Novels like Chronicles of Cultivation Through the Strange Gate
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- 101 The Legend of Sui Xian 岁仙传 Ten thousand years ago, Zhongtu swept across the Xiaonan Realm, destroyed the Tower to Heaven, wiped out its legacy, and created a vast sea within a bottle, stretching ten thousand li. Ten thousand years later, Duan Qing, born in the Woliu Inn of the Xiaonan Realm, unexpectedly embarked on the path of cultivation. Braving countless dangers and matching wits with his foes, he made his way back to Zhongtu. What waves will he stir up this time? 5.6kReads8.6Score60014d adds
- 102 A Mortal’s Path to Immortality 凡人修仙之仙途 “Roots reaching ten inches, transforming mortals into immortals. Build a foundation with the Five Elements, and form a Golden Core aligned with the Heavenly Dao!” Li An was born into an ordinary rural family. After an unexpected calamity struck his village, he was set on the path of cultivating immortality. 280Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 The Sword Falls Beyond the Clouds 剑落云霄 A disciple of the Tianlong Temple transmigrates into another world with three martial arts manuals: the Northern Darkness Divine Skill, the Six Meridians Divine Sword, and the Lingbo Microstep. Through constant training and battle, he masters the Kunpeng Transformation and reaches the pinnacle of this other world with his swordsmanship. 3.5kReads8.8Score37314d adds
- 104 Venerable God of the Nine Netherworlds 九幽神尊 [Reborn + satisfying revenge + genius protagonist + not a goody-goody + not a simp + traditional fantasy + playing the pig to eat the tiger + ruthless and decisive + ruthless and cunning] I am Du Chaolin, from Earth, and I was a top student at a prestigious university. I have a Chaos Spiritual Root. I’m a born genius and king, reaching Nascent Soul in five years and Great Ascension in a century. I possess a divine cauldron that can collect all things and destroy all immortals. I’m ruthless and 57Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 105 Transmigrated to the Ancient World to Hunt the Heavenly Wolf: Modern Weapons Hold the Frontier 穿越古代猎天狼：热武空间镇边关 Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Hunt the Heavenly Wolf: A Modern Weapons Space Guards the Frontier 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 My Stunning CEO Fiancée 我的绝色总裁未婚妻 A mysterious master slips into the city, where he becomes engaged to a beautiful, icy CEO, only to be rejected. Poor Shen Lang has no choice but to go out and look for food. Unexpectedly, one beautiful woman after another comes his way, and Shen Lang is swept into a whirlpool of romantic entanglements. Of course, his main goal is still to win over the icy CEO. 14kReads8.6Score1.2k14d adds
- 107 Immortal Fate of the Flowing Clouds 流云仙缘 [Cultivation] + [Pocket Dimension] + [Family] + [Power Fantasy] Across the boundless seas, countless sea beasts roam. The strong can turn the world upside down, while the weak struggle even to meet their most basic needs. Everyone has to fight against heaven and earth. Follow an ordinary young member of a small family as he travels farther and farther along the path of Cultivation! 276Reads7.3Score13714d adds
- 108 Creator of a World United as One 世界大同缔造者 [Urban cultivation + traditional techniques + students and campus beauties + no System + humorous comedy + Immortal Realm + Divine Realm] Tang Yixuan saved a fox that had failed its tribulation. Its lingering soul took up residence in his spiritual platform. It was Tang Xiaowan, a Great Enforcer Golden Immortal from the Immortal Realm, who had escaped to Earth as a fragment of her divine soul during the war between gods and demons. Tang Yixuan’s family was bullied by a local tyrant. He couldn’t 1.4kReads9.1Score18214d adds
- 109 The Tribulation-Struck Loose Immortal in Another World 九劫散仙在异界 Shen Xuan was born in the third year of the Zhenguan era of the Tang dynasty and studied under Li Chunfeng. At twenty, he entered the world of cultivation, but when he failed to overcome his tribulation, he abandoned his body and became a wandering immortal. After cultivating for a thousand years and enduring nine lightning tribulations, he became a Nine-Tribulation Wandering Immortal. And then, he transmigrated… 4.7kReads7.9Score38814d adds
