Clan Cultivation with an Ancestor, No Wish-Fulfillment, Guardian Spirit Beasts Welcome 家族修仙，老祖，不要爽文，护宗灵兽也可以

1. 1 长 The Immortal Grand Emperor, Sharing the Nation's Lifespan 长生太上皇，与国同寿 Praise Cult Leader夸夸教主Eastern Fantasy529k WordsOngoing Li Qian was reborn in the body of a man over seventy years old: the retired emperor of the Great Qian Dynasty. His own son forced him to abdicate and seized the throne, confining him deep within the palace. Unable to communicate with the outside world, he could only sit around and wait to die. Fortunately, he activated the Immortal Lifespan and National Fortune System. As long as the dynasty survived, he would live forever. What’s more, he could draw upon the nation’s fortune to increase his str 4.2kReads7.9Score14414d adds
2. 2 人 In My Twilight Years, I Reunite with My Son from the Start 人已暮年，开局父子相认 Immortal Venerable Rice大米仙尊Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing [No Harem: Readers Who Like Womanizers with Lots of Children, Stay Away] [System Novel] [Father-and-Son Story] [Gradually Escalating Thrills] [Behind-the-Scenes Focus] [Pragmatic Self-Interest] [Older Protagonist] As life entered its twilight years, most people waited for their final chapter. Yun Ze was no exception. Just as he thought the curtain was about to fall on his life, he got hit by a truck. The cultivation world was still the same cultivation world, but from that moment on, it looked f 6.7kReads8.2Score30514d adds
3. 3 仙 Bait on the Path to Immortality 仙途为饵 Serene Fengshui风水陶然Fantastical Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [Rating just came out, it’ll go up] Cultivation + Strong Female Lead + Dot-ed-On by Everyone + Transmigrate into a Book + No CP + All-Rounder + Chaos Spirit Root + Space + Family Power Struggles Lin Yueyue unexpectedly transmigrates into a book and becomes Lin Yueyue, the original heroine who dies a tragic death. She knows just how miserable the Lin Yueyue in the book has it. She doesn't want to sit around waiting to die. Her only option is to save herself! But she's only five years old. What ca 30.9kReads8.5Score3.9k14d adds

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   Family Cultivation, Ancestor, this one is pretty good.

4. 4 家 Clan Cultivation: I Am the Clan's Guardian Spirit Beast 家族修仙：我为镇族灵兽 Toward the North Sea朝北海Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Mythical beast story, no human transformation, no romance, ensemble family saga] Reborn as a Blackwater Mystic Serpent named Mo Xuan, he gains a Clan Guardian Spirit Beast System and forms a bond with the Zhou family patriarch. He becomes the Zhou family's guardian spirit beast, and from then on, their fortunes rise and fall together. As the family gradually grows stronger, Mo Xuan also becomes one of the most powerful beings, and the name of the Zhou beast-taming family eventually resounds thr 34.8kReads9.3Score3.1k14d adds

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   I started reading this book when it had only a few dozen chapters left, and I've watched it improve over time. It's quite moving, and I personally feel it's very unique, standing out from the rest of Tomato's works. (That huge hiatus in the later stages was really heartbreaking 🤬, I only recently discovered it's back online 😅)

5. 5 玄 Xuanhuan: Starting as the Family's Spirit Beast 玄幻：从成为家族灵兽开始 The Sky Grows Dim天色暗淡Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing [Family Saga] [The worldbuilding is expansive. The world keeps running even without the protagonist, rather than bending over backwards to serve the plot. Any side character could be the protagonist of their own story, if only they had the fortune for it.] [Have you ever seen an ultimate BOSS show up in the very first chapter?!] [Have you ever seen the world's ultimate crisis appear in the most inconspicuous way in some chapter, without the readers noticing at all?!] Li Xuan transmigrates and be 5.2kReads7.9Score38814d adds

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   This is a family-themed story with an ensemble cast. The protagonist is the clan's guardian spirit beast. The plot is slow-paced, and the protagonist is immortal, having witnessed the vicissitudes of life. The clan members work hard to govern the clan, and each generation has its own development.

