Novels Where the Protagonist Cultivates Demonic or Ghostly Arts 主角修魔修鬼道的小说

1. 1 仙EN The Harsh Road to Immortality: Built on White Bones 仙路难行，白骨筑长生 Octopus Who Loves Watermelon爱吃西瓜的章鱼Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsOngoing “Rules? On the road to immortality, my rules are the only rules!” [Mortal Cultivation of Demonic Arts] [Founding a Demonic Cult] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Profit Above All] (Already at the Nascent Soul stage, with plenty of content to enjoy) Protagonist Qing Chen: He knows when to yield and when to stand firm, is utterly self-serving, greedy for money and women, and will stop at nothing to achieve immortality! He will found a demonic cult, dominate the world, and climb step by step to the very to 81.5kReads9.1Score7.5kShelves

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   Mortals who cultivate demonic arts become ruthless and vicious, practicing the Blood Path, the Bone Path, and so on.

2. 2 凡 The Mortal's Road to Immortality! 凡人升仙路！ Xiaobai Doesn't Eat小白不吃饭Eastern Fantasy382k WordsOngoing [Body Snatching Cultivation] [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [Villain] [No Female Lead] [No Holds Barred] [Ruthless] [Self-Serving] [Hypocritical] (The protagonist is pure evil from the very start. No redemption arc. Fellow demonic cultivators, enjoy without worry. Kindhearted fellow cultivators, please move along.) Who says mortals know nothing of immortals? I came from evil, and I live in madness! A secret demonic art and a volume of ghost-cultivation techniques became the star 5.2kReads6.8Score553Shelves

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   A mere mortal who gained magical power through demonic cultivation techniques, lacking spiritual roots, attempted to cultivate immortality by possessing a body through ghostly arts.

3. 3 修 Cultivating the Demonic Path, Building My Foundation Through Slaughter 修魔成道，杀生筑基 Jia Chou Mo Hai甲丑末亥Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Demonic Cultivation] [Cold-Blooded and Ruthless] [Decisive and Merciless] [The Dark Side of Human Nature] [The male lead is an ordinary man. There are women, but no female lead.] Consume treasured elixirs to gather qi and improve your cultivation and spells. Xu Sanyan was born among bandits and knows that human life is as worthless as grass: if you don't kill, you'll be killed. To stay alive, he severs the compassion in his heart and unleashes the evil within. To obtain a cultivation manual 21.3kReads8.7Score1.6kShelves

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   I'm watching it now, and I think it's quite good; the main character is very decisive.

4. 4 捡 I Found a Manual for Evil Cultivation, and Now I Draw Talismans and Refine Corpse Puppets in the City 捡到邪修手册，我在都市画符炼尸 Four Ounces Move a Thousand Pounds千钧四两Mystery1.9M WordsOngoing [Raising Corpses and Ghosts] [Urban Cultivation] [Unorthodox Cultivator] [Ordinary Protagonist] [Read It as Cultivation, Not the Supernatural] Dissect a ghost mother, use forbidden arts to seek wealth! Down on his luck, Feng Jie taught himself forbidden arts using a notebook left behind by an unorthodox cultivator. After capturing a "ghost mother" alive, he became a ghost dissector! He used ghost blood to draw a wealth-attracting talisman, but accidentally stumbled into a ghost market and embark 33.9kReads8.0Score3.8kShelves

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   Such a good novel, aren't you going to read it? [Pouting]

5. 5 修 Cultivation: How Can You Survive Without Eating People? 修仙，不吃人怎么行？ Ornate Rhythm丨鎏韵丨Eastern Fantasy565k WordsOngoing [Wish Fulfillment] + [Villain] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Discipline] + [Human Cauldron] + [Demonic Cultivation] Mo Ziyan makes a living hunting and gathering herbs. He shows no mercy to poachers who trespass in the mountains. One day, he inherits a demonic cultivation technique and officially embarks on a cultivation path where people devour one another. 245Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A refreshing cultivation novel, free from frustration and overly sentimental characters. The protagonist is ruthless, decisive, and utterly wicked. Mo Ziyan, a powerful demonic cultivator, inherits the "Saint Demon Record" and embarks on the path of cultivation. Killing to refine his soul and bullying men and women are commonplace for him. Watch as he gradually grows into a giant in the cultivation world and reaches the pinnacle of immortality.

