Single-Minded Pursuit of the Dao, Cultivation to the Extreme: High-Quality Reads 一心求道，极致修仙（高品质好书）

1. 151 一 One Step, One Look Back 一步一回头 Lin Xi临傒Eastern Fantasy4.2M WordsCompleted Traditional cultivation, with no cheats, no golden finger, and no idiotic characters. Every step of cultivation is earned, and life is calm and unhurried... A fresh take on cultivation, with rigorous logic. What sets this work apart is its focus on enlightenment. Cultivate the Dao, cultivate the heart... 5.9kReads8.5Score472Shelves
2. 152 仙 In a World of Immortals and Martial Arts, My Simulator Lets Me Sweep the Prodigies 仙武世界，有模拟器的我横扫天骄 The Medicine-Pounding Rabbit捣药兔Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsOngoing (The Myriad Worlds + no female lead + feel-good power fantasy) After transmigrating into an immortal martial world, Qi Changfeng awakens the Immortal Martial Simulation System. He comprehends the Great Dao in simulated worlds and travels through the Myriad Worlds with his soul. In the primary world, he fights far and wide, crushing every prodigy with his fists. The characters are intelligent, and there are no brainless villains. His goal is the supreme peak. The protagonist is never put through 6.8kReads8.5Score361Shelves
3. 153 修 Cultivation: She Ascended Through Self-Discipline 修仙：女修她靠自律飞升了 Waking to Sigh at the Void梦醒空叹Ancient Romance163k WordsOngoing [Cultivation] [No romance] [Level-up progression] [Pocket dimension] The sun rises, and the world glows. She began in a declining minor world. Never believing in fate, she relies on her own efforts, sword in hand, roaming the world in search of opportunities and aiming her blade at the heavens! The sun sets, and the stars emerge. In this declining world, geniuses abound, all vying for that elusive chance at immortality! Hua Juewan: “I seek ascension. Why should I fear a long and difficult road a 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This book features a shy female protagonist who is solely focused on cultivating immortality and seeking ascension to immortality. There's no romantic involvement.

4. 154 凡 Mortal Cultivation: Seizing the Way of Heaven 凡人修仙，夺天一道 Shi Ni石逆Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsOngoing [No System] + [No transmigration] + [Mortal cultivation] + [One heroine or no heroine]. Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation... The realm has been united, and opportunities for advancement are growing scarce. Ding Yi is an ordinary young man setting out into the world. At first, all he wants is to make his way in the martial world, but through a twist of fate, he eventually enters the world of immortal cultivation. With the help of fortuitous 3.1kReads7.9Score186Shelves
5. 155 欲 The Quest for Enlightenment 欲求得道 Nangong Meiyue南宫美月Fantastical Romance242k WordsOngoing [Dragon Mom] [Transmigrated Before Birth] [No CP] [Hoarding Hamster] [Fantasy Cultivation] [Business-Savvy Young Prodigy] A sweet girl from Sichuan and Chongqing transmigrates to another world. In the year she comes of age, she joins the Hehuan Sect, then stumbles upon a huge flower-covered egg in a secret realm. From then on, she begins a journey of growth and adventure... 218Reads7.3Score107Shelves

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   Daenerys Targaryen + No Romance + Pickup + Rebirth + Stunning Beauty + Hoarding Rat + Cultivation Thriller + Multiverse + Business Prodigy + Unrivaled Emperor of All Ages, a sweet girl from Sichuan and Chongqing transmigrates to another world, but on her coming-of-age day, she's incubating eggs at the Hehuan Sect ꉂ • ༚ • ིྀต੭???

6. 156 修 Cultivation: My Techniques Master Themselves with One Click 修仙：我的功法一键入门 Wine-Warmed Confucian Guest温酒儒客Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Cultivation]+ [Guilt-Free Power Fantasy]+ [Constitution Synthesis]+ [Proficiency Panel] Lin Yunming transmigrates into a world of cultivation and obtains the Chain Technique Diagram, which lets him master any technique at the touch of a button. “Lin Yunming, this is the Five-Element Spirit-Gathering Art. It takes months just to reach Qi Refining and sense qi... What? You’ve already reached Qi Refining?” “Lin Yunming, the Taibai Stellar Sword Scripture is an unparalleled sword manual. Someone of 547Reads6.8Score110Shelves
7. 157 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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   He focuses solely on his cultivation journey, remaining unmoved even when surrounded by beautiful women!

