Looking for Straightforward Cultivation, a Little Talent, and No Idiot Elders in the Sect 正正常常修仙，有点小天才，门派里无弱智长老那种

1. 251 万 Vial of Divine Light for All Spirits 万灵神光瓶 Half-Immortal Zongzi粽半仙Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsCompleted [Traditional Cultivation + Thoughtful Plot + No Harem + No System + Comedy + Cautious Cultivation + Cunning Hero + Decisive and Ruthless] The main story is a slow burn. Thirteen-year-old Han Dachui is cutting grass on a mountain when he accidentally discovers a porcelain bottle, without knowing what it is. As he investigates it on his own, he gradually uncovers its purpose and slowly sets foot on the path to immortality. Traditional cultivation: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core 17.3kReads8.6Score1.8kShelves
2. 252 凡 The Mortal's Immortal Gourd 凡人仙葫 Ximen Woxue西门卧雪Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing Er Gouzi is an honest, hardworking farmer. His greatest dream is to save up enough to buy a few acres, become a small landowner, and marry a buxom, strong-legged wife. Then his life would be perfect. But after an accident leaves him with a gourd and an old swindler talks him into it, he blunders into the path of immortality and gets dragged into conflict. Even so, he never forgets his original goal: he just wants to farm... 232.7kReads9.0Score16.1kShelves

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   Traditional mortal protagonists, not mindless, decisive and ruthless.

3. 253 主 May the Protagonist's Halo Shine Upon Me 主角光环请降临 Happy Fruit开欣果Ancient Romance87k WordsOngoing [Cultivation, transmigration, personal growth, a touch of ensemble cast, lighthearted comedy] Ji Yuan opened her eyes to find she had transmigrated into the world of cultivation, and, through a stroke of bad luck, landed in a human trafficker’s carriage. After pulling off a heart-pounding escape, she made it to the cultivation world’s recruitment ceremony and successfully joined Cangnan Sect. … Then one day, out of the blue, xxx asked her: “Do you want to go home?” … Later on, xxx asked her: “ —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The female lead is very talented, and everyone in the sect is very friendly.

4. 254 修 Every Side Character in This Cultivation Novel Is a Villain 修仙炮灰身边皆是反派 Cuckoo布谷鸟Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Female-Led Cultivation + Strong Female Lead + No Romance] Yun Youshu was born into the cultivation world as a useless nobody, and had already given up on herself. Then one day, her memories awakened. What? She was cannon fodder? The kind of cannon fodder who was killed by the male lead without even being given a name? Yun Youshu fought back. Now that she knew where the male lead’s opportunities lay, she wasn’t going to hold back! People of the cultivation world: Weren’t we told she was usel 8.3kReads8.9Score826Shelves

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   Both are excellent. The female protagonist transmigrates and cultivates immortality from a young age. She finds a reliable master, and there's no romance or romantic pairing. They're the kind of serious cultivation novels you'd find.

5. 255 重 Reborn as an Outer Sect Disciple: One Shout, and I'm Punished with Pig Farming? 重生外门，一声吼，罚我养猪？ Fragrance of the Book Garden书苑之香Eastern Fantasy398k WordsOngoing A mighty immortal cultivator is reborn in the Outer Sect, only to be sentenced to raise pigs? Ye Tian possesses a top-grade fire spirit root and commands the Mountains and Rivers Purple Fan’s inner space. He cultivates alchemy, formations, talismans, and body refinement, with every divine ability at his disposal. The once-mighty cultivator has returned. Those who bullied, humiliated, or betrayed me will all pay the price! 1.4kReads8.6Score101Shelves

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   The plot is fast-paced, with highlights in every chapter, and a multitude of short stories. It depicts the vicissitudes of life, conspiracies, and strange tales of deserted villages... The sheer number of short stories is impressive, and I highly recommend it.

