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. 301 从 From Monster Cultivator to Immortal Longevity 从妖修开始修仙长生 Pear Blossom Lover花痴梨Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted This is the coming-of-age story of a half-demon youth who defies fate, and an epic romance about two people from different social classes making their way toward each other. A handsome young man accidentally wanders into the territory of demon cultivators and awakens his demon bloodline, beginning a dazzling and legendary life. Across the desert sands and through the snowy winds of the north, he is crushed and ground into the dirt time and again, only to stubbornly break through the earth once 3.5kReads9.3Score473Shelves

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   There are no overpowered protagonists or cheat codes; the emotional descriptions are very delicate, and the foreshadowing is brilliant. It just requires a bit of brainpower.

2. 302 长 Longevity: A Well-Connected Immortal Court Official Slacks Off in the Mortal Realm 长生：仙庭关系户下界摸鱼 Core of Chaos混沌核心Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsOngoing [Immortal cultivation + no System + not a power fantasy + slow-paced + no female lead + pseudo-ensemble cast. Read with care if this isn’t your thing.] The mighty will of Heaven shines like a mirror, illuminating the causes and effects binding immortals and mortals alike. The countless living beings are like grains of sand, ground into the ashes of tribulation beneath mountains and rivers. A mysterious mirror hangs among the highest heavens, reflecting the lives of all beings in the Three Realm 216.4kReads9.0Score15.4kShelves
3. 303 穿 Transmigrating Along the Slow Road to Immortality 穿越之修仙路慢慢 Twilight暮光Ancient Romance700k WordsCompleted Sang Jiu transmigrated to another world. By chance, she suddenly learned that it was a cultivation world where people could cultivate immortality. She might not be as gifted as the geniuses around her, but fortunately, she had a fairly good dual spirit root. She joined a cultivation sect and began her own path to immortality. No romance. 960Reads8.0Score100Shelves
4. 304 让 You Want Me to Give the Heroine Her Fortune? I Kill the System from the Start 让我给女主送机缘？开局反杀系统 Beautiful Years锦色流年Ancient Romance514k WordsCompleted [The ratings are low because the book was just listed] [Genius junior sister with a lightning spirit root ✖️ sickly, beautiful second senior brother (the book’s big boss)]+ [The System doesn’t make it past three chapters]+ [Neither lead is reborn or transmigrates]+ [Romance]+ [Character growth and power progression] A voice claiming to be a System suddenly appeared in Qin Zhi’s mind, ordering her to give other people opportunities. Otherwise, she would be punished with an electric shock. But she 1.8kReads8.5Score292Shelves

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   This is a cultivation-based game where character progression doesn't go too far or exaggerated; it's all about gradual cultivation and growth.

5. 305 炮 A Cannon Fodder Cultivator: She Kicks the Protagonist Aside and Takes the Throne 炮灰修仙，她踹翻主角自己上位 Pipi Loves Tangerines爱吃橘子的皮皮Ancient Romance537k WordsCompleted [Cultivation + no romance + growing female lead] Jiang Yu is a cannon-fodder character who transmigrated into a cultivation novel. After dutifully completing her part in the plot, she immediately makes a run for it. But then she gets dragged into the battle between the heroine and the supporting female characters. After nearly dying several times, Jiang Yu has had enough. She's going to seize every opportunity from them and claim the top spot. Heroines, supporting characters, all of you can get 3.9kReads9.0Score320Shelves
6. 306 反 The Villain's Worldview Gets Reported? If I Don't Snatch Opportunities, I'll Lose 反派三观被举报？不抢机缘算我输 Beautiful Years锦色流年Ancient Romance482k WordsCompleted [Sweet cultivation novel + Leveling-up progression + Transmigrate into a book + No System + Protagonist is not reborn + Romance + Heroine’s growth] [The heroine takes it easy at first + After chapter 77, she suspects there’s more to transmigrating into a book than meets the eye and begins cultivating in earnest] Ning Wan’s book was taken down after readers reported that its villain promoted bad values. She just wants to ask: aren’t all villains like that? The worst part is that she gets chosen a 634Reads8.3Score—Shelves
7. 307 遍 Fortune Everywhere? That’s Just the Heavenly Dao’s Script 遍地机缘？那是天道给的剧本 Beautiful Years锦色流年Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [A cultivation story with steady power progression + romance + no System for the protagonist + no rebirth + no transmigration] Her parents are murdered by a mysterious figure in a single night. Yun Su becomes an orphan and sets out on the path of cultivation alone, searching for the killer and the truth behind her parents’ brutal deaths. The cultivation world is full of people killing for treasure. It’s too dangerous, so she’d better hide her half-demon identity and find a sect to protect her! S 920Reads7.6Score103Shelves
8. 308 元 After the Nascent Soul True Monarch Transmigrated 元婴真君穿越后 Refined and Elegant 3047温文尔雅3047Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Notice: This novel has been removed. The protagonist is a workaholic, with no interest in romance and their mind entirely on their career. World One: Grade B Cultivation World System 617: Host, while you were still in the mortal realm, you fell in love with the legitimate child of the City King, who had been living there in exile. As soon as you entered the cultivation world, you came across the City King’s illegitimate daug 5Reads8.1Score—Shelves
9. 309 破 A Broken Cauldron Helps Me Cultivate Immortality 破木鼎助我修仙 Red Eggplant Cloth红茄布Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation + no System + Divine Wood Cauldron + fantasy world] A brother and sister went into the mountains to forage. His younger sister found a broken wooden cauldron and gave it to her brother to use as a bowl. Suddenly, she spotted an immortal flying through the sky on a sword. “Hey, immortal up there! Hello!” At her greeting, Ye Yao was kidnapped, and her brother Ye Fan was knocked unconscious. When Ye Fan woke up, he burst into tears, only to run into a passing fairy-like young wo 27kReads8.5Score2.5kShelves