8. 158 死EN Necromancer's Codex: The Mage Who Transmigrated to the Eighteenth Century 死灵法典：穿越十八世纪的法师 The Grim Reaper's Corpse死神的尸体Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted Undead Calamity + Semi-Behind-the-Scenes Boss + Troop-Building + Mage Tower An undead archmage with a shattered soul, who created his own Dark Furnace Meditation Method, transmigrates to the Victorian era of the eighteenth century. By burning things, he can endlessly increase his spiritual power. Anyone who practices the Dark Furnace Meditation Method will offer him two layers of spiritual power each time they burn something, and will never surpass him in their lifetime. Their lives and deaths a 8.4kReads8.6Score787Shelves

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   A Western fantasy wizarding story where the protagonist is a top-tier wizard who is reborn in the Age of Exploration and rises again.

9. 159 破 Breaking the Bag, Defying Fate: Cultivating Immortality with a Mixed Spirit Root 破袋逆灵：杂灵根的修仙 Madman Niu Ba狂徒牛八Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted In a brutally harsh world of cultivation, Zhu Bu'er is an ordinary man who stumbles into the cultivation world. With a mixed spiritual root and a broken sack as his only tool, he scavenges for scraps and rummages through rubbish, forging an unconventional path to immortality. 4.2kReads8.6Score334Shelves

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   Absolutely explosive! A cultivation novel where the protagonist is a mortal. If you like this kind of story, come on in and be gentle!

10. 160 何 Why Bother Asking About Immortality 何必问仙 I Have No Hair吾无发Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing [Mortal's Journey + Golden Finger + Conquer the World + Anti-Cliché] I thought that if my heart embraced the universe, the world would know no bounds; I thought immortals could summon the Milky Way and wash away humanity's woes, yet I saw them sweep their sleeves through the clouds, laughing at mortals as if they were ants; I thought I was simply myself, and that my sword would turn with the edge of my heart, yet I saw the hidden hand manipulating my fate; I ask the heavens! If you gave me life, 4.4kReads9.1Score297Shelves

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    You might want to check out this book. It's about a highly intelligent scientist/astronaut from Earth who accidentally transmigrates to a world of cultivation. Using his superior intelligence and unconventional methods, he navigates the power struggles with various powerful figures. The protagonist's famous quote: "I wish to seal the heavens, why bother asking about immortality!" "I'm not cultivating immortality, I'm cultivating myself!"

11. 161 七 The Seven-Star Path to Immortality 七星仙途 The Great Dao Heads North大道北行Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsOngoing The Revised Soul Refining the Seven Stars is a monumental fantasy novel newly conceived and written on the basis of the original Soul Refining the Seven Stars. It depicts a world where soul cultivators, spell cultivators, and body cultivators coexist, while ghosts and monsters roam unchecked. It explores profound truths about divination, reincarnation, and the transformations of the universe, and portrays the conflicts and helplessness that come with pursuing love, hatred, passion, and revenge w 3.8kReads8.9Score350Shelves

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    A stunningly good book! A traditional cultivation novel with a highly intelligent protagonist. The human realm, the immortal realm, the divine realm! Cultivators include magic cultivators, body cultivators, soul cultivators, demon cultivators, monster cultivators, and ghost cultivators!!!

12. 162 你EN You’re Just an Outer Sect Disciple, Yet You Can Slay a Tribulation Realm Cultivator with One Sword? 你外门弟子，一剑斩渡劫境？ Lou Ying Who Loves Dry-Braised Redfish爱吃干烧红鱼的楼影Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [Cultivation] [Cautious] [Traits] [Longevity] [Sign-in] [Only fights when victory is assured] [Rapid progress] Han Xuanji transmigrates to a world of Cultivation and is lucky enough to activate a sign-in System. As long as he signs in at places imbued with the Dao, he can receive all kinds of rewards. Signing in before the founding ancestor's statue earns him the trait [Immortal Potential]. [Immortal Potential]: [A title in the Cultivation world for those with supreme talent. You possess an immo 42.5kReads7.7Score3.5kShelves

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    The male protagonists are all steady cultivators, single-minded in their pursuit of immortality. They may have special abilities, but they also cultivate diligently, achieving immortality step by step through their own efforts.

