Urban Cultivation Novels with a Ruthless Male Lead Who Ignores the Law and Has No Family 男主杀伐果断无视法律无父无母的都市修仙小说

1. 101 高 High Martial: The Embroidered Guard's Killer Star, the Emperor Begs Me to Keep Calm 高武：锦衣卫杀星，皇帝求我冷静 New Nightz新夜zEastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted [Ruthless and decisive + slaying demons and vanquishing evil + invincible domination + explosive power growth] After transmigrating to a high-martial world teeming with demons and dotted with sects, Ye Beixuan becomes a low-ranking officer in the Dali Imperial Guards. Fortunately, he awakens the Peerless Martial Dao System. All he has to do is sign in each day to instantly gain a year’s worth of power! What’s more, completing the System’s missions earns him all kinds of rewards. The De 44.3kReads7.8Score3kShelves

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   Chapter 1: Starting Reward: Yi Jin Jing! The year 1473 of the Great Qian Dynasty. Manzhou, Linshui County, Lechun County. A dilapidated mountain god temple. Xiao Bieli struggled to sit up, feeling as if his body was falling apart. "Where is this...?" Looking at the dilapidated surroundings, Xiao Bieli was somewhat bewildered. Wasn't he spending 19,888 yuan a night with some clients at a club? Who was playing this joke on him? "Hiss!" A flood of memories, not his own, rushed in. 'Run!' 'I'll hold them off!' '...' Scenes flashed by. "I really transmigrated...?" After a long while, he finally sorted through the memories in his mind. He had indeed transmigrated! The owner of this body was also named Xiao Bieli, the third young master of the Xiao family in Lechun County, Lin'an Prefecture. His mother died in childbirth, and his father was the second young master of the Xiao family. He was engaged to Lin Qingyuan, the eldest daughter of the Lin family in Lin'an Prefecture, when he was six years old.

