Looking for a Calm, Immortal Life 求一本长生不老，平平淡淡的

1. 1 大 The Great Dao Dies, but I Live On; Even as Spiritual Energy Dries Up, I Remain Evergreen 大道死而我不死，灵气枯竭我长青 Principal Typhoon台风校长Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted [Immortality + no System + not a power fantasy + fictional setting + slow-paced] [The story mainly follows the protagonist as he travels and witnesses the changes after spiritual energy dries up.] Have you seen an age of prosperity, when spiritual energy was abundant, countless races rose to prominence, and geniuses shone like stars in the sky? But have you ever lived through an era when spiritual energy ran dry, all magic withered, and the Great Dao died? Have you seen a vast immortal dynasty g 39.3kReads8.9Score3.4kShelves

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   This book feels quite bland, but only if you have the patience to read it. The ending feels a bit unsettling. At least it makes me feel a little normal, but also a bit regretful. I hope you have the patience to read it.

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 21kReads8.1Score1.5kShelves

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   This book is about cultivating farmers and cultivating immortals. It is more about ordinary daily life, with self-created skills. The content is very interesting.

3. 3 开 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 807.1kReads9.7Score95.7kShelves

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   "The System Gives Me Immortality, Only by Living Can I Be Invincible" - a wonderful introduction to the world of fairy tales. The protagonist travels through time, holds the longevity system in his hand, and uses the word "gou" as a tactic to save his life. The road to immortality is long, and all the techniques and weapons are there, the realm is clear, and the system is rigorous and unbiased. Funny and serious are intertwined into a picture. Between life and death, the protagonist's wisdom is like a star. With eternal life as your companion, you can travel to the end of the world step by step, live invincibly, and laugh at the wind and clouds without limit. If you yearn for the fantasy and humor of cultivating immortals, hold this book in your hands, watch the wind and clouds with a smile, and live forever.

4. 4 永 I, Immortal, Shine with Radiance 永生的我昱耀生光 Lin Yuan, Who Likes Little Mouth Fish喜欢小嘴鱼的林渊Historical133k WordsOngoing [Immortality] + [Only I Have the Dao] + [No System] + [No Female Lead] + [Cultivation] A lighthearted immortality story with no angst A cicada sheds its skin once a year; a person sheds theirs once a century. Immortals are deathless and eternal, blending with life and death. Sun Weirui reincarnates once every hundred years, from youth to old age and back again. Alone, she witnesses every era and shapes it too, from ordinary to great, then from great back to ordinary. She records the era, its fle 2.5kReads—Score303Shelves

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   This should be okay

5. 5 我 I Never Meant to Stir Up Trouble, But Trouble Found Its Way to Me 我本无意惹红尘，奈何红尘入我世 A Long Night Changes the Heart久夜易心Eastern Fantasy145k WordsOngoing [Immortality + no System + taking disciples + lighthearted comedy, no heartbreak] “After transmigrating, I became immortal, but my retirement plans went completely out the window. I wanted to settle down at Plum Blossom Manor, but people kept knocking on my door: Villagers from the mountains: “Immortal, please save us!” A secret agent from the imperial court sneered: “You've lived for three hundred years? You must be a demon from the previous dynasty!” My young disciple looked up at me and asked 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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   What is longevity? Watching the people around you leave is a sign of eternal life. Plum Blossom Manor is too small to contain foreign souls. Later, the bamboo forest is full of plum blossoms, and only the owner of Dream Manor can enjoy them.

6. 6 长 After Gaining Eternal Life, I Just Want to Live in Peace 长生后，只想安静活着 Black and White Ink黑白的墨Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing Shi Xuan accidentally transmigrates to another world, a vast and boundless realm where immortals exist. Unfortunately, Shi Xuan turns out to be an ordinary mortal with no aptitude for cultivation. Many years later, the System activates by chance. It’s as if time has played a joke on him. One female lead. She leaves in Chapter 181. Slow burn, slow burn, slow burn. 25Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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   Very light, slow pace

7. 7 玄 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 157.5kReads9.6Score17.2kShelves

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   This book is an ordinary tour of rivers and lakes, one person, an ox and an erhu are walking in the rivers and lakes.