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   "Yao'er, listen to me! I have my own way of dealing with him! You two should leave now!" Ye Yao shook her head repeatedly in refusal, then turned to Hao Qi and said, "Hao Qi, you should teleport away and escape. I want to face this with my brother! I'll go with the old Taoist priest if necessary." "No! Ye Yao, we're best friends! Besides, your brother saved my life, so if anyone should save Ye Fan, it should be me. I'm going with that old Taoist priest!" Hao Qi's eyes reddened, and she stubbornly refused to leave. Upon hearing this, Ye Fan angrily cursed:

10. 310 误 Mistakenly Entering the Cultivation World, Only to Be Sent Back 误入修真大陆被遣返 Red Eggplant Cloth红茄布Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Divine Sense System, spatial divine power, and the power to reshape the world with a thought] Chen Dong is an ordinary nobody who wins five million yuan in the lottery overnight. But after someone schemes against him, he accidentally falls off a cliff and transmigrates to a mysterious world of cultivation. In this strange, unfamiliar land, he happens upon a mysterious ring, the Qiankun Ring, and gains a pocket world of his own. He inherits the Divine Sense System, which grants him the ability t 3.4kReads7.7Score418Shelves
11. 311 穿 I Transmigrated Into the Wicked Supporting Character Whose Whole Family Gets Wiped Out, and I’m Panicking 穿成被灭满门的恶毒女配，我慌了 Lemon Lemonade柠檬柠檬水Ancient Romance893k WordsOngoing [Dear readers, the rating is low because the book just launched, so please don’t let that affect your decision] {Reincarnated in the womb + Transmigrate into a book + Fantasy cultivation + Villainess + Pocket dimension + Strong heroine + Leveling up + Character growth} After dying suddenly, Chen Zhixia wakes up as the wicked supporting character in a book, doomed to have her whole family wiped out. Luckily, she was reincarnated in the womb and hasn’t crossed paths with the heroine yet, so there 1.1kReads7.0Score112Shelves

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    This is a genuine cultivation novel, a female protagonist's growth story starting from the Qi Refining stage. She has excellent aptitude, a Wood Spirit Body, and opportunities, but not the kind with overly powerful cheat codes. Highly recommended, although it's still being serialized.

12. 312 缘 The Immortal Tablet’s Origin 缘起仙碑 Pebble Rolling Up the Mountain滚上山的石子Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Mortal’s Journey] [Clever Protagonist] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Secret Arts Plunder] [Thunder Spirit Root] Yao Yuan was just a waiter at an inn, until an accident led him into the world of immortal cultivation!!! See how he, armed with a mysterious stone stele, survives the treachery and schemes of the cultivation world, and carves out a path to immortality among the myriad races of heaven and earth... 879Reads6.7Score100Shelves

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    A novel about the growth of an ordinary person; all fellow cultivators are welcome to read and enjoy!

13. 313 惟 May the Moon Be at Peace 惟愿月安 Tu Shan Pianpian屠山片片Ancient Romance102k WordsCompleted A goddess from the Immortal Realm is caught up in the tangled fates of blood ties, friendship, and love, all while seeking freedom and her true self... Ice and fire should be opposites, but our fate is not yet spent. “Master, everything I've been through has kept teaching me how to shape myself. But I'm in so much pain, so much that I don't have the courage to accept a new world...” “An'an, Qing Yan, God of Fire, is willing to bind himself by contract to change this world's fortunes. I'll prote 141Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I think this is super good. The male master, female disciple, and young disciple, with the help of their teachers and friends, not only overcome their past misfortunes but also continuously grow. The first season is already finished.

