Looking for Traditional Cultivation Novels That Rival A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality 想找能与《凡人修仙传》媲美的传统修真小说

1. 1 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 116.7kReads8.9Score7kShelves

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   It utterly surpasses Wang Yu's work, in every aspect—writing style, plot, worldview, values, philosophy of life, and character portrayal—completely outclassing all of Tomato's other novels. Yes, all of them.

2. 2 天 Heavenly Abyss 天渊 Mu Xiao Sansheng沐潇三生Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsOngoing (The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw 988.6kReads9.4Score105.8kShelves

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   I personally think these books are pretty good; you can read them when you have some free time.

3. 3 凡EN Mortal Bones, Immortal Destiny 凡骨 Master of One Update壹更大师Eastern Fantasy8.3M WordsCompleted The world’s spiritual bones are divided into four grades. First grade, Heavenly Spiritual Bone. Second grade, Golden Spiritual Bone. Third grade, Profound Spiritual Bone. Fourth grade, White Spiritual Bone. All the rest are mortal bones, with no chance of cultivating. Xu Taiping, born with mortal bones, swears to prove to the cultivation world that mortal bones can slay demons, mortal bones can vanquish devils, and mortal bones can ascend to immortality! 572kReads9.3Score74.7kShelves
4. 4 一 Heaven-Dominating Sword 一剑霸天 Eternal Night, Starry River永夜星河Eastern Fantasy9.6M WordsOngoing [A great author's alt account, one heroine, ruthless and decisive. Highly recommended!] Legend has it that there is a realm where one can pursue cause and effect, erasing every trace of an opponent across time and space with a mere sliver of divine power. One can command life and death, make countless worlds rise and fall with a single thought, and annihilate all living beings. One can stand level with the Heavenly Dao, harness the order of the universe, and rule supreme throughout eternity. Thi 341kReads9.2Score39.8kShelves
5. 5 仙 The Immortal Inkstone 仙砚 Old Cat from Boshan Village博山村老猫Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Huang Xing, a biology professor, is suddenly sabotaged, and his academic career is left in ruins. When he returns home in despair, he unexpectedly awakens an ancient inheritance slumbering inside an ancestral inkstone. He thinks it is a generous gift from fate, but as he cultivates, he gradually discovers that it may all be a trap carefully laid by someone close to him. Betrayed by family and toyed with by fate, Huang Xing must choose between the path of cultivation and the bonds of blood. Each 57Reads—Score—Shelves

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   No system, but not mindless; a step-by-step cultivation journey. Watch as Huang Xing uses Eastern wisdom to crush Western oppression and conspiracies.

6. 6 榆 Elm Immortal 榆仙 Situ Qingchen司徒清尘Eastern Fantasy5.3M WordsCompleted The new book, “The Age of Demons: Cultivating the Unorthodox Path to Immortality, Starting with the Livestock-Creation Method,” is now available. [No System, no harem, traditional xianxia, decisive and ruthless, mortal cultivation.] Cultivation is about questioning your own heart. Yu Xian, an orphan from Dayushu Village, formed a bond with a great elm tree. Before dying, the Elm Tree Matriarch opened his spiritual root, and from then on he embarked on the path of cultivation. Using the elm’s spi 157.9kReads9.1Score18.5kShelves
7. 7 道 The World of Dao 道界天下 Nightwalker Moon夜行月Eastern Fantasy24.7M WordsOngoing A mysterious young man emerges from a mysterious village. He has no Daoist heart, no Dao spirit, and no Daoist physique, yet he is determined to seek the Dao. He joins the Wenda Sect and embarks on an utterly unconventional path of cultivation! 38kReads8.8Score3.3kShelves
8. 8 天 The Way of Heaven's Evolution: Bureau 503 天衍圣道之503局 This Daoist Wants to Quit Smoking道爷要戒烟Urban2.1M WordsCompleted A high-speed express train hurtles along its route. An ordinary train conductor gets drunk in a sleeper compartment, breaking the rules, and becomes embroiled in a bizarre tomb-robbing case. When he sobers up, he unexpectedly joins Huaxia’s most mysterious organization, Bureau 503... By chance, he crosses paths with the mysterious Tongji Alliance, setting him on a completely different path in life. 28.1kReads8.9Score2.8kShelves

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   A modern cultivation story where the protagonist is a train conductor. It's incredibly good; the first part has consistently had over 500,000 people adding it to their bookshelves. The second part is a slow burn and is currently being serialized.

