Real Cultivation! Cruel and Dark, with Characters Who Stop at Nothing to Achieve Their Goals! 真正的修仙！残忍，黑暗，为达目的不择手段！

1. 201 开 A Demon Sect from the Start? I Fight My Way Through with My Fists 开局魔宗？我以双拳杀出血路 Writing My Way Through Life执笔走人生Eastern Fantasy317k WordsOngoing [Dark Fantasy] [Invincible Body] [Feel-Good Story] [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Holding Back] [No Female Lead] Su Shang transmigrates into a fantasy world and suffers a demonic sect invasion as a child. His family is slaughtered, and all his friends and relatives are wiped out. He himself is reduced to a lowly slave warrior of the demonic sect. When he turns eighteen, the System arrives. Su Shang gains the ability to absorb energy from corpses and improve his physical attributes. From then on, he 25Reads5.3Score—Shelves
2. 202 东 Tokyo: From the Start, I Save a Kimono-Clad Beauty and Win Over All of Tokyo 东京：开局救下和服美人，我熟韵满东京 Ten-Day Pact十日誓约17k WordsCompleted Tokyo: From the Start, I Save a Beauty in a Kimono and Become a Master of Mature Charms Across Tokyo 32Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 203 身 As an Alchemist, Having a Portable Dimension Seems Only Natural 身为炼丹师，有随身空间很合理吧 The Tadpole Who Writes at Lightning Speed飞写文的蝌蚪Eastern Fantasy363k WordsCompleted [Clan Saga] + [Genius Protagonist] + [Farming in a Pocket Dimension] + [Accelerating the Growth of Spirit Plants] + [Alchemist] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Beast Taming] One day, Li Yichen accidentally found a bead. It contained its own pocket dimension and could accelerate the growth of spirit plants and cultivate wood-type spirit beasts. From then on, there was no stopping him. He used the spirit plants he grew to refine all kinds of pills, and his cultivation soared as if he were riding a rock 7.4kReads8.5Score751Shelves
4. 204 惊 A Bone of Startling Grace 惊鸿骨 Ten-Day Pact十日誓约Male-Channel Fanfiction10k WordsCompleted The Stunning Bone 52Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 205 五 Five-Element Spiritual Roots: Quietly Refining Pills to Live Forever 五行灵根，悄悄炼丹长生 Silly Goose in an Iron Pot铁锅炖笨鹅Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsOngoing Traditional cultivation, no System, an ordinary mortal's journey! Xiao Xuan has depended on his grandfather since childhood. After his grandfather passes away, Xiao Xuan takes the spiritual-root test at the Qingxuan Sect and, through sheer luck, joins the sect as a menial disciple. By chance, he unlocks the ancient bronze mirror his grandfather left him. As long as he offers up the essence of ores, he can obtain all kinds of cultivation arts, skills, and divine-power inheritances from within! Fr 58.6kReads8.5Score5.8kShelves
6. 206 咒 Jujutsu Kaisen: Rewriting Causality, I Turned the Shibuya Deadlock on Its Head 咒术回战：因果逆写，我掀翻了涉谷死局 Chongqing and Sichuan Spicy Girl川渝辣妹子Male-Channel Fanfiction11k WordsCompleted Jujutsu Kaisen: Rewriting Cause and Effect, I Turned Shibuya's Deadly Fate Upside Down 23Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 207 全 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality (Over 5 Billion Views Across the Web) 《凡人修仙传》（全网破50亿） Chongqing Lao Ye重庆老叶Male-Channel Fanfiction18k WordsCompleted A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality (over 5 billion views across the internet) —Reads—Score5.3kShelves
8. 208 废 The Immortal Cultivation Path of a Waste Physique 废体修仙路 The Snail That Never Stops Walking不停行走的蜗牛Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted [Everyone knows I can't practice martial arts, but I'm actually a powerful immortal cultivator...!!!] Because of his constitution, the protagonist Chen Qun can't practice martial arts. By chance, however, he embarks on the path of immortal cultivation. To the astonishment of his family elders, he uses his strength as an immortal cultivator to easily resolve the crisis facing his family, then gradually enters the world of immortal cultivators to explore and make his way... (Note: The stages of cu 24.4kReads8.9Score2.6kShelves
9. 209 分 Clones Are Pointless Unless You Use Them to Stir Up Trouble 分身，不用来搞事情将毫无意义 The Pomegranate Tree Back Home老家的石榴树Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [No Saintly Heroics]+ [No Female Lead]+ [Ensemble Cast]+ [Everyone Is Evil]+ [Stirring Up Trouble]+ [Just Here for the Fun]+ [The Main Body Is a Master at Laying Low] This is a story about someone who uses his clones to stir up trouble, seize resources, and pursue immortality. Being a clone is hard. You're either causing trouble or on your way to cause trouble. A step-by-step guide to destroying a sect, a dynasty, or even... the entire cultivation world. New to the cultivation world, with no con 10kReads8.4Score828Shelves
