The Cost of Shifting, I Became an Immortal Through the Unorthodox Path 转移代价，我诡道成仙

1. 1 诡 Proving Immortality with Strange Bones 诡骨证仙 Demon Cultivator Shinichi魔修新一Eastern Fantasy3.3M WordsOngoing [Dark fantasy + traditional cultivation! The protagonist follows a sinister path, ruthless and decisive, and is no saint! If that isn't your thing, don't read.] The immortal path is false virtue, built on lives sacrificed to establish one's foundation. Lu Li crawls out of a pit of corpses, using bones as a lamp as he walks a path only a true demon would dare take. From then on: killing, seizing souls, refining bones, devouring the heavens. If I attain the Dao, I will slaughter every immortal. F 83kReads8.2Score9.7k14d adds

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   I highly recommend this one. It has a strong sense of time and isn't overly sentimental, which fits the title perfectly.

2. 2 我 I Have No Enemies in the Cultivation World 我在修仙界没有仇人 funckleeXianxia612k WordsOngoing A battered booklet fell from the sky and entered his mind. It was a ledger of grudges: the deeper the grudge, the redder the name. After that, people kept inexplicably going mad during cultivation. Some picked up poison pills instead of elixirs. Some went into seclusion and came out as nothing but bones. Li Ming remained an obscure disciple, and no one knew any of it had anything to do with him. 1.2kReads—Score10014d adds

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   This is the most reasonable damage transfer scenario I've ever seen; it doesn't involve any forced trouble-making.

3. 3 诡 The Eerie Path to Immortality, Starting with Immunity to Side Effects 诡道长生，从免疫副作用开始 I Don't Eat Sweet Oranges我不吃甜橙Eastern Fantasy689k WordsCompleted Li Sanyan transmigrates into a strange cultivation world and becomes a test subject for medicinal pills from the start. Anyone who takes the Golden Core pill turns into a monstrous insect or demon. Being a test subject is a sure death sentence! Fortunately, Li Sanyan awakens the Supernatural Immunity System and begins cultivating along a strange and supernatural path. “That's clearly a poison pill. How can he enjoy eating it so much? The master must be secretly giving him special treatment!” say 1.9kReads8.3Score18014d adds

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   1. The protagonist transmigrates to a bizarre world, becoming a novice Taoist in a temple. He joins a demonic sect to cultivate immortality, inheriting their techniques that grant him immunity from all consequences. This world is filled with strangeness and omnipresent evil, where powerful cultivators treat mortals as resources for their cultivation.

4. 4 诡 Creepy Cultivation, but I Can Turn Side Effects into Benefits 诡异修仙，但我能转正副作用 I Don't Eat Sweet Oranges我不吃甜橙Eastern Fantasy780k WordsOngoing Li Yan had barely transmigrated to a world of demons, strange beings, and cultivation when an eerie old Daoist forced him to swallow a pill containing a parasitic curse. Just as he was about to become a pill slave and be treated as nothing but a resource, he unexpectedly awakened a System that absorbed side effects. The harsher the side effect, the more powerful the benefit after it was reversed! [Swallow the Blood-Egg Pill. Effect reversed: Steal other people's blood essence and cultivation!] [ 820Reads7.7Score10014d adds

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   Side effects become my nourishment; the stronger the side effects, the stronger I become, achieving unparalleled power in this bizarre world.

5. 5 副 Dungeon Missions? I Can Choose All the Rewards 副本任务？我奖励能全选 Stay True to the EndZ慎终如始ZEastern Fantasy783k WordsOngoing (Just received a rating) (No female lead, System-focused, Infinite Flow, Talent-focused, decisive and ruthless, no artificially weakened combat power, rapid power growth) Lin Qi, an utterly ordinary new graduate. On his way to a job interview, he encounters a supernatural incident and gets pulled into a deadly game called an “instance.” For every instance he clears, the System offers rewards including techniques, attributes, equipment, and supernatural abilities, but each person can take onl 48.3kReads8.0Score4.9k14d adds

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   This book is good, you can take a look.

6. 6 百 Ghosts in the Apocalypse: I Became the Strongest Ghost Tamer 百鬼末世：我成了最强御鬼师 Yi People's Firelight彝人烟火Mystery2.9M WordsOngoing [A Full 1,000 Types of Ghosts] Mysterious ghosts include Jin Buhuan, the White Bone Bodhisattva, the Earthly Branches War Lord, and the Blood-Drop Plum Blossom. The powerful ones include Asura, Rakshasa, the Butcher, the Martial Champion, and the Emperor. The eerie ones include Painted Skin, the Red Robe, the Chubby Baby, the Coroner, the Flower-Waisted Bride, the Embalmer, and the Ever-Burning Lamp. Every type has its own evolution path: Drowned Ghost → Water Monkey → Kappa → ? (There’s more af 114.4kReads9.5Score9.9k14d adds

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   I couldn't put this book down.

