Looking for Traditional Cultivation Novels Focused on Cultivation, with or Without a Male Lead 求正统的修仙文，主打修仙，有无男主都行
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After My Dad Remarried, Should I Cultivate Demons or Immortality? 随爹改嫁我该修魔还是修仙
Mischievous kid + goofy System + taking down fake sweethearts + satisfying wish-fulfillment The rebellious rich kid Xiao Zhuang transmigrated and became the very embodiment of rebellion: a bone that had been removed from the body of Zhuang Feibai, the Sword Dao's holy son, and gained sentience. Unfortunately, the little bone was stolen and taken to the demon realm before it could take human form. From then on, he set off on a journey to find his dad and live off him. The good news was that he fo
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Transmigrate as a Cultivating Failure 穿越之废少修仙
[Main Character 1 + Traveling Between Past and Present + Supernatural] Tang Yu, the legitimate heir of the Tang family on the Tongtian Continent, was born with max-level spiritual power. But his meridians were as fine as strands of hair, leaving him unable to cultivate. Once a heaven-blessed prodigy, he endured every hardship life had to offer in just six short years and became an outcast of his family. Driven to the brink, he burned away his flesh and blood to repay his parents. To his surprise
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Transmigrate: The Abandoned Son's Rise 穿越之弃子逆袭
Ye Ziming is an awkwardly edgy teenager. After his fiancée and her lover conspire to kill him, his soul is reborn in the body of a useless young master on the Tianyang Continent. From then on, he goes further and further down the path of scheming. Until... Ye Ziming: “Do you need a bodyguard, sir? The close-protection kind.” Ling Aoshuang: “...” Ye Ziming: “Do you need an attendant, sir? The available-all-day kind.” Ling Aoshuang: “...” Ye Ziming: “Do you need a cultivation partner, sir? The bon
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The Body-Snatched Outcast: I’m Giving Up, So Do as You Please 被夺舍的万人嫌：我摆烂，你请便
After faking his death and returning to the modern world, the universally disliked Lin Tinglan plans to quietly go back to his 007 wage-slave life. Who could have guessed the Demon Lord would follow him and try to possess him for revenge? [Two male leads, a wildly arrogant Demon Lord battered by the real world, hilarious feel-good story, modern world first and cultivation world later] The first fifty chapters take place in the modern world. The rest are set in the cultivation world. . Universall
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Shocking! After I Cultivated the Way of Ruthlessness, My Master Changed Her Ways 惊！我修无情道后，师尊转性了
[Two Male Leads + Reborn + Universally Hated Protagonist + Light Angst and Humor + Regretful Pursuit] Ye Baiyu was reborn, returning to the moment just before he coerced his master. In his past life, his master Yunxiao killed him with two sword strikes, nearly scattering his soul. That was also when he learned he was nothing but cannon fodder meant to make the protagonist shine. No wonder everyone hated him. Now that he had another chance at life, he wouldn’t be so foolish as to waste his feelin
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The Peerless Alchemist of Another World 异界之绝世炼丹师
This is a “serious” cultivation novel. The assassin Ning Kang was sure he couldn't be the only one killed by his own golden finger. Surely not. But he really was dead. Though something went wrong with his reincarnation, when he woke up, he found he'd been reborn in another world. And here's the thing: this other world allowed people to cultivate immortality. A curved saber points straight to the sky. Those who follow me prosper; those who oppose me perish. Defying the Heavenly Dao is hard, but I
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With a Cheat-Code Dao Companion, Why Should I Fear Becoming Cannon Fodder? 我有外挂道侣，穿成炮灰又何妨
[Dual Male Leads + Cultivation + Transmigrate into a Book + Two Powerful Leads + Sweet Romance + Progression Fantasy] Scheming, stunning, vengeful, and all-capable top × black-hearted businessman from Blue Star who transmigrated [Clever wish fulfillment, lots of foreshadowing, no idiots in the cast] Because of an arranged marriage, Song Chen meets Zhao Ziyi, and they fall in love at first sight. Just after they marry, Zhao Ziyi drops a bombshell: the cultivation world they live in is just a book
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The Strongest Heir 最强传承人
After reaching adulthood, Nian Dongyang finally received from his master the inheritance he had always wanted. Before he could even figure out what made it so powerful, his master tossed him two photographs and told him to choose one as his wife. Getting an inheritance and a wife all at once made Nian Dongyang feel on top of the world. One photo showed a pretty young girl; the other, a young man with an artistic air. The young man was easy on the eyes, but unfortunately he was male, so of course
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After Binding a System, I Hooked the Villain in the Cultivation World 绑定系统后，我在修真界钓到反派
Main Couple: Chu Han X Luo Qingyu Secondary Couple: Song Qianzhi X Hua Wumian [Available as an audio drama with voice actors] [Transmigrate into a book + System + sweet romance + 1v1 + male-male romance + cultivation] [First installment in the series] [Scheming and cunning X cool and devoted] [Loads of secondary couples!] Content warning: A fluffy, feel-good story with no regard for logic. Every plot point exists to serve the romance. An unconventional cultivation story, with the protagonist adv