10. 210 荆 Thorny Nun: Father, Don't Look Back. Leave the Three Thousand Rioters Outside to Me! 荆棘修女：神父，别回头，外面那三千暴徒交给我！ Chongqing and Sichuan Spicy Girl川渝辣妹子12k WordsCompleted Thorn Nun: Father, Don't Look Back. Leave the Three Thousand Rioters Outside to Me! 67Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 211 宗EN The Sect Is Recruiting Disciples, and from the Start I Can See Their Attribute Panels 宗门收徒，开局看见属性面板 Golden Beast of Changtu Mountain长涂山的黄金兽Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted Comedy + Everyday Life + Taking Disciples + Sect Building + System + Heartwarming + Slow Pace + The Protagonist Has Both Legs and Joins in the Fun.] After transmigrating into a cultivation world, Chu Xingchen awakened a disciple-recruitment System and gained the ability to see his disciples' traits! Starting from scratch, he would build the strongest sect. First Disciple: Li Yingling [Gold Trait: Cultivation Prodigy][Purple Trait: Extraordinary Luck][Blue Trait: Beautiful] Second D 99.2kReads9.0Score10.5kShelves
12. 212 东 Drowning in Tokyo's Shadows: His Lips Stained with Neon and Sin 东京暗溺：他的唇，染着霓虹与罪 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝10k WordsCompleted Tokyo’s Dark Descent: His Lips Stained with Neon and Sin 20Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 213 肉 The Flesh-Rotted Immortal Sect: Starting with Mutant, Proliferating Spiritual Roots 肉烂仙宗，从畸变增生灵根开始 This Kid Doesn't Like Fish这小子不爱吃鱼Eastern Fantasy318k WordsCompleted [Global] [Sect Upgrades] [Cthulhu] [Some Warhammer 40K] [Flesh Mutations] [Twisted Truth] [No Female Lead] Everyone transmigrates to a Cthulhu-inspired cultivation world, where each person inherits a sect. Some are born with innate plant-and-wood spiritual roots, using plants and trees in all kinds of ways to strengthen themselves. Some are born with blood-debt spiritual roots, growing stronger by borrowing the flesh and blood of others. And some are born with fusion spiritual roots, stitching t 401Reads8.4Score154Shelves
14. 214 我 My Dantian Is an Arsenal 我的丹田是个军火库 North of Bantan北半唐Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted Ling Tian, a peerless soldier, dies in the line of duty and transmigrates into the body of the Ling family's good-for-nothing young master, who can't cultivate. Ling Tian discovers that his dantian has turned into an arsenal. “I have a finger technique called the Desert Eagle!” “I have an arrow called the Barrett.” “I have a fist called the East Wind Across Ten Thousand Miles!” “I have a palm called the Mushroom Cloud!” Someone asks: Ling Tian, what's your most powerful move? Ling Tian: I ha 4.3kReads8.4Score526Shelves
15. 215 犬 Inuyasha: Kikyo's Defiant Fate, A Heart Set Ablaze 犬夜叉·桔梗：逆命焚心录 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝Ancient Romance22k WordsCompleted Inuyasha and Kikyo: A Record of Burning Hearts Against Fate 36Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 216 同 My Classmates and I Were Transported to a Cultivation World, but I Was Sent to One Extra Immortal Realm 同学群穿修仙界，我多穿一个仙界 Ten Years of Exaggeration浮夸十年Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted The young Qi Fan suffered from a strange hunger disorder. With no other choice, he dropped out of high school and became a livestreamed eating host. He unexpectedly discovered that his strength was increasing day by day. He had originally planned to muddle through as a professional boxer and live a wealthy life of fame and glory, but then he received an invitation to a graduation gathering from his high school homeroom teacher, Song Chengmin. That invitation changed his life forever. The mysteri 72.3kReads8.2Score9.1kShelves
17. 217 无 The Immortal Path Without Dao 无道仙路 Big-Headed T头很大的T君Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted [No female lead + ordinary mortal protagonist + brutal cultivation; From the Start: A Broken Piece of Jade Reveals the Secrets of Immortality, The Terrifying Road to Immortality, Mystery, Immortal Paths, and the Angler, The Strange Path to Immortality are updated simultaneously] There was no road in the world to begin with. A road appears when enough people walk it. Wudao found a mysterious piece of fine wood glowing with purple light and arrived in the world of cultivation. It was a brutal plac 18.4kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves
18. 218 禁 Forbidden Zone Heartbeat 禁区心动 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝8k WordsCompleted A Heart Stirred in the Forbidden Zone 69Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 219 聚EN The Immortal Treasure Basin 聚宝仙盆 Tropical Fruit Milk Tea香果味奶茶Eastern Fantasy5.0M WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation] [No System]. By a twist of fate, He Pingsheng, an outer disciple of the Taixu Sect, obtains a [Cornucopia] and embarks on the path of cultivation. Place a low-grade [Qi-Gathering Pill] into the basin, and one day later, it becomes two pills, both of them top-grade. Put in an ordinary cultivation technique, and it becomes a Heaven-tier technique. Treasures, medicinal herbs, spirit stones, and more can all be placed inside and enhanced. From then on, He Pingsheng walks toward 398.9kReads8.7Score30.5kShelves
