Large and Medium-Sized Cultivation Clans, with a Golden Core Cultivator as the Standard Starting Setup 大中型修仙家族，开局标配金丹修士

1. 1 一 One Step, One Look Back 一步一回头 Lin Xi临傒Eastern Fantasy4.2M WordsCompleted Traditional cultivation, with no cheats, no golden finger, and no idiotic characters. Every step of cultivation is earned, and life is calm and unhurried... A fresh take on cultivation, with rigorous logic. What sets this work apart is its focus on enlightenment. Cultivate the Dao, cultivate the heart... 5.9kReads8.5Score492Shelves

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   This book features a Nascent Soul ancestor in the family, and has members in both the Spirit Realm and the Immortal Realm. Unlike other cultivation novels, it doesn't have face-slapping tropes, auctions are rare, and there's no harem element. The key cheat is a sphere that can trap enemies, granting control over life and death. Also, unlike other novels, it doesn't frequently include dungeons, although there are some...

2. 2 金 Golden Core Ancestor: I Build the Supreme Immortal Clan with Fortune 金丹老祖：我以气运造就无上仙族 Demon Spirit Spirit魔幽灵灵Xianxia118k WordsOngoing [Cultivation + Family Clan + Decisive and Ruthless + Multiple Female Leads] After waking up, Lin Changsheng transmigrated to the cultivation world and became the Lin Clan's patriarch, its only Golden Core cultivator. Unfortunately, disaster struck the Lin Clan. Its powerful members were wiped out, leaving only a group of elderly, weak women and children struggling to survive. Fortunately, the Dao Artifact, the Chaos Fortune Cauldron, awakened. The more prosperous the clan, the deeper its fortune 4.6kReads—Score483Shelves

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   It's pretty good, worth watching! 👍👍

3. 3 从 The Ancestor's Path, Beginning with a Golden Core Immortal Clan! 从金丹仙族开始的老祖之路！ Feng Feng, Chili-Fried Pork辣椒炒肉冯冯Xianxia959k WordsOngoing There are already plenty of stories that start with a Qi Refining or Foundation Establishment family. I want to write one about a Golden Core family beginning its revival. The synopsis is a bit weak, but if you're interested, come read the first fifty chapters. [Family Saga] [Genius] Traditional cultivation stages: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deification 391.6kReads8.8Score47.4kShelves

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   The plot of this book is pretty good, and it's written in the genius genre.

4. 4 从 Building a Fated Immortal Clan, Starting as a Golden Core Ancestor! 从金丹老祖开始创建命格仙族！ Mu Tingchan暮听蝉Eastern Fantasy856k WordsOngoing [Mortal Cultivation System] [Pseudo-Clan-Building] [Profit Above All] [No System] Lu Guiyuan was reborn into a cultivation world 400 years ago. Forced to flee to the North Sea for two centuries, he remained trapped in the early Golden Core stage. Just as he was losing all hope of revenge, he awakened the "Fate Mirror." It could copy the fate patterns in his descendants' bloodlines and make them his own. So he founded a clan and expanded his bloodline, starting by copying his grandson's [Late Blo 87.8kReads7.6Score9.8kShelves

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   No further explanation is needed.

5. 5 从 The Path to Immortality Begins with a Golden Core Family! 从金丹家族开始仙道长青！ Cong Xingzhi y从行知yEastern Fantasy835k WordsOngoing [Family-focused] [Ordinary-person cultivation] [No golden finger] [Slow-paced] His soul crosses into another world, and he joins the Jindan clan of the Qinghua Xu family. Heaven favors diligence: rising before dawn and working late into the night, he toils without pause. With steadfast resolve and perseverance, Xu Yun restores the declining Qinghua Xu family and leads them along the path of ordinary cultivation toward great achievements. 27.7kReads7.4Score2.3kShelves

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   1. Start with a Golden Core Ancestor; 2. Start with three Golden Core cultivators.

