A Long-Lived Protagonist Who Plays It Safe and Doesn’t Level Up Too Quickly 主角长生，苟一点，修为不要提升太快

1. 1 苟 The Way of Survival: Cultivate for Immortality, Let Your Clones Live It Up 苟道长生，分身去浪 Starlit Cold Snow繁星寒雪Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted A cautious immortal who has scraped by for two hundred years is still stuck in the early Qi Refining stage. Then he gains the ability to create clones... From then on, with the Great Dao stretching ahead, his path to immortality may be different. He still has to keep a low profile, but his clones can run wild as they please! What if he has no cultivation techniques? No problem, send a clone to learn them! What if he has no pills? No problem, send a clone to make them! What if the upper realm 3.5kReads7.4Score239Shelves

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   The male protagonist transmigrates to the cultivation world via a star stone. He acts cautiously, always having his clones handle tasks and never revealing himself. [Heart]

2. 2 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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   Take a look at this book, it will definitely give you a different feeling. It's super conservative, and the cultivation level doesn't improve too quickly, which is all very reasonable.

3. 3 我EN Avoiding Peril: My Low-Key Path to Eternal Life 我靠避凶天赋苟道长生 Roadside Banana Shade Wanderer路政蕉下客Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing [Low-key cultivation + cautious path to immortality + avoiding danger] In the cultivation world, Lu Qing relies on his danger-avoidance skill to escape one deadly predicament after another. He keeps a low profile. All he wants is to cultivate cautiously and live forever. While peerless prodigies flourish, Lu Qing keeps cultivating. While unparalleled experts burst onto the scene, Lu Qing is still cultivating. Eventually, the geniuses of his generation, peerless monsters, and unparalleled experts 66.3kReads8.5Score4.5kShelves

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   The first one gets better the later ones, and so does the second one.

4. 4 我 I’m Immortal, So What’s Wrong With Laying Low? 我都长生了，苟点怎么了？ Flowers Fall in the Dust花落风尘Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing (The rating was just released, and it’ll go up later!) [Longevity]+ [Lifespan Sacrifice System]+ [Traditional Cultivation]+ [Brand-New Body-Training System]+ [A Cautious Old Hand]+ [Invincible]+ [the Myriad Worlds]! Lin Mo transmigrates to the Tianyuan Realm and binds himself to the [Lifespan Sacrifice System]. Sacrifice a certain number of years, and it takes that many years to cool down; Live for a certain number of years, and that becomes the maximum number of years he can sacrifice. By sacri 44.3kReads6.4Score6.1kShelves

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   This is truly a story of survival on the side. Have you ever seen someone who achieves immortality yet still lives off a woman? It's a longevity novel, slow-paced at the beginning, but incredibly exciting once you enter the cultivation world. Many longevity novels focus on the protagonist being alone, rarely touching on family and relationships. I wanted to fill that gap. The beginning is a bit bland, but it explodes with excitement once you enter the cultivation world! Those interested can check it out. It features longevity, a sacrifice system, traditional cultivation, a brand-new body-refining system, and the invincible path of survival.

5. 5 炼EN Cultivation Clan: My Fortune Space 炼气家族，我有一个造化空间 Metal and Fire Flourish, Jia Wood金火旺甲木Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsOngoing [Traditional Cultivation + Slow-Burn Progression + Close-Knit Family + Ruthless + Both Parents Alive. Spatial Realm + Mortal + Cautious + Schemer + Not a Good-for-Nothing] [Realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation...] Li Qingyuan was born with congenital heart disease and died young. He transmigrates into the cultivation world before birth, into a family of Qi Refiners. Once he learns that this is a world of cultivation, seeking immortalit 76.5kReads8.2Score5.6kShelves

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   This book perfectly meets the requirements: traditional cultivation, mortal cultivation, space cheat, the male protagonist is steady and reliable, has many aliases when he goes out, is decisive and ruthless, a nemesis of cultivators who have undergone tribulations, and has superb acting skills.

