Looking for Immortal Cultivation Novels Rooted in Orthodox Daoism 有没有道家正统修仙的，

1. 51 不 Can You Become an Immortal by Any Means Necessary? 不择手段，可成仙否？ The Kingdra Who Loves Drum Corps喜欢军鼓的海刺龙Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless]+ [Will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals]+ [No female lead]+ [The middle and later parts get dark, so don't read if that's not your thing] "The weak are always making excuses for their incompetence and failures, but they themselves are the best excuse of all!" (There are a lot of trolls in the comments, so use your own judgment.) Chen Yi transmigrates to the world of immortal cultivation and opens his eyes already struggling to survive at the bottom. Five years ag 181kReads8.6Score23.2kShelves
2. 52 长 Immortal Cultivation: This Old Man Proves the Way Through Caution 长生修仙：老夫以苟证道 Seeing the Green Mountains得见青山Eastern Fantasy902k WordsOngoing Lu Zai’an is reborn as a seventy-year-old fisherman on the verge of death. By chance, he awakens a spiritual root for cultivation and a Longevity Dao Body, granting him an endless lifespan! “I hear cultivators defy heaven in pursuit of immortality, fighting for every moment. But what if I started out already at the finish line?” After thousands of years, he looks back and finds himself already on an invincible path. 81Reads6.1Score—Shelves
3. 53 世 The World Became a Game, but Forgot to Generate the Players 世界游戏化，却忘了生成玩家 Red Bean Tea红豆茶Eastern Fantasy3.3M WordsOngoing The physical edition of Volume One will soon be available for preorder. Follow @0RedBeanTea0 for details. Everyone says that the Dao is waning, demons are growing stronger, and the Heavenly Tribulation is imminent, but Zhou Yuan disagrees. Undying, indestructible demons? Those are just monsters respawning in a game. Paradise realms and wondrous secret realms? Those are just game dungeons. Humankind sealing and suppressing demons? That just means not exiting the dungeon, preventing its monsters f 211.9kReads9.3Score18.9kShelves

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   This is a system novel. The beginning follows the standard martial arts tropes, but after reaching the True Lord level, much of the content references Taoist scriptures (characters). If you just want a superficial understanding and some entertainment, you can take a look. The latest Five Elders are already working on the Taoist canon.

4. 54 真 True Martial Temple 真武观 Memories of Nagrand纳格兰的回忆Urban943k WordsCompleted “A four-hundred-year-old temple, with only a twenty-year-old abbot left.” “The Dao is not passed on to the unworthy, but the unworthy refuse to come.” The Daoist tradition was in decline, its teachings scattered. He made his home in the city, where what he had to protect was not merely “a mountain, one person, or a single line of incense and prayer.” He also had to preserve the glory of the Daoist tradition, built over thousands of years. 18.9kReads8.1Score2.2kShelves

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   The third book currently featuring the best group portraits of Taoist temples.

5. 55 道 Is the Taoist Temple Open for Business Today? 道观今天开张了吗？ Fei Fei Fei Yue丶绯绯绯月Urban852k WordsCompleted There is a Taoist temple in the back hills of Qingcheng, built during the Ming Dynasty and fallen into ruin over the centuries. Celestial Master Zhang Qingyuan is the most gifted practitioner in six hundred years. He has mastered thunder arts and talismanic magic, and can see the threads of cause and effect. With seven students and more than thirty mouths to feed, he lives a simple life in this drafty, leaky temple. The second senior brother, Qingxu, runs the Douyin account “Qingxu of Mount Qing 111Reads6.7Score117Shelves
6. 56 我 My Yin-Yang Eyes Only Work on Haunted Houses 我的阴阳眼只刷凶宅 Yumeng Won't Get Hurt妖梦不会受伤Mystery2.6M WordsOngoing [Ratings have just opened, so they're a little low. They'll rise soon] [A protagonist who grows over time] Lu Li has yin-yang eyes, and his gray pupils can see ghosts. His life motto is simple: staying alive comes first, making money second! Unfortunately, those cursed eyes always make him witness suffering that others can't see. A ghost woman with hair bristling with resentment, a ghost bride with blood dripping from her red veil, a ghost baby wailing at midnight, even a sinister-looking ghost 37.7kReads8.9Score4kShelves

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   It's beautiful, really.

