One of the Most Classic Mortal Cultivation Stories: Smart Characters and Well Worth a Read 最正宗的凡人流之一，智商在线，值得大佬们一看。

1. 601 玄 Xuanhuan: I’m Invincible with One Sword, So Do as You Please 玄幻：我，一剑无敌，你们请随意 Loves Doubanjiang爱吃豆瓣酱Eastern Fantasy560k WordsCompleted Synopsis: (Invincible protagonist + no female lead + decisive killing + no System + overwhelming power fantasy) After Qin Yu is trapped in an unknown, pitch-black world for ten thousand years, he finally raises the sword in his hand. A flash of sword light cleaves through the darkness, and he returns to the world! When he looks back, he has already become invincible with a single sword! The synopsis can't do it justice: read the story! (The author is human too. If you don't like it, don't bother 2.2kReads8.6Score131Shelves
2. 602 天 Mount Tianzi 天子山 Drunk Again又醉了Eastern Fantasy143k WordsCompleted The powerful demon lord of the Demon Realm was unmatched in magical arts and wreaked havoc among mortals. Shen Feilong of the Immortal Realm fought him for three days and three nights before sealing him beneath Baofeng Lake. Shen Feilong was gravely wounded and on the verge of death. His Dao companion, Yang Ling’er, defied heavenly punishment and activated the Rebirth Formation. Together, they entered the cycle of reincarnation, carrying the memories of their past lives. In life after life, they 9Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 603 鬼 Ghosts Celebrate New Year 鬼过年 Eating Ice in Midsummer半夏天吃冰6k WordsCompleted Ghosts Celebrate the New Year 1Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 604 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: From Servant Disciple to Sword-and-Talisman Dao Ancestor 凡人修仙：从杂役弟子到剑符道祖 Are the Plum Blossoms in My Hometown Blooming?故乡的梅花开了吗Xianxia176k WordsOngoing Spiritual roots are ranked from highest to lowest, and the lives of menial disciples are as insignificant as dust. Chen Mo is the lowest-ranking menial disciple of the Qingyun Sword Sect. His spiritual root is poor, and his fellow disciples mock him, saying he will never achieve immortality. While cleaning the old Scripture Pavilion one day, he discovers a fragmentary secret manual of sword talismans. Others draw spiritual energy into their bodies and diligently cultivate their dantians; he uses 4.7kReads—Score406Shelves

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   I highly recommend this book; it's truly excellent.

5. 605 重 Reborn in 1993: Dark Sea 重生1993，暗海 The Gods Want to Go Wild神想出去浪Urban1.9M WordsCompleted The physical edition of Wrathful Sea, Calm the Abyss is now available. Presales officially begin at 19:00 on October 11. [Reborn] [Mystery] [Undercover Agent] [Revenge] [Anti-Drug Operations] [Counterespionage] The golden finger is extremely weak, and he relies on his own abilities. This is a battle of wits between highly intelligent opponents, so you need to keep your brain switched on. There is no showing off and face-slapping! Ideal for veteran readers. If you understand it, you'll find it ve 258.2kReads9.6Score30.8kShelves
6. 606 从 Cultivating Immortality, Starting as an Outer Sect Disciple 从外门弟子开始修仙 Diligent Housekeeper勤劳的家政人Eastern Fantasy320k WordsOngoing [No System, no golden finger, no heroine, not saintly, has principles] The cultivation world is filled with spiritual energy. All things that obtain it can hope for longer lives and the power to command wind and rain. Zhang Li, a young man from Blue Star, unexpectedly transmigrates into the cultivation world and becomes an outer servant disciple of the Luocheng Sect. He sets out on the path of cultivation without hesitation. The world is vast, the Immortal Dao elusive, and the path of cultivatio 3Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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   The most authentic classic mortal cultivation novels: Book 1: The protagonist, Zhuang Yu, an ordinary mortal, becomes a disciple of Liu Ding, who bestows upon him the mysterious cultivation technique, the Ascension Technique. He cultivates diligently, mastering the Liu Ding Divine Fire of the Qi Refining stage, the Nine Flavors True Fire of the Foundation Establishment stage, the Illusory World Demon Fire of the Golden Core stage, the Southern Bright Fire of the Nascent Soul stage, and the Heavenly Spirit Fire of the Deity Transformation stage. In this world, only these five can be considered supreme divine fires. By cultivating each one, one can surely reach the Deity Transformation realm and ascend to the upper realm. Book 2: The protagonist transmigrates to the cultivation world, living a low-key life and developing his skills. Through exploring the mysteries of the human body, he creates his own Qi and Blood Flow technique. Later, upon entering the cultivation world, he references the potential of the human body in cultivation and develops an indestructible body cultivation technique.