6. 6 长 Longevity: My Dog Da Huang Stuck with Me Until I Became an Ancestor 长生：我家大黄陪我一起苟到老祖 Pear Blossom Pudding梨花布丁Eastern Fantasy232k WordsCompleted [Immortality + System + Stats + Comedy + No Female Lead + Saint of the Way of Caution] Li Changsheng transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation and gains an endless lifespan. The companion at his side is a Chinese countryside dog with an endless lifespan, too. The System has only one function: it adds a point to his stats every year. A gentleman can wait twenty years to take revenge. What, you can’t beat them? Then wait another two hundred years and see. Dahuang: “When we’re in front of th 24Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A story about immortality, a journey with dogs, and survival; welcome to read.

7. 7 长 The Long Road to Immortality: I Seek It Far and Wide 长生路漫漫，吾上下求索 Scholar Who Wins a Marquisate封侯书生Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted (Everyday cultivation + Fishing + No System + No angst + No female lead + Ancient coins + Traditional Chinese medicine) The world grows old, so what of humankind? Heroes and beauties alike fear the passage of time. Who can stand firm through endless ages? Seas change and lands shift, and even imperial tombs are worn away. … In this vast world, only Zhuge Xuan, who transmigrated as a legendary divine artifact and took human form, remains untouched by worldly concerns, unbound by karma, and unlike 400Reads6.3Score102Shelves
8. 8 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 515.8kReads9.7Score69.9kShelves

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   When immortality becomes a reality, invincibility is only a matter of time! "The System Grants Me Immortality, Living Will Ultimately Make Me Invincible" completely overturns expectations! The protagonist is bound to an immortality system, embarking on a path of effortless victory—while others cultivate for a hundred years to break through realms, he only needs to lie down and sleep to automatically level up; in sect wars and secret realm battles, he leisurely strolls through, easily crushing geniuses with the experience accumulated over countless years! Living for millennia, he rises from an unknown nobody to a legend. No matter how powerful the opponent, a simple "I've lived longer than you" is the decisive blow! A high-octane, thrilling comeback story, bursting with exhilarating satisfaction! What are you waiting for? Come witness how an immortal ascends step by step to the top, becoming a truly invincible being!

9. 9 双 Two-Faced Cultivation: A Dog in Public, a Ruthless Fiend in Private 双面修仙：人前老狗，人后狠人 Tanghulu from Mi Li's Home米粒家的糖葫芦Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsOngoing [Longevity] + [Cautious cultivation] + [Mortal's journey] + [Transmigrated in body] + [No romance] + [Not celibate] + [Decisive and ruthless] + [No self-sacrificing saint] (Fights between any two characters will generally last no more than one chapter. This isn't a fast-paced power fantasy. Follow an ordinary man's journey to becoming the ultimate survivor. If that's not for you, don't read.) Lin Xiao transmigrates to another world for reasons unknown. Enjoy wealth and luxury? Surround himself w 19.7kReads8.4Score1.4kShelves

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   I transmigrated to another world, achieved immortality, and became a peerless genius, reaching the pinnacle of martial arts. You're telling me I can't cultivate immortality? The sky is falling! What's the use of immortality? Since I can't cultivate immortality, I'll just create my own peak martial arts path!

10. 10 长 Longevity: Others Cultivate Immortality While I Train in Martial Arts 长生：别人修仙我练武 Old Donkey Who Eats Fish吃鱼的老驴Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Immortality + Playing It Safe + No System + Behind the Scenes + Humorous Everyday Life!] [Slow-paced, not a wish-fulfillment story. Read at your own risk!] They say you shouldn't show off, or you'll get struck by lightning. Bai Yu didn't listen, and got struck by lightning. Reborn as a martial arts prodigy, his golden finger is a tree that grants him eternal life. After becoming invincible among mortals, Bai Yu sets out on the path to immortality, only to get a harsh reality check just as he's 19.4kReads8.0Score1.7kShelves
11. 11 长EN Eternal Prudence: Starting with a Suona, Funeral Rites to Immortality 长生苟道：开局吹唢呐，送葬修仙 The Rooster Crows, Two and a Half Years Pass雄鸡一唱两年半Eastern Fantasy4.8M WordsOngoing [Immortal Cultivation + Comedy and Memes + Ordinary Protagonist + Heroine + Laying Low + Status Panel] Bai Yu transmigrated to an immortal-cultivation world. From the start, he was immortal, and performing funerals made him stronger. Bury a grandmaster martial artist and gain a max-level Golden Bell Shield, with the vitality of a dragon! Bury a Nascent Soul cultivator and gain a top-tier Heavenly Spirit Root, with extraordinary talent! Bury an Immortal Emperor of the Myriad Worlds and gain the T 51.7kReads8.9Score4.2kShelves

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    Just survive; if you live, you'll have everything.