13. 163 重 Reborn in Honghuang as the Golden Spirit Holy Mother 重生洪荒之金灵圣母 Touring the Northern Sea by Day, the Firmament by Night朝游北海暮苍穹Eastern Fantasy4.2M WordsOngoing Understand yin and yang to become an immortal; cultivate for eons to attain the Primordial Unity. Wield the mysteries of heaven and earth to create the world; in a single day, become a limitless Great Luo Immortal. Jin Ling, a student at a Taoist academy in the 21st century, transmigrates into the Primordial World by chance and is reborn as the Jie School’s Holy Mother, Jin Ling. The Primordial World is home to countless great sects, with myriads of cultivators pursuing the Dao and contending f 24.8kReads8.3Score1.5kShelves
14. 164 壬 The Legend of Ren Zu 壬祖传 Villain A恶人甲Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing A Primordial World epic. Not a hot-blooded story, not about transmigration or being reborn, with no golden finger and no heroine. Overview: From the boundless chaos came the Four Symbols, and gods and demons were born of the same creation. Pangu split heaven and earth with his axe; Nuwa molded clay to shape life and death. Suiren stole fire and forged karmic ties; the struggle between water and fire was merciless. People built nests and dug shelters, and tribes multiplied; bows and spears were i 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book is a prehistoric fantasy novel, where the protagonist is a primordial human created by the goddess Nuwa, named after the Heavenly Stems and ranked ninth. The second book is a traditional cultivation novel, where the protagonist is a disciple of a major sect, the characters are normal, without extremes, and it's a steady and methodical type.

15. 165 我 I Keep a Low Profile and Reach Eternal Longevity Through Proficiency 我靠熟练度苟到万古长生 A Fire-Breathing Dragon一条喷火龙Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsOngoing [Cautious cultivation] [No going around showing off and face-slapping] [Everyday life in the cultivation world] After unexpectedly arriving in the cultivation world and experiencing many things, Su Yu finally understood the true meaning of cultivation. It was this: only those who keep a low profile can have the last laugh. But keeping a low profile doesn't mean staying in one place and never going out. No, no, no. He wanted to be a true nobody, someone people wouldn't even notice. Anyone who saw 21.1kReads6.7Score1.1kShelves
16. 166 玄 The Profound Heaven Cultivation Chronicle 玄天修仙录 Kong Wei from Zhongang中昂的孔纬Eastern Fantasy3.3M WordsCompleted Zhang Yuanjing, an early Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Xuantian Sect, only wants to keep his head down in the cultivation world and live a quiet, stable life. Even when people call him “Rat Daoist” and his peers mock him, he never goes to dangerous places or gets caught up in perilous situations. But without immortality, everything ultimately comes to nothing. With his lifespan nearly at its end and death close at hand, he has no choice but to take a gamble. By luck, he breaks throu 14.3kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
17. 167 修 Cultivation: From Immortality to the Supreme Throne! 修仙：从长生开始，登临至高！ Endless Thoughts念起无涯Eastern Fantasy904k WordsOngoing [Infinite Myriad Heavens + Immortal Cultivation for Eternal Life] Wen Xuanting unexpectedly transmigrated to a world of immortal cultivation. Along with him came a mysterious Creation Pearl. Starting as a mortal, he entered the path to immortality through martial arts, climbing step by step until he became an immortal. He roamed the cosmic stars and traveled through infinite worlds. He grew stronger one step at a time, defeated countless formidable foes, watched eras rise and fall, and left behi 4.4kReads6.9Score229Shelves
18. 168 太 Heir of the Great Clarity 太清传人 Chen Rang of the Supreme Purity Tradition太清传陈让Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsOngoing No transmigration, no System, no spiritual roots, no wise old man at his side, and no decisive scheming that spans the ages. Just an ordinary scholar with a bit of a temper, who accidentally mistakes a soul collector for a ghost and takes one step onto the path to immortality. From berating the Dragon Lord to wielding his sword against Kunlun, he takes on “the renewal of humanity” in a struggle against “the eternal mandate of Heaven,” breaks the fixed order of immortals and gods, and reshapes th 4.1kReads7.5Score374Shelves

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    Absolutely traditional Xianxia (fantasy martial arts) style, combining the Immortal Gourd Flow with the Shu Mountain style.

