Looking for Cultivation Novels: Starting Out in a Market, Practicing Alchemy and Drawing Talismans, and Growing Steadily 求修仙文。坊市开局。炼丹画符。稳稳发展

1. 1 灵 Immortal Farming: I Cultivate the Dao Through Planting and Gain an Invincible Immortal Path 灵农修仙：种植悟道，获无敌仙途 Deep Blue 1024深蓝1024Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted Because of the 996 grind, Li Yixuan transmigrates to another world and becomes a spiritual farmer in Lingze Market, in the Southern Wilderness. While harvesting spirit plants, he accidentally discovers that he can gain insights when they ripen. From then on, Li Yixuan sets off on a fast track to cultivation through farming. The hundred arts of cultivation all begin with spirit plants. Five-element spiritual roots follow the ways of nature and are best suited to growing spirit plants. This is a w 13.1kReads8.1Score946Shelves

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   Both are pure farming and cultivation novels, focusing on daily life rather than action-packed thrills. The cultivation in these books revolves around spiritual fields, spiritual plants, and spiritual beasts, and they advocate following the natural way.

2. 2 修 Cultivation: My Days at a Women's Sect 修仙：我在女子宗门的那些日子 I Love Eating Fish Without Getting Bones Stuck我爱吃鱼不卡刺Eastern Fantasy172k WordsOngoing Handcrafted from scratch, no System, and no brainless decisions. The young Zhou Lin accidentally saves a female cultivator, and from then on enters a cultivation sect. Hidden in his arms is a mysterious pearl of unknown origin, with an unusual power. He proceeds cautiously, not daring to use it lightly. He tries to get answers indirectly, but comes up empty. The sect seems peaceful on the surface, but undercurrents are stirring beneath. "Immortal opportunities can only be obtained by 691Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Is it okay to not refine elixirs or draw talismans?

3. 3 仙 Supreme Immortal Path: The Genius Alchemist 仙路至尊之天才炼丹师 The Thorn Bird Sings荆棘鸟在歌唱Xianxia327k WordsOngoing Li Yishan, an outer sect disciple of the Qingyun Sect, chance upon an ancient wonder, the Grand Compendium of Primordial Alchemy. Through alchemy, he rises within the sect, advancing from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and beyond, step by step reaching the pinnacle of the mortal world. He competes for supremacy on the immortal path and comes to dominate the continent. 1.7kReads—Score237Shelves
4. 4 空 A Spatial Ability and a Lightning Spirit Root? How Could I Be Cannon Fodder? 空间异能加雷灵根，怎会是炮灰？ Grandma Ningning宁宁外婆Ancient Romance435k WordsCompleted A space- and ability-wielding powerhouse from the apocalypse transmigrates into a cultivation novel she once read. Her father is a womanizer with a harem of wives and concubines and dozens of children. Her mother is an elite disciple of the clan, but also a hopeless romantic to the extreme. And in the original novel, this body of hers isn't mentioned even once! She absolutely refuses to become cannon fodder! With her knowledge of the future, Bai Yiqi latches onto powerful allies and snatches up 8.5kReads8.5Score780Shelves

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   The female protagonist escaped her family at the age of seven and followed her grandmother to cultivate in the market, making talismans, refining arrays, and running a shop. There is no romantic pairing.

5. 5 从 From a Bottom-Tier Rogue Cultivator to a Cultivation Grandmaster 从底层散修开始肝成修仙大佬 Always Helping Elderly Men Cross the Street天天扶老爷爷Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted When Lin Yi wakes up, he has become an unaffiliated Qi Refining cultivator in Huiyuan Immortal City, in the cultivation world. He discovers that he has awakened a stat panel. For any cultivation method, secret technique, supernatural ability, or skill, as long as he performs the required steps once, he gains one guaranteed experience point, regardless of how seriously he tries or what the final result is. “I'm in the perfect position! First, I'll keep my head down and develop quietly for a whil 13kReads6.9Score778Shelves

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   Good novels about cultivating immortality, market.

