Traditional Cultivation: The Protagonist Refines Pills and Trades at Markets 正规修仙，主角会炼丹，坊市交易

1. 1 杂 No Future as a Servant Disciple? I’ll Master Pills and Artifacts to Seek Immortality 杂役弟子没出路？丹器双修谋长生 Helping Elderly Ladies Every Day天天扶老奶奶Eastern Fantasy3.7M WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation, no System, decisive and ruthless, no saintly heroics, cautious, a nobody rising to power] Ye Feng transmigrates to another world and fights his way up to become the bandit chief of Black Wind Stronghold. From the start, he kills Duan Shui Liu, an inner disciple of the Xuantian Sect, and obtains a Bagua Furnace that enhances alchemy and artifact forging. After bribing the gatekeeper, he enters the Xuantian Sect to cultivate and begins his adventures in the world of cultivatio 20.4kReads8.1Score1.9kShelves

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   Alchemy and weapon crafting

2. 2 药EN Cauldron of the Medicine God 药神鼎 Chubby Radish胖胖的萝卜Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsCompleted (Mortal cultivation + no System + lighthearted + not a saint + multiple female leads + fast-paced) At the Foundation Establishment stage, he wins over a Nascent Soul uncle-master and a Core Formation senior sister; at the Deity Transformation stage, a Mahayana saintess. See how Ye Fei, an ordinary mortal, encounters one lucky opportunity after another and joyfully cultivates toward immortality. It starts slowly, but gets better and better as it goes. If something doesn't make sense at first, try 78.1kReads9.0Score8.5kShelves
3. 3 穿 I Transmigrated to the Cultivation World: Rising to the Top by Selling Fish 穿越修仙界：从卖鱼开始崛起 Helping Elderly Ladies Every Day天天扶老奶奶Eastern Fantasy4.7M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation, no System, rise from the bottom] After transmigrating, Ye Yu is kicked out of his family from the start. He has no choice but to scrape by as a fishmonger, until he offends a sect's holy maiden at the Yihong Brothel and has to flee to another city. In his new cultivation city, Ye Yu first buys two maids to calm his nerves, then invents a seal-based talisman-making technique, opening the floodgates to wealth. To keep growing stronger, Ye Yu builds airplanes and cannons. He’s 10kReads8.6Score800Shelves
4. 4 不 Can You Become an Immortal by Any Means Necessary? 不择手段，可成仙否？ The Kingdra Who Loves Drum Corps喜欢军鼓的海刺龙Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless]+ [Will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals]+ [No female lead]+ [The middle and later parts get dark, so don't read if that's not your thing] "The weak are always making excuses for their incompetence and failures, but they themselves are the best excuse of all!" (There are a lot of trolls in the comments, so use your own judgment.) Chen Yi transmigrates to the world of immortal cultivation and opens his eyes already struggling to survive at the bottom. Five years ag 180.7kReads8.6Score23kShelves
5. 5 榆 Elm Immortal 榆仙 Situ Qingchen司徒清尘Eastern Fantasy5.3M WordsCompleted The new book, “The Age of Demons: Cultivating the Unorthodox Path to Immortality, Starting with the Livestock-Creation Method,” is now available. [No System, no harem, traditional xianxia, decisive and ruthless, mortal cultivation.] Cultivation is about questioning your own heart. Yu Xian, an orphan from Dayushu Village, formed a bond with a great elm tree. Before dying, the Elm Tree Matriarch opened his spiritual root, and from then on he embarked on the path of cultivation. Using the elm’s spi 162.2kReads9.1Score18.7kShelves

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   This one... It's finished with over 1000 chapters, it's around 9 PM now, I just started reading it recently, it's alright.

6. 6 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 26.2kReads8.5Score2.4kShelves

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   "Fellow Daoist, I can tell you're a generous and trustworthy person! From the moment you entered, I felt an instant connection with you; it's like we've known each other forever! This third-tier concealment talisman is a priceless treasure elsewhere, worth thousands of spirit stones, but since I've met you today, I'm willing to grant your wish." "Instant connection? And like we've known each other forever? What nonsense is this fat shopkeeper spouting?" Ye Fan was taken aback by the fat shopkeeper's enthusiasm. The fat shopkeeper then closed the small box, placed it on the counter, and gently pushed it toward Ye Fan: "This concealment talisman was originally priced at 1000 spirit stones, not a penny less. But because of our connection, I'll grit my teeth and sell it to you on credit for 600 spirit stones! How about that, isn't that generous?" Ye Fan was initially delighted, but then some reservations arose. Just as he was about to ask, the portly shopkeeper seemed to read his mind and quickly added, "However, fellow Daoist, I have a small condition. Would you like to hear it?" Ye Fan was taken aback, intrigued, and casually asked, "What condition?" The portly shopkeeper glanced at Ye Fan and smiled slightly, "The Qingdong Secret Realm is about to open. With your abilities, fellow Daoist, you'll definitely dominate it. When it does, I hope you'll bring out all the monsters you hunt in the secret realm and sell them to my Beast Meat Pavilion. Don't worry, I, Cheng Kun, am a man of integrity in business. I'll definitely give you a good price; you won't lose out!"

