Why Do Master-and-Disciple Novels Always Have to Make the Master Flirt With Their Disciple? 为什么收徒文一定要和徒弟搞暧昧

1. 1 西EN Journey to the West: Master Wants to Tell Another Story 西游：师父又要讲故事了 Hermit Xia Mu夏木山人Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Type]: Journey to the West / historical Xuanzang / retracing the Journey to the West / Buddhist cultivation / not the Primordial World / only a great calamity setting / no conspiracy-driven plot. Guanyin Bodhisattva had been having a terrible headache lately. A great calamity was about to begin, and the Buddha had ordered him to find a Pilgrim and bring him to the Western Heaven to undertake the Journey to the West. Everything had originally been arranged. But this Pilgrim seemed a little stran 129kReads9.3Score13.6kShelves

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   After reading "Xi Kang's Heart," I felt much less angry and even slept soundly.

2. 2 一 A Blossom, A Cup of Wine, An Immortal Life 一花一酒一仙人，亦眠亦醉亦长生 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [This book is also known as The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring] [The print edition of The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring goes on sale at 7 p.m. on November 15!] [Immortality + taking disciples + no female lead + lighthearted comedy, no tearjerkers] When your master serves food, you spin the table; when your master chants a spell, you chatter away. When your master rests, you sing; when your master sleeps in, you bang on a pot. Your master is immortal, but your life is short; your master 198.1kReads9.5Score24.7kShelves

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   The master-disciple relationship was very good. Well, I can only say that everyone has their own grave to cry over.

3. 3 徒 Stay Put, Disciples! Your Master’s Making a Quick Getaway 徒弟们苟住了，为师先遁亿步 Yaya Loves Lemon Tea伢伢爱喝柠檬茶Ancient Romance744k WordsCompleted [No romance + cultivation + master-disciple System + villain training ground] (Villains are the focus!) (The rating was just released. This is a dark cultivation story where people are eaten.) Xu Yi transmigrated into the world of cultivation, but the place she ended up in was so desolate there wasn’t even a soul around. She had a System and was in a cultivation world, yet after ten years she was still an ordinary person. The System even reminded her every year to go out and take on disciples... 3.2kReads8.3Score316Shelves
4. 4 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

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   This one is quite comfortable; the apprentices are all raised like children.

5. 5 我 I've Become the Villains' Master, How Could I Be a Good Person? 我都成反派们师父了，能是好人？ Shang Buyu商不予卿Ancient Romance1.9M WordsOngoing The animated series is now available. Search for “I Became the Villains' Master, So How Could I Be a Good Person?” [No Romance + Strong Female Lead + Ensemble Cast of Villains with a Few Screws Loose] “This master will shelter you from wind and rain, but don't ask where the wind and rain came from.” The villain, badly wounded after being defeated by the protagonists, cries out, “Stop standing around and save me!” “Maybe you shouldn't have slacked off in your training. You can't even beat a bunch 38.6kReads8.9Score6.8kShelves

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   Master Wen Li and his six disciples each possess unique strengths, yet they harbor deep resentment towards their master, wishing nothing more than to kill each other. The eldest, Yao Dai, feigns ignorance; the second, Xie Tinglan, is arrogant and awkward; the third, Gu Linshu, is a rich but easily taken advantage of; the fourth, Zong Zheng Huangyue, is exceptionally clever and cunning; the fifth, Hua Cishu, is a cunning and manipulative schemer; and the sixth, Xin Jiuxian, is a naive and impulsive man who smashes his zither. And then there's their master, Wen Li, who has betrayed his disciples to the point of ruin. Each one has deeply inherited their master's teachings: betraying outsiders, selling out fellow disciples without hesitation, sacrificing even themselves for their own. Every character is well-written.

6. 6 打 Building the Supreme Sect: Everyone in It Is a Big Shot from the Myriad Heavens 打造无上宗门宗门里全是诸天大佬 Bai Li Loves Noodles白栎爱吃粉Eastern Fantasy296k WordsOngoing [Invincible + System + Building a Faction + Vast Worldbuilding + Ensemble Cast + No Female Lead + No Romance + No Couple + Straight to the Action + No Goody-Two-Shoes] All my disciples are overlords of the myriad heavens! The Era Sect rules the myriad heavens? “What? This sect accepts everyone?” “Cultivating immortality? Demons? Monsters? Buddhahood...” “It's the Era Sect! Opportunities are everywhere!” “Anything and everything can cultivate the Dao...” The transmigrator Su Xuan founded the Era 702Reads—Score—Shelves

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   No romantic pairings or ambiguous relationships. The protagonist becomes stronger by taking on disciples, becoming invincible. He gains an invincible domain by taking on disciples and can also cultivate himself. He establishes a sect, builds his power, and his disciples are all powerful figures, including the Thunder Dao Immortal Emperor, the Chaos Sword God, the Burning Heaven Immortal Emperor, the Primordial Cold Emperor, the Desolate Ancient Immortal Emperor, the Devouring Heaven Demon Lord…

