Looking for Traditional Cultivation Stories with Gradual Growth and Nothing Too Over-the-Top 想要正宗成长型修仙，不太夸张的。

1. 451 双 Two-Faced Cultivation: A Dog in Public, a Ruthless Fiend in Private 双面修仙：人前老狗，人后狠人 Tanghulu from Mi Li's Home米粒家的糖葫芦Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsOngoing [Longevity] + [Cautious cultivation] + [Mortal's journey] + [Transmigrated in body] + [No romance] + [Not celibate] + [Decisive and ruthless] + [No self-sacrificing saint] (Fights between any two characters will generally last no more than one chapter. This isn't a fast-paced power fantasy. Follow an ordinary man's journey to becoming the ultimate survivor. If that's not for you, don't read.) Lin Xiao transmigrates to another world for reasons unknown. Enjoy wealth and luxury? Surround himself w 20kReads8.4Score1.4kShelves

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   This is so good, I'm following it closely! It's addictive, the plot is very interesting, and the writing is quite good—not the kind of weak, simplistic story you'd find. Thumbs up! [Thumbs up]

2. 452 化 Devouring Demons, Punishing Sin: I Carved a Path to Immortality on a Deserted Island 化妖噬罪：我在荒岛杀出通天仙途 Governor of Nine Gates九门总督Eastern Fantasy343k WordsCompleted [Readers under eighteen stay away. The faint of heart should not enter.] When you have neither a trump card nor even your pants, don’t expect anyone to take pity on you. Fresh out of college, Xia Xiaoyu gets caught up in a fake-marriage scheme while trying to raise 500,000 yuan for his father’s life-saving treatment. It turns his once ordinary life upside down. Surviving on a deserted island, sixteen years that pass like a dream, killing under the law of the jungle, creating his own Joyous Union 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It smells amazing! Not for those under 18. Enter at your own risk if you are easily frightened.

3. 453 被 The White Moonlight Revived by the Male Lead of a Male-Oriented Novel 被男频男主复活的白月光 Eastern Orange东方香橙Ancient Romance268k WordsOngoing Note: The scumbag Xie Bufan, who appears first, is NOT the male lead! The heroine grows stronger over time and ends up terrifyingly powerful! Make her mad and she'll flip the table. A mildly satisfying read. The male lead, Xiao Bingchen, has his soul temporarily residing in a cat's body. He's super handsome, super powerful, and super cuddly! The heroine has the male lead completely wrapped around her finger. The heroine is the focus, and she won't be put through misery. The story has a strong fe 77Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This female lead is truly a character who grows and develops. She puts in a lot of effort to reach the Foundation Establishment stage. She's intelligent and a master of manipulation, completely controlling the male lead. The author has a wild imagination and completely subverts the usual tropes. The female lead is a sharp-tongued and witty character who can fight back. She's smart and enjoys giving the male lead a beating, and he can only endure it...

4. 454 系EN Immortality System: I Outlived Everyone 系统赋我长生，我熬死了所有人 One Durian No. 3一只榴莲3号Eastern Fantasy5.6M WordsOngoing Observing the love and hatred of cultivators across the river of time from a perspective beyond life itself. He left a modest little town and entered the wondrous world of cultivation. His journey sped up and slowed down, moving forward or stopping to rest, but he never stopped walking. The Age of Declining Dharma, the Age of Emperors, the Age of Dark Turmoil… He appeared in every age, and the only thing he could do was watch old friends die with his own eyes, then see them off to their grave 575.4kReads9.4Score59.5kShelves

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   These are all normal cultivation novels. [Eating melon emoji] [eating melon emoji] [eating melon emoji]

5. 455 仙 The Immortal Pearl's Fated Quest: A Tale of Cultivation Through Spiritual Sources 仙珠奇缘，灵源修仙传 The Tyrant Offers a Toast霸王敬酒Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing [No System + Mortal's Path to Immortality + Cautious + play the pig to eat the tiger + Farming + Slow Burn] Li Yao, a rogue cultivator, is so ridiculously cautious that it beggars belief: he established his foundation at twenty-four, reached the middle stage of Foundation Establishment at thirty-three, and formed his core after turning a hundred... This is a world where everyone cultivates. There are more than thirty kinds of spiritual roots. Single spiritual roots cultivate fastest, but are wea 674Reads—Score104Shelves

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   [No system + ordinary person + steady + pretending to be weak while actually being strong + farming + slow burn] Golden finger: mysterious space, the protagonist survives to an outrageous degree, cultivates the Five Elements Heaven-Mending Technique, establishes foundation at twenty-three or twenty-four, reaches mid-Foundation Establishment at thirty-three, and forms Core Formation at over a hundred years old...

