Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Body Integration, Mahayana, Human Immortal 练气，筑基，金丹，元婴，化神，合体，大乘，人仙

1. 201 带 Cultivating Immortality with My Beautiful Teacher 带着美女老师去修仙 Chubby Radish胖胖的萝卜Urban695k WordsCompleted A common-born boy accidentally steps onto the path of immortality, then unwittingly obtains a fragment of the Chaos World. From then on, he takes a beautiful teacher with him, breaks through chaos, and enters the Immortal Realm. To discover why Earth's cultivation world fell into decline, he slays immortals and demons all along the way. Only after reaching the summit does he learn that he is the Son of Heaven's Dao. Seeking to break free of his restraints, he returns to Earth to find the origin 950Reads8.8Score118Shelves

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   This is a mortal cultivation story, following the protagonist's journey from Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, all the way to Tribulation Transcending. Overall, it's quite good, with relatively novel content, especially the element of spiritual roots, which is quite innovative. The protagonist needs to undergo 81 cleansing processes, and with each cleansing, he grows step by step. The writing is good, and the language is fluent. You might want to check it out. Although it's a new book, it's indeed well-written! It's a harem novel, but not overly sentimental—you know what I mean!

2. 202 种 Farming and Cultivating Immortality, His Spells Are All Wrong 种田修仙，他的法术不对劲 Bread Crumbs Aren't Sweet面包糠不甜Eastern Fantasy379k WordsOngoing A top-tier tale of farming and immortal cultivation, traditional cultivation, and mutated spells Others cultivate immortality by riding the wind on flying swords, slaying demons and vanquishing evil. Chen Shuisheng cultivates immortality by summoning clouds and rain, hoeing weeds and planting crops. Within the sect, he is a three-spirit-root disciple who spends his days tending spirit fields. Until one day, his golden finger awakens. When Cloud Control reaches mastery, it mutates into Cloudstep. 66.3kReads8.1Score9.6kShelves

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3. 203 穿 I Transmigrated to the Cultivation World: Rising to the Top by Selling Fish 穿越修仙界：从卖鱼开始崛起 Helping Elderly Ladies Every Day天天扶老奶奶Eastern Fantasy4.7M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation, no System, rise from the bottom] After transmigrating, Ye Yu is kicked out of his family from the start. He has no choice but to scrape by as a fishmonger, until he offends a sect's holy maiden at the Yihong Brothel and has to flee to another city. In his new cultivation city, Ye Yu first buys two maids to calm his nerves, then invents a seal-based talisman-making technique, opening the floodgates to wealth. To keep growing stronger, Ye Yu builds airplanes and cannons. He’s 10kReads8.6Score801Shelves

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   Cultivating Qi and Immortality

4. 204 杂 No Future as a Servant Disciple? I’ll Master Pills and Artifacts to Seek Immortality 杂役弟子没出路？丹器双修谋长生 Helping Elderly Ladies Every Day天天扶老奶奶Eastern Fantasy3.7M WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation, no System, decisive and ruthless, no saintly heroics, cautious, a nobody rising to power] Ye Feng transmigrates to another world and fights his way up to become the bandit chief of Black Wind Stronghold. From the start, he kills Duan Shui Liu, an inner disciple of the Xuantian Sect, and obtains a Bagua Furnace that enhances alchemy and artifact forging. After bribing the gatekeeper, he enters the Xuantian Sect to cultivate and begins his adventures in the world of cultivatio 19.7kReads8.1Score1.9kShelves
5. 205 从 From a Bottom-Tier Rogue Cultivator to a Cultivation Grandmaster 从底层散修开始肝成修仙大佬 Always Helping Elderly Men Cross the Street天天扶老爷爷Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted When Lin Yi wakes up, he has become an unaffiliated Qi Refining cultivator in Huiyuan Immortal City, in the cultivation world. He discovers that he has awakened a stat panel. For any cultivation method, secret technique, supernatural ability, or skill, as long as he performs the required steps once, he gains one guaranteed experience point, regardless of how seriously he tries or what the final result is. “I'm in the perfect position! First, I'll keep my head down and develop quietly for a whil 12.8kReads6.9Score730Shelves
6. 206 神 The Divine Fire Path 神火大道 Among Mulberries and Pus桑间濮上Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing Mortal-style cultivation, no female lead, no golden finger Zhuang Yu, a boy from an ordinary fishing village, gets the chance to join the Qingyang Sect, a cultivation sect. There, he obtains a crude cultivation manual called The Divine Fire Ascension Art. Through countless dangers in the cultivation world, he gradually rises from a kind and honest young man to a ruthless overlord in his own right. [Lower Five Realms]: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Trans 6.2kReads8.5Score437Shelves