7. 607 仙 The Immortal Sect Has Arrived 仙宗驾到 Hairless Monkey没毛的monkeyEastern Fantasy113k WordsOngoing A treasure passed down from ancient times leads the protagonist back onto the path of cultivation. After enduring countless hardships, he finally attains the Dao and ascends to perfection. Some scenes in this book are drawn from the author’s childhood fantasies, giving them a dreamlike, beautiful quality. The protagonist has only one love interest, and his cultivation progresses slowly through a path fraught with danger. His unwavering resolve is his only support. If you like fast-paced stories, —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's not a Mary Sue story, and it's worth watching. The protagonist is intelligent and gradually embarks on the path of cultivation.

8. 608 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Azure Lotus Accompanies Me on My Path to Eternal Life 凡人修仙：青莲伴我证长生 Demonic Monk of Guile诡术妖僧Eastern Fantasy260k WordsOngoing 1.1kReads—Score109Shelves

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   Mortal Cultivation Novel

9. 609 诡EN The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 232.8kReads9.5Score28.3kShelves
10. 610 凡 A Mortal's Path to Immortality: The Rogue Cultivator Cao Yan's Road to Ascension 凡人仙途：散修曹琰的登天路 Nest of the Ordinary Bird凡鸟巢Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing (Sword cultivator in the early and middle stages, mortal cultivation, no System, starts out in a marketplace, traditional cultivation, slow burn, cautious, decisive and ruthless, talismans) The road to immortality is elusive. I walk it alone. Cao Yan is a bottom-rung rogue cultivator with four spiritual roots in a marketplace. No talent, no backer, no inheritance. Others cultivate immortality through talent. He relies on careful scheming. Someone tries to kill him and steal his treasure? He 5.7kReads6.6Score299Shelves
11. 611 修 Cultivation: Keep It Real, No Skipping Ranks 修仙：真实一点不许越阶 Cao Fei曹霏Eastern Fantasy155k WordsOngoing The most realistic kind of immortal cultivation: no broken power scaling, and no battles against opponents more than one major realm above. The old monsters don’t pop up everywhere just because the protagonist is growing stronger. Keep a low profile, enjoy life when you can, and stay hidden until the very end. The protagonist, Wang Yuan, was a private-school teacher who accidentally obtained a supreme treasure of space and time and embarked on the path of immortal cultivation. He eventually defi —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 612 仙 Immortal Life Goes On and On 仙生亦漫漫 Happy Kernel开心的核仁Eastern Fantasy315k WordsOngoing [No golden finger + meticulously balanced power levels + character and emotional growth + regrets + ensemble cast (everyone has their wits about them)] The male lead, Lu Yun'an, and the female lead, Lin Wanqing, were high school graduates who had only just finished school. But a sudden accident sent them to a world beyond the stars. With no one to rely on, they were pinned to a sheer cliff face. Beneath this vast sky, the two of them will write their own story. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Day after day, night after night, I see the blue sky and the moon reflected in the water.

13. 613 我EN My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant 我的26岁女房客 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban2.1M WordsCompleted After a wild night at a bar, a beautiful woman pinned him with a paternity claim, and the down-and-out young man suddenly became a father. As if things weren't bad enough, the owner of his rented home changed, and he was about to be kicked out. But his new landlady was beautiful! Should he ask to share the place? She coolly gave him a single word: “Get out!” A romantic entanglement sparked by a housing problem. 120kReads9.7Score13.9kShelves
14. 614 化 Turning into a Butterfly, Transcending the Great Dao 化蝶，超脱大道之外 Worry-Free Butterfly无忧无虑的蝶Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Of the three thousand paths, mastering any one lets you become one with the Dao and live forever. All things come from nothing, and return to nothing. The Dao, too, will one day be destroyed. But I eventually transformed into a butterfly and transcended the Dao. (No System) 3.5kReads7.9Score271Shelves
15. 615 儒 The Tale of a Confucian Scholar's Immortal Cultivation 儒生修仙传 Nanshan You Ning南山攸宁Eastern Fantasy910k WordsOngoing Tomato Original, traditional cultivation, Eastern fantasy [Ordinary Mortal, Decisive and Ruthless, Cunning, Playing the Pig to Eat the Tiger] A scholar with no prospects in the imperial examinations might as well cultivate immortality. A scholar who had hoped to continue taking the imperial examinations ended up as an inconspicuous aide in the county office, burying himself in case files every day and thinking that his life would amount to nothing but exhausting paperwork. Who could have guesse 329Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A classic mortal-to-mortal story, intelligent and decisive in traditional Xianxia (fantasy martial arts) genre. A scholar who failed the imperial examinations turned to cultivation. Originally intending to continue his studies, he became an insignificant staff member in the county government, buried in documents, believing his life was destined to be nothing more than tedious paperwork. But an unexpected tomb excavation led him to discover an ancient scroll hidden among the dusty stones. Why be a "horse"? Why take a "job"? Cultivate immortality!

