New Mortal’s Journey to Immortality... Nascent Soul to Deity Transformation 新凡人修仙……元婴化神

1. 51 剑 Sword, Moon, Zither, and Star 剑月琴星 Wutong Youyou梧桐悠悠Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsOngoing [Xuanhuan] [Mortal Protagonist] [No System] [Slow Burn] [Swordsmanship] [Mystery] After a war that lasted ten thousand years, heaven and earth shattered, three races stood side by side, and divine artifacts sank into oblivion. A mountain boy with no spiritual roots sets out from the mortal world to avenge a great wrong, enduring hardship after hardship. With one sword, he forges ten thousand; with his Dao heart, he enters a demonic tribulation! Wielding the sword in his hand, he cannot kill ever 116.4kReads8.9Score7kShelves

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   Highly recommended! The characters are vividly portrayed, and the plot twists and turns repeatedly. The larger narrative is layered with smaller narratives, making it a captivating Xianxia (cultivation) novel that also incorporates elements of martial arts and suspense!

2. 52 离 After the Divorce, I Became the Artist He Could Never Hope to Win Over 离婚后我成了他高攀不起的画家 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩29k WordsCompleted After the Divorce, I Became the Painter He Could Only Dream of Marrying 5Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 53 傻 A Fool's Immortal Cultivation: Boundless Magic 傻子修仙，法力无边 Chubby Radish胖胖的萝卜Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Play the pig to eat the tiger] [Traditional xianxia] [No System] [Multiple heroines] [Decisive and ruthless] [All-around cultivation] [Family power struggles] Born with an intellectual disability, Li Yuzhu is swept into the cruelest family feud and cultivation conspiracy on Dragon God Continent. After unexpectedly obtaining the Heaven-Seizing Pearl, which can devour all things, he awakens his spiritual root. From a fool to a prodigy who shakes the cultivation world, he subdues ten servants, cr 2.4kReads8.3Score262Shelves

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   Both of these books are very good. The first one is already finished, and although the second one is still being serialized, it is even better than the first one.

4. 54 长 The Immortal Clan Begins by Cultivating Swords 长生家族从种剑开始 The Way, the Way, the Way道道道Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Five-Element Spirit Swords] [Astral Sword Formation] [Sword Cultivator] [United Family] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Not a Saintly Hero] [Sharp-Witted] [the Myriad Worlds] [Ensemble Cast] [Sword Seeds in the Dantian] (Cultivation stages: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deification...) A wandering rogue cultivator, a chance encounter with the Sword Dao, and the rise of a family... A different path to ascension. Fellow Daoists, come take a look inside. 21.5kReads7.3Score1.8kShelves

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   The Sword Immortal Clan is quite a sight to behold.

5. 55 全 Everyone in the City Thinks I'm a Peerless Master 全城武者都以为我是绝世大佬 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩10k WordsCompleted Everyone in the City Thinks I'm an Unparalleled Expert 1Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 56 杂 No Future as a Servant Disciple? I’ll Master Pills and Artifacts to Seek Immortality 杂役弟子没出路？丹器双修谋长生 Helping Elderly Ladies Every Day天天扶老奶奶Eastern Fantasy3.7M WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation, no System, decisive and ruthless, no saintly heroics, cautious, a nobody rising to power] Ye Feng transmigrates to another world and fights his way up to become the bandit chief of Black Wind Stronghold. From the start, he kills Duan Shui Liu, an inner disciple of the Xuantian Sect, and obtains a Bagua Furnace that enhances alchemy and artifact forging. After bribing the gatekeeper, he enters the Xuantian Sect to cultivate and begins his adventures in the world of cultivatio 19.7kReads8.1Score1.9kShelves

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   A Classic of Mortal Cultivation

