Looking for Old-School Cultivation Stories: An Ordinary Mortal Who Works Hard to Cultivate, Not Someone Who Levels Up Every Few Chapters 求曾经那种凡人资质，辛苦修仙不要那种几张就升级

1. 101 我 My Mind Is Doing Great 我的精神棒棒哒 Mao Tiance猫天策Anime Fanfiction1.1M WordsOngoing [Volume One: Myriad Worlds]: Ever since the day the world began to change, Ye Changsheng, once an ordinary high school student, has embarked on a joyful journey, traveling through all kinds of worlds and living it up. [Volume Two: Cultivation]: After the battle against the Kunlun evil seed, everyone forgot the boy named Ye Changsheng. Only Sheng, a humble sesame-cake seller, gradually awakens in the vast cultivation world. An extraordinary Void Spirit Root, supreme aptitude. The Lingxuan Sect, t 22Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 102 有 Are There Immortals? I Want to Cultivate Immortality 有仙？修仙我要修仙 Chen Xin Never Tires of the Old陈新不厌旧Eastern Fantasy190k WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation + slow-paced + demonic cultivation + dark + gradual transformation] One day, Chen Ye transmigrates and becomes a beggar with a name so uncouth it makes your toes curl: Ergouzi. From the start, all he has is a ruined temple and a sniveling little tagalong he picked up. He planned to rely on his modern knowledge to scrape by and wait for death in peace, until he discovered that immortals really existed... From a street urchin, he slowly makes his way to the gates of the stern a 20Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 103 离 The Record of Seeking Immortality in Lize 离泽问仙录 An Hong安洪Eastern Fantasy421k WordsOngoing [Mortal's Journey] [No System] [No Cheats] If this isn't your thing, please don't read it. No bullying your own side, no betrayal between a young couple. If you like infighting within a clan, this isn't for you. If you like heroines who betray the protagonist, this isn't for you either. A sudden earthquake brings legendary cultivators to a remote town starved of spiritual energy. A calamity descends upon the town, but Yang Li survives and begins the difficult journey of seeking immortality and g 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This one's worth checking out. It's a mortal cultivation story, about a family, love, and loved ones. Talent is average, relying entirely on luck. Leveling up is difficult; the first fifty chapters are still at the first level of Body Tempering. There's no poison of family infighting or backstabbing, no disgusting betrayal from lovers; the only goal is to improve one's cultivation and reunite with one's wife.

4. 104 修 Immortal Cultivation: I Have a Heart for Refining Corpses 修仙，我有一个炼尸之心 Five-Fingered Green Mountain五指青山Eastern Fantasy350k WordsOngoing By a twist of fate, a young man joins a sect of immortal cultivators and steps into the mysterious, cruel world of cultivation. Just as he’s at a loss, he awakens the Heart of Corpse Refining. Not only does it grant him far greater vitality than ordinary people, it also lets his refined corpses advance in cultivation alongside him! 327Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is a slow-burn type; the cultivation level and strength improve step by step. It involves corpse refining and immortal cultivation, and the protagonist isn't a waste of time. It develops steadily. Welcome everyone to read! [Laughing]

5. 105 如 If My Swordsmanship Can’t Cut It, the Demon-Sealing Talisman Covers Room and Board 如若剑法遭不住，封魔贴里包吃住 Clear Breeze in a Turbid World浊世清风Urban2.2M WordsCompleted New book: My Emperor Armor, Revealed to the Campus Beauties. Updated regularly. [No-brainer power fantasy, decisive and ruthless, Emperor Armor, rapid growth, smooth sailing in the later stages, Emperor Realm guardians, two heroines] Because he failed to awaken a sword spirit, Leng Yang was nearly killed by his own father. At death’s door, memories from his previous life, dormant for eighteen years, resurfaced. Only then did Leng Yang discover that the spirit he had awakened was actually the Emp 8.8kReads8.9Score616Shelves