6. 456 戮 Path of Slaughter 戮途 That's Just How It Is Ye就是这样業Eastern Fantasy345k WordsOngoing Horror cultivation + graphic violence. An ordinary mortal stumbles into the world of cultivation, where the strong prey on the weak and only the fittest survive. A highly intelligent villain, a protagonist who returns from the dead to take revenge, and the secrets behind the cultivation world and its immortals are gradually revealed. Why did the ancient Heavenly Court go to war with the Witch Clan? What consequences were left behind when the Soul Clan was wiped out? Are the Divine Clan’s followe 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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   "Horror Cultivation" + "Bloody Violence": A mortal stumbles into a world of cultivation, a world of survival of the fittest, a world of high-IQ villains, and a protagonist who returns after death seeking revenge. The story gradually unveils the secrets of the cultivation world and immortals: Why did the ancient Heavenly Court wage war against the Witch Clan? Why was the Soul Clan wiped out, leaving behind karma? Were the God Clan lackeys? Were the Demon Clan betraying the Underworld Clan? Why haven't they shown themselves yet? We, the people of this world, have no fear of war… The author traverses countless eras, stepping onto the river of time, personally guiding the human race in this desolate world to cultivate immortality…

7. 457 万EN The Ultimate Underdog 万古第一废材 Little Seventeen the Crybaby爱哭的小十七Eastern Fantasy10.0M WordsOngoing [Invincible, Fiery, Fast-Paced, Constant Updates, Strongly Recommended by Hundreds of Millions of Readers!] A hundred thousand years ago, everyone was like a dragon, and all could cultivate the martial path. After the Calamity Transformation, the Heavenly Dao collapsed and the gods fell, leaving behind only an ancient tower of reincarnation. A hundred thousand years later, martial cultivation had become a matter of bloodline. A trash bloodline was no better than an insect and could not cultivate 270.2kReads9.0Score23.1kShelves
8. 458 财 The Path of Wealth, Magic, and Immortality 财法仙途 Mu Jing木井Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsCompleted After Lin Xi reached the pinnacle of immortality and became invincible in the world, he looked back on his past and couldn’t help but sigh: “The life of a cultivator is so plain and unremarkable, and so boring.” Everyone else: “You despicable rich guy, shut up! Go find out how hard and heartbreaking life is for a real cultivator!” This is the story of a rich man who used money to pave himself a smooth road to immortality. 3.6kReads8.2Score333Shelves

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   Can I finish reading it?

9. 459 聊 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: I Asked You to Repay Your Debt, Not Paint Skins and Ghosts 聊斋：让你还债，没让你画皮画鬼 On Jiufeng Mountain九峰山上Eastern Fantasy125k WordsOngoing [Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio + Bizarre Cultivation + No System + Subverting Expectations + Folk Supernatural Tales + Becoming a God Through Painting + Dark Tone + Lovecraftian Horror + Clever Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] Transmigrating into Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, I find myself trapped in the deadly predicament of The Painted Skin from the start, and saddled with an unpayable debt to the dead? Don't panic. I have a White Bone Brush tha 788Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The Chinese horror atmosphere is very strong. The protagonist uses feng shui secrets to outwit ghosts and monsters. The plot has many twists and turns and solid foreshadowing. The writing is also very detailed.

10. 460 开 The Cheat-Wielding Lad Takes the Cultivation World by Storm 开挂小子玩转修仙界 Silly Little Dog Yuanbao元宝小傻狗Eastern Fantasy6.6M WordsOngoing [Funny and lighthearted + Upgrade spirit stones + Refine pills + Humorous cultivation + No System] You rascal, you can upgrade spirit stones and pills? Confess everything and I won’t hit you! Yuan Xiao, a country boy, accidentally saves a divine thief from the immortal realm. With nothing but shameless audacity, he snatches the heaven-defying treasure, the Tianqi Pearl, and becomes a rich cultivator. Making money and upgrading are no problem at all! With two absurd, troublemaking spirit beasts a 44.4kReads9.0Score5.1kShelves
11. 461 在 Surviving in the Cultivation World 在修仙界要苟住 Qiong and Ying琼与滢Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted (Coming of age + cautious survival + pocket dimension + strong female lead + no CP (there are men along the way)) Lin Yueying unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a peasant girl in another world, only to find herself facing the prospect of being sold. She discovers by chance that her birthmark is actually a pocket dimension. While escaping, she encounters an immortal sect recruiting disciples, and thus begins her journey into the cultivation world. In a dangerous environment full of treac 1.2kReads8.4Score146Shelves

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    🔥This is a cultivation novel where the female protagonist, who is growing and developing, starts from a farming family and embarks on the path of cultivation. She grows step by step, and her cheat ability isn't particularly powerful. The main thing is to read the volumes. She works so hard, and I especially love this kind of cultivation novel where the protagonist has a side job.