7. 57 重 Reborn in Honghuang as the Golden Spirit Holy Mother 重生洪荒之金灵圣母 Touring the Northern Sea by Day, the Firmament by Night朝游北海暮苍穹Eastern Fantasy4.2M WordsOngoing Understand yin and yang to become an immortal; cultivate for eons to attain the Primordial Unity. Wield the mysteries of heaven and earth to create the world; in a single day, become a limitless Great Luo Immortal. Jin Ling, a student at a Taoist academy in the 21st century, transmigrates into the Primordial World by chance and is reborn as the Jie School’s Holy Mother, Jin Ling. The Primordial World is home to countless great sects, with myriads of cultivators pursuing the Dao and contending f 24.8kReads8.3Score1.5kShelves
8. 58 诸 Myriad Worlds: A Late Bloomer, Luckily I Have Teammates 诸天：大器晚成，好在有队友 Rivers and Seas Flow Vast and Strong江河海洋浩浩汤汤Male-Channel Fanfiction648k WordsOngoing Entirely handcrafted, no AI! The Azure Sky is dead, the Yellow Sky shall rise. The Yellow Sky Dao Ancestor bestows the Yellow Sky Dao Stele, awakening talents in Yellow Sky warriors. With the help of their Yellow Sky panels, the warriors learn core skills, develop talents for their chosen classes, conquer dungeons across the myriad worlds, and seek immortality and transcendence. Li Yannian transmigrates into this world and awakens a talent that grows stronger over time. Faced with a weak start, 33.5kReads8.2Score2.8kShelves

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   Xiuquanzhen School

9. 59 未 A Celestial Master from the Future, Drifting Around the Entertainment Industry Until I Lose Contact 未来天师，人在华娱飘到失联 Rainy Night, No Umbrella, jojer雨夜不带伞jojerUrban1.8M WordsOngoing (A semi-alternate-universe entertainment-industry story + multiple heroines + feng shui geomancy and yin-yang mystic arts) My name is Chen Tianfan, a handsome fortune-teller who runs a photo studio by the entrance to Beijing Film Academy. I know a little kung fu, and I’m best at performing rituals and inscribing charms for female celebrities in the entertainment circle, improving their feng shui and luck, and solving all kinds of difficult ailments. People call me Chen Mayi, or Old Chen the Sixt 53.2kReads8.6Score5.2kShelves

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   The protagonist is a disciple of Mount Hua.

10. 60 西 Journey to the West: The Plot Has Gone Completely Off the Rails 西游：剧本歪上天 Cloud Brocade, Wild Geese Return, Moon Fills the Tower云锦雁归月满楼Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted “Your Majesty! We’re in trouble! We’re in trouble! They’ve broken in! They’ve broken in!” “What?! Who broke in? What’s their name, and what do they look like?” “Red-faced, with a thunder-god’s visage, less than four feet tall. Some kind of macaque! I fought him and lost several times. He hit me with three blows!” I transmigrated to the Eastern Continent. There was a rock nearby, and just as I was about to lean against it for a rest, the rock exploded… Oi! You little macaque, your mom just got bl 772Reads6.1Score107Shelves
11. 61 我 I Studied Daoism Back Home 我在老家学修道 Tomato Keyboard Farmer番茄键盘农夫Urban66k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 26Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 62 西 Journey to the West: Becoming Taishang Laojun’s Disciple from the Start 西游：开局拜师太上老君 Yisi Yiyou Guiwei乙巳乙酉癸未Eastern Fantasy305k WordsOngoing [Pure Journey to the West] + [Cultivation] + [Longevity] + [Golden Core] + [Traditional Xianxia] The Great Dao is found only after the heart has died; this body was mistakenly born into the world. Han Qing transmigrates to the Spring and Autumn period and becomes a member of the Han clan of Jin. By a twist of fate, he is appointed guardian of Hangu Pass, befriends Yin Xi, and witnesses Laozi’s departure through the pass to the west. He chooses to become Laozi’s disciple, seeking the Dao of Longe 1.5kReads9.3Score100Shelves

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    The first is Journey to the West, the second is Taoist mythology, and the third is the original text of Journey to the West.

