Are Traditional Xuanhuan Cultivation Novels Dying Out? 传统玄幻修仙文是没落了吗

1. 1 我 My Senior Brother Is Too Strong 我的师兄太强了 Ke Ning可宁Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsCompleted Original title: My Senior Brother Is Too Strong The eldest senior brother is diligent and tireless, while the second senior brother likes to sneak off and take it easy. The eldest senior brother is hailed as a genius, while the second is the disgrace of the sect. Until one day, the junior sister discovers that the second senior brother is pretty amazing too... This blurb does it no justice. Read the story for yourself... 62.2kReads8.2Score4.2kShelves

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   Absolutely gorgeous! 👍👍

2. 2 觉 After Awakening, I Refuse to Be the Unlucky Second Senior Brother in an Immortal Cultivation Novel 觉醒后，拒做修仙文冤种二师兄 Yu Yuyu虞郁雨Two Male Leads1.3M WordsOngoing [Two male leads, cultivation, unlucky guy number one x unlucky guy number two] When Qiu Heng wakes up one day, he gains self-awareness and realizes that he is the unlucky second senior brother in a beloved-little-sister cultivation novel. In the novel, he wants to use a spirit-cleansing herb to purify his spiritual roots but won't give it to the junior sister, so he is called stingy. He refuses to teach her formations, and is accused of lacking brotherly affection. He won't accompany her to a se 12.4kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
3. 3 师EN My Junior Disciples Are All Overpowered, So I Have to Cheat! 师弟们都是大佬，那我只能开挂了 Rain Falls from South of the City to the West城南有雨落城西Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted The second junior brother is the chosen one of the plane. The third junior brother is reborn. The fourth junior brother is an ancient Sword Immortal reincarnated. The junior sister is the future Demon Empress. Everyone from top to bottom is a hidden powerhouse! Ouyang, the eldest senior brother, gives a crooked grin. “Well, then I guess I'll have to use cheats!” 124.3kReads9.4Score12.3kShelves
4. 4 创 The Legend of the Primordial Dragon 创世祖龙传 Ancestor Dragon z祖龙zEastern Fantasy178k WordsOngoing With his lifespan nearly exhausted, should he simply wait to die where he stands? The protagonist ascends in search of a way to extend his life. He is drawn into an unprecedented conflict that sweeps across the entire Vast Cosmos, stirring the whole Vast Cosmos with his own strength! Realms: (Origin Opening) (Spirit Gathering) (Dao Transformation) (Void Return) (Spirit Condensation) (Divinity) (Divine Lord) (Sovereign) (Transcendence)… Pills/Techniques/Treasures: (Mortal) (Spiritual) (Heavenly) 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This new book is well written.

5. 5 骗 I Lied and Said You Had the Bearing of a Great Emperor, So Why Are You Taking It Seriously? 骗你有大帝之姿，结果你来真的？ Bai Chenfeng Wu百尘风无Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted Shen Ming transmigrates into a fantasy world and becomes the abandoned son of a powerful clan. He’s sent to the Xuantian Sect under an assumed name, but fortunately awakens the Heart of Ten Thousand Paths. Its one drawback is that he can’t understand sarcasm or insults and is quick to trust others. Its strength is that whatever he believes becomes real: he can turn fiction into truth! “Shen Ming, you possess a Sacred Innate Constitution and the Dao Embryo of Supreme Purity. I’ll teach you the on 7.6kReads7.9Score685Shelves
6. 6 天 Born a Peerless Talent, I Became My Master's Child Bride 天资绝世，我成了师尊的童养夫 Morning Breeze of Beilin北林晨风Eastern Fantasy784k WordsOngoing [Genius protagonist] [No System] [Pure fun] The continent is vast and boundless, and the story is grand and sweeping. Ye Wushuang transmigrated here and discovered that his talent seemed pretty good. With a weak family and enemies lurking, he sought a mysterious immortal maiden as his master to avoid an early death. Thus began his dazzling legend... “Yin-Yang Creation Art? Master, isn’t that name a little...” “It’s a dual cultivation technique, exactly what it sounds like.” “What? I’m a divinely 13.5kReads7.2Score971Shelves
7. 7 把 Bringing Bad Habits to the Cultivation World 把不正之风吹向修仙界 Hua Maofeng花毛峰Eastern Fantasy2.9M WordsCompleted [Peerless sword cultivator, succubus immortal physique, cultivation-world friends constantly sabotaging one another, lighthearted comedy] Chu He, a disciple of a Nine Provinces immortal sect. He possesses a sword spirit root, an unparalleled immortal eye, and a world-reaching immortal body. Countless mighty figures have already picked him as a future paragon of the righteous path. But after meeting a shameless master, he sets off down a strange and increasingly bizarre road from which there is n 36.8kReads8.7Score3.7kShelves

