Why Do Long-Lived Cultivators Always Have the Worst Aptitude? 为什么长生者资质永远是最差？

1. 1 开 From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 807.1kReads9.7Score95.7kShelves

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   Immortal ➕An immortal cow. There is no way to live forever if the qualifications are too good, so immortals must have poor qualifications, and then have enough time to do various things to cultivate immortality, so as to bring a bright, prosperous and spectacular world of immortality.

2. 2 长 Immortal for Eternity, Healing the Cultivation World 长生不死，我在修仙界悬壶济世 Gazing at the Stars1949仰望星空1949Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted A slow-burn, heartwarming story that only gets better as it goes. Gu Bai transmigrated into a cultivation world. Though his aptitude was ordinary, he gained the ability to live forever. The road to immortality was long, and Gu Bai didn’t want to provoke anyone. He only wanted to keep his head down in the cultivation world and witness its prosperity. But as he watched his friends and loved ones grow old around him, he could do nothing to help them. Gu Bai decided to cultivate the way of medicine. 11.1kReads8.7Score719Shelves

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   Made of flesh and blood, not a genius, but comparable to a genius

3. 3 大 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 Principal Typhoon台风校长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 39.5kReads8.9Score3.4kShelves

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   It feels like a young student wandering around the world

4. 4 重 Reborn: A Life of Quiet Admiration 重生后，无为的仰望 Ou Kailong欧凯龙Urban133k WordsCompleted No System, no pocket dimension, and no heroine throughout the story. What does it mean to be reborn? It means you can use your foresight to do something. After returning to the past, the protagonist only wants to prevent certain things from happening and change a few things, letting his ordinary family shine with a faint light. “I've always believed that being reborn won't make you rich, bring you endless good luck, or give you abilities you never had. It simply gives you another chance, then st —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Indeed, if your qualifications are good and your life span is billions of years, and you have cultivated to the top for decades or hundreds of years, how will you live the rest of your life?

5. 5 市 Immortals Hidden Among the Common Folk 市井藏仙 Flying Flowers in the Fine Rain密雨飞花Eastern Fantasy6.7M 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 99.3kReads8.4Score9.6kShelves

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   Hahahaha it's okay

6. 6 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 341.8kReads8.7Score16.1kShelves

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   If you have particularly good qualifications, you may reach a high level quickly, and it is easy to go off track.

7. 7 穿 I Transmigrated to the Cultivation World and Found a Chip in My Body 穿越修仙界发现身上有芯片 Book Thirster渴书人Eastern Fantasy433k WordsOngoing An ordinary person from the Information Age transmigrates to a cultivation world, where he is taken in by a family. At the very bottom of society, he stumbles into the world of cultivation and discovers that the chip he had in his former life has transmigrated with him. Cultivators emulate Heaven, Earth, nature, and all living beings. He grows step by step, explores the essence of cultivation, and wages war across the myriad heavens. Transmigration + chip + cultivation + myriad heavens + resilie —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A person from another world traveled to the world of cultivating immortals in all the worlds. Average qualifications. But there is chip assistance. A different journey to immortality begins

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