6. 6 杂 No Future as a Servant Disciple? I’ll Master Pills and Artifacts to Seek Immortality 杂役弟子没出路？丹器双修谋长生 Helping Elderly Ladies Every Day天天扶老奶奶Eastern Fantasy3.7M WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation, no System, decisive and ruthless, no saintly heroics, cautious, a nobody rising to power] Ye Feng transmigrates to another world and fights his way up to become the bandit chief of Black Wind Stronghold. From the start, he kills Duan Shui Liu, an inner disciple of the Xuantian Sect, and obtains a Bagua Furnace that enhances alchemy and artifact forging. After bribing the gatekeeper, he enters the Xuantian Sect to cultivate and begins his adventures in the world of cultivatio 20.4kReads8.1Score1.9kShelves
7. 7 穿 I Transmigrated to the Cultivation World: Rising to the Top by Selling Fish 穿越修仙界：从卖鱼开始崛起 Helping Elderly Ladies Every Day天天扶老奶奶Eastern Fantasy4.7M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation, no System, rise from the bottom] After transmigrating, Ye Yu is kicked out of his family from the start. He has no choice but to scrape by as a fishmonger, until he offends a sect's holy maiden at the Yihong Brothel and has to flee to another city. In his new cultivation city, Ye Yu first buys two maids to calm his nerves, then invents a seal-based talisman-making technique, opening the floodgates to wealth. To keep growing stronger, Ye Yu builds airplanes and cannons. He’s 10kReads8.6Score800Shelves
8. 8 药EN Cauldron of the Medicine God 药神鼎 Chubby Radish胖胖的萝卜Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsCompleted (Mortal cultivation + no System + lighthearted + not a saint + multiple female leads + fast-paced) At the Foundation Establishment stage, he wins over a Nascent Soul uncle-master and a Core Formation senior sister; at the Deity Transformation stage, a Mahayana saintess. See how Ye Fei, an ordinary mortal, encounters one lucky opportunity after another and joyfully cultivates toward immortality. It starts slowly, but gets better and better as it goes. If something doesn't make sense at first, try 78.1kReads9.0Score8.5kShelves
9. 9 丹 The Immortal Path of the Pill 丹道仙途 Supreme Daoist Scripture太上道经Eastern Fantasy4.1M WordsOngoing [Mortal Cultivation] [Dual Cultivation of Alchemy and Formations] After transmigrating into the body of an ordinary disciple of an immortal sect, Fang Ping had assumed he had no hope of establishing his foundation. Fortunately, he unexpectedly obtained the Origin Cauldron, which could rewind failed pills into their original ingredients. This allowed him to embark on the path to immortality through alchemy. After ten thousand years of cultivation, he looked back and realized that, without even no 66.2kReads8.6Score5kShelves

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   I highly recommend the novel *The Path to Immortality*. It has a tight pace, rigorous logic, a reasonable plot, no jumps, and no plot halo. It portrays the hardships of an ordinary person and has great realistic relevance.

10. 10 开 From the Start, I Transmigrate into a Book: Farming and Cultivating in Seclusion with My Clan 开局穿书：苟在家族种田修仙 Deep Blue 1024深蓝1024Eastern Fantasy776k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + clan-building + farming and cultivation + comeback + golden finger + slice of life] After waking up one morning, overworked office drone Lin Qingfeng finds himself in a cultivation novel called Treading the Heavens, Riding the Azure Clouds, in the body of a cannon-fodder character with the same name. In the original story, his three spiritual roots get him sent to the Azure Nether Sect, where he dies ten years later in the aftermath of the protagonist’s fire technique. His enti 8.6kReads8.4Score717Shelves
11. 11 符 An Ordinary Life for a Talisman Cultivator 符修的普通人生 Loves Tomato Stir-Fried Noodles爱吃番茄西红柿炒面Eastern Fantasy802k WordsCompleted The first book is nearly complete. The worldbuilding is expansive, and I absolutely won’t leave you with an unfinished ending, so read with confidence. The early part drags a bit, so you can start with Chapter Three, the Spirit Realm arc. The big reveal comes in Chapter 120. I’m a new writer, so feel free to criticize my writing. If you don’t like a slow pace, you can pick and choose chapters. This is a series, and I’m working on the second book now. It’s about ancient times. Lin Xuan says: “Sta 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The game begins with a stable start in the marketplace. As strength grows and is consolidated, the game begins to explore the secrets of the ancient past—the story of the AI's transmigration. The Human Realm (development phase), the Spirit Realm (beginning to expand to a grand scale, the world-building unfolds), and the Immortal Realm (yes, it's incredibly huge).

12. 12 何 Why Bother Asking About Immortality 何必问仙 I Have No Hair吾无发Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing [Mortal's Journey + Golden Finger + Conquer the World + Anti-Cliché] I thought that if my heart embraced the universe, the world would know no bounds; I thought immortals could summon the Milky Way and wash away humanity's woes, yet I saw them sweep their sleeves through the clouds, laughing at mortals as if they were ants; I thought I was simply myself, and that my sword would turn with the edge of my heart, yet I saw the hidden hand manipulating my fate; I ask the heavens! If you gave me life, 4.5kReads9.1Score291Shelves

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    Actually, I've forgotten most of it, but anyway, it was really good. [Thinking]

