Looking for a Cultivation Novel: No System, No Villain, No Rebirth 求书，修仙文，不要系统，不要反派，不要重生

1. 1 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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   This book is really hard to describe; if you're not quick-witted, you might not understand what the main character is doing. 😂

2. 2 疯 This Is Crazy! I Returned from Cultivation, and My Home Is Gone? 疯了，修仙归来，家没了？ Zou Yige邹一个Urban294k WordsCompleted [Return to the Immortal World + Mahayana cultivation + Invincible, ruthless and decisive + Pure, exhilarating fun] Su Tianci, now a Mahayana Grandmaster in the cultivation world, returns to Blue Star. The home of a Mahayana Grandmaster has been robbed? His family is trapped in northern Myanmar? Then give them the whole funeral-to-heaven treatment and scatter every last bit of their ashes! Whatever feels good goes. The goal is to have as much fun as possible... As long as you're happy! Dare to wi 508Reads5.8Score100Shelves

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   The protagonist returns from his cultivation, his power restored, and he's decisive in battle. The audiobook is very engaging; the more you listen, the more captivated you become. Those interested should definitely check it out! 😏😏😏

3. 3 退 After Breaking Off My Engagement, the Farming Expert Empties the Whole Village and Flees the Famine 退婚后，种田大佬搬空全村去逃荒 Zhu Family 416朱家416Ancient Romance2.9M WordsCompleted [Native-born heroine + reborn second female lead + native-born hero + man who transmigrates into a book] Early one morning, Mu Yue had just sent her parents up the mountain to bury them. By noon, her fiancé was already discussing lowering the betrothal gifts, and even demanded she transfer the deeds to her home and land into his name before he would marry her! Enough was enough. Mu Yue angrily called off the engagement! But her future mother-in-law shamelessly went to the village chief first to 3.8kReads8.7Score468Shelves

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   I recommend you check out this book. The female lead is exceptionally beautiful, she cultivates to become a god, there are no villains, and most importantly, it's a completed novel, so you can read the ending without waiting for updates.

4. 4 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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   Only the novel "Eternal Life" is truly exceptional, after all, it has a 9.8 rating.

5. 5 缚 Bound by Spring 缚春情 Ren Huanyou任欢游Ancient Romance603k WordsCompleted [The print edition is available on the homepage; film and television rights have been sold] The Jiang and Song families have been close for generations, and Song Wan was betrothed to Jiang Xingjian before she was even born. They grew up together, but she was confined to the inner quarters, where everything she learned was meant to prepare her to become a Jiang family wife. The young man was dashing and ambitious. Before he had even turned twenty, he went off to the frontier to make his name. Bef 92kReads9.6Score12.3kShelves

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   No rebirth, no system, no spatial ability, and no transmigration into a book.

6. 6 满 A Whole Family of Villainous Cannon Fodder, Riding High with Our Junior Sister 满门反派炮灰，跟着师妹浪到起飞 The Bear Who Bumps into Everything乱撞的小熊Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast + no male lead] Li Yang transmigrates into a book, going from a young, eccentric woman to a little turtle in a wish-granting pool inside an illusion. Who would’ve thought she’d land in a love triangle from the start, with the male lead and the main villain fighting over her. According to the original story, she’s eventually contracted by the original male lead and becomes his greatest trump card on his path to immortality. She spends her entire turtle life taking hits for him: blo 20.7kReads9.3Score2.5kShelves

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   This is a cultivation novel. The female lead is a descendant of Xuanwu (a mythical creature), and she always uses a turtle shell to block damage, haha. It's not angsty, and there's not much of a villain, just one.

7. 7 你 You Call That a Healer? She Bludgeons Everyone to Death 你管这叫奶妈？她把人头都锤爆了 Mu Huichun暮回春Ancient Romance3.6M WordsOngoing The print edition of I Can Pluck the Stars is available on all platforms. Genius + rich woman from the start. The day Ning Ruan left her village, a menace appeared on the Nine Provinces Continent. A mage? A sword cultivator? No, she just wanted to be a healer! All the continent’s geniuses: Shut up, you poisonous healer! Later: “Help! I never knew healers could heal people to death until I met Ning Ruan!” “But isn’t she a metal-element spiritual adept?” “Isn’t she wood-element?” “She’s clearl 212.5kReads9.5Score17.7kShelves

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   Highly recommended! The main characters are unique, and the story features a large ensemble cast. I've already started my second viewing...

