Cultivation Novels That Aren't Brain-Dead 非无脑的修仙小说

1. 51 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Heaven-Controlling Bottle 凡人修仙传之掌天瓶 Happy Feizi开心飞子Eastern Fantasy251k WordsOngoing A mortal’s cultivation story! Cheng Yu was sipping coffee when his iPhone 16 exploded and sent him to a cultivation world much like the one in A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality. Here, there was no Doctor Mo, no Han Li, and no... Yet Yellow Maple Valley and the Covering Moon Sect were here... And of course, so was the Little Green Bottle. —Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 52 读 Mind Reading: Help! Your Father-in-Law Is Impossible to Woo, Crown Princess 读心术：救命！太子妃你爹太难撩 A Tumbler That Won't Fall一颗不倒翁Ancient Romance524k WordsCompleted [Mind Reading + System + Transmigrate into a Book + Marriage First, Love Later + Devoted Couple] Jiang Fu transmigrated. The bad news: she became a cannon-fodder supporting female character. The good news: the female lead's father saved her. The bad news: the original cannon-fodder asked Jiang Fu to give her a different life. No more being cannon fodder: she wanted a lifetime of happiness and to marry well. The good news: Jiang Fu was rescued from the water by the female lead's father, making hi 27.5kReads9.2Score3.5kShelves

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   Super good, highly rated, well-written

3. 53 榆 Elm Immortal 榆仙 Situ Qingchen司徒清尘Eastern Fantasy5.3M WordsCompleted The new book, “The Age of Demons: Cultivating the Unorthodox Path to Immortality, Starting with the Livestock-Creation Method,” is now available. [No System, no harem, traditional xianxia, decisive and ruthless, mortal cultivation.] Cultivation is about questioning your own heart. Yu Xian, an orphan from Dayushu Village, formed a bond with a great elm tree. Before dying, the Elm Tree Matriarch opened his spiritual root, and from then on he embarked on the path of cultivation. Using the elm’s spi 166.5kReads9.1Score19kShelves

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   A traditional Xianxia novel, telling the story of Yu Xian, an orphan from Dayushu Village, who grows into a cultivator. The novel is characterized by its "no system, no harem" format, emphasizing decisive action and the mortal cultivation process. Yu Xian forms a bond with the Dayushu Tree, and the Tree Mother, on her deathbed, opens his spiritual root, thus embarking on the path of cultivation. He uses the spirit of the Dayushu Tree to form his meridians, and uses these meridians to ascend to immortality, showcasing the perseverance and growth of a mortal on the path of cultivation. Recommendation: "Dao Xin Cang Tian is a traditional Xianxia novel depicting perseverance and growth on the path of cultivation. The protagonist, Yu Xian, an orphan, embarks on a cultivation journey due to a fortuitous encounter with the Dayushu Tree. He uses the spirit of the Dayushu Tree to form his meridians, facing numerous difficulties and challenges with decisive action, constantly breaking through his own limits. If you yearn to experience a legendary tale of a mortal cultivating to immortality, and feel the joys and sorrows of the path, this book will take you into a world of mystery and adventure in the Xianxia genre."