6. 256 家 Clan Cultivation: It Begins with Finding a Jade Gourd 家族修仙：从捡到玉葫芦开始 Listening to the Wind, Then Falling Asleep听风又眠Eastern Fantasy311k WordsOngoing [Ensemble Cast] [Clan Cultivation] [No System] [Protagonist Is a Gourd] [Mortal Cultivation] [Eastern Xianxia] Volume One: The Wind Rises in Qingtian (Complete) Volume Two: Strife in a Turbulent Age (Ongoing) There is no invincible System or protagonist's halo. They are just a group of ordinary cultivators who throw themselves into the struggle for their clan, one generation after another. Li Yeqiu falls asleep one day and awakens in the cultivation world, carrying memories of a lifetime of cul 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A family-based cultivation story, a mortal journey. The eldest son of the Li family stays at home, the second son goes to a celestial sect, the third son joins the army, the fourth son roams the martial world, and the only daughter and son-in-law stir up trouble in the imperial court… This is a unique family cultivation novel, taking you on a journey from a peasant family to a powerful force in a star field… They have no protagonist halo, no invincible system, just a group of cultivators who dedicate themselves to their family one after another…

7. 257 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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8. 258 白 White Snake: I’m Xu Xian, and I’ll Punch the Cultivation World to Pieces 白蛇：我许仙，一拳打爆修仙界 Heaven Split at a Finger Snap弹指分天Eastern Fantasy377k WordsCompleted Who says Xu Xian only knows how to heal the sick and save lives? That day, when the winds and clouds shifted and monsters ran rampant, I became the storm and turned the tide; That month, when demons danced and ghosts wailed, I became the blade that kept the peace; That year, when the world was torn by strife and the human realm became a living hell, I became the blazing sun, shining over the land; I seek no fame through the ages, only to win a smile from the beauty I love… No matter how use 34Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Cultivating with snakes, dancing with snakes—that's incredibly exciting! [Feeling wronged][Facepalm]

9. 259 转 Reincarnated as a Divine Tree, I’m Building a Yin Soldier Clan 转生神树，我打造阴兵家族 Mu Feng Feng木风峰Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted [Ensemble Cast + System + Clan Saga + No Female Lead + The Protagonist Isn’t Human!] Clan Chief, this is bad! One of our people is injured! Quick, take them to the Divine Tree! Clan Chief, this is bad! One of our people is on the brink of death! Quick, take them to the Divine Tree! Clan Chief, this is bad! One of our people just passed away! Quick, take them to the Divine Tree. We can’t let the body get cold on the way! Reincarnated as a frail locust tree, Ji Yang only wanted to bask in the sun, 101.7kReads8.8Score11.4kShelves

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   Clan cultivation, the protagonist is the clan totem

10. 260 脚EN Trampling Misfortune, I Seek Immortality in Chaotic Times 脚踩不祥，我于乱世证长生 Yi Chen易尘Eastern Fantasy4.0M WordsOngoing [Mortal Cultivation] Chen Changming, a menial disciple of a sect with no hope of reaching Foundation Establishment, discovers that something is seriously off about the body-tempering technique he switches to: the more he practices it, the stronger it gets. After a hundred repetitions, its power increases tenfold, and one punch can shatter a thousand-pound boulder! After a thousand repetitions, its power increases a hundredfold, and his body can withstand a Golden Core magic treasure without a sc 50.7kReads8.3Score4.2kShelves
11. 261 为 Cultivating Immortality for the Rise of the Clan 为家族崛起而修仙 Bixia Loves Radish Kimchi Soup爱吃萝卜泡菜汤的碧霞Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing [A family-clan story, no System] The road to immortality is arduous, and cultivating the truth is no easy task. Humanity weeps blood as demons run rampant. Now, a young man of the Fu clan makes this vow: To protect his family for a hundred generations, and bring lasting peace to humanity for ten thousand years. 480Reads—Score111Shelves

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    A family cultivates immortality; the family boasts geniuses, intelligent leaders, and even cunning old foxes. They unite to cultivate immortality for the family's rise to power.

12. 262 平 Pacifying Qingyun 平定青云 Gu Ran, a Young Man顾然小生Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted (Xianxia fantasy + transmigration + sword cultivator + taking disciples + plot-driven + one heroine + decisive killing) (A friendly reminder: Please don’t relate this to real life.) Primarily fantasy and plot, with little focus on cultivation. No beauty of the mortal world can hold on to him; the distant immortal mountains remain cold and aloof. After the most important person in his life dies when he is nine, the protagonist accidentally transmigrates to a fantasy world. Spiritual energy slowly 18Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    ① Transmigrated into a junior disciple in a sect, cultivating normally, without any mentally unstable sect elders, single female lead. ② The female lead is cannon fodder in a cultivation novel, receiving the best resources: the most beautiful woman in the Northern Territory, a genius with a mutated wind spiritual root, but unfortunately not the female lead. Therefore, she abandons the major sect where the female lead is and goes to a small sect. Turns out, the original female lead is reborn! Super good! [Heart emojis] ③ Ordinary people's cultivation, plain and simple, the male lead uses his modern knowledge to cultivate, super good! [Laugh emojis]