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6. 106 一 Heaven-Dominating Sword 一剑霸天 Eternal Night, Starry River永夜星河Eastern Fantasy9.6M WordsOngoing [A great author's alt account, one heroine, ruthless and decisive. Highly recommended!] Legend has it that there is a realm where one can pursue cause and effect, erasing every trace of an opponent across time and space with a mere sliver of divine power. One can command life and death, make countless worlds rise and fall with a single thought, and annihilate all living beings. One can stand level with the Heavenly Dao, harness the order of the universe, and rule supreme throughout eternity. Thi 341.8kReads9.2Score40.2kShelves
7. 107 开EN A Demon Heart at Birth: The Rise of an Unrivaled Monster 开局移植妖魔心脏，成为绝世凶物 Shacha Noodles沙茶面Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsCompleted (No System, multiple female leads, neither wholly good nor wholly evil) Fang Ling possesses a Chaos Sacred Body. From the moment he was born, various factions fought to seize him. His heart, right eye, and precious bone were successively cut out… After being passed from hand to hand, Fang Ling was left on the steps of an ancient temple, barely clinging to life, by a kind-hearted stranger. No one knew that five peerless experts were secretly living in seclusion inside the temple. They had hidden 164.4kReads9.1Score17.4kShelves
8. 108 让 You Put Me on a Dating Show, So Why Am I Competing in the Peak Tournament? 让你上恋综，你搁那儿打巅峰赛？ Life Is Like Morning Dew and a Flashing Flower生如朝露昙花Urban698k WordsCompleted If you could live your life over, have you ever wondered what the most comfortable way to lie flat and give up would be? Lu Ming gets a second chance at life. After spending half his life as a wage slave, he now has a shortcut right in front of him, and he swears he’ll seize it. He copies songs, books, and scripts without a shred of guilt. He doesn’t have that ridiculous need to keep his hands clean while pretending to be morally superior. He’s just an ordinary person who wants to live a little 37.6kReads9.2Score3kShelves
9. 109 小 The Little Junior Sister Guards Her Snacks: Mess With Her and She’ll Smack You with a Brick 小师妹护食，惹她就拿板砖拍你 Nangong Yunan南宫云雁Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Personal space + adored by everyone + no romance + silly junior sister] The village was in such dire straits that its nine residents couldn’t even afford a meal. To save the eight old-timers in the village, Jiang Xiaoxiao set out alone to find a way forward. What!!!!!!!! The worthless rock no one wanted in my family is actually a premium spirit stone? Seriously? And the wild plants and herbs growing all over our village are premium spirit herbs? Jiang Xiaoxiao suspected that the old folks in he 27.5kReads9.0Score2kShelves
10. 110 苟 Laying Low as a Villain in the Cultivation World 苟在修仙世界当反派 Rattlesnake-Skin Sack响尾蛇皮袋Eastern Fantasy4.8M WordsOngoing [Xianxia + lighthearted + hilarious + ordinary mortal + absurd] After accidentally transmigrating to a cultivation world, I discover that I’m the sect’s most hated bully, and that I have an unscrupulous master who disappeared after visiting a brothel. I meant to turn over a new leaf and start behaving, but everyone wants to harm me. So I’ll just have to work hard and become the strongest under heaven! I raise spirit pets, puff on a pipe, and know exactly how to charm fairies. I slay immortals an 54.3kReads8.8Score4.6kShelves
11. 111 谁EN Who Taught Him to Cultivate Like This? 谁教他这么修仙的？ Ling Duoqing令多情Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsCompleted [Blue Star, evil cultivators, no harem, invincible protagonist, comedy, goofball humor, transmigration. If that bothers you, don't read.] [An established author’s new book, backed by twenty million characters of experience. I like setting up plot threads, so if something seems unreasonable, give it a few chapters.] A new disciple who had just joined the sect rushed in, panicking: “Master, this is terrible! Big Brother robbed someone!” “Don’t make such a fuss. Your senior brother is securing bene 92.2kReads8.8Score8.5kShelves
12. 112 久 Years of Illness Made Me an Immortal, One Sword to Conquer the Ages 久病成仙，我一剑独断万古 Watermelon Cools the Fire西瓜败火Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsCompleted [Mortal Cultivation] [Multiple Identities] [Ruthless] The sickly Jiang Xiaobai goes up a mountain in search of medicine and, by a twist of fate, becomes a menial beast keeper at an immortal sect. He accidentally obtains a strange black sword, which cleaves his soul into separate paths of cultivation. The soul of a demon-slayer cultivator swallows mountains and rivers, beguiling as a demon. The soul of an alchemist cultivator opens the furnace and brews pills, healing with a master’s touch. The s 8.1kReads8.7Score729Shelves