9. 9 海 Cultivating on an Island: The Rise of the Wang Clan 海岛修仙：王氏家族崛起记 Jinxiu Sanlang锦绣三郎Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing [Mortal Cultivation] [Island Cultivation] [Farming and Fish-Raising] [Eastern Fantasy] [Mortal Cultivation] [Clan Cultivation] [Farming in Secret Realms] [Building and Development] [Spirit Beasts] Wang Changqing, a mighty Golden Core cultivator, was preparing to lead the Wang clan to dominate the vast seas when the alliance and his friends betrayed him. Beast tides, evil cultivators, pirates, pressure from outside and obstruction from within: in the end, beasts and evil cultivators surrounded th 240Reads6.0Score128Shelves

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   Island cultivation + farming and fish raising + spiritual herbs and beasts + sea creatures and humans + family rise = a classic cultivation novel! Highly recommended!

10. 10 黑 Tales from the Haunted Inn 黑店诡谈 This Daoist Wants to Quit Smoking道爷要戒烟Urban1.3M WordsOngoing He entered the world of the supernatural and thought he would become a feng shui master one day. But he never expected the unruly Heavenly Yang Essence in his body to win him the favor of several lovely young widows and make him the favored companion of a breathtakingly beautiful female ghost. In the twentieth century, an extraordinarily rare celestial event occurred: the Nine Stars aligned! That night, the Heavenly Yang Essence, unseen for a thousand years, descended upon a boy in a small town. 4.5kReads7.0Score394Shelves
11. 11 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 126.2kReads9.2Score14.3kShelves

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    A classic tale of a mortal cultivating immortality, featuring a loser among losers struggling to survive and single-mindedly leveling up, written with superb prose!

12. 12 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Winning Over Liu Yu and Joining Extreme Yin Island 凡人修仙：拿下柳钰，加入极阴岛 I Really Love Big Tomatoes我超爱吃大番茄Xianxia773k WordsOngoing (The low rating is to protect the book. Those who know, know.) [No System + Not Brain-Dead + Decisive and Ruthless + Plot-Focused + Cautious Cultivation] He picks up a bronze mirror that can reveal glowing points marking opportunities! One day, the mirror lights up with its first golden point. Zhang Xiaochun follows it to a peerlessly beautiful immortal maiden, Liu Yu, whose eyes are alluring and who has been poisoned with aphrodisiac. After one wild night, he is nearly drained dry. When Liu Yu 1.6kReads6.2Score112Shelves

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    I can't say it's comparable to, but I can say it's no less than.

13. 13 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 98.7kReads8.9Score8.5kShelves
14. 14 凡 A Mortal's Ascension to Immortality 凡人飞仙 The Road Goes On路长在Eastern Fantasy4.2M WordsCompleted [Mortal Cultivation] He tossed an immortal herb into a black jar, and it kept pouring out more! A village boy accidentally obtained a black jar that could duplicate supplies, and so began his journey to immortality. Is cultivating immortality difficult? I have mountains of pills to help me! Are powerful enemies everywhere? I’ll wipe them out with handfuls of talismans! Born with a useless spirit root, he defies fate and becomes an Immortal Ancestor! Shu Han proves the Great Dao to the world, bec 56.9kReads9.1Score5.4kShelves