13. 263 苟 Keeping a Low Profile in the Immortal Martial World, I Collect Corpses to Live Forever 苟在仙武，敛尸长生 Hungry Snake贪吃蛇Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted How can you sit back and watch the world change, mountains and rivers shift, and the sun and moon turn, while you remain unchanged? I can tell you from personal experience: one word, lie low! Lie low until the end, and you’ll have everything you could want. I am Chen Changsheng. Changsheng means eternal life. 1.3kReads7.8Score258Shelves
14. 264 开 From the Start, My Family Was Slaughtered: A Killer Turns to Immortal Cultivation 开局灭门，杀手转行修仙 Wang Fusheng王富生Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Play the pig to eat the tiger + serious cultivation + urban System + smart protagonist + always gets revenge) Zhang Ping’an is reborn at the very moment before he is poisoned to death, and binds himself to an unreliable [Reward Good and Punish Evil System]. Keeping a low profile is how you live longer! Raised from childhood in an assassin sect, he knows the art of lying low inside out. At the ripe old age of thirteen, he joins an immortal sect and gets mocked as a “good-for-nothing”? “Sorry, 33Reads9.0Score—Shelves

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    A normal cultivation story, featuring a minor genius, no idiots, no face-slapping or mockery, and revenge for past grievances. Very good.

15. 265 尘 Dust to Dust, Earth to Earth 尘归尘，土归土 A Thousand Years of Wind and Frost千年风霜Eastern Fantasy262k WordsOngoing Life is full of wonders, but the future is uncertain. In the end, after a lifetime’s journey, we all return to dust and nothingness. What a young person strives for can entrap them for their entire life. When they look back, that young person is nowhere to be seen. And you, my friend, if you are one of them, when old age comes, will you choose to fade away quietly, or be reckless and foolish one more time, just like you were as a youth? People see only the splendor of the path to invincibility, 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm shamelessly recommending my own novel. Thank you all for reading!

16. 266 开 From the Start, I Found a Divine Cauldron That Will Help Me Live Forever 开局捡到神鼎，伴我一路长生 Little Immortal of Rosy Dawn霞光小真人Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing One sword severs worldly ties; one cauldron hides a profound mystery! Seeking the path to immortality, the young Chu Tiange takes up his green-edged sword, carrying a fragmentary cauldron within, and sets out alone on the road of cultivation. Along the way, he travels across mountains and rivers, witnessing countless wonders of the world, and ventures into perilous places, facing the wicked schemes of the human heart. In this world filled with powerful cultivators, how will he rely on his own ab 541Reads6.0Score—Shelves

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    Without a system, I seek immortality and compete on the path to immortality. With a golden pill inside my belly, my fate is in my own hands, not in the hands of heaven.

17. 267 万 Ten Thousand Lifetimes of Reincarnation: Immortals Like Abysses, the Dao Dust 万世轮回：仙如渊，道为尘 One-Man Show Ultra独角戏ultraEastern Fantasy2.8M WordsOngoing Chen Yan has died countless times. Every time he breathes his last, he is reborn on some day in his long life, bringing his cultivation with him. His cultivation stacks, and so do his memories. But reincarnation is no salvation. Instead, it drives him into an even deeper despair. “Senior Brother, what lies at the end of the Immortal Dao?” Chen Yan has lost count of how many times he has answered this question, and he has never given the same answer twice: “It is a prison, an abyss of reincarnati 66.7kReads8.7Score3.6kShelves
18. 268 我 In the Cultivation World, I Encourage Breakups, Not Reconciliation! 我在修真界劝分不劝合！ No Stars Tonight, Flowers Fall夜无星花落Fantastical Romance132k WordsOngoing [Body cultivation + genius + strong heroine + female protagonist with no romance + System + light ensemble cast + healing + curing lovesickness + face-slapping scum + traditional cultivation] Lin Zhao was in the modern world when her lovesick best friend made her so furious she coughed up blood and was falsely declared dead. When she opened her eyes, she had become a body-cultivating female cultivator in the Cult of Seeking Love in the world of cultivation, and had unexpectedly bound herself to —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Female-oriented cultivation novel, featuring a genius female protagonist with high intelligence and martial arts skills. Every event is logically sound and there are no idiotic plot points.