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   During the Qi Refining stage, cultivators absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth through their innate spiritual roots, forming a natal spirit in their dantian—the beginning of the path to immortality. Upon reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, the natal spirit, which originally floated in the dantian, takes deep root in the cultivator's flesh and bones through various spiritual roots, firmly connecting the physical body and consciousness, the natal spirit, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The cultivator absorbs the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which nourishes the physical body and consciousness, and the essence of the physical body and consciousness enters the natal spirit, rapidly increasing the cultivator's primordial spirit power. At the Golden Core stage, the natal spirit condenses into a golden core, which is connected to the primordial energy of heaven and earth. The innate divinity, unlike that of mortals, begins to condense within the golden core. The primordial embryo of the Nascent Soul gradually sprouts and grows within the golden core. At the Nascent Soul stage, the primordial embryo breaks through the golden core to become a Nascent Soul. The cultivator's physical body and consciousness remain mortal, while the Nascent Soul becomes divine. In this Nascent Soul stage, the mortal is strong while the divine is weak. Upon reaching the Nascent Soul stage, one becomes weak mortal but strong divine. The Nascent Soul's divine power gradually transforms the cultivator's physical body and consciousness into a divine body, until the complete metamorphosis from mortal to god is achieved.

7. 207 清 Qing Xuan’s Cultivation Chronicle 清玄修仙记 Unconscious Pig没意识的猪Eastern Fantasy161k WordsCompleted [No System] + [No Golden Finger] + [Free-Form Cultivation] + [Map Exploration] [Slow Burn] Yun Qing, an inner sect disciple of the Qingyang Sect, was born with rare dual water-and-wood spiritual roots. As a boy, he witnessed the evil cultivator Xuedaozi massacre his family, and buried his deep-seated hatred in his heart. He traversed the dangerous reaches of the Great Wilderness, enduring bloody trials to cultivate, facing battles against demonic beasts and tribulations of inner demons along the 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's alright.

8. 208 重 Reborn in the Hehuan Sect, I Refine My Master into a Slave 重生合欢宗，师尊被我炼化成奴隶 Lone Smoke over the Long River长河孤烟Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsOngoing [No System + no clichés + villain protagonist + multiple female leads + bizarre + ruthless and decisive, no saintly behavior] “Would you pick the Seven Fairies or the Seven Spider Demons?” “Only kids pick the fairies. Those who know, know.” “What if you really transmigrated to the Joyful Union Sect, where there are only female demons? They're fanatically devoted to the male body and worship you as a god?” “Wouldn't that be heaven on earth?” “Heh.” The young man smiled faintly. “I'm afraid it wou 88.2kReads9.4Score10.2kShelves
9. 209 一 I Accidentally Started Cultivating Immortality 一不小心就开始修仙了 Eat Less, Sleep Better少吃睡眠好Eastern Fantasy571k WordsOngoing Chen Xuan is garrisoning the frontier when he receives a special mission. By chance, he obtains an immortal root for cultivation, leaving his mortal body behind to face life-and-death struggles in the cultivation world, where he eventually becomes an immortal sovereign of his age! 408Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The myriad realms, the sword domain of the heavens!

