The Protagonist Gets Stronger by Taking on Disciples, with No Romantic Subplots 主角收徒变强，无暧昧cp

1. 1 我 I’m This Invincible, So Why Do I Still Have to Take Disciples? 我这么无敌，为什么还要收徒 Fish Three Times a Day一天三顿鱼Eastern Fantasy519k WordsCompleted [No Female Lead + Taking Disciples] After Lin Xing failed to ascend, he unexpectedly arrived in the Great World of Xuanmu, where a System claiming to belong to the Supreme Fortune Sect bound itself to him. “Ding! Host, please recruit disciples far and wide and establish the strongest sect!” Lin Xing fell silent. Lin Xing was speechless. Lin Xing sneered. “Heavenly Dao, what the hell are you doing?” System: “Huh?” First Disciple Ye Lingfeng: A reborn soul who was betrayed in his previous life, hi 3.1kReads8.7Score292Shelves

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   All the apprentices I've seen are male, and they're all very strong themselves. They don't rely on the system, and they're quick to fight anyone who disagrees. They're the masters who are always causing trouble.

2. 2 收 Taking Disciples to Become a God: What If They're All Villains? 收徒成神，徒弟都是反派怎么办 Kongsang Xing空桑行Eastern Fantasy619k WordsCompleted [Taking disciples + leveling up + System + no female lead + slow burn] Shen Xingzhou transmigrates, and the System arrives fashionably late. [Ding! You have taken on a disciple] [Life trajectory: At 13, slaughters his entire clan and goes on the run, becoming a wanted criminal in the Great Zhou Empire; At 15, helps the demon race seize Yong'an County, leaving tens of thousands of civilians dead or injured; At 19, dies at the hands of a disciple of the Tianxuan Sect. Rating: Dangerous.] Shen Xing 1.4kReads8.8Score159Shelves

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   The first and second books are excellent. The first one is about a male apprentice taking on disciples, and the second one is about a female apprentice taking on disciples; both are absolutely amazing.

3. 3 我 I Turned Every Love-Struck Fool Into a Workaholic 我把恋爱脑都改造成卷王 Mo Ruwan墨如绾Ancient Romance704k WordsOngoing [No pairing + raising children in the early chapters + silly female lead + powerful golden finger + ensemble cast] The bad news: Lin Wenyu's favorite novel had a terrible ending. The worse news: Lin Wenyu transmigrated into that very novel. The one bit of good news: The story hadn't started yet, and all the characters were still children. There was still time to save them. [Ding-dong! A strong urge to complain has been detected in Host. Would you like to bind with the “Reform Romance-Brained Cha 7Reads8.4Score—Shelves
4. 4 我 All My Disciples Are Reincarnations of Great Emperors 我的徒弟都是大帝转世 Only I Stand Out I唯我独秀IEastern Fantasy699k WordsCompleted [Invincible from the start] + [An emperor takes in disciples] + [No female lead] My name is Ye Feng, and I'm the youngest sect master in the history of the Sword Sect. You might not believe me, but all my disciples are reincarnations of great emperors. My eldest disciple is the reincarnation of the Sword Emperor. One stroke of his sword can slay gods and demons! My second disciple is the reincarnation of the Flame Emperor, ruler of countless domains of fire! My third disciple is the reincarnatio 905Reads8.3Score108Shelves
5. 5 让 I’ll Show the Cultivation World How to Spell Invincible! 让修仙界知道无敌怎么写！ I'm an Expert我是高人Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Invincible from the start + easy, exhilarating fun + fiercely protective + venerable patriarch master + crushing all opposition] Qin Yuan transmigrates into a powerful secret realm in a fantasy world. His very first task is to take on disciples for a million years! He has taken on hundreds, if not a thousand, and each was carefully selected by the System. He has repaired a disciple’s Supreme Bone, enhanced another’s Double Pupils, and given them the Emperor’s cultivation manual, the Origin of P 15.2kReads8.8Score1kShelves

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   Oh my god, is nobody recommending this book? I really, really highly recommend it! The protagonist is invincible from the very beginning, and later on, he encounters many apprentices. Basically, he's invincible throughout the entire story, and his apprentices become stronger and stronger as well. I'm sorry, my writing skills aren't great, so I can only write this much, but believe me, it's a great read!

6. 6 我 I'm Already a Great Emperor, Yet the System Wants Me to Take Disciples 我都大帝了，系统竟然让我收徒 Heart of Flowing Clouds流云心Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsOngoing [Invincible] + [Master of Schemes] + [Hidden-Cultivation Style] + [Comedy] + [Lighthearted] Invincible from the start, Gu Changge transmigrates into a fantasy world and binds himself to a sign-in System, earning cultivation rewards and all kinds of peerless treasures every day. While others are risking their lives to break through to the next realm, he has already reached the pinnacle of the Great Dao and become a reclusive emperor whose strength even he can’t fathom. He had planned to lie fla 115kReads8.4Score39.7kShelves

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   This is really good. I've read over a hundred chapters already. ˶╸▵╺˶