2. 102 仙 Immortal Martial Ming: My Father Is a Great Luo Immortal, So Bark All You Want! 仙武大明：家父大罗，你再狗叫？ Si Xiliu四夕刂Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [Short drama now streaming] The Embroidered Guard: From the start, I had the Great Compassion Fu, and can cultivate martial arts to sainthood [Devouring cultivation] [Great Ming Embroidered Guard] + [traditional style] + [mystery and deduction] + [decisive and ruthless] + [jianghu and court] + [political power struggles] Zhang Lin accidentally transmigrates to the Great Ming Dynasty. He intends to use his limited knowledge of history to give the dynasty a taste of modern shock, only to discover 38.9kReads8.9Score3.2kShelves
3. 103 天EN Heaven's Chosen? Monster? No, It's the Grind Emperor 天骄？妖孽？不好，是肝帝 That Mountain, That Sea那山那海Urban2.3M WordsCompleted [The top workaholic in high-martial arts fiction] [Panel-based cultivation] [Cosmic setting] [Cultivation and progression, not point allocation or speedrunning; the protagonist is a born grinder] In the interstellar age, alien beasts invade and evil gods lurk all around. Li Qingshan awakens a martial arts panel that can record any technique or martial skill. He needs no insight or talent, and faces no bottlenecks. As long as he trains hard, he can improve, and every breakthrough lasts forever! H 218.2kReads9.3Score25.4kShelves
4. 104 练 Once I Reach the Later Stages, I'll Be the Sun 练到后期，我就是太阳 Great Venerable Luo大罗尊Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [Ultimate path]+ [Decisive and ruthless]+ [No female lead] Dynasties fall and a chaotic age descends. Society crumbles, demons run rampant, and ghostly domains spring up everywhere. Shen Yuan transmigrates into this world. He scrapes by at the bottom and unlocks a stat-allocation panel, training in martial arts and cultivating the Dao despite his lowly origins. The blood moon appears, strange ghosts emerge. They awaken, roam by night, then walk by day. The human world becomes a living hell… Wit 3kReads7.7Score183Shelves
5. 105 武EN Martial Dao Epoch: I Have a Proficiency Panel 武道纪元，我有熟练度面板 Food and Clothing in Five Cities衣食五城Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Swordsmanship] + [Proficiency] The protagonist is cautious and keeps his true strength hidden. Avoid this if that bothers you. After ending the invasion from another world, the True Spirit Continent enters a new era of martial arts. To guard against another invasion, the True Spirit Realm begins vigorously developing martial arts... After witnessing the worlds beyond their own, everyone declares, “If the enemy can go there, so can we!” The True Spirit World gradually enters an age of prosperity 18.5kReads8.7Score1kShelves
6. 106 武EN Martial Arts Ascendancy: Points Through Observation! 武道封神，观摩即可加点！ Brute Beneath the Paulownia Tree梧桐树下的莽汉Eastern Fantasy6.3M WordsOngoing [Congratulations, Host! You watched someone practice martial arts. Insight points +1] [Congratulations, Host! You observed the true essence of martial arts at Cangyun Residence. Insight points +100] [Congratulations, Host! You observed the stone stele at the entrance to the Vermilion Bird Academy. Insight points +300] “Heaven and earth, all things under the sun, every martial artist in the world: all of them can grant me insight. Once I have enough points, what martial art could I possibly f 57.5kReads7.9Score6.8kShelves
7. 107 乱 Martial Arts in a Chaotic Era: Starting by Peeking at the Girl Next Door 乱世武道：从偷看邻家姐姐开始 Invincible Golden Body Takes Flight飞天不败金身Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Decisive and ruthless] [The ultimate schemer] Xu Hua wakes up one day having transmigrated into a chaotic fantasy world, where he has become a lowly enslaved mine worker. Luckily, he gains a martial arts leveling System. He masters boxing, saber techniques, palm techniques, and movement skills. He keeps lime powder close and poison as his companion, carrying hundreds of kinds of poison on him. How would you deal with that? Whenever danger strikes, he quietly retreats behind the crowd. The girl 30.2kReads8.2Score2kShelves
8. 108 应 Yinglong Rules the World: Level-Nine Sun-Splitting Divine Art from the Start 应龙镇天下：开局满级九阳神功 To Fish for Hairtail, Go to an Island钓刀鱼要到岛上钓Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Mystery-solving focus] [Plot-driven] [Jianghu and imperial court] [Power struggles] Lin Rong transmigrates to the Great Wu Dynasty and spends five whole years as a Yinglong Guard. Then a mission goes wrong, and while fleeing for his life, he is captured by the Hehuan Sect. After a night of passion… [Host detected as having become a true man. System activation successful…] [Beginner's gift pack delivered: Nine Suns Divine Art (Perfected), Dragon Claw Hand (Perfected)…] [Congratulations, Host, on 45.4kReads8.9Score3.4kShelves
9. 109 高 High Martial: The Six Fan Gate's Martial God, Ruling the World 高武：六扇门武神，镇压天下 Golden Ears, Cultivating the Heart金穗耕心Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Martial arts in a high-powered world + invincible hero + exhilarating domination + lightning-fast pacing + ruthless and decisive] Chu Tiange transmigrates to a world of powerful martial artists and becomes a member of the Six Fan Gate in the Great Qian Dynasty. He thinks that’s already a great start, but then he gets the Great Martial God System. [Congratulations! You have obtained the perfected Dragon-Tiger Fusion Technique. You have surpassed the Grandmaster realm and attained the Martial Kin —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 110 狂 I Collected Ferocious Beasts, Joined the Law Enforcement Bureau as a Trainee, and Inherited a Godhood 狂收异兽，我见习入执法局继神祇 Midnight深夜十二点Urban49k WordsOngoing My new story is here! 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

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11. 111 重 Back to the 1990s: My Unrestrained Life in the Countryside 重回九零，我在农村的肆意人生 Old Man Shoes老头鞋Urban818k WordsOngoing Liu Zhijie, now in his forties, has lost everything and is saddled with hundreds of thousands in debt. He plans to take the little cash he has left and return to his village to retire, but then he suffers a cerebral thrombosis. Unwilling to keep suffering, he steels himself and decides to end it all. Unexpectedly, he is reborn in the 1990s, back when his family was still prosperous and his parents hadn't divorced. 834Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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12. 112 重 I'm Reborn, and I Have No Limits 重生的我太放肆了 The King's Immortal Exile王上谪仙Urban698k WordsCompleted [Reborn]+ [System]+ [Tycoon]+ [Male Heartthrobs]+ [Everyday Campus Life]+ [Business Domination]+ [Multiple Women] Don't read if that's not your thing. A domineering, arrogant, coldhearted male lead ignores all rules and lives as recklessly as he pleases! He's rich, handsome, and capable, with a System daddy looking out for him. Life couldn't be smoother or more carefree! And women? Wealth? Power? To him, they're all fleeting, just another way to entertain himself! All he really wants is the litt 14Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    [Top Post][Top Post] The protagonist is a cold and arrogant male lead who ignores all rules and recklessly plays with life. He is rich, handsome, and capable, and has a system protecting him, living a smooth and carefree life. In his eyes, women and everything else are fleeting, just a means to please him; he only pursues the rewards after the system levels up.