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   I don't know if it's fantastical or not, but it's really funny (it's also a traditional fantasy genre).

8. 8 弹 Bullet Comments! The Handsome, Tragic Senior Brother Makes the Sect Give Him a Center-Stage Funeral 弹幕！美强惨师兄让宗门C位出殡 The Actual Demoness妖精本妖Two Male Leads425k WordsCompleted 16.5kReads9.2Score3.2kShelves
9. 9 穿 Transmigrate to Another World and Start as a Mountain God 穿越异世从山神做起 Song of the Dao道前歌Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted and fun] [An otherworldly system of immortals and gods] [The protagonist becomes a mountain god, but is more human than divine. If that’s not your thing, don’t read.] [No female lead] Li Yuan is the disgrace of transmigrators. While everyone else transmigrates as a live-in son-in-law, an invincible agent, or an almighty emperor, he transmigrates into a rock and spends several thousand years on a mountain. Until one day... A golden book descends from the heavens, and Li Yuan becomes 40.4kReads8.9Score4.3kShelves
10. 10 宗 The Sect Bullies the Honest, So This Senior Brother Is Done! 宗门欺负老实人，师兄不伺候了！ Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Eastern Fantasy450k WordsCompleted [Revenge after being reborn + face-slapping + no female lead] A beloved first love has three virtues: cool, aloof, and dead young. Kong You is surrounded by a pack of ingrates. In his previous life, he worked tirelessly, obtaining magical artifacts, raising spirit beasts, and teaching disciples. He gave everything to Crow Head Mountain, only to be branded a traitor to his master and ancestors and die a tragic death at Soulbreak Cliff. Reborn into a new life, his master and junior brothers and si 6.2kReads8.9Score753Shelves
11. 11 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
12. 12 让 I Told You to Comprehend the Dao, Not Carry the Great Dao Into the Sky 让你悟道，没让你扛着大道起飞啊 Three Thousand Years of Bowing Before the Buddha佛前顿首三千年Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [The new book by Laofu, "After the System Ran Away, My Junior Brother Robs People Every Day!", is out! It has a similarly large cast and is lighthearted and hilarious!] Lin Yu transmigrates to the Great Luo World and awakens the Tree of the Great Dao, which can distill the dazzling pasts of all things and living beings to forge Dao Fruits! With one glance at the basic cultivation manual, "Qi Circulation Art," he distills the dazzling past of its founder, the Venerable Three Treasures, who create 29.6kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves

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    It's a great read, and not just a mindless wish-fulfillment novel where characters just have cheat codes.

