A Rogue Cultivator Who Joins No Sect, Gets No Fired Up, Fights for No Dominance, and Is No Saint 散修，不入宗门，不热血，不争霸，不圣母，

1. 1 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Long Road to Immortality 凡人修仙：漫漫仙路 Dull Snail钝蜗牛Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing (Traditional cultivation) (No System) (Not a transmigration story) (Slow burn) (No female lead) Lu Yuan is an ordinary boy from a mountain village. When he is ten, his father is injured by someone and dies unexpectedly, leaving him a fragment of an immortal cultivation manual and an ancestral iron piece before he passes away. By cultivating according to the fragment, Lu Yuan escapes the clutches of the wealthy Li Youcai. The iron piece brings him an unexpected “immortal opportunity.” From then o 91.8kReads8.5Score7.9kShelves

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   It's a free-form cultivation story, not action-packed or a wish-fulfillment novel, but the plot is well-developed and the writing is quite good.

2. 2 穿 I Transmigrated to the Cultivation World: Rising to the Top by Selling Fish 穿越修仙界：从卖鱼开始崛起 Helping Elderly Ladies Every Day天天扶老奶奶Eastern Fantasy4.7M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation, no System, rise from the bottom] After transmigrating, Ye Yu is kicked out of his family from the start. He has no choice but to scrape by as a fishmonger, until he offends a sect's holy maiden at the Yihong Brothel and has to flee to another city. In his new cultivation city, Ye Yu first buys two maids to calm his nerves, then invents a seal-based talisman-making technique, opening the floodgates to wealth. To keep growing stronger, Ye Yu builds airplanes and cannons. He’s 10kReads8.6Score800Shelves

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   The Rise of the Strongest Rogue Cultivator

3. 3 从 From a Bottom-Tier Rogue Cultivator to a Cultivation Grandmaster 从底层散修开始肝成修仙大佬 Always Helping Elderly Men Cross the Street天天扶老爷爷Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted When Lin Yi wakes up, he has become an unaffiliated Qi Refining cultivator in Huiyuan Immortal City, in the cultivation world. He discovers that he has awakened a stat panel. For any cultivation method, secret technique, supernatural ability, or skill, as long as he performs the required steps once, he gains one guaranteed experience point, regardless of how seriously he tries or what the final result is. “I'm in the perfect position! First, I'll keep my head down and develop quietly for a whil 13kReads6.9Score778Shelves

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   Super rogue cultivator,

4. 4 杂 No Future as a Servant Disciple? I’ll Master Pills and Artifacts to Seek Immortality 杂役弟子没出路？丹器双修谋长生 Helping Elderly Ladies Every Day天天扶老奶奶Eastern Fantasy3.7M WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation, no System, decisive and ruthless, no saintly heroics, cautious, a nobody rising to power] Ye Feng transmigrates to another world and fights his way up to become the bandit chief of Black Wind Stronghold. From the start, he kills Duan Shui Liu, an inner disciple of the Xuantian Sect, and obtains a Bagua Furnace that enhances alchemy and artifact forging. After bribing the gatekeeper, he enters the Xuantian Sect to cultivate and begins his adventures in the world of cultivatio 20.4kReads8.1Score1.9kShelves
5. 5 谁EN Who Let This Outlaw Cultivate Immortality?! 谁让这个悍匪修仙的！ I Dare You to Fly我顶你个飞Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing [Cultivation, scheming old fox, comedy] A complete novice transmigrates to the cultivation world and inherits his father’s profession as the chief of Blackwind Stronghold. With a pair of eyes that can see the wealth energy of all things, he thrives in his new life. One day, while “opening for business” as usual, he unexpectedly robs a stronghold wife and obtains a mysterious little tower from him. To his surprise, she turns out to be a badly injured female immortal. In a fit of rage, she hurls h 185.6kReads8.6Score17.2kShelves
6. 6 问 Aspiring to the Imperial Throne 问鼎皇尊 Counting掏数Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Growth-Focused | No System | Fresh Setting | Expansive Worldbuilding] When chaos first stirred and the world was born, how many ages passed in the endless struggle for supremacy? In the Chaos Realm, gods and demons came into being, only to vanish into the river of history after countless ages. In the Beast Star Domain, savage beasts roamed the wilderness, yet even they could not escape fate, disappearing from heaven and earth. The Icebound Era began, and no life remained in the world. In the Pr 8.9kReads9.2Score621Shelves

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   One's path to immortality is solitary, yet one can still reach the pinnacle.

