Cultivation Prodigy Level-Up Stories. No Useless-to-Genius Transformations, and the Lead Shouldn’t Be Too Low-Key 修仙天才升级流，不要废材变天才，不过分低调

1. 51 帝 The Imperial Phoenix Descends! The Divine Phoenix Soars! The Foolish Young Lady Takes Over 帝凰临！神凤倾！痴傻小姐拽翻天 Million Hunt觅百万Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (The main story and all bonus chapters are complete.) [Traditional growth-focused female lead + beast taming + all-element talent + no saintly do-gooder + equally matched leads + sweet and satisfying story. There is a male lead. The heroine grows stronger over time, with slow progression at first and rapid leveling later. She isn’t invincible, and pretends to be weak while secretly being strong in the early story. Please don’t read if that’s not your thing.] She is the finest heir to a reclusive 14.4kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves

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   ① My name is Lin Du, the "Du" meaning to ferry others and oneself. ② I possess a cursed seal, capable of destroying Nascent Soul cultivators. ③ Qin Shu, the Scroll King of the Xuan Tian Sect, is known to all. ④ Zhuang Qingyu, the eldest disciple personally accepted by the Peak Master of the Hualong Peak of the Lingxiao Sect, is considered a genius of her time, possessing terrifying talent. Moreover, she respects her teachers and values ​​friendship among her fellow disciples. Every disciple of the Lingxiao Sect is sincerely convinced of her virtues, bowing and calling her Senior Sister Zhuang.

2. 52 穿 I Was Reborn as the Villainess, So Why Are You Calling Me the Light of Righteousness? 穿成反派大小姐你叫我正道的光？ Si Jiayi斯嘉一Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [No Romance, Pure Power Fantasy] Su Zhuo transmigrates into a book as the fake heiress of an immortal sect. As the protagonist’s sworn enemy, she’s doomed if she stays in the holy land for long. Without hesitation, Su Zhuo joins a villainous sect, saving herself ten years of detours! Her new sect is full of powerful figures: a fiercely protective master, a formidable mistress, genius fellow disciples, and her, who can simply lie flat. Su Zhuo thinks, “The sect’s scenery is so lovely. I’ll take i 17.6kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves

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   🧲In this book, the female lead is a genius from the very beginning, a holy maiden with a heavenly spiritual root nurtured by the Holy Land, who is later forced by the villainous sect Ming Qiang to become her junior sister.

3. 53 我 My Master Regrets It Now 我师尊他悔不当初 Still or Not静否Two Male Leads562k WordsCompleted Two male leads + transmigration + cultivation Su Mu: “I want to become your disciple.” Master: “Me, me, me! I'm the greatest alchemist. Pick me, my darling disciple!” Someone else: “I'm the greatest swordsman. Pick me!” Su Mu: “I want to become an alchemist.” Master: \(^o^)/ Many years later… Master: “Aaargh! You little bastard! How dare you take the cabbage I worked so hard to raise! Prepare to die!” I regret everything! Aaargh! Su Mu had been an orphan in his previous life. After dying fro 1.8kReads9.1Score229Shelves

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   The protagonist, Su Mu, possesses an extremely rare Heavenly Grade Wood Spiritual Root and a Nine-Aperture Spiritual Body, making him a super genius with incredibly fast cultivation speed. Every time he refines pills, he attracts heavenly lightning. A truly exhilarating story.

4. 54 浮 The Floating Sky Never Falls 浮天不落 Rouge Conch胭脂螺Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted The floating sky never falls; the immortal sect endures forever. This is a story about a genius who lacks for nothing: talent, resources, or powerful connections. There are no brainless villains who show up just to help the protagonist level up, nor is the protagonist a tragic figure who builds a huge harem. Instead, there are all kinds of worldbuilding details the author, a hopeless settings fanatic, just couldn't resist writing, bringing to life my own personal dream of cultivating immortality 37.4kReads8.8Score3.8kShelves

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   This book is a must-have! The protagonist is highly talented, has good fortune, is capable, and is willing to endure hardship. He can be described as a darling of heaven, a true genius.

5. 55 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book: The Supporting Female Character Only Wants to Cultivate Immortality 穿书后：女配她只想修仙 Xu Ruopingsheng徐若平笙Ancient Romance907k WordsCompleted Wen Lin transmigrates into a book, born into the world as the destined villainess in a cultivation novel, fated for a tragic end. Now that she has transmigrated into the book, she is determined to defy fate and protect her parents. On the day she sets foot on the path of cultivation, her golden finger arrives. [Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have activated the System and received a gift pack for viewing your life script!] [Host] Wen Lin [Aptitude] Thunder spirit root [Fate] A beauty beyond com 1.4kReads8.9Score169Shelves

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   The first book features a reincarnation system and a male lead who is somewhat love-struck. His lightning spiritual root later evolves into the Five Thunder Body, gradually increasing his strength. The entire book is concise and engaging. The second book is also very good. It features a male lead who is extremely love-struck, seeing only two kinds of people: the female lead and his enemies. The female lead is born into a prestigious family and never complains; she's incredibly arrogant, the kind of person who'd rather you just stare at them than stand to be bothered. The fifth book is also excellent. It features a villainous system, and the female lead is purely self-serving. There's no romantic pairing.