16. 616 吕 Lu Daxian's Cultivation Diary 吕大仙的修仙日志 Little Jian Eats Popsicles小健吃冰糕Urban659k WordsCompleted A biology PhD who has been scraping by since graduating from Peking University defies heaven and earth to attain the supreme Dao! All for one thing: fairness, fairness, goddamn fairness! 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is also very readable; I recommend it.

17. 617 谁EN Who Taught Him to Cultivate Like This? 谁教他这么修仙的？ Ling Duoqing令多情Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsCompleted [Blue Star, evil cultivators, no harem, invincible protagonist, comedy, goofball humor, transmigration. If that bothers you, don't read.] [An established author’s new book, backed by twenty million characters of experience. I like setting up plot threads, so if something seems unreasonable, give it a few chapters.] A new disciple who had just joined the sect rushed in, panicking: “Master, this is terrible! Big Brother robbed someone!” “Don’t make such a fuss. Your senior brother is securing bene 94.1kReads8.8Score8.7kShelves

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    Enough with the chit-chat, the data speaks for itself, definitely worth a look! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

18. 618 降 Dragon-Subduing Divine Constable 降龙神捕 Sharp Edge Hidden in Night Eyes夜眸藏锋Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsCompleted After several years as a police officer, I found myself in a strange and fantastical world. Mountain spirits roam the hills, while vengeful spirits, evil ghosts, and zombies appear in endless numbers at night. Though weak as ants, we should still aspire to greatness. Though oppressed, we must forge an unyielding heart. That was all nonsense. I’m just a low-level constable, working for the yamen. Greetings, honored sirs. 80.6kReads9.2Score11kShelves
19. 619 开 Five-Colored Divine Light from the Start: From Menial Servant to Immortal 开局五色神光，我从杂役阀天成仙 Huo Deshi火德士Eastern Fantasy377k WordsOngoing A hardworking young man from Huaxia on Blue Star, making food deliveries. While out on a delivery, he was riding his electric scooter a little too fast when a multicolored sports car ran a red light and sent him flying dozens of meters. When he woke up, he discovered he had transmigrated to Feixian Ancient Star, a world of cultivation. He watched cultivators flying on their swords, looking incredibly carefree. Then he looked at himself: dressed in a servant’s uniform, with a huge hole in one clo 69Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 620 异 Chronicles of Another World: From Martial Arts to Immortality 异世录之从练武到修仙 Chen Xingruyi陈行如意Eastern Fantasy209k WordsOngoing [No System, Slow-Burn, Sound Logic, No Female Lead, Mortal Cultivator] After a young man from Blue Star, a hopeless romantic, ends his life over a painful love affair, he never expects to wake up again. Perhaps Heaven itself couldn’t bear to see what happened and gave him a chance to live again in another world. He arrives in the Kingdom of Wei, a different world ruled by an ancient dynasty much like the one on Blue Star. He thinks he’ll follow the usual novel formula and fulfill his dream of be —Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 621 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Could Smell My Way to Immortality 穿越后我闻着味修仙 Five-Colored Deity五色神明Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Ordinary protagonist, no System, scent-based cultivation, everyday progression, cautious growth, slow-paced] After transmigrating, Ye Xiaobai obtains a cultivation technique for refining qi (the qi in this case means scent), and sets off on a path of cultivating immortality by following his nose. The technique is called A Single Breath Can Smell a Thousand Miles. After cultivating it, can he really smell scents from a thousand miles away? First, he follows scents to find spirit herbs! Then, he —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Mortal Flow, Decisive in Killing