6. 6 修 Cultivation: A Second Spiritual Root Helps Me Live Forever 修仙：第二灵根助我长生 A Scholar in Troubled Times乱世一书生Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing An old Foundation Establishment cultivator addresses the children below him: “Spiritual roots determine whether one can cultivate immortality. The Great Dao has no form, and neither do spiritual roots...” Young Yi Ze stares at the green vine inside his body. “Why is my spiritual root different from what he described...?” After transmigrating to the Tianyan Continent in the Youlan Cultivation World, Yi Ze finds a mysterious green vine growing alongside him. It becomes his second spiritual root, a 41.4kReads7.5Score3kShelves
7. 7 家 Clan Cultivation: Seeking Immortality Through Marriage 家族修仙：从娶妻开始觅长生 Vast Heaven and Earth天地光阔Xianxia916k WordsOngoing (The rating just came in. It'll rise later.) [Clan] [Daily Life] [Farming] [Cultivation] [Destiny] [Character Growth] [More Children, More Blessings] [Behind the Scenes] [Ensemble Cast] After transmigrating as a tenant farmer, Chen Yun had a spiritual aperture just 2.9 inches wide, paid 80 percent of his harvest in rent, and owed twelve spirit sand coins. Chen Yun thought heaven was playing a joke on him. That was until he saw the ancient, unadorned seal in his mind: the Origin-Returning Seal. A 74.8kReads8.1Score10.1kShelves

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   Two highly recommended family-based cultivation novels! These don't feature the typical invincible protagonist storyline; instead, they focus on the family's generational inheritance, the survival and reproduction of its members, resource competition, and long-term development strategies. Each generation paves the way, showing how the family gradually grows from a weak mortal household, accumulating resources, cultivating spiritual lands, and exploring secret realms. There are struggles of ordinary people and schemes of cultivators. Readers who enjoy slow-paced, in-depth family-themed novels shouldn't miss these.

8. 8 家 Clan Cultivation: Seeking Immortality Through Reincarnation 家族修仙：我以轮回转世觅长生 Balance and Harmony以中以和Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing [Clan Cultivation] [Daily Life] [Mortal's Journey] [Reincarnation] [Farming] [Pseudo-Ensemble Cast] [Slow Burn] [Pseudo-Multiple Female Leads] [Reincarnation in this story is not possession. The body is reconstructed through the Soul-Reforging Seal.] [First Life: Scenery of Cuiyun Mountain (Complete)] [Second Life: Rivalry in Nanyue (Ongoing)] After transmigrating into the world of Cultivation, Qi Yuan was lucky enough to receive an inferior five-element spiritual root. He cultivated painstakin 23.1kReads7.9Score2.3kShelves
9. 9 明 Immortal Venerable Mingyang 明阳仙尊 Walk Ten Thousand Miles, Throw a Million Punches行万里路打百万拳Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsOngoing [Proficiency panel] + [Sage Alchemy Body] + [Genius protagonist] + [Female lead] One day, Han Yang woke up to find that he had become the young master of a cultivation family in the Foundation Establishment realm. In his previous life, he had been a low-level civil servant. From the start, he awakened a proficiency panel: every cultivation technique and skill, once mastered, stayed mastered, and the more he practiced, the stronger he became! When he reached Foundation Establishment, he awakened 224.7kReads8.0Score22.6kShelves

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   This book is extremely rare.

10. 10 家EN After a Thousand Years of Gathering Immortal Fortunes for My Clan, I Became an Immortal Daoist 家族修仙收拢仙缘千年我成道仙了 White Wolf King of the Central Plains中原的白狼王Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing [Cultivation Clan + Swordsmanship + Genius Protagonist + One Heroine + Unity + Decisive and Ruthless + Protective of His Own + Management and Development + Ensemble Cast] Zhang Xuanchen dies young of a sudden heart attack and is reincarnated into a Golden Core clan in the Xuanqiong Cultivation Realm. The Xuanyao Zhang Clan! He exclaims, “This isn't how the script is supposed to go. A Golden Core Ancestor, and an older brother with an ice spirit root. What a perfect start! My cultivation journey 36.7kReads7.1Score2.9kShelves
11. 11 修 Cultivation Begins in Qingfeng Market 修仙从青枫坊市开始 A Proper Cultivator正墨修仙Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing [Cultivation | Ordinary Mortal | Swordsmanship | Divine Powers | Sect] Lin Zhao transmigrates into the son of a declining cultivation clan. With the wisdom of two lifetimes and his family's secret techniques, he lays a solid foundation. He finds opportunities and gains experience in Qingfeng Market, studies talismans and swordsmanship, then joins the Pojun Demon-Hunting Squad to venture deep into the perilous wilderness. He navigates the power struggles among the market's factions and fights aga 60.8kReads8.1Score5.4kShelves

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    You can take a look at these two books.

