Mortal-Focused Stories, No System, Demon Cultivation, Please 凡人流，无系统，魔修，跪求

1. 51 覆 A Night's Journey with a Bloodied Sword 覆血夜剑行 Never Forget the Past前尘莫忘Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Traditional Xianxia] [Court and Jianghu] [High Martial Power, Low Mysticism] [An Ensemble Cast in the Snow] There is a sword in the mortal world. There are blades in the jianghu. In the far north lives a left-handed man, lame, with a broken sword and peach blossoms growing on his bones. His brows are crooked and his eyes askew, yet no one in the world is more pleased with life. In the far east lives Master Cao, with a swordsman’s spirit sheathed in his chest. A gentle breath from him can summon 2.6kReads8.7Score172Shelves
2. 52 那EN Eighteen That Year, Standing Like a Lackey in the Ten Thousand Souls Banner 那年十八，万魂幡里站着如喽啰 Azure Sea of Fire青色火海Eastern Fantasy788k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a cultivation world, Shen Ge thought he was destined for greatness. He was ready to punch a Saint's Son and kick a God King when a dark cloud appeared out of nowhere, followed by a strange, cackling laugh. Seeing the countless remnant souls all around him, Shen Ge was dumbstruck. At eighteen, he stood among the ranks of nobodies inside the Ten Thousand Souls Banner! 39Reads5.4Score—Shelves
3. 53 魔 The Demon Lord Descends, Saints Begone 魔头降世，圣母退散 When My Heart Is Troubled, My Blade Slows心乱了刀慢了Eastern Fantasy475k WordsCompleted After being reborn as a heart demon, he drove the entire cultivation world to the brink of madness. This heart demon was too bizarre: every cultivator became prey. Whether they were heaven-blessed prodigies with extraordinary talents or bewitchingly beautiful, pampered immortals; whether they were sinister old monsters or ruthless demonic elders, they were all nothing but prey! The head of Great Compassion Temple: “I, the Bodhisattva Kinnara, shall become the lawless Buddha Wutian today!” Fire L 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The protagonist isn't human; this is a highly addictive masterpiece. No system, but the protagonist is intelligent.

4. 54 摊 I'll Come Clean: I'm the Reincarnation of the Dao Ancestor 摊牌，我就是道祖转世 When My Heart Is Troubled, My Blade Slows心乱了刀慢了Eastern Fantasy429k WordsOngoing The Dao Ancestor of the Immortal Realm is reborn to cultivate anew; an exiled immortal descends, and the winds of change rise once more. This blurb doesn't do it justice, so read the story itself. This book is also known as The Exiled Immortal, I Want to Keep a Low Profile Too, but My Strength Won't Let Me!, Having a Powerful Past Life Is Just the Best, and When I Finish Cultivating for Thirty Thousand Years, I'll Send Fellow Daoists to the Underworld. —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 55 从 Taking Off from the Demon Realm 从魔域开始飞起 Drunken Ink Scholar醉墨书生Eastern Fantasy196k WordsOngoing It was settled: Master would take him to do something earth-shattering. Zimo was overjoyed. Master had finally done something decent. Zimo should have asked, "Where are we going, Master?" Master gave a mysterious smile. "If I told you, it wouldn't be any fun!" Zimo: "I get it..." Fantasy + unconventional fantasy + unconventional genius + I don't know how to write a plot. Got it. You know how it is. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Older books that make the list are really captivating. As for new books, you only truly appreciate them after you've read them.

6. 56 仗 Sword in Hand, Wine in Tow, a Dashing Wanderer 仗剑，载酒，惊鸿客 Sweet Potato Monster红薯怪Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Prodigy + no System + Swordsmanship + Lighthearted + Immortality] The fake prodigy: “Life and death don’t matter. If you’ve got a problem, fight me.” The real prodigy: “I want to draw my sword.” “No, you don’t,” said the leaders of the Daoist sects, the Buddhist Venerable, and the Demon Cult Master, trying to talk him down. Across this vast and boundless land, who will determine its fate? I have a sword, its white blade stained red by the mortal world. A vast and magnificent sky stretches a 16.8kReads8.2Score1.4kShelves
7. 57 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.2kReads9.6Score68.1kShelves
8. 58 魔 A Minor Cultivator of the Demonic Path 魔道小修士 Ah Wang Isn't Prosperous啊旺不旺Eastern Fantasy73k WordsOngoing In the previous two thousand years came the War of the Great Dao. In these two thousand years, the Great Dao has fallen into chaos, the Three Energies are scattered, and cultivators from the Five Realms wage war against one another. Is it all for the resources of their respective realms? Or is someone deliberately pulling the strings? Bai Ming is one of the many people in this era with an affinity for the Great Dao, yet he's told that his Three Energies have merged, leaving him unable to cultiva —Reads—Score—Shelves

