Traditional Xianxia Cultivation, No Harem 传统玄幻修仙不后宫

1. 1 灵 Imperfect Spiritual Roots? My System Lets Me Sweep the Cultivation World 灵根残缺？我靠系统横扫修仙界 The Nonexistent Bulletproof Vest不存在的防弹衣Eastern Fantasy56k WordsCompleted [Good-for-nothing comeback + Pure power fantasy + No protagonist suffering + Fast-paced, no dragging things out + A focused story with a limited setting] Lin Hai, whose spiritual roots are incomplete, is stopped, robbed, and humiliated by Zhao Hu from the start. Just when he's at the end of his rope, he obtains the System and begins a journey of rapid cultivation, treasure appraisal, bargain hunting, and seizing opportunities as he sweeps through the cultivation world. “Why is your cultivation 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Purely lighthearted and enjoyable read, no female lead. The protagonist avoids internal conflicts and suffering, the plot is full of twists and turns, the pacing is tight and fast-paced, the story is not grand-scale, and the scenes are concentrated. New book release, grab your spot now!

2. 2 诡 Weird High Martial Arts: One Slap Leaves the Supernatural Stunned 诡异高武：一个巴掌扇懵诡异 Potato Stewed with Chicken土豆炖鸡块Urban187k WordsOngoing When Zhou Yi woke up, he found himself in a classroom surrounded by unfamiliar faces. He wondered where on earth he had ended up. Outside the classroom was a hazy, crimson world, and everything was unsettlingly strange. What kind of world was this? A dream, or a parallel world, where the strange and monstrous beasts ran rampant...? 1.2kReads—Score121Shelves

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   Not bad, you can take a look.

3. 3 天EN Talent Awakening: Rampaging from a Lowly Constable 天赋觉醒：横推从小捕快开始 Potato Stewed with Chicken土豆炖鸡块Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted Ye Yun was an ordinary young man from the modern world who, by accident, transmigrates into the body of the orphaned heir of a military family that has been wiped out. In a world where martial arts reign supreme, he relies on his unique talent for fusing souls. Starting out as a low-ranking constable, he grows stronger through trials of blood and fire, gradually uncovering the truth behind his family's destruction and embarking on an epic path of revenge. 1.4kReads6.9Score108Shelves

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   It's well-written and worth reading.

4. 4 平 Surviving on the Plains: I Get a New Little Tip-Off Every Day 平原求生：我每天刷新一个小情报 Unorthodox Patriarch歪门老祖Sports2.1M WordsOngoing (The animated series of the same name has released three seasons!) [Zombie Horde] [Build Vehicles] [Mobile Tower Defense] [Upgrade Combat Talents] [Fear of Not Having Enough Firepower] A survival game transports everyone to a plain. Everyone starts with a randomly assigned vehicle, talent, and weapon. As night falls over the plain, terrifying zombie monsters descend. Players scramble into their vehicles. Some cry out for help in terror, while others start bragging in the chat channel. “I can’t b 64.2kReads7.6Score6.1kShelves

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   Give it a thumbs up, if you really love watching!