13. 113 让 You Asked Me to Be a Carefree Prince Consort, So How Did I Become a Peerless Martial Saint? 让你当闲散驸马，你成至强武圣？ Top Player首席玩家Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted Zhang Jing transmigrates to the Great Yu Dynasty and becomes the husband of Princess Li Taiping of Chang'an. However, the princess doesn't care for him. He's merely an idle nobody with no power or influence. In his previous life, he was exhausted from endless scheming and infighting. He thinks being a carefree idler isn't so bad. Then he awakens the Artistic Life System. By learning arts such as music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, he can earn Art Points. And he can use those Art Points to i 56.7kReads8.3Score5.8kShelves
14. 114 师EN My Junior Disciples Are All Overpowered, So I Have to Cheat! 师弟们都是大佬，那我只能开挂了 Rain Falls from South of the City to the West城南有雨落城西Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted The second junior brother is the chosen one of the plane. The third junior brother is reborn. The fourth junior brother is an ancient Sword Immortal reincarnated. The junior sister is the future Demon Empress. Everyone from top to bottom is a hidden powerhouse! Ouyang, the eldest senior brother, gives a crooked grin. “Well, then I guess I'll have to use cheats!” 124.3kReads9.4Score12.3kShelves
15. 115 开 Become a Wild God from the Start? I Prove Myself a True God Through Worship! 开局成野神？我靠香火证道真神！ Have a Tangerine吃个橘子Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing [No Female Lead + Slow-Burn] After an accident, Song Xuanqing transmigrated to a strange world where immortals no longer existed and gods and Buddhas had vanished. In this world, monsters and evil spirits ran rampant, ghosts devoured people, wicked arts flourished across the land, and immortal mountains, gods, and Buddhas were nowhere to be found. Demons wreaked havoc, ghosts caused chaos, and heretical practitioners used evil arts to eat people and refine pills. Ordinary folk lived in constan 112.3kReads9.1Score9.3kShelves
16. 116 发 I Launched the Immortal Realm Version of Douyin, and the Holy Land Ancestors Lost It 发布抖音仙界版，圣地老祖破防了 Grand Preceptor of Immortal Qin仙秦太师Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Cultural invasion of the cultivation world] + [Lighthearted comedy] Lin Ye transmigrates into a cultivation world where righteous and demonic factions are locked in mortal opposition, becoming a demonic overlord who has gone undercover in the righteous path. If war breaks out between the two sides, he’s as good as dead. Fortunately, he awakens the God-Tier Entertainment System. It gives the entire cultivation world access to the internet and brings over a host of entertainment devices and apps 30.4kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves
17. 117 双 Dual Transmigration: From the Start, Trading Bread for a Maid 双穿：开局面包换女仆 Furious Wind and Snow怒风雪Urban3.1M WordsCompleted Two-world travel + non-System cultivation + multiple heroines + urban entrepreneurship + wish fulfillment. After the college entrance exams, Lin Chen practices a dual-cultivation technique and travels between the modern city and a fantasy world, moving goods between the two to make a fortune. He obtains the Kunpeng Myriad Worlds Pagoda and joins the Yin-Yang Peak of a demonic sect. He can travel between worlds and devour the corpses of cultivators, demons, and ferocious beasts, converting them i 23.7kReads8.0Score2.5kShelves
18. 118 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Starting with a Chaos Talisman 凡人修仙：开局一张混沌符 I Have a Pot of Milk我有一壶奶Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsCompleted [No System, ordinary mortal cultivation] A man with a mixed spiritual root containing all ten elements accidentally obtains the supreme treasure, the Chaos Talisman, and embarks on the path of immortal cultivation. He tramples prodigies, slays countless enemies, and leaves mountains of corpses and seas of blood behind. When he looks back, nothing remains but mounds of bones! 34.1kReads8.7Score4kShelves
19. 119 开 The Cheat-Wielding Lad Takes the Cultivation World by Storm 开挂小子玩转修仙界 Silly Little Dog Yuanbao元宝小傻狗Eastern Fantasy6.6M WordsOngoing [Funny and lighthearted + Upgrade spirit stones + Refine pills + Humorous cultivation + No System] You rascal, you can upgrade spirit stones and pills? Confess everything and I won’t hit you! Yuan Xiao, a country boy, accidentally saves a divine thief from the immortal realm. With nothing but shameless audacity, he snatches the heaven-defying treasure, the Tianqi Pearl, and becomes a rich cultivator. Making money and upgrading are no problem at all! With two absurd, troublemaking spirit beasts a 45.2kReads9.0Score5.1kShelves

