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. 151 唐 Tang Li’s Chronicle of Immortal Cultivation 唐梨修仙录 wuli Tangtangwuli唐糖Ancient Romance259k WordsOngoing [Fantasy, strong female lead + traditional power progression + native cultivation + no romance + the heroine is ruthless toward anyone who threatens her + coming-of-age] A great calamity descends upon the Minglan Realm. Giant beasts run rampant, mortal lives are worthless, and cultivators desperately search for a way out. Tang Li, an ordinary mortal woman, accidentally enters the Taihe Sect of the cultivation world. She has top-tier cultivation aptitude and, by a twist of fate, awakens the Cha 8Reads8.0Score—Shelves
2. 152 合 The Useless Disciple of the Hehuan Sect Is a Sword Cultivator 合欢宗的废材是剑修 Shiyou Po礻由婆22k WordsCompleted The Useless Member of the Hehuan Sect Is a Sword Cultivator 196Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 153 全 The Craziest Man in the Entire Continent, and My Flute Is No Less Deadly 全洲第一疯，我的箫也未尝不利 Grass and Wood One草木甲Ancient Romance1.5M WordsOngoing [Print edition signed] [Divine-grade wood spiritual root + powerful heroine + dual cultivation in array formations and music + subverting expectations + a touch of ensemble cast] “An Avalokitesvara’s face, a voice like colored glass.” That’s how everyone in Qiming Continent describes Wen Xi. Wen Xi died, came back to life, and was about to die again when the System finally piped up in time [System Xiaoming reminds you: complete the world-saving mission and you can bring Mommy back to life, darli 98.5kReads9.5Score13.9kShelves

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   Followed the requirements of the question very well

4. 154 你 You Call That a Healer? She Bludgeons Everyone to Death 你管这叫奶妈？她把人头都锤爆了 Mu Huichun暮回春Ancient Romance3.6M WordsOngoing The print edition of I Can Pluck the Stars is available on all platforms. Genius + rich woman from the start. The day Ning Ruan left her village, a menace appeared on the Nine Provinces Continent. A mage? A sword cultivator? No, she just wanted to be a healer! All the continent’s geniuses: Shut up, you poisonous healer! Later: “Help! I never knew healers could heal people to death until I met Ning Ruan!” “But isn’t she a metal-element spiritual adept?” “Isn’t she wood-element?” “She’s clearl 213.5kReads9.5Score18kShelves
5. 155 柳 The Liu Clan’s Path to Immortality 柳氏家族长生路 California Doesn't Want To加州不愿意Ancient Romance384k WordsOngoing [Strong female lead, no romance; traditional cultivation-clan story] Liu Qingyan never expected that her first day after transmigrating to the cultivation world would begin with a divorce. But life here seemed so colorful that she gradually felt her own spirit coming alive. A story about a strong female lead and a traditional cultivation clan. The heroine becomes the clan's chief elder and leads it from obscurity, step by step, to the peak of the continent. 26Reads8.4Score—Shelves
6. 156 全 The Whole Sect Are Simps, but the Junior Sister Is a Real Menace 全宗都是舔狗，小师妹是真狗 Holding Hands by the Fire执手烟火Ancient Romance4.2M WordsCompleted [The physical edition of One Thought, Phoenix Rising is available on all platforms] Feng Xi transmigrates into a cultivation novel as a cannon-fodder female side character, and the day she enters the book is the day she is doomed to die. To stay alive, she does everything she can to leave the heroine's sect, the Hunyuan Sect, and join the Xuantian Sect instead. Oh! All five of her senior brothers are the heroine's devoted admirers in the book, and each one dies more miserably than the last. Feng 182.2kReads9.5Score23.4kShelves
7. 157 无 The Supreme Sword Immortal: No God Can Withstand My Blade 无上剑仙：诸神挡不住我一剑 Little Bai Isn't Just for Show小摆不是摆Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Spiritual qi revival sweeps across Blue Star! Long-forgotten martial arts become all the rage around the world, and warriors emerge one after another in every country. Gradually, they begin venturing into the stars… Warriors draw on the spiritual qi of heaven and earth to strengthen themselves, shattering mountains with their fists and walking through the void. Sword cultivators nourish flying swords with rare natural treasures, fly on their swords, and slay enemies from a thousand miles 7.9kReads8.7Score469Shelves

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   I just want to ask one question: why are all the main characters cultivating immortality female characters?