19. 169 网 Online Gaming: The Formless Great Dao 网游之大道无形 Chen Rang陈让Sports3.7M WordsCompleted Alone on a sea island, he takes a master and trains hard in the Binghuo Scripture. With only a sword, he braves the heavenly tribulation, withstands lightning and fire, and laughs as he subdues a golden crab. Joining forces with others, he ventures into a cave abode, where he seizes treasures and breaks formations, uncovering hidden mysteries. Lying low to watch two tigers fight, he cleverly claims a treasured cauldron from between the forces of good and evil. Come witness The Great Dao Has No F 1kReads7.1Score123Shelves
20. 170 开 Joining a Top Sect from the Start: I Won't Leave the Mountain Until I'm Invincible 开局拜入顶级宗门，不无敌不出山 Once I Did Not Know the Moon初时不识月Eastern Fantasy539k WordsCompleted Zhuang Sanwei transmigrates to an immortal-hero world and becomes the son of the Duke Who Guards the Nation in the Great Qian Dynasty. While taking the entrance exam for an immortal sect, he obtains a sign-in System. Signing in each day grants him all kinds of rewards! While everyone else has to toil away at cultivation, Zhuang Sanwei can quietly sign in and steadily grow stronger. He immediately decides that he won’t leave seclusion until he becomes invincible! Countless years later, when other 612Reads6.4Score114Shelves
21. 171 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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    This is a good novel featuring a female protagonist who cultivates immortality.

22. 172 灵 Immortal Path of Spirit Origins: The Spirit Beasts I Raise Are So Grateful 灵源仙途：我养的灵兽太懂感恩了 Brewing Tea in the Spring Mist春雾煮茶Eastern Fantasy5.0M WordsOngoing [Cultivation] + [golden finger] + [Farming] + [Steady Progress] + [Relaxed] + [Everyday Life] In the world of Cultivation, all things possess spirits. After transmigrating, Gu An gained the ability to grasp the spiritual essence of spirit beasts. [Spiritual Source Recompense] Any spirit beast or spirit bird he personally raises will repay him when it dies! [One of the rainbow-feathered chickens you raised has died peacefully of old age and returned a portion of spiritual energy to you!] [One of 159.3kReads8.9Score13.1kShelves

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    This book is really good. The author's writing is excellent, and the updates are consistent.

23. 173 魔 The Demonic Sect’s Path to Enlightenment: I Discovered the Theory of Relativity for Sneak Attacks! 魔门悟道，我悟出偷袭相对论！ Tan Wenqing檀文清Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing The manhua series [I Comprehended the Dao in the Demon Sect and Discovered the Theory of Relativity for Sneak Attacks] is now available. [Everyone is intelligent, no female lead, slow-paced, with detailed worldbuilding] [The protagonist has a top-grade spiritual root, not a useless-protagonist type, and won't get any blatantly overpowered cheats] [Tight logic, comprehensive worldbuilding, and a newly reimagined cultivation world] Senior Brother, you're way too cautious! Aren't we a demonic sect? 97kReads8.4Score10.9kShelves

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    These are all pretty good.

24. 174 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!

25. 175 修EN Immortal Cultivation: This Is How the Unorthodox Do It 修仙：旁门左道就是这样的 Fire Cloud Pillar火云柱Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsOngoing [Classical-style cultivation] [No System] [Growth] [The clash between new and old cultivation methods] [The passage of time] [Some farming and management] [No level suppression] [Decisive and ruthless] [Fellow Daoist, rent a set of internal organs and a brain to help you cultivate!] [When you practice the Golden Core, you can dig up your ancestors and have them help you cultivate] [My family has a lineage stretching back ten thousand years, with the bones of a hundred thousand grandmaster martia 147.3kReads8.5Score12.9kShelves
26. 176 真 Heaven-Defying Comprehension: From The Smiling, Proud Wanderer to All the Heavens 真悟性逆天：从笑傲开始诸天 Medium-Spicy Hot Pot中辣火锅Male-Channel Fanfiction796k WordsCompleted [Heaven-Defying Comprehension] [No System] [No Harem] The path to the myriad heavens has opened! A heaven-defying level of comprehension, without a single “ding” or “ding” He gathers martial arts, secret techniques, bloodlines, and laws from different worlds as resources Lu Yuan wants to glimpse the scenery beyond the word “immortal” Worlds featured: The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, The Outcast, Naruto, Harry Potter, Marvel Cinematic Universe... 15.1kReads8.5Score598Shelves