7. 7 玄EN Fantasy: Simplified Cultivation, From Minion to Overlord 玄幻：简化功法，从喽啰开始成霸主 Di Tian帝天Eastern Fantasy4.7M WordsOngoing [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Level Suppression] [Crush Everything] That year, the nobody Chu Qing refused to stand in the background in a hemp robe and bare feet, waving flags and shouting slogans. Now, a thousand-year empire, sects that dominated their regions, and the heroes of the martial world were all rising at once, like dragons and serpents. Then I, Chu Qing, would trample the streets beneath my feet until the bones of nobles littered them, and burn the imperial treasury until its splen 8.1kReads8.2Score1.1k14d adds
8. 8 仙 The Immortal Fetus Mutant 仙胎异种 Jian Hanshan剑寒衫Eastern Fantasy457k WordsOngoing This is a grotesque world controlled by “immortals.” There are immortal pills grown in hearts, where flesh and blood serve as the soil; bone-ash baby formula made by burning corpses; and rich-blood immortal fruits growing from flesh. This is a savage immortal realm that is disgusting, diseased, ugly, and deformed. “I am an aberrant immortal fetus, an apocalyptic calamity that feeds on immortals. My name is Chen Yang, and I’ve had the good fortune to arrive in this filthy, sinister savage immorta 1.7kReads8.8Score12414d adds

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   Highly recommended! The latest and best-looking fantasy cultivation novel: ① In this world, there are spirits and monsters who use humans as medicine and raise them for food. The town is nestled in a sinkhole deep in the mountains. Due to its unique soil, suitable for growing a strange grain called Blood Rice, it is named Treasure Mud. Chen Yang is an outsider who has been in this primitive agricultural world for fourteen years. Everything began with rice blast, immortal embryos, and Gu poison. Mortals are raised as medicinal herbs; this is a morbid and deformed world, and I am the medicine to heal it...

9. 9 诡 In This Bizarre Cultivation World, I Can Train Without Any Cost 诡异修仙，我却可以无代价修炼 Qingjiaoyi青椒一Eastern Fantasy595k WordsCompleted [Eerie Cultivation] Li Fan transmigrates to the Great Yan Dynasty and becomes a young Taoist novice at Qingfeng Temple. He thinks he’ll spend the rest of his life living an ordinary existence. But gradually, he discovers that this is a world of immortal cultivation. Just as he sets foot on the path to immortality, he learns that every cultivation method comes at a price! Fortunately, Li Fan awakens a golden finger that lets him waive the costs of cultivation methods. This is a world of the unca 1.4kReads6.9Score10114d adds
10. 10 副 Transferring Side Effects: From the Start, I Practice the Evil-Repelling Sword Manual 副作用转移：开局修炼辟邪剑谱 As If Facing an Abyss如临深渊兮Eastern Fantasy400k WordsCompleted [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Face-slapping] [Lighthearted] [Swordsmanship] [Lightning-Fast] With both parents dead and a considerable inheritance, you want to leave me penniless? Pah! Luo Xiu transmigrates to a fantasy wuxia world and awakens the Side Effect Transfer System, which lets him transfer side effects to other people. From then on, his path of cultivation gets more and more outrageous... “I’ll cultivate the Sunflower Manual from the start. I get stronger, you get castrated. Fair, right?” 2.2kReads7.7Score10114d adds

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    ❤️This story is all about transferring costs. The protagonist transmigrates to a fictional ancient world and gains a side-effect transfer system. [Side-effect transfer: a conceptual effect that can actively transfer all negative effects other than the main effect.] This world has all sorts of strange and wonderful martial arts, a path to heaven, transcending the mortal realm. Unfortunately, although the original owner longed for it, his talent was too low to even begin, so he could only collect some martial arts manuals and admire them from afar. The most powerful of them all was the "Evil-Repelling Sword Manual," but the cost was too high, so he dared not practice it. But now, hehe… I practice swordsmanship, and my enemies are cut off two inches! Isn't that wonderful?

11. 11 诡 The Immortal Path of the Uncanny 诡道仙路 Big-Headed T头很大的T君Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted [Uncanny cultivation, no female lead, mortal protagonist] A black sun hangs in the sky, and the Uncanny Realm invades! Mortal Zhou Yi transmigrates into this world and makes a living by writing for others. One day, starving and freezing, he is hired by the sinister Shopkeeper Dong to copy ancient texts. By chance, he activates a beast-hide Bagua diagram and uses it to refine a perfect uncanny technique, killing the sinister shopkeeper. As he cultivates, he discovers that this world has long been 11.7kReads8.4Score1k14d adds

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    Transmigrating to another world, engaging in bizarre cultivation, and possessing a cheat-like advantage: a piece of Bagua beast skin that records and can optimize supernatural techniques, reducing the costs of cultivation and use to an acceptable level. The protagonist is cautious yet bold, not a saint, and yearns to become stronger.