6. 6 家 Clan Cultivation: I Can Upgrade Magical Artifacts 家族修仙：我能升级法器 Wild Geese on Southern Branches雁南枝Eastern Fantasy5.2M WordsOngoing Across the vast sea of stars, demons devour the heavens, while humanity struggles to survive. Chen Qingyun transmigrates into this world and becomes a Qi Refining cultivator in a tiny family among the stars. He thinks the path to immortality is hopelessly distant, and that he is destined to live an ordinary, unremarkable life. Fortunately, he gains a talent for enhancing magical artifacts. He can dismantle, enhance, and fuse artifacts that belong to him... Dismantle the Azure Condensation Mirror 28.5kReads8.0Score2.5k14d adds

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   Not bad, not bad, I'm in a good mood.

7. 7 家 My Clan: With the Heavenly Tome, I Am Invincible 家族，拥有天书的我无敌了 A Cool City in My Hometown故里凉城Eastern Fantasy787k WordsOngoing Family-focused cultivation + no female lead + farming and homesteading + a slow start The cultivation world is plagued by terrifying great demons that wreak havoc and leave trails of bloodshed. Peerless sword immortals also sweep across the sky with a single strike, suppressing all opposition and reigning supreme. In this perilous world, how can a small Foundation Establishment clan survive? Xu Changqing, who transmigrated from his previous life, uses the wordless Heavenly Book that came with hi 628Reads8.8Score—14d adds
8. 8 洛 The Luo Immortal Clan 洛氏仙族 Pen Falls to the Mortal World笔落尘凡Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted [Clan Cultivation] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Spiritual Roots] [Swordsmanship] [One Female Lead] [No Do-Gooders] The Eastern Wilderness spans hundreds of domains and thousands of provinces, vast and boundless! Sects stand everywhere, immortal clans hold sway, and humans, demons, and outer-domain fiends vie for power. In the Eastern Wilderness Calendar, year 14,436, Dan Xi vanished and the sun and moon lost their light. Falling stars streaked down as demonic energy blotted out the sky. Plants withe 16kReads8.4Score1.4k14d adds
9. 9 转 Reincarnated as a Divine Tree, I’m Building a Yin Soldier Clan 转生神树，我打造阴兵家族 Mu Feng Feng木风峰Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted [Ensemble Cast + System + Clan Saga + No Female Lead + The Protagonist Isn’t Human!] Clan Chief, this is bad! One of our people is injured! Quick, take them to the Divine Tree! Clan Chief, this is bad! One of our people is on the brink of death! Quick, take them to the Divine Tree! Clan Chief, this is bad! One of our people just passed away! Quick, take them to the Divine Tree. We can’t let the body get cold on the way! Reincarnated as a frail locust tree, Ji Yang only wanted to bask in the sun, 102.4kReads8.8Score11.2k14d adds
10. 10 修 Cultivation Clan: Bound to My Family, I Begin My Path to Immortality 修仙家族：从绑定家族开始长生 The Rice in Shrimp虾米的米Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [Cultivation Family] [Management and Growth] [Farming] [King of Keeping a Low Profile] [Ensemble Cast] [Survival] [Not a Power Fantasy] [Everyday Life] A small family of Foundation Establishment cultivators gains eternal life by binding itself together as a clan. They develop in every field: formations, alchemy, puppets, talismans, farming, and more. They thought they were already good at keeping a low profile, only to discover that compared with their family, they were amateurs. And so the ulti 12.9kReads7.9Score85214d adds
11. 11 最 The Strongest Cultivation Method: Stellar Evolution 最强修仙法星辰衍变 Gaming Scumbag游戏渣男Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsOngoing A new kind of high-IQ cultivation novel, bringing together the best elements of the genre. After tens of billions of years, the universe gradually evolved from primordial chaos into a world imbued with spirit and suitable for life. In their quest for power and immortality, living beings embarked on the long path of cultivation. By the Primordial Era, the cultivation world had reached its peak. A cultivator accidentally obtained a divine treasure born of nature. It recorded the universe’s creati 294Reads9.2Score—14d adds

