Novels Where the Protagonist Grows, Cultivates, and Develops Plants with Special Functions 主角以种植，培育，开发植物类功能型小说。

1. 51 亿 Cultivating to Immortality Through a Billion Practices 亿练成仙 Qiu Guagua秋呱呱Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted [Farming and Cultivation] [Slow-Paced] The demon race rules the world, and countless demons roam the land. Cultivation sects establish market towns, spread the teachings, and revive the Dao. They inspire more people to embark on the path of Qi Refining, carrying on the work of those who came before. Li Yinian, a young man who transmigrated here, relies on his talent for making up for his shortcomings through hard work to stand out among the spirit-seed tenant farmers… 18.9kReads8.1Score1.6kShelves
2. 52 全 Global Spirit Plants: I Start by Becoming the Sunflower Queen 全球灵植：从向日葵女王开始无敌 Qing Qing Zijin轻青紫衿Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Hybrid Plants + Plants from Various Versions + Fan-Created Plants] Qin Wen transmigrates to Spirit Plant Star. In this world, everyone awakens a spirit plant upon reaching adulthood and becomes a spirit-plant master, fighting against alien creatures. Every spirit plant master awakens a plant with special attributes, including Ice, Demon, Netherworld, Earth, Water, Fire, Martial, Mechanical, Cute, Light... and more. The plant Qin Wen awakens has the Cute attribute, widely recognized as the weake 2.1kReads8.4Score246Shelves
3. 53 超 Super Farm: Is It Weird That My Plants Have Special Skills? 超级农场：植物有点技能不正常？ Mu Tongxiao牧瞳霄Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Jiang Mu leased fifty mu of land and founded a landscaping company called Wanhua, specializing in growing roses. But to his utter surprise, something went wrong with the roses. There were only three days left before the city inspection. The rose-themed park was a major showcase project, but now it was completely ruined. Just as Jiang Mu was falling into despair... [Ding!] [System activating...] [Congratulations, Host! You have unlocked the Plant Seed Attribute System.] 681Reads5.5Score110Shelves
4. 54 废 Wasteland Contamination: Unlocking All Kinds of Pocket Monsters 废土污染，解锁各款小精灵 Zijin Sect, Who Loves Licorice Tea爱吃甘草茶的紫金宗Fantastical Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No romance + slice of life + character growth] Lin Chumo’s quiet, uneventful life is upended when she transmigrates. She arrives in a parallel world, Blue Star, five hundred years after the apocalypse. Humanity’s living space has been severely reduced. Mutated plants that grow and spread at a frenzied pace, and unusually aggressive mutated beasts that breed rapidly, have forced humans to evolve spiritual powers as well. Among those with spiritual powers, some cannot fight. Their gentle spir 5.8kReads8.3Score779Shelves

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   In this book, the protagonist raises many plant sprites, each with its own unique abilities.

5. 55 我 I’m Really Not a Plant Mage 我真不是植物魔法师 Lafayette of Rong County荣县的拉斐特Urban519k WordsOngoing I’m Lin Muyang, a graduate student in agricultural sciences. I wanted to benefit the world, but every spine on the cactus I bred turned into a tiny finger that flipped people off. My advisor came to check on my progress and got an earful right in the face. My little sister livestreamed it on Douyin, and gained two million followers overnight. Later, the Venus flytrap I grew started screaming whenever someone touched it. The tomatoes I grew exploded, but tasted even better afterward. The dragon f 9kReads7.7Score865Shelves

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   It's really funny and entertaining; I'm really looking forward to seeing what kind of weird and wonderful plants they can create.

6. 56 龙 The Dragon Cub’s Dao Companion Has a Space That Gives Me a Farming Boost 龙崽子道侣的空间是我种田的外挂 The Defense-Breaking Army破防大军Two Male Leads1.1M WordsOngoing First off, this is a story with two male leads, so make sure you don’t wander into the wrong book! Ma Yining hits a rough patch at work, quits, and heads home. Just as he leaves the building, an unidentified object hits him on the head. He nearly dies, and when he wakes up, he finds himself in a strange place with a cute little creature glaring at him, ready to kill! Zhu Fenye is a descendant of the Zhulong, the Torch Dragon. After his fiancée betrayed him, his cultivation fell, and he survived 2.2kReads8.2Score299Shelves

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   These books are quite good.

