Looking for Urban Cultivation Novels About Practicing Qi, with a Lead Who Isn't a Harem Seeker or a Show-Off 有没有主角不后宫，不装逼的都市修道炼气文？

1. 1 我 I'm Off to Cultivate Immortality 我去修仙咯 Empty Words in a Dream梦中的虚语Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Spiritual energy and mysterious forces are resurging across the globe, and humanity is groping its way along the path of evolution. Raise your sword to cleave heaven and earth, Bend down to protect the lowly. What does it truly mean to be strong? A mortal body, standing shoulder to shoulder with the gods! Where have all those familiar gods gone? How did the Winged Clan defeat the chief gods atop Mount Olympus? Why could they not enter the Eastern world? Shi Lai only wanted to live a carefree lif 48.7kReads9.1Score5.3kShelves
2. 2 平 Parallel Starry Skies 平行星空 Idle Writer闲人写作Eastern Fantasy329k WordsCompleted Yang Fan is a delivery guy scraping by at the bottom of the city, riding through the streets and alleys every day to bring people their food. After a car accident sends him plunging into a river, the rushing current carries him into a cave. There, he discovers a spaceship left behind by an alien civilization. From Butelin, the ship’s intelligent System, he receives the legacy of immortal arts, and Yang Fan begins his journey on the path to immortality! 67Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Look here, the focus is on cultivating immortals, the universe is the territory, modern style, although there is a love plot, the protagonist is not in love! New book! Basically it continues to be updated every day, at least two chapters a day!!

3. 3 奇 An Unusual Path: An Unorthodox Journey to Immortality 奇路，非典型修仙 The Magical Road神奇的路Urban873k WordsCompleted The Yellow Emperor said: “I have heard that in ancient times there were perfected beings who upheld Heaven and Earth, commanded yin and yang, breathed in vital essence, stood alone while guarding their spirit, and kept their muscles as one. Thus they could live as long as Heaven and Earth, without end. Such was the way of life.” Everyone knows that the immortals are wonderful. Everyone wants to seek the Great Dao, to become an immortal or a god. But what kind of immortal? A celestial immortal! 5Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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4. 4 九 Ninefold Brocade 九重锦 Evening Breeze Under the Moon月下晚风Ancient Romance715k WordsCompleted Household and palace intrigue, with the leads not both being each other's first. A fictional setting, with all ranks and titles made up. A heroine who grows over time and isn't blinded by love. After being suppressed for more than a decade, a concubine-born daughter has her fate rearranged overnight. Entering the prince's manor only fuels her ambition. Her birth father ignores her, allowing her stepmother to torment her and her mother for half their lives without ever offering them the slightest 41.3kReads9.3Score6.8kShelves

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   These are great, not harem-y.

5. 5 穿 After Entering a Matriarchal World, I Took the Man of My Dreams by Force 穿进女尊世界后我强娶了白月光 Paper Tiger纸老虎Ancient Romance532k WordsCompleted [Early work] After getting drunk one night, Ling Zhao transmigrates into a world where women hold power. She becomes a spoiled, useless imperial princess who is doted on by everyone, and opens her eyes in the middle of a husband-selection ceremony. The person who transmigrated alongside her is Xu Yi, the man she has secretly loved for ten years. Ling Zhao has a selfish motive. She points at him, and Xu Yi is chosen to be the future primary husband of the Seventh Princess. After they reunite, she 7.2kReads9.3Score873Shelves
6. 6 能 I Can Grind Proficiency, and Accidentally Became Invincible Before Graduation 能肝熟练度，毕业前不小心无敌了 Seeing Shapes Through a Borrowed Mirror借镜观形Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [No Heroine] [The cautious hero pays attention to detail + Slow Timeline + Logical, No Dumbing Down + Not a Fast-Paced, Invincible Power Fantasy] [Not a Playing-It-Safe Story! Not a Playing-It-Safe Story! Not a Playing-It-Safe Story!!!] [The Hero Is a Workaholic and a Competitor, and He’s Got Issues!] Wen Lin transmigrates to a parallel high-martial world of warriors, ferocious beasts, and divine powers, where he discovers he has a stats panel that lets him see his martial arts proficiency. Othe 25.6kReads8.5Score2.3kShelves
7. 7 本 I’m Already Invincible, So Why Bother Leveling Up? 本尊都无敌了，还升什么级？ Wine Without Desire无欲的酒Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Originally titled “The Supreme Great Venerable” Ten thousand years ago, the Otherworldly Demon Clan invaded the Tianqi Continent. Lu Nanzhuo, the supreme human, led the myriad races against them, then vanished during the great battle. Ten thousand years later, a figure dressed in white emerges from Beixuan Province and wanders the world, invincible every step of the way! He is calm, carefree, and domineering! He roams freely between heaven and earth, invincible throughout the cosmos! He sta 36.6kReads9.0Score2.6kShelves
8. 8 上 The Supreme Qing Imperial Text 上清御文 Su Mu Shu苏木叔Eastern Fantasy194k WordsOngoing The Three Realms are in turmoil, and living conditions are worsening by the day. The most urgent task is to repair the human world and prepare for what lies ahead. After countless hardships, the protagonist and his best friend finally make it back to the human world... —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 9 参 Towering 参天 Feng Yu Jiuqiu风御九秋Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted The appearance of fragments of the Heavenly Book sparks a frenzied struggle among the people. Is this a fortuitous opportunity, or does it conceal a deeper mystery? Is the pursuit of cultivation really only about attaining immortality? 3.6kReads8.9Score381Shelves
10. 10 我 I Am the Honey Badger 我是平头哥 Cu San麤三Urban690k WordsOngoing Li Huan has always dreamed of punishing evil and upholding justice. He lives by the principle that evil must be rooted out, or good people will suffer. Whenever he sees injustice, he speaks up, and whenever it is time to act, he does. If he isn't fighting, he's on his way to a fight. He takes life and death in stride and never backs down from a challenge, earning himself the nickname Badger. As he takes his share of beatings, he gradually grows into the greatest martial artist in Huaxia. Want to 62Reads8.5Score—Shelves
11. 11 归 Oneness 归一 Feng Yu Jiuqiu风御九秋Urban3.1M WordsCompleted The mysterious golden dragon tattoo on his chest, the strange human-shaped skeleton in a grave, the dying beggar who speaks an unknown language, the modern writing carved on an ancient stone tablet: all of it haunts Wu Zhongyuan. Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going... 6kReads8.6Score643Shelves