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    This is the only true masterpiece of cultivation novels. I personally love "The Strongest Cultivation Technique: Star Evolution," which combines the best qualities of all cultivation novels. The Star Evolution technique can enhance all cultivation techniques; when cultivated to its peak, it can enhance everything in the world, such as infinitely strengthening magical treasures to become the strongest immortal treasures. I love that the writing is clear, smooth, and easy to understand, without exaggeration or pretension. The protagonist, Lin Han, is intelligent, witty, and speaks with humility. The characters, plot, and objects are all clearly described.

12. 12 我 I, Squirtle, Am the Guardian Spirit Beast of My Clan 我，杰尼龟，镇族灵兽 Wind Dog风犬Eastern Fantasy271k WordsOngoing [Ensemble Cast, System, Farming, Clan Guardian Beast, Clan Saga] Lu Jie transmigrates into the world of immortal cultivation, but can someone explain why he’s turned into a Squirtle? Luckily, he unlocks the Strongest Clan Guardian Beast System and joins forces with generations of the Qin family to build the Qin Immortal Clan. This is the story of a clan guardian beast and an ordinary family rising to prominence together. (There won’t be much Pokemon content. Squirtle is just here as the clan gua 105Reads6.4Score—14d adds

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    Watching a small family rise in the cultivation world from the perspective of a clan's guardian spirit beast, Lu Jie transmigrates to the cultivation world and finds himself transformed into a Squirtle from the Pokémon world. He also awakens the strongest clan guardian spirit beast system and binds himself to the Qin family to develop the family from scratch. Farming, taming beasts, group scenes, and lottery draws will have Pokémon berries and items. Apart from that, there are no other Pokémon elements. Farming with berries and taming beasts with Poké Balls.

13. 13 既 Marry a Dao Companion and Cultivate the Truth: Faithful to the Great Dao and to You 既娶道侣又修真，不负大道不负卿 Overlord Pork Knuckle霸王肘子Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the cultivation world and becoming a low-level rogue cultivator, the protagonist finds that his predecessor was attacked and lay unconscious for three months. Having taken over someone else's body, he is about to be kicked out of the market because he can't renew his lease when the Cultivation Arts System appears! Whatever you know, I know. Whatever you don't know, well, I know that too. In short, I know everything. From then on, the protagonist begins his rise to success 9.1kReads7.8Score46714d adds

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    Establish a cultivation family and become the patriarch.

14. 14 元 The Immortal Book of Yu Yuan 元渊仙书 Little Brother Wan万氏小弟Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing [Clan Cultivation] [Ensemble cast] [Building a faction] [Cultivation] (Entirely ensemble cast, slow-paced storytelling, no angst.) A visitor from another world entered a vast cultivation world and became a book. A perfectly ordinary person, unable to leave the book. And so, they watched the tides rise and fall within its pages. They watched a village family embark on a cultivation journey worthy of being passed down through the ages. To learn what happens next, read on at your leisure. 73Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 15 修 Cultivation Begins with the Family’s Move South 修仙从家族南迁开始 Discussing the Dao Over Wine and Laughing at the Warlords煮酒论道笑诸侯Eastern Fantasy175k WordsOngoing An ordinary life, until fate brings him into the mortal world. When heroes gather and ascend to the Immortal Realm, he will outshine them all and reign supreme! The protagonist, Li Changsheng, transmigrates to the Tianyuan Continent. After his clan is struck by disaster, the whole family migrates to the Southern Wilderness. With no System to help him and no benefactor to support him, he relies on a copy of the Daodejing from his previous life to defy fate, despite being born with a fifth-grade, 398Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A 25-year veteran bookworm! A highly recommended new book! This one will absolutely satisfy your needs! A mortal cultivation family novel, the protagonist Li Changsheng transmigrates to the Tianyuan Continent just as his family undergoes a major upheaval, migrating to the Southern Wilderness. Without a system or benefactors, this fifth-grade mixed spiritual root cultivator, relying on a copy of the Tao Te Ching from his past life, defies fate, changing the landscape of the Southern Wilderness and creating a magnificent and grand scene... Traditional cultivation: Qi Refining - Foundation Establishment - Golden Core - Nascent Soul - Deity Transformation - Mahayana... No saintly characters, no brainless plots, various foreshadowing elements, and a multitude of grudges and affections, single female lead.