7. 57 午 Midnight Entry: Clear the Dungeon or Die (Season One) 午夜入场，副本通关才能活下去(第一季) Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩13k WordsCompleted Enter at midnight. Clear the instance to survive (Season One) 1Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 58 药EN Cauldron of the Medicine God 药神鼎 Chubby Radish胖胖的萝卜Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsCompleted (Mortal cultivation + no System + lighthearted + not a saint + multiple female leads + fast-paced) At the Foundation Establishment stage, he wins over a Nascent Soul uncle-master and a Core Formation senior sister; at the Deity Transformation stage, a Mahayana saintess. See how Ye Fei, an ordinary mortal, encounters one lucky opportunity after another and joyfully cultivates toward immortality. It starts slowly, but gets better and better as it goes. If something doesn't make sense at first, try 78.6kReads9.0Score8.6kShelves
9. 59 午 Midnight Entry: Clear the Dungeon or Die (Season Two) 午夜入场，副本通关才能活下去（第二季） Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩14k WordsCompleted Midnight Entry: You Can Only Survive by Clearing the Dungeon (Season 2) 2Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 60 穿 I Transmigrated to the Cultivation World: Rising to the Top by Selling Fish 穿越修仙界：从卖鱼开始崛起 Helping Elderly Ladies Every Day天天扶老奶奶Eastern Fantasy4.7M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation, no System, rise from the bottom] After transmigrating, Ye Yu is kicked out of his family from the start. He has no choice but to scrape by as a fishmonger, until he offends a sect's holy maiden at the Yihong Brothel and has to flee to another city. In his new cultivation city, Ye Yu first buys two maids to calm his nerves, then invents a seal-based talisman-making technique, opening the floodgates to wealth. To keep growing stronger, Ye Yu builds airplanes and cannons. He’s 10kReads8.6Score801Shelves
11. 61 午 Midnight Entry: Clear the Dungeon to Survive (Season 3) 午夜入场，副本通关才能活下去(第三季) Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩35k WordsCompleted Midnight Entry: Clear the Dungeons to Survive (Season 3) 1Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 62 从 From a Bottom-Tier Rogue Cultivator to a Cultivation Grandmaster 从底层散修开始肝成修仙大佬 Always Helping Elderly Men Cross the Street天天扶老爷爷Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted When Lin Yi wakes up, he has become an unaffiliated Qi Refining cultivator in Huiyuan Immortal City, in the cultivation world. He discovers that he has awakened a stat panel. For any cultivation method, secret technique, supernatural ability, or skill, as long as he performs the required steps once, he gains one guaranteed experience point, regardless of how seriously he tries or what the final result is. “I'm in the perfect position! First, I'll keep my head down and develop quietly for a whil 12.8kReads6.9Score730Shelves
13. 63 合 A Marriage Contract, and the Cold CEO Secretly Falls for Me 合约成婚，冷面总裁悄悄动心了 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩16k WordsCompleted A Contract Marriage, and the Cold-Faced CEO Secretly Falls for Her 6Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 64 开 Certain Death from the Start: I Become a God Through Dual Cultivation with the System 开局必死：我靠系统双修成神 The Finger in the Mouth嘴里的手指Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsCompleted [Multiple heroines + System + thrillingly satisfying] Jiang Ping, a transmigrator, accidentally transmigrated into the body of a dying man. Soon afterward, the System arrived too. With the System’s help, he defied fate and sparked a series of romances with one beautiful heroine after another. But a towering tree catches the wind. As his strength continued to grow, trouble kept coming his way. He had no choice but to grow ever stronger. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to protect all the beaut 25.4kReads8.4Score2.8kShelves

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    I almost missed out on such an amazing cultivation novel.

15. 65 发 Captain of the Faqiu Order: The Lost Coffin of Mount Mang 发丘中郎将·邙山遗棺 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩19k WordsCompleted The Tomb Raider General: The Ancient Coffin of Mount Mang 5Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 66 让 I Told You to Cultivate Immortality, Not Become the Sect's Biggest Freeloader 让你修仙，没让你成为宗门钉子户 The Finger in the Mouth嘴里的手指Eastern Fantasy3.7M WordsCompleted [Traditional cultivation + mortal's journey + multiple heroines + no System] Mo Chuan only wants to cultivate. After enduring countless hardships, he finally enters a sect and begins his arduous path of cultivation. But the path of cultivation is nothing like he imagined. It's a dog-eat-dog world, where one careless mistake can doom him forever. With intelligence, decisiveness, and caution, he cuts through every obstacle along the way. When he looks back, he has become an emperor who reigns acro 46.3kReads8.1Score4.1kShelves
17. 67 1 In 1998, I Saw the Future at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative 1998年，我在供销社看见未来 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩Modern Romance9k WordsCompleted In 1998, I Saw the Future at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative 10Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 68 道 The Dao Diagram's Path to Immortality 道图升仙录 Revelation启示Eastern Fantasy4.8M WordsCompleted [4.8 million words, complete. A long cultivation novel with a satisfying ending and no abandoned plotlines] [A hundred cultivation instances for you to explore] [Traditional cultivation + clan cultivation + spiritual herb space + alchemy + weapon forging + Ancient Desolate Dao Diagrams] A poor young man from Immortal Cat Valley has no parents and is a humble spirit farmer with only three mu of spirit fields. He awakens the Eight Ancient Desolate Dao Diagrams: the Immortal Zhi Medicine Diagram, w 10.6kReads8.0Score1kShelves

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    This novel, "The Dao Diagram of Ascension to Immortality," is a cure for Xianxia fatigue. It combines spiritual medicine space, alchemy and weapon forging, and monster control into one. The protagonist steadily rises to the top, with dense dungeons and exciting moments. Staying up all night to read it is definitely worth it.