12. 12 我 I Am Immortal, and I Bide My Time Until I Become an Unrivaled Immortal Emperor 我长生不死，苟成绝世仙帝 Mighty Mr. V威猛先生vEastern Fantasy3.8M WordsCompleted “I, Chen Jing, cultivate immortality. I don’t care about winning today or tomorrow. All I want to know is, after endless ages have passed, which of my enemies will still be alive?” After transmigrating to another world, Chen Jing acquired the Dao Fruit of ‘Longevity.’ It could keep him alive forever, but he had no way to protect himself, so he had no choice but to take up martial arts and the path of immortal cultivation. Poor aptitude? If others cultivate for ten years, I’ll go into seclusion f 17.7kReads7.2Score1.4kShelves

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    The beginning is great, but don't read any further after the Southern Wilderness.

13. 13 让 You Want Me to Become a God and Infiltrate the Cultivation World? There's No Going Back! 让我成神卧底修仙界？回不去了！ A Corner of the Sky天一角Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing [No AI, all handcrafted, already ascended to the immortal realm] [The long road to immortality through patience] [More children, more blessings, in an unconventional way] [Mortal cultivation] [No System] [Women, but no official partners] [Slow pace] [Billions of descendants] Let Me Become a God and Infiltrate the Cultivation World? There's No Going Back The Continent of the Gods is under attack by the Cultivation World. Carrying the will of the Continent of the Gods, Fang Yuan transmigrates into 7.9kReads8.0Score578Shelves

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    The idea of ​​achieving immortality through plagiarism has the feel of a protagonist in a plagiarized novel.

14. 14 寿 With Only One Year to Live, I Cultivate Immortality by Reading Health Bars 寿命只剩一年，我靠看血条修仙 Contract-Bound Nightingale契约锁夜莺Eastern Fantasy149k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to the cultivation world, Lin Changqing just wants to slack off. But the moment he opens his eyes, he sees his own lifespan bar: only one year left. If he doesn't break through, he'll die. Fortunately, he has a cheat: he can see the health bars of all things. Something he can't beat? Its health bar is too long. Go around it. Something he can beat? Its health bar is flashing? That's its weakness. One swing of the staff and it's done. Others cultivate immortality through talen 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Don't miss it!

15. 15 玄EN Fantasy: Starting Blind, I Cultivate with an Erhu 玄幻：开局瞎子，从拉二胡开始 Howling Gale哀嚎的狂风Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted (The short drama is now streaming: Fantasy: Beginning with Two Springs Reflect the Moon) [Spending Life + Grinding and Lying Low] "Once a song breaks the heart, where in all the world can one find a kindred soul?" From the start, he transmigrated as a blind man and became a street musician. [Two Springs Reflect the Moon: LV2 (1/10000) Effect: Unblocks qi and blood, opens the meridians, dispels dampness, and warms the body] He is a blind street musician who wipes out an entire gang for 141.6kReads9.6Score14.7kShelves

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    I love the writing style of both books; I feel like I could use them as essay excerpts, haha. The second book is the kind with a system that increases lifespan, I'm not sure if it counts as an immortality novel, but it's still very good. I like the protagonist's carefree attitude and the stories that happen on his journeys. One is about cultivating immortality, the other about the martial arts world—both are worth reading.

16. 16 长 Immortal Cultivation: From the Start, I Ran a Coffin Shop and Refined Zombies 长生修仙：开局棺材铺炼僵尸 Jiang Yinglong姜应龙Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Long-life cultivation + time-rewinding cloth + zombie refinement + unorthodox cultivation] After transmigrating to a vast world of immortal cultivation, Ji Changqing uses a time-rewinding cloth to repeatedly return to his youth, improve his aptitude, and make up for his shortcomings. He refines numerous zombies to protect his path, and ultimately becomes an immortal ancestor. “This spirit herb hasn’t been growing long enough... Time-Rewinding Cloth, speed it up by a hundred years...” “Why is th 13.7kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves

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    Highly recommended! The latest and most captivating novel in the "Eternal Life" genre: ① Tianshui County. In a sprawling coffin shop located in an alley near the city gate, Ji Changqing transmigrates to this place. Using a "Time Capsule," he continuously rejuvenates and optimizes his physique. This time, he uses the coffin shop as a cover to secretly refine "zombie" Dao soldiers for protection! Afterward, the protagonist, Ji Changqing, ascends from the human realm to the spirit realm and then to the immortal realm, ultimately becoming a Dao Ancestor!