7. 7 开 I Was Sent Flying from the Start, So I Support Myself by Robbing the Rich to Help the Poor 开局被拍飞，我靠劫富济贫养自己 Don't Mess with the Little Rabbit别惹小兔Fantastical Romance135k WordsOngoing [Villainess] [Mortal Cultivation] [Ruthless] [Lone Rogue Cultivator] [Selfish] [Fiercely Competitive and Grabby] At twelve, Shi Zheng was found to have a low-grade lightning spiritual root. The immortal said, "Slow cultivation, short life. I won't take you." Then flicked her two li away with a sleeve. She refused to accept it! She fought her way out of the mortal crowd, stealing cultivation manuals and opportunities, and selling out her teammates. While others worked, she robbed. While others t 612Reads—Score110Shelves

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   The female protagonist in this book is a rogue cultivator with a villainous character. She climbs up the ranks from among ordinary people step by step. She is not a good person, doesn't meddle in other people's business, is decisive in killing, fights if she can win, and runs away if she can't, never leaving any hidden dangers for herself.

8. 8 长 Longevity: My Wife Was Delivered Right to My Door 长生：夫人送上门 Yun Feiyang00云飞扬00Eastern Fantasy326k WordsOngoing Transmigrate through portals, trade resources, and enjoy life. From the start, I got caught cheating and was scared out of my wits. Is it right to trick and ambush a carefree young man who’s good in bed? No, it isn’t. 288Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A wandering cultivator, a marketplace, many women, and a treacherous path.

9. 9 七 The Seven-Star Path to Immortality 七星仙途 The Great Dao Heads North大道北行Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsOngoing The Revised Soul Refining the Seven Stars is a monumental fantasy novel newly conceived and written on the basis of the original Soul Refining the Seven Stars. It depicts a world where soul cultivators, spell cultivators, and body cultivators coexist, while ghosts and monsters roam unchecked. It explores profound truths about divination, reincarnation, and the transformations of the universe, and portrays the conflicts and helplessness that come with pursuing love, hatred, passion, and revenge w 3.8kReads8.9Score345Shelves

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   A stunningly good book! A traditional cultivation novel with a highly intelligent protagonist. The human realm, the immortal realm, the divine realm! Cultivators include magic cultivators, body cultivators, soul cultivators, demon cultivators, monster cultivators, and ghost cultivators!!!

10. 10 凡 A Mortal's Path to Immortality: The Rogue Cultivator Cao Yan's Road to Ascension 凡人仙途：散修曹琰的登天路 Nest of the Ordinary Bird凡鸟巢Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing (Sword cultivator in the early and middle stages, mortal cultivation, no System, starts out in a marketplace, traditional cultivation, slow burn, cautious, decisive and ruthless, talismans) The road to immortality is elusive. I walk it alone. Cao Yan is a bottom-rung rogue cultivator with four spiritual roots in a marketplace. No talent, no backer, no inheritance. Others cultivate immortality through talent. He relies on careful scheming. Someone tries to kill him and steal his treasure? He 5.7kReads6.6Score294Shelves
11. 11 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves

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    This novel about independent cultivators is amazing! The protagonist relies on deceiving the gods to get through dungeons, all the characters are top-tier experts with high IQs, there are so many plot twists that it's mind-blowing, it has a touch of Cthulhu mystery, and it's packed with satisfying moments and ready to be devoured.

12. 12 第 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 Wei Jie伪戒Urban6.1M WordsCompleted After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.7kReads9.6Score22.6kShelves
13. 13 哥 Big Brother Goes to Cultivate Immortality, Little Brother Comes to Farm 哥去修仙，种田弟来 Book Silkworm书蚕虫Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing [No System] [No Items] [Farming] [Management] [Science + Metaphysics] After transmigrating to the cultivation world, with no System and no wise old mentor, he has to flee for his life from the start... While others are still fighting to the death over half a tattered manual or killing for a few cultivation supplies, Chen Fei glances at the data from the Spirit Realm: 80,000+ Yellow-tier techniques collected, 5,000+ Black-tier techniques, Earth-tier... The traditional path to immortality: Kill → 6.1kReads7.5Score392Shelves

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    Farming and management, scientific cultivation—these elements drive the advancement of the cultivation system in a progressive world where ancient cultivation techniques are no longer considered superior. The game is characterized by its unwavering integrity, lack of arrogance, and refusal to resort to cheap tricks. There are no female protagonists, no systems, and no cheat codes. It utilizes the traditional Foundation Establishment and Nascent Soul frameworks with a completely new gameplay mechanic. Players can cultivate workshops, manage markets, build commercial empires, and transform communication talismans into rune phones and a cultivation internet. The internet will be used to promote affordable cultivation techniques, self-testing of spiritual roots, and knowledge sharing. The game aims to break the monopoly on cultivation resources, lower the barriers to entry, and promote cultivation for all. It drives the development of the cultivation world, where ancient techniques and weapons are no longer considered superior. Cultivation is not about one person achieving immortality, but about leading a team and driving the development of cultivation in another world…