8. 8 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 Fantasy1.2M 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 79.9kReads6.6Score11.7kShelves

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   Ordinary, just practicing Taoism and cultivating immortality. [Sending Hearts]

9. 9 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 303Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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   Seek longevity and practice hard

10. 10 长 The Untold Story of an Immortal and His Fox Spirit Wife 长生与狐仙妻子不得不说的故事 Taixu Snow Moon太虚雪月Eastern Fantasy309k WordsCompleted [The cover features the heroine] [The story I have to tell about being immortal] I became immortal, and you want to divorce me. I'm so happy. I'm a fox spirit, and you're a mortal. I have to divorce you! Decades, centuries, millennia later... The two meet again... and stare at each other in silence. See the world's splendor and the cycles of countless lifetimes through the eyes of an immortal. 181Reads5.3Score—Shelves

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    The first sword of immortality🔪

11. 11 欲 Yearning for Immortality 欲求仙 Han Xidi寒兮帝Ancient Romance3.1M WordsOngoing Something seems off about this transmigration? If you transmigrate into the cultivation world as an utterly ordinary passerby, get a golden finger in the form of a useless panel from the start, get sold to a talisman shop owner to work, and nearly starve to death while in seclusion, is there any hope for a life like that? And does being abandoned count as having your parents sacrificed to the heavens? By the time Fang Mingliao finally reached the Golden Core stage, she realized that ninety-nine 17kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves

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    ① Real asceticism, in short, I admire it, not a cool novel, a golden finger is better than nothing, the heroine is a very perseverant person, the struggle of the low-level monks

12. 12 没 Cultivating Immortality Without a Golden Finger 没有金手指的修仙日子 Dancing Lightly in the Mortal World红尘轻舞Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Li Ling was a modern-day homebody. After she died, she took over another person's body and was reborn in a world of cultivation. Watch her keep her feet on the ground and work hard, step by step, to cultivate immortality. 918Reads8.9Score155Shelves
13. 13 万 Evergreen Through the Ages! 万古长青！ Lazy Sword Singer Who Doesn't Write剑歌懒懒不码字Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Mortal-style cultivation + Decisive and ruthless + Sharp-minded protagonist + Spiritual field farming] They say: sow melons and you’ll reap melons; sow beans and you’ll reap beans. If I sow the gods and demons of every heaven, can I reap eternal life? Gu Changqing is an ordinary mortal who enters the Dao with half a mu of immortal farmland. He ventures into immortal mountains, vies for immortal fortune, plants gods and demons, and proves the path to eternal life! 10.8kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves

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    This book is highly recommended. Mortals are super-burning, spiritual fields cultivate gods and demons for immortality, decisiveness and high IQ!

14. 14 历 Qi Refiners in the River of History 历史长河中的炼气士 Not That Sharp不是太剑Eastern Fantasy380k WordsOngoing He once witnessed the King of Qin unify the six states and the rise and fall of dynasties. He lived through Emperor Wu of Han’s campaigns against the Xiongnu, and the decree that any who offended the Han would be put to death. He heard of the elegant lives of the Wei, Jin, and Three Kingdoms eras, and the openness of the Zhenguan and Kaiyuan periods… He is a Qi Refining cultivator. Qi Refining cultivators breathe in vital energy to attain immortality. This is a tale of immortality through the ag 5.5kReads8.7Score328Shelves

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    The first 5 books are all ones I often read. They are quite good and you can take a look.