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9. 59 凡 A Mortal's Immortal Cultivation: Dual Cultivation of Sword and Body 凡人修仙之剑体双修 Murderous Aura Drifting煞气飘飘Eastern Fantasy579k WordsCompleted [Mortal-style cultivation] [Slow burn] [Cautious and careful] [No harem] [Driven by self-interest] [Not a bleeding heart] [No System] [Decisive and ruthless] Chen Xuan was once an assassin in the Darknight Hall. During a mission, he unexpectedly obtained a cultivation technique. He made the assassin's instinct etched into his very bones, caution, his highest principle. He treaded on thin ice with every step of his cultivation, carefully considering every possibility. He watched and waited whenev 892Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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   Be cautious, logical, and avoid fighting beyond your level. Cultivate both sword and body techniques, and use the Yin Luo Banner!

10. 60 魔 The Demonic Tribulation 魔难 Xiong Zai雄仔Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Life is a long road, where bitterness and sweetness go hand in hand. Born with a demonic body, I was raised by my parents like anyone else. But my demonic body was incomplete from birth, leaving me no hope of cultivating the Great Dao. I had planned to live an ordinary life, but people are not what they once were, and the world is cold and cruel. Before long, I was caught up in a turbulent, unsettled society... The road is hard, the road is hard. So many forks in the way, where am I now? One day 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No system, no harem, no showing off, no face-slapping, no saintly figure, no rebirth, no time travel, no alchemy, no medicine making [facepalm][facepalm]. A demonic cultivator story, the plot is as bittersweet as life itself. You can check it out if you're interested.

11. 61 天 Heavenly Sword Ancestor 天行剑祖 Immortal Crane of South Mountain南山鹤仙Eastern Fantasy883k WordsOngoing A mortal's journey, with no System. The human, ghost, and demon races inhabit three separate continents. Though they occasionally clash, their conflicts have never threatened the foundations of their world over countless millennia. That changed when the Demon Lord appeared, intent on destroying the cosmos and claiming its core. Baiyang, the Lord of the Realm, rose to resist him. He fought the Demon Lord Wuxin to a standstill for endless ages, but the crisis was never resolved. The struggle betwe 468Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    This fantasy swordsmanship novel, focusing on the mortal realm, is captivating. It's a bit slow-paced, making it perfect for following along. Witness the battle between immortals and demons, and the lone journey of a young man.

12. 62 凡 Record of Ascending to Immortality 凡人飞升录 Chu Dong楚冬Eastern Fantasy7.6M WordsOngoing [Classic mortal cultivation | No System | Ruthless and decisive | Master of dirty tricks | Scheming] [Alchemy, artifact crafting, body cultivation, formations, beast taming] [Traditional cultivation realms] This is the story of a master of dirty tricks coming into his own. His arrival will eventually become a mudslide sweeping through the Three Realms. After experiencing the joys of sabotaging others, one demonic cultivator has an epiphany. As a heart-stealing arsonist, he always has fairies sec 63.4kReads8.7Score5.6kShelves

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    A traditional mortal cultivation story, the protagonist cultivates both body and magic, develops in the early stages and becomes a powerful figure later on. He is cunning yet principled, decisive and methodical in his actions. Currently at two million words, updates are very stable.

13. 63 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score207.7kShelves
14. 64 疯 Madness Leads to Immortality 疯魔成仙 Drifting Boat漂啊漂舟Eastern Fantasy237k WordsCompleted [No System] [One female lead] From the start: Chaos Divine Physique Family: An Immortal Venerable clan in the Immortal Realm Identity: The family head’s child, divine heir of the clan Zhang Xiaofan gazed at the brilliant starry sky before him and couldn’t help but sigh. “Life is like a dream. Only upon waking from that great dream do we understand immortality.” —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'd like to recommend some novels: those without a system, those focusing on ordinary people, those about demonic cultivation, and those about swords.