14. 14 扛 Carrying a Coffin on My Way to Cultivate Immortality 扛着棺材去修仙 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing A young man from a once-prosperous family accidentally finds a jade seal coiled by a dragon. He never realizes that this powerful seal is not only a formidable weapon, but also a key to a world of advanced civilization… 61.1kReads8.5Score3.7kShelves

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    Body Refinement, Completed, Comedy, Old Six, Mortal, Cultivation, Body Refinement

15. 15 坠 The God Who Fell into the Demonic Path 坠入魔道的神 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted Legend has it that this world is bound by the Heavenly Dao, and only by devouring it can one empower oneself and rise to a higher plane. One day, a Heavenly Dao tomb from a higher plane descended into the mortal world and chose an infant, entering the child's body. From then on, a vast conspiracy gradually unfolded around this child. A lone star of ill fortune descended to the mortal realm, all living beings suffered, and the Divine Clan was destroyed. See how the heaven-chosen youth navigate 18.3kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
16. 16 不 I’ll Do Whatever It Takes to Cultivate Immortality 不择手段去修仙 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted Feel-Good Story + Comedy + Mortal Cultivation + No Harem + Xuanhuan + No System Belief: If you've got thick skin, you get the meat. Motto: If a problem can be solved by sweet-talking, never resort to force. Principle: If nobody messes with me, I'll mess with them anyway. Specialty: Play the pig to eat the tiger. I'm number one at showing off. A street punk from the 21st century accidentally obtains a rare treasure and transmigrates to a world overrun by immortals, demonic cultivators, and practi 11.1kReads8.8Score914Shelves
17. 17 猫 The Demon-Cultivation Tale of Cat Lao Liu 猫老六修妖传 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted [Demon Cultivation | Immortal Cultivation | Comedy | Playing the Fool to Catch the Tiger | Ruthless and Decisive] Mao Laoliu was a wild, unrestrained fellow who accidentally came into possession of the Heavenly Toad, a supreme treasure from the Immortal Realm. The toad carried his soul across time and space to a world of immortal cultivators, where he was reborn in the body of a black cat. And so Mao Laoliu began his life as a demon cultivator… 8.6kReads8.7Score722Shelves
18. 18 修 Cultivation: I Have a Heaven-Devouring Pearl 修仙，我有一颗吞天珠 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted By chance, an ordinary young man obtains the most powerful treasure in the Three Realms, the Heaven-Replenishing Pearl. From then on, he defies fate and changes his destiny, fighting his way from the human realm to the spirit realm, founding the world’s strongest people, then battling his way into the immortal realm for the sake of his obsession. He rises from humble beginnings in the mortal world and brings it all to an end in the immortal realm! 8.8kReads8.7Score597Shelves
19. 19 凡 Mortal Cultivation, Beginning with Starlight 凡人修仙，从星光开始 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted An ordinary boy is chosen by a star and sent from Earth to another world. His fate is changed forever, and he begins his cultivation journey in this unfamiliar land. He stumbles through cultivation, treading as carefully as if on thin ice, all so he can find his way home. But being reborn was simply a fate that had been ordained... 3.1kReads7.3Score229Shelves
20. 20 为 For That Dream, I Will Split Heaven and Earth 为了那个梦，我要开天辟地 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy598k WordsCompleted Legend has it that everything in this world is an illusion. This world is merely a dream of yours. As long as you exist, this world exists. When you are gone, it will naturally crumble and vanish... Wang Bin lost his world, lost his dream. For the sake of that dream and the person he loved most, he would split open the heavens and cleave the earth. He would create that world... 506Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 21 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 18.4kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves

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    A rogue cultivator, not affiliated with any sect, whose daily life is not filled with excitement, boasting, face-slapping, or saintly acts, and who has no powerful connections.