7. 7 我 I’m This Invincible, So Why Do I Still Have to Take Disciples? 我这么无敌，为什么还要收徒 Fish Three Times a Day一天三顿鱼Eastern Fantasy519k WordsCompleted [No Female Lead + Taking Disciples] After Lin Xing failed to ascend, he unexpectedly arrived in the Great World of Xuanmu, where a System claiming to belong to the Supreme Fortune Sect bound itself to him. “Ding! Host, please recruit disciples far and wide and establish the strongest sect!” Lin Xing fell silent. Lin Xing was speechless. Lin Xing sneered. “Heavenly Dao, what the hell are you doing?” System: “Huh?” First Disciple Ye Lingfeng: A reborn soul who was betrayed in his previous life, hi 3.1kReads8.7Score292Shelves

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   The male protagonist, Lin Xing, is the master of all things. Having sealed himself away and lost his memories, he encounters a disciple-recruiting system. He casually plays around with the system and eventually starts recruiting disciples—all male, no female, no romantic relationships, and no romantic pairings. He establishes a cultivation sect, even travels to Earth, and collaborates with Wen Shao and Wen Liang. [Top post][Top post][Top post]

8. 8 收 Taking Disciples: The Strongest Master System, a Hundredfold Billionfold Return 收徒：最强师尊系统，亿倍返还 Little Emperor Ming小明帝Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Taking disciples + leveling up + invincible + no female lead + System + epic worldbuilding] [The protagonist is decisive and ruthless, strong-willed and free, and bows to no one under heaven.] Ji Xuan transmigrated into another world and awakened the Strongest Master System. To his amazement, every disciple he took in had the potential to become a Great Emperor! In return, he received all sorts of generous rewards. [Ding! Host successfully recruited Huo Ling'er as a disciple. Reward: Sacred-gra 8.8kReads8.3Score717Shelves

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   Ten Mile Slope. In front of the dilapidated mountain god temple. "Master... Is this really the mountain gate of our number one immortal sect in the world?"

9. 9 杂EN Even the Menial Workers Are Immortal Emperors, and You Call This a Declining Sect 杂役都是仙帝，你管这叫没落宗门 Ming Shiliu冥十六Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Taking disciples + building a sect + nurturing disciples + power fantasy + decisive and ruthless] After transmigrating into a fantasy world, he becomes the head of a peak in the Qingyang Sword Sect. When his personal disciple betrays him and leaves the sect, he awakens the Disciple Investment Return System! “Ding! Invested phoenix blood, received a Primal Chaos Sword Constitution in return!” “Ding! Invested the True Art of Profound Insight, received the Azure Emperor Scripture in return!” “Ding 66kReads7.6Score4.1kShelves
10. 10 开 From the Start, I'm the Holy Land's Granduncle-Master: The Empress Is My Disciple, and Immortals Are My Slaves 开局圣地师叔祖，女帝为徒仙为奴 Long Qiuyuan龙秋源Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Gu Liangyuan transmigrated into a fantasy world and became the grand-uncle master of a sacred land. His talent was average, but he had seniority to spare. One day, he awakened an apprentice-reward System. As long as he taught his disciples divine abilities or gave them treasures, he would receive rewards multiplied by millions. But the requirements for taking disciples were bizarre: he could only accept peerless geniuses who were total simps. Gu Liangyuan: “There are plenty of talented people, a 43.3kReads8.9Score4.1kShelves
11. 11 玄EN Fantasy: Winning Big—All My Disciples Have Systems 玄幻：赢麻了，我的弟子都有系统 Little Bamboo Meow-Meow小竹子喵喵Eastern Fantasy3.3M WordsOngoing [Taking disciples + lighthearted daily life + everyone is a sly schemer + nothing goes by the book] Lu Changzhi transmigrates and finds he can choose a new identity. As a compulsive gambler, he decisively chooses random. The result? He wins so big it’s like Qin Shi Huang touching a live wire: an absolute jackpot. His only limitation is a god-tier disciple-taking System. He never expected its first mission to be… [Detected other Hosts with Systems… Infiltrating… Modifying… Modification complete… 20.9kReads8.8Score2.3kShelves

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    An apprentice is merely the master's best tool! Your master is still your master; a master is never inferior to his apprentice!

12. 12 综 A Multiverse Tale: This Owl Loves Taking on Disciples 综漫，这个猫头鹰爱收徒 Fungi Draining a Pond干塘抽水真菌Anime Fanfiction296k WordsCompleted The rating is pretty low since it just came out~ [Qing Ning and Lord Jun get married] + [No angst, feel-good] + [No female lead] + [Arknights] + [Detective Conan] [Volume One: Xiao Hei fanfiction] [Volume Two: Conan gets tormented] [Volume Three: A chaotic crossover hotpot] A newly born spirit’s flower language is “move too slowly and it’s gone.” As for Shi Di, his flower language is “move fast and it’s yours.” A stranger transmigrated into the world of The Legend of Luo Xiaohei, Shi Di was an o 3.5kReads8.8Score287Shelves

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    Does it count? I guess so. [Eating popcorn][Thinking]

13. 13 让 You Asked Me to Take on Disciples, So Why Is My Beautiful Apprentice Making a Move on Me? 让你收徒，你被漂亮弟子逆推了？ The Melon Is Super Sweet香瓜贼甜Eastern Fantasy494k WordsCompleted (Exhilarating, invincible protagonist, fast-paced, multiple heroines, decisive and ruthless!) Xiao Yun transmigrates to the Xuanhuang Continent and keeps a low profile for over a hundred thousand years, finally becoming the last Great Emperor! Just as he’s getting ready to enjoy himself, the Invincible Disciple-Accepting System awakens. As long as he raises his disciples to become Great Emperors, Xiao Yun will remain invincible even after ascending to the Upper Realm. What? You want to dig out m 8.9kReads7.6Score892Shelves

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    Why would you take on a disciple and not have an ambiguous relationship with them?

