Novels like Five Thousand Years of Qi Refining
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- 151 The Lost Divine Clan: The Dawn of Time 遗失神族之天荒 [No System + Traditional Cultivation + The Blurb Is Weak, Please Read the Story] While others cultivate in pursuit of immortality, Lu Xuan cultivates in search of death. Every time he breaks through to a new realm, heavenly punishment descends. For fifteen years, his master has made him hide his cultivation, while his master's wife has set up hundreds of spirit-sealing arrays, all to stop him from advancing. But what is destined to come will come in the end. At the tenth level of Qi Refining, he —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 152 The System Has Only 8 Hours Left: Time to Spend Like Crazy 系统只剩8小时：我要疯狂消费 (Multiple love interests + wealthy protagonist + play the pig to eat the tiger + showing off and face-slapping + everyday urban life) The good news for Li Han: he ran into a System during his streak of bad luck. The bad news: the System would only last for eight hours. Luckily, he randomly got a cash-back reward, and by spending like crazy within the time limit, he became the owner of a trillion-dollar fortune. Date the hottest women, Drink the strongest liquor. Trample rich heirs underfoot, Bea 4.5kReads7.9Score335Shelves
- 153 My Boss Is a Beautiful Immortal Empress 我的老板是美女仙帝 [Ordinary man’s urban cultivation + slow burn + traditional cultivation realms + legacy of an Immortal Emperor + comeback + passion + fantasy] The protagonist, Ye Feng, becomes a male model to earn money, accidentally contracts AIDS, and unexpectedly inherits the legacy of an Immortal Emperor. From then on, he embarks on the path of cultivation. The realms in this book are: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul… The male lead is decisive and ruthless, and the plot is f 186Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 154 An Immortal Path Without Roots 无根仙途 A classic mortal cultivation story, with no System and no female lead, but featuring a golden finger: a world inside a cave abode that can speed up the growth of spirit herbs. The villains aren't dumbed down, and the characters are well developed. I hope you'll give it a read! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 155 The Primordial Insect Sovereign 荒古虫尊 [Spirit Insect Companions + Beast Taming + Traditional Cultivation + No Transmigration + No System] An unparalleled secret has circulated through the world: the Ancient Devourer of the Dao Divine Insect is peerless, able to consume corpses and refine immortal arts and secret techniques. The immortal sects of the heavens and the gods and Buddhas of the Western Heaven all fight desperately to claim it, seeing it as an extraordinary opportunity to attain the Great Dao. Yet no one knows that the anc 1.7kReads—Score263Shelves
- 156 The Changqing Immortal Clan: Starting from Qi Refining 长青仙族从炼气开始 [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 5.1kReads6.1Score362Shelves
- 157 Journey to the Immortal Realm 临仙行 [Mortal cultivation] [No System] [Traditional xianxia] Seeking immortality is like walking by night along the edge of an abyss. When Ning Ping was young, his village was utterly destroyed in a battle between immortals. Born with a mystical soul, he was even abducted and presented to someone as a gift. Fortunately, while fleeing for his life, he came upon the mysterious treasure known as the Tianyan Cauldron. It not only helped him escape, but also let him rise to even greater heights and embark 12.2kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves
- 158 The Legend of Xuan Shui's Cultivation 玄水修仙传 [Classic Xianxia + Ordinary Protagonist + Daily Life + Lighthearted] Jiang Ze transmigrates into the world of cultivation with a black cauldron and gains a heaven-defying Dao art. He joins the top-tier Lingyun Sect, seeking only the Dao and eternal life. He cultivates diligently and grows steadily stronger. (This is the story of an ordinary young man seeking the Dao and pursuing immortality. The pacing is a little slow at first, and the story strives to remain logical and believable.) [No holier 590Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 159 One Hundred Thousand Years of Qi Refining 炼气十万年 A hundred thousand years ago, he was a founding disciple of the Tianlan Sect. His master ascended, while he was still refining qi. Ninety thousand years ago, his grand-disciple ascended, while he was still refining qi. Fifty thousand years ago, even the old dog guarding the Tianlan Sect ascended. He was still refining qi. Thirty thousand years ago, the old tree at the foot of the mountain became a demon. It failed its tribulation and perished, while he remained in the qi-refining stage. Ten thou 3.2kReads6.8Score613Shelves