13. 113 神 The Divine Beggar Comes Down the Mountain 神丐下山 World Explorer探界者Urban3.6M WordsCompleted [Overpowered Urban Fantasy] [Immortality and Godhood] [Multiple Heroines] At the age of three, he was driven out of his home by his second uncle. Then he met a mysterious old beggar, who taught him the supreme cultivation technique, the Heavenly Evolution Art. From then on, he grew at an astonishing pace. He travels across Earth, the Spirit Realm, the Immortal Realm, and the God Realm, breaking through layer after layer of the heavens. He reaches the pinnacle of the Immortal Realm, then ascends 2.5kReads8.1Score384Shelves

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    Three-year-old Qin Yanjun was rescued by his master, Old Knee, and taken up the mountain, where he obtained unparalleled martial arts techniques. Eighteen years later, he descended the mountain, fought his way from Earth to the Spirit Realm, and then from the Spirit Realm to the Immortal Realm.

14. 114 战 War God: Wolf Soul 战神狼魂 World Explorer探界者Urban1.7M WordsCompleted A new book is out. Please check it out: When Ye Yunfan was five, he was kidnapped by human traffickers. Luckily, his master rescued him, kept him by his side, and taught him medicine and martial arts. Ten years later, he enlisted in the army. At eighteen, he was sent to the northern frontier, where he fought his way through one challenge after another. A few years later, he led a special unit renowned around the world, the Wolf Soul. He earned the title of Wolf Emperor, with four Wolf Kings unde 1.9kReads7.3Score180Shelves
15. 115 征 After Eight Years of War, the Dragon King Returns 征战八年龙王回归 World Explorer探界者Urban858k WordsCompleted The battlefield is cruel, but it is a soldier’s duty to defend home and country. The Dragon King returns to protect his family, his friends, and his homeland... Because of what happened eight years ago, the Dragon King now has a child of his own... 478Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Soldiers are decisive in battle; it's in their nature. Don't miss out! If you like it, please give some feedback and support. Thank you!

16. 116 一 I Opened My Eyes, and My Immortal Master Came Looking for Me 一眼睁开，神仙师父找上我 Carefree Wanderer散散逍遥Urban655k WordsOngoing (Urban cultivation + ruthless action + neither brainless nor invincible + lighthearted comedy) I was walking down the street when a god possessed me? And now he’s teaching me how to cultivate? Of course I’m going to take an opportunity like this! But... why does this world feel so strange? —Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    Perfectly meets the requirements! Key selling points: Decisive yet not mindless or invincible, lighthearted and humorous without being overly virtuous, and the female lead is not just a pretty face. No overly boastful or slap-in-the-face scenes, no "pretending to be weak while actually being strong" plots, direct and exciting action!

17. 117 佛 Buddha's Son of Heaven 佛子天 The Gods Want to Go Wild神想出去浪Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [No System, no golden finger, an underdog's comeback, a grim early story and a thrilling later one! Anti-drug operations + counterespionage + a brutal start + underworld conflicts + love of country and family] With a mysterious background, a strange family, and a vast shadow lurking behind him, a student with a tragic past is driven to become a madman feared by both the underworld and the legitimate world! A madman who wants to turn the entire world upside down! He crushes the demons and monster 14.4kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves

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    No system, no cheat codes, a small person's rise to power, oppressive in the beginning, exhilarating in the end! [Drug bust + counter-espionage + hellish start + underworld struggle + patriotism] A mysterious background, a bizarre family, and a huge shadow lurking behind him have forced a student with a tragic past into becoming a drug kingpin feared by both the underworld and legitimate society! He has become a madman who wants to overturn the world! Suppressing the demons and monsters of the underworld in Nancheng City, traversing the perilous primeval rainforest, experiencing the gunfire of the Golden Triangle, bathed in the unyielding faith of his guardians, and upholding the bottom line set by his mother... Kill anyone who stands in his way, destroy demons who stand in his way, watch Xu Tianyou defy fate!

