cultivator, the protagonist finds that his predecessor was attacked and lay unconscious for three months. Having taken over someone else's body, he is about to be kicked out of the market because he can't renew his lease when the Cultivation Arts System appears! Whatever you know, I know. Whatever you don't know, well, I know that too. In short, I know everything. From then on, the protagonist begins his rise to success 9.2kReads7.8Score471Shelves

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    This one looks good.

34. 84 问 Aspiring to the Immortal Path 问鼎仙途 Maple Boat Seeks Zen枫舟问禅Eastern Fantasy9.2M WordsOngoing [Mortal-style cultivation + no System] Su Shier, a village boy of mediocre aptitude, is forced to embark on an endless, arduous path to immortality in pursuit of revenge for a blood feud. It is a world of deceit, the law of the jungle, scheming, and hardship... The road ahead is long, the way fraught with danger. Though this humble mortal must fight through every obstacle, he swears to forge his own path to immortality. 194.8kReads8.9Score15.8kShelves

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    If you enjoy the "ordinary people as immortals" genre, you absolutely must read these two books! The protagonists in both are decisive and ruthless, without any hesitation! You'll definitely love them!

35. 85 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: It Begins with a Broken Stone 凡人修仙：从捡到破石头开始 A Tiny Little Wind一只风小小Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation + no System + traditional cultivation] In a village where no immortal had ever been seen, a group of men in black suddenly appeared, seemingly searching for something. By the time they left, the village had already been burned to the ground. Lin Yuan, the sole survivor, set out to hunt down the men in black and take his revenge... 8.1kReads7.5Score601Shelves

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    A mortal's journey to immortality, a traditional novel, about seeking immortality, retaliating against enemies, and cultivating Qi to build a foundation.

36. 86 无 The Silent Eye 无声之瞳 Qingyuan QWQ清源QWQEastern Fantasy605k WordsOngoing [Traditional Fantasy] + [Mystic Eyes] + [The Power of Talent] Talents are ranked Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow, and people are divided into three, six, and nine grades. A young man is trapped in a web of mysteries. His twin eyes break free of their cage, leaving the world speechless. 38Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 87 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.8kReads9.6Score66.1kShelves
38. 88 开 From the Start, I Drew a Barren Field: I Rise by Slaying Insects 开局抽到废田：我靠杀虫逆袭宗门 Cold Hands, Normal Pulse手冰凉脉正常Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Cautious cultivation + farming + earning spirit stones + no System + no harem]. Important things bear repeating: this is a cautious cultivation story, a farming story, and the protagonist is the sort who will keep hiding and playing it safe until the end of time. If that's not your thing, please don't click in. The heavens collapse, countless realms sink into ruin, and all living beings are but ants swept along by the tides. Even the Supreme Immortal Emperor cannot escape the fate of being cons 2.6kReads—Score205Shelves

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    A few books with low ratings, but still worth reading.