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    If you don't like any of these four books, just come and criticize me! The first one is a cultivation novel, focusing on the brutal struggles and hardships. The author's imagination is incredibly vast. When I read the section on the Yingtian Realm, my brain was buzzing. It's based on real events, the writing is smooth, and the characters are well-developed. As someone in my early twenties, I was moved to tears several times by the author's subtle descriptions of love. It has a happy ending. The second one needs no introduction; just read thirty chapters and you'll know how exciting it is. If you're tired of mindless, fast-paced novels, come here and give your rusty brain a workout. The third one is "The God of Drama," a work by Sanjiu. You don't need to rely on the hype of "The God of Slaying" to get started. Just read a few chapters and you'll know how exciting it is. If "The Replica Mirror" is a light novel and "The God of Slaying" is a hot-blooded novel, then "The God of Drama" will definitely show you what it means to be completely absorbed. The early chapters may not be very advanced or the methods may be simple, but it gets more and more exciting as you go on! Stealing the God's Path! Stealing the God's Path! The emperor enslaves his ministers! Various amazing abilities! The only thing you can say if you're not well-educated is "Wow!" The fourth one focuses on martial arts, abilities, suspense, and various logics. It's a step-by-step transformation from a brute to a master strategist. It's incredibly intellectually stimulating and satisfying!

15. 15 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 1.7MReads9.9Score212.7kShelves
16. 16 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score184.9kShelves
17. 17 犯 The Usurper 犯上者 Li Ma李马Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [The print edition has been signed, so read with confidence] (No System, no invincibility, plot-focused, explores human nature, not a formulaic power fantasy) (The protagonist grows and changes as the story unfolds) (An ensemble cast: supporting characters aren't one-dimensional, and respond with genuine emotions to the changes around them) No one knows when this world began to split in two. 214.7kReads9.4Score34.4kShelves
18. 18 五 The Five-Element Waste Spirit Root: I Have a Treasure-Gathering Golden Toad 五行废灵：我有一只聚宝金蟾 Xi and Xu羲与许Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing [Mortal Cultivation] [Smart Protagonist] [One Female Lead] [Decisive and Ruthless] At eighteen, with a fake Five-Element Spirit Root, was his path to immortality already doomed? Wang Han was a hunter from the countryside. By a twist of fate, he entered Leiyang Pavilion, only to be made a nominal "Core Disciple" and, in truth, reduced to chopping wood in the back hills. His poor aptitude earned him the label "useless spirit root," while the declining sect's leader treated disciples like disposabl 2.4kReads6.6Score211Shelves

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    A masterpiece among ordinary people

19. 19 凡 Mortal Cultivation: Refining Qi to Attain Immortality 凡人修仙，炼气长生 Aconite and Aconitum乌头附子Eastern Fantasy4.2M WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation] [One female lead who serves as a supporting character] [This book has already been adapted into two animated manhua] [Nearly four million characters so far] Su Chen was born a commoner. After both his parents died, he made a living herding cattle for a landlord. One day, soldiers and bandits came through, killing people and wiping out his village. He barely escaped, and a cultivator who happened to pass by took him into an immortal sect. From then on, he embarked on the path 78.5kReads8.4Score7.8kShelves

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    The first book's protagonist has a cheat ability—a space where he can grow spiritual herbs. It's similar to Han Li's Little Green Bottle and is quite well-written. The latter two books feature families that cultivate immortality.