15. 65 修 Cultivating Immortality, I Shatter the Firmament 修仙破苍穹 Overlord Blade霸刀Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsOngoing [Mortal’s journey + no System + foreign races + immortal pets + supreme secret realm + sect] A young man ventures into the mountains and accidentally obtains a manual. After passing an examination, he joins the local sect, the Azure Dragon Gang. One night, an old man catches him cultivating. The young man becomes his disciple and learns that he has five spiritual roots, which will make cultivation extremely difficult. By chance, he obtains a mysterious little green bottle. The liquid inside cont 12.6kReads8.4Score1kShelves

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    Although this book doesn't have a high rating, it's incredibly addictive the more you read it; it's absolutely fantastic, especially as it gets better and better towards the end. This is definitely the one! While the writing style is a bit old-fashioned, I just love that old-fashioned feel.

16. 66 我 I Won't Cultivate Immortality, I Only Wish to Become a Demon 我不修仙只愿成魔 The Internet Beggars' House网络乞丐家Urban101k WordsOngoing [Urban Superpowers + Memories of a Past Life + Cyberpunk + Ancient Cultivation + The Mystery of the Heavenly Dao] If the Heavenly Dao is unjust, I’ll defy it and become a demon! In the distant age of cultivation, transcendent immortals wielded power that shook heaven and earth. The secrets of their cultivation, however, were sealed deep within the river of time. Then, a mysterious legacy spanning time and space quietly arrived in a modern city. Zhang Yang, an ordinary city deliveryman, was on 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Not mindless, but a perfect blend and explanation of scientific cultivation, with a protagonist who is intelligent and capable. Not a saint, not prone to frivolous romances, but a flesh-and-blood, intelligent and courageous male protagonist. The cultivation and science elements in this story are entirely original, pioneering a new path in scientific cultivation.

17. 67 开 From the Start, One Pot: Even Mortals Can Become Immortals 开局一口锅，凡人亦可成仙 TomatoD番茄DEastern Fantasy26k WordsOngoing (No female lead, a mortal’s journey, and no saintly protagonist.) The male lead, Mo Wu, was an ordinary young man until a twist of fate awakened his five spiritual roots. From then on, he entered the immortal sect, learned immortal arts, and cultivated the path of immortality. But the cultivation world was full of treachery, so Mo Wu was cautious at every turn. He kept cultivating like this, and when he looked back a hundred years later, all the people he had once known were long gone. Only he r —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Ordinary People Flow Without Female Lead

18. 68 凡 A Mortal Asks the Heavens: I Wish to Become an Immortal 凡人问天我欲成仙 Guo Yi Juzi果一桔子Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsCompleted [Traditional fantasy] [No System] Her parents disappeared, and her village was slaughtered. The boy was taken in by an immortal sect out of pity, but his useless spiritual roots earned him nothing but scorn. Even his master was mocked for accepting him. His master gave him a tattered book and told him it was an ancient secret scroll. But word of his useless reputation spread, and he endured humiliation wherever he went. One day, he happened to return home and discovered that the mysterious littl 38.9kReads9.0Score3.9kShelves
19. 69 凡 A Mortal Ventures into the Immortal Realm 凡人闯仙界 Lump Dog坨狗Eastern Fantasy517k WordsCompleted Traditional cultivation, not a power fantasy, with smart characters, no female lead, and a journey from Qi Refining to Deification and then Mahayana I am Venerable Shen. Please don’t call me Shen the Runner. The modern-day mortal Shen Mu accidentally stumbles into the immortal realm. With no System, no golden finger, and no old-timer mentor, how does an average-talented man become the revered Venerable Shen? The story of a modern mortal cultivating immortality in the immortal realm. 33Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    "Traditional Cultivation + Not a wish-fulfillment novel + Intelligent characters + From Qi Refining to Deity Transformation to Mahayana" A modern mortal, Shen Mu, accidentally enters the immortal realm. Without a system, without cheat codes, without a powerful backer, how does this mediocre individual become the revered Shen Tianzun? Just as there was Han Tianzun, now there's Shen Paopao (a character known for his reckless behavior). A story of a modern mortal cultivating immortality in the immortal realm.

20. 70 开 The Witch Initiated Me from the Start, So I Applied to Become Her Cultivation Cauldron 开局被魔女开光，我申请成为炉鼎 Tangtang Sixth Young Master糖糖六公子Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsCompleted A new work is here! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 11.4kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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    Refining Qi, building the Foundation, cultivating the Nascent Soul, and transforming into the Divine Spirit—step by step, slowly improving one's cultivation. It's beautiful, absolutely amazing! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

21. 71 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: From the Start, I'm the Joyful Union Sect's Senior Brother 凡人修仙：开局合欢宗大师兄 Author Fallen Leaves Speak Not作者落叶无言Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [Ordinary-person cultivation] [No System] [Traditional xianxia] [Traditional fantasy] Xu Changning, an ordinary young man from Earth, accidentally transmigrates to the Youyuan World and becomes a furnace cauldron among the Joyful Union Sect's outer disciples. In this world, where immortals and demons coexist and ghosts and monsters roam, he has no spiritual roots and can only let others exploit him. Yet, against all odds, he rises to become the senior brother of the Green Chive Hall. Facing a de 255Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is one of the more unique cultivation novels I've read so far. The characters are very well-developed. An ordinary person with no spiritual roots transmigrates to a world where demons and monsters coexist. You can imagine how difficult it is for the weak to be bullied and to survive. How does the protagonist manage to turn his life around? Highly recommended!

