Cultivation Novels: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul 修仙小说，练气期。筑基期，金丹期，元婴

1. 551 丹 The Immortal Path of the Elixir Scripture 丹经仙途 Red, Yellow, Blue, Green, and Purple红的黄的蓝的绿的紫的Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted A humble young man happens upon an alchemy manual. Relying on his natural talent, he practices alchemy and cultivation, joins a sect, and successfully establishes his foundation. He ventures into secret realms, claims rare treasures, and has a beautiful companion by his side. After a difficult journey, he forms a Golden Core, forges a Nascent Soul, and ultimately becomes a legendary figure of his era. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 552 混 The Primordial Dao Fruit Throws the Three Realms into Chaos 混元道果乱三界 Peony Boss芍药老板Eastern Fantasy582k WordsOngoing I wrote this book seriously, and nobody read it. This is a lazy, slapdash work. I hope nobody clicks on it. It's just here to pad the numbers. I still have to write 50 characters. I'm seriously at a loss. I can't even be bothered to make anything up. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A better book

3. 553 出 From the Mud to the Immortal Path 出淤泥而入仙途 Snow Peak Without a Moon雪峰无月Eastern Fantasy378k WordsOngoing No farming, no pills, no System, no transmigration, no rebirth. A cultivation novel whose protagonist is weak as can be. A revolution in traditional cultivation! Even in the world of cultivation, there are feelings, love, and everyday life. 32Reads—Score—Shelves

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   No farming, no drugs, no time travel, no rebirth, no system. The protagonist's combat power is also quite weak. Have you ever read a cultivation novel like this? Come and read "Emerging from the Mud to Enter the Immortal Path"!

4. 554 月 Moonlight Flying Sword 月光飞剑 Liu Ningduochang刘宁多昌Eastern Fantasy528k WordsCompleted This novel blends elements of history, wuxia, cultivation, and mythology. The protagonist, Gongsun Shan, is a wretched young man born into an ordinary family. Disaster strikes his family, and his father is killed by soldiers. The soldiers seize him as a dwarf slave to be sent as tribute. He escapes by jumping off a cliff along the way, and is saved by the wandering swordsman Zi Ruoshui. With nowhere else to go, Gongsun Shan makes his savior Zi Ruoshui his master, follows him to study martial art 11Reads8.9Score109Shelves

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   Unconventional Xianxia (cultivation and martial arts) novels

5. 555 星 Stars Stir Across a Thousand Clouds 星动千云 Clouds of a Thousand Leaves千叶之云Martial Arts2.2M WordsOngoing Xing Dong is just an ordinary member of the millions of cultivators, or perhaps he doesn't even know that he's a cultivator. If fate exists, then perhaps he was born to toil. If cultivators have prodigies, then perhaps he is just a background character. Beneath the boundless Heavenly Dao, this is the helpless cry of an ordinary cultivator, and the black-and-white battle 311Reads—Score110Shelves

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   (Water) (The male protagonist only ever acts bravely once in his life; he's usually cowardly and abets evil, a disgrace to our generation. It's recommended to condemn him severely starting from Chapter 5, so he can learn from this [angry]) (Also, he's often irresponsible towards women from the ten races, a typical scumbag. One of them has a name starting with "Qian," and the other with "Yun," except one of the female protagonists is an enemy [sad][sad]) Fantasy + Sci-Fi Fusion: Character style similar to *Against the Gods*, battle descriptions closer to *Zi Chuan*, progression pacing references *A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality*, space battles reference *Mobile Suit 08th MS Team* and *Gundam Wing*.

6. 556 修 Cultivation: The Ruyi Dao Domain, a Good-for-Nothing’s Blood Feud on the Road to Immortality 修仙：如意道域，废柴血仇踏长生 The Phoenix Flies, the Phoenix Follows凤飞凰随Eastern Fantasy205k WordsCompleted Life is rare, birth in the Central Lands is rarer, and the chance to cultivate immortality is harder still! Chu Xiang bears a blood feud. He changes his name to Xiang Chu and joins the Tongxuan Sect. Unfortunately, he has no spiritual roots and ends up a good-for-nothing servant at the very bottom. The servant supervisor: Hey, kid! It’s the second watch. Get up and get to work! The sect’s Holy Son: You lowly servant! I’ll beat you to death. As Xiang Chu teeters on the brink of death, his ancestr 22Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I recommend a great book that's definitely worth reading!

7. 557 元 A Nascent Soul Reborn: Everyone Who Tried to Make Me Abdicate Is in Tears 元婴重生，逼我禅让的人都哭了 Lucky Drowning Bear气运落水熊Eastern Fantasy512k WordsOngoing Wang Zhixuan, a once-in-a-millennium genius with two top-grade spiritual roots, joined the Southern Sage Sect. When word got out, the Northern Sage Sect attacked to seize him. In the end, Wang Zhixuan traded himself for his captured fellow disciples, including his martial aunt and senior sister, and was taken away by the Northern Sage Sect. For eleven years, Wang Zhixuan never betrayed his sect. In the end, they tortured him until he was completely crippled. Then, through a calculated scheme, th 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Having endured humiliation and hardship, I had just helped the sect rise again when they forced me to abdicate as sect leader, citing damage to its image. This is a classic cultivation novel, beginning with sect conflicts and power struggles. The protagonist replenishes his five spiritual roots, and the plot is unconventional, allowing him to reach the strongest Qi Refining stage.

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