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    [Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece]

27. 177 龟 Tortoise, My Longevity Is Just a Bonus 龟龟我啊，长生只是顺带 Autumn in a Word一言秋Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Immortality + farming with exotic beasts + island management + maxed-out support skills + cautious survival + no female lead] When Mo An wakes up, he discovers that he has become a turtle. Fortunately, he isn’t an ordinary turtle, but a legendary Yin-Yang Longevity Turtle from the cultivation world: a turtle who has been immortal since birth, already standing at the end of every cultivator’s journey, with support abilities maxed out. * Innate Talent: Endless lifespan, immortality Divine Talents 13.8kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
28. 178 农 The Immortal Farm Girl: From Martial Arts to Cultivation 农女长生，从习武到修仙 Looking Up at the Moon举头望月亮Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Slice of Life] [Slow Burn] [Logical, No Saintly Protagonist] [No CP, Not a Power Fantasy] [Immortality] [Heartless Dao] [Strong Female Lead] Coder Lin Yue ordered fried rice with egg from a delivery app. She had barely taken a couple of bites when everything went black and she transmigrated, waking up as a country girl who had just drowned in a remote mountain village. Small and thin, with a pinched face and never enough to eat, she had only just learned to speak the local dialect when she disc 8.5kReads8.3Score1.1kShelves

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    The female protagonist truly severs all emotional ties and focuses solely on seeking enlightenment.

29. 179 星EN Path to Immortality Among the Stars 星路仙踪 Wang Yu忘语Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing In the modern world, a passage to another realm appears on Blue Star. Wang Yu is among the first people to enter a cultivation world through their dreams. In a daze, he embarks on the path of cultivation in order to survive! The Great Dao is merciless. On the path of cultivation, failing to advance means falling behind! By becoming a supreme cultivator, one can enjoy endless longevity and bring the power of cultivation back to Blue Star, saving its future. The cultivation world faces an apocalyp 180.1kReads9.1Score16.5kShelves

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    The author is Wang Yu, the original author of *A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality*. [Learned][Learned] It tells the story of a modern college student who travels to another world through a hibernation pod to cultivate immortality, capable of switching between two worlds.

30. 180 转 Reborn as a Silly Roe Deer: Bro, You Smell Delicious! 转生傻狍子，兄弟，你好香啊！ Metamorphosed into a Moth破茧成蛾Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [No heroine] [No contrived drama] [No angst] [Lighthearted power fantasy] Lu Changge transmigrates to the Spirit Martial Continent and is reborn as a silly roe deer. Bound to the [Healing System], he earns healing points by healing others, which he can use to raise his cultivation and bloodline and evolve his innate abilities. The higher the target's fortune and the more severe their injuries, the more healing points he earns. Then he meets a beautiful, powerful, tragic child of fortune. And the 20.9kReads9.0Score2.7kShelves
31. 181 成 Become a God and Prove the Dao, Starting as a Ghost 成神证道，从做鬼开始 Flying Goose鹅飞飞Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Traditional Cultivation + Slow Burn + Character Growth + No Romance + Lovecraftian] Fu Ruo transmigrated, becoming the corpse of a woman who had lain dead in the muddy bottom of a pond for three years... She was a ghost now. This world was overrun by monsters and ruled by evil spirits, while the people lived in misery. Fu Ruo discovered by chance that protecting the townsfolk and driving off evil spirits could strengthen her ghostly form. Later... As a lone ghost, she entered the divine path of 5.3kReads8.4Score673Shelves
32. 182 我 My Senior Brother Is Too Strong 我的师兄太强了 Ke Ning可宁Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsCompleted Original title: My Senior Brother Is Too Strong The eldest senior brother is diligent and tireless, while the second senior brother likes to sneak off and take it easy. The eldest senior brother is hailed as a genius, while the second is the disgrace of the sect. Until one day, the junior sister discovers that the second senior brother is pretty amazing too... This blurb does it no justice. Read the story for yourself... 60.9kReads8.2Score4.1kShelves
33. 183 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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    These two books are great, very enjoyable. You can give them a try if you're interested.