- 110 A Rank-One Mortal Cultivator 一阶凡修 A classic mortal's path to immortality. With a mixed Five-Element spiritual root, the protagonist overcomes one obstacle after another through hard work and fortuitous encounters, rising to prominence in the cultivation world. Stages: Qi Refining → Foundation Establishment → Golden Core → Nascent Soul → Spirit Transformation → Void Refinement → Body Integration → Great Ascension → Tribulation Transcendence 4kReads6.8Score37714d adds
- 111 The Wrath of the Mortal Immortal 凡仙之怒 New Book: Selling Myself to the Hehuan Sect as a Cultivation Cauldron, Controlling Time from the Start The Chaos-Heaven Divine Cauldron can turn the universe upside down! Nine waters and nine heavenly layers: comprehend the Dao and become an immortal! On the path to immortality, spiritual roots, fortuitous opportunities, and destiny are all essential! Xiao Chentian was born with a useless spiritual root and abandoned by fate. Refusing to accept his lot, he defies heaven, treads his own path, con 20.7kReads8.0Score2.5k14d adds
- 112 The Five-Element Waste Spirit Root: I Have a Treasure-Gathering Golden Toad 五行废灵：我有一只聚宝金蟾 [Mortal Cultivation] [Smart Protagonist] [One Female Lead] [Decisive and Ruthless] At eighteen, with a fake Five-Element Spirit Root, was his path to immortality already doomed? Wang Han was a hunter from the countryside. By a twist of fate, he entered Leiyang Pavilion, only to be made a nominal "Core Disciple" and, in truth, reduced to chopping wood in the back hills. His poor aptitude earned him the label "useless spirit root," while the declining sect's leader treated disciples like disposabl 2.3kReads6.6Score22314d adds
- 113 The Mortal's Path to Immortality 凡人修仙途 An ordinary country boy happens upon half a cultivation manual and a mysterious bracelet, setting him on the path of immortal cultivation. Rising from humble beginnings, the young man cultivates the Five Elements arts and practices secret divine abilities. He masters the seventy-two transformations of the Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends, proves his Dao, and roams free on the path to immortality... 1.5kReads8.0Score14114d adds
- 114 I Grinded My Way into a Lord of Ten Thousand Laws 肝成万法道君 Wei Xuan transmigrates to the Star Profound Continent and becomes an outer disciple of the Taixuan Sect, where he obtains the Spell-Stealing System. “Ding! A nearby cultivator has been detected casting the Minor Cloud and Rain Art. The System is stealing it.” “Stealing progress: 1%, 2%…100%.” “Host successfully stole the Minor Cloud and Rain Art.” With the Spell-Stealing System, Wei Xuan eventually grinds his way into becoming the Lord of Ten Thousand Arts. 479Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Mending the Broken Cauldron: The Lu Family's Rise in Cultivation 残鼎复元：陆家修仙崛起路 Traditional cultivation + slow-burn progression + cautious protagonist + family-focused + mortal's perspective + no System + pseudo-ensemble cast Realms: Qi Refining → Foundation Establishment → Core Formation → Nascent Soul... On the Tianyuan Continent, sects monopolize resources, leaving little room for small and mid-sized clans to survive. The Lu family, on the remote frontier, is one such clan: spiritual energy is scarce, cultivation methods are incomplete, they are trapped at Qi Refining, a 29.2kReads7.7Score2.1k14d adds
- 116 Mortal Roots 凡根 He was once a boy in the mountains. He never knew why people were born into different ranks, but because he was told he had no immortal roots, he was doomed to remain beneath others forever, without even the right to dream of changing his fate. His only family left him to seek the path to eternal life, and he had to smile as he sent them off, only to turn away with tears in his eyes. Yet he firmly believed: Heaven and earth are the board, and I am a pawn. My steps may be slow, but I will never r 5.5kReads8.6Score45814d adds