7. 7 只 I Was Just Playing a Cultivation Game, I Didn't Mean to Cultivate for Real 只是玩个修仙游戏，没想真修仙啊 Meteor on a Spring Outing踏青的流星Eastern Fantasy595k WordsOngoing This book has been adapted into two animated dramas, so you can count on the quality. [Slow Burn] [Cultivation Sects] [The fiery spirit of youth, gifted rivals, laughter and tears. There are always things you have no choice but to do, and people you have no choice but to say goodbye to.] [The further you read, the better it gets. If you don't believe me, try the latest chapter first, then decide whether to keep reading.] [This book won't have Foundation Establishment cultivators cutting down Nas 15.3kReads8.1Score1.8kShelves

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   Although the game begins with a character switching between worlds using a game panel, the subsequent content is actually a legitimate cultivation world. [Realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Divine Transformation, Integration...] The world-building is grand and complete, with magical artifacts, spirit weapons, and spiritual treasures categorized by their restrictions. All elements of cultivation, including talisman making, alchemy, and sword-wielding, are present. The protagonist arrives with a game panel and possesses the unique ability to refine elixirs and talismans with 100% accuracy. The game meticulously depicts various cultivation details, unfolding a magnificent and complete world of cultivation.

8. 8 长 Immortal Longevity: Starting by Caring for My Neighbor’s Dao Companion 长生仙缘：从照顾邻居道侣开始 Kiki's Conch琪琪的海螺Xianxia430k WordsOngoing Reborn as a low-level rogue cultivator, he is fortunate that transmigration comes with a data panel. Thanks to a cultivation technique his predecessor happened upon, Lin Hao gives off the scent of pills as he cultivates, making countless immortal maidens crave his body. His neighbor’s Daoist companion: “Hello, little brother Lin Hao. You smell so good!” The Daoist companion of another alchemist: “Fellow Daoist Lin, don’t be like this!” A mother and daughter struggling to cultivate in the market 682Reads5.9Score—Shelves

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   A cultivation story set in a marketplace, with the protagonist being an alchemist.

9. 9 凡 A Mortal’s Immortal Destiny 凡人仙命 The City Falls, Yet the Flowers Say Nothing倾城花不语Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Mortal’s journey] [Traditional xianxia] [No System] [No harem] Ding Dali, an orphan from a mountain village, happened to find a white porcelain bottle in a river, and thus began his path to immortality. The white porcelain bottle can refine ordinary things into supreme treasures: Pour river water into it, and it becomes Primordial Jade Liquid; put in weeds, and they become top-grade spirit herbs; keep ordinary iron inside, and it becomes a divine weapon capable of slaying immortals; throw in r 5.1kReads8.1Score594Shelves

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   Ding Dali, an orphan from a mountain village, stumbles upon a white porcelain bottle in a river, thus embarking on his path to immortality. This bottle can transform ordinary objects into supreme treasures. Pour river water into it, and it becomes Primordial Jade Elixir; add weeds, and they become top-grade spiritual herbs; nurture ordinary iron, and it becomes a divine weapon capable of slaying immortals; throw in discarded pills, and they become rare elixirs… A mere mortal, wielding this treasure bottle, ultimately proves his immortality! [Attention][Heart][Attention][Heart]

10. 10 被 After My Golden Core Was Stolen, I Awakened the Spiritual Root of Heaven and Earth 被夺了金丹后，我激活了天地灵根 Trouble at Chize池泽生变Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted Sequel: Bad News! My Dad Married Into Another Family, and I Became a Carefree Rogue Cultivator [Survivalist Cultivation + Not a Power Fantasy + Daily Life + Farming + No Female Lead + Ruthless + Old Schemer + System + Dark + Lone Wolf + Rogue Cultivator] Chen Si had a single Wood Spiritual Root, and his master, Daoist Changsheng, poured everything into cultivating him as a supreme elixir. On the day Chen Si formed his Golden Core, his master took it for himself. After escaping with a Void-Evasio 18.4kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves

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    This is a good book, it's almost finished. It's about Gou Dao and Gu Lang, who can refine pills and set up formations. He appears in the market at the beginning of the story.

