Looking for a Story Where the Protagonist Quietly Trains, Has Decent Talent, and Keeps Their Strength Hidden 有没有那种主角默默修炼，资质不要太差，隐藏实力

1. 1 我EN Avoiding Peril: My Low-Key Path to Eternal Life 我靠避凶天赋苟道长生 Roadside Banana Shade Wanderer路政蕉下客Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing [Low-key cultivation + cautious path to immortality + avoiding danger] In the cultivation world, Lu Qing relies on his danger-avoidance skill to escape one deadly predicament after another. He keeps a low profile. All he wants is to cultivate cautiously and live forever. While peerless prodigies flourish, Lu Qing keeps cultivating. While unparalleled experts burst onto the scene, Lu Qing is still cultivating. Eventually, the geniuses of his generation, peerless monsters, and unparalleled experts 67.7kReads8.5Score4.7kShelves

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   This person had been cultivating in silence for a long time, possessing above-average talent and exceptional comprehension.

2. 2 被 After My Golden Core Was Stolen, I Awakened the Spiritual Root of Heaven and Earth 被夺了金丹后，我激活了天地灵根 Trouble at Chize池泽生变Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted Sequel: Bad News! My Dad Married Into Another Family, and I Became a Carefree Rogue Cultivator [Survivalist Cultivation + Not a Power Fantasy + Daily Life + Farming + No Female Lead + Ruthless + Old Schemer + System + Dark + Lone Wolf + Rogue Cultivator] Chen Si had a single Wood Spiritual Root, and his master, Daoist Changsheng, poured everything into cultivating him as a supreme elixir. On the day Chen Si formed his Golden Core, his master took it for himself. After escaping with a Void-Evasio 19.3kReads8.1Score1.2kShelves

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   I highly recommend this book. It doesn't mislead readers; the protagonist stays home and develops steadily, while others wait for him for decades without him showing up. The plot is also very smooth.

3. 3 我 I Cultivated Immortality in Secret and Successfully Ascended 我低调修仙后成功飞升 The Dragonfly Who Plays in the Water玩水的蜻蜓Ancient Romance3.1M WordsOngoing The heroine, Li Nan’an, is an ordinary girl who transmigrates to a world of cultivation. This world has women who transmigrated and women who were reborn. To avoid becoming cannon fodder, Li Nan’an decides to keep a low profile and quietly build her strength, following the Golden Mean in everything she does. In the end, she successfully ascends to immortality. 8.7kReads8.1Score713Shelves

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   ✨️Silent Cultivation✨️ ① The female lead has average aptitude, with three spiritual roots, and focuses on steady cultivation. She ignores all the excitement and cultivates quietly. While the transmigrated and reborn women are arguing, she diligently works on the sidelines. ② The female lead's aptitude isn't high, but she has a cheat ability, leveling up by grinding proficiency, resulting in relatively fast cultivation speed. She can hide her cultivation level and draw talismans, but she doesn't hide it too much from her family. ③ Similar to ②, she also has a cheat ability, and initially levels up slowly as a menial disciple. The difference is that the female lead is alone, but the senior sisters she encounters are all quite kind.

4. 4 凡 An Ordinary Woman's Immortal Cultivation: Leveling Up My Proficiency in the Cultivation World 凡女修仙：我在修仙界刷熟练度 Beginner Writer of Wanhua万花初级写手Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Proficiency]+ [Everyday life in the early chapters, dealing with scumbags in the middle and later chapters]+ [No romance]+ [Talisman crafting]+ [Alchemy] Gu Jiuyue was born into the world of cultivation and saddled with a pair of lazy parents. From a very young age, she had to start supporting her family. Fortunately, she activated a proficiency panel, her golden finger. To improve their lives, Gu Jiuyue spent six years grinding her fishing proficiency and gained the angler’s gift of never comi 5.3kReads8.4Score495Shelves
5. 5 激 I Activated a Data Panel to Grind Skills and Seek Immortality 激活数据面板，我刷熟练度觅长生 Fireworks Make New Clothes烟火作新衣Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted (Proficiency system + slow burn + farming + four paths of cultivation + dual cultivation of body and magic + no romance for the heroine) What should you do if you have poor spiritual roots? No problem. I, Luo XinXin, have a proficiency panel. As long as I work hard at grinding, even a low-grade Yellow-rank Spirit-Gathering Art can become a divine-rank technique. When Spirit Rain Art reaches perfection, it unlocks the advanced spell: Heavenly Water Veil. When Geng Metal Art reaches perfection, it 21kReads8.7Score2.2kShelves
6. 6 猎 Hunt Immortals to Grow Stronger: A Young Hunter’s Arrow Breaks Ten Thousand Spells 猎仙就变强：小猎户一箭破万法 Moonlight Foot Soldier月光小卒Eastern Fantasy147k WordsCompleted There's no problem one arrow can't solve! And if there is, then use two! Li Zhu, a young hunter from a mountain village, only wanted to hunt a bear and make a fur coat for his wife, Qingqing. Instead, he stumbled upon two immortal masters who had fallen into a valley and grievously wounded each other! To his delight, he bound to the Immortal-Hunting System, struck it rich, and took down two Golden Core cultivators in a single day, setting off on an almost dreamlike path to immortality... Let him 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I finished reading it in one go, and still wanted more—it's nice to change things up a bit [smile].