13. 13 修 Cultivation Means Using Every Means Necessary! 修仙，就是要不折手段嘛！ Sweet Orange甜蜜蜜的橙子Eastern Fantasy626k WordsCompleted Shen Hao transmigrates to the cultivation world and becomes a cannon-fodder servant who is about to die. Fortunately, he awakens the [Connections Chart] System, which lets him see how others feel about him and what troubles them. I can't cultivate, but aren't I a professional at winning people over? This is a dark, scheming tale of immortality, following a highly emotionally intelligent fixer who uses the professional skills he honed in his previous life to manipulate people, stop at nothing, an 13.2kReads8.4Score1.3kShelves
14. 14 我EN I, the Woodcutter of the Great Xuan: Begone, Evil Spirits! 我，大玄砍柴人，闲杂神魔请退避 Zhang Xiaoniu张小牛Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [Feel-Good Power Fantasy + System + Simulation + Invincible Protagonist + Female Lead + Fantasy Imagination + Genius + Take On Anyone Who Dares Defy Him] Mo Chen woke up to find himself a lowly servant in the Lu family’s woodshed. He had thought he was doomed to spend his life working like an ox and a horse, forever at the mercy of his bondservant status. But then the [Martial Arts Master] System activated, setting him on the path of martial arts. [One tael of silver can be exchanged for a month 18.3kReads8.0Score1.3kShelves
15. 15 重 Rebirth as a Demonic Cultivator: Starting with a Zombie Planet 重生魔修，开局捡到一颗丧尸星球 The World Is Ink天下墨矣Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsOngoing This novel has been adapted into a comic. Chu Xuan transmigrates to the Cangxuan World and becomes a demonic cultivator in the Wuji Sect. To cultivate the demonic path is to seize the essence of heaven and earth and take the finest of all things. Slaughter countless millions, and you can become a supreme Demon Venerable. But killing is forbidden by the Heavenly Dao of the human race. The righteous sects also wiped out the Wuji Sect. Just when all seemed lost, Chu Xuan happens upon a blood mirror 15.6kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
16. 16 邪 The Path of Unorthodox Longevity, Beginning with Shifting Blood and Bone 邪路长生，从横移血骨开始 Golden Koi金鲤鱼Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Unorthodox cultivation] [Longevity] [Cautious] [Fake System] [Mercurial] [Pseudo-invincible] [Decisive and ruthless] [No female lead] [Also known as: The Unorthodox Path to Longevity: Shifting Blood and Bone; Fellow Daoist, Your Spiritual Root Looks Good. Mind If I Borrow It?; Unorthodox Cultivation: My Aptitude Falls Short, So I’ll Make Up the Difference with Fellow Daoists] [PS: (*^▽^*) Since this is a story about an unorthodox cultivator, some things go without saying. Ratings and comments a 9kReads8.2Score770Shelves
17. 17 太 The Sword Maiden of the Grand Void 太虚剑姬 Shen Qingling沈青绫Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted [Ruthless and Decisive • Heartless Villain • Devoted to the Dao • Master of Manipulation] At the end of a dynasty, powerful clans carved up the land, while spirits and monsters terrorized the countryside. Mighty martial artists preyed on the common people, while exalted immortals looked down on all living things as mere ants. Song Ling came from Earth with a stat-allocation panel and stepped into this vast, turbulent world of cultivation. “Spend five Mystic Source points to improve the third-rat 27.5kReads9.1Score3kShelves
18. 18 万 Ten Thousand Lifetimes of Reincarnation: Immortals Like Abysses, the Dao Dust 万世轮回：仙如渊，道为尘 One-Man Show Ultra独角戏ultraEastern Fantasy2.8M WordsOngoing Chen Yan has died countless times. Every time he breathes his last, he is reborn on some day in his long life, bringing his cultivation with him. His cultivation stacks, and so do his memories. But reincarnation is no salvation. Instead, it drives him into an even deeper despair. “Senior Brother, what lies at the end of the Immortal Dao?” Chen Yan has lost count of how many times he has answered this question, and he has never given the same answer twice: “It is a prison, an abyss of reincarnati 66.7kReads8.7Score3.6kShelves
19. 19 诡 Proving Immortality with Strange Bones 诡骨证仙 Demon Cultivator Shinichi魔修新一Eastern Fantasy3.3M WordsOngoing [Dark fantasy + traditional cultivation! The protagonist follows a sinister path, ruthless and decisive, and is no saint! If that isn't your thing, don't read.] The immortal path is false virtue, built on lives sacrificed to establish one's foundation. Lu Li crawls out of a pit of corpses, using bones as a lamp as he walks a path only a true demon would dare take. From then on: killing, seizing souls, refining bones, devouring the heavens. If I attain the Dao, I will slaughter every immortal. F 82.8kReads8.2Score9.6kShelves
20. 20 我EN I Only Wanted to Destroy My Sect, So How Did I Defy Heaven and Become a God? 我只想毁灭宗门，咋逆天成神了 Moonlit Night明月夜色Eastern Fantasy7.7M WordsOngoing Reborn into the number one sect under heaven: it should have been a perfect start. But Chu Xinghe discovered that his cultivation path was a little unusual. Could he become invincible under heaven just by destroying his own sect? Building the number one sect under heaven wasn’t easy, but surely destroying it wouldn’t be hard? Chu Xinghe soon discovered that it really wasn’t easy. He racked his brains trying to bring down his own sect, but why did every attempt only make it stronger? Countless ye 79.5kReads9.3Score5.6kShelves
21. 21 丹EN The Supreme Sage of Alchemy 丹道第一圣 Third Brother of Shituo Ridge狮驼岭老三Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted As a max-level alchemist, is it really that unreasonable to eat pills for every meal? And learning martial arts to become invincible for self-defense makes perfect sense, right? The year's breakout hit [No System, genius protagonist, invincible lead, ensemble cast] 186.8kReads9.3Score22.2kShelves
22. 22 仙 Tales of an Immortal Official! It All Begins with Hearing Intel About Immortal Destiny! 仙官物语！从听到仙缘情报开始！ I'll Go Up There and Slash You我上去就是一刀Eastern Fantasy3.6M WordsOngoing A sprawling epic! A sprawling epic! A prodigy’s rise Not traditional classical cultivation. The jokes can get a bit excessive at times, so just enjoy the ride! Shen Li transmigrated to a world of immortal martial arts, and he had a secret. When he was a child, he was knocked over by a five-colored horse. Ever since, strange messages had appeared in his mind! [At midnight tonight, a drop of Moonlight Spirit Water will appear in Crescent Lake. Use it as bait to lure out a Streamswimming Carp. Rewa 74.2kReads8.2Score5.6kShelves
23. 23 开 From the Start, I Became a Furnace Cauldron for the Hehuan Sect? The More I Die, the Stronger I Get! 开局成合欢宗炉鼎？我越死越强！ Unhappy Couch Potato肥宅不快乐Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsOngoing [Harmonious Joy Sect] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Comedy] + [Lighthearted Entertainment] From the start, I became the Harmonious Joy Sect senior sister’s cultivation partner, and I’m about to die. Help, what should I do? Forget it. I’ll just die first and figure it out later. Qin Chen has ninety-nine lives. Every time he dies, he can permanently keep one thing of his choice: a cultivation realm, a technique, or a magic treasure. If he performs well, he might even gain a special talent. What? This p 85.1kReads8.3Score8.2kShelves
24. 24 只 I Was Just Playing a Cultivation Game, I Didn't Mean to Cultivate for Real 只是玩个修仙游戏，没想真修仙啊 Meteor on a Spring Outing踏青的流星Eastern Fantasy595k WordsOngoing This book has been adapted into two animated dramas, so you can count on the quality. [Slow Burn] [Cultivation Sects] [The fiery spirit of youth, gifted rivals, laughter and tears. There are always things you have no choice but to do, and people you have no choice but to say goodbye to.] [The further you read, the better it gets. If you don't believe me, try the latest chapter first, then decide whether to keep reading.] [This book won't have Foundation Establishment cultivators cutting down Nas 15.3kReads8.1Score1.8kShelves