4. 54 鬼 Ghost Emperor! Your Wild Consort Is So Incredible, Even the Demons Kneel 鬼帝！你家狂妃太绝，妖孽全跪了 Qi Yi Zi七一子Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Strong female lead + power fantasy] During the upheaval at the Heavenly Puppet Palace, Shi Xi’s eyes were gouged out and her life-bound puppet was stolen. She was tossed into a forbidden zone like a stray dog! At death’s door, she awakened spirit eyes that could see countless souls, drawing the attention of the Ghost Emperor, Gui Li. “Little girl, help me restore my body, and I’ll help you get revenge.” From then on, a peerless prodigy was born in the forbidden zone! You gouged out her eyes, se 15.7kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves
5. 55 我 I’m Stirring Up the Cultivation World with Grind Culture 我在修仙界搞内卷 Cong Yue丛月Ancient Romance3.2M WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] After Qin Shu transmigrated into a book, she learned that she was a fraud who had taken her younger half-sister's place to cultivate immortality. After eight years of cultivation, her half-sister entered the Dao despite having been an ordinary mortal. Qin Shu's cover was blown in front of everyone, and the sect mercilessly cast her out, even though she had only reached the third level of Qi Refining. With her peerless beauty, she was turned into a cultivation furn 130.4kReads9.5Score53kShelves
6. 56 驭 Beast-Taming Frenzy: The Stunning Emperor's Beloved 驭兽狂妃：绝色帝尊心尖宠 Su Lianyi苏涟漪Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Adorable baby + scum-bashing + pampered romance + divine beasts + secret identity + switched birth identities] Yun Ranyue was once a gifted girl, adored by everyone. Then her parents brought home the older sister who had been lost for years, and Yun Ranyue was plunged into hell. Her sister stole her engagement, ruined her face, gouged out her eyes, and even took her divine beast before throwing her to the ghosts to be defiled. When she opened her eyes again, the supernatural assassin from the t 19.3kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves
7. 57 邪 The Evil Emperor's Clingy Wife: The Divine Doctor's Nine Daughters 邪帝缠宠：神医九小姐 Meow Meow Bean豆喵喵Ancient Romance7.9M WordsCompleted Jun Jiu, a peerless healer of Huaxia, is equally skilled in medicine and poison. She transmigrates and finds herself in the body of a useless young lady whom anyone can bully. Useless? She's an expert at crushing scum and face-slapping! She can whip up divine-grade pills at will, command divine beasts, and marry the Evil Emperor! So who exactly is the useless one? Mo Wuyue: “I swear on the blood from my heart that everything I have belongs to you. If you still don't love me, I'll spend all my ti 8.9kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
8. 58 全EN After the Whole Cultivation World Heard My Thoughts, I Became Everyone's Darling 全修仙界听到我心声后，我成团宠 Downstream from Luochuan洛川下Two Male Leads502k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads + Mind Reading + Everyone’s Favorite + Romantic Rivalry + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Sweet Romance] Shen Leyan transmigrates into a cultivation novel as a low-ranking disciple assigned to guard the sect’s gates. His daily duties consist of slacking off, eating, and drinking. What a life!!! Shen Leyan is content to lie flat, but everyone else in the sect meets a tragic end in the original story. The sect master cultivates the ruthless path: aloof and solitary, he is rever 4.2kReads9.3Score638Shelves
9. 59 逆 Defying Heaven's Cute Beast: The Peerless Demoness Rules the World 逆天萌兽：绝世妖女倾天下 First Day, Seeing the Moon初一见月Ancient Romance6.2M WordsCompleted [Print Edition of One Thought, Ashes Return to the Mountain: Preorders Open September 27 at 7 p.m.] Her own sister ripped out her phoenix bone, stole her talent, and tossed her into the Demon Rift like a dog! But against all odds, she survived and became the little demon girl cherished in the palms of the monsters living in the Demon Rift! The monsters of the Demon Rift: “Anyone who lays a hand on Niannian declares war on our entire demon clan!” She returns to the Five Continents, cuts down her 146.8kReads9.6Score18.9kShelves
10. 60 毒 The Poison Doctor's Wild Consort Is a Little Extra 毒医狂妃有点拽 Wine-Warmed Memories酒暖忆Ancient Romance5.7M WordsCompleted She was the sole inheritor of ancient Chinese martial arts, a peerless genius physician known as the Ghost Hand. Then, in a single moment, she transmigrated into the body of the Ye family's useless young lady. When she opened her eyes again, the world was in turmoil! What? Born useless? A harbinger of calamity? Fine. She would soon show them exactly what it meant to be born useless, and what it meant to be a harbinger of calamity. He was the Evil Emperor, revered by all: mysterious, noble, and u 8.5kReads9.2Score781Shelves
11. 61 凡EN Mortal Cultivation: Ten Thousand Corpses Forge an Immortal Bone 凡人修仙，万尸铸仙骨 Swimming Champion游泳冠军Eastern Fantasy4.8M WordsOngoing Demonic cultivation + no System + scheming underdog + decisive and ruthless. This book is dark, so don't read it if that's not your thing. The moment Song Wen kills the frail little beggar and seizes his blood and soul, every cell in his body cheers and leaps with excitement. His mind races, and he knows that killing will be part of his life from now on. For survival and immortality, he'll stop at nothing: petty schemes, conspiracies, and ruthless slaughter. On the road to immortality, bones are 94.7kReads8.9Score7.9kShelves

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    A classic mortal cultivation novel, ruthless and vicious, it tells the story of a protagonist who grows from a nobody to a hero. The world of cultivation is inherently cruel, full of intrigue and backstabbing. From the moment the protagonist, Song Wen, kills a little beggar and extracts his soul, a protagonist who oscillates between the righteous and the evil paths is born. Everyone should check it out, it's very good.