- 160 A Mortal's Path to Immortality: The Rogue Cultivator Cao Yan's Road to Ascension 凡人仙途：散修曹琰的登天路 (Sword cultivator in the early and middle stages, mortal cultivation, no System, starts out in a marketplace, traditional cultivation, slow burn, cautious, decisive and ruthless, talismans) The road to immortality is elusive. I walk it alone. Cao Yan is a bottom-rung rogue cultivator with four spiritual roots in a marketplace. No talent, no backer, no inheritance. Others cultivate immortality through talent. He relies on careful scheming. Someone tries to kill him and steal his treasure? He 5.6kReads6.6Score288Shelves
- 161 The First Step in Cultivation: Win Over My Master's Wife 修仙第一步：攻略师娘 [Cultivation + multiple heroines + no saintly do-gooder + wish fulfillment] Shen Qi fell off a cliff and died. A golden firefly carried his soul to a world of cultivation. When Shen Qi woke up again, he discovered that he had slept with his cheap master's wife. 1.2kReads6.6Score100Shelves
- 162 I Have So Many Golden Cores, I Can't Hide Them All 我的金丹多到藏不住 An attribute-less spirit root, born a good-for-nothing? Jiang Chen laughed. Without a spirit root, I'll make a hammer my root. Without spiritual energy, I'll temper my energy with iron. With a hammer in hand, the youth tempers his bones, his heart, and the world. With an old ox at his side, he treads through blood and danger on the road to immortality. After countless trials, he will reach the Great Dao. I have so many Golden Cores I can barely hide them, and my hammer can smash every injustice 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 163 The Supreme Sword God of Mortal Cultivation 凡人修仙之无上剑神 Fellow cultivator, wait up! If you were sent to cultivate in the world of immortal cultivation and given four choices out of twelve from the start, what would you pick? How far do you think you could go in this brutal world of cultivation? Nascent Soul? Deity Transformation? Or even further? 1. Early-stage Golden Core cultivation (random technique, top-grade Golden Core) and two fake-core puppets 2. Early-stage Golden Core cultivation (top-grade Golden Core sword cultivation technique) 3. Profou 1.9kReads5.4Score105Shelves
- 164 The Nine Heavens' Chaos Sovereign 九天混沌至尊 Good-for-nothing Lin Feng triggers the ancestral jade pendant after being gravely wounded while protecting the villagers, awakening the Primordial Chaos Origin Scripture and changing his fate against all odds. From then on, he seizes treasures in secret realms, defeats enemies above his level, and breaks through to the Golden Core and Nascent Soul realms. In the mortal world, he fights ten thousand demons and unites the righteous path. In the immortal realm, he battles the Heavenly Court and the 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 165 With a Pure Yang Dragon Body, I Fought My Way From Earth to the Divine Realm 纯阳龙体的我，从地球杀到神界 [Urban power fantasy + invincible cultivation + ruthless killing + multiple worlds] Struck by a bolt of purple lightning and fused with a dragon’s bones, the young urban heir Yi Xinghe embarks on an extraordinary life! A Ninth-Rank Martial Artist is weak? Maybe for other people, but that doesn’t apply to me, Yi Xinghe! A Grandmaster? One punch and they’re done! A Great Grandmaster? One punch and they’re done! A Martial Venerable? One punch and they’re done! When faced with the pinnacle of martia 657Reads7.4Score110Shelves
- 166 The Invincible One of the City for 90,000 Years 都市之无敌九万年 "What? You're a grandmaster of martial arts, a once-in-a-century cultivation prodigy?" Lin Fan gave a scornful smile and moved a finger. The grandmaster renowned as unbeatable beneath the heavens died. "Oh, you're the richest man in the East, one of the top ten on the Forbes list." Lin Fan curled his lip and pulled out his phone. The so-called number-one family in the East went bankrupt just like that. After cultivating for ninety thousand years, Lin Fan entered the bustling mortal world. When h 355Reads7.9Score117Shelves
- 167 The First God of War 第一战神 He disappeared for seven years, carrying a mission. Now he returns in glory, armed with astonishing abilities, determined to seize control of fate's killing wheel with burning passion and iron fists, and set the whole world into turmoil! 5.2kReads8.6Score592Shelves