17. 17 从 Seeking Immortality by Growing Spirit Rice 从种灵稻开始长生 The Flying Mad Cow会飞的疯牛Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Farming] [Lighthearted] [Otherworldly Primordial World] [System] Zhao Mo had been cultivating for twenty years and was still stuck at the first level of Qi Refining. He was ready to lie flat, but then he awakened the Farmer System... “You transplanted spirit rice seedlings. Experience +10.” “You finished removing pests from your spirit fields. Experience +10.” “After a year of hard work, your spirit fields have yielded a bumper harvest. Reward: Spirit Rice Hybridization Techniques. Experien 5.7kReads7.9Score351Shelves
18. 18 长 Longevity: A Well-Connected Immortal Court Official Slacks Off in the Mortal Realm 长生：仙庭关系户下界摸鱼 Core of Chaos混沌核心Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsOngoing [Immortal cultivation + no System + not a power fantasy + slow-paced + no female lead + pseudo-ensemble cast. Read with care if this isn’t your thing.] The mighty will of Heaven shines like a mirror, illuminating the causes and effects binding immortals and mortals alike. The countless living beings are like grains of sand, ground into the ashes of tribulation beneath mountains and rivers. A mysterious mirror hangs among the highest heavens, reflecting the lives of all beings in the Three Realm 215.4kReads9.0Score15.3kShelves
19. 19 修 Cultivation: I Seek Immortality Through Divine Powers 修仙：我以神通觅长生 Jueqing绝勍Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Mortal Cultivation] [No System] Good news: As a perk of transmigrating, Chen Changsheng discovers his golden finger during his first cultivation session: the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Powers. Bad news: He can choose only two of the seventy-two powers. After careful thought, Chen Changsheng chooses Ingestion and Radiance. Ingestion is a path to enlightenment: consume all things to increase one’s cultivation. Radiance is a means of protecting the Dao: immune to every spell, it drives away all evi 3.7kReads7.4Score242Shelves
20. 20 家 The More Prosperous My Clan Becomes, the More Terrifying My Power Gets 家族越昌盛，我的实力越恐怖 Green-Eyed Pig青涩的猪Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted Li Chen transmigrates to the world of cultivation, determined to become an immortal. But his spiritual roots are so poor that he fails to qualify for any immortal sect. He thinks he is destined to become a rootless, wandering cultivator, but then Li Chen activates the Immortal Clan System and receives an inheritance in second-tier alchemy right from the start. To earn the System’s rewards, to achieve immortality, and to become an immortal, Li Chen has no choice but to rack his brains completin 19.5kReads7.7Score1.4kShelves
21. 21 仙 Tenant Farmer of the Immortal Sect 仙门佃农 Nangong Chenchen南宫沉沉Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation] + [Farming] + [One female lead or no female lead] Mu Jiuxiao, a tenant farmer in an immortal sect, unexpectedly awakens the wisdom of his past life. At the same time, he awakens his own talent: diligence can make up for a lack of aptitude! After ten years of cultivation, his cultivation talent increases by one! After cultivating the Everlasting Spring Art for ten years, his cultivation speed with the art increases by 200 percent! After growing Golden Spirit Rice for a hundre 13kReads8.3Score1.2kShelves
22. 22 长 Longevity: I Won't Leave the Mountain Until I'm Invincible 长生：不苟到无敌，绝不出山 A Long Song with One Sword一剑长歌Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing After transmigrating and being reborn, Chu Chen obtained an Immortal Dao Fruit, and from then on, the world had another immortal. He laid low among ordinary people, seeking a way to cultivate immortality and witnessing dynasties rise and fall. He laid low in cultivation sects, witnessing the birth of immortal sects. He laid low in a supreme immortal dynasty, witnessing eras change. Millions of years, billions of years: all for the sake of attaining true immortality. 5kReads8.3Score219Shelves
23. 23 我 I Scrape By and Live Forever in the Cultivation World 我在修仙界苟且长生 Shi Yin石尹Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing Transmigration + Mortal Cultivator + Laying Low + Cautious and Steady + Decisive and Ruthless + No Saintly Heroics After transmigrating, Lin Changsheng discovers that he has arrived in a world of cultivation. With the complete memories and inheritance of a great cultivator who has formed a core, plus the talent [Heaven Rewards Diligence], Lin Changsheng lays out a long-term plan to keep a low profile and live forever. He treats others kindly in the cultivation world, making talismans and practic 23.5kReads8.1Score1.3kShelves
24. 24 我 I Am Immortal in the Cultivation World 我在修仙界不死不灭 Spring and Autumn Scholar春秋书生Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing My name is Li Changsheng. I am an immortal. In my first century, I kept a low profile among mortals, refusing to leave the mountains until I had mastered martial arts. In my first millennium, I finally became a Qi Refining disciple and formally set foot on the path of cultivation. In my first ten thousand years, I was invincible in the world, but had no one to share my joy with. My name is Li Changsheng, and I watch the cultivation world change around me! 319Reads7.9Score—Shelves
25. 25 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 Fantasy2.9M 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 92.6kReads8.3Score10.4kShelves