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    A hilarious and lighthearted cultivation novel featuring the protagonist, Zhen Lao Liu, who adventures the world with two laugh-out-loud spirit beasts. The story is exciting from beginning to end. It incorporates elements of space, alchemy, weapon crafting, and formations.

20. 120 那 The Cultivators We Used to Chop Up Together 那些年，我们一起砍过的修仙者 Squirrel Under the Mushroom House蘑菇屋下的松鼠Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted (Everyman’s cultivation + no System) Unlike traditional xianxia, don’t read if that’s not your thing. That year, a seven-year-old boy took his little sister into the cultivation world. Then all the cultivators went crazy! When you set out to cultivate, it doesn’t matter if you have talent, treasures, or lucky opportunities. But there’s one thing you must remember: there’s one person you must never provoke. Even though this person isn’t a cultivator at all. His blade is faster than light, so fast 158.8kReads9.3Score16.6kShelves
21. 121 宝 Pagoda Immortal Fate 宝塔仙缘 Xiao Bu Yu箫不语Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation, no System, pocket dimension, medicinal garden, immortal pets] Even an ordinary person can encounter great opportunities. A country boy carrying the Three Treasures Glazed Pagoda is captured by an evil cultivator and forced to serve as a test subject. But a misfortune turns into a blessing, setting him on a bizarre and arduous path to immortality. From then on, he uses the pagoda to grow spirit herbs, raise immortal beasts, refine pills, craft talismans, and cultivate forbidd 126.3kReads9.2Score14.5kShelves
22. 122 民 The Folk Custom Fixer 民俗补缺人 Musk Rat Bewitching Deer麝鼠迷香鹿Mystery254k WordsOngoing There are no evil ghosts born into the world. Every supernatural disaster comes from people abandoning custom, customs losing their rules, and rules throwing the balance of heaven into chaos. For a thousand years, the Lu Xun family has guarded its secrets and passed down the complete ancient customs from generation to generation. They are the only spark in the world capable of repairing the laws of heaven and earth, and the last source of those laws, deliberately overlooked by the villainous sec —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Feeling like you're looking for something to read? Check out this book! (Continuously updating)

23. 123 噬 Spirit-Devouring Supreme Lord 噬灵尊主 Asilate阿斯拉特Ancient Romance119k WordsOngoing With her dantian crippled and her essence blood used to feed a demon, the Gu family’s third young lady becomes an outcast everyone can bully. No one knows that beneath the withered grass in the forbidden grounds that night, a Demon Emperor’s remnant soul, dormant for countless ages, awakened because of her. Nor could anyone have predicted that when the remnant soul saw her shattered dantian, it would chuckle softly. “A Heaven-Leaking Physique? Perfect… I can use it to reforge the Primordial Devo 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I watched it all night. It was a bit boring at first, but I gradually got hooked. [Kiss emoji]

24. 124 外 The Takeout Immortal 外卖仙 Asilate阿斯拉特Urban39k WordsOngoing I was Chu Yunche, a prodigy of the Qingyun Sect in the cultivation world, until my sworn senior brother ended my life with a cup of poisoned wine. When I opened my eyes again, I had become a food delivery rider in the twenty-first century, dead from exhaustion. Spiritual energy is depleted in this world, and less than one percent of my cultivation remains. But I discovered that a core fragment of my natal magical artifact, the Sumeru Seal, still lay deep in my dantian. It could be activated thre —Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 125 修 Cultivation: I Seem Refined and Gentle, Yet I'm Actually Rotten to the Core 修仙：文质彬彬的我，竟然坏透了 The Day After Tomorrow Is the Eighth Day of the Week后天星期八Eastern Fantasy123k WordsCompleted [No Saintly Heroics] [No System] [Mortal’s Journey] [Cautious and Patient] [Ruthless and Decisive] [Knows When to Yield and When to Stand Firm] [No Need to Worry About a Good-for-Nothing] [Transmigration is already a path to invincibility. Why borrow a System’s bones?] Su Jiabao’s soul transmigrates into the cultivation world. He has no desire to be a paragon of virtue or a pure demon. All he wants is immortality. Taking advantage of the situation: He stirs up a war between the righteous and dem 30Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No system, cheat code, unique spiritual root