14. 314 挖 After Five Years of Mining, I Realized I Was a Prodigy of Alchemy 挖矿五年，惊觉我竟是丹道奇才 Loves Spicy Durian爱吃辣榴莲Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing [Mortal's journey · Slow burn · No heroine] (This is a story about a supporting character who would go unnoticed in any other book, but becomes the protagonist here, much like countless unremarkable passersby. I'm simply using his perspective to describe this world, so please stop criticizing him ᵕ᷄≀ ̠ᵕ᷅. It seems unreasonable because you treat him as the protagonist and expect things of him, but to me, from beginning to end, he's just a camera, there to record the power struggles, vendettas, an 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    ✨✨This book definitely meets your requirements, and it's about to reach a million views, so you can read it all at once! [Got it][Got it][Got it] It's definitely a coming-of-age story, not mindless, full of little details, fast-paced, and not at all cliché. You can read it with confidence.

15. 315 吴 The Wu Clan's Path to Immortality 吴氏家族成仙路 Xiao Qiu枭邱Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted The story of an ordinary person who grows stronger step by step in the cultivation world with the help of the Ghost Valley Eight Desolations interface. (The golden finger isn’t very obvious and doesn’t come up often.) A new writer and a new book. I’m not good at writing blurbs. 2.5kReads6.4Score115Shelves

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    Traditional cultivation game, the protagonist has the Ghost Valley Eight Desolations panel, but the cheat system isn't obvious, it's slow-paced, and it's a family-based game. You could give it a try.

16. 316 嘴 Sharp-Tongued and Trouble-Seeking, the Saintess Turns the Cultivation World Upside Down 嘴贱手又欠，圣女她撩翻修仙界 The Pen Name That Doesn’t Need Zhouzhou不用周周的笔名Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted She has a sharp tongue, sticky fingers, and a weakness for handsome men... After Yu Xiaoxiao was killed with a single stab, she transmigrated to the world of cultivation and embarked on a strange and hilarious journey to immortality. There were plenty of handsome men in the cultivation world, and every one of them was exactly her type... Yu Xiaoxiao was in heaven. She happily cultivated and happily admired the handsome men... Most of the time, she couldn't resist flirting with them a little, too 13.3kReads8.2Score1.4kShelves

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    If you enjoy lighthearted and humorous cultivation novels, come and read this!

17. 317 天 The Way of Heaven's Evolution: Bureau 503 天衍圣道之503局 This Daoist Wants to Quit Smoking道爷要戒烟Urban2.1M WordsCompleted A high-speed express train hurtles along its route. An ordinary train conductor gets drunk in a sleeper compartment, breaking the rules, and becomes embroiled in a bizarre tomb-robbing case. When he sobers up, he unexpectedly joins Huaxia’s most mysterious organization, Bureau 503... By chance, he crosses paths with the mysterious Tongji Alliance, setting him on a completely different path in life. 28.2kReads8.9Score2.8kShelves

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    These two books are incredibly good. The first one has consistently had around 500,000 people add it to their bookshelves. The second one is a slow burn and is currently being serialized.

18. 318 觉 Awakening My Pocket Dimension, the Good-for-Nothing Heiress Slaughters Her Way Through the Cultivation World 觉醒空间，废柴大小姐杀疯修真界 Fried Little Fish小鱼炸Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted Completed, a sure bet (Traditional fantasy + Chaos Spirit Root + level-up progression + golden finger + feel-good power fantasy + shocking origins + heaven-defying fortune + cute pets + alchemy + revenge on those who wronged her + invincible in the later stages) She was the eldest daughter of the Ye family, a second-rate clan in a remote cultivation town. After awakening the useless Five-Element Spirit Root, she was abandoned by her own father! Her father cruelly cut out her Heavenly Venerable B 10kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves

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    It's a traditional cultivation story with a growth theme. The female lead is quite persistent and always cultivating, but she seems to level up relatively quickly. I've read over a hundred chapters so far, and she's at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core stage.

19. 319 穿 Transmigrate to Another World: A Farming Girl’s Cultivation Journey 穿越异世农女修仙记 Lush Greenery绿意盎滢Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted After an accident sends her to another world, Mei Ruoxi assumes she has transmigrated into a farming story. To her surprise, it's actually a cultivation story. Her parents are secret second-generation immortals, too. But somehow, these immortal offspring don't seem very reliable. Well, if no one can be my support, I'll become my own support. Gradually, she finds herself liking this world where the strong rule! 2.4kReads8.5Score317Shelves

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    A typical cultivation story for ordinary people, without exaggerated cheat codes, only hard work.