6. 56 炮 The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character's Cultivation Rise to Power 炮灰女配修仙逆袭记 Radiant Jade, Fragrant Beauty in a Peaceful World灼灼璞玉静世芳华Ancient Romance633k WordsCompleted [No Romance + Building a Career + Taking Down Scumbags + Face-Slapping] Lou Hansi was an ordinary modern college graduate who had only recently started an internship. Apart from work, her main pastime was reading novels. One night, she stayed up late reading a cultivation novel called The White Lotus's Path to Immortality. She discovered that one of the novel's supporting female characters shared her name, and out of curiosity she read the whole thing. The story made her grind her teeth with fur 6.6kReads8.8Score460Shelves
7. 57 觉 I Awakened a Heaven-Defying Martial Soul, and the Jilted Hero Won't Leave Me Alone 觉醒逆天武魂，退婚男主赖上我了 A Cartload of Gold一车金子Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s favorite + talented female lead’s rise to power + overwhelmingly powerful martial soul + pocket dimension + no suffering] [The female lead is no saint. She’ll do whatever it takes to achieve her goals. There is a male lead, but he has little screen time.] Yun Shang, the notorious Night Empress of the 21st-century Blue Star, the world’s top assassin and number-one international mercenary, is betrayed and transmigrates into a book. And not just any book, but a wish-fulfillment fantasy 7kReads8.9Score748Shelves
8. 58 让 I Told You to Comprehend the Dao, Not Carry the Great Dao Into the Sky 让你悟道，没让你扛着大道起飞啊 Three Thousand Years of Bowing Before the Buddha佛前顿首三千年Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [The new book by Laofu, "After the System Ran Away, My Junior Brother Robs People Every Day!", is out! It has a similarly large cast and is lighthearted and hilarious!] Lin Yu transmigrates to the Great Luo World and awakens the Tree of the Great Dao, which can distill the dazzling pasts of all things and living beings to forge Dao Fruits! With one glance at the basic cultivation manual, "Qi Circulation Art," he distills the dazzling past of its founder, the Venerable Three Treasures, who create 29.6kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves

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   Here it is! A genius leveling-up story, overpowered, possessing the Great Dao Tree, not hiding his talents, joining a super sect, many of the settings are also very good, and there are no messy villains. Highly recommended!

9. 59 重 Reborn, the Eldest Senior Sister Gets Rich Beyond Measure 重生后，大师姐她凭亿近人 A Clear Song by the Pool一曲潭清Ancient Romance666k WordsCompleted Originally titled Reborn, the Senior Sister Is Worth Billions Su Chanyi never claimed to be a good person, but neither was she a vicious villain. Yet in the end, her entire family was wiped out, and her bones were ground to dust. Reborn, she cultivates both spiritual and demonic arts, masters both swordsmanship and formations, and proves the Dao through the Taiji. Her family is powerful, her status exalted, and her talent defies the heavens. With a phoenix and a Bai Ze at her side, she is the on 7.1kReads9.4Score943Shelves
10. 60 欲 The Quest for Enlightenment 欲求得道 Nangong Meiyue南宫美月Fantastical Romance242k WordsOngoing [Dragon Mom] [Transmigrated Before Birth] [No CP] [Hoarding Hamster] [Fantasy Cultivation] [Business-Savvy Young Prodigy] A sweet girl from Sichuan and Chongqing transmigrates to another world. In the year she comes of age, she joins the Hehuan Sect, then stumbles upon a huge flower-covered egg in a secret realm. From then on, she begins a journey of growth and adventure... 213Reads7.3Score107Shelves

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    [Sword Cultivation + Martial Arts + Exquisite Beauty + Political Intrigue + Business Acumen + No Romance + Growth Through Experience + Myriad Realms] ꉂ • ༚ • ིྀต The two-part series, "Three Feet of Cold Light" and "Seeking the Dao," challenges the longest fantasy novel.

11. 61 沙 My Hilarious Junior Sister Is a Laid-Back Cultivator 沙雕师妹咸鱼修仙 Fu Yiling傅衣凌Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Xianxia + comedy + immortal cultivation + suona] Yun Qiqi spent her whole life as a happy slacker in the modern world. She never expected that after dying, she'd transmigrate to an immortal cultivation world where everyone was a workaholic. But she still refused to work! When choosing a master, Yun Qiqi thought it over for a long time. Sword cultivators worked too hard and had no money. Talisman cultivators drew talismans all day, and she couldn't even write properly, let alone draw talismans. 30.5kReads9.2Score3kShelves
12. 62 穿 Reborn as a Nobody, I Cultivate Like Crazy and Leave Them in the Dust 穿成路人甲，我疯狂修炼卷死他们 An Impossible安不可行Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Dual Systems + No Romance + Invincible Protagonist + Not a Saint] After Xu Wan died, she woke up bound to a cultivation System. As she set out on the path of cultivation, she also bound herself to a fortune System. Both Systems belonged to the same headquarters. With the help of her two Systems, Xu Wan cultivated, found treasures, and increased her cultivation even while lying around. As she cultivated, she discovered that she was just a background character. But this time, the background chara 3.3kReads8.6Score368Shelves
13. 63 穿 Reborn as a White Tiger Cub, I Crushed the Male Lead's Spiritual Root from the Start 穿成白虎幼崽，开局剖了男主灵根 A Clear Song by the Pool一曲潭清Fantastical Romance282k WordsCompleted [No CP] [Strong Female Lead] [Divine Beast White Tiger, Metal Law] [Ice Spirit Root] [Both Righteous and Evil] [Light Ensemble Cast] When Bai Xi learned that she was destined to be born as the male lead's contracted beast, taking blades, swords, and lethal attacks for him, then becoming his little wife after taking human form, only to die miserably in the end, she dug out the male lead's pure Heavenly Spirit Root instead. Thus, a half-righteous, half-evil White-Haired Immortal Venerable, whose m 8.2kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves