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    The protagonist gains lifespan through farming, and this lifespan can be used to increase his strength, so the male lead is particularly cautious. It's a slow-paced cultivation story with humorous and harmless plot points. Those interested can check it out! [Cool][Cool][Cool]

26. 26 武 The Path to Martial Longevity Begins as a Study Companion 武道长生从伴学开始 Lord Scalp头皮真君Eastern Fantasy781k WordsOngoing [Progression System] [Martial Arts Ascension] [Longevity] [Clear Main Plot] This isn't a bloodthirsty novel. There are no scenes of slaughtering entire villages on a whim; only those who deserve to die are killed. If you don't like stories where the protagonist isn't invincible, this isn't for you! Volume One, Making a Name in Jiangzhou, and Volume Two, The Path to the King's Realm, are complete. Volume Three, Guarding a Region, has just begun. Liu Feng transmigrates and is on the brink of death 272Reads5.0Score—Shelves

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    It's a steady, incremental improvement, logically consistent, and detail-oriented piece of writing; worth checking out.

27. 27 仙 Immortal Jade, Dust, and Destiny 仙玉尘缘 Stubborn Wood顽木Eastern Fantasy5.0M WordsCompleted Lin Mu, a lowly servant of the Qianyu Sword Sect, accidentally discovers that the jade pendant left to him by his parents contains three mu of spiritual farmland. From then on, he uses the pendant to grow spiritual herbs and medicinal plants, earn a fortune in spirit stones, buy flying swords and magic treasures, and refine miraculous pills. Thus begins his rise in the cultivation world. 328Reads7.7Score101Shelves
28. 28 青 Green Origin Immortal Manor 青元仙府 The Handsome Moon Dances to the Ends of the Earth月舞天涯帅Eastern Fantasy4.1M WordsCompleted After a famine forces the young Fang Yang to be sold as a servant in the city, a strange ancient seal script character unexpectedly leads him to join a martial sect. By a twist of fate, a mysterious immortal mountain takes refuge inside him. One day in the outside world equals a year in the mountain, and from then on, thousand-year-old spirit herbs and ten-thousand-year-old immortal medicines are his for the taking... Fengyun Star, Azure Ancient Star, Canglan Star, Tianyuan Star, Qingliu Star, P 9.2kReads8.4Score909Shelves
29. 29 凡 A Mortal's Immortal Fate 凡人仙缘 Floating Dust Master浮尘子Eastern Fantasy6.2M WordsCompleted Main character: Li Yi. [Traditional cultivation] [Mortal's journey] [One female lead] [Spatial powers] [Farming] [Decisive and ruthless] [No System] An ordinary boy from a mountain village leaves home to pursue immortality, fighting his way into the cruel, dark world of cultivation. With his clever, decisive, and cautious nature, he cuts down his enemies without hesitation and encounters countless wondrous opportunities for immortality. After passing through Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment 35.2kReads8.3Score3.8kShelves
30. 30 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 63.2kReads8.7Score5.6kShelves
31. 31 蛮 The Savage Immortal Realm 蛮荒仙界 Cyber Black Knight网络黑侠Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted A force from the Demon Realm violently tears open the sky between the human wilderness and the Demon Realm, creating a passage between the two worlds: the Eye of the Firmament! Countless armies of demonic beasts rain down on the Two Worlds Mountain like a meteor shower. The major sects rally to save humanity from annihilation, building a defensive line of flesh and blood and waging a centuries-long battle against the demons. As the war rages, a traveling servant from Ziyun Town accidentally stum 1.8kReads8.5Score161Shelves
32. 32 长 Longevity: I Can Upgrade Everything 长生：我能升级万物 Duck at the Door门前鸭Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing [Immortality + extreme caution + rock-solid stability + slice of life] After transmigrating to the world of immortal cultivation, Xu Ning gained immortality, along with the ability to talk to all things and level them up. To avoid dying unexpectedly, Xu Ning is determined to nip every danger in the bud. If someone bullies me once, I endure it. If they bully me twice, I endure it again. If they bully me a third time, I can’t take it anymore, so I grab my things and run. From then on, he lives by 5kReads7.7Score653Shelves