22. 622 请EN Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 103.4kReads9.5Score9.8kShelves
23. 623 玄 Xuanhuan: Immortality Through a Hundred Lifetimes 玄幻：我在百世轮回中长生 Little Crispy Veggie小蔬脆Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Chen Xuan transmigrated to a cultivation world and obtained the Book of a Hundred Lives, which could resurrect him a hundred times. His talent was poor in this life, and he died young. But what if he became an unparalleled genius in his next life? If he can't beat you in this life, no problem. He'll die first and fight you in the next. A gentleman can wait ten years to take revenge. Chen Xuan can take revenge, life after life. Ten thousand years later, His enemies: “Please, stop resurrecting. We 3.7kReads8.2Score197Shelves
24. 624 修 Cultivation: Five Spiritual Roots from the Start? I Awakened the Dao Eye 修仙：开局五灵根？我觉醒道瞳 I Am Mo Xuan我为墨玄Eastern Fantasy121k WordsCompleted [Single heroine] [Comeback] [Fast-paced early on] [More slice-of-life in the middle] [The protagonist has sound values] [A touch of ensemble cast] Lin Feng transmigrates, expecting to begin a power-fantasy life of immortal cultivation. Instead, he is found to have a mixed body with all five spiritual roots, and is mocked and bullied by thugs. Lin Tian: “Lin Feng, I never knew you were this useless. You're only a lowly mixed body with five spiritual roots.” Thug boss: “Kid, blame yourself for mes 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist is a genius, indecisive in killing, fast-paced in the early stages, and more slice-of-life in the mid-game. He is only initially mistaken for a waste in the first two chapters, but quickly turns the tables and becomes a genius.

25. 625 影 The Shadow Wraith Tradition 影魑道统 Always With You始终有你Eastern Fantasy183k WordsOngoing On the Spiritual Aptitude Platform, the five conflicting traits appear once more. It is an ironclad rule of the world: the fewer one's traits, the greater one's talent. Possessing all five traits is a dead end for cultivation. As a result, he is expelled from the inner courtyard of the Shen family and sent to guard the graves in the mass burial ground behind the mountain, where he endures contempt and humiliation. Everyone believes the boy's life is already set in stone, that it is all over for 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    New book recommendation: A true "ordinary people's journey" story, with a grand design that's impossible to put down.

26. 626 玄 Xuanhuan: Merging Three Thousand Great Dao, I Rule Supreme for Eternity 玄幻：三千大道融一体，横推万古 Shan Dou山斗Eastern Fantasy3.3M WordsCompleted What would you do if you had heaven-defying comprehension? Go into business and become the richest person in the world. Study, rise to the highest ranks of government, and become The Outcast, second to none and above everyone else. Or... Lin Changqing has been reborn with heaven-defying comprehension. He can master any skill at a glance, draw inferences from a single example, and surpass his teachers. But he has no desire to become just another face in the crowd, lost in the mundane world. He cr 24kReads8.2Score1.8kShelves
27. 627 从EN Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year. 160.1kReads9.6Score18kShelves
28. 628 乾 Heaven and Earth Bear All Things: The Genesis of the Dao 乾坤载物，创始道纪 I Brag Without a Script吹牛bu打稿Eastern Fantasy371k WordsCompleted The universe bears all things, and the Dao's founding chronicles begin. Open a heaven and earth within yourself, and contain the universe in a tiny space. Use your body as a cauldron, opening a space of energy within the apertures of your body. Through constant evolution, it eventually becomes a universe of its own, complete with sun, moon, mountains, rivers, and its own laws. The body is the Daoist sanctuary; the body is the world. I am the sanctuary, I am the world, I am the universe. Cultivat 53Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A promising book with great potential 📖 Highly recommended! Three fragments pave the way to immortality, a cauldron holds the universe. Without spiritual roots, one becomes the cauldron; absorbing the sun and moon, one proves the Dao within a small space.