7. 7 神 The Amazing Little Flower Farmer 神奇小花农 Small-Town Earl小镇伯爵Urban1.9M WordsOngoing An ordinary high school student happens to buy a secondhand book on the Way, and from then on, his life takes a different path. A top-student protagonist, but this isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, an invincible-protagonist novel, or a rebirth novel. It portrays an authentic high school life, with intelligent characters and believable events. There are no advanced martial arts, powerful officials, or influential clans. These are things that could happen to you or me. Blending cultivation element 74kReads8.3Score6.5kShelves

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   It's tailor-made for him, not too perfect. The protagonist has high comprehension, and through a fortuitous encounter with an ancient book, he cultivates true qi, obtains the inheritance of Daoist techniques, and slowly develops and grows stronger day by day, keeping his cultivation level low-key and hidden from everyone around him.

8. 8 我 I’m Not the Blood Demon: Who Touched My Treasure Basin? 我不是血魔之谁动了我的聚宝盆 Moonlight Foot Soldier月光小卒Male-Channel Fanfiction615k WordsCompleted He Yuan, a third-generation disciple of the Jie Sect, fell into demonic tribulation after secretly practicing the Asura Path’s supreme scripture, the Blood God Sutra. With no other choice, he used the secret art “Escape into Nothingness,” passed down by his master, to take his own life. Fortunately, his remnant soul survived, and he was reincarnated... Years later, Lin Yu, a PhD who studied in America, transmigrates into The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber as Gao Zecheng, an inconspicuous disciple 339Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 9 长 Immortal Longevity Forges the Strongest Dao Foundation: I'm Invincible Among My Peers 长生铸最强道基，我同境界无敌 Half-Reliant on the System半靠系统Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted A mortal’s path to immortality. No System. Decisive and ruthless. Invincible. The protagonist, Wu Ping, uses his longevity to hone every cultivation realm to its limits. Each time, he breaks through at the absolute limit, forging a path that cultivates both immortality and martial arts, and remains invincible all the way. Against enemies he’s certain to beat, he strikes hard and kills in one blow, never dragging things out. Against enemies he isn’t sure he can beat, he steers clear of danger and 721Reads6.8Score102Shelves

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   These two books should meet your requirements. They belong to the "wise and resourceful" school of thought, combining wisdom and strength, and are very readable. The first book has a low score, but its content is no worse than a book with a score of 9.

10. 10 莫 Never Underestimate an Old Man: From Dockworker to Martial Saint 莫欺老年穷，从码头搬工肝成武圣 Brother Longan桂圆哥哥Urban270k WordsOngoing [Republican Era] + [The Dynasty’s Final Years] + [Monsters Run Amok] + [Extreme Martial Arts] + [Elderly Protagonist] + [Patriotic] + [Cautious] In the dynasty’s final years, the rulers closed the country off from the world. To preserve their rule, they burned martial arts manuals and killed martial artists, causing the nation’s martial arts to decline. Eventually, foreigners used their powerful martial arts and advanced weapons to blast the country’s gates open, and the nation was thoroughly d 386Reads—Score108Shelves

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    This book is absolutely amazing! I've never seen such a good book on Tomato Bookstore before. Highly recommend it!!! [Thinking][Thinking][Thinking][Thinking]