13. 63 修EN Cultivation: I Have a Peach Blossom Dao Fruit 修仙：我有一枚桃花道果 Prisoner Cathead牢猫头Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Classic cultivation fantasy] [No System] This is a vast world of cultivation. A young man named Jiang Yang, carrying the supreme Dao Fruit, stumbles into it, still innocent and unaware. The Dao Fruit is wondrous and profound. Watch as he rises step by step to the heavens. He governs love and marriage, commands fortune and prosperity, determines lifespan, understands cause and effect, forges flying swords, and cultivates divine abilities... Jiang Yang: “I have a peach blossom branch in hand, and 39.1kReads8.9Score2.8kShelves
14. 64 南 The First Taoist of the Southern Song 南宋第一道士 Stillness Is Righteousness静为正Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Other people spend their whole lives cultivating the Dao and still barely manage to establish a foundation. He cultivates for thirty-six years and ascends to the ranks of immortals. It’s not because he has exceptional talent, but because he has no other choice. His fate is cursed with jealousy, and he’ll live only thirty-six years. He must either attain the Dao before he dies or be buried with his unmatched talents. He chooses a third path: using inner alchemy to command thunder, and calligraphy 157Reads—Score281Shelves
15. 65 开 From the Start, I Became the Dao Ancestor’s Disciple and Sought the Dao in the Azure Heavens 开局拜师道祖，问道青冥 FishmanL鱼者LMale-Channel Fanfiction854k WordsCompleted Shen Xuanzhou transmigrates by accident and becomes the final disciple of the Dao Ancestor of White Jade Capital in the Azure Nether World. From awakening in a dilapidated Daoist temple to pursuing the Dao where the Three Teachings converge, from painstaking cultivation in the Copper-Skin Realm to a desperate stand against the Age of Declining Dharma, he walks his path. He discusses the Dao with Qi Jingchun, stands shoulder to shoulder with Chen Ping’an, and guards the lands beyond Heaven with Y 1.4kReads—Score105Shelves
16. 66 都 He’s Already Cutting Through the Air with Sword Qi, and You Still Say There’s No Spiritual Qi Revival? 都斩出剑气了，还说不是灵气复苏 Xishu Ziwang西蜀子望Urban506k WordsOngoing Spiritual qi revival + traditional cultivation + no System (The pacing is on the slow side to keep the story logical.) Zhang Yu grew up in a small Taoist temple in the mountains. One day, he stumbled upon the fact that spiritual qi had revived, and discovered that the sword techniques he had practiced for over a decade were actually a cultivation method. That was when the door to a whole new world opened for him. Spiritual qi revival is real! Paradises blessed by heaven are real! Mythological le 418Reads6.0Score110Shelves
17. 67 太 Preaching the Dao Above, Three Inches in My Palm Is the World 太上传道，掌心三寸是人间 Radish in the Twelfth Lunar Month腊月里的萝卜Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [A wuxia fantasy with vivid characters. The protagonist is almost invincible, but not brainless. A story-driven tale.] Leaning on the railing, he surveys the stormy world below. He will not stand idly by while humanity suffers. One day, a Daoist draws his sword, and the people face another century of calamity. … As humanity’s fortunes wane, immortals retreat from the world, while demons and monsters rise in their wake. Ordinary people are no more than blades of grass, and the powerful look on f 12.2kReads7.2Score799Shelves
18. 68 每 One Divination a Day: A Heavenly Master's Trainee 每日一卦，天师练习生 Awkward with Words拙于言Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [Urban Cultivation] [Lighthearted Comedy] [Supernatural Ghosts] [Folk Customs] [Cautious Cultivation] [System Farming] [Multiple female leads ahead: policewoman, ghost, catgirl, foxgirl] Other Taoist priests heading down the mountain: slay demons, uphold justice, and fight evil in Heaven's name! Jiang, radiating the air of an immortal, flicked his sleeve. “Boundless Heavenly Venerable, vanquishing demons is my duty… That'll be one hundred thousand in incense money. WeChat or Alipay?” A college g 156.3kReads8.5Score19.1kShelves
19. 69 一 The Outcast: Golden Core Immortal of Shangqing 一人：上清金丹真仙人 The Nian in Jinian纪念的念Male-Channel Fanfiction945k WordsOngoing “Has Li Qinghe become an immortal or something?” “These special effects must have cost a fortune. One talisman, and it blacked out everything all the way to Shanhaiguan.” “You know Zhang Zhiwei, the Old Celestial Master?” “Perfect mastery of both life and nature, an absolute master. Who hasn't heard of him?” “I heard that when he was young, Zhang Zhiwei chased him around with a peachwood sword.” 9.7kReads5.1Score507Shelves