12. 62 反 The Villainess Puts on a Show, and Makes Others Get Struck by Lightning 反派女配她装比，她让别人遭雷劈 Brain PLUS脑瓜瓜PLUSAncient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Ridiculous comedy + a cast of lovable idiots + lighthearted laughs + everyone’s favorite] [Complete] Tang Guo transmigrated into a book before she’d even taken off her pants. Good news: She comes from a prestigious family and can laze around. Bad news: She’s transmigrated as a villainess who’s destined to die. In the original story, she was supposed to grovel at the original male lead’s feet, only to have him run her through the heart with his sword. She wasn’t brain-dead, so of course she chos 3kReads9.2Score385Shelves

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    Both are good-looking, recommended.

13. 63 废 The Good-for-Nothing Junior Sister Is a Max-Level Dragon Cub 废柴小师妹是满级龙崽 Peachy Dumpling白桃团团Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Beloved by Everyone + Ensemble Cast + Strong Heroine and Hero] Word has it that Venerable Bai Qing has picked up another little one, but this time it's a good-for-nothing with no spiritual roots. When secret realms open and the sect competition begins, everyone else brings magical artifacts, talismans, and other gear to survive and defeat their enemies. The Guiyun Sect, however, carries their good-for-nothing junior sister everywhere they go. Everyone else: Are you people crazy? The proud membe 3.1kReads9.0Score368Shelves
14. 64 沙 My Hilarious Junior Sister Is a Laid-Back Cultivator 沙雕师妹咸鱼修仙 Fu Yiling傅衣凌Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Xianxia + comedy + immortal cultivation + suona] Yun Qiqi spent her whole life as a happy slacker in the modern world. She never expected that after dying, she'd transmigrate to an immortal cultivation world where everyone was a workaholic. But she still refused to work! When choosing a master, Yun Qiqi thought it over for a long time. Sword cultivators worked too hard and had no money. Talisman cultivators drew talismans all day, and she couldn't even write properly, let alone draw talismans. 30.8kReads9.2Score3kShelves
15. 65 从 Starting from Peerless Martial God 从绝世武神开始 Fate Ends in Stardust星尘缘尽Male-Channel Fanfiction463k WordsCompleted Starting with Peerless Martial God, he achieves innate mastery in the world of The Return of the Condor Heroes, comprehends the Five Elements in the Armor Hero world, and grasps the intent of Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain. He sweeps through the world in The Legend of the Twin Dragons. In The Legend of the Immortals... There is a female lead. 47Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These should meet the criteria.

16. 66 万 Transmigrating Across Ten Thousand Worlds: Stealing Duan Yu's Fortune from the Start 万界穿越：开局抢夺段誉机缘 Bian Dou Doesn't Like Eating扁豆不爱吃Male-Channel Fanfiction408k WordsOngoing A journey through the worlds of TV dramas, movies, and anime. Xie Zhe was an utterly unremarkable man in the mortal world, but by a twist of fate, he bound himself to a mysterious System and embarked on a thrilling journey between countless worlds. As he was tested in world after world, Xie Zhe continued to transform. From an ordinary man who could achieve nothing, he gradually grew into a legendary figure capable of traversing countless worlds and controlling his own fate. And his adventure con 20Reads5.6Score—Shelves
17. 67 从 A Cultivation Journey That Begins as an Ordinary Mortal 从凡人开始的修仙生涯 Ninefold All Beings九衍众生Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsOngoing An ordinary name, an ordinary traveler who transmigrates into the world of mortals and gradually rises to prominence, from birth to the pinnacle, from the mortal realm to the spirit realm, from the false immortal realm to the true immortal realm and then the Dao realm, crossing the Myriad Worlds on the path to invincibility. 25Reads7.5Score—Shelves
18. 68 网 Online Game: The Violent Mage 网游之暴力法师 Breaking the Army, Ten Thousand Layers破军万重Sports1.2M WordsCompleted I was defeated by life. My parents abandoned me, my brothers betrayed me, and I saw through the harsh, hypocritical nature of reality. After discovering games, I was reborn as a new person. Brothers and battlefields are everywhere. I’ll become the strongest mage and claim the title of supreme player on the national server! 5.3kReads7.5Score614Shelves
19. 69 病 Spring Returns to the Branches of a Sick Tree 病树枝头又逢春 Sweet Melon甜甜的瓜Ancient Romance476k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] Sang Nian accidentally climbs into the world of cultivation and becomes the vicious supporting female character who meets a tragic end in the book. System: Your mission is to marry the male supporting character, Xie Chenzhou, abuse him, humiliate him, and then get killed by him. Sang Nian: OK (brandishes little whip) (hits herself) (collapses with a thud) System: (silence) (stares at the sky) System: Mission changed. Win him over, or go mine coal. Sang Nian: (smiles 183.4kReads9.5Score25.3kShelves