8. 8 榆 Elm Immortal 榆仙 Situ Qingchen司徒清尘Eastern Fantasy5.3M WordsCompleted The new book, “The Age of Demons: Cultivating the Unorthodox Path to Immortality, Starting with the Livestock-Creation Method,” is now available. [No System, no harem, traditional xianxia, decisive and ruthless, mortal cultivation.] Cultivation is about questioning your own heart. Yu Xian, an orphan from Dayushu Village, formed a bond with a great elm tree. Before dying, the Elm Tree Matriarch opened his spiritual root, and from then on he embarked on the path of cultivation. Using the elm’s spi 162.2kReads9.1Score18.7kShelves

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   Highly recommend these highly-rated cultivation novels.

9. 9 混 Chaos Sacred Physique, Curing a Fairy's Poison from the Start 混沌圣体，开局为仙子解毒 Ding Ding Ding鼎鼎鼎Eastern Fantasy5.0M WordsOngoing [Witty and calculating] [Thrilling and invincible] [Classic high fantasy] [Transmigrated to another world] [Decisive and ruthless] [Many beautiful women] [This book features many beautiful women, but it isn't a brainless harem story. If that's not your thing, proceed with caution!] Zhang Yang transmigrates to another world and encounters a snow-white beauty who has been struck by a deadly poison... Zhang Yang: “Miss, please behave yourself. I'm an honorable man!” Zhang Yang: “Miss, don't do that 41.3kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves
10. 10 躺 Lying Flat at the Brothel, Listening to Music, and Now the System Is Panicking 躺平勾栏听曲，系统急了 Open Wide for Candy张嘴吃糖Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted + funny + invincible master lineage + bandit System + powerful backer + whole sect full of sneaky schemers + everyone’s favorite + throwing his weight around + cultivation, but not too serious, all about mining] After spending five years listening to music in the pleasure quarters, the System can't take it anymore. [System: Buddy, do you want to be invincible in this world? Just complete the beginner's quest...] Xu Anshan: Do you think I need that? I am the Peak Master of Wushi Pea 50.1kReads9.4Score5.1kShelves
11. 11 玄 Xuanhuan: Nine Ill-Fated Lifetimes with the Female Emperor 玄幻：我和女帝的九世孽缘 Wang Xiaofeng王小疯Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Wang Feng transmigrated into a cultivation world and awakened a System. He thought he’d become an immortal and reach the pinnacle of the cultivation world. But then an extraordinarily beautiful woman appeared out of nowhere, killing him until only one of the System’s nine lives remained. It was as if the two of them were destined to be together. No matter where they went, they kept running into each other. And in his ninth rebirth, Wang Feng ran into her yet again! The good news: after that grea 62.3kReads9.4Score6.9kShelves
12. 12 让 I Told You to Cultivate Immortality, Not Wreak Havoc in the Cultivation World! 让你修仙，没让你祸害修仙界啊！ The Angler Who Catches Big Fish钓鱼佬钓大鱼Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [Comedy][Sneaky Schemer][Lighthearted][Absurd][Gets Better the Further You Read] [This book focuses on comedy and fun. The pace is somewhat slow, so please do not read it if that bothers you.] Year 17,863 of the Cultivation Calendar When Emperor Qin Yu became an immortal and ascended, powerful figures from every realm came to see him off. Firecrackers exploded, and everyone had tears in their eyes as they murmured their farewells. Sect Elder: “He's leaving. This scourge is finally leaving. We ca 173.7kReads9.1Score24.1kShelves
13. 13 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 126kReads9.2Score14.5kShelves
14. 14 开EN A Demon Heart at Birth: The Rise of an Unrivaled Monster 开局移植妖魔心脏，成为绝世凶物 Shacha Noodles沙茶面Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsCompleted (No System, multiple female leads, neither wholly good nor wholly evil) Fang Ling possesses a Chaos Sacred Body. From the moment he was born, various factions fought to seize him. His heart, right eye, and precious bone were successively cut out… After being passed from hand to hand, Fang Ling was left on the steps of an ancient temple, barely clinging to life, by a kind-hearted stranger. No one knew that five peerless experts were secretly living in seclusion inside the temple. They had hidden 163.7kReads9.1Score17.4kShelves
15. 15 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
16. 16 我 I'm a Cultivator, So Why Do You Think I'm Worthless? 我可是修仙者，你们当我是废物？ I Don't Know What to Call Myself不知道叫啥名啊Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Urban Cultivation + No Harem + Intelligent Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless] Lu Yu, a mighty cultivator on the verge of transcending his tribulation, was ambushed on his way into an ancient immortal estate and ultimately self-destructed his nascent soul! By a twist of fate, he was reborn on Earth as a useless young master, toyed with by everyone around him. But none of that matters. From the moment he arrived, Lu Yu was no longer the Lu Yu he once was. The whole world would tremble before hi 20.2kReads8.3Score1.7kShelves