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    Give this a try. The first ten chapters are so-so, but it gets better and better as the plot unfolds. The characters are complex, with intertwined emotions of love and hate, and their intelligence is normal. [Realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Divine Transformation, Fusion...] [Magic Weapons: Magical Artifacts, Spiritual Artifacts, Magic Treasures, Spiritual Treasures... Ranked by the number of restrictions they contain] [Characters have their own emotions, and the fight scenes are exciting.]

25. 25 哥 Big Brother Goes to Cultivate Immortality, Little Brother Comes to Farm 哥去修仙，种田弟来 Book Silkworm书蚕虫Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing [No System] [No Items] [Farming] [Management] [Science + Metaphysics] After transmigrating to the cultivation world, with no System and no wise old mentor, he has to flee for his life from the start... While others are still fighting to the death over half a tattered manual or killing for a few cultivation supplies, Chen Fei glances at the data from the Spirit Realm: 80,000+ Yellow-tier techniques collected, 5,000+ Black-tier techniques, Earth-tier... The traditional path to immortality: Kill → 6.1kReads7.5Score392Shelves

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    He borrowed resources to create wealth, opening a market town. No system, no cheat codes. He's cautious, but not cowardly! The protagonist promotes Chinese in another world. A scientific cultivation and farming story, no female lead, scientifically set. He gathers scattered cultivators, building three cities, one market town, and countless academies. He upgrades communication jade talismans to the internet. He invents a rune computer for the cultivation world. He obtains cultivation resources through management and forms his own advantages through innovation. Cultivation doesn't have to be all fighting! Through the internet, he achieves public law equality, reducing the oppression of scattered cultivators...

26. 26 修 Cultivation: Starting with Daily Quests 修仙：从日常任务开始 July's Heat Hasn't Passed七月不流火Eastern Fantasy406k WordsOngoing [System] + [Slice of Life] + [Entirely Handwritten] + [Multiple Female Leads] + [Slow Burn] A cultivation novel with the traditional cultivation stages of Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, and so on. The male lead, Shen Pingchang, may not be ruthlessly decisive, but he is certainly a man of feeling and loyalty. One last thing: the author has limited ability and doesn't consider their writing particularly good, but I'll do my best to avoid fru 79Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The market opens, alchemy begins.