13. 13 天 Heavenly Abyss 天渊 Mu Xiao Sansheng沐潇三生Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsOngoing (The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw 976.7kReads9.4Score99.9kShelves
14. 14 万EN The First God of Ten Thousand Ages 万古第一神 Feng Qingyang风青阳Eastern Fantasy18.0M WordsOngoing [This Year's Hottest Xuanhuan Power Fantasy] Li Tianming could laugh himself awake just thinking about it. His pets were all legendary Primordial Chaos Behemoths. His family's chicken was the “Eternal Inferno Phoenix,” which fed on the sun. His black cat was the “Primordial Chaos Thunder Demon,” which refined the Myriad Worlds with thunder. Even the cockroach in his home was the “Myriad Worlds Immortal Beast,” with a trillion undying clones... From then on, he commanded ten Primordial Chaos Behe 20.8kReads9.1Score939Shelves
15. 15 至 Supreme Asura 至尊修罗 October Years十月流年Eastern Fantasy7.9M WordsCompleted Prove the path of love through slaughter, and write the name of the Asura in blood! Corrupt villains rule, and chaos engulfs the age. A steel-hearted young man rises through sheer perseverance. After his father is murdered by a traitor and two hundred thousand brothers-in-arms give their lives with courage, Mu Feng, a battle-hardened youth raised amid the army's bloody campaigns, obtains the Asura Scripture and begins an against-all-odds journey of revenge. Slay the petty and destroy the wicked, 2.8kReads8.8Score343Shelves
16. 16 太 Primordial Talisman God 太初符神 Luoyang in White白衣洛阳Eastern Fantasy9.0M WordsCompleted You say you have an ancient divine weapon with unmatched power? And peerless techniques that make you invincible beneath the heavens? Just watch: I have a Primordial Marriage Talisman that binds the Supreme Divine Lord to me as my wife; I have a Primordial Thunder Talisman that summons heavenly lightning to battle across the eight directions; I have a Primordial Devouring Talisman that devours all things under heaven and puts them to my use... 4.3kReads8.4Score547Shelves
17. 17 灵EN A Blind Swordsman's Sword Coffin 灵墟，剑棺，瞎剑客 Cooked Laifu Pigeon煮熟的来福鸽Eastern Fantasy8.8M WordsOngoing [No System] [Genius Swordsmanship] [Passionate] [Decisive and Ruthless] He is blind, carries a coffin on his back, and has a tragic past. The sect says: "We'll protect you." His brothers say: "We'll stay by your side." The sword spirit says: "I... will wait for you." Later, he becomes the ruler of the Immortal Realm, and his eyes regain their sight. Looking back on the road behind him, all that remains is one sentence: "When the wind blows, I'll walk slowly. When it rains, I'll keep to the side. 439.8kReads9.2Score45.7kShelves

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    Two high-quality traditional fantasy novels, without a system or birth system, with concise and tightly structured plots, that stand up to repeated reading and contemplation.

18. 18 一 Heaven-Dominating Sword 一剑霸天 Eternal Night, Starry River永夜星河Eastern Fantasy9.6M WordsOngoing [A great author's alt account, one heroine, ruthless and decisive. Highly recommended!] Legend has it that there is a realm where one can pursue cause and effect, erasing every trace of an opponent across time and space with a mere sliver of divine power. One can command life and death, make countless worlds rise and fall with a single thought, and annihilate all living beings. One can stand level with the Heavenly Dao, harness the order of the universe, and rule supreme throughout eternity. Thi 341.3kReads9.2Score40.1kShelves
19. 19 万 The Ancestral Sage of Ten Thousand Demons 万妖圣祖 October Years十月流年Eastern Fantasy19.5M WordsOngoing A half-demon youth obtains the Demon Clan's sacred tome. He transforms into a Heavenly Wolf, devours the moon, and keeps female ghosts as servants; becomes a Vermilion Bird, burning the heavens and boiling the seas; takes the form of a White Tiger and slaughters his way across the world; cultivates into a Divine Dragon and roams the seas and skies; becomes a Kunpeng and soars through the Nine Heavens; devours heaven and earth and transforms into myriad demons. He rules the three thousand worlds, 14kReads9.1Score572Shelves
20. 20 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 538.9kReads9.7Score71.1kShelves

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    Very good, both fantasy cultivation novels, especially the first one, the author's writing style is excellent.

21. 21 系EN Immortality System: I Outlived Everyone 系统赋我长生，我熬死了所有人 One Durian No. 3一只榴莲3号Eastern Fantasy5.6M WordsOngoing Observing the love and hatred of cultivators across the river of time from a perspective beyond life itself. He left a modest little town and entered the wondrous world of cultivation. His journey sped up and slowed down, moving forward or stopping to rest, but he never stopped walking. The Age of Declining Dharma, the Age of Emperors, the Age of Dark Turmoil… He appeared in every age, and the only thing he could do was watch old friends die with his own eyes, then see them off to their grave 579.3kReads9.4Score60.9kShelves
22. 22 血 Bloodstained Path to the Throne 血染皇途 Typing Machine1码子机1Eastern Fantasy3.7M WordsCompleted Ye Xiao, the third prince of the Great Qian Dynasty, possessed peerless talent in martial arts. He entered the martial world at fourteen and wandered for ten years. After inheriting the legacy of the Human Emperor, he returned to court, intent on claiming imperial power. But what he never expected was that as soon as he returned to the capital, he would be granted a marriage. His bride-to-be was a female general who had committed an unforgivable offense, whose name struck fear into everyone in t 79kReads8.8Score7.6kShelves

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    I recommend "The Great Dao Emperor," it's a fantastic read, a traditional fantasy novel, and incredibly exhilarating.