20. 320 黑 Tales from the Haunted Inn 黑店诡谈 This Daoist Wants to Quit Smoking道爷要戒烟Urban1.3M WordsOngoing 4.6kReads7.0Score388Shelves
21. 321 除 Other Than Cultivation, My Junior Sister Excels at Everything 除了修炼，师妹她样样精通 A Fortune Eases a Thousand Worries一富解千愁Ancient Romance2.5M WordsCompleted After staying up all night, Lin Ruo Xuan suddenly died and found herself inside a book as the villainess. She had opposed the heroine since childhood and kept provoking her even after the heroine awakened her special constitution, digging her own grave until she was finally killed with a single sword strike. But now, looking at her starting status, Lin Ruo Xuan saw that her single spiritual root had become three. Why bother picking a fight? She could barely protect herself. Thinking there was st 13.1kReads8.9Score1.8kShelves
22. 322 韩 Han Li Takes Me Cultivating Immortality, While I Win Over Fairy Song 韩老魔带我修仙，攻略宋仙子 Neither Thinking Nor Worrying不思不忧Urban183k WordsCompleted Han Li introduces him to the world of cultivation [Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul]. The early chapters take place in a modern city; the cultivation world begins after chapter 32. Han the Old Devil is swept into a spatial rift and crashes straight through Duan Cheng’s villa! The rich second-generation heir Duan Cheng takes in a young cultivator who is gravely injured, and from then on embarks on the path of cultivation. With Han the Old Devil’s pills, he manages 78Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 323 穿 After Becoming an Extra, I Got Harassed by a Deranged Villain 穿成路人甲后，被疯批反派碰瓷了 Rainbow-Eating Fish游鱼吃彩虹Ancient Romance292k WordsCompleted [A traditional fantasy romance with an ancient setting, one-on-one romance, and a happy ending] [A heroine with no grand ambitions who plays the fool but is far cleverer than she seems vs. a calculating, gloomy hero who is secretly a hopeless romantic] After choking to death on an egg, what a hapless soul. Ling Qingwei transmigrated into a book. She became an anonymous passerby with no name, no System, and no golden finger: a total nobody. Content to take life as it came, she decided to cultivat 510Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist transmigrates into the body of an unknown passerby in a book, unexpectedly encountering the villain. To preserve her current leisurely and comfortable life of cultivation, she decides to lend a hand to the male protagonist, changing his fate and her own. She adheres to the principle of "since I'm already here," diligently cultivating and navigating the challenges.

24. 324 当 After My Best Friend and I Transmigrated into a Cultivation World 当我和闺蜜穿进修仙世界之后 Jiu Sang氿桑Ancient Romance886k WordsOngoing (Ensemble cast, transmigration, cultivation, no System, cultivation academy, tenacious weed of a heroine) (Best-friends duo: Xi Kongyu, villainous demoness x Su Moli, righteous and otherworldly darling) The household-intrigue arc is complete, and the story has now reached the cultivation arc. Xi Kongyu transmigrates into ancient times and, through a twist of fate, embarks on the path of cultivation alongside her best friend Su Moli. As a heavenly cultivator with dual water-and-fire spiritual roo 174Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is the cultivation novel with the least amount of cheat-like advantages I've ever seen, but it's really touching and super good.

25. 325 仙 Bait on the Path to Immortality 仙途为饵 Serene Fengshui风水陶然Fantastical Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [Rating just came out, it’ll go up] Cultivation + Strong Female Lead + Dot-ed-On by Everyone + Transmigrate into a Book + No CP + All-Rounder + Chaos Spirit Root + Space + Family Power Struggles Lin Yueyue unexpectedly transmigrates into a book and becomes Lin Yueyue, the original heroine who dies a tragic death. She knows just how miserable the Lin Yueyue in the book has it. She doesn't want to sit around waiting to die. Her only option is to save herself! But she's only five years old. What ca 33.3kReads8.5Score4.2kShelves

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    A cultivation journey of growth, a beloved member of the family, a multi-talented individual, seizing opportunities across multiple continents.

26. 326 修 Cultivation: Starting Out as a Cook at a Refining Shop 修仙：从在炼器铺当厨子开始 Just Forget It就这样忘记Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted New Title: The Timid Servant Is Actually a Master Synopsis: An outer-sect servant who’s always rushing around doing odd jobs to earn spirit stones is assigned a mission alongside a beautiful immortal maiden. He’s timid, afraid of dying, unambitious, and cares only about spirit stones, earning him the maiden’s complaints and disdain. But when the situation gets serious, he leaves her utterly stunned: who would have thought this kid was actually a master? [Rise from the Bottom + Humble and Unassum 20.4kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves

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    Lu Yu, a former special forces soldier, transmigrates to the Liuyun Sect on the Xuantian Continent, becoming a mine laborer. With inferior spiritual roots and humble origins, he struggles to survive in this world where strength reigns supreme, facing difficulties in cultivation advancement and a shortage of spirit stones. 🔥🔥🔥