20. 70 我 I Was Born an Immortal of Strange Tales 我本聊斋仙 Big Orange Is the One to Watch 96大橘为重96Eastern Fantasy670k WordsCompleted A foolish ruler sits upon the throne, while his ministers attack one another with accusations. Corrupt officials scheme to line their pockets, and powerful clans seize the people’s farmland. The human way wanes, and the people suffer. In the shadows, all manner of demons and monsters gradually emerge, along with countless strange tales and uncanny happenings. Gao Ge finds himself in such a world by accident. True to his carefree nature, he becomes an immortal traveler, wandering the four corners 4.9kReads8.8Score395Shelves
21. 71 王 Wang Chongyang? Get Over Here and Cultivate Immortality! 王重阳？滚来修仙！ Clear-Headed After Going Off the Rails发癫过后的清醒Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsOngoing Li Xiaoyang transmigrates. When he wakes, a nine-year-old Taoist boy is kneeling before him, crying as he calls him Grandmaster. The boy says his name is Wang Chongyang, the only heir of the Quanzhen Sect. He has waited three years for his Grandmaster in this dilapidated temple. Li Xiaoyang looks at the scrawny kid, thin as a monkey, then at his own Nascent Soul cultivation, which lets him shatter stones with a casual wave of his hand... All right. Since he's a reclusive master from the start, h 2.5kReads5.4Score152Shelves
22. 72 修EN Immortal Cultivation: I Attest to the Path of Immortality with a Dao Fruit 修仙：我以道果证仙途 The Sky Is Lazy天空是懒懒的Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Classic cultivation] [No System] [Steady, slow-burn progression] [I beseech the Lunar Deity: using the Jade Spring Breath Cultivation Method as a foundation, derive a fundamental technique suited to my path!] [Taking water's yielding nature, the moon's revolving phases, communion with the seasons, and the reflection of the soul's intent, I obtain the Moon-Worshipping Illumination Method!] [I beseech the Lunar Deity: using the Heavenly Frost Heart-Washing Record as a foundation, derive a fund 64.2kReads8.4Score6.5kShelves
23. 73 道 The Taoist Descends the Mountain: I’ve Slain Eight Hundred Demons in the Mortal World 道士下山：我在人间斩妖八百年 Silent Gear沉默的齿轮Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing [Ultimate Power Fantasy + Ruthless Combat + Chinese Supernatural Folklore + Max-Level Spells] The gods have perished, and great demons have seized the empire. This is a desperate age in which the Daoist traditions have crumbled, and demons openly don official robes and sit in the halls of government. The people have become prey, while the imperial court's Demon-Slaying Bureau is nothing but a laughable “Demon-Raising Bureau.” The young Daoist Li Ping'an descends the mountain carrying the [Heaven 54.5kReads6.7Score4.5kShelves
24. 74 从 From Wood Virtue Cultivator to Master of Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations 从木德修士到掌三灾御九劫 Knows Not the Vastness of Heaven and Earth不识乾坤大Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsOngoing [Advance in Rank, Master Divine Powers, Attain the Great Dao] [Each Realm Is a World Apart] [Genius] [Attainment-Based Cultivation] [No System] [When your status is higher than everyone else's, you can do whatever you want. What do you think, young friend?] People say that True Immortals are like gods and saints, True Lords stand high above like the heavens, and Dao Lords are beyond description. All three are hard to attain. But Gu Qingtong refuses to believe that's how things have to be! If a r 48.3kReads8.0Score4.8kShelves
25. 75 开 From the Start, the Temple Master Runs Off, Forcing Me to Inherit the Taoist Temple 开局观主跑路，被迫继承道观 The Cat King Rules the World猫王镇天下Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted A System that’s sometimes serious and sometimes completely off the rails, paired with an unreliable Host. Why was the System caught from the start? Why did Wenqu descend the mountain in the middle of the night? A Taoist who wants to slack off, but just can’t. 34kReads8.7Score2.1kShelves