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    A very good book

17. 17 一 One Sword, One Flask, One Universe 一剑一酒一乾坤 Guan关Eastern Fantasy5.5M WordsOngoing [Swordsmanship + Wine Immortal + Fantasy Xianxia + One Heroine + Mutual Devotion + Humanity’s Survival] A year ago, the boy watched his father shoulder his sword, slay demons, and save humanity, never to return. A year later, the boy arrives at Qingyun with only a sword and a jug of wine. Shunned by all, he is confined to the peach blossom grove. The sword his father called the “Sword of Protection” stands in the most prominent place in the Qingyun Sect, yet the world calls it the “Sword of Sham 73.5kReads9.3Score7kShelves

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    A cultivation novel, without a system, featuring a single female protagonist, and well-written.

18. 18 灵 Immortal Farming: I Cultivate the Dao Through Planting and Gain an Invincible Immortal Path 灵农修仙：种植悟道，获无敌仙途 Deep Blue 1024深蓝1024Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted Because of the 996 grind, Li Yixuan transmigrates to another world and becomes a spiritual farmer in Lingze Market, in the Southern Wilderness. While harvesting spirit plants, he accidentally discovers that he can gain insights when they ripen. From then on, Li Yixuan sets off on a fast track to cultivation through farming. The hundred arts of cultivation all begin with spirit plants. Five-element spiritual roots follow the ways of nature and are best suited to growing spirit plants. This is a w 13.1kReads8.1Score946Shelves

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    Outside Lingzefang, the air was filled with the fragrance of spirit rice. Li Yixuan made a series of hand seals, and spirit rain drizzled down, watering the green seedlings. This 996-working-class man who had transmigrated from Earth and died from overwork had now achieved his ultimate ideal in the cultivation world—farming and cultivating immortality! "Sigh..." He sighed softly, his face slightly pale. Five spiritual roots, the bottom of the cultivation world's hierarchy of contempt. Slow leveling up? High consumption of spiritual energy? The original owner of this body had died in a furnace explosion because of this, which was why he got the benefit. "Brother Yixuan!" The little girl next door, Lin Qianyu, skipped over carrying a food box. Li Yixuan smiled and took her little hand. A peculiar, cool aura spontaneously circulated between their meridians! Lin Qianyu squinted her eyes in comfort, while Li Yixuan's heart stirred slightly—this five spiritual roots seemed to be extraordinary? Others would be exhausted after watering two acres of spirit fields, but he could barely manage to do so, his spiritual energy far exceeding that of his peers! Even more peculiar were the two small plots of land he had reserved in the corner of his yard. Planted with the most ordinary first-grade low-level evergreen grass, it was now— shimmering with emerald light! The grass blades moved without wind, greedily absorbing the spiritual energy dissipated as Li Yixuan approached, growing even more rapidly than the spirit rice in the main field! In the afterglow of the evening, the entire field was enveloped in a visible pale green spiritual mist, like a miniature spirit-gathering array! "Could it be…" Li Yixuan stroked the restless grass blades, feeling the intimate vibrations from his fingertips, "that the five spiritual roots aren't a curse, but rather… an affinity with all things?" The mocked, seemingly useless spiritual roots concealed a secret power to nourish all things. While the immortal sects were still vying for celestial spiritual roots, this spirit farmer, engrossed in farming, was quietly rewriting the fundamental laws of the cultivation world with the humblest of spiritual herbs! Next chapter: The village elder is shocked to discover that his evergreen grass… has mutated?!