8. 158 穿 Transmigrated into a Book as Cannon Fodder: The Music-Cultivator Junior Aunt Is a Total Workaholic! 穿书成炮灰，音修小师叔她超卷！ Fang Yue Lan Xing方月揽星Fantastical Romance586k WordsCompleted [Strong female lead, no romance, cultivation + family and friendship, with a small ensemble cast + dual spirit roots, sound cultivator + her spirit roots mutate midway through] Li Nian, a modern theater stagehand, transmigrates into a cannon-fodder character in The Sect's Beloved Little Junior Sister: Don't Cry! Hell mode from the start! A severe drought lasts three years, and countless people starve to death. Eating dirt and tree roots is commonplace. She has no heaven-defying golden finger, an 801Reads6.3Score103Shelves

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   No exaggeration, this is a female-centric cultivation story with no romantic partner.

9. 159 大 The Great Dao Prodigy Lao Returns to the Apocalyptic Earth 大道天骄老回末日地球 ng Liuling琉璃Eastern Fantasy175k WordsCompleted [Picks up after Chapter 20] As the story goes on, the protagonist becomes less and less human. His true self abandons its humanity to the clone, retaining only its divinity. [Rebel Against Your Master] + [Partly Satisfying, Partly Bittersweet] + [A Touch of Ensemble Cast] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Mythic Cultivation] + [Primordial Legends] + [Vast Worldbuilding] “Master, why have you never taught me the Grave Art?” The world contains twenty-one laws, dwelling within the Moon Eyes and the Chao 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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   No system, laws govern humanity, spiritual roots are the sword, slow pace, half-feeling, half-regretful, traditional fantasy. The tags will be changed in a few days [stunned].

10. 160 快 Quick Transmigration: The Insect Queen Wins by Giving Birth and Taking It Easy 快穿：虫族女王她靠生崽躺赢 A Thousand-Year-Old Ghost千年阿飘啊Ancient Romance5.2M WordsOngoing (Quick transmigration + no fixed couple + System + pocket dimension + having and raising babies) Sang Shu is the queen of an interstellar insectoid race! Her favorite thing is having little ones! Every one of her offspring is brave and battle-ready! Having babies and eating good food: life couldn’t be sweeter. However... After she ate a food called the “System,” everything changed. She was forcibly bound to it and transmigrated through countless worlds, becoming all kinds of... cannon fodder? Th 58.6kReads9.4Score1.9kShelves
11. 161 女 The Villainess Cultivates and Builds Her Career, and Her Senior Brothers Are All Smitten 女配修仙搞事业，师兄弟们真香了 Lazy Cat in a Lane小巷慵猫Ancient Romance500k WordsCompleted [Romance + Powerful Male Lead + Growing Female Lead + Leveling Up + One-on-One, Both Pure] After Lan Zhiyao transmigrated into the cultivation world, she somehow bound herself to a System. That's when she discovered that she'd transmigrated into the body of a cannon-fodder female character. Every day, she worried that people would discover she was an outsider. In the cultivation world, the strong rule. Only by becoming powerful herself could she live without fear. So she trained hard every d 1.6kReads9.0Score208Shelves

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    This is a cultivation-themed story with a male lead, and the official pairing is really appealing!

12. 162 家EN Cultivating an Immortal Clan: From the Start, I Had a Heavenly Book of Jade 家族修仙，开局一本玉册天书 Beita Ling北太灵Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted A bitter cold wave sweeps in with snow and howling winds. Countless demon beasts and foreign races invade in its wake. Lurking in the shadows are cunning, cruel demonic cultivators, who covet the flesh and blood of mortals and the abundant resources held by the human immortal sects of the Northern River Region. A great war begins. Through this trial of life and death, the Ziyue Yang Clan cuts its way through adversity and rises amid the chaos of battle. 11.4kReads8.6Score710Shelves
13. 163 得 Attain the Dao and Ascend to Immortality 得道升仙 A Little Bit.一点点.Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Enlightenment] [Supernatural abilities] [Imperial dynasty] At the end of his life, Liu Xiangdong digs a hole in the back hills, intending to bury himself. But instead, he arrives in an age of cultivation at its height. Aristocratic clans, the imperial court, the Hundred Schools of Thought, supreme religious sects. The Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Transformations! The Thirty-Six Heavenly Snares! Amid a maze of tangled paths, in an age when human lives are as worthless as grass, he rises above it al 6.9kReads8.5Score446Shelves
14. 164 师 My Junior Sister Is a Black-Hearted Lotus Who Cares Only About Money 师妹是朵黑心莲，莫得感情只认钱 Runaway Little Elk在逃小糜鹿Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted When other people transmigrate into a book, they end up in either a battlefield of romantic rivals or a scene of regret and desperate reconciliation. Lu Youyou, on the other hand, lands in the ultimate cheating scandal!!! The aloof, celibate eldest senior brother: You’ll find someone better someday. Lu Youyou: I can’t even keep someone like you. Where am I supposed to find better? The wickedly charming second senior brother: She needs me more than you do. Lu Youyou: Needs you to wear mourning cl 10.2kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
15. 165 小 My Junior Sister Has a Conscience, But Not Much of One 小师妹有良心，但不多 Wen Tingyue闻听月Ancient Romance140k WordsOngoing [A touch of slice-of-life, no romance, mostly comedy, mostly friendship, brainless feel-good fun, with tearjerker moments] (Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, Body Integration, Tribulation Crossing) Question: What should you do if you have an overbearing dad, a spineless mom, and a scheming younger sister? Yun Xi replies: You have to get out! Then find the right time to make them disappear! After joining Wuyan Sect, one of the five great sect 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is definitely worth it.

