Follow Laozi on the Path of Cultivation (Not the Three Pure Ones or Primordial World Genre) 跟着老子修行（非三清洪荒流）

1. 1 西 Journey to the West: I, Taishang Laojun, Can Poison the Heavenly Dao to Death! 西游：我太上老君，能毒死天道！ Red Moon, Clear Clouds红月晴云Eastern Fantasy787k WordsCompleted The moment he opens his eyes, he has become Taishang Laojun, and then he binds to a System. With the System, he doesn't have to worry about being assimilated by Laojun's memories or forcibly absorbed by his true form, the Supreme Pure Sage. But the key thing is... I am a benevolent man who cares for the Three Realms, and the number-one alchemist in all the Three Realms. Why are you asking me to become a poison master? What? I can eventually poison the Heavenly Dao to death? Come on, System. Let' 12.7kReads9.0Score1kShelves

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   Become a disciple of Taiqing Laozi

2. 2 洪 Honghuang: In the Spring and Autumn Period, I Become Laozi's Disciple from the Start 洪荒：人在春秋，开局拜师老子 Cold River in Yunmeng云梦寒江Eastern Fantasy573k WordsOngoing (The rating has only just come in, but it'll go up later.) As the embers of the Investiture of the Gods still drifted across the Heavenly Court, and the Journey to the West calamity was brewing in chaos, bronze swords rang amid the wars between the kingdoms of Nanzhan Buzhou, while an immortal stone in Dongsheng Shenzhou absorbed the essence of the sun and moon. Yin Wen arrived with a prompt-based golden finger and became the younger brother of Yin Xi, the Perfected One of the Beginning of the W 343Reads6.8Score—Shelves
3. 3 洪 Honghuang: I Am Taishang Laojun 洪荒之我为太清老子 A Thread of Time一缕光阴Eastern Fantasy774k WordsCompleted Because of a copy of the Dao De Jing, Li Dan transmigrated to the Primordial World and became Laozi of the Taiqing lineage. Let's see how he gives the Primordial World an entirely different spin. Luohou: “Impossible! Why didn't the three clans go to war? Who ruined this ancestor's plan?” Hongjun: “Who on earth is this person? I absolutely won't allow anyone to be more powerful than me!” 1.8kReads7.4Score100Shelves
4. 4 洪 Primordial Era: I! Vanguard of Xuanmen! Grand General of Human Sect! 洪荒：我！玄门先锋！人教大将！ No Flowers on Valentine's Day情人节没有花Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted (My new book is out! Come check it out! Love you all!) Before you stands Shi Yu: senior disciple of the Human Sect, pioneer of the Mystic Sect, Heaven’s number-one Land God and concurrent Great Emperor of the North Pole and Purple Star, commander of the Justice God, and dean of Lingtai Fangcun Vocational and Technical College. He transmigrates to the Primordial World and becomes the innate creature Taixu Shuiyun Crane, born with a Taiji phantom and a natural affinity for the Great Dao. When he i 13.5kReads8.5Score974Shelves
5. 5 洪 Honghuang: From the Start, I Stole Pangu 洪荒：开局偷了盘古 Big Meat Bun大肉包子Eastern Fantasy800k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + Trickster + Subversive and Hilarious + No Heroine] Just one second before Pangu transformed his body into all things, Li Xiu was brought there by a System called the Thief System. Acting on instinct, he stole something and ended up taking the place of the eldest of the Three Pure Ones, Taiqing Laozi. From then on, the prehistoric world became anything but serious: Zhunti: Yuan, you dimwit! You ruined my supreme treasure. I'll fight you to the death! Yuanshi: Zhunti, you rascal! 408Reads8.2Score—Shelves
6. 6 神 Mythic Dungeon: From the Start, I Led the Azure Ox for the Dao Ancestor 神话副本：开局我为道祖牵青牛 Riding the Wind into the Painting扶摇入画来Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Mythic Treasure Mirror binding successful.] [Current instance: Traveling west from Hangu Pass.] [Reward: A copy of the Dao De Jing personally written by a Sage.] [Current instance: Five-Finger Mountain.] [Reward: The 108 Transformations of the Tiangang and Disha.] [Current instance: The First Emperor’s Tribulation.] [Reward: Ancestral Dragon’s blood essence.] [Current instance: Investiture of the Gods] [Reward: The Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation.] [Current instance: The War Between the Witche 129.4kReads8.6Score14.3kShelves

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   Travel through various mythical dungeons + worship Laozi at the beginning of the Warring States period + become the founder of Taoism.