22. 72 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

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    Pure demonic cultivation, no system, cultivation based on comprehension, starting with three spiritual roots.

23. 73 独 The Lone Path to Immortality 独行修仙路 Blue Hydrangea蓝色绣球Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted An ordinary young man from Linjia Village, he is kind and simple-hearted. Determined to give his family a better life, he resolutely joins a sect in the martial world. Through his own hard work, he earns the guidance of Elder Huo, who is undergoing mortal trials, and eventually embarks on the path of cultivation. By chance, he obtains the heaven-defying treasure known as the Qiankun Mirror. But his nature is at odds with the cultivation world, and he suffers greatly for it, even nearly losing hi 16.1kReads8.8Score1.6kShelves

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    [OK][Smile][Smile]

24. 74 灵 A Spiritual Herb Space: Is Cultivating Immortality Really That Hard? 灵药空间，修仙真的很难吗 Ximen Woxue西门卧雪Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted (Mortal cultivation, no System, cultivation and farming) The cultivation world is a jungle society structured like a pyramid. Those at the bottom have to claw their way upward to win a chance to catch their breath. Xiao Fei accidentally transmigrates into the body of a displaced refugee. On the verge of starving to death, he discovers a mysterious space hidden within him, gradually changing his fate as he rises from the very bottom of society… 18.2kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
25. 75 通 The Immortal-Passing Spirit Diagram 通仙灵图 A Cat Worm一条猫虫Eastern Fantasy4.7M WordsOngoing Without an invincible System or a mysterious little bottle, with demons surrounding them from outside and a weak clan within, how can a small Foundation Establishment clan weather one crisis after another? Gu Changhuan opens the map: spirit treasures, spirit herbs, and mineral veins are all laid out before him. With this golden finger, what is there to fear about the hardships of cultivation? Still, he has to keep a low profile. Lower and lower. After all, playing the pig to eat the tiger and qu 47.6kReads8.7Score3.7kShelves
26. 76 正 The Righteous Path's Demonic Cultivator 正道魔修 No Dipping Dumplings in Vinegar吃饺子不许蘸醋Eastern Fantasy179k WordsOngoing In his previous life, he was the future successor of the One Qi Sword Sect on the continent, and was known alongside the heirs of the other four sects as one of the Five Young Geniuses of the Illusion Realm Continent. Who could have guessed that, during an opportunity to gain a treasure, Kuang Yidao of the Blood Saber Sect and Feng Xiaotian of the Wind Control Sect had already pledged themselves to the Outer Heavenly Demons? They planned to devour the other three. On the brink of death, the prot 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No system, a demonic cultivator yet a righteous one.

27. 77 邪 Wicked Cauldron 邪鼎 Boss Han韩老大Eastern Fantasy9.3M WordsOngoing There is a cauldron in this world called the Demon King Cauldron, capable of burying all living things under heaven. There is a dog in this world called the Wicked Dog of the East Sea, capable of breaking through the underworld's deepest reaches. Su Fan is born with a useless spiritual physique and the fate of an ordinary mortal, with no chance to cultivate. That is, until the day he meets the Wicked Dog of the East Sea... "Trust me, being a great demon king is the way to get ahead." "No way. I 173.2kReads9.0Score17.2kShelves

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28. 78 苟 Cultivating the Dao of Caution: I Find Immortality in the Demonic Sect 苟道修仙：我在魔门长生 Kunlun Fish昆仑鱼Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted Whether the righteous path is a foot higher or the demonic path a yard higher, I ask only one thing: “Can I attain immortality?” Qin Feng transmigrated, and was lucky enough to take an ethereal old man as his master. Who knew the old man was an elder of the Demon Sect! The cultivation world was merciless, and the Demon Sect was a place where the strong preyed on the weak. Weak and helpless, Qin Feng could only keep a low profile and lie low if he wanted to survive. Unexpectedly, after keeping hi 11.6kReads8.6Score740Shelves

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    The first book features a universal time-travel theme with various cheat codes (golden fingers). These cheat codes aren't the only thing the protagonist has; several characters also possess them. It's a great book. The second is about a cunning and demonic cultivator, similar in style to *Shushan*. The third book features cheat codes in a post-apocalyptic world.