6. 6 重 Rebirth as a Demonic Cultivator: Starting with a Zombie Planet 重生魔修，开局捡到一颗丧尸星球 The World Is Ink天下墨矣Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsOngoing This novel has been adapted into a comic. Chu Xuan transmigrates to the Cangxuan World and becomes a demonic cultivator in the Wuji Sect. To cultivate the demonic path is to seize the essence of heaven and earth and take the finest of all things. Slaughter countless millions, and you can become a supreme Demon Venerable. But killing is forbidden by the Heavenly Dao of the human race. The righteous sects also wiped out the Wuji Sect. Just when all seemed lost, Chu Xuan happens upon a blood mirror 15.6kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
7. 7 凡EN Mortal Cultivation: Ten Thousand Corpses Forge an Immortal Bone 凡人修仙，万尸铸仙骨 Swimming Champion游泳冠军Eastern Fantasy4.8M WordsOngoing Demonic cultivation + no System + scheming underdog + decisive and ruthless. This book is dark, so don't read it if that's not your thing. The moment Song Wen kills the frail little beggar and seizes his blood and soul, every cell in his body cheers and leaps with excitement. His mind races, and he knows that killing will be part of his life from now on. For survival and immortality, he'll stop at nothing: petty schemes, conspiracies, and ruthless slaughter. On the road to immortality, bones are 94.7kReads8.9Score7.9kShelves
8. 8 吸 I Drain Blood to Recover, and Train My Body to Outwork Cultivators 吸血回状态，我靠炼体卷死修仙者 Eggplant with Salted Fish咸鱼配茄子Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Cultivation, not the criminal underworld; faction management; cool-headed and cautious; no mindless wish fulfillment] His innate talent lets him drink blood. Killing people restores his health, and even chopping down trees restores his health. His health bar bounces back and forth from here on out. Ye Buwen becomes the ultimate undying meat shield, battling one enemy after another. I’m injured. I’m back to full health. I’m about to die. I’m back to full health. I’m back to full health again and 792Reads7.7Score102Shelves
9. 9 阴 Yin Immortal 阴仙 Jiang Muxi江沐淅Eastern Fantasy7.5M WordsOngoing Born inside a coffin, the young man honors the dying wish of the old caretaker of the charity cemetery and personally sends his sworn younger sister to join an immortal sect. After she enters the sect, he accidentally stumbles into the Yin Mountain of a Hundred Ghosts and has no choice but to embark on the path of ghosts… Thus begins the legendary cultivation journey of a ghost cultivator wielding a ghost blade, slaying giant demon overlords and cleaving immortal sect masters in two… 16kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
10. 10 这 This Saint Son Is Obsessed with Eating Human Heads! 这个圣子他酷爱吃人头！ Qin Hongyi秦红衣Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted (Chosen One, Villain, Comedy, Schemer, An Emperor's Banner Wreathed in Black Smoke, Subversive Plot, Xuanhuan, Decisive and Ruthless.) A proper transmigrator arrives in a cultivation world. Naturally, he should be the chosen one, right? His Dao Bone is stolen, his mother has vanished, his father wears a sorrowful expression, and his fiancée comes to break off their engagement. This is just perfect. Transmigrator Lin Ye is about to deliver the classic line, “Don't bully a poor young man,” when 7.8kReads8.6Score657Shelves
11. 11 横 Extreme Body Tempering: The Asura Ultimately Becomes a Flesh-and-Blood Demon 横练极道修罗，终局化身血肉天魔 Severely Sleep-Deprived睡眠严重不足Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Martial Arts Training + Lighthearted + Taking Life and Death in Stride, Fighting Anyone Who Won't Back Down + Feel-Good Power Fantasy] Chen Heng transmigrates to a world overrun by demons and monsters. Here, demons and monsters wreak havoc, while humanity is as helpless as ants. Fortunately, Chen Heng gains the golden finger every transmigrator needs. Its function is simple: it can improve anything in the world. [Century-Old Ginseng Stewed with Silkie Chicken] becomes [Black Phoenix Stewed with 12.9kReads8.3Score1kShelves
12. 12 道 Fellow Daoist, Why Is Your Human Emperor Banner Belching Black Smoke? 道友，你这人皇幡怎么冒黑烟啊？ He An Is Simple贺安很简单Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Even unorthodox paths can lead to Heaven! This poor Daoist has always been a bit timid. If I don’t pull up the roots after cutting the grass, I won’t be able to sleep at night! Heh heh heh... I, He An, am your great calamity! 81.8kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves
13. 13 阎 The King of Hell Returns: Not to Become an Immortal, but to Cultivate the Ghostly Way 阎君归来，不为成仙，只修鬼道 The Blue Fellow Loves Canned Food蓝胖子吃罐头呀Eastern Fantasy838k WordsOngoing A hundred years ago, the Lord of the Netherworld disassembled his body and passed away. The laws of the underworld collapsed, and reincarnation fell into chaos. A hundred years later, the Nine Stars aligned and the Big Dipper hung upside down. Yan Chuan, a good-for-nothing young clan lord who had been humiliated and jilted, had his spiritual platform shattered by a tribulation of lightning, and memories of his past life came flooding back! He had once been the Netherworld Yama who held power ove 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    All cultivators in the world follow the five orthodox paths, but he chooses to forge a forbidden ghostly path and go against the grain! He uses the power of the nine stars in alignment to infuse his body, the power of ten thousand souls as nourishment for his cultivation, the fragments of the Netherworld Records to guide his way, and the Blood Puppet Soul Refining Array to solidify his foundation. From an abandoned young master to the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds who makes gods and demons tremble, he uses a hundred years of forbearance to exchange for a lifetime of divine might, and he will make heaven and earth fear the name of the Netherworld!