22. 22 没 I Can’t Afford to Cultivate, So I’ll Rob People. I’ll Take Any Dirty Job in This World 没钱修仙去打劫，此界黑活我来接 Liu Huaqiang1刘华强1Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsOngoing [Spirit Lands are Limited, but Cultivators are Infinite. So Prices Have Always Been Set by Other People.] Thirty-five years after transmigrating to the cultivation world, Niu Er is still an odd-job disciple at the fifth level of Qi Refining. With four spirit roots, the worst possible aptitude, and only a few low-grade spirit stones each month, he has to ration even his fasting pills. At thirty-five, he leaves the mountain penniless. Blackwater City. Rogue cultivators. Dirty jobs. As long as yo 1.5kReads6.4Score121Shelves
23. 23 青 Azure Jade Cultivation 青玉修仙 Classmate Old X老x同学Eastern Fantasy802k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + A Villain Who Isn't Brain-Dead + A Golden Finger + No Romance + Clear-Headed and No Saintly Do-Gooder + Playing It Safe + Decisive and Ruthless + Regular Updates + Plenty to Read] Thinking he had landed in a wuxia novel, modern young man Chen Feng transmigrated into its world, planning to use his natural talent to dominate it. Then he discovered it was actually a cultivation world. He hones his martial arts in the early stages and cultivates immortality later on. With help fro 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This might meet your requirements: the protagonist isn't unintelligent, the villain isn't brainless, there's no filler plot, and no Mary Sue characters. [Note][Note][Note]

24. 24 修 Cultivation Formation Master: Who Knew Formation Arrays Could Use Quadratic Functions? 修仙阵法师：布阵竟用二次函数 Lazy Brother Ge懒依哥Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsOngoing PS: The first few dozen chapters include comics. If enough readers enjoy them, I will keep adding comics to the main text. This is not a cautious-survival novel. Cautious survival is only Ling Tian's wish, not the path he ultimately follows. In the early chapters, he farms, gathers herbs, and does business, building up his resources one step at a time. Blood is shed around Chapter 50, and from then on, the story keeps climbing. The pacing is slow. But everything introduced along the way will mat 30.5kReads7.8Score2.8kShelves

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    He joined a sect, but didn't develop his career within it; everything else perfectly meets your requirements.

25. 25 鼠 The Rat King Forced Me to Cultivate, and I Got Rich Across Worlds by Snagging Bargains 鼠王逼我修仙，我靠捡漏暴富万界 A Traveler in a Famine Year荒年客Urban853k WordsOngoing [Ordinary Mortal's Treasure-Hunting Cultivation] [Treasure Hunts and Mysteries] [Secret-Realm Expeditions] [Unearthing Treasures Across the Myriad Worlds] [Laid-Back Immortal Cultivation] [Secret-Realm Dungeon Adventures] [Lighthearted and Relaxed] Qin Lie: “Immortal, demon, or Buddha, I don't care. Anyone who gets in the way of my treasure hunt and path to immortality dies!” Treasure-Hunting Mouse: “Kid, you've got a big mouth!” Qin Lie: “If we can't kill them, we'll just run!” From antique s 12.6kReads8.1Score1.3kShelves

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    A pure treasure-hunting cultivation novel—a mortal's tale of a wandering cultivator, no action, no harem, no mindless plots, no melodramatic twists, and certainly no saintly heroines! No troubling storylines! Feel free to add it to your bookshelf and start reading!

26. 26 布 A Commoner Rogue Cultivator: Starting at Baishan Market 布衣散修：从白山坊市开始 Clear Moonlight on Bamboo Shadows清辉照竹影Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing [The rating just opened, so it’ll rise as more chapters are released] [Independent cultivator + mortal cultivation + no System] Yan Ning transmigrates to the cultivation world and becomes a penniless low-level independent cultivator in Baishan Market. All he has is a single scroll, the Earth-Quelling Art of Mountain and Stone. With almost nothing to his name, he lives in abject poverty. The tyrannical Zhao family extorts rent and wantonly oppresses low-level cultivators, backing him into a corne 37.5kReads7.8Score3.6kShelves

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    Rare Earth-attribute rogue cultivator

27. 27 苟 Farming for Immortality in the Immortal Realm 苟在仙界种田长生 Bread Crumbs Aren't Sweet面包糠不甜Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing A traditional cultivation story about mortals, finding hidden treasures, pocket dimensions, farming, spirit plants, and transforming with masks. Wang Feng transmigrates to a cultivation world and relies on his Shennong Space to grow spirit plants, trade them for resources, and embark on the path to immortality. Wang Feng transmigrates to the immortal realm and becomes a sickly young man in a remote mountain valley where spiritual energy is scarce. He has the Shennong Space in his mind. Wang Fen 1.8kReads5.5Score107Shelves

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    Gou Dao Traditional Novels

28. 28 凡EN Mortal Cultivation: Ten Thousand Corpses Forge an Immortal Bone 凡人修仙，万尸铸仙骨 Swimming Champion游泳冠军Eastern Fantasy4.8M WordsOngoing Demonic cultivation + no System + scheming underdog + decisive and ruthless. This book is dark, so don't read it if that's not your thing. The moment Song Wen kills the frail little beggar and seizes his blood and soul, every cell in his body cheers and leaps with excitement. His mind races, and he knows that killing will be part of his life from now on. For survival and immortality, he'll stop at nothing: petty schemes, conspiracies, and ruthless slaughter. On the road to immortality, bones are 96kReads8.9Score8.2kShelves

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    Good book, but all the characters join sects, are not saintly, and are decisive in killing.