19. 19 从 Eternal Immortality Begins with the Invincible Martial Saint 从无敌武圣开始万古长生 Flaming Red Lotus火焰红莲Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted (No System + Immortality + Invincible + No Female Lead + Ensemble Cast) Also known as The Martial Saint’s Self-Cultivation, The Passing of Meng Yunzhou, and One-Punch Martial Saint. With the bearing of an invincible Martial Saint, he roams the mortal world, experiencing the countless lives beneath the long river of time. Meng Yunzhou transmigrated to a vast and turbulent world. In twenty years, he reached the pinnacle of martial arts. Joining forces with four close friends, he slew the Demon Ven 10.2kReads7.4Score627Shelves

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    Good book, good book, good book

20. 20 剑 The Immortal in the Sword 剑中仙 Gao Muyao高慕遥Eastern Fantasy7.3M WordsCompleted The demonic sect’s wandering swordsman, Fang Junmei, leaves his hometown, sails across the oceans, enters the immortal sects, crushes his enemies’ skulls, and slays the stars of heaven and earth, fighting his way to the pinnacle of the path to immortality. When he looks back, countless followers stand behind him, while countless demons and evil spirits still await him ahead. Let’s fight again! Bring me my sharp sword and my warhorse! He defies the flow of time and crushes the heavens beneath his 1.9kReads7.9Score190Shelves

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    A true group portrait

21. 21 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

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    Okay, this is a 300-word post based on a fragment, focusing on the unique charm of *Ordinary Bones*: --- *Ordinary Bones*: At the door knocked by the wind and snow, the bones of the common people and the glimmer of humanity are seen. The cold wind is like a knife, and the joyous sounds of New Year's Eve are shut out behind the thick courtyard gate. Outside the door, little Taiping, thinly dressed and wearing straw sandals, shivers from the cold, yet persistently knocks on the door knocker, just to borrow a few pounds of charcoal to save his life. The story of *Ordinary Bones* begins with this weak knock on the door on this snowy night. There are no earth-shattering adventures, no illustrious background, only the struggle for survival at the very bottom of society—a child named "Taiping" lives the most turbulent life. His embarrassment and caution when he asks for charcoal is the most real humility and dignity under the heavy pressure of life. And the second uncle's straightforward reply, "How much is a few pounds of charcoal worth?" Suddenly ignites a glimmer of human warmth in the biting cold wind, as precious as charcoal. This work, with its exquisitely delicate and restrained strokes, depicts the harsh realities of life in the ordinary world. Snowstorms, thin clothing, straw sandals, frozen hands and feet… every detail is imbued with the weight of life. The protagonist, Xiao Taiping, not only knocks on a door to borrow charcoal, but also unlocks the reader's heart to perceive the suffering of the common people. Beneath the title "Ordinary Bones" lies the resilience of countless ordinary lives facing the harsh winter—the instinct for survival, the unwavering commitment to repay even in hardship, and the simple warmth of mutual support among the lower classes. The charm of *Ordinary Bones* lies in its profound understanding of the word "ordinary." It doesn't tell a story of extraordinary legends, but rather the stories of every soul struggling to live and moved by a glimmer of light amidst the snowstorm. Follow Xiao Taiping's footsteps into this epic of ordinary life, so real it chills the heart, yet so warm it touches the soul. Though the snowstorm is cold, the human heart remains warm—this is the power of *Ordinary Bones* to move hearts. A raw and realistic portrayal of survival: details like wind and snow, freezing temperatures, and borrowing charcoal vividly depict the plight of the underprivileged. The extraordinary resilience of ordinary protagonists: Xiao Taiping's hardship, perseverance, and dignity are a vivid embodiment of the spirit of the ordinary. A glimmer of humanity warms the cold winter: Uncle Er's straightforwardness is a precious human warmth in a cold world. Greatness found in the ordinary: the title itself highlights the resilience and dignity of ordinary lives. The delicate and restrained narrative power: writing about heavy themes with a calm touch makes it all the more impactful.