11. 11 修 Cultivation: Gathering in the Mountains and Seas to Ascend Together 修仙：我在山海聚众飞升 Xiao Gao Doesn't Want to Mix Concrete小高不想打灰Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing [Classic Xianxia + No System + Spiritual Qi Revival + Farming and Management + Pseudo-Ensemble Cast + Sect Leader Story + No Female Lead + Not Mindless Power Fantasy, Long and Slow-Burn, Starts Weak and Gets Better] In the Age of Declining Dharma, the young Tai Shang fell into a river and discovered a Supreme Dao Palace, inheriting the methods of the Dao Venerable from that moment on. Starting from scratch, he founded the Taiqing Immortal Palace, welcoming disciples from all walks of life and t 27.3kReads8.5Score2.9kShelves

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    Absolutely classic and proper cultivation novel, no system, no female lead, and all cultivation skills are included.

12. 12 混 The Chaotic Record of Mending the Heavens 混沌补天录 Slender Willow in the Prose文中细柳Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [No System, no being reborn, cautious cultivation, sound logic, quotable lines, and hilarious comedy] Please don't expect this to follow the usual formula of some cultivation novels, where the protagonist becomes invincible and starts killing as soon as he begins cultivating. This story follows the protagonist's transformation from an ordinary person, and strives to stay closer to real life, with plenty of introspection and social criticism. Starting as a law-abiding citizen, the protagonist fir 5.7kReads8.6Score614Shelves

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    I laughed so hard my abs hurt in the middle of the night! [Laughing and crying emoji] The mortal Lao Liu (Old Six) obtains a cultivation inheritance and embarks on a cultivation journey in the city, constantly churning out memorable lines, full of realistic critique and philosophical reflection. Everyone is intelligent, and the psychological descriptions are exquisite. [Thumbs up emoji] A reminder: please do not approach this novel with traditional notions of invincibility or the ability to kill at will. This book is an exploration and growth story, not mindless wish-fulfillment. It teaches you to start by obeying the law, familiarizing yourself with the rules, and then becoming decisive in killing. [Cool emoji] [frustrated emoji] [shy emoji]

13. 13 开 The Cheat-Wielding Lad Takes the Cultivation World by Storm 开挂小子玩转修仙界 Silly Little Dog Yuanbao元宝小傻狗Eastern Fantasy6.6M WordsOngoing [Funny and lighthearted + Upgrade spirit stones + Refine pills + Humorous cultivation + No System] You rascal, you can upgrade spirit stones and pills? Confess everything and I won’t hit you! Yuan Xiao, a country boy, accidentally saves a divine thief from the immortal realm. With nothing but shameless audacity, he snatches the heaven-defying treasure, the Tianqi Pearl, and becomes a rich cultivator. Making money and upgrading are no problem at all! With two absurd, troublemaking spirit beasts a 44.8kReads9.0Score5.1kShelves

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    A humorous and lighthearted cultivation novel. The protagonist is a true sixth brother, accompanied by two funny spirit beasts. He understands human relationships and worldly affairs. It's a down-to-earth cultivation story with exciting content from beginning to end. It includes alchemy, weapon crafting, formations, and spatial manipulation.

14. 14 丹 A Strange Romance in the World of Alchemy 丹尘奇缘 Blue Pursuit蓝色追逐Eastern Fantasy319k WordsCompleted A menial disciple, busy doing odd jobs to earn a few spirit stones, is timid, afraid of death, and cares only about spirit stones. Everyone looks down on him, even his childhood sweetheart and cultivation partner, who abandons him. Then one day, he gets his hands on an iron gourd, and his life changes forever. A rise from humble beginnings + modest and low-key + immortal mansion realm + hidden depths + emotionally dense male lead + inspirational + xianxia + cultivation 2.8kReads8.9Score261Shelves

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    Two recommended books on alchemy