18. 118 他 He Was Reborn, and Every Bad Guy in the City Trembled 他重生了，全城坏蛋都颤抖了 The Most Handsome Pork Belly最靓的猪腩肉Urban505k WordsCompleted [Reborn + Revenge + No System + Blood for blood] In his previous life, police officer Huo Yan personally arrested the young thug Zhao Yingjie and made an enemy of the all-powerful Zhao family. They broke his arms and legs, imprisoned him like a dog for five years, and ultimately dumped his body in the sea. He died with his name cleared by no one! His younger sister, Huo Miao, was assaulted and sold; his mentor’s entire family was killed in the street; his sworn brother and his wife died suddenly 2.6kReads8.4Score260Shelves
19. 119 人 A Human Cage 人间囚笼 Yan Yizhi言一知Urban538k WordsCompleted [Not a wish-fulfillment story + extremely dark + oppressive and suffocating. Don’t read if you’re faint of heart.] When you’re nearing the end of your life, you can actually feel it coming. Just like right now. The closer that moment gets, the more you want to leave something behind in this world. But what should I leave? Assets lose value, and houses change hands. Nothing material can last forever. So perhaps I should tell everyone my story instead. I’m no good person. I just occasionally feel 118.9kReads9.5Score16.6kShelves
20. 120 重 Reborn in 1993: Dark Sea 重生1993，暗海 The Gods Want to Go Wild神想出去浪Urban1.9M WordsCompleted The physical edition of Wrathful Sea, Calm the Abyss is now available. Presales officially begin at 19:00 on October 11. [Reborn] [Mystery] [Undercover Agent] [Revenge] [Anti-Drug Operations] [Counterespionage] The golden finger is extremely weak, and he relies on his own abilities. This is a battle of wits between highly intelligent opponents, so you need to keep your brain switched on. There is no showing off and face-slapping! Ideal for veteran readers. If you understand it, you'll find it ve 258.2kReads9.6Score30.8kShelves
21. 121 我EN I've Already Ascended, Yet You're Telling Me to Take the College Entrance Exam? 我都飞升了，你叫我去高考？ Step by Step to the Clouds步步青云Urban4.8M WordsCompleted Ning Wangshu transmigrates to the cultivation world and spends nearly ten thousand years becoming the greatest cultivator in the immortal path, before finally ascending to immortality. But after ascending, he discovers that he hasn't entered the Immortal Realm at all. He's returned to Earth, where only a little over three months have passed, and the college entrance exams are just around the corner... And so, this year's graduating class gains an invincible immortal who has ascended to the highe 62kReads8.3Score7.6kShelves

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    The male protagonist is an orphan with a ruthless and decisive personality. After ascending to Earth from the world of cultivation, he disregards urban rules, unleashing his full power, beating up bullies and trampling evil forces.

22. 122 高 A Master Descends the Mountain to Cultivate in the City 高手下山之都市修仙 Ninety-Eighth Generation九拾八代Urban5.0M WordsOngoing [Overwhelmingly Satisfying Power Fantasy] [Invincible] [Master Returns from the Mountains] [Urban Cultivation] [No System] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Martial Arts] In modern society, spiritual energy is scarce and cultivation is difficult. Yet Jiang Chen spent just ten years on Mount Kunlun cultivating from an ordinary mortal to the late Foundation Establishment stage, demonstrating peerless talent. He was so exceptional that even his mysterious and powerful master couldn't help feeling jealous an 45.7kReads8.2Score3kShelves

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    ☾As long as I can meet you, all the millions of people who come along are just passing by.