11. 11 梦 Dreaming of the Condor Heroes, I Master the Sunflower Manual 梦回射雕，我练会葵花宝典 Moonlight Foot Soldier月光小卒Male-Channel Fanfiction19k WordsCompleted I Dreamed of the Condor Heroes and Mastered the Sunflower Manual 326Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 12 开EN Starting as the Peak Master: Signing In for an Ultimate Emperor Armament! 开局成为首座，签到极道帝兵！ Egg-Breaking Expert拆蛋专家Eastern Fantasy6.5M WordsOngoing [Lighthearted daily life + invincible + Backer Sect + call for reinforcements when unable to win + schemer + no martial ethics + longevity] Because he had died once before, Hua Yunfei always put staying alive first. He had hidden away on Daoyuan Peak for a hundred years, performing sign-in for a hundred years. [Beep, congratulations to the Host on completing one hundred years of sign-in and obtaining the Ultimate Emperor Weapon: the Chaos Bell] The Dark Blood Era arrived, plunging Heaven an 134.1kReads9.2Score7.7kShelves
13. 13 穿 Reborn as Wang Yuyan, I Write the Second Half of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer 穿成王语嫣，写下半部笑傲江湖 Moonlight Foot Soldier月光小卒Female-Channel Fanfiction19k WordsCompleted Reborn as Wang Yuyan, I Wrote the Second Half of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer 166Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 14 超 The Extraordinary Era 超凡纪元 Don't Laugh, How Many Return?莫笑几人回Urban3.2M WordsCompleted Originally titled "The Extraordinary Era" The end of science is the occult. As technological progress hits a bottleneck, humanity begins its transition from a technological civilization to an extraordinary one. The clash between civilizations plunges people, who have barely had time to enjoy the conveniences of technology, into endless panic. What should humanity's future look like: a technological world, an extraordinary world, or one where technology and the extraordinary coexist? 59.1kReads8.0Score5kShelves

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    The protagonist awakens two years ahead of schedule during the spiritual revival without losing intelligence.

15. 15 前 Memories of a Past Life: I’m Actually Yinggu from The Legend of the Condor Heroes! 前世记忆：我竟是射雕瑛姑！ Moonlight Foot Soldier月光小卒Female-Channel Fanfiction12k WordsCompleted Memories of my past life: I was Auntie Ying from The Legend of the Condor Heroes?! 51Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 16 这 The Martial World Got Weird Because of Me 这个江湖因我而变得奇怪 What Kind of Trash Did I Write?写的什么垃圾Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted System: [100% chance of being caught barehanded when someone strikes with a blade] Protagonist: I have a sword that makes immortals kneel. System: [Cures all poisons. Condition: eat something foul.] Protagonist: Nine-Turn Resurrection Pill, with my secret blend of seasonings. At the northern border, an army of one hundred thousand barbarians invades. A swordsman climbs onto the city wall and swings his sword at the vast army. The hundred thousand soldiers kneel as if in awe of the gods. The 22.9kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves

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    This book, this book! It's super good!! [Eating melon][Eating melon] Strange skills, a protagonist who loves to show off, [Top post][Top post] Bringing a different kind of storm to the magnificent martial arts world. System: [100% caught bare-handed by a blade] Protagonist: I have a sword that makes even immortals kneel. On the northern border, a hundred thousand barbarian troops invade. A swordsman climbs the city wall and swings his sword at the hundred thousand troops. The hundred thousand troops kneel down as if in awe of a god. The legend of one man begins here.

17. 17 修 Cultivation: Why Is Everyone Begging Me to Enlighten Them into Immortals 修仙：怎么都来求我点化成仙 Deer in the Deep Forest林深麋鹿Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted [Classic Xianxia] [No System] [Lan Ke Style] He Xiuyuan arrives in a world of immortal cultivation by accident. Here, however, immortals are rarely seen, while cultivators come and go like the wind, elusive and ethereal. He Xiuyuan spends his days pursuing traces of the immortals and seeking the Dao. Along the way, he encounters all manner of demons, spirits, and ghosts, all hoping he will offer them a bit of guidance. Time passes. When He Xiuyuan finally looks back, he discovers that he is the 16.9kReads7.9Score3.2kShelves

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    Book 1: He Xiuyuan searches for the path to immortality, unaware that he is actually guiding others on their path, a figure they perceive as immortals. Book 2: Lu Qing uses divination to avoid misfortune; while others vie for power and ambition, he quietly develops, gradually ascending to the pinnacle of immortality.

18. 18 武 The End of Martial Supremacy 武极之末 Mu Rong Smiles木容笑笑Eastern Fantasy707k WordsOngoing The pinnacle of martial arts breaks through the void. It is the end of the martial path, the threshold to a higher world where one can seek the Great Dao and pursue immortality! Only when Liu Muyun reached that endpoint did he discover that the path to martial supremacy had only just begun! 5.6kReads6.4Score327Shelves

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    The first book is about the myriad worlds, the calamity of humanity, and the struggle between all races in the universe! The second book is about the apocalypse of the myriad worlds, including Gu Long's heroes, Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Tang Dynasty, Storm Riders, Yang Shen, the Great Zhou Dynasty, Shrouding the Heavens, Journey to the West, and Investiture of the Gods! The third book is about survival for all and the invasion of games!