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    This one has no romantic pairing. The female lead is the last divine beast in the world. At the beginning, the original male lead wanted to form a contract with her, but she turned around and dug out his ice spirit root. Using a divine beast secret technique, she planted the spirit root into her own dantian, thus gaining a dual body with one soul. She is both a pure human and a pure divine beast. It's so good! [Laughing][laughing][laughing][laughing]

14. 64 恶 Wicked Cultivator: I Hold the True, Good, and Beautiful System and Become the Demon Emperor 恶女修仙，手握真善美系统成魔帝 You Lianqing犹怜青Ancient Romance725k WordsOngoing [Lone-wolf cultivation + no romance + System + native-born underdog + villainess + dual mastery of medicine and formations] Li Li has always been sharp-tongued and ruthless, with a fierce grudge against anyone who crosses her. She has been beaten countless times for it, yet she never learns her lesson. When she was ten, a monster calling itself the “Truth, Goodness, and Beauty System” came to her, back when she was still called Ding Er Ya, and forced her to do good deeds. Guided by the principle 18.9kReads9.2Score2kShelves

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    Both of these books are absolutely amazing!!! The first one has incredibly strong writing; there's not a single wasted word or flowery phrase. The female lead is from humble beginnings and remains a wandering demonic cultivator throughout the story. Her vitality is incredibly strong; no matter how great the difficulties she encounters, she always gets back up. The second book features a female lead who is a Time-Space Dao Seed, controlling the laws of time and space. She has a Heavenly Dao imprint in her pupils, giving her heterochromia. She possesses exceptional comprehension and is an unparalleled beauty. Plus, the female and male leads in this book are so adorable!!! (I'm a very picky person; I can't read a book with even a small flaw, but these two are absolute gems!!!)

15. 65 快 Stop Going Clang-Clang-Clang! She's Already Going Bang-Bang-Bang! 快别锵锵锵了，她都哐哐哐了 I Took Great Pains我煞费苦心Fantastical Romance545k WordsCompleted [Violent, adorable executioner × jealous, stone-faced judge] Original title: The Wicked Woman Rules the Heavenly Dao Xie Ling's spiritual root is unique throughout the ages, yet it's dismissed as a worthless false spiritual root. The imperial family oppresses her, the Daoist academy ostracizes her, and the Immortal Alliance mocks her. She acts obedient, then turns around and stirs up trouble under the name “Death God,” earning a fearsome reputation. She's greedy. She wants power, money, and fame 35.4kReads9.3Score5.5kShelves
16. 66 我 What Life Is This for Me? 我这是第几世了 Painting Chang'an in the Northwest西北画长安Eastern Fantasy128k WordsOngoing "Why won't the Immortal accept me as a disciple?" "If the Immortal won't show me mercy, I'll become an Immortal myself!" "I must have been blind to fall for someone like you." "Your Majesty, I beg you to grant my request!" "I am the Star Lord of Heavenly Sun and Bright Virtue. Today, I sense..." "No delusions, no delusions. What was once a lie shall now be dispelled." "Today I attain the Dao and become a Great Luo Immortal. I shall observe all living beings, observe heaven and earth, and observe 1Reads—Score143Shelves

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    Highly talented and quick to understand!

17. 67 穿 Who's the Best at Cultivation After Transmigrating into a Book? I'm the King of Chaos in the Cultivation World 穿书修仙哪家强？搅乱修真我为王 Ling Yang铃央Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Female supporting character + cultivation + magic space + everyone’s darling + strong heroine + no romance] The heroine is absolutely not a saint. She can even be cold-blooded at times. But she truly cares for those who are good to her. After she transmigrated into a book as a female supporting character destined to deliver treasures to the heroine, Xu Hanqing had no intention of following the predetermined plot. Who said all those heavenly treasures belonged to the heroine? In the cultivation 7.4kReads8.1Score603Shelves

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    Oh my god, recommending books is not easy, because I don't know how to describe it [crying][thinking][get it]

18. 68 别 Don’t Mess with Her! After Leaving Her Sect in a Fury, She Awakens a God-Tier Talent 别惹！发癫弃宗后她觉醒神级天赋 Yingxi映希Ancient Romance889k WordsCompleted Clear-headed heroine × dual-personality hero (being clear-headed doesn’t mean the heroine is invincible) Main plot Transmigrate into a book; the villainess changes her fate and grows. Kongsang Li transmigrated into a book, becoming the wicked senior sister who competes with the heroine for the male lead in a story about a good-for-nothing rising to greatness. Reform her image? No, she did nothing wrong! Why can the heroine kill her, but she can’t kill the heroine? Why is Kongsang Li merely a too 6.8kReads8.8Score7.2kShelves
19. 69 五 The Five-Year-Old Junior Sister Doted on by Four Lunatics 五岁小师妹她是四个疯批的团宠 Three Hundred三百Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Family bonds, raising an adorable child, all kinds of senior brothers, growing up, healing] Bei Wan was kidnapped. At four years old, she was abducted and brought to the Cangyan Sect. But the way the people in this sect get along seems a little strange... Her eldest senior brother is gentle and refined, with a mild smile on his face and kind words on his lips. But when he fights, he takes down one kid with every swing. Her second senior brother was born a harbinger of calamity and is incredibly 11.8kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves

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    The first book, Chi Miao, is a hilarious and refreshing read where one person corrupts all the geniuses [staring][staring]. Being low-key is impossible [you think about it]. The second book features a female lead with an incredibly strong background; no one is more arrogant than her. Miss Baili is awesome! A refreshing read!! [Laughing][laughing] The third book, Bei Wan, is a mischievous little girl [admiring][kissing] who sweeps across the sky and earth, an eight-year-old Nascent Soul cultivator. The fourth book starts with killing the female lead, killing her every time she sees her [cool][laughing][laughing], even the Heavenly Dao can't suppress her~ The fifth book, Shu Yin, has maxed-out musical instrument skills, a genius musician, and maxed-out sword cultivation skills, an all-rounder [kissing] The sixth book, Ning Ruan, starts by being reborn into a village of powerful figures, a complete dimensional reduction attack. Guess what kind of female lead she is~ [staring][you think about it][you think about it]

20. 70 我 I Livestream My Cultivation of the Heartless Path in the Cultivation World 我在修真界直播修无情道 Your House Has Fish你家有鱼Ancient Romance472k WordsCompleted After being reunited with her birth family, Su Nielan gets the full package: an engagement, having her spiritual root ripped out, being married off to a useless man, and getting kicked out of the family. One day, while she’s lounging in bed like a contented couch potato, a transparent screen suddenly appears before her eyes, filled with scrolling comments. It turns out her world is just a book. It turns out her useless cultivation partner will soon become the foremost figure in the cultivation w 4kReads9.0Score419Shelves
21. 71 和 I Swapped Sects with the Real Heiress: I Ascended, and She Was Sacrificed to Heaven 和真千金互换宗门，我飞升她祭天 Big December十二月大Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [The animated comic adaptation is now available] In her previous life, Ye Qingning transmigrated into a cultivation novel and became the fake heiress. But after failing to win over the second male lead, the world unexpectedly restarted, and Ye Qingning was reborn on the day before she was due to leave for Luoyun Sect. Unexpectedly, the real heiress, the heroine, was reborn too. She even pretended to be kind and suggested they trade sects. Penglai Sect was the foremost immortal sect, but in her p 4.6kReads8.9Score651Shelves
22. 72 龙 No One Loves the Dragon Hatchling? The Cannon-Fodder Sect Will Spoil It! 龙崽没人爱？炮灰宗门来宠！ A Xiao Wants to Sleep阿笑想睡觉Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Bonus chapters released from time to time. An unequivocally happy ending: don’t imagine a tragic ending that isn’t there. No trolls, and no BL or underage content. [The depressed dragon girl and the cannon-fodder sect save each other; no romance, light ensemble cast, cherished by all, coming-of-age] After dying unexpectedly, Jiang Le, who suffered from depression, transmigrates into a cultivation novel she had read, becoming a half-demon white dragon. A sect takes her in, and she begins a new li 3.3kReads9.1Score658Shelves

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    The female lead is a white dragon with dual spiritual roots of thunder and fire, capable of transformation, possessing divine bloodline, and her true identity is incredibly powerful (I won't reveal it to avoid spoilers). Her fellow disciples are also geniuses in their respective fields [laughs]. It's an ensemble piece; everyone shines in their own way, and no one is overshadowed by the female lead.

23. 73 我 There’s No Way My Husband Is a Sickly Villain 我的夫君不可能是病娇大反派 Nan Xiaoxiao南小小Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance + Both Leads Are Strong + They Dote on Each Other!] When Lu Xingyue started her senior year of high school, a fantasy game set in an ancient world mysteriously appeared on her phone. She started playing because she thought the characters looked lovely. Later, she found an exceptionally handsome young man in the game. She fell in love with a pixel character and married him in a wedding ceremony. Later, as the pressure of the college entrance exams mounted, she chose to give up 8.6kReads9.3Score924Shelves

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    I absolutely love it! It's simply my absolute favorite!!! I love it to death [crying emoji]

24. 74 虐 The Tragic-Romance Heroine Is Obsessed with Cultivation 虐文女主沉迷修仙 A Smile Through the Dust陌尘一笑Ancient Romance423k WordsCompleted No romance, strong female lead, and the heroine stays single, single, single. The heroine works hard at cultivation, plays it safe in the early stages, and stays focused on herself. She’s a genius who grows stronger over time. She’s neither wholly good nor wholly evil, and does as she pleases. The System is only useful for transmitting the plot and little else. Tragic-romance scenario one: She becomes the stand-in for a wealthy young master’s true love. The heroine: “I’m going to cultivate immor 4.7kReads9.2Score399Shelves

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    🌸The female lead possesses top-tier ice and lightning spiritual roots, is a direct disciple, and has abundant resources in the early stages. She receives gifts from her master, senior uncles, and other senior disciples, so she doesn't need to find resources herself in the early game and won't leave the mountain carelessly for fear of dying young.