23. 123 修 Seven Hundred Years of Cultivation, Reborn in the City and Invincible 修仙七百年，重生都市我无敌 Ordinary Cloud平凡的云Urban1.9M WordsCompleted The undefeated Immortal Venerable, who cultivated for seven hundred years, returns reborn. Decisive and ruthless, he plays the pig to eat the tiger, makes up for every regret in his heart, and cuts down everything that displeases him! 14.2kReads7.8Score1.3kShelves
24. 124 都 Urban Cultivation 都市修仙 Snow Flying Across the Page纸上飞雪Urban2.9M WordsCompleted Do immortals really exist? It's hard to say, but there are certainly people in this world who continually cultivate in pursuit of immortality… 623Reads5.5Score—Shelves
25. 125 都 Urban Cultivation 《都市修仙》 Lord of the Desolate Gods of Peian City培安城的荒神之主10k WordsCompleted Urban Immortal Cultivation 256Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 126 修 A Cultivation Expert in the City 修真强者在都市 Lingering Back and Forth流连往返Urban5.6M WordsCompleted After his gold-digging girlfriend cheated on him, an ordinary young man from the city unexpectedly inherited the legacy of a mighty cultivator. From then on, he could summon wind and rain, becoming an immortal among mortals. A renowned traditional medicine doctor? My disciple. A gang boss? My underling. A top power player? My subordinate… With one hand, I turn the clouds and bring in endless wealth; with the other, I summon rain and slap faces. Life is this exhilarating, this satisfying! I leave 21.7kReads8.3Score2kShelves
27. 127 修 A Cultivation Genius in the City 修真天才混都市 Crazy Bullet Comments疯狂弹幕Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Dao Ancestor Zhang Haoran failed to overcome the Chaos Lightning Tribulation and was reborn at eighteen. His medical skills, magical arts, and X-ray vision ability all awakened, letting him thrive in the modern world with no obstacle in his way. 2.5kReads—Score144Shelves
28. 128 都 Urban Cultivation 都市修仙 Stubborn Gu Xuanfeng固执的古玄风Urban1.0M WordsCompleted After returning from a drinking session with his roommates, Lin Lang wanders onto the hill behind campus and unexpectedly gains the soul of “Lin Sanlang” from the Xuanchen Continent. Lin Lang's soul merges with Lin Sanlang's, and they discover that the world they inhabit is in the “Age of Declining Magic.” As time passes, it begins to enter the “Age of Prosperity”... 221Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 129 你 You Can Call Me a Savage, but I Don't Want to Be an Assassin 你可以叫我野人！但我不想做杀手 Du Ai毒毐Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Superpowered martial arts + fantastical imagination + decisive and ruthless + utterly insane + demonized god of slaughter + cold to the core + invincible villain] Ten years ago, he was an orphan whose family had been wiped out. He stumbled into Mount Ailao, and ten years later, a beast emerged from the forest: the wild man had returned. He casually took out a top-ranked S-class assassin, then went on to bathe the city in blood, killing his way to the top of the world’s strongest assassin rankin 4.1kReads7.7Score743Shelves

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30. 130 霸 The Tyrant Blade 霸道狂刀 World Explorer探界者Eastern Fantasy303k WordsCompleted In the world of ancient martial arts, the strong rule supreme. There are martial arts tournaments and duels atop Mount Hua. Only five years old, Shen Jinghong hides in a secret compartment in the ancestral hall. Through a narrow crack, he watches as his family is slaughtered! His father, Shen Canghai, is struck down, his Cloudbreaker Saber shattered and his chest pierced through. His mother's body crumples to the ground, and blood splashes across a pillar in the ancestral hall... From that mome 167Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 131 诡EN The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 232.8kReads9.5Score28.3kShelves

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    [Top Post][Top Post] Fang Xiu unexpectedly transmigrates to a world invaded by strange beings, awakening the ability to rewind time after death. In this perilous world, his personality gradually becomes tyrannical. To make all the strange beings in the world suffer, his behavior gradually deviates from the norm, ignoring rules and laws, and adopting a dark writing style.