29. 629 修 Asura Heavenly Emperor 修罗天帝 Lab Rat实验小白鼠Eastern Fantasy8.5M WordsCompleted Eight years ago, a sudden upheaval struck Thunderclap Ancient City overnight. Qin Ming, the young lord of the city, was sent to Qingyun Sect as a servant, while two hundred thousand residents were driven into the Great Azure Mountain and enslaved. Eight years later, after tempering his spirit and entering the martial path, the unyielding youth awakens as a demon of slaughter and rises against the heavens. Give me a blade, and I can shatter the sky. Give me a sword, and I can point it toward the 27.4kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves
30. 630 仙 Nine Chapters on the Immortal Path 仙路九章 Picking My Teeth by the Door倚门剔大牙Eastern Fantasy370k WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation + adorable companions + perseverance + Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, and Golden Core] See how a humble rogue cultivator manages to make a life for himself in the cultivation world. He has a little luck and a little cowardice. He’s an ordinary person, just like you and me. 31Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    Self-recommendation: This is a novel with no cheat codes, depicting the growth path of an ordinary cultivator—a typical "mortal cultivation" story.

31. 631 诀 The Dao-Cutting Art 诀天道 Yue Xin Hengtian月信恒天Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing (No mindless protagonist, no clichéd plot, a cunning lead, fully realized characters, no System, twin swords) The twin swords ring out, cleaving the heavens. Let souls be severed and bones torn out as you will. The world shall know no more bloody storms. I am both demon and god! With everything shattered, can it be made whole again? Faced with the shackles of fate, he will cut them apart with his twin swords! The gods and demons wage war for a hundred years. The Heavenly Dao is merciless, treati 3.2kReads—Score261Shelves

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    Fellow Daoists, you'll know once you read the first chapter! What are the three golden chapters? It'll be even more enjoyable if you read up to chapter 57. It's not mindless; your intelligence will be on point throughout!

32. 632 可 Worth Writing 可撰 Here Comes the A-Ba-A-Ba Monster啊吧啊吧怪来喽Xianxia198k WordsOngoing The Way of the Written Word sets rules: seal script becomes the blade, and a single character can subdue mountains and rivers, defining the foundation of order. The Way of the Zither resonates: music serves as the medium to harmonize spiritual energy and soothe the scars left by Erosion Script. The Way of Weiqi unfolds myriad possibilities: every move shapes the world and charts the course of fate. The Way of Painting transforms the unreal and the real: ink and brush define boundaries, creating —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    🎉🎉 [If you've recently become obsessed with the cultivation novel genre, then this is definitely a must-read!]🪁The plot is intricate and original, not forced or silly, and there are no bad parts throughout. It's very immersive, and the writing is superb. Read with confidence and highly recommended!

33. 633 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 711.1kReads9.6Score100.9kShelves
34. 634 苟 The Long Road to Immortality: Starting by Joining the White Lotus Sect 苟道长生：从加入白莲教开始 Fish Farming in a Sea of Clouds云海养鱼Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsOngoing [No System + cautious cultivation + immortality + no heroine + decisive and ruthless] The Great Qi Kingdom has stood for two hundred years and is now on the verge of collapse. Natural disasters strike, the nation falls into turmoil, and the people are left homeless. Zhou Ming transmigrates into this world and becomes a refugee in a camp. His chest has been stabbed through, and he is on the verge of death. Even the System finds him a lost cause and runs off! Fortunately, he still has an innate ta 2.6kReads8.0Score217Shelves
35. 635 神 God-Tier Choices: This Beast Tamer Is a Little Too Fierce 神级选择：这个御兽师有亿点生猛 Three Winds 11三风11Urban3.4M WordsCompleted [Beast taming + choices + comedy + nonsense + one female lead (no female lead) = ?] When Chen Shu wakes up, he finds that he has transmigrated to a parallel world where beast taming reigns supreme, and he has bound himself to a Divine-Level Choice System! Every choice he makes earns him all kinds of rewards! With the System’s help, his pets grow increasingly monstrous: a slime that can sit on a dragon and crush it to death, a husky that can blast a phoenix to tears with elemental skills, and a.. 179.3kReads9.7Score21.4kShelves
36. 636 苟 The Cautious Blade Cultivator 苟刀修 Little Second Brother小小二哥Eastern Fantasy757k WordsCompleted Before him, there were no saber cultivators! Those who wielded sabers were no different from cultivators who wielded other weapons! After him, saber cultivators came into being! Not because he created the Way of the Saber! Nor because he wielded the saber to perfection! But because the saber in his hand struck terror into the hearts of countless cultivators! 7Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 637 异EN City of Beasts 异兽迷城 Peng Pai彭湃Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 473.6kReads9.7Score67.7kShelves
38. 638 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Starting with a Tattered Book 凡人修仙：从一本破书开始 Two Moons Beneath the Clouds云下月成双Eastern Fantasy4.0M WordsCompleted No transmigration, no System, just traditional cultivation to immortality. Follow the protagonist as he rises from humble beginnings, step by step, to the pinnacle of the immortal path. The world knows that books hold beauties and golden houses, but no one ever imagined they might hold immortals, too. 13.2kReads8.6Score1.7kShelves
39. 639 修 Cultivation: My Golden Finger Is a Bit of a Trap 修仙之我的金手指有点坑 A Flash of Terror惊惧一刹Eastern Fantasy966k WordsCompleted [Space Farming + Cautious Cultivation + A Protagonist Who Knows Who Deserves What + Wildly Imaginative Technology] (This isn’t a completely traditional cultivation novel. The protagonist has a golden finger, but he has to put in the effort to develop it himself. He isn’t a bleeding heart and kills decisively. There’s no female lead; he is wholly devoted to proving the Dao and becoming an immortal.) After inexplicably transmigrating to a cultivation world, Chen Ge finds himself without astounding 798Reads6.3Score103Shelves
40. 640 仙 Xianran 仙苒 Liu Feng流锋Eastern Fantasy293k WordsOngoing [Slow-burn ordinary mortal cultivation] + [No System, weak golden finger, relying entirely on hard work and cunning] + [Twelve secret realms] Xiao Ran is an utterly ordinary village boy, drawn into the path of immortal cultivation by an old feud. The road to immortality is exceptionally arduous. Just because I don't pick a fight with anyone doesn't mean no one will pick one with me. With a mixed spiritual root, he can only make up for its shortcomings through other means, cultivating the secret 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The righteous and the demonic factions are irreconcilable enemies.

