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1. 1 那 The Cultivators We Used to Chop Up Together 那些年，我们一起砍过的修仙者 Squirrel Under the Mushroom House蘑菇屋下的松鼠Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted (Everyman’s cultivation + no System) Unlike traditional xianxia, don’t read if that’s not your thing. That year, a seven-year-old boy took his little sister into the cultivation world. Then all the cultivators went crazy! When you set out to cultivate, it doesn’t matter if you have talent, treasures, or lucky opportunities. But there’s one thing you must remember: there’s one person you must never provoke. Even though this person isn’t a cultivator at all. His blade is faster than light, so fast 160.3kReads9.3Score16.9kShelves

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   A grassroots cultivator, a martial arts master, directly confronts a magic master. The title of the number one bully in Donggua Village is undeserved; the protagonist is more like a scourge wherever he goes, bringing misfortune wherever he goes. Anyone who dares to challenge him is met with a single blow. Rumor has it that this protagonist possesses invincible potential.

2. 2 凡EN Mortal Cultivation: Ten Thousand Corpses Forge an Immortal Bone 凡人修仙，万尸铸仙骨 Swimming Champion游泳冠军Eastern Fantasy4.8M WordsOngoing Demonic cultivation + no System + scheming underdog + decisive and ruthless. This book is dark, so don't read it if that's not your thing. The moment Song Wen kills the frail little beggar and seizes his blood and soul, every cell in his body cheers and leaps with excitement. His mind races, and he knows that killing will be part of his life from now on. For survival and immortality, he'll stop at nothing: petty schemes, conspiracies, and ruthless slaughter. On the road to immortality, bones are 96kReads8.9Score8.2kShelves

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   This is absolutely amazing! This cultivation novel, a story of ordinary people falling into the mortal realm, is incredible!!! The rating speaks for itself.

3. 3 朕 I Am the Emperor of Xia, So Taking a Consort Is Only Natural 朕为夏君，纳个妃子很合理吧 An Yunjun安云君Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing [System + Emperor + Imperial Unification + Fantasy + Multiple Heroines + Political Intrigue] [This is not a harem novel. The multiple heroines are necessary for the plot!] Luo Chen unexpectedly transmigrates into the Nine Provinces Continent, becoming Mo Linyuan, the ninth prince of Xia. He thinks he has the perfect start, but it’s a chaotic age: powerful clans control the government at home, while rebellious lords and neighboring states threaten the borders. Mo Linyuan has mediocre talent and n 19.4kReads7.2Score1.5kShelves

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   Go go go!

4. 4 人 The Immortal Food of Mankind 人种仙食 Big-Headed T头很大的T君Eastern Fantasy6.5M WordsOngoing "Weird Cultivation, Behind-the-Scenes Story" The Tang Dynasty: strange things are coming. When Li Qing transmigrated here, he thought Mr. Huayue had kindly taken him in. Little did he know that the man saw him only as livestock to be raised for food. At the brink of life and death, the jade tablet on Li Qing revealed its power, gravely wounding Mr. Huayue and allowing him to escape. But the danger was far from over. The scheme of the Six Paths and Eight Immortals to devour all living beings had 37.9kReads8.8Score3.4kShelves

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   This classic grassroots cultivation novel

5. 5 游EN Game Invasion: I'm the Only Ordinary Player 游戏入侵：我是唯一普通玩家 The Xiahou Clan Who Likes Bitter Fish喜欢苦鱼的夏侯族Sports2.2M WordsOngoing [Game Invasion] + [Only Player] + [No Female Lead] + [Game Locked at Level 1] + [Relatively Plausible] + [No Idiots]. The game invades reality. The only player with access to the game's full features. The only player who can spend money in the game. Stuck at Level 1 forever! Taking level-locking to the absolute limit. At Level 1, death cooldowns are short, killing monsters gives no experience, and you stay at Level 1 until you die! 4.1kReads5.8Score315Shelves

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   It's written very closely.