29. 29 无 Unintentionally Seeking Immortality 无意问仙 Qi-Refining Rogue Potato练气散修土豆子Eastern Fantasy341k WordsOngoing [Mortal's Journey] [No System] [Cultivation Through Caution] Li Wuyi was an ordinary man who delivered food part-time after work, until a small silver stone drew a bolt of heavenly lightning that sent him into the cultivation world. With no backing and no one to rely on, he had little access to spirit stones, pills, or magical treasures. Luckily, a small space hidden deep within his sea of consciousness could produce spirit liquid and accelerate the growth of spiritual plants. Qi Refining, Fou 478Reads5.8Score—Shelves
30. 30 从 Starting My Cultivation Journey by Blasting Foundation Establishment Cultivators with a Barrett 从巴雷特轰杀筑基修士，开始修仙 Running Progress Bar奔跑的进度条Eastern Fantasy265k WordsCompleted An entire shelter transmigrates from the apocalypse to the cultivation world. Fortunately, all the supplies from the shelter are still in its pocket dimension. But his teammates are hunted down, survivors betray him, and from the start he is enemies with the entire cultivation world. If that's how it is, then let's see who comes out on top. Watch how this veteran of the apocalypse makes his mark in the cultivation world. Being cultivated in secret is never a good thing, and inexplicable rescu 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A completely independent cultivator, where sects only scheme and exploit each other. He transmigrates from a post-apocalyptic world to the cultivation realm, farming, managing resources, fighting monsters, leveling up, raising spirit pets, drawing talismans, and having teammates refine pills, create formations, refine souls, refine corpses, and create puppets—everything is there. He cultivates a different kind of immortality.

31. 31 长 Immortal Longevity: Starting by Caring for My Neighbor’s Dao Companion 长生仙缘：从照顾邻居道侣开始 Kiki's Conch琪琪的海螺Xianxia430k WordsOngoing Reborn as a low-level rogue cultivator, he is fortunate that transmigration comes with a data panel. Thanks to a cultivation technique his predecessor happened upon, Lin Hao gives off the scent of pills as he cultivates, making countless immortal maidens crave his body. His neighbor’s Daoist companion: “Hello, little brother Lin Hao. You smell so good!” The Daoist companion of another alchemist: “Fellow Daoist Lin, don’t be like this!” A mother and daughter struggling to cultivate in the market 682Reads5.9Score—Shelves

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    It meets your requirements; you can take a look.

32. 32 你 You're Just a Useless Spirit Root, So How Did Drawing Talismans Make You Immortal? 你一个废灵根，咋就画符长生了？ Please, Hear Me Out请君听我言Eastern Fantasy262k WordsCompleted [Mortal Cultivation] [No System] [Cautious] [Upright Values] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Intelligent Protagonist] [Slow Burn] Xu Changsheng transmigrated to the cultivation world, becoming a cultivator with a useless Five-Element spirit root. Given a second life, he refused to settle for an ordinary existence and resolved to cultivate by drawing talismans. Heaven rewards diligence. Through sheer determination, he gained the recognition of the [Broken Talisman]. From then on, drawing talismans no lo 213Reads—Score116Shelves

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    I recommend a brand new novel featuring a pure, unadulterated cultivation style. The story unfolds gently, the characters are vivid, the protagonist is intelligent, and he navigates each step with cunning. Don't miss it if you like this genre.