14. 14 我 I'm Already a Great Emperor, Yet the System Wants Me to Take Disciples 我都大帝了，系统竟然让我收徒 Heart of Flowing Clouds流云心Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsOngoing [Invincible] + [Master of Schemes] + [Hidden-Cultivation Style] + [Comedy] + [Lighthearted] Invincible from the start, Gu Changge transmigrates into a fantasy world and binds himself to a sign-in System, earning cultivation rewards and all kinds of peerless treasures every day. While others are risking their lives to break through to the next realm, he has already reached the pinnacle of the Great Dao and become a reclusive emperor whose strength even he can’t fathom. He had planned to lie fla 115kReads8.4Score39.7kShelves

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    This is okay for killing time.

15. 15 转EN Job Class: Boss – The Nation’s Geniuses Work for Me 转职老板，全国天才替我打工 Mo Congwen莫从文Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Global Class Change] [Cooperating with the Nation] [Ensemble Cast] [New Classes] What’s it like to be a boss in a world where everyone changes classes? Yi Tian transmigrates to a world of Global Class Change on the day of the class change ceremony. In this era, the ceremony isn’t a celebration, but a gamble. Class awakenings are entirely random. Some good-for-nothings rise to the top overnight, while even geniuses can plunge into the abyss. And Yi Tian awakens the class [Boss]! Recruit employe 64.2kReads8.9Score8.1kShelves

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    I highly recommend it. Although it starts with a job change, the content is almost identical to taking on apprentices. It's a new and enjoyable theme.

16. 16 西 Journey to the West: Travelogue 西游旅记 Qin Tianming Xuan Niao秦天命玄鸟Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted An ordinary young man wakes up one day to find himself in another world, where everyone calls him the Tang Monk... “I'm doing the Journey to the West? Seriously?” “I'll see all eighty-one thousand miles and laugh my way through eighty-one tribulations?” “I'm just a gentle monk with little fighting ability, but my three disciples are another story.” “Amitabha. I kill to protect life; I destroy karma, not people.” “Wukong, once we've retrieved the scriptures, do you think your master could return 12.3kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves

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    The master wasn't strong enough, but the disciple was.

17. 17 师 Master, Please Go Easy on Us, Your Disciples Can't Take It Anymore 师父高抬贵手，徒儿们受不住啦 Xia Caili夏彩狸Two Male Leads875k WordsOngoing [Ensemble Cast, Alternate-Universe Wuxia] [Teacher-Disciple Discipline] [Cozy Daily Life] [No CP for Now] [Night Rain, Jianghu] After enduring life's eight sufferings, Feng Chaoshen fell into utter despair. Then one day, he suddenly attained enlightenment and calculated that he was destined to have seven disciples. He began traveling far and wide, embarking on the daily business of raising kids. Or rather, a daily life full of chaos. His eldest disciple, Feng Manlou, is obedient and sensible, ge 5.2kReads8.9Score467Shelves

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    [I highly recommend it!][I highly recommend it!][I highly recommend it!]

18. 18 修 A Workaholic Has Appeared in the Cultivation World 修仙界出了个卷王 Si She Lin巳蛇林Eastern Fantasy744k WordsOngoing As an inner sect disciple of Baiyujing, Yue Chuan has the status countless mortal cultivators yearn for. But all he wants is to join the outer sect. Not for any other reason, but because he has a Diligence System that demands he take every duty attached to his position seriously. The System is about to drive him insane. In the inner sect, he has to get up at the mao hour, practice swordsmanship at the chen hour, attend class at the si hour, spar at the wei hour, attend another class at the shen 20kReads7.5Score1.6kShelves

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    The protagonist and the elder who recruited him from the outer sect to the inner sect have no romantic relationship, which is especially funny; one chases, and the other hides.