19. 69 侯 The Marquis Is Unworthy; After Our Divorce, I Became Richer Than a Nation 侯主不贤，和离后我富可敌国 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩Ancient Romance20k WordsCompleted The Marquis Is Incompetent. After Our Divorce, I Became Rich Enough to Rival a Nation 7Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 70 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 44.6kReads9.0Score4.3kShelves

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    [Ordinary Person Flow + No System + No Cheat Codes + Rely on Abilities! No Harem! No Routine Plot! Upright Values! Guaranteed 10,000 words per day! No breaks! No leave! Occasionally 20,000-word bursts! Tomato's most fan-loving author, releasing extra chapters during holidays! Over 3 million words!] Young scientist Sun Yi transmigrates to the cultivation world, becoming a lowly disciple with no talent or background. However, he uses his Earthling knowledge, experience, and courage to successfully latch onto the sect's most powerful backer, then launches major reforms and various research and developments! [Inventing a Detection Radar]: Capable of detecting various rare and precious materials, demonic beasts, and poisonous insects, opening up huge sources of wealth for the sect, its power easily surpassing the treasure-hunting spirit beasts of the cultivation world! [Vigorously Developing Foreign Trade]: Developing commerce, vigorously promoting foreign trade, greatly increasing the sect's financial revenue, and improving cultivator welfare! [Inventing a Technique for Opening New Dantian]: Opening a dantian in each of the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys to form the Five Elements Dantian, greatly increasing endurance and strength, and also possessing mysterious effects. [Invented the Three-in-One Cultivation Path]: Research revealed the root cause of breakthrough failures, and found a method that guarantees breakthroughs without assistance. [Invented the Physical Acupoint Opening Method]: Opens the body's acupoints, forging the strongest foundation for humanity! [Developed the Azure Cloud Warship]: Superior firepower coverage, a devastating weapon of war! [Developed Targeted Spatial Teleportation Technology]: Instant delivery service like online shopping! Ammunition precisely delivered to the enemy camp! [Developed Fully Automated Talisman Printing Technology]: Talisman printing, production capacity skyrocketed! [Invented the Demon Refining Tower]: Refines and processes demon souls, creating top-tier artificial Heavenly Soul Liquid, enhancing divine soul power. [Invented the Demon Refining Pot]: Purifies the demonic power and remnant souls within the essence of demon beasts, increasing body refining cultivation speed tenfold. [Builded the Demon Locking Tower]: Imprisons high-level demons, continuously draining their blood! [Invented the Azure Cloud Battle Armor]: Not only exquisitely designed, but also combining offense and defense, explosively increasing movement speed and attack power. [Invented Satellite Communication]: Eliminates the outdated communication technology of the cultivation world, allowing for eavesdropping on the entire world, creating enormous wealth for sects. [Develop the Financial Industry]: Issue credit-based currency, strengthen financial control, develop consumer loan business, and promote the rapid development of the cultivation world! [Invent Cultivation Space]: Create a high-pressure spirit-gathering cultivation room, greatly increasing cultivation speed. [Invent External Dantian]: Refine the inner cores of demon beasts into spirit-filling treasures, greatly increasing the endurance of true qi! [Invent Artificial Spirit Stones]: Invent artificial spirit stones to promote economic development and greatly increase cultivation speed! [Simplify Space Teleportation Array]: Simplify space teleportation arrays through technology to strengthen communication within the cultivation world! [Invent Super Intelligent Computing Center]: Build an intelligent computing center in the heavens, creating a cultivation world version of the internet, and use supercomputing to assist research! [Build Lightning Protection Array]: Utilize the principle of lightning rods to build a system that weakens lightning tribulations, increasing the success rate of tribulation crossing, while simultaneously channeling the power of lightning tribulations into the lightning pool for reuse! [Develop Demon Race Trade]: Utilize the controlled demon race to conduct trade within the demon race, earning abundant resources while simultaneously instigating wars among demon races, setting traps for them, and gathering intelligence on the human continent! [Construction of Qingyun Academy]: Unifying teaching materials and methods, further reforming education in the cultivation world, providing compulsory education, and promoting the development of the cultivation world! Building the foundation of the mortal world, reforming education, establishing a distinctive immortal city, promoting the financial industry, and developing the communications industry. Sun Yi, with the knowledge and wisdom of an Earthling, leads his sect to explosive growth, changing the entire cultivation world single-handedly, and waging war against the demon race with the power of his sect.