19. 19 末 The Doomsday Blade Abyss 末日刀渊 Mu Rong Smiles木容笑笑Male-Channel Fanfiction3.6M WordsCompleted He begins with the game Blade Abyss and steps into the Myriad Worlds! From low-martial-arts jianghu to mid-martial-arts rivalries, then shattering the high-martial-arts firmament; next, sweeping through the Small Thousand Worlds and roaming the vast Middle Thousand Worlds, until he finally takes command of the Great Thousand Worlds' Heavenly Dao and reaches the supreme realm of the primordial chaos! 🌙 In the Gu Long world, he becomes Li Xunhuan's disciple! ⚔️ In the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber 23.1kReads7.9Score2kShelves

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    Since the apocalypse of Earth, it has entered the worlds of Gu Long's Heroes, Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, Tian Long Ba Bu, Tang Dynasty, Storm Riders, Yang Shen, the Great Zhou Royal Family, and Shrouding the Heavens, driving the upgrade of planes and ascending to higher-level worlds!

20. 20 这EN Something's Wrong with This Game: I Became a God by Mining! 这个游戏不对劲，我挖矿成神！ Dao Buyi道不易Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [The Divine Realm descends upon the entire world] Yang Ling, a professional gold farmer, only wanted to relax in the game Divine Realm, but discovered that the environment was harsh and logging off was impossible. With no other choice, for the sake of his own safety, he could only start mining constantly, grinding levels, assigning stat points, and fighting to stay alive! 2.3MReads9.2Score311.4kShelves

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21. 21 默 I Quietly Sign In, Then Astonish the World 默默签到，然后惊艳世界 Chiba Sora Sakura千叶空樱Urban453k WordsOngoing [Infant From the Start + System + Little Sister + High-Martial Arts City] Gu Ping'an has transmigrated! He arrives in another world as a newborn baby. Perhaps influenced by this world, his parents hope he will grow up safe and sound, so they name him Ping'an. In this era ravaged by ferocious beasts, what path will Gu Ping'an take? There's nothing more I can say in this synopsis, so please go ahead and give the story a read. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    He cultivates silently and has a cheat code.

22. 22 收 After Adopting the Down-and-Out Female Lead, I Died Horribly in Front of Her 收养落魄女主后，惨死在她面前 Li Huan离焕Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [In your first simulation, you transmigrate to a cultivation world.] [You become a refugee fleeing famine. Along the way, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her older brother.] [You depend on each other and become one another's only support.] [At the end of the simulation, you shield the grown girl and give your life to hold off a horde of demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in her eyes goes out too.] [In your second simulation, you transmigrate to a world where steam and mag 119kReads9.1Score13.8kShelves
23. 23 夭 She's Dead! My Wife Is Actually the Big Bad 夭折了！我老婆竟是大反派 Little Assassin Seven刺客小七Historical701k WordsCompleted She unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of a romance novel and, from the start, marries Jiang Heyan, the story's vicious female antagonist. The catch is that this antagonist is in love with the protagonist, the Sixth Prince, Gu Tianming. Gu Chen, who has transmigrated into this world, is at a loss. He promptly asks Jiang Heyan for a divorce, determined to keep his distance and avoid getting dragged into trouble. But just as Gu Chen is ready to let go, Jiang Heyan gets anxious instead... 24.5kReads8.1Score1.3kShelves
24. 24 别 Don't Trust Your Eyes: I Can See When Everyone Will Die 别信眼睛：我看见了所有人死期 Seeking What Traps Me求所困Eastern Fantasy107k WordsCompleted The day my eyes awakened, I saw three things: My roommate would die in three days, a Gu worm bursting out of his chest. The boy next door would have his bones dug out and forged into a weapon in fifteen days. And me, with a trash spiritual root, destined to reach only the third level of Qi Refining. A line was carved into a jade slip in the woodshed: Don't trust your eyes. The heavens in this world are watching everyone who can see. The Bone-Hiding Hall is on my trail. Elder Qin's magic weapon i —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The concept is very original and engaging; it's entertaining. The protagonist is cautious and cunning.