23. 23 诸EN Myriad Worlds: Starting by Marrying Palace Mistress Yaoyue 诸天：从迎娶邀月宫主开始 Jin Zi Chen金紫辰Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsCompleted In a comprehensive martial arts world, Song Xuan is a sword-wielding god of slaughter who has killed a million people and can send the emperor to his watery grave at any moment. In a vast immortal-hero world, Song Xuan is the Xuantian Dao Ancestor, who teaches the Dao and keeps the rulers of seven destiny-blessed dynasties so thoroughly suppressed they dare not raise their heads. Across the primordial heavens and universes, Song Xuan splits the myriad worlds with one sword. Mythical Daluo in his 76.9kReads9.0Score5kShelves
24. 24 天 Fish of the World 天下游鱼 Happy Acorn开心橡果Eastern Fantasy7.5M WordsCompleted By the Canglan River, a young man wears a straw raincoat and bamboo hat, holding wine in one hand and a fishing rod in the other. His heart has no place in the world, yet he finds himself in the jianghu... I come from a place beyond knowing. I want to see this world, just as unknown to me... 90.7kReads9.0Score8.9kShelves
25. 25 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 707.4kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves
26. 26 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 561.4kReads9.3Score72kShelves
27. 27 凡 A Mortal's Path to Greatness 凡人的通天之路 Wind Whistles Through Woodheart风萧木心Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsOngoing An unknown mortal finds a rare treasure and embarks on a thorny path of cultivation. The road to the heavens is never easy. It must be forged through endless conflict, step by step toward worlds without end. He has seen the splendors of the world, yet never forgotten who he was. 13kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves

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    Not a mindless wish-fulfillment novel + stable updates + long word count + authentic mortal cultivation story!! Nine-year-old Meng Guan survives in a mine, and a rare treasure begins his path to immortality. Watch how this ordinary person defies fate in the thorny world of cultivation!

28. 28 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.8kReads9.6Score66.1kShelves

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    The unorthodox methods of the Sword Sect have been removed from the shelves.

29. 29 从 I Began with Sword Training and Became Invincible 从练剑开始无敌世间 A Family with Three Adorable Kids家有萌萌萌娃Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsCompleted The sword path has eight realms: Law, Force, Qi, Intent, Heart, Soul, Spirit, and Dao. Below the Realm of Force, all are ordinary mortals. Only cultivators can enter the extraordinary sword path. Yet Li Mu, the most famous sword prodigy in Qin City, could not open his spirit meridians or cultivate. He became the laughingstock of everyone around him. Five years later, in the stillness, Li Mu forged an invincible sword heart. From then on, he rose to the top. An ordinary mortal who stepped onto th 14.9kReads8.4Score1.5kShelves
30. 30 修 Cultivation: Reborn in Another World to Build the Strongest Sect 修仙：重生异界打造最强宗门 Deep Autumn in Baili百里深秋Eastern Fantasy8.9M WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation + no System + no cheat + relying on skill!] Young scientist Sun Yi transmigrated into the world of immortal cultivation and became a menial disciple with neither talent nor connections. But using the knowledge, experience, and courage of someone from Earth, he successfully latched onto the sect's most powerful patron. Then he set about reforming the sect and developing all kinds of new technology! [Invented a detection radar]: It can locate all kinds of rare treasures, demon 43.7kReads9.0Score4.1kShelves
31. 31 文 The Grandmaster of the Way of Literature 文道祖师 Jiang Wan蒋万Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsCompleted [The Way of Letters, no System, traditional fantasy, decisive and ruthless, no-brainer] In this world, people can master literary energy through reading. Those who become scholars can travel between heaven and earth, move mountains and fill seas, and bring things to life with a stroke of the brush. But every book capable of imparting literary energy is monopolized by aristocratic clans and wealthy families. Ordinary people can't afford to read them. Now the court is in turmoil, and the Way of Le 18.7kReads8.1Score1.9kShelves
32. 32 穿 Transmigration: In a Cultivation World, I Made a Million Female Cultivators Cry 穿越：修仙世界，气哭百万女修士 Feng Shao風少Eastern Fantasy159k WordsOngoing [Semi-System] [Playing the Fool to Catch the Tiger] [Old Six] What? I transmigrated? What? My engagement was called off? What? I'm a good-for-nothing? And my surname is Lin? And I have a System? Oh my god, isn't this the classic good-for-nothing protagonist's story? Hey, where's my golden finger? Hello? Lin Yi was an orphan who had been independent from a young age and had experienced the harshness of life firsthand. At eighteen, he got into a car accident while making a food delivery and transm —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The next two are alright, they haven't fallen out of favor.