26. 76 重 Reborn as a Daoist Priest 重生归来当道士 A Kind of Temperature Difference一种温差Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Not horror] [Pure imagination] The protagonist, Chen Ming, dies in an accident. As he steps onto the Bridge of Helplessness, on the verge of reincarnation, the bridge suddenly collapses. As Chen Ming falls from the bridge, he accidentally grabs hold of a flower of the other shore and returns with it to his infancy. After being reborn, he can see things ordinary people cannot, and is destined to remain entangled with them. There is an old woman who refuses to reincarnate because she hid gold 4.1kReads7.9Score236Shelves
27. 77 开 Five Thunder Arts from the Start, and You Call That Shallow Cultivation? 开局五雷正法，这也叫修为浅薄？ A Century of Reflection123百年思索123Urban631k WordsOngoing [Heavenly Master System + Hunting Demons and Driving Out Evil + Lighthearted Power Fantasy + Decisive and Ruthless] Zhang Che transmigrates and takes over the run-down Qingyun Temple. Fortunately, he binds himself to the Ultimate Heavenly Master System. Completing the beginner quest to organize the Daoist scriptures earns him thirty years of cultivation, instantly taking him to the ninth level of Qi Refining! He can fly through the air, spit sword energy, and boasts a formidable body and superhu 15.8kReads5.5Score1kShelves
28. 78 山 The Hidden Immortal of the Wilds 山野隐仙 Green Mountain Couch Potato青山咸鱼Urban684k WordsOngoing [In the Qinling Mountains stands Longevity Peak, and atop Longevity Peak lives the Immortal of Longevity.] As spiritual energy descends, Gu Changsheng creates a new system of cultivation: Seed Condensation, Dao Seed, Dao Root, Dao Sprout, and beyond... The primordial laws of Blue Star begin to reveal themselves. The scant spiritual energy born between heaven and earth is hidden in the wilds, while cities remain barren of spiritual energy. After a brush with death, Gu Changsheng reaches enlighten 41.9kReads8.4Score3.3kShelves
29. 79 求 Seeking Rising Yang Righteous Qi, Attaining the Sun's Dao Fruit 求得阳升正炁，证道太阳果位 Easy There, Big Guy大人轻一点Xianxia284k WordsCompleted Only cultivators of orthodox qi can attain an immortal Dao Fruit and eternal life. Ning Xiao, a genius cultivator of the Qingxuan Sect, reached the peak of the Xiantian realm in just two years. In the end, he obtained the Rising Yang Orthodox Qi within the Sun Dao Fruit, setting his cultivation path straight toward the sun. Until Ning Xiao truly became the sun of the Immortal Dao! 2.6kReads5.3Score129Shelves
30. 80 天 Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils: Comprehending the Dao and Cultivating Immortality from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 天龙：悟道长生从五代十国开始 Pure Vegetarian纯素Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted [Invincible + Dao Ancestor + World Ascension + World Master + Myriad Heavens] Lu Yuan transmigrates to the world of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, arriving at Qingxuan Temple. It is the chaotic era of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, a full century before the original story begins. He awakens the [Eye of Truth], which lets him perceive the source of all things and see through the ultimate principles of heaven and earth. With this divine ability, he uses the Daoist classics kept at Qingxuan Temp 12.2kReads6.7Score723Shelves
31. 81 从 Seeking the Way to Immortality, Starting with Taoism 从道家开始问道长生 Let Me Test the Waters First我先试试水Anime Fanfiction290k WordsCompleted Heaven and earth were born with me, and all things will ultimately return to one. Grant blessings, atone for sins, and dispel calamities; slay demons and vanquish evil with unwavering resolve. From this day forth, I begin my path of cultivation. My heart has no regrets, and neither does the Dao. After transmigrating to another world, Jun Yu watched familiar films and TV shows, and his once-confused heart began to beat with purpose. He set himself a modest goal: help his master on Blue Star achie 286Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 82 甲 Sixty Years of Demon Slaying: This Taoist Gets Stronger with Every Kill! 甲子荡魔：这个道士杀怪就变强！ You Have Health Insurance, You Go First你有医保你先上啊Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing [Animated adaptation now airing] There are only fake tragic twists, no real ones, so enjoy without worry! [Decisive and ruthless] [Dark cultivation] [Slow burn] [Gender equality] [No female lead] [Sword immortal] War and calamity rage across the land, monsters run rampant. The human world is a furnace, and its people are mere weeds. Shen Hui transmigrates one day and becomes a Taoist priest at Qingfeng Temple on Qilu Mountain. He intends to spend each day meditating and cultivating qi, pursuing 283.4kReads8.5Score37.5kShelves