27. 27 灵 Immortal Path of Spirit Origins: The Spirit Beasts I Raise Are So Grateful 灵源仙途：我养的灵兽太懂感恩了 Brewing Tea in the Spring Mist春雾煮茶Eastern Fantasy5.0M WordsOngoing [Cultivation] + [golden finger] + [Farming] + [Steady Progress] + [Relaxed] + [Everyday Life] In the world of Cultivation, all things possess spirits. After transmigrating, Gu An gained the ability to grasp the spiritual essence of spirit beasts. [Spiritual Source Recompense] Any spirit beast or spirit bird he personally raises will repay him when it dies! [One of the rainbow-feathered chickens you raised has died peacefully of old age and returned a portion of spiritual energy to you!] [One of 159.9kReads8.9Score13.3kShelves

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    Of these three books, Tomato hasn't found a meal replacement for them yet.

28. 28 魔 The Demonic Sect’s Path to Enlightenment: I Discovered the Theory of Relativity for Sneak Attacks! 魔门悟道，我悟出偷袭相对论！ Tan Wenqing檀文清Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing The manhua series [I Comprehended the Dao in the Demon Sect and Discovered the Theory of Relativity for Sneak Attacks] is now available. [Everyone is intelligent, no female lead, slow-paced, with detailed worldbuilding] [The protagonist has a top-grade spiritual root, not a useless-protagonist type, and won't get any blatantly overpowered cheats] [Tight logic, comprehensive worldbuilding, and a newly reimagined cultivation world] Senior Brother, you're way too cautious! Aren't we a demonic sect? 96.2kReads8.4Score10.7kShelves
29. 29 被 After My Golden Core Was Stolen, I Awakened the Spiritual Root of Heaven and Earth 被夺了金丹后，我激活了天地灵根 Trouble at Chize池泽生变Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted Sequel: Bad News! My Dad Married Into Another Family, and I Became a Carefree Rogue Cultivator [Survivalist Cultivation + Not a Power Fantasy + Daily Life + Farming + No Female Lead + Ruthless + Old Schemer + System + Dark + Lone Wolf + Rogue Cultivator] Chen Si had a single Wood Spiritual Root, and his master, Daoist Changsheng, poured everything into cultivating him as a supreme elixir. On the day Chen Si formed his Golden Core, his master took it for himself. After escaping with a Void-Evasio 18.4kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves

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    I think this novel about cultivating immortality is quite good. It starts with a market town and is very skilled in alchemy and formation.

30. 30 破 A Broken Cauldron Helps Me Cultivate Immortality 破木鼎助我修仙 Red Eggplant Cloth红茄布Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation + no System + Divine Wood Cauldron + fantasy world] A brother and sister went into the mountains to forage. His younger sister found a broken wooden cauldron and gave it to her brother to use as a bowl. Suddenly, she spotted an immortal flying through the sky on a sword. “Hey, immortal up there! Hello!” At her greeting, Ye Yao was kidnapped, and her brother Ye Fan was knocked unconscious. When Ye Fan woke up, he burst into tears, only to run into a passing fairy-like young wo 26.2kReads8.5Score2.4kShelves

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    "My name is Ye Fan, and I'm a disciple of the righteous Lingxu Sect. I came here specifically to rescue you on a mission from the sect. Look at the journey I've taken—it's been incredibly difficult! I finally found the Empress's Phoenix Palace in the Imperial Palace, and then searched everywhere to find this underground chamber. And just before entering, I encountered a trap that nearly killed me! I'm only now finally here. Do you know how hard it was for me?" After hearing Ye Fan's explanation, Zhou Luoqi's suspicions lessened slightly, but her eyes remained full of wariness.

31. 31 凡 A Mortal’s Demonic Cultivation: The Profound Yin Chronicles 凡人修魔：玄阴传 One Big White一只肥大白Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [Mortal-world setting + satisfying read but no overpowered, arrogant hero + genius protagonist + decisive and ruthless + demonic cultivation + technical approach to cultivation + creates his own techniques and secret arts later on + slow burn + Xuanguxian template + skips the mortal-world opening] Xiao Qing is reborn in the cultivation world carrying a mysterious jade pendant. After testing as a three-element spiritual root, he unexpectedly joins a demonic sect. Once there, Xiao Qing relies on h 49.7kReads8.6Score4.9kShelves

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    Demonic cultivators, corpse demons, and blood demons are the four paths.