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    These two are quite good-looking.

33. 33 徒 Stay Put, Disciples! Your Master’s Making a Quick Getaway 徒弟们苟住了，为师先遁亿步 Yaya Loves Lemon Tea伢伢爱喝柠檬茶Ancient Romance744k WordsCompleted [No romance + cultivation + master-disciple System + villain training ground] (Villains are the focus!) (The rating was just released. This is a dark cultivation story where people are eaten.) Xu Yi transmigrated into the world of cultivation, but the place she ended up in was so desolate there wasn’t even a soul around. She had a System and was in a cultivation world, yet after ten years she was still an ordinary person. The System even reminded her every year to go out and take on disciples... 3.2kReads8.3Score316Shelves
34. 34 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 Fantasy5.1M 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 162.2kReads8.9Score13.6kShelves
35. 35 既 Marry a Dao Companion and Cultivate the Truth: Faithful to the Great Dao and to You 既娶道侣又修真，不负大道不负卿 Overlord Pork Knuckle霸王肘子Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the cultivation world and becoming a low-level rogue cultivator, the protagonist finds that his predecessor was attacked and lay unconscious for three months. Having taken over someone else's body, he is about to be kicked out of the market because he can't renew his lease when the Cultivation Arts System appears! Whatever you know, I know. Whatever you don't know, well, I know that too. In short, I know everything. From then on, the protagonist begins his rise to success 9.2kReads7.8Score471Shelves

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    The protagonist is very cautious and cunning.

36. 36 吴 The Wu Clan's Path to Immortality 吴氏家族成仙路 Xiao Qiu枭邱Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted The story of an ordinary person who grows stronger step by step in the cultivation world with the help of the Ghost Valley Eight Desolations interface. (The golden finger isn’t very obvious and doesn’t come up often.) A new writer and a new book. I’m not good at writing blurbs. 2.5kReads6.4Score111Shelves

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    Family-based gameplay, slow-burn, the protagonist has the Ghost Valley Eight Desolations stat, but the cheat codes aren't obvious. It's a slow-burn game, but you can give it a try.

37. 37 道 Fellow Cultivator! Would You Lend Me a Hand? 道友！可愿助我一臂之力！ A Show-Off Creation of Nuwa女娲炫技产物Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Schemer + Cautious + No Holding Back His Realm + No Heroine + Invincible] [He’s reached Nascent Soul, time to start slaughtering!] Lu Ming accidentally transmigrates to the cultivation world and obtains a volume of the Golden Book of Karma. Taking the essence and discarding the dross, he transfers every side effect of cultivation to his enemies. From then on, Lu Ming lives in comfort while his enemies suffer. What’s that? Using a blood-burning secret art consumes your vital essence and damages 8kReads6.8Score528Shelves

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    This fits the bill quite well; both cunning and ruthless. I could give it a try. [Laughing][laughing][laughing]