7. 7 洪 Honghuang: Wholesale Immortal Pills, but You Didn’t Mention the Side Effects 洪荒：仙丹批发商，副作用你不说 Dummy and Cat笨比与猫Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the primordial world, he unexpectedly becomes the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir refined by Taiqing, coveted by every living creature in the land! Fortunately, he becomes Taiqing's disciple and awakens the Good Deeds System. Every elixir he makes becomes ten times more potent. Giving one to someone else earns him a random reward, but could also trigger a random side effect? Xuandu eats an elixir and turns into a little girl? Winged Immortal eats one, his wings grow ten times l 10.7kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves

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   It's pretty good to watch, the plot is pretty good, and it basically meets your requirements.

8. 8 说 You Promised Me Cultivation, So Why Are You Making Me Build a Nuclear Fusion Reactor? 说好的修仙你让我造核聚变反应堆 A Heartless Smile没心没扉的笑Urban1.1M WordsCompleted “A voice suddenly appeared in my head: It said that if I built a nuclear fusion reactor, it would teach me how to cultivate immortality! When I refused, it turned into words floating in front of my eyes. It’s so annoying!” “Then why didn’t you agree?” Song Ning rolled his eyes. “Are you stupid? The doctors said my schizophrenia was caused by a mental illness brought on by a nervous disorder. If I knew how to build that thing, would I have been sent to a psychiatric hospital?” 13.3kReads7.5Score927Shelves

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   Black technology, well written, worth reading

9. 9 为 I Just Wanted to Lie Flat, So I Secretly Developed AI 为了躺平，我偷偷研发人工智能 NO MangoNO芒果Sci-Fi & Apocalypse200k WordsCompleted After working for several years in a big city, Zhang Wei was deliberately given a hard time by his nemesis of a boss and fired. He returned to his rural hometown and secretly developed an artificial intelligence called Nuwa. With Nuwa's help, he was able to lie flat for good. What, you're short on money? Nuwa, make me some cash on the stock market... What, someone's trying to get me? Nuwa, go take him out. What, the government wants to bring me under its control? Nuwa, how about we make a run fo 3.3kReads5.9Score130Shelves
10. 10 游 The Game Becomes Reality, and I Build the Underworld in the Real World? 游戏成真，我在现实建造了地府？ The Bureau Chief Reigns Supreme局座在上Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing At ten past midnight, the Canghai City Criminal Investigation Bureau's emergency dispatch center received a strange phone call. "Hello! I want to report a crime... No... I want to turn myself in!" "I've killed someone. The body is mixed in with the concrete, in Central Park." "Please, come arrest me quickly! A vengeful ghost is after me. If you wait any longer, it'll be too late..." "Beep... beep... beep..." Though everyone was baffled, they still assembled a team and headed to the address given 1.7kReads7.5Score199Shelves

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    In the early morning, Canghai City Tixing Division received a strange surrender call. When the police team broke through the black cats and barking dogs in the fog and arrived at the scene, the reporter had died tragically under the locust tree - with straw stuffed in his belly and a funny paper man hanging beside him. Since then, the last shift on Route 44 started talking nonsense, knocking on the door in the morgue, wearing a red wedding dress at night... A series of mysterious cases have been staged in horror. It all started when Chen Feng started the "Judgment Game" and transformed into a judge in the underworld. With the help of ghosts and gods, at the stroke of midnight, he imposed the most "just" horrific judgment on sins.

11. 11 投 Investing in Destiny-Blessed Clan Members, My Power Equals the Entire Clan Combined 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 130kReads9.1Score10.9kShelves
12. 12 天 The Villain Chosen by Fate: I Refuse to Break Off the Engagement! 天命反派：我，拒绝退婚！ The Buddha's True Self in the Clouds云佛本尊Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted Jiang Xuan transmigrates into a fantasy world and becomes a true disciple of an immortal family. When the clan learns of the childhood betrothal his parents arranged for him, they decide that the girl isn't worthy of him and hope he will break off the engagement as soon as possible to protect his reputation. He has also found an Ancient Goddess with a Profound Yin Sacred Body, who is interested in marrying him. If the match succeeds, he will become the Young Clan Leader and gain authority and po 11kReads7.8Score2.6kShelves

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    Travel through time and become a villain: Sorry, protagonist, your destined heroine is mine? What? My fiancée's cultivation is useless, her meridians are all broken, and she still has a ring. My family asked me to break off the engagement, but I was stubborn. Your fiancé is here. What? My clan brother was born with divine bones, and the elder asked me to dig up the bones. I said, "My path is already invincible, why do I need to borrow other people's bones?"

