Classic Long-Form Xianxia With Cultivation and Leveling 传统玄幻修仙升级流大长篇

1. 1 从 Outlive Then Ascend 从长生苟到飞升 Xiao Shi, You Little Scumbag小时你个渣渣Romance2.7M WordsCompleted Lin Nanyin transmigrates into a world of cultivation, becoming an ordinary mortal. The heavens give her a golden finger: eternal youth and immortality. Yes, her lifespan is endless. She arrived at eighteen, and will be eighteen forever. But being immortal doesn’t mean she can’t die. To stay alive, Lin Nanyin decides to keep her head down. No one is going to outlast her. Much later, the underlings she once led become pillars of the righteous sects, the pets she raised become leaders of the d 199.1kFavorites313.2kClicks/ch944.1kGifts

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   Watching it felt like accompanying the female lead through her long life; she mostly lived alone, and romantic partners appeared relatively infrequently.

2. 2 此 A Long Life This Time 此生长 Moonlit Mulberry月下桑Danmei (BL)908k WordsCompleted Other people are reborn in a world of cultivation and become all kinds of overbearing, dazzling badasses. He was reborn in a world of cultivation and got rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and pork fat. Reborn in the small cultivation world of Cang Realm, under the jurisdiction of Miaoling Palace, in Xieyun Prefecture, in Babao County, in Baiyu Town, in Tu'er Village, one of fifteen villages, Du Nan's path of cultivation was as long as the list of place names before his village. Still, his fa 148.2kFavorites255.6kClicks/ch979.6kGifts

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   A very unique worldview, and Sang Qiu's writing style is as lovely as ever.

3. 3 第 The First Immortal Master 第一仙师 Yao Yue Kong妖月空Danmei (BL)2.2M WordsCompleted Rong Xuan was a good-hearted man and the last surviving member of the fallen Rong clan. In his previous life, he was wrongfully accused, suffered every torment, and met a miserable end. Reborn in his youth, his temperament changed completely. Cold and ruthless, he took as his disciple the close friend from his previous life, guiding him by word and deed. Rising from humble beginnings, he returned to the path of immortality and eventually became the greatest immortal master. It has always been sa 173.1kFavorites265.1kClicks/ch114.9kGifts

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   Reborn, cultivating formations

4. 4 上 The Book of Fine Dining 上膳书 Sanshui Xiaocao三水小草Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Blurb One: "Hey, dinner's ready. Come and eat." All falls silent. The Heavenly Way descends. Song Wanzi is an utterly ordinary food cultivator who can summon the Heavenly Way just by making something to eat. (How about a Nine-Origin Dao Body, innate spiritual sense, a body infused with spiritual energy, dual cultivation of body and technique, and a star array worn as a cloak?) Hobbies: eating, eating, and more eating. Daily life: causing trouble. Blurb Two: "From now on, you take your road to im 67.6kFavorites190.2kClicks/ch227.9kGifts

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   Food-themed cultivation novel with a female protagonist

5. 5 太 Primordial Simplicity 太素 Watching Springs and Listening to the Wind看泉听风Romance1.6M WordsCompleted A chaotic age is about to begin. All living things suffer. Heaven and earth are the furnace, creation the artisan, yin and yang the fuel, and all things the raw metal. Ask the vast land below: who will rule its rise and fall? The emperor's grace reaches all eight directions, and the phoenix arrives as an honored guest. She is an ordinary transmigrator, carrying a fortuitous opportunity as she enters the immortal sect. Of the three thousand great paths, she begins in the mortal world and climbs 25.4kFavorites82.8kClicks/ch25.6kGifts

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   Female protagonist leveling up

6. 6 我 I'm the Tragic Father of the Dragon-Proud Protagonist [Book Transmigration] 我是龙傲天他惨死的爹[穿书] Green Robe, Apricot Grove青衣杏林Danmei (BL)4.8M WordsCompleted [Important notice: This story has not been published in print. Any physical copies you find are pirated. Do not buy them! Do not buy them! The editor has been contacted to handle this.] Blurb: Qiu Yibo transmigrated into a world of cultivation. He thought he was about to begin a life of brutal struggle against fate... As it turned out, he had a heavenly spiritual root, was the eldest legitimate son of a powerful clan, and could cultivate automatically while lying down, with resources delivered e 275.4kFavorites452kClicks/ch2.8MGifts

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   I didn't finish reading it; it's a self-inflicted love story.