29. 79 魔 Demonic Cultivator: From the Start, I Own an Apocalyptic World 魔道修士：开局拥有一个末日世界 In the Northern Sea There Is a Kunpeng北冥有鲲鹏Eastern Fantasy217k WordsOngoing [A dual-transmigration cultivation-apocalypse story. No System. Cold-blooded, killing and refining souls.] After transmigrating to a cultivation world, I became a demonic cultivator everyone wanted dead. What can I do? The demonic aura all over me is impossible to hide! The demonic path is hard to cultivate! The demonic path is hard to cultivate! The demonic path is so hard to cultivate! What? I can actually enter an apocalypse world!? Great, now this demonic power is worth cultivating! —Reads6.4Score—Shelves
30. 80 灵 The Spirit Immortal’s Travels Across Ten Thousand Worlds 灵仙万界游 Lotus of the Black Moon黑月之莲Eastern Fantasy324k WordsOngoing From the start, he was just an outer disciple of the Lingpo Sect, until he unexpectedly earned the recognition of the Myriad Worlds Orb. “I, Lin Yue, will become the one and only immortal in the Myriad Worlds.” Lin Yue gazed at the living beings of the Myriad Worlds, his heart brimming with ambition. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist of this book is a pure demonic cultivator who shows no mercy to his enemies.

31. 81 凡 Mortal, I Build Immortality on Bones and Ashes! 凡人，尸骸枯骨筑长生！ Guest Beneath the Moon月下客官Xianxia1.0M WordsCompleted Slow-burn mortal cultivation + sword cultivator + both righteous and wicked + one female lead + lightning arts + ruthless and merciless Starting on a small island, he enters a sect and endures humiliation as he schemes to seize his senior brother’s supreme treasure, beginning a new journey of cultivation. Only by struggling against others, demons, and himself can he stand out among countless cultivators and reach a higher realm. 959Reads7.7Score101Shelves

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    Ordinary people's flow, very good.

32. 82 问 Three Sins Against Heaven 问天三罪 4035Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [No System] + [Demonic cultivator] + [Decisive and ruthless] The gods choose the gifted. The demons choose those who never give up. My name is Chen Ze, and I was chosen by a demon. Of course, you can call me Gui Qing. Speak my name on the road to reincarnation, and Granny Meng will give you free soup. That day, I questioned the heavens three times. The gods and Buddhas across the realms said nothing, and I knew there was no place for me in this world anymore. In that case, I have no choice but t 32.7kReads9.2Score4kShelves
33. 83 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? 23.5kReads8.9Score2.4kShelves

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    A deafening roar from the sky 💥The Azure Lantern makes its dazzling debut 💫✨Book 1📖 Others cultivate techniques, I cultivate merit [smirk] [Demonic Cultivation + Rebirth + Zombie Planet] 🍅Chu Xuan transmigrates to the Cangxuan Continent at the start and becomes a demonic cultivator of the Wuji Sect. When the Wuji Sect is destroyed by the righteous sects, everyone scatters and flees. During his escape, Chu Xuan discovers a Blood Mirror, which actually transports him to another world…🔥🔥 (Ongoing) 💫✨Book 2📖Starting with a useless physique, you still want me to revitalize the demonic sect? 🌸 [No System + Multiple Female Leads + Pseudo-Cauldron] 🍅The male lead, Yun Fei, starts with a useless physique, thinking he will be bullied by a beautiful fairy aunt and suffer a miserable life from now on… cough cough, unexpectedly, you want me to revitalize the demonic sect! 🔥🔥 (Ongoing) 💐Don't panic if you're short on books, Qingdeng is here to recommend some💐

