Looking for Cultivation Novels with Slow-Building Growth 求慢慢成长的修仙小说

1. 1 逐 Chasing the Sword 逐剑 Cooked Laifu Pigeon煮熟的来福鸽Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted [Traditional fantasy] [One female lead] [Lone cultivator] [No transmigration or rebirth] One day, if I hold a sword in my hand, even the saints of the world will bow their heads! One man, one dog, and one sword: together, they stir up a storm across the Six Provinces! After enduring the darkest moment of his life, the boy leaves the city at sunset with a sword on his back. How does he end up with white hair overnight, wearing a ghost mask and wielding a sharp blade, becoming the “Executioner” in 35.9kReads9.0Score3.8kShelves

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   Come to the classic articles on cultivating immortals, and they all grow up step by step.

2. 2 系 The System Granted Me Immortality and Invincibility, but Not Eternal Youth 系统赐我长生无敌，却没赐我不老 Bu Nishang of Liuxi柳溪的步霓裳Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Everyday cultivation + decisive and ruthless + irreverent cultivation + old-timer mentor + a little System] (A serious note: This book is told from the perspective of a long-lived old man. Cultivation techniques and spirit stones aren’t important, and there’s no leveling up, monster slaying, or auction-house browsing. If you like stories about young protagonists leveling up, slaying monsters, and visiting auction houses, go read those instead. This book has none of that.) “Sir~ Come on in~” “Yo 17.8kReads8.5Score1.4kShelves

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   Casual, funny

3. 3 谁 Who Said You Could Really Cultivate Immortality? 谁让你真修仙了？ Qi Qi Ai柒柒唉Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted] [Invincible protagonist] [Comedy] Qin Luo transmigrates to a cultivation world overrun by monsters and demons. To protect himself, he goes to the Longhu Temple to study under a master, only to discover that his teacher is a fake Taoist who makes a living by swindling people. In the first year, his master tells Qin Luo to meditate and cultivate. He gazes within himself and integrates the foundation of the Great Dao. In the second year, his master tells Qin Luo to scrimp and save. H 28.9kReads8.9Score2.3kShelves
4. 4 开 A Sacred Land's Daoist Heir from the Start, and You Want Me to Follow the Trash Talent Route? 开局圣地道子，你让我走废材流？ The Boss of East Street东大街一霸Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted (Cultivation prodigy, decisive and ruthless, lighthearted, System, play the pig to eat the tiger, master of bullying the weak, fishing expert, multiple women) After transmigrating to a xianxia world, Qi Yuan never awakened a golden finger, but everything still went smoothly for him. He established his foundation in one year and formed his core in three. His peerless talent caused a sensation at the Taixuan Sacred Land, and he became its Daoist Heir at a young age, enjoying lofty status and unpar 98.2kReads8.6Score11.7kShelves
5. 5 这 This Talisman Cultivator Is Pretty Strong 这个符修有点强 Yan Jinhuai颜槿槐Ancient Romance682k WordsCompleted [Gender equality + strong female lead with a touch of ensemble cast + growth and advancement + slightly slow-paced] Lu Chongshuang stayed up late revising her thesis and suddenly died from exhaustion, only to transmigrate to a cultivation world where everyone pushes themselves to the limit and never sleeps. She silently screams, Nooo! It’s okay, not everyone in the cultivation world has spiritual roots. What! They do, and mine are ninth-grade. Am I the protagonist? Chongshuang looks at her older 1.8kReads8.6Score404Shelves