20. 20 开 From the Start, I Slay Cultivators Against All Odds and Build a Peak Immortal Clan 开局逆斩修士，我打造巅峰仙族 Dharma Name: True Water法号真水Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing [Ordinary cultivator's path] [Clan Cultivation] [Ensemble cast] [Farming] [No System] [Decisive and ruthless] [Characters aren't dumbed down] Li Xuan is reborn in the cultivation world as the son of a farming family. He spends fifteen years in a daze, only to find that he hasn't even caught a glimpse of the path to cultivation. After leaving home to escort goods for ten years, he plans to take his silver, marry, have children, and build up his family line. Who could have expected an injured cult 28kReads8.1Score2.3kShelves
21. 21 穿 Transmigrating to Cultivate Immortality, I Reach the Summit With My Five Elements Dao Body 穿越修仙，我靠五元道体登上顶峰 Old Dreams in the Clouds云中旧梦Eastern Fantasy100k WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation + decisive and ruthless + five-element spiritual roots + rogue cultivator] Li Dao transmigrated into a cultivation world, obtained a mysterious cultivation technique, and embarked on the path of body cultivation. He eventually transformed into a Five-Element Dao Body, possessing a talent unmatched in his age, and faced the tribulation of becoming a deity. It was a golden thunderclap that shook the cultivation world, with ten bolts in all. Once Li Dao successfully reached the 643Reads—Score107Shelves

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    Traditional cultivation novels featuring ordinary people

22. 22 家 Clan Cultivation: I Ascend to Immortality Through My Descendants 家族修仙：我以子嗣登仙 Hardworking Bumblebee勤劳的大蜜蜂Eastern Fantasy4.6M WordsOngoing [Family Saga + Farming and Development + No Goody-Two-Shoes + No Army-Spamming + Slow Burn + (Not for readers who dislike romance or prefer a female-free cast)] Chen Jing'an transmigrates into the world of the Immortal Dao and is born into a small Qi Refining immortal clan in Qinghe County. With mediocre aptitude, his prospects on the path to immortality are bleak. He thought he was destined to live an unremarkable life, but then he unexpectedly awakens the “Mother-and-Child Bell.” As long as he 75.7kReads8.8Score6.6kShelves
23. 23 药EN Cauldron of the Medicine God 药神鼎 Chubby Radish胖胖的萝卜Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsCompleted (Mortal cultivation + no System + lighthearted + not a saint + multiple female leads + fast-paced) At the Foundation Establishment stage, he wins over a Nascent Soul uncle-master and a Core Formation senior sister; at the Deity Transformation stage, a Mahayana saintess. See how Ye Fei, an ordinary mortal, encounters one lucky opportunity after another and joyfully cultivates toward immortality. It starts slowly, but gets better and better as it goes. If something doesn't make sense at first, try 79kReads9.0Score8.6kShelves

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    Both books are quite good and refreshing.

24. 24 傻 A Fool's Immortal Cultivation: Boundless Magic 傻子修仙，法力无边 Chubby Radish胖胖的萝卜Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Play the pig to eat the tiger] [Traditional xianxia] [No System] [Multiple heroines] [Decisive and ruthless] [All-around cultivation] [Family power struggles] Born with an intellectual disability, Li Yuzhu is swept into the cruelest family feud and cultivation conspiracy on Dragon God Continent. After unexpectedly obtaining the Heaven-Seizing Pearl, which can devour all things, he awakens his spiritual root. From a fool to a prodigy who shakes the cultivation world, he subdues ten servants, cr 2.4kReads8.3Score262Shelves
25. 25 驭 The Immortal Path of Flame Taming 驭火仙途 Yu Wang Yu余望雨Eastern Fantasy290k WordsCompleted [No System + No Transmigration + Golden Finger + Decisive and Ruthless + One Female Lead] Early cultivation realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, and Deification. From the birth of a world onward, you will follow the protagonist’s growth through an omniscient perspective, viewing this vast, cruel, and beautiful world from multiple positions and angles. “What is the purpose of cultivating immortality? To find one’s mother? To seek eternal life? No, cultivati 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There's a difference; why not unleash your divine sense and explore this place more thoroughly?