- 117 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: From the Start, I Find a Mysterious Little Furnace 凡人修仙：开局捡到神秘小炉 [Mortal-style cultivation] [Descendant of the Han family] [Qi Refining] [Foundation Establishment] [Core Formation] [Nascent Soul] [Deity Transformation] [No brainless protagonist] [Not a wish-fulfillment novel]. The martial world is full of schemes and struggles, and the story is shrouded in mystery. Han Feng, whose meridians have withered, joins the Black Tortoise Sect to survive, but through a twist of fate, he embarks on the path of cultivation. 483Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 118 The Immortal Emperor Was Hunted Down, Reborn with a Tower to Kill Them All 仙帝被围猎，携塔重生杀杀杀 Su Yichen, Immortal Emperor of the Zixiao Immortal Realm, unexpectedly obtained the supreme treasure, the Heaven-Swallowing Demon-Suppressing Pagoda. Envious emperors plotted against him and surrounded him, and he died with hatred in his heart. To his surprise, the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda carried a wisp of his divine soul and brought him back to life against the natural order. After being reborn, Su Yichen was astonished to discover that he had lived through three lifetimes. In his previous liv 440Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 119 Mortal Blood! 凡血！ [Exceptional talent] [No brainless characters] [Foundation Establishment] [Golden Core] [Mortal cultivation] [No System] [No harem] Lin Fan is an ordinary mortal born in “Short-Lived Village,” yet he is determined to become an immortal whose life lasts as long as Heaven itself. By a twist of fate, Lin Fan takes part in the Seven Mysteries Sect’s entrance trials. Though he is destined never to become a cultivator, with the help of a mysterious copper bottle in his possession, he works hard one st 37.1kReads8.7Score3.7k14d adds
- 120 The Universal One-Hit-Kill System from the Start: I'm Taking Off 开局万能秒杀系统：我直接起飞 [System + Ruthless + Unrivaled + Never Takes Insults + Both Righteous and Evil] After transmigrating into the body of a deposed crown prince, Jiang Chen gets a System that arrives late but gives him so much that he takes off at once! The instant his mind-reading ability spreads, a flood of thoughts surges into Jiang Chen’s mind! “Oh no, oh no, Senior Sister’s coming to see me. Could she have found out I took her intimate clothes?” “Hmph! He’s usually so quiet, but he actually dared to steal m 593Reads7.5Score10114d adds
- 121 Cultivation Begins in a Mine 修仙从矿洞开始 A pure-mortal cultivation story: no System, no transmigration, a return to the traditional essence of cultivation! The protagonist is an ordinary mortal with no spiritual roots who enters a sect to mine spirit stones for a living. By chance, he survives a deadly disaster and awakens the Five-Colored Spiritual Marrow buried underground. This rare treasure, unseen in ten thousand years, reshapes his spiritual roots from within, unexpectedly condensing the rare Five-Element Spiritual Roots! From th 2.3kReads8.7Score18814d adds
- 122 Pure Yang Sacred Physique: Countless Saintesses Are Madly in Love with Me 纯阳圣体，万千圣女为我痴狂 [Classic cultivation fantasy + multiple heroines + dual-cultivation sacred body + invincible + passionate power fantasy + cautious schemer] Also known as Nine Suns Emperor Can heaven hold me back? I'll shatter the firmament! Can fate bind me? I'll defy the universe! I, Ye Feng, have already claimed the throne of Divine Emperor! Even if the Heavenly Dao bars my way and the immortals block my path, nothing can stop me from reaching the summit of the heavens. My words ring out like a bell! After hi 3.6kReads7.3Score28414d adds