10. 210 仙EN The Harsh Road to Immortality: Built on White Bones 仙路难行，白骨筑长生 Octopus Who Loves Watermelon爱吃西瓜的章鱼Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsOngoing “Rules? On the road to immortality, my rules are the only rules!” [Mortal Cultivation of Demonic Arts] [Founding a Demonic Cult] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Profit Above All] (Already at the Nascent Soul stage, with plenty of content to enjoy) Protagonist Qing Chen: He knows when to yield and when to stand firm, is utterly self-serving, greedy for money and women, and will stop at nothing to achieve immortality! He will found a demonic cult, dominate the world, and climb step by step to the very to 80.6kReads9.1Score7.5kShelves

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    No system, mortal cultivation, true teachings of an immortal, the protagonist never hides his evil, nor does he feign good; he follows his heart in pursuing his desires, and he will abandon those around him without hesitation once they are no longer useful. He is single-mindedly seeking the Great Dao, and most importantly, there is no female lead. Fellow Daoists who like dark fiction, go ahead and read it; once you start, you'll be completely silent.

11. 211 清 The Immortal Path of Qingyuan 清源仙途 Flatbread with Three Pork Tenderloins烧饼加三里脊Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted I’ve been an avid reader for twenty years, especially fond of cultivation novels about ordinary people. Of all the books I’ve read, my favorites are A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, Renegade Immortal, The Path of a Cultivation Sect Leader, Xuanchen Daoist Path, True Spirit Nine Transformations, and Qinglian Peak. On a sudden whim, I decided to write the kind of xianxia story I’ve always wanted to read: no overpowered cheat or mysterious old master, just an attempt to portray a cult 12.8kReads8.2Score979Shelves

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    A bookworm for twenty years, especially fond of mortal cultivation novels, among which "A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality," "Against the Gods," "The Path of the Cultivation Sect Leader," "The Path of Xuan Chen," "Nine Transformations of the True Spirit," and "The Peak of the Azure Lotus" are my favorites. Suddenly, I had the idea to write my own version of the Xianxia genre, without overpowered characters or powerful backers, striving to present a realistic world of cultivation as I envision it. Orphaned at a young age, he relied on his clan for support, only to witness the deaths of his people as he grew up. Neglected by his family and only wanting to live a carefree life, fate brought him his nemesis. Unsuitable for leadership, he now had to shoulder the honor and disgrace of his entire clan due to various circumstances. Wang Xuanyi turned back, taking one last, poignant look at the place where he had grown up, before leading his children and flying away into the distance without looking back… This book tells the story of a small Foundation Establishment clan that, through generations of effort, grows into an immortal clan… Completed at 2.6 Million words, welcome to read!

12. 212 仙 A Mayfly in the Immortal Sea 仙海蜉蝣 Jian Hanshan剑寒衫Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted [Ordinary-mortal cultivation + no System + no harem] A wandering cultivator, a speck of dust. The protagonist, Lu Luan, is a little independent cultivator at the second stage of Qi Refining, wandering among the mountain towns of the mortal world. He is fourteen, and ever since the old master who adopted him died, he has drifted from place to place through this world of cultivation... Note: The protagonist sometimes joins sects, but only as stepping stones, and never stays long. The story focuses 17.3kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves

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    They're all pretty good, quite promising.

13. 213 青 Green Origin Immortal Manor 青元仙府 The Handsome Moon Dances to the Ends of the Earth月舞天涯帅Eastern Fantasy4.1M WordsCompleted After a famine forces the young Fang Yang to be sold as a servant in the city, a strange ancient seal script character unexpectedly leads him to join a martial sect. By a twist of fate, a mysterious immortal mountain takes refuge inside him. One day in the outside world equals a year in the mountain, and from then on, thousand-year-old spirit herbs and ten-thousand-year-old immortal medicines are his for the taking... Fengyun Star, Azure Ancient Star, Canglan Star, Tianyuan Star, Qingliu Star, P 9.3kReads8.4Score917Shelves

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    A mortal beggar defies fate, his crystal lotus heart concealing a universe within! Witness a commoner youth wielding a withered branch as a sword, using spiritual herbs to build his foundation, and tempering his sword heart amidst the infighting of immortal sects. On the day his golden core is formed, his three-foot-long blade pierces the heavens, his white robes stained with blood and moonlight. He neither cultivates the path of ruthlessness nor succumbs to the allure of gentle pleasures, only asking the sword in his hand: What is my true self?