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    "Guiyi" is a very beautiful book. The protagonist is decisive in killing.

12. 12 道 Daozhen Xuanbian 道真玄边 Joy and Grief Without a Toast乐哀无觞Mystery1.6M WordsOngoing A remarkable encounter when I was six changed my entire life, allowing me to tell the true story of my life in a different way. The more I learned, the more I realized how little I understood. I marveled that everything in this world has its own laws, and that all forms among living beings are ultimately formless. The world is vast, and I am small. We can only do our best. 1.8kReads7.4Score168Shelves

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    Hope you all like it

13. 13 道 This Daoist Knows Nothing About Big Data 道爷不懂大数据 Bobo Xiaowei啵啵小薇Urban621k WordsOngoing (The new book has only just received its initial rating, so it’ll gradually go up!) [Cutting-edge technology + slow-paced + clashing civilizations + epic worldbuilding] Su Ming, a disciple of the Guiyuan Sect in the Canglan Realm, finally passed the entrance exam for the inner sect at the age of seventy-nine. But after one celebratory drink, his soul transmigrated to a strange and wondrous future world. Here, the continent beneath his feet wanders through a sea of stars, while enormous planets f 2.5kReads8.2Score267Shelves

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    This is supposed to suit the taste. I've seen some pretty good ones lately.

14. 14 都 Urban: Ten Years of Cultivation, and I’m Unrivaled the Moment I Descend the Mountain 都市：修仙十年，下山即无敌 Feng Yibing冯一病Urban3.2M WordsCompleted The new book has built up a backlog of chapters and can be found on the author's homepage. It tells the story of the hundred thousand years after this book. [Expert Descends the Mountain + Invincible Cultivation + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Decisive Killing + Multiple Realms] The Great Dao is flawed, and spiritual energy has withered. A mighty cultivator who had survived the tribulation traveled the world. By chance, he discovered a peerless prodigy born with a spiritual physique, forcibly took 334.9kReads9.1Score31.6kShelves
15. 15 科 The Age of Technological Cultivation: I Can Boost Comprehension 科技修仙纪元：我能加持悟性 Wang with a Dream有梦想的汪Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing [Cyberpunk Technology] + [Cultivation System] [Prodigy] + [Cheat-Level Comprehension] + [Power Fantasy] + [The Sword That Breaks All Laws] A ring with folded-space storage, a complete collection of circuit-integrated talismans, supreme immortal bones enhanced with ultra-fine nanotechnology, spirit treasures worn as armor, technology-based foundation building… When the world of technology collides with the world of cultivation, feathered immortals clash with starships, and planet-destroying warsh 33.8kReads8.8Score2.6kShelves

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    This book is about time travel, cultivating immortality and upgrading along the way, without a female protagonist, and it's quite interesting.