21. 71 开EN Immortal from Birth: Everyone Thinks I'm Invincible 开局长生不死，谁都以为我无敌 No Longer So Young以非当年少Eastern Fantasy7.3M WordsOngoing Chen Changan stayed by his beautiful master's side for ten thousand years. He neither aged nor died, yet he was never able to cultivate. In the end, his master drove him away, and he traveled through the mortal world with his companion, the qilin Da Huang. After returning to the Chen family, he obtained a natural embryonic pearl and finally acquired a method of cultivation. Even Chen Changan never imagined that his cultivation talent had actually been lying in the womb all along? 165.2kReads9.0Score10.5kShelves

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22. 72 凡 A Mortal’s Immortal Destiny 凡人仙命 The City Falls, Yet the Flowers Say Nothing倾城花不语Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Mortal’s journey] [Traditional xianxia] [No System] [No harem] Ding Dali, an orphan from a mountain village, happened to find a white porcelain bottle in a river, and thus began his path to immortality. The white porcelain bottle can refine ordinary things into supreme treasures: Pour river water into it, and it becomes Primordial Jade Liquid; put in weeds, and they become top-grade spirit herbs; keep ordinary iron inside, and it becomes a divine weapon capable of slaying immortals; throw in r 5.1kReads8.1Score593Shelves

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    Ding Dali, an orphan from a mountain village, stumbles upon a white porcelain bottle in a river, thus embarking on his path to immortality. This bottle can transform ordinary objects into supreme treasures. Pour river water into it, and it becomes Primordial Jade Elixir; add weeds, and they become top-grade spiritual herbs; nurture ordinary iron, and it becomes a divine weapon capable of slaying immortals; throw in discarded pills, and they become rare elixirs… A mere mortal, wielding this treasure bottle, ultimately proves his immortality! [Heart][Kiss]

23. 73 反 Antimatter Guardian: Season One 反物质守护者第一季 Battle with Lingqiong与凌穹的战斗Sci-Fi & Apocalypse4.8M WordsOngoing Antimatter Guardians: Season One In the year 3876, the Milky Way, Andromeda Galaxy, and Gamma Galaxy align, and a cosmic wormhole is about to open. The brutal Jipudas civilization sweeps across the stars, intent on seizing the antimatter energy spheres hidden deep beneath Earth. To ensure civilization survives, 108 life arks built under China's leadership launch ahead of schedule, carrying all of humanity to safety. Ling Qiong awakens as an antimatter guardian in Kunlun. Armed with a spear, he s 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend two epic science fiction novels: The Guardians of Antimatter Season 1 and The Guardians of Antimatter Season 2. All readers are welcome to check them out.

24. 74 宝 Pagoda Immortal Fate 宝塔仙缘 Xiao Bu Yu箫不语Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation, no System, pocket dimension, medicinal garden, immortal pets] Even an ordinary person can encounter great opportunities. A country boy carrying the Three Treasures Glazed Pagoda is captured by an evil cultivator and forced to serve as a test subject. But a misfortune turns into a blessing, setting him on a bizarre and arduous path to immortality. From then on, he uses the pagoda to grow spirit herbs, raise immortal beasts, refine pills, craft talismans, and cultivate forbidd 125.9kReads9.2Score14.5kShelves

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    The novel tells the story of Lu Li, a young boy from the mountains, who is forced into becoming a test subject for medicines due to a treacherous plot. He unexpectedly awakens the Three Treasures Glazed Pagoda, thus beginning his journey from mortal to supreme ruler, defying fate. Using the pagoda's secret power of space and time, he navigates sect rivalries and hunts by prodigies, refining elixirs, raising beasts, breaking restrictions, and seizing treasures. Ultimately, he uses the Void Pagoda to attain immortality and rewrite the laws of heaven.