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    The grass is a bit short, but it can be grown a little longer. [Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

33. 83 西 Journey to the West: I, Emperor Wei Wu, Have Eyes for No One Else 西游：我魏武帝生平不二色 Little Cat Demon 1猫小妖1Eastern Fantasy549k WordsOngoing Reborn into the Three Kingdoms, I was shocked to discover that it was mixed with Journey to the West. “Ha, you say cultivating through incense offerings is poisonous?” “Then let me ask you this: in my left hand, I have ten years’ worth of Daoist cultivation earned through honest practice. In my right, I have ten thousand years’ worth of Daoist cultivation converted from incense offerings. If you had to choose, which would you take?” “What, you can’t win an argument, so now you want to fight?” “Y 10.8kReads7.8Score775Shelves

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    Reading it now [Admiring][Admiring][Pouting][Cool]

34. 84 重 Reborn in 1977: I'm Yuan Hu of the Seven Little Fortunes! 重生77，我是七小福元虎！ Late Autumn in September九月秋末Urban1.0M WordsOngoing [The rating has just been posted and will rise later!] [Reborn] [No System] [Multiple Heroines] [Hong Kong Entertainment] [Chinese Entertainment] [American Entertainment] [Note: Multiple heroines, multiple heroines!!!] Yang Xiaohu, the king of stunt doubles, had an accident on set and was reborn in 1977 as one of the Seven Little Fortunes! From the start, he had a gambling-addicted father, a little sister, and himself fighting tooth and nail! Starting with Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, he fought 69.2kReads8.4Score6.8kShelves
35. 85 革 Revolutionizing the Qing: A Changing Era of Self-Strengthening 革清：自强变局 Wu Jiafeng, Who Loves Braised Lamb Trotter Sandwiches爱吃沼三明治的武家凤Historical1.5M WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 124.7kReads9.1Score8kShelves
36. 86 神EN Divine Ability Wielder 神通者 Tiancan Tudou天蚕土豆Eastern Fantasy550k WordsOngoing Among the living things of this world, some are born with strange bones. These bones can be inscribed with wondrous arts, granting their bearers immense power: conjuring fire and wind, summoning thunder and lightning, swallowing the sun and plucking stars, suppressing demons and imprisoning gods. These are Divine Ability Bones. Those born with such bones are called... Divine Ability Users. 2.6MReads9.5Score377.2kShelves
37. 87 军 Warlord: I’m from Fenghua, So What If I Become President? 军阀：我奉化人，当个总统怎么了 Brother Dog Who Loves Watermelon爱吃西瓜的狗哥Urban1.0M WordsOngoing In the nineteenth year of the Republic, Li Xuewen, county magistrate in Fujian Province, was forced to flee overseas to Nanyang after offending the Song family. He led eight hundred elite members of his security corps across the sea to Borneo, planning to restore the Lan Fang Republic and establish a nation abroad. President Li says, “No one understands nation-building better than I do.” Is nation-building difficult in its early stages? No matter. There will naturally be fools eager to come to t 301.3kReads9.0Score32.7kShelves
38. 88 朕 I Haven't Even Made a Move, and Dong Zhuo Has Become a Loyal Minister? 朕还没动手，董卓就成忠臣了？ Falling Leaves in Xiaoxiang叶落潇湘Historical1.3M WordsOngoing [Three Kingdoms] [Behind the scenes] [Invincible] [Simulator] [Subverting expectations] [Survivalist] [Dual protagonists] [Behind-the-scenes protagonist Liu Xie, the ceiling of martial prowess. Narrative protagonist Dong Zhuo, the character through whom the story unfolds.] /// My name is Liu Xie. I used to just share a name with Emperor Xian of Han. I never expected to actually transmigrate here. The good news: My golden finger is terrifyingly powerful. My strength grows exponentially, making me 111.9kReads8.4Score11.5kShelves