32. 132 道 A Daoist Descends the Mountain to Work in a Noodle Shop 道士下山，面馆打杂 Loves Old-Friend Noodles Best最爱老友粉Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [A Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain + Passionate + Has Brothers + Urban Training + Witty + Wish Fulfillment + Ghost Hunting + Zombie Slaying + Organized Group + Cracking Down on Cultivator Crime + Horror] A hostess at a leisure center is sucking people's blood essence. Get rid of her! People keep jumping into the river? A water ghost is harming people. You still want to help it pass on? It harmed people, so get rid of it! A shoddily built tower is haunted... Huh! The ghost lady has earned mer 5.7kReads9.4Score591Shelves

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33. 133 停 Working Part-Time at the Morgue, I Carried Out My Ex-Girlfriend? 停尸房兼职，搬出了前女友？ A Flower Flying on a Leaf一叶飞花Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing The Dao has both civil and martial paths. The martial path: uphold the law and slay demons. The civil path: read faces and understand the world. I am Jiang Rui, skilled in both. You can call me Handsome, or you can call me Ah Zu. Passerby: “Master Jiang, I think I’ve been haunted. Please, you have to save me!” Jiang Rui smiles calmly. “Come on, there’s no such thing as ghosts.” As he speaks, he discreetly pinches a yellow talisman between his fingers. Passerby: “Master Jiang, can you find a feng 21.5kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves
34. 134 邪 Evil God Moran! 邪神墨然！ Three Winds 11三风11Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted Why does the headless ghost in the hospital keep praying at midnight? Why does the skin-stealing ghost in the desolate mountain village wail without stopping? And why does the long-haired female ghost in the studio apartment shriek in the middle of the night? None of this is a distortion of human nature, much less a collapse of morality. It’s just that… someone’s having an episode! In an age when horror has returned and vengeful ghosts run rampant, Bai Yuan, dressed in a hospital gown, smiled ca 154.8kReads9.3Score16.2kShelves
35. 135 阳 Notes of a Taoist Priest in the World of the Living 阳间道士笔记 Pan Dejiang潘的江Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted A recent college graduate ends up working odd jobs at Fuyuantang after an accident. He becomes an apprentice, learns the craft, kills ghosts, and subdues demons. From the locust tree spirit in Xiangcheng to the Mountain Goddess of Jinling, from evil Taoist cultivators in western Hunan to master Gu-raisers in Miaojiang, the Taoist sects under heaven are in turmoil. Watch Li Yang take up his sword and roam the world! 7.6kReads8.3Score750Shelves
36. 136 魔 The Demonic Cultivator Returns: My Billionaire CEO Sister 魔修归来：我的百亿总裁姐姐 May My Baby Be Happy and Healthy我的宝贝要健健康康啊Urban235k WordsOngoing Mu Han was adopted by the Mu family as a child and regarded his three older sisters as the closest people in the world. But as soon as his biological younger brother, Mu Zhe, returned, he set him up and forced him to leave with nothing. The whole family believed the lies. Even the sisters who had always doted on him forced him to bow his head and apologize. Heartbroken and disillusioned, he unexpectedly transmigrated to the world of immortal cultivation and was forced onto the demonic path. With 4Reads—Score199Shelves

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    No feeling stifled, just pure bliss.

37. 137 末 Doomsday Commander: Hunting for Treasure with Beautiful Women 末日团长：带着美女去猎宝 Ailibaba from Jiangnan Water Country江南水乡的艾丽爸Sci-Fi & Apocalypse300k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse]+ [Beautiful Women]+ [Adventure]+ [Cunning Hero]+ [Divine Skills]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [Miraculous Supplies] Where there is an apocalypse, there are zombies. Where there are zombies, there is slaughter. Where there is slaughter, there is treasure. Where there is treasure, you need a girl group. In this apocalypse, I'm a lone wolf. My lover betrayed me, and the men shunned me. Only the girl group trusts me. I want treasure, and I want beautiful women, because I'm the legend of th —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In the apocalypse, morality and law are meaningless. We take up our steel knives and weapons and kill and kill to create a dawn and escape this end times.

38. 138 黑 Underworld Tyrant: Those Who Follow Me Prosper, Those Who Oppose Me Perish! 黑道暴君：顺我者昌，逆我者亡！ Please Let Me Go Viral Just Once拜托你让我火一次吧Urban983k WordsOngoing [Class Beauty, I’m out of prison. You’ll pay for what you did!] Framed by the class beauty he loved, Wang Erchui was wrongfully imprisoned for three years. The misery of prison transformed the once-ordinary boy into a hardened man. But it was only after getting out and seeking revenge that he gradually realized there was a terrifying story behind it all. The truth was, it wasn’t that love affair that had ruined his life. It was a vast, carefully woven web of darkness. His enemies had already ris 9.4kReads8.9Score578Shelves