26. 26 寻 The Legend of Qin: Trails of the Dream Immortal 寻秦记之云梦仙踪 Gray Cat, Gray Cat灰猫灰猫Xianxia2.3M WordsOngoing Transmigrated into the Warring States era, only to become an ingredient for immortal cultivation? Why keep this Heavenly Dao around until the New Year? Watching the "immortal seed" squirm in his dantian, Xu Shenwu finally understood that ascension was all a lie. The spiritual energy ordinary people painstakingly cultivated for a thousand years was nothing but fertilizer for the great medicine grown for the immortals of the Upper Realm! The year he transmigrated to Yunmeng Mountain, he spent a wh 7.9kReads9.5Score698Shelves

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    I'm looking for recommendations for fantasy novels. They're relatively slow-paced, some are absurd, some are action-packed, and I personally think they're alright. Original fantasy novels tend to be more intellectually demanding, the protagonists are often cheeky, and they're lighthearted and funny. If you don't like them, just scroll away.

27. 27 凡 The Mortal's Immortal Gourd 凡人仙葫 Ximen Woxue西门卧雪Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing Er Gouzi is an honest, hardworking farmer. His greatest dream is to save up enough to buy a few acres, become a small landowner, and marry a buxom, strong-legged wife. Then his life would be perfect. But after an accident leaves him with a gourd and an old swindler talks him into it, he blunders into the path of immortality and gets dragged into conflict. Even so, he never forgets his original goal: he just wants to farm... 222.1kReads9.0Score15.5kShelves

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    If we're talking about mortals, these few books from Tomato Books definitely deserve a place.

28. 28 问 Aspiring to the Immortal Path 问鼎仙途 Maple Boat Seeks Zen枫舟问禅Eastern Fantasy9.2M WordsOngoing [Mortal-style cultivation + no System] Su Shier, a village boy of mediocre aptitude, is forced to embark on an endless, arduous path to immortality in pursuit of revenge for a blood feud. It is a world of deceit, the law of the jungle, scheming, and hardship... The road ahead is long, the way fraught with danger. Though this humble mortal must fight through every obstacle, he swears to forge his own path to immortality. 195.5kReads8.9Score16.2kShelves

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    [Thumbs up] This perfectly fits the scenario where the male protagonist starts by possessing a pagoda, only to be captured and forced to serve as a test subject for medicine. However, this misfortune turns into a blessing, and he embarks on the path of cultivation.

29. 29 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 868.4kReads9.6Score81.5kShelves

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    This book features a cast of characters with high intelligence, free of melodramatic plot twists. Even the minor characters aren't mindless, especially the main characters and some top strategists whose ruthless scheming leads to the loss of their own lifespan. It's truly incredibly entertaining! [Heart][heart][heart][heart]

30. 30 隐EN The Hidden Demon Lord: The Empress Demands Responsibility 隐世魔尊，女帝带娃上门求负责 Lazy Cat on the Roof屋上懒猫Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [One Female Lead] [Devoted Husband] [Raising a Child] [Invincible] Ning Yechen was once an unparalleled Demon Venerable. He unified the Demon Realm by himself, beat the Immortal Realm to a pulp, and struck terror into the hearts of the Six Realms. Tired of all the fighting and killing, he eventually chose to live in seclusion among mortals, quietly enjoying life as a carefree hermit. Then one night, an Immortal Realm Empress, afflicted by a lust-inducing aphrodisiac, fell into the mortal world a 38.9kReads8.9Score4.6kShelves

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    Comparable to or even surpassed, looking forward to its film and television adaptation.

31. 31 开EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 584.5kReads9.7Score73.4kShelves

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    These are all top-tier cultivation novels that emphasize realism.

32. 32 默 The Silent Sword’s Path to Immortality 默剑长生 Gentle Breeze and Drizzle Rong和风细雨蓉Eastern Fantasy887k WordsOngoing Modern painter Shen Mo transmigrates into the body of a constable’s son in the Great Liang dynasty. Using the Daoist art of ink painting as a key to cultivation, he turns ordinary skills into a path to immortality, practicing amid the everyday bustle of life as he sets foot on the road to becoming an immortal... 4kReads9.3Score348Shelves

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    I'll push it out at noon.