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   This is quite normal

6. 6 长 Eternal Prudence: Starting with a Suona, Funeral Rites to Immortality 长生苟道：开局吹唢呐，送葬修仙 The Rooster Crows, Two and a Half Years Pass雄鸡一唱两年半Eastern Fantasy4.8M WordsOngoing [Immortal Cultivation + Comedy and Memes + Ordinary Protagonist + Heroine + Laying Low + Status Panel] Bai Yu transmigrated to an immortal-cultivation world. From the start, he was immortal, and performing funerals made him stronger. Bury a grandmaster martial artist and gain a max-level Golden Bell Shield, with the vitality of a dragon! Bury a Nascent Soul cultivator and gain a top-tier Heavenly Spirit Root, with extraordinary talent! Bury an Immortal Emperor of the Myriad Worlds and gain the T 45.4kReads8.9Score3.8kShelves
7. 7 重 Rebirth as a Demonic Cultivator: Starting with a Zombie Planet 重生魔修，开局捡到一颗丧尸星球 The World Is Ink天下墨矣Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsOngoing This novel has been adapted into a comic. Chu Xuan transmigrates to the Cangxuan World and becomes a demonic cultivator in the Wuji Sect. To cultivate the demonic path is to seize the essence of heaven and earth and take the finest of all things. Slaughter countless millions, and you can become a supreme Demon Venerable. But killing is forbidden by the Heavenly Dao of the human race. The righteous sects also wiped out the Wuji Sect. Just when all seemed lost, Chu Xuan happens upon a blood mirror 16.5kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves

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   Beautiful, wonderful, can't stop

8. 8 我 I'm a Wild Mountain God. From the Start, a Female Follower Offered Herself to Beg for Rain 我，野山神，开局女信徒献身求雨 Top Salesperson of the Year年度销售第一Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Farming + slow burn + System + building the Underworld + building the Celestial Court + divine offspring] Li Qingshan transmigrates to a world without gods, where collecting incense offerings is all it takes to keep growing stronger. An ordinary villager's offering gives +3 incense points; a devout villager's offering gives +30; a fanatically loyal villager's offering gives +300! Spend 100 incense points: Break through to the Wild God Realm! Spend 1,000 incense points: Break through to the Eart 5.4kReads8.4Score558Shelves
9. 9 开 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 802.5kReads9.7Score95.7kShelves
10. 10 市 Immortals Hidden Among the Common Folk 市井藏仙 Flying Flowers in the Fine Rain密雨飞花Eastern Fantasy6.7M WordsOngoing Zhao Mu transmigrates to the Great Jin dynasty and gains the power to grow young again. Whenever one life reaches its end, he returns to his youth, living forever without ever dying. For fifty years, I serve as an official at the entertainment bureau, leisurely watching celebrated courtesans dance and seeing every beauty the world has to offer. I live through the rise and fall of dynasties, watching wise rulers bring peace and foolish emperors plunge the realm into chaos. I roam the rivers and l 99.3kReads8.4Score9.6kShelves
11. 11 全 Global Honghuang: I Claim the Title of Venerable Ancestor in Honghuang 全球洪荒：我在洪荒称尊做祖 The North Wind Passes Through北风过境Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 8.8kReads7.9Score566Shelves
12. 12 灵 Spiritual Qi Revival: I Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger 灵气复苏：我在扮猪吃虎 Slaughterer of All Living Things屠戮苍生Urban2.5M WordsCompleted Lin Chen transmigrates into a world where spiritual qi has revived. Since he didn't awaken a talent, his teachers, classmates, and family see him as a complete good-for-nothing, and even his girlfriend breaks up with him. Awakened ones? What's that? I'm an unparalleled cultivator! Across the Myriad Worlds, no matter how peerless or brilliant you are, no matter how you shake the ages, I can suppress you with a wave of my hand. I have enemies in every direction and factions all around me. No matte 35.4kReads8.6Score3.4kShelves
13. 13 仙 Bait on the Path to Immortality 仙途为饵 Serene Fengshui风水陶然Fantastical Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [Rating just came out, it’ll go up] Cultivation + Strong Female Lead + Dot-ed-On by Everyone + Transmigrate into a Book + No CP + All-Rounder + Chaos Spirit Root + Space + Family Power Struggles Lin Yueyue unexpectedly transmigrates into a book and becomes Lin Yueyue, the original heroine who dies a tragic death. She knows just how miserable the Lin Yueyue in the book has it. She doesn't want to sit around waiting to die. Her only option is to save herself! But she's only five years old. What ca 29.8kReads8.5Score3kShelves