19. 269 亡 The Forest of Ten Thousand Forms in the Realm of the Dead 亡界万象森 Blazing and Exploding燚燃燚爆Eastern Fantasy233k WordsOngoing This is not a wish-fulfillment novel. It is a traditional fantasy about innate gifts and divine abilities. The protagonist's talent for crafting artifacts unexpectedly binds him to a planet. He grows it into a realm of his own, gradually growing stronger and gaining companions along the way. The story includes revenge and plot twists. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Not the brainless type

20. 270 修 Cultivation: Starting with Reincarnation into a Golden Core Family 修仙：从投胎金丹家族开始 Lin Doctor林主治Eastern Fantasy206k WordsCompleted (If the protagonist falls in love, the author will livestream himself eating shit.) (The protagonist will kill maids, subordinates, enemies, and commoners for the sake of profit... In short, he is not a good person. Don't read if that bothers you.) “Once your path of cultivation is decided, so are your friends and enemies.” “First, you must choose your path of cultivation.” “Then you can determine who your friends and enemies are.” ??? Those words sound so familiar. Is this the world of Lord of 550Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    Humble newbie here, recommending books online [facepalm][facepalm][facepalm]

21. 271 微 Wind and Rain on the Path of the Dust-Mote Immortal Abode 微尘仙府风雨道途 The Wind Brushes My Hair White风掠须发白Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing The path of immortality comes like wind and rain, then passes like dust. Even with ambitions soaring to the clouds, one still needs fortune's favor. See how a mere junior steward of a sect, aided by an Immortal Lord's estate, stirs up wind and rain and gathers dust, rising from humble beginnings to turn the tides in the heavens. 955Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The scenes and structure of traditional fantasy dramas are not particularly suitable for formulaic approaches. Forcing them into a formulaic way will only remove much of the charm of fantasy dramas.

22. 272 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: From the Start, I Join an All-Female Sect 凡人修仙：开局拜入全女宗门 He Kou Che Gan禾口车干Eastern Fantasy129k WordsOngoing [Lighthearted Style + Ordinary Protagonist + Sect Life + No System] (Although the protagonist changes sex, he’s still a man. There may be some fan service.) Hao Long received an immortal’s blessing and was granted the True Essence of Qianyang. He was born into another world, only to discover that he was a girl. Later, in her female body, she joined a cultivation sect. Gather the Frostflame and burn the evil! Find a supreme treasure and forge a happy match! The immortal maiden Yang Baifeng will —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Traditional cultivation realm, mortal path, ice spirit root, no saintly figures, has bottom lines, no system, not overpowered, no marriage, strong setting, the protagonist is not brainless, has multiple skills, multiple female leads.

23. 273 扛 Carrying a Coffin on My Way to Cultivate Immortality 扛着棺材去修仙 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing A young man from a once-prosperous family accidentally finds a jade seal coiled by a dragon. He never realizes that this powerful seal is not only a formidable weapon, but also a key to a world of advanced civilization… 61.1kReads8.5Score3.7kShelves

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    Cultivation, Mortal, Completed, Old Six, Comedy...

24. 274 苟 Laying Low as the Heroine in a Cultivation World 苟在修仙世界当女主 Durian Power Hammer榴莲大力锤Ancient Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [Multiple male leads, all first-timers! Clear-headed heroine, not a love-struck fool!!!] What should an office worker do after transmigrating to a world of cultivation? Obviously, cultivate! What? There's a cultivation System? Then she definitely has to cultivate! The System doesn't give out missions and just hands out rewards? What a deal! Wait, it only rewards pills? Well, um... that's still better than nothing. But can someone explain what this marriage tree is all about? Why does she have te 289Reads6.6Score—Shelves
25. 275 坠 The God Who Fell into the Demonic Path 坠入魔道的神 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted Legend has it that this world is bound by the Heavenly Dao, and only by devouring it can one empower oneself and rise to a higher plane. One day, a Heavenly Dao tomb from a higher plane descended into the mortal world and chose an infant, entering the child's body. From then on, a vast conspiracy gradually unfolded around this child. A lone star of ill fortune descended to the mortal realm, all living beings suffered, and the Divine Clan was destroyed. See how the heaven-chosen youth navigate 18.3kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
26. 276 南 Body Cultivator of the Southern Frontier 南疆体修 Southern Frontier River Fish南疆河鱼Eastern Fantasy391k WordsOngoing Du Feng, a rogue cultivator from the Southern Border, rises against the odds through body cultivation. Though he comes from a humble place, his fierce physique and unwavering resolve carry him through the perils of cultivation. From struggling in the Southern Border and overcoming one obstacle after another, to venturing into the vast cultivation world, he smashes prejudice with his fists and palms and builds a legend with his own flesh and blood. He shows the entire cultivation world that body 20Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    Traditional cultivation of immortality, intelligent characters, the rise of rogue cultivators, decisive and ruthless, slow-burning.