16. 166 杀 Step One in Taking Down the Green-Tea Drama Queen: Cheat My Way to Immortality 杀穿绿茶作精第一步，开挂修仙 Ke Xiaoyao可小妖Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Dual Systems + sign-in + a little bit of everyone-loving-her + cultivation + no romance] Su Yuenning, the villainess in a cultivation novel, awakens to her own identity. Her green-tea junior sister, a sweet-talking white lotus, speaks in a coquettish voice. “Senior Brother, I'm fine. Don't scold Senior Sister.” Su Yuenning can't be bothered with her. She focuses on figuring out her own System. “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you've signed in and received a beloved-by-all aura!” “Ding! Congr 2kReads8.8Score279Shelves
17. 167 神 Shenxiao Immortal Sect 神霄仙宗 Jiu Xiao玖笑Eastern Fantasy5.0M WordsOngoing The Divine Firmament Immortal Sect is an eccentric sect. Yue Chen transmigrated here with extraordinary talent and the innate spiritual treasure, the List of Good and Evil Across the Heavens, and joined the sect. From then on, this immortal sect named after the Divine Firmament kept shattering his expectations and lowering his standards. Here, he found both confidantes and brothers who would live and die with him. In the name of the Divine Firmament, help me attain immortality! 1.5kReads7.5Score176Shelves
18. 168 换 I Switched Sects, and Life’s Been Great Ever Since 换个师门后，这日子真不错 Qu Ruqing渠如清Eastern Fantasy366k WordsOngoing As the sect’s senior disciple, Xin Ye works diligently, constantly balancing sect affairs with cultivation and never daring to slack off. Xin Ye thinks he’s doing a fine job. But when the female cultivator he’s betrothed to cheats on him, everyone, from the sect master and his master to the other disciples, agrees that it’s because he’s tactless and rigid, driving her into another man’s arms. Faced with their confident accusations, Xin Ye is so angry he can only laugh. Disheartened, Xin Ye immed 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A cultivation novel without rebirth or a system.

19. 169 万 My Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Sect Lives a Lazy Life, and I Turned the Dao Ancestor into a Goose 万年宗门做咸鱼，道祖被我变成鹅 Raise a Pole, Spot an Eagle立竿见鹰Eastern Fantasy503k WordsOngoing [No System + laid-back male lead + ensemble cultivation sect + pretends to be useless but is actually a big shot + lighthearted comedy + heartwarming and healing + angst later on] Other people cultivate immortality to seek eternal life. Li Yongning cultivates only for free food and lodging. The Spirit Sword Sect is a shabby little outfit, home to a bunch of unlucky, unwanted people who have ended up together. Li Yongning is widely regarded as the most useless senior disciple in the sect. He doe 1.1kReads—Score138Shelves

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    The Heavenly Dao keeps trying to trick the sect leader into saving the world, but he's only interested in shirking his responsibilities. As the cataclysmic calamity looms ever closer, the truth about the Heavenly Dao is revealed, and multiple worlds converge, expanding the scope of the story ever larger.