39. 89 宗 My Sect Ordered Me to Marry, So I Activated an Infinite Exchange System 宗门强令娶妻，激活无限兑换系统 Cold Hands, Normal Pulse手冰凉脉正常Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [“Good-for-nothing’s comeback” + “System exchange” + “Marriage and growth” + “Play the pig to eat the tiger”] The sect orders an old man in his seventies to take a wife, and he activates the Marriage and Longevity System! A different kind of System, a different kind of thrill! While everyone else has to grovel to survive and grow, the protagonist insists on fighting back, soaring through the skies on his sword. Immortality is no longer a dream. 3.5kReads6.4Score333Shelves
40. 90 铁 Iron-Blooded War of Resistance: The Spoiled Quartermaster Awakens a Divine Machine 铁血抗战：纨绔军需官觉醒神机 The Colors of Songcheng Fireworks宋城烟火色Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [“War of Resistance, 1937” + “Divine Machine System” + “Hardcore War Against Japan” + “Burma-Yunnan Front”] Every inch of land is soaked in blood! Antique shop owner Chu Yun transmigrates into Chen Jiaju, a quartermaster in the 69th Provisional Division. Though born a spoiled rich boy, he raises a force and joins the main battlefield of the war against Japan. Fighting alongside troops from all walks of life, they pit their flesh and blood against the Japanese army to the bitter end, turning ever 4.3kReads6.4Score308Shelves
41. 91 战 War God Possessed: I Transmigrated to 1937 to Fight the Japanese 战神附体：穿越到1937打鬼子 Cold Hands, Normal Pulse手冰凉脉正常Urban1.4M WordsOngoing “As long as Hunanese remain, China will never fall!” During the eight years of resistance against Japan, the Nationalist government conscripted about 14 million people nationwide. Hunan contributed nearly 2.1 million, or 15% of the total. More than 600,000 Hunanese soldiers on the front lines were killed, wounded, or went missing. About 300,000 were killed, accounting for one-quarter of all Nationalist soldiers killed on the front lines, the highest death toll of any province. Over the eight yea 3.2kReads5.9Score205Shelves
42. 92 抗 War of Resistance: Sending a Japanese Major to Meet Amaterasu from the Start 抗战：开局送鬼子少佐见天照大神 Cold Hands, Normal Pulse手冰凉脉正常Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Lao Ma, an armored corps veteran, is caught in a temporal mishap and transmigrates to 1941, a year engulfed in war, landing right in the middle of a Japanese encirclement. Gunfire erupts all around him as the enemy’s footsteps and battle cries close in. Stranded in an unfamiliar era without the modern armored equipment he knows, he has only his past combat experience and a soldier’s iron will. In this desperate fight for survival, Lao Ma begins an unknown journey of resistance. 7.3kReads8.7Score641Shelves
43. 93 地 A Thousand Years of Sign-In in the Underworld, Then Reincarnating Makes the Empress Cry 地府签到千年，投胎气哭女帝 Invincible Master无敌大神Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted After Li Heng died, his soul entered the underworld. He thought he would be reincarnated, but instead he unlocked a sign-in System in the Hall of the King of Hell. And so he became a lowly underworld officer who swept floors, wandering through every corner of the underworld. “Ding! You signed in at the Hall of the King of Hell and received the King of Hell's Sword!” “Ding! You signed in on the Eighteenth Level of Hell and received the Primordial Demon God Spear!” “Ding! You signed in at the Hall 14.6kReads8.6Score67.4kShelves

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    Please recommend it to everyone!

44. 94 开 From the Start, I'm an Emperor: Building an Ancient Divine Sect 开局大帝境，打造太古神宗 Night-Roaming Wolf Lord夜游狼君Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted After Wang Yi became sect leader, he activated a System and was rewarded with the cultivation of a Great Emperor. He vowed to build the greatest divine sect of the ancient era. Looking at the many prodigies hoping to join his sect... “What? You have a Supreme Bone and want to become a Holy Son? Sorry, in our sect, people with Supreme Bones are only good enough to guard the gate!” “You have the bloodline of a Heavenly Phoenix? Not bad! The kitchen needs a chef who can produce phoenix fire, so the 19.7kReads8.4Score982Shelves
45. 95 仙 Immortal’s Hand on My Crown: I Break Through Even While Lying Down 仙人抚顶：我躺着都能突破 Jumping Clown Dark Soy Sauce跳梁老抽Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Does the path to immortality mean you have to sever all attachments and give up love? Does cultivation mean you have to let the whole world down? After Lin Feiyu was hit by a dump truck, a mysterious stroke of fortune chose him and sent him to the final era of the cultivation world. He didn’t need to cultivate: simply staying alive raised his realm, though the time required to break through doubled with each advancement. He thought fate had granted him a priceless opportunity, but he had no idea 179Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Based on personal preference, this is an original masterpiece with a fresh theme, delicate writing, and a tight plot; it's worth following.