25. 75 娘 A Hundred Thousand Levels of Qi Refining in the Womb, Invincible from Birth! 娘胎练气十万层，落地即无敌！ Madman Tianxing疯子天行Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted Sign-In to 100,000 Levels in the Womb: I Opened My Eyes and My Whole Family Fell to Their Knees! The Xuanwu Continent is about to be turned upside down! Golden light suddenly shoots into the sky from the belly of the Chu family’s good-for-nothing young lady. Three Golden Core elders raid the family home in the dead of night, only to be sent to their graves with a single glance from a newborn baby! “That’s it? You think you can lay a hand on my mother?” Wrapped in swaddling clothes, Chu Chen wigg 2.6kReads7.6Score316Shelves

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    I recommend two Xianxia novels that offer a satisfying and ruthless experience, where the protagonist is decisive and fearless, and ultimately invincible.

26. 76 修 Cultivating Immortality Begins with Inheriting a City 修仙从继承城主开始 Little Tang of Mount Lu匡庐小汤Eastern Fantasy302k WordsOngoing (The protagonist’s soul transmigrates to another world, no System, a steady-paced cultivation story about an ordinary person, with humor, a slow build, and plenty of schemes) Tour guide Tao Yiming transmigrates to another world and becomes the son of a city lord. By chance, he gains an opportunity to cultivate immortality... After learning the Heavenly Thunder Body-Refinement Art, Tao Yiming searches high and low for charging stations, luring down lightning to recharge. A hundred-year-old spirit 2.2kReads—Score128Shelves

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    Newcomers, many new faces, no system.

27. 77 二 My Second Senior Sister Is an Outstanding Graduate of the Heartless Dao 二师姐她是无情道优秀毕业生 Spicy Strips with Rice辣条泡饭Ancient Romance416k WordsCompleted The animated series Jade Walls Without Dust is out now. [Everyone's favorite heroine × no CP × everyone has a one-sided crush × a battlefield of competing men] The heroine is a beacon of righteousness, a proper, upright disciple of a traditional sect from a prestigious family! Shen Wensheng, the second disciple of the Venerable Qingxiao of Tianquan Sect, is exceptionally gifted and blessed. The Grand Ancestor Taixuan has identified her as the ideal candidate to cultivate the Heartless Dao. But t 10kReads8.7Score1.2kShelves

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    They're all pretty.

28. 78 蓝 Cultivating Immortality in Blue Star's Hidden World: My Imaginary Creations Rise to Power 蓝星里世界修仙：我幻想造物崛起 Thinking of My Humble Abode念起寒舍Urban119k WordsOngoing My new work is out! Welcome to read my work on Tomato Novels. I hope you will enjoy it. Your support is my motivation for writing, and I will strive to tell every story well! 681Reads—Score103Shelves

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    High-talent cultivation leads to rapid advancement. The story features a modern urban martial arts world and an alternate world of cultivation, where a highly advanced civilization descends. The male protagonist possesses a system.

29. 79 缺 One Move from This Shameless Junior Sister, and the Experts of the Nine Provinces Are All Stunned 缺德师妹一出手，九州大佬全麻了 Holding a Lamp Beneath the Moon月下执灯Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Lu Lingyou transmigrates into a novel about a universally adored heroine, only to become the cannon-fodder female supporting character. The original owner was useless at everything and always the first to take the blame. The heroine killed a fellow disciple? The heroine leaked the sect's secret techniques? The heroine was secretly involved with the Demon Clan's holy lord? She got blamed for all of it. In the end, she died horribly amid the cheers of the entire cultivation world! Lu Lingyou says 46kReads9.1Score6.7kShelves
30. 80 尘 The Dustbound Sword Dao 尘剑道 Fisher of the Moon月之渔者Eastern Fantasy4.8M WordsOngoing Xuanhuan, swordsmanship, and peerless talent! He is the young heir of the Jiang family, one of Qingyun City’s four great clans. Born with a chronic illness, he has always been frail. But my fate is mine to command, not Heaven’s! With perseverance, courage, and quick wits, he fights his way upstream, step by step. He seeks opportunities, takes on the four clans, and endures battles to the death, singing a saga of blood and tears. He enters treasure lands and hidden realms. Watch him soar straight 9.4kReads8.6Score713Shelves

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    Sword cultivator, genius-style, single female lead. First book: Traditional fantasy. Second book: 'Ghost-Faced Executioner - Bai Yin!'. Third book: Female lead with more plot. Author is a popular author's alt account.

31. 81 大 The Eldest Senior Sister Is Number One Under Heaven 大师姐她天下第一 Covering the Bright Moon覆明月Ancient Romance731k WordsOngoing No romance + strong female lead + power progression + satisfying cultivation story Her master died young, leaving Yun Xiu with an empty sect and three living burdens: a cleanliness-obsessed second junior brother, an impetuous third junior sister, and a sickly fourth junior sister. The four of them cultivated in the mountains for ten years. Just as the last medicinal herb needed to cure their junior sister was about to ripen, outsiders invaded, stealing the herb and injuring people. They fought w 41Reads—Score100Shelves

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    Highly recommended! The female lead is practically the author's favorite! The plot and character development are superb, and you can see the female lead's incredible luck as the story progresses!