12. 462 开 From the Start, I Found a Divine Cauldron That Will Help Me Live Forever 开局捡到神鼎，伴我一路长生 Little Immortal of Rosy Dawn霞光小真人Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing One sword severs worldly ties; one cauldron hides a profound mystery! Seeking the path to immortality, the young Chu Tiange takes up his green-edged sword, carrying a fragmentary cauldron within, and sets out alone on the road of cultivation. Along the way, he travels across mountains and rivers, witnessing countless wonders of the world, and ventures into perilous places, facing the wicked schemes of the human heart. In this world filled with powerful cultivators, how will he rely on his own ab 532Reads6.0Score—Shelves

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    No system, no time travel, orthodox cultivation realm. Add it to your bookshelf if you like it.

13. 463 仙 The Immortal Path? The Path of Death! 仙道？死道！ Jue Love ScarJue恋殇Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted [Horror Cultivation] + [Survival at All Costs] You are what you eat, so eating bitterness won't make you a better person. Only eating people will. An immortal once said, “If you're not at the table, you're on the menu.” Humans are the spirit of all things, born with immortal bodies and prized as heavenly medicine. In the cultivation world, the only way to cultivate is to absorb the power and fortune of others! That's why ordinary people are kept as living cauldrons. If you don't consume others, —Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 464 满 The Whole Sect Is Full of Crazy Villains, Only the Junior Sister Is a Goofball 满门反派疯批，唯有师妹逗比 Wei Xiaoxi未小兮Ancient Romance3.5M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book, Ye Linglong becomes the vicious cannon-fodder villainess in a cultivation novel. With terrible aptitude, she even coerces the heroine into taking her into the top sect during the Cultivation Tournament. After joining, she opposes the heroine at every turn and eventually dies a miserable death. To enjoy a long, happy life, Ye Linglong immediately gives up on coercing the heroine and turns around to join the worst sect in the cultivation world. She’s done being th 238.8kReads9.6Score24.6kShelves

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    These two are my recent favorites.

15. 465 我 I'm No Foolish God: A Bizarre Tale of Cultivation 我不是愚神【修仙诡异录】 Golden Bug Boy金虫小子Eastern Fantasy144k WordsOngoing Men are called You, and women Ling. This young man, shackled in black iron chains with his body stretched into the shape of the character for "great," has endured the binding punishment of an ice prison. Reduced to skin and bones, he looks like a skeleton, no longer human. His name is Wuming. He has a given name but no surname. He's a performer, also called a clown, a fool, or a Youling. In the past, he held an official rank and served as a court jester, with the official title of Assistant Gent 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Alternative cultivation novel, Eastern Cthulhu

16. 466 飞 The Flying Immortal Domain 飞仙域 Loves Eating, Sleeping, and Playing on the Phone爱吃爱睡爱玩手机Fantastical Romance323k WordsOngoing I am a source, one among countless sources. I have slept ever since I came into being, until one day, a voice broke through my shell. Qi Guanyan grew up with her mother on the border. She knows who her father is, and that she has a twin brother who shares her blood, but she is destined to remain here with her mother. Until the year she turns nine, when her mother dies and she is left alone in the world. She refuses to accept it, so she sets out after him. Through every hardship, all she wants i 22Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No cheat codes, no time travel, no cheat abilities

17. 467 浩 The Tale of the Righteous Sword God 浩然剑神传 Jiangnan Huayan Yi江南花颜逸Eastern Fantasy140k WordsOngoing Several hundred years ago, Nan Muchun was born unable to gather spiritual energy. Unwilling to accept the fate laid out for him, he wagered his own lifespan against Heaven and Earth. After many twists and turns, he became a Sword God of his age, united the continent, swept through the world, and stood invincible above all. In the end, he was bestowed the title of Slaughter Sword God. In the final years of his life, he discovered that this was all a deception orchestrated by Heaven and Earth. He —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Look, the path to immortality

18. 468 女 A Female Immortal Joins the Cultivation World 女仙乱入修仙记 Mumu Xin, Who Loves Fried Chicken爱吃炸鸡的木木心Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Spatial storage + no CP + coming-of-age + transmigration + mutated spiritual roots] After a car accident, Ning Xin transmigrated to a mysterious land, dog and all. She'd thought she had landed in a farming story, but when she saw giant birds flying across the sky and people riding swords, she realized something was definitely off. The woman and her dog traveled throughout the cultivation world, living a carefree life unlike any other. They searched for treasures and beasts, flew across differen 1kReads8.8Score100Shelves

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    It's about growth and advancement, and it's quite good.