14. 214 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 98kReads8.9Score8.5kShelves
15. 215 人 The Human Emperor's Chronicle 人皇纪 Huangfu Qi皇甫奇Historical7.8M WordsCompleted “I will not hand this world over to people I despise!” And so Wang Chong trampled across a sea of blood and bones to claim the throne of the Human Emperor. He turned the tide when all seemed lost, shored up the collapsing empire, and forged an unparalleled legend! 2.7kReads8.6Score314Shelves
16. 216 谁 Who Said You Could Really Cultivate Immortality? 谁让你真修仙了？ Qi Qi Ai柒柒唉Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted] [Invincible protagonist] [Comedy] Qin Luo transmigrates to a cultivation world overrun by monsters and demons. To protect himself, he goes to the Longhu Temple to study under a master, only to discover that his teacher is a fake Taoist who makes a living by swindling people. In the first year, his master tells Qin Luo to meditate and cultivate. He gazes within himself and integrates the foundation of the Great Dao. In the second year, his master tells Qin Luo to scrimp and save. H 28.3kReads8.9Score2.2kShelves
17. 217 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. 195.4kReads8.9Score16kShelves
18. 218 仙 Immortal Jade, Dust, and Destiny 仙玉尘缘 Stubborn Wood顽木Eastern Fantasy5.0M WordsCompleted Lin Mu, a lowly servant of the Qianyu Sword Sect, accidentally discovers that the jade pendant left to him by his parents contains three mu of spiritual farmland. From then on, he uses the pendant to grow spiritual herbs and medicinal plants, earn a fortune in spirit stones, buy flying swords and magic treasures, and refine miraculous pills. Thus begins his rise in the cultivation world. 346Reads7.7Score101Shelves
19. 219 五 Five Elements Immortal Emperor 五行仙帝 Seven Two Zero Zero七二零零Eastern Fantasy5.3M WordsOngoing [No System] A young man accidentally arrives in a cultivation world. He has only a Five Element Spiritual Root, making cultivation difficult. Fortunately, he obtains the peerless immortal art Five Elements Longevity Technique, specially designed for cultivating with a Five Element Spiritual Root, as well as an incredible little tower that can improve the quality of pills and magical treasures, and turn trash into treasure. Watch him ascend the path to immortality, prove the Dao of eternal life, 45.5kReads8.7Score5kShelves

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    The five elements (metal, wood, water, fire, earth) are mutually generating and restraining, yet also mutually beneficial.

20. 220 我 There’s a Chaos Lotus in My Dantian 我的丹田里有朵混沌莲 Di Shizi第时子Eastern Fantasy5.0M WordsOngoing After cultivating for over sixty thousand years across the mortal and spirit realms, Su Ziyan finally shed his mortal body, underwent a complete transformation, and ascended to the Immortal Realm as an immortal. But after arriving in the Immortal Realm, he discovered that the True Immortals, who were incomparably powerful in the eyes of cultivators, were only at the very bottom of the hierarchy there. Faced with all the unknown dangers of the Immortal Realm, can he overcome one crisis after anot 6.7kReads7.8Score485Shelves
21. 221 逆 Rebel Against the Immortals: I Make My Own Rules 逆仙，我命由我不由天之规则修改 Fan Muzongze樊慕宗泽Eastern Fantasy433k WordsOngoing [Forsaken by Heaven + Rule Talent + Master's Hidden Affliction + Withered Lotus Pact + Defying the Dao to Build the Foundation] Lin Qi is abandoned by the Heavenly Dao and trapped at the third layer of Qi Refining for a whole year. Then he discovers he can see the cracks in the rules of heaven and earth. With the three rules of Stagnation, Lock, and Penetration at his command, he is invincible among those of the same level and slaughters stronger foes like dogs. He makes a name for himself i 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Wow, amazing! The Golden Core Tribulation of the Forsaken One is simply heaven-defying!! Highly recommended, it's absolutely thrilling!