33. 33 孤 The Lonely Realm 孤界 Mu Yun Gui He沐云归鹤Eastern Fantasy696k WordsOngoing (Not a power fantasy + No System + Traditional fantasy + Eastern elements + Cultivation progression) In a turbulent age, ten thousand years ago, there was a man with an unparalleled foundation and an immortal’s bearing. He wielded a peerless imperial weapon and stood just one step away from becoming an Immortal Emperor. But his views put him at odds with the powerful, and they joined forces to grievously wound him. With no choice, he fled into a forbidden zone, hoping to find an opportunity to b 1Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 34 说 We Agreed to Cultivate the Ruthless Dao, So Why Is My Master Panicking? 说好修无情道，师尊她急了！ Loves Shrimp Balls爱吃虾球Eastern Fantasy600k WordsOngoing [Cold Master] [Tsundere] [Yandere] [Divine Tree Purification] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Multiple Heroines] [Top-Tier Pills] [Satisfying Contrast] [Fast-Paced] Chen Daoqing transmigrated into the body of a good-for-nothing menial disciple. Because he was too handsome, his icy master abducted him from the start to use him as an antidote! He unexpectedly awakened a Fortune Tree in his sea of consciousness, turning the world's discarded pills and resources into top-tier goods! From then on, the winds 541Reads—Score113Shelves

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    "Ordinary People's Flow" is worth watching.

35. 35 万 Lord of Ten Thousand Nights 万夜之主 A Black-Inked Blade一柄墨刀Eastern Fantasy4.7M WordsCompleted Thirteen years ago, a blood-red demon star fell to earth. Was it the end, or a resurgence? The starry sea dimmed, and all things withered. As dusk fell, a ghostly fog once again spread across the land, revealing a mysterious world... 6.2kReads8.9Score632Shelves

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    One of the few good cultivation novels on Tomato.

36. 36 紫 Purple Sun 紫阳 Feng Yu Jiuqiu风御九秋Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing When the Hu invaded, he lost his family, his home, and his newlywed wife, who was taken from him. He searched for her across a thousand miles but failed to find her. Through a twist of fate, he embarked on the path of Shangqing cultivation. A pedantic scholar gained immortal arts, mastered the immortal way, saved the people, and brought order to the world. 6.8kReads9.2Score768Shelves
37. 37 混 Chaos Cultivation: My Daoist Friend Is a Sage 混沌修仙：我的道友是圣人 Oolong Tea Duck乌龙茶鸭Eastern Fantasy119k WordsOngoing A unique new take on Eastern fantasy, with a progression-focused story set across the Myriad Worlds. Pangu split the heavens from the earth, and the clear separated from the turbid. After his death, Pangu's vital essence gave rise to all things. The first innate beings were born with pure bloodlines and limitless power. Together, they founded the Heavenly Court and ruled the Myriad Worlds. But civil war soon broke out in the Heavenly Court. The gods fought fiercely, shattering the cosmos and dra 163Reads—Score165Shelves

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    This book has a very novel concept! After the Great Dao was severed, the Heavenly Court changed its nature. The protagonist accidentally met a sage who was skilled in various schools of thought. While cultivating, he experimented with combining the various schools of thought. The plot is not cliché.

38. 38 沉 The Fallen Star Seeks the Dao 沉星问道 Dao Gui岛归Eastern Fantasy641k WordsOngoing The Su family, with a legacy stretching back a thousand years, has crumbled into dust. Su Qingyan, the last surviving member, happens upon Chen and his daughter, who save him. He joins a struggling minor sect and endures a life of hardship and upheaval as he strives to restore his ancestors' former glory. 521Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These three books must have a place.