34. 84 吾 I Am the Evil God, and This World Will Treat Me as a Forbidden Taboo for All Eternity 吾为邪神，此世当做万古禁忌 Yu Mulinlin雨木霖霖Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted “I want you to cast aside every last bit of kindness and sink completely into the swamp of evil!” Amid a field of ruins, a boy reborn from death, a coffin bearer above the stars, a supreme body of gods and demons! A strange mask of gods and demons, a mysterious broken black sword, a person reborn with a burden of sin! Only after enduring every evil the world has to offer does one realize how many sinners there are! After countless trials, the boy takes up his sword, sees through the mortal world 3.6kReads9.0Score327Shelves
35. 85 苟 Laying Low as a Heretical Cultivator in the Demon Sect 苟在魔门当邪修 Vast Wilderness苍野茫茫Eastern Fantasy112k WordsCompleted [Dark, heretical cultivation, social satire, no brainless protagonist, no invincibility. Read with caution.] Ning Chen transmigrates into the demonic sect, where his senior sister toys with him until he dies from the start. Then he awakens a Rebirth System. Reborn, he obtains a Sacred Dual-Cultivation Physique. Senior Sister, don’t run! His senior brother turns him into a spirit for a banner? No problem. After being reborn, he gets the Ten-Thousand-Soul Banner and turns his senior brother into a 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A heretical cultivator, the protagonist is inhuman, indifferent to life and death, and fights anyone who dares to challenge him.

36. 86 九 The Nine-Breath Calamity Dao 九息劫道 bbbbbvvvvEastern Fantasy81k WordsOngoing The unluckiest thing that ever happened to Lin Jie was finding a talking finger bone. The bone housed the Grand Emperor Taixu, who was always trying to seize his body. "A mere mortal like you gets to be this emperor's vessel. It's a blessing you couldn't earn in eight lifetimes." Lin Jie held the Severing Thoughts Saber to his brow. "You old bastard, come out and try it." No spiritual root? No problem. The Nine Breaths Method his father left behind used breath as fire and the body as a furn —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Can someone take a look?

37. 87 凡 A Mortal's Path to Immortality: I Invite Fellow Daoists to Their Doom 凡人修仙之我请道友上路 Cold Rain, Hidden Heart冷雨幽心Eastern Fantasy188k WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation] [Slow burn] [Ghost path and corpse refinement] [A decisive protagonist who kills without hesitation] [No saintly protagonist] He Guang comes from a cultivation family. Not only is his talent heaven-defying, his cultivation has also progressed smoothly. But everything changes when he obtains a corpse of peerless beauty... “He Guang’s rules for surviving in the cultivation world come down to four things: a long lifespan, plenty of magical artifacts, plenty of refined corpses, 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist comes from a family of cultivators, possesses extraordinary dual spiritual roots, and is decisive in killing. He not only turns his enemies into beautiful corpses, but also has to deal with them at night. He is also intelligent and not mindless.

38. 88 毒 Legend of the Poison Sovereign 毒尊传 Pineapple University菠萝大学Eastern Fantasy152k WordsOngoing [Mortal Cultivation + No System + Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core...] Geologist Xia Changge encounters a mysterious bronze cauldron and transmigrates to a world inhabited by cultivators. One day, an immortal falls from the sky, gravely wounded, and changes his world forever. 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Mortal cultivation; no system, starting from the demonic sect.

39. 89 剑 Sword, Moon, Zither, and Star 剑月琴星 Wutong Youyou梧桐悠悠Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsOngoing [Xuanhuan] [Mortal Protagonist] [No System] [Slow Burn] [Swordsmanship] [Mystery] After a war that lasted ten thousand years, heaven and earth shattered, three races stood side by side, and divine artifacts sank into oblivion. A mountain boy with no spiritual roots sets out from the mortal world to avenge a great wrong, enduring hardship after hardship. With one sword, he forges ten thousand; with his Dao heart, he enters a demonic tribulation! Wielding the sword in his hand, he cannot kill ever 115.6kReads8.9Score6.9kShelves

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    A young man burdened with a blood feud, an ordinary mortal without spiritual roots and unable to cultivate, inherits the legacy of the demon race and numerous cultivation techniques. Using weapon crafting as his foundation, he fights with wit and courage, carving his way through a bloody path. Becoming an immortal or a demon is but a thought away. "A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality" is written in a smooth and immersive style, providing a wonderful reading experience! [Kiss][Kiss][Kiss]

40. 90 仙 Immortal Destiny: Entering the Dao Through the Furnace 仙缘，以炉入道 Three Cigars三支雪茄Eastern Fantasy590k WordsOngoing [Cold and Ruthless] + [Intelligence] + [Emotional Intelligence] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Beautiful Prose] + [Astonishing] + [No Clear-Cut Good or Evil] A good book deserves to be savored. This is a gradual, slow-burning story. First appreciate the prose, then absorb the atmosphere, feel the emotions, and grasp the wisdom. Only then will the story truly begin to shine. He arrives riding a seven-colored auspicious cloud, and you may think you have glimpsed the beginning of the plot. The initial charac 763Reads9.2Score106Shelves