12. 12 开 From the Start, I Had Only Eight Years to Live, So I Bet It All 开局只有8年寿命，我选择梭哈 Hamburger Without the Bun汉堡没有包Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [Concept Enhancement + Decisive and Ruthless + No Brain-dead Moves + Cold-Blooded and Merciless + Rock-Solid Caution + No Simping] After mysteriously transmigrating to another world, Ding Yi grew more and more uneasy by the day. He noticed that the elderly couple who had kindly taken him in kept peeping at him outside his door in the middle of the night. The suppressed, excited breathing and sounds of swallowing from beyond the crack in the door left Ding Yi in no doubt that the old couple would 45.4kReads8.8Score4.3k14d adds

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    Highly recommended! The latest and most captivating fantasy and eerie novel: ① In the darkness, Ding Yi lay on his bed, his eyes fixed on the void above, desperately trying to control his breathing, pretending to be fast asleep. Having inexplicably transmigrated to another world, Ding Yi had become increasingly panicked these past few days. Wanting to escape, he discovered that he was in the twilight of a dynasty, rife with evil spirits. Just as he was falling into despair, Ding Yi suddenly discovered that he could use his life force to strengthen all things. Strengthening successful! Congratulations, you have obtained the martial art "Evergreen Technique"!!

13. 13 人 The Immortal Food of Mankind 人种仙食 Big-Headed T头很大的T君Eastern Fantasy6.5M WordsOngoing "Weird Cultivation, Behind-the-Scenes Story" The Tang Dynasty: strange things are coming. When Li Qing transmigrated here, he thought Mr. Huayue had kindly taken him in. Little did he know that the man saw him only as livestock to be raised for food. At the brink of life and death, the jade tablet on Li Qing revealed its power, gravely wounding Mr. Huayue and allowing him to escape. But the danger was far from over. The scheme of the Six Paths and Eight Immortals to devour all living beings had 38.1kReads8.8Score3.4k14d adds

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    Masters of the "Ghostly Cultivation" genre are all worth watching. [Eating popcorn][Eating popcorn][Eating popcorn]

14. 14 我 The Years I Spent Raising Corpses and Nurturing Ghosts in the Graveyard 我在坟场种尸养诡的那些年 I, Too, Am a Dragon Slayer我亦是屠龙客Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted Lin Feng wakes up as a tomb keeper in a world plagued by natural disasters and sinister calamities. The slightest mistake could cost him his life. Fortunately, he can plant corpses to raise ghosts, sowing dead bodies to reap all kinds of skills and ghosts. The Opera Ghost plays the Monkey King, bringing the seventy-two transformations to life and sweeping through the turmoil of the mortal world. The Embroidery Ghost mends everything under the sun, weaving a tragic song of a troubled age and craf 13.9kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
15. 15 诡 The Weird Path to Immortality: I Become a God in a Strange World 诡道长生：我在诡异世界封神 Xian Muo衔木oEastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted [Eerie] [Gu cultivation] [A completely revamped power system] The blind Lin Hun is a corpse collector, a white-clad servant in his ninth life at the Demon Suppression Bureau. Born ill-fated, he cultivates the eerie path with his crippled body. He spends his days collecting, stitching, and refining corpses, surrounded by the Eerie. Then he unexpectedly awakens the divine Eerie art, "The Lifespan-Boiling Gu Cultivation Method": Use lifespan as fuel, boil up supernatural abilities, and cultivate Gu 23.2kReads8.2Score2.6k14d adds
16. 16 克 Cosmic Horror Cultivation: I Can Reverse Time 克系修仙：我能逆转时间 Plop Fish扑通鱼Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing (No heroine, no invincibility, no brainless protagonist, plot-driven, a protagonist who eats people. Things get really exciting after he breaks through to the Nascent Soul realm!) Ye Xiang transmigrates into a Lovecraftian cultivation world and develops an eye condition. The world he sees is unlike the one ordinary people see: perception turned upside down, Buddha statues made of insects. The Great Dao has vanished, towers of corpses float in the air, and two dark moons hang overhead. What is re 1.6kReads9.0Score15414d adds
17. 17 诡 The Strange Path to Immortality: Cultivating Begins with Selling Paintings on the Street 诡道长生：从街头卖画开始修仙 Sweet and Sour Koi糖醋锦鲤鱼Eastern Fantasy693k WordsCompleted Gu Changsheng transmigrates to another world, the Great Shang Dynasty, where the Heavenly Dao has fallen into decline, demons run rampant, and cultivation techniques are perilous and uncanny. Fortunately, he awakens the ability to recreate portraits. Painting a portrait of a living being lets him acquire their techniques and skills, while also extending his lifespan. In Yinshan City, he paints a portrait of the Black Mountain Old Demon and comprehends a Heaven-tier cultivation art: the Yuan Moun 3.6kReads8.4Score22614d adds

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    If you're looking for something to read, check these out; they're all unconventional and bizarre cultivation stories.

