Looking for Modern Chinese Cultivation Novels Set in China, with Detailed Cultivation and a Realistic Feel 求华夏近现代修真,修炼细节丰富,较贴近现实生活
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A Doctor's Skill Shakes the Capital 医手遮天闯都城
College student Lin Xiaoxuan has had one misfortune after another. Framed by his classmates, he is expelled and sent home, only for his mother to be beaten by a local bully, leaving her bedridden with a shattered spine. Seeking revenge for her, Lin is instead left with a broken leg and a disfigured face, and has no choice but to become a beggar. But fate takes an unexpected turn: after a car accident, he inherits the legacy of a divine physician. From then on, Lin Xiaoxuan masters medicine and c
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My Group Chat Friends Make Up Cultivation Manuals, But I Can Really Practice Them! 群友胡编功法,可我真能修炼!
Lu Ming was the young master of the Lu family in Modu. Because he was too young, he became a sacrificial pawn in the clan’s struggle and was forced to flee to Yangcheng! One day, he acquired a golden finger: the [Chinese Immortals Chat Group]! The group was full of enlightened immortals: alchemy grandmasters, spiritual plant experts, rune masters, sect elders, and even enlightened sages! Lu Ming was thrilled to receive one cultivation manual, pill recipe, and immortal art after another! He grew
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A Monthly Salary of 3,500: I Cultivate Immortality in the Mortal World 月薪3500:我在凡世修仙
Also known as: Chu Er Is Extraordinary! This is a slow-burn, leisurely paced urban cultivation fantasy about the fierce collision between technology and cultivation, after the modern world becomes connected to the spirit realm through the Peach Blossom Cave. Chu Fan is an ordinary young man with a meager monthly salary and a quiet life. Amid the everyday bustle, he quietly embarks on the path of cultivation. Neither arrogant nor impatient, and with no interest in quick results, he tempers his D
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- 54 The Dominating Chaos Art 霸道混沌诀 Born with a Chaos Physique, he obtains a cultivation method formed from primordial chaos at the dawn of creation, inherits a thousand years of memories from the patriarch, and gains a divine ring containing a pocket world of blessed grotto-heavens. He is accompanied by a transformed ginseng doll. He crushes vicious thugs and arrogant young masters with a single move, and wipes out demons and monsters with one punch. He punishes evil and promotes good, restoring clarity to the world. Whoever offe 2.5kReads8.3Score193Shelves
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The Supreme Dao Lord 太上大道君
A meteorite fell onto the snowy plains of the northern lands. No one knew it had brought not a child, but a fragment of the Heavenly Court's great calamity. At sixteen, the orphan Li Yuchen entered Shangqing Zhengyi Palace on Mount Longhu. Three trials, one talisman, nine orphans, and a single promise to stand as fellow disciples made them a family. Snake demons, plague gods, demon kings... One disaster after another struck. When the Jiangxia Nuclear Power Plant was on the verge of meltdown, he
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All Paths Lead to the Netherworld 万法归宗幽冥路
The male lead regains his youth and cultivates immortality while working as a gatekeeper at an art school. He has eight immortal senior sisters from the Maoshan School’s Zhengyi Sect, an adorable little fox from Qingqiu Mountain, and Jiegeng, a thousand-year-old demoness. The capital’s number-one Grand Princess comes looking for a hug from him every night.
