Traditional Cultivation with a Fresh Take That Keeps You Reading 传统修仙题材，但是要有新意，不弃书。

1. 151 蝉 Cicadas Sing as the Sun Sets in the West 蝉声且送阳西 Rain Falls, Bamboo Turns Cold雨落竹冷Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted [Wuxia + swordsmanship + political intrigue + scheming protagonist + comedy + multiple leads] The world’s great currents form a chessboard, and all living beings are its pieces. One player commands the black pieces, another the white. One person has double pupils and looks down coldly on mortal life, overturning heaven and earth with a single gesture. Another is refined and graceful, laying schemes one after another, each linked to the next. Another, though only at the second rank, takes one ste 9.5kReads9.3Score993Shelves
2. 152 剑 The Sword in the Martial World 剑在江湖 Wind Shadow, Cloud Shadow风影云影Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Every time the Seven-Star Sword appears, it stirs up a storm of bloodshed across the martial world. Some say the sword conceals an unparalleled martial arts manual; others say it is tied to a treasure worth more than an entire kingdom. The only thing everyone knows for certain is that every owner of the Seven-Star Sword has died by its blade. He is the Pure Yang Qingxu Sect’s chief disciple, and the senior brother to the entire younger generation of the Pure Yang Sect. Yet he becomes the latest 2.1kReads9.0Score236Shelves
3. 153 修 Cultivation: The Frail, Cunning Young General Fights Heaven and Becomes a God 修仙：病弱谋略小将军，战天封神 Yi Ben Shu熠坌叔Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted The long road of cultivation stretches on through countless cycles of reincarnation. My entire family was wiped out, and four thousand corpses rotted away, yet at last I set foot on the path to immortality once more. In a frail body, I possess a talent for strategy. I was a revered young general in the mortal world, but a good-for-nothing in the cultivation world. Step by step, through every trial, I will forge my Dao heart, find my destined opportunities, seek a Dao companion, and walk the righ 28Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 154 你 You Call Down Thunder to Slay Ghosts, and You Want Me to Believe in Science? 你引雷斩鬼，让我相信科学？ Foodie Gets Fatter吃货要发福Urban402k WordsOngoing Li Xiu has barely graduated from college when his parents drag him home to inherit the family’s little Taoist temple. But after getting used to city life, how could Li Xiu possibly stand living in a temple? Just as he’s preparing to run away... Ding! Sign-in System successfully activated. Sign in every day to receive a basic reward, every month for an intermediate reward, and every year for an advanced reward. As his sign-in count keeps climbing, Li Xiu obtains immortal cultivation techniques, s 606Reads7.3Score—Shelves

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   I think the novel about cultivating immortals is quite interesting.

5. 155 一 One Dao Fruit a Year, and I Become a Saint Through My Dao Fruit Body! 一年一道果，我以道果肉身成圣！ Slay the Sun, Moon, and Stars斩尽日月星辰Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Li Changsheng transmigrates into a world where martial strength reigns supreme and immense power belongs to the individual. Martial arts flourish here, and the strongest can cross the void with their physical bodies. But after transmigrating, Li Changsheng is an ordinary man with no connections, no strength, and no talent. He thinks he’ll spend his whole life wasting away, but just one year after transmigrating, he obtains a Forging Dao Fruit. As he keeps forging, he can enhance the fruit’s abil 34.5kReads8.5Score2.5kShelves
6. 156 开 Dual Spirit Roots from the Start, a Well-Rounded Sword Cultivator in the End 开局双灵根，后期六边形剑修 Practicing Swordsmanship with the Crown Prince陪太子练剑Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsOngoing A cultivation novel with no System, a genius protagonist, a focus on swordsmanship and combat, and no female lead. Cultivation realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Deification... Swordsmanship realms: Sword Tempering into Astral Force, Sword Astral Force into Qi, Sword Qi Resounding Like Thunder, Sword Qi Transforming into a Rainbow, Sword Light Splitting into Forms, Refining the Sword into Threads, Sword Piercing All Laws, Sword Giving Birth to All Laws.. 6.9kReads7.8Score413Shelves