32. 32 家 Clan Cultivation: Seeking Immortality Through Marriage 家族修仙：从娶妻开始觅长生 Vast Heaven and Earth天地光阔Xianxia916k WordsOngoing (The rating just came in. It'll rise later.) [Clan] [Daily Life] [Farming] [Cultivation] [Destiny] [Character Growth] [More Children, More Blessings] [Behind the Scenes] [Ensemble Cast] After transmigrating as a tenant farmer, Chen Yun had a spiritual aperture just 2.9 inches wide, paid 80 percent of his harvest in rent, and owed twelve spirit sand coins. Chen Yun thought heaven was playing a joke on him. That was until he saw the ancient, unadorned seal in his mind: the Origin-Returning Seal. A 74.8kReads8.1Score10.1kShelves

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    Looking for a book to read? Here are two realistic mortal cultivation novels! They don't feature an overpowered protagonist from the start; instead, the protagonist starts as a nobody, acquiring resources with difficulty and proceeding cautiously on their path to immortality. They also involve family management and farming, gradually strengthening the clan; plus, there are multiple female leads with natural and unforced romance. If you enjoy the survival-of-the-fittest, survival-of-the-fittest, and gradual power-building tropes of mortal cultivation novels, these are perfect for you. The two novels have slightly different styles, so you can enjoy both at once and avoid running out of reading material.

33. 33 家 Clan Cultivation: Seeking Immortality Through Reincarnation 家族修仙：我以轮回转世觅长生 Balance and Harmony以中以和Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing [Clan Cultivation] [Daily Life] [Mortal's Journey] [Reincarnation] [Farming] [Pseudo-Ensemble Cast] [Slow Burn] [Pseudo-Multiple Female Leads] [Reincarnation in this story is not possession. The body is reconstructed through the Soul-Reforging Seal.] [First Life: Scenery of Cuiyun Mountain (Complete)] [Second Life: Rivalry in Nanyue (Ongoing)] After transmigrating into the world of Cultivation, Qi Yuan was lucky enough to receive an inferior five-element spiritual root. He cultivated painstakin 23.1kReads7.9Score2.3kShelves
34. 34 穿 Transmigrating to Cultivate Immortality: From the Start, I Inherited a Golden Core Cultivator's Legacy 穿越修仙，开局得金丹修士遗产 Old Dreams in the Clouds云中旧梦Eastern Fantasy842k WordsCompleted [Mortal-style cultivation + Cultivation + xuanhuan + transmigration + strange flames + alchemy + decisive and ruthless + cautious survival] He transmigrates to a world of Cultivation and receives the legacy of a Golden Core cultivator from the start! Li Dao discovers that he has the useless Five-Spirit Root. With the help of the Five-Element Dao Body Art, he defies fate and embarks on the Great Dao of the Five Elements! He becomes an alchemy master, forges the Five-Element Cauldron, and creates 17.4kReads6.9Score1.6kShelves

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    A story of a mortal cultivating immortality, the protagonist possesses five spiritual roots and starts his career through alchemy.

35. 35 长 Longevity: My Wife Was Delivered Right to My Door 长生：夫人送上门 Yun Feiyang00云飞扬00Eastern Fantasy326k WordsOngoing Transmigrate through portals, trade resources, and enjoy life. From the start, I got caught cheating and was scared out of my wits. Is it right to trick and ambush a carefree young man who’s good in bed? No, it isn’t. 288Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Hmm... Marketplace, independent cultivators, many women.

36. 36 激 Activating the Data Panel, I Lay Low Until the Ages Flourish 激活数据面板，苟到万古长青 Trouble at Chize池泽生变Eastern Fantasy535k WordsCompleted Sequel: From Coasting to Tribulation and Ascension, Tell Me, Doesn't That Make You Jealous? [Slow Burn, Not a Power Fantasy + Survivalist Ways + Immortality + Daily Life + No Female Lead + Not a Saint + Behind the Scenes] Xu Chang'an transmigrates to Yellow Sand City in the cultivation world and activates an Attribute Panel, gaining one free attribute point each year. He isn't sure whether something went wrong during transmigration, but he wakes up in a brothel with a woman sitting on top of him 1.8kReads7.1Score101Shelves

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    Both of these are works by Gou Daowen, who started out in the market town.

37. 37 满EN A Family of Hopeless Romantics, Except for the Evil Little Junior Brother 满门恋爱脑，唯有小师弟正的发邪 Howling Gale哀嚎的狂风Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Slow-Burn + Cautious Protagonist + Funny and Lighthearted] The senior apprentice brother is love-struck, and the second senior apprentice brother is burdened with a blood feud. The third senior apprentice sister has loved and fought the Demon Lord through three lifetimes, while the fourth senior apprentice sister is a white lotus. The sect leader left the sect for love, and the uncle-master ventured deep into the demonic path for the woman he loved... Neither immortal nor heroic, th 21kReads8.4Score1.7kShelves

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    Highly recommended! The latest and most captivating novel in the "steady and reliable" cultivation genre: ① Li Xuanxiao transmigrates to a cultivation world. Without a system, and not the chosen one of destiny, he only wants to pursue the path to immortality. However, his sect is unreliable; his eldest brother commits suicide due to a love triangle. His third senior sister falls for the Demon Lord and brings him into the sect. His master leaves for love. His junior sister is determined to win him over! Only the junior brother, Li Xuanxiao, steadily maintains the sect, single-mindedly pursuing immortality.