- 123 I Have an Infinite Spirit Stone System 我有无限灵石系统 (Transmigration + System + daily life in the cultivation world + a smart protagonist + many love interests + spirit pets + decisive killing + laying low and developing early on + going on a killing spree later) The protagonist transmigrates from Earth to the cultivation world and acquires an infinite spirit stone System. What, you can’t win? Buy a mountain of spirit talismans and blast your enemies to death. Cultivation is too slow? No such thing. Just keep feeding it top-grade spirit stones. So 126Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 I Picked Up a Cute Pet, and It's a Qilin 捡个萌宠是麒麟 I Picked Up a Cute Pet, and It's a Qilin 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 I Own an Invisibility Cloak from the 50th Century 我有件五十世纪的隐身衣 One night in a senior-year dorm, Lei Wanjun was lying in bed playing a mobile game, just like his roommates. At some point, clouds swallowed the bright moonlight outside. Then thunder cracked and rain poured down. Summer weather was so fickle. One moment it was clear, the next it was raining. With a crash of thunder, Lei Wanjun’s phone screen suddenly went black. The battery had died! He was about to sit up and grab his charging cable when a flash of lightning flickered across the dark screen. A 5.2kReads9.5Score57514d adds
- 126 Shadows of Blood in the Golden Palace: The Prodigal's Rise 金銮血影：纨绔翻身录 Blood Shadows at the Golden Palace: The Spoiled Scion's Rise —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 Cultivation: What Do I Do with Too Many Spirit Herbs? 修仙：灵药太多怎么办？ [Transmigration + pocket dimension + ordinary-person cultivation + invincible among peers + body tempering + swordsmanship] A menial disciple gets a pocket dimension from the start. It evolves whenever it devours spirit stones, and time inside passes ten times faster than outside. He can speed up his cultivation and grow medicinal herbs faster, so he never runs short of pills or spirit stones again. An ordinary-person cultivation story. The early chapters are somewhat subdued, and progress is sl 2kReads8.2Score14714d adds
- 128 A Mortal's Immortal Cultivation: Dual Cultivation of Sword and Body 凡人修仙之剑体双修 [Mortal-style cultivation] [Slow burn] [Cautious and careful] [No harem] [Driven by self-interest] [Not a bleeding heart] [No System] [Decisive and ruthless] Chen Xuan was once an assassin in the Darknight Hall. During a mission, he unexpectedly obtained a cultivation technique. He made the assassin's instinct etched into his very bones, caution, his highest principle. He treaded on thin ice with every step of his cultivation, carefully considering every possibility. He watched and waited whenev 852Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 129 Guardians of Civilization: The Journey Home from the Sea of Stars 文明守望者：星海归途 When human civilization was sentenced to death, he was reborn with its last hope. In 2023, the Galactic Council delivered its final verdict: human civilization’s health score was 47%, a failing grade. The countdown to reformatting: 72 hours. Lin Che died in his wife’s arms, only to be reborn in 2018, on the day of their divorce. The System bound him to a task: within 25 years, raise civilization’s health score from 52% to 85, or seven billion people would perish with it. This time, he would n 9Reads—Score114d adds
- 130 The Campus' Unrivaled Mad God 校园绝品狂神 Tang Zichen, a martial arts master of unparalleled skill, unexpectedly finds himself reborn in the body of a pitiful wretch who was cast out by his family. And so, a peerless, unruly god is born, striding across the city and sweeping all before him until the world trembles. 911Reads8.6Score13114d adds
- 131 Return of the Venerable One 逆界归尊 Ling Chen, the supreme prodigy of the cultivation world, was once the reincarnation of an ancient Heavenly Emperor. In his previous life, he was betrayed and ambushed by treacherous foes in the Immortal Realm. They seized his throne as Heavenly Emperor and destroyed the Heavenly Court, sending his soul back to Earth. One day, he awakens the remnant soul of the ancient Heavenly Emperor and inherits its complete legacy. Armed with supreme treasures such as the Chaos Dao Orb, he is reborn in the mo 81Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Divine Emperor of the Nine Heavens 九霄玄天神帝 [The male lead awakens to cultivation after being betrayed by his girlfriend + ascends from the mortal realm to the celestial realm + the divine realm + play the pig to eat the tiger + face-slapping twists + multiple heroines] Ling Xiao was just a college student. His first love, Ye Muqing, mysteriously vanished during his freshman year... After failing to find her, he met Su Yao, who entered his life as his new girlfriend. But just before graduation, she betrayed him... The path of cultivation 802Reads5.6Score10214d adds