12. 12 不 An Immortal Clan: I Can Change My Descendants' Aptitudes 不朽家族，我能改变子孙资质 Tongtong Rushing Like a Mountain通通如山Eastern Fantasy4.7M WordsOngoing [Farming + System + family saga + partial ensemble cast + slow burn + no saintly heroine + not a power fantasy] After Zhou Ping died, he was reborn in a world of cultivation. The Great Dao flourished in this world, where carefree immortals roamed between heaven and earth and mighty beings enjoyed eternal life. Yet it was also rife with endless dangers: demons and beasts ran rampant, while ordinary people were no more than grass or ants. Though he had a System, it was practically useless. After t 83kReads8.4Score6.1kShelves
13. 13 家 Clan Cultivation Begins at Skyfire Peak 家族修仙从天火峰开始 User23356680用户23356680Eastern Fantasy950k WordsCompleted With a dual-spirit-root aptitude, the protagonist and his many clan members work hard to make their way in the world of immortal cultivation. Marked by flames, he rises from Qingzhou, uses the Heavenly Fire Realm as a stepping stone to wage war across the heavens, and plunders resources from the myriad realms to strengthen himself. He rises rapidly, ultimately looking down upon the Great Thousand Worlds. 2.4kReads7.2Score120Shelves

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    These are all good.

14. 14 修 Cultivation: Rise to Power Starting with a Qi Refining Clan 修仙：从炼气家族开始称霸 Shan Chuan山穿Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted [Clan-building, Mortal cultivation, Not a power fantasy, No brainless plot, Slow burn] Li Qiuye is born into an unremarkable Qi-refining clan. By chance, he obtains a wondrous fruit of heaven and earth that can change one’s innate talent. From then on, Li Qiuye leads his clan members through one campaign after another in the perilous world of cultivation, until they reach the very pinnacle of this world… Looking back, he finds that not a single familiar face remains behind him… This is the story 12kReads7.6Score778Shelves
15. 15 长 The Changqing Immortal Clan: Starting from Qi Refining 长青仙族从炼气开始 Dream Architect梦想构造Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Family unity + slow-burn growth + decisive and ruthless + ensemble cast + ascension of an entire world] [Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Violet Palace, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation...] The Great Yan Kingdom is dotted with sects and teeming with powerful cultivators. The four great Golden Core sects rule the land above, while the seven great Golden Core clans enforce a rigid hierarchy below. Chen Changqing transmigrates to the Great Yan Kingdom, only to be born into a Q 5kReads6.1Score346Shelves

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    The story begins with a Qi Refining family, but after more than a hundred chapters, it progresses to a Purple Mansion family.

16. 16 家 Clan Cultivation: I Am the Clan's Guardian Spirit Beast 家族修仙：我为镇族灵兽 Toward the North Sea朝北海Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Mythical beast story, no human transformation, no romance, ensemble family saga] Reborn as a Blackwater Mystic Serpent named Mo Xuan, he gains a Clan Guardian Spirit Beast System and forms a bond with the Zhou family patriarch. He becomes the Zhou family's guardian spirit beast, and from then on, their fortunes rise and fall together. As the family gradually grows stronger, Mo Xuan also becomes one of the most powerful beings, and the name of the Zhou beast-taming family eventually resounds thr 35.2kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves
17. 17 青 The Qingxuan Qin Clan’s Cultivation Chronicles 青玄秦氏修仙录 Windless September无风九月Eastern Fantasy985k WordsOngoing [Family Cultivation] [No System] [Ensemble Cast] [Management and Growth] The protagonist is a genius with dual spiritual roots, and his clan starts out with four Foundation Establishment cultivators. The tides of the world surge onward like a mighty river. Its twists and turns, its shifting fortunes, give rise to countless tales of love, hatred, and sorrow. Watch as the Qin clan of cultivators rises from a small clan with a single Foundation Establishment cultivator, growing step by step into a 24kReads7.3Score2.2kShelves
18. 18 家 Cultivating Immortality as a Clan: From a Ninth-Rank Poor Family to a First-Rank Immortal Clan 家族修仙，从九品寒门到一品仙族 Feng Feng, Chili-Fried Pork辣椒炒肉冯冯Eastern Fantasy898k WordsOngoing [Clan Saga] [Slow-Burn Novel] [New and Old Cultivation Systems] If you’ve read too many fast-paced novels, why not try a slow burn? Life needs to slow down sometimes. Realms: Meridian Condensation, Qi Refining, Spirit Gathering, Spirit Platform, Jade Mansion... The later realms appear after chapter 200. Condense the origin meridians to connect with heaven and earth; gather the spirit and soul to illuminate past and present. The Spirit Platform contains a world within an inch; the Jade Mansion o 7.4kReads7.2Score261Shelves