18. 18 无 Infinite Sacrifices: I Am an Immortal of the Strange 无限献祭，我乃诡物仙人 A Certain Desperate Little Secret Identity某绝望的小小马甲Eastern Fantasy161k WordsOngoing [Satisfying Battles] [Monstrous Entities] [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Female Lead] My name is Wang Cihuo, and in this world crawling with monstrous entities, I'm about to be eaten by one. But what the hell is this [Sacrifice System]? [Ding!] [Monstrous entity detected nearby. Sacrifice System activated!] [Note: Sacrifice your flesh to a monstrous entity to plunder its abilities. The more flesh you sacrifice, the greater the proportion you can plunder.] [Remaining body weight: 140 jin] Wang Cihuo 15Reads—Score—14d adds
19. 19 人 Trapped in an Uncanny World: My Panel Makes Me a Martial Sage 人在诡异世界：我面板武圣 I'm Not Ximen Chuixue我不是西门吹雪Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted Martial arts + System stat upgrades + supernatural resurgence! The supernatural resurgence brings a crumbling dynasty, warring warlords, chaos across the land, and suffering among the people. Bai Lu is reborn in this world as a lowly hired laborer. With the wisdom gained over two lifetimes and the power of his awakened System, he practices martial arts, studies secret techniques, slays monsters, and punishes the wicked amid the chaos. Martial arts, demonic arts, immortal techniques, and secret t 14.6kReads8.0Score1k14d adds
20. 20 玄 Xuanhuan: In a World of the Supernatural, I'm Immortal from the Start 玄幻：神诡世界，开局我不死不灭 Rice-Scented Crisps稻香锅巴Eastern Fantasy715k WordsCompleted When Qin Feng wakes up, he has transmigrated into a dangerous world where immortals and mortals coexist and demons run rampant. Evil spirits prey on people’s minds, monsters devour their vitality, false gods wreak havoc on the realm, and true immortals do nothing! Mortals here can barely make it through the day. Fortunately, when faced with this bizarre world, Qin Feng has a golden finger: a lottery System. From the start, he draws one of Tom Cat’s incredible abilities: tenacious vitality! [Tena 9.9kReads8.0Score76814d adds
21. 21 我EN 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 126kReads9.2Score15.1k14d adds
22. 22 开 From the Start, I Gain the Identity of an Immortal; The More Mysterious I Am, the Stronger I Get 开局获得仙人身份，越神秘越强大 Wu Wuwu吾舞舞吾Eastern Fantasy438k WordsCompleted Li Tian'an transmigrates to a world where the supernatural and the uncanny run rampant. The people here are as helpless as meat on a chopping board. Demons and monsters wreak havoc, and only by sacrificing people to the “gods” can anyone claim a place of refuge. Li Tian'an rides the tide of events, bringing with him a mysterious System from a game he made in his previous life. As its name suggests, the Mysterious System rewards him for staying mysterious. The more mysterious he is, the more powe 3.8kReads7.4Score27214d adds
23. 23 开 From the Start in the Corpse-Burning Pit, I’m Still Invincible! 开局焚尸坑，我照样无敌！ A Cup of Warm Wine温酒一杯Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted Immortals and gods rise, imperial dynasties fall, and a billion years pass like a brushstroke. Survive the ordeal of the flesh, master divine arts, become a star, then shine like the moon... With a blade bright enough to illuminate the world, one can cleave the heavens with a sword! Lin Yu transmigrates by accident, only to find himself in grave danger. From then on, he overcomes every hardship and peril on his path to martial cultivation. He slays immortals and gods and lives freely, while one 632Reads6.7Score10514d adds
24. 24 诡 Seeking Immortality in the Strange Realm: I Have a Divine Ability Tree 诡界求仙：我有一棵神通树 Calm Waters of the Xiang River湘水无波Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing [Masterful survivalist cultivation + eerie cultivation + Tiangang divine powers + ruthless and decisive + no harem + not a bleeding heart] Born as the master of divine powers, I am the Dao Lord of the cosmos! The eerie invaded, the Heavenly Dao collapsed, and the cosmos was left in ruins… The gods and Buddhas of the heavens, the great powers of the Immortal Dao, all vanished overnight. The path to immortality was severed, the divine path fell silent, and demons and monsters ran rampant. Where ar 72kReads8.3Score6.6k14d adds
25. 25 负 Negative Emotions Redirected: System Overlord 负能转嫁：系统主宰 Half-Immortal Zongzi粽半仙Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Immortal Cultivation + Everyday Comedy + Negative Effects Transfer + Face-Slapping + Sneaky Schemer + Survivalist Way] Everyday comedy, witty and playful dialogue, and a slow-burning main plot. After Han Chang Kong transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation, he discovers that the previous owner of this body suffered a Dao wound while trying to retrieve the Asking Heaven Sword for his sect, becoming a cripple. In the end, he died in his own cave dwelling. After transmigrating, Han Chang Ko 20kReads8.1Score1.7k14d adds