34. 184 小 My Junior Sister Says Even a Madman Is a God 小师妹说神经也是神 Lop-Eared Rabbit Who Loves Cilantro爱吃香菜的垂耳兔Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Jiang Zhu transmigrates into a novel about a girl adored by everyone, as a disposable female side character. The junior apprentice sister is gifted and loved by all, while the side character has cultivated for years and is still useless. In the end, she's pushed out to take a blade for the junior sister and dies miserably in the street. She opens her eyes to the sight of a whole sect full of hopeless sycophants, and Jiang Zhu wants to die. The heroine's suitors are everywhere. How about I bec 38.1kReads9.3Score4.5kShelves

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    Sects are full of sycophants, especially the big sects. Even among sycophants, there are degrees of humility and morality. Some only care about their own sycophancy; these are just a little stupid, but still have some conscience. Some lick while barking at passersby; these are just delusional, a simple "crazy" is enough. Then there are those who not only lick themselves but also expect you to lick them too—these are the demons of sycophants, the absolute best of the best. Such exceptional individuals are extremely rare, appearing only once in a century, but Jiang Zhu is incredibly lucky; she encountered a whole bunch of them the moment she opened her eyes. Everything the female lead does is right! Her lovers are everywhere; I might as well become a nun!!! [Kissing emojis][Kissing emojis][Kissing emojis][Kissing emojis]

35. 185 家 Clan Cultivation: Seeking Immortality Through Reincarnation 家族修仙：我以轮回转世觅长生 Balance and Harmony以中以和Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing [Clan Cultivation] [Daily Life] [Mortal's Journey] [Reincarnation] [Farming] [Pseudo-Ensemble Cast] [Slow Burn] [Pseudo-Multiple Female Leads] [Reincarnation in this story is not possession. The body is reconstructed through the Soul-Reforging Seal.] [First Life: Scenery of Cuiyun Mountain (Complete)] [Second Life: Rivalry in Nanyue (Ongoing)] After transmigrating into the world of Cultivation, Qi Yuan was lucky enough to receive an inferior five-element spiritual root. He cultivated painstakin 24.1kReads8.0Score2.5kShelves

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    Looking for a book to read? Here are two realistic mortal cultivation novels! Neither starts with an overwhelming power; the protagonist begins as a nobody, acquiring resources with difficulty, and navigating the cultivation world with extreme caution. They also involve family management and farming, gradually strengthening the clan; plus, there are multiple female leads with natural and unforced romance. If you enjoy the survival-of-the-fittest, survival-of-the-fittest, and gradual growth of a mortal cultivator, these are perfect for you. The two novels have slightly different styles, so you can enjoy both at once and avoid running out of reading material.

36. 186 我 I’m Stirring Up the Cultivation World with Grind Culture 我在修仙界搞内卷 Cong Yue丛月Ancient Romance3.2M WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] After Qin Shu transmigrated into a book, she learned that she was a fraud who had taken her younger half-sister's place to cultivate immortality. After eight years of cultivation, her half-sister entered the Dao despite having been an ordinary mortal. Qin Shu's cover was blown in front of everyone, and the sect mercilessly cast her out, even though she had only reached the third level of Qi Refining. With her peerless beauty, she was turned into a cultivation furn 129kReads9.5Score51.4kShelves

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    I'm quite picky about books, and these days it's rare for a medium-length or long novel to hold my attention. This one is truly unique. Aside from its strong moral compass, there are almost no awful supporting characters. The female lead truly grows step by step, from a complete novice to someone increasingly formidable. You could say she's talented, but her indomitable spirit is even more admirable. The author's writing is excellent, humorous and witty, and all the plot holes are resolved perfectly. I recommend you check it out! [You'll appreciate it][You'll appreciate it]