19. 469 修 Cultivation: I Just Pulled Out a Sword, What Are You All Panicking About? 修仙：我就拔个剑，你们慌什么 Hardworking Goldfish努力的金鱼Ancient Romance1.3M WordsOngoing Also known as "The Green-Robed Girl Is Unbeatable: One Sword Leads to Immortality" A young woman in green robes travels through the heavens with a book in hand. Everyone assumes another bookworm has appeared, but in reality... A certain holy son roars in despair: “Reading is great! It cultivates the mind! But could you put down your sword while we talk?” A certain holy maiden gazes at her lovestruck: “So handsome! If I ignore the fact that she’s a woman, I could marry her. Pick me for the politi —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first one is a growth-type novel, it seems a bit fast-paced... But not the kind where the protagonist is invincible. The second one, is it also a growth-type novel? Starting with the protagonist facing enemies everywhere.

20. 470 女 The Supporting Character Cultivates: I Have a Nitpicker System 女配修仙：我有杠精系统 Duck and Vermicelli Soup鸭薛粉丝汤Ancient Romance1.2M WordsOngoing The comic adaptation, Bickering My Way to Immortality, Driving the Cultivation World Mad, launches on August 23. Wen Yin transmigrated into a book. She became the stepping-stone female character in a male-oriented novel, the one who breaks off her engagement with and humiliates the Dragon Proud Heaven. “I told you back then: in thirty years, the east bank will be the west bank, and the west bank will be the east bank. Never look down on a poor young man! Wen Yin, here’s the divorce letter I pro 32.5kReads9.2Score3.5kShelves
21. 471 沉 After Being Thrown into the Pond, She Became a Violent Female Sword Cultivator 沉塘后，她成了暴力女剑修 One Peach at a Time一口一个桃儿Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No CP + strong female lead + Ice Spirit Root + genius + power progression + weak to strong] Before the age of thirteen, Li Chu's life was filled with nothing but indifference and bullying. Even her death came in the humiliating form of being drowned in a pond. Fortunately, just when things seemed darkest, fate gave her a second chance. She met her benefactor. She joined a sect. She became a promising talent. And then? Revenge? Her true enemy wasn't even within reach. Repay her benefactor? Their 692Reads8.6Score100Shelves

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    Both are great! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

22. 472 金 My Golden Finger Is So Overpowered, I Take My Pocket Dimension and Cultivate Immortality 金手指太逆天，带着空间去修仙 Ben Biao123犇驫123Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Cultivation + transmigration + space + opportunities Xu Ya transmigrates into a xianxia novel. The original owner is constantly sabotaged by her cousin, the book's vicious supporting female character, who hides behind a facade of “I'm only doing this for your own good,” leaving her unable to defend herself. The heroine happens to come to her rescue, but only to scheme for the original owner's teardrop pendant and get her killed. And that's not all. Xu Ya's parents are also killed one a 16.6kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves

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    Cultivation begins with staying away from the vicious female supporting character.

23. 473 从 From Rags to the Immortal Court 从草根混到位列仙班 Daoist Dong Ba La咚巴拉道长Eastern Fantasy622k WordsCompleted (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions. A fully realized world. Read with caution.) Synopsis 1: A humble birth is no disgrace. Accumulating merit and virtue is the way to become an immortal. Everyone suffers and needs the protection of the gods, but who protects the gods? That brings us to the Immortal Among Immortals: the One-Word Primordial Perfected Lord, Divine Dao Nine Heavens Demon-Slaying Great Sage, Thunder-Riding Supreme Clarity Perfected Lor 265Reads8.2Score—Shelves
24. 474 穿 Reborn as a Good-for-Nothing, I Became a God Through Trash Talk 穿成废柴后我靠嘴炮封神 Book of Artistic Conception意境书Eastern Fantasy603k WordsCompleted Overworked office drone Lin Mo dies suddenly after staying up all night revising a proposal. When he opens his eyes, he has transmigrated into the body of another Lin Mo, the universally acknowledged good-for-nothing of Qinglan Sect: his spiritual roots are a mess, his cultivation ranks last, and from the start, a burly man is chasing him with a spiked club! At this desperate moment, the Ranting System binds to him: “The more savage your verbal attacks, Host, the greater your rewards!” From then 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    After the sudden death of a corporate slave, Lin Mo, he arrived in the cultivation world, becoming the most insignificant good-for-nothing in the Qinglan Sect. Not only were his spiritual roots mixed, but his cultivation level was also pitifully low; he was chased and beaten with spiked clubs right from the start. Just when he thought he was about to die, the "Verbal Cannon System" suddenly bound itself to him. The rules were simple and brutal: the more scathing his verbal attacks, the more incredible the rewards! The burly man who bullied him was instantly defeated by his sarcastic remark, unlocking the third level of Qi Refining; the troublesome young clan leader, after being exposed as a hypocrite, not only had his wrist broken but also gained permanent Qi Refining level five cultivation; even a Foundation Establishment stage dragon was struck by lightning and frozen solid by his sarcastic remark about "pretending to be a Qilin," and his inner core was even taken by him. While others toiled for a hundred years, he leveled up with just a few sarcastic remarks. His path to godhood through verbal cannon was smoother than anyone else's!