25. 75 丹 The Immortal Path of the Pill 丹道仙途 Supreme Daoist Scripture太上道经Eastern Fantasy4.1M WordsOngoing [Mortal Cultivation] [Dual Cultivation of Alchemy and Formations] After transmigrating into the body of an ordinary disciple of an immortal sect, Fang Ping had assumed he had no hope of establishing his foundation. Fortunately, he unexpectedly obtained the Origin Cauldron, which could rewind failed pills into their original ingredients. This allowed him to embark on the path to immortality through alchemy. After ten thousand years of cultivation, he looked back and realized that, without even no 66.3kReads8.6Score5.1kShelves

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    Mortal Flow Novels

26. 76 混EN Chaotic Sword God 混沌剑神 Heartstar at Ease心星逍遥Eastern Fantasy10.9M WordsOngoing He looks down on all heroes and surveys the masses below, becoming an unparalleled, carefree Sword God of his generation! Jian Chen is widely recognized as the greatest martial artist in the pugilist world. His lightning-fast swordsmanship is so masterful that no one can stand against him! But an accident leaves him reborn in another world. He cultivates holy power and sword intent, comprehends entirely new techniques that let him slay enemies from a thousand miles away, and shakes the world as 31.8kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves
27. 77 九EN Ordinary Immortal of the Nine Domains 九域凡仙 Dao Buyi道不易Eastern Fantasy8.1M WordsCompleted The path to immortality is uncanny, and humanity is lowly. All living beings are but pagodas, while the immortal heart is cold as frost. The young Fang Chen unexpectedly gains an immortal opportunity, but he has only one wish: to wield the immortal sword in his hand and bring peace to the world for all generations. 63.6kReads9.0Score5.2kShelves
28. 78 混 Chaos God King 混沌神王 Divine Condor Hero神雕大侠Eastern Fantasy5.6M WordsOngoing The Eternal Heavenly Stele connects to the primordial source of chaos and bears the countless peerless arts of the Myriad Worlds. The young Qin Ming loses his father, sees his clan destroyed, is betrayed, and has his heart pierced. At the brink of death, he awakens the Eternal Heavenly Stele, connects with chaos, forges an unrivaled Chaotic Divine Body, and cultivates the myriad arts inscribed on the stele! From then on, with nothing but his fists, he takes on the world and contends with the gen 3.3kReads8.6Score286Shelves
29. 79 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Starting with a Chaos Talisman 凡人修仙：开局一张混沌符 I Have a Pot of Milk我有一壶奶Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsCompleted [No System, ordinary mortal cultivation] A man with a mixed spiritual root containing all ten elements accidentally obtains the supreme treasure, the Chaos Talisman, and embarks on the path of immortal cultivation. He tramples prodigies, slays countless enemies, and leaves mountains of corpses and seas of blood behind. When he looks back, nothing remains but mounds of bones! 33.5kReads8.7Score3.7kShelves
30. 80 聚EN The Immortal Treasure Basin 聚宝仙盆 Tropical Fruit Milk Tea香果味奶茶Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation] [No System]. By a twist of fate, He Pingsheng, an outer disciple of the Taixu Sect, obtains a [Cornucopia] and embarks on the path of cultivation. Place a low-grade [Qi-Gathering Pill] into the basin, and one day later, it becomes two pills, both of them top-grade. Put in an ordinary cultivation technique, and it becomes a Heaven-tier technique. Treasures, medicinal herbs, spirit stones, and more can all be placed inside and enhanced. From then on, He Pingsheng walks toward 400.6kReads8.7Score30.8kShelves

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    It's alright, but some parts are a bit too wordy.

31. 81 鸦 Crow Immortal 鸦仙人 Feng Yijuan封一卷Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsOngoing Crows cry in the cold night as a young man embarks on the path to immortality. Han Yu curls up in a corner of a dilapidated courtyard, barely clinging to life. Then a crow lands on his shoulder. “Hand over the treasure, boy, and this Daoist will teach you a skill.” The black-robed old Daoist's voice is hoarse. Han Yu hands over his ancestral token of immortal cultivation, but quietly makes a second copy in his palm. From then on, his path to immortality follows one ironclad rule: Anything I've t 84.9kReads8.6Score10.4kShelves

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    The ox forced it.