19. 19 反 Villainous Master: I Raised the Son of Destiny into a Cheat 反派师尊：我把天命之子养成挂了 Demon Fish King魔鱼大王Eastern Fantasy313k WordsCompleted Bad news: I’m an elder of the demonic path, and every one of my disciples is destined to kill me someday. Good news: I have a System that gives me rewards in return, and the stronger they get, the richer I become! Scene One: Ye Chengfeng (pointing his sword at Su Li): You severed my meridians. We can never make peace! Su Li (handing him a sword): Practice your swordsmanship first. Once you’re good enough, come back and chop me up. Result: Ye Chengfeng reaches the pinnacle of swordsmanship, then 9.5kReads8.3Score1.4kShelves

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    Authority needs no further explanation

20. 20 系 With the System in Hand, I Revived This Crumbling Sect! 系统在手，这个破宗门我盘活了！ Mianmian Just Wants to Run a Business眠眠只想搞经营Ancient Romance495k WordsCompleted [Cultivation System]+ [Sect Management]+ [Taking Disciples]+ [Invincible]+ [Comedy]+ [No Romance] Bai Tuantuan transmigrates into the cultivation world as its most unfortunate sect leader. From the start, her sect consists of nothing but a dilapidated hall and a yellow dog so hungry it is skin and bones. Looking at the weeds covering the mountain and the leaky roof, she silently opens the [Sect Leader System]. “Ding! Main quest: Build the Qingyun Sect into the number one sect in Dongzhou.” From 760Reads—Score100Shelves

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    No romantic relationship, and he doesn't flirt with his apprentice.

21. 21 师EN Senior Brother, I Suspect We're a Demonic Sect! 师兄，我怀疑咱们是魔宗！ Slay the Sun, Moon, and Stars斩尽日月星辰Eastern Fantasy605k WordsCompleted [One heroine + taking disciples + junior sister + slaughter + demonic path + pseudo-invincibility + Emperor Banner] Lin Ye had barely transmigrated when he inherited a sect. The Supreme Demonic Path System bound itself to him, leaving him with the daunting task of promoting the demonic path in a world of righteous cultivators, where everyone would condemn it. To recruit disciples, he had no choice but to trick them one by one. The Sunflower Manual, which demands that you castrate yourself before 10.4kReads7.9Score991Shelves

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    This person doesn't engage in ambiguous relationships with his apprentices; he becomes stronger by taking on apprentices.

22. 22 大EN The Great Emperors' Forbidden Zone: After My Master Died, I Went Mad 大帝禁区：师傅死后，我疯了 Bashu Red Bean巴蜀红豆Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted [At the end of the immortal path, who stands supreme? One glimpse of red hair, and the Dao is lost.] (Not a wish-fulfillment novel. A brain-teasing, increasingly captivating long story.) “My eldest senior brother is reborn. In his previous life, he was an ancient-era Great Emperor.” “My second senior brother transmigrated from another world, one where technology and shady shortcuts coexist.” “Our junior sister is the little princess of the Ji family, peerless in swordsmanship and unrivaled in ta 36.4kReads9.3Score3.3kShelves

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    This is a master-disciple story. It features a reborn emperor, a protagonist with near-demonic wisdom, a transmigrator, and a junior sister (who is also quite troublesome). There are many other transmigrators, all accompanied by a red-haired character with a cheat-like ability, perhaps created by the master. They are mostly minor characters. The protagonist resembles the master, but the master has lived far too long, becoming increasingly sinister the longer he lives. The master, perhaps loving his disciples, left them gifts, but he cannot reverse time. How can a person truly be resurrected? The master wants to leave this "fishpond" (a metaphor for a dangerous situation), but someone needs to guard the home. The master gives the protagonist a choice, and in the end, the protagonist chooses to leave.

23. 23 欺 You Dare Bully My Disciple? Do You Really Think I Only Know How to Teach? 欺我弟子，你真以为我只会教书？ Yu Laojiu余老九Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted (The new novel The True Immortal of the Dao is now serializing. If you’re interested, check out Lao Jiu’s profile.) There is a small school in Longquan Town. And there is a Mr. Xu at the school. In this sealed-off land of Jiuzhou, he steadily pioneers the Way of Letters, passes down the teachings of the Dao, and enlightens otherworldly beings, transforming them into spirit folk. At last, Jiuzhou enters a golden age. Then one day, Jiuzhou shatters, and the Divine Land sinks. Mr. Xu stands alone w 30.7kReads8.8Score2.6kShelves

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    This is an ensemble piece where the protagonist takes on disciples and teaches them various skills such as literature, martial arts, swordsmanship, and music, encompassing all paths of life. It's rare to see a book where the protagonist is strong but the story is unsatisfying; it's so elegant. Fights are written down directly, and every word he writes becomes law. The male protagonist has impeccable morals, is invincible, and teaches everything!

24. 24 玄 Xuanfeng Peak Doesn't Keep Idlers 玄峰不养闲人 Young Master of the Tang Clan唐门公子Eastern Fantasy297k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate into a book + sect + fantasy + immortal cultivation + taking disciples + a slice-of-life feel early on] Gu Yangdao transmigrates into the book as the Xuan Peak Master of the Misty Sect, a character who shares his name. He keeps up the image of a reliable, levelheaded person while secretly cultivating like mad so no one discovers the truth. A year later, when he sees his six disciples, each with a wildly different and utterly bizarre personality, he feels like bashing his head again 3Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 修 Cultivation: Gathering in the Mountains and Seas to Ascend Together 修仙：我在山海聚众飞升 Xiao Gao Doesn't Want to Mix Concrete小高不想打灰Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing [Classic Xianxia + No System + Spiritual Qi Revival + Farming and Management + Pseudo-Ensemble Cast + Sect Leader Story + No Female Lead + Not Mindless Power Fantasy, Long and Slow-Burn, Starts Weak and Gets Better] In the Age of Declining Dharma, the young Tai Shang fell into a river and discovered a Supreme Dao Palace, inheriting the methods of the Dao Venerable from that moment on. Starting from scratch, he founded the Taiqing Immortal Palace, welcoming disciples from all walks of life and t 27.3kReads8.5Score2.9kShelves