25. 475 修 A Foodie Who Follows the Imperial Path to Immortality Arrives in the Cultivation World 修仙界来了一位以皇入道的吃货 Retired Salted Fish养老的咸鱼Ancient Romance634k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + System + farming + cherished by everyone + escaping natural disasters and famine + development + leveling up + storage space + no romance] A harmonious family with no awful relatives An unlucky glutton finally gets a stroke of good luck, only to wind up losing her life in the process… After she transmigrates, she thinks she’s following a script about escaping famine, farming, getting rich, and living a comfortable life… But after she finally leads her people to wipe out the can 301Reads9.0Score102Shelves

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    Don't let the low rating fool you, I highly recommend it (five stars!). It's definitely worth reading; just be patient (there are a lot of typos), and you won't find it lacking. I just finished reading it after staying up all night. It's probably not a traditional cultivation novel; it has a system. The writing is excellent, flowing smoothly, with just the right amount of atmosphere and emotion. Warning: There are quite a few typos.

26. 476 穿 Transmigrate to Cultivate Immortality: A Hongmeng Romance 穿越修仙：鸿蒙奇缘 Chubby Wow胖嘟嘟哇Ancient Romance180k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate to Cultivation World + Everyone’s Favorite + Genius + Leveling Up + Endless Fortuitous Encounters] A graduate student in agricultural science transmigrates into the body of a farmer’s daughter after a lab accident. Fortunately, she acquires the Primordial Pearl, a primordial treasure. She plans to become a renowned agricultural expert in ancient times and lead her family to prosperity, only to discover that this is actually a world of cultivation. At first, they look down on her be 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead has many opportunities, but she grows step by step.

27. 477 仙 The Sect's Number One Insider 仙门第一关系户 Author A Chuan作者阿川Eastern Fantasy170k WordsOngoing After transmigrating into a world of immortal cultivation, Lu Bei discovers that while everyone else gets to be the chosen one or the hero of a power fantasy, he’s been handed a family connections directory. His master is the greatest sword immortal in the cultivation world, his senior sister is the next sect leader, and even the immortal crane raised by the sect has a higher cultivation level than he does. Lu Bei only wants to lie flat and live like a lazy fish, but the System keeps pushing him 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend "The Number One Connections in the Immortal Sect," perfect for readers who want to grow and progress in their cultivation journey but don't want anything too depressing! The protagonist has his own cultivation progress, leveling up gradually rather than instantly hitting a ceiling. He has a protective master and a proud senior sister as support, the writing style is light and humorous, and he gains growth from monster battles and exploration of secret realms. There are no clichéd revenge plots; it balances a sense of growth with a satisfying reading experience.

28. 478 修 Cultivation Starts at the Third Qi Refining Layer 修仙是从炼气三层开始的 Wangquan Fugui王权富贵Eastern Fantasy306k WordsCompleted Classic cultivation + one female lead + no System + epic length Some seek the Dao across a thousand mountains, Some roam freely, at ease between them. I follow the wind and drift far away, Wishing only to linger between the immortal and mortal worlds. Zhao Fan, a novice cultivator, accidentally acquires a mysterious black pearl. Its origins are extraordinary: it can bring spirit herbs to maturity. From then on, Zhao Fan has an endless supply of resources on his path to cultivation. Calm and deci 186Reads5.7Score—Shelves

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    Traditional cultivation novels

29. 479 炼 The Legend of Qi Cultivation: The Golden Core Path 炼炁修真传奇之金丹大道 Guyue and the Breeze古月与清风Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing The story of an ordinary person striving to reach the pinnacle of cultivation, with the following cultivation realms: Qi Refining [nine levels], Foundation Establishment [nine levels], then Golden Core and above, each divided into early, middle, and late stages: Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Void Refinement, Body Integration, Mahayana, and Tribulation Transcendence. This is a fairy tale for adults, a dream of pursuing immortality and freedom, a chronicle of striving alongside friends to cr 484Reads—Score—Shelves

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    As you wish, if you meet the requirements, please recommend your new book.