20. 220 关 Fierce Snow in Guandong 关东烈雪 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted Fierce Snowfall in Kanto 4Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 221 人 In the Demon Cult, I Gained the Fruit of Immortality from the Start 人在魔教，开局融合长生道果 Sword Hidden in the Southern Mountains剑藏南山Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsCompleted [Longevity + female demon + female spirit + wealthy woman + female emperor + princess] After merging with the Dao Fruit of the Celestial Venerable of Longevity from the start, he became immortal and gained the ability to accelerate the growth of spiritual herbs. Ye An decided to keep a low profile. But on the very first day after he transmigrated, a female demon barged into his cave dwelling... “When will transmigrators finally get to stand tall? I’m so furious I’m shaking!” 30.5kReads8.5Score3.2kShelves
22. 222 炽 Blazing Wilds Forbidden Zone: The Beautiful and Dashing Senior 《炽野禁区：学姐她美又飒》 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝8k WordsCompleted Blazing Wilderness Forbidden Zone: The Senior Is Beautiful and Daring 5Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 223 争 Striving for Immortality 争仙 I'm Zhang Dapao, Everyone Fears Me我张大炮谁都怕Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [A classic mortal cultivation story + no System + Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, and Core Formation] Archaeology expert Wang Zheng transmigrates to the cultivation world, bringing with him a double-sided bronze mirror unearthed from an unknown ancient tomb. While tending cattle one day, he spots a block of ice floating down the stream. To his surprise, someone is sealed inside... 16.4kReads8.5Score1.5kShelves
24. 224 梧 Ashes of the Parasol Tree: The Evening Breeze Can't Reach an Old Flame 梧桐烬：晚风不渡旧情人 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝7k WordsCompleted Ashes of the Wutong: The Evening Breeze Cannot Carry an Old Flame 8Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 225 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
26. 226 民 A Strange Sacrifice in Republican-Era China: Bloodshed at the Opera House, Ghosts Slaughtering Evil, Ten Thousand Souls Returning to the Abyss 民国诡祭：戏楼血煞·群鬼屠邪·万魂归墟 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝9k WordsCompleted Republic-Era Occult Sacrifice: Bloodshed in the Opera House, a Host of Vengeful Ghosts Slaughtering Evil, Ten Thousand Souls Returning to the Abyss 3Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 227 重 Reborn and Invincible, I Begin Raising an Empress 重生后无敌，我开始养成女帝 Dreamwalking梦游哉Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing [One Female Lead] [Invincible Male Lead] [Drama King] [Everyday Life] [Lighthearted and Funny] My name is Chang Qing. I transmigrated here, and in my previous life, I opened the path to immortality, led the cultivators of the Longevity Continent to ascend, and eventually became an Immortal Emperor of my age. But when I fought my lifelong rival, I was betrayed by my closest friend. At the critical moment, it was my rival who came to my aid. The two of us battled dozens of Immortal Emperors, and i 128.7kReads9.2Score15.1kShelves
28. 228 唯 The One and Only Origami Talent: I Can Fold Anything 唯一折纸天赋，我能折出一切 Su Fifteen宿十五Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted (Apocalypse + Transmigration + No Saintly Savior + No Romance + Leveling + Playing It Safe + Superpowers + Gets Even Better Later) Zhuang Mo transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens the safest wood-type superpower in the apocalypse. His future career is supposed to be farming in a safe zone. Other people grow potatoes with a soft, fluffy texture. His potatoes are as big as soccer balls and rock-hard. Other people grow crisp, juicy, sweet cabbages. His cabbages reach five feet tall and are r 27.2kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves
29. 229 我 The Heavenly Dao Has Its Eye on My Survivalist Ways 我的苟道被天道盯上了 Eight and Nine Are Close to TenL捌玖不离拾LEastern Fantasy574k WordsCompleted [Scientific Cultivation + Cautious Cultivation + Behind-the-Scenes Story + Tactical Story + Management Story] Not an effortless, invincible power fantasy Lu Chen: Playing it safe is strategy, being a coward is tactics. Scientific caution is the pinnacle of the Way! Xing Yi: Captain's cowardice rating has exceeded the screen's limits. Recommend lying flat together with Xing Yi! Su Mu: When it comes to acting, I'm a professional. The star of the Poqiong Alliance and its chairwoman, that's me! Shi 103Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    This book is recommended. It's a relatively new book, so not many people are reading it yet, hence the lower rating. The world-building is strong; the protagonist grows gradually within an extremely cruel and oppressive cultivation system using scientific thinking. The plot structure is quite rigorous, making it worth reading repeatedly.