32. 82 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 12.8kReads8.2Score979Shelves

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    A bookworm for twenty years, especially fond of mortal cultivation novels, among which "A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality," "Against the Gods," "The Path of the Cultivation Sect Leader," "The Path of Xuan Chen," "Nine Transformations of the True Spirit," and "The Peak of the Azure Lotus" are my favorites. Suddenly, I had the idea to write my own version of the Xianxia genre, without overpowered characters or powerful backers, striving to present a realistic cultivation world as I envision it. Orphaned at a young age, he relied on his clan for support, only to witness the deaths of his people as he grew up. Neglected by his family and only wanting to live a carefree life, fate brought him his nemesis. Unskilled in leadership, he now had to shoulder the honor and disgrace of his entire clan due to various circumstances. Wang Xuanyi turned back, taking a deep, poignant look at the place where he had grown up, and then flew away with his children without looking back… This book tells the story of a small Foundation Establishment clan that, through generations of effort, grew into an immortal clan… Completed at 2.65 million words, welcome to read!

33. 83 残 Mending the Broken Cauldron: The Lu Family's Rise in Cultivation 残鼎复元：陆家修仙崛起路 Little Boss小头目Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing Traditional cultivation + slow-burn progression + cautious protagonist + family-focused + mortal's perspective + no System + pseudo-ensemble cast Realms: Qi Refining → Foundation Establishment → Core Formation → Nascent Soul... On the Tianyuan Continent, sects monopolize resources, leaving little room for small and mid-sized clans to survive. The Lu family, on the remote frontier, is one such clan: spiritual energy is scarce, cultivation methods are incomplete, they are trapped at Qi Refining, a 29.9kReads7.7Score2.2kShelves

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    Traditional cultivation novels include Qi Refining, Foundation Building, Core Formation, etc.

34. 84 我EN My Steady Farming Path to Immortality 我的种田流修仙太稳健了 Blue and White青白Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsCompleted [Slice-of-life farming + steady cultivation + no female lead, multiple dao companions + System + hoarding hamster] While fellow prodigies from my sect are blinded by greed and slaughter each other over opportunities in secret realms, I have been watering my radishes with spirit spring water in the spirit fields for three hundred years. While demonic cultivator overlords blood-sacrifice a million cultivators, I am using demon-binding ropes made from immortal vines to build a fence around my spiri 95.2kReads8.3Score10.8kShelves
35. 85 乾 Dragon Spirit of Heaven and Earth 乾坤龙灵 October Yang十月洋Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Abandoned child + master thief + cultivation + fortune + golden dragon + high-octane battles + secret-realm adventures + ruthless decisiveness + ancient divine beasts] She was the Dragon Realm's most gifted young woman, but was betrayed by her own family and self-destructed, only to be reborn! His birth was shrouded in mystery. By a twist of fate, he obtained a heaven-defying divine pearl, and from then on embarked on the path of cultivation! From an unknown pickpocket in Cangwu City to an unpa 10.3kReads9.2Score897Shelves

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    "Qiankun Dragon Spirit" is a rare and excellent fantasy novel. Its plot, characters, and setting are all top-notch. It will not only bring you joy and enjoyment while reading, but also give you strength and courage. [Admiration][Admiration]

36. 86 凡 A Mortal's Path to Immortality: The Rogue Cultivator Cao Yan's Road to Ascension 凡人仙途：散修曹琰的登天路 Nest of the Ordinary Bird凡鸟巢Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing (Sword cultivator in the early and middle stages, mortal cultivation, no System, starts out in a marketplace, traditional cultivation, slow burn, cautious, decisive and ruthless, talismans) The road to immortality is elusive. I walk it alone. Cao Yan is a bottom-rung rogue cultivator with four spiritual roots in a marketplace. No talent, no backer, no inheritance. Others cultivate immortality through talent. He relies on careful scheming. Someone tries to kill him and steal his treasure? He 5.7kReads6.6Score299Shelves
37. 87 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 563kReads9.7Score72.5kShelves
38. 88 朝 A Mayfly Lives from Dawn to Dusk; Today I Finally Understand What an Immortal Is 朝生暮死蜉蝣命，今日方知仙是仙 Heaven in a Teapot茶壶洞天Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing [Mortal's Journey] + [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] + [Smart Protagonists, Antagonists, and Supporting Characters] + [Slow-Building Plot] I transmigrated, and from the start I got a… Oh, no, from the start, I was given an old man for a father and eighteen young stepmothers, … Old man! Calm down! Let's talk this out! Put down the sword and straighten that green hat on your head first! … What?! I'd already made enough money, bought myself a little maid, and was all set to coast through life, and 12.8kReads7.7Score1.2kShelves

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    The Myriad Soul Banner refines evil spirits, controls corpses and puppets, cultivates Yin and Yang, a mortal's journey, no system, not a wish-fulfillment novel, both protagonists and antagonists are intelligent, the characters are complex and three-dimensional, not stereotypical. Worth reading for veteran readers tired of mindless wish-fulfillment novels.