13. 13 我 I Have Billions of Clones, So Why Are You Making Me Mine? 我有亿万分身，你抓我去挖矿 Slightly Tipsy Every Day日日微醺Eastern Fantasy5.4M WordsOngoing [Exploding Clones + Invincibility + Playing It Safe + Master Schemer + If I Can't Beat Them, I'll Call for Backup + No Rules] My name is Fang Yun. I had just transmigrated when I ascended to the Immortal Realm. Turns out, the ascension was a trap! I became a lowly mine slave in the Immortal Realm, digging for five hundred years. Then! I awakened the Infinite Clone System in the mine. These clones not only share my cultivation level, they can also help me cultivate. Best of all, they can change t 40.9kReads9.0Score3.4kShelves
14. 14 反 Villain: My Little Brother is the Chosen One 反派：我的弟弟是天选之子 I Keep a Fat Rabbit家养了只肥兔Eastern Fantasy4.3M WordsCompleted "Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain 381kReads9.5Score67.7kShelves
15. 15 让 I Asked You to Livestream Picking Up Junk, So Why Are You Cleaning Up a Battlefield? 让你直播捡破烂，你去打扫战场？ Update Beast猛更兽Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Hilarious + sly trickster + livestreaming + sunny young man + professions + no female lead] Su Bai transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a contestant on an observational reality show. From the start, he draws the “scavenger” profession. Then he finds a wanted item from the Public Security Bureau in a street-side trash can. The whole show takes a turn. “My God, I’ve worked at a recycling center for years, and this is the first time I’ve found out there’s such a huge bomb buried in our ga 7.9kReads8.9Score862Shelves
16. 16 民 Republican Era: I Get Sign-In Rewards in Prison, and All My Men Are Fanatically Loyal 民国：签到在监狱，手下全是死士 Wait for You a Little Longer等你一等Urban1.3M WordsOngoing Lin Feng has just transmigrated to the Republic of China era when he ends up in prison. He awakens a sign-in System and quietly grows stronger by signing in behind bars, while the number of loyal death warriors under his command keeps increasing. The International Settlement has no garrison, so they come to me to borrow troops. The French Concession has no garrison, so they come to me to borrow troops. By the time they’re done borrowing, both concessions are staffed entirely by my people. When t 3.3kReads6.9Score192Shelves
17. 17 混 A Police Chief in Republican-Era China, Feared by Warlords and Foreign Powers Alike 混在民国当警长，军阀列强都怕我 A-Qi Loves Burgers爱吃汉堡的阿七Urban510k WordsCompleted [Wish-fulfillment + mass troops + overwhelming dominance + decisive and ruthless + no heroine] “Chen Zhuo, you’ve got some nerve! Who gave you the courage to kill a foreign dignitary?” “This is the foreign concession. Chinese police are forbidden to enter… Ow! Stop hitting me, please!” “Chen Zhuo, have you lost your mind? You even dare to hit the warlord’s son!” “Aren’t you a policeman? How come your troops have planes and tanks!? They’re even more advanced than those of foreign countries. You’r 52.9kReads9.1Score3.6kShelves
18. 18 我 I'm a Cash-Grabbing Streamer! But the Big Spender Really Does Send Gifts! 我，圈钱主播！但大哥是真刷啊！ Blue Chalk蓝色粉笔Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Jiang Feng transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens a livestream money-grabbing System! As long as he earns gifts and tips and meets his cash-grabbing targets, he can receive random rewards from the System! And so, the internet's most shamelessly money-hungry streamer is born! "Boss! Singing, dancing, doing stunts, rapping, standing on my head, whatever other streamers can do, I can do too. And whatever they can't do, I can do even better!" "Boss, just tell me what you want me to do! As lon 159.4kReads9.4Score15.2kShelves
19. 19 剖 Analyze All Things: From Fisherman to True Lord of Water! 剖析万物，从渔民到水德真君！ Could Be Winter, Could Be Autumn可冬可秋Rural Life1.1M WordsCompleted Li Huoyuan transmigrated to the Great Industry Dynasty and became a fisherman. While everyone else was struggling just to survive, Li Huoyuan used his golden finger, "Analyze All Things," to rapidly improve his abilities. [You analyzed a fish and gained "Favor of the Waters." You now command water.] [You analyzed a crab and gained "Mighty Claws." Your grip can crush solid rock.] [You analyzed a cultivator and gained the "No Taboos" fate. You can learn any cultivator's techniques without them con 302Reads7.2Score132Shelves
20. 20 苟 The Cautious Path of Cultivation: I’m the Immortal Who Likes to Slack Off 苟道修仙：我为摸鱼仙 I Like Drinking Tea我喜欢喝茶Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Ordinary cultivator + cautious and steady + sword cultivator + hammer cultivator + everyday cultivation + decisive and ruthless + luck + artifact forging + traits] Five thousand years ago, the Heavenly Dao was afflicted by a malady, and an unparalleled genius changed its rules. Five thousand years later, the Heavenly Dao started stirring things up. Countless children of fortune began to appear. Traditional cheat-item users, powerful cultivators cultivating anew, demonic cultivators reborn, arti 6.2kReads8.2Score343Shelves
21. 21 天 The Heavenly Eye Feng Shui Master 天眼风水师 Light of the Dao道之光Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [A feng shui novel] [Featuring feng shui, Daoist medicine, psychology, and economics; read faces and phone numbers] [Practical insights] [Explaining the esoteric with science] My master hastily taught me the art of divination and passed down a few books. Before I even had the chance to formally begin my training in the mountains, he sent me down into the world to help people... Where can I even go to complain about that? Amid the mortal world, I help others and cultivate myself. 587.6kReads9.6Score127.2kShelves
22. 22 洪 The Violent Bear of Honghuang 洪荒暴力熊 A Demon in the Heart心有邪魔Eastern Fantasy134k WordsCompleted Lin Mo, an ordinary young man from the modern world, transmigrates by accident into the Great Desolate World as a newborn "Violent Bear" cub, with a special bloodline that combines the ferocity of a Great Desolate beast with an unknown ancient inheritance. 23Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Wild violent bear