32. 82 逐 Chasing the Sword 逐剑 Cooked Laifu Pigeon煮熟的来福鸽Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted [Traditional fantasy] [One female lead] [Lone cultivator] [No transmigration or rebirth] One day, if I hold a sword in my hand, even the saints of the world will bow their heads! One man, one dog, and one sword: together, they stir up a storm across the Six Provinces! After enduring the darkest moment of his life, the boy leaves the city at sunset with a sword on his back. How does he end up with white hair overnight, wearing a ghost mask and wielding a sharp blade, becoming the “Executioner” in 46.6kReads9.0Score5.6kShelves
33. 83 一 A Very Serious Cultivation Novel 一本非常正经的修仙小说 Cao Rong艹容Ancient Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [Unhinged faction + ensemble cast + absurdist faction + comedy faction] No couples Not your typical cultivation story. ⚠⚠⚠ Extremely absurd [important point ⚠⚠⚠] Jian Bingwu invites her to see the scenery: Jian Bingwu is good. Jian Bingwu pushes her off the Immortal-Slaying Terrace: Jian Bingwu is bad. Jian Xieyun happily goes to meet her: Jian Xieyun is silly. Jian Xieyun gets pushed off: Jian Xieyun is miserable. But she’s a member of the divine race. Why push her off the Immortal-Slaying Terr 16.9kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves
34. 84 一 Heaven-Dominating Sword 一剑霸天 Eternal Night, Starry River永夜星河Eastern Fantasy9.6M WordsOngoing [A great author's alt account, one heroine, ruthless and decisive. Highly recommended!] Legend has it that there is a realm where one can pursue cause and effect, erasing every trace of an opponent across time and space with a mere sliver of divine power. One can command life and death, make countless worlds rise and fall with a single thought, and annihilate all living beings. One can stand level with the Heavenly Dao, harness the order of the universe, and rule supreme throughout eternity. Thi 341.3kReads9.2Score40.1kShelves
35. 85 我 I’ve Left the Sect to Cultivate the Killing Dao. What Good Are Your Tears Now? 我已弃宗修杀道，你哭瞎眼有何用 Immortal Little Carp仙小鲤Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Chi Du always dreamed of being loved. She thought her master and her four junior brothers would eventually see how good she was and come back to her. To win their affection again, she let everyone order her around and gave everything she had to the Canghai Sect, even enduring beatings and insults like a slave. In the end, they repaid her by draining her blood for Liu Qinghuan. Reborn, Chi Du no longer wanted the Canghai Sect. She no longer wanted her junior brothers. S 3.9kReads8.2Score451Shelves
36. 86 人 In the Cultivation World: Random Upgrades Every Day 人在修仙界：每天随机抽奖升级 Engineer Xiao Bai工程师小白Eastern Fantasy159k WordsOngoing After a mysterious old man talked him into it, Gu Yuan was born by transmigration on an isolated island in a remote sea. Fortune smiled on him: from the start, he awakened a Water-Thunder Earth Spirit Root. His talent was already extraordinary, and then his System awakened too. At midnight every day, the System holds a draw, randomly selecting any one of his possessions and forcibly upgrading it. Physique, fortune, movement skills, cultivation, divine weapons... Anything can be drawn. Others ris 101Reads—Score246Shelves

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    The protagonist possesses dual spiritual roots of lightning and water, along with other talents, creating much suspense.

37. 87 女 The Supporting Villainess Cultivates Immortality by Becoming Her Sect's Grandmaster 女配修仙：从当宗门师祖做起！ Glass Salted Fish玻璃咸鱼Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The night before Xu Yi was to become the senior disciple of Xuanji Sect, she had a dream. In it, she was consumed by jealousy of the new junior sister, committed every sort of evil, and ultimately met a grisly end, her bones ground to dust. With the junior sister's initiation just around the corner, Xu Yi shut her eyes, gritted her teeth, and left with all her belongings to lie low. But she never expected to fall into a secret realm the moment she left the sect, where she was trapped for two hun 2.4kReads8.8Score304Shelves

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    The first book, *Xu Yi*, featured a sect's patriarch and was the first cultivation novel that introduced me to the genre. It was incredibly good, with a very coherent plot. The second book, *Ye Xingxuan*, I've forgotten a bit, but it was also very good. The third book, *Ning Weiyue*, featured a naturally born immortal root, specifically an ice spirit root. The fourth book, *Sang Ying*, was set in a parallel world and was a bit mind-bending, but still very enjoyable.