22. 222 血 Blood Awakens, and I Finally Become an Immortal 血启，终成仙 Dream of the Dead梦亡人Eastern Fantasy155k WordsOngoing [Handcrafted cultivation + wuxia + comeback + pure romance] [A slow-burn cultivation story that gets better and better!] The author is still in school, so updates twice a day during holidays. The early chapters may not be very good, so please bear with me. I'll improve as I go. The protagonist, Lin Xuan, is born into poverty and is unable to cultivate. When turbid energy invades, he relies on fortunate encounters and hard work to power up, awaken his true bloodline, defy fate, and cure the turbi 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The later stages are absolutely amazing: Body Tempering, Qi Opening, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Return to Nothingness, Body Integration, Tribulation Transcending, Immortal.

23. 223 踏 Treading the Heavens to Become a God 踏天封神 Zhao Tianjiao赵天骄Eastern Fantasy354k WordsOngoing [A pure ensemble-cast story, written entirely by hand. Aside from the first chapter, which has a lot of filler to set things up, the rest is absolutely exciting. If you don’t like it, feel free to criticize me.] “When the primordial chaos was divided, three great beings appeared between heaven and earth: humans, ferocious beasts, and demons. Humans developed intelligence early, but their bodies were frail, leaving them at the bottom of the pecking order. Ferocious beasts were unenlightened, bu 813Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Dear all my godparents, please take a look at this book. Aside from the first chapter being a bit long-winded and setting up, the rest is truly amazing. After reading the second chapter, feel free to criticize me if you don't like it. This book is entirely handwritten; I've poured a tremendous amount of effort into it. I know hard work doesn't guarantee success, and relying on sympathy won't get you anywhere. I just want to give my work a chance. The following is an excerpt from the novel. If you like it, please take a look. I, Tianjiao, would like to express my sincere gratitude to all my godparents. Content: As Liu Yu stretched out her hands, the void behind her trembled violently, and a nine-tailed fox phantom, tens of feet tall, suddenly appeared, radiating a terrifying, savage pressure. Then, Liu Yu clasped her hands together, and the nine-tailed fox phantom behind her simultaneously extended its front paws, slamming them together against the incoming death energy spear. Boom! The death energy spear shattered between the fox's claws, turning into a thick cloud of black mist, which was easily dispersed by the nine-tailed fox phantom's gentle breath. Xu Feng laughed and clapped, "Impressive, impressive! As expected of a Qi Transformation Realm cultivator... Even more wonderful than I expected." He licked his lips, "Only prey like you is worth tasting." With that, he wiped the smile from his face and turned to the remaining ghost generals, "What are you all standing there for? Attack!" As soon as he finished speaking, the six ghost generals, except for Qian Yuan, transformed into six streaks of black mist and shot straight towards the cultivators except for Liu Yu and her group of nine. The next moment, desperate screams rose and fell as one cultivator after another was grabbed by the throat and lifted off the ground by the ghost generals. Their blood and yang energy were rapidly drained from their bodies by the ghosts, their bodies quickly withering away until they became empty-eyed, gaping corpses, carelessly tossed into pools of blood. The remaining surviving cultivators, driven mad by the prospect of death, launched a fierce attack on the ghost generals. In an instant, all sorts of hidden supernatural powers and magical treasures were revealed, and the terrifying energy fluctuations made this already ruined place even worse. The earth was torn open with bottomless ravines, and rubble, severed limbs, and fragments of magical treasures were mixed together and turned into dust in the violent energy turbulence.