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    There's no bag. [Laughs]

26. 26 何 What Is an Immortal? What Is a Demon? 何为仙！何为魔！ Beyond the Mortal World逸于凡尘Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing In the shadowy reaches of the demonic path, he cultivated for thousands of years. At last, hunted by the Immortal Realm, he had no choice but to open a secret realm: the Heavenly River Pavilion. He returns to the past! Schemes against all heroes! Decisive and ruthless! Profit above all else!!! All to find the Dao he seeks. The world may seem ever-shifting, but it is your own heart that lacks resolve. This world changes endlessly and without warning. How can you know whether what lies ahead is 2.2kReads9.3Score216Shelves

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    This is a rebirth novel. The protagonist is self-serving and possesses exceptional intelligence. Although he plans his future based on his memories of his past life, his actions are skillful and shrewd, always demonstrating caution and high wisdom. There are no mindless plot points; the logic is rigorous. The protagonist is an extremely self-interested individual—this is not a mindless novel! Not a mindless novel! Not a mindless novel! I'm saying it three times because it's important. If you're looking for a mindless, feel-good novel, look elsewhere! If you don't read carefully, you'll miss many foreshadowing elements. Pay attention while reading; don't skip ahead. Even a single word or sentence might be a key to the subsequent plot development. Also, the author's hidden clues will be explained later, perhaps in one, two, or even many chapters. From what I've read so far, there are virtually no major problems. You can read it with confidence. One more thing: if you're not going to read it carefully, don't bother. Some of the exciting parts are on the surface, while others are not. If you don't understand them, don't waste your time.

27. 27 摆 After My Slacker Plans Failed, the Regent Set His Sights on Me 摆烂失败后，被摄政王盯上了 SQrationAncient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The female lead isn't all-powerful, and this is not a story about a strong female lead!!!] [The leads are only master and disciple. There will be no romance between them. This isn't a mindless power fantasy, and there are plot twists. Please don't complain if it's not your thing~] [The female lead is capable, but her heart is set on a life among mountains and rivers, so at first she only wants to keep a low profile and lie flat. Please stop asking!!!] Mu Yunsheng is born as the twin younger sis 3kReads9.0Score464Shelves

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    This master-disciple relationship is quite appealing, but they're probably not a couple. Plus, there's a ten or twenty-year age gap between them, so a romantic relationship is highly unlikely.

28. 28 西 Journey to the West: Liu Bei Reborn as Tang Sanzang 西游：刘备魂穿唐三藏 Pineapples Everywhere满地是菠萝Eastern Fantasy960k WordsOngoing [Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West, Liu Bei, Xuanzang, dual male leads, debating the Dao, ensemble cast, subduing demons.] The soul of Emperor Zhaolie has forced its way into my body. With no other choice, we set off west to fetch the scriptures, two souls sharing one body. I uphold the Buddhist precepts, show compassion, and save all living beings. He follows the benevolent path of a king, helping those in danger and punishing the wicked. The demon kings became my disciples, and his brothers 38.4kReads9.5Score4.4kShelves

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    ...(Ps: Nothing much to say, just read it.)

29. 29 师 Master, You Shouldn’t! Why Are You Getting Closer? 师尊不可以，您怎么越靠越近？ Grief Scattered on the Wind离恨纷飞Eastern Fantasy655k WordsOngoing A bunch of chosen ones have you so spooked that you won't even dare set foot in your own sect? To ensure our sect lasts for all eternity, we have a duty to act! My junior sister doesn't dare break off the engagement? I'll do it! My junior brother doesn't dare kill the demon? I'll kill it! My senior sister doesn't dare take in the monster? I'll take it in! My senior brother doesn't dare provoke that person? I'll provoke them! Let me make this clear: if my fellow disciples can handle it, I'll hand 1.2kReads8.1Score104Shelves

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    Because novels about taking on disciples within a single world are outdated, and single-world disciple-taking stories are simply difficult to write. On the contrary, stories about rebellious masters and disloyal disciples can pad the word count and advance the plot, making them easier to handle than simple disciple-taking stories. [Laughs][laughs][laughs]

30. 30 大 The Earth God of Great Zhou 大周土地公 Lone Boat Herding Clouds孤舟牧云Eastern Fantasy5.6M WordsCompleted [Quality guaranteed across 5 million characters. Feel free to bookmark and enjoy!] He transmigrates into the world of Sword and Fairy and becomes the lowest-ranking Earth God. Relying on the incense offerings of the spirits in the wilderness, such as weasels, foxes, rats, hedgehogs, and snakes, he grows stronger step by step and establishes a clan of immortals. He teaches weasels to lay bricks, foxes to tell stories, rats to mint coins, and pythons to sail the seas... Starting out as an Earth Go 27.3kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves

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    Taking weasels as apprentices and teaching them how to obtain titles, as well as recruiting other shamanic spirits, is a rather novel theme.