7. 7 全 All-People Sect Master: What's So Special About Me Being a Transmigrator with Cheats? 全民宗主：我穿越者有外挂怎么了 Emotionless Salted Fish木得感情的咸鱼Eastern Fantasy363k WordsCompleted [Global]+ [Disciple Training]+ [No Romance]+ [Path of Immortal Rivalry]+ [Farming] Everyone transmigrates to the World of Heavenly Mandate and becomes a sect leader. They must recruit disciples and complete missions to advance and gain cultivation. In this world, immortals raise mortals like livestock and refine them into blood pills. Great clans control the immortal sects, leaving low-ranking cultivators unable to advance. A hundred years of cultivation pass in the blink of an eye. Will you sub 1.1kReads8.4Score103Shelves

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   Cultivation Fantasy Leveling-Up

8. 8 收 Growing Stronger by Taking Disciples: Even My Weakest Disciple Has Great Emperor Talent 收徒变强，最菜弟子都有大帝天赋 Book-Crazed Madman of the Nine Heavens九霄书狂Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [System + Taking Disciples + Feel-Good Story + No Saintly Pretenses + No Holding Back + Decisive + Rewards for Teaching Disciples] (Adapted into the animated series Disciple Ablaze, Master Shines and Take Disciples for Ten-Thousandfold Rewards: Kick Out Anyone with Poor Talent, as well as the live-action mini-series My Disciple Delivers, So I’ll Beat the Immortal Emperor to a Pulp!) Chu Yuan transmigrates to a fantasy world and becomes one of the elders of the Tianyun Sect, where he binds himsel 56kReads7.7Score5.7kShelves

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   This is a story about taking on disciples and getting rewards, and the protagonist levels up very quickly, making it a fast-paced, enjoyable read. It's currently updated to over 300 chapters. I don't know if there will be a romance plot later, but so far the protagonist hasn't had any women around him or any ambiguous relationships. What I like most about this book is that the author hasn't made any lewd jokes so far, which is better than many other cultivation novels.

9. 9 玄EN Fantasy: Winning Big—All My Disciples Have Systems 玄幻：赢麻了，我的弟子都有系统 Little Bamboo Meow-Meow小竹子喵喵Eastern Fantasy3.3M WordsOngoing [Taking disciples + lighthearted daily life + everyone is a sly schemer + nothing goes by the book] Lu Changzhi transmigrates and finds he can choose a new identity. As a compulsive gambler, he decisively chooses random. The result? He wins so big it’s like Qin Shi Huang touching a live wire: an absolute jackpot. His only limitation is a god-tier disciple-taking System. He never expected its first mission to be… [Detected other Hosts with Systems… Infiltrating… Modifying… Modification complete… 20.9kReads8.8Score2.3kShelves
10. 10 师EN Senior Brother, I Suspect We're a Demonic Sect! 师兄，我怀疑咱们是魔宗！ Slay the Sun, Moon, and Stars斩尽日月星辰Eastern Fantasy605k WordsCompleted [One heroine + taking disciples + junior sister + slaughter + demonic path + pseudo-invincibility + Emperor Banner] Lin Ye had barely transmigrated when he inherited a sect. The Supreme Demonic Path System bound itself to him, leaving him with the daunting task of promoting the demonic path in a world of righteous cultivators, where everyone would condemn it. To recruit disciples, he had no choice but to trick them one by one. The Sunflower Manual, which demands that you castrate yourself before 10.4kReads7.9Score991Shelves
11. 11 我 I'm a Snake, and It's Perfectly Reasonable That I Raised a Horde of Demons 我一条蛇，教出一群魔头很合理吧 Listening to the Waves听浪Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Mythical Beast + Immortality + No Female Lead + Taking Disciples + Invincible] Zhu Jiuyin transmigrates into a snake that eats raw flesh and drinks blood. He starts out with eternal life, only to be sealed beneath Mount Buzhou for all eternity. Fortunately, he activates the Master-Disciple Rewards System. His disciples’ cultivation can be returned to him a thousandfold! To win his freedom, Zhu Jiuyin begins taking disciples like crazy. [Ding! Your disciple has gained one year of cultivation. Re 59.7kReads8.9Score4.4kShelves

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    This isn't a story about taking on disciples to become stronger; it's a fantasy novel with an invincible protagonist who takes on disciples. There's absolutely no romantic pairing or ambiguity. The male lead is Zhu Jiuyin, immortal and indestructible. The master-disciple relationship is very well-written and touching. It's incredibly good, but unfortunately, it's not finished. Note: The protagonist has genuinely killed many people, and innocent civilians have indirectly died because of him. However, this book is very good; it's a super "healing" read.