23. 23 洪 Honghuang: The Innate Banana Tree, and No More Banana Leaf Fans 洪荒：先天芭蕉树，再无芭蕉扇 The Day After Tomorrow Is the Eighth Day of the Week后天星期八Eastern Fantasy768k WordsCompleted A Merit Golden Lotus gains human form from the start and follows the path of proving the Dao through the Five Lotuses. The Six Saints aren’t villains, and there’s no System. Give it a try if you’re interested. I’ll post 8,000 characters daily. Thank you! The Primordial World: Merit Golden Lotus? Hongjun Is Crying His Eyes Out! Please follow my new book. Thank you! 14.1kReads6.2Score663Shelves

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    Chaos and vastness, turbid waves surging. Pangu's whole body was tangled with muscles, like billions of ancient dragons coiled around him. He was using his supreme power to forcefully open up the chaotic world that was constantly squeezing and trying to heal again.

24. 24 洪 Honghuang: Becoming Innate Xuanhuang Qi from the Start 洪荒之开局成为先天玄黄之气 Dongbo Hanyue东伯寒月Eastern Fantasy223k WordsOngoing Bai Xuan is relaxing at home, reading a novel and imagining how he would rampage through the Primordial World, when a flash of white light suddenly appears and he transmigrates. He finds himself in the Primordial World, transformed into innate Xuanhuang Qi. Just then, a System awakens: he can obtain anything he wants simply by making a choice. Watch as he attains the Primordial Unity Dao! 118Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 开 Opening a Trading Company from the Start in Investiture of the Gods 开局在封神中开商行 Doudou Who Loves Napping睡懒觉的豆豆Eastern Fantasy342k WordsCompleted With the help of a merit coin, his soul travels to the Primordial World. He thinks he has arrived in the Age of the Witches and Demons, where Golden Immortals are everywhere and Great Luo Golden Immortals are as common as dogs. But a Daoist takes him back to his sect, and he learns that he has transmigrated into the Innate Banana Tree, the being who lost two leaves and part of his origin when the Supreme Saint Taishang plucked them off. Fortunately, he can rely on the great tree that is the Chan 4.2kReads6.7Score103Shelves
26. 26 洪 Honghuang: A Journey That Begins as an Innate Grape Vine 洪荒：从先天葡萄藤开始的旅程 One Mosquito壹只蚊子Eastern Fantasy296k WordsOngoing The story of a modern person who transmigrates to the Great Wilderness. The story of a tiny grapevine struggling to climb ever higher, waiting for me. How can I survive in the perilous Great Wilderness...? 9Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 洪 Honghuang: Transformed from Divine Thunder, I Am the Eldest Disciple of the Xuanmen 洪荒：神雷化形，吾乃玄门大弟子 Ze Qiu择丘Eastern Fantasy369k WordsCompleted [No System + No Demonization of Hongjun + Turn Off Your Brain + No Female Lead] “Master, your Immortal Dao is certainly powerful, but it relies too much on talent. Is there a simpler yet stronger Dao you’d recommend?” “There is, my disciple, there is. There are ten other powerful Daos like that, all invincible in the prehistoric world today! When Time is absent, Space reigns supreme. When Fate is hidden, Cause and Effect wears the crown. Creation is unmatched, Reincarnation is infinite. The Five 7.6kReads8.4Score873Shelves

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