7. 57 修 A Cultivation Good-for-Nothing Transmigrates to the Stars: I Farm My Way to Madness 修真废柴穿星际：我靠种田鲨疯啦 Unlucky Bear Wants to Be Happy Every Day倒霉熊要天天开心吖Two Male Leads148k WordsCompleted [Two male leads! Two male leads! Two male leads! We’re saying it three times because it’s important!] [The worldbuilding is completely made up. Best read without overthinking it. Just have fun.] [One-on-one] [Detached, obsessive top, Pei Jinyang VS laid-back bottom who transmigrated twice, Su Huaizhou] Su Huaizhou had lived three lives, and finally found a world where he could shine! In his first life, he awakened a useless ability in the apocalypse: he could tell whether food was safe to ea 59Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 58 全 Godhood for All: There's Something Off About My Divine Realm 全民神祇：我的神域有点不对劲 Mumu Sees Changqing沐沐见长青Urban443k WordsOngoing [Godhood for All] [Farming] [Mutation] [No CP] [Multiple Cultivation Systems] [An Increasingly Unhinged Zoo] In the era of divine domains for all, everyone awakens their own divine domain in high school. Tang Shi awakens an A-rank talent: [A Wild, Chaotic Explosion of Growth]. Its effect is simple: the plants and animals in his divine domain mutate at random. The good news is, they might get stronger. The bad news is, they might grow in all the wrong ways. Luckily, he also has a special building 167.2kReads8.3Score23.6kShelves

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   This feels perfect; it's totally the sequel to Zootopia.

9. 59 岛 Island Lord's Daily Life: My Floating Island Is One of a Kind 岛主日常：我的浮岛与众不同 The Sky-Swallowing Beast of Qingming Hall清明殿的吞天兽Modern Romance170k WordsOngoing [A Brand-New World] + [Golden Finger] + [Plants] + [Superpowers]!!! [The protagonist has her own little team] [The female lead isn't good at fighting. Her focus is on everyday life, the story is slow-paced, and it includes slice-of-life scenes.] [There is no fixed male lead. She gets together with someone if she likes him, and they split up if she stops liking him.] Liu An transmigrates to a new world where people can condense a core, create a floating island, and become island lords. Island lor 138Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The entire background of this book is about creating and developing plants for a living, and the protagonist has an island to grow the plants he created.

10. 60 灵 Immortal Farming: I Cultivate the Dao Through Planting and Gain an Invincible Immortal Path 灵农修仙：种植悟道，获无敌仙途 Deep Blue 1024深蓝1024Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted Because of the 996 grind, Li Yixuan transmigrates to another world and becomes a spiritual farmer in Lingze Market, in the Southern Wilderness. While harvesting spirit plants, he accidentally discovers that he can gain insights when they ripen. From then on, Li Yixuan sets off on a fast track to cultivation through farming. The hundred arts of cultivation all begin with spirit plants. Five-element spiritual roots follow the ways of nature and are best suited to growing spirit plants. This is a w 13.2kReads8.1Score968Shelves
11. 61 修 Cultivating Immortality: Everyone's Fighting to Snatch the Spirit Plants I Grow 修仙，我种的灵植被疯抢 Salty One Moment, Sweet the Next闲来咸去Fantastical Romance579k WordsOngoing (Just got its rating, and it’ll go up from here) With one blink, Ji He transmigrated from the apocalypse to the cultivation world, becoming Xia He, a disciple of the Lingxiao Sect. She was once the only daughter of an elder and a prodigy blessed by heaven. Now she’s a fake heiress with a ruined core and crippled spiritual meridians. Not only was all her property confiscated, she was also sent to the sect’s outer grounds to grow spiritual plants in the Herb Garden, which was basically a death sen 70.2kReads9.1Score9.9kShelves

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    This is a good read, very relaxing and stress-relieving. There aren't many complicated relationships or villains. It's currently updated to over a hundred chapters. The ability to communicate with plants is very interesting, and there's also a very cute Mimi. Do you have any similar novel recommendations if you're experiencing a reading slump?

12. 62 圣 Saintess, Your Cultivation Partner Has Gone Off to Farm Again! 圣女大人，你的炉鼎又去种田啦！ Wind Carries Sorrow风挽忧Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted Lin Mu transmigrates to the Tianyang Continent and binds himself to the “Farming with Tags System”! He also gains the heaven-defying tag [Heaven Rewards Diligence]. [Heaven Rewards Diligence: Your hard work is guaranteed to pay off. Whenever you devote yourself wholeheartedly to farming-related labor, every hour of work permanently boosts you by 0.1% in every aspect.] He plans to find somewhere quiet and farm in peace, but a passing demoness discovers that he has a special constitution. To survi 53.8kReads7.6Score7kShelves

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    This is quite funny. It blends spiritual plants, acacia flowers, cultivation entries, and a storyline involving both good and evil, with the male and female leads constantly creating tales of an old married couple. Because the male lead's adventures are emphasized, it avoids the constant portrayal of him as a bullied and abused lowly character, saving reading time and making the experience much more enjoyable. The story progresses smoothly, with different plot lines intertwined, maintaining a serious tone amidst the humor. While there is fighting and killing in the cultivation battles, it's not particularly bloody; killings are usually over in just a few moves. Therefore, the focus is on spiritual plants rather than cultivation techniques and fortuitous encounters. It's quite novel.