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    Is it good? I'm asking you, is it good? It's guaranteed to be good. The third of these seven books that went viral on Tomato Books has been published. It's a bit sweet, a bit silly, a bit funny, and a bit heart-wrenching. Anyway, it's really good!

20. 70 悟 I Awakened the First Sword of the Passionate Dao, So I'll Strike Down My Dao Companion First 悟多情道第一剑，先砍我道侣 Those Days of Picking Corn那些扒苞米的日子Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast + no romance + everyone is ridiculously goofy] [What! The original female lead actually got into a fight with the original male lead for me!] [The days the original female lead and I racked our brains to kill the original male lead] [The days my senior brothers, junior brothers, and sisters and I threw our weight around in the cultivation world] [The entire cultivation world loves me] Jiang Wen transmigrated into the book as the contract partner of the arrogant male lead. The He 1.4kReads8.9Score200Shelves
21. 71 全 The Whole Sect Dotes on Her Substitute? The Little Junior Sister Turns Around and Joins the Villain! 全宠替身？小师妹转身投奔反派！ Black-Eyed Immortal黑眼圈仙人Ancient Romance762k WordsCompleted [Goofy Comedy + Ensemble Cast + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment + Light Romance] Jiang Mo transmigrated into a cultivation novel as the villainess who was the male lead’s first love. In the book, the original owner was the beloved junior sister of the Xuantian Holy Land. She was gravely injured saving her senior brothers and sisters and remained unconscious for three years. When she awoke, she discovered that the female lead, a replacement, had taken everything from her. In the end, she turned e 20.9kReads9.0Score2.8kShelves
22. 72 我 I Borrowed a Brain from the Immortal King 我向仙王借了个脑子 Handsome Uncle帅气的大叔Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted While burying a corpse, Chen Jie discovers that he can “borrow the dead person’s mind” and gain their memories! “So that’s where Steward Wu hid the Nine-Orifice Golden Pill!” “So the Third Madam and the Third Young Master have that kind of relationship… Yikes!” “So this is what it feels like to master the Eighteen Dragon-Slaying Blades!” … With one borrowed mind after another, Chen Jie transforms himself and soars to greatness. Later on, he even borrows the mind of an Immortal King. While others 3.3kReads6.5Score609Shelves

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    The protagonist isn't brainless and has his own unique characteristics; the plot is very reasonable, the novel has a grand scope, and I highly recommend it.