20. 170 踏 Treading the Heavens to Become a God 踏天封神 Zhao Tianjiao赵天骄Eastern Fantasy354k WordsOngoing [A pure ensemble-cast story, written entirely by hand. Aside from the first chapter, which has a lot of filler to set things up, the rest is absolutely exciting. If you don’t like it, feel free to criticize me.] “When the primordial chaos was divided, three great beings appeared between heaven and earth: humans, ferocious beasts, and demons. Humans developed intelligence early, but their bodies were frail, leaving them at the bottom of the pecking order. Ferocious beasts were unenlightened, bu 813Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Dear all my godparents, please take a look at this book. Aside from the first chapter being a bit long and rambling for setup, the rest is incredibly exciting. If you don't like it after reading the second chapter, feel free to criticize me. This book is entirely handwritten; I've poured a tremendous amount of effort into it. I know hard work doesn't guarantee success, and relying on sympathy won't get you anywhere. I just want to give my work a chance. The following is an excerpt from the novel. If you like it, please take a look. I, Tianjiao, would like to express my sincere gratitude to all my godparents. Content: I activated the Burning Heaven Technique, slammed my right foot into the ground, and used the momentum to lunge forward, pulling my right fist behind me. Then, like an arrow released from a bow, I slammed it towards Yin Hong's face. She didn't move. Only when my fist was less than three inches from her nose did she activate the Fire Phoenix Technique, then gently raised her right hand, palm up, her five fingers brushing against the inside of my wrist. Despite using very little force, she completely neutralized my full-force punch. At the same time, her palm pressed against the back of my fist, her fingers clenched, and with a sudden burst of force, she pushed me several meters away. "Not only is your punching speed slow, but your power is also weak. Using the Burning Heaven Technique on you is a complete waste." The words had barely left her lips when Yin Hong was already beside me, her fists and feet raining down on me like a storm. A hook punch struck my jaw, sending my head snapping back. Before the fall was even over, a low sweeping kick slammed into the back of my knee, causing my knee to buckle and I to kneel forward. The instant I fell, her knee struck me head-on. I managed to cross my arms to protect my chest, but I was still forced to roll backward several times before crashing to the ground. My vision blurred, and I tried to push myself up with my hands, but halfway there, Yin Hong swept her leg across, kicking the side of my ankle, causing me to lose my balance and fall to the ground again. Then came my back, shoulders, waist... The relentless attacks were like a storm, each strike landing precisely on the point where I could muster the strength. I turned around and unleashed the full power of the Burning Heaven Technique, frantically swinging my arms in an attempt to defend. But Yin Hong's attacks were too fast; I couldn't defend at all. When I blocked her head, she kicked me in the abdomen; when I blocked her abdomen, she punched me in the face. Soon, my vision became increasingly blurry, and I could only rely on instinct for a nearly ineffective defense. When the final, heavy hand chop struck my neck, I collapsed to the ground like a lump of mud, barely alive, blood continuously flowing from my seven orifices.

21. 171 通 The Immortal-Passing Spirit Diagram 通仙灵图 A Cat Worm一条猫虫Eastern Fantasy4.7M WordsOngoing Without an invincible System or a mysterious little bottle, with demons surrounding them from outside and a weak clan within, how can a small Foundation Establishment clan weather one crisis after another? Gu Changhuan opens the map: spirit treasures, spirit herbs, and mineral veins are all laid out before him. With this golden finger, what is there to fear about the hardships of cultivation? Still, he has to keep a low profile. Lower and lower. After all, playing the pig to eat the tiger and qu 47.7kReads8.7Score3.7kShelves
22. 172 我 I Have an Immortal Mountain in the Countryside 我在乡下有座仙山 Brewing a Pot of Big Red Robe Tea泡杯大红袍Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Urban cultivation + rural underdog comeback + thrilling wish fulfillment] Zhang Wei, a poor young man from the depths of the mountains, was patient and devoted to his parents from childhood. But on his third-year college birthday, a rich classmate set him up and beat him to death. He thought his life had ended, but a gray stone slab that gathered souls, hidden in a cave in the backyard vegetable garden of his family home, pulled him back from the morgue. It also unexpectedly unlocked a vast tro 10.2kReads8.7Score1kShelves

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    What appeared to be an unremarkable, barren mountain in the countryside turned out to be an ancient, sacred mountain. Zhang Wei seized this opportunity, cultivating his skills through farming and exploring countless mysteries of immortality.

23. 173 开 Nascent Soul from the Start, Yet My Eight Trigrams Immortal-Bodilifying Art Gets Me Called a Demon? 开局元婴，八卦炼仙体说我是魔？ He Kou Che Gan禾口车干Xianxia586k WordsOngoing [No System] + [Multiple Female Leads] Feng Yi struggled to get by in the cultivation world with his poor aptitude, doing whatever it took to finally reach the Nascent Soul realm! But what he formed was the most useless kind of dead infant! He had the realm, but no vitality. His cultivation was sustained entirely by burning his blood essence, and could collapse at any moment, leaving him utterly annihilated. To make matters worse, the enemies he'd provoked earlier came looking for him. As he fled 1.7kReads6.0Score110Shelves

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    (Looking back now, this is definitely a long-time fan's perspective.) The story begins with a blood sacrifice to the entire Core Formation Immortal Clan to achieve Nascent Soul cultivation. The subsequent plot is solid, the protagonist, as the patriarch of a sect, exudes a high level of prestige, the writing is delicate, the pacing is tight, the characters are vivid, and the plot is neither mindless nor slow-paced.