13. 63 我 I Choose to Farm in a Supernatural World 我在超凡世界选择种田 Ma Dingling, Who Loves Meat爱吃肉的吗丁啉Urban1.8M WordsCompleted A true farming novel, and I'm confident about it. [Farming + infrastructure building + adorable pets + wild imagination + funny everyday life + getting rich and leading the way + multiple heroines] No System, not a formulaic story. An alternate world. In this extraordinary world, there are only three paths to power: be born exceptionally talented, have a fortune to your name, or risk your life and grind yourself to the bone. Unfortunately, Lin Qingye has none of the three. His talent is rated F, 11.2kReads8.2Score1.4kShelves

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    This one definitely meets the criteria.

14. 64 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 → 6kReads7.5Score385Shelves

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    Develop spiritual fields, plant millet, brew spiritual wine; establish workshops, open markets, and run schools! No system, no female lead, just a survival-oriented path. A story of infrastructure building, farming, and scientific cultivation. 700 Chapters and still no sign of leaving the starting village...

15. 65 狗 You Really Believe Foxtail Grass Can Improve Your Eyesight? 狗尾巴草能明目，你当真了？ Bird Beneath the Trees林下鸟Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Urban farming + agriculture + Chinese medicine + daily life] A clickbait account claims that foxtail grass improves eyesight, and Li Xu scoffs. Who would believe an article written just to grab attention? By accident, he waters some foxtail grass on the mountain. [Eyesight +1] [Taste +1] Well, it really does improve eyesight, and it tastes pretty good too. Word spreads, and more and more people come to see for themselves. At his wits' end, Li Xu waves them off again and again. “It's all nonsens 2.9kReads7.8Score155Shelves

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    A relaxing and enjoyable read; currently, there is no female lead.

16. 66 御 Beast Taming: History's Greatest Beast Breeder 御兽：史上最强培育家 Mushroom Person蘑菇人Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Before this novel's review, it was titled Beast Taming: The Strongest Breeder in History. A breeder-focused story, with one person rewriting the world.] [Beast Taming] [Spirit Pets] [Spirit Beast Evolution] [Breeders] The Sun Godbird that changes the heavens, the Sky-Rending Silver Butterfly that tears through space, the Auspicious Cloud Dragon that soars through the clouds... This is a world of Beast Tamers. The mighty can reshape the heavens and earth, pluck stars, and seize the moon. With hi 40.7kReads9.0Score4.1kShelves

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    Although the name is a bit... Well, that doesn't detract from the fact that the content is really good. It's not just mindless fun; it actually requires some thought 😳😳 and is very imaginative 🥰🥰 No romantic pairing. You'll see what I mean when you read it 🤭🤭

17. 67 丰 Lord of Abundance 丰饶之主 Fish Farmer of the North Sea北海养鱼佬Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsCompleted [Evil God LitRPG + Lord + Fourth Calamity] Kun, the second son of a noble house, inherits a dangerous territory on the kingdom's border. Armed with the Six-Horned Mark of Abundance and chosen by the God of Abundance, the new lord has no choice but to make his own way. He leads the people of two worlds as they start from scratch, clear the wilderness, cultivate fertile fields, grow high-yield crops, tame magical beasts, and build the perfect territory of their dreams. The first horn of abundance: 18.1kReads8.5Score2.4kShelves
18. 68 我 Growing Fruit Among the Stars 我在星际种水果 I'll Grow Tomatoes and Raise You种番茄养你Modern Romance545k WordsCompleted [Interstellar] [Farming] [Livestream] [Gourmet] Bai Yu, who came from the apocalypse, woke up to find herself transmigrated into the body of a pitiful girl whose parents had died in battle and who had been cut off and thrown out by her uncle’s family. She thought she’d gotten the worst possible start, but it turned out she was a wealthy heiress with a private planet. Just as she was planning to develop the planet, she realized things were even worse than she thought: she had no money in her acco 5.5kReads8.8Score447Shelves

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    The first book features a female protagonist who transmigrates to an interstellar era lacking vegetables and fruits, where she uses her supernatural abilities to cultivate a wide variety of produce on her planet. The second book introduces a female protagonist who, after transmigrating to interstellar space, acquires a flower-growing system. Through cultivating flowers, she earns points while simultaneously helping interstellar orcs. The third book follows a botany student who transmigrates from a post-apocalyptic world to interstellar space and achieves financial freedom through flower cultivation. The fourth book tells the story of an agricultural college student who accidentally transmigrates to interstellar space, cultivates vegetables, develops new varieties, and embarks on a journey of trading between Earth and an interstellar empire.