24. 224 长 Ten Billion Years of Immortality: I Lay Low Until I Become an Immortal Emperor 长生10亿年，苟成仙帝再出山 Beneath the Peach Blossoms桃花之下Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Relaxed + Everyday Life + Witty and Funny + Extreme Caution... Enter at your own risk!] Qin Shou is reborn into a world of cultivation, where a [Myriad Worlds Fortune Wheel] appears in his mind. He can spin it once a day. But after 59 straight years of getting nothing but [Thanks for Playing], Qin Shou is on the verge of despair. At last, when Qin Shou is 60 and about to die of old age, he wins the “Myriad Worlds Fortune Grand Prize”! [Chaos Spirit Root: One of the nine highest-grade spirit roo 5.9kReads7.9Score426Shelves
25. 225 万 The Ten Thousand Beasts Register 万兽箓 Basking in the Sun in the Ninth Heaven九霄沐阳Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted I was born into this world and have spent over a decade here. At last, I obtained the supreme treasure, the [Myriad Beasts Compendium]. Demon beasts haven’t gained intelligence? No problem. I can awaken their bloodlines and help them come into their own. Their bloodlines are too weak? Easy. I can purify them and restore their ancestral traits, transforming them completely. You want to cultivate on your own? Fine, take a copy of the Myriad Beasts Dao Scripture and study it yourself. You want to b 4kReads7.9Score423Shelves
26. 226 从 Starting My Cultivation Journey with the Primordial Pearl 从得到鸿蒙珠开始修真 Northern Geese in Flight北雁飞舞Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Mo Ce is a discharged special forces soldier waiting for a job assignment. During his free time, he visits an antiques street and encounters the police arresting a tomb-robbing gang. While helping the police catch them, he finds a storage ring. Later, a Hongmeng Pearl falls from the sky and takes him to the world of cultivation, where he ultimately embarks on the path to immortality. 16.8kReads8.8Score2kShelves
27. 227 从 Activating Mythic Forces, Starting from the Heavenly Court 从天庭开始激活神话势力 Descendant of the Nine Li of Miaojiang苗疆九黎后人Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [No female lead! No female lead! No female lead!] [More focused on events behind the scenes, with limited screen time for the protagonist] [Invincible protagonist, no angst] Zhang Haoyu is a travel enthusiast. After discovering a dilapidated Taoist temple deep in the mountains, he accidentally transmigrates to a fantasy world where countless races coexist. The powerful can shatter stars and moons with a wave of their hands. Here, whoever has the highest cultivation and the strongest backing gets 8.1kReads7.5Score465Shelves
28. 228 家 Clan Cultivation: The True Dragon Immortal Tree 家族修仙：真龙仙树 A Wave of Divine Fire一波神火Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted Ye Changsheng unexpectedly obtains a seed from the ancient divine tree known as the True Dragon Immortal Tree. Once it sprouts, it opens up a mysterious space that nurtures rare immortal dew, a treasure seldom seen under heaven. Ye Changsheng discovers that this dew can hasten the growth of all kinds of rare spirit herbs and immortal fruits. Using these precious resources, he leads his once obscure frontier clan to rise step by step, until it becomes a powerful force in the cultivation world. Th 11.2kReads7.3Score811Shelves
29. 229 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Sword Slashes the Nine Heavens 凡人修仙：剑斩九天 God Knows All神者通Eastern Fantasy230k WordsOngoing A traditional cultivation novel about an ordinary mortal, with no System and no transmigration. When Heaven collapses, tyrants hold sway, resources are monopolized, the path to immortality is severed, the land is devoid of spiritual energy, and all living beings are enslaved. What turmoil will a young child, who depends on his mother as they eke out a living in the fields, stir up when he leaves his village and enters the world of cultivation? What is an immortal? What is cultivation? Cultivator 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one is pretty good.

30. 230 两 The Immortal of Two Worlds 两界之仙 Green Pepper Too青椒也Urban3.3M WordsCompleted Standing before you is Zhou Li, an ordinary cultivator with unremarkable spiritual roots, who ranked first in the entire city on the Immortal Mansion entrance exam at eighteen, entered Foundation Establishment at twenty, reached Core Formation at thirty, formed a Nascent Soul at sixty, and ascended after a little over a century. He’s proficient in alchemy, puppet-making, spirit rice cultivation, talisman-making, and array formation. You may ask how I got so incredible. Because I can travel back 26.7kReads7.7Score4.3kShelves
31. 231 残 Mending the Broken Cauldron: The Lu Family's Rise in Cultivation 残鼎复元：陆家修仙崛起路 Little Boss小头目Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing Traditional cultivation + slow-burn progression + cautious protagonist + family-focused + mortal's perspective + no System + pseudo-ensemble cast Realms: Qi Refining → Foundation Establishment → Core Formation → Nascent Soul... On the Tianyuan Continent, sects monopolize resources, leaving little room for small and mid-sized clans to survive. The Lu family, on the remote frontier, is one such clan: spiritual energy is scarce, cultivation methods are incomplete, they are trapped at Qi Refining, a 29.9kReads7.7Score2.2kShelves

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    Novels about Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, and Nascent Soul, traditional Xianxia (cultivation) novels.