5. 5 灵EN A Blind Swordsman's Sword Coffin 灵墟，剑棺，瞎剑客 Cooked Laifu Pigeon煮熟的来福鸽Eastern Fantasy8.8M WordsOngoing [No System] [Genius Swordsmanship] [Passionate] [Decisive and Ruthless] He is blind, carries a coffin on his back, and has a tragic past. The sect says: "We'll protect you." His brothers say: "We'll stay by your side." The sword spirit says: "I... will wait for you." Later, he becomes the ruler of the Immortal Realm, and his eyes regain their sight. Looking back on the road behind him, all that remains is one sentence: "When the wind blows, I'll walk slowly. When it rains, I'll keep to the side. 439.8kReads9.2Score45.7kShelves
6. 6 让 You Hired Me to Collect Bodies, So I Dissected My Ex-Girlfriend 让你当收尸人，你直接解刨了前女友 Ye Wusheng夜无声Mystery4.6M WordsOngoing In anatomy class, the corpse turns out to be my ex-girlfriend... After that, I went through all sorts of unbelievable things. A bus that only goes up, never down, and runs straight to a reservoir. An old scholar tree in the hospital, lush with branches and leaves, that swallows people whole. A giant catfish by the Qingshui River, begging people for help every night. And a deadly brothel hung with human skin, open for business without end. It went on and on, as if it would never come to an end... 62.6kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
7. 7 凡 Mortal Shrouds the Heavens: From Qi Refining to Ruling the Ages 凡人遮天：从炼气到独断万古 Maple Frenzy楓疯Eastern Fantasy547k WordsCompleted “Amid the despair of the Age of Declining Dharma and the cycles of fate, an ordinary young man wields love as a blade to defy destiny. In the end, he reshapes the Heavenly Dao for all living beings and protects the one person he holds dear.”… 27Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Lin Feng, a young herb gatherer in the desolate borderlands, finds himself in a world where spiritual energy is depleted and laws are shattered. With a mysterious gray bead and an indomitable mortal heart, he protects his beloved and defies the arrogant on the cruel path of immortality, where various forces vie for fragments of the Heavenly Dao. Ultimately, he uncovers the truth of reincarnation and destiny, using love as his anchor to end the cycle of reincarnation and redefine the new Heavenly Dao laws that prioritize humanity.

8. 8 云 Dreams of Immortality in the Cloud Wilderness 云荒梦仙 A Dream in the Clouds一梦云荒Eastern Fantasy998k WordsOngoing Traditional fantasy · Coming-of-age · An ordinary man rises · Schemes and strategic battles Lin Mang drops dead at his desk at three in the morning. When he wakes, an embroidered boot is planted on his chest. His ribs are broken, and blood has soaked the jade pendant. He is in the Desolate Mystic Continent, outside the Yun Clan ancestral hall in Luoyun Town. The original owner of this body was a good-for-nothing born with stone meridians, destined to die before turning sixteen. He was just tram —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Nine Meridians Suppress Heaven, Entering the Dao Through Dreams

9. 9 苍 Embers Left Beneath the Firmament 苍穹遗烬 Calm Mind 02静心02Eastern Fantasy184k WordsCompleted Jiang Ning is the good-for-nothing third young master of the Jiang family in Qingyun City. His spiritual aperture has been blocked for seven years, and he has endured nothing but scorn. On the eve of his fifteenth birthday, cultivators from the Tianque Sect storm the Jiang family. His father burns through his cultivation to help him escape, while all 137 members of the clan are slaughtered. On the night his family is destroyed, the mysterious fragment his mother sealed inside him seven years ago —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Yes, yes, highly recommended.

10. 10 杜 The Strange Cases of Du Jibai 杜既白奇案录 R MengfanR梦凡Mystery449k WordsCompleted [Republican-Era Detective Mystery] [Suspense and Deduction] [A String of Bizarre Cases] [Genius Detective] [Powerful Figures and Hidden Corruption] [A Tribute to Sherlock Holmes] In Linwu City, the fog is thick, the streetlights are cold, and bizarre cases never cease. Amateur detective Du Jibai unravels the labyrinth of the human heart one step at a time, relying on a speck of ash, a footprint, and a single lie. A tycoon found dead, a corpse hidden in a theater, a disappearance on a rainy night 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    So beautiful!

