Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation (Mortal to Spirit to Immortal) 练气，筑基，结丹，元婴，化神（人～灵～仙）

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4. 354 全 The Whole Village Calls Me a Lazy Wife, but My Hunter Husband Flirts with Me Every Night 《全村笑我懒汉媳，猎户夫君夜夜撩》 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted The Whole Village Calls Me a Lazy Wife, but My Hunter Husband Flirts with Me Every Night 184Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 355 遭 My Master's Wife Stabbed Me in the Back, So I Became the Pavilion Master for the Empress and the Demon Venerable 遭师娘背刺反手给女帝魔尊当阁主 Uncle Gazing Eastward across the River望江东的大叔Eastern Fantasy173k WordsOngoing Lin Zhichen was cast out of the sect by his master, who treated him as a disposable pawn. But by chance, he obtained the legacies of an Empress and a Demon Lord from a thousand years ago. Taking his only remaining junior fellow disciple with him, he founded the Xi Ye Chen Pavilion and rose from having nothing to becoming famous throughout the Emperor-Fall Mountain Range. Yet just as his reputation soared, the junior brother he trusted most began to fall into darkness, driven by jealousy and rese 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Definitely worth reading. Unlike typical mindless wish-fulfillment novels, this isn't for beginners and incorporates some martial arts elements. The character details are handled very well, highlighting their personalities. The entire story flows smoothly and naturally, with unexpected twists and turns, a rigorous structure, and sound logic.

6. 356 火 Naruto: I Defy the Heavens for Tsunade, and My Six Paths Golden Body Rejects Every Beauty 火影：为纲手逆天下，我六道金身拒尽红颜 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝Male-Channel Fanfiction12k WordsCompleted Naruto: I Defy Heaven for Tsunade, and My Six Paths Golden Body Rejects Every Beauty 183Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 357 啥 What? I'm the World's Only Cultivator 啥？我是全球唯一修仙者 The Number One Guo on the Yangtze, Ten Thousand Miles Long万里长江第一郭Urban408k WordsCompleted [On modern Earth, I'm the only one in the world who can cultivate immortality!] After unexpectedly inheriting the Qingxuan legacy, Lin Yue embarks on the path of cultivation. Among the billions of mortals on Blue Star, only Lin Yue can absorb spiritual energy and set foot on the great path of cultivation. While others are still practicing ancient martial arts, he has already reached the Qi Refining stage, wielding extraordinary power capable of moving mountains and turning seas. Warriors aboun 8Reads—Score127Shelves

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   Classic cultivation novels

8. 358 荆 Thorny Nun: Father, Don't Look Back. Leave the Three Thousand Rioters Outside to Me! 荆棘修女：神父，别回头，外面那三千暴徒交给我！ Chongqing and Sichuan Spicy Girl川渝辣妹子12k WordsCompleted Thorn Nun: Father, Don't Look Back. Leave the Three Thousand Rioters Outside to Me! 67Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 359 轮 Nine Reincarnations: The Dashing Young Swordsman Shines Across the Heavens 轮回九世，纨绔少年执剑耀苍穹 Lang Hui Xing Zhe朗辉行者Eastern Fantasy295k WordsOngoing [Soul Transmigration] + [Reincarnation] + [Spoiled Heir] + [Sharp Tongue] + [Xuanhuan] Lin Lang, a spoiled modern-day heir, unexpectedly transmigrates into the Ziyao Continent and finds himself at the scene of his namesake's eighth reincarnation, facing the tribulation of the ninth divine lightning strike. On the brink of death, the man entrusts him with completing his ninth reincarnation and becoming an emperor. The memories of nine lifetimes pour into Lin Lang like a flood: swordsmanship, alch —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   [Soul Transmigration] + [Reincarnation] + [Prodigal Son] + [Sharp Tongue] + [Fantasy] Lin Lang, a modern-day prodigal son, unexpectedly transmigrates to the Purple Radiance Continent, just in time to witness the eighth reincarnation of someone with the same name facing the ninth divine lightning tribulation. On the verge of death, he is entrusted with completing the ninth reincarnation to become an emperor. Memories from nine lifetimes flood his soul—swordplay, alchemy, weapon crafting, formation techniques, body tempering, and combat experience—all merge into his soul. When he opens his eyes again, he has entered the ninth reincarnation, returning to a time when his cultivation is only at the third level of Qi Refining. He is 16 years old and still a bullied good-for-nothing from a collateral branch of his family. However, this time, carrying the accumulation of nine lifetimes and a prodigal son's heart, Lin Lang decides: No more pretense, let's get started, and then become an emperor with a single sword! Ignite your youth!