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    Orphaned, but with an older sister-in-law

39. 139 回 Back in the City: No One Knows I'm in the Tribulation Transcendence Stage 回归都市：没人知道我是渡劫期 Black Soapberry黑色无患子Urban943k WordsOngoing A mighty tribulation-stage cultivator is reborn on Earth! From the start, he's invincible, sweeping all before him and slaughtering enemies in every direction! He torments rich heirs, tramples martial arts grandmasters, and crushes reclusive old monsters. Anyone who refuses to submit gets beaten until they do! He uses immortal arts to amass the world's wealth and build a commercial empire, then rules cultivators around the globe with his power, forging a cultivation empire! Spiritual qi revival, 2Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    A lifesaver for those suffering from a reading slump! A transcendent immortal returns to the modern world, effortlessly resolving urban troubles. Watch as he roams freely!

40. 140 这 In This World, I Alone Am an Immortal 这世间，惟我独仙 Far Away, So Far遥远的远Urban822k WordsCompleted After awakening memories of his past life, Shen Yu discovers that he was once a rogue cultivator in the Qingyun Realm. In this new world, he is merely the adopted son of a junk dealer. Faced with a new life and a new environment, how will a rogue cultivator with no cultivation handle things? Can a ruthless rogue cultivator who killed without mercy become an ordinary person in a modern city...? Author’s note: This isn’t a fast-paced wish-fulfillment novel. It’s a mishmash of ideas, but the logic 41Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    The author himself recommends this book. It's an urban novel disguised as a cultivation story, a hodgepodge of business warfare, police drama, campus life, officialdom, Liu Bei (a legendary figure in Chinese history), pursuing a husband, real and fake young masters… No system, no cheat codes, no dragon king, no super-rich, no stupidity—the logic is sound and realistic, so please read with confidence.

41. 141 龙 The Dragon Fang Returns to Guard the Fishing Village and Strike Fear into All Enemies 龙牙归来守渔村慑万敌 World Explorer探界者Rural Life316k WordsOngoing [Battle God from the Start] [One Female Lead] [Urban Cultivation] [Cultivation Begins in Chapter Five] [Action-Packed Revenge] The Dragon Fang Battle God, whose name strikes fear overseas, lays down his arms and returns to his hometown, a seaside fishing village. All he wants is to protect his neighbors and the woman he loves, and live a peaceful life. But trouble comes one wave after another, and powerful enemies from every direction keep coming for him. A chance encounter brings him an immorta 119Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Although the first book is new, it is still ruthless and decisive. The two older books are equally ruthless and decisive. Welcome to both new and old friends.

42. 142 都 Urban: Dark Destiny System 都市:天命暗黑系统 Moon Over the Clouds月临云Urban351k WordsCompleted Villainous Protagonist: [5 points for putting profit above all, 4 for decisive ruthlessness, and 1 for being a little cunning. Not a fast-paced power fantasy, and not mindless killing. Enter with caution if that's not your thing.] “When people are born, their light and darkness cannot be judged. Human nature is evil; even gods and demons cannot forgive themselves.” Yun Lin, guardian of the nation for a generation, was ultimately betrayed! But at the final moment between life and death, a sudden 55Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Five-star recommendation!

43. 143 一 Why Is This Little Village Doctor So Cocky? 一个小村医这么拽 World Explorer探界者20k WordsCompleted A Small-Town Doctor With a Big Attitude 46Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A three-year-old child is kicked out of his home and chased by his second uncle. At the last moment, he encounters an old beggar. Eighteen years later, he descends the mountain, fights his way from Earth to the spirit world, and ascends to the immortal realm...

44. 144 我 I Saved the Whole Village, but Couldn’t Protect My Brother 我救了全村，却没有保护好兄弟 World Explorer探界者7k WordsCompleted I Saved the Whole Village, but Failed to Protect My Brother 99Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 145 莺 A Cultivation Path Among the Warblers 莺莺燕燕修仙路 Illusory Mortal World幻人间Urban1.9M WordsOngoing An urban, everyday-life story told in plain language. High-martial-arts cultivation without spiritual energy; no System, no old master in a magical artifact, and no rebirth. There's life and conflict, and when it's time to fight or kill, the protagonist does just that. Beautiful women are his cultivation resource, not a harem obligation. This is a modern high-martial-arts world with almost no spiritual energy, so cultivation should be impossible. But lucky Li Jun unexpectedly obtained an incredi 53Reads8.1Score270Shelves

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    It's a novel story with multiple female protagonists, featuring urban martial arts and cultivation without spiritual energy. The male lead is responsible but not a harem character. There are no systems, no grandfathers, no rebirths, no time travels, and it's written in a vernacular style, where people fight and kill as they please. It's a story with life, conflict, and passion.