12. 12 玄 Xuanhuan: I'm the Protagonist's Golden Finger 玄幻：我是主角的金手指 Chen Tianxiu陈天秀Eastern Fantasy574k WordsCompleted Chen Tianxiu transmigrated to a fantasy world and awakened a golden finger System that let him serve as the golden finger for people destined for greatness. As long as they bonded with a golden finger he had created, all their opportunities and cultivation would be shared with him. So he became the old man in a ring, the spirit of a divine weapon, all kinds of Systems, a sage's soul, and even the Supreme God! From then on, the whole world became a source of experience for him, and he could ascen 1.3kReads8.7Score107Shelves
13. 13 玄 Xuanhuan: Investment Returns, Starting as an Innkeeper 玄幻：投资返还，从客栈老板开始 Super 10超级10Eastern Fantasy509k WordsOngoing [Leveling Up + Taking Disciples + A Touch of Ensemble Cast + Running a Business + Everyday Life + Slow Pace + Behind-the-Scenes Focus] [This is not an invincible protagonist story. The protagonist has to level up!] Zhang Yang transmigrated to the world of cultivation and became an ordinary innkeeper. One day, a dying young man showed up at his inn. “Ding! This young man has immense destiny, and there’s a sleeping old man inside his ring. His future prospects are limitless. If Host gives him a bo 209Reads6.5Score100Shelves

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    I highly recommend the first book. The second book is a bit slow to get into, and the apprenticeship aspect isn't the main focus but rather an investment.

14. 14 推 Reading the Secrets of Heaven: Releasing the Prodigy Rankings from the Start 推演天机：开局发布天骄榜 Lang Lang Tianming浪浪天铭Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted Xie Chen transmigrated to the Tianchen Continent, became the master of the Heavenly Dao Hall, and awakened the Heavenly Dao System. To make the Heavenly Dao Hall famous in this world, Xie Chen created the Prodigy Rankings from the start. Gu Ling: “What? I’m the esteemed Demon Prince of the Demon Clan, yet I’m only third on the Prodigy Rankings?” Xiao Yan: “How is this possible? I’m recognized as the strongest prodigy in the Eastern Region, yet I’m only fifth on the rankings?” Dao Canghai: “Sigh, 20.6kReads8.0Score1.2kShelves
15. 15 长 After Gaining Immortality, I Keep a Low Profile and Grind Experience in the Mortal Cultivation World 长生后，苟在凡人修仙界肝经验 The Wind Blows Across the Sky风行天上Eastern Fantasy715k WordsOngoing After transmigrating into the world of mortal cultivation, Jiang Wannian gains the talents of immortality and an experience panel. By grinding experience for tens of millions of years, he steadily improves his cultivation and mastery of the four arts of cultivation, eventually becoming an Immortal Venerable of Eternal Life. Poor cultivation aptitude? It doesn't matter. I have all the time in the world to practice slowly! The enemy is powerful? It doesn't matter. I have all the time in the 106.1kReads8.1Score9.4kShelves
16. 16 宗EN The Sect Is Recruiting Disciples, and from the Start I Can See Their Attribute Panels 宗门收徒，开局看见属性面板 Golden Beast of Changtu Mountain长涂山的黄金兽Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted Comedy + Everyday Life + Taking Disciples + Sect Building + System + Heartwarming + Slow Pace + The Protagonist Has Both Legs and Joins in the Fun.] After transmigrating into a cultivation world, Chu Xingchen awakened a disciple-recruitment System and gained the ability to see his disciples' traits! Starting from scratch, he would build the strongest sect. First Disciple: Li Yingling [Gold Trait: Cultivation Prodigy][Purple Trait: Extraordinary Luck][Blue Trait: Beautiful] Second D 99.2kReads9.0Score10.5kShelves

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    That's definitely it! The protagonist takes on disciples to become stronger. Although the eldest disciple is female, there's absolutely no romantic involvement between them. The female lead is probably Yaoqin, but I'm not sure. This book definitely doesn't have any angst (according to the author), it seems very sweet. People in the comments section are practically tearing their own hair out! [Smirking emoji]

17. 17 玄EN Xuanhuan: Taking Children of Destiny as Disciples, Sweeping Through the Ages 玄幻：收徒气运之子，横推万古 Three-Inch Literary Abyss三寸文渊Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Master] + [Taking Disciples] + [Invincible] + [No Female Lead] + [No Romantic Tension] + [Behind-the-Scenes] + [Multiple Protagonists] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [No Holds Barred] + [Vast Worldbuilding] Jiang Chen transmigrated into a fantasy world with the Supreme Fortune System and became the master of Qingxu Peak in the Zixiao Sacred Land. By taking in numerous sons of fortune, he gained countless heaven-defying rewards and swept across the heavens, reigning supreme through the ages. Chaoti 18kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves

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    Taking on disciples + Invincible + No romantic pairings + Vast world view