7. 7 修 A Guide to Cultivation 修仙指南 Chen Lu沉鹿Romance3.3M WordsOngoing Qiao Minzhen, who transmigrated into a book, knows what’s coming. In three years, a top cultivation genius will join the sect and form a Nascent Soul at just two hundred years old. Unfortunately, this heaven-blessed prodigy will eventually fall to demonic cultivation and be imprisoned beneath Five Zhang Mountain, never to escape. Their golden finger will instead fall into the hands of the future good-for-nothing male lead who rises to power. Qiao Minzhen thinks that rather than let the golden 142.4kFavorites199.2kClicks/ch579.1kGifts

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   Romance novels highly recommended

8. 8 破 Shattering the Dao [Cultivation] 破道[修真] Cang Ji苍迹Danmei (BL)3.4M WordsCompleted A few notes before you dive in: This is an offbeat story, not your usual cultivation level-up and monster-slaying adventure. The protagonist uses modern concepts and wild ideas to leave cultivators baffled and find a way out of trouble. Look forward to it! 2333 The author's terrible at writing blurbs. At least 100+ comments have said they clicked in, then clicked back out because of the blurb, and almost missed this story. Are you one of them? QAQ Stick with it through the first thirty chapter 33kFavorites80.4kClicks/ch53.5kGifts

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   The protagonist's path of using talismans is quite unique.

9. 9 我 I Tread the Nine Heavens 我踏九霄来 Tian Meow湉喵Romance1.9M WordsCompleted A coffin unearthed at a school, and a cultivation family hidden in the modern world. A mysterious, indecipherable rubbing, and a path to heaven atop Mount Kunlun. Why would a girl in the bloom of youth drop out of school to cultivate? When does a girl who cultivates at every opportunity find time to fall in love? Why is her husband an emperor who just crawled out of a coffin? Welcome to today's science documentary, The Lord of the Nine Heavens, sponsored by Jinjiang. New novel now underway: My 18kFavorites54.7kClicks/ch53.5kGifts

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   Romance novels highly recommended

10. 10 穿 Transmigrate to Cultivate Immortality 穿越之修仙 Clothes Falling into Flame衣落成火Danmei (BL)3.0M WordsCompleted Beneath the Immortal Realm lie nine thousand great worlds: three thousand in the upper realms, three thousand in the middle, and three thousand in the lower, along with countless small worlds. Xu Ziqing was frail and sickly in his previous life. In this life, he had hoped to spend his days at ease among mountains and streams, but at the age of thirteen, his life changed in an instant. With a spiritual root, he had no choice but to embark on the path to immortality. If he didn't want to become a 155.7kFavorites317.4kClicks/ch97kGifts

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    My masterpiece, my gateway novel, an absolute power-up story, unmatched to this day. The pairing of Ziqing and her senior brother is my absolute favorite.

11. 11 混 Record of Hunyuan Cultivation [Rebirth] 混元修真录[重生] Clothes Falling into Flame衣落成火Danmei (BL)3.1M WordsOngoing The Ye family was wiped out because of a Primal Chaos Pearl. Ye Qian, their young clan leader, fought desperately, but in the end it wasn't enough. When he woke again, his soul had returned to a thousand years in the past, and the Primal Chaos Pearl was floating inside his dantian. As the saying goes: “The Primal Chaos gives birth to chaos; heaven and earth turn into floating dust. A mote pierces the void and illusion; wind and thunder shape the self.” With this divine treasure, Ye Qian defies 130.5kFavorites214.2kClicks/ch861.9kGifts

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    To be continued. Yi Da's writing is reliable, but the updates are too slow, so I need to save up some time.