33. 33 系 The System Arrived Late, and My Stunning Master Wants Me to Continue the Family Line 系统晚到，绝美师尊让我延续子嗣 Night Mallet夜榔头Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted Xu Xiao transmigrated into the inner sect of the Misty Immortal Sect as an elder. His tribulation had ended in failure, and his lifespan was nearly exhausted. His beautiful junior sister was his childhood sweetheart, and his stunning master was the very picture of grace and beauty. Only his own path to immortality had come to an end. As he neared death, his master gave him a longevity pill to extend his life and told him to find a Dao companion and leave behind an heir before he died. Then his S 32.2kReads8.3Score3.6kShelves
34. 34 燃 The Book of Burning Leaves 燃叶书 Lin Jiaohua, Who Likes Sacred Ferns喜欢圣蕨的林娇花Eastern Fantasy28k WordsOngoing My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Must watch!!!

35. 35 太 Archaic God Venerable 太古神尊 Chu Changge楚长歌Eastern Fantasy17.7M WordsOngoing Three thousand years ago, Ye Feng, Crown Prince of the Creation Divine Dynasty, was unable to cultivate because he was cursed. When foreign enemies invaded and the dynasty fell, he was powerless to resist and was killed in humiliation. Three thousand years later, the world has changed beyond recognition. His former enemies now stand high above the world like gods, while Crown Prince Ye Feng has unexpectedly revived. Awakening a divine bloodline and breaking the curse, he begins a path of frenzie 84.9kReads9.0Score30.2kShelves
36. 36 我 I Ascended as a Taoist Priest, Then Met a Transmigrator! 我当道士飞升后，遇到穿越者！ Three Points of Conscience三点良心Eastern Fantasy417k WordsCompleted Yan Wuji, a Taoist priest from Earth, is forced to ascend. He never expects to meet two wildly unconventional transmigrators in a fantasy world. From the moment they meet, the wheels of fate begin to spin wildly, plunging the world into unprecedented chaos. He stirs up storms, turning all the worlds into a chessboard and all living beings into pieces in a breathtaking game. Every move shakes heaven and earth, drawing forces from every side into a fierce struggle. The flames of war spread from th 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No system, traditional fantasy!

37. 37 九EN Nine Star Hegemon Body Art 九星霸体诀 Ordinary Magician平凡魔术师Eastern Fantasy18.7M WordsOngoing Was he an Alchemy Emperor reborn, or had he fused with another soul? Long Chen was a talentless youth whose spiritual root, spiritual blood, and spiritual bone had been stolen. Relying on the divine alchemy techniques in his memories, he cultivates the mysterious Nine-Star Hegemon Body Art, pierces through layer upon layer of mystery, and uncovers a world-shaking plot. He commands the universe in his palm, treads upon the sun and moon, and suppresses evil spirits and wicked gods. Rumor has it in 209.6kReads9.3Score10.9kShelves
38. 38 永 The Path to Eternal Immortality 永仙道 The Chicken Soup Lover King爱喝鸡汤大王Eastern Fantasy526k WordsOngoing “Before you open this book, I’d like you to consider a question.” “If the road you take ends in failure, if it ends in tragedy, would you still choose it?” Even if the gods loom over you, even if you are weak and insignificant, even if you stand alone, even if death is all but certain, even if you must cross mountains and seas, even if the dangers ahead are unknown, would you still do it? But what if you fail? Life is short. We are born, grow old, fall ill, and die. Death comes for us al 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This isn't a mindless wish-fulfillment novel. The male lead has a distinct personality and is intelligent, and the characters in the book aren't one-dimensional; they're all well-developed and have depth. The details are well-written, the writing is decent, and it's worth reading. The female lead is also adorable. Although it's a cultivation novel, it doesn't have the typical wish-fulfillment elements: transmigration, a system, and mindless womanizing.