24. 174 穿 Transmigrated Into a Book: No One Understands Arrogance Better Than Me 穿书之没人能比我更懂嚣张 Chenchen Little Darling晨晨小宝贝Ancient Romance984k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication] –– Fu Zhu died suddenly after staying up all night watching shows and reading novels. She still remembers that just before she died, she was reading a novel called The Useless Girl Warrior Who Defies Heaven. –– Then she became Bai Li Fu Zhu, the female villain who opposes the novel's hero and heroine. –– This villain is different: she isn't jealous of the heroine or interested in the hero. She simply can't stand the two of them acting more arrogant than her and ste 47.7kReads9.3Score6.7kShelves

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    ✨✨The female lead is an arrogant young lady from a top-tier family. She refuses to be intellectually challenged and grows up alongside her friends.⚡️⚡️The male lead is a simple-minded boy (later becoming cunning). He's happy as long as he's fed and calls the female lead "Little Dumpling."

25. 175 举 The Entire Clan Ascends to Immortality 举族飞升 Luo Qingyang洛青阳Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [One heroine + family saga + gifted protagonist + not a wish-fulfillment story + no System] The world of cultivation is merciless. Those who seek immortality struggle and scheme against one another, trusting no one. Shen Ruixuan is a prodigy from a Qi Refining family, born with a body blessed by fortune. Watch as he leads his family to rise above the brutal world of cultivation and ascend to the Immortal Realm. Realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Soul Depart 11.6kReads8.4Score690Shelves
26. 176 修 Cultivation: A Natural Mastery 修仙之木然天成 A Ze, Wishing You Peace and Happiness阿泽平安快乐Ancient Romance793k WordsCompleted There are no ratings because too few people have rated it. I hope everyone will leave ratings and join the discussion! The Immortal Realm arc has started updating. It’s titled The Mermaid Princess Is Here, Everybody Move Aside. If you want to read it, you can check it out, or enjoy it as a standalone new book! Shen Xinyan is a transmigrator with excellent spiritual roots, an excellent master, and a fairly impressive family. She even has a pretty powerful golden finger, so she ought to have smoot 2.3kReads8.2Score222Shelves
27. 177 大 The Earth God of Great Zhou 大周土地公 Lone Boat Herding Clouds孤舟牧云Eastern Fantasy5.6M WordsCompleted [Quality guaranteed across 5 million characters. Feel free to bookmark and enjoy!] He transmigrates into the world of Sword and Fairy and becomes the lowest-ranking Earth God. Relying on the incense offerings of the spirits in the wilderness, such as weasels, foxes, rats, hedgehogs, and snakes, he grows stronger step by step and establishes a clan of immortals. He teaches weasels to lay bricks, foxes to tell stories, rats to mint coins, and pythons to sail the seas... Starting out as an Earth Go 27.2kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves

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    I can only say that these are definitely not mindless novels. I've read every single one of them, and the writing in each one is quite good. The third book, in particular, is absolutely captivating, while the sixth book is full of profound reflections on human nature. [Angry][Angry][Angry][Angry]

28. 178 幽 Netherworld Immortality 幽冥长生 Vast Qin 1泱泱大秦1Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [No Saintly Protagonist] [No Harem] [No System] “My name is Li Changsheng. I seek the Immortal Dao in pursuit of eternal life!” Will he become an immortal or a demon? So what if he becomes an immortal? So what if he becomes a demon? I seek only eternal life. I seek only supreme strength. Beneath the Nine Hells lies the Netherworld. In this cruel cultivation world, there is no simple division between black and white. Strength is everything: the strong rule, and the weak are ants. With the Netherw 8.5kReads8.7Score648Shelves
29. 179 夏 Second Miss Xia Became an Immortal After Her Divorce 夏二小姐被休后成仙人了 The Pine Nuts Are Ripe松子熟了Fantastical Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Historical fantasy cultivation + growth and awakening + pocket dimension + strong female lead] 1. This isn’t the kind of wish-fulfillment story where the heroine starts off overpowered, so steer clear if that’s what you’re looking for~ 2. It follows the traditional cultivation system: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core... The story begins in the mortal realm. The heroine doesn’t start cultivating immortality right away; she turns to cultivation only when she’s pushed to the brin 1.2kReads7.2Score114Shelves

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    This one, with a strong female protagonist, is a genuine coming-of-age story, not simplistic or overly dramatic, and quite enjoyable.