46. 146 铸 The Prodigy Smith: The Golden Cicada Hides the Iron Bow and Heavenly Tome 铸器骄子之金蝉铁弓藏天书 Brother Eight Hundred Miles八百里哥Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing Young blacksmith Chu Xiaoyang carries venomous insects, wields a slingshot, and relies on a pair of iron hammers. Neither wholly righteous nor wholly wicked, he is hunted by the righteous, pursued by the wicked, and even spurned by his own family. Wherever he finds injustice, he brings his hammers crashing down... 144Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 147 特 Special Operations Soldier: An Eagle Spreads Its Wings 特战兵之雏鹰展翅 Brother Eight Hundred Miles八百里哥Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Xiao Ronghan is an ordinary boy from a mountain village, born in a Miao settlement in southern Xinjiang. He has no interest in going to college, working odd jobs, or joining the army. He is a farmer’s son, yet doesn’t know how to farm. From childhood, he trained hard in martial arts and practiced his family’s inherited techniques under the guidance of his retired-soldier father, his master, who is known as the foremost expert in Miao territory, and the clan chief. After years of grueling trainin 14.3kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves
48. 148 修 Cultivation, and Only I Reign: A Path of Vengeance and Slaughter 修仙唯我：复仇与杀伐之路 Starfall Jiujiu星雨玖玖Eastern Fantasy354k WordsCompleted [The initial scores have just come in, but they'll go up!] [Urban cultivation + the only cultivator + revenge + invincible + ruthless and decisive + satisfying power fantasy + coldhearted protagonist] Chen Xingyun was framed by his friend and girlfriend working together, and ended up stranded on a deserted island. But there was still hope. While struggling to survive on the island, he obtained a cultivation inheritance and became the only cultivator on Blue Star. His childhood sweetheart sudde 90Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    This is possible; the only cultivator.

49. 149 我 I'm a Taoist Priest. What's Wrong with Knowing a Few Spells? 我一个道士，会点法术怎么了 Hero Wu吴大侠Urban2.8M WordsOngoing Anti-cultural export + cultivation + livestreaming + Daoist priest + System + spreading the Dao in America + no couples + no female lead + no spiritual qi revival + scheming protagonist Also known as: Spreading the Dao in America, Shocking the Eagles Every Day Chen Xian, Daoist name Xuanyun, is known in the martial world as the well-mannered young Daoist, the Cultivator's Version of Homelander, and the Enlightened Master Who Follows His Every Whim. His motto: “This Daoist does whatever he wants! 54.7kReads9.0Score4.4kShelves

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    Crack! Boom!! A flash of light! A thunderous roar exploded in everyone's ears. A bolt of lightning struck the main gate of the Dawei Tianlong Temple, shattering the entire top of the gate. The temple's signboard broke in two, one half crashing heavily onto the fat abbot's head, the other half shattering and scattering debris and rubble in all directions. The monks at the temple gate and the ignoring worshippers were instantly struck, their heads bleeding profusely. Before they could even cry out in pain, the world went white again. A second bolt of lightning, a third bolt, a fourth… a fifth, followed in quick succession.

50. 150 修 Does Cultivation Ever End? 修仙有没有尽头 World Explorer探界者Urban253k WordsCompleted A new story is here! Business prodigy Li Haoran started his own company at eighteen, with his classmate and close friend Mo Xingchen becoming his trusted assistant. In just one year, Haihua Group’s assets reached one hundred million yuan. Just as Li Haoran was about to tell his family... His classmate and trusted assistant joined forces to trick him into going to the outskirts, break all four of his limbs, and throw him off a cliff. By chance, an old Taoist passing through the mountains to gathe 165Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The little beggar was decisive and ruthless.

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