22. 22 女 The Heroine Wants My Spiritual Root? I'll Ascend and Become an Immortal! 女主挖我灵根？我直接飞升成仙！ Sweet Porridge甜甜粥Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted Shen Shuli transmigrates into a cultivation novel as a cannon-fodder female supporting character, a fake heiress, and has her spiritual root ripped out almost as soon as she arrives! To save her life, she uses a cannon-fodder male supporting character from the Dragon Soul Sect to escape the Ten Thousand Swords Sect! While treating the male character's master, she joins the Dragon Soul Sect. Her senior brothers are all cannon fodder who exist to pave the way for the heroine, and the Dragon Soul S 6.2kReads8.2Score756Shelves
23. 23 野 Wild Lilies Bloom in Spring Too 【野百合也有春天】 Little Ci Xian小辞仙Two Female Leads114k WordsCompleted Important note in advance: This is not a story with two female leads! The platform settings are wrong! The male and female leads are devoted to each other, with absolutely no divided loyalties! As Zhou Xiaoyu looked at the profound sorrow in Song Chuyu’s eyes, she realized with absolute clarity that he still hadn’t moved on. That girl, Cen Baihe, had long since taken root in the softest part of his heart like the most tenacious vine, bound to him by blood and impossible to tear away. At that mom 74Reads—Score—Shelves

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    ❤️❤️❤️The first book is a beautiful love story from school uniforms to wedding dresses. Song Chuyu is my absolute favorite male lead; his love is truly flawless! 👍The second book is a collection of many stories, depicting the joys and sorrows, love and hate of humanity. 👍The third book is about a down-on-his-luck man who loses his relationship with the Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, only to find himself entangled with him. 👍The fourth book is the saddest, starting with heartbreak, but ending beautifully.❤️

24. 24 小 Xiaoci Xian's Collection of Novellas About Love 小辞仙中篇爱情小说合集 Little Ci Xian小辞仙Modern Romance454k WordsCompleted I highly recommend the sixth story, "Who Does the Lilac Bloom For?" She said, “The Ding family was wrong to substitute a daughter born of a concubine for the legitimate heir to save face. Your Highness was wrong to accept this marriage under pressure. This mistake began in the capital and must end in Qianzhou. Now that Your Highness has reclaimed your rightful place, this mistake should come to an end as well.” Her gaze was clear and candid, without the slightest trace of resentment, only the lu 169Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 我 I Came to the Capital to Break Off the Engagement 我来京城退亲的 Little Ci Xian小辞仙Ancient Romance129k WordsCompleted Pei Xuan returned to his residence after court, and the steward hurried to report, “Miss Jiang from Jiangnan has arrived with her mother. They’re in the reception hall speaking with the Old Madam.” He stepped through the moon gate and saw his mother and grandmother seated in the main seats, their faces displeased. A woman in plain clothes stood in the hall, her back ramrod straight. “Old Madam, Madam,” she said, her clear voice shattering the heavy silence, “I am Jiang Hailan of the Jiang family 8.9kReads8.0Score897Shelves
26. 26 夏 Xia Suofangyan 夏锁芳妍 Little Ci Xian小辞仙Ancient Romance155k WordsCompleted His father, the Marquis of Pingnan, has been sentenced to death, his mother, Commandery Princess Haiyan, is under house arrest, and he has been banished to a remote land. Does their marriage contract still stand? She breaks off their engagement when he falls on hard times. Is she kicking him while he's down, or does she have her reasons? To escape the royal marriage bestowed upon her by fate, she accompanies a princess to a distant land as a bride. Amid boundless snowy plains, Eagle Sorrow Ravin 9Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 飞 Ascension Begins with the Primordial Chaos Art 飞升，从天地混沌诀开始 Never Stop永不止步Eastern Fantasy5.8M WordsCompleted [Traditional cultivation fantasy + decisive and ruthless heroine + mutated dual immortal roots + no transmigration, no System + two heroines] [Includes a space that appears later, spiritual fields, alchemy, formations, talisman-making, and raising spirit insects] The young Yang Che accidentally fell into a cultivator's cave dwelling and obtained the Ancient God Art and a mysterious spiritual herb, the Nine-Leaf Black Sun Fruit! He learned to cultivate spirit herbs, make pills and talismans, set 54.4kReads8.7Score5.2kShelves