31. 31 老 Hey, Old Man, Look! Our Makeshift Sect 老登，看！咱家的散装宗门 Xu Batu许八土Eastern Fantasy729k WordsCompleted [System + Lighthearted Comedy + Slice of Life + No Female Lead (Forever Alone) + Slow Burn + Not Overpowered] A fish? A fox? A ghost? And a member of the demon race! My apprentice, are you really not going to find me a single human disciple?!! Fushan Zi’s forehead veins throbbed as he turned to look at his senior disciple. The man was lounging on a reclining chair, lazily waving a palm-leaf fan, looking perfectly at ease as he said, “Master, I don’t like hearing you say that. I really don’t! How 3kReads8.6Score307Shelves

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    These two books definitely don't exist.

32. 32 唐 Five Hundred Years After the Tang Dynasty Fell, You Still Want Me to Fetch the Scriptures? 唐灭五百年了，还让我去取经？ Relentless Gunfire炮火连天Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsOngoing Five hundred years after the journey to the West, he transmigrates into the body of an unknown monk in a ruined temple. But the System thinks he is Tang Sanzang and assigns him the task of traveling west to obtain the scriptures. Tang Sen: “…” “The Tang Dynasty fell five hundred years ago. What’s the point of sending me to fetch the scriptures now?” Fortunately, the first person Tang Sen meets after transmigrating is the Monkey King, who has been hunted by the gods and Buddhas for five hundre 30kReads8.1Score2.8kShelves

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    This guy definitely doesn't have any ambiguous relationships with his apprentice. And it's really good-looking.

33. 33 说EN You Promised a Martial Arts World, Why Are You Teaching Immortal Cultivation? 说好武侠世界，你怎么教人修仙？ I Speak My Way to Godhood我语成神Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing [Cultivation in a Wuxia world, made-up techniques, disciples become immortals, invincible, System returns, an exhilarating cultivation story crushing martial arts!] Chu Feng transmigrates into a martial arts world, where he is trapped in a remote mountain valley despite being too weak to even truss a chicken. One day, a third-rate martial artist who has just had his engagement called off wanders in, mistakes Chu Feng for a peerless master, and insists on becoming his disciple. At first, Chu Feng 33.8kReads7.2Score2.5kShelves

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    The protagonist is an ordinary person, but he becomes stronger by taking on disciples. Because he is an ordinary person, he doesn't know any cultivation techniques, so he makes up techniques for his disciples. Unexpectedly, his disciples actually master them [facepalm]. Later, he takes on disciples, including female disciples. However, his female disciple is a reincarnated person who knows that her master was a celestial being in her previous life. Therefore, in this life, she respects her master and there is no ambiguity. She only wants her master to give her a stronger cultivation. The protagonist's senior brother is a bit of a goofball. In short, the protagonist takes on disciples based on the experiences of protagonists in the novels he has read. You have to read it yourself to find out how exciting it is.

34. 34 麻 The Divine Fortune-Teller in the Linen Robe 麻衣神算子 Horseback Fishing骑马钓鱼Mystery7.4M WordsCompleted My grandfather taught me everything he knew about fortune-telling, but after I read three people’s fortunes, he left me. From then on, I didn’t just tell the fortunes of the living... 43.7kReads9.2Score3.8kShelves

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    Neither book features any master-disciple romance, and they are connecting stories. The pacing of *The Divine Calculator* is a bit slow in the beginning, and the character development isn't very likable, but it gets really good from the first third onwards.

35. 35 尸 Corpse's Fate 尸命 Horseback Fishing骑马钓鱼Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted I have three masters, surnamed Li, Wang, and Xu. But my story begins with someone borrowing thirty years of my lifespan... 860Reads8.8Score100Shelves
36. 36 我 My Immortal Venerable Is Clearly Super Powerful, Yet Only Wants to Lie Flat 我家仙尊明明超强却只想躺平 Gesha Is Delicious瑰夏真好喝Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Invincible lead + mastermind behind the scenes + unconventional twists + raising disciples] While others emerge from ten years of sign-in cultivation to rule the world, Chen Chang’an keeps to himself until he reaches the peak of the Sage Realm before daring to show his face. Who could have guessed that the moment he leaves his valley, he’d run into a Demon Venerable who had just broken free after a hundred thousand years? After the two strongest beings of the age fight so fiercely that heaven 12.3kReads7.3Score994Shelves
37. 37 穿EN Transmigrated as an Old Grandfather, I Begin a Life of Taking It Easy 穿越成老爷爷，开启躺平人生 Parachute Loves Slacking Off降落伞爱摸鱼Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing [Everyday life + lighthearted and witty + no female lead + no angst + king of playing it safe + no System + farming] My name is Lin Yu. I transmigrated as a remnant soul inside a ring. A System? A quest? A workaholic? Not a chance. I live by one rule: keep a low profile and sleep. Until the ring bonded with an innocent young man. When he was about to venture into a secret realm, I said, “Disciple, this place reeks of danger. Go home and sleep.” When he wanted to compete for a magical treasure, 13.2kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves
38. 38 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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    Starting by rescuing a border army, clearing land and gathering refugees, he leverages his population advantage and modern thinking to build his own power. A completely new setting, unique to Tomato! Promoting Chinese in another world! Earning spirit stones with internet thinking, no need to fight desperately. Nearly 700 chapters and still stuck in the newbie village, all talk and no action. Transforming communication talismans into rune phones and a cultivation internet, using the internet to gather independent cultivators and promote free cultivation techniques, self-testing of spiritual roots, and knowledge sharing in the cultivation world. Building workshops, establishing markets, constructing a commercial empire, and transforming the border town into a cultivation holy land...