14. 14 深 The Abyss Invades, and I Awaken the Demonic Cultivator Class! 深渊入侵，我觉醒魔修职业！ Ninety-Nine Mountain九九山Urban707k WordsOngoing [Demonic Cultivator] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [No Power Scaling] + [Invincible Protagonist] + [No Heroine] He transmigrates to another world, where the Abyss invades and everyone awakens extraordinary professions! Gu Yue awakens as a demonic cultivator? What? Abyssal monsters can help me cultivate too? Slaughtering living beings brings karmic retribution, but killing Abyssal monsters makes you a hero? Gu Yue gazes at the vast inheritance of demonic cultivation secret arts and falls into deep 4.8kReads8.3Score351Shelves

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    Not bad, I love reading light novels.

15. 15 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 2.3kReads6.2Score106Shelves

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    Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul!! A mortal cultivation story, no female lead, simultaneous cultivation of righteous and demonic techniques (using the Yin Soul Banner), rising step by step from a lowly servant, the protagonist is decisive in killing, the villains are intelligent, the plot is tight and fast-paced, no dull moments, highly readable, very long, already finished and ready to be devoured, worth buying!

16. 16 黑 Dark Strange Tales: I'm a Demon NPC, So What If I'm a Little Ruthless? 黑聊斋：我是妖人NPC狠点咋了 Before and After前后Eastern Fantasy549k WordsOngoing Black Strange Tales is a dark, eerie, and terrifying cultivation game. It features martial arts masters like Left Thousand Households, as well as monsters and demons like the Black Mountain Old Demon and Nie Xiaoqian. Ji Chang transmigrates into a demon-ravaged, perilous game world and becomes a scholar in the Great Yu Dynasty. He's also the only Strange-Tale Investigator. Every time he verifies a bizarre tale or records an unusual incident, he gains a supernatural ability or spell. With the pow 4.9kReads8.9Score317Shelves
17. 17 在 It’s Just Too Satisfying to Cultivate Demonic Arts in a Doomsday World 在末日世界修魔也太爽了吧 Set Sail for the Eastern Sky启航东天Eastern Fantasy958k WordsOngoing When five billion people transmigrated to a cultivation world, each became a low-level demonic cultivator teetering on the edge of death. And when tens of millions were dying every day... What would you do if you were one of them? Lie low for a thousand years, become invincible, then finally emerge? Or charge ahead and fight until heaven and earth were turned upside down, and the sun and moon lost their light? Luckily, you discovered a door in your sea of consciousness leading to a zombie wo 39.3kReads8.9Score3.3kShelves

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    No matter how ordinary one is, one can still steadily advance and become the Blood River Demon. In the apocalyptic world, cultivating demonic arts goes without saying; excellent resources are everywhere.