38. 38 凡 Cultivating Immortality as a Mortal: The Immortal Gourd Emperor 凡人修仙，仙葫仙帝 Sanjiu Jinyin三九金银Eastern Fantasy508k WordsCompleted (Traditional mortal cultivation, detailed, logical and well-paced progression, an Immortal Gourd, cautious and resourceful, a sly schemer, follows the path of keeping a low profile, not a useless weakling, no childish posturing.) (Realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Deification...) Han Li, born and raised here, was an ordinary servant with no hope of ever getting ahead. He had planned to follow in his father’s footsteps, but unexpectedly came into posse 222Reads7.1Score—Shelves
39. 39 苟 The Cautious Path to Immortality: Starting with a Hundred Cultivation Crafts 苟道长生：从修仙百艺开始 Black Ant蚂蚁黑Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted Xianxia + Mortal's Journey + Pseudo-Immortality + Cautious Cultivation + Decisive and Ruthless + Sound Values + No System + No Female Lead Lin Changqing transmigrates to a cultivation world and, using the starry light of enlightenment in his sea of consciousness, masters the many arts of cultivation and cultivates with caution. Throughout his long years of cultivation, he watches countless prodigies rise and fall with a smile. Before he knows it, he has endured for countless ages and stands at t 4.9kReads7.3Score277Shelves
40. 40 稳 Steady Cultivation: From the Start, My Perk Is Work-Life Balance 稳健修仙：开局词条劳逸结合 Little Goose with a Cowlick呆毛的小鹅Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted [Cultivation · Cautious Protagonist · Playing the Fool to Catch the Wise · Traits · Fame · Lie Flat · Longevity · Farming] (This book has been adapted into a short drama and an animated comic.) Su Yuan is reborn in a cultivation world and discovers that the path to cultivation is full of obstacles: he has no talent, no resources, and no connections. Luckily, he activates a System and obtains Traits with astonishing effects! [Work and Rest in Balance]: You’re great at balancing work and rest. The 44.7kReads8.2Score3.5kShelves
41. 41 稳 A Cautious Path to Immortality: You Call That Healing? 稳健修仙：你这是医修？！ Green-Skinned Troublemaker绿皮乐子Eastern Fantasy330k WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation] [Cautious] [Slow burn] [Decisive and ruthless] Song Yan, who suffers from a terminal illness, unexpectedly transmigrates into the cultivation world after his death. From this moment on, pursuing eternal life becomes his lifelong goal. But before he can embark on the path to immortality, Song Yan is faced with one piece of bad news and one piece of good news. Bad news: He’s got an awful start right after transmigrating. Not only does he have a low-grade spirit root, he’s also 3Reads5.8Score—Shelves
42. 42 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 331Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Fellow Daoists, please wait! Traditional cultivation, Eastern fantasy, marketplace, alchemy, talismans. Original work by Tomato. Traditional fantasy, alternate history, magical fantasy, multiple female protagonists. [Mortal protagonist, decisive and ruthless, cunning, playing dumb to outsmart others] A scholar who wanted to continue taking 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 paperwork. Who knew that an unexpected excavation of an ancient tomb would lead him to find an ancient scroll among the dusty stones? Why be a "horse"? Why take a "job"? Cultivate immortality!

43. 43 我 I’m a Mortal, and I Became an Immortal by Scavenging 我，凡人，靠捡垃圾成仙 Listening to the Wind in the Drizzle醉雨听风Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsOngoing [Animated adaptation released] [Mortal's Cultivation] [Time and Space Causality] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Sharp-Witted] A sword pierced his heart, and the whole village ran red with blood. Su Mu thought he was dead. Then the pottery bowl he used for meals every day quietly dragged him back from the brink of death. Time flowed backward inside the bowl, restoring all things to their original state. Even stranger, anything restored by the bowl would vanish out of thin air from its original owner's 21.3kReads8.0Score2.6kShelves

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    The early development of the story is very detailed, the characters are well-developed, and the "golden finger" (cheat code) element is quite novel. It's definitely worth reading.