30. 480 重 Reborn as the Beloved Darling: The Sweet, Gentle Junior Sister Is Too Weak, So Spoil Her 重生团宠：甜软小师妹太弱要宠着 Youyou Bai柚柚白Ancient Romance363k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + doted-on-by-everyone + sweet romance + face-slapping and punishing scumbags + playing the fool to catch the tiger + feel-good power fantasy + devoted husband-and-wife life] Shi Die, a genius alchemist from the Primordial Spirit Continent, was betrayed by her fiancé and sacrificed herself to refine a pill. When she was reborn, she had lost all her memories and cultivation. But she had three senior brothers, a senior sister, and a stunning master who disguised herself as a man. Divine b 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Let's grow together

31. 481 异 Alien Beasts Invade: I've Become the Evil Cult's Boss! 异兽入侵：我成了邪教boss！ 7723 Ah7723啊Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Villain + Gene Fusion + Cult Leader + Behind the Scenes + No Female Lead] Qin Sheng is transmigrated, and though he survives by sheer luck, he has less than a year to live. Luckily, he binds the System carried by the transmigrator. It can extract and fuse alien beast genes to create all kinds of potions. In this era, alien beasts have been invading for a hundred years, and humanity has been forced to establish nine cities. Alien beast genes are considered taboo. But to stay alive, he has no cho 21.2kReads8.7Score1.9kShelves

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    Here's a book recommendation for those with no female lead and no romantic subplots.

32. 482 凡 A Mortal's Quest for Immortality 凡骨求长生 Chen Dou辰斗Eastern Fantasy768k WordsOngoing [Mortal Cultivation] [Traditional Wuxia] [Witty and Humorous] [Logical Deduction] [Lopsided Genius] [One Female Lead] [Ensemble Cast] This book has no fast-food-style, three-chapter hook, no exhilarating face-slapping from the start, and focuses on plot, careful buildup, and deeply rooted characters. The protagonist is an ordinary mortal, an undocumented resident of the immortal realm. His talents and shortcomings are sharply defined. He is no transmigrated or reborn overpowered hero, with neith 806Reads8.1Score232Shelves

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    This book truly allows you to grow alongside the protagonist.

33. 483 修 I Became a Go Champion While Cultivating Immortality 修仙我成了棋圣 Flying Iron Fan会飞的铁扇子Eastern Fantasy122k WordsOngoing In the world of cultivation, I am revered as the Sage of Go. This Go board may look ordinary, but it embodies my extraordinary path of cultivation. The black and white stones, placed across its intersecting lines, contain the profound principles of heaven and earth and immense spiritual power. Every move is an exploration and application of the laws of the universe. I follow the Way of Go into cultivation, turning this small board into a stage for the grand drama of my journey. When a stone is p 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The story features a single female lead who doesn't time-travel or reincarnate; the male lead pursues the path of chess and will eventually establish a sect. The current sects are extremely protective of their own.

34. 484 修 Cultivation: I Seek Immortality Through Divine Powers 修仙：我以神通觅长生 Jueqing绝勍Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Mortal Cultivation] [No System] Good news: As a perk of transmigrating, Chen Changsheng discovers his golden finger during his first cultivation session: the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Powers. Bad news: He can choose only two of the seventy-two powers. After careful thought, Chen Changsheng chooses Ingestion and Radiance. Ingestion is a path to enlightenment: consume all things to increase one’s cultivation. Radiance is a means of protecting the Dao: immune to every spell, it drives away all evi 3.8kReads7.4Score234Shelves

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    [Eating popcorn][Eating popcorn][Eating popcorn]