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    🔻1 Upon waking up, the protagonist finds himself transmigrated to the world of cultivation, becoming a cripple with incurable injuries. Fortunately, he awakens the ability to transfer negative effects from himself. With this ability, he recovers from his injuries, develops in peace, grows stronger, and enjoys his perfect life.

26. 26 开 From the Start: A Piece of Broken Jade Reveals Immortal Secrets 开局：一块残玉窥仙秘 Big-Headed T头很大的T君Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Synopsis (No female lead - part-time mastermind - decisive and ruthless - remaking the world - passionate) A fragment of jade puts Wang Ding, a man from another world, on the stage of the vast universe. It lets him experience the lives of countless powerful figures and live through, witness, and take part in the crimson revolution sweeping across the worlds. The countless fallen heroes and noble souls who press forward, generation after generation, will remake the world with their roars. “We wil 1.4kReads8.4Score11414d adds
27. 27 诡 Ancestral Master of the Strange Realm 诡境道祖 Young Master Butcher公子屠夫Mystery990k WordsOngoing A parallel world, overrun by the supernatural. Cities may sleep through the dead of night, but the supernatural invasion never stops. You can’t tell whether the person beside you will still be themselves tomorrow. You can’t know whether the terrifying dark gate will open beside your bed tonight. And you can’t imagine the endless, terrifying unknown that awaits every eighteen-year-old in the “college entrance exam.” In this horrifying world, Ye Bai discovers, “Huh? I have a golden finger!” … A c 829Reads8.4Score10014d adds
28. 28 诡 Bane of the Supernatural: Survival Begins at a Ruined Temple 诡异克星：从破庙求生开始 Copper Coin铜钱币Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted The Weirdness Bane + Exorcism Through Science + Survival + The War of Civilizations “Please finish this bowl of noodles within the time it takes an incense stick to burn…” Gu Mo was sweating profusely as he stared intently at the bowl of scallion noodles on the offering table before him. “Don't eat it! If you do, it's all over…” 9.2kReads7.4Score83614d adds

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    Full marks! [Drooling emojis]

29. 29 诡 The Eerie Carver 诡雕 Daylight Reader白昼读者Eastern Fantasy468k WordsCompleted The sequel to this book, Strange Carvings 2, is now being written. It picks up seamlessly from where this story ends, so read on with confidence. A world of evil gods, demons, and strange creatures. One dynasty gathers the people's hearts, hopes, and will into the nation's fortune and dragon qi, then uses them to forge a divine artifact that protects the realm and safeguards humanity. Cultivators use their souls as a foundation, casting spells through objects and commanding supernatural power. M 2.4kReads8.8Score15014d adds

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    A mystery novel where the sculptor gains various abilities by carving different sculptures.

30. 30 大 The Great Demon Reborn 大魔苏生 Little Sweetheart Who Loves Horses喜欢马匹的小甜心Eastern Fantasy758k WordsOngoing (Cultivation with Lovecraftian horror) (No female lead) The sages have vanished, and all living beings have fallen! How can we cross this sea of suffering? Only slaughter leads to the shore! Mo Lu is steeped in demonic nature, possessed by all three poisons of greed, hatred, and delusion. He does no good deeds, preferring instead to kill and burn. Yet in this chaotic world of cultivation, he is like a carp leaping through the Dragon Gate, or a tiger returning to the mountains. Just see what path 4.3kReads8.9Score36414d adds

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    Transferring the cost, achieving immortality through unorthodox means. ① Luo Xiu enters the realm of fantasy martial arts, awakening a strange ability called the "Effect Grafting System," which allows him to cleverly transfer the negative effects of his cultivation to others. From then on, his martial arts journey becomes increasingly extraordinary... "Upon beginning my cultivation journey with the 'Sword Sutra of Absolute Desire,' my power soars, while you have to endure the pain of sacrifice. Is that fair?" "Extracting the Heavenly Mandate Cleansing Marrow Elixir can reshape bones and muscles and cleanse the mortal body, but it comes at the cost of lifespan? Hmph, to me, it's nothing but a joke. I can swallow eighty pills in one go, what is there to fear!"