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- 57 The Mother Who Came Along as a Student Is a Teacher 陪读妈妈是老师 [Urban wish fulfillment] [Multiple heroines] [Superstar] [Older woman] [Auntie] [Fiancee] [Everyday realism] [Nuclear apocalypse] The male lead is sent back to the past after a nuclear explosion. 35Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 The Man Who Grew Young Again 返老还童的男人 A baby adopted by a widow was born looking seventy years old. Then he began to age backward, slowly growing younger. At eighteen, he looked like he was in his fifties. In the end, he became a baby and died in the arms of the person he loved most. 1.7kReads7.9Score107Shelves
- 59 Lao Wang from Chongqing 重庆老王 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1.5kReads8.3Score116Shelves
- 60 Shanghai Auntie’s AI Male Model 沪上阿姨AI男模 The protagonist, Wang Chen, struggles to survive in an apocalyptic world during the Great Depression, then unexpectedly transmigrates to an alternate-world Shanghai in the 1990s. And so Wang Chen’s happy life begins! 4.1kReads7.1Score270Shelves
- 61 The Irresistible Playboy 极品桃花男 [Urban feel-good story] [Slice of life] [Set in the 2020s] [Realistic everyday life] [Multiple female leads] [Dongguan Prince Hotel] [Transmigration to the apocalypse] [Genetically enhanced super soldiers] 419Reads8.5Score105Shelves
- 62 A Poor Scholar's Tribulation of Great Tang's Beauties 寒门状元大唐红颜劫 Li Guo’er, the Tang Dynasty’s most beautiful woman, is Princess Anning and the youngest, most beloved daughter of Emperor Zhongzong, Li Xian. The most seductive princess in the Tang Dynasty, she is strikingly similar to the protagonist’s wife. After the male lead transmigrates to the Tang Dynasty, he discovers that Li Guo’er looks exactly like his wife. Determined to save the only person in this world who reminds him of family, he works tirelessly and vows to save Li Guo’er, who was killed at ju 361Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 Ten Days, Eighteen-Year-Old Great-Grandma, I'm Not a Scumbag 十日十八岁太奶我不是渣男 [Urban Imagination] [Surreal] [Multiple Female Leads] [Beijing-Circle Heiresses] [Beautiful Women Around the World] [Entertainment Industry Stars] [Web-Novel Heroines] [Most Beautiful Heroines on Screen] 251Reads6.9Score145Shelves
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After Being Struck by Lightning, I Became a Master of Painting and Magic 被雷劈了之后我成为画圣法师
After being struck by lightning, Qin Lang discovered that he could shoot lightning from both hands. That would have been strange enough, but he also turned into a battle maniac. And the beautiful girls and luxury cars he drew could actually become real? By chance, he obtained the Demon Refining Pot, and the Divine Human Alliance came to him to find the remaining nine divine artifacts. Once all ten were gathered, the Yellow Emperor would be resurrected to fight the Primordial Thunder God. Why had
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Reborn: The Celestial Emperor Cultivates in the City 重生之天帝在都市修仙
“Peerless Heavenly Emperor” Ye Youchen was assassinated by the Ten Immortal Kings of the Nine Heavens Immortal Realm and was reborn on Earth. From the start, he seemed to have hit the jackpot: he was a student at a top university. Little did he know that it was the beginning of a life of drudgery! Faced with taunts from romantic rivals and threats and temptations from rich heirs, only his grandfather worked tirelessly, farming and scavenging, to put him through university. He resolved to cultiva
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A Pair of Delicate Red Hands 一双红酥手
Reborn in 1996, I planned to strike it rich with the lottery numbers from the one thing I remembered about my past life. Who knew it would still turn out to be just a dream!!! There are only 98 days left until the college entrance exam, and I’ve forgotten every bit of what I learned in my previous life. What do I do... Fine, I’ll come clean. I just want to be a couch potato, enjoy life with a beautiful wife, and live a quiet little life... This story is entirely fictional. Any similarities are p
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- 67 Wang, the Northeastern Guy in the Women's Dorm, Don't Panic 女工宿舍楼里东北汉子老王你别慌 Wang Xinyan is a strapping Northeastern man, tall and broad-shouldered. But because his mother loved watching romance dramas, she gave him a feminine name. After graduating from college, that name got him assigned not only to a female factory-worker position, but also to a dorm room on the women's floor… 1.3kReads8.5Score—Shelves
- 68 The Merchant’s Road to the West 西部商途 [No System] [No golden finger] [School belle] [Multiple heroines] [The struggle of an ordinary guy] Zhang Bo is a poor kid from the countryside. He doesn’t have much going for him, except that he’s pretty lucky with girls... 391Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 I Don’t Want This Kind of Rebirth 这样的重生我不想要啊 Being reborn isn't about having an easy, satisfying life. It's about walking the human road again through blood and tears! The hardships I've endured and the burdens I've borne aren't anything to be proud of. I'll just leave them in my memories. A simple, honest life, surrounded by a beloved wife and beautiful companions, is what truly matters... 284Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 Restarting My Life and Winning Over Several One True Loves 重启人生拐几个白月光 So what if he was rich in his previous life? He couldn't even find his wife and daughter! In this reborn life, he'll protect his family first... A life of wealth and luxury? He wouldn't mind! But the simple pleasures of everyday life are what feel most real! 465Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 A Spring Dream Takes Me to Ancient Times: I Become a Workaholic in Dayin 春梦穿古我在大胤当卷王 [Mystery]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Transmigration]+ [Golden Finger]+ [Alternate Fantasy World]+ [If It's Not Your Thing, Please Don't Complain] Just because he begged his goddess for a hug in a romantic dream, Lu Xiaochuan was kicked straight into a river in the Great Yin dynasty, launching his mortifying Transmigration adventure! The moment he climbs ashore, he's branded a suspect in the Witchcraft Cult case. He lets slip what he said in his sleep, then reveals the secret that he once saw a celes 45Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 A Beauty’s Scheme for the Realm 红颜谋天下 [Mystery]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [No Transmigration]+ [No Golden Finger]+ [Alternate Fantasy World]+ [If It's Not Your Thing, Please Don't Complain] An imperial edict of marriage sends the icy, beautiful female general Murong Xue storming into the residence with a sword. Turmoil erupts in the Song household's rear court, while strange butterfly shadows from the Xuanming Cult appear, concealing a shocking conspiracy that could overturn the world. As one beauty after another gets drawn into the gam 63Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 A Story About a Beautiful CEO Beneath a Ginkgo Tree 银杏树下的一个美女总裁的故事 The story of a beautiful CEO beneath a ginkgo tree 75Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 The Original Sin of Kindness 善良的原罪 The Original Sin of Kindness 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 How a Village Girl Became a Bad Woman 一个山村女孩如何成坏女人的 How a Village Girl Became a Bad Woman 93Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Prison Planet of Origins 起源囚星
A rift in the universe tears through space and time, sweeping the boy Zeng Xi into a rising tide of supernatural powers! The only disciple in the Sword Sect without a sword spirit, he struggles to survive amid the bloodshed as Earth awakens. Mysterious organizations lurking in the shadows begin to emerge, while interstellar visitors wearing the mask of civilization close in step by step. Are these so-called raiders the scythes of death, here to destroy civilizations, or guides sent to awaken the
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The Husband I Picked Up Turns Evil and Wants to Destroy the World 捡来的老公黑化后想毁灭世界
Help! My ridiculous boss drove me to a breakdown with his mind games, so I picked up a “stray puppy” on my way home to cheer myself up. Who knew I’d bring home a thousand-year-old demon lord?! After two years of being exploited at work, Lin Xinyi was exhausted. On her way home, she found an injured “puppy.” It was adorable, clingy, and knew how to act cute, instantly soothing all her pent-up frustrations. But who could have guessed it wasn’t a dog at all, but a wolf cub! And things got even craz
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Me, a Prodigy? 我,妖孽也
There are two kinds of cultivators in this world. One follows a proper, orthodox lineage, whether practicing the righteous arts or demonic cultivation. Either way, they have a master. The other studies from books and practices blindly on their own. These are commonly known as self-taught outsiders, or fox-spirits practicing Zen. An Lin belongs to neither the orthodox sort nor those self-taught outsiders who blindly follow books. By observing the “phenomena” within himself, he grasps the true mea
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After Being Hunted, I Implanted a Spiritual Root in Myself 被追杀后,我给自己植入了灵根
Cultivation + fantasy + sci-fi + mortal’s journey + decisive and ruthless + clever protagonist + technological cultivation [Framed, expelled, and hunted to the edge of a cliff, the life of Wang Yu, an 18-year-old science prodigy, should have ended there.] He plunges into the abyss but miraculously survives. By chance, he activates the ancient treasure [Myriad Forms Grotto-Heaven] and receives help from Yun Li, the remnant soul of an ancient cultivator. His chance at immortality is right befor
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Blue Star's Little Cultivator 蓝星小修士
A Merit Immortal Emperor is reborn in the Republican era, carrying the memories of his past life as he resumes his cultivation of the Immortal Dao. At ten, he slays his enemies and founds the Yanhuang Sect, leading Huaxia from Earth to the Galaxy. When aliens invade, he turns the tide with the power of merit. After two hundred years in the mortal realm, he reaches the Great Ascension stage and survives the tribulation to ascend. He cultivates immortality not for eternal life, but to protect thos
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Reborn as the Urban Immortal Venerable 重生之都市仙尊
Luo Chen, once a supreme immortal, is ambushed and reborn on Earth. Though he holds an ordinary position in society, he faces contempt from his girlfriend, ridicule from his rival in love, his parents' miserable lives, and threats and provocations from the scions of wealthy families. He swears to change his unfair fate, stand at the pinnacle of the world, and show everyone that he, Luo Chen, was once here.