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    The book of family rise

19. 19 家 Clan Cultivation: Starting with Activating the Fortune Bar 家族修仙：从激活气运条开始 Little Bird Chirping小鸟渣渣叫Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing At first, the Chen family was a small Qi Refining clan on the books, so poor they had only one mountain and a few dozen acres of spirit fields. Over a hundred years later, the whole Chen family was hiding their true strength. They claimed to be Foundation Establishment cultivators, but were actually Golden Core. They claimed to be Qi Refining cultivators, but were actually Nascent Soul. Even the green ox that worked the fields at home was secretly trying to reach Golden Core. Chen Li always live 81.1kReads8.0Score9.1kShelves
20. 20 修 Cultivation Begins in the Hehuan Sect 修真，从合欢宗开始 Amateur Troupe V草台班子VEastern Fantasy2.7M WordsCompleted A village boy is abducted and taken into the Hehuan Sect. Starting as a lowly servant, he rises step by step to become the renowned Ancestor of the Hehuan Sect in the cultivation world. Cultivation levels: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Violet Palace, Golden Core, Nascent Soul. 17.3kReads7.4Score1.4kShelves
21. 21 家 Family System: I, the Villainous Patriarch, Develop Steadily 家族系统：我，反派家主稳健发育 April Green Gardenia肆月青栀Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsOngoing [Dark Writing, Do Not Read If You're a Goody-Two-Shoes] + [Cautious] + [On the Side of Righteousness, but With a Demonic Heart] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Family Interests Above All] + [Cruel and Merciless] + [No Holds Barred] + [Family Unity] At seventeen, he takes charge of a cultivation clan and forges it into an immortal family through cold-blooded slaughter! “The old family head died suddenly, enemies surround us, and the clan is in panic. I'll take the seat!” Li Xingge was born into a 237.3kReads8.9Score21.3kShelves

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    All family stories

22. 22 家 Clan Cultivation: I Can Bestow Fates 家族修仙：我能赋予命格 Muttering Immortal呓语仙人Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing [Clan Cultivation] [Steady and Cautious] [Mortal’s Journey] [Slow Burn] [Traits] After transmigrating to the world of cultivation, Su Yang spent thirty years getting nowhere before reluctantly returning home to start a family. It was only when his first child was born that he discovered the bloodline family tree he had inherited. It contained wondrous immortal arts and destiny traits. [Heaven Rewards Diligence] [Clear Sword Heart] [Master of a Thousand Refinements] [Symbols of All Creation] [Cha 98.8kReads7.2Score10.8kShelves
23. 23 家 Clan Cultivation: Leaving the Sect and Getting Married 家族修仙：从离宗娶妻开始 July Journal柒月刊Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted [Farming + Family Saga + System + Slow-Burn + No Saintly Protagonist + Semi-Ensemble Cast + More Children, More Blessings] Xu Chang'an accidentally transmigrates to a cultivation world, where he spends half his life at a sect without achieving anything. Disillusioned, he decides to leave the sect and return to the secular world as a small landowner, so he can enjoy the rest of his life. Unexpectedly, he awakens a System on his wedding night. As long as he works hard to develop his family, he can 8.8kReads6.8Score784Shelves
24. 24 问 Seeking the Way by the Sea: A Path to Immortality Among the Azure Clouds 问道于海：青云仙途 No Work Until the Pencil Is Sharpened不削铅笔不开工Eastern Fantasy190k WordsOngoing This is the story of an ordinary transmigrator who steadily grows under his family's protection in a vast and wondrous world of immortal cultivation, eventually becoming the pillar that holds his clan aloft. There is no all-powerful System here, only an unwavering heart devoted to the Dao, precious inheritances, the warmth of family, and a cautious, steady path of cultivation. 85Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist was born into a Golden Core family and possesses dual spiritual roots.