7. 157 诡 Strange Phenomena Run Rampant: I Investiture the Gods in Another World 诡异横行：我在异世敕封神明 Long Ge龙戈Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing [No System] [No Female Lead] [Relatively Slow-Burn] [Character Growth] Zhang Xuan is from Jibei Province. According to his grandfather, their family is a direct descendant of the Jiangxi Longhu Mountain lineage. His grandfather named him Zhang Xuan, saying he had the talent to attain the Dao. He hoped Zhang Xuan would become a figure like the Celestial Master Zhang Daoling, and that future generations would call him Zhang Daoxuan. But Zhang Xuan scoffed at the idea and didn’t believe a word of i 19.6kReads8.3Score1.7kShelves
8. 158 送 The Immortal Who Buries the Dead: Others Climb the Immortal Mountain, You Head for the Graveyard 送葬仙，别人上仙山，你往坟头跑 Peach Immortal黄桃仙人Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsOngoing [The protagonist and villains are both smart]+ [No female lead]+ [Longevity]+ [A sly schemer]+ [Stat-adding panel]+ [Behind the scenes] From the start, Li Chuchen, a funeral director, was breaking bowls and feasting at funerals, making his fortune off the dead! He gains the myriad arts of the heavens from the dead! He attains eternal Longevity from the dead! The dead are full of treasures! While others struggle to pursue immortality, Li Chuchen squats by a grave and taps his wooden fish once: [G 15.9kReads6.9Score1.9kShelves
9. 159 仙 A Mayfly in the Immortal Sea 仙海蜉蝣 Jian Hanshan剑寒衫Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted [Ordinary-mortal cultivation + no System + no harem] A wandering cultivator, a speck of dust. The protagonist, Lu Luan, is a little independent cultivator at the second stage of Qi Refining, wandering among the mountain towns of the mortal world. He is fourteen, and ever since the old master who adopted him died, he has drifted from place to place through this world of cultivation... Note: The protagonist sometimes joins sects, but only as stepping stones, and never stays long. The story focuses 18.7kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves
10. 160 阴 Yin Immortal 阴仙 Jiang Muxi江沐淅Eastern Fantasy7.3M WordsOngoing Born inside a coffin, the young man honors the dying wish of the old caretaker of the charity cemetery and personally sends his sworn younger sister to join an immortal sect. After she enters the sect, he accidentally stumbles into the Yin Mountain of a Hundred Ghosts and has no choice but to embark on the path of ghosts… Thus begins the legendary cultivation journey of a ghost cultivator wielding a ghost blade, slaying giant demon overlords and cleaving immortal sect masters in two… 18.5kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves
11. 161 青 Green Origin Immortal Manor 青元仙府 The Handsome Moon Dances to the Ends of the Earth月舞天涯帅Eastern Fantasy4.1M WordsCompleted After a famine forces the young Fang Yang to be sold as a servant in the city, a strange ancient seal script character unexpectedly leads him to join a martial sect. By a twist of fate, a mysterious immortal mountain takes refuge inside him. One day in the outside world equals a year in the mountain, and from then on, thousand-year-old spirit herbs and ten-thousand-year-old immortal medicines are his for the taking... Fengyun Star, Azure Ancient Star, Canglan Star, Tianyuan Star, Qingliu Star, P 8.4kReads8.4Score781Shelves
12. 162 蛤 The Toad Devours Immortals 蛤蟆呑仙 Tomatoes Without Sugar番茄不放糖Eastern Fantasy5.7M WordsOngoing [Red Fruit Short Dramas: For a dark vibe, watch The Little Cultivator Monster: Season One. For a lighthearted vibe, watch The Devouring Sky Demon Emperor: The Toad’s Cultivation Tale. [Monster Cultivation + Ruthless + Unconventional Xianxia] The same old xianxia, but a different kind of story. A little monster refuses to live an ordinary life. Even a toad can dream of devouring the sky! This is the story of a little monster who refuses to settle for the ordinary and rises against the odds. Mo Fa 97.7kReads8.7Score11.6kShelves