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    In Wanglong Mountain, Mozhou, a torrential downpour raged. Twelve-year-old Yang Che was soaked to the bone, his waist marked with gruesome bloodstains, and his stomach burned with hunger. Forced to seek survival in the mountains to escape the brutal beatings of his drunken "uncle," Yang Hu, he had fallen into a deep abyss! He tumbled and rolled, the excruciating pain piercing his heart. Yang Che lay supine in the eerie pit, his consciousness fading. "Hunger..." His stomach convulsed, more deadly than the whip marks on his waist. The Yang family's meager land had been seized, he had been beaten for six years, and starved every day; even Yang Hu's dogs ate better than him. Now, the shadow of death seemed deeper than the pit itself. "I'm not afraid of death... What else is there to fear?" Despair in the boy's eyes turned to fierce determination. He struggled to his feet, staggering along the wall, moving deeper into the darkness. Passing through the long, deathly silence, a bright light suddenly appeared ahead! Inside a natural stone cave, a luminous pearl shone from the ceiling. In the abandoned nursery surrounded by rubble, all the flowers and plants withered, except for one—about a foot tall, its entire body shimmering with a faint blue light, its branches and leaves half-withered and half-flourishing, topped with a crimson fruit the size of a longan, translucent as glass! A strange fragrance filled the air, instantly suppressing the stench of blood and hunger. Yang Che's pupils constricted, and he dragged his mangled body to the edge of the nursery. Was it a poisonous plant? Or… a predestined connection to immortality? He stretched out his trembling, filthy hand, his fingertips about to touch the crimson fruit. The boy in dire straits, and the mysterious immortal plant, their fates intersected here. Would he die from the poison, or… transcend the mortal realm and enter the Dao, seeking revenge on that drunken "uncle" for six years of blood debt?

28. 28 长 Immortality Through Stat Points: Starting in the Family's Exiled Herb Garden 长生加点，从被家族放逐药园开始 Lemon Tea, Tart and Refined!柠檬茶酸雅！Eastern Fantasy452k WordsOngoing [Transformation, cultivation, little girl, gender-bending romance, immortality, System] After transmigrating to a cultivation world where immortals can burn mountains and boil seas, Su Youli becomes a member of a cultivator clan. But her natural aptitude is so poor that she's left to fend for herself in the mortal world, where she becomes the keeper of a spirit herb garden. After years of steady accumulation, she slowly cultivates into an Immortal Venerable revered by countless people. “My a 1.6kReads7.4Score103Shelves