30. 180 丫 So What If I’m a Maid? I’ll Still Beat You All to Tears! 丫鬟怎么啦？照样把你们打哭！ Thousand-Gold Camel Search千金驼寻Ancient Romance1.4M WordsOngoing No System, no pocket dimension, no transmigration. See how I rise from the bottom as a bondservant! The main story follows a bondservant maid as she rises from the bottom and grows, incorporating cultivation, sect management, military expansion, and civilizational reform. It features a vast world with rich cultivation lore and social upheaval. The protagonist is hardworking, resilient, principled, decisive, practical, versatile, emotionally perceptive, and both gentle and strong. It rejects the 6Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 181 小 My Little Martial Uncle Really Doesn't Push Herself. She Just Wants to Kill the Female Lead 小师叔真不卷，她只想杀女主而已 Mo Caiwei莫采薇Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast] [People say the blurb did this book a disservice. I'm no good at writing blurbs, so just read the story.] Reincarnated as a doomed female supporting character destined for a gruesome death? No problem. Kill the heroine from the start, wreck the plot, and reset everything. This time, I'm the heroine. The original heroine was a pitiful girl born to a concubine. She had a lowly start but a powerful protagonist's aura. No matter what danger she faced, she always escaped disaster, ros 97.9kReads9.5Score16.7kShelves

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    This book is!!! Super good!

32. 182 宗 Beloved by the Sect: Junior Sister’s Swordsmanship Is Beyond Compare 宗门团宠，师妹她剑法超神 Zhuo Jiu灼九Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Coming of age / ensemble cast / everyone’s favorite / face-slapping / feel-good revenge / putting scumbags in their place] After being harmed by her elder sister, Yun Zhi suddenly discovers that she is a doomed supporting character who dies early in a book. But this time, she not only survives, she also breaks free of the plot. The eldest senior sister happens to find her and brings her back to the sect, where she becomes the youngest junior sister of the Tenth Peak. Yun Zhi had only wanted to 8.5kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves

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    I think it looks pretty good, worth buying. [Staring emoji]

33. 183 李 Li Dakai’s Record of Cultivation 李大开修仙记 Li Dakai李大开Eastern Fantasy3.6M WordsCompleted [Mortal Cultivator Style, No System, Decisive and Ruthless, Not Mindless, Funny] I, Li Dakai, began cultivating immortality at the age of fifty. A slow-burn cultivation fantasy with a satisfying payoff. The story unfolds gradually, with every turn grounded in reason! Fellow cultivators, please don’t be put off by the title. New chapters every day at exactly 5:10 p.m.! 28kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves
34. 184 修 Every Side Character in This Cultivation Novel Is a Villain 修仙炮灰身边皆是反派 Cuckoo布谷鸟Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Female-Led Cultivation + Strong Female Lead + No Romance] Yun Youshu was born into the cultivation world as a useless nobody, and had already given up on herself. Then one day, her memories awakened. What? She was cannon fodder? The kind of cannon fodder who was killed by the male lead without even being given a name? Yun Youshu fought back. Now that she knew where the male lead’s opportunities lay, she wasn’t going to hold back! People of the cultivation world: Weren’t we told she was usel 8.6kReads8.9Score849Shelves

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    A female-centric story, exceptionally good, traditional cultivation fantasy! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

35. 185 修 Cultivation World Villainess: From the Start, I Snatched the Heroine's Fortuitous Opportunity 修仙女配：开局抢了女主机缘 Tiling Inside a Crystal在水晶里贴瓷砖Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Leveling Up + Status Screen + Genius + Jack of All Trades + No Saintly Heroine] Jiang Luoluo, a modern orphan, accidentally transmigrated into a cultivation novel and became a minor female character destined to be devoured by monsters. Luckily, she came with a status screen. As long as she earned Fate-Changing Points, she could improve her aptitude, luck, comprehension, and more. When the heroine showed up partway through the story, Jiang Luoluo unhesitatingly treated her like a treasure-huntin 11.2kReads8.4Score2.8kShelves
36. 186 凡 A Mortal's Ascension to Immortality 凡人飞仙 The Road Goes On路长在Eastern Fantasy4.2M WordsCompleted [Mortal Cultivation] He tossed an immortal herb into a black jar, and it kept pouring out more! A village boy accidentally obtained a black jar that could duplicate supplies, and so began his journey to immortality. Is cultivating immortality difficult? I have mountains of pills to help me! Are powerful enemies everywhere? I’ll wipe them out with handfuls of talismans! Born with a useless spirit root, he defies fate and becomes an Immortal Ancestor! Shu Han proves the Great Dao to the world, bec 56.6kReads9.1Score5.3kShelves
37. 187 别 Don't Set Me Up, I Just Want to Cultivate Immortality 别坑我，我只想修个仙 Yin Tiedan, Who Loves Sesame Pork爱吃芝麻肉的尹铁蛋Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted During a rescue mission, Li Mingtong's soul transmigrated to another continent, where she became a useless, multi-element cultivator from a minor clan. She had no powerful background or arrogant swagger, only diligent training and endless battles. Time and again, she survived desperate situations, growing stronger one step at a time. Through sweat and blood, she carved out a path to growth. Along the way, she met the male lead, who loved her for a lifetime, and together they overcame one challen 5.4kReads8.9Score499Shelves

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    This book is about the female protagonist's gradual growth.

