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A Protagonist Who Will Stop at Nothing to Achieve Immortality, With Cunning and No Idiotic Decisions, and No Heroine 为求长生不择手段,带谋略,不无脑,无女主。

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  1. 1 Can You Become an Immortal by Any Means Necessary? 不择手段,可成仙否? Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless]+ [Will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals]+ [No female lead]+ [The middle and later parts get dark, so don't read if that's not your thing] "The weak are always making excuses for their incompetence and failures, but they themselves are the best excuse of all!" (There are a lot of trolls in the comments, so use your own judgment.) Chen Yi transmigrates to the world of immortal cultivation and opens his eyes already struggling to survive at the bottom. Five years ag 99.2kReads8.5Score10kShelves
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  2. 2 Cultivating in Dreams: From Mortal to Supreme 梦中修行,从凡人到至高 Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the world of immortal cultivation, he spends ten years searching for a way forward, yet can barely make any progress. Fortunately, he has a golden finger that lets him weave dreams. So he painstakingly lays his plans, finally waiting for cultivators to arrive. From then on, he cultivates in dreams and proves the Dao in dreams! He turns illusion into reality and ultimately becomes an unrivaled Immortal Venerable. 34.4kReads8.1Score4.4kShelves
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  3. 3 I Began Immortality by Using My Disciples as Corpse-Refining Fodder 从把徒弟当做练尸耗材开始长生 Xianxia272k WordsOngoing [Handcrafted from scratch + self-interest + no brainless protagonist + definitely not abandoned midway + decisive and ruthless + no saintly heroine + dark style + multiple female cultivators as pawns] Qin Yu transmigrates to the cultivation world and becomes a rogue cultivator who barely survived a body-snatching attempt. But this is a world that devours people. As long as saints live, thieves will thrive; mortals are like grass, and cultivators are no different. Fortunately, he has an Eight Tri 1.8kReads6.0Score153Shelves
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  4. 4 From the Primordial Age to the End of Magic, I Push Through the Ages 荒古走到末法,长生的我横推万古 Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing [Longevity + ensemble cast + rise to emperorhood + traditional xianxia flavor + epic style + no System] (Also titled: "Ten Million Years of Life, and I Still Don’t Want to Ascend to Emperorhood") Jiang Mu was the most dazzling prodigy of his era. He defeated every contender favored by Heaven’s Mandate, and should have attained the Great Dao and become an emperor. Yet in the end, the Great Dao did not acknowledge him, and he was denied the throne. Could living forever really be a sin? Unwilling t 41.2kReads7.8Score2.8kShelves
  5. 5 I Just Became Emperor, and You're Telling Me This Is a Life Simulator? 刚成皇帝,你告诉我是人生模拟? Eastern Fantasy183k WordsCompleted It took Su Yun seventy years to rise from a destitute scholar to the leader of the martial world, and then to ruler of all under heaven. For seventy years, Su Yun traveled across rivers, mountains, and valleys, yet never found a trace of the immortals. At his eightieth birthday banquet, hundreds of officials bowed before him. The leaders of the twelve great sects knelt in welcome, offering rare treasures and breathtaking beauties. Su Yun felt no excitement. What did it matter to possess the whol 27Reads8.2Score—Shelves
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  6. 6 Ascension, Yet No Immortality 羽化非仙 Xianxia664k WordsOngoing [No System, no golden finger, no harem, not a transmigration story] [There is no sect competition, and yet it is the truest sect competition of all: the losers will see their lives, sects, traditions, and even their entire races erased.] The righteous path is not as bright and noble as it appears; The demonic path is not as cruel and bloodthirsty as it is portrayed; But evil cultivators are even more wicked than anyone could imagine. Here, there is love that spans ten thousand years, hatred that 2.9kReads—Score288Shelves
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  7. 7 Words That Never Miss 言出次随 37k WordsCompleted Say it, and it happens next time 621Reads—Score—Shelves
  8. 8 From the Start, I Defied Fate and Claimed the Throne, Ascending to Immortality on the Nation's Fortune 开局逆反称帝,我以国运登仙途 Eastern Fantasy3.3M WordsCompleted Is everything in life destined, with not even the slightest thing left to chance? Am I supposed to accept my fate just because I'm old and have poor bones, and wait to die in the mortal world? Immortals see me as livestock. I see immortals as prisoners. I rebel and seize the imperial throne, using the might of an entire nation to capture immortals, imprison them, and seek the Dao. As the nation prospers, I use a fierce army hardened by a hundred battles to destroy evil immortal sects. With the n 6.5kReads8.6Score577Shelves