25. 25 市 Immortals Hidden Among the Common Folk 市井藏仙 Flying Flowers in the Fine Rain密雨飞花Eastern Fantasy6.8M WordsOngoing Zhao Mu transmigrates to the Great Jin dynasty and gains the power to grow young again. Whenever one life reaches its end, he returns to his youth, living forever without ever dying. For fifty years, I serve as an official at the entertainment bureau, leisurely watching celebrated courtesans dance and seeing every beauty the world has to offer. I live through the rise and fall of dynasties, watching wise rulers bring peace and foolish emperors plunge the realm into chaos. I roam the rivers and l 75.1kReads8.4Score6.7kShelves

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    He attained immortality and controlled the Dao Fruit of Reincarnation. He held a minor official position in the Imperial Music Bureau. He remained unpromoted for decades, incredibly stable—after all, time is just a number to the protagonist. Initially, his talent was very low, but through various methods and cultivation techniques, it became quite decent!

26. 26 我 In the Celestial Prison, Immortal and Undying 我在天牢，长生不死 Jie Jie戒界Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing [No System + invincible + wish-fulfillment novel + no female lead + fantasy] After Chen Guanlou obtains immortality, he secures a stable job as a prison guard in the imperial prison and begins spending his days slacking off at work. Throughout the long years, he watches them build towering mansions, then watches those mansions collapse. He watches them ascend to the imperial court today, only to become prisoners beneath the steps tomorrow. He watches their families enjoy wealth and honor, then w 317.8kReads8.7Score14.5kShelves

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    Develop discreetly and hone your skills quietly!

27. 27 从 An Eight-Hour Workday Starting in The Legend of Qin 从秦时明月开始的八小时工作制 Yun Shuibing云水冰Male-Channel Fanfiction513k WordsCompleted “Aren’t you going to kill me?” “It’s time. My shift is over.” Zhao Zijue, an office drone, opens his eyes and transmigrates into The Legend of Qin, where he becomes a spy placed by the Web in the Little Sage Manor. Luckily, he has a golden finger: work eight hours a day, and as long as he clocks out on time, he earns experience points. And so, the Web gains an oddball who sticks to regular working hours, nine to five, never working a second longer. 11.6kReads9.0Score682Shelves

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    All the books are good. The first one features a protagonist who lives in a prison and gains immortality, quietly cultivating his skills. The second is "Qin's Moon," where the protagonist works eight hours a day, clocking in and out, gaining experience points and growing stronger without realizing it. The third is an urban cultivation novel where a Qin Dynasty person transmigrates to the modern world as a food delivery driver, cultivating to become stronger. The fourth is a beast-taming novel where the protagonist tames multiple snake-like beasts, hiding his true strength. The fifth is a story of a recluse living in seclusion, working for a sect outside the city, secretly cultivating. The sixth is "Urban I Alone Immortal," where the protagonist cultivates his family's inherited techniques, running an ancestral funeral parlor, and growing stronger through cultivation.

28. 28 穿 Transmigrating to the Capital to Deliver Takeout 穿越首都送外卖 The Great Righteousness of the Blind瞎之大义Urban2.0M WordsOngoing I transmigrated from the Qin Dynasty to 2024. With a pocket dimension and cultivation techniques, I keep a low profile while delivering takeout in the capital! My identity is ordinary, my job even more so, and every day is plain and uneventful. But somehow, keeping my head down turns me into a big shot. It's not only realistic to read, it's incredibly satisfying! (All stories are fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.) 23.9kReads8.7Score2kShelves
29. 29 高 High Martial Era: A Flame on the Prairie 高武纪元：燎原之火 When the Moon Is Waning月缺时Urban314k WordsOngoing [Wasteland Martial Arts] [Supernatural Awakening] [Academy Growth] [No System] After the cataclysm, mutated beasts took over the wilderness. Humanity retreated to its bases. Beyond the walls lay death. Fourteen years ago, Base Seven fell. Lin Yuan's parents went into the wilderness with an expedition team and never returned. Fourteen years later. Eighteen-year-old Lin Yuan takes a test for the first time. His starting score is maxed out. His fire affinity is exceptionally pure. After thirteen ye 14.5kReads—Score975Shelves

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    Watch as the protagonist gradually grows stronger.