15. 15 混 The Chaos Alchemy Furnace 混沌丹炉 Little Security Guard at Flame Mountain火焰山小保安Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing He has one more spiritual root than even someone with all eight elements in their mixed spiritual roots. By chance, he activates the little iron gourd his grandfather gave him before he died, only to discover that it is a Chaos Alchemy Furnace. Thus begins his path to immortality. He tramples prodigies, crushes the outstanding, and slays countless enemies... With a pill in hand, the world is his! Genius protagonist + golden finger + no System + fantasy + cultivation + invincible + cultivation wo 15kReads8.3Score1.4kShelves
16. 16 修 Cultivation: Reborn in Another World to Build the Strongest Sect 修仙：重生异界打造最强宗门 Deep Autumn in Baili百里深秋Eastern Fantasy8.9M WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation + no System + no cheat + relying on skill!] Young scientist Sun Yi transmigrated into the world of immortal cultivation and became a menial disciple with neither talent nor connections. But using the knowledge, experience, and courage of someone from Earth, he successfully latched onto the sect's most powerful patron. Then he set about reforming the sect and developing all kinds of new technology! [Invented a detection radar]: It can locate all kinds of rare treasures, demon 43.7kReads9.0Score4.1kShelves

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    [Modified Short Drama Now Available] [Over 5 million words, never missed an update! No AI] [Mortal Flow + No System + No Cheat Codes + Rely on Abilities! No Harem! No Clichés! Positive Morals! Guaranteed 10,000 words per day! No breaks! No leave! Occasionally 20,000-word bursts! Tomato's most fan-loving author, releasing extra chapters during holidays!!] Young scientist Sun Yi transmigrates to the cultivation world, becoming a lowly disciple with no talent or background. However, he uses his Earthling knowledge, experience, and courage to successfully latch onto the sect's most powerful backer, then embarks on massive reforms and research! [Inventing a Detection Radar]: Capable of detecting various rare treasures, demonic beasts, and poisonous insects, opening up huge sources of revenue for the sect, its power easily surpassing the treasure-hunting spirit beasts of the cultivation world! [Vigorously Developing Foreign Trade]: Developing commerce, vigorously promoting foreign trade, significantly increasing sect revenue, and improving cultivator welfare! [Invented New Dantian Technology]: Establishes a dantian in each of the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys, forming the Five Elements Dantian, greatly increasing endurance and strength, with profound effects. [Invented the Three-in-One Cultivation Path]: Research revealed the root cause of breakthrough failures, finding a method that guarantees breakthroughs without assistance. [Invented the Physical Acupoint Opening Method]: Opens the body's acupoints throughout the body, forging the strongest foundation for humanity! [Developed the Azure Cloud Warship]: Superior firepower coverage, a devastating weapon of war! [Developed Targeted Spatial Teleportation Technology]: Instant delivery service like online shopping! Ammunition precisely delivered to the enemy camp! [Developed Fully Automated Talisman Printing Technology]: Talisman printing, production capacity skyrockets! [Invented the Demon Refining Tower]: Refines and processes demon souls, creating top-tier artificial Heavenly Soul Liquid, enhancing divine soul power. [Invented the Demon Refining Pot]: Purifies the demonic power and remnant souls within the essence blood of demon beasts, increasing body refining cultivation speed tenfold. [Builded the Demon Locking Tower]: Imprisons high-level demons, continuously extracting their blood! [Inventing the Azure Cloud Armor]: Not only is it exquisitely designed, but it also integrates offense and defense, explosively increasing movement speed and attack power. [Inventing Satellite Communication]: Eliminating the outdated communication technology of the cultivation world, it can also monitor the entire world, creating huge wealth for sects. [Developing the Financial Industry]: Issuing credit currency, strengthening financial control, developing consumer loan business, and promoting the rapid development of the cultivation world! [Inventing Cultivation Space]: Creating a high-pressure spirit-gathering cultivation room, greatly increasing cultivation speed. [Creating Inheritance Space]: Developing and creating inheritance spaces, completely simplifying inheritance comprehension, and revolutionizing inheritance methods! [Inventing External Dantian]: Refining the inner core of demon beasts into spirit-filling treasures, greatly increasing the endurance of true qi! [Inventing Artificial Spirit Stones]: Inventing artificial spirit stones, promoting economic development, and greatly increasing cultivation speed! [Simplified Space Teleportation Array]: Simplifying space teleportation arrays through technology, strengthening communication within the cultivation world! [Inventing a Super Intelligent Computing Center]: Building an intelligent computing center in the heavens, creating a cultivation world version of the internet, and using supercomputing to assist research! [Establish a Lightning Protection Array]: Utilize the principles of lightning rods to weaken lightning tribulations, increasing the success rate of tribulation transcendence. Simultaneously, channel the power of the lightning tribulation into the lightning pool for reuse! [Conduct Trade with the Demon Race]: Utilize controlled demons to conduct trade, simultaneously accumulating resources, instigating wars among demons, setting traps for them, and gathering intelligence on the human continent! [Build the Qingyun Academy]: Standardize teaching materials and methods, further reforming education in the cultivation world, providing compulsory education, and promoting the development of the cultivation world! [Develop Artificial Spiritual Root Technology]: Develop artificial spiritual root technology to build the foundation for humanity's eternal existence! [Build a Trans-Interdimensional Starship]: Utilize advanced technology to build a trans-interdimensional starship for direct ascension to the Spirit Realm! [Create a Virtual Reality Space]: Create a virtual reality space to enhance humanity's combat experience and increase its combat power! Building the foundation of the mortal world, reforming education, establishing a unique immortal city, promoting the financial industry, and developing the communications industry, Sun Yi used the knowledge and wisdom of Earthlings to lead the sect to explosive development, changing the entire cultivation world with his own strength, and fighting against the demon race with the power of his sect.