33. 33 永 Eternal Demon 永魔 Adding Ink to Continue the Story点墨续作Eastern Fantasy761k WordsOngoing Traditional cultivation. The protagonist is ruthless and merciless, no holier-than-thou hero, no heroine, dark fiction! No System!! If you want to become an immortal in the heavens, you must climb the road to immortality over the bones of others. This isn't AI-generated. I wrote it by hand!!! 3.2kReads5.4Score316Shelves

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    A traditional cultivation-themed story, the protagonist is ruthless and decisive, willing to use any means to achieve his goals; he is cold-blooded, cunning, and utterly inhuman. No female lead, no system, and not a brainless or dark novel. [Sending hearts][Thinking][Sending hearts][Thinking][Awkward laugh]

34. 34 兄 My Brother Refines Corpses, I Cultivate Ghosts, and We Slaughter a City from the Start 兄弟炼尸我修鬼，开局屠城 Duo Ti多涕Eastern Fantasy141k WordsOngoing Coming from Blue Star to the world of cultivation, Sun Mu and Feng Chuan, brothers who would lay down their lives for each other, plunge headfirst into a world ruled by immortals and demons, where the strong prey on the weak. While others seek immortality by joining prestigious sects and mastering orthodox techniques, the two take the darkest and most sinister path of all. Sun Mu cultivates the lost forbidden art, the Ghost Fiend Scripture, feeding ghosts with his soul and flesh. At a grand cere 69Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 35 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 75.4kReads8.3Score6.5kShelves

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    In this modern cultivation story, the protagonist inherits a Daoist technique, attending school by day and cultivating immortality by night. He is unassuming and unassuming, cultivating quietly and subtly astonishing everyone. He lives a secluded life in the city, not mindless, but peaceful and inactive.

36. 36 乾 Heaven and Earth Bear All Things: The Genesis of the Dao 乾坤载物，创始道纪 I Brag Without a Script吹牛bu打稿Eastern Fantasy371k WordsCompleted The universe bears all things, and the Dao's founding chronicles begin. Open a heaven and earth within yourself, and contain the universe in a tiny space. Use your body as a cauldron, opening a space of energy within the apertures of your body. Through constant evolution, it eventually becomes a universe of its own, complete with sun, moon, mountains, rivers, and its own laws. The body is the Daoist sanctuary; the body is the world. I am the sanctuary, I am the world, I am the universe. Cultivat 53Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you join a sect and the sect is destroyed, does that count? [Laughing] A promising book with great potential! Worth recommending! Without spiritual roots, use your body as a cauldron; absorb the sun and moon, and prove the Dao in a small space.

37. 37 默 The Silent Sword’s Path to Immortality 默剑长生 Gentle Breeze and Drizzle Rong和风细雨蓉Eastern Fantasy887k WordsOngoing Modern painter Shen Mo transmigrates into the body of a constable’s son in the Great Liang dynasty. Using the Daoist art of ink painting as a key to cultivation, he turns ordinary skills into a path to immortality, practicing amid the everyday bustle of life as he sets foot on the road to becoming an immortal... 4kReads9.3Score348Shelves

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    Here it comes!

38. 38 有 Are There Immortals? I Want to Cultivate Immortality 有仙？修仙我要修仙 Chen Xin Never Tires of the Old陈新不厌旧Eastern Fantasy190k WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation + slow-paced + demonic cultivation + dark + gradual transformation] One day, Chen Ye transmigrates and becomes a beggar with a name so uncouth it makes your toes curl: Ergouzi. From the start, all he has is a ruined temple and a sniveling little tagalong he picked up. He planned to rely on his modern knowledge to scrape by and wait for death in peace, until he discovered that immortals really existed... From a street urchin, he slowly makes his way to the gates of the stern a 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Awkward laugh][awkward laugh][awkward laugh][awkward laugh]

39. 39 凡 Cultivating in Secret with a Mortal Body: I Alone Walk the Eternal Path to Immortality 凡骨潜修：独踏万古仙途 Old Idlebug老闲虫Eastern Fantasy103k WordsOngoing After narrowly escaping death at Cangli Stockade, Shen Yan lay low in Yunshuo City, painstakingly cultivating in martial arts as he waited for the chance to take revenge. The grudges of the mortal world were mere dust. The path to immortality was his lifelong pursuit. Once he had settled every score from his mortal life, he bade farewell to his homeland and journeyed to the Divine Martial Continent. The immortal path through the ages was vast and boundless; meeting and parting were only to be ex 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A transmigrator, born with seven spiritual roots and mortal bones, was trapped in Cangli Village in his early years, where he comprehended the way of survival in dire straits. Cautious and discreet, he excels at concealment and observation, prioritizing the avoidance of conflict; however, his bottom line is clear: if attacked, he will eliminate all threats, his actions being both righteous and wicked. He possesses two fundamental cultivation techniques, the Chaos Everlasting Spring Technique and the Vajra Body, and wields the Devouring Heaven Demon Gourd, capable of extracting spiritual herbs, exotic beasts, and the corpses of martial artists into cultivation resources. To evade the Li family's pursuit, he hid in Black Wind Mountain for three years, silently accumulating resources to break through to the level of a dual Grandmaster. After achieving great strength, he no longer sought to live a life of seclusion, but instead massacred the Li and Liu families of Qingning City, settling all worldly grudges. Breaking free from the shackles of the mortal world, he journeys to a higher realm. A mere mortal, he cultivates and accumulates power, waiting for the opportune moment to embark alone on the long and arduous path to immortality.