31. 31 修 Cultivation Is Seriously Toxic 修仙真有毒 Shanchuan Liqiu山川里秋Eastern Fantasy481k WordsCompleted [Uncanny cultivation + team expeditions and treasure hunting + super-handsome sword immortal + no saintly do-gooder + ruthless and decisive + no female lead + painfully bizarre + this world is far too dangerous] The old beggar raised two fingers in a sword gesture and cried, “Draw!” Blood spurted from his back. A bloody spinal column shot out of his flesh with a slippery hiss, turned into a streak of white light, and flew into the woods. Bai Xiaoyi stared, dumbfounded. Cultivation really is pois 2.5kReads8.5Score17714d adds
32. 32 道 Fellow Daoist, Why Is Your Human Emperor Banner Belching Black Smoke? 道友，你这人皇幡怎么冒黑烟啊？ He An Is Simple贺安很简单Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Even unorthodox paths can lead to Heaven! This poor Daoist has always been a bit timid. If I don’t pull up the roots after cutting the grass, I won’t be able to sleep at night! Heh heh heh... I, He An, am your great calamity! 81.8kReads9.3Score7.3k14d adds
33. 33 怪 The Immortal of Strange Cores 怪核之仙 I Really Have Spiritual Energy我真有灵气Urban797k WordsOngoing [Invasion by Transmigrators + Occupational Combos + A Touch of Cosmic-Horror Folklore + Dark Tone] Kill your family to cultivate immortality? Hurt others to become a Buddha? Overnight, the entire world suddenly began cultivating as one. An Qinghe thought it was a dream, until his own parents tied him up. Only then did he realize that it was all real... Cultivators have invaded the modern world, seizing people's bodies and souls! But right now, all An Qinghe wants to know is... why do they say he 1kReads9.0Score11414d adds
34. 34 怪 The Bizarre Art of Cultivation 怪诞修仙学 Snail Goes to Heaven蜗牛上天Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted (No heroine, Eastern cosmic horror, no System, not invincible, grotesque aesthetics, not a rules-based horror, science and cultivation) The old man once said that cultivators, demons, and evil spirits turn into a pile of ash when they die. This is called tainted ash. Tainted ash contains all the energy they accumulated in life. Eat it, and you can kindle your life lamp and extend your lifespan. Leave it alone, and it will give rise to a tainted-soil resurrection! But there is one exception: bein 45.7kReads9.1Score6.9k14d adds

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    Flesh and blood, suffering and torment; a bizarre ascension. Chinese-style ascension.

35. 35 一 A Dog Named Wang Meiju Can Actually Cultivate Immortality 一条名叫王美菊的狗竟然会修仙 Brother Sen and Ha Lulu森哥和哈露露Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing An ensemble fantasy with an Eastern setting + high-concept, multi-threaded storytelling + a rejection of fate + unflinching tragedy + a war epic + moral dilemmas + weighty literary style + vivid imagery + intense emotional tension + multiple perspectives Beneath the Red Lotus is not a wish-fulfillment story. It has none of the play-the-pig-to-eat-the-tiger tricks, none of the overpowered hero’s unstoppable domination, and none of the harem-collecting fantasies. It is a war epic with “love” as it 720Reads9.3Score—14d adds

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    "Book Drought? Fellow Daoist, Come Quickly!" This novel is beyond imagination! High IQ + writing style + imaginative plot, absolutely amazing! Dongfang Yue's soul has been sealed inside the demonic weapon, the Broken Sword. Elder Furong says only the Immortal King Cauldron can save her. Is the trip to Shenmu Mountain going to end in total annihilation? I'm already getting nervous; this plot is so gripping! #ComebackFromDesperateSituation #CultivationSurvival #PlotSuspense