16. 16 天 Natural Disaster: Building a Bunker and Enjoying Life 天灾：建立地堡享受人生 Born of the Dao's Rhyme道韵生Sci-Fi & Apocalypse424k WordsCompleted The protagonist, Yang Fan, learns a year in advance that a post-apocalyptic series of natural disasters is about to begin. Drought, extreme heat, extreme cold, floods, snowstorms, earthquakes, polar days, polar nights, and more. To survive, he builds an underground shelter to the highest standards and stockpiles supplies on a massive scale. There are no zombies, no special abilities, no pocket dimensions, and no aliens, just natural disasters. The story focuses on building a shelter, stockpiling 2.5kReads8.2Score101Shelves
17. 17 冰 Snowpocalypse: My Villa Can Withstand a Nuclear Bomb 冰雪末世：我的别墅能防核弹 Leng Wumeng冷无梦Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted Apocalypse + Rebirth + Stockpiling + Arms + Lying Low + Cunning Survivor + Pocket Dimension (No saintly do-gooder!) When the apocalypse struck, Su Yang inherited a fortune worth hundreds of billions. But his excessive kindness led his lover and childhood friend, who coveted his supplies, to join forces and kill him. In his final moments, he watched helplessly as neighbors he had once helped seized his supplies and then devoured him. His hatred was boundless. Yet when he woke up, he had been rebo 15.8kReads7.8Score1.3kShelves
18. 18 灵 A Fated Romance in the Spirit World 灵幻尘缘 Xian Bai'an仙百安Urban140k WordsOngoing After the college entrance exams, a strange downpour drenches the world. Soon afterward, all living beings fall into a deep slumber. As time passes, their bodies gradually begin to change, bringing upheaval to the world's order. What other strange changes will follow? Stay tuned! 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Waiting for someone to read it

19. 19 大 First Year, New Semester: Welcome, Ancestor of the Nascent Soul 大一新学期，恭迎化神老祖 End User最终用户Urban500k WordsOngoing [Cultivator Returns + Technical Mastermind, Unbeatable + Lighthearted and Witty + Calculated Carnage + Face-Slapping Power Fantasy] After accidentally transmigrating to the cultivation world, I weathered three thousand years and finally became an ancestor at the Deity Transformation stage! Who could have guessed that one careless move would get me stabbed in the back by my betrothed Dao companion? With no choice but to grit my teeth, I broke through layer upon layer of encirclement and escaped t 178Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Please recommend a new work on urban cultivation.

20. 20 仙 The Reborn Immortal Emperor and the Dimensional Conspiracy 仙帝重生之维度阴谋 Drunk Moon, Misty Lake醉月岚湖Urban2.8M WordsOngoing 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 382Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The best urban immortality novel, passionate and conspiracy, relaxed and casual, no stud, no harem, no sword, no water, no ink. When characters fight, they just fight, not endless chaos. You can read slowly when you are short of books. (=゚ω゚)ﾉ📖

21. 21 我 I Build a Super Family and the Xia Clan 我打造超级家族和夏族 Four Flying Daggers四把飞刀Urban1.4M WordsOngoing Also titled I Build a Super Family and the Xia Clan. A clash between two super experts standing at the pinnacle of the universe sparks a contest between two cultivation systems. A mysterious pearl changes the fate of a boy from a fishing village. Dongfang Yu begins the story of leading his family to become a super family and helping Xia Country rise. Can people cultivate in the modern age, with ancient legends, the secrets of spiritual energy, and the cultivation texts left behind by countless p 134Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    Check out this one.

22. 22 布 Ye Xunhuan, the Commoner's True God 布衣真神叶寻欢 Heaven's Will Reigns Supreme天命最高Urban157k WordsOngoing Ten years from now, spiritual qi will revive on Earth, and human civilization will enter the age of immortal cultivation. Ye Xunhuan is chosen as one of the first cultivators. Watch as he starts from the start with nothing but plain clothes and a wooden sword, grows stronger step by step, and ultimately leads humanity in creating a brand-new civilization on Earth. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonists are not pretentious, they are all living real life, and every bit of it shows how difficult life is.

23. 23 金 The Golden Immortal Descends to Earth: From Village Boy to Provincial Governor 金仙下凡从山村少年到封疆大吏 Heaven's Will Reigns Supreme天命最高Urban282k WordsCompleted Ye Fei, a village boy, falls off a cliff and unexpectedly awakens the memories of his past life as a Great Luo Golden Immortal. From then on, his life is on easy mode, and he has it all: wealth, beautiful women, family, friendship, and love... —Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 24 万 Divine Emperor of Ten Thousand Domains 万域神皇 Heaven's Will Reigns Supreme天命最高Urban139k WordsCompleted Chu Tian was the quintessential second-generation official: rich, handsome, and privileged. When his first love, Xie Wanying, died unexpectedly, he was devastated and transformed in temperament. From then on, he reveled in the company of women, passing through a hundred blossoms without a single leaf clinging to him. Later, he met Zhao Lina, the campus beauty of a film academy, and fell deeply in love again. He repented and gave up his debauched ways, settling down to become a devoted husband. B —Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 星 Xinghe Yuan 星河元 Great Ethereal大缥缈Urban997k WordsOngoing [Global high-level martial arts + cosmic stars + intense passion + epic-length story] At a certain point in time, a mysterious beam of light from the cosmos pierced the void and entered a newborn baby. Nangong Zhui was born amid a strange celestial phenomenon. As the vessel for this mysterious beam, was his fate decided from the moment he was born? Hi, everyone! I’m an orphan. My parents left me when I was born. I was originally a member of an ancient sect, but for some reason, I was taken to 825Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It doesn't pretend to be an urban cultivation system or realm system, but it has a female protagonist. Check it out and pick one up.