27. 277 我 I Cultivated Immortality in Secret and Successfully Ascended 我低调修仙后成功飞升 The Dragonfly Who Plays in the Water玩水的蜻蜓Ancient Romance3.1M WordsOngoing The heroine, Li Nan’an, is an ordinary girl who transmigrates to a world of cultivation. This world has women who transmigrated and women who were reborn. To avoid becoming cannon fodder, Li Nan’an decides to keep a low profile and quietly build her strength, following the Golden Mean in everything she does. In the end, she successfully ascends to immortality. 9.1kReads8.1Score725Shelves

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    The female protagonist in the book follows a "quietly amass wealth" path. She deeply understands the cruel rules of the cultivation world, surviving by keeping a low profile and focusing on her own cultivation rather than seeking the limelight. For example, during the sect competition, she even remained completely hidden, observing others' battles and comprehending unique cultivation techniques—this wisdom of "competing without competing" is a textbook example of the art of quietly cultivating immortality.

28. 278 猫 The Demon-Cultivation Tale of Cat Lao Liu 猫老六修妖传 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted [Demon Cultivation | Immortal Cultivation | Comedy | Playing the Fool to Catch the Tiger | Ruthless and Decisive] Mao Laoliu was a wild, unrestrained fellow who accidentally came into possession of the Heavenly Toad, a supreme treasure from the Immortal Realm. The toad carried his soul across time and space to a world of immortal cultivators, where he was reborn in the body of a black cat. And so Mao Laoliu began his life as a demon cultivator… 8.6kReads8.7Score722Shelves
29. 279 尘 Dustbound Stars, Illusory Heavens 尘星幻天 Dream Yet Unfulfilled未梦圆Eastern Fantasy607k WordsOngoing In his previous life, Qin Xingchen was blinded by the belief that whoever came first had the rightful claim, and devoted himself entirely to the woman he loved from afar. In the end, he forged a karmic knot that could not be undone. One wrong step cost him the chance to become a True Immortal, and the ancient ancestor of the demon race annihilated both his body and soul. Fortunately, the Fairy Han Yue gave her life to protect him. A fragment of his soul escaped into the cycle of reincarnation, 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    That's exactly right. The sect not only doesn't have any mentally challenged elders, but it doesn't even have any elders. There's just a sect leader with three thieves. The protagonist is parachuted in and becomes the most favored junior brother.

30. 280 穿 A Detailed Record of My Transmigration 穿越详记 Out of Names 1没名了1Eastern Fantasy130k WordsOngoing This tells the story of a male lead who transmigrated, following his experiences along the way. It is a calm, slow-paced slice-of-life story, with no womanizer, no harem, and no mindless power fantasy. If you have any thoughts about the plot, you can @ the author. I can use your suggestions for the direction and story. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Meets the requirements.

31. 281 通EN The Netherworld Scholar Immortal 通幽小儒仙 You Zi Yin油子吟Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted “Where is this?” “Perhaps... the River of Forgetfulness...” “Who are you?” “Wuchang...” “I've never heard of anyone called Wuchang in this world.” “From now on... that's who I'll be!” The soul crosses the River of Forgetfulness, while its thoughts remain on the other shore. What is gained from all beings must be returned to all beings. When Su Mo woke up, he was no longer in his former life. He went to the capital to sit the imperial examinations, but accidentally stumbled into an immortal schem 63.7kReads9.4Score6.7kShelves

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    I recommend everyone take a look.