30. 230 我 My Treasure Bowl Holds a Super Space 我的：聚宝盆里有一个超级空间 A Fire in Winter Is So Warm冬天有火好温暖Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Ye Huan, a young man who collects scrap, came across an ancient bronze basin at a Taoist temple by chance. Little did he know, it was a treasure basin: whenever there were treasures somewhere, they would automatically enter his basin. Ye Huan later discovered that five true dragons lived inside the basin, along with a little girl named Long Ling'er, who was also a young member of the dragon clan. Long Ling'er then became Ye Huan's little maid. She even told him that the treasure basin contained 13.8kReads8.3Score1.6kShelves
31. 231 绝 Peerless Secret Words: The Spirit Heavens Chronicle 绝世密言：灵天记 Ouyang Miguo欧阳米果Eastern Fantasy997k WordsCompleted Through fantastical stories, this book explores the mysteries of the universe and explains the principles of life, helping readers understand why people live. In doing so, it can help them put their worries aside and embrace life's experiences with greater optimism and energy! 913Reads9.4Score127Shelves

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    The Great Dao of the Universe, a treasure trove of cultivation—don't miss this book! High-energy throughout, enlightening and incredibly insightful.

32. 232 药 Three Hundred Years Sweeping the Medicine Garden, Now I’m a Sword Immortal of Longevity 药园扫地三百年，出山长生剑仙 I, Yan Shisan在下燕十三Eastern Fantasy642k WordsCompleted After enduring two lifetimes of cultivation and reincarnation, Zhao Ping'an is reborn in his third life as a menial disciple responsible for sweeping the Sword Sect. Hoping to quietly and safely reach the realm of a high-level cultivator and unravel the mystery of the wondrous Longevity Pagoda, he begins cultivating the Longevity Sword Art, which can extend one's lifespan. He builds his strength steadily, guards against impatience, and never picks a fight unless someone picks one with him. Time 5.8kReads8.7Score460Shelves
33. 233 混 The Chaos Alchemy Furnace 混沌丹炉 Little Security Guard at Flame Mountain火焰山小保安Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing He has one more spiritual root than even someone with all eight elements in their mixed spiritual roots. By chance, he activates the little iron gourd his grandfather gave him before he died, only to discover that it is a Chaos Alchemy Furnace. Thus begins his path to immortality. He tramples prodigies, crushes the outstanding, and slays countless enemies... With a pill in hand, the world is his! Genius protagonist + golden finger + no System + fantasy + cultivation + invincible + cultivation wo 15kReads8.3Score1.4kShelves
34. 234 长 Longevity: Cultivating Through Martial Arts Until the Immortals Die of Old Age 长生：以武入道熬死修仙者 New Leaves in Spring春上新叶Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted The System is unreliable. The moment he transmigrated, the Heavenly Dao killed him. Luckily, the beginner's gift pack he'd received beforehand had already made Li Yuanchang immortal. And so, an ultimate survivor was born. What are peerless prodigies and undefeated emperors? Under the erosion of time, they're all fleeting illusions. No matter how dazzling you are, in the end, you can't withstand the merciless passage of time. He lived through the rise of technology. He also witnessed the sp 24.6kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves
35. 235 那 The Cultivators We Used to Chop Up Together 那些年，我们一起砍过的修仙者 Squirrel Under the Mushroom House蘑菇屋下的松鼠Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted (Everyman’s cultivation + no System) Unlike traditional xianxia, don’t read if that’s not your thing. That year, a seven-year-old boy took his little sister into the cultivation world. Then all the cultivators went crazy! When you set out to cultivate, it doesn’t matter if you have talent, treasures, or lucky opportunities. But there’s one thing you must remember: there’s one person you must never provoke. Even though this person isn’t a cultivator at all. His blade is faster than light, so fast 160.3kReads9.3Score16.9kShelves