15. 15 我 In the Celestial Prison, Immortal and Undying 我在天牢，长生不死 Jie Jie戒界Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing [No System + invincible + wish-fulfillment novel + no female lead + fantasy] After Chen Guanlou obtains immortality, he secures a stable job as a prison guard in the imperial prison and begins spending his days slacking off at work. Throughout the long years, he watches them build towering mansions, then watches those mansions collapse. He watches them ascend to the imperial court today, only to become prisoners beneath the steps tomorrow. He watches their families enjoy wealth and honor, then w 344.4kReads8.7Score16.4kShelves
16. 16 我 I, the Immortal of the Ming Dynasty, Have Lived Through Sixteen Emperors 我，大明长生者，历经十六帝 Qing Hong青红Historical8.5M WordsOngoing [The first long-life novel set in the Ming Dynasty on the entire internet] Li Qing transmigrates to the early Ming Dynasty and, through a twist of fate, becomes a disciple of Zhang Landa. He lives a carefree life for years. In the fifteenth year of the Hongwu era, Empress Ma falls gravely ill, and by chance, Li Qing becomes her attending physician. From then on, Li Qing begins his journey through the Ming Dynasty. He experiences the bloodshed and turmoil of the Hongwu era and gets caught up in t 274.9kReads9.4Score24.5kShelves
17. 17 家 Clan Cultivation: Starting as an Elderly Ancestor 家族修仙：从暮年老祖开始 Brilliant Three Thousand Provinces璀璨三千州Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [No System, no female lead, no harem, no regaining youth, not a self-righteous saint, ancestral patriarch story, cruel and dark.] [The early story focuses on the protagonist; later, it shifts to a broad ensemble cast alongside the protagonist.] Reborn into a world of immortal cultivation, we see it through the eyes of a clan patriarch: a true cultivation world rife with deception and danger at every turn! From nurturing the next generation and developing the clan’s businesses to rivalries betwee 15kReads8.0Score1.3kShelves
18. 18 轮 Reincarnating to Live Forever: My Lifespan Limit Doubles Every Life 轮回长生，每活一世上限翻倍 Arowana in a Salt Jar盐罐里的龙鱼Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted [A comic adaptation of this novel is now available] A tale of longevity spanning several great eras, told from the perspective of an unconventional immortal who reincarnates again and again. The Martial Arts Era of the Declining Age, the Spiritual Qi Revival Era, the Era of Turmoil Among the Myriad Races... Xie Xun transmigrates to the declining age in a vast, boundless immortal cultivation world, becoming an unregistered citizen of the Heavenly Dao. He also awakens the Reincarnation System. As 19.8kReads8.6Score1.9kShelves
19. 19 龟 Tortoise, My Longevity Is Just a Bonus 龟龟我啊，长生只是顺带 Autumn in a Word一言秋Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Immortality + farming with exotic beasts + island management + maxed-out support skills + cautious survival + no female lead] When Mo An wakes up, he discovers that he has become a turtle. Fortunately, he isn’t an ordinary turtle, but a legendary Yin-Yang Longevity Turtle from the cultivation world: a turtle who has been immortal since birth, already standing at the end of every cultivator’s journey, with support abilities maxed out. * Innate Talent: Endless lifespan, immortality Divine Talents 15kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
20. 20 开 From the Start, I Had Eternal Life: Laying Low in the Mortal Realm Until I Ascended 开局长生，苟在下界吃土飞升 Core of Chaos混沌核心Eastern Fantasy3.1M 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 218.2kReads9.0Score15.3kShelves
21. 21 我 Achieving Transcendence Through Corpse Burning 我靠焚尸超凡入圣 Ye Tiannan夜天南Mystery2.7M WordsOngoing Since ancient times, people have believed the dead should be buried whole. Cremation is deeply disrespectful to the deceased, and only corpses that have undergone an uncanny transformation are burned. Those who cremate corpses are known as corpse burners. It is an extremely dangerous line of work. At midnight, one room, one corpse burner. Once the doors are shut and locked, if the corpse turns vicious, the corpse burner is as good as dead. Qin He makes his living this way at a canal wharf in the 77.9kReads9.2Score7.8kShelves
22. 22 开 From the Start, I Slay Cultivators Against All Odds and Build a Peak Immortal Clan 开局逆斩修士，我打造巅峰仙族 Dharma Name: True Water法号真水Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing [Ordinary cultivator's path] [Clan Cultivation] [Ensemble cast] [Farming] [No System] [Decisive and ruthless] [Characters aren't dumbed down] Li Xuan is reborn in the cultivation world as the son of a farming family. He spends fifteen years in a daze, only to find that he hasn't even caught a glimpse of the path to cultivation. After leaving home to escort goods for ten years, he plans to take his silver, marry, have children, and build up his family line. Who could have expected an injured cult 22.7kReads8.1Score1.7kShelves
23. 23 家 Clan Cultivation: I Ascend to Immortality Through My Descendants 家族修仙：我以子嗣登仙 Hardworking Bumblebee勤劳的大蜜蜂Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsOngoing [Family Saga + Farming and Development + No Goody-Two-Shoes + No Army-Spamming + Slow Burn + (Not for readers who dislike romance or prefer a female-free cast)] Chen Jing'an transmigrates into the world of the Immortal Dao and is born into a small Qi Refining immortal clan in Qinghe County. With mediocre aptitude, his prospects on the path to immortality are bleak. He thought he was destined to live an unremarkable life, but then he unexpectedly awakens the “Mother-and-Child Bell.” As long as he 85.4kReads8.8Score7.4kShelves
24. 24 重 Reborn with a Baby as My New Accessory 重生喜提奶娃挂件 White-Robed Mortal Life浮生白衣Eastern Fantasy174k WordsCompleted After dying suddenly and being reborn, he finds himself a hunter in a mountain village. Chen Mo has barely celebrated getting the “immortality” cheat when he discovers this body is a mixed blessing: his wounds heal quickly, but he feels twice the pain; he’ll stay young forever, but has to watch out for people who might cut him open to study him! And to make matters worse, he has to provide for five-year-old cutie Xiao Sui… 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is very bland.