27. 327 摆 After Giving Up, I Became the Whole Sect's Genius Darling 摆烂后，我成了全宗门的天才团宠 Nine Sheets of Paper九片纸Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [The male lead is a lotus seed spirit. The female lead eats him, and then he sprouts] [Loads of adorable spirit beasts + loads of senior brothers + working the senior brothers to the bone + the sect's beloved little junior sister] [Also known as: “After Lying Flat, I Became the Sect's Genius Darling”] Synopsis: Su Shiyuan thought she had transmigrated into a book. She had become a cannon-fodder supporting female character with the same name as the original. According to the plot, on her hundredt 809Reads8.9Score129Shelves

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    This is so good!! The beloved junior sister, the female lead was only 8 years old when she transmigrated into the book, and she stole her eighth senior brother's talismans every day to sell them, it's hilarious! 😂😂😂😂

28. 328 我 I Just Want to Cultivate in Peace 我只想老老实实修个仙 Paper Phoenix纸凰Eastern Fantasy111k WordsOngoing [Coming of Age, Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story, Decisive and Ruthless, Highly Recommended, Hot-Blooded] Fan Li is reborn into a vast and magnificent world of myriad races, where demons run rampant and forbidden zones abound. The moment he opens his eyes, he is born in a mountain village. He keeps his head down for sixteen years, not even daring to travel far from home. It’s not that he’s a coward. In this world, the slightest brush with the uncanny can get you skinned and dismembered, and even you 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Fans of traditional fantasy will thank me. The familiar feel is back.

29. 329 带 Taking My Sister-in-Law on the Path to Immortality 带嫂子修仙记 Fate's One-Slash Style命运一刀流Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsOngoing The rating has just been posted and will rise later. A mortal's journey, with steady growth. Sun Dongliang and his sister-in-law were sold together and sent deep into the mountains to toil. They were destined to be buried there for the rest of their lives. But he had a mysterious treasure bottle. It could automatically detect and capture spirit beasts! It could remove impurities and turn junk into treasure! His low-grade cultivation techniques could be directly enhanced into high-grade technique 47.8kReads8.5Score2.3kShelves

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    Authentic growth, no exaggeration, steady and solid progress.

30. 330 弃 The Abandoned Girl’s Path to Immortality 弃女仙路 Rouge Begonia and Pear胭脂棠梨Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Meng Changxing has cultivated for five years, yet remains an ordinary mortal. After obtaining a mysterious purple jade pendant, she is no longer the useless, abandoned daughter everyone can bully. A lost world, a long-buried past, a passionate and tragic romance... Watch me reach to the ends of heaven and earth and blaze a path to immortality! 22Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    Synopsis: The first book features a female protagonist who faces hardship due to family intrigue in the early stages. Later, she joins a clan where her sisters are consumed by jealousy and betrayal. She meets the male protagonist, and it's not a sweet romance. In the end, they both become immortals, saving both the immortal and demon realms. The second book is similar, transitioning from cultivation to immortality. The female protagonist is reborn as a supporting female character with a powerful background, reversing the plot, saving the world, and gaining merit. The third book features a female protagonist who suffers greatly from her sect's masters and senior sisters during her parents' disappearance. She eventually severs ties with them, breaks her golden core, and begins cultivation anew. She slowly grows stronger, uncovers conspiracies, reveals the truth, and ascends to immortality as an emperor. Main Character Relationships: The first book has a romantic pairing, but the middle is quite angsty. The second book features an original female protagonist who loses her principles and wreaks havoc on the cultivation world. The transmigrated female protagonist saves the world, gains the Heavenly Dao's approval, and becomes an immortal. The third book features a supporting female character who cultivates to become a god and saves the world. The female protagonist and male protagonist have a romantic pairing, but the male protagonist develops inner demons and wreaks havoc on the cultivation world. The male supporting character is a pig.