- 133 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Heaven-Piercing Tower 凡人修仙：通天塔 [The animated series A Great Rogue Cultivator: My Quest to Reach the Heavens is currently a hit on Hongguo Short Drama] [No transmigration, sensible plot, traditional cultivation, mortal cultivator, no System] "Are there really immortals in this world?" "Of course!" "Old man, when are you finally going to take me as your disciple?" The boy has lost count of how many times he's begged by now... After a great upheaval, a boy from Lanxian Town embarks on a long journey of cultivation. A mysterious 8.5kReads7.9Score64714d adds
- 134 Dream-Transmigrated as an Ancient Soldier: The Bloodsoaked General Who Fought His Way Out of a Mountain of Corpses 梦穿古代士卒：从尸山血海中杀出的铁血将军 Dreaming of Transmigration as an Ancient Soldier: The Iron-Blooded General Who Fought His Way Out of a Mountain of Corpses and Sea of Blood 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 The Spirit Eye That Sees Every Detail 秋毫灵眼 [Mortal’s journey + no System + no harem] Li Changsheng stumbled upon the Spiritual Eye of Fine Detail and began his path of cultivation. The road to immortality was as difficult as climbing to the heavens, like rowing upstream, where failing to advance meant falling behind. The cultivation world was full of deceit and treachery, its fortunes as unpredictable as the tides. Li Changsheng had no choice but to tread carefully, as if walking on thin ice. Though he had an ordinary three-element spiri 367Reads8.1Score10614d adds
- 136 Transmigrated as an Ancient-Era Playboy: The Heir Shocks the Entire Capital After Giving Up 穿越成古代纨绔：世子爷摆烂后惊艳全京城 Transmigrated into an Ancient Playboy: After the Heir Apparent Gave Up, He Amazed the Entire Capital —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 The Dragon Fang Returns to Guard the Fishing Village and Strike Fear into All Enemies 龙牙归来守渔村慑万敌 [Battle God from the Start] [One Female Lead] [Urban Cultivation] [Cultivation Begins in Chapter Five] [Action-Packed Revenge] The Dragon Fang Battle God, whose name strikes fear overseas, lays down his arms and returns to his hometown, a seaside fishing village. All he wants is to protect his neighbors and the woman he loves, and live a peaceful life. But trouble comes one wave after another, and powerful enemies from every direction keep coming for him. A chance encounter brings him an immorta 122Reads—Score1114d adds
- 138 No Future as an Outer Sect Disciple? I Have a Pocket Dimension 外门弟子没出路？我有洞天一座 An ordinary mortal's tale: cautious, ruthless, no holier-than-thou heroes, everyone is smart, and the emotions run deep. Armed with a pocket dimension, the protagonist raises spirit beasts, takes in mysterious beauties, grows spirit herbs, and receives help from all around him as he steadily advances. The tone is light and cheerful. The protagonist won't suffer, but the cruelty of cultivation remains. Wang Yang transmigrates to the cultivation world by chance, only to open his eyes and discover 64kReads7.8Score6.2k14d adds
- 139 Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Marry a Lovely Bride 穿越古代娶娇娘 Transmigrate to Ancient Times and Marry a Lovely Bride —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 A Master of Chinese Martial Arts, Practicing Immortality Through Science 身怀国术，科学修仙 Yang Lin, a mobile phone sales clerk who has studied traditional Chinese martial arts for three years, is transported by a ball of five-colored light to a world of cultivation after an unexpected stroke of fate. See how he uses the math and science knowledge from his previous life to cultivate through science, and rise to prominence in the cultivation world with his martial arts and Tai Chi. A rational, well-founded take on scientific cultivation, with clear logic. 5.6kReads8.7Score45114d adds