32. 232 苟 Raising Pigs in a Cultivation Sect on the Sly 苟在修仙宗门养猪 Bay Chief湾长Xianxia216k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to the world of immortal cultivation, Chen Mo is guided by a five-colored pearl and begins in a lifeless space of yellow earth. While others toil in cultivation and fight over resources, he quietly raises flower spirit pigs in Spirit Beast Valley. In his space, spiritual springs bubble, spiritual herbs grow in lush patches, and spirit pigs fill the pens. One drop of Origin Spirit Liquid can evolve a village dog into a spirit beast. A hundred-year-old spiritual herb, somethin 18.7kReads—Score2.9kShelves

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    Cultivating immortality through illicit means, developing in a low-key manner, and farming in a virtual space.

33. 233 修 Cultivation Begins in the Hehuan Sect 修真，从合欢宗开始 Amateur Troupe V草台班子VEastern Fantasy2.7M WordsCompleted A village boy is abducted and taken into the Hehuan Sect. Starting as a lowly servant, he rises step by step to become the renowned Ancestor of the Hehuan Sect in the cultivation world. Cultivation levels: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Violet Palace, Golden Core, Nascent Soul. 17.3kReads7.4Score1.5kShelves

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    This is a novel about ordinary people accumulating merit. The protagonist starts with a low-grade spiritual root, gradually upgrades it to a heaven-grade spiritual root, then builds a harem, lives a rather timid life, and finally ascends to immortality.

34. 234 懒 The Lazy God Cultivates 懒神修仙 Old Cha Goes Shopping老查逛街Eastern Fantasy567k WordsOngoing Xu Renjie, a good-for-nothing with all five spiritual roots, is widely known in the cultivation world as the ultimate slacker. While others cultivate, he sunbathes. While others fight over treasures, he takes a nap. When refining pills, others proceed with extreme caution. Xu Renjie dumps ten batches of ingredients into one cauldron so he can have more days to play. If the furnace explodes, that's a perfect excuse for a break. A beast tide arrives? He doesn't even lift an eyelid. He pats the spi 721Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Starting with Qi Refining

35. 235 沧 The Cangyun Calamity 沧云劫 Tian Huacai天华彩Eastern Fantasy154k WordsCompleted Ye Yi travels through the myriad worlds of the Cangyun Continent, battling demons and evil forces. Across the four seas lies a world of immortals and mysticism. Calamities and fate are unpredictable, and legends unfold across Cangyun Dazhou and the Immortal Realm. 226Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Legendary figures from the world of immortals and heroes have set off.

36. 236 华 The Legend of Hua Fei and Hua Xiaoyao 华飞与华逍遥传说 Tian Huacai天华彩12k WordsCompleted The Legend of Hua Fei and Hua Xiaoyao 99Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 237 九 A Carefree Tale of Yunhua in Jiuzhou 九州云华逍遥记 Tian Huacai天华彩Eastern Fantasy174k WordsCompleted Ye Yi and Ling Ziyuan cultivate and wander through the mountains and rivers of Yunhua's nine provinces on the Cangyun Continent. The sect's people lend their full support to the Yunhua Dynasty, as heaven and earth together share life across the four seas of Yunhua. 309Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 238 云 Yunhua's Time Travel 云华时空穿梭 Tian Huacai天华彩Male-Channel Fanfiction18k WordsCompleted Yunhua's Journey Through Time and Space 59Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 239 道 The Dao Ancestor's Tale of Rebirth and Cultivation 道祖重修传 Wind Who Loves Reading爱看书的風Eastern Fantasy737k WordsOngoing (Set in the same world as A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality + classic mortal cultivation + Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, and Core Formation + golden finger + five-element spiritual roots + not a useless protagonist) No harem, no womanizing. The Great Dao comes first! Watch as a village boy defies fate and rises beyond the summit of the immortal realm. Li Xuan was born in a mountain village. Longing to roam the world freely like an immortal, he resolves to embark on a journe 59Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    A fast-paced, action-packed cultivation novel, ruthless and intelligent, featuring Qi Refining, Golden Core, Nascent Soul... Encompassing the cultivation world, the immortal realm, and the divine realm...