19. 69 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Started Growing Flowers in the Interstellar World 穿越后，我在星际世界种花 A Big Yang一只大烊Sci-Fi & Apocalypse538k WordsCompleted Shi Yin was a recent college graduate just starting her career. Her dream was to own a greenhouse of her own, but just after buying a little house in the suburbs, she was hit by a car and killed. “What? You're saying this entire planet can become my greenhouse?” “Yes. My mistake at work caused your death, so to make it up to you, I've decided to grant your wish and give you a special little gift too. I hope you'll be happy with it.” Shi Yin never expected to turn misfortune into good fortune. Af 495Reads7.5Score101Shelves
20. 70 我 I Grow Flowers in the Interstellar Era 我在星际种花 Outrageous Little Sapling离谱的小树苗Modern Romance419k WordsOngoing Li Zhiyun, a botany PhD struggling to survive in the apocalypse, transmigrates to the interstellar age and becomes a pitiful girl on Tianyu Star. She has a genetic disease, lost both her parents, and was kicked out of her home by her relatives. To make ends meet, Li Zhiyun can only rely on her knowledge and special abilities from Blue Star to start growing flowers: roses, daffodils, freesias, begonias, jasmine, dahlias... By cultivating flowers, she achieves financial freedom among the stars. Te 162Reads7.2Score133Shelves
21. 71 穿 I Transmigrated to an Interstellar Beast World and Conquered the Powerful by Farming 穿越星际兽世，我靠种地征服大佬 The Moonlight Is Deep月色浓重Modern Romance395k WordsOngoing Lin Qu unexpectedly transmigrates to an interstellar empire and takes over a restaurant run by beastfolk. In the interstellar age, plants have gone extinct, so the restaurant can only make dishes from ingredients like crystal and diamonds. Business is terrible? Using seeds from Earth that came with her, she grows potatoes, cabbages, wheat, rice, and more in the restaurant’s backyard... Not making enough money? She uses the plants she harvests to turn the restaurant into a roaring success, openin —Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 72 我 I Get Rich Farming by Collecting Trash from Other Worlds! 我靠捡异界垃圾，种田暴富了！ Silver Terrace and Golden Palace银台金阙Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Farming] [Business] [Food] [Rural Prosperity] [Live-in Son-in-Law] After quitting her job and returning to her hometown, Xu Shenyi picked up a trash can by the lake, planning to recycle it. She never expected to find a portal that transported discarded goods from another world! In the middle of the night, the trash can glows and spits out "garbage." [Low-Grade Spirit Tea Stems]: Scraps that even livestock wouldn't touch. She brews them into tea, and night owls who drink it feel refreshed and 19.6kReads8.7Score2.9kShelves

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    This one is pretty good. The theme is quite novel. Actually, I mainly liked it because of the male lead marrying into the family. \( ͯω ͯ)/

23. 73 快 Quick Transmigration: Getting Rich Through Farming 快穿之靠着种田暴富 A Star-Loving Darling喜欢星的宝贝Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Quick transmigration, farming, an ordinary life, no fixed CP) Gu Tiantian was a nobody who had lived through three years of the apocalypse. While out gathering food with a group, she was surrounded by zombies and pushed into the horde by someone. She thought she was going to die, but in the final moments of her life, her soul was bound to a rookie quick-transmigration System. It promised to take her to three thousand small worlds, where she could live an ordinary life in each one. And so Gu Tia 1.7kReads8.9Score116Shelves

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    Farming!!!

24. 74 御 Beast Taming: Oh No, My Beast-Taming Ring Is Only Half There 御兽：坏了，我的御兽环只有一半 It's Luoluo, Not Luoluo是洛洛不是落落Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing (The rating just came out. It’ll go up later.) [Everyone raises beasts + wild imagination + no romance + strong female lead + genius protagonist + evolution + a touch of ensemble cast + everyone’s favorite + everyday life + slow burn] The Azure Star Domain is a world where everyone raises beasts. Lin Luoluo is a genius who awakened her powers on her own. But something went wrong during the awakening process. Everyone else’s Beast-Taming Ring is a perfect circle. She, on the other hand, awak 12.2kReads8.6Score1.8kShelves

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    This is a great book! It's a female-oriented beast-taming novel with no romantic pairing. The female lead is smart and cute, and her girlfriends are wonderful too. It's a small ensemble piece. Highly recommend it! [Admiring][Admiring][Admiring]