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    This is the growth type of cultivating immortals

14. 14 从 From a Jar of Spirit Herbs to the Dao Ancestor of the Immortal Realm 从一罐灵草到仙界道祖 The Road Goes On路长在Eastern Fantasy4.2M WordsCompleted [Mortal Cultivation] He tossed an immortal herb into a black jar, and it kept pouring out more! A village boy accidentally obtained a black jar that could duplicate supplies, and so began his journey to immortality. Is cultivating immortality difficult? I have mountains of pills to help me! Are powerful enemies everywhere? I’ll wipe them out with handfuls of talismans! Born with a useless spirit root, he defies fate and becomes an Immortal Ancestor! Shu Han proves the Great Dao to the world, bec 56.7kReads9.1Score5.7kShelves

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    My favorite genre, the author's writing is good, and the overall novel is well connected.

15. 15 三 Above the Three Faces 三面之上 Sunlit Flowers and Trees向陽花木Urban261k WordsOngoing As chaos engulfed the Three Realms, the chains of fate drove Xu Hongbin, a young man of the Xu family, into an endless abyss. He had once been the Xu family's pride, but his Silver Flood Dragon bloodline brought calamity upon his clan. With his family in ruins and his loved ones suffering, he set out alone on a path of revenge, vowing to defy fate and wash away the shame of the past in blood. Yet fate had other plans. Though reborn with memories of his past life and fragments of cultivation tech 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This novel builds a passionate fantasy world. The protagonist bears the hatred of his family and fights back all the way. He battles wits and courage with all forces to save the Three Realms from danger. It is a rare masterpiece.

16. 16 不 I Only Refuse to Betray the World 不负天下而已 Doudou’s Darling豆豆的宝贝Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Cultivation setting + no rebirth + no transmigration + not a wish-fulfillment novel] A kind person may be swept along by the ways of the world and fall into darkness; A great villain with blood on his hands may also turn over a new leaf through a single act of kindness; Li Chenxi is one of the rare people who, even after experiencing a major upheaval, can still hold fast to his true nature; The fates of people like him are often more troubled than those of ordinary people; They are usually eit 214Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The author is self-recommended and prefers traditional fairy tales. There is no rebirth, no time travel, and no golden fingers. The female protagonist is born in a general and has extraordinary talents. The proud son of heaven must work hard to cultivate. Talent is the threshold for entry. What really determines how far you go is persistence and hard work [seeking attention] [seeking attention] [seeking attention] [seeking attention]

17. 17 凡 A Mortal's Immortal Fate 凡人仙缘 Floating Dust Master浮尘子Eastern Fantasy6.2M WordsCompleted Main character: Li Yi. [Traditional cultivation] [Mortal's journey] [One female lead] [Spatial powers] [Farming] [Decisive and ruthless] [No System] An ordinary boy from a mountain village leaves home to pursue immortality, fighting his way into the cruel, dark world of cultivation. With his clever, decisive, and cautious nature, he cuts down his enemies without hesitation and encounters countless wondrous opportunities for immortality. After passing through Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment 38.1kReads8.3Score4.1kShelves

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    Both of these books are articles written by mortals to cultivate immortality. It's all about the steady development of the protagonist + a slap in the face + a grassroots counterattack + pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger.

18. 18 绝 Peerless Martial God 绝世武神 Jing Wuhen净无痕Eastern Fantasy6.9M WordsCompleted On the Jiuxiao Continent, martial arts reign supreme. The weak live ordinary lives and suffer at the hands of others, while the wrath of the strong leaves rivers of blood in its wake. 125.2kReads9.1Score12.2kShelves

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    🔥Shuhuang is coming soon! This cool article is going crazy! The protagonist awakens to the incredible growth system at the beginning, and beating the BOSS by leaping through levels is like chopping melons and vegetables! From bronze all the way to king, the whole process is high-energy without any peeing, and I can't stop pretending to be X in the face! The whole process is full of excitement, and you can enjoy it without having to use your brain. Save the book shortage now! Rush!!