- 168 Cultivating Immortality with Mortal Roots: Rising to the Top 凡根修仙，逆袭问鼎 Mortal cultivation + no System + power fantasy + leveling up + infinite flow + decisive in killing Fifth Zhengxin was raised from childhood by Granny Feng, an outer sect elder of the Lingyun Sect. When his spiritual roots were tested at the age of three, they were found to be mortal roots, meaning he could not cultivate. After Granny Feng died, Fifth Zhengxin had no one to rely on. He endured humiliation and hardship just to remain in the sect. By a twist of fate, he obtained the key to cultivat 8Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 169 The Heavenly Bead Calamity 天珠劫 Every thousand years, the world undergoes a “Heavenly Pearl Tribulation,” selecting those with the potential to defy fate. They either ascend to immortality or become sacrifices. But the true rules have been concealed through an alliance between the top sects and ancient clans... 222Reads—Score—Shelves
- 170 The Mortal's Path to Ascension 凡人飞升道 A borderland youth with an incomplete Spirit Root accidentally gains a mysterious ability to “devour flaws in cultivation techniques.” Starting from the very bottom of the cultivation world, he gets caught up in the feuds of the martial world, the rise and fall of dynasties, and battles between immortal sects, ultimately uncovering the cultivation world’s greatest secret. “Above mortals lies the path to immortality; along that path lies the martial world.” 215Reads—Score—Shelves
- 171 On the Road to Immortality: The Strongest Alchemist 仙路争锋之最强炼丹师 Lin Xuan, a sword cultivator prodigy born with a Dao-rhythm spirit physique, takes up alchemy to break through the limits imposed by a lack of resources. Building on the way of alchemy and wielding the way of the sword as his edge, he rises amid the whirlpool of sect infighting and the war between humans and demons. Step by step, he advances through Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul, reaching the pinnacle of the human realm and making his mark on the world. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 172 The Eternal Great Celestial Venerable 恒古大天尊 He rises from a sect in the mortal world, conquering Tianfeng City, battling the imperial dynasty, and reaching the pinnacle of the mortal realm. After ascending to the Cultivation Realm, he forms an alliance with the demon clan, fights the demon clan, and unites the forces resisting them. In the immortal realm, he topples the corrupt Heavenly Court, seeks the inheritance of the Heavenly Venerable, and gathers the blood of primordial chaos and the heart of chaos, uncovering the truth that he is 467Reads—Score—Shelves
- 173 Cultivating Immortality for the Rise of the Clan 为家族崛起而修仙 [A family-clan story, no System] The road to immortality is arduous, and cultivating the truth is no easy task. Humanity weeps blood as demons run rampant. Now, a young man of the Fu clan makes this vow: To protect his family for a hundred generations, and bring lasting peace to humanity for ten thousand years. 494Reads—Score111Shelves
- 174 The Sky-Piercing Immortal Gourd 通天仙葫 The protagonist, Zhang Xiaohua, is the orphan of an Immortal Emperor and a maid, left behind in the mortal realm. His parents' whereabouts have been unknown since he was young. By a stroke of luck, he enters the Qingyun Sect to cultivate and accidentally claims the Heaven-Piercing Immortal Gourd as his own through a drop of blood. With the help of the gourd's artifact spirit, Xiao Hong, he obtains an immortal sword, meets his beloved confidante Lin Wan'er, and subdues the spirit pet Six-Headed F 122Reads8.9Score161Shelves
- 175 I, the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Body-Tempering Ancestor 我，万年锻体期老祖 Body Tempering, the lowest realm of cultivation. Yet Yang Han spent ten thousand years cultivating Body Tempering to level 999,999,999. That's no small feat. A casual strike can instantly kill a Nascent Soul monster, a serious punch can instantly kill an Immortal King, and every movement can split mountains and crack the earth. Can someone please stop him?! 244Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 176 I Am a Genius Taoist 我是天才道士 [Urban fantasy + Taoist priests + ghost hunting + suspense + everyday life + cultivation] The protagonist is a Taoist prodigy. He began practicing qi at ten, reached Foundation Establishment at seventeen, speaks seven languages, and is skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, and just about everything else. At seventeen, after completing his training, he descends the mountain to find his senior sister, who is a police officer. Senior sister: Junior brother, when are you going to marry me? 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 177 The Immortal Emperor Is Reborn in the City 仙帝重生混都市 Immortal Martial Emperor Su Yan endured eight cycles of reincarnation and became the supreme ruler of the Immortal Realm. Just as he was about to reach the summit, he was ambushed by his enemies. Fortunately, a wisp of his divine consciousness managed to transmigrate across countless planes to Earth, entering the body of a dead boy. In this life, I’ll not only vent the anger in my heart, I’ll also reclaim that peerless peak! A cool, elegant city beauty, the sweet childhood friend from next door, 6.2kReads7.6Score636Shelves