31. 331 炮 The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character's Cultivation Rise to Power 炮灰女配修仙逆袭记 Radiant Jade, Fragrant Beauty in a Peaceful World灼灼璞玉静世芳华Ancient Romance633k WordsCompleted [No Romance + Building a Career + Taking Down Scumbags + Face-Slapping] Lou Hansi was an ordinary modern college graduate who had only recently started an internship. Apart from work, her main pastime was reading novels. One night, she stayed up late reading a cultivation novel called The White Lotus's Path to Immortality. She discovered that one of the novel's supporting female characters shared her name, and out of curiosity she read the whole thing. The story made her grind her teeth with fur 6.7kReads8.8Score452Shelves
32. 332 修 Cultivating Immortality to Raise Monsters and Help the Villagers Escape Poverty 修仙，为了养妖怪，带村民脱贫了 Lovely Scenery好景Ancient Romance596k WordsCompleted What? I've transmigrated into a rhino demon? And not just any rhino demon, but a great monster that eats people whole?! Meng Xi is freaking out. She's the number one target wanted and despised by every major sect, every great Celestial Master, and all the common folk! Trembling with fear, Meng Xi swears to follow the righteous path and lead all her little demons down it with her. So she puts on an apron, sets up a stall, and starts selling wontons. She helps the people grow prosperous and afford 87Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    I recently discovered a unique cultivation novel where the female protagonist transmigrates into a demon, leading a group of lesser demons to accumulate merit and ultimately achieve immortality. It's purely comedic with no romantic pairing. The opening chapter was hilarious; I thought the female protagonist had transmigrated into Journey to the West (which she wasn't). The rating is a bit low, but it's genuinely funny.

33. 333 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: From the Start, I Signed Up for a Brothers-in-Arms Loan 凡人修仙：开局签下手足兄弟贷 Sprite, Apple, and Pear雪碧苹果梨Eastern Fantasy141k WordsOngoing [Mortal Cultivation] [Cautious Immortality] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Old Fox] [Careful in All Things] [Realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation...] "Junior Brother Yang, you're my dearest friend, my sworn brother. How could I ever take advantage of you?" "Don't worry, Junior Brother Yang. We're both from the State of Qi. As the saying goes, people from the State of Qi don't cheat each other." Yang Chen believed him and signed the "Sworn Broth 80Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'd eat my hat if I didn't laugh after reading the first 20 chapters of this first book! It was hilarious! The author is such a funny person, so good at using references. It's just that there aren't enough chapters yet. I'll have to wait and see. The second book is okay, and the third is okay too.

34. 334 妖EN Demon Cultivator: As the Storm Gathers, Let Me Rise to the Clouds! 妖修：风暴汇聚，托我登云！ Daoist of the Vast Sea沧海道人Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing [Mythical Beasts] [Enlightenment System] [Fence-Sitter] [Reverse Manipulation] [Shameless] A sect that commands bears? Cultivators are merely their keepers. Beasts are what really matter. Once all the cultivators die of old age, won't that make me the Grandmaster? My name is Shi Jian. I'm an ordinary black bear who happened to obtain an Enlightenment System, which awakened my intelligence and set me on the path of cultivation. Once I've outlived all the cultivators, I'll be the Grandmaster! From 33kReads8.4Score2.8kShelves
35. 335 修 Cultivating Immortality: I Can Be Serious, You Know 修仙，我可是会认真的 Pine Breeze Seeks the Way松风问道Eastern Fantasy440k WordsOngoing (No harem, sound values, no brainless characters, no System, no invincibility, slow burn, with a full cultivation system.) An upstanding young man from the twenty-first century transmigrates to a world of cultivation after an accident. Li Pu is a frail young man whose life has been full of misfortune. He has a child bride, Jin Li, a "Wonder Woman" with monstrous strength. He takes her away from a living hell, and together they embark on the path of cultivation. Though he was once an ordinary m —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    They are all ordinary people who gradually climb up the ranks step by step.

36. 336 天 A Mysterious Monument Falls from the Sky: I Build an Immortal Clan! 天降玄碑：我建立不朽仙族！ Daoist of the Vast Sea沧海道人Xianxia337k WordsOngoing [Golden finger: mysterious stele] [Clan Cultivation] [farming] [ensemble cast] [traits] A mysterious stele descends from the heavens and is chanced upon by the rogue cultivator Qin Wanli. The stele can absorb the people's wishes and grant special destinies, improving one's spiritual aptitude and strengthening one's fate. It helps cultivate the path to immortality, opening a brilliant new era for all and keeping humanity's flame alive! Using it as his foundation, Qin Wanli builds a clan, protects 446Reads6.6Score101Shelves
37. 337 飘 The Misty Wanderer 飘渺远行客 Pine Breeze Seeks the Way松风问道Eastern Fantasy397k WordsOngoing This is a traditional fantasy novel: no invincible protagonist and no System. Everyone is intelligent, no one is an idiot, and there are no brainless plotlines. The plot won’t advance too abruptly, and every character has their own personality. Rumors often circulate across the Ethereal Continent: the Qingxia Sect’s legacy can help cultivators break through the legendary realm and attain the Dao as an Immortal of the Mortal World. Yang Shen, an orphaned youth, turns words into talismans and tr 1Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 338 穿 After Transmigrating, She Chose to Cultivate Immortality 穿越后她选择修仙 Minor Cold, Winter Solstice小满冬至Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted A fire caused Mu Jin to transmigrate unexpectedly. She never expected to end up in a cultivation world, so she chose the path of cultivation. She thought she had four spiritual roots, but it turned out she had a single-element Heavenly Spiritual Root and two special constitutions. She thought the bead she carried was ordinary, but it turned out to be a spatial immortal artifact, containing a wealth of cultivation techniques and divine arts that would drive the cultivation world wild. She thought 4.2kReads8.9Score437Shelves

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    I just browsed around. As an eight-year veteran bookworm, these are the few readable cultivation novels I could find. The first one is alright. There's another one, *The Path to Immortality Without Jade*, but I can't find it on my bookshelf, and the author has disappeared.