39. 89 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score209.2kShelves
40. 90 向 Born Toward Death: I Level Up by Trying to Get Myself Killed 向死而生：我的加点靠作死 Lonely Stinky Tofu寂寞的臭豆腐Eastern Fantasy473k WordsOngoing At the age of sixteen, Fang Hua died once in a blaze of blood and fire. When he opened his eyes again, he had become the most unfortunate boy in a poor mountain village: his parents were dead, his younger sister was frail, and disaster followed him at every turn. Even the fortune-teller shook his head and said he was “born to attract calamity.” Then one day, a ding rang out in his mind [Host is in critical condition. Talent “Born from Death” activated.] [Each time you approach death, you gain 50Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Both books are great. The first one is still unfinished, but it seems to have a very grand setting. I've read over 100,000 words, and the story has only just begun. If the author doesn't abandon it, it will definitely be a masterpiece!

41. 91 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 566.7kReads9.3Score73.5kShelves
42. 92 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: I, Li Feiyu, Have Unlimited Firepower! 凡人：我，历飞雨，无限火力！ Clement XIV of Lingwu灵武的克雷芒十四世Male-Channel Fanfiction444k WordsOngoing After transmigrating into A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, will Li Feiyu, the killer and arsonist, become the fall guy for Venerable Han, the savior of the suffering? Wang Chan: State your name! I, Wang Chan, don't kill nobodies! Li Feiyu: Han Li of Yellow Maple Valley. Nothing worth mentioning... Han Li: ? Li Feiyu of Yellow Maple Valley! ...The two brothers keep leaving all sorts of surprises for each other. 35Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Fanfiction of A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality

43. 93 补 The Sky-Mending Immortal Gourd 补天仙壶 Wu Nan午南Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Mortal Cultivation] [No System] [Cautious and Slow-Burn] [No Mindless Power Fantasy] [Logical] [Engaging] Lin Feng is a low-ranking laborer disciple of the Xuantian Sect. With a worthless spiritual root and no backing, he can only struggle to survive at the bottom of the sect. By a stroke of luck, he obtains a mysterious, evolving immortal gourd. Put snake bones into the gourd, and they can become spirit snakes; put incomplete cultivation arts into it, and the techniques will complete themselve 15.3kReads7.7Score2.3kShelves

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    Goodness, this is a gem among mortal cultivation novels. It's engaging, slow-paced, not a typical wish-fulfillment story, but a more sophisticated kind of subtle, satisfying cultivation. It's not mindless or reckless, and the cheat-like abilities are just right.

44. 94 砍 The Woodcutter Boy's Record of Immortal Encounters 砍柴少年仙缘录 Two Taels to Banish Sorrow二两消愁Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted At fifteen, Zhao Fei was a woodcutter from a remote mountain village in the Kingdom of Nanchuan. One day, a wondrous object fell from the sky, sending the young woodcutter down the path of immortal cultivation… 8.6kReads7.5Score1kShelves

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    I recommend a new book on the "Ordinary People" genre; it's very good.

45. 95 苟 Cultivating in Secret by the Side of a Powerful Woman 苟在女大佬身边偷偷修炼 Tea Speaks Without Words茶语无声Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsCompleted Mortal cultivation, mortal cultivation, mortal cultivation, one female lead, no System, no harem, no brainless decisions Su Ping transmigrates to a cultivation world carrying a small bronze cauldron. The immense power of heaven and earth that accompanies his transmigration happens to save a female sect master who is being hunted. Su Ping becomes the female sect master's antidote, and in turn joins her sect as an outer disciple, embarking on the path of cultivation. The road to immortality is ful 12.2kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves

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    A traditional mortal cultivation story with a significant female lead. The male and female leads are truly in love, and their relationship is confirmed quickly and decisively. The female lead is consistently powerful and not just a pretty face. In the early stages, they risk their lives to protect each other during sect wars, the Heavenly Abyss, and against the demon race. Due to their low starting point in the celestial realm, they sneak into the immortal world and become lowly. The couple farms together, explores mysteries, grows stronger, and overcomes adversity, remaining inseparable in times of crisis. Compared to novels like *Rebel Against the Gods* and *A Mortal's Journey to Immortality*, this is a must-read for fans of true single-female cultivation novels.