11. 11 剑 Sword Emperor, Immortal Venerable 剑帝仙尊 R MengfanR梦凡Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [Traditional xuanhuan] [Sword Emperor reborn] [Decisive and ruthless] [No System] [Multiple heroines] [Feel-good power fantasy] Mo Jian, the Sword Emperor, is reborn in the body of a good-for-nothing with a demon's constitution. Humans call him a monster, demons see him as a disgrace, his sect treats him like trash, and kingdoms hunt him down. The Profound Yin Cult even plans to refine him into a bloodline sacrifice. But they don't know that within this worthless body dwells the soul of the Swor 68Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 12 满 Max-Level Account, but My Mana Cap Needs Unlocking? 满级账号，但蓝条上限要解锁？ R MengfanR梦凡Eastern Fantasy415k WordsOngoing [Power Fantasy] [Another World] [Max-Level Account] [Monster Nation-Building] [ARPG Combat] [War and Conquest] [Conquest of All Races] After dying from overwork, game developer Du Jinyan transmigrates into the ARPG world he created, becoming Ling Ye, a max-level god-tier account. He expects to be invincible from the start, but wakes up to find his mana cap locked and all his god-tier skills grayed out. There is only one way to restore his power: raise his NPC contract ratings, increase his world 5Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 13 天 Heavenly Abyss 天渊 Mu Xiao Sansheng沐潇三生Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsOngoing (The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw 976.7kReads9.4Score99.9kShelves

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    A very nice traditional fantasy cultivation game.

14. 14 鸿 The Hongmeng Cauldron 鸿蒙鼎 A Hidden Thread Spanning a Thousand Miles伏脉千里Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted The sequel, Hongmeng Cauldron: The First Butcher of the Divine Path, has been released. We hope old and new friends alike will continue to support it. In the Great Xuanhuang World, four races vie for supremacy, and forbidden zones run rampant. For ten thousand years, no one has dared to become an Emperor! Luo Changfeng doesn't believe in Heaven or fate. He insists on carving out a path to Emperorhood on the Heavenly Dao's chessboard! But just as he reaches the absolute pinnacle, a shocking killi 6.9kReads8.9Score611Shelves
15. 15 我 The Years I Was Number One Under Heaven 我当天下第一的那些年 Zhao Shuxia赵树下Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted At thirty-seven, he stood atop Nethermountain. Tribulation clouds pressed overhead, and thunder roared. The universally acknowledged greatest hero in the martial world sought to overcome his tribulation and become an immortal! Beneath the heavenly tribulation, that peerless figure's soul scattered, vanishing completely from the world. “My name is Lin Cuo. I was once… the greatest hero in the world.” 22.2kReads8.2Score1.4kShelves
16. 16 叫 I Told You to Die, Not to Pull a Stunt 叫你送死，没让你整活 Qing Chen青沉Eastern Fantasy4.3M WordsCompleted [Goofy]+ [Lighthearted]+ [Exploit system bugs]+ [Milk the system]+ [Wild imagination] Fang Chen has barely transmigrated to another world when he learns that he has agreed to a fight to the death with a chosen one whose engagement was just broken off. He’s already trembling with fear. His System awakens, and he thinks his savior has arrived. But the System’s very first mission tells Fang Chen to raise his cultivation, give it everything he’s got, bring out the chosen one’s potential, and then di 90.6kReads9.2Score9.8kShelves

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    I don't know if this counts as traditional, but the underlying theme is quite traditional. Don't worry, it's pure love. Yes, it has a system. But it's a bit unconventional.

17. 17 修 Cultivating Immortality Through Spatial Farming 修仙从空间种田开始 Wandering Free逍遥行者Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing [Traditional Immortal Cultivation + Spatial Farming + Cautious Growth + Family Clan + Slow-Burn Leveling + Ordinary Man's Journey] Lu Qingxuan transmigrates, and from the start finds himself living on an island surrounded by monsters! Then a once-in-a-century monster tide strikes, leaving many clan members dead or injured and the old clan leader gravely wounded and near death. The clan is deeply divided, powerful enemies are watching closely, and the monsters in the sea are stirring... At the br 8.9kReads7.2Score647Shelves

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    It's pretty good; it's passionate, not mindless.

18. 18 点 Nine Hidden Star Points 点星九藏 Black-and-White Potato黑白土豆Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsOngoing [No System] [A proven author with other completed novels, dive in with confidence] [Passionate xuanhuan]! Ning Chuan was born into lowly circumstances, an unwanted child born to a maid. At the bottom of the Prince's estate, he endured endless scorn, his life worth no more than a blade of grass. No one knew he had awakened his Star of Destiny. He could summon lightning, wield the heavenly tribulation, temper his body with tribulation power, and prove the Dao with his divine spear. One spear break 267.7kReads8.3Score29.8kShelves

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    Highly recommended!