39. 339 不 I Only Refuse to Betray the World 不负天下而已 Doudou’s Darling豆豆的宝贝Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Cultivation setting + no rebirth + no transmigration + not a wish-fulfillment novel] A kind person may be swept along by the ways of the world and fall into darkness; A great villain with blood on his hands may also turn over a new leaf through a single act of kindness; Li Chenxi is one of the rare people who, even after experiencing a major upheaval, can still hold fast to his true nature; The fates of people like him are often more troubled than those of ordinary people; They are usually eit 295Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm shamelessly recommending this as a traditional cultivation novel. There's no reincarnation, no time travel, and no cheat codes. The female protagonist comes from a military family and is exceptionally talented; even a chosen one like her has to work hard at cultivation! 😃😃😃

40. 340 从 From Wandering Cultivator to Clan Founder 从散修到建立家族 Greedy Little Brat贪吃小屁孩Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing (This is not a mortal-focused cultivation novel, but a family-clan story, though the protagonist starts out as a rogue cultivator.) The playful child Zhou Yang gets lost while playing in the woods with his companions and comes across a seriously injured cultivator who has passed out. Though Zhou Yang looks after him, nothing helps. Before dying, the cultivator passes on the way of cultivation to Zhou Yang. From then on, Zhou Yang embarks on the path of cultivation, rising from a lone rogue culti 29kReads8.4Score2.1kShelves

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    Book recommendation [heart][heart][heart]

41. 341 别 Stop Pushing Yourself, Junior Sister. You're Already First in the Sect 别卷了小师妹，已经是宗门第一了 Wicked Stink Bug恶毒臭屁虫Fantastical Romance349k WordsCompleted [Strong female lead + power progression + goofy comedy + rat race + ensemble cast + pseudo-transmigration] Jiang Si is the ultimate overachiever. Ever since she was a child, whenever she competed in anything, she refused to let herself fall behind! Her motto: Only the strong can control their own fate! Then she got so absorbed in studying that she worked herself to death and transmigrated into the body of a runaway bride in a world of immortal cultivation. Cultivation? So what? Isn't that a kind 237Reads—Score101Shelves

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    This traditional upgrade path

42. 342 重 Reborn, I’m Invincible Thanks to My Past-Life Dao Fruit 重生后我靠前世道果无敌了 Authentic Xuanyi正版轩衣Ancient Romance304k WordsOngoing [Woman disguised as a man, devoted to cultivation] [Traditional strong female lead] [No romance] Gu Mingxian was born a heaven-blessed prodigy, yet was raised as a boy her entire life. Her whole clan’s hopes rested on her, and she had to survive the Yellow Springs tribulation before she could attain the Dao. The golden age arrived, but a traitor pushed her off a sheer cliff into the abyss, destroying her spiritual roots and leaving her disfigured and near death. Fortunately, the prodigy was not 41Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    The first book is excellent from beginning to end, with a fantastic world-building and plot—a no-brainer. Its biggest drawback is the slightly rushed and somewhat disappointing ending. If you're looking for something to read, give it a try. The second book boasts a fantastic world-building, clearly capturing the spirited youth. The story flows smoothly, the characters are vividly portrayed, and the author seems to listen to feedback. Aside from being constantly pressured by the boss to work overtime and miss updates, there's nothing wrong with it. If you like spirited and energetic stories, give these two a try; you won't feel frustrated.

43. 343 长 Immortal for Eternity, Healing the Cultivation World 长生不死，我在修仙界悬壶济世 Gazing at the Stars1949仰望星空1949Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted A slow-burn, heartwarming story that only gets better as it goes. Gu Bai transmigrated into a cultivation world. Though his aptitude was ordinary, he gained the ability to live forever. The road to immortality was long, and Gu Bai didn’t want to provoke anyone. He only wanted to keep his head down in the cultivation world and witness its prosperity. But as he watched his friends and loved ones grow old around him, he could do nothing to help them. Gu Bai decided to cultivate the way of medicine. 8.2kReads8.7Score508Shelves
44. 344 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: It Begins with Finding a Black Bowl 凡人修仙：从捡到黑碗开始 More Travelers Than Green Mountains青山多过客Xianxia773k WordsOngoing One heroine + ordinary person’s rise + ensemble cast + decisive and ruthless Tian Wa, whose family has lived on Niufeng Mountain for generations, goes up the mountain to find medicine for his sister. He falls into a ravine in the wilderness and unexpectedly finds a mysterious black bowl and a book titled The Art of Deadwood’s Spring Revival on the body of a dead Daoist. From then on, his fate changes. He leaves Niufeng Mountain and enters a world filled with immortals. Whoever I wish to p 4.2kReads8.7Score341Shelves

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    Growing step by step, gathering herbs, refining elixirs, setting up formations, and drawing talismans.