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The Bridge of Hearts: A Family's Journey of Transformation 心桥:家庭的蝶变之旅
Bridge of Hearts: A Family’s Transformation
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- 83 Fair Scales, Peace of Mind: The Grocery’s Cycle of Good and Evil 秤准心方安:杂货铺的善恶轮回 A True Heart Brings Peace: The Cycle of Good and Evil at the General Store —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 Kindness at Heart, Integrity in Life 心善为根,品正做人 Kindness at heart, integrity in conduct 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 Old Zhou’s Beacon of Hope 老周的心头灯 Old Zhou’s Heart Lamp 5Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Reborn Immortal Emperor and the Dimensional Conspiracy 仙帝重生之维度阴谋
Positive energy + urban fantasy + cultivation + comedy + historical events + wish fulfillment + fiery battles In his previous life, he was the Immortal Emperor Huitian, a force to be reckoned with across the Immortal Realm. But at the final moment of his attempt to break through to the Divine Realm, his path to immortality was cut short and his body and soul were destroyed. Betting on a chance with odds of less than one in a hundred, he sent his immortal soul into the river of time. After endur
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- 87 Reincarnated Six Times to Become a Golden Immortal 六世轮回成金仙 He is Xu Yun Zi, the supreme Celestial Venerable of the heavens. After accidentally absorbing the blood of an ancient White Phoenix, his golden body shatters and a wisp of his remnant soul falls into the mortal world, where he takes the name Xu Xiang. She is Yue Yao, an immortal maiden of the Jade Pool. Punished for bearing the blame for the Celestial Venerable's murder, she and Xu Xiang both fall into the cycle of reincarnation in the human realm. One mortal lifetime, nine years of deep love, 87Reads8.9Score—Shelves
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The Chaos Grotto-Heaven 混沌洞天
If cultivating immortality means following Heaven's will, why do tribulations descend from the skies? But if cultivating immortality means defying Heaven, why can all things be destroyed, yet immortals still sit above the clouds? Truth and falsehood, falsehood and truth. Illusion and reality blur like a hazy dream. In a single glance, ten thousand years pass: is it a world transformed, or just as it was at first sight? Looking back across countless years: are things the same but people changed,
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After Dropping Out, I Became the Female CEO's Bodyguard 退学后我成了女总裁的贴身保镖
[Invincible] [Multiple Heroines] [Spatial Powers] [All-Rounder] [Fast-Paced] [Wish-Fulfillment] When Chen Fan jolts awake, he finds himself trapped in a women's bathhouse and is falsely accused, forcing him to leave school. His campus beauty girlfriend abandons him. With nowhere else to turn, he enters a mountain cave, where he encounters the legacy of an Immortal Emperor and masters both medicine and martial arts! He awakens a Pure Yang Divine Body. He spends a year cultivating in a secret real
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- 90 Submit Obediently, or Be Conquered 乖乖臣服,否则征服 [Fast-paced wish fulfillment | Multiple heroines] With only seven days to live, Xiao Xiaohuo descends the mountain. He can only overcome the poison and start a new life by winning over the women named in four marriage contracts! He checks into an inn after dark and gets some attentive service. A female officer bursts in and catches them red-handed. He takes a closer look at her ID. Xia Bingbing! She's the fiancée he's supposed to visit tomorrow to propose marriage! 11.6kReads7.2Score904Shelves
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The Splendor of Great Ye 大邺梦华录
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-