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    🌚🌚🌚For survival, for immortality, mountains of corpses and seas of blood are willing to be sacrificed.

36. 236 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Starting with a Strange Green Vine 凡人修仙：从诡异绿藤开始 Lard猪油Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing [The rating has just appeared and will gradually rise / Ordinary mortal cultivation with accelerated growth / No transmigration / Decisive protagonist / Smart characters] Fang Lian, a village boy, has one great dream: to become a wandering hero, righting wrongs every day. What could be more satisfying? By a twist of fate, he finds a mysterious vine and begins his journey of cultivation. Mortals and immortals are worlds apart, and the Great Dao is merciless. In this world of cultivation, where th 7Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    The Mortal Cultivation series of novels is not mindless or overly sentimental; it's worth reading!

37. 237 青 The Green Vine's Mortal Cultivation Journal 青藤凡修记 White Night Demon白夜妖Eastern Fantasy4.0M WordsOngoing [Mortal Cultivation + No System] + [Farming] One night, bandits massacred the remote village of Qingtian. The young Zhang Ling was lucky enough to escape. Fleeing in a panic, he got lost in the mountains, where he encountered a mutated vine. It somehow parasitized his body, and from then on, his body began to change. Later, through a twist of fate, he came into contact with the world of cultivators and embarked on the path to immortality. Along his journey of cultivation, he used a mysterious li 5.2kReads7.8Score408Shelves
38. 238 御 The Path to Supreme Rule 御极志 You Yanqing右言轻Eastern Fantasy374k WordsOngoing My name is Zhao Ke. Someone placed a tracking curse on the soul of Zhao Kang, a prince from another world, so the big shot in Zhao Kang’s family captured my soul to protect little Kang’s body! But little Kang ran off to Blue Star with the money I worked so hard to earn, living it up! That’s outrageous! So, if I go out and cause some trouble while wearing little Kang’s face, that’s fair, right? What Zhao Kang, prince of Great Qi, did has nothing to do with me, Zhao Ke! Enemies are after me? This —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    What is cultivation of immortality? Cultivation of immortality is about choices, about the human heart, about shackles, about the struggle between left and right, about the magnanimity of "I laugh as I brandish my sword against the sky, my heart and soul are with the Kunlun Mountains," about the indomitable spirit of "I'll let whoever wants to enter hell go, I'll go to heaven alone!"

39. 239 血 The Traitor of the Blood Soul Grotto: From the Start, I Threatened My Master’s Wife 血魂窟的逆徒，开局威胁师娘 Qi Xiao Nan柒筱楠Eastern Fantasy382k WordsCompleted [Dark Cultivator] [Sneaky Survivor] [Soul Banner] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Spatial Storage] Gu Chenfeng became the disciple of an old demon, who planted a soul seal in him, leaving his life and death entirely at his master's whim. To escape this deadly predicament, he used his master's wife’s pure spiritual constitution to transform himself, successfully refining himself into the Blood Soul Banner and becoming an immortal artifact spirit! His physical body was turned into a puppet. Just as the o 718Reads8.1Score—Shelves
40. 240 黑 Dark Xianxia: My Master Is a Female Ghost 黑仙侠，师父是女鬼 Evergreen Greens长青菜菜Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted The male lead dies suddenly while testing Black Myth: Wukong and wakes up in another world. He doesn’t know whether he has transmigrated, fallen into the game, or stumbled into a conspiracy. 129Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    I recommend reading this book.