16. 16 吴 The Wu Clan's Path to Immortality 吴氏家族成仙路 Xiao Qiu枭邱Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted The story of an ordinary person who grows stronger step by step in the cultivation world with the help of the Ghost Valley Eight Desolations interface. (The golden finger isn’t very obvious and doesn’t come up often.) A new writer and a new book. I’m not good at writing blurbs. 2.5kReads6.4Score11114d adds

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    It's a family-based game where the protagonist has the Ghost Valley Eight Desolations stat, but the cheat codes aren't very noticeable and it's a slow starter. You can give it a try.

17. 17 长 The Immortal Clan Begins by Cultivating Swords 长生家族从种剑开始 The Way, the Way, the Way道道道Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Five-Element Spirit Swords] [Astral Sword Formation] [Sword Cultivator] [United Family] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Not a Saintly Hero] [Sharp-Witted] [the Myriad Worlds] [Ensemble Cast] [Sword Seeds in the Dantian] (Cultivation stages: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deification...) A wandering rogue cultivator, a chance encounter with the Sword Dao, and the rise of a family... A different path to ascension. Fellow Daoists, come take a look inside. 22.1kReads7.3Score1.8k14d adds

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    The Sword Immortal Clan is worth a look.

18. 18 家 Clan Cultivation: Starting with Marriage After Foundation Establishment 家族修仙：从筑基娶夫开始 The Galaxy Falls into My Arms星河落我怀Ancient Romance240k WordsOngoing (Strong female lead + cultivation clans + farming and business) After failing to form her core, Zhou Chuning resigned from her sect, married a husband, and had a daughter. At first, she only wanted to settle down in this world, farm, build a business, and establish a family estate. But before she knew it, the Zhou clan she had built from the ground up had become the greatest cultivation family in the world. 428Reads8.7Score—14d adds
19. 19 家 Clan Cultivation Begins at Skyfire Peak 家族修仙从天火峰开始 User23356680用户23356680Eastern Fantasy950k WordsCompleted With a dual-spirit-root aptitude, the protagonist and his many clan members work hard to make their way in the world of immortal cultivation. Marked by flames, he rises from Qingzhou, uses the Heavenly Fire Realm as a stepping stone to wage war across the heavens, and plunders resources from the myriad realms to strengthen himself. He rises rapidly, ultimately looking down upon the Great Thousand Worlds. 2.4kReads7.2Score10514d adds

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    It should be okay.