25. 75 原 Genshin Impact: I’m a Local Adeptus in Liyue, but My Group Chat Friends Are Stars 原神：在璃月当地仙，群友却是星 Salty Fish Husky咸鱼哈士奇Anime Fanfiction438k WordsOngoing Genshin Impact + Star Rail + Anime Crossover + Righting Regrets + Earth Immortal + Farming Lu Chen accidentally transmigrated to Teyvat, landing in Liyue with an Earth Immortal inheritance in tow. Just as he was planning to settle down, grow crops, and eventually live as an Earth Immortal in Teyvat, a chat group invitation suddenly appeared before his eyes. Stellaron Gremlin: A new member! Post a selfie, newbie. Anyone got a nice trash can to give them? Cameraman: Don't be scared, newbie. We're 121.2kReads8.6Score15.8kShelves
26. 76 精 Pokemon: Farm Life Is Still the Best 精灵：还是农场好 Flashlight at Dawn黎明的手电筒Anime Fanfiction758k WordsOngoing [Just received a rating, and it will keep rising] [Pokemon] [Pokemon] [Pokemon] [Farm Life] [Everyday Life] [Breeder] A boy raised on a farm went out to see the world, but after making a full circuit, realized the farm was still the best place to be. His greatest wish for now is to raise the strength of every Pokemon on the farm, eliminate divisions that leave some on the sidelines, and give the Pokemon more time of their own to do what they enjoy. To earn more resources for the Pokemon, he wo 19kReads6.8Score1.9kShelves

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    This, farm breeder

27. 77 全 After the Global Apocalypse, I Awakened an Affinity for Nature 全球末日后我觉醒了自然亲和 Wanting to Become a High Priest想要成为大祭司Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted [Spiritual qi revival + apocalypse + farming + daily life + female-audience danmei with two male leads] On an ordinary day, the world begins evolving on a global scale. Humanity is so insignificant in the face of nature, and one apocalyptic disaster after another strikes. To survive, should people unite or turn against each other? That is the choice humanity must face. Towering plants blot out the sky, animals awaken their bloodlines, and eerie beings watch the world from the shadows. The age of 1.6kReads8.7Score144Shelves

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    This book is really good, but it has two male leads [shy emoji].

28. 78 植 Plant Zombies: Lord of National Destiny 植僵国运领主 Distant Galaxy遥远星系Urban1.5M WordsCompleted One contestant from each country is randomly chosen and bound to it, then sent into a realm for a battle royale. The countries behind the contestants can gain anything they can imagine through their chosen players. Average lifespan, physical fitness, natural resources, cutting-edge technology… Jiang Lianshan is bound to his country's fate and dragged into the realm, where wave after wave of monsters await him. At the brink of life and death, Jiang Lianshan calmly hefts his shovel. “Don't rush. L 1.3kReads9.0Score169Shelves

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    Two agricultural science graduate students transmigrate into the body of Cao Cao's daughter. While her father conquers territories, she works behind the scenes to improve crop varieties and research ways to increase grain yields. Father and daughter team up, becoming invincible.

29. 79 穿 Transmigrated as Cao Cao's Daughter: From Farming to Empress 穿成曹操女儿，从种地到女帝 The Classic of Mountain Journeys山游经Female-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted Cao Sui, a graduate student in agricultural science, has just finished slogging through her thesis when she jolts awake and opens her eyes to a woman gazing at her with tender affection. After spending over half a year recovering in bed, she finally gets up and learns that her father has gone off to fight the Yellow Turbans. The Yellow Turbans? What a historically specific term. Cao Sui is devastated. Why on earth did she have to end up in the Three Kingdoms? With disasters and war stacked aga 12kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves
30. 80 素 The Little Mute Immortal of Sufang Valley: A Record of Farming Life 素芳谷小哑仙种田实录 Jin Tu Nan今图南Ancient Romance602k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + farming + foraging in the mountains + no golden finger + slice of life + plot-driven + slow progression + male lead disguises himself as a woman] She transmigrates into a book as a cannon-fodder sidekick to the invincible female protagonist, and she's a little mute who will be killed off before long. That isn't even the worst part. In a world where everyone cultivates immortality, she has a mixed four-element spiritual root and can barely manage to gather qi into her 376Reads8.5Score104Shelves

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    The first book is spot-on; if you like fast-paced, action-packed stories, you can check out the second one—it has an incredibly powerful cheat system.

31. 81 女 The Female Cultivator Farms, and Cards Help Her Ascend to Immortality 女修种田，卡牌助我成仙 Cicada Beneath the Leaves叶底蝉Ancient Romance548k WordsOngoing Modern-day Earth girl Yuan Jiangli is crushed in a loving embrace by a dump truck and transmigrates to the world of cultivation. With a farming card-game golden finger, she gradually builds her fortune and rises to the pinnacle of female cultivators. Content warning: Some readers may think the protagonist's cheat is overpowered. Sorry, I just love feel-good power fantasies, and I like seeing the protagonist treated well. Around Chapter 220, the protagonist finally takes off and enters the duct- 542Reads6.2Score—Shelves
32. 82 筛 Selecting Humanity 筛选人类 A Glance and a Hop回眸一跳Sci-Fi & Apocalypse413k WordsCompleted Hardcore sci-fi, rated 9+ [Hardcore sci-fi, future technology, genetic warfare, high-IQ strategies, a fresh premise, tech-focused, not a power fantasy] This is a novel that will leave you feeling a chill run down your spine. It depicts a form of warfare most people have never considered: genetic agricultural warfare. Drawing on rigorous agricultural science, it builds an apocalyptic scenario that feels chillingly real. The enemy’s weapon might be nothing more than an ordinary weed growing by a f 10.3kReads8.2Score1.4kShelves