41. 641 大 The Great Immortal Lord 大仙主 The Sea God Isn't Waterlogged海神不水Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Ordinary mortal cultivation] [No System] [No clichés] Born a mortal, yet with a heart set on becoming an immortal! Faced with countless Daoist arts and ever-changing alchemy techniques, I, Xie Xiaofan, ask only one thing: Can they grant eternal life? Xie Xiaofan, an ordinary village boy, obtains a priceless treasure by chance, embarks on the path of cultivation, and becomes one of the undying immortals. 9Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    I just finished reading this one recently. It was alright, and it's finished! [Laughing]

42. 642 穿 Transmigrating as a Good Fox 穿越之我是一只好狐狸 Hei Liu Xiao Xiao Sheng黑流笑笑生Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing During a Ghost Market outing over National Day, Lan Yu runs into the transmigration of a protagonist from the cultivation world, and gets swept along by accident. He transmigrates into the body of a little fox spirit whose fox-woman mother has mysteriously vanished. And by his side is a little fox-spirit sister who’s nothing but a burden. Watch as the protagonist and his sister struggle to survive between cultivators and demonic beasts. Every now and then, he plays the “good” fox and helps other 264Reads7.0Score109Shelves

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    This is a very exciting novel about a fox spirit cultivating immortality. Welcome to read it! No system, no cheat codes, no mindless plots, no exaggerated claims, and no romantic pairings. If you like this kind of novel, you're welcome to check it out. Whether it's authentic or not, you can come and see for yourself.

43. 643 凡 The Wrath of the Mortal Immortal 凡仙之怒 Lao Luo老落Eastern Fantasy7.4M WordsCompleted New Book: Selling Myself to the Hehuan Sect as a Cultivation Cauldron, Controlling Time from the Start The Chaos-Heaven Divine Cauldron can turn the universe upside down! Nine waters and nine heavenly layers: comprehend the Dao and become an immortal! On the path to immortality, spiritual roots, fortuitous opportunities, and destiny are all essential! Xiao Chentian was born with a useless spiritual root and abandoned by fate. Refusing to accept his lot, he defies heaven, treads his own path, con 20.6kReads8.0Score2.4kShelves

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    The Great Dao is ruthless; cultivating immortality is too difficult.

44. 644 从 From Rogue Cultivator to Unorthodox Sect Bigwig 从散修到旁门大佬 Time to Eat Dirt该吃土了Eastern Fantasy737k WordsOngoing Li Youtian comes from a down-and-out family. He has no powerful clan or mighty sect to rely on, only hardships along the path of cultivation: ambushes, pursuit, and being pursued. Rogue cultivators, orthodox sects, and demonic cultivators can all be anything when cultivation resources are at stake. What are principles? That's not something low-level cultivators like us need to worry about. The most important thing is figuring out how to earn spirit stones. 56Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    No magic tricks, just quiet progress.