18. 18 双 I Travel Between Two Strange Worlds, But I'm a Ghost Cultivator! 双穿诡异世界，可我是鬼修啊！ A Xing Zai阿星仔Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted Jiang Zhao transmigrated into a cultivation world and accidentally joined a sect of ghost cultivators. Everyone in the sect was wicked. Jiang Zhao spent every day treading carefully, as if walking on thin ice. Fortunately, at a critical moment, he awakened his golden finger. He obtained a portal that let him travel between worlds, linking his own to one where the paranormal was running rampant. That world was crawling with supernatural entities. Refine one D-rank entity, and your cultivation bre 18.9kReads8.3Score2kShelves

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    Cultivating the demonic path, cultivating the ghost path

19. 19 魔 The Demon Returns 魔归 Li Han厉寒Eastern Fantasy546k WordsOngoing Mortal + No System + No Golden Finger + No Female Lead (but there are women) + Corpse Refining + Ghost Commanding + Demonic Cultivation … How does human nature change, and how is it preserved, in a cruel environment? Does the distinction between good and evil lie in power itself, or in the purpose of those who wield it? The conflict between survival and morality, and the choices it demands; the journey of revenge and the struggle to move beyond hatred. … All to recreate the cultivation world i 106Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Hehe, shamelessly promoting my own book, even though it's new. But it's definitely about ruthless demonic cultivators, corpse refining, and ghost control—it has everything you could imagine about a demonic cultivator. I hope everyone will actively participate in the discussion. I'll consider adding any plot points or characters you'd like to see, 😁

20. 20 幽 The Netherworld Ascension Record: Saving the Three Realms, Starting in the Underworld 幽冥飞升录：从地府开始拯救三界 Ten Years of Cold Light十载寒芒Eastern Fantasy319k WordsCompleted The Netherwind rises, and the countdown to the collapse of the Three Realms begins! Lin Yuan dies after failing his tribulation and enters the Underworld, where he unexpectedly meets A Yao, who bears a bloodline blessed with spiritual essence. A Yin-Subduing Pendant and a Guiding Lantern: destined by an ancient pact to be guardians together, they entrust their lives to each other through countless dangers. They use the power of reincarnation to destroy every evil spirit and the light of spiritua 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Book Recommendation 📚 The protagonist was originally a cultivator, but failed his tribulation and was reborn as a ghost cultivator in the underworld 👻. His achievements, however, surpass those of a true cultivator, leading him step by step to the pinnacle of the Three Realms. He also has a Daoist companion by his side. Full of exciting moments! 📚

21. 21 我 I’m Haunted by a Hundred Ghosts, Speedrunning the Martial World 我百鬼缠身，速通高武 A Master Never Admits Defeat大师从不言败Urban133k WordsOngoing In the world of Blue Star, vicious beasts run rampant. Lin Nian transmigrates here and discovers that although he possesses the S-rank supernatural ability, Fateforce Vault, his previous body's blood-energy cultivation talent is practically nonexistent! Fortunately, he awakens a golden finger: the Ghost Tomb Arcane Court. Unlocking a tombstone raises his level by one, and every five tombstones unlocked grant him a new ability. By devouring vicious beasts, he can keep unlocking new ghosts. From t 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    He was a demon in the eyes of the world, yet he stopped killing with killing and proved his path through demonic means! When heaven and earth were unjust, he transformed into a demon to eradicate all injustice in the world.

22. 22 魔 Demon Cultivator: Heaven and Earth Are My Cauldron, All Living Beings My Elixir's Catalyst 魔修：天地为炉鼎，众生为药引 Huainan Beef Soup Noodles淮南牛肉汤面Eastern Fantasy716k WordsCompleted [Demonic outsider + Decisive and ruthless + No female lead + Fighting evil with evil + Demonic antihero + Satisfying read] An ancient cauldron from the primordial era can absorb the essence of heaven and earth and seize the fortune of all things. If this world devours people, then I'll devour this world. The young Ning Lu was once an ordinary student from China. By a twist of fate, he transmigrated into a world of cultivation at the age of twelve, his soul entering the body of another boy with t 223Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 我 I Turn My Five Organs into Swords and Slay My Way Through the World of Immortal Cultivation 我！五脏化剑，炼腑杀穿修仙界 Hong Lun鸿轮Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing [No System + Lone Cultivator + Righteous to a Sinister Degree + Too Lazy to Explain, You Can Listen If You Like + Harem] Also known as The Five Viscera Become Swords, the Six Bowels Become Palaces, and I Cultivate Into a Sword Immortal Modern urban setting. During the spiritual qi revival, Li Changhong discovers to his despair that his girlfriend is the fated partner of Ye Chen, the domineering protagonist who loves face-slapping! After being humiliated and slapped in the face, he refuses to acc 2.5kReads8.8Score181Shelves
24. 24 开 Demonic Cult Ancestor from the Start: Snuffing Out the Righteous Path's Dawn! 开局魔教老祖，掐灭正道的曙光！ White Rock in the Rain雨下白岩Eastern Fantasy440k WordsOngoing [Villain] + [No heroine] + [Demonic sect patriarch] + [Crushing sons of fortune] + [Can switch to the sons of fortune's point of view] + [Decisive and ruthless] + [No saintly do-gooder] + [The old remain old] + [Don't read if you dislike it] Mo Qingfeng transmigrates to the Jiuzhou Continent and becomes the patriarch of the Xuanming Sect. The orthodox sects' once-a-century Demon-Slaying Assembly has, of all things, chosen the Xuanming Sect as its target. When Mo Qingfeng learns someone is delibe 249Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    It's New Year's Eve. Come read a book here. This book is about cultivating demonic powers.