39. 39 师 Master, Let Your Disciple Take a Few Wrong Turns 师傅，让徒儿走点弯路吧 Gong Ziying公紫莹Eastern Fantasy228k WordsCompleted Do the disciples want to experience the growth, setbacks, and bottlenecks of ordinary people? Not a chance! The reality is that their master is too powerful, so everything goes smoothly. Detours? They won’t get to take a single one. Invincible | Slice of Life | Cultivation | Taking Disciples | Comedy | Lighthearted | Ensemble Cast The number one sect under heaven, the Qingyun Sect, set in the Tianyan Continent. Watch as the protagonist leads his three disciples to the pinnacle of the world! 30Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Yes, yes! The protagonist starts by reaching the pinnacle of cultivation, becoming invincible! He also takes on three disciples: the eldest brother is a sword genius, the second brother is a master of alchemy and formations, and the third sister possesses universal affinity and a five-elemental heavenly spiritual root! There are also two adorable spirit beasts, a cat and a dog. A very good ensemble piece.

40. 40 H Harry Potter: A Blind Eye and Top-Tier Potion Talent HP白眼给你顶级魔药天赋 Deep-Sea Golden Chinchilla深海金渐层Female-Channel Fanfiction2.7M WordsOngoing [Female-oriented, not a power fantasy; 910 chapters, complete, with bonus chapters still updating] [No romance + personal growth + everyday magic + teacher-student bond + begins after Voldemort's death] [Their bond is familial: mentor and apprentice finding and saving each other. It is not romantic.] [Former title: HP: When a Caged Bird Comes to Hogwarts. Also known as: HP: Give Me Your Best White-Eyed Look, I Have Top-Tier Potion Talent] If Jelaire had known that dying would let him transmigrat 12.9kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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    It shares both familial love and the bond between teacher and student. While there might be some flaws in the writing, it's generally quite good and truly touching, as is their ending. (˚ ˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥ )

41. 41 醉 Drunk on a Golden Age 醉于盛世 Mint-Infused Wine薄荷泡酒Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsOngoing [No Romance] [No Stupid Decisions] [No System] [True-to-Life Characters] [A Touch of Angst] [Slow-Paced] [Ensemble Cast] ⚠️Please note: (1) This book supports freedom of romance. Don't read if that bothers you. (2) The protagonist likes nothing except alcohol. Avoid if that's a dealbreaker. (3) This is not a traditional Foundation Establishment cultivation system. If you mind, move along and don't start a fight. Li Heng was an overworked young man in the twenty-first century. His parents died w 19kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves

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    This book is completely 🈚️!!! Xiao Gu is a sunny, cheerful, and mischievous number one boy.

42. 42 我 I Run a Funeral Home, I Really Can't Teach You to Slay Demons 我开的是殡仪馆，真不会教斩妖啊 Big Bowl of Beef Noodles大块牛肉面Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [System + urban martial arts + no heroine + decisive and ruthless + ensemble cast + slight delusion] Lu Changsheng transmigrates and becomes the master of the Changsheng Hall, where he is bound to a Disciple Training System. As long as he trains his disciples well, he can share their cultivation progress remotely. System coins can also be used to draw various [skills] and equip them on his disciples. Everything should have been perfect. Unfortunately... [Changsheng Funeral Services] Staring at t 10.7kReads8.7Score925Shelves

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    Absolutely amazing!!!

43. 43 挂 Idle Cultivation: My Disciples Train While I Lie Back and Become an Emperor 挂机修仙：徒弟修炼，我躺成大帝 Young Master Ya公子牙Eastern Fantasy350k WordsOngoing [Taking disciples + sect-building + System + decisive and ruthless + disciple development + a touch of ensemble cast] Xu Zheng transmigrates into the body of an ordinary man who cannot cultivate. When he takes on a disciple, he awakens the [Myriad Heavens Reflection System]. Every time his disciples cultivate, he gets cultivation returned a hundredfold, even a thousandfold! Other people look for talent when taking disciples? Xu Zheng only recruits the most diligent cultivators! Wastrel with a ru 62Reads—Score—Shelves

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    For you...