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    I recommend this chilling novel, *Selecting Humans*. It tells a story of warfare I'd never imagined: seed warfare. This reminded me of the recent spy theft of parent seeds—did the author base this on some kind of deduction? The author uses solid agricultural science knowledge to construct a possible apocalyptic scenario. Most strikingly, the author doesn't just write wildly imaginative stories; every genetic technology described in the book might already be a reality, either now or in the future. After reading it, I was chilled to the bone—could the author be the protagonist himself?

33. 83 全 Global Cataclysm: My Tower Defense Survival Log 全球灾变：我的塔防生存日志 Duo Baisheng夺百声Sports1.9M WordsOngoing [Day 1 of the Cataclysm, Autumn] I awakened a talent, though it came at a steep price. I survived. [Day 18 of the Cataclysm, Autumn] An ally from the Flowing Rocklands sent us a catch of fish. I planted even stranger crops. [Day 45 of the Cataclysm, Winter] The ice and snow brought an energy vacuum. Howling winds and snow monsters rampage outside, but if we hold this cave, we can survive. [Day 77 of the Cataclysm, Winter] Kyle set out to return to his family, while Zhang Wenbin and Murphy headed 7.9kReads7.0Score676Shelves

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    Planting Western fantasy, slow-burn, no romance, and not exciting.

34. 84 你 You and Your Social Anxiety Sanctuary 你，和你的社恐庇护所 Duo Baisheng夺百声Eastern Fantasy62k WordsOngoing [Slow burn, no romance, heartwarming, farming, management, Western fantasy, Fourth Calamity interactions, slice of life] You are socially anxious. You've inherited a dilapidated little cabin on the edge of a misty forest. The cabin is drafty, the fence has fallen down, and the field is overgrown with weeds. Its only upside is that there isn't a neighbor for five miles in any direction. Today is your first day here. You check your belongings: A pot with a hole in it A blunt axe Three pieces of ha 62Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 85 灵 Spiritual Qi Revival? Plants and Animals Have All Mutated 灵气复苏？动植物都变异了 A 360-Month-Old Baby三百六十个月的宝宝Urban570k WordsCompleted Yan Jun's father was bitten by an unknown insect back in his hometown, so Yan Jun had to return to take care of him. While staying at home, he never expected that he would discover he could sense mutated animals and plants... 1.1kReads6.7Score102Shelves

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    The protagonist has a cheat ability that allows him to find mutated plants and animals and cultivate them at home.

36. 86 我 I Became a Billionaire with Jianying: Everyone in My Village Is Worth Ten Billion 我靠剪映成首富：全村人均一百亿 Cloud Letters on Paper笺上云书Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Farming to Build Wealth + Developing the Village + Transforming His Hometown] Xu Guan is framed and faces a prison sentence, but then he gains the ability to modify the genes of plants and animals. First, he grows fast-maturing vegetables, making quick money and helping the villagers escape poverty. Then he raises fast-growing fish, complaining when they gain less than a hundred pounds in a year. He plants coconut trees in the temperate zone, bringing tropical scenery to the borderlands. His he 650Reads7.2Score111Shelves

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    The first book was a bit disappointing, the second one was good.

37. 87 全 The Whole Interstellar Empire Wants My Elf Garden 全星际都馋我的精灵园 Delicious Wonton Wrappers好吃的云吞皮Modern Romance170k WordsOngoing [Lord + feel-good story + infrastructure building + decisive and ruthless + farming + plant sprites + slightly sweet-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside heroine + no romance] A sudden windfall brought Xu Qinghuan's memories of her past life back. So she'd transmigrated! The golden finger Plant Sprite Cultivation System, which was over a decade late, finally arrived. Luckily, she'd gotten a lord's token, so she could finally be in charge. It seemed like everything was starting to go well. The plan 39Reads—Score102Shelves

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    I've recently discovered a promising new book! There are so few books about plant fairies; I love this genre! Please update more often, author! I'm so happy for you to write this! This book is great; the fairies are so cute! The author seems to be new, but the writing isn't awkward at all. Highly recommended! I've seen many books that stop updating towards the end, but this author is currently updating two chapters a day, which is quite consistent.