25. 25 人 Human Emperor Banner: Fellow Daoists, Help Me Become an Immortal 人皇幡：请道友助我成仙 Onion-Skin Yazi洋葱皮牙子Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless + insect control + soul refinement + cultivation + no female lead] Volume One, Li Yi: “Since leaving the mountain, I have slain tiger demons, taken in refugees, established a source base, aided Qingmu, slain fox demons, and saved hundreds of thousands of people.” “I campaigned across foreign lands, wiped out a million of another race, expanded our territory, and stepped over piles of corpses to establish my foundation. Ten thousand cultivators came to congratulate me.” Vol 1.2kReads7.3Score105Shelves

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    You can read this book if you have time.

26. 26 魔 The Demon Path's Crown Prince 魔道太子爷 Maple Drifts Past Chang'an枫过长安Eastern Fantasy5.3M WordsCompleted My name is Yun Fei, and from the start I had a useless meridian constitution, fit only to serve as a furnace. I thought I'd spend my life suffering under the bullying of those stunning immortal aunties... I mean, suffering terribly. I never expected you to ask me to restore the Demon Cult! It's only fair that the Heavenly Jade Saintess works for me, right? There's nothing wrong with a sword genius helping me seize territory, right? As the Demon Cult's leader, I'm entitled to slack off, right? 23.2kReads8.9Score2.4kShelves

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    Demon, demon, demon

27. 27 道 The Dao Heart Sows the Demon 道心种魔 The Mouse Who Married a Cat娶猫的老鼠Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsCompleted A young nobleman from a prominent family is framed and murdered, but by chance, he falls into the sea and gains the Demon Venerable's legacy: peerless cultivation arts and a wealth of seduction secrets! The sect leader's daughter, the Celestial Maiden of the Ninth Heaven, the demon sect princess: every beauty falls at his feet! The Demon Venerable uses his own body as a cauldron to condense a demonic seed for him, allowing him to cultivate the Dao-Heart-Seeding-Demon Art. The Thirteen Demons of 875Reads7.5Score105Shelves
28. 28 仙 Cultivators of Immortality and Demons 仙魔同修 Wanderer流浪Eastern Fantasy12.8M WordsOngoing The sea of clouds stretches into the distance, and the heavens are boundless. Who among the multitude of living beings does not yearn for them? The Heavenly Way is elusive, beyond anyone’s sight. Amid the endless mortal world, who does not long for eternal life? The grudges of a pair of lovers spanning three lives and seven lifetimes, and the age-old feud between the righteous path and the demonic sect. With one man and one ancient sword, how will he face the entire world...? 10.8kReads8.5Score1kShelves
29. 29 吾 I Am the Blood Lord, and All Living Beings Are My Blood Slaves 吾为血主，众生皆为血奴 Paper Ash Official纸灰官Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing [Slaughter] [Blood Princess] [Tentacles] [Corpse Refining] [Devouring] [No System] Fang Mo, the eldest young master of the Fang family, was the best cultivator among his peers and a widely acclaimed genius in Luoyun City, the focus of everyone’s attention. Unexpectedly, on the day the Heavenly Sword Sect came to recruit disciples, his family treated him as a pawn and discarded him. He was left gravely wounded and crippled. A few days later, news spread that Fang Mo had been poisoned to death. Th 11kReads8.5Score742Shelves
30. 30 仙 The Immortal Path? The Path of Death! 仙道？死道！ Jue Love ScarJue恋殇Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted [Horror Cultivation] + [Survival at All Costs] You are what you eat, so eating bitterness won't make you a better person. Only eating people will. An immortal once said, “If you're not at the table, you're on the menu.” Humans are the spirit of all things, born with immortal bodies and prized as heavenly medicine. In the cultivation world, the only way to cultivate is to absorb the power and fortune of others! That's why ordinary people are kept as living cauldrons. If you don't consume others, —Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 31 魔 The Demonic Sect’s Path to Enlightenment: I Discovered the Theory of Relativity for Sneak Attacks! 魔门悟道，我悟出偷袭相对论！ Tan Wenqing檀文清Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsOngoing The manhua series [I Comprehended the Dao in the Demon Sect and Discovered the Theory of Relativity for Sneak Attacks] is now available. [Everyone is intelligent, no female lead, slow-paced, with detailed worldbuilding] [The protagonist has a top-grade spiritual root, not a useless-protagonist type, and won't get any blatantly overpowered cheats] [Tight logic, comprehensive worldbuilding, and a newly reimagined cultivation world] Senior Brother, you're way too cautious! Aren't we a demonic sect? 97kReads8.4Score10.6kShelves