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Reborn: The Demon-Dragon Hybrid Whelp Is Everyone's Darling 重生，魔族混血龙崽是团宠
As a modern citizen, Mo Shanan’s name made it clear his parents had hoped he would grow up safe and sound into a kind person. In reality, he was the opposite: a neighborhood bully. Mo Shanan didn’t consider himself a murderer or arsonist, just a petty thief at worst. The most awful thing he’d done in a month was steal a lollipop from a kid at the kindergarten next door. So why had the heavens reborn him in some godforsaken place where not even birds shat or chickens laid eggs?! “What the hell is
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In the World of Martial Arts Cultivation, I Can 50-50 Compete with Anyone 人在修仙世界，和谁都能五五开
In Li Zhoujun's fortieth year after transmigrating to become the mountain lord of an immortal sect, he finally obtained a System that let him match anyone fifty-fifty. Are you a ten-thousand-year-old monster who has spent ages hidden from the world? I'm your equal. Are you an unparalleled Immortal Emperor of peerless elegance? I'm your equal. Are you a demonic fiend whose very name strikes terror into people's hearts? I'm your equal.
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After I Left, Why Are You Crying and Begging Me to Come Back? 我走后，为什么又哭着求我回来？
[Wish fulfillment, the art of cultivating a twisted self, the carefree life of the ultimate archvillain, and the Life Choice System.] Ye Qiu transmigrated! He found himself in a vast, primordial world, during the period of recovery and rebuilding after the great calamity that had struck all races. His father was the Demon King Who Repels the North, one of the Seven Kings of the Frontier. His mother was the sole heir to the Tidehearing Sword Pavilion. His maternal grandfather was the master of
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Xuanhuan: How Did My Sect Become an Ancient Forbidden Land? 玄幻:我的宗门怎么成了荒古禁地
[Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained 10,000 Pangu Axes] [Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained 10,000 Primordial Saint Emperor Marrow-Washing Pools] [Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained 10,000 Great Thousand World Trees] [Ding! Host in danger detected. Host's cultivation temporarily raised to the peak of the Dao Realm, condensing the fruits of ten thousand Great Daos!] Zhang Shu stares at the small mountain of Pangu Axes before him, lost in thought. “See those World Trees over there
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The Guardian Divine Beast: Reborn as a Snake, I Evolve into a Dragon and Ascend to Immortality 镇族神兽：重生为蛇之化龙升仙
[Divine Beasts, Family Saga, Ensemble Cast, System, Strong Family Bonds, Not a Power Fantasy, No Human Transformation, So… No Female Lead] The protagonist feels as if he’s had too much to drink and can’t think straight. Otherwise, how could he be seeing trees hundreds of meters tall, giants a hundred meters tall, and… a tail growing out of his own body? … The protagonist is reborn as a snake and forms an unbreakable bond with the Jiang family, awakening the Clan Guardian Divine Beast System. Fro
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You Call That a Healer? She Bludgeons Everyone to Death 你管这叫奶妈？她把人头都锤爆了
The print edition of I Can Pluck the Stars is available on all platforms. Genius + rich woman from the start. The day Ning Ruan left her village, a menace appeared on the Nine Provinces Continent. A mage? A sword cultivator? No, she just wanted to be a healer! All the continent’s geniuses: Shut up, you poisonous healer! Later: “Help! I never knew healers could heal people to death until I met Ning Ruan!” “But isn’t she a metal-element spiritual adept?” “Isn’t she wood-element?” “She’s clearl
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I Was Supposed to Be the Top Sword Cultivator, So Why Is It the Sword of Being a Jerk? 说好第一剑修，怎么是犯贱的贱
[Physical edition preorder opens at 7:00 p.m. on the 22nd] [Hilarious, absurd, no-romance power fantasy + meme references + the female lead is the root of all evil] [One female lead corrupts every prodigy] At the sect entrance examination, everyone else was busy testing their spiritual roots. I was busy scamming people. Chi Miao transmigrated into the cultivation world ten years ago and got bound to a System that could only be unlocked after she committed a hundred scams. It promised she could b
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The Genius Sword Cultivator Junior Sister Is Obsessed with Alchemy 天才剑修师妹她沉迷炼丹
[Completed, lighthearted, strong female lead, no romantic pairing] Shi Xuan, an otherworldly Nascent Soul-stage alchemy cultivator, transmigrated into the body of a cultivation cripple with five spiritual roots. Her original supreme single fire spiritual root had been replaced by her unscrupulous master and given to his own daughter. Once she was no longer useful, she was silenced and thrown down the mountain. Shi Xuan said: No matter what one's aptitude is, it cannot stop me from becoming an ex
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Transmigrated Into a Book: No One Understands Arrogance Better Than Me 穿书之没人能比我更懂嚣张