19. 19 剑 The Sword Dynasty 剑朝 Black-and-White Potato黑白土豆Eastern Fantasy3.9M WordsCompleted The Martial World Continent stretches without end. Four supreme races dwell here. Humanity battles the gods with magic, fights demons hand to hand, and clashes with immortals. Blood dyes the heavens, yet they fear nothing. A reborn young man rises from the endless mountains, carving a path through every obstacle as he climbs step by step to the summit. With nothing but the three-foot sword in his hand, his sharp edge can reac 20.2kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves
20. 20 妖 The Demon Path to Immortality: Beginning as a Blood-Eyed Black Crow 妖路长生：从血瞳玄鸦开始 Golden Koi金鲤鱼Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [The Demon Clan's Perspective] [No Female Lead] [No System] [Blood-Eyed Black Crow] [Not a Goody-Two-Shoes] [Blood Arts] [Steady Progress] In the Age of Declining Dharma, the crooked cultivator Wu Li pursued immortality by practicing the forbidden Blood-Eyed Pagoda Sutra. Obsessed with eternal life, he committed a grave sin, then failed his tribulation and had his soul scattered. When he opened his eyes again, he was a dying old crow on Withered Ridge. No System. No old master living inside him. 4kReads6.6Score370Shelves
21. 21 青 Ten Years of Secluded Cultivation on Mount Qingcheng, Then I Descended with Max-Level Skills 青城山潜修十年，满级就下山 Sweet Potato Monster红薯怪Eastern Fantasy468k WordsCompleted [Playing it safe + invincible + invincible + invincible + invincible + invincible…] Fake prodigy: “Genius is just the entry requirement to meet me.” Real prodigy: “Invincible on the mountain, still invincible when I descend.” “My name is Li Sange, I’m nineteen, and my Daoist title is ‘Heaven-Reaching’!” That year, the young man descended from the mountain and traveled the world. He bore the sky’s collapse upon his shoulders, becoming the supreme legend of myth, step by step~ 14.7kReads5.1Score932Shelves
22. 22 太 Primordial Demon Lord: Even Fairies Must Kneel Before Me 太始魔尊，仙子也得给我跪下 Expired Soda过期的汽水Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing In the Nine Nether Prison, condemned to eternal imprisonment, the saintess believed Ye Yan had long since been obliterated, while the aloof sword immortal had already forgotten he existed. Ye Yan opened his blood-red demonic eyes in the darkness. He burned away his shackles, breathed life into his withered bones, and reshaped his broken body. Leaving bloody footprints with every step, he crawled back to the world of the living from the endless hell. The once spirited young prodigy became a pri 49.7kReads7.2Score3.2kShelves
23. 23 雷 Raikage Ninja: The Legend of Hoka-i 雷影忍者豪卡伊忍传 Jiang Diaoxue江钓雪Anime Fanfiction163k WordsOngoing Goukai, the younger brother of Darui, the Raikage’s bodyguard, has the same hair color and fair skin. He is a shinobi with Wind, Lightning, Earth, and Water affinities, and the Storm Release Kekkei Genkai. At six, he became Killer B’s apprentice, learning Lightning Release and swordsmanship. He trained hard from a young age, determined to become one of the strongest in the shinobi world. After a series of training journeys and adventures, he eventually gained Sage Mode, Tailed Beast Mode, the Et 421Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This was originally a single-female-lead story.