40. 40 一 A Rank-One Mortal Cultivator 一阶凡修 Beacon Fire Sea Sovereign烽火海尊Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsOngoing A classic mortal's path to immortality. With a mixed Five-Element spiritual root, the protagonist overcomes one obstacle after another through hard work and fortuitous encounters, rising to prominence in the cultivation world. Stages: Qi Refining → Foundation Establishment → Golden Core → Nascent Soul → Spirit Transformation → Void Refinement → Body Integration → Great Ascension → Tribulation Transcendence 4kReads6.8Score390Shelves

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    Good books are recommended

41. 41 碧 Blade of the Azure Heavens 碧落无刃 Evening Fisherman at Dusk暮渔晚Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Beneath heaven, martial arts are ruled by blades and swords. The thousand-year feud between the ancient Yue Sword Pavilion and Minghong Manor, two supreme sects, has shaped the most epic chapter in the martial world. But this is more than a conflict between blade and sword factions. It is a secret spanning two generations: a life stolen, and revenge pursued in the name of love. He, Ye Lingfeng, is a sword prodigy raised by the ancient Yue Sword Pavilion. His adoptive father is the Sword Saint, f 196Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Traditional martial arts, not a wish-fulfillment novel. No cheat codes, no systems, no cultivation, no saintly figures, no stupidity, no gods, no time travel, no pretending to be weak to deceive others, no parallel worlds, only a real and pure martial arts world where characters gradually grow. Thank you for your support! [Kissing emoji]

42. 42 穿 Reincarnated as a Debtor in the Cultivation World, I Ascend with a Multiverse Chat Group 穿成修仙界负婆，我靠诸天群飞升 LuLu99Ancient Romance171k WordsOngoing [Multiverse Cross-Plane Group Chat + Debt-Fueled Self-Rescue + Low-Class Rat-Girl Protagonist + Slight Harem Appeal + Traditional-Style Cultivation + Growth and Leveling] After transmigrating to the cultivation world, Chi Wanwan landed in a hellish situation from the start! There are so many people born with sacred cultivation physiques, so why is she the only one born with a useless body? Is it just because her name is an A-B-B pattern? A good-for-nothing with five spiritual roots, a tiny culti 42Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book will definitely meet your requirements.

43. 43 凌 Lingyun's Journey: Rising from Humble Beginnings 凌云行之起于微末 Gan Que甘鹊Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Beyond the Three Realms lie hidden worlds; within the Six Paths dwell countless peoples. There is no absolute opposition, only a world of myriad wonders. An ordinary mortal sets out on the journey! She breaks through desperate situations, changes her fate, seizes opportunities, and sees through people's hearts. With sheer grit and resilience, she shatters the heavens and defies immortality! After transmigrating, she finds herself in the body of a poor little girl about to be sold. After finally 3.4kReads9.1Score454Shelves

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    A rogue cultivator, seemingly mediocre, is actually meticulous in his planning, seizing every opportunity to grab resources, avoid confrontation, and accumulate strength. He doesn't flaunt his abilities, but rather displays extreme forbearance and ruthlessness. Watch as he quietly climbs from an insignificant ant into a formidable figure high above the heavens!

44. 44 逆 Heaven-Defying Demon Mirror 逆天魔镜 Baili, God of Wind风神百里Eastern Fantasy325k WordsCompleted [No transmigration, no System, ruthless and decisive] Zhong Li, a descendant of Zhong Kui, is framed and turned into a corpse puppet. After his bloodline awakens and activates a magic mirror, he rises from the Ashen Lands of the Demon Realm and carves a path through the worlds of immortals and demons... [Demonic world, survival of the fittest, brutally frank, demonic cultivation, immortal cultivation, the Immortal Way, golden finger magic mirror, golden finger, a world-shaking scheme, all-out co 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Lone Wolf. Zhongli, a descendant of Zhong Kui in "The Mirror of Destruction," is tricked and forced into corpse-refining. His bloodline awakens, activating the magic mirror and embarking on a journey between immortals and demons!