38. 88 诡 The Eerie Grafting Master 诡异嫁接师 A Glance and a Hop回眸一跳Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [A fresh new concept, you won’t regret backing it!] [Superpowers] [Blood-red aesthetic] [Smart high martial arts] A sea of horrors appeared from the void. Countless strange creatures set their sights on Blue Star, the planet inhabited by humanity, and swam through the space around it. As humanity struggled against these creatures, some people began to awaken psychic powers. Jiang Hui, a flower shop owner obsessed with cultivating and grafting plants, continued to use his powers for grafting afte 836Reads7.5Score100Shelves

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    In his search for his parents, the protagonist joins a folk organization known as a grafting master. He is a wood-elemental cultivator and grows many adorable, strange plants.

39. 89 重 Reborn in the Famine of 1960: I Have a Spirit-Filled Pocket World 重生60灾荒年，我有灵田小世界 God and Autumn神与秋Urban680k WordsCompleted [Reborn in the 1960s + pocket dimension] [Farming + hunting + spirit beasts + building wealth + extraordinary longevity] In his previous life, Li Qiu was all alone. Now he was reborn in the years of famine. Li Qiu was only sixteen. When he woke, he faced not the care of his family, but abandonment by his brother and sister-in-law. Hunger, thirst, illness, drought, and cold... came one after another. A frail young man, living alone in a thatched hut by the mountain, isolated and forgotten by the 7.4kReads7.4Score448Shelves

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    In this small world, the protagonist cultivates crops, nurtures spiritual plants, upgrades spiritual beasts, and achieves invincibility and immortality.

40. 90 植 The Little Plant Sprite Takes the Internet by Storm with Her Gardening 植物小精灵，靠种植爆火全网 Lu Lela鹿了了Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Farming + interstellar + elves + business management + livestreaming] Si Yao, a max-level wood-type ability user in the apocalypse, dies unexpectedly. When she wakes up, she has transmigrated to the interstellar era, where she is now a good-for-nothing with E-grade mental power. In this interstellar age, where planters hold a lofty status, E-grade mental power means there is absolutely no chance of becoming a planter. She will only be abandoned by her family. Just as Si Yao arrives, her family 10.5kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves

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    Are there any similar ones with lots of magical plant sprites?

41. 91 长 Cultivating Immortality for Longevity: Seeking the Dao in the Great Thousand World Is No Match for Steady Farming 长生修仙：寻道大千不如稳健种田 Sunshine in Winter冬日有阳光Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted Everyday farming + longevity + cautious cultivation + alchemy + System + spirit beasts + no heroine He meets a benefactor, enters Danyang, and sets his heart on the boundless light of the Immortal Dao. His spiritual roots are poor and his resources scarce, so he’s unlikely to make it past the Qi Refining stage in his lifetime. So he trains his body, endures hardship, and grinds away despite the struggle. His benefactor dies, his backing is gone, and he’s expelled from the inner sect, left in a m 13.1kReads7.5Score1.2kShelves

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    This book is good, although the rating isn't high. 1. The male protagonist is consistently steady, taking each step with ease and composure, without dramatic ups and downs, but rather a slow and steady flow. 2. Most importantly, there's no female lead. 3. The male protagonist focuses on peaceful farming, emphasizing Daoist enlightenment and relationships, and the book isn't too long. 4. Besides farming, the male protagonist is skilled in alchemy, weapon crafting, talisman making, array formation, and brewing wine, yet he doesn't rely on these skills and doesn't become a laborer using them for a living.

42. 92 修 The Daily Farming Life of a Native in the Cultivation World 修仙界原住民种田日常 Li on a Branch枝头李Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [The protagonist has no System and is not from another world or a book. She is a native of a cultivation world, exceptionally gifted at farming. This is not an invincible power fantasy, but a slice-of-life story!] [Blurb One] The Li family of Peach Blossom Village is a farming clan. Li Xi has finally turned ten and received her first plot of spirit farmland. She spends the first year getting some simple practice, growing spirit rice and raising spirit fish, while also helping the villagers solve 1.5kReads8.6Score166Shelves

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    This fits quite well.

43. 93 直 Developing Mutant Plants Live, Scaring the Entire Nation 直播研发变异植物，吓坏全国网友 A Cup of Jade in the Snow雪中送杯碧Urban411k WordsCompleted [Livestreaming + Absurdity + Mutant Plants + Research Maniac + Feel-Good Power Fantasy] Chen Fengshou transmigrates to a parallel world. A dropout from an agricultural college, he is publicly scolded by his adviser for “reading too much science fiction.” To prove himself, he mixes up a photosynthesis-boosting microbial agent by hand using a mineral water bottle! He starts a livestream and holds the bottle of green liquid up to the camera: “Welcome to the live demonstration that will revolutioniz 1kReads—Score101Shelves

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    Very interesting! The comic book adaptation of the first book is the later one; I recommend watching the comic book series—it's hilarious and funny! [Laughing][thumbs up]

44. 94 穿 Transmigrated into a Pitiful Girl in the 1960s, She Uses Her Wood Powers to Grow Crops 穿成六零小可怜，木系异能搞种植 Zhou Bei洲北Modern Romance884k WordsCompleted Lin Qi came from the apocalypse to the 1960s and entered the body of a simple-minded girl who had starved to death. Even after half a year, she still couldn’t fully control a body that wasn’t originally hers. Her movements were slow, she had trouble speaking, and her eyes were often vacant and unfocused… So people outside started saying: The Lin family’s third child isn’t crazy anymore, but she’s become mentally disabled. Either way, she was still a fool. The fool Lin Qi became a stumbling block 11.2kReads8.8Score1kShelves

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    It's a great read; it's rare to find a farming novel that you can finish in one go.