32. 282 修 Cultivation: I Have a Heaven-Devouring Pearl 修仙，我有一颗吞天珠 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted By chance, an ordinary young man obtains the most powerful treasure in the Three Realms, the Heaven-Replenishing Pearl. From then on, he defies fate and changes his destiny, fighting his way from the human realm to the spirit realm, founding the world’s strongest people, then battling his way into the immortal realm for the sake of his obsession. He rises from humble beginnings in the mortal world and brings it all to an end in the immortal realm! 8.8kReads8.7Score597Shelves
33. 283 不 I Only Raised a Dao Fruit, So How Did You Become Everyone’s Favorite? 不就养个道果你怎么成万人迷的？ Liangqing Lake量青湖Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsOngoing As Ning Heng lay dying, a mysterious orb bargained with him, asking him to cultivate a Dao Fruit. He thought he’d landed in a “relaxed farming-and-cultivation story where I become a saint” script. But then The Dao Fruit’s seed crumbled to dust, and somehow it had taken root in so many chosen ones. What the heck? To cultivate a complete Dao Fruit, Ning Heng has no choice but to enter the game and take part in the orb’s struggle against the Heavenly Dao: He helps a scheming young man who’s been du 30.5kReads7.8Score2.1kShelves

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    You can check this out, it's not bad, *sobs* ಥ_ಥ

34. 284 大 The Senior Disciple Clearly Has No Protagonist Aura, Yet She's Overpowered! 大师姐明明没有主角光环却超强！ Gu Ling Jun顾灵钧Ancient Romance480k WordsOngoing [Traditional Cultivation + No Romance, Strong Female Lead + Ensemble Cast + Talisman Cultivator + Multiple Secret Realms and Monster Battles] “From an ordinary village girl to the senior disciple of the Taiwei Dao Sect, Yan Shu still has a long road ahead...” Along the way, she's received plenty of praise. Those close to her often say, “Yan Shu is just about the best person there is.” Her senior sect members commend her: “With the senior disciple here, Taiwei can hold its own.” A protagonist str 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Ahem, so-so, how do you explain "so-so" in this story? The female protagonist's daily life consists of doing quests, exploring secret realms, and teaming up to fight monsters... A little genius? Sorry, the female protagonist is a genius, hahaha! A genius talisman cultivator, but with a useless spiritual root, her cultivation is slow. No dim-witted elders in the sect? In the Taiwei Dao, there's no one who isn't a genius. [Taiwei Dao Enrollment Brochure] 1. Only top-tier disciples accepted. 2. Entrance fee includes a Heart-Protecting Stone, capable of withstanding three Nascent Soul attacks. 3. Self-selected courses, as you please (actually, it's because there aren't many elders, haha). 4. Quest Hall, various quests to choose from, earn your living expenses. 5. Multiple sect-specific secret realms for early training, protecting your cultivation journey. 6. The Taiwei Dao will never abandon the life of any of its disciples.

35. 285 都 Everyone Wants to Become the Female Lead's Disciple? Then I'll Have to Keep the Demon Empress All to Myself 都拜师女主？那我只好独享女魔帝 Heart of the Quiet Fox静狐之心Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [No System + devoted romance with one heroine + heroine pursues hero + fast-paced + reincarnated in the womb, indulgent power fantasy + ruthless + demonic empress + the Myriad Worlds + passionate cultivation + transmigrate into a book] Jing Mingxuan transmigrated and was reborn in the world of a novel with a strong female lead. From the start, he was the only one to become the disciple of a sweet, innocent, and adorably naive demon empress. “Master, please don’t...” “Be good~ Do as I say!” “ 11.1kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
36. 286 不 I’ll Do Whatever It Takes to Cultivate Immortality 不择手段去修仙 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted Feel-Good Story + Comedy + Mortal Cultivation + No Harem + Xuanhuan + No System Belief: If you've got thick skin, you get the meat. Motto: If a problem can be solved by sweet-talking, never resort to force. Principle: If nobody messes with me, I'll mess with them anyway. Specialty: Play the pig to eat the tiger. I'm number one at showing off. A street punk from the 21st century accidentally obtains a rare treasure and transmigrates to a world overrun by immortals, demonic cultivators, and practi 11.1kReads8.8Score914Shelves
37. 287 反EN Villain: My Little Brother is the Chosen One 反派：我的弟弟是天选之子 I Keep a Fat Rabbit家养了只肥兔Eastern Fantasy4.3M WordsCompleted "Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain 342.6kReads9.5Score38.8kShelves
38. 288 凡 Mortal Cultivation, Beginning with Starlight 凡人修仙，从星光开始 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted An ordinary boy is chosen by a star and sent from Earth to another world. His fate is changed forever, and he begins his cultivation journey in this unfamiliar land. He stumbles through cultivation, treading as carefully as if on thin ice, all so he can find his way home. But being reborn was simply a fate that had been ordained... 3.1kReads7.3Score229Shelves
39. 289 百EN Apotheosis 百炼成神 Graceful Escape恩赐解脱Eastern Fantasy9.2M WordsCompleted After a family power struggle left him fallen from the position of heir to a lowly family servant, Luo Zheng unexpectedly obtained an ancient art of weapon forging. He would make his body a weapon and his spirit its soul, tempering himself again and again until he forged himself into a god! His path to turning his fate around began with taking a beating. Powerful factions vied for supremacy, and the clans fought for dominance as the winds of change began to blow. With a body forged into a magica 3.9kReads8.5Score576Shelves
40. 290 我 I Have a Penglai Immortal Island 我有一座蓬莱仙岛 Peach Creek Wilds桃溪野Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Also known as: After Finding a Divine Artifact, She Became Famous Through Her Fishing Livestreams A theme park called Nevernight suddenly becomes famous across China. It features the “Penglai Realm,” protected by a seventh-tier grand formation; the “Sea Monster Castle,” where mermaids are rumored to live, with glass tunnels leading straight down into the deep sea; the mysterious and eerie “Yellow Springs Road”; the opulent “Divine Capital”... Everyone who visits even once starts questioning real 7.9kReads9.2Score906Shelves