41. 241 元 An Nascent Soul Patriarch Possessed My Body, So Don't Guilt-Trip Me 元婴老祖夺舍，别拿道德绑架我 Vulgar庸俗Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing After cultivating for a thousand years and reaching the peak of the late Nascent Soul stage, Xuan Xiao possesses the body of a bastard son from a minor cultivation family in a primeval world! I am Xuan Xiao, not one of your useless clansmen... Don't try to guilt-trip me with your worthless morality! On the path of cultivation, the only thing that matters is improving one's cultivation and pressing boldly onward! Get involved in petty squabbles with children? Not a chance! (No System, traditional 16Reads6.5Score—Shelves
42. 242 从 The Path to Immortality Begins with Drawing Talismans 从画符开始长生问道 Qi Yu's Pen齐羽的笔Eastern Fantasy574k WordsOngoing [Mortal Cultivator Style] [Steady Growth] [Decisive and Ruthless] Li Yun was an ordinary rogue cultivator. He had thought the path to immortality would be arduous, but after accidentally activating a gray bead, his comprehension soared, and his talent for talisman-making and understanding cultivation techniques reached its peak. The appearance of a mysterious fragment granted him the inheritance of the enigmatic cultivation manual, the Purple Void Immortal Scripture. Yet opportunity came with da 3.5kReads6.3Score300Shelves
43. 243 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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    Don't miss this one! It's dark, full of predatory elements, ruthless tactics, and traps everywhere.

44. 244 窃 The Heavenly Theft Record: All Living Beings Build My Dao Foundation 窃天录：众生筑我道基 Kitty Bro 114514小猫老弟114514Eastern Fantasy160k WordsCompleted Xuanhuan + dark fantasy + no System + ruthless and decisive + ungrateful + no moral constraints + self-interest above all + no female lead + a new premise you’ve definitely never seen before The rating just went live! It’ll go up! Spiritual roots are brands stamped on livestock before slaughter. Ascension is the final ceremony that delivers them to the platters of those above. Lu Jin was born without spiritual roots, yet he is the only “loophole” in this immortal-cultivation farm. He can see 38Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend the first new book I just discovered. This author has eight years of writing experience. The protagonist is ruthless and morally ambiguous, the world-building is very novel, the plot progresses cleanly and efficiently, the action scenes are excellent, and it doesn't drag on. The writing is solid, the pacing is excellent, and updates are consistent, often with bursts of new chapters. So far, the reading experience has been superb. As long as it doesn't fall apart later, I feel this book has the potential to become a top-tier read. For those of you experiencing a reading slump, this is a good time to start stocking up. I recommend it. The other two books are also very good.

45. 245 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

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    Iron-blooded Immortal Cultivation

46. 246 开 Kill the Useless Teammate from the Start, Then Cause Trouble in the Immortal Realm 开局先杀猪队友，苟在仙界作大死 Deputy Director of the Ascension Office飞升办副主任Eastern Fantasy3.7M WordsOngoing 435Reads7.9Score137Shelves

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    To achieve one's goals, any means necessary—just watch and see, with absolute rationality at your fingertips.

47. 247 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
48. 248 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
49. 249 师EN Junior Brother, Don’t Cultivate Immortality Like That 师弟，别这么修仙 Softly Falling Words轻落语Eastern Fantasy3.9M WordsCompleted By a stroke of fate, Lu Changsheng is brought into a sect and becomes the junior disciple of Qingyun Peak. Having seen how brutal the path of cultivation can be, he decides to keep a low profile and hide his true abilities. While his senior brothers cultivate, he sleeps. While his fellow disciples take part in trials, he slacks off. Under countless watchful eyes, he does the same thing day after day for ten years, never wavering in his commitment to being a quiet schemer. Until one day, everyone 59.3kReads9.0Score5.2kShelves

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    Cultivation novels/satisfying stories

50. 250 窃 Stealing Heaven’s Advantage 窃天先机 Big Eats Small Cong大到吃小从Eastern Fantasy355k WordsOngoing Cultivation story about an ordinary person + golden finger + decisive and ruthless + not brainless + dark + slow burn + cunning + sinister cultivator Zuo Wudu was reborn. He came back to life in the mortal realm of a vast cultivation world, with an unreasonable ability: he could steal anything. Magical treasures? Taken. Pills? Pocketed. Spirit ore? Hauled away. Anyone’s storage pouch would be empty after he passed by. Even a supreme inheritance treasure hidden in the eye of a formation would end 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You can look at the darker ones.

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