25. 25 长 Longevity: I Make My Living Farming 长生之我在种田 Junjun Is So Shallow钧钧很肤浅Eastern Fantasy315k WordsCompleted Chen Ping’an, a transmigrator, knows all too well how cruel the world of cultivation can be. His golden finger is a simple interface that displays only his own status, especially his remaining lifespan. This interface serves as the guiding principle for everything he does. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Thank you for tasting it

26. 26 长 Immortality Begins as a Lowly Errand Disciple 长生从小杂役弟子开始 Junjun Is So Shallow钧钧很肤浅Eastern Fantasy390k WordsOngoing After working overtime for a whole month, corporate drone Lin Jun suddenly drops dead and transmigrates. When he wakes, he discovers he’s become a lowly servant disciple in a major cultivation sect, tasked with looking after the medicinal herb garden no one else wants. He also discovers he possesses an Immortal Dao Fruit. While everyone else is pursuing immortality, he’s already immortal, with abundant vitality and vigor. So he keeps a low profile and cultivates in the garden, while also learnin —Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 长 Immortal Life: Infinite Fusion, Becoming the Supreme Cursed Immortal 长生不死：无限融合，成无上诡仙 Go with the Flow随意发挥Eastern Fantasy201k WordsOngoing [Long life and farming, cautious cultivation] The protagonist is laid-back, and takes care to hide his immortality and other abilities. He's also interested in novel things and unusual ideas. [Plenty of inner thoughts, not completely brainless] The characters all have their own thoughts. The protagonist has plenty of inner monologue, making this a quirky power fantasy rather than a completely mindless one. [Immortal] Immortality from the start. No matter what happens, he can't die. It's the most 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Immortal, a bit bland

28. 28 万 The Way to Eternal Life: Stay Hidden and You’ll Have It All 万古长存之道，苟着应有尽有 Grow Up, Little Potato长大吧地豆Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing [Immortality + not a wish-fulfillment novel + everyday life + no female lead + no angst + lighthearted humor] The pace is on the slow side, so read with caution! An immortality story that views the world through the eyes of an immortal. It follows Ye Lantian as he leaves a small mountain village, crosses the continent and its borders, and steps into a grand new world. Ye Lantian transmigrates to the boundless cultivation world and awakens a System. It grants him nothing but immortality. Fortun 12Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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