25. 25 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 13kReads8.2Score995Shelves

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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 world of cultivation 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. Unsuitable for leadership, he now had to shoulder the honor and disgrace of his entire clan due to various circumstances. Wang Xuanyi turned back, taking one last, poignant look at the place where he had grown up, before leading his children and flying away into the distance without looking back… This book tells the story of a small Foundation Establishment clan that, through generations of effort, grows into an immortal clan… Completed at 3 million words, welcome to read!

26. 26 家 Clan Cultivation: I Can Upgrade Magical Artifacts 家族修仙：我能升级法器 Wild Geese on Southern Branches雁南枝Eastern Fantasy5.2M WordsOngoing Across the vast sea of stars, demons devour the heavens, while humanity struggles to survive. Chen Qingyun transmigrates into this world and becomes a Qi Refining cultivator in a tiny family among the stars. He thinks the path to immortality is hopelessly distant, and that he is destined to live an ordinary, unremarkable life. Fortunately, he gains a talent for enhancing magical artifacts. He can dismantle, enhance, and fuse artifacts that belong to him... Dismantle the Azure Condensation Mirror 28.6kReads8.0Score2.6kShelves
27. 27 投 I Invest in the Chosen Clan, and My Strength Equals the Entire Clan's 投资天命族人，我实力是全族总和 Sleepy Cat 9睡不醒的猫9Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing [Invincible + Clan + Ensemble Cast + Behind the Scenes + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Dominant + No Female Lead + No Romantic Tension + No Simping + No Holding Back + Decisive and Ruthless + Even More Exciting Later] Jiang Daoxuan transmigrates into a fantasy world and becomes the head of the Jiang clan. He obtains the Strongest Clan System. His strength is tied to the combined strength of the entire clan: the stronger his clan members, the stronger the Host! What's more, investing in clan members 127kReads9.1Score9.7kShelves
28. 28 家 Clan Cultivation: The Li Immortal Clan 家族修仙：李氏仙族 A Lump of Sticky Rice一坨糯米饭Eastern Fantasy3.6M WordsCompleted [Ensemble Cast] [Clan] [Farming] [No Transmigration] [One Female Lead] [No System] [Genius] In the 420th year since the founding of the Li clan, it welcomes the first member born with a spiritual constitution in its history: Li Changsheng. Li Changsheng cultivates immortal arts, tempers his spiritual body, raises spirit beasts, cultivates both magic and body, and excels in both alchemy and crafting. This is the story of a small clan that gradually becomes an immortal clan under the leadership of 22kReads8.1Score1.4kShelves
29. 29 家 Clan Cultivation: Becoming a Golden Core Ancestor 家族修仙：从成为金丹老祖开始 Brilliant Three Thousand Provinces璀璨三千州Eastern Fantasy287k WordsCompleted [No System, clan cultivation, patriarch protagonist, ensemble cast, farming and development.] Transmigrating into the vast cultivation world, Ye Xiao starts out as a spirit-plant cultivator and builds his way up step by step. After 437 years, he finally attains the Golden Core Dao. With the ancient dynasty in turmoil, sects, clans, and feudal lords alike are stirring into action! As the patriarch of his clan, Ye Xiao leads his people to put down roots amid the chaos and restore the clan to gl 13Reads5.2Score—Shelves