45. 345 飞 After Ascending, I Discovered My Boyfriend Is a Male-Focused Power Fantasy Hero 飞升后发现，男友竟是男频龙傲天 Praise of the Goddess of Space-Time时空女神之赞叹Ancient Romance987k WordsOngoing [Transmigrating into a Male-Oriented Novel + Fantasy Cultivation + Rise of the Phoenix-Proud Heroine] Both the female and male leads are upright young prodigies, not villains or protagonists who kill without batting an eye. If you prefer cold and heartless characters, please look elsewhere. Shi Wanwan was born into an isolated primitive village and thought she had landed in a story about farming and building up a settlement in ancient times. She peacefully set about developing the village, teach 4.8kReads8.7Score290Shelves
46. 346 女 The Female Supporting Character Cultivates Immortality and Accidentally Becomes a God 女配修仙，一不小心成神了 Hehe Who Doesn't Want to Work Hard不想努力的禾禾Ancient Romance1.8M WordsOngoing (A serious cultivation story, not comedic; traditional style; male lead Jun Yifan; a touch of ensemble cast; sword cultivators; all-element cultivation) Overnight, Jiang Qingyu transmigrates into a book and becomes the vicious cannon-fodder supporting female character, destined to die in the jaws of a demon beast. No worries. Luckily, she has the best possible setup. All she has to do is stay away from the heroine and embark on the path of cultivation! But as she cultivates, things start to feel 1.5kReads7.3Score129Shelves

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    Traditional cultivation

47. 347 反 The Villain Cultivates Immortality: This Sweet-on-the-Outside, Dark-on-the-Inside Girl Wins Big 反派修仙，白切黑的我赢麻了 Azure Nebula苍蓝星云Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No romance, powerful demonic cultivator, strong female lead, ruthless] Su Jiu transmigrates into a book and gets off to the worst possible start: she's a dying cannon-fodder villain in a cultivation novel. The good news: she has top-tier talent, levels up incredibly fast, and faces no bottlenecks in cultivation! The bad news: she cultivates demonic arts and could explode at any moment... The good news: the bead she gets from the start is a rare treasure that leads to another world and can u 1.2kReads7.7Score141Shelves

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    I just read this. The female protagonist transmigrated into a book and became a demon's blood slave. Because of her Refined Void Saint Body, she was taken in as a disciple by a demon lord and raised like a fat sheep to be slaughtered. She has a cheat ability: the World Tree Illusion.

48. 348 穿 Transmigrated: I'm the Legendary Thief King of the Cultivation World 穿越，我是修仙界传奇偷子王 Liu Who Loves Wild Rice喜欢野米的柳氏Ancient Romance224k WordsCompleted [Strong female lead, a professional thief who is a great do-gooder among thieves, a growth-focused cultivation story, ensemble cast, no romance] Yu Chu has always had three rules about stealing. First, she doesn't steal from people who have nothing to do with her. Second, she doesn't steal from people who show her kindness. Third, she doesn't steal from people who are dying. After transmigrating to the cultivation world, she added one more rule. She doesn't steal from anyone whose strength far s 1Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 349 开EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 563kReads9.7Score72.5kShelves

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    Authentic cultivation novel, the first novel about immortality, it's super good!

50. 350 灵 The Spiritual Veins Awaken: I Brave the Five Realms with Just a Hairpin 灵脉重启，我靠一根簪子勇闯五界 Xue Dao Jian Cun雪道剑存Fantastical Romance755k WordsOngoing [Classic fantasy progression + strong heroine's rise and growth + taming all kinds of spirit beasts + academies and sects + powerful ensemble cast + slow-burn, long-running story] In the final era of the God Realm, where spiritual power reigns supreme, a “girl with nothing” whose clan concealed her identity for hundreds of years has, with only a phoenix hairpin, “accidentally” restarted her spiritual meridians and unlocked a medicinal realm. Now approaching you is: A heaven-blessed daughter be 223Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A genuine female protagonist's rise to power through adversity, not mindless or exaggerated, but logical and grounded in reality.

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