20. 20 水 The Zhou Clan of Water Serpent Island 水蛟岛周氏仙族 May the Elderly Find Peace老者安之Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation + family clan + genius + no System + not a power fantasy] After more than three hundred years since the Zhou Clan was founded, it welcomed its first member with a Heavenly Spiritual Root: Zhou Le Wen. Zhou Le Wen cultivates sword arts and body-forging techniques, raises a flood dragon, concocts pills, and grows spiritual plants in the space within a wondrous treasure. Under his leadership, his grandfather Zhou Yun Zhan, whose lifespan was nearly over, reaches Foundation Estab 3.5kReads7.0Score21214d adds
21. 21 玄EN The Book of Profound Immortals: Family Cultivation 玄仙命书：家族修仙 Beacon Mist, Closed Circuit烽茫闭路Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsOngoing Clan cultivation, slow-burn, ensemble cast. No System. At the end of the Immortal Dynasty, the reborn protagonist takes the last immortal pill in the human world, awakens the Book of Fate within him, and sets out to build a family of his own. When the previous dynasty fell, the Demon Suppression Hall was opened, and the sealed demonic spirits began roaming the world. The spirits in the north's Demon Locking Pagoda have long since been put to use; The Daoist sect returns, the scattered academies 102Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 22 疯 Are You Crazy? You Asked Me to Be Clan Leader, and Now All My Clansmen Are Emperors 疯了吧，让你当族长，族人都成帝了 Crave the Body, Not the Heart馋身不馋心Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a fantasy world, Xiao Xuan became the head of the Xiao clan. When he saw clan traitors colluding with outsiders in an attempt to swallow up the entire Xiao clan, the gravely wounded Xiao Xuan awakened the Divine-Grade Clan Leader System! He fused with the Dragon-Blood Creation Battle Physique, healing his injuries and greatly increasing his power! As other clans and the traitors fought to seize the Xiao clan, Xiao Xuan arrived with sword in hand, killing the traitors, sla 2.9kReads5.7Score15014d adds
23. 23 玄 Xuanhuan: Building the Strongest Family with a System 玄幻：带着系统打造最强家族 Ling Fengyi凌风毅Eastern Fantasy743k WordsOngoing Ling Feng accidentally transmigrates to another world and becomes the young master of the Ling family. Born with a crippled body, he can never break through the Body Tempering Realm. By a stroke of luck, the System bound to him finally finishes loading. As long as he keeps developing his family, he will receive generous rewards. So what if he was born with a crippled body? One day, he will defy fate and change his life. Watch Ling Feng defy fate with the System and lead his family to a p 8.3kReads7.9Score48214d adds
24. 24 开 My Descendants Were Divorced from Their Fiancées from the Start? I’ll Give Them the Flame Emperor Template! 开局子孙被退婚？我发炎帝模版！ Qi Qilin柒柒霖Eastern Fantasy432k WordsOngoing [Ancestors + family + ensemble cast + behind-the-scenes mastermind + invincible] [Also known as: The Immortal Imperial Clan, Starting with the Ancestor's Revival!] Lin Mo transmigrates to another world and becomes a peerless powerhouse, only to die after being besieged. When his impoverished descendants of later generations pay their respects, he activates the Family Template System. As long as the family's level rises, he can be revived. And as the family grows, he can unlock templates for diff 27Reads7.4Score—14d adds
25. 25 西 The Thousand-Year-Old Ancestor of Xixu 西墟千年老祖 Brother Haizi海子兄Eastern Fantasy602k WordsOngoing Atop Cloud City in the Western Regions, the twenty-year-old Earth Immortal Zhamuxi was on the verge of breaking through in seclusion when his closest friends from the Four Great Families betrayed him, leading powerful fighters from every continent to hunt him down. A thousand years passed in a dream. He opened his eyes to find his stunning appearance unchanged, while his enemies’ descendants had long since risen to power across the land. The Tang Family monopolized the spiritual ley lines of the 37Reads—Score214d adds

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    I must second this!