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    In the backyard of Zhiren Hall, the capital of Daxuan Kingdom, Su Youli, with her white hair and red eyes, bowed as she saw off the family envoy, her back aching. As a pseudo-spiritual root, she was destined to be discarded by the Su family like trash, demoted to the mortal realm to guard a medicinal field, with an annual stipend of only six low-grade spirit stones! "Transmigrated into a five-spiritual-root waste, and almost became a breeding tool..." Su Youli weighed her meager spirit stone bag, her eyes slightly cold. "Fortunately, heaven hasn't forsaken me." She led her horse away from the city, galloping two hundred miles. Deep in the low mountains, guided by a jade slip, she parted the bushes—and a medicinal field shrouded in spiritual mist appeared before her! However, the spiritual plants were withered and yellow, their spiritual energy thin. The family had abandoned the field? Su Youli's lips curled into a slight smile. She closed her eyes and concentrated, a strange fluctuation emanating from her white hair. [Affinity with All Things] talent activated! The withered "ten-year-old" Qingxin Grass, as if blessed by rain, unfurled its leaves, its veins shimmering with a green light! In the blink of an eye, the grass stalks grew taller, and the fragrance of herbs intensified! One hundred years! Two hundred years! Five hundred years! Su Youli's fingertips lightly touched a nearly withered Crimson Flame Ginseng. The ginseng hummed, its withered skin peeled away, and crimson light surged forth, condensing into the phantom of an infant! The Thousand-Year Ginseng King was complete! "Resources are scarce?" She looked down at the wildly growing thousand-year-old spiritual plants in the field, her crimson eyes burning brightly, "From today onwards, this medicinal field is my ladder to immortality!" "Spiritual plants, it's time to pay your 'rent'." Pseudo-spiritual roots are useless? When the white-haired girl wielded the forbidden power to accelerate the growth of all things, the resource rules of the cultivation world were shattered under her feet!

29. 29 沉 After Ten Thousand Years Asleep, She Became the Invincible Ancestor 沉睡一万年，她成了无敌老祖 The Fish Learning to Fly学飞行的鱼Ancient Romance396k WordsCompleted [Eastern fantasy cultivation + no romance + strong female lead + satisfying read + punishing scum + face-slapping + lighthearted] Qiao Ran fell asleep while meditating in seclusion. Ten thousand years later, she woke up beside a grave. She hadn't ascended, her sect was gone, and there was no sign of her senior sister, her disciples, or anyone else from the sect. What had happened over the past ten thousand years? And why was she already saddled with a blood debt the moment she woke up? A myste 7kReads9.0Score774Shelves
30. 30 我 Rise of the Wang Clan: Starting with a Portable Farm 我在修仙世界开农场 Hear the Wind and Think It's Rain听风就是雨Eastern Fantasy10.3M WordsOngoing Wang Hao, an illegitimate son of the small Wang family, was a despised Five-Spirit-Root cultivator whose miserable life seemed set in stone from the moment he was born. But everything changed with the arrival of another soul. See how Wang Hao uses modern knowledge to make waves in the world of cultivation! 5.4kReads8.3Score384Shelves

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    Leizhou Peninsula, Qingniu Market. Wang Hao sat slumped on the ground, clutching his face—he had just transmigrated into the body of a useless five-elemental-root cultivator, only to be slapped away by his alchemist father, Wang Yanzhao! The original owner had piled up pills to reach the third level of Qi Refining, yet still caused trouble, prompting his father to angrily throw his storage bag: "You good-for-nothing, fend for yourself from now on!" "A hellish start!" Wang Hao wailed. Five-elemental-root + starvation pills = no hope for immortality? In his despair, his sea of consciousness suddenly brightened! A "mirror" appeared—it was a modern computer! Fully equipped, its eyes were cameras, its ears were microphones… but what use was it? In the cultivation world, everyone used jade slips for 3D imaging; who used 2D CAD to draw talismans?! "Am I really going to have to become a foreman in the cultivation world?" Wang Hao mocked himself. To survive, he gritted his teeth and went into the mountains to gather herbs. The Duan Yuan Mountains were shrouded in poisonous miasma, and a Crimson-Veined Grass appeared on the cliff face. "Try scanning!" Wang Hao's thoughts stirred, and the computer's camera locked onto the herb. [Beep!] [Image analysis in progress...] [Name: Crimson-Veined Grass (Mutant)] [Year: 1024 (Stimulated by poisonous miasma, medicinal properties increased by 300%)] [Value: Can be used to refine a substitute for the main ingredient of Foundation Establishment Pill, "Crimson Essence Ganoderma"!] Wang Hao's pupils dilated in shock! This wasn't a computer; it was a human treasure-hunting device! While others were painstakingly searching for ten-year-old spiritual herbs with their divine sense, his "system" had already seen through the disguise of a thousand-year-old spiritual plant! Trembling, he dug out the Crimson-Veined Grass from the poisonous miasma, grinning wildly: "Dad, running out of supplies, huh?" "Wait! Your son will use Excel to make a 'Distribution Map of Heavenly Treasures in the Cultivation World'!" "And make a PPT for the big shots... And sell it for an astronomical price!" A loser's counterattack? No, this is a dimensional reduction attack of technological cultivation! When the Five Elemental Roots, carrying a "computer plug-in," sweep through the Broken Yuan Mountains, the entire cultivation world's understanding is about to be overturned by an Excel spreadsheet!