[Signed for print publication] –– Fu Zhu died suddenly after staying up all night watching shows and reading novels. She still remembers that just before she died, she was reading a novel called The Useless Girl Warrior Who Defies Heaven. –– Then she became Bai Li Fu Zhu, the female villain who opposes the novel's hero and heroine. –– This villain is different: she isn't jealous of the heroine or interested in the hero. She simply can't stand the two of them acting more arrogant than her and ste
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I Saved the Entire Sect by Giving Up 我靠摆烂拯救了全宗门
(The second physical volume is out) Ye Qiao woke up one day to find she had become the second senior sister, a tool character in a novel about a girl adored by everyone. In the novel, whenever the junior sister was in trouble, the second senior sister stepped in. If the junior sister wanted a divine artifact, the second senior sister fetched it. If the junior sister lacked a spiritual root, hers had to be dug out. Ye Qiao was at her breaking point. She fled the mountain in the middle of the nigh
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I Dig the Pits, You Fill Them In. Everyone in Our Sect Is a Rebel 我挖坑，你填土，师门全是反骨
[Original title: I Became the Beloved Little Junior Sister and Turned the Cultivation World Upside Down] Xie Sisi transmigrated and became the cannon-fodder supporting character in a novel she’d once mocked, a character with the exact same name. The supporting character’s role was to bring the heroine to an immortal sect, dutifully serve as her medicine human, and ultimately die after being used to test the heroine’s medicines. Xie Sisi, who knew the plot: “Bah! Whoever wants to be a medicine hu
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After My Engagement Was Broken Off, I Turned the Tables with Bullet Comments 退婚后，修仙女配靠弹幕翻盘了
Original title: After Breaking Off Her Engagement, the Female Cultivator Turned the Tables with On-Screen Comments [Family bonds + sibling story + strong female lead + progression + no romance + on-screen comments + fake System] Song Jinshu was born into an ancient world. One day, her fiancé came to break off their engagement, and she saw comments scrolling above his head! [This is so infuriating! This is the scene where they force her into marriage, right?] [What a disgusting woman. She look
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Fortune Everywhere? That’s Just the Heavenly Dao’s Script 遍地机缘？那是天道给的剧本
[A cultivation story with steady power progression + romance + no System for the protagonist + no rebirth + no transmigration] Her parents are murdered by a mysterious figure in a single night. Yun Su becomes an orphan and sets out on the path of cultivation alone, searching for the killer and the truth behind her parents’ brutal deaths. The cultivation world is full of people killing for treasure. It’s too dangerous, so she’d better hide her half-demon identity and find a sect to protect her! S
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A Sacred Constitution and Peerless Talent: The Cultivation Sidekick's Guide to Turning the Tables 圣体天资，修仙女配逆袭指南
[No System + Strong Female Lead + Everyone's Favorite] She transmigrated into a book and became a stunningly beautiful supporting character. The usual first move: kick the terrible male lead to the curb. With her family on the brink of ruin, her sect riven by power struggles, and the imperial court fraught with danger, Miaoxin faced deadly traps at every turn as she forged her path to becoming the empress of an immortal dynasty ruling the Four Seas and Eight Desolations. How difficult it was to
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The Heaven-Defying Poison Master: The Mad Demon Lord's Beloved 逆天毒妃，疯批魔尊心尖宠
[Transmigration + Secret Identity + Medicine and Poison + Sweet Romance + Genius + Spatial Dimension] After transmigrating into a good-for-nothing fool overnight, her life as the leading lady began. She refined pills, controlled beasts, and mastered both medicine and poison. She became the Ghost King, commanding countless demon clans. Her secret identities were exposed, one after another. With a body of gods and demons, she became the daughter of the Heavenly Dao. “I don’t really understand love
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Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批
The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou
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My Junior Sister Doesn’t Do Sentimental Speeches, She Slaps People 小师妹不爱煽情，爱扇人
[A small ensemble cast + romance] After transmigrating into a book, Lin Yun becomes a cannon-fodder female character in the cultivation world, destined for a gruesome death. She lives by the principle that she’d rather starve, freeze, work herself to death, choke, fall, drown, burn, get electrocuted, hang herself, die of illness, grow old, or die laughing than be killed by someone else. So she keeps her distance from the heroine, joins a minor sect, and lies flat! Things don’t go according to pl
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Cultivation Begins with My Daughter Leading the Way 修仙，从女儿带飞开始
[Two Female Leads + Mild Angst + Dark Horror] A disabled girl with no memories accidentally arrives in a world of immortal cultivation. Alone and with nowhere to turn, she picks up a daughter. A brutal, merciless cultivation world? Demons and monsters that devour people without a trace? Not scared at all! Watch my daughter unite the Three Realms and take me along when she ascends to immortality!