18. 18 开 From the Start, I Became the Temple Master, and Every Disciple Is Terrifying! 开局成为观主，徒弟全是大恐怖！ The Silent Man in Green青衣无言Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Taking Disciples + Invincible + No Female Lead + the Myriad Worlds] He transmigrates into a fantasy world and activates the System, but never expected his disciples to have such terrifying backgrounds. His eldest disciple has an astonishing identity: she's the lord of a forbidden zone, towering above all living beings! His second disciple is the Violet Star Empress, who rules over a vast expanse of stars and commands the star domains of the world! His third disciple is the lord of the extraterr 8.9kReads8.5Score631Shelves
19. 19 一 A Blossom, A Cup of Wine, An Immortal Life 一花一酒一仙人，亦眠亦醉亦长生 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [This book is also known as The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring] [The print edition of The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring goes on sale at 7 p.m. on November 15!] [Immortality + taking disciples + no female lead + lighthearted comedy, no tearjerkers] When your master serves food, you spin the table; when your master chants a spell, you chatter away. When your master rests, you sing; when your master sleeps in, you bang on a pot. Your master is immortal, but your life is short; your master 198.1kReads9.5Score24.7kShelves

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    Apprenticeship novel, no romantic pairing.

20. 20 老 Hey, Old Man, Look! Our Makeshift Sect 老登，看！咱家的散装宗门 Xu Batu许八土Eastern Fantasy729k WordsCompleted [System + Lighthearted Comedy + Slice of Life + No Female Lead (Forever Alone) + Slow Burn + Not Overpowered] A fish? A fox? A ghost? And a member of the demon race! My apprentice, are you really not going to find me a single human disciple?!! Fushan Zi’s forehead veins throbbed as he turned to look at his senior disciple. The man was lounging on a reclining chair, lazily waving a palm-leaf fan, looking perfectly at ease as he said, “Master, I don’t like hearing you say that. I really don’t! How 3kReads8.6Score307Shelves
21. 21 重 Reborn: I Made My Obsessive Master Turn Dark 重生：偏执师尊被我撩黑化了 Wen Daiyu文黛玉Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Two male leads, no female lead, unhinged, obsessive and corrupted, master and disciple] Originally titled Reborn: My Obsessive Master Was Corrupted by My Flirting A doting, unhinged master as the pursuer x a naturally flirtatious, adored disciple as the pursued Shen Ziyu, a cultivation-world prodigy, entered the demonic path and defied heaven for the sake of his beloved, only to be run through the heart by a sword and die a gruesome death. Even after death, his vengeful spirit lingered. Shen Zi 4.5kReads9.4Score681Shelves

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    The first book had a low rating but was actually quite good; the second one, hehe.

22. 22 你EN Why Provoke Him? Even the Weakest in His Sect Is a Great Emperor 你惹他干嘛？他宗门最弱都是大帝 Mihoyo, Watch Out米忽悠看刀Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsOngoing (Invincible protagonist + taking disciples + sect upgrades + ruthless and decisive + expansive worldbuilding + ensemble cast + gradual build-up + the pacing is a little slow for the first 200,000 words, then becomes explosively fast) “You have to pay to cultivate immortality?” “You even have to grease palms to get a spot?” “And pay the sect thirty taels of silver every month?” “You have to serve as a menial for half a year before you can even get a chance to study immortal arts?” “You came first 134.6kReads8.5Score9.9kShelves

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    🍃🌱The protagonist transmigrates, starting in a dilapidated thatched hut, and is bound to the strongest sect system in history🌵rewards for recruiting disciples, and as the sect levels up, the protagonist begins recruiting disciples to become powerful and invincible🌷🌹🏵️

23. 23 我 I've Become a God, and You're Still Leveling Up? 我都成神了，你们还在升级？ Chen Shenjing陈神精Sports1.4M WordsCompleted (A game-world novel with no female lead, satisfying wish fulfillment, infinite skills, and an expansive world) The game became reality, and Su Mu had unlimited skill points from the start! He also became a full-time mage! While everyone else was still leveling up, he had already become a god! “Isn't he just a mage? What? I can't even break through his defense?” “This is insane! He took us all out with one skill?” “Great Mage, please, leave us a way to survive!” As countless planes manifested in 17.6kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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    The first book has no apprentices; it's a lone wolf leveling-up story with unlimited skill points at the start. The second and fourth books have no female leads or ambiguous romantic pairings and are apprentice-taking stories with vast world-building. I've somewhat forgotten the third book; it has no female lead, and I've also forgotten whether it takes apprentices or not. There are many more books, but I've forgotten which bookshelf they're on. I'll recommend these for now. I've spent over 10 hours reading each of them; the discrepancies in the displayed times are because I read them offline.