36. 36 山 Shanren Meiyou Miao's Ninth Book 山人没有妙的第9本书 The Hermit Has No Clever Plan山人没有妙计Mystery116k WordsOngoing Lovecraftian cultivation + eerie events + madness + Daoist: Believe in the Strange Never turn on a light after nightfall!! Whatever you do, don't close your eyes after dark!!! Lin Yi transmigrated and became an illustrious eunuch in the imperial harem. He thought all sorts of wonderful things might happen. But he soon discovered that the harem was terrifying beyond belief. After encountering two eerie events in a row, however, he realized that he might be even more terrifying than the strange th 27Reads—Score—14d adds
37. 37 道 Daoist, Let’s Become Immortals Together! 道爷，咱们一起成仙！ The Black Mask黑色的面具Eastern Fantasy770k WordsCompleted [The uncanny + folk customs + Eastern Lovecraftian horror + cultivation] The Great Heng Dynasty is falling apart. Evil spirits descend, and uncanny immortals and Buddhas proliferate. Confucianism, Legalism, military strategy, agronomy, diplomacy… Beneath the Immortal Dao lie mountains of bones. Truth and falsehood blur, and reality grows strange and elusive. … Chen Yuan summons his soul and is reborn, sinking into deep confusion between death and reality, unable to tell the world apart from him 282Reads—Score—14d adds
38. 38 修 Cultivating Immortality? I Achieved Eternal Glory Through Ghostly Cultivation 修仙？我靠修鬼道成就万古不朽 A Third of the Moon三分明月Urban121k WordsCompleted [Urban Cultivation + Supernatural Ghosts + Feel-Good Story] Jiang Yang was born with a pure yin constitution, carrying ill fortune and destined to be alone. Fortunately, he found a cultivation method in a ghostly book and ultimately achieved ghostly immortality in a human body. Beyond the cycle of reincarnation, a carefree immortal in the mortal world! —Reads—Score—14d adds
39. 39 诡 Mystic of the Haunted Realm: Beginning with the Awakening of Yin-Yang Arts 诡界神棍：从觉醒阴阳术开始 Love French Fries with Ketchup爱吃大薯条沾番茄酱Urban417k WordsCompleted Lin Yan, a low-level charlatan in the Spirit Realm, awakens Yin-Yang arts and unlocks fantastical powers before returning to the human world. He plans to get rich with his fortune-telling skills, but the next thing he knows, vengeful spirits in the Spirit Realm are begging to be recruited, an elven saintess offers to share his bed, and the King of the Inner Earth sobs as he presents him with a priceless treasure. Powerful figures from every corner even visit his dreams, begging him to break thei 4Reads—Score—14d adds
40. 40 雾 Golden Pages in the Mist: The Secret Scroll of Immortality 雾中金页：长生密卷 Big-Headed T头很大的T君Eastern Fantasy370k WordsCompleted Horror Cultivation + No Female Lead + Decisive and Ruthless Wang Qingshan, a visitor from another land, arrives at Blackstone Castle in a world of dusk. A lost cultivation civilization, an age of desperate relics, rampant aberrations, a deranged world, and demonic corruption have made this already dark world darker still. Standing atop a mountain, Wang Qingshan looks at the shadow blocking out the sky above the mist and laughs wildly. “My power comes entirely from my own hard work.” “Golden page 273Reads6.5Score—14d adds

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    The latest and most captivating eerie and terrifying cultivation novel: ① Wang Qingshan, a modern-day office worker, unexpectedly transmigrates to the Twilight World's Black Stone Castle. He's recruited as a guide by the city lord's guard from another state. The story begins here: a lost cultivation civilization, a desperate era of relics, a world of madness, and demonic diseases, making this already dark world even darker. "Spirit detected, meeting the basic recruitment standards of the Xuanxian Dao Sect. Opening the gate to Base 732."

41. 41 仙 Immortal’s Hand on My Crown: I Break Through Even While Lying Down 仙人抚顶：我躺着都能突破 Jumping Clown Dark Soy Sauce跳梁老抽Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Does the path to immortality mean you have to sever all attachments and give up love? Does cultivation mean you have to let the whole world down? After Lin Feiyu was hit by a dump truck, a mysterious stroke of fortune chose him and sent him to the final era of the cultivation world. He didn’t need to cultivate: simply staying alive raised his realm, though the time required to break through doubled with each advancement. He thought fate had granted him a priceless opportunity, but he had no idea 179Reads—Score—14d adds
42. 42 我 I Stack Buffs in a Strange World! 我在诡异世界叠BUFF！ Half a Bowl of Qingbuliang半碗清补凉Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted [Decisive and ruthless, multiple Systems, boundless imagination, no-brain fun, extreme-path cultivation] Zhang Yang transmigrates into an eerie world, but the only thing he brings with him is a rather underwhelming BUFF System. But after using the BUFF System to reach the top of this eerie world, he realizes this is only the beginning. The boundless continent beneath his feet is merely an insignificant fragment. When he kills the first reborn person, he discovers that he isn't the only lucky one 2.7kReads7.9Score22114d adds

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    🔥①The male protagonist transmigrates to a cultivation world invaded by Cthulhu, causing bizarre mutations in the cultivation world. Cultivating cultivation techniques requires paying a price, but fortunately, the protagonist has a cheat-like ability. 🔥②In this strangely resurgent world, the protagonist gains a bug-like ability from a game in reality, turning all kinds of damage to his body into buffs.