38. 188 仙 Supreme Immortal Path: The Genius Alchemist 仙路至尊之天才炼丹师 The Thorn Bird Sings荆棘鸟在歌唱Xianxia319k WordsOngoing Li Yishan, an outer sect disciple of the Qingyun Sect, chance upon an ancient wonder, the Grand Compendium of Primordial Alchemy. Through alchemy, he rises within the sect, advancing from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and beyond, step by step reaching the pinnacle of the mortal world. He competes for supremacy on the immortal path and comes to dominate the continent. 1.7kReads—Score237Shelves
39. 189 人 The Calamity of Humanity 人道之劫 A Latte Cat一杯拿铁猫Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted [Classic xuanhuan + peerless prodigies + primeval beasts + ancient deities] [Secret realms + worlds + slow burn + decisive and ruthless + wars between races + no heroine] A mottled, rust-covered bronze scroll, and a young tribesman bearing a terrible calamity. A tale forgotten by time and buried by the ages. In this age of the Great Wilderness, where colossal beasts roam and gods loom high above, there are always prodigies destined to astonish their era and make their names known throughout the 23.5kReads8.9Score2.6kShelves
40. 190 女 The Side Character’s Guide to Surviving Cultivation 女配的修仙保命指南 Gazing at Mountains and Seas见山海Ancient Romance940k WordsOngoing When Bai Qingwu was eight, she awakened the memories of her past life. She also learned that her soul had transmigrated into a cultivation novel that seemed to be about training, fighting monsters, and leveling up, but was really about the male and female leads flirting regardless of the circumstances. She was a plot device meant to push their romance forward: the wicked supporting woman. She was infatuated with the male lead and did terrible things for him, until she was ultimately obliterated. 330Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    This book gives me the impression of having a grand scope. Although the female lead is a character in the book, she doesn't have much interaction with the main characters in the original story. Overall, the plot is excellent.

41. 191 修 Cultivation: This Cannon Fodder Refuses to Be a Walking Treasure Trove 修仙：炮灰不想当机缘库 Keep Looking Ahead.向前看。Ancient Romance665k WordsCompleted [No Romance] Xiang Yue was seven when she realized she had transmigrated into a book. The day before, she'd bought a jade bottle at the market, and the heroine was about to come crying to take it away. Inside that bottle was a top-grade Spirit-Cleansing Pill. The heroine would use it to transform her four-element spiritual root into a top-grade ice spiritual root, while Xiang Yue had a three-element spiritual root. The heroine would get to study under a Mahayana elder of the sect, while Xiang Yu 5kReads7.4Score389Shelves
42. 192 我 Cultivating My Mindset in the Immortal Cultivation World 我在修仙界搞心态 Chives Shine on the Spring Platter韭照春盘Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Li Yu, an overworked office drone, had barely transmigrated when her family decided to cripple her spiritual root and send her to the mausoleum grounds to wait for death. How could she let that happen?! After eavesdropping, she learned that both she and her twin sister had been found to possess genius-level spiritual roots. But when her sister entered the ancestral hall, it blazed with light. When Li Yu went in, the family hall, which had stood for a thousand years, collapsed without warning! 3.4kReads8.7Score379Shelves

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    The female lead is very down-to-earth, the character is well-developed, and the setting and background are also very good. There is no female rivalry or extreme characters, and everyone has their own opportunities.

43. 193 长 Immortal Travel of Longevity 长生仙游 Sleepless at Four in the Morning四更不睡Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted An accident brings Chen Changsheng to a world of immortals and martial arts, but he is surrounded by a curse that lets him live only from dawn to dusk. From then on, he comes back to life for just one day every three years, then falls asleep again, trapped in an endless cycle. Yet because of this, immortals from all walks of life mistake him for a sage who has attained the Dao. By a fortunate twist of fate, he embarks on the path of cultivation, searching desperately for a way to break the mayfl 5.7kReads8.9Score779Shelves
44. 194 修 Cultivation World: The Young Matriarch Has an Extraordinary Gift 修仙世界，少姥她天赋异禀 Violin and Cat提琴与猫Ancient Romance838k WordsOngoing [Gender equality + larger-than-life female lead + lightly ensemble cast + no romance + slow-burn coming-of-age] You Junyue was born during her mother You Jiangxing's heavenly tribulation. From childhood, she could remember everything she saw and had an astonishing memory, earning praise from everyone. As You Jiangxing's only child and the young mistress of Little Sparrow Mountain, she had close friends and sisters her age at the Tai Xuan Sect, and loving aunts and grandmothers looking after her. 982Reads—Score173Shelves

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    Absolutely authentic growth-based cultivation novel, the author is incredibly detailed.