10. 360 咒 Jujutsu Kaisen: Rewriting Causality, I Turned the Shibuya Deadlock on Its Head 咒术回战：因果逆写，我掀翻了涉谷死局 Chongqing and Sichuan Spicy Girl川渝辣妹子Male-Channel Fanfiction11k WordsCompleted Jujutsu Kaisen: Rewriting Cause and Effect, I Turned Shibuya's Deadly Fate Upside Down 23Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 361 旺 Wangzai Xiao Qiao's Rise to Glory Against All Odds 旺仔小乔的逆风封神 Chongqing and Sichuan Spicy Girl川渝辣妹子13k WordsCompleted Wangzai Xiao Qiao’s Comeback to Stardom Against All Odds 39Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 362 惊 A Bone of Startling Grace 惊鸿骨 Ten-Day Pact十日誓约Male-Channel Fanfiction10k WordsCompleted The Stunning Bone 52Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 363 傲 Arrogance Ruins Your Life! 傲娇毁终生！ Ten-Day Pact十日誓约24k WordsCompleted Pride Ruins Everything! 9Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 364 家 My Family's Pressuring Me to Marry? I'll Bring Home a Northeast Bride Instead! 家里催婚？我反手带了个东北媳妇回家！ Ten-Day Pact十日誓约17k WordsCompleted Your family pressuring you to marry? I’ll turn around and bring home a wife from Northeast China! 27Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 365 渡 The Soul Ferry Bell Shatters, and Ten Thousand Souls Return to Silence 渡魂铃碎，万魂归寂 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝15k WordsCompleted The Soul-Ferrying Bell Shatters, and Ten Thousand Souls Return to Silence 6Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 366 开 From the Start: The Beautiful CEO Hires a Bodyguard 开局：美女总裁招保镖 World Explorer探界者Urban280k WordsCompleted New novel: Urban power fantasy + soldier king + miracle doctor + ancient martial arts + martial sage master + miracle doctor master After the soldier king returns to the city, he discovers that the woman his two masters arranged for him to marry is the very person his former commander ordered him to protect. His urban life remains tense... 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "The Beggar God Descends the Mountain" is a story told by a real person, with genuine emotions.

17. 367 犬 Inuyasha: Kikyo's Defiant Fate, A Heart Set Ablaze 犬夜叉·桔梗：逆命焚心录 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝Ancient Romance22k WordsCompleted Inuyasha and Kikyo: A Record of Burning Hearts Against Fate 36Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 368 东 Drowning in Tokyo's Shadows: His Lips Stained with Neon and Sin 东京暗溺：他的唇，染着霓虹与罪 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝10k WordsCompleted Tokyo’s Dark Descent: His Lips Stained with Neon and Sin 20Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 369 退 After My Engagement Was Called Off, My Powerful Archenemy Took Me Home and Hilariously Spoiled Me Rotten 退婚后，我被死对头大佬捡回家爆笑养废 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝8k WordsCompleted After Calling Off the Engagement, I Was Taken In by My Archrival, a Powerful Tycoon, Who Hilariously Spoiled Me Rotten 8Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 370 关 Fierce Snow in Guandong 关东烈雪 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted Fierce Snowfall in Kanto 4Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 371 凡 Mortal Cultivation: I Found a Chaos Spirit Pearl from the Start 凡人修仙，我开局捡到混沌灵珠 User71208294用户71208294Eastern Fantasy88k WordsOngoing (Traditional fantasy, mortal cultivation, Chaos Spirit Pearl, multiple heroines, an underdog’s rise, immortal cultivation) Ye Chen of Qingshi Town was gathering herbs in the back mountains when he was unexpectedly pushed off a cliff by a Zhao family disciple. By sheer luck, he obtained the Chaos Spirit Pearl and began his rise against the heavens. —Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 372 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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    Fantasy cultivation, set in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Chongqing, lighthearted and humorous, set in another world, featuring gourmet food and spiritual cuisine, quirky and clever characters, a junior sister, the Hehuan Sect, local dialects, no romantic pairing, time travel, genius, and cunning. [Laughing][Laughing]