45. 95 我EN My Steady Farming Path to Immortality 我的种田流修仙太稳健了 Blue and White青白Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsCompleted [Slice-of-life farming + steady cultivation + no female lead, multiple dao companions + System + hoarding hamster] While fellow prodigies from my sect are blinded by greed and slaughter each other over opportunities in secret realms, I have been watering my radishes with spirit spring water in the spirit fields for three hundred years. While demonic cultivator overlords blood-sacrifice a million cultivators, I am using demon-binding ropes made from immortal vines to build a fence around my spiri 95.2kReads8.3Score10.8kShelves

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    The ones that are currently the best are not worth elaborating on; just take a look.

46. 96 断 After Cutting Ties with My Family, I Took the Internet by Storm Growing Spirit Fruits 断亲后，我靠种灵果火爆全网 Here Comes Laimi来米啦Modern Romance542k WordsCompleted Ning Meng wakes up one day to find herself in a fantasy world, in the body of an unmarried woman with the same name. She opens her eyes and is immediately stunned to discover she's a mother. The father is unknown, and her awful family leeches off her while blaming her for being useless. They claim the money she gives them is being saved for her, but when she needs it, they refuse to give her a penny. Fine, then. She'll cut ties with them! She'll have the baby and experience true family love 6.2kReads9.0Score664Shelves

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    Ning Meng transmigrated to a parallel world, only to find herself bewildered as a mother with an unknown father and toxic family members who leech off her. Severing ties with her family! Luckily, she knows how to grow spiritual fruits and make spiritual tea, allowing her to open an online store to earn money, buy a house, and raise her child.

47. 97 生 Survival Game: The Plants in My Home Are a Little Overbearing 生存游戏：我家的植物有点强势 Flying Snow Meow飞雪喵Sports695k WordsCompleted [Survival Game] [Slice of Life] [No CP / No Romance] [World-Building] [Pets] [Farming] [Protected by a powerful snake master; the plants and animals he raises are all thoughtful companions; the protagonist is doted on by everyone (adults can be pampered too)] The survival game begins. Ye Yu is an ordinary adult human player. He gets the plant-modification skill from the start, so naturally he chooses the farming profession. He assumes modified plants will simply increase his yield and income... 1.4kReads8.7Score151Shelves

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    It's alright.

48. 98 被 Driven from My Ancestral Home, I Feast with My Family 被逼出祖宅我带家人大鱼大肉 Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Historical1.3M WordsCompleted Li Yongsheng wakes from a deep sleep to discover that he has transmigrated. Still dazed, he hears people arguing. His uncle, a scholar who had passed the first imperial exam, stole someone's jade pendant and was confronted over it. The family hurriedly held a discussion and made Li Yongsheng's honest, simple father take the blame. His mother was utterly unwilling, but she couldn't withstand the barrage of pressure. Fortunately, after the pendant was returned, the other party didn't pursue the ma 10.4kReads8.7Score871Shelves

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    This was fantastic and highly recommended!!

49. 99 抗 God of Slaughter on the Taihang Mountains During the War of Resistance 抗战之太行杀神 Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Urban1.1M WordsCompleted If you transmigrate to 1937, what's the first thing you'd want to do? Kill the Japanese invaders? No, fill your stomach first. Qin Yu struggles to survive with his younger sister. By chance, he gets his hands on a few guns. He learns to shoot, takes revenge, and kills collaborators and Japanese invaders. No System, no pocket dimension, no special forces experience. The only thing buried deep in his bones is his hatred of the Japanese, and the only skill he can boast of is his accuracy at shootin 11.8kReads8.8Score875Shelves
50. 100 抗 Guerrilla Warfare in the Yimeng Mountains During the War Against Japan 抗日之我在沂蒙山区打游击 Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Chen Feng is an auxiliary instructor with the country's Yanlong Unit. While carrying out a solo mission in northern Myanmar, he falls into a trap, and the villa complex where he is stationed is blown to pieces. By chance, he transmigrates back to his hometown in Shandong in 1937. As the autumn wind blows, he knows the Japanese will arrive in just a few months. Since he's here, he might as well make the best of it. He gathers a group of brothers and prepares for the enemy's arrival. He has to do 6.5kReads8.9Score408Shelves

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