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    [No clear distinction between good and evil, slow-burn, soul-stirring emotional story] First, appreciate the writing style; then, feel the atmosphere; third, consider the emotions; fourth, examine the setting; fifth, grasp the intelligence. Good books are slow-burning, with the plot unfolding gradually. A fantasy ensemble piece, each character is unique, and the protagonist is ruthless, possessing extremely high intelligence and emotional intelligence (great wisdom, not mere cleverness). He remains calm and collected, knowing when to advance and retreat, and maintaining perfect boundaries. The writing style blends ice and fire. The first ten chapters are a bit slow, but persevere; the later chapters are absolutely brilliant. Chapter 15 gets increasingly exciting, chapter 35 is constantly surprising, chapter 50 will keep you up at night, chapter 75 is like Dongfang Bubai, chapter 100 is like Dugu Qiubai, and chapter 141 is a stroke of genius. If you don't like it, feel free to criticize! Especially the intense and passionate interactions between the characters, the extreme tension, the various adventures, explorations, the bizarre, and the conspiracies—it's beyond imagination.

41. 91 修 The Demonic Cultivator 修真魔头 North of the Qiao Trees北有乔木Eastern Fantasy100k WordsCompleted The Great Wu unified the realm and founded its nation on martial prowess. After the new emperor ascended the throne, he listened to the slander of petty men and began purging the previous dynasty's meritorious officials to eliminate his rivals and consolidate his rule. The Jiang family was implicated and struck from the ranks of the five great families overnight. But no one knew that the Jiang family's frail, sickly young master would enter the martial world. From then on, a black-clad figure wi 2Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 92 凡 A Minor Cultivator's Return Home 凡人小修归乡录 Sour, Bitter, Spicy, and Salty酸我苦辣咸Eastern Fantasy787k WordsCompleted Mortal cultivation + no System + a protagonist who grows over time + slow burn A change of pace: the path of cultivation isn’t all fighting and killing. Examining your heart along the way is also a form of cultivation. Gu Xin thinks he has simply become lost in some unknown fragment of ancient history. Instead, his soul has transmigrated to another continent, where he must survive alone. Amid the endless mortal world, all I ask is for a roof over my head and a patch of earth beneath my feet. I s 355Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    Soon, soon I'll be a demonic cultivator.

43. 93 步 The Path to Immortality 步道长生 Yi Shi毅食Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted (High-IQ protagonist + decisive and ruthless + no female lead + no bleeding-heart heroics + ordinary-person cultivation + merciless) Why has no one ascended in hundreds of thousands of years? Why have those who became immortals fallen? In pursuit of the Great Dao of Immortality, Chen Changsheng discovers that the road to eternal life is full of lies, schemes, and betrayal. In the end, he abandons mercy and uses ruthless methods to tear open the cultivation world's secrets, slaughter all who stan 898Reads6.5Score100Shelves

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    Not a saint, decisive and ruthless. Comments welcome.

44. 94 胎 Reborn in the Womb in A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Dragon and Phoenix in Harmony 胎穿凡人之龙凤和鸣 A Broken Pot Is Hard to Mend断壶难锔Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted No System, no status panel, but plenty of skill and opportunity. A leisurely pace, genuinely born into this world, everyday life, and cultivation together. Rereading A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality and watching the animated adaptations again, that graceful figure, gentle, kind, and devoted, made Xin Ruoyin my greatest regret. Reborn as Qi Yunxiao, a young prodigy from a family of artifact refiners. After his family is destroyed, he wanders the marketplace as an unaffiliated cultiva 10Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, no system, demonic cultivators, and a single female protagonist. [Thinking]