23. 373 三 Three Feet of Chilling Light 三尺寒芒 Nangong Meiyue南宫美月Fantastical Romance2.7M WordsOngoing [Female-Led Story + Ensemble Cast + No Romance + Pocket Dimension + Divine Weapon + Growth and Trials] All the splendor of the world turns to dust; sword on my back, I speak drunkenly of the people's suffering. On the winter solstice, with snow covering the mountains and the forests ablaze with color, Father found me by a little stream outside the village. So he named me Ruoxue. Born dark-skinned and ugly, I endured the world's cold stares and learned that true affection is the warmest thing of 61Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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    A story about a strong female protagonist's growth, a non-traditional cultivation novel (alternative), primarily female-oriented with some male-oriented elements, blending reality and virtuality, multiple spaces and universes, encompassing countless worlds, featuring sword cultivation, martial arts, a strong female lead, no male lead, no romantic pairing, no system, not a wish-fulfillment story, not a time-travel story, extremely slow-paced, involving business intrigue, maritime adventure, an epic, super long novel, and featuring intelligent characters. The story is very long, depicting all aspects of life and the vicissitudes of the world. Fellow readers, please take the time to read and witness my daughter's journey of growth and trials (I'm a new writer, please be kind).

24. 374 渡 After a Disastrous Tribulation, I Went into Seclusion at a Mortal's Temple 渡劫惨败，我隐居凡间道观 Golden Blade Loves Vegetables爱吃青菜的金刀Urban468k WordsCompleted The tribulation lightning burns away the immortal body. Carrying the power of eight hundred years of alchemical fire and formations, the remnant soul falls into a Taoist temple on Blue Star! Just then, spiritual qi revival sweeps across the globe. Japanese ninjas, Western European vampires, the Holy See, and supernatural power users from overseas all covet the spirit veins of the Dragon Kingdom, sowing chaos throughout the world. The protagonist has no System and relies on no Heavenly Dao. He ta 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul... After failing his tribulation, his soul transmigrates to a modern Taoist temple. The old Taoist priest cultivates immortality; there's no system. Spiritual energy is reviving. He takes on disciples: his eldest disciple is the illegitimate son of an ancient martial arts family, and his second disciple is a billionaire heiress from Shanghai. He suppresses ninjas and superhumans. Very exciting and highly recommended.

25. 375 携 With the God of Wealth’s Treasure in Hand, I Lay Low as a Genius in the Demon Sect 携财神元宝，苟在魔门当天才 The Day After Tomorrow Is the Eighth Day of the Week后天星期八Eastern Fantasy102k WordsOngoing [A mortal's journey to immortality. No System. Read the first ten chapters, and then roast it if you don't like it.] Zhao Yang, a street-stall vendor, transmigrates to the cultivation world carrying a golden ingot belonging to the Martial God of Wealth, and inherits his father's secure job as a prison guard. Who could have guessed that a dying, scruffy old man, unable to pay him for his kindness, would pull out a tattered book called the Eternal Spring Art and offer it in exchange for a meal… —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A mutated wind spirit root, he created his own cultivation technique before Foundation Establishment. He received spirit stones through the "golden finger" of the God of Wealth, Yuanbao. Ruthless and cruel, he cultivated immortality at 15, achieved Foundation Establishment at 24, Core Formation at 54, and Nascent Soul at 114 in the Demonic Sect. Fellow Daoists, can I still make it to the end? Please continue reading…

26. 376 开 From the Start, I Was a Nepotism Hire: I Became Invincible Through Deduction 开局关系户，从推衍开始无敌 That Spring and Autumn of the Zuo Clan左氏那个春秋Eastern Fantasy161k WordsOngoing [No System] [Cultivation] [Traditional Fantasy] After the revival of spiritual qi, cultivation sects sprang up everywhere, locked in endless conflict. Although cultivation methods were passed down through the generations, they were all incomplete. In their quest to uncover the path to immortality and eternal life, people exhausted every rare treasure under heaven. At last, atop the ruins of an ancient spiritual realm, they carved out a vast world: the Spirit Ruins Realm. The Spirit Ruins Realm i —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    New book, traditional cultivation novel

27. 377 重 Reborn in the Mortal World, I Rise to the Summit of All Ages 重生凡尘，我重登万古巅峰 Lan Qing, Who Loves Walnut Tangyuan爱吃核桃汤圆的蓝清Eastern Fantasy209k WordsOngoing Reborn into the mortal world, the Emperor returns. The fated heroine plays the pig to eat the tiger. He is Ye Wuchen. In his previous life, he defied the heavens in his cultivation and became an emperor in just a thousand years, commanding all races beneath the heavens. He was truly the greatest emperor of all time! Yet after touching a forbidden secret at the world's origin, he was surrounded and attacked by nine old monsters who had lived for countless ages. That battle shattered heaven and —Reads—Score—Shelves