24. 24 六 My Kingdom Fell When I Was Six. I Kept My Edge Hidden for Ten Years, Then Conquered the World with My Blade 六岁亡国，我藏锋十年刀镇天下 R MengfanR梦凡Historical999k WordsOngoing [No irritating plot points] [Passionate revenge] [A path of the blade and ruthless bloodshed] [Political scheming and conquest] [The king returns] His country fell when he was six. His entire family was slaughtered. The boy fled with a blade on his back and hid his edge for ten years, all for the day he could return and bathe his old enemies in blood. Ten years later, he descends the mountain through the snow and enters the game with a single slash. He beheads corrupt officials, executes powerfu 72Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 诸EN Myriad Worlds: Starting by Marrying Palace Mistress Yaoyue 诸天：从迎娶邀月宫主开始 Jin Zi Chen金紫辰Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsCompleted In a comprehensive martial arts world, Song Xuan is a sword-wielding god of slaughter who has killed a million people and can send the emperor to his watery grave at any moment. In a vast immortal-hero world, Song Xuan is the Xuantian Dao Ancestor, who teaches the Dao and keeps the rulers of seven destiny-blessed dynasties so thoroughly suppressed they dare not raise their heads. Across the primordial heavens and universes, Song Xuan splits the myriad worlds with one sword. Mythical Daluo in his 76.9kReads9.0Score5kShelves

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    This is a captivating ancient-style martial arts novel with a well-developed world and a well-crafted atmosphere. The main storyline is clear, and the clashes between good and evil, as well as the complexities of human relationships, are quite compelling. The writing is elegant and fluid, brimming with the spirit of the martial arts world, and the pacing of the plot is excellent, resulting in a superb reading experience.

26. 26 弃 The Discarded Prince 弃子皇子 Ying Jian赢剪Historical1.2M WordsOngoing Tang Congxin begins as a "prisoner who accepts his fate and lies low," then undergoes a "desperate gamble that turns him into a double-sided covert operative," and ultimately becomes a "meritorious imperial grandson who has gained a tentative foothold in the Divine Capital, but faces danger on all sides." He makes his first crucial transformation, going from passively accepting his fate to actively exploiting the rules, and even creating new ones, to carve out room to survive. —Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 我 I’m Yang Jian’s Son. I Won’t Play Along with Chenxiang 我杨戬之子，不陪沉香演戏 Ma Jia马夹Male-Channel Fanfiction627k WordsCompleted I am Yang Qingxuan, son of Yang Jian and young master of Guanjiang. Ever since I transmigrated here, countless people have doted on me and showered me with attention. I am the Jade Emperor's grandson and Yang Jian's son, and the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas are my maternal relatives. My father teaches me magic, the Dragon Palace gives me treasures, and I have eaten countless golden pills and peaches from the Heavenly Court. It is as if I am the most privileged second-generation god in all the T 11.6kReads8.6Score925Shelves
28. 28 师EN My Junior Disciples Are All Overpowered, So I Have to Cheat! 师弟们都是大佬，那我只能开挂了 Rain Falls from South of the City to the West城南有雨落城西Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted The second junior brother is the chosen one of the plane. The third junior brother is reborn. The fourth junior brother is an ancient Sword Immortal reincarnated. The junior sister is the future Demon Empress. Everyone from top to bottom is a hidden powerhouse! Ouyang, the eldest senior brother, gives a crooked grin. “Well, then I guess I'll have to use cheats!” 124.3kReads9.4Score12.3kShelves
29. 29 玄 Xuanhuan: My Bones Are a True Dragon's, and My Blade Challenges the World! 玄幻：真龙为骨，我刀问天下！ Listen to Laibao听赖宝的话Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsOngoing [Epic-length novel + martial world and imperial court + genius protagonist + a touch of ensemble cast + the blurb does it no justice, please read the story] [Not a brainless power fantasy] [Martial world] [Read with care] [The rating just came out, so it’ll rise later] Synopsis One: A three-year-old child with memories from a past life accidentally falls into the Dragon-Locking Well. From then on, he defies fate, obtains the Heavenly Book, and masters supreme martial arts! That day, the dragon l 82.8kReads8.6Score5.9kShelves
30. 30 玄 Xuanhuan: Defying Fate Through Ten Thousand Lifetimes, I Beat the Immortal Emperor to a Pulp 玄幻：逆命万世，我打爆仙帝 The Cat That Doesn't Love Fish不恋鱼的猫Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [The print edition of "Mayfly Chronicle" is now on sale] If life is as fleeting as a mayfly, how can it shake the heavens? After dying in poverty in old age, Su Chen discovered that his golden finger was a book that defied fate. After death, he could earn Fate-Reversal Points based on his life's achievements and keep reincarnating. He could spend those points to improve his next life's aptitude, comprehension, and even background. Across the long years, he was the ineffectual young master of a m 116.2kReads9.0Score10.6kShelves
31. 31 葬 Heaven-Burying Demon Seed: My Family Sweeps Across the Heavens! 葬天魔种：我的家族横扫诸天！ A Single Thought, Mortal Emperor一念凡帝Eastern Fantasy169k WordsOngoing A million years ago, the Great Dao was complete and countless heroes arose in a golden age! God Kings and God Emperors appeared in droves, dominating the heavens and the Myriad Worlds as they strove for the highest realm. Then a mysterious demonic seed emerged. In a mere ten thousand years, it devoured and destroyed several great worlds with brilliant civilizations, burying them all! The laws were fractured, and the Great Dao became unstable! Over the dozens of eras that followed, its appear 1Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 32 算 Calculating the Ten Directions: I Break Free of Fate 算尽十方：我破命运之格 Sesame Tuntun芝麻吨吨Eastern Fantasy136k WordsOngoing Cornered by the village bullies, Lin Heng reaches a desperate point when he unexpectedly activates the Ten Directions Back-Pushing Diagram, brought from an ancient tomb, and awakens an extraordinary talent for mental calculation and deduction. Others try to predict fate, but he insists on calculating every variable. The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion declares certain outcomes unchangeable, but he is determined to find a way beyond them. From struggling to survive in a ruined kiln in Qingzhu Village t —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This looks alright so far; it has a binary tree feel to it.