17. 17 补 The Sky-Mending Immortal Gourd 补天仙壶 Wu Nan午南Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Mortal Cultivation] [No System] [Cautious and Slow-Burn] [No Mindless Power Fantasy] [Logical] [Engaging] Lin Feng is a low-ranking laborer disciple of the Xuantian Sect. With a worthless spiritual root and no backing, he can only struggle to survive at the bottom of the sect. By a stroke of luck, he obtains a mysterious, evolving immortal gourd. Put snake bones into the gourd, and they can become spirit snakes; put incomplete cultivation arts into it, and the techniques will complete themselve 14.8kReads7.7Score2.1kShelves

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    It features alchemy, weapon crafting, formations, and beast taming, but trading is limited. It's a slow-paced, survival-oriented story where the protagonist is largely self-sufficient.

18. 18 丹 The Immortal Path of the Pill 丹道仙途 Supreme Daoist Scripture太上道经Eastern Fantasy4.1M WordsOngoing [Mortal Cultivation] [Dual Cultivation of Alchemy and Formations] After transmigrating into the body of an ordinary disciple of an immortal sect, Fang Ping had assumed he had no hope of establishing his foundation. Fortunately, he unexpectedly obtained the Origin Cauldron, which could rewind failed pills into their original ingredients. This allowed him to embark on the path to immortality through alchemy. After ten thousand years of cultivation, he looked back and realized that, without even no 66.2kReads8.6Score5kShelves

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    Cultivating immortality without cultivating the mind isn't true cultivation. It's just an urban martial arts story disguised as something else—basically, leveling up by defeating monsters and buying equipment. Enough said, you'll understand once you read it. This book will enlighten your mind and help you achieve enlightenment. Highly recommended! 👍

19. 19 凡 Record of Ascending to Immortality 凡人飞升录 Chu Dong楚冬Eastern Fantasy7.6M WordsOngoing [Classic mortal cultivation | No System | Ruthless and decisive | Master of dirty tricks | Scheming] [Alchemy, artifact crafting, body cultivation, formations, beast taming] [Traditional cultivation realms] This is the story of a master of dirty tricks coming into his own. His arrival will eventually become a mudslide sweeping through the Three Realms. After experiencing the joys of sabotaging others, one demonic cultivator has an epiphany. As a heart-stealing arsonist, he always has fairies sec 63.4kReads8.7Score5.6kShelves

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    This is a traditional mortal cultivation novel where the protagonist is decisive and ruthless. It currently has seven million words.

20. 20 修 Cultivating Immortality Through Spatial Farming 修仙从空间种田开始 Wandering Free逍遥行者Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing [Traditional Immortal Cultivation + Spatial Farming + Cautious Growth + Family Clan + Slow-Burn Leveling + Ordinary Man's Journey] Lu Qingxuan transmigrates, and from the start finds himself living on an island surrounded by monsters! Then a once-in-a-century monster tide strikes, leaving many clan members dead or injured and the old clan leader gravely wounded and near death. The clan is deeply divided, powerful enemies are watching closely, and the monsters in the sea are stirring... At the br 8.9kReads7.2Score647Shelves
21. 21 朝 A Mayfly Lives from Dawn to Dusk; Today I Finally Understand What an Immortal Is 朝生暮死蜉蝣命，今日方知仙是仙 Heaven in a Teapot茶壶洞天Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing [Mortal's Journey] + [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] + [Smart Protagonists, Antagonists, and Supporting Characters] + [Slow-Building Plot] I transmigrated, and from the start I got a… Oh, no, from the start, I was given an old man for a father and eighteen young stepmothers, … Old man! Calm down! Let's talk this out! Put down the sword and straighten that green hat on your head first! … What?! I'd already made enough money, bought myself a little maid, and was all set to coast through life, and 12.6kReads7.7Score1.1kShelves

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    The Myriad Souls Banner refines evil spirits, controls corpses and puppets, cultivates both Yin and Yang, is a mortal cultivation story, has no system, is not a wish-fulfillment novel, both protagonists and antagonists are intelligent, and the characters are complex and three-dimensional, not stereotypical. Worth reading for veteran readers tired of mindless wish-fulfillment novels.