24. 24 我 I Only Take Disciples, So How Did I Become the Supreme Ruler of All Worlds? 我一收徒的，咋成万界至尊了？ Chilled Tangyuan冰镇汤圆Eastern Fantasy516k WordsCompleted In a fantasy world where strength reigns supreme, Wang Ming cultivated for thirty years and had just become an outer sect elder when he was assigned to oversee the new disciples. But all the talented disciples had already been claimed by peak masters and Grand Elders, leaving behind disciples with such poor aptitude that they were unlikely to amount to much. Every elder knew this was a thankless job that wasted time and seriously hindered one's cultivation. Even those hopelessly untalented di 81Reads6.7Score—Shelves
25. 25 开 From the Start, I Have Great Emperor Cultivation, and My Sect Produces Immortal Emperors in Bulk 开局大帝修为，我的宗门量产仙帝 Da Da Da Da Mu大大大大木Eastern Fantasy795k WordsCompleted [System + Sect + Taking Disciples + Invincible + Summoning + Great Emperor from the Start + No Female Lead] After transmigrating to a fantasy world, Fang Chen becomes the leader of the Feixian Sect and activates the Immortal Sect System. From the start, he gains Great Emperor cultivation and an Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon. As long as he develops the Feixian Sect, he can earn rewards. [Congratulations, Host, on successfully taking a disciple! You’ve received a four-star gift pack containing ten E 754Reads6.8Score102Shelves
26. 26 还 Still Opening a Cultivation Academy? I'll Send You Packing First 还办修仙学院？为师先寄为敬 Fish in the Koi Pond锦鲤池中鱼Urban780k WordsOngoing [Ensemble cast, no romance, teaching from kindergarten onward] Zeyi has six disciples who give him endless headaches. The eldest always wants to be a good senior brother, but his junior brothers and sisters keep getting tricked. The second is a phoenix, yet all she wants is to eat? The third is the biggest headache. He’s been causing trouble since childhood and has never grown up. The fourth transmigrated here and has an inexplicable obsession with getting a government job? The fifth has no majo 302Reads7.8Score106Shelves

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    The protagonist is the master, who is inherently powerful (not because of the system), very protective of his own, and takes on male disciples; there is no female lead. The ending felt a bit abrupt, but overall it's quite good.

27. 27 万 A Ten-Thousandfold Rebate: When My Disciple Builds His Foundation, I Ascend Straight to Immortality 万倍返还：徒弟筑基我直接成仙 Feng Lingbei风凌北Eastern Fantasy5.0M WordsOngoing [Invincible + System + Funny + Easygoing + Ruthless + No Saintly Hero] Zhong Qing transmigrates into a minor peak master of one of Pingjiang Sect's seven peaks. He plans to coast through life and take it easy, but then he activates the strongest Bond System. Take in two useless disciples: Activate the Useless Duo Bond. His disciples go from dead weight to geniuses, and their cultivation is returned to the protagonist a thousandfold. Take in a catgirl and a foxgirl: Activate the Allure Bond. The 28.1kReads8.8Score4.9kShelves

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    These are all apprenticeship-themed shows, they're really good! 😘

28. 28 开 From the Start, I Became the Peak Master and Signed In to Obtain Saint-Realm Cultivation! 开局成为峰主，签到圣境修为！ Rabbit Eats Watermelon兔子吃西瓜Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Lighthearted + Everyday Life + Invincible + Sign-in + System + Taking Disciples] Chen Luo transmigrates to the Desolate Ancient Continent and becomes the master of Tianzhu Peak in the Daotian Sect. He awakens the Strongest Peak Master System. As long as he takes in disciples and develops Tianzhu Peak, he can earn all kinds of rewards. From then on, the Desolate Ancient Continent has one more utterly ordinary peak master. [Ding! Congratulations, Host, on your first sign-in. 29.3kReads8.1Score2kShelves

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    These are all apprentice-taking stories, they're really good! [Kissing emoji]

29. 29 重 Reborn from the Start, I'm Definitely Becoming This Master's Disciple 重生开局，这个师尊我当定了 Gentle Rain, Sleepy Sleepy轻雨眠眠Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted After being a wandering ghost for a hundred years, Li Qingqing discovers that she's actually the cannon-fodder female character in a harem fantasy. In her previous life, the master of Lingqin Peak and her senior sisters all died at the hands of demonic cultivators in a secret realm. She survived and transferred to Spirit Medicine Peak with her junior sister, who was so fat she could barely walk. But who could have guessed that her junior sister had transmigrated into a book? Not only could she r 16.2kReads9.3Score2kShelves
30. 30 打 Building the Supreme Sect: Everyone in It Is a Big Shot from the Myriad Heavens 打造无上宗门宗门里全是诸天大佬 Bai Li Loves Noodles白栎爱吃粉Eastern Fantasy296k WordsOngoing [Invincible + System + Building a Faction + Vast Worldbuilding + Ensemble Cast + No Female Lead + No Romance + No Couple + Straight to the Action + No Goody-Two-Shoes] All my disciples are overlords of the myriad heavens! The Era Sect rules the myriad heavens? “What? This sect accepts everyone?” “Cultivating immortality? Demons? Monsters? Buddhahood...” “It's the Era Sect! Opportunities are everywhere!” “Anything and everything can cultivate the Dao...” The transmigrator Su Xuan founded the Era 702Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist starts with an invincible domain and possesses two major systems: a system for building the strongest sect and a system for recruiting disciples, offering ten thousandfold returns. There's no romance, no ambiguity, no saintly figures, and the protagonist is decisive and ruthless. He remains invincible throughout, cultivating his power and subordinates. He dominates countless worlds; the world-building is vast, and it's an ensemble piece. All the disciples the protagonist recruits are chosen ones, ultimately becoming: the Thunder Emperor, the Chaos Sword Ancestor, the Primordial Ice Lord, the Devouring Demon Lord, the Ancient Immortal Emperor, the Immortal Phoenix Lord, the Crimson Heaven Emperor, and so on…