33. 33 我 I Absolutely Refuse to Be the Big Villain 我才不要当大反派 Autumn's Crossing秋生渡Eastern Fantasy180k WordsOngoing After dying suddenly from overwork, Lin Mo opens his eyes to find that he has transmigrated into the heir to the Origin's End, and is bound to a System that forces him to play the villain! “I refuse to be some great villain! This is more exhausting than my day job!” He just wanted to lie low in the mortal world and enjoy doing nothing, but the chosen one, Ye Chen, keeps bringing him opportunities, while the hypocrites of the Qingyun Sect keep coming after him. With no other choice, he has to pla —Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 34 重 Reborn as a Little Siskin 重生从小斯开始 Do Not Disturb, Do Not Hang Up勿扰勿挂Historical681k WordsOngoing The protagonist is reborn in a remote mountain village. Facing an unknown new world, he is filled with anxiety and curiosity as he begins an extraordinary adventure unlike any other. From a mountain boy, armed with the knowledge from his previous life and a miraculous golden finger, he encounters all kinds of demons and monsters and witnesses a fantastical, bizarre world. Through these experiences, he grows into a powerful figure and leaves behind his own legend in this world. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a fantasy novel I recently read; the plot is detailed and the characters are intelligent. I think it's worth recommending.

35. 35 离 After My Divorce, Goddesses from Every Walk of Life Flirt with Me Like Crazy! 离婚后我被各路女神撩疯了！ Dream Weaver of Time时光织梦人Urban1.1M WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 13.4kReads6.7Score965Shelves

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    They're quite good, especially the second book, which is so sweet.