26. 26 此 At This Moment, I Am China's Guardian Deity 此刻，我为华夏守护神 Wind, Flowers, Snow, and Joy风花雪乐Urban3.2M WordsOngoing On Christmas Eve, December 24, 0260, a large horde of sea beasts appeared in Old Copper Mountain, Mi Nation. Not a single person in the city survived! On April 23, 0261, Level 6 sea beasts appeared in North Bear Nation. The entire country fell! On New Year's Day, January 1, 0262, a Level 10 sea beast appeared in Huaxia, codenamed [Taotie]. Huaxia fell! In January 0260, Huaxia's God of War, Chen Feng, was reborn eleven months before the sea beasts emerged. He won the trust of the country's 1.9kReads9.0Score592Shelves
27. 27 我 I Am Not the God of Drama 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.8MReads9.9Score182.9kShelves
28. 28 神 I’m a God-Tier Support, Roaming Everywhere with the Nation at My Back 神级辅助到处浪，背靠国家不要慌 Gong Zhang Third Master弓长三爷Sports3.1M WordsOngoing [No Female Lead + Rousing + Funny + Pledges Allegiance to the Nation + Main Character Is Purely Support + Cathartic!!] Song Feng transmigrates to Blue Star, where games have become reality, and awakens the one-of-a-kind hidden class: Support Master. But it’s mocked as a “freeloader class”: ❌ Can’t specialize into a subclass! ❌ Skills are spread across the board, but none can be mastered! ❌ Attack power is even worse than an ordinary person’s! Until he activates the [God-Tier Support System], 2.4kReads8.8Score250Shelves
29. 29 幽 The Jianghu Between Light and Shadow 幽明江湖 Muzi Ermu木子二木Eastern Fantasy240k WordsCompleted “Look up to observe the patterns of the heavens, and look down to examine the features of the earth; thus one understands the workings of darkness and light.” From the Book of Changes. In the martial world, there are matters of darkness and light. Look up to observe the world's shifting tides, and look down to examine its affairs, and only then can you understand the causes behind the changes of darkness and light in the martial world, and unravel its upheavals. Witness the changing tides of the 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Yes, the protagonist lives in the world, not the harem.

30. 30 成 Chronicles of the God-Making War 成神战纪 Fen Gu分古Urban244k WordsOngoing With the appearance of the Investiture of the Gods, the Three Thousand Great Daos manifested, all things were reborn, and the path to godhood opened. Ten thousand years ago, a beam of golden light above the Ancestral Star brought living beings the path to godhood and bestowed blessings upon them. But behind those blessings lay a world-ending war, about to begin. Was this a blessing or a calamity? Would it usher in an age of prosperity, or the end of the world... —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There is absolutely no harem, and the only heroine will die. If the protagonist doesn't show off, there will be many failures. Urban cultivation

31. 31 惊 This Is Shocking: The Cultivation Methods in Novels Are Real 惊麻了，小说里的修炼方法是真的 Debunking the Truth把真相辟谣Urban143k WordsOngoing “The divine is attention, qi is a force. Focus your attention four centimeters below your navel, and you’ll feel a force.” This is unbelievable! A reader tried the cultivation method described in a novel and discovered that it really worked! But the author, Li Xu, had no idea. The novel soon became a sensation, and readers began to wonder whether the author was an enlightened immortal! 8Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 32 带 I Transmigrated Back with a Pocket Dimension and Started by Picking Up Scrap Metal! 带空间穿越回来，从捡废铁开始！ Young Master Buqi不器公子Urban623k WordsCompleted I'm just a scrap-metal picker. I just found a submarine. You want it? No way I'm giving it away for free! Guess what I got in return? After transmigrating back from the world of cultivation, I found myself back at age seventeen, in the mid-1980s. How can I help my poor family get rich? Welcome to The Magical World of Ye Sheng, where you'll find out how to cultivate in the city and mine and farm on the moon. 4Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    Try this, if you have great ambitions, you don't want to have a harem

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