12. 12 史 The Greatest Buddhist Cultivator in History 史上第一佛修 Qingqiu Qianye青丘千夜Danmei (BL)1.5M WordsCompleted Wen Chunxiang was a grandmaster among demonic cultivators. He prided himself on his extensive knowledge and profound cultivation, yet one person managed to get the better of him: Xie Zhenghong, who wore his hair long and black but smiled as he claimed to be a Buddhist cultivator. Also known as: #MonksAndBaldDonkeysAreDifferentSpecies##WhatOnEarthIsTheFlowerPinchGesture# Author-approved, slow burn, happy ending. For a guide to flower-pollen cultivation, check the author's Weibo. ↑↑↑ This is proba 116kFavorites192kClicks/ch66.7kGifts

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    I just remember it being very good.

13. 13 修 A Second-Generation Cultivator’s Everyday Notes 修二代的日常随笔 The Drifting Mayfly浮游的蜉蝣No CP8.2M WordsCompleted As the title says, this is the uneventful daily life of a second-generation cultivator. A laid-back cultivation story focused on everyday life. The important part is the list of warnings. There are quite a few, so stay alert to avoid triggering any. If you do hit a nerve, click the little red X and get out at once. Here are the details: 1. First-person narration. The associated issue is that everything is seen from the protagonist’s perspective, so his understanding of the world may be one-side 95.9kFavorites278.3kClicks/ch500.9kGifts

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    No romantic pairing, first-person diary style, I like this simple and understated style.

14. 14 修 Cultivation: My Senior Sister's Sword 修真-师姐的剑 Bookworm吃书虫子Romance2.5M WordsOngoing In this world of cultivation, where alchemy, weapon forging, talismans, and formations are all the rage, and resource-grabbing and pill-popping are widespread, sword cultivators are an ancient profession that nobody likes: They’re generally strong in battle but weak in cultivation, which makes them likely to die. They get their resources by stealing and heal their wounds by lying around, which makes them likely to be poor. The women are all like men, and the men are practically wild men, which m 74.8kFavorites152.9kClicks/ch184.4kGifts

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    Strong female cultivator, my love

15. 15 风 A Feng Shui Master's Guide to Cultivation 风水大师修仙指南 Old Pumpkin Demon南瓜老妖Danmei (BL)1.6M WordsCompleted [New Novel: I Heard I Saved the World] is now underway. Chen Xiao was a feng shui master in his previous life. He defied heaven and changed fate to save his mentor, and died when his own lifespan ran out. When he opened his eyes, he found himself in a cultivation world where Foundation Establishment cultivators were everywhere and Golden Core cultivators were a dime a dozen. With no spiritual root and no talent, Ch 64.7kFavorites205.2kClicks/ch67.4kGifts

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    This is an older author and an older work, but the premise is very interesting: a feng shui master without spiritual roots cultivates immortality.

16. 16 还 I Might as Well Cultivate Immortality 还是修仙吧 Flowers Fill the Capital花色满京Danmei (BL)618k WordsCompleted He Bujian accidentally transmigrates into a cultivation game. The game's protagonist, Yue Huangzhou, is a typical male lead from a cultivation novel. He goes from an orphan everyone can bully to a Great Golden Immortal above the Nine Heavens. Yet after reaching that point, he struggles to make further progress. His past experiences cloud his Dao heart, trapping him in a period of decline. Players enter Yue Huangzhou's past and change key events in the plot, clearing away the haze clouding his Da 16.2kFavorites17kClicks/ch18.8kGifts

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    It's a bit off the beaten path but really good. Only the first season has finished airing so far, I'm already waiting for the second one.

17. 17 现 A Guide to Modern Cultivation 现代修真指南 Warm Lotus暖荷Danmei (BL)2.2M WordsCompleted New book blurb: Luo Cheng woke with a start in the middle of the night and discovered that some inexplicable force had sent him back several minutes in time. He struggled to crawl out from beneath the rear end of a giant bird that had fallen from the sky, barely saving his own life. Then he unexpectedly discovered a strange gossip-news app on his 10.4kFavorites25.3kClicks/ch20.6kGifts

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    Spiritual Qi Revival, Modern Cultivation University

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