30. 30 御 Beast Taming: Evolution by Sequence 御兽，序列进化 Daylight Reader白昼读者Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [No System + No Academy Setting + Bloodline Research + A New Beast-Taming Style with Wizards] No matter how powerful your beasts are, a single bullet can still take down their tamer. No problem. We have class advancement. [Ferocious Beast Knight] → [War Knight] → [Radiant Knight]. Bound together in life and death, sharing honor and disgrace. [Phantom Beastmaster] → [Arms Master] → [Elemental Annihilator]. Command the elements and attack with spells. [Herder] → [Legion Commander] → [Totem Master] 7.5kReads9.1Score483Shelves
31. 31 小 The Immortals of a Small Town 小镇神仙 Small-Town Earl小镇伯爵Urban917k WordsOngoing [No harem, no System, no transmigration, no power fantasy, sensible characters, slice of life] The story begins in 2016. A high school student from a family in the funeral services business is a good student and handsome. By chance, he cultivates true qi from a family heirloom book, and a different life begins that summer. —Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 32 长 Longevity: Cultivating Through Martial Arts Until the Immortals Die of Old Age 长生：以武入道熬死修仙者 New Leaves in Spring春上新叶Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted The System is unreliable. The moment he transmigrated, the Heavenly Dao killed him. Luckily, the beginner's gift pack he'd received beforehand had already made Li Yuanchang immortal. And so, an ultimate survivor was born. What are peerless prodigies and undefeated emperors? Under the erosion of time, they're all fleeting illusions. No matter how dazzling you are, in the end, you can't withstand the merciless passage of time. He lived through the rise of technology. He also witnessed the sp 25.9kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves

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    🍀🍀The main characters are all easygoing people☀ They don't strive relentlessly; they get what they can, and if they can't, they let it go.🍀🍀The main characters only maintain an average level, avoiding being too high or too low to attract attention.

33. 33 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 Fantasy764k 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 55.3kReads8.0Score5.6kShelves

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    This book is very good, you can give it a try.

34. 34 万 All Things as One: Transmigrating Across Light-Years to Protect You 万有一体：穿越光年守护你 Zi Dan紫萏Modern Romance270k WordsOngoing Fantasy cultivation, Eastern Zen, and post-apocalyptic science fiction intertwine in a beautiful romance between immortal and mortal. An immortal spirit descends to the mortal world to turn the tables and change her fate. With an expansive imagination and a plot full of twists and turns, the story blends cultivation and tribulations, a love spanning dimensions, and the secrets behind the universe’s ascension to a higher dimension. Set against Earth’s ascension to a higher dimension, the novel fo 137Reads—Score—Shelves

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    🔥My three novels, "All Things Are One, Protecting You Across Light Years," "Awakening in Love," and 🔥"Being Free in the Present Moment," are now available on Tomato Novels. They are the culmination of my years of spiritual practice. May all who read them be filled with joy and good fortune!

35. 35 我 My Ice Spirit Root Must Stay Hidden 我的冰灵根不能被暴露 When the Golden Wind Meets the Jade Dew金风相逢玉露Eastern Fantasy278k WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation, no heroine, no System, no golden finger, not a brainless power fantasy] Cultivation levels: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deification... Yu Ye was born with a top-grade Ice Spirit Root, a rarity not seen in ten thousand years, but he could only keep it hidden. If it were ever exposed, he would become the ideal “cultivation cauldron” in the eyes of every high-level cultivator. To protect himself, he joined a sect, disguising himself as an 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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    My book probably meets your requirements, but it's a bit short and takes a while to get going. Everyone here is intelligent.

36. 36 长 Longevity: I Can Upgrade Everything 长生：我能升级万物 Duck at the Door门前鸭Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing [Immortality + extreme caution + rock-solid stability + slice of life] After transmigrating to the world of immortal cultivation, Xu Ning gained immortality, along with the ability to talk to all things and level them up. To avoid dying unexpectedly, Xu Ning is determined to nip every danger in the bud. If someone bullies me once, I endure it. If they bully me twice, I endure it again. If they bully me a third time, I can’t take it anymore, so I grab my things and run. From then on, he lives by 5.2kReads7.7Score685Shelves

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    #Hidden# Both of these are longevity-themed novels, employing various hidden techniques to avoid detection. They're among the more appealing longevity-themed novels I've read recently, though I'm not sure if they suit your taste.

37. 37 万 All Forms Are Mine: The Way of the Master 万相唯我：师道天下 Infinite Inheritance无限传承Eastern Fantasy590k WordsOngoing [Supernatural Powers + Boundless Imagination + Infinite Possibilities] All forms are born of the heart, and the Great Dao can only be walked by people. The sages of old proved the Dao through forms. One path opened the heavens, bringing freedom and ease. Hu Yan, bearing the karmic ties of two worlds, manifests countless forms in the mortal realm. He combines the supernatural arts of a hundred schools and creates boundless worlds. Every one of his disciples is extraordinary. His eldest disciple, 3.4kReads8.1Score319Shelves
38. 38 感 After My Senses Were Enhanced, I Thrived in the City 感官强化后，我苟在都市如鱼得水 Nai Fuyue乃负岳Urban80k WordsOngoing [An unassuming support ability, light supernatural powers + everyday urban life + no harem + hidden abilities + playing it safe + keeping a low profile + easygoing + stress relief + slow living] People have five basic senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. One day, Lin Jin woke up with the ability to enhance his own senses. A low-income gig worker, he carried on taking day-to-day temp jobs as usual and avoided marriage. The jobs that had once been exhausting and difficult became much e 2Reads—Score249Shelves