  9. 9 Beyond the Immortal Firmament 仙穹彼岸 Eastern Fantasy3.3M WordsCompleted Beneath the boundless celestial dome, the brilliance of an era is no more than a firework blooming in the blink of an eye. From above, the world stretches across countless ages. Through life and death, where have they all gone? Immortal sects, imperial dynasties, supreme holy lands: beneath the celestial dome, they are nothing but handfuls of earth. A thousand years of glory, reduced to ash in a single moment. In the depths of the ruins, embers stir to life. You and I vie to become trees that re 2.5kReads8.8Score307Shelves
  10. 10 The Vast Immortal Firmament 万古仙穹 Eastern Fantasy4.3M WordsCompleted Heaven and earth are the board, and all living beings are the pieces! If you refuse to be a piece, become the one who makes the moves! Lose, and your body and Dao are destroyed. Win, and you live forever! An ancient Go stone carries Gu Hai as he transmigrates to the Divine Continent! The Heavenly Dao is boundless, but human life is limited. Be a piece in heaven and earth’s game, enjoy a few decades of life, and when you’re captured, turn to dust and vanish. Or leap off the board, become the one 8kReads8.4Score1.4kShelves
  11. 11 Quick Transmigration: The Supporting Male Lead Grabs His Bucket and Runs 快穿:男配他提桶跑路了 Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Told from the male protagonist's perspective. Each small world may or may not have a romance. This isn't a conventional wish-fulfillment story: in every world, he simply lives his own life. The novel is complete, and unfortunately, the typos can no longer be fixed. (ToT) Also, I'm not a studio. No studio updates this slowly. Since readers keep mixing up the protagonist's name with the names in the small worlds, from now on the protagonist's name in each world will match the name used there, with 41.8kReads8.9Score2.3kShelves
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  12. 12 Netherworld Immortality 幽冥长生 Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [No Saintly Protagonist] [No Harem] [No System] “My name is Li Changsheng. I seek the Immortal Dao in pursuit of eternal life!” Will he become an immortal or a demon? So what if he becomes an immortal? So what if he becomes a demon? I seek only eternal life. I seek only supreme strength. Beneath the Nine Hells lies the Netherworld. In this cruel cultivation world, there is no simple division between black and white. Strength is everything: the strong rule, and the weak are ants. With the Netherw 15.4kReads8.7Score1.2kShelves
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  13. 13 The Path to Immortality Begins with Becoming a Remnant of the Evil Cult 仙途从成为邪修余孽开始 Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted A mortal cultivation story, no System, no female lead, with a touch of Lovecraftian style later on. With both parents dead, persecuted by his relatives, and blessed with poor aptitude, Shen Miao is on the brink of despair when he discovers an inheritance treasure left by his father in their ancestral home, along with an ancient demon who dwells within it. To survive and attain immortality, Shen Miao resolutely steps onto the demonic path. He proceeds with caution, never shying away from killing, 2.4kReads8.3Score169Shelves
  14. 14 Reborn as a Demonic Cultivator: From the Start, I Found a Zombie Planet 重生魔修,开局捡到一颗丧尸星球 Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsOngoing This novel has been adapted into a comic. Chu Xuan transmigrates to the Cangxuan World and becomes a demonic cultivator in the Wuji Sect. To cultivate the demonic path is to seize the essence of heaven and earth and take the finest of all things. Slaughter countless millions, and you can become a supreme Demon Venerable. But killing is forbidden by the Heavenly Dao of the human race. The righteous sects also wiped out the Wuji Sect. Just when all seemed lost, Chu Xuan happens upon a blood mirror 19.2kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
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  15. 15 My Ancestor Is an Evil Cultivator 我的老祖是邪修 Urban901k WordsOngoing After unexpectedly inheriting a legacy, the protagonist encounters all kinds of strange stories: ghosts and demons, the unfathomable human heart, ferocious beasts of mountains and seas, and secrets from antiquity... The protagonist sees no distinction between good and evil. Everything he does follows his own heart. P.S. Don't judge this novel by your so-called values or morals. The author has none. 387Reads5.9Score—Shelves