23. 73 我 I Cultivate Immortality Across Two Worlds and Become Their Immortal Lord 我在两界修仙成仙主 I Really Don't Eat Egg Fried Rice我真不吃蛋炒饭Eastern Fantasy844k WordsOngoing In a cultivation world with advanced civilization but scarce resources, Su Yi is a student at an immortal sect’s high school. He thought that with his ordinary aptitude, reaching Foundation Establishment would be the best he could hope for in this life. Then a mysterious mirror appeared. From that moment, the gears of fate began to turn... (This is a slow-burn story, so please be patient, dear readers.) 9Reads6.6Score—Shelves
24. 74 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 9.1kReads7.8Score467Shelves
25. 75 小 A Nobody's Cultivation Journey 小人物修仙 Mo Xing莫行Eastern Fantasy5.9M WordsCompleted [Mortal-focused cultivation + one female lead + no System + Azure Origin Sword Art + Demon Refining Pot + Six Paths of Reincarnation Disc + ruthless and decisive + top-tier battle of wits] Also known as Little Nobody's Cultivation Journey. The Human Realm arc is complete, so you can read with confidence. The Spirit Realm arc is currently being written. This is the story of an ordinary man from the bottom of society struggling to grow in the cultivation world. After inadvertently obtaining the Az 7.1kReads7.9Score563Shelves
26. 76 今 If You Slack Off on Cultivation Today, You'll Be Brothers in the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls 今日修仙不努力，万魂幡里做兄弟 Little Pen Boy小笔童Eastern Fantasy395k WordsOngoing The mighty Ghost King Sect is destroyed in a single day, and its surviving disciples are hunted down. Wang Chen, an outer-sect disciple, flees under cover of night and lies low in the borderlands. But his cultivation is weak, he has no connections, and he must conceal his identity to keep the righteous sects from discovering him. Fortunately, he has a bronze mirror that lets him transmigrate between two worlds. In the world inside the mirror, he hunts ghosts to cultivate and gathers all kinds of 42Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 77 缺 One Move from This Shameless Junior Sister, and the Experts of the Nine Provinces Are All Stunned 缺德师妹一出手，九州大佬全麻了 Holding a Lamp Beneath the Moon月下执灯Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Lu Lingyou transmigrates into a novel about a universally adored heroine, only to become the cannon-fodder female supporting character. The original owner was useless at everything and always the first to take the blame. The heroine killed a fellow disciple? The heroine leaked the sect's secret techniques? The heroine was secretly involved with the Demon Clan's holy lord? She got blamed for all of it. In the end, she died horribly amid the cheers of the entire cultivation world! Lu Lingyou says 45.7kReads9.1Score6.7kShelves
28. 78 修 Cultivating Immortality by Raising a Horde of Monsters: What Are You All Panicking About? 修仙，我就养群妖怪，你们慌什么 Last Night's Tea昨夜的茶Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Transmigration! Reborn! Lighthearted + lively + satisfying + funny + leveling up and fighting monsters!] Lin Chuyi failed her tribulation and was reborn in a tiny mountain village where they ate just two meals a day. With her soul damaged, she spent years in a daze. Then she suddenly rose to prominence, leaving everyone dumbfounded! She raises spirit beasts, takes in monsters, and leads her family in leveling up as they fight monsters! When her adoptive father returned from the army, he stared 48.1kReads9.5Score6.8kShelves

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    My darlings, I highly recommend "Little Martial Uncle is Really Not Enthusiastic, She Only Wants to Kill the Female Lead (Dragon Abyss Fairy)"! This 9.6-rated fantasy romance is absolutely amazing. The female lead, after transmigrating, doesn't follow the usual path, avoiding mindless cultivation tropes, focusing solely on her unique goal of "killing the female lead," going against the grain of traditional plots. The plot is full of twists and turns, surprises and unexpected turns, painting a unique and exciting picture in the world of Xianxia. With 90,000 readers following it, it's incredibly addictive and hard to put down!

29. 79 别 Don’t Mess With Her! The Talented Little Junior Sister Is the Ultimate Troublemaker 别惹！天赋超强的小师妹是笋王 Hemp Seeds火麻仁Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [No Romance] Ji Jinshu was just watching the fun when she had the bad luck to transmigrate to the cultivation world and become a weakling. She was hunted down from the start, with barely any spirit stones in her pocket. After barely surviving, she was chased by monsters again. Help!!! She desperately needed a safe house!!! Dear Master, please protect me! She successfully got a master during the sect selection and became the junior sister of the Zhaoyao Peak at Yunshang Sect. But the momen 4.3kReads8.8Score503Shelves

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    Give it a try!!!

30. 80 小 My Junior Sister Doesn’t Do Sentimental Speeches, She Slaps People 小师妹不爱煽情，爱扇人 Jian Xi简兮Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [A small ensemble cast + romance] After transmigrating into a book, Lin Yun becomes a cannon-fodder female character in the cultivation world, destined for a gruesome death. She lives by the principle that she’d rather starve, freeze, work herself to death, choke, fall, drown, burn, get electrocuted, hang herself, die of illness, grow old, or die laughing than be killed by someone else. So she keeps her distance from the heroine, joins a minor sect, and lies flat! Things don’t go according to pl 14.8kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
31. 81 人 Writing a Diary in the Jie Sect, Tongtian Gets Played for a Fool 人在截教写日记，通天被玩坏了 Rampaging Portuguese Egg Tart暴走的葡式蛋挞Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted Ying Yuan woke up one day to find that he had transmigrated to Mount Kunlun in the Primordial World. He had become an evil dragon, formed from the power of wickedness at the dawn of creation. As an innate evil dragon, he was steeped in wickedness and burdened by karma. The Human Religion refused to take him in, the Chan Sect despised him and called for his death, and the Dragon Clan of the Four Seas wanted nothing to do with him. With no other choice, he joined the Jie Sect as an outer sect disc 77.2kReads9.2Score8.4kShelves

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    These are all highly-rated cultivation novels, entertaining and not mindless.