39. 89 名 In the Name of the People: Factions? No, I’m the King of Handong! 名义：团团伙伙？不，是汉东王！ Picking Up Time 20拾光20Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted A single recommendation not only ruins Gao Yuliang’s prospects for promotion, but also attracts the attention of higher-ups. How can one person occupy two positions? That simply won’t do. So Chen Luo arrives. After arriving in Handong, Chen Luo declares that there is no place for outlaws in Handong. No matter who they are, everyone must abide by the law. Li Dakang: “This new guy, Chen Luo, is even more overbearing than I am. He arrests Ding Yizhen, one of my people, just like that!” Qi Tongwei: 84kReads8.0Score5.2kShelves
40. 90 你 You're Supposed to Fight Monsters, So Why Are You Fighting Me! 你们刷怪啊，刷我干嘛！ Likes Eating Tangerines喜欢吃橘子Urban3.3M WordsOngoing [Print edition deal signed: no System, plot-driven, fast-paced from the start, no mindless decisions, thrilling and exciting, hard-hitting fights, told from the monsters' side!] Ever since the words [Divine Order 001: Undercover] appeared in Jiang Xia's mind, he felt that he wasn't normal. No matter what he ate or how much he ate, he never felt the slightest bit full. Hungry. So hungry he was about to lose his mind! Then, at the school beauty's eighteenth birthday party, he smelled the presen 515.1kReads9.1Score41.9kShelves
41. 91 西 Journey to the West: Cultivating Begins with a Heavenly Venerable's Teachings 西游神话：从天尊传法开始修行 Bai Shao, Without A Trace白少无痕Eastern Fantasy823k WordsOngoing [No female lead, a fusion of myths, no conspiracies, saving people from calamity] Qiao Chen transmigrates into a world of mythology and remains true to his Daoist heart, showing compassion and helping the world. After enduring three trials of the Daoist heart, Qiao Chen is taken in as a disciple by the Heavenly Worthy of Salvation from Suffering in Baolin, who teaches him the Thirty-Six Heavenly Powers. He sets out on the path to Golden Elixir cultivation. He enters the mortal world to cultivate 6kReads6.5Score235Shelves
42. 92 让 I Told You to Take the Imperial Exam, Not Become an Ancestor of the Dao! 让你考科举，没让你考成道祖啊！ Xie Lang of Old旧时谢郎Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted The prefectural exam tests aspiring Daoist novices, the provincial exam qualifies talisman disciples, the metropolitan exam assesses ritual masters, and the palace exam decides who will lead the Daoist alliance… Xie Wugou transmigrates, only to open his eyes to a nightmare from the start: a gravely ill father, a frail mother, and a broken self. He hopes to change his fate through the imperial examinations, only to discover that this world has no feudal dynasty, only a “Daoist Immortal Court”! He 9.2kReads7.8Score971Shelves
43. 93 道 Taoist Arts? I'm Just Properly Cultivating Immortality 道法？我这是正经修仙 a Lin Wuyina林午阴Urban196k WordsCompleted [I Transmigrated to 1993 and Used Cultivation to Fool the Entire Capital] While others transmigrated as powerful bigwigs, Lin Mo ended up as an idiot in the 1990s and nearly had his body taken over by a pre-Qin-era Qi cultivator. Luckily, he turned the tables and inherited the other man's three hundred years of memories. From then on, vengeful ghosts offered him cigarettes, and Daoist Venerables called him their senior. These days, Daoists have to fast before drawing talismans, while mediums who 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In the supernatural world, cultivation directly crushes all others.