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Living Waters, Knowing the Heart of Wealth 活水知财心
Living Waters Know the Heart of Wealth
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- 93 A Heart Like Bamboo, A World as Vast as Mountains and Rivers 竹心自修,山河自阔 A Bamboo Heart Cultivates Itself; the Mountains and Rivers Stretch Far and Wide 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 Love and Life’s Little Pleasures 人间烟火情 Love Amid the Everyday 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 Seeing Through Illusions to Find Truth, Wisdom Opens a New Path 破妄寻真之智启新途 Wisdom That Dispels Illusions and Seeks Truth, Opening a New Path —Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Weaver of Light on the Other Shore 彼岸织光者
Not a power fantasy. [Ordinary cultivation + slow burn + technology + multiple races + struggle for supremacy] A scientific experiment conducted by the nation accidentally creates a ghost cultivator with a spiritual body. On the path to saving his mother, he becomes the heir to an eternal being. Through a series of fortuitous coincidences, he leads humanity in its struggle for supremacy across the myriad worlds and brings a new generation of gods into being!
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- 97 Repairing the Dragon Vein: Starting by Digging for Dragons in the Three Gorges 修龙脉:从三峡挖龙开始 Mending dragon veins is not tomb raiding. You cannot simply charge in, swinging a pickaxe and digging straight down. Tomb raiding is destruction and plunder, seizing the lifeless grave goods. Mending dragon veins, by contrast, is soothing and awakening, restoring vitality to the mountains and rivers. It is an elegant and sacred art. Like a physician taking a pulse, your fingertips must feel the heartbeat of the earth. Like a painter guiding a brush, you must regulate the subtle flow of earth 76Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 The Universal One-Hit-Kill System from the Start: I'm Taking Off 开局万能秒杀系统:我直接起飞 [System + Ruthless + Unrivaled + Never Takes Insults + Both Righteous and Evil] After transmigrating into the body of a deposed crown prince, Jiang Chen gets a System that arrives late but gives him so much that he takes off at once! The instant his mind-reading ability spreads, a flood of thoughts surges into Jiang Chen’s mind! “Oh no, oh no, Senior Sister’s coming to see me. Could she have found out I took her intimate clothes?” “Hmph! He’s usually so quiet, but he actually dared to steal m 851Reads7.5Score101Shelves
- 99 Defying Heaven Through Cultivation: I Can Become Invincible Just by Lying Down 逆天修仙:躺着就能无敌 [Urban cultivation, invincible from start to finish, feel-good, multiple heroines, decisive and never takes abuse] A young man from a mountain village is betrayed by his fiancée. By chance, he obtains a heaven-defying treasure and begins his path to invincibility! Watch as he overpowers powerful clans, takes on grandmasters, and shakes the Myriad Worlds! But was all of this predestined, or carefully arranged? [This story is entirely fictional. Please don’t assume it has anything to do with you.] 4.7kReads8.5Score499Shelves
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Nine Reincarnations Later, I Am the Immortal of the Mortal World 九世轮回,我是红尘仙
Everyone has been deceived! The road to immortality is broken, and the Heavenly Gate is a sham. The true Immortal Realm is actually at the very bottom of Hell. Chen Yuan has lived through eight cycles of reincarnation. Eight times, he cultivated to the final step before becoming an immortal, the Return to Dust Realm, only to bury himself and start over again. Eight times, he made no progress. His ninth life is his last chance. But in this life, he is a dazed delivery driver. Then, while saving h
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