35. 485 高 High Martial: Who Still Plays with Fire? I Want to Play with Lightning! 高武：现在谁还玩火啊我要玩雷！ Run, There's Poison Gas!快跑毒Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Genius] [Multiple Superpowers] [Mutant Beasts] [Demons] [Myriad Races] [Lightning Superpower from the Start] [Humanity Doesn’t Fight Among Itself, It’s More United Than Ever!] [No Heroine, No Harem, No Romantic Subplots, So Don’t Make Things Up.] (The opening pace is a little slow, so please bear with it.) (The audiobook is out, so enjoy without worry.) After an accident, Ji Churen transmigrated to a high-martial world where everyone could awaken superpowers. Mutant beasts invaded, demons ran r 36.1kReads8.4Score3.3kShelves
36. 486 替 The Substitute Bride Became the Beloved of Her Entire Sect 替嫁女配成了师门团宠 A Pool of Starlight一池星光Ancient Romance544k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book, Lan Ying becomes a cannon-fodder supporting character who’s supposed to take the heroine’s place in an arranged marriage. Remembering how she dies in the original story, devoured by a demon beast, Lan Ying flees before the swaying bridal sedan arrives. She joins Xuanjian Sect, the top sect in the cultivation world. She means to keep her distance from the heroine’s ideal man, but unexpectedly, he takes her as his disciple. At first Sect Leader: She only has five 94Reads8.8Score—Shelves
37. 487 荒 The Desolate Emperor Returns: I Refine Immortals Across the Three Realms 荒帝归来：我在三界炼诸仙 Lord of the Profound Abyss Crossing玄渊渡主Eastern Fantasy94k WordsOngoing Male lead Cang Chen: In his previous life, he was the Mythic Great Luo Heavenly Emperor, ruling over the myriad emperors of the Three Realms. He cultivated the Ancient Emperor's Dao and commanded reincarnation and the netherworld, but was betrayed by the forces of the myriad heavens in league with the source of mythology. His imperial body shattered, and a wisp of his remnant soul fell into an ancient graveyard in the mortal realm. He survived by clinging to his emperor's bones and begins cultiv 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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38. 488 丹 The Immortal Path of the Pill 丹道仙途 Supreme Daoist Scripture太上道经Eastern Fantasy4.1M WordsOngoing [Mortal Cultivation] [Dual Cultivation of Alchemy and Formations] After transmigrating into the body of an ordinary disciple of an immortal sect, Fang Ping had assumed he had no hope of establishing his foundation. Fortunately, he unexpectedly obtained the Origin Cauldron, which could rewind failed pills into their original ingredients. This allowed him to embark on the path to immortality through alchemy. After ten thousand years of cultivation, he looked back and realized that, without even no 66.3kReads8.6Score5.1kShelves
39. 489 当 When All Beings Become an Ensemble Cast 当众生皆为群像 I'm Mad When Pen Names Are Duplicated笔名重复我生气了Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Heaven-grade wood spiritual root + body cultivation + growing female lead + no romance + ensemble cast] Jiang Mian woke up to find she had landed inside a melodramatic novel she'd once read. The heroine won over a whole host of male cultivators with her looks? She was certainly beautiful, especially when trampled underfoot. The second senior brother died a horribly unjust death? The third senior brother fell to demonic cultivation? The fourth, fifth, and sixth senior brothers all became steppin 23.3kReads9.0Score5.5kShelves
40. 490 我 One More Pickpocketing Spree and You Might End Up Exposed! 我一个偷窃下去，你可能会走光！ The Peerless Playboy, Me, Pang Hu绝世骚男我胖虎Sports684k WordsCompleted [Online Game + SSS-Rank Talent + Lone-Wolf Adventurer + Ruthless + Lawless + Not Reborn + No Female Lead, No Sick and Dying Sister, Read with Confidence] The online game Divine Revelation has taken the world by storm. Tired of grinding for money in games, Zhou Ming decides this time to become a thief, but unexpectedly awakens the SSS-rank talent “Infinite Potential,” which allows a chosen skill to grow without limit. And so, a thief with a ridiculously powerful stealing ability is born! “I admit 15kReads8.3Score1.2kShelves
41. 491 盛 Immortal Cultivation in a Golden Age: I Overwhelm Countless Prodigies 盛世修仙，我盖压无数天骄 Nanze Has a Spirit南泽有灵Fantastical Romance238k WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead, No Romance, Chaos Spirit Root, Every Sect Wants Her, Revenge and Growth] Her clan was wiped out when she was three. She killed at eight, and at eleven, her Chaos Spirit Root let her shatter the Stairway to the Dao at the Wendao Sect! A Nuwa Stone is embedded between Zhu Fuyao's brows. The ancestor gave his life to send her out of Fuyu Mountain. Eight years later, at the Wendao Sect's spirit-testing platform, five-colored divine light shot into the sky. A Chaos Spirit Root! T 197Reads—Score102Shelves

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    This is good.

42. 492 满 A Whole Family of Villainous Cannon Fodder, Riding High with Our Junior Sister 满门反派炮灰，跟着师妹浪到起飞 The Bear Who Bumps into Everything乱撞的小熊Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast + no male lead] Li Yang transmigrates into a book, going from a young, eccentric woman to a little turtle in a wish-granting pool inside an illusion. Who would’ve thought she’d land in a love triangle from the start, with the male lead and the main villain fighting over her. According to the original story, she’s eventually contracted by the original male lead and becomes his greatest trump card on his path to immortality. She spends her entire turtle life taking hits for him: blo 20.6kReads9.3Score2.5kShelves

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    My junior sister is such a little rascal, she's hilarious! [Laughing][laughing][laughing]

43. 493 人 I Train Ruthlessly, So Fortune's Favorite Can Stay Out of My Way 人狠狂修炼，气运之女靠边站 A Tree in Full Bloom一树繁花Ancient Romance1.8M WordsOngoing [Heroine reborn + gradually grows stronger + shines on her own + no love-brained behavior + plenty of foreshadowing + face-slapping the chosen one + lots of alchemy and artifact-forging skills + sword cultivator. A point of debate in this book: pills come in three types: pills, spirit pills, and immortal pills. Each type has nine ranks. Please keep in mind that different books have different systems. In Lin Jun’s previous life, she became a disciple of the Qingyun Sect without a hitch and reach 93Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    This novel features a female protagonist who earns her cultivation through genuine hard work. Even fortuitous encounters are merely icing on the cake. After her rebirth, she focuses solely on cultivation, making her a character who grows and matures. I recommend reading it.