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28. 378 逆 Return of the Venerable One 逆界归尊 Shaocheng Lazy Sheep少城懒羊羊Urban1.1M WordsOngoing Ling Chen, the supreme prodigy of the cultivation world, was once the reincarnation of an ancient Heavenly Emperor. In his previous life, he was betrayed and ambushed by treacherous foes in the Immortal Realm. They seized his throne as Heavenly Emperor and destroyed the Heavenly Court, sending his soul back to Earth. One day, he awakens the remnant soul of the ancient Heavenly Emperor and inherits its complete legacy. Armed with supreme treasures such as the Chaos Dao Orb, he is reborn in the mo 75Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'd like to recommend two novels, one short and one long! One is an urban fantasy/cultivation story, and the other is an urban science fiction/cultivation story! I hope to find like-minded readers to discuss, exchange ideas, and rate them! Thank you!

29. 379 文 Guardians of Civilization: The Journey Home from the Sea of Stars 文明守望者：星海归途 Shaocheng Lazy Sheep少城懒羊羊Urban509k WordsCompleted When human civilization was sentenced to death, he was reborn with its last hope. In 2023, the Galactic Council delivered its final verdict: human civilization’s health score was 47%, a failing grade. The countdown to reformatting: 72 hours. Lin Che died in his wife’s arms, only to be reborn in 2018, on the day of their divorce. The System bound him to a task: within 25 years, raise civilization’s health score from 52% to 85, or seven billion people would perish with it. This time, he would n 9Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 380 你 Is Your Life Worth Enough to Pay? 你的命，够付么？ Not Autumn Zhang不秋张Urban628k WordsOngoing I crave madness, so what do I fear from Heaven's punishment? I have cast off all worldly attachments, so what do I fear? Above all dominance, I am the one who rules! Watch as the protagonist, Wu Tian, cultivates step by step, challenges Heaven, and fights his way from modern society, the Human Realm, into other worlds, ultimately reaching the pinnacle! 173Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A fantasy novel for adults, full of thrills, desire, and defying the heavens. "Is Your Life Enough to Pay?" By Bu Qiu Zhang. The male protagonist starts out dumped and impoverished. He unexpectedly obtains a cultivation inheritance. He cultivates the Supreme Forgetfulness of Emotions, yet insists on controlling cause and effect—whoever wrongs him, he will repay a hundredfold; whoever loves him, he will protect with his life. Along the way, he encounters various girls, each one treating him sincerely. Dual cultivation is both a deepening of their relationship and a breakthrough in their cultivation. From mortal to the pinnacle, he achieves: to have his beloved forever, and for the world to submit to him.

31. 381 长 Immortality: I'd Rather Be a Nobody Than Live Like a Coward 长生我混的不如苟 Xi Jizi夕即子Eastern Fantasy439k WordsOngoing Immortal for ages, yet I’m worse off than a dog! (Immortality System + rise of the good-for-nothing + no female lead + traditional cultivation + alchemy + talismans + spirit beasts) Immortality comes with risks. Those who possess it must be especially cautious! With his dantian and spiritual root destroyed, how can he continue cultivating… How can an ordinary cultivator find a place for himself in this chaotic immortal realm? 48Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    You can try this new book.

32. 382 灭 You Destroyed My Clan, So Don't Blame Me for Turning into a Demon 灭我家族，那别怪我化魔了 Jian Mohan剑墨寒Eastern Fantasy232k WordsOngoing [Fire-Wood Dual Spiritual Roots | Righteous Path Prodigy | Clan Annihilated | Fallen into the Demonic Path | Ruthless, No Saintly Heroine] In the first half of his life, he devoted himself to the immortal path and diligently cultivated for his clan. Then, in a single day, his family was destroyed, and every one of his loved ones died horribly. The young man escaped death alone, but the Daoist heart he had guarded for years shattered piece by piece. With nowhere left to turn, he embraced his over —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    He initially followed the righteous path, but after his family was destroyed, he switched to the demonic path. He possesses dual fire and wood spiritual roots, is a genius, and is not a saint.

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