37. 187 家 Clan Cultivation: Seeking Immortality Through Marriage 家族修仙：从娶妻开始觅长生 Vast Heaven and Earth天地光阔Xianxia906k WordsOngoing (The rating just came in. It'll rise later.) [Clan] [Daily Life] [Farming] [Cultivation] [Destiny] [Character Growth] [More Children, More Blessings] [Behind the Scenes] [Ensemble Cast] After transmigrating as a tenant farmer, Chen Yun had a spiritual aperture just 2.9 inches wide, paid 80 percent of his harvest in rent, and owed twelve spirit sand coins. Chen Yun thought heaven was playing a joke on him. That was until he saw the ancient, unadorned seal in his mind: the Origin-Returning Seal. A 73.8kReads8.1Score10.1kShelves
38. 188 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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    This supernatural cultivation novel is absolutely amazing! It's packed with Chinese-style horror, the plot twists are endless, and every detail is a foreshadowing. The writing is excellent, the scope is grand, the protagonist's battles against ghosts and monsters are incredibly engaging, and the folk customs and feng shui are both hardcore and mind-bending. You'll be thoroughly hooked after reading it!

39. 189 大 The Great Thousand World: Today, I Do as I Please! 大千世界：今日，吾逍遥也！ Feng Xing沨行Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsOngoing [Nearly Invincible]+ [No Romance]+ [System]+ [Vast Worlds] A folding fan stirs the world with a gentle wave, A drawn sword has no equal beneath the heavens. System missions? I'll do them when I feel like it. Something interesting? Where? I'm on my way. Shuo Heng lounged in a beautiful woman's house of music and wine, sipping wine and listening to songs. Life couldn't be better. “Host, the Child of Destiny just passed within ten meters of you!” “Hey, don't rush me. Let me finish this song first. 7kReads8.5Score721Shelves

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    The first book fits perfectly, and the second book has a main storyline about world-building; both are enjoyable.

40. 190 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 711.1kReads9.6Score100.9kShelves
41. 191 苟 The Cautious Path to Immortality: Starting with a Hundred Cultivation Crafts 苟道长生：从修仙百艺开始 Black Ant蚂蚁黑Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted Xianxia + Mortal's Journey + Pseudo-Immortality + Cautious Cultivation + Decisive and Ruthless + Sound Values + No System + No Female Lead Lin Changqing transmigrates to a cultivation world and, using the starry light of enlightenment in his sea of consciousness, masters the many arts of cultivation and cultivates with caution. Throughout his long years of cultivation, he watches countless prodigies rise and fall with a smile. Before he knows it, he has endured for countless ages and stands at t 4.9kReads7.3Score279Shelves

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    Traditional fantasy, steady, decisive in killing.

42. 192 仙 Immortal Fields 仙田 Rampaging Watermelon暴走的西瓜君Eastern Fantasy7.8M WordsOngoing A mortal’s cultivation journey, no System, a farming novel. Carrying a mysterious three-acre plot of spirit farmland, he transmigrates to the vast and mysterious world of immortals and chivalry. Thanks to his second uncle, he begins his path to immortality and becomes one of countless rogue cultivators. The path to immortality is easy to enter but hard to travel. Only by facing hardship and enduring countless trials can one cultivate immortality for the long term. (Levels: Qi Refining, Foundatio 26.7kReads7.9Score2kShelves
43. 193 重 Reborn in the Year 10,007 of the Immortal Era 重生仙元一万零七年 Master Chen陈大真人Xianxia2.3M WordsOngoing This book does not offer the usual emotional gratification found in web novels. If all you want is exciting wish fulfillment, this may not be the book for you. Its purpose is to imagine a society of cultivators where power rests in one's own hands, then use the protagonist's perspective to build a series of plotlines that gradually reveal this imagined cultivation world. 10.8kReads8.7Score1.2kShelves

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    These books are all good. They have different styles, but they are all quite engaging, with reasonable logic and excellent writing. You won't suddenly feel averse to them because of the writing style while reading.