26. 126 灵 Spirit Path: The Journey Begins 灵途：启程 Even Cured, the Fool Still Drools蠢治好也流口水Sci-Fi & Apocalypse59k WordsOngoing [Mortal-style cultivation, multiple systems, travel between two worlds, no System, no golden finger, humorous farming and cultivation, post-apocalyptic Earth, another world, multiple planes] My name is Lin Yu. I'm an eighteen-year-old senior at an intermediate-level cultivation academy. I never imagined that I'd end up trapped in a bizarre cycle of traveling back and forth between two different times and spaces... At first, I had only one small wish: to get into the biggest cultivation academy i —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Ordinary people, comedy, dual transmigration, urban and traditional elements

27. 127 开 A Personal Immortal Estate from the Start: The Heroine Only Wants to Cultivate 开局拥有仙府：女主她只想修仙 Breeze Beneath the Trees林下风Ancient Romance124k WordsOngoing [No romance, strong female lead] + [ordinary woman cultivates immortality] + [immortal mansion pocket dimension] + [farming and alchemy] + [traditional fantasy] A travel blogger transmigrated into the body of a fisherman's daughter, landing in the worst possible situation: both parents dead, living under someone else's roof, with an uncaring uncle and an unloving aunt. She couldn't find a System or even a golden finger. Looking at her five-year-old body, Su Ling shut down. “Let me start over. I 42Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is it, it's been almost half a day and they still haven't reached the Foundation Establishment stage.

28. 128 玄 Xuanhuan: From the Start, I Forcefully Take in the Demon Empress 玄幻：开局强收妖族女帝 Han Qingru韩清如Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [No System] [No mindless decisions] [Lighthearted comedy] [Multiple heroines] Chen Fan transmigrates to a fantasy world, where the mount given to him by the sect turns out to be the Demon Empress. “I'd rather die than be your mount!” To survive, Chen Fan can only train this mature beauty with a whip, tears in his eyes. From then on, Chen Fan follows her and learns body cultivation, divine abilities, and spirit pill refining, forging his own path to invincibility. The protagonist is not a tradit 3.1kReads8.0Score417Shelves

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    During the Qinglan Sect's beast taming ceremony, Chen Fan, a pseudo-spiritual root disciple, took an unconventional approach. Instead of choosing an ordinary demon beast, he used a scheme to subdue the noble and beautiful fox demon emperor. He was ridiculed by his fellow disciples as soon as he left, but he turned around and had his spirit pet instantly kill the other party's spirit beast.

29. 129 异 Surviving in Another World: Cultivation Is This Simple 异界求生之修仙就这么简单 A Lazy Fish Sunbathing晒太阳的小闲鱼Ancient Romance348k WordsCompleted Su Qingyuan, a modern-day office drone, stayed up until five in the morning for three nights straight to catch up on an unfinished cultivation novel. Just as she reached the pivotal scene where the protagonist was about to ascend, only to be ambushed by the villain, a sudden stabbing pain seized her heart. Her vision went black, and she lost consciousness. When she opened her eyes again, she was huddled in a drafty, dilapidated temple. She had become a little girl, covered in wounds and so hungr 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Not messy, not complicated

30. 130 被 Tricked into Cultivating Immortality 被骗去修仙 Wind-Crazed Smile风痴笑Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless + smart protagonist + mortal’s Cultivation] Cultivation? I was tricked into it... Wang Hao was an unremarkable young man in the 21st century. After an accident in which he saved someone, a strange old man tricked him into cultivating. Faced with schemes, plots, and deadly dangers at every turn, how will he use his wits to survive in this Cultivation world where the strong prey on the weak...? 772Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    No system, no harem, no invincibility, no brainlessness, no exaggeration—a comedic rebirth-themed cultivation anime. The protagonist is tricked into cultivating immortality, and he cultivates while making sarcastic remarks. It's a relatively long series with a tight and engaging plot, the pacing isn't too fast, and it's lighthearted, funny, and has some satisfying moments. If you like this kind of thing, please check it out! [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

31. 131 中 A Tough Middle-Aged Man’s Path to Immortality: Even a Mixed Spiritual Root Can Succeed 中年狠人闯仙途，杂灵根也能成 Boiling Wine and Talking About Life煮酒论生活Eastern Fantasy121k WordsOngoing Chen Mang, a middle-aged construction contractor, died in a car crash and was reborn as Lin Huang, a good-for-nothing from the Qingyun Sect, in a cultivation world ruled by the law of the jungle. With a mixed spiritual root and a damaged dantian, he was bullied by his fellow disciples and pushed off a cliff. On the brink of death, he awakened the Nine Deaths Spirit-Tempering Art, comprehending the Dao through pain and growing stronger through injury. In just seven days, he reached the second lev —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Go and read this book