36. 36 屠 You Dare Slaughter My People? My Human Race Still Has an Ancestor! 屠我人族？我人族还有一位老祖！ Heaven-Defying Little Crawfish逆天小龙虾Eastern Fantasy842k WordsCompleted The Wu Clan used humans to forge the Witch-Slaying Sword, while the demon clan used them to forge the Witch-Slaying Sword. The human race was weak, bullied by every clan, and unloved by the Sages. A million humans knelt on Shouyang Mountain, their tears of blood falling to the earth as cries for help echoed across the Primordial World: “We beg our Ancestor to save our people!” When the demon clan descended and the humans had fallen into despair, a gaze swept across them, and tens of thousands of 9.4kReads5.2Score617Shelves
37. 37 白 My First Love Returned Home, So I Took the Initiative to Divorce as Her Stand-In 白月光归国，替身的我主动提离婚 Nezha Loves Fish哪吒爱吃鱼Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [No cheating] + [No System] + [No cultivation] + [Wife chases husband to the crematorium] + [Multiple heroines] To pay for his cancer-stricken mother's treatment, Lu Jiang resolutely left the military and sold himself to Qin Yeyue, signing a three-year marriage contract. After they married, Lu Jiang repaid her kindness by staying at home and taking care of Qin Yeyue with all his heart. For three years, she remained cold toward him, but he gradually fell in love with her. Who could have known tha 6.9kReads5.1Score441Shelves
38. 38 神 Gods and Demons Prison: This Guard Is Truly Heartless 神魔监狱：这个狱卒心太黑 Planet CC星球Eastern Fantasy803k WordsCompleted [Invincible]+ [Comedy]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Prison Story] Qin Lang transmigrates and becomes a prison guard. This place holds ancient Demon Venerables, peerless monsters, fallen gods... While the outside world is still fighting tooth and nail over a martial arts manual, Qin Lang has already begun his path to immortality! A single day of pardon on a leave slip is enough to make a demoness throw herself at him. One day outside for exercise earns him the kneeling adoration of an Empress. There ar 2.9kReads7.4Score229Shelves
39. 39 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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    Give it a try! I really like it.

40. 40 修 Cultivating Immortality: It All Starts With Tricking a Treasure-Hoarding Mouse 修仙，从忽悠一只多宝鼠开始 Lazy Glutton Daoist馋懒道人Ancient Romance665k WordsCompleted Original work, no romance. One is a fragile college student who loves staying home to play games; one is a housewife out of touch with society; and one is a treasure-hunting mouse raised by a powerful rogue cultivator. There’s also another treasure-hunting mouse, raised by the first mouse, who only knows how to eat. This little team of four has less than two and a half brain cells between them. Their half-mentor, a powerful rogue cultivator and enemy of the cultivation world who has been holed u 160Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    This is a lighthearted and humorous cultivation novel. Because it involves a mother and son transmigrating, there is no romantic pairing, so there is no harem. The novel also lacks any cheat codes or systems.

41. 41 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

    Reader note

    The first book was a huge hit, the second one was alright.

42. 42 灵EN Spirit Stone Immortal Clan 灵石仙族 Writing Nonsense一通乱写Eastern Fantasy4.0M WordsOngoing (The animated series is now available, and the first print edition is on sale. Its title is "Blackstone: Bloodline Awakening". Search for it on any platform.) (All six volumes are complete. There’s plenty to read, so dig in!) [Family saga + ensemble cast + no System + not saintly + slow burn + the protagonist is a stone + behind-the-scenes machinations + no female lead] Volume 1: Winds Rise over Song Mountain (complete) Volume 2: Clash of the Origin Condensation Realm (complete) Volume 3: Riding 59.1kReads9.1Score5.5kShelves
43. 43 遮 The Heaven-Covering Scripture 遮天经 Dao Buyi道不易Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsCompleted [Author of a completed ten-million-word novel] [No System] [Marketplaces] [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] The world of cultivation is like a turbulent sea, and those who seek immortality are but mayflies within it. For a tiny mayfly to become immortal, it must fight to get ahead and seize every opportunity, regardless of right or wrong, all to catch a glimpse of the gates of immortality. Ye Xiu: “I am Ye Xiu, a mere mayfly. I am willing to become the calamity written in your fate 52.8kReads8.2Score5.9kShelves
44. 44 凌 Shatter the Celestial Palace 凌霄破 Dream Talk All My Life平生梦话Eastern Fantasy164k WordsCompleted Just practice, my first book. The idea was far too simple. I actually wanted to express a lot, but this book is important to me too. It taught me that writing takes skill and a way of expressing things, rather than just piling up words. 8Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    No harem, slow-burn cultivation story