30. 30 修 Cultivation Begins with the Water-Evolving Pearl 修仙，从水衍珠开始 Fresh and Refined Ben清新脱俗BenEastern Fantasy4.8M WordsOngoing [Beast Taming Focus] [Already Ascended to the Divine Realm] Born into a small Qi Refining family, he wielded the rare Water-Generating Pearl, became the clan’s patriarch, and led the family to greatness. [Realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Void Refining, Body Integration, Mahayana, Ascension, True Immortal, Golden Immortal, Grand Unity, Great Encompassment, Dao Ancestor, Divine Realm] Li Yandao was an unremarkable member of a clan who 21.2kReads7.7Score2.2kShelves
31. 31 御 The Rise of the Beast-Taming Clan 御兽家族崛起 Jiu Mao鸠猫Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Beast Taming] [Farming] [Family] A fantasy family saga about the rise of a Beast Taming clan. Ye Wenxuan transmigrated into a ninth-rank Beast Taming clan and became its current head. Watch him raise demonic beasts and fight with Beast Taming, producing one peerless demon king after another with powerful bloodlines for his family. Watch him breed spirit beasts and cultivate spirit fields, creating greater economic benefits for the clan. In the Great Wilderness, he matches wits and strength agai 15.3kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
32. 32 家 Cultivating Immortality with My Clan: I Have a Boundary-Breaking Pearl 家族修仙，我有一颗破境珠 Three Thousand Regrets三千遗憾Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsOngoing [Clan Cultivation] + [Swordsmanship] + [Invincible] + [Body Tempering] + [Soul Tempering] + [One Female Lead] In the Jiuyi Realm, humans and demons stand side by side, while monsters and fiends run rampant, locked in endless warfare! Zhang Huaijin transmigrated, reincarnating into a Qi Refining clan in Langya County. The path to immortality is incredibly cruel. The bottlenecks between cultivation realms are like chasms, all but impossible to cross. Countless prodigies and heroes have met their e 82.6kReads7.9Score7.1kShelves
33. 33 白 The White Tiger Immortal Clan 白虎仙族 User23356680用户23356680Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Genius + lightning spiritual root + a Golden Core clan from the start + family unity + decisive and ruthless I previously wrote a clan novel of around a million words. If this one does well, I'll aim for two million. 4.3kReads7.1Score243Shelves
34. 34 举 The Entire Clan Ascends to Immortality 举族飞升 Luo Qingyang洛青阳Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [One heroine + family saga + gifted protagonist + not a wish-fulfillment story + no System] The world of cultivation is merciless. Those who seek immortality struggle and scheme against one another, trusting no one. Shen Ruixuan is a prodigy from a Qi Refining family, born with a body blessed by fortune. Watch as he leads his family to rise above the brutal world of cultivation and ascend to the Immortal Realm. Realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Soul Depart 10.4kReads8.4Score607Shelves
35. 35 修 Cultivation Clan: The Luo Immortal Clan 修仙家族：罗氏仙族 The Flying Cat's Fish飞猫的鱼Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted Luo Zhengming was born into a Foundation Establishment family on the frontier. Watch as he relies on his own talent to leave this small mountain range one step at a time, leading his family to become a true immortal clan. The male lead has dual fire and wood spirit roots and is born with a sacred alchemy physique. He has no golden finger, only a few small opportunities. His talent is heaven-defying comprehension: he can refine second-grade pills while at the Qi Refining stage and third-grade pil 8.7kReads6.9Score609Shelves