6. 6 打EN Cultivating Immortality: My Path to Unrivaled Power 打坐就能涨法力，贫道要无敌 Qian Li Tongfeng千李同风Eastern Fantasy4.0M WordsCompleted [Not a mindless power fantasy] [Crushes every opponent] [From setbacks to triumph] [One explosive breakthrough after another] [The ways of the world] [Rapidly becomes invincible] Under a gloomy sky, demons run rampant and evil spirits abound. Ordinary people struggle to survive under the protection of extraordinary forces. Cultivation sects stand high above the world, Dao Lords look down on the ants with indifference, and the word “immortal” has become the greatest taboo. Young Li Qingyun is an 54.3kReads8.7Score5kShelves
7. 7 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
8. 8 大 Great Qin: Fusu Is Demoted from the Start, So I Talk Him into Rebellion 大秦：开局扶苏被贬，忽悠他造反 Yu Lan Jin瑜兰瑾Historical3.3M WordsOngoing “Fusu, you already have an army of 300,000 at your command. Why haven’t you rebelled yet?” “Once Qin Shi Huang dies, Zhao Gao will forge the imperial decree and Hu Hai will take the throne. Don’t wait!” “March into Xianyang and force Qin Shi Huang to abdicate in your favor!” “Fusu, it’s cold. Put on a dragon robe to keep warm!” “What? The First Emperor is dead? Hu Hai has taken the throne? And he’s issued a decree ordering you to kill yourself? This is your chance! Come on, I’ll write you a proc 130.3kReads9.0Score9.5kShelves
9. 9 镯 The Immortal Path of the Bracelet 镯道仙途 Just Half a Step Away半步之遥Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Traditional xianxia + no System + cultivation + pocket dimension + accelerated spiritual herb growth] A country boy accidentally picks up a golden bracelet and discovers that it contains a world of its own. Inside the bracelet’s space is an immortal field that speeds up the growth of spiritual plants, a celestial spring that clears the mind and spirit, and a cultivation manual that allows ordinary mortals to enter the world of cultivation. From then on, the country boy embarks on the path to 363Reads7.5Score108Shelves
10. 10 第 First Rate! 第一流！ Zhong Jiuling钟九陵Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted [No female lead, no formulaic tropes, not a power fantasy. Excellent writing and a first-rate plot. If that’s not your thing, don’t read.] Year thirty-one of the New Era. Snow fell in the bitter cold of winter. Many things happened that year. The Divine Church gained a new Divine Son, the Buddhist faith saw thirty-six golden lotuses bloom, and a madman emerged from a crumbling Taoist temple. The North Sea churned, threatening to swallow heaven and earth. A tiny blade of grass grew in the De 39.7kReads8.5Score3.5kShelves
11. 11 飘 The Drifting Immortal Path 飘浮仙路 Sunset Rainbow Bridge夕阳虹桥Eastern Fantasy434k WordsCompleted “I never imagined that I, Haoyu Divine Lord, a mighty Divine Lord, would actually die here... here!” So he began to perform a forbidden art he had once stumbled upon. “Heaven and earth, the way of all things, the soul of my life, the path of my body... condense... condense... gather...!” Haoyu Divine Lord let out one final, mournful cry. All that remained was the Universe Diagram, slowly drifting into a rift in space until it disappeared from sight. A conflict sparked by a divine artifact s 33Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These books have mastered the "grassroots cultivation" trope, making them incredibly exciting and addictive. If you're also craving stories of rising from the bottom to defeat all the powerful figures in the world, add these to your reading list now! They're guaranteed to give you an unforgettable experience of the "extreme struggle" in the cultivation world, and you simply won't be able to stop reading.

12. 12 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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    That's fine.