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The Carefree Female Immortal 悠闲女仙
The heroine, Lin Yuan, transmigrated to the world of cultivation. She had only wanted to cultivate in peace and enjoy a leisurely, comfortable life. Somehow, though, she managed to offend the genius disciple of the cultivation world's most powerful family. Fine, if I can't afford to offend them, I can at least hide, right? She hid for a hundred years. But when she finally came out, how had her cool and composed senior sister become a living demon seed? Even the sect was under siege, and my own y
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I’m Stirring Up the Cultivation World with Grind Culture 我在修仙界搞内卷
[Print edition now available] After Qin Shu transmigrated into a book, she learned that she was a fraud who had taken her younger half-sister's place to cultivate immortality. After eight years of cultivation, her half-sister entered the Dao despite having been an ordinary mortal. Qin Shu's cover was blown in front of everyone, and the sect mercilessly cast her out, even though she had only reached the third level of Qi Refining. With her peerless beauty, she was turned into a cultivation furn
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Little Cultivators: Adorably Feisty, Taking the World by Storm 幼崽修仙，拽萌翻天
Just as four-year-old Yangyang was about to die, her uncle arrived in time and brought her back to the sect, where she became its little sect leader. And with that, life changed for the Fuyao Sect, the very last-ranked sect in the immortal realm. “The chickens Yangyang fed have become spirit chickens! They laid spirit eggs! Eating them can boost your cultivation!” “The spirit rice Yangyang watered is growing like crazy! It's a bumper harvest!” “Even the pebbles Yangyang touched have turned into
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Defying Heaven's Cute Beast: The Peerless Demoness Rules the World 逆天萌兽：绝世妖女倾天下
[Print Edition of One Thought, Ashes Return to the Mountain: Preorders Open September 27 at 7 p.m.] Her own sister ripped out her phoenix bone, stole her talent, and tossed her into the Demon Rift like a dog! But against all odds, she survived and became the little demon girl cherished in the palms of the monsters living in the Demon Rift! The monsters of the Demon Rift: “Anyone who lays a hand on Niannian declares war on our entire demon clan!” She returns to the Five Continents, cuts down her
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On Her Wedding Night, She Is Reborn with the Demon Lord’s Baby 新婚夜，她带着魔君的崽崽重生了
Bearer of the Phoenix bloodline, Heaven's Chosen Goddess: betrayed, she fell from the Gods' Execution Platform, where her belly was cut open and her child taken! At the very last moment, as her consciousness faded, she saw someone risk his life to snatch away her corpse. When she opened her eyes again, she was the legitimate daughter of a General's estate, infamous throughout the land as an ugly woman! Now that she had become her, she would let her brilliance shine! Everyone who had ever bullied
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FFQ: Chronicles of Another World FFQ异世录
A high school student, caught up in the intense emotions of an exam, triggers a cosmic singularity and enters a bizarre otherworld. From then on, he steps into a cruel society, eventually reversing time and space and striding through the clouds and light. This book is also known as "I’m Born with a Cheat Ability", "Keep Grinding Until You Reach Another World", and "Fate Commands Me to Slay the Heavens". Fate brought us together, so leave a like and support me with your love. Thanks, brother!
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The Reborn Senior Sister Doesn’t Want to Work Hard 重生大师姐不想努力了
As the sect’s senior disciple, Song Wu had always worked diligently, trained hard, and taught her fellow disciples, all to protect the sect’s reputation. But her fiancé thought she wasn’t gentle or considerate enough. Her fellow disciples called her rigid, strict, and lacking in compassion. Even her master, the sect leader, advised her to be more generous and kind. Heartbroken, Song Wu forced a breakthrough and lost her life. She never expected to be reborn at a time before she had even become t
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