45. 95 玄 Chronicles of Nurturing Spirits in the Mystic Yellow Realm 玄黄饲灵录 Not Asking About the Full Moon不问圆月Eastern Fantasy108k WordsOngoing Lu Zhao, a prodigy of the cultivation world, bears a secret spirit-herding pact and devours every heavenly treasure with swarms of golden-devouring insects. When he glimpses the truth that the Heavenly Dao uses cultivators as kindling, he cuts off his path to immortality and melts his life-bound artifact into a bronze plow. With the roots of Heart-Corroding Grass as seeds, he tills an endless field of Dao amid the calamity ash of the Ruin Abyss. The three-thousand-year spirit-herding scheme is s —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommended is the story of A Bao, a young boy from Jiangcun village, whose forehead bears a birthmark indicating reincarnation. Beneath his ordinary fishing net lies a millennium-old conspiracy of the immortal sects. When the silent Dragon-Suppressing Stele resurfaces in the river, the karmic connection between the suppressed dragon spirit and the Xuan Yang Sect's dragon-feeding secret technique drags the young net-casting boy into the darkest vortex of the cultivation world. From the withered Xuanjing rice paddies of the Spirit Plant Hall to the Dragon-Locking Altar deep within the Ruins of Return, A Bao, caught in a life-or-death struggle between fishing nets and flying swords, uses mortal wisdom to unravel the cultivators' murderous intent and employs street-smart methods to tear apart the hypocrisy of the immortal sects. When his memories of a hundred lifetimes awaken, he holds half a scroll of the "Dragon-Feeding Record," and amidst the smoke from the ferry and the thunder and fire of heavenly tribulations, he rewrites the laws of cultivation using the methods of a fisherman weaving nets—truly, the real way to defy fate is never in the Nine Heavens, but in the cracks between the bluestone slabs of the net-drying field. This is a blood-and-tears epic of mortals questioning the Great Dao with the wisdom of survival, a karmic reckoning spanning a thousand years.

46. 96 凡 Chronicles of Reincarnation in the Mortal World 凡尘轮回录 Not Asking About the Full Moon不问圆月Eastern Fantasy58k WordsOngoing A Bao, a boy from a riverside village, has a hidden mark of reincarnation between his brows. Beneath an ordinary fishing net lies a thousand-year-old scheme of an immortal sect. When the dormant Dragon-Subduing Stele rises once more from the heart of the river, the cause and effect linking the suppressed essence of the flood-dragon clan to the Black Sun Sect's secret art of raising flood dragons drags the young net-caster into the darkest whirlpool of the cultivation world. From the withered fie —Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 97 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Cultivating the Body with the Qiankun Gourd 凡人修仙：从乾坤葫芦养身开始 Running Panda奔跑的熊猫Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted [Mortal’s Journey + No System + No Transmigration + Decisive and Ruthless] (Reaches the God Realm arc) When primordial chaos first emerged, it gave birth to myriad worlds. Beneath chaos are the Saints; beneath the Saints are the Gods; beneath the Gods are the Immortals; beneath the Immortals are the Spirits; beneath the Spirits are mortals. To make a living, Ye Feng sets out on the path of cultivation with a little gourd and his dog, Wangcai. [Realms]: Mortal Realm, Spirit Realm, Immortal Realm, 2.5kReads7.4Score205Shelves

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    A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: No Time Travel, No System

48. 98 凡 A Mortal's Path to Immortality 凡人之修仙问道 Running Panda奔跑的熊猫Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation] + [No transmigration] + [No System] + [Decisive and ruthless]: A poor country boy obtains a Mystic Spirit Pearl, joins a martial sect, and embarks on an endless, treacherous, dog-eat-dog path of cultivation, full of schemes and hardships. The road to the Great Dao in the cultivation world stretches on without end, and the path to immortality is perilous. See how an ordinary country boy struggles to cultivate. Mortal Realm: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formatio 858Reads8.2Score106Shelves
49. 99 散 Wandering Immortal: A Fantastical Path to Immortality 散仙，幻化仙途 The Flying Little Square会飞的小方块Eastern Fantasy797k WordsOngoing [Adapted comic now available] [No System, Poison Cultivation, Alchemy, Artifact Refining, Traditional Cultivation, Multiple Female Leads. Do not read if you dislike these!] While delivering takeout one day, Wei Changsheng accidentally fell asleep and transmigrated to another world. He obtained an incredible spiritual treasure: the corpse poison pill of the Primordial Divine Demon Hanba. After it formed a Hanba dantian, he obtained a Treasure-Gathering Basin, the Life-and-Time Basin. From then on 703Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Poison cultivation, corpse cultivation, Qi refining, Foundation establishment [laughing][laughing][laughing][laughing][laughing][laughing][laughing][laughing][laughing]

50. 100 我 Me, a Villainous Demon Cultivator, Became the Light of the Righteous Path? 我，无良魔修，混成正道之光？ Painting Jiangnan with Willows柳画江南Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted [Witty, laugh-out-loud comedy + satisfying wish fulfillment + what even is integrity?] Chu Liang stumbles into a demonic cultivation sect and becomes an evil-path patriarch who specializes in taming beasts. He plans to rob people, steal their treasures and opportunities, and take down the righteous path, but somehow his character keeps veering further and further off course? “I only killed that wicked woman who drained men’s yang to replenish her yin because I wanted her cultivation manual. Why 706Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    Some are, some aren't; anyway, they're all about ghost cultivation and demonic cultivation. Highly recommended!

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