32. 132 穿 Transmigrating to the 1980s: My Golden Wedding Mission 穿越八零，我的金婚任务 Fierce Realm Heroine烈境侠女7k WordsCompleted Transmigrated to the Eighties: My Golden Wedding Mission 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A sweet journey through the 1980s! The female protagonist travels back in time with a mission to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary, and together with the male protagonist, they journey through many years. The book realistically recreates life in the 1980s, featuring heartwarming emotional interactions as well as exciting entrepreneurial and striving plots—sweet, inspiring, and truly enviable.

33. 133 逆 A Hero's Shadow Against Fate: Breaking Free 逆世侠影，破茧 Fierce Realm Heroine烈境侠女Sci-Fi & Apocalypse20k WordsCompleted A heroic shadow defies the world and breaks free from its cocoon. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A must-read for martial arts fans! The protagonist, living in a world of adversity, transforms into a chivalrous figure, emerging from the treacherous waters of the martial world and political intrigue. The book intertwines the grudges of the martial world with the conflicts of the imperial court, creating a thrilling and unpredictable plot with spectacular fight scenes. The protagonist's journey of growth is legendary, captivating the reader.

34. 134 稳 A Steady Path to Immortality, and My Drama Queen Girlfriend? 稳健仙途，我的戏精女友？ A Certain Traffic Passerby from Bianliang City汴梁城的一方通行Eastern Fantasy44k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 135 我 I Repair Beacons in the Galaxy 我在银河修信标 The Strongest Slime最强软泥怪Sci-Fi & Apocalypse103k WordsOngoing Ailin is an E-rank beacon repairer at the very bottom of the galaxy. Her husband has been missing for three years, and she’s buried in debt. Then, during an S-rank beacon malfunction, she suddenly begins to hear the beacons’ voices. The lifeless machines everyone else sees whisper softly in her ears. Others repair beacons with technical skill; she repairs them through “conversation.” Her rating soars from E-rank to S-rank in just three months, and the people who once looked down on her are now o —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's a really good book, definitely worth reading.

36. 136 断 The Broken Blade! 断刀行！ Wang Hammer王锤子Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [No System + traditional fantasy + slaying demons and vanquishing evil + multiple heroines + passionate fantasy adventure] (A novel typed out one character at a time.) Wang Shan was drafted into the war against the demons in the Continent of the Provinces. After a century of bloodshed, he returned crippled and drained of strength. Having offended a great sect, he was abandoned by them. So he scattered his cultivation and returned the techniques to the sect, then descended the mountain alone to c 1.6kReads7.0Score114Shelves

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    You can tell from the title that the protagonist is suffering! A meritorious official who returned after a century of conquest is expelled from the sect! A black-clad, silver-haired youth roams the world with only a broken sword! Not a system, not a wild fantasy! Over 200,000 words and more than 100 chapters, and he's still only at the Foundation Establishment stage!

37. 137 双 Twin-Powered King 双生异能王 Wang Xiaoer王小貳Urban386k WordsCompleted The male lead? The female lead? You’re a woman? What am I supposed to do with that? And then you tell me you’re actually a twin! Watch as the male lead transforms step by step from a student into a king of supernatural abilities! —Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 138 我 My Days of Cultivation in Another World 我在异界修行的日子 Wang Xiaoer王小貳Eastern Fantasy259k WordsCompleted Xiao Fan transmigrates to another continent and uses modern knowledge to rise from a good-for-nothing, cultivating step by step until he becomes a big shot. The story is funny, sly, and full of melodrama. The plot is fast-paced and gripping. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 139 逆 Defying Heaven’s Path: The Firmament 逆天行：苍穹 Thirteen Travelers十三逆旅Eastern Fantasy271k WordsCompleted Lu Chen is a boy born with a crippled constitution. On the day he awakens, he receives three fateful pronouncements: “Your battle constitution is a crippled one. Your beloved is doomed to leave you in sorrow. You will never defy the heavens in this life.” But he refuses to believe in fate. With mortal blood, he battles immortal bones; to protect his childhood sweetheart, one sword strike shakes the Nine Domains. With his beloved by his side, he storms forbidden lands; to break the curse, he sta 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The young man suffered endless scorn because of his crippled body. His clan sacrificed his beloved in order to curry favor with the sect. The blood sacrifice in the face of despair awakened his Sky Battle Body. With the power to defy the heavens, he no longer endured it. He rose from the third level of body tempering and fought his way up, using thunderous means to take revenge on all those who had bullied him.