44. 494 长 The Immortal Clan: The Incense System Helps Me Prove the Dao 长生仙族：香火系统助我证道 Thirty Years of Survival苟活三十载Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing [Farming] [Family Saga] [System] [No Saintly Protagonist] [More Children, More Blessings] If you enjoy family cultivation stories with an incense System, follow along. The opening has a few rough spots, but overall it's pretty good. The story moves at a steady pace. If you like it, please show your support. The author will see it through to the end! Wei Qingxuan, a ghost from the pleasure quarter, transmigrates into the body of a groom in a cultivation world. After a night of passion in a dream 16.2kReads6.4Score1.8kShelves

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    I recommend a traditional family cultivation novel, starting from humble beginnings and rising to the top. The plot is logically sound and worth reading.

45. 495 吾 Where Is My Sword? 吾剑何在 Pickled Radish Strips萝卜丝咸菜Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing No transmigration into a book! No System! Pure xianxia and fantasy! No mindless power fantasies, no instantly reaching level 999 with one slash. Every battle tests one's character, strategy, and will. The protagonist has faced failure and doubted himself, but he will surely rise again from the ruins and reclaim the Dao in his heart. He will wield conviction as his sword, resolve as its edge, his flesh and blood as his shield, and an unyielding spirit as his bones. He will break through every dem 1.7kReads8.7Score—Shelves

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    This book is absolutely perfect for your style! It's a coming-of-age story, and it gets more and more exciting as you read on!

46. 496 红 Cultivating in the Mortal World: The Path to Enlightenment 红尘修行：证道之路 A Jumble of Thoughts乱七八糟的思绪Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted No System + No Transmigration + Ordinary Mortal’s Journey + Historical Fantasy + Traditional Xianxia + Detailed Cultivation Techniques + Insights into Cultivation Lin Qingyang was born deep in the Qinling Mountains in the third year of the Jiajing era. Gifted with a “White Jade Physique,” he dreamed of the starry sky from childhood and was guided by an old man with white hair, marking him as extraordinary. At twelve, he became the disciple of the wandering Daoist Li Sanren and began his path of 6.1kReads9.3Score686Shelves

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    True cultivation of immortality: a crucial period in the development of Chinese civilization.

47. 497 草 A Grassroots Rise: Starting with Growing Spirit Rice 草根崛起，从种植灵稻开始 Han Qing瀚箐Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing What do you do when your cultivation is weak, your parents have disappeared, and someone has their eye on your house? With his outstanding talent for growing spirit plants, Li Tian struggles to get by in Fengyue Market, where not a single decent person can be found. By chance, he obtains a mysterious spirit-plant space. His cultivation, stagnant for so long, finally begins to improve, and from then on Li Tian sets out on the broad road to immortality. In the world of cultivation, danger lurks ev 2.6kReads8.2Score231Shelves

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    Two books I've been reading recently

48. 498 捡 Picking Up Treasures on the Path to Immortality 捡漏成仙 Cultivating Immortal Fufu修仙的芙芙Two Male Leads380k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + equally powerful + spatial powers + comeback + revenge + making money by finding bargains] Lin Qingyuan thought he was doomed to spend his life as a useless Qi Refining cultivator, waiting to die of old age. Then he stumbled upon a mysterious space and unlocked the mysterious profession of Spirit Planter! Jiang Shunyi thought he would spend his days running for his life, with revenge forever out of reach. But a mysterious inheritance set him on the path to becoming the greates 410Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    Highlight: This is a traditional ancient cultivation and leveling-up story with two male protagonists, a powerful alliance, and a homegrown cultivation genre.

49. 499 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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    Growth-oriented, no exaggeration

50. 500 山 The Wild Doctor of the Mountains 山野狂医 Little Huangy小黄yUrban4.2M WordsCompleted A country boy is beaten and has his right leg broken after talking back to the dean’s son, forcing him to return to his village to make a living. By chance, he inherits the legacy of a divine physician. From then on, his life takes off, and he rises to power, achieving a spectacular life beyond anyone’s wildest dreams... 7.2kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves

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    This is a very good cultivation novel. The protagonist progresses step by step, and the author's writing is absolutely superb. It's incredibly good!

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