44. 194 我EN My Steady Farming Path to Immortality 我的种田流修仙太稳健了 Blue and White青白Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsCompleted [Slice-of-life farming + steady cultivation + no female lead, multiple dao companions + System + hoarding hamster] While fellow prodigies from my sect are blinded by greed and slaughter each other over opportunities in secret realms, I have been watering my radishes with spirit spring water in the spirit fields for three hundred years. While demonic cultivator overlords blood-sacrifice a million cultivators, I am using demon-binding ropes made from immortal vines to build a fence around my spiri 95.2kReads8.3Score10.8kShelves
45. 195 法 France, 1794 法兰西1794 Kill Without Burial管杀不管填Historical3.4M WordsCompleted A glorious tale of struggle after transmigrating into a minor German nobleman during the French Revolution and the Directory. “His Excellency Andrew, the great and glorious, arrived in his beloved Paris in 1794.” 956Reads8.9Score104Shelves
46. 196 冒EN Impostor of the Langya Clan 冒姓琅琊 Eastern Zhou Young Master Nan东周公子南Historical1.6M WordsOngoing (Also known as “The Matter of Me Pretending to Be a Nobleman of the Southern Dynasties”) To transmigrate isn’t a dinner party. It’s a deadly game at every turn. The south is beautiful, yet lofty ambitions often fade away. Since ancient times, the Southern Dynasties have been weak, their heroes short-lived. No golden finger, no System, and no second chance at life. Everything starts from zero! Original owner’s memories: none! Identity: none! Supplies: none! When transmigration becomes reality, ho 494kReads9.7Score70.5kShelves
47. 197 洪EN Honghuang: The Innate Banana Tree, and No More Banana Leaf Fans 洪荒：先天芭蕉树，再无芭蕉扇 The Day After Tomorrow Is the Eighth Day of the Week后天星期八Eastern Fantasy768k WordsCompleted A Merit Golden Lotus gains human form from the start and follows the path of proving the Dao through the Five Lotuses. The Six Saints aren’t villains, and there’s no System. Give it a try if you’re interested. I’ll post 8,000 characters daily. Thank you! The Primordial World: Merit Golden Lotus? Hongjun Is Crying His Eyes Out! Please follow my new book. Thank you! 19.7kReads6.2Score1.3kShelves

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    Seeking the Great Dao with all my heart

48. 198 我EN I Am Murong Fu's Uncle 我是慕容复的舅舅 The One Jianghu Calls Big Boss江湖人称大官人Male-Channel Fanfiction3.7M WordsCompleted Synopsis 1: My name is Wang Gang. I’m Murong Fu’s uncle, Li Qingluo’s husband, and, at least in name, Wang Yuyan’s father! That’s right, I’m the man Duan Zhengchun cuckolded! Actually, I was also murdered by Duan Zhengchun and Li Qingluo! But now I’ve been reborn, on my wedding night, the very day I was killed in my previous life! They’re about to arrive. What should I do? I’m kind of freaking out! Synopsis 2: After being reborn, Wang Gang discovers he’s brought back a panel that lets him learn 41.9kReads7.8Score3.3kShelves
49. 199 历 Qi Refiners in the River of History 历史长河中的炼气士 Not That Sharp不是太剑Eastern Fantasy380k WordsOngoing He once witnessed the King of Qin unify the six states and the rise and fall of dynasties. He lived through Emperor Wu of Han’s campaigns against the Xiongnu, and the decree that any who offended the Han would be put to death. He heard of the elegant lives of the Wei, Jin, and Three Kingdoms eras, and the openness of the Zhenguan and Kaiyuan periods… He is a Qi Refining cultivator. Qi Refining cultivators breathe in vital energy to attain immortality. This is a tale of immortality through the ag 5.6kReads8.7Score332Shelves

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    I don't know 😄😄😄😄

50. 200 在 Life as an Extra in a Cultivation World 在修仙世界做路人日子 Xuan Peng of Panlong Island盘龙岛的宣鹏Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsOngoing Li Xiaoniu is an ordinary passerby, as ordinary as they come. So why do I have a spiritual root? Why was I assigned to live with the male lead? Why do I have to take the blame for him? And why do I have to deliver a letter from the female lead to him? Please stop treating me like a useful tool. Even passersby have their dignity… Years later, looking at the male and female leads living in blissful wedded harmony, and the pile of gorgeous supporting heroines tossed my way, I suddenly think this is 6kReads8.1Score475Shelves

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    I recommend an unconventional cultivation novel; it's humorous, witty, and full of laugh-out-loud moments.

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