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    1. The first book is the least like a cultivation novel. The female protagonist receives a small object from her grandfather, only to discover it's a spirit with its own space. The spirit forces the female protagonist to cultivate every day, which is hilarious. In the end, the female protagonist exploits the spirit to help develop her family's hometown island.

41. 291 重 Reborn: My Aloof Junior Sister Only Wants to Cultivate 重生之清冷师妹只想修仙 Traveler Twelve行者十二Ancient Romance295k WordsCompleted (Cool, reserved junior sister × gentle, refined senior brother) Cultivation prodigy Ye Yunjin was besieged by her clansmen while carrying a rare treasure, just as she was breaking through to the Golden Core stage. She self-destructed her Golden Core, only to discover that she hadn't died. Instead, she was reborn in another world, the Xuanming Continent. There, spiritual energy was abundant, cultivators were everywhere, and undercurrents swirled among the sects and noble families. Given another l 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead is a genius who was also a cultivator before her rebirth! She's just in a pretty good traditional cultivation world on a different continent.

42. 292 为 For That Dream, I Will Split Heaven and Earth 为了那个梦，我要开天辟地 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy598k WordsCompleted Legend has it that everything in this world is an illusion. This world is merely a dream of yours. As long as you exist, this world exists. When you are gone, it will naturally crumble and vanish... Wang Bin lost his world, lost his dream. For the sake of that dream and the person he loved most, he would split open the heavens and cleave the earth. He would create that world... 506Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 293 传EN Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would 169.4kReads9.6Score21.7kShelves
44. 294 别 While Everyone Else Explores Secret Realms, I Wait for Fortunes to Come to Me 别人天天下秘境，我坐等机缘上门 Fried Eggs Are Super Tasty炒鸡蛋超级好吃Xianxia268k WordsOngoing [Fortune: Travel seven thousand meters ahead to find a Bloodflame Lotus. Take it to undergo a complete transformation.] [Neutral: Stay where you are. No danger.] [Misfortune: A ferocious demon beast lurks to the southeast. If you encounter it, you may not survive.] Jiang Bai transmigrated by accident to a perilous world of immortal cultivation. Luckily, a mysterious bamboo fortune stick in his mind could help him seek good fortune and avoid disaster. From then on, he embarked on a smooth pat 47Reads5.4Score121Shelves

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    The protagonist is able to avoid misfortune and attract good fortune; it's quite humorous, which is good!