39. 39 焚 Burning Heaven, Establishing the Dao 焚天立道 Bloodstain111血染111Eastern Fantasy261k WordsCompleted Across the Myriad Worlds, immortal sects hold supreme power. Thirty thousand years ago, the Heavenly Emperor founded a celestial dynasty, hoping to use the fortune of the realm to stand against the immortal way. The immortals joined forces to destroy it. Now, every mortal dynasty is a puppet of the immortal sects. Mortals are no more than ants, while cultivators stand above them all. The protagonist, Jiang Yan, is sixteen years old, the last surviving heir of the Jiang family, and successor t 1.3kReads6.4Score100Shelves
40. 40 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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    Lu Changsheng, the junior disciple of Qingyun Peak, possesses the mysterious Myriad Tribulations Immortal Body and is exceptionally talented. After witnessing the cruelty of the cultivation path, he began to slack off, hiding his strength and playing the fool to deceive others, always keeping a low profile and avoiding any loss. While his senior brothers diligently cultivated, he slacked off and slept, until one day they finally realized that their junior brother was truly extraordinary! From the Northern Lands to Tianyun and then to Shangqing Heaven, he walked step by step toward his path to dominance.

41. 41 断 The Broken Blade! 断刀行！ Wang Hammer王锤子Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [No System + traditional fantasy + slaying demons and vanquishing evil + multiple heroines + passionate fantasy adventure] (A novel typed out one character at a time.) Wang Shan was drafted into the war against the demons in the Continent of the Provinces. After a century of bloodshed, he returned crippled and drained of strength. Having offended a great sect, he was abandoned by them. So he scattered his cultivation and returned the techniques to the sect, then descended the mountain alone to c 1.6kReads7.0Score114Shelves

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    Traditional fantasy! It's not declining!

42. 42 仙 Immortal Tomb 仙墓 July Snow Immortal七月雪仙人Eastern Fantasy5.6M WordsCompleted One hundred thousand years ago, the immortals waged a great war. Countless immortals perished, the path to immortality was severed, and immortal tombs sprang up across the Immortal Realm. One hundred thousand years later, a tomb raider arrives in the Immortal Realm, carrying the Heavenly Book of Life and Death. “That’s not how you rob a tomb!” Lu Yun watches the immortals floundering in an ancient immortal tomb and smiles. “Want to learn? I’ll teach you.” 10.2kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves

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    It's really good, so interesting! It even manages to combine elements of cultivation and tomb raiding.

43. 43 修 Cultivation: The Demon-Slaying Archer's Legend 修仙：箭修荡魔传 Clear Music in Flowing Clouds流云清音Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted At the debate arena of a certain sword cultivation sect. “I’ve never seen a disciple of a sword cultivation sect cultivate earth-element spiritual power and specialize in defensive spells and divine abilities.” Jiang Wenzhe: “Well, now you have!” “Sword cultivators practice sword techniques and seek the Sword Dao. You’re not a sword cultivator at all.” Jiang Wenzhe: “Archery is a technique, and the Way of the Arrow is a Dao... If I have a technique and a Dao, why can’t I be an arrow cultivat 5.9kReads7.9Score643Shelves
44. 44 伴 With a Weapon-Nurturing Immortal Coffin by My Side, I Raised a Million Divine Generals 伴生养兵仙棺，我养出了百万神将 Green, Red, and White Chili Peppers青红白辣椒Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted Among all living beings, those blessed by heaven and earth and born with exceptional gifts may have a spiritual treasure accompany them from birth. Some prodigies are born alongside immortal swords, each stroke capable of cleaving the starry river. Some are born alongside pill furnaces, their alchemy skills unmatched beneath the heavens. Others are born alongside supreme formation diagrams, with killing formations filling the cosmic starry sky and making stars crumble like dust. There is even an 25.7kReads8.8Score2kShelves

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    I personally think it's good. The protagonist awakens his innate spiritual treasure and trains corpses into Dao soldiers. He trains them in battle and they grow in number until he becomes invincible.