26. 26 家 Clan Cultivation: Building the Strongest Immortal Clan in All Realms from Scratch 家族修仙：从零打造万界最强仙族 Ink-Colored Qilin墨色麒麟Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing (The rating just came in; it’ll go up later.) [Clan saga + ensemble cast + decisive and ruthless + merciless + stops at nothing + invincible among peers + gets even better later + pure satisfaction] [Please don’t let this novel pile up in your reading list. If you do, it’ll be taken down.] [The author doesn’t want another flop with an unfinished ending. Please don’t let this novel pile up in your reading list. Thank you.] [Over a million words, plenty to binge] Chen Chang'an transmigrates into a 3Reads8.5Score—14d adds
27. 27 家 Clan Cultivation: Chronicles of Xuanyuan Xiaocheng 家族修仙：玄渊虓城录 A Greenwood Tree一颗青木Eastern Fantasy811k WordsOngoing [Cultivator clans + farming in an immortal city] What kind of sparks will fly when clan-focused cultivation meets the immortal-city genre? Fang Kaiyuan transmigrates to the cultivation world and becomes the head of a Foundation Establishment clan. Born into humble circumstances with a mixed spiritual root, the only thing he can rely on is a Fortune Altar that can repair supreme treasures. The Fang Clan’s Tiger Guards form ranks like tigers, using Whistling Wind Gorge as a barrier against wild be 12Reads6.8Score—14d adds

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    A family-themed cultivation novel, slow-paced, soon to break 300,000 words.

28. 28 回 After the College Entrance Exam, I Used My Foresight to Become a Tycoon 回到高考后，利用先知成富豪 The Twenty-Five-Thousand-Li Long March二万五千里长征路Urban841k WordsCompleted By a twist of fate, Chen Feiyu returns to the day after his class reunion, held after the college entrance exam. Using his information advantage, he makes up for past regrets. From the start, he sets his sights on the Brazil World Cup to earn his first fortune, then uses his expertise and memories to grow his money in the stock market. He also keeps in touch with his high school crush and his senior from university, wins the hearts of both beauties, and becomes a winner in life! 2.8kReads—Score11014d adds

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    Even college graduates can make money through stock trading; beautiful female CEOs are also interested in investing.

29. 29 问 Seeking the Way Through Reincarnation 问道轮回 When the Wind Rises, Ask Not When I'll Return风起不问归期Eastern Fantasy415k WordsCompleted [A wholesome, romance-free family cultivation novel.] This book respects the traditional cultures of Buddhism and Taoism. In Taoist cultivation, only talent and insight matter; the concept of “spiritual roots” does not exist. It tells the story of a young boy from a small cultivation family, who shoulders the family’s ardent hopes of restoring its fortunes from an early age. Among the family’s ancient books, he forms an extraordinary bond with A Ming of the Light-Sound Heaven, a mysterious being 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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    New Fantasy Family Cultivation

30. 30 造 Immortal Fate: From Lowly Talisman Painter to Grand Ancestor of an Immortal Dynasty 造化仙缘：从画符小修到仙朝太祖 Blazing Radiance炽炫Eastern Fantasy869k WordsOngoing Lin Feng, a young man from Earth, transmigrates into a brutal world of immortal cultivation and becomes a beggar on the verge of death in the winter streets. At his darkest moment, a dormant fragment of the Jade Disc of Creation in his sea of consciousness unexpectedly awakens, granting him a small pocket dimension that can speed up spirit-plant growth and improve spiritual energy. The catch is that it has a ravenous appetite for spirit stones! With a four-element spirit root and good-for-nothin 4Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Starting with a broken jade disc, time accelerates to grow immortal herbs! This cultivation and farming novel is packed with exciting moments!

31. 31 妖 Demon Refining the Nine Heavens: The Abandoned Cat Devours the Sky 妖炼九霄之废猫噬天 The Rabbit Who Doesn't Like Cat Food不爱吃猫粮的兔子Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted Wang Feng was reborn, only to become the most ordinary little kitten. Watch as he sheds his demon form, rises against the odds despite his mediocre aptitude, and enters the ranks of the top cultivators. The name Wang Feng resounds throughout the myriad worlds as he looks down on the Five Elements and roams freely across the nine heavens! Realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deification, Void Refining, Body Integration, Mahayana... 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I think this cultivation novel is pretty good.

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