38. 38 修 Cultivation: I Got a Pair of Eagle Eyes from the Start 修仙：开局获得一双鹰眼 Long Willow Far Away远方长柳Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted [War-torn xianxia] + [not a wish-fulfillment novel] + [no System] No matter the era or where you go, this xianxia world is full of endless conflict and constant warfare! The male lead is captured and imprisoned in a dungeon. His eyesight is so poor that he can only make out blurry figures. Later, an eagle saves him and gives him a pair of special eyes, restoring his vision. Only then does his journey into cultivation truly begin! Unexpectedly, he gains one golden finger, then another... The key 416Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend two amazing novels, both about ordinary people falling into the mortal realm. They're incredibly popular, and even more people are following them! Choose whichever you like! In the first book, the protagonist unexpectedly gains two extraordinary opportunities, starting with two cheat codes (golden fingers) and embarking on his cultivation journey! He has eagle eyes and a glass tower! It's both unique and mysterious! In the second book, the protagonist is born by the sea, a mortal in his first realm! The sea gives him a necklace! Then he's taken away by a sect to cultivate immortality!

39. 39 天 Immortal Destiny in Tianling Valley 天灵谷仙缘 Long Willow Far Away远方长柳Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted Also known as [Cultivating Immortality as a Mortal: Finding a Red Stone Necklace from the Start] [Treasures]+ [Beauties]+ [Leveling Up]+ [Formations]+ [Invincible Treasures]+ [A Life with Cheats] The male lead was an ordinary mortal who happened upon a golden finger: a red stone necklace. Inside the necklace was a special being who could talk and called herself Weiwei! Weiwei wasn’t a soul, yet she had always existed! With Weiwei’s help, the male lead struggled to begin his path of cultivation. 212Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 40 凡 A Minor Cultivator's Return Home 凡人小修归乡录 Sour, Bitter, Spicy, and Salty酸我苦辣咸Eastern Fantasy787k WordsCompleted Mortal cultivation + no System + a protagonist who grows over time + slow burn A change of pace: the path of cultivation isn’t all fighting and killing. Examining your heart along the way is also a form of cultivation. Gu Xin thinks he has simply become lost in some unknown fragment of ancient history. Instead, his soul has transmigrated to another continent, where he must survive alone. Amid the endless mortal world, all I ask is for a roof over my head and a patch of earth beneath my feet. I s 355Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    Extremely stable, upon closer inspection

41. 41 修 The Spirit-Transforming Bowl of a Cultivation Family 修仙家族之化灵碗 Howling Sky Spirit Wolf啸天灵狼Eastern Fantasy5.2M WordsOngoing Li Xuanzhen dies unexpectedly and is born into the cultivating world as a member of the Yunwu Li Family. The Yunwu Li Family has only just been established as a tiny cultivation clan, and he is the same generation as its founder. And so, the Yunwu Li Family gains a third founding ancestor. He looks at his gifted elder brother, the clan head, then at his second sister, who loves to busy herself with pointless tasks and squander her talent. Finally, he takes stock of his own ordinary aptitude. Li 28.3kReads8.1Score2.3kShelves

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    The pace is not fast.

42. 42 道 Fellow Daoist! Join My Imperial Banner and Plot for Eternal Life 道友！入我人皇幡共谋长生 A Mayfly Gazing at the Sky蜉蝣望天Eastern Fantasy231k WordsCompleted Mortal cultivation + killing-focused + no heroine + dark themes +++ the protagonist is extremely cautious For Mu Changsheng, anything is fair game if it makes him stronger. He wouldn’t hesitate to slaughter every world in existence. Mu Changsheng uses a mortal body as cultivation material and his soul as a magical treasure. To grow stronger and live forever, he can cast everything aside. (Dark themes: he uses souls and flesh as fuel to grow stronger.) 44Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist is extremely cunning and prefers to use underhanded tactics.

43. 43 长 Longevity: My Wife Was Delivered Right to My Door 长生：夫人送上门 Yun Feiyang00云飞扬00Eastern Fantasy326k WordsOngoing Transmigrate through portals, trade resources, and enjoy life. From the start, I got caught cheating and was scared out of my wits. Is it right to trick and ambush a carefree young man who’s good in bed? No, it isn’t. 305Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Steady improvement.