44. 94 凡 A Mortal's Quest for Immortality: The Science of Cultivation 凡人寻长生：科学修仙录 Nuo Miaoqing Tours the Blue Star诺妙卿游蓝星Urban1.8M WordsOngoing Tomatoes, mortals, everyone can become a dragon. A slow-paced blend of sci-fi, fantasy, and urban life that only gets better the more you read. An accidental display of martial arts shattered the peace and set me on the path of cultivation. Later, I discovered that no matter how many paths to cultivation there are, nothing beats making yourself strong. From then on, I began opening up a path of scientific cultivation, step by step. 135Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Cultivating both body and spirit, transforming one's vital energy into divine essence.

45. 95 儒 The Tale of a Confucian Scholar's Immortal Cultivation 儒生修仙传 Nanshan You Ning南山攸宁Eastern Fantasy910k WordsOngoing Tomato Original, traditional cultivation, Eastern fantasy [Ordinary Mortal, Decisive and Ruthless, Cunning, Playing the Pig to Eat the Tiger] A scholar with no prospects in the imperial examinations might as well cultivate immortality. A scholar who had hoped to continue taking the imperial examinations ended up as an inconspicuous aide in the county office, burying himself in case files every day and thinking that his life would amount to nothing but exhausting paperwork. Who could have guesse 329Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A classic cultivation story, an Eastern fantasy romance [Mortal protagonist, decisive and ruthless, cunning, and a master of feigning weakness]. A scholar who wanted to continue his studies in the imperial examinations ended up as an insignificant staff member in the county government, buried in documents every day, thinking his life would be nothing more than tedious paperwork. But an unexpected excavation of an ancient tomb led him to discover an ancient scroll among the dusty stones. Why be a "horse"? Why take a "job"? Cultivate immortality!

46. 96 凡 Mortal Cultivation: I Have Six Equipment Slots 凡人修仙，我有六个装备栏 Yi Zisheng艺子笙Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsOngoing In the Divine Continent of Eastern Victory, immortals and demons run rampant. After waking amid a mountain of corpses in the aftermath of a devastating flood, Zhang Yu joins the army to survive. Fortunately, he has a golden finger: an Equipment Slot that can store spiritual roots from across heaven and earth. He later joins the Changling Immortal Sect, a branch of the Shangqing lineage, gathers an innate lotus, forges a True Dragon Armament, and cultivates the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation. R 49.8kReads7.3Score3.9kShelves

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    These two cultivation novels are pretty good; you can check them out if you're looking for something to read!

47. 97 长 Longevity: A Well-Connected Immortal Court Official Slacks Off in the Mortal Realm 长生：仙庭关系户下界摸鱼 Core of Chaos混沌核心Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsOngoing [Immortal cultivation + no System + not a power fantasy + slow-paced + no female lead + pseudo-ensemble cast. Read with care if this isn’t your thing.] The mighty will of Heaven shines like a mirror, illuminating the causes and effects binding immortals and mortals alike. The countless living beings are like grains of sand, ground into the ashes of tribulation beneath mountains and rivers. A mysterious mirror hangs among the highest heavens, reflecting the lives of all beings in the Three Realm 216.4kReads9.0Score15.4kShelves
48. 98 太 The True Awakening of the Supreme Old Lord's Daoist Heart 太上老君道心启真 Sometimes Silly呆呆偶尔呆Eastern Fantasy223k WordsCompleted Take the void and the natural way as its guiding principle; take clarity, purity, inaction, and non-interference as its substance. Act without intention or attachment; unite with the One, and all things are accomplished. The Supreme Lord Lao, the foremost teacher of the Dao, embodies profound virtue that flows far and wide. His every word and deed contains the ultimate principles of the Great Dao. The Lord Lao often presents himself with a calm and peaceful bearing, every gesture displaying comp 1.8kReads6.8Score349Shelves
49. 99 到 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Ghost hunting, cultivation of immortality, sparks flying everywhere

50. 100 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 313.2kReads9.4Score28.3kShelves

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