22. 22 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 → 6.1kReads7.5Score392Shelves

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    Very interesting! This book has a very imaginative concept, a 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 collision between science and cultivation civilization has the potential to develop a unique cultivation worldview.

23. 23 修 Cultivation: My Days at a Women's Sect 修仙：我在女子宗门的那些日子 I Love Eating Fish Without Getting Bones Stuck我爱吃鱼不卡刺Eastern Fantasy172k WordsOngoing Handcrafted from scratch, no System, and no brainless decisions. The young Zhou Lin accidentally saves a female cultivator, and from then on enters a cultivation sect. Hidden in his arms is a mysterious pearl of unknown origin, with an unusual power. He proceeds cautiously, not daring to use it lightly. He tries to get answers indirectly, but comes up empty. The sect seems peaceful on the surface, but undercurrents are stirring beneath. "Immortal opportunities can only be obtained by 691Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No system, but not mindless; the use of cheat codes is restrained; it's both righteous and evil; and it's not a saint.

24. 24 修 Cultivating Immortality, I Shatter the Firmament 修仙破苍穹 Overlord Blade霸刀Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsOngoing [Mortal’s journey + no System + foreign races + immortal pets + supreme secret realm + sect] A young man ventures into the mountains and accidentally obtains a manual. After passing an examination, he joins the local sect, the Azure Dragon Gang. One night, an old man catches him cultivating. The young man becomes his disciple and learns that he has five spiritual roots, which will make cultivation extremely difficult. By chance, he obtains a mysterious little green bottle. The liquid inside cont 12.6kReads8.4Score1kShelves

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    This novel boasts a meticulously crafted, humorous, and brutal plot, with a vast and all-encompassing world-building. The story flows seamlessly from beginning to end, becoming increasingly captivating as it progresses. Cultivation realms include: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation… Immortal Venerable, Dao Ancestor, and Transcendence. The only difference is the addition of the Transcendence realm at the end, characterized by decisive and ruthless actions.

25. 25 李 Li Chengdao 李承道 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsCompleted Special forces soldier Li Chengdao unexpectedly transmigrates to a strange valley. He transforms the valley and makes his way out of the mountains. Using the valley as his base, he builds his own Heavenly Dao Group in the world of immortal cultivation. He establishes the Li Family Medical Hall and heals the sick. He makes his fortune with spiritual-root wine, branches into every industry, and becomes the richest man under heaven. He establishes a free Heavenly Dao Academy and cultivates a great 1.1kReads9.2Score245Shelves

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    @Xiaoyu, who is outwardly round but inwardly square

26. 26 误 Lost in the Hundred-Thousand Mountains 误入十万大山 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼91k WordsCompleted Lost in the Hundred Thousand Mountains 1.5kReads—Score—Shelves

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    @ Of the outer circle and the inner square