45. 45 修 Cultivation: The Path to Immortality Begins with Awakening Heaven Rewards Diligence 修仙：长生从觉醒天道酬勤开始 Evening Breeze Drunk on Sunset Glow晚风醉晚霞Eastern Fantasy286k WordsOngoing [Mortal Cultivation + System + Farming + Infinite Flow + Proficiency Panel + Insight + Sword Immortal + Master of Time + Hundred Lifetimes of Reincarnation + Beyond the Dao Ancestor] In endless space and time, a hazy figure gave a soft cry: "Sword... come!" The story begins when Li Yifan, reincarnated from Blue Star, awakened the memories of his past life at the age of three and bound himself to the Heaven Rewards Hard Work, One Proof Valid Forever System... Starting out as a mortal, he set 531Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You might want to check out this one: The protagonist has five elemental roots, allocates points to comprehension, and creates his own cultivation techniques. It's currently updated to include his self-created "time stop." His cheat ability is a proficiency panel. It's a new book, so there are no ratings yet, but it's unlikely to be a bad read. [Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

46. 46 星 Crossing the Star River: A Mortal's Path to Immortality 星河渡，凡人修仙 The Great Tribulation of Ninety-Nine九九大劫Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [Qi Refining... Deity Transformation... Tribulation Transcendence] [Traditional Cultivation] [A Weak Golden Finger] [Thunder, Darkness, Fire, Metal, and Water Spiritual Roots] Ning Zhe, a person from Blue Star, possesses mutated spiritual roots of all five elements. Three mighty cultivators who had drifted into the Solar System chose him as a medium for locating the cultivation world, setting him on the path to immortality. While being transported from Blue Star to the cultivation world, Ning Zh 65Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 47 大 The Splendor of Great Ye 大邺梦华录 Mundane Little Things凡人小事Eastern Fantasy527k WordsCompleted He crashed while delivering takeout and transmigrated. Everyone else got a System and a golden finger from the start, but he got nothing. This world has true qi, spiritual qi, and qi cultivators. But spiritual qi is so scarce that finding it is harder than snatching a takeout order! Countless people get stuck at the very first step, drawing qi into their bodies. He’s just an ordinary mortal, so what makes him think he can defy fate? No System, no wise old mentor. All he has is relentless self- 2.2kReads7.0Score183Shelves

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    Please take a look at this book.

48. 48 被 After My Engagement Was Broken Off, I Started Raising an Empress 被退婚后，我开始养成女帝 Lucky Fish幸运鱼Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted [Just got a rating, it will rise later] [Bestselling hit] [Multiple Heroines] [Ultimate Power Fantasy] [A Powerful Background] [The More You Read, the More You'll Love It] Above the path of immortality lies a realm that must be broken through to truly live forever. But this realm is perilous. Even immortals can perish within it, so it is known as the Tribulation Immortal Realm. Legend has it that there is an object in the world called the Immortal-Burying Pearl. Whoever obtains it can control th 2.1kReads6.1Score230Shelves

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    With his dantian completely destroyed, he awakened the Immortal Burial Pearl on the verge of death! He cultivated forbidden techniques, seized the power of heaven and earth, slayed geniuses, destroyed sects, and fought his way through countless battles! The world called him a waste, unaware that he already possessed the power of the Immortal Burial Pearl, suppressing the nine heavens above and the nine netherworlds below, ruling over the universe!

49. 49 散 Wandering Immortal: A Fantastical Path to Immortality 散仙，幻化仙途 The Flying Little Square会飞的小方块Eastern Fantasy797k WordsOngoing [Adapted comic now available] [No System, Poison Cultivation, Alchemy, Artifact Refining, Traditional Cultivation, Multiple Female Leads. Do not read if you dislike these!] While delivering takeout one day, Wei Changsheng accidentally fell asleep and transmigrated to another world. He obtained an incredible spiritual treasure: the corpse poison pill of the Primordial Divine Demon Hanba. After it formed a Hanba dantian, he obtained a Treasure-Gathering Basin, the Life-and-Time Basin. From then on 703Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Worth watching! [Shy][shy][shy][shy][laugh][laugh][laugh][laugh][laugh][laugh]

50. 50 血 Blood Ancestor's Path 血祖道 Maple Waiting for Dawn等待黎明的枫Eastern Fantasy544k WordsOngoing [A traditional cultivation story about an ordinary person. No transmigration from Earth, no System, no golden finger, and no heaven-defying treasures!!!] The struggle between outsiders and the clan: if you are not a direct descendant of the clan, you cannot establish a foundation. The struggle between lower and upper sects: if you are not a Golden Core cultivator of the sect, you cannot form a Nascent Soul. The struggle between humans and demons: if you are not a living being of the same race 465Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In a world devoid of spirits, a blood-based, heretical cultivator hides in a mass grave, clinging to life. No cheat codes, no system, no golden finger. A traditional mortal cultivation journey.

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