45. 645 凡 The Immortal Record of the Mortal Path 凡道仙录 Sneaking in with the Wind at Night随风潜入夜Eastern Fantasy210k WordsOngoing What is it like to transmigrate to a cultivation continent and encounter another transmigrator? Combining modern technology with cultivation techniques, they can suppress every scheme and conspiracy, every trick of the mind. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I feel the same way about me, thank you everyone.

46. 646 让 You Want Me to Become a God and Infiltrate the Cultivation World? There's No Going Back! 让我成神卧底修仙界？回不去了！ A Corner of the Sky天一角Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing [No AI, all handcrafted, already ascended to the immortal realm] [The long road to immortality through patience] [More children, more blessings, in an unconventional way] [Mortal cultivation] [No System] [Women, but no official partners] [Slow pace] [Billions of descendants] Let Me Become a God and Infiltrate the Cultivation World? There's No Going Back The Continent of the Gods is under attack by the Cultivation World. Carrying the will of the Continent of the Gods, Fang Yuan transmigrates into 7.4kReads8.0Score504Shelves
47. 647 修 Cultivation: I Built a Family of Divine Talisman Makers 修仙，我亲手打造了神符世家 Unaware of Tea's Fragrance不知茶香Eastern Fantasy500k WordsCompleted [Decisive and ruthless + golden finger + ordinary cultivator path + family cultivation] Through a special selection process, Chu Yunfei transmigrates to the Azure Profound Continent and becomes a member of the Chu family, a Foundation Establishment cultivation clan. He has no System and no status screen. Relying on his skill in talisman-making, Chu Yunfei leads the entire Chu family to slay demonic beasts, destroy cultivation clans, and exterminate demons, growing ever stronger until they become 4.7kReads8.2Score230Shelves

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    A classic "mortal cultivation" novel where the protagonist is intelligent, steadily and surely leads his family to greatness and power.

48. 648 让 I Asked You to Cultivate for Immortality, Not to Linger Here Forever 让你修仙长生没让你赖着不死啊 Zhu Mulang Mafeng猪木狼马峰Eastern Fantasy51k WordsOngoing [Mortal Cultivation + Slow Burn + Pocket Dimension + Farming + Ruthless] Lin Fan, a mountain village youth, has a fake Five Elements spiritual root and abysmal aptitude, leaving his path to immortality cut off. Just as he suffers one humiliation after another, he happens upon a mysterious jade pendant by a cliff, turning his life around. Though damaged, the pendant can nourish all things and awaken spiritual plants. With this treasure, he snatches a sliver of immortal fortune despite his useles 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a novel I wrote myself, focusing on the commoner/ordinary life. Please take a look and offer your opinions.

49. 649 凡EN The Mortal's Cultivation Journey: Ancestor of Talismans 凡人修仙之符祖 Tomatoes Dipped in Soybean Paste番茄蘸大酱Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsOngoing [Mortal's journey, no System.] Xu Changshou, a young cowherd, is brought into the world of cultivation after saving an errand disciple of the Green Immortal Sect. He later awakens a bloodline jade talisman and obtains a legacy in the Dao of Talismans. Starting with the art of drawing talismans, he steps onto the path of cultivation, ascends to immortality, slays demons, attains eternal life, questions the heavens, creates the Great Dao of Talismans, and achieves the rank of Talisman Ancestor. 223.9kReads8.8Score16.8kShelves

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    🔥🔥🔥These three novels about the mortal realm are really good! I especially recommend the first one. The protagonist has mediocre talent, but he embarks on the path of cultivation to seek revenge! What will his ultimate achievements be?

50. 650 凡 A Mortal’s Cultivation: From the Start, I Have Only a Bowl 凡人修仙，开局一个碗 I'm a Girl我是妹纸Eastern Fantasy207k WordsCompleted [No System · No transmigration · Pure cultivation · Slow-burn ensemble cast · Political intrigue and mystery] Niu Er, a country boy born in a remote, ordinary corner of the world, comes upon an ancient, unadorned porcelain bowl that can replicate anything. With no golden finger to crush his opponents and no heaven-defying cheat to rely on, he follows the rules as he seeks the Dao, gradually stepping onto the vast path of cultivation. Dark currents swirl through a chaotic age, and strange turmoi 30Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A genuine story of a mortal.

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