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    [Sending hearts][Heart][Heart]

39. 39 我EN My Steady Farming Path to Immortality 我的种田流修仙太稳健了 Blue and White青白Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsCompleted [Slice-of-life farming + steady cultivation + no female lead, multiple dao companions + System + hoarding hamster] While fellow prodigies from my sect are blinded by greed and slaughter each other over opportunities in secret realms, I have been watering my radishes with spirit spring water in the spirit fields for three hundred years. While demonic cultivator overlords blood-sacrifice a million cultivators, I am using demon-binding ropes made from immortal vines to build a fence around my spiri 97.2kReads8.3Score11.1kShelves
40. 40 一EN One Entry Per Year: Even a Simulator Can Do It 一年抽取一词条，模拟的也可以？ Six Great Sixes六大六子Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing [Trait extraction + simulator + inherit everything + immortal martial arts] (Animated adaptation now available) Chen Yi transmigrates to a martial arts world and obtains a System that draws one trait every year. Unfortunately, all he draws are useless white traits. The probability of obtaining high-quality traits is extremely low, and the highest-grade mythical trait has a chance of only 0.001%! To improve the odds, he must raise his martial arts realm, but he has no innate aptitude and cannot c 429.7kReads8.8Score42.3kShelves

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    The protagonist gradually cultivates and becomes stronger.

41. 41 都 The Immortal Emperor of the City 都市之修真仙帝 Jimo Himself挤墨本尊Urban8.4M WordsCompleted My name is Li Mo, and I’m an Immortal Emperor. You ask what an Immortal Emperor even is? Let me tell you: I’ll beat up the rich young masters you don’t dare touch, and woo the girls you don’t dare pursue. In short, I’ll do what you can do, and I’ll do what you can’t do even more. With a thought, I can shatter the heavens. I look down upon the world. That’s what it means to be an Immortal Emperor. In my previous life, I was set up by my beloved disciple, the Nanhai Fairy. In this life, I swear I’ 1.9kReads8.7Score189Shelves

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    This book is long enough to keep you reading all at once. The cultivation journey is full of fun, with twists and turns, but it's incredibly satisfying. The protagonist suppresses their strength throughout, only to unleash a stunning attack at the end! [Cool] Highly recommended!!! [Learned it][Learned it][Learned it]

42. 42 长 The Long-Lived Loner: I Became a Legend in the Cultivation World 长生苟道：我在修仙界成了传说 Gui Hui Ya归回吖Eastern Fantasy311k WordsOngoing A sudden car accident kills Shen Wangnian, an ordinary modern man, in the street, but also brings him an incredible, heaven-defying opportunity. A soul from another world transmigrates into the body of a young man of the same name who has just died in Qingshi Village, deep in the vast realm of cultivation. Others face near-certain death after transmigrating and struggle in vain to attain immortality. But as his soul crosses over, Shen Wangnian unexpectedly awakens the destiny of eternal life. —Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 43 长 Longevity: I Survived by Laying Low Until I Became an Immortal 长生：我靠苟活熬成仙 Gui Hui Ya归回吖Eastern Fantasy258k WordsOngoing Lu Changsheng transmigrates to the world of cultivation with a mixed five-element spiritual root, and his cultivation progresses at a snail's pace. The good news is that he awakens the “Immortal Dao Fruit”: his lifespan is endless, his appearance never changes, and he will never die of old age. The bad news is that in a world of the strong preying on the weak, an “undying body” means getting captured and refined into pills, possessed, or dissected for research. So Lu Changsheng lays down one iro 2Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 44 光 Chronicles of Time 光阴录 Sea and Stars沧海与星辰Eastern Fantasy111k WordsOngoing [Mortal's Journey] [Farming and Management] [Ensemble Cast] A black page has drifted through the river of time for as long as anyone can remember. Untouched by the passage of time, it records all kinds of remarkable people, cultivation techniques and martial arts, as well as strange tales and amusing anecdotes. Gradually, it develops intelligence and begins traveling through the river of time to explore countless worlds... After the protagonist, Ye Qi, accidentally exposes one of its pranks, the 613Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's okay, it's okay.