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    It's really good, I hope it updates soon!

36. 36 绑 Bound to the Strongest Family System, Our Clan's Prodigies Emerge One After Another 绑定最强家族系统，族中天骄辈出 Little Cloud Crane小小云中鹤Eastern Fantasy790k WordsOngoing [A family cultivation novel, ensemble cast, behind-the-scenes protagonist, no romance, no ambiguous relationships.] The protagonist is male, but there are quite a few female members of the family, roughly a 1:1 ratio. If that bothers you, please read with caution. Su Xiuyuan is nearing the end of his lifespan. While out searching for an opportunity, he encounters a fourth-tier demon beast. He escapes, but after exhausting all his resources, his injuries still show no sign of improvement. Just as 3.1kReads—Score155Shelves

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    The protagonist starts as a Golden Core cultivator, quickly advances to the Nascent Soul stage, and the younger generation of his family are also very talented. An ensemble cast, no romantic pairing.

37. 37 家 Cultivating a Family: The Azure Heavens Record of Ten Thousand Beasts 家族修仙，万兽青霄录 April's Sweet Evening Breeze四月晚风微甜Eastern Fantasy398k WordsOngoing [Clan Cultivation] + [Body Refining] + [One Female Lead] Endless chaos, countless worlds rising and falling. The Li Clan of Qinglian Mountain was founded by its first patriarch after he reached a bottleneck in his cultivation. He took a wife and concubines there and established the clan. In the end, he stalled at the Purple Mansion realm, exhausted his lifespan, and died. Over the long ages that followed, each generation of the Li Clan was weaker than the last. For a thousand years, no one had r 3.1kReads—Score302Shelves

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    I wrote this myself, so all you experts can take a look.

38. 38 开 From the Start, I Inherited an Emperor-Rank Legacy, Turning the Martial King Clan into an Imperial Clan 开局帝级传承，武王家族变帝族 The Wind Comes Blowing风涌而至Eastern Fantasy730k WordsOngoing [Family development] + [Single heroine] + [Invincible] + [Decisive and ruthless] In the Dustfall Realm, myriad races vie for supremacy, while imperial clans and sects look down upon all living beings. Chen Bufan transmigrates and is reborn as a lowly member of a small Martial King family. He thought he was destined for an ordinary life, but unexpectedly obtained the supreme treasure, the Haotian Pearl. It contains not only an independent world, but also a time-acceleration effect. It even hides 12.2kReads7.2Score754Shelves

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    It's pretty good, I recommend it.

39. 39 圣 The Sacred Clan Is Too Weak? What Does That Have to Do with My Eternal Emperor Clan! 圣族太弱？关我万古帝族什么事！ The Wind Comes Blowing风涌而至Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing [Family + System + feel-good power fantasy + invincible protagonist + decisive and ruthless + genius + ensemble cast + gets better as the story progresses] Lin Xuan, a corporate drone from Blue Star, transmigrates into a fantasy world and becomes the young master of the Lin family at the age of sixteen. With no powerful backing, no extraordinary talent, and no golden finger, he's a thoroughly ordinary man with none of the usual advantages. He's just about ready to give up and coast through life 25.6kReads7.6Score1.9kShelves
40. 40 八 I Didn't Build My Foundation Until I Was Eighty, and Then the System Arrived 八十岁才筑基，没想到系统就来了 Wandering Ghost幽魂浮生Eastern Fantasy368k WordsCompleted (The novel may not receive high ratings early on, but please stick with it, dear readers. It gets absolutely amazing later.) Yang Hongbo transmigrated, but he was reincarnated from birth. He was born into a cultivation family and was unremarkable before the age of twelve, and just as unremarkable afterward. He thought transmigrators were all heaven’s chosen ones, but decades passed and he got nothing, not even a System! Luckily, he was the eldest legitimate son of the family. Although his cultiv 89Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    An absolutely invincible system! You'll regret it if you don't check it out!

41. 41 顶 Top-Tier Talent: Ascending Through the Game 顶级天赋，游戏飞升 Long-Barreled Grenade Launcher长管加榴炮Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Cultivation Game #Genius Protagonist #Invincible Protagonist #No Heroine #Sword Immortal A cultivation game called Featherfall Heaven suddenly appears in the real world. By entering the game, you can obtain cultivation techniques and embark on the path of cultivation. You may even get the chance to seek immortality and ascend to the Immortal Realm. All the abilities and items players obtain in Featherfall Heaven can be brought directly into the real world. Zhang Yuhe passes the screening and qua 27.5kReads8.2Score1.9kShelves

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    A top-tier talent in game-based cultivation, 2 million words long and completed.

42. 42 修 Cultivation: I Have a Heaven-Devouring Pearl 修仙，我有一颗吞天珠 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted By chance, an ordinary young man obtains the most powerful treasure in the Three Realms, the Heaven-Replenishing Pearl. From then on, he defies fate and changes his destiny, fighting his way from the human realm to the spirit realm, founding the world’s strongest people, then battling his way into the immortal realm for the sake of his obsession. He rises from humble beginnings in the mortal world and brings it all to an end in the immortal realm! 8.8kReads8.7Score597Shelves

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    The first book on Chinese cultivation of immortality.