31. 31 开 Nascent Soul Peak Master From the Start, Taking in a Disciple With a Heavenly Spirit Root 开局元婴峰主，收徒天灵根 Shang Junling商君令Eastern Fantasy846k WordsOngoing [Beyond Ordinary Immortal Cultivation + Peerless Prodigies + System + Master and Disciple + No Romance] The master of Taihua Sect’s seventh peak, Miaomiao Peak, is taking on disciples! With his prodigious talent, Zhou Qingchen inherits the position of seventh peak master and opens the mountain to take in disciples, only for a System to arrive! [Congratulations, Host! You have successfully taken on a disciple with a Heavenly Spirit Root. Reward: one supreme immortal scripture!] [Congratulatio 1.9kReads8.6Score117Shelves

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    This book is absolutely amazing! Don't miss it! [Thinking][Thinking][Thinking]

32. 32 功 I Made Up the Cultivation Manual, but My Disciple Actually Mastered It? 功法我瞎编的，徒儿还真练成了？ The Flying Little Wolf会飞的小奶狼Eastern Fantasy685k WordsCompleted [Taking disciples + making up cultivation techniques + fiercely protective master + ensemble cast + invincible + behind the scenes] After transmigrating to a fantastical world, Han Xing binds himself to a Disciple Recruitment Reward System. Whenever one of his disciples advances in cultivation, he becomes stronger. But he has no aptitude for cultivation and knows no techniques at all. To make matters worse, the System refuses to recognize the few disciples he manages to take in. Helpless, he spe 8.6kReads8.1Score692Shelves

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    No female lead, no romantic subplots

33. 33 玄 Xuanhuan: Reversing Cause and Effect, Invincible First, Cultivating Later 玄幻：倒果成因，先无敌后修炼 Mingze茗泽Eastern Fantasy675k WordsCompleted [Taking Disciples + Invincible + Lighthearted] Original title: Fantasy: Reversing Cause and Effect, Invincible First, Cultivating Later Ji Yuan transmigrates to a fantasy world and binds himself to a disciple-taking System that reverses cause and effect. By reversing cause and effect, he can claim quest rewards in advance and complete the quests afterward. [Reward Advance]: Great Immortal Technique [Quest Advance]: Teach a disciple a cultivation technique that can lead to immortality. [Reward A 5kReads8.2Score432Shelves

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    After the male protagonist is bound to the "Reversed Cause and Effect System," he first collects the rewards and then completes the tasks, remaining in an invincible state. [Eating popcorn][Eating popcorn][Eating popcorn]

34. 34 玄 Xuanhuan: Stop Pretending, You're the Supreme Sword Master! 玄幻：别装了，你就是剑道至尊！ Pen of Right and Wrong是非笔Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Comedy + mistaken assumptions + invincible protagonist] Also known as: So I Was Invincible All Along Li Xianyuan transmigrates into a world of immortal cultivation. With no spiritual roots, all he can do is drift through life. The peach tree he planted turns out to be a Heavenly Immortal Peach Tree. One bite gives you immortal spiritual roots. When his master hears him play “A Laugh in the Vast Sea,” he becomes a Saint on the spot. 4.8kReads8.9Score405Shelves

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    Look, it's so good, so incredibly good!!! (This book contains angst 🔪, proceed with caution)

35. 35 我EN I Made Up Cultivation Techniques, So How Did You All Become Great Emperors? 我瞎编功法，你们怎么都成大帝了 Drunk on Wind and Smoke风烟醉Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted Chen Xuan transmigrates to the Xuantian Continent. Unable to cultivate, he unexpectedly awakens a System that makes him stronger every time he takes on a disciple. To grow stronger, he starts bluffing his way into taking disciples. When he doesn’t know a cultivation technique, he just makes one up. To his complete surprise, every one of his disciples masters their techniques. A hundred years later, Chen Xuan watches as each of his disciples becomes an unparalleled Great Emperor and can’t help 2.7kReads8.9Score652Shelves

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    These are all

36. 36 玄 Xuanhuan: The Weakest Sect? Its Disciples Beat Up the Ancestor 玄幻：最弱宗门？徒弟吊打老祖 RT Tobacco Little DonkeyRT烟草小毛驴Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Sign-in System]➕ [Taking disciples]➕ [Lighthearted]➕ [Invincible] Chu Fan is unexpectedly reborn, bound to a sign-in System, and made the peak master of Dao One Sect, a sect full of sly schemers. From the start, he has quasi-emperor cultivation and lives a carefree life on Profound Spirit Peak, only needing to sign in once a month. Who could have guessed the System would suddenly assign him a mission to take disciples? Tempted by the enticing rewards, Chu Fan takes in a first disciple with an E 16.6kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves

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    These are all stories about taking on disciples and becoming stronger. The fifth one is about the protagonist becoming the sect leader of the Beast Taming Sect and developing and expanding the sect.