- 178 The Legend of the Most Evil Immortal 极恶仙人传 Orphaned at a young age and utterly alone, the boy Xiaohu happens upon the cultivator Ren Duxing while chasing a rabbit. From that moment, the wheels of fate begin to turn, pushing him onto an endless path of cultivation. Fate and schemes accompany him at every turn, while calamities rise and fall, and light and darkness cycle back and forth. Watch as an obscure young cultivator rises from the ashes time and again amid countless trials, gradually becoming an unparalleled powerhouse whose name in 2.7kReads7.4Score369Shelves
- 179 Dugu Qiubai: The Sword Hidden from the World 独孤求败：剑隐江湖 Dugu Qiubai: The Sword Hidden from the Martial World 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 180 A Colorful Path to Immortality 多彩仙途 Qi Refining is only the beginning. Foundation Establishment is the path to immortality. Foundation Establishment forms a wondrous foundation platform where nine dragons become one, while the Five Elements Spiritual Root gathers into a mysterious, five-colored orb. A single Golden Core enters my belly, and all transformations of the Five Elements become spiritual power. 318Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 181 From the Start: A Nine-Treasure Glazed Chaos World Tower 开局一座九宝琉璃混沌世界塔 Born with a Chaotic Dao Body that appears once in billions of years, he is deemed useless because no method of cultivation suits him. Though the beginning of the myriad paths is fraught with hardship, he will never give up. Even if the immortals are destroyed, my Dao heart will endure. How could a golden-scaled creature be content to remain in a pond? Given the right opportunity, it will become a dragon! With a cheat that lets him control time, he is a dragon among men, and the greatest of drago 9.4kReads7.8Score1kShelves
- 182 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: I Have an Immortal Prison Tower 凡人修仙：我有一座仙狱塔 Chen Fan, a second-generation cultivator born and raised in Yellow Maple Valley, is publicly jilted by his fiancée on the day he is found to have Five-Element Spiritual Roots. The entire sect regards him as a disgrace to the cultivation world. In his darkest hour, he inherits a small bronze tower left behind by his parents, only to discover that he has become the sole warden of this “Immortal Prison.” The tower holds countless criminals from across the heavens: an alchemy grandmaster who fled 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 183 The Mortal’s Path to Immortality 凡人化仙诀 Can an ordinary person without spiritual roots really not cultivate immortality? There are three thousand paths to the Great Dao, and all roads lead to the same destination. Cultivators can choose any path and set foot on the road to immortality, but those without spiritual roots are excluded! That may be the way things are, but it need not be so. Heaven’s workings follow a pattern: the Great Expansion has fifty numbers, of which forty-nine are used, leaving one chance for humanity to contend fo 2.8kReads8.2Score322Shelves
- 184 Night Watcher of the Mystic Sect: Shadows in the Haunted Tower 玄门守夜人：阴楼诡影 Night Watcher of the Mystic Sect: Ghostly Shadows in the Yin Tower 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 185 The Greatest Immortal Lord of All Time 万古第一仙主 Synopsis: [Traditional fantasy, swordsmanship, genius protagonist, invincible, passionate, ruthless, and thrillingly fast-paced!] A gifted young man has his Dao bones ripped out by his junior fellow disciple and the sect's Grand Elder, who then throw him into a scorching cavern. There, he unexpectedly obtains an undying legacy. He leaves the sect in disgrace. Three years later, he returns and slaughters every enemy... When the Taiyu Order is issued, gods and demons across the heavens bow their h 2.6kReads8.7Score312Shelves