43. 43 诡 Eerie Descent: I Became a Junior Grandmaster of the Taoist Sect 诡异降临：我成了道门小师爷 Years Gone By流年往事Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted The bizarre descended. Evil gods whose gaze drove people mad, zombies, vampires, ghost brides, and a parade of a hundred ghosts... Ancient legacies were awakening too. Daoist arts clashed with magic, and alchemy merged with potions... A new era had begun! Zhang Qi: A new era? Wait, I think there's a bug in my body. Let me smoke a cigarette and calm down! Inhaling toxic gas: Lung and heart function +1, health +1, cancer risk reduced, male potency +1. Zhang Qi: Whew, this bug is pretty great! 1.6kReads—Score16114d adds
44. 44 诡 Strange Phenomena Run Rampant: I Investiture the Gods in Another World 诡异横行：我在异世敕封神明 Long Ge龙戈Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsOngoing [No System] [No Female Lead] [Relatively Slow-Burn] [Character Growth] Zhang Xuan is from Jibei Province. According to his grandfather, their family is a direct descendant of the Jiangxi Longhu Mountain lineage. His grandfather named him Zhang Xuan, saying he had the talent to attain the Dao. He hoped Zhang Xuan would become a figure like the Celestial Master Zhang Daoling, and that future generations would call him Zhang Daoxuan. But Zhang Xuan scoffed at the idea and didn’t believe a word of i 20.8kReads8.3Score1.6k14d adds
45. 45 我 The Immortality Story I Can't Help but Share with the Fairy 我与仙子不得不说的长生故事 Pig Knight肥猪骑士Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted Eternal life is a dream, one we chase and pursue. You and I are both caught up in it, in a dream world where reality and fantasy blur together. Evil immortals and fierce female cultivators like tigers appear right by your side, leaving you no chance to escape. 891Reads8.0Score10014d adds

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    He gets stronger by getting beaten up, but the protagonist is a bit crazy—or rather, he seems a little abnormal.

46. 46 到 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 1.3kReads—Score10714d adds

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    Ghost hunting, zombie fighting, cultivation, recommended.

47. 47 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 308.4kReads9.4Score27.5k14d adds
48. 48 从 The Blade-Wielder Who Began at Baicao Hall 从百草堂开始的刀客 I Must Take My Leave在下失陪Eastern Fantasy820k WordsCompleted The protagonist, Huang Feng, is young but plagued by a serious illness that no medicine can cure. He happens across a remedy posted online and tries it as a last resort. One dose of herbal medicine sends him to his death. By chance, he arrives in the fantastical world of Blood Spirits. He has no golden finger, but while transmigrating through time and space, he gains an understanding far beyond that of ordinary people, embarking on a life filled with unexpected turns. Realms: Nine Levels of Body 1.6kReads7.2Score12414d adds

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    Latest Wuxia (martial arts) novel: ① Huang Feng, from Blue Star, suffering from a serious illness, consulted a website, devised a remedy, took it himself, and died. June. The sun blazed fiercely, and Cangzhou suffered a severe drought. The Huang family of five, to make a living, sold their eldest son, Huang Feng, to Baicaotang as a servant. Huang Feng, a transmigrator, possessed extraordinary comprehension. His life as a swordsman began from this moment, starting with his martial arts training at Baicaotang.

49. 49 我 There’s a Ghost Inside Me 我的体内有只鬼 A Black-Inked Blade一柄墨刀Mystery3.5M WordsCompleted Vengeful ghosts awaken, and a hundred ghosts roam the night. Jiang Xiao transmigrates into this world for no apparent reason and finds himself surrounded by demons and monsters. But then he discovers that his shadow can devour ghosts without limit and gain their abilities. [Successfully devoured the White Mist Ghost. Ability acquired: Mist Form] [Successfully devoured the Hanging Ghost. Ability acquired: Shackles] [Successfully devoured the Bronze Ghost. Ability acquired: Copper Skin] [Successfu 20.7kReads9.3Score2.4k14d adds

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    Have you read the second book, "Erdan Conquers the World"?

50. 50 骷 The Skeleton Lord's Growth Journal 骷髅领主的成长日记 Even a Prawn Can Be a Hero大虾也是侠Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted I unexpectedly transmigrated to another world. Others became immortals or Buddhas, while even the less fortunate got to rise from being nobodies. But when Gu Erdan got here, he realized he had nothing to look forward to. Because this guy had become a skeleton soldier! And not just any skeleton soldier, but a low-grade, headless, battle-damaged wreck of one! Life is hard, so the skeleton sighed. Looking at his body, without an ounce of flesh on it, Gu Erdan decided he would show everyone how to m 3.6kReads9.1Score46114d adds

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