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    Cultivating demonic powers and refining the body, the path of blood, the path of corpses, the path of ghosts, treacherous practices, cultivating Gu worms, the path of white bones, and possession and rebirth.

32. 32 极 The Extreme Path to Immortality 极道仙路 Vast Qin 1泱泱大秦1Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted [No Goody-Two-Shoes Heroine, No Female Lead, No System, No Transmigration.] Follow your heart and pursue what you desire: that is the path to the ultimate immortal way. The Heavenly Dao? It is dead. The Demonic Heaven shall rise. This is an utterly brutal cultivation world where the strong rule and the weak are ants. My name is Zhao Wuji. In pursuit of the immortal path, I have no taboos. 11.4kReads8.9Score851Shelves
33. 33 凡 A Mortal’s Demonic Cultivation: The Profound Yin Chronicles 凡人修魔：玄阴传 One Big White一只肥大白Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [Mortal-world setting + satisfying read but no overpowered, arrogant hero + genius protagonist + decisive and ruthless + demonic cultivation + technical approach to cultivation + creates his own techniques and secret arts later on + slow burn + Xuanguxian template + skips the mortal-world opening] Xiao Qing is reborn in the cultivation world carrying a mysterious jade pendant. After testing as a three-element spiritual root, he unexpectedly joins a demonic sect. Once there, Xiao Qing relies on h 49.7kReads8.6Score4.9kShelves
34. 34 白 The White Bone Daoist Court 白骨道庭 Not a Minute to Spare兜里没有一分钟Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted Cultivate true energy, build the foundation of the Dao, and manifest the Yin Spirit. The unorthodox path makes seeking the Dao difficult: refine baleful energy, taint the soul, and seek freedom for a fleeting moment. The heterodox path is arduous too: evade earthfire, dodge astral winds, and give birth to the Yang Spirit. A master of the unorthodox path is reborn. In this life, I will establish a Dao lineage, nurture Dao artifacts, and suppress an entire age. 15.8kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
35. 35 凡 A Mortal’s Path of Demonic Cultivation 凡人修邪传 Guan Hao观昊Eastern Fantasy413k WordsCompleted [Mortal Cultivation] [Unorthodox Path] [Corpse Cultivation] [No Female Lead] [Careful Planning] Can't cultivate without a spiritual root? The protagonist turns himself into a half-corpse, then cultivates techniques meant for corpse refiners and becomes an unorthodox cultivator. From then on, he refines corpses, drives ghosts, commands beasts, raises poisonous insects, and controls souls, doing whatever it takes to cultivate. [This isn't a story built around wild ideas. The early chapters take th 98Reads6.4Score—Shelves
36. 36 血 Blood Ancestor's Path 血祖道 Maple Waiting for Dawn等待黎明的枫Eastern Fantasy544k WordsOngoing [A traditional cultivation story about an ordinary person. No transmigration from Earth, no System, no golden finger, and no heaven-defying treasures!!!] The struggle between outsiders and the clan: if you are not a direct descendant of the clan, you cannot establish a foundation. The struggle between lower and upper sects: if you are not a Golden Core cultivator of the sect, you cannot form a Nascent Soul. The struggle between humans and demons: if you are not a living being of the same race 465Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 37 凡 A Mortal Cultivating Baleful Energy, So Don't Call Me a Demon 凡人炼煞，请不要叫我魔头 Dui Xi兑西Eastern Fantasy248k WordsCompleted [Cultivation training] [Mortal-oriented] [Rogue cultivator] [No harem] [Demonic path] All things take shape and give rise to countless evils! A mere wanderer from the martial world cultivates baleful energy to attain immortality! This is a demonic-path, mortal-oriented novel! 18Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 38 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: I Can Fuse Anything! 凡人修仙：我能融合一切！ Fei Sheng菲生Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation + demon cultivator turns into a monster + golden finger + no holier-than-thou protagonist + ruthless killer + a little twisted] [At readers' request, the protagonist's starting age has been changed to ten. Everything else remains the same, and it won't affect the reading experience.] A naive young boy has a sunflower with two heads. It can fuse two identical objects into one, doubling its quality. By a twist of fate, the boy embarked on the path to immortality. He treasures t 1.2kReads7.8Score112Shelves