44. 44 我 I’m Immortal Anyway, So Do Whatever You Want 我反正长生不死，你们随意 One Week, Seven Days Off一周就断七天更Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted (A laid-back story + mastering the art of keeping a low profile + easygoing + humorous everyday life. Enter at your own risk!) Yang Sheng transmigrates to the world of cultivation and awakens an immortal constitution: he’ll never die! He has a mixed Five Elements spiritual root, making cultivation difficult. What’s he going to do? No worries. Keep a low profile for a million years, and even a Divine Transformation cultivator will call him Dad! Keep a low profile for billions of years, and even a 35.3kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves

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    This is the one! It's currently read by 218,000 people; the masses have discerning eyes! [OK]

45. 45 悄 I've Been Laying Low for a Billion Years, and Now I'm Unbeatable 悄悄苟了亿万年，我已无敌手 Meet the Challenge Head-On迎楠而上Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted [Invincible + Immortality + Keeping a Low Profile + Cultivation + Comedy + Slow Growth] After transmigrating into a world of cultivation, Lin Yu gains immortality from the start. Every year he stays alive earns him another attribute point. Lin Yu has an epiphany: As long as he outlives all his opponents, he'll become invincible! So he decides to keep a low profile. Any enemy he can't defeat can be left to grow old and frail before he steps in to deal with them. And if he accidentally outlives on 11.5kReads7.6Score1.1kShelves
46. 46 都 Urban: I’ve Lived for Ten Thousand Years, and I Can’t Hide It Anymore 都市：长生万年的我瞒不住了 Kui Niu Emperor夔牛皇Urban801k WordsCompleted Ye Tian has lived for ten thousand years. He once helped the First Emperor ascend the throne and unite the six kingdoms. He once sat and discussed the Dao with Laozi. He once enlightened the Buddha beneath a bodhi tree. He even traveled across Europe and helped spark the Renaissance. … In modern times, after far too many years and witnessing countless partings and deaths, he decided to return to an ordinary life. He adopted a child and went to live in the countryside. Eighty years passed in the 7.3kReads8.8Score549Shelves
47. 47 我 I Lay Low in the Cultivation World Until I Became an Immortal 我在修真界苟到成仙 Seahorse Number One海马一号Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted Qin Lu wakes up as a low-level wandering cultivator in Wuji Ward. His predecessor had no connections, no cultivation, no savings, and a mountain of debt. For a while, Qin Lu is utterly despairing. Luckily, he awakens a status panel that lets him improve his proficiency simply by practicing. Ordinary basic spells become terrifying skills of immense power once upgraded! Other people’s Finger Flick spell can only kill chicks, but his can blast away a mountain! Other people’s Firestarting spell prod 30.2kReads8.0Score2.6kShelves
48. 48 长EN A Hundred Thousand Years of Immortality 长生十万年 Xia Shanhe夏山河Urban1.8M WordsCompleted A hundred thousand years ago, Su Yi ended the entire age of gods and demons with a single palm strike. Now he’s stepped onto a university campus to experience life as a student in the modern age. Su Yi: “I want to keep a low profile, but my strength just won’t let me. I’ve tried so hard to be an ordinary person!” 11.7kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves

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    I found this on TikTok, and finally there's a full version! It's so good!

49. 49 充 Dual Cultivation Through Charging: Cultivating Immortality in the City 充电十双修：我在都市修个仙 I'm a Lazy Fish我系闲鱼Urban736k WordsCompleted (Also known as: An Uncle’s Low-Key Urban Immortal Cultivation) (The first 60 chapters focus on charging up and cultivating, so progress is slow. In the middle, dual cultivation speeds up advancement, and it gets even faster later on. The plot becomes richer and more varied in the middle and later stages.) An uncle accidentally gained the recognition of a small world and inherited the legacy of an Immortal Realm Dao Ancestor. Charging up replenishes his energy, while dual cultivation raises his 1.7kReads—Score146Shelves

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    Urban cultivation, small world, space, recharging, dual cultivation, fantasy, multiple female leads, leveling up, leisure, and satisfying; not mindless, not time-traveling, not directly invincible, and not a middle-aged man with a system. ?!

50. 50 废 A Good-for-Nothing? He’s Been Laying Low Until He Became a Big Shot! 废柴？他早就苟成大佬了！ Wen Siyu温似玉Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted An orphaned boy from a small town unexpectedly encounters a stroke of fortune. From a good-for-nothing with no cultivation at all, he cautiously claws his way to becoming the strongest! Even if Jiang Liuyun is doomed, he'll be the one to bring about his own destruction! His enemies want to kill him? They're not worthy! Watch him climb to the summit step by step and forge his own legend! 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The main character develops slowly, the plot is exciting, and the content is humorous and highly readable.

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