19. 19 剑 Eighty Years in the Sword Pavilion, Then I Emerged as an Earthly Immortal 剑阁八十年，出世陆地神仙 Am I a God?我是神吗Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing The original novel behind the hit short drama “Earthly Sword Immortal: Eighty Years Guarding the Sword Pavilion” Meng Fan, gifted with the talent “Swordsmanship as Divine,” is reborn in a cultivation world and becomes the sword keeper of the Sword Pavilion at the Shushan Sword Sect. Touching the “Seven Stars Sword,” he obtains the Seven Stars Sword Art. Touching the “Demon-Suppressing Sword,” he obtains the Sword Intent of Demon Slaying. Touching the “Fuxi Sword,” he obtains the Fuxi Divine Body 33.8kReads8.5Score2kShelves
20. 20 真 The True Lord Is Reborn in the City 真君重生在都市 Pouting Bro翘嘴哥Urban2.8M WordsCompleted A hit cultivation novel rises to the top [Reborn]+ [Urban Cultivation]+ [Face-slapping] On the brink of his primordial spirit’s destruction, the Water Virtue Star Lord forcibly took over the body of a heartbroken college student who had just jumped into the river. Soaked to the skin, Yuan Bin crawled out of the riverbed with only three strands of immortal energy left in his dantian. His ex-girlfriend sneered as she clung to a rich heir: “You jumped into the river and still didn’t die?” In the de 9Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    These are all grown up slowly, there is no stallion, the more you watch, the more addictive you become.

21. 21 我 Farming in Wuzhuang Temple: A Different Kind of Honghuang 我在五庄观种田不一样的洪荒 Pouting Bro翘嘴哥Eastern Fantasy234k WordsCompleted [Transmigration]+ [Reborn]+ [Cultivation]+ [Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy] Unlike traditional primordial-world stories, this tale turns your expectations upside down with lighthearted comedy. A young man, beaten half to death in the battle between immortals and demons, plunges into the chaotic void and somehow binds himself to a deadly Immortal Decree: rebuild Wuzhuang Temple! He plans to grow some spiritual plants and take it easy. But the moment he sets foot in the primordial world’s Illusory Spirit I 12Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 我 A Marquis in the Great Ming 我在大明当王侯 Pouting Bro翘嘴哥Male-Channel Fanfiction348k WordsOngoing [Transmigrated into a live-in son-in-law, only to wake up buried in a pit?] In the third year of the Hongwu era, Xiao Tian opened his eyes, fresh dirt still clinging to the back of his neck. He stared at the shovel waving above him and finally believed it: he had transmigrated into the most disgraced live-in son-in-law in the Chen household. “The useless lout’s awake?” The Chen family’s old steward kicked him in the side. “The madam’s seventh-day memorial was yesterday, and he got drunk in the b —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 咱 We've Got People Down Below 咱下面有人 Warm Sun on Duckweed暖阳浮萍Urban1.5M WordsCompleted The big shots of the Underworld? They're my ancestors! As the Underworld's number-one playboy, I stay calm. My family has always been serious about protecting its own! The Underworld's ghost dragons? They're my tattoos! Those guys are a little too wild. If possible, send a few more my way! The Underworld's bailiffs? They're my underlings! They can drive for me and deliver packages, too! Evil spirits causing trouble? I'll kill every last one of them. Well, as the Underworld's Ghost Courier Ju 13.3kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves

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    You can go and listen to the recommendations for good books.