44. 44 每 Intelligence Updates Every Day: I Quietly Become an Immortal Emperor 每天刷新情报，我悄悄修成仙帝了 I Really Don't Eat Watermelon我真不吃西瓜Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [The motion comic is now available] My name is Gu Changsheng. I finally escaped the 996 grind after a stroke of incredible luck, but who could have guessed I’d transmigrate into the son of a mine slave raised by a cultivation sect? Am I destined to spend my life as a wage slave after all? Good news: At eight years old, I awakened my golden finger, the Daily Intelligence System! [Ding! Today’s intelligence has been refreshed] [Opportunity · Marrow-Cleansing Grass: Beneath the waterfall. No risk. 28.6kReads6.7Score2.4kShelves

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    This one's good! It's about building a foundation for immortality, cultivating supernatural powers, and seeking the metal element! It has the same premise as "Stealing in the Initial Saint Demon Sect" and "Mysterious Mirror"! [Kiss]

45. 45 欲 Yearning for Immortality 欲求仙 Han Xidi寒兮帝Ancient Romance3.1M WordsOngoing Something seems off about this transmigration? If you transmigrate into the cultivation world as an utterly ordinary passerby, get a golden finger in the form of a useless panel from the start, get sold to a talisman shop owner to work, and nearly starve to death while in seclusion, is there any hope for a life like that? And does being abandoned count as having your parents sacrificed to the heavens? By the time Fang Mingliao finally reached the Golden Core stage, she realized that ninety-nine 11.9kReads8.8Score957Shelves

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46. 46 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 9.2kReads7.8Score471Shelves

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    This is the one; it meets all your requirements.

47. 47 五 The Five-Element Waste Spirit Root: I Have a Treasure-Gathering Golden Toad 五行废灵：我有一只聚宝金蟾 Xi and Xu羲与许Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing [Mortal Cultivation] [Smart Protagonist] [One Female Lead] [Decisive and Ruthless] At eighteen, with a fake Five-Element Spirit Root, was his path to immortality already doomed? Wang Han was a hunter from the countryside. By a twist of fate, he entered Leiyang Pavilion, only to be made a nominal "Core Disciple" and, in truth, reduced to chopping wood in the back hills. His poor aptitude earned him the label "useless spirit root," while the declining sect's leader treated disciples like disposabl 2.3kReads6.6Score216Shelves

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    A classic mortal cultivation story featuring a protagonist with five spiritual roots, born into a humble village with extremely low starting point. The plot is full of scheming, with the protagonist calculating every step, never acting without self-interest, and displaying exceptional intelligence. It covers Qi cultivation, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, and Deity Transformation... At 700,000 words, it's already quite substantial and worth reading when you're looking for something to read. [Top Post][Top Post][Top Post][Top Post]

48. 48 飞 Ascension Token 飞升令 A Mortal Heart Amid Cloud and Water云水凡心Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsOngoing In the Age of Dharma Decline, with spiritual energy exhausted and the path to immortality severed, might makes right. Amid the snowstorms of the Eastern Wasteland, a twelve-year-old beggar named Chen Song nearly ends up in a wolf’s jaws while scavenging for a scrap of food. By chance, he escapes into an ancient cave in the barren mountains. Inside, he finds nothing but a mysterious animal hide, which turns out to hold a clue to a remnant of the “Ascension Order,” buried beneath the dust of histo 349Reads6.0Score—Shelves

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    I've dabbled in all ten spiritual roots, alchemy, artifact crafting, array formations, and talismans. It's a slow-burn, mortal-oriented story; those interested can check it out.

49. 49 种 Farming and Cultivating Immortality, His Spells Are All Wrong 种田修仙，他的法术不对劲 Bread Crumbs Aren't Sweet面包糠不甜Eastern Fantasy403k WordsOngoing A top-tier tale of farming and immortal cultivation, traditional cultivation, and mutated spells Others cultivate immortality by riding the wind on flying swords, slaying demons and vanquishing evil. Chen Shuisheng cultivates immortality by summoning clouds and rain, hoeing weeds and planting crops. Within the sect, he is a three-spirit-root disciple who spends his days tending spirit fields. Until one day, his golden finger awakens. When Cloud Control reaches mastery, it mutates into Cloudstep. 74.2kReads8.1Score10.3kShelves

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    It's alright.

50. 50 朝 A Mayfly Lives from Dawn to Dusk; Today I Finally Understand What an Immortal Is 朝生暮死蜉蝣命，今日方知仙是仙 Heaven in a Teapot茶壶洞天Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing [Mortal's Journey] + [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] + [Smart Protagonists, Antagonists, and Supporting Characters] + [Slow-Building Plot] I transmigrated, and from the start I got a… Oh, no, from the start, I was given an old man for a father and eighteen young stepmothers, … Old man! Calm down! Let's talk this out! Put down the sword and straighten that green hat on your head first! … What?! I'd already made enough money, bought myself a little maid, and was all set to coast through life, and 12.6kReads7.7Score1.1kShelves

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    The Myriad Soul Banner refines evil spirits, controls corpses and puppets, cultivates Yin and Yang, a mortal's journey, no system, not a wish-fulfillment novel, both protagonists and antagonists are intelligent, the characters are complex and three-dimensional, not stereotypical. Worth reading for veteran readers tired of mindless wish-fulfillment novels.

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