32. 82 开EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 515.8kReads9.7Score69.9kShelves
33. 83 开 Become a Wild God from the Start? I Prove Myself a True God Through Worship! 开局成野神？我靠香火证道真神！ Have a Tangerine吃个橘子Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing [No Female Lead + Slow-Burn] After an accident, Song Xuanqing transmigrated to a strange world where immortals no longer existed and gods and Buddhas had vanished. In this world, monsters and evil spirits ran rampant, ghosts devoured people, wicked arts flourished across the land, and immortal mountains, gods, and Buddhas were nowhere to be found. Demons wreaked havoc, ghosts caused chaos, and heretical practitioners used evil arts to eat people and refine pills. Ordinary folk lived in constan 112.3kReads9.1Score9.3kShelves
34. 84 黄 Weasel Spirit! Do I Look Like a Human or a God to You? 黄皮子！你看我像人还是像神？ China's Famous Double Standard中国驰名双标Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted No specialist knowledge here, just a story. [A little horror + a whole lot of comedy + no female lead, no romance] When I was a kid, I took a nighttime shortcut and saw a weasel worshipping the moon. Remembering a story my grandma had told me, I worried it might ask me to grant it a title, so, on a whim, I shouted at it first: “Weasel! Do I look more like a person or a god to you?” The weasel froze for a moment, then said I looked like a dumbass! But from that day on, I really did become an idio 31.2kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
35. 85 倾 The Alluring Female Coroner 倾城女仵作 Yue Mo月莫Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted (Comic adaptation of The Beautiful Coroner now available) (Print edition of The Beautiful Coroner now on sale) After the mysterious death of her father, a coroner, Ye Caitang was saddled with a huge debt of fifty taels of silver. She had no choice but to sell herself to the Six Doors and work like a beast of burden for her creditor, Xia Yue, a renowned detective. Fortunately, Ye Caitang possessed the soul of an experienced modern forensic pathologist. Using modern forensic science, she deciphere 21.6kReads9.4Score3.1kShelves
36. 86 忘 The Tribulation of the Forgotten River 忘川劫 Jiu Lu Feixiang九鹭非香Ancient Romance172k WordsCompleted [“Cold and ruthless God of War” Moxi VS “Heartless Stone Spirit” Sansheng] “If you can catch me, I’ll be yours!” She is the Three-Life Spirit Stone by the River of Forgetfulness, beside the other shore’s flowers, guiding souls through the consequences of their deeds. He is the renowned God of War of the Nine Heavens, with no room for personal feelings, devoted only to all living beings. A stone has no heart, and a warrior no tenderness. Though they are worlds apart, a casual remark binds them to 28.4kReads9.6Score3.7kShelves
37. 87 李 Li Dakai’s Record of Cultivation 李大开修仙记 Li Dakai李大开Eastern Fantasy3.6M WordsCompleted [Mortal Cultivator Style, No System, Decisive and Ruthless, Not Mindless, Funny] I, Li Dakai, began cultivating immortality at the age of fifty. A slow-burn cultivation fantasy with a satisfying payoff. The story unfolds gradually, with every turn grounded in reason! Fellow cultivators, please don’t be put off by the title. New chapters every day at exactly 5:10 p.m.! 27.4kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves

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    ① This is a cultivation novel with a focus on ordinary people, no system, and sound logic. The protagonist, Li Dakai, only begins cultivating at the age of fifty, which differs from the common setting of a soul transmigrating into a teenager or infant, giving it a fresh feel. ② The writing is beautiful, with ingenious foreshadowing and side stories. The story unfolds with a strong cinematic quality, the characters are three-dimensional and vivid, and it is full of positive energy. In his pursuit of immortality and freedom, the protagonist demonstrates a resolute and persistent spirit, allowing readers to feel a strong sense of humanism.

38. 88 凡EN Mortal Bones, Immortal Destiny 凡骨 Master of One Update壹更大师Eastern Fantasy8.3M WordsCompleted (The print edition is now available to buy online) The world's spiritual bones are divided into four grades. First grade: Heavenly Spiritual Bones. Second grade: Golden Spiritual Bones. Third grade: Mystic Spiritual Bones. Fourth grade: White Spiritual Bones. All the rest are ordinary bones, unfit for cultivation. Xu Taiping is an ordinary man with ordinary bones, yet he swears to prove to the cultivation world that ordinary bones can slay demons, ordinary bones can vanquish evil, and ordinary b 557.8kReads9.3Score70.2kShelves
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