24. 24 万 The Ultimate Underdog 万古第一废材 Little Seventeen the Crybaby爱哭的小十七Eastern Fantasy9.9M WordsOngoing [Invincible, Fiery, Fast-Paced, Constant Updates, Strongly Recommended by Hundreds of Millions of Readers!] A hundred thousand years ago, everyone was like a dragon, and all could cultivate the martial path. After the Calamity Transformation, the Heavenly Dao collapsed and the gods fell, leaving behind only an ancient tower of reincarnation. A hundred thousand years later, martial cultivation had become a matter of bloodline. A trash bloodline was no better than an insect and could not cultivate 262.9kReads9.0Score21kShelves
25. 25 武 This Is a Martial Arts World—Why Are You Teaching Immortal Cultivation? 武者世界，你怎么教人修仙 Fast Blade for Feel-Good Stories爽文快刀手Martial Arts2.5M WordsCompleted This is a world where martial strength reigns supreme. Lin Bei transmigrates into a small mountain village. Using the tai chi practiced by an old man in the park, he tricks children who can't train in martial arts into believing it's a cultivation method even more powerful than martial arts. Then a martial artist whose dantian has been crippled happens to hear of Lin Bei's reputation. With the attitude of giving it a try, he asks to become Lin Bei's disciple, saying that if Lin Bei is a fraud, h 8.2kReads8.5Score1.4kShelves
26. 26 开 A Book from the Start, and I Master Every Technique Through Insight 开局一本书，功法全靠悟 I'm Just Doudou我就是豆豆Eastern Fantasy262k WordsOngoing [Romance] + [Xianxia] + [Xuanhuan] + [No System] + [Transmigration] + [Buffs Stacked to the Max] + [Leveling Up] In the Six Paths Realm, sects stand everywhere, and cultivators practice vastly different techniques, all of which are broadly known as spiritual power. The ranks are Spirit Adept, Spirit Master, Great Spirit Master, Spirit Lord, Spirit King, Spirit Emperor, Spirit Sect, Spirit Venerable, Spirit Sage, and Spirit Monarch. The young Ye Tianxing receives a master in his dreams, follows a —Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 系 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 546.8kReads9.4Score50kShelves
28. 28 未 Cultivation, Futuristic Style 未来式修仙 A Little Longer久一分Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Centuries after the spiritual qi revival on Earth, spiritual technology reigns supreme. Cultivation no longer requires spiritual roots, talent, or insight. A miniature spiritual qi reactor can be implanted in the dantian, and a chip can be implanted directly in the brain to attain enlightenment. Even the Heavenly Dao is just something that can be observed and exploited by a supercomputer. Yet on this Earth, where even pigs can become immortals, the rampant proliferation of cultivators has caused 15.6kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
29. 29 最 The Strongest Villain: From the Start, I Dug Up the Heaven-Chosen Sovereign's Bone 最强大反派：开局挖了天命至尊骨 Dust Settles on the Western Hills西山落尘Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted (Villain + Comedy + No-System Power Fantasy) A side-splitting villain story that's hugely popular →_→. On the first day after being reborn, Chen Changsheng discovers that he has dug up the Heaven's Chosen Supreme Bone and awakened the Ancient Double Pupils! On the second day, he casually flirts with his younger sister, born with a Daoist physique. On the third day, his pet digs out the spiritual essence of someone with a Kunpeng divine physique. Just as he gets himself branded an enemy by three 2.5kReads8.1Score190Shelves
30. 30 乾 The Sword of Qian's Destruction 乾灭剑传 Wu Shi Is a Little Lazy伍识有点懒Urban227k WordsOngoing “Is this really the only way?” A white-robed man with an expressionless face gazed at the chaos before him, seemingly speaking to himself. An old, calm voice came from within the chaos. “Yes. This is the only way. There is no other option...” Amid flashes of lightning and peals of thunder, a pitch-black sword and a crying baby appeared at the foot of Lingkong Mountain. Xu Sanqing happened to be passing by and saw them... 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Come on, brothers [sending hearts]

31. 31 道 The Way Begins, the Struggle for the Way 道起道争 Scattered Remnants of the Past错落曾经Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing When Heaven and Earth first came into being, the myriad paths descended, yet eternal enslavement became the fate of every race. When the sinister Dao sweeps through the heavens with a blood-red fog, devouring all creation, and the ominous Dao spreads like a plague, corroding the foundations of the myriad paths, the entire cosmos becomes a flock of lambs waiting for slaughter. Lin Jin, a young man from a remote border town, rises to prominence after accidentally obtaining a fragment of the source —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A masterpiece of classic traditional fantasy novels. .

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