45. 45 天 With Unrivaled Talent, All I Want Is to Stay Alive 天赋无敌的我，一心只想苟活 Xi Ruohuang惜若黄Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing [Feel-good power fantasy + Invincible + King of Keeping a Low Profile] Because of his youthful arrogance, Lin Feng paid for it with his life. He arrived in a place called the Nine Provinces Continent and became the useless eldest senior brother of the Divine Firmament Sword Sect. I died after living loudly in my previous life. This time, I want to live quietly. Unfortunately, his master was ambushed by villains, leaving Lin Feng no choice but to reveal a tiny sliver of his talent and shock the w 217.9kReads8.3Score11.8kShelves

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    The protagonist is a genius, but his master and sister are both deceived.

46. 46 稳 Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard” 稳健修仙：开局词条劳逸结合 Little Goose with a Cowlick呆毛的小鹅Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted [Cultivation · Cautious Protagonist · Playing the Fool to Catch the Wise · Traits · Fame · Lie Flat · Longevity · Farming] (This book has been adapted into a short drama and an animated comic.) Su Yuan is reborn in a cultivation world and discovers that the path to cultivation is full of obstacles: he has no talent, no resources, and no connections. Luckily, he activates a System and obtains Traits with astonishing effects! [Work and Rest in Balance]: You’re great at balancing work and rest. The 44.1kReads8.2Score3.4kShelves

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    He wanted to write about both cunning and sensual pleasures, and this book demonstrates how he mastered the art of cunning. While it doesn't employ Li Changshou's methods, at least it's not just a superficial display of cunning...

47. 47 开 Bound to a Simplification System from the Start, I Keep a Low Profile in the Heavenly Prison and Seek Immortality 开局绑定简化系统苟在天牢求长生 The Rabbit Is Losing Weight兔子在减肥Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted (Eastern fantasy + System + cultivation + cautious survival + farming + martial arts in the early story + immortal cultivation later on + ruthless and calculating) After transmigrating into the body of a prison guard, Li Changsheng bound himself to a simplification System that could make cultivating techniques as easy as breathing, eating, and drinking. He decided to keep a low profile in the imperial prison, observe the many faces of the world, cultivate through the ages, and seek proof of immo 5.8kReads7.8Score401Shelves

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    Novels where the protagonist quietly cultivates, patiently waits, and gradually climbs to the top usually have pretty good plots.

48. 48 我 I Work as a Servant in the Heavenly Sect, Sign In for Ten Thousand Years, and Become a Great Emperor 我在天宗当杂役，签到万年成大帝 The Shadow Has No Ideas影子没有想法Eastern Fantasy343k WordsCompleted [Sign-In System + Relaxed and Easygoing + Sect Life + Taking Disciples + No Female Lead + Cautious + Attaining the Dao + Immortality...] (Part ensemble cast, part behind-the-scenes, with plenty of characters beyond the protagonist.) Lu Qingyun transmigrated to the boundless wilderness and became a Daohe Heavenly Sect servant whose job was to sweep the floors. From the start, he obtained a sign-in System. By signing in at different places, he could earn all kinds of rewards! Sign in at the Dao Pa 2.1kReads7.9Score129Shelves

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    🌈① Due to his poor aptitude, the protagonist becomes a janitor in a sect. He activates his cheat ability, signs in every day to cultivate, and quietly develops and hides his strength. He gets all kinds of rare and precious materials and wonders of heaven and earth. His main strategy is to be steady and mature. He signs in for ten thousand years and becomes a Dao Emperor!

49. 49 苟 Keeping a Low Profile in the Immortal Martial World, I Collect Corpses to Live Forever 苟在仙武，敛尸长生 Hungry Snake贪吃蛇Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted How can you sit back and watch the world change, mountains and rivers shift, and the sun and moon turn, while you remain unchanged? I can tell you from personal experience: one word, lie low! Lie low until the end, and you’ll have everything you could want. I am Chen Changsheng. Changsheng means eternal life. 1.3kReads7.8Score258Shelves
50. 50 寿 Stealing Lifespans: From Menial Servant to Sage 寿命掠夺，我从杂役证道圣人 Sixteenth Rain四夕雨Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted Chu Feng transmigrates into another world as an orphan. After being bought by a cultivation clan, he accidentally kills a spirit herb and awakens the Lifespan Plunder System. As long as he kills plants or animals containing spiritual energy, he can gain lifespan, which he can also spend to strengthen himself. To seek immortality, Chu Feng joins an immortal sect and barely manages to become a menial disciple. From then on, he devotes himself to the fields, growing spirit herbs every day and harve 3kReads6.7Score247Shelves

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