45. 45 逆 The Divine Lord Who Defies the Dao: A Good-for-Nothing Boy Slashes the Firmament 逆道神尊废柴少年斩苍穹 A Cactus Is a Ball Too仙人球也是球Eastern Fantasy503k WordsCompleted In the Vast Azure Great World, countless races stand alongside one another, prodigies compete for glory, and immortals and gods rule the land. People believe in following Heaven’s will, convinced that one’s talent and bloodline determine a lifetime of honor or disgrace. But Heaven is unjust and the Great Dao merciless. How many geniuses are crushed by fate, and how many ordinary people are trapped in the dust, doomed never to rise? Ling Yun was once an unparalleled genius, the greatest his fami —Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    For those experiencing a reading slump, this is a completed novel, not a harem story, featuring a single female lead.

46. 46 都 Urban Divine Doctor: From the Start, I Obtain Peerless Medical Skills 都市神医：开局获得绝世医 Half-Immortal Guest Among the Stones石间客半仙Urban235k WordsCompleted After years of arduous cultivation deep in the mountains, Lin Chen unexpectedly awakened the Divine Healer System and unlocked an unparalleled ancient medical classic from the start. His acupuncture can bridge life and death, his remedies cure every illness, and he resolves even the most baffling conditions with ease. Those who once looked down on him and mocked him now all bow their heads and curry favor. The wealthy and powerful clamor at his door for treatment, while influential figures from 2Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 47 鬼 The Ghost Emperor in the City 鬼帝在都市 Lonely Burial Companion孤独的陪葬Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Lin Yu was once a good-for-nothing whom everyone could bully. Then, in an accident, he devoured the remnant soul of the Netherworld Ghost Emperor, one of the five great Ghost Emperors of the Ghost Realm. From then on, his timid nature changed, and he began capturing and devouring ghosts to grow stronger. 411Reads—Score101Shelves
48. 48 修 The First Great Mess in the Cultivation World 修仙界第一混乱 Noodle King Zai板面王仔Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsCompleted “Sect Master Sun, your sect is now a renowned sword sect in the northern cultivation world. What is your opinion of Dean Xu?” “I often tell people in the know that Dean Xu is my idol. People hunt him down, and he still tries to make friends and strike deals with them. He raises disciples until they reach Foundation Establishment, then stops teaching them and sells them off to other sects. Now his students are everywhere, and his people are all over the place.” “And how do the senior members of 175kReads9.5Score30.6kShelves

    Reader note

    All three are good.

49. 49 玉 The Jade Pendant Immortal Path: From Good-for-Nothing to Child of the Plane 玉佩仙途：从废柴到位面之子 Ying Zi影梓Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing So what if his dantian is shattered? So what if he’s only a menial disciple? A mysterious jade pendant lets him defy fate and rise to the top! Lin Feng of the Qingyun Sect rebuilds his foundation with the pendant’s power, but is also drawn into a world-shaking maelstrom. Fortuitous opportunities and deadly threats go hand in hand, as do glory and conspiracy. Watch a good-for-nothing youth ascend step by step amid bloodshed and chaos, turning the whole world upside down! 9Reads6.6Score—Shelves
50. 50 全 Global: My Spirit Beast Is My Future Self 全民：我的御兽是未来的自己 Ying Zi影梓Urban538k WordsOngoing In the twenty-first century, spiritual qi revival swept the world, ushering in the “Age of Beast Taming.” Everyone could awaken a Beast Taming Space upon turning eighteen and become a Beast Tamer by forming a contract with a pet beast. Pet beasts progressed through the following ranks: Awakening, Extraordinary, Commander, Lord, Overlord, Totem, and Mythical. A Beast Tamer’s rank was linked to the strength of their pet beast. 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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