40. 140 人 In a Poor Village, I Become a Spirit in a Mortal Body 人在穷乡，我以凡人之躯成灵 Turn Off All the Alarms闹钟全关Eastern Fantasy143k WordsOngoing [Growing male lead] + [One heroine] + [Mortal cultivation] + [No System] + [Strict cultivation ranks] Born into an ordinary family, Lin Jue encounters a master after suffering a setback and is taken in as his disciple. At first, Lin Jue doesn’t take cultivation seriously, practicing on and off. Just as he thinks he’ll spend his whole life staying busy like this, disaster looms... “My disciple Lin Jue, today I leave you a seed. One day, it will grow into a towering tree!” “Rookie! Run!” his senio —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    An ordinary person, through diligent cultivation, discovers that his wife is the biggest bug in his life? How can anyone remain calm about this?

41. 141 哥 Big Brother Goes to Cultivate Immortality, Little Brother Comes to Farm 哥去修仙，种田弟来 Book Silkworm书蚕虫Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing [No System] [No Items] [Farming] [Management] [Science + Metaphysics] After transmigrating to the cultivation world, with no System and no wise old mentor, he has to flee for his life from the start... While others are still fighting to the death over half a tattered manual or killing for a few cultivation supplies, Chen Fei glances at the data from the Spirit Realm: 80,000+ Yellow-tier techniques collected, 5,000+ Black-tier techniques, Earth-tier... The traditional path to immortality: Kill → 6.2kReads7.5Score404Shelves

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    Promoting Chinese in another world. Traditional framework, completely new setting—I've never seen anything like it! Scientific cultivation + farming, no cheat codes, no female lead! Starting with investing in the border army, he built a holy city of cultivation! Leading a group of independent cultivators, the protagonist does the talking, the others do the doing, developing array rune-based computers, the internet, mobile phones... Establishing a library of cultivation arts models, developing cultivation AI on this basis, gathering the power of independent cultivators through the internet, secretly promoting spiritual root self-testing and affordable cultivation techniques... Breaking the monopoly of aristocratic families, making cultivation accessible to everyone...

42. 142 流 Traffic Oracle 流量预知 The One from the Mortuary义庄的呗Urban84k WordsOngoing Kang Ze, a poor student saddled with his father’s gambling debts, suffers bullying and exploitation at the hands of Zhao Mingxuan, a rich second-generation heir, both on campus and at his part-time job. After a near-death experience, he awakens a supernatural ability called “Traffic Foresight”: his eyes can clearly see the tides of online traffic over the next 24 hours. He sees it as his last chance to turn his life around. Using his ability, Kang Ze predicts trending topics with pinpoint accura —Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 143 修 Cultivation: Starting Out as a Cook at a Refining Shop 修仙：从在炼器铺当厨子开始 Just Forget It就这样忘记Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted New Title: The Timid Servant Is Actually a Master Synopsis: An outer-sect servant who’s always rushing around doing odd jobs to earn spirit stones is assigned a mission alongside a beautiful immortal maiden. He’s timid, afraid of dying, unambitious, and cares only about spirit stones, earning him the maiden’s complaints and disdain. But when the situation gets serious, he leaves her utterly stunned: who would have thought this kid was actually a master? [Rise from the Bottom + Humble and Unassum 20.2kReads8.8Score2kShelves

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    If you're looking for something to read, you can check this out.