38. 88 自 I Dug Out My Spiritual Root and Started Over, Embracing a Lazy Life 自挖灵根后重开摆烂 W Little NobodyW小废物Ancient Romance372k WordsCompleted [The female lead is strong, incredibly strong, strong enough to blow your mind! Note: No romance] Ye Yuyun, the fourth senior sister of the Qingxuan Sect, is a woman with a little cleverness and a whole lot of strength. She has exceptional talent for sword cultivation, with mutated dual fire-and-lightning spiritual roots, and is a powerhouse among powerhouses. For reasons unknown, her adorable, ice-cold junior sister shoves her into a secret realm teeming with demonic energy. Her eldest senior b 146Reads6.2Score—Shelves
39. 89 病 The Lovesick Heavenly Venerable Has Set His Sights on the Entire Immortal Realm's White Moonlight 病娇天尊缠上了全仙界的白月光 Stars Beneath the Sun阳光下的星辰Ancient Romance577k WordsCompleted [Satisfying Power Fantasy + Pure Love in Body and Mind + Scheming, Obsessive Male Lead] In her previous life, her senior brother stripped away all her spiritual meridians and gave her to the woman he loved. Reborn, she is bound to a White Moonlight System, which orders her to seduce every man in the immortal world and forbids her from falling in love. As she keeps flirting, she not only becomes the number one cultivator in the cultivation world, but the entire immortal world starts competing for 1kReads9.3Score213Shelves
40. 90 符 The Talisman Grandmaster Just Wants to Survive Until She's a Thousand 符箓老祖她只想苟到万岁 Loves Peaches超爱吃桃Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No Romance, No System, No Pocket Dimension, An Inspiring Journey of Growth] When Lin Xiaoman came to her senses, she discovered she had transmigrated to a bizarre world of immortal cultivation! Fortunately, she had a spiritual root! Unfortunately, with four spiritual roots, she was still just an ordinary person! But ordinary people have aspirations too. Lin Xiaoman embarked on the path of cultivation, practicing, drawing talismans, and growing spiritual rice and spirit plants... Her main goals 8.7kReads8.8Score1kShelves
41. 91 女EN The Supporting Female Character Cultivates, the Protagonists Are Sacrificed to Heaven 女配修仙，主角祭天 Long-Tailed Tit长尾山雀呀Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted On the night before becoming the disciple of Immortal Venerable Yanchen, Sang Ying discovered that she was the villainess in a cultivation novel about a master and his disciple! She was the foil to the pure and kind heroine, a delicate white lotus. Not only did she force the male lead to take her as his disciple, she also tried to steal what belonged to the heroine. In the end, she died at the hands of one of the heroine's admirers, and her pure ice spirit root became the catalyst for repairing 7.7kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves
42. 92 师 My Senior Sister’s Ruthless Dao Is Wild and Unrestrained 师姐的无情道又疯又飒 Frostflower Lemon Duck霜花柠檬鸭Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Rebirth + no romance + leveling up + a low-profile System + ensemble cast] After an otherworldly soul occupied her body for sixty years and wrecked the world, Senior Sister finally returned to her own body and was reborn, bound to a low-profile System. Yun Ci, the exceptionally gifted Senior Sister, entered the Dao through love yet cultivated the merciless path, opening up a new way for the world to attain the Dao. I wield a sword that can cleave all things beneath heaven. When dealing with pe 2.6kReads8.9Score291Shelves

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    Yun Cibing, with her ruthless spiritual root and no romantic partner, said, "I have a sword... Capable of slaying all things in heaven and earth, slaying demons and monsters, and slaying everything that a sword cannot cut... This is called the Heart Sword."

43. 93 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book as a Genius Junior Sister, and the Villains Fight to Spoil Me! 穿书天才小师妹，反派们争着宠！ Sweet Lemon甜蜜柠檬Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Aloof, scheming master VS unhinged, mischievous little troublemaker, 1v1, sweet and doting] + [Transmigrate into a book and slack off, silly comedy] When Shen Wan opened her eyes, she had become a cannon-fodder female character in a cultivation novel, about to be drained, disfigured, and have her spiritual root dug out by the heroine? She immediately slapped her across the face. “Who do you think you're taking advantage of?” To enjoy a carefree life, lie flat, and grow old in comfort, Shen Wan 16.2kReads8.6Score2.1kShelves

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    1. A female supporting character who transmigrates into a top-tier spiritual root and decisively runs away to find a powerful master. A lively and intelligent junior sister with exceptional talent. 2. The female lead is the eldest daughter of a cultivation family, living in a top-tier sect and enjoying rare and precious resources. 3. The male and female leads are childhood sweethearts, cultivating and growing together. 4. Everyone in the family except the female lead has an alias; the female lead is the most beloved member of the family.

44. 94 美 The Beautiful Mage Gets Spirited Away by Her Contract Beast Again 美人法师又被契约兽拐跑了 Pirate King海盗国王Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + Western fantasy adventure style + growing up together + childhood friends + everyone's favorite + geniuses + equally matched] (Main story complete, bonus chapters updating) Jiang Liujing is sweet-looking, good-natured, and talented. He's the most popular flower at the Empire's Magic Academy. The only problem is that everyone who confesses to him wakes up the next day battered, disheveled, and sprawled in the middle of the school road. Or in a tree, or by the pond. “Chi.” After 8.5kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves

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    This is a novel with two male protagonists, but it's incredibly good! I read this one and now I'm constantly looking for leveling-up novels where the protagonist is a genius from a young age. If you know of any similar ones, please recommend them to me in the comments! [Crying]

45. 95 天 Maxed-Out Talent: I Make My Mark in the Martial World! 天赋拉满，我在武道世界显圣！ July Shooting Star七月飞星Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Invincible from the start + ceiling-level combat power + emperor of a dynasty + powerful lead] Lu Chen transmigrates and is reborn. In this life, he's the fifth prince of the Great Yu Dynasty, blessed with terrifying comprehension and an exceptional constitution. While others are still fretting over how hard it is to reach the ninth level of the Azure Heaven Formula, he's already deduced further improvements to the technique, reaching the unprecedented eleventh level. While others are still str 67.9kReads8.9Score3.6kShelves

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    [Invincible from the start + Ceiling of combat power + Great Emperor of the Dynasty + Top Player] [Heart][Heart][Heart] Lu Chen transmigrated and reincarnated. In this life, he is the fifth prince of the Great Yu Dynasty, possessing terrifying comprehension and innate talent. While others are still struggling to break through to the ninth level of the Azure Heaven Unyielding Technique, he has already further refined the technique, reaching the unprecedented eleventh level. While others are still struggling to break through to the Martial Dao Celestial Realm, he has already naturally broken through the shackles of the Celestial Realm and ascended to the status of a Land Immortal. Thus, after twenty years of secluded cultivation, he has unknowingly become invincible!