37. 37 御 The Eccentrics of the Beast Taming Sect 御兽宗的奇葩们 The Bird Afraid of Heights恐高的飞鸟Eastern Fantasy523k WordsCompleted If you ask which cultivation sect is the best, The Beast Taming Sect is number one, no contest. The pay, benefits, and perks are great, You get meat and fur coats to boot. Everyone praises the Beast Taming Sect’s leader for his diligence and excellent management. Who knows that he’s always scheming to retire early... He wants to lie flat, but gets swept into the whirlpool of the cultivation world and dragged ever deeper. 14Reads6.5Score—Shelves
38. 38 签 Sign-In Disciple Recruitment System: Unlocking Heaven-Defying Skills 签到收徒系统，解锁逆天技能 Jin Tianchen锦天辰Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Invincible + System + Comedy + Lighthearted + Ruthless + No Saintly Do-Gooder] Ye Nan transmigrates to the cultivation world and awakens an Apprentice-Recruitment System. Taking on disciples makes him stronger. But three years pass in a flash, and the System shows no sign of life. He hasn’t gained a single disciple, either. To make ends meet, he has no choice but to open a tavern! The daily sign-ins have left Ye Nan completely numb. His room is piled high with all kinds of techniques and treasu 8.6kReads7.7Score725Shelves
39. 39 说EN You Promised a Martial Arts World, Why Are You Teaching Immortal Cultivation? 说好武侠世界，你怎么教人修仙？ I Speak My Way to Godhood我语成神Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing [Cultivation in a Wuxia world, made-up techniques, disciples become immortals, invincible, System returns, an exhilarating cultivation story crushing martial arts!] Chu Feng transmigrates into a martial arts world, where he is trapped in a remote mountain valley despite being too weak to even truss a chicken. One day, a third-rate martial artist who has just had his engagement called off wanders in, mistakes Chu Feng for a peerless master, and insists on becoming his disciple. At first, Chu Feng 33.8kReads7.2Score2.5kShelves

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    The protagonist transmigrates to a martial arts world, focuses on cultivating immortality, takes on disciples, and has no romantic pairing.

40. 40 武EN This Is a Martial Arts World—Why Are You Teaching Immortal Cultivation? 武者世界，你怎么教人修仙 Fast Blade for Feel-Good Stories爽文快刀手Martial Arts2.5M WordsCompleted This is a world where martial strength reigns supreme. Lin Bei transmigrates into a small mountain village. Using the tai chi practiced by an old man in the park, he tricks children who can't train in martial arts into believing it's a cultivation method even more powerful than martial arts. Then a martial artist whose dantian has been crippled happens to hear of Lin Bei's reputation. With the attitude of giving it a try, he asks to become Lin Bei's disciple, saying that if Lin Bei is a fraud, h 4.6kReads8.5Score574Shelves

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    Taking on Apprentices: The first book is indeed quite good.