44. 144 凡 A Mortal's Ascension to Immortality 凡人飞仙 The Road Goes On路长在Eastern Fantasy4.2M WordsCompleted [Mortal Cultivation] He tossed an immortal herb into a black jar, and it kept pouring out more! A village boy accidentally obtained a black jar that could duplicate supplies, and so began his journey to immortality. Is cultivating immortality difficult? I have mountains of pills to help me! Are powerful enemies everywhere? I’ll wipe them out with handfuls of talismans! Born with a useless spirit root, he defies fate and becomes an Immortal Ancestor! Shu Han proves the Great Dao to the world, bec 56.3kReads9.1Score5.3kShelves
45. 145 飞 Ascension Token 飞升令 A Mortal Heart Amid Cloud and Water云水凡心Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsOngoing In the Age of Dharma Decline, with spiritual energy exhausted and the path to immortality severed, might makes right. Amid the snowstorms of the Eastern Wasteland, a twelve-year-old beggar named Chen Song nearly ends up in a wolf’s jaws while scavenging for a scrap of food. By chance, he escapes into an ancient cave in the barren mountains. Inside, he finds nothing but a mysterious animal hide, which turns out to hold a clue to a remnant of the “Ascension Order,” buried beneath the dust of histo 349Reads6.0Score—Shelves

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    This is a standard "mortal cultivation" story, which perfectly matches your requirements.

46. 146 泣 The Bloodstained Record of Immortal Cultivation 泣血修仙录 Flawless God of Wealth无漏财神Eastern Fantasy118k WordsOngoing A young cultivator endures countless hardships, love, hatred, and heartbreak. In the end, he fights his way through the Three Realms, leads humanity toward revival, and stands at the summit of the Myriad Worlds. He will dispel the fog that has shrouded the ages and create heaven and earth anew. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist forms his Golden Core in Chapter 40, then the core shatters, and then he begins cultivating immortality. [Laughing][laughing][laughing]

47. 147 凡 I Cultivate the Dao in the Mortal World 凡尘俗世我修道 Crowbook乌鸦bookUrban133k WordsCompleted People always say that life isn’t just about scraping by in the present; there are also poetry and distant fields to dream of. But after crossing countless mountains, we learned that the other side doesn’t necessarily hold the Smurfs from some fairy tale. Instead, it may conceal strange encounters you never imagined. And did you know? Those who stumble upon such encounters are always the luckiest of all. No one can escape the cycle of birth, aging, sickness, and death in this life, and nobody kn —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Starting from scratch with great effort

48. 148 从 From Kung Fu to Immortality, My Clam Sister Wants to Ascend to Heaven 从功夫到修仙，有个蚬妹想上天 Old Dog in the Wall墙中老狗Fantastical Romance1.5M WordsOngoing Reader's Guide: Mortal cultivation, no System, no transmigration, female-led, coming-of-age, pragmatism, making money, supporting a family, martial arts, changing one's fate, cultivating immortality, seeking the Dao, upholding gender equality, unafraid to address the struggles women, men, humanity, and the universe faced in the old days, criticizing bourgeois-style feminism and the demonization of LGBT people, supporting men and women who come together for love From the very beginning, Yu Sa 10.4kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves

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    A typical "mortal protagonist" story, written in a male-oriented style [laughs]

49. 149 悲 The Sorrowful Immortal 悲仙 Farmer Plants Crops, Chops Wood, Sleeps, and Eats农民种田砍树睡觉吃饭Eastern Fantasy225k WordsOngoing Jiang Zifan gently raised the long sword in his hand and asked, “Why?” The formless presence answered slowly, “That is the Heavenly Dao.” Hearing this, Jiang Zifan gave a sorrowful smile, then slowly lowered his weapon and turned away… Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Return to the Void. A mortal’s journey, no melodrama, and a villain who’s very much in the picture. A young man gradually enters the world of immortal cultivation, where love, 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist is extremely miserable.

50. 150 全 After My Family Heard My Thoughts, the Whole Family Spoiled the Cannon Fodder! 全家读心后，炮灰团宠杀疯了！ Fierce Realm Heroine烈境侠女Ancient Romance888k WordsCompleted Liu Xiaoxiao is born into the body of a doomed infant girl in an ancient romance novel. The moment she opens her eyes, she sees her mother feeding poisoned wine to her father, the prime minister! The whole family is supposed to be executed in three months, but then everyone starts hearing her thoughts: [Dad! You’ve got sheep grazing on your head! Your moonlight is a spy from an enemy kingdom!] [Mom! Don’t chop off the emperor’s head. Save it to fly as a kite!] [Third Brother! Don’t fish the hero —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A hilarious and refreshing story with a fresh premise! The whole family suddenly gains the ability to read minds, allowing them to see through the scheming schemes of all sorts of manipulative and scheming individuals. Originally cannon fodder, the family transforms into a "face-slapping team," confronting awful characters and thwarting conspiracies. The plot is both satisfying and funny, with witty character interactions that will keep you hooked.

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