46. 96 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Got Competitive and Became the Villainous Family's Darling 穿书后搞内卷，被满门反派团宠了 Lou Qianqian楼浅浅Ancient Romance809k WordsCompleted Feng Yao transmigrates into a novel about a beloved cultivation heroine as a disposable female side character, a mere stepping stone. In the book, she foolishly falls for the heroine’s brother, a doting sister-complex, only to have the heroine steal her fortune and take her place. After she transmigrates into the book, she makes a clean getaway. She goes home to be the cherished eldest daughter of a cultivation family, feast on the most expensive treasures of heaven and earth, join the top sect 3kReads8.4Score357Shelves
47. 97 我 Me, a Menial, Cultivating into an Immortal Through Lies and Scams 我，杂役，靠坑蒙拐骗修成仙 Dirt Clod ZM土疙瘩ZMEastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing No System, no transmigration! This book is absurd and hilarious! Li Ergou, a shameless country boy, stumbles upon immortals fighting in the back hills. He avoids getting mixed up in the killing and settles for looting, scoring a space stone that can hold living creatures and a storage ring for free. From then on, he becomes hooked on cultivation. A fortune-teller tricks him into going to the Yihong Brothel to sell himself as a servant. Instead, he meets a down-and-out immortal maiden and learns 45.4kReads8.7Score4.2kShelves

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    Can cultivation novels be written like this? So cool! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

48. 98 星 The Galaxy Is My Betrothal Gift! 星河为聘！ Still Haven't Eaten My Fill Today今天也没吃饱Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Absurd comedy + 1vN + immortal cultivation + all male leads are virgins + ensemble cast + side couples, do not read if you dislike them] Shen Yun transmigrated into a book, landing in an absurd male-oriented cultivation novel. The original heroine, Bai Qimeng, had a special constitution that drew several powerful men into forcing their love on her. Shen Yun, meanwhile, became the original heroine’s junior sister, a mere backdrop for the plot. Shen Yun was speechless. Shen Yun prayed. Give m 63.5kReads9.3Score7.7kShelves

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    These are all pure, high-powered stories with a strong start: ① 1v5, exceptional talent that everyone will look up to; ② Needless to say, incredibly exciting, not frustrating or understated, the protagonist is the trump card, and there's a strong CP (couple); ③ The Ghost Lord Li Fu is Li of Dawn, helping the weak, and has a CP; ④ The female lead is powerful but unaware of it, haha, she becomes the emperor in just a few chapters; ⑤ My CP is a super-good female-centric story, no boring plots, single-mindedly pursuing the Great Dao, cultivating both ice spirit root and sword and music, with an exceptionally noble status; ⑥ and ⑦, need I say more?

49. 99 要 Want to Cultivate Immortality Together, My Childhood Sweetheart? 要不要一起修仙我的小竹马 WIN, Who Loves Chen Bao Most最爱辰宝的WINModern Romance515k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, devoted only to each other, equally matched, childhood sweethearts, mutually doting, growing together] Zhuo Jinyu, an interstellar female warrior with special powers and a mecha, was reborn in a human body on Earth with all her memories intact. A mysterious old Daoist took her in, and from then on she spent her days learning alchemy, drawing talismans, and setting up arrays. Then, at the age of ten, she met a boy who could see ghosts just like her! At last, she wasn't alone 1.5kReads9.0Score158Shelves
50. 100 救 Help! The Disciple I Picked Up in the Mortal Realm Turned Out to Be the Immortal Prince 救命！下凡捡的徒弟竟是仙界太子 Jiao Ya胶吖Fantastical Romance368k WordsOngoing A soft, adorable little lotus with no System and no golden finger scrapes by in the immortal realm with her excellent cooking. Even a trip down to the mortal world to buy ingredients leads her to take home a cool, aloof young boy as her disciple. Who could have guessed that this sweet, obedient disciple was actually the crown prince of the immortal realm, undergoing tribulation in the mortal world? The early chapters are a sugary-sweet, everyday tale of a master and her disciple in the mortal wo 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Without a system or cheat codes, she transmigrated into the body of a lotus spirit, only wanting to survive in the immortal realm with her culinary skills. Who knew she'd find a mute boy as her apprentice in the mortal world, so obedient he melted her heart. She personally taught him cultivation, and his talent soared to new heights. Until the Nine Provinces Martial Arts Tournament, when the young man publicly underwent his tribulation to become a god, shielding her with his life—she realized with shock that the boy she raised no longer considered her his master. The tribulation ended, and everything reset. He returned to the divine realm as the high and mighty Crown Prince, all his mortal memories erased. She could only bow and greet him: "Your Highness." The lotus mark on his chest, of unknown origin, burned every night—he didn't remember her, yet he couldn't forget to find her. The Three Realms were in turmoil, and old enemies returned. This time, it was her turn to enter the game, to make him fall in love with her again. A bittersweet tale, a mutual pursuit, and a "wife-chasing crematorium" is now live—hurry up!

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