13. 13 蝉 The Cicada Project 蝉计划 Moonlight Old Rascal明月老贼Urban4.7M WordsCompleted [Spiritual qi revival + crafty schemer + comedy + meme references + one heroine] As spiritual qi revived, Jiang Bai unexpectedly arrived in the age of the fifth mysterious tide. Everything he knew had faded with the passage of time. The world had been utterly transformed, familiar places and people were gone, and the career he had once fought for had turned to dust. The past was beyond recall. In this chaotic, dark age, order had long since collapsed, civilization was no more, and the shadow of 69.3kReads9.3Score7.2kShelves
14. 14 诡 The Eerie Spirit Medium: My Doll Can Really Manifest Spirits 诡异降神师：我的娃娃真能显灵 Clouds Can Smile云会笑Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Ghosts in the Book!] [Dark Tone!] [Villain Protagonist!] [Urban Supernatural!] [Horror Aesthetic!] [Invincible from the Start!] A sinister doll saws someone to pieces, a red-clad vengeful ghost claims lives at the airport, a hundred ghosts hunt people down along a ten-mile street, the dead rise again in a crematorium, and corpses dance wildly in an abandoned hospital... None of these things happened to me. They are all stories I wrote. My name is Yang Ning. I am an heir to the Ling Men, a profe 131.2kReads9.5Score11.5kShelves
15. 15 异EN Another World: My Life Has Cheat Codes! 异世界：我的人生开了挂！ A Salty Fish c一条咸鱼cEastern Fantasy5.9M WordsCompleted [Vampires, werewolves, technology, potions, ghosts, biohumans, divination, puppets, and every terrifying element you can imagine: this world has them all.] Lin En transmigrated into such a bizarre otherworld and became an apprentice at a potion shop. "Something is wrong with that man! He never uses anesthetic when performing surgery!" "That shop is a scam! The moment you go in, they find a pile of illnesses even if you are perfectly healthy!" "But wait, isn't that shop supposed to be the bes 138.3kReads9.6Score16.9kShelves
16. 16 等 When You Finally Look Up 等到你抬起头时 The Cat in the Lake湖里的猫Urban374k WordsCompleted [School life + no System + cozy daily life + healing + one heroine + sweet romance] “Why is your voice so flat?” “Why is your fringe so long? I can't even see your eyes.” “Can you be a little smarter? Don't believe everything I tell you.” Shen Yuerou finally reacted and raised her head. “I can't.” “Then, do you like me?” “I do.” Shen Yuerou's voice was still as flat as ever. The person in front of her was about to lose their mind! This is a story about redemption and healing. There a 17.2kReads9.6Score1.8kShelves
17. 17 情 I Have No Emotions, So I Found a Sniper for a Girlfriend 情感缺失的我找了个狙击手女友 The Bird Who Loves Collecting Stamps爱收集邮票的飞鸟Urban664k WordsCompleted (One heroine. She isn't a campus beauty, just above average in looks. The moment they meet, they both realize the other is a big shot.) (The romance develops slowly.) On the surface, the world where humanity lives after World War II is peaceful. But in the hidden world of shadows, national organizations like Xuanyuan Sword, Eagle's Wing, and Winterhold are locked in constant conflict. Genetically enhanced people hiding among the crowds possess physical abilities far beyond those of ordinary huma 30kReads9.6Score3.7kShelves
18. 18 双 Twin God-Tier Martial Souls, Shocking the Demon Emperor's Wife! 双生神级武魂，震惊妖帝老婆！ The White Dragon Is No Dragon白龙非龙Eastern Fantasy7.3M WordsOngoing [Multiple heroines + shocking, passionate action + fairies and demons with unexpected sides + hilarious, outrageous “filial sons”] The thrills never stop after he leaves the mountains, and neither do the schemes. Luo Fanchen, a legendary heartbreaker and “playboy,” transmigrates and is dragged back to a village by his demoness wife from the very start. He awakens two heaven-defying, mysterious martial souls, encounters fairies and demonesses, and pulls one outrageous stunt after another… In this 225.8kReads9.5Score18.5kShelves
19. 19 无 Unlimited Simulations: I Grow Stronger Every Second 无限制模拟，我每秒都在变强 Watermelon Should Be Chilled西瓜要吃冰的Eastern Fantasy513k WordsCompleted Also known as: Since it's all just simulation anyway, going completely crazy and absurd is only natural Ruthless and decisive, with 99% of the story devoted to simulations. Don't read if that's not your thing. After transmigrating, He Yu thought he could marry the pretty daughter of the man who had saved his life, have children, and live out an ordinary life. Then he awakened a simulator that could run through an entire lifetime in an instant. It could be activated without any conditions, and he 26kReads9.0Score2.5kShelves
20. 20 家 The More Prosperous My Clan Becomes, the More Terrifying My Power Gets 家族越昌盛，我的实力越恐怖 Green-Eyed Pig青涩的猪Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted Li Chen transmigrates to the world of cultivation, determined to become an immortal. But his spiritual roots are so poor that he fails to qualify for any immortal sect. He thinks he is destined to become a rootless, wandering cultivator, but then Li Chen activates the Immortal Clan System and receives an inheritance in second-tier alchemy right from the start. To earn the System’s rewards, to achieve immortality, and to become an immortal, Li Chen has no choice but to rack his brains completin 19.5kReads7.7Score1.4kShelves
21. 21 聚EN The Immortal Treasure Basin 聚宝仙盆 Tropical Fruit Milk Tea香果味奶茶Eastern Fantasy5.0M 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 398.9kReads8.7Score30.5kShelves

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