  16. 16 I Would Borrow You All to Pave My Path to Immortality 我欲借诸位铺我长生路 Eastern Fantasy116k WordsOngoing Not Invincible, Two Faces Zhang Xuan was born into a sect and spent eighteen years there before it betrayed him, nearly destroying his foundation and leaving him no chance to cultivate anew. Fortunately, Heaven took pity on him and activated his golden finger, letting him live through another life. He now plots to wipe out the Qinglan Sect, which he hates to the core. As an extraterrestrial demon, Zhang Xuan was tricked by the System and competed with the Heavenly Dao for its prize, drawing its 2Reads—Score—Shelves
  17. 17 The Great Dao Dies, but I Live On; Even as Spiritual Energy Dries Up, I Remain Evergreen 大道死而我不死,灵气枯竭我长青 Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted [Immortality + no System + not a power fantasy + fictional setting + slow-paced] [The story mainly follows the protagonist as he travels and witnesses the changes after spiritual energy dries up.] Have you seen an age of prosperity, when spiritual energy was abundant, countless races rose to prominence, and geniuses shone like stars in the sky? But have you ever lived through an era when spiritual energy ran dry, all magic withered, and the Great Dao died? Have you seen a vast immortal dynasty g 38.7kReads8.9Score3.5kShelves
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  18. 18 Longevity: I Have a Proficiency Panel 长生:我有熟练度面板 Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing Cao Tianming transmigrates to a world of cultivation and discovers that he has a proficiency panel. Though his spiritual root is utterly poor, he still wants to witness how the world changes, to shine alongside the sun and moon, endure with the mountains and rivers, and live as long as heaven and earth. Otherwise, after going to all the trouble of reaching this world of cultivation, not giving it a try would be too much to bear. 939Reads6.7Score—Shelves
  19. 19 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 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 5.6kReads7.8Score393Shelves
  20. 20 The Undying Emperor’s Mentor 不死帝师 Eastern Fantasy5.5M WordsOngoing Observing the love and hatred of cultivators across the river of time from a perspective beyond life itself. He left a modest little town and entered the wondrous world of cultivation. His journey sped up and slowed down, moving forward or stopping to rest, but he never stopped walking. The Age of Declining Dharma, the Age of Emperors, the Age of Dark Turmoil… He appeared in every age, and the only thing he could do was watch old friends die with his own eyes, then see them off to their grave 579.9kReads9.4Score45.3kShelves
  21. 21 The Immortal Guest of Mystic Spirit: Farewell to an Old Friend of a Thousand Years 玄灵长生客:千载故人辞 Eastern Fantasy188k WordsOngoing [Genres] Cultivation + transmigration + immortality + passionate action + political intrigue + multiple heroines [Synopsis] Transmigrating into the body of a child from a feudal tenant-farming family, Lin Mo awakens a one-of-a-kind talent: infinite longevity and the ability to hide from the heavens! While others race against time to break through their cultivation realms, he uses billions of years to hone his skills, perfecting basic techniques and turning mundane punches and kicks into supreme —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  22. 22 Villain: From the Start, I Gouge Out the Heroine's Spirit Eye 反派:开局刀剜女主灵瞳 Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing [No System] [No Harem] [One Female Lead] Shen Yuan transmigrates and becomes the villainous cannon-fodder clan head in a mindless power-fantasy xuanhuan novel. Yes, the kind of villainous clan head who never stops courting death. When a woman from his clan falls in love with the protagonist, he has to do everything he can to stop them. Whenever the protagonist finds some rare treasure in a secret realm, he has to scheme to steal it. But he never gets his own hands dirty, only sending his clan’s 2.2kReads8.6Score323Shelves
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  23. 23 The Immortal Ancestor: I Personally Created the Myth of Cultivation 长生道祖:我亲手缔造了修仙神话 Eastern Fantasy374k WordsCompleted (The rating just came out, so it’s normal for it to be low. It’ll gradually go up.) [Immortality + Daoist Patriarch Behind the Scenes + Farming + No Heroines] Li Changsheng transmigrates into a low-level martial world, where spiritual energy has vanished. To cultivate immortality, he has no choice but to turn heaven and earth into his field, and all living beings into his seeds. In his first decade, he wipes out the demonic sect, plants spirit peaches, and outlives a generation of grandmasters 26Reads5.7Score—Shelves
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