39. 39 星EN Path to Immortality Among the Stars 星路仙踪 Wang Yu忘语Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing In the modern world, a passage to another realm appears on Blue Star. Wang Yu is among the first people to enter a cultivation world through their dreams. In a daze, he embarks on the path of cultivation in order to survive! The Great Dao is merciless. On the path of cultivation, failing to advance means falling behind! By becoming a supreme cultivator, one can enjoy endless longevity and bring the power of cultivation back to Blue Star, saving its future. The cultivation world faces an apocalyp 188.3kReads9.1Score18kShelves

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    Wang Yu's new work, Star Road Fairy Tale, brings back the flavor of mortal life!

40. 40 神 Gods, Don't Look Down on Poor Mortals. I Dare to Defy Heaven! 神仙莫欺凡人穷，犯上者，我也！ Edamame and Peanut Shells毛豆与花生壳Eastern Fantasy417k WordsOngoing I'm just an ordinary, unfortunate soul who stumbled into the world of cultivation. There's little chivalry in this world, only scheming and the struggle to survive. I don't chase fame or put much stock in loyalty. All I want is to keep my own life in my hands. The road is full of trials and setbacks. While others fight over immortal opportunities, all I want is to stay alive and carve out a path for an ordinary mortal to rise in this deceitful world of cultivation. 27Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Um... This... I... I'm not very good at talking... You guys can see for yourselves...

41. 41 天 Fish of the World 天下游鱼 Happy Acorn开心橡果Eastern Fantasy7.5M WordsCompleted By the Canglan River, a young man wears a straw raincoat and bamboo hat, holding wine in one hand and a fishing rod in the other. His heart has no place in the world, yet he finds himself in the jianghu... I come from a place beyond knowing. I want to see this world, just as unknown to me... 90.6kReads9.0Score8.7kShelves

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    #ExplosiveQuotes💥 #FantasyWarriorStory# A powerful quote from the martial arts world: "A fish and a cup of wine define the martial world; a demon and a phoenix rule the world!" This fantasy novel is amazing! The protagonist, accompanied by a demon phoenix, traverses the Nine Provinces, slaying gods and demons with a drunken fish, and breaking the heavenly order with a cup of turbid wine. Every line exudes domineering power, with no angst or frustration throughout, and the satisfying moments are incredibly frequent! Which of the protagonist's martial arts declarations is your favorite? Share it in the comments!

42. 42 主 The Protagonist Got Old Before the System Arrived, So I Became the Villain’s Guardian 主角老了系统才到，成反派护道者 Wood11木11Eastern Fantasy4.0M WordsCompleted I was once an unparalleled genius destined to become a Great Emperor, but the protagonist chosen by fate shattered my Dao Heart. I sealed myself away and became an elder in the Scripture Pavilion of the Donglin Sacred Land, reading scriptures and taking no interest in martial cultivation. One day, I awakened a System that lets me see other people's fates and destinies. I can make investments, and the returns depend on the investment, but only when investing in villains chosen by fate. Who would 50kReads7.6Score4.8kShelves

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    🐾🐾I usually recommend this one. The protagonist is a young prodigy who duels with another prodigy, narrowly loses by a single move, and is devastated, it's truly heartbreaking!! He hides in the library for sixty years, reading, and by the time the system arrives, he's already old and gray!! Finally, with the help of the system, he rises step by step to become the strongest sword god, defeating his former rivals. Ahhh, it's so incredibly good, with so many plot twists!!!

43. 43 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 37kReads8.8Score3.1kShelves

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    I highly recommend the first book. The other cultivation novels are all the same, lacking originality and unreadable. I've been following this one closely. The other three are alright, I've read them all.

44. 44 我 I Cultivate Immortality by Raising Corpses and Farming 我靠炼尸种地成仙 Doesn't Eat Little Piggies不吃小猪猪Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Corpse Refining]+ [Beast Taming]+ [Cultivation] The world of cultivation is perilous day and night. The four seasons have vanished, and calamities run rampant. Cultivators harbor spiritual energy within their bodies. If buried, their remains may be absorbed by plants and give rise to spiritual fruit; if eaten by beasts, they may give rise to strange creatures. And if a corpse is not handled properly, the erosion of the [Solar Eclipse] and [Lunar Eclipse] may even cause a terrifying anomaly to e 4.4kReads7.7Score373Shelves

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    There's probably no comparable one, after all, it was the pioneer, but I can recommend a few that have that feel.