45. 295 我 I'm the Fake Heiress. Is It Really So Much to Ask to Be a Mystic Arts Master? 我假千金，当个玄学大佬不过分吧 A Thought, Wind and Grain一念风禾Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Mysticism + No Romance + Plot-Driven Power Fantasy + Everyone Is Career-Minded + Beloved by All] The Shen family’s cherished daughter, raised for years as their own, turns out to be a fake heiress. Everyone waits to see Shen Ning and the real heiress tear into each other. But no one expects the fake heiress to pack up and leave without a fuss. Later, they learn that Shen Ning has gone to a remote mountain wilderness to study Taoism under a master. Everyone scoffs: “Study Taoism? Why doesn’t she 977Reads9.2Score120Shelves
46. 296 九 The Ninth-Rank Artifact Crafter 九品炼器师 Xiao Shisanlang Talks About the Three Kingdoms萧十三郎说三国Eastern Fantasy4.0M WordsOngoing [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [Artifact Refining] [A Young Man’s Rise] [Industrialization] [Fantasy Warfare] [Ensemble Cast] [Comedy and Satire] [Slow Burn] Young Qian Duoduo transmigrates through space! As a mortal, he starts from scratch! Thrown into prison, he’s facing certain death from the very start! If he doesn’t want to die, he’ll have to fight! To make matters worse, his bargain-basement master, a skinny old man, puts him over the fire to roast! If you want to read abo 23.5kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves

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    ① A commoner's rise to power! From weapon forging to becoming an emperor! Young Qian Duoduo, though a mortal, has a dark-skinned, thin old man as his spiritual master. The old man takes him as his disciple and roasts him over a fire! Thinking he's just a piece of trash, he turns out to be a treasure! ② Spiritual bones in the world are divided into four grades. Mortal bones are inherently unfit for cultivation. But young Xu Taiping will prove to the world: Mortal bones can slay demons! Mortal bones can exorcise monsters! Mortal bones can ascend to immortality!

47. 297 宗 After the Sect Goes Bankrupt, the Senior Sister Decides to Sell Sweet Potatoes 宗门破产后，大师姐决定卖红薯 I Am Zhu Kongyang我朱孔阳Ancient Romance505k WordsCompleted The sect’s senior disciple came to a small modern world to undergo trials. After returning to her body, she became a master of agricultural science. By growing sweet potatoes, she led her sect out of poverty, promoted agricultural cooperation, and swept away the bad habits of the cultivation world. She brought the gods, immortals, humans, ghosts, demons, and monsters of all six realms together to build the Four Modernizations: an unconventional path to cultivation! 53Reads8.0Score—Shelves
48. 298 看 Look Closely, This Is the Qingping Sword, Not the Qingcao Sword 看清楚，这是青萍剑，不是青艹剑 Wu Yong吴用灬Eastern Fantasy178k WordsOngoing Traditional cultivation, no System, sects, multiple female leads, ensemble cast, character growth, sword immortals, fast-paced wish fulfillment, Five Elements Evasion, and a million-word novel. Cultivation stages: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Void Refinement, Body Integration, Great Ascension, and Tribulation Crossing. In an interview with The Great Zhou Gazette: Ren Pingsheng: "My disciple is peerless, sweeping across the Nine Provinces —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a cultivation novel without a system, but its drawback is that it involves taking in too many women; in just over ten thousand words, it features five or six wives.

49. 299 凡EN Mortal Bones, Immortal Destiny 凡骨 Master of One Update壹更大师Eastern Fantasy8.3M WordsCompleted (The print edition is now available to buy online) The world's spiritual bones are divided into four grades. First grade: Heavenly Spiritual Bones. Second grade: Golden Spiritual Bones. Third grade: Mystic Spiritual Bones. Fourth grade: White Spiritual Bones. All the rest are ordinary bones, unfit for cultivation. Xu Taiping is an ordinary man with ordinary bones, yet he swears to prove to the cultivation world that ordinary bones can slay demons, ordinary bones can vanquish evil, and ordinary b 561.4kReads9.3Score72kShelves
50. 300 千 Qian Yushui 千玉水 Gui Yidian桂亿点Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted No CP + Heroine Shines on Her Own + Feel-Good Story + Pampered Romance + Playing Dumb to Outsmart Others + A Smart Heroine Everyone thought she was just a village girl, but she unexpectedly bound herself to a Copy System and became an honored ancestor. Ten-thousand-year spirit milk? Copy! Ninth-grade Resurrection Pills? Copy! Immortal-grade defensive formation? Copy! Divine-grade Tianyi True Water? Copy! Divine-grade Enlightenment Tree? Copy! … Ten years later, while her fellow disciples are sti 650Reads8.6Score101Shelves

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