- 186 The Rogue Cultivator Sword God 散修剑神 Swordsmanship prodigy + fantasy xianxia + traditional xuanhuan + comedy + the Myriad Worlds A mysterious jade pendant turns out to be Li Xiaoyao’s death warrant. The pendant is tied to a secret realm’s treasure, and disaster befalls Li Village as villains slaughter everyone there. Desperate, Li Xiaoyao leaps from Soulbreak Cliff, hoping to grasp that impossibly slim chance of survival! But the bottom of the cliff is no dead end. As he teeters on the brink of death, the remnant soul of the ancien 14Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 187 Beware of Fire, Thieves, and Best Friends 防火，防盗、防闺蜜 Beware of Fire, Thieves, and Your Best Friend 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 188 A New Realm Every Day, and the Empress Comes Knocking at Night 一天一个新境界，女帝夜登门 [Xuanhuan cultivation] + [Empress] + [Invincible] + [Multiple heroines] + [Decisive and ruthless] I, Ye Chen, was once the supreme God Emperor who ruled over countless realms. But just as I reached the summit, I was betrayed by my most trusted brother, Ling Hao, who joined forces with my beloved empress, Su Qingyue. They crippled my cultivation, stole my divine bone, and cast me from my throne. Thankfully, my spiritual pet, a golden canary, gave its life to save me, allowing me to return to the 1.8kReads—Score154Shelves
- 189 The Primordial Exquisite Pagoda 混元玲珑塔 In Serpent Valley outside a border city, the young Lin Xuan is cast adrift in the martial world after a massacre destroys his village. By chance, he obtains the ancient primordial treasure, the Primordial Chaos Exquisite Pagoda, and is drawn into the vortex of a calamity that threatens heaven and earth. Rising from an ordinary mortal to the pinnacle of cultivation, he uncovers the secrets of chaos hidden behind the pagoda and battles the will of the Heavenly Dao, the hypocrisy of the righteous p 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 190 After Getting Laid Off, I Became a Tycoon by Setting Up a Street Stall 被裁后，我靠摆摊逆袭成首富 After Getting Laid Off, I Made a Fortune by Selling Food on the Street 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 191 Cultivation: I Can Cultivate Even Without a Spiritual Root 修仙：无灵根我也能修仙 [Mortal’s journey] [Earth-to-cultivation-world teleportation] [Cultivation] [Decisive and ruthless] [No System] [Traditional cultivation] At forty-five, the useless Wang Hao had achieved nothing. He jumped off a cliff to end his life, only to trigger an ancient teleportation array and land in the cultivation world. With no spiritual roots, he was treated like trash by the sect and sent to the abandoned pill room to await death. In despair, he swallowed a poisonous spirit fruit and unexpectedly a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 192 Shenxiao Immortal Sect 神霄仙宗 The Divine Firmament Immortal Sect is an eccentric sect. Yue Chen transmigrated here with extraordinary talent and the innate spiritual treasure, the List of Good and Evil Across the Heavens, and joined the sect. From then on, this immortal sect named after the Divine Firmament kept shattering his expectations and lowering his standards. Here, he found both confidantes and brothers who would live and die with him. In the name of the Divine Firmament, help me attain immortality! 1.6kReads7.5Score169Shelves
- 193 Scarlet Sacrifice 猩红祭品 The Scarlet Offering 61Reads—Score—Shelves
- 194 A Beauty's Skin, an Immeasurable Immortal 美人皮，无上仙 [Overworked Office Drone Transmigrates] + [Cross-Dressing Master] + [Clever Cultivation Battles] + [Emperor-Tier Legacy] + [Decisive Killing] + [Every Villain Is Smart] Overworked office drone Lin Zhou dies from working overtime and opens his eyes in the middle of a hunt in the cultivation world. He has barely arrived when three major sects surround him, all because the stunning beauty's skin he wears is actually the mortal remains of the Xuanyi Female Emperor, who fell ten thousand years ago! 242Reads—Score112Shelves
- 195 Taking a Tooth from the Tiger’s Mouth 虎口拔牙 Snatching Food from the Tiger's Mouth 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 196 The Dao-Seeking Gate 问道阙 [Cultivation] [Good-for-Nothing] [Female Master] [Face-Slapping] Zhang Shiyi was an orphan abandoned in the mortal world. At the age of ten, he was rescued by Tang Yanran, a personal disciple of the Seek Dao Sect's leader, and brought into the sect, where he was assigned as a menial servant at Hidden Cloud Peak. He had no spiritual roots and was regarded as a born good-for-nothing in the cultivation world. For eight years, he endured bullying, beatings, and framing. He nearly died several times, 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 197 My Master’s Wife Favors Others, So I Bring in the Empress as My Enforcer 师娘偏心，我反手找来女帝当打手 The master and his wife, who had raised him