27. 27 废 A Good-for-Nothing Finds a Cracked Egg and Becomes Lord of All Beasts 废柴捡个残蛋，成为万兽之主 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼33k WordsCompleted A good-for-nothing finds a damaged egg and becomes the lord of all beasts. 19Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 灵 The Source of Spiritual Energy: The Moon Spirit Legacy 灵气之源，月灵传承 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼50k WordsCompleted Source of Spiritual Energy: The Moon Spirit Legacy 29Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 29 社 An Office Drone Transmigrates to Ancient Times and Activates the Concubine System 社畜穿越古代，激活了纳妾系统 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼Marriage & Romance65k WordsCompleted A Burned-Out Office Worker Transmigrates to Ancient Times and Activates the Concubine-Taking System 2Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 30 穿 After I Transmigrated Into a Book, I Became a Top-Tier Star in the Cultivation World Through the System 穿书后我靠系统卷成修真界顶流 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼55k WordsCompleted After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Became a Top-Tier Star in the Cultivation World by Grinding with the System 5Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 31 穿 I Became an Immortal Venerable Through the System After Transmigrating as a Good-for-Nothing 穿成废柴后我靠系统成了仙尊 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼48k WordsCompleted After Becoming a Good-for-Nothing, I Became an Immortal Venerable with the System 8Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 32 万 Heavenly Beast Taming Art 万兽御天诀 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼55k WordsCompleted Heavenly Beast Taming Art 88Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 33 都 Urban Cultivation: From Deliveryman to Guardian of the Heavenly Dao 都市修仙：从外卖员到天道守护者 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼40k WordsCompleted Urban Cultivation: From Deliveryman to Guardian of the Heavenly Dao 18Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 34 诸 Fishing Across the Heavens: I Caught the Supreme Being of All Worlds 诸天垂钓：我钓出了万界至尊 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼47k WordsCompleted Fishing Across the Heavens: I Caught the Supreme Sovereign of All Worlds 20Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 35 穿 I Transmigrated as a Good-for-Nothing and Awakened a Divine Dual Cultivation Skill 穿越成废柴，觉醒双修神技 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼50k WordsCompleted Transmigrated as a good-for-nothing, he awakens a divine dual-cultivation skill —Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 36 次 Dimensional Spirit Beasts: Star Core Awakening 次元契兽：星核觉醒 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼38k WordsCompleted Dimensional Spirit-Beast Pact: Star Core Awakening 4Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 37 废 The Good-for-Nothing Son-in-Law's Ancient Legacy 废柴女婿的上古传承 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼60k WordsCompleted The Good-for-Nothing Son-in-Law’s Ancient Inheritance 24Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 38 全 Global Awakening: I Crush All with Sign-In Rewards 全球觉醒：我靠签到碾压一切 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼54k WordsCompleted Global Awakening: I Crush Everyone with Sign-Ins 11Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 39 纯 Pure Yang Sacred Body, Supreme of the Divine Realm, Immortal for Eternity 纯阳圣体，神界至尊，万古不朽 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼33k WordsCompleted Pure Yang Sacred Body, Supreme Ruler of the Divine Realm, Immortal Through the Ages 46Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 40 洪 Chronicles of the Primordial Chaos: Mystic Dust 洪荒玄尘录 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼39k WordsCompleted Chronicles of Primordial Dust 18Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 41 穿 I Transmigrated as a Good-for-Nothing and Activated the Fifty-Fifty System 穿越废柴，激活五五开系统 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼61k WordsCompleted Transmigrate as a good-for-nothing and activate the Even-Match System 46Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 42 千 Thousand-Year Fox Demon: Devouring Souls and Stealing Bodies 千年狐妖，噬魂夺身 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼53k WordsCompleted A thousand-year-old fox spirit devours souls and steals bodies 33Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 43 天 Heavenly Spirit Root, Sword Song Shaking the Nine Heavens 天灵根，剑鸣九霄 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼47k WordsCompleted Heavenly Spirit Root, Sword Songs Across the Nine Heavens 24Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 44 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: I Have a Linglong Pagoda and a Shennong Cauldron 凡人修仙：我有玲珑塔和神农鼎 King of Moyun Cave摩云洞大王Male-Channel Fanfiction136k WordsOngoing After his futures account was wiped out, finance executive Jiang Changsheng leapt to his death. When he woke up, he had become an ordinary man in a world of mortal cultivators, living in a rundown shack in Qinghu Town. He possesses two ancestral treasures, a Linglong Tower and a Shennong Cauldron. The tower contains a world of its own, where he can grow spirit herbs, store living creatures, and speed up time. The cauldron can refine a hundred kinds of pills, and produces a drop of green-leaf spi 457Reads—Score123Shelves

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    The protagonist's cheat codes are alchemy and herb cultivation, similar to Han Li's little green bottle. If you like it, please support it.

45. 45 让 You Want Me to Be Your Ultimate Cauldron? Dream On! 让我当极品炉鼎？做梦！ Grandma Ningning宁宁外婆Fantastical Romance389k WordsCompleted (The heroine loves herself most, and her resolve to pursue the Dao is unwavering. She won't become love-struck, so please move along if that bothers you.) Xiang Qing once had a happy little family. Her parents doted on her, and she wanted for nothing. But misfortune struck without warning. A battle between immortals destroyed her home, and her parents died tragically in the aftermath of their magic. The five-year-old girl awoke and crawled out from beneath her parents' bodies. Tested and found t 922Reads8.4Score114Shelves

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    It started with talisman masters, then expanded to include alchemy, talisman crafting, weapon crafting, and array formations. The trading in markets and the cultivation of independent cultivators were quite fascinating.