39. 39 凡 A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Blood River's Path to Eternal Life 凡人修仙，血河长生路 Broken Moss碎苔Eastern Fantasy440k WordsOngoing [Dark Fantasy] [No Female Lead] [Demonic Cultivation] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Cautious] [Meticulous] [No Saintly Morality] Mo Chen is a homeless beggar. He lies low with extreme caution and wields cruelty as his blade, seeing through the bloody schemes hidden beneath the facade of immortal destiny. He swears to tread over his enemies’ corpses and fight his way onto a defiant path to demonic immortality. 20Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 40 宝 Pagoda Immortal Fate 宝塔仙缘 Xiao Bu Yu箫不语Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation, no System, pocket dimension, medicinal garden, immortal pets] Even an ordinary person can encounter great opportunities. A country boy carrying the Three Treasures Glazed Pagoda is captured by an evil cultivator and forced to serve as a test subject. But a misfortune turns into a blessing, setting him on a bizarre and arduous path to immortality. From then on, he uses the pagoda to grow spirit herbs, raise immortal beasts, refine pills, craft talismans, and cultivate forbidd 126.3kReads9.2Score14.5kShelves
41. 41 诡 The Immortal Path of the Uncanny 诡道仙路 Big-Headed T头很大的T君Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted [Uncanny cultivation, no female lead, mortal protagonist] A black sun hangs in the sky, and the Uncanny Realm invades! Mortal Zhou Yi transmigrates into this world and makes a living by writing for others. One day, starving and freezing, he is hired by the sinister Shopkeeper Dong to copy ancient texts. By chance, he activates a beast-hide Bagua diagram and uses it to refine a perfect uncanny technique, killing the sinister shopkeeper. As he cultivates, he discovers that this world has long been 11.7kReads8.4Score1kShelves
42. 42 人 The Immortal Food of Mankind 人种仙食 Big-Headed T头很大的T君Eastern Fantasy6.5M WordsOngoing "Weird Cultivation, Behind-the-Scenes Story" The Tang Dynasty: strange things are coming. When Li Qing transmigrated here, he thought Mr. Huayue had kindly taken him in. Little did he know that the man saw him only as livestock to be raised for food. At the brink of life and death, the jade tablet on Li Qing revealed its power, gravely wounding Mr. Huayue and allowing him to escape. But the danger was far from over. The scheme of the Six Paths and Eight Immortals to devour all living beings had 38.1kReads8.8Score3.4kShelves
43. 43 从 I Start with Gu Refining and Grind My Way to the Dao of Ten Thousand Arts 从炼蛊开始肝成万法道尊 Gongsun Lizi Hotpot公孙离子烫Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsOngoing [Gu cultivation] [Decisive and ruthless] [Invincible] [Demonic cultivator] On the Eternal Continent, demonic cultivators rip out souls to make banners and use young girls as furnaces. The righteous sects may seem noble and upright, but in truth they refine the common people into powerful medicines in hopes of ascending to immortality. Reborn in a cultivation world where mountain foraging is the foundation of training, Bai Yu unexpectedly becomes an errand disciple at the Gu Refining Peak of the 35.5kReads8.1Score3kShelves
44. 44 血 Immortal Journey Through a Sea of Blood 血海仙途 Forty-Sixth Route Plane Kid四十六路飞机仔Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted A mortal cultivation story, no System, no female lead, with a touch of Lovecraftian style later on. With both parents dead, persecuted by his relatives, and blessed with poor aptitude, Shen Miao is on the brink of despair when he discovers an inheritance treasure left by his father in their ancestral home, along with an ancient demon who dwells within it. To survive and attain immortality, Shen Miao resolutely steps onto the demonic path. He proceeds with caution, never shying away from killing, 1.9kReads8.2Score163Shelves
45. 45 大 The Great Demon Reborn 大魔苏生 Little Sweetheart Who Loves Horses喜欢马匹的小甜心Eastern Fantasy758k WordsOngoing (Cultivation with Lovecraftian horror) (No female lead) The sages have vanished, and all living beings have fallen! How can we cross this sea of suffering? Only slaughter leads to the shore! Mo Lu is steeped in demonic nature, possessed by all three poisons of greed, hatred, and delusion. He does no good deeds, preferring instead to kill and burn. Yet in this chaotic world of cultivation, he is like a carp leaping through the Dragon Gate, or a tiger returning to the mountains. Just see what path 4.3kReads8.9Score364Shelves
46. 46 重 Reborn in the Hehuan Sect, I Refine My Master into a Slave 重生合欢宗，师尊被我炼化成奴隶 Lone Smoke over the Long River长河孤烟Eastern Fantasy3.6M WordsOngoing [No System + no clichés + villain protagonist + multiple female leads + bizarre + ruthless and decisive, no saintly behavior] “Would you pick the Seven Fairies or the Seven Spider Demons?” “Only kids pick the fairies. Those who know, know.” “What if you really transmigrated to the Joyful Union Sect, where there are only female demons? They're fanatically devoted to the male body and worship you as a god?” “Wouldn't that be heaven on earth?” “Heh.” The young man smiled faintly. “I'm afraid it wou 86.1kReads9.4Score9.9kShelves