46. 96 怪 The Bizarre Art of Cultivation 怪诞修仙学 Snail Goes to Heaven蜗牛上天Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted (No heroine, Eastern cosmic horror, no System, not invincible, grotesque aesthetics, not a rules-based horror, science and cultivation) The old man once said that cultivators, demons, and evil spirits turn into a pile of ash when they die. This is called tainted ash. Tainted ash contains all the energy they accumulated in life. Eat it, and you can kindle your life lamp and extend your lifespan. Leave it alone, and it will give rise to a tainted-soil resurrection! But there is one exception: bein 47.7kReads9.1Score7.3kShelves
47. 97 第 First Rate! 第一流！ Zhong Jiuling钟九陵Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted [No female lead, no formulaic tropes, not a power fantasy. Excellent writing and a first-rate plot. If that’s not your thing, don’t read.] Year thirty-one of the New Era. Snow fell in the bitter cold of winter. Many things happened that year. The Divine Church gained a new Divine Son, the Buddhist faith saw thirty-six golden lotuses bloom, and a madman emerged from a crumbling Taoist temple. The North Sea churned, threatening to swallow heaven and earth. A tiny blade of grass grew in the De 39.7kReads8.5Score3.5kShelves
48. 98 儒 The Tale of a Confucian Scholar's Immortal Cultivation 儒生修仙传 Nanshan You Ning南山攸宁Eastern Fantasy910k WordsOngoing Tomato Original, traditional cultivation, Eastern fantasy [Ordinary Mortal, Decisive and Ruthless, Cunning, Playing the Pig to Eat the Tiger] A scholar with no prospects in the imperial examinations might as well cultivate immortality. A scholar who had hoped to continue taking the imperial examinations ended up as an inconspicuous aide in the county office, burying himself in case files every day and thinking that his life would amount to nothing but exhausting paperwork. Who could have guesse 331Reads—Score—Shelves

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    For fans of the "mortal cultivation" genre, this is for you! No mindless plots, no invincible protagonists, no reincarnation—highly recommended! Traditional cultivation, Eastern fantasy, "mortal cultivation"—a story of a ruthless, decisive scholar who, finding no future in the imperial examinations, turns to cultivation. Originally intending to continue his studies, he becomes an insignificant staff member in the county government, buried in documents, believing his life is destined to be nothing more than tedious paperwork. But an unexpected tomb excavation leads him to discover an ancient scroll hidden among the dusty stones. Why be a "horse"? Why take a "job"? Cultivate immortality!

49. 99 我 I Have a Spirit Ring That Can Grow Crops 我有灵戒能种田 Youtiao Tomato油条番茄Eastern Fantasy263k WordsOngoing [Mortal’s Journey] [Inspirational] [No Female Lead] [Clever Protagonist] A strange illness in a mountain village and a peculiar ring changed Ye Qing’s life forever. The world is full of surprises. Who says an ordinary mortal can’t become an immortal? 248Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Tomato's "Cultivation of Immortals: A Mortal's Journey" novel is good; it has no female lead.

50. 100 从 Cultivating Immortality as an Outer-Door Servant 从外门杂役开始修仙 Baby Sea Whale海鲸宝宝Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Mortal's Journey + No System + No Golden Finger + No Female Lead + Not Invincible + Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story + Fast-Paced + Decisive and Ruthless] A young man from the modern world accidentally transmigrated and stumbled into the path of immortality, struggling onward in his quest to become an immortal. The road to immortality was harder than ascending to heaven. Faced with countless dangers, his resolve to seek the Dao remained as solid as stone. Fang Qing transmigrated here and started ou 2.3kReads6.2Score109Shelves

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    This is a story about ordinary people, without any cheat codes or female leads. The protagonist is decisive and ruthless, the villains are intelligent, the plot is fast-paced and engaging, and it's a highly readable and worthwhile read!

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