13. 163 重 Reborn Toad Ancestor 重生蛤蟆老祖 Old Toad Ancestor蛤蟆老祖Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted A white-collar city worker is reborn in another world as a toad demon, awakening a cheat System and a bloodline evolution ability. Devour all things and break through every bloodline limit! From a Mud Doll of the Tree Sea to a Myriad Illusions Spirit-Swallowing Frog, a Hundred Transformations Saint Frog, and finally a Ten Thousand Worlds Supreme Fusion Divine Frog, he rises against all odds! When he manifests his true Divine Frog form and swallows over a thousand star regions in one gulp, wiping 552Reads7.1Score107Shelves
14. 164 蛇 The Snake Heavenly Emperor 蛇天帝 Gorilla咯比猴Eastern Fantasy5.4M WordsOngoing An old snake from the village accidentally swallowed a human elixir and gained intelligence, setting out on the path to immortality. With a mysterious little cauldron and a cultivation technique that can transform it into a dragon, the snake has only ten short years to live, so it must seize every moment. This is the story of an old snake becoming an immortal. [Original title: The Old Snake’s Path to Immortality (Snake Ancestor). A manga adaptation is currently being serialized.] [No System, tra 103.3kReads9.2Score8kShelves
15. 165 修 Cultivating Immortality Begins with Eternal Life 修仙从长生不死开始 Little Crispy Veggie小蔬脆Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted A short drama with the same title is now available. If you're interested, go check out Cultivation Begins with Immortality. System + transmigration + keeping a low profile Lin Jiang transmigrates to the world of cultivation and gains a longevity sign-in System. Sign in for one day, gain one year of lifespan. Lin Jiang: “Cultivation doesn't seem all that urgent after all. I'll take my time.” (Not a dark, overpowered power fantasy. If that's not your thing, proceed with caution.) 38.7kReads8.2Score4kShelves
16. 166 清 The Immortal Path of Qingyuan 清源仙途 Flatbread with Three Pork Tenderloins烧饼加三里脊Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted I’ve been an avid reader for twenty years, especially fond of cultivation novels about ordinary people. Of all the books I’ve read, my favorites are A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, Renegade Immortal, The Path of a Cultivation Sect Leader, Xuanchen Daoist Path, True Spirit Nine Transformations, and Qinglian Peak. On a sudden whim, I decided to write the kind of xianxia story I’ve always wanted to read: no overpowered cheat or mysterious old master, just an attempt to portray a cult 12.4kReads8.2Score971Shelves
17. 167 选 I Chose Twenty Years of Humiliation, and Gained an Immortal Spirit Root 选择二十年河东，获得仙灵根 Three Inches of Light三寸光Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsOngoing [Lighthearted + no angst + (fake) live-in son-in-law] Xu Nian transmigrates to a fantasy world and becomes the illegitimate son turned away by a powerful family in Great Yan. He lives with his mother in a remote mountain village. On his twentieth birthday, his wealthy biological father sends people to find him, disrupting Xu Nian and his mother’s peaceful village life. The family even wants Xu Nian to honor an old agreement on their behalf and become a live-in son-in-law! Under the laws of Great 33.5kReads7.2Score2.6kShelves
18. 168 斩 Slay the Gods: I'm Not a Blood Demon 斩神：我不是血魔 A Smile Amid the Dust一笑浮尘Male-Channel Fanfiction93k WordsOngoing [Slay the Gods] [Zhao Kongcheng Reborn] [Fictional Urban Setting] [No System] [War Between Humans, Demons, and Gods] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Humanity Rules the Three Realms] [Easygoing, No-Brainer Fun] After dying, Zhao Kongcheng was reborn in the body of King Di Xin. Born with a spiritual body but no spiritual root, he was a good-for-nothing who had spent ten years cultivating and training his body at Mount Shu without success. Thrown into the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda, he fell into demonic way —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 169 大 The Legend of the Great Emperor 大帝之传 Flowers Bloom in September九月花现Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsOngoing There is no path to immortality, and the Heavenly Dao lies in darkness. Through nine cycles of reincarnation, I fight for one chance to become an immortal. The night has fallen, and I shall defy the heavens... In a golden age, heroes rise together. A young man climbs from humble beginnings to reach the pinnacle of the universe. 26Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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