    Reader note

    The main characters are all demonic cultivators, and the last book is a sequel by the Great Immortal Venerable.

47. 47 魔 The Demon Venerable's Eternal Life: A Sequel 魔尊永生：续写 Ink on Shallow Pages墨水文浅Eastern Fantasy521k WordsOngoing My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what drives me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 647Reads9.2Score124Shelves
48. 48 合 The Useless Disciple of the Hehuan Sect 合欢宗废材 Qin Gengxin秦更新Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Absurd comedy + traditional fantasy + multiple heroines + espionage + battles of wits] Ye Huan is a disciple so disappointing that even the Hehuan Sect wants nothing to do with him. By chance, he obtains an inheritance, and from then on becomes a man who can hold up the heavens. One way for men to survive in the Hehuan Sect is to become spies. As it happens, Ye Huan is an espionage enthusiast, and with his exceptional powers of logical deduction, he matches wits with all sides on the covert fro 1.7kReads7.2Score167Shelves

    Reader note

    Great online novel! [Pouting][Thinking][What][Shy][Making a face][Smirking][Smirking][Awkward laugh][Laugh][Admiration][Shy][Shy][Cool][Pouting]

49. 49 聊 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: I Asked You to Repay Your Debt, Not Paint Skins and Ghosts 聊斋：让你还债，没让你画皮画鬼 On Jiufeng Mountain九峰山上Eastern Fantasy125k WordsOngoing [Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio + Bizarre Cultivation + No System + Subverting Expectations + Folk Supernatural Tales + Becoming a God Through Painting + Dark Tone + Lovecraftian Horror + Clever Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] Transmigrating into Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, I find myself trapped in the deadly predicament of The Painted Skin from the start, and saddled with an unpayable debt to the dead? Don't panic. I have a White Bone Brush tha 817Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    This book about cultivating the demonic path is totally my cup of tea! The atmosphere is eerie and unpredictable, the battle of wits and strategies is solid, there's no mindless plot, the foreshadowing is well-placed, and the more you read, the more chilling and exhilarating it becomes.

50. 50 民 The Folk Feng Shui Master 民间风水之王 Miao Qimiao苗棋淼Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted The Nine Cauldrons Dragon Palace, the Secret Files of the Yellow Springs, the Snow Mountain Corpse Demon, the Yin-Yang Inn... Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I have known no peace. Every time I borrow a life, it becomes a deadly game. After each desperate struggle and narrow escape, I wait for the next secret order from the underworld so I can keep living. Just when I thought I'd escaped the clutches of fate, I discovered that Heaven had prepared a coffin for me too! 52.3kReads9.4Score5.9kShelves

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