46. 96 蓝 The Last Cultivator on Blue Star 蓝星最后一个修士 Stir-Fried Milk Candy清炒牛皮糖Urban1.9M WordsOngoing [Classic fantasy] [Urban cultivation] [the Myriad Worlds] [Eastern xianxia] A parallel world. With no System, no rebirth, and no transmigration, Fang Yun was an ordinary country boy who practiced martial arts and cultivated qi. By a twist of fate, he received his master's legacy on his deathbed, becoming the last cultivator in this world. From then on, martial arts and the Dao merged, and his mortal body laid the foundation for cultivation. See how the last cultivator wages war across the lands. 26.4kReads7.8Score2kShelves

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    Parallel world. Without a system, without rebirth, without transmigration, Fang Yun, a farmer's son practicing martial arts and internal energy cultivation, is a "three-nothing" individual. By chance, he receives the inheritance bestowed upon him by his dying master, becoming the last cultivator in this world. From then on, martial arts and the Dao merge, and his mortal body builds its foundation. Witness how this last cultivator conquers all directions. After resolving worldly ties, he embarks on the ancient starry road long forgotten, following in the footsteps of the sages, venturing into the magnificent myriad worlds.

47. 97 玄 Xuanhuan: From the Start, I Forcefully Take in the Demon Empress 玄幻：开局强收妖族女帝 Han Qingru韩清如Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [No System] [No mindless decisions] [Lighthearted comedy] [Multiple heroines] Chen Fan transmigrates to a fantasy world, where the mount given to him by the sect turns out to be the Demon Empress. “I'd rather die than be your mount!” To survive, Chen Fan can only train this mature beauty with a whip, tears in his eyes. From then on, Chen Fan follows her and learns body cultivation, divine abilities, and spirit pill refining, forging his own path to invincibility. The protagonist is not a tradit 2.9kReads8.0Score385Shelves

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    Then I have to mention this one, the only readable cultivation novel that's truly enjoyable.

48. 98 仙 Xianran 仙苒 Liu Feng流锋Eastern Fantasy293k WordsOngoing [Slow-burn ordinary mortal cultivation] + [No System, weak golden finger, relying entirely on hard work and cunning] + [Twelve secret realms] Xiao Ran is an utterly ordinary village boy, drawn into the path of immortal cultivation by an old feud. The road to immortality is exceptionally arduous. Just because I don't pick a fight with anyone doesn't mean no one will pick one with me. With a mixed spiritual root, he can only make up for its shortcomings through other means, cultivating the secret 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Qi Condensation, Foundation Building, Core Formation

49. 99 破 A Broken Cauldron Helps Me Cultivate Immortality 破木鼎助我修仙 Red Eggplant Cloth红茄布Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation + no System + Divine Wood Cauldron + fantasy world] A brother and sister went into the mountains to forage. His younger sister found a broken wooden cauldron and gave it to her brother to use as a bowl. Suddenly, she spotted an immortal flying through the sky on a sword. “Hey, immortal up there! Hello!” At her greeting, Ye Yao was kidnapped, and her brother Ye Fan was knocked unconscious. When Ye Fan woke up, he burst into tears, only to run into a passing fairy-like young wo 27kReads8.5Score2.5kShelves

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    The three followed the footprints all the way to the back mountain of the Liu residence. Sure enough, they found an ancient well in a corner of the mountain. The footprints stopped at the well. Ye Fan crouched down, examined it carefully, and said, "That man in black probably jumped into this well." Fu Luo'er poked her head out, glanced into the well, frowned, and hesitated: "This well is so deep, who knows what dangers lie down there? Should we go down?"

50. 100 步 The Path to Immortality 步道长生 Yi Shi毅食Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted (High-IQ protagonist + decisive and ruthless + no female lead + no bleeding-heart heroics + ordinary-person cultivation + merciless) Why has no one ascended in hundreds of thousands of years? Why have those who became immortals fallen? In pursuit of the Great Dao of Immortality, Chen Changsheng discovers that the road to eternal life is full of lies, schemes, and betrayal. In the end, he abandons mercy and uses ruthless methods to tear open the cultivation world's secrets, slaughter all who stan 890Reads6.5Score100Shelves

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    Traditional mortal cultivation novel, just finished.

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