45. 195 天 Heavenly Abyss 天渊 Mu Xiao Sansheng沐潇三生Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsOngoing (The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw 981.4kReads9.4Score102.3kShelves
46. 196 哥 Big Brother Goes to Cultivate Immortality, Little Brother Comes to Farm 哥去修仙，种田弟来 Book Silkworm书蚕虫Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing [No System] [No Items] [Farming] [Management] [Science + Metaphysics] After transmigrating to the cultivation world, with no System and no wise old mentor, he has to flee for his life from the start... While others are still fighting to the death over half a tattered manual or killing for a few cultivation supplies, Chen Fei glances at the data from the Spirit Realm: 80,000+ Yellow-tier techniques collected, 5,000+ Black-tier techniques, Earth-tier... The traditional path to immortality: Kill → 6kReads7.5Score385Shelves

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    This book is very interesting; it has a very imaginative and materialistic approach to cultivation. The so-called spiritual power setting is very scientific, the logic is sound, and there are no major flaws. It's very well written! The novel constructs a unique narrative of technological cultivation, showcasing a very exciting story of workshop management and technological innovation in a cultivation world. It blends cultivation elements with ancient social changes, and the main storyline of the clash between science and cultivation civilization has the potential to develop a unique cultivation worldview.

47. 197 剑 The Sword Cultivator Thinks There’s Something Wrong with This World 剑修她觉得这个世界有问题 HoshileAncient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Sword cultivator + Ice Spirit Root + prodigy of the righteous path + coming of age + plot-driven + a touch of ensemble cast] Gu Qing is the second disciple of the Tianxuan Sect’s Enforcement Elder. She has a mutated spiritual root and a born sword bone, and life has been smooth sailing for her apart from having no parents. Her daily routine is to bicker with her senior brother, fight on the dueling platform, and practice in her room… then wait until she turns twelve, passes the test to enter th 679Reads8.1Score101Shelves

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    Self-promoted. A female protagonist who grows through experience, possessing innate sword bones and a mutated spiritual root. She has great talent but cultivates diligently and steadily. There is a romantic partner. The main storyline focuses on the protagonist's growth, while subplots address any inconsistencies in her daily cultivation life.

48. 198 清 The Immortal Path of Qingyuan 清源仙途 Flatbread with Three Pork Tenderloins烧饼加三里脊Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted I’ve been an avid reader for twenty years, especially fond of cultivation novels about ordinary people. Of all the books I’ve read, my favorites are A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, Renegade Immortal, The Path of a Cultivation Sect Leader, Xuanchen Daoist Path, True Spirit Nine Transformations, and Qinglian Peak. On a sudden whim, I decided to write the kind of xianxia story I’ve always wanted to read: no overpowered cheat or mysterious old master, just an attempt to portray a cult 12.8kReads8.2Score979Shelves

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

49. 199 本 I Was Once a Man of the Mortal World, So Where Did I Go Wrong in Seeking Immortality? 本是红尘客，何处惹长生 Sleepless at Four in the Morning四更不睡Eastern Fantasy373k WordsOngoing A Daoist who came to this world was born immortal, yet always feared the vast mortal world below the mountain. Only after his master passed away did the Daoist finally venture into that world, following his master’s dying words. “Where the mountain grows fusu, the marsh holds lotus blooms.” Only after descending the mountain did the Daoist slowly begin to understand the words spoken in the past. Yet the Daoist remains trapped in immortality, unable to find release. This is the story of a Daoist 1.4kReads8.7Score130Shelves
50. 200 杂 The Servant’s Rise: I Want Both a Career and Romance 杂役逆袭：搞事业和谈恋爱我都要 San San Er三三贰Eastern Fantasy261k WordsCompleted [Female-led + cultivation comeback + concealed identity + mutual devotion + character growth] A Xu, a demonic cultivator's servant, has endured endless hardship and is dismissed as a good-for-nothing with no spiritual roots. No one knows that seven years of struggling in the demon caves have made her highly capable, or that she possesses rare Five Elements spiritual roots that have simply been misidentified all along. To escape her miserable life, she changes her appearance, takes the name Yan Q 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    From 0 to 1, from nothing to something, let's witness the growth process together. [Top Post]

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