31. 31 御 Command All Beasts, Refine Divine Pills, The Phoenix Conquers the Heavens 御万兽！炼神丹！凤临异世傲苍穹 Yi Yun伊昀Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Playing the fool to catch the tiger + strong female lead + two equally powerful leads + crushing villains + no saintly heroine] Ling Changge, who bore the grudge of her clan’s annihilation, opened her eyes to find she had transmigrated into the body of a woman who shared her name. She had only just transmigrated, and already she was a good-for-nothing with no spiritual roots and a destroyed dantian! No spiritual roots? She’d grow new ones! A destroyed dantian? She’d rebuild it! Divine pills wer 15.8kReads8.3Score2.3kShelves

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    This is an incredibly good book, highly recommended!

32. 32 穿 An Ordinary Road to Wealth After Transmigrating to Ancient Times 穿越古代的平凡致富之路 Chosen One23天选23Ancient Romance612k WordsCompleted I've endured more than enough hardship in the modern world, but Beichen has never bowed his head, no matter how difficult things got. His parents' deaths became the final blow that crushed him. One sudden transmigration, and who knows whether it's a blessing or a curse? Either way, all he can do is keep living! An ordinary, down-to-earth little life in a farmhouse courtyard. Maybe he'll cultivate immortality, maybe he won't. That's the initial idea, at least. Without readers, everything is just 186Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Here I am, hehe 😁

33. 33 大 A Powerful Figure Transmigrates to Ancient Times and Dotes Only on His Poor Little Husband 大佬穿越古代独宠可怜小夫郎 Chosen One23天选23Two Male Leads483k WordsCompleted (Transmigration, supernatural abilities, food, farming, devoted romance, 1v1, sweet romance) Han Mo transmigrates with supernatural abilities and starts from the bottom, with an empty house and just a few acres of poor farmland. His master has even arranged a poor husband for him. What can he do? He’ll take care of him! With his wood-type powers, he’ll make a fortune. Let them look down on us: we’ll show them how well we can thrive. 795Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 34 哭 The Tearful Young Husband Reforms the Landlord’s Little Brat 哭唧唧小夫郎改造地主家小恶霸 Chosen One23天选23Two Male Leads150k WordsCompleted A young man fleeing famine transmigrates to a mountain village in another world, where men far outnumber women and there are no husbands at all. Every household hopes to have a boy who can become a spouse, since they are the most likely to awaken special abilities. The village is short on plants, and almost nothing will grow. People can only trade other goods at designated places for dry vegetables, rice, and the like. Then a beautiful young husband, as captivating as a demon, suddenly drops fro 36Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 35 仙 After the Immortal Venerable Was Publicly Jilted, She Became the Emperor’s Wife 仙尊被当众退婚后，成了帝尊夫人 Nan Qilu南亓鹿Two Male Leads496k WordsCompleted Powerful Master of the Six Realms VS Beautiful, Cold Immortal Venerable 1: Su Wenqing was unlucky. He had just sealed the Demon Venerable and lost all his cultivation when his fiance publicly broke off their engagement. Su Wenqing was glad to be rid of the fuss. No one knew that beneath his cold heart, he had a cherished corner where, for thirty years, he had used his heart's blood and all his spiritual power to nourish a fragment of a soul. Then, on the very day his engagement was broken off, t 8.5kReads9.6Score1.1kShelves

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    Baby, please check this out! It's a cultivation novel with two male leads, no system, and the protagonists aren't villains. The plot is full of twists and turns with unexpected turns, and the writing is quite good. Highly recommended! 😎😎😎

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