45. 45 机 The Clever Little Rascal: A Mischievous Child's Daily Life of Cultivation 机灵小滑头，修仙顽童的日常 Little Black and White小小黑又白Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing The modern young man Hao Jia transmigrates to the Ling Tian Continent. He hopes to live out his days in comfort as a rich man, but suddenly discovers that people in this world can cultivate immortality. By an unfortunate twist of fate, his body is stuck forever in the form of an eight-year-old child. Hao Jia: “Senior Brother, if you can’t trust anyone else, surely you can trust me?” “Senior Sister, this plan is called ‘hurt others to benefit yourself’!” … Enemies: “That kid is awful. Remember, d 12Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    Take a look yourself.

46. 46 青 Plum Blossom Sword Immortal: A Hundred Ghosts Devour Me from the Start 青梅剑仙：开局百鬼噬身 A Little Bit.一点点.Eastern Fantasy717k WordsCompleted [Sword Immortal] [Court Politics] [Raising a Female Emperor] [Unifying the Three Teachings] Five hundred years ago, the first female emperor of the Great Zhou Divine Dynasty was born by the will of fate. Under her leadership, the Great Zhou Divine Dynasty conquered the world, driving back gods and ghosts until humanity became the master of heaven and earth. The empress bestowed titles throughout the realm, and 3,600 princes and marquises held the four corners in awe. Thus, the fortunes of Great 151Reads6.2Score—Shelves
47. 47 得 Attain the Dao and Ascend to Immortality 得道升仙 A Little Bit.一点点.Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Enlightenment] [Supernatural abilities] [Imperial dynasty] At the end of his life, Liu Xiangdong digs a hole in the back hills, intending to bury himself. But instead, he arrives in an age of cultivation at its height. Aristocratic clans, the imperial court, the Hundred Schools of Thought, supreme religious sects. The Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Transformations! The Thirty-Six Heavenly Snares! Amid a maze of tangled paths, in an age when human lives are as worthless as grass, he rises above it al 6.8kReads8.5Score453Shelves
48. 48 红 Proving the Dao in the Mortal World, I Am a True Immortal Among Men 红尘证道，我为在世真仙 Time to Sleep睡觉了吧Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + xianxia + lighthearted + invincible hero + showing off] A song of the mortal world, a tale of immortal dreams. Su Mu was a transmigrator. To perfect the cultivation system he had created, he ventured into the mortal world to hone himself. He traveled north and south, seeing humans, immortals, gods, demons, monsters, and strange creatures. With a broken sword, a bamboo hat, a handful of coins, and an old mountain goat, he slew demons in a lake and discussed the Dao in the fa 18.5kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
49. 49 仙 Immortal Cultivation: A Celestial Touch Bestows Eternal Life 仙侠：仙人抚我顶，我授仙人长生 Winds Rise Over Layered Mountains风起重山Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted Gu Ning'an accidentally transmigrated to a world of immortals and heroes, where he came across an immortal cultivation manual called The Daoist Path. After years of practice, he mastered its techniques and killed a tiger with a single finger. Feeling capable of making his way in the world, Gu Ning'an descended the mountain and traveled for five years. Over those five years, he explored the martial world and mortal life, made new friends, and slew demons. Then one day, he spotted a copy of The Da 18.3kReads8.9Score2kShelves
50. 50 葬 Chronicles of the Immortal's Burial 葬仙纪 Angle Grinder角磨Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted (Traditional style, slow burn!) When Chen Chuyi wakes up, he discovers that he has transmigrated to another world, a land overrun by demons and monsters and haunted by strange spirits, where he has become a corpse burner. As the saying goes: “The dead fear a violent end, the living fear a short-lived man. When a lamp flares as it goes out, the dead go wild.” Those who burn corpses are destined to die young! But the appearance of a Bone-Reading Art makes Chen Chuyi fearless of every taboo. Bone-R 5.8kReads7.6Score493Shelves

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