46. 46 掌 A Spirit Herb Garden in the Palm of My Hand 掌上一座灵药园 Hundreds, Thousands, and Millions百千万Eastern Fantasy742k WordsOngoing Just started getting ratings, so the score will go up (mortal cultivation, spatial abilities, spirit herbs, alchemy, spirit pets, sword cultivation; entirely handwritten; one female lead; slow-burn, but the story is hitting its stride). He starts out with three spiritual roots, but will eventually acquire the rest. His rune-based spatial golden finger will level up as his cultivation improves. Yi Shun unexpectedly obtains a celestial grotto realm: a hundred mu of spirit fields for growing spirit 2.9kReads6.1Score236Shelves

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    It looks good without making you stupid!

47. 47 苟 Raising Pigs in a Cultivation Sect on the Sly 苟在修仙宗门养猪 Bay Chief湾长Xianxia229k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to the world of immortal cultivation, Chen Mo is guided by a five-colored pearl and begins in a lifeless space of yellow earth. While others toil in cultivation and fight over resources, he quietly raises flower spirit pigs in Spirit Beast Valley. In his space, spiritual springs bubble, spiritual herbs grow in lush patches, and spirit pigs fill the pens. One drop of Origin Spirit Liquid can evolve a village dog into a spirit beast. A hundred-year-old spiritual herb, somethin 21.3kReads—Score3.2kShelves

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    Cultivating immortality through Taoist practices and farming in a spatial realm.

48. 48 乾 Dragon Spirit of Heaven and Earth 乾坤龙灵 October Yang十月洋Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Abandoned child + master thief + cultivation + fortune + golden dragon + high-octane battles + secret-realm adventures + ruthless decisiveness + ancient divine beasts] She was the Dragon Realm's most gifted young woman, but was betrayed by her own family and self-destructed, only to be reborn! His birth was shrouded in mystery. By a twist of fate, he obtained a heaven-defying divine pearl, and from then on embarked on the path of cultivation! From an unknown pickpocket in Cangwu City to an unpa 10.3kReads9.2Score897Shelves

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    "Qiankun Dragon Spirit" is a rare and excellent fantasy novel. Its plot, characters, and setting are all top-notch. It will not only bring you joy and enjoyment while reading, but also give you strength and courage. [Kiss]

49. 49 开 From the Start, I Have Five Wasted Spiritual Roots, but All My Clones Are Geniuses 开局五灵废根，分身全是天才 Brother Bi Is Crazy逼哥很疯狂Eastern Fantasy344k WordsOngoing A useless Five-Element spiritual root, worthless divine abilities, and a broken engagement. All three came together in one person. Xia Yusheng said nothing. A Heavenly Mandate Token had appeared in his sea of consciousness, able to create clones, each cultivating a different path. Others spent their entire lives cultivating one path. He could cultivate all five at once. The first was alchemy. He took over the Huichun Hall, which was on the verge of closing, and with a single batch of top-grade p 474Reads—Score124Shelves

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    Brothers, this book is really good! Click on it and you'll see. The protagonist has five clones, all geniuses, sharing experience and resources.

50. 50 鸿 Hongmeng Pill God: From Good-for-Nothing to a Big Shot in the Immortal Realm 鸿蒙丹神：从废柴到仙界扛把子 Mr. Sandbag沙袋先生Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted The supreme alchemist of his previous life, reborn as a good-for-nothing playboy? Xiao Jinran starts from the very hardest difficulty, yet casually revises pill recipes, refines pills with his bare hands, and face-slaps the entire city! His family looks down on him? One slap sends them flying! The Pill God Sect tries to suppress him? He turns around and refines a Primordial Chaos Pill, bringing down heavenly tribulation from the highest skies! From Qingyang City to the pinnacle of the immortal r 665Reads6.4Score104Shelves

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    Who says a good-for-nothing can only be bullied? A celestial alchemist is reborn, carving a bloody path with his pills, experiencing unparalleled joy! His pills stolen? He counters by using wild herbs to create a top-grade ointment, leaving the thugs suffering from severe diarrhea after consuming his inferior pills; poisoned? He exposes the traitor's plot on the spot, using alchemy to cleanse his marrow and refine his cultivation, causing his cultivation to skyrocket; provoked by an alchemist? He uses the cheapest herbs to refine a fifth-grade divine pill, unleashing a cloud of magical pill energy that shatters his opponent's Dao heart! His pill formulas, with a casual modification, become god-level; his pills can temper the body, poison enemies, heal wounds, and destroy formations! He wins over loyal maids, tames mysterious spirit pets, leverages the city's resources in conjunction with the Myriad Pill Workshop, eliminates corrupt family members, and confronts the deadly plots of the Wang and Li families. The poisonous insects of the Black Wind Mountains and the pursuit of Foundation Establishment experts are all easily resolved by his pills!

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