43. 43 坠 The God Who Fell into the Demonic Path 坠入魔道的神 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted Legend has it that this world is bound by the Heavenly Dao, and only by devouring it can one empower oneself and rise to a higher plane. One day, a Heavenly Dao tomb from a higher plane descended into the mortal world and chose an infant, entering the child's body. From then on, a vast conspiracy gradually unfolded around this child. A lone star of ill fortune descended to the mortal realm, all living beings suffered, and the Divine Clan was destroyed. See how the heaven-chosen youth navigate 18.3kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
44. 44 不 I’ll Do Whatever It Takes to Cultivate Immortality 不择手段去修仙 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted Feel-Good Story + Comedy + Mortal Cultivation + No Harem + Xuanhuan + No System Belief: If you've got thick skin, you get the meat. Motto: If a problem can be solved by sweet-talking, never resort to force. Principle: If nobody messes with me, I'll mess with them anyway. Specialty: Play the pig to eat the tiger. I'm number one at showing off. A street punk from the 21st century accidentally obtains a rare treasure and transmigrates to a world overrun by immortals, demonic cultivators, and practi 11.1kReads8.8Score914Shelves
45. 45 扛 Carrying a Coffin on My Way to Cultivate Immortality 扛着棺材去修仙 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing A young man from a once-prosperous family accidentally finds a jade seal coiled by a dragon. He never realizes that this powerful seal is not only a formidable weapon, but also a key to a world of advanced civilization… 61.1kReads8.5Score3.7kShelves
46. 46 猫 The Demon-Cultivation Tale of Cat Lao Liu 猫老六修妖传 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted [Demon Cultivation | Immortal Cultivation | Comedy | Playing the Fool to Catch the Tiger | Ruthless and Decisive] Mao Laoliu was a wild, unrestrained fellow who accidentally came into possession of the Heavenly Toad, a supreme treasure from the Immortal Realm. The toad carried his soul across time and space to a world of immortal cultivators, where he was reborn in the body of a black cat. And so Mao Laoliu began his life as a demon cultivator… 8.6kReads8.7Score722Shelves
47. 47 凡 Mortal Cultivation, Beginning with Starlight 凡人修仙，从星光开始 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted An ordinary boy is chosen by a star and sent from Earth to another world. His fate is changed forever, and he begins his cultivation journey in this unfamiliar land. He stumbles through cultivation, treading as carefully as if on thin ice, all so he can find his way home. But being reborn was simply a fate that had been ordained... 3.1kReads7.3Score229Shelves
48. 48 为 For That Dream, I Will Split Heaven and Earth 为了那个梦，我要开天辟地 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy598k WordsCompleted Legend has it that everything in this world is an illusion. This world is merely a dream of yours. As long as you exist, this world exists. When you are gone, it will naturally crumble and vanish... Wang Bin lost his world, lost his dream. For the sake of that dream and the person he loved most, he would split open the heavens and cleave the earth. He would create that world... 506Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 49 我 My Swordsmanship Is Unrivaled 我剑道无敌了 The Handsomest Bubble Dragon最帅的泡泡龙Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Lin Yi grew up in a mountain village. By chance, he stumbled upon a remarkable opportunity, and from then on, there was no stopping him. You're only at the first Qi Refining stage? Sorry, I'm already at the Foundation Establishment stage. Pretend to be a pig to eat the tiger? No need. My talent is unrivaled, and my mastery of the sword reaches the heavens. Anyone who provokes or hurts me gets cut down with a single stroke. With my three-foot azure blade, I, Lin Yi, will wipe out every injustice 2.9kReads7.1Score211Shelves

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    Despite its relatively low rating, this is actually a very excellent and enjoyable novel, especially the part about Earth's cultivation methods at the end, which is truly invaluable.

50. 50 修 Cultivation: The Wicked Mother-in-Law Builds an Immortal Dynasty Deep in the Mountains with Her Children 修仙：恶婆婆带着子嗣深山建仙朝 Lan Ruoxue of Tianzao Mountain天葬山的蓝若雪Rural Life631k WordsCompleted At fifty, she is a wicked mother-in-law despised by everyone, and her whole family is on the verge of starving to death. Shen Yaoguang only smiles. In her previous life, she was just one step away from ascending to immortality. Now she has bonded with the [Establishing the Immortal Dynasty] System. As long as she builds a village, gathers people, and raises the next generation, she can return to her peak! Three years of drought? She leads her people through the famine and finds a spiritual vein 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Smiling face][ ...]

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