40. 240 华 Wind and Rain in Huayan 华炎风雨 Tian Huacai天华彩Male-Channel Fanfiction14k WordsCompleted Huayan Through Wind and Rain 46Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 241 云 The Strange Events of Yunjing 云京诡异事件 Tian Huacai天华彩7k WordsCompleted Strange Incidents in Yunjing 30Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 242 云 Yunhua's Memories 2 云华忆2 Tian Huacai天华彩15k WordsCompleted Memories of Yunhua 2 52Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 243 云 Yunhua's Memories 1 云华忆1 Tian Huacai天华彩20k WordsCompleted Memories of Yunhua 1 44Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 244 诛 Godslayer Hall 诛神殿⠀ Lone Wind, Blue Flame孤风苍焰Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [A completed masterpiece, no waiting required. The protagonist is decisive and ruthless, with no dragging things out, filler, or frustration. The satisfaction never lets up.] Seven years ago, his entire family was wiped out overnight. Seven years later, on the day he was crowned king, he insisted on returning, all for the sake of revenge. I, Ye Bei, can kill even the gods. Those who killed my parents and humiliated my wife and daughter: I will wipe out your entire clan! 55.3kReads9.4Score5.3kShelves

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    These are the two best novels I've read or heard so far; the plots are excellent. Definitely not a disappointment.

45. 245 九 Legends of Wind and Rain in the Nine Provinces 九州云华风雨传说 Tian Huacai天华彩9k WordsCompleted Legends of Wind and Rain in the Cloud-Kissed Lands of the Nine Provinces 150Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 246 丁 Grade-D Spirit Farmer, Now with Cheats 丁等灵农她开挂了 Li You You璃呦游Fantastical Romance535k WordsOngoing One heroine, no romance After her family sold her for thirty spirit stones, Bu Yan thought all her life held in store was three mu of barren fields and a drafty stone hut. Until she discovered When the greens she planted ripened, she gained “ten days' worth of cultivation.” When her radishes ripened, she learned a “Hemostasis Talisman.” As soon as she planted thorny vines, the System chased after her and shoved three Foundation-Nurturing Pills into her hands. Other cultivators advanced by medi 2.7kReads6.6Score259Shelves

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    Traditional cultivation-themed farming novel, single female lead, no romantic pairing.

47. 247 九 Sequel to the Carefree Tale of Yunhua in Jiuzhou 九州云华逍遥记续 Tian Huacai天华彩49k WordsCompleted A Continuation of the Carefree Chronicles of Yunhua in the Nine Provinces 104Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 248 云 The Tale of Yun Yao 云遥传 Tian Huacai天华彩Male-Channel Fanfiction35k WordsCompleted The Tale of Yun Yao 113Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 249 抢 Trying to Snatch My Fortunes? The Villainous Princess Will Send You to Your Grave 抢机缘？反派公主送你上路 Serene Fengshui风水陶然Fantastical Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Rebirth + Fortuitous Encounters + Pocket Dimension + Palace Intrigue + Cultivation + Transmigration into a Book + Self-Interest [Complete] [The full-cast audiobook version has stopped updating! Please switch to smart narration. It supports dialogue between multiple characters and sounds just as good! We apologize for the inconvenience!] Volume One: Reborn for Revenge! The mortal realm, with palace intrigue. The villain is reborn with memories of her second life! The heroine is reborn with memori 7.3kReads8.2Score768Shelves

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    These two novels feature a female protagonist who cultivates immortality and is an all-around genius; I recommend them.

50. 250 华 Hua Yan: Storm and Strife 2 华炎风雨2 Tian Huacai天华彩Male-Channel Fanfiction6k WordsCompleted Hua Yan: Storms and Strife 2 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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