45. 45 我EN Achieving Transcendence Through Corpse Burning 我靠焚尸超凡入圣 Ye Tiannan夜天南Mystery2.7M WordsOngoing Since ancient times, people have believed the dead should be buried whole. Cremation is deeply disrespectful to the deceased, and only corpses that have undergone an uncanny transformation are burned. Those who cremate corpses are known as corpse burners. It is an extremely dangerous line of work. At midnight, one room, one corpse burner. Once the doors are shut and locked, if the corpse turns vicious, the corpse burner is as good as dead. Qin He makes his living this way at a canal wharf in the 118.3kReads9.2Score13.9kShelves
46. 46 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: From Being Sold to an Evil Sect 凡人修仙：从被卖到邪宗开始 Writing Is So Hard落笔太难啦Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Mortal Cultivation Style, No System, Cautious and Steady, Scheming and Deception] Ye Changqing takes the entrance exam to join an orthodox sect. After failing, he is sold to an evil sect instead. Step by step, Ye Changqing makes his way up from the bottom with the help of a stone bead that has a variety of uses. On the thorny path to immortality, Ye Changqing becomes an elder of the evil sect, a leading figure in the demonic path, and a leader of the orthodox path... (The evil sect is the evil 4.6kReads7.7Score254Shelves
47. 47 凡 A Mortal's Path to Immortality: The Purple-Scaled Snake Guides the Way 凡心踏仙紫鳞蛇引道 The Enlightened One Said悟道子曰Eastern Fantasy230k WordsOngoing [Mortal’s journey➕no System➕dual cultivation of thunder and gu➕farming and raising gu] A country boy suffers hardship after hardship, then happens upon a thousand-year-old giant serpent by chance. It teaches him a cultivation technique and gives him a priceless treasure, setting him on the path to immortality. Every step tempers his bones; every gu is cultivated with care. Do not assume you were the first to set out; someone else may have left even earlier. Do not blame the road for being rough. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Ordinary People, No System, High IQ, Highly Recommended: Thunder Magic, Gu Control, Beast Taming, Alchemy, Farming, Space] A thousand-year-old giant snake imparts its teachings, and a village boy takes a step onto the path of cultivation. His journey of reversal is full of suspense, and the more you read, the more addictive it becomes.

48. 48 凡 Mortal, Blood-Path Demon Immortal 凡人，血道魔仙 Windwhisper Immortal风语仙Eastern Fantasy531k WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation + no System + no heroine + demonic cultivator + ruthless and decisive] Homebody Xun Yong accidentally cuts his finger while fiddling with an unknown five-clawed dragon cauldron. He is inexplicably sucked inside and transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation. There, he ends up a miserable slave, forced to go hungry every day and constantly bullied. It changes his outlook on life completely. After accidentally saving a demonic cultivator, he enters the Yinxu Temple and be 395Reads5.5Score—Shelves
49. 49 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. 16.4kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves
50. 50 魔 The Strange World of Demonic Cultivation 魔修的诡异世界 Clear Island Beneath Falling Snow海雪下清洲Mystery543k WordsCompleted [Demonic Cultivator] + [No Female Lead] + [Mortal's Journey] + [No System] + [Eerie World] + [Travel Between Two Worlds] During a terrifying plane crash, Ji Yao watched helplessly as a shard of glass flew straight into his eye. The roar of the crash and the screams followed. Ji Yao lost consciousness, and when he awoke, he had become a newborn baby. He struggled to survive in misery in the world of immortal cultivation. Just as he finally gained a little ability to protect himself, he suddenly f 56Reads—Score—Shelves

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