41. 41 我 I’m Livestreaming Martial Arts in Another World! 我在异界直播传武！ Always Offline一直关机Urban365k WordsOngoing Blue Star was once a world where martial arts flourished. But after several dynasties rose and fell, each ruling house feared that martial artists would use their skills to defy the law, and launched repeated, large-scale crackdowns on martial arts. Many gifted people withdrew to the mountains, and martial arts gradually declined, leaving its traditions broken. Centuries later, in the twenty-first century, no true martial artists remained. The so-called martial arts masters online were nothing 1Reads8.0Score—Shelves
42. 42 斩 Slaying Demons and Exorcising Evil? This Monk Just Wants to Return to Secular Life 斩妖除魔？贫僧只想还俗 Flying Petals飞花朵Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted In the Great Zhou Immortal Dynasty, demons run rampant and chaos reigns. The Demon-Suppressing Bureau, the Pacification Bureau, and the Inspection Bureau protect the dynasty, but its decline is already apparent. Ten great demon kings are itching to overthrow human rule. A hundred feudal lords fight to seize one another’s lands, while martial arts sects spring up across the land like bamboo shoots after the rain. As chaos approaches, transmigrator Lin Yingxiong binds to the Boundless Buddhist 123Reads7.3Score160Shelves
43. 43 玄 Xuanhuan: I Extract Attributes from All Things, and All My Disciples Are Monsters! 玄幻：提取万物词条，弟子全是妖孽！ Heart of the Stars星星的心心Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Ren Ping transmigrates to a fantasy world, becoming a useless elder of the Lingwu Sect. Unable to cultivate and gravely wounded, he has little time left to live. It is a disastrous start. Fortunately, he gets a golden finger that lets him draw traits from all things. By granting traits to those close to him, he can obtain even more powerful ones, so Ren Ping takes on a host of disciples. [Draws the Enlightenment Stone trait: Divine Comprehension, granting peerless insight] [Draws the Ancient Swo 2.7kReads7.4Score219Shelves
44. 44 开 From the Start, Taking in Disciples Rewards Me with the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Skill 开局收徒奖励龙象般若功 Crazy White Radish疯狂的白萝卜Eastern Fantasy321k WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation is now online. Readers who are interested can search for it and watch it. Short drama title: My Master and I Rise to the Ninth Heaven [System] [No Romance] [Slaying Demons and Exorcising Evil] [High Martial] [Invincible] [Fantasy] [Martial Arts Powerhouse VS Immortal Ancestor] “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you've successfully taken on a disciple. Reward: Dragon-Elephant Prajna Skill!” “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you've successfully taken on a disciple. Reward: Tathag 938Reads7.4Score114Shelves
45. 45 破 Something's Wrong with This Run-Down Martial Arts School: Every Disciple Is Invincible 破落武馆有问题，门中弟子全无敌 Lonely Evolution孤独的进化Eastern Fantasy617k WordsCompleted No heroine + plot-focused + jianghu and court politics + ensemble cast My disciples handle the cultivation. I lie flat. Zhou Qifang took over a failing martial arts school. Pressured by rivals and gangs, he nearly had to sell himself to a brothel. Just in time, he bound himself to the Martial Arts School System, which could change his disciples’ innate physiques and continually reward him with a portion of their cultivation. [Ding! Spend 100 Reputation to transform disciple Yang Bao’s hidden phy 1.2kReads7.1Score101Shelves
46. 46 授 Teach Apprentices, Reap Rewards, and Look Forward to Immortality 授徒返利，长生可期 Time and Space Traveler时空旅游者Eastern Fantasy290k WordsCompleted [System] [Mentor Rewards] [Instructor] [No Female Lead] [Xianxia Fantasy] [Taking Disciples] [Longevity] Ten years ago, Ye Chen transmigrated to a fantastical cultivation world and was taken in by Huangnan Academy. After ten years of diligent cultivation, he became an outer-court instructor. After Ye Chen was assigned a new group of students by the academy, he activated the Mentor Rewards System, which could grant him up to ten thousand times his investment in rewards. "Ding! The Host has taught 305Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 47 逆 Betrayed by My Traitorous Disciple! I Turn Around and Take the Reborn Empress as My Disciple 逆徒背刺！我反手收徒重生女帝 The Little Cockroach Is Seven小蟑螂七岁了Eastern Fantasy509k WordsCompleted [Invincible] + [Ruthless] + [Exhilarating] Jiang Mo, Sect Master of the Qingxuan Sect, devoted himself heart and soul to raising his disciples, only to be betrayed by an ungrateful traitor! To curry favor with the powerful, the traitor used the sect as a stepping stone and defected to a major sect, ruining Jiang Mo's reputation and bringing shame upon his sect! At the brink of despair, Jiang Mo awakens the [Discipleship Rewards System]! As long as he teaches his disciples, he can receive multipl 257Reads6.6Score—Shelves
48. 48 投 I Invested in a Prodigy for a Century, and the Empress Calls Me Her Master 投资天骄百年，女帝称我为师 Chen cc Chen陈cc陈Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Across the Five Regions and Four Seas, heroes vie for the path to imperial power. Lu Chen transmigrated into this world and struggled for half his life, only to become a teacher at a small academy. He thought the dazzling, boundless world had nothing left to do with him, until his golden finger finally arrived. He could see everyone’s destiny, along with the troubles and trials they faced. As long as he taught them and answered their questions, he would receive generous rewards. The greater the 5.7kReads7.8Score478Shelves
49. 49 前 I'm Trash in the Early Game, but Invincible in the Late Game 前期我垃圾，后期我无敌 Without Beginning or Name无始无名Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted “Would you be willing to take me as your master?” Wang Li froze, unable to understand why the old man in front of him had suddenly asked to take him as a disciple. But, just to be safe... Appraisal Object: Lin Qinghai Cultivation: Ninth Level of Body Integration (Immortal King of the Divine Soul) He was once an Immortal King of the Immortal Realm, but was betrayed by his disciple. As he lay dying, he accidentally activated a temporal treasure and returned to the Lower Realm, where his dream had 487Reads6.8Score101Shelves
50. 50 神 God-Tier Disciple-Accepting System: Starting as an Immortal Emperor! 神级收徒系统，仙帝起步！ A Man Plays Diao Chan阿瞒戏貂蝉Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted (From the start at the Dao Ancestor Realm + ensemble cast + multiple protagonists + invincible sword cultivator + master-disciple System + the Myriad Worlds + sword cultivators + no harem + one female lead + decisive and ruthless) Chen Changsheng: “Fellow cultivators, make your move. Otherwise, I won’t have an excuse to kill you.” First disciple Lu Changzhi: Primal Chaos Sword Physique (Awakened), peerless in the sword path, unmatched in offense. Second disciple Chen Anzhi: The reincarnated mast 162Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    These two books are truly amazing! The plots are fantastic, neither dragging nor slow, and the main characters are the cool and aloof type, which is exactly my type. Highly recommend them! (#^.^#)👍🏻 You won't regret reading them! [Laughing][laughing][laughing]

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