- 141 A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Legacy Immortal Mansion 凡人修仙之传承仙府 [Mortal cultivation, no System, one female lead, decisive and ruthless.] An ordinary country boy stumbles upon an immortal manor containing a legacy, and from then on, Yang Hao embarks on the path of cultivation. Inside the manor, he can grow spirit crops, craft artifacts and pills, raise spirit pets, and access an unparalleled legacy. See how he rises from humble beginnings, slays demons and vanquishes evil, and steadily becomes the strongest, roaming freely across the Myriad Worlds. 1.1kReads8.0Score—14d adds
- 142 Hongmeng Supreme 2 鸿蒙至尊2 [Reborn Immortal Emperor] [Alchemy, Artifacts, Formations, and Talismans] [Multiple Heroines] [Building a Faction] [Invincible] [Spatial Powers] [Small World] When chaos first emerged, the forces of creation gave birth to eight supreme primordial divine artifacts: the Hongmeng Supreme Tower, the Chaos Pearl, the Heaven and Earth Cauldron, the Hongmeng Supreme Sword, the Luo River Diagram, the Chaos Bell, the Heaven and Earth Eight Trigrams Mirror, and the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disc. When th 747Reads8.2Score10514d adds
- 143 The Great Preacher Zhang Daolin 传道达人张道林 The xianxia fantasy novel The Dao Preacher Zhang Daolin traces Zhang Daolin's difficult life, his many varied experiences, and a love story of passionate devotion. It also shows the efforts he makes as a successor to the Three Thousand Daoist Sects: slaying demons, upholding justice in the human world, and showing compassion for the suffering of ordinary people. Through it all, he gains immense faith from humanity. From an ordinary newborn who begins cultivating immortality, he rises to become t 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 The Ancient Ring Spirit 上古戒灵 [Mortal cultivation, no System, decisive and ruthless, not stupid] The foremost divine craftsman in the Immortal Realm, Lu Ban, spent his entire life forging the Ring Spirit, an immortal artifact hailed as the greatest of the ancient immortal artifacts. Then, all of a sudden, he vanished along with the Ring Spirit. 5.9kReads8.5Score78714d adds
- 145 I Transmigrated to the Great Zhou Dynasty: Matchmaking Made Me the Talk of the Capital 穿越大周：我靠说媒冠绝京华 Transmigrating to the Great Zhou: I Become the Capital’s Matchmaking Maestro 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 Immortal Fate Through Spirit Eyes 灵眼仙缘 [Mortal’s Journey] One step onto the path of cultivation, and after ten thousand years, one becomes an immortal! By a stroke of fate, a country bumpkin stumbles into the world of cultivation, a world beyond the wildest imaginings of ordinary people. He cultivates his power and awakens his spiritual sense, farming as he trains, gradually finding his footing in the complicated and treacherous cultivation world. After thousands upon thousands of years, he ultimately rises above the vast worlds and 4.8kReads8.8Score30014d adds
- 147 I Became the Immortal World's Richest Man by Selling Talismans at a Stall 靠摆摊卖符混成仙界首富 I Became the Richest Man in the Immortal Realm by Selling Charms at a Street Stall 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Alchemy Master 丹道宗师 The animated series of Grandmaster of Alchemy is now streaming! Qin Yichen returns to his youth with more than ten thousand years of memories. His mastery of spiritual power, advanced pill recipes, high-level martial arts, and secret manuals: he has it all. This time, he will leave no regrets. A gentle imperial princess, a willful and unruly witch, and a sacred, icy goddess all cross paths with him. 14.6kReads8.2Score1.9k14d adds
- 149 A Healer Reborn as a Tycoon's Daughter: Her Silver Needles Shake the City 医女穿成豪门大小姐：一手银针震翻都市 The Medical Maiden Reborn as a Wealthy Heiress: One Silver Needle Shakes the City 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 Transmigrated to Ancient Times: The Hunter's Wife Takes the Wilderness by Storm 穿越古代：猎户娇妻飒翻山野 Transmigrate to Ancient Times: The Hunter’s Spirited Wife Takes the Wilderness by Storm 9Reads—Score114d adds