44. 44 让 I Was Asked to Manage a Class of Good-for-Nothings, So How Did It Become the Martial God Hall? 让你代管废材班，怎么成武神殿了 A Heart Facing the Sun向阳的心Urban5.0M WordsOngoing [Ensemble cast + slow-burn character growth early on + fake enlightenment + comedy + teacher-student bond (it only takes off in the middle and later parts, so don’t read if that’s not your thing)] Three homeroom teachers were driven away in half a month. Class Five, Grade One was full of little tyrants, and every student was a hopeless martial arts talent. Even with the director of academic affairs offering an extremely generous salary, no one would take charge of them. That was when Su Yang act 63.7kReads9.4Score5.1kShelves

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    This book is good, but it's more like a teacher-student relationship than a master-disciple relationship. However, precisely because he's not the master, the protagonist doesn't put on airs despite lacking ability; he's humble and polite, caring for his students like he's raising children, and they also tease each other like friends. He gets angry when necessary. It's rare to see a protagonist who genuinely cares about his students like this.

45. 45 收 Growing Stronger by Taking Disciples: Even My Weakest Disciple Has Great Emperor Talent 收徒变强，最菜弟子都有大帝天赋 Book-Crazed Madman of the Nine Heavens九霄书狂Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [System + Taking Disciples + Feel-Good Story + No Saintly Pretenses + No Holding Back + Decisive + Rewards for Teaching Disciples] (Adapted into the animated series Disciple Ablaze, Master Shines and Take Disciples for Ten-Thousandfold Rewards: Kick Out Anyone with Poor Talent, as well as the live-action mini-series My Disciple Delivers, So I’ll Beat the Immortal Emperor to a Pulp!) Chu Yuan transmigrates to a fantasy world and becomes one of the elders of the Tianyun Sect, where he binds himsel 56kReads7.7Score5.7kShelves

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    Unrivaled Apprentice Recruitment, No Ambiguity in Writing

46. 46 说 You Said You'd Take in Good-for-Nothings, So Why Are All Your Disciples Monsters? 说好收废柴，你徒弟全是妖孽？ Facing the Sun, Not Stupid向阳不笨Eastern Fantasy668k WordsOngoing Original title: “I Said I'd Only Take in Good-for-Nothings, So Why Are All Your Disciples Monsters?” [Feel-Good Xuanhuan + Disciple Recruitment Rewards + Everyone Becomes an Immortal Emperor] After transmigrating into a fantasy world, Chu Xuanjin cultivates for a hundred years, only to hit a bottleneck. With no hope of advancing on the path to immortality, he's ready to give up and spend the rest of his life lounging around. Just then, the [Unlimited Disciple Recruitment Reward System] activate 87Reads6.9Score—Shelves
47. 47 N NBA: I'm Only Five Foot Nine, Yet I Made It into the League! NBA：一米八的我混入联盟！ Wadashi Lalala哇达西啦啦啦Sports846k WordsCompleted [Evil Harem] + [Villainous Protagonist] + [Fake Draft] With the help of video editing, Guan He, who can’t play basketball, successfully sneaks into the NBA. For every year he stays in the NBA, his strength increases by ten percent... 110Reads6.4Score104Shelves

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    The villainous protagonist [smirking]

48. 48 当 An Eighty-Year Servant? I’ll Smash Everything! 当80年仆从？我打爆一切！ Could You Please Defend the Tower?防下塔好吗Urban417k WordsCompleted [Talent Plundering + Villain Protagonist + Evil Harem] Why did you send me an eighteen-year-old pregnant woman? Li Si stakes his entire family’s freedom. All four siblings become servants, just so he can get one chance to awaken. And then he successfully awakens the one and only psychic talent! “Oh? Your Body-Strengthening talent? I’ll take that!” “Oh, this technique is pretty good. I’ll inherit it!” “Wow, more children, more blessings! Let me have that!” When Li Si reaches the ninth rank 6.3kReads5.6Score300Shelves
49. 49 师 With Negative Teacherly Virtue, I Lead My Disciples to Turn the Cultivation World Upside Down 师德为负，带徒儿们掀翻修仙界 Gravity Cocoon引力茧Fantastical Romance663k WordsOngoing All-female world, no CP Lin Budu is about to die. Badly wounded by a demon beast and betrayed by her sect, she finally makes it home, only to trip over the threshold and nearly meet her end right there. As she teeters on the brink of death, a System claiming to be the Supreme Immortal Master finds her. It says she must reform this cultivation world, where the way of the teacher has fallen into ruin: revive the teacher's way, forge the teacher's spirit, and complete missions to earn rewards. Most 4.3kReads8.9Score947Shelves

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    All-female worldview

50. 50 妖 Demons and Evil Spirits? They’re Clearly All Auspicious Omens! 妖魔邪祟？明明都是祥瑞！ Someone's Coming, Run!有人来了快跑Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Evil spirit from the start] [Eerie cultivation] [Recruiting demons] [Sheltering humanity] [Believers’ delusions] [No female lead] Chen Zhou transmigrated to a bizarre world teeming with demons and rampant evil spirits. Demons slaughtered humans, specters preyed on them, immortals devoured them. Monsters ran amok, evil spirits wreaked havoc, gods and Buddhas had fallen, and humanity was in decline. Fortunately, Chen Zhou hadn’t transmigrated as a human either. He started out as an evil spirit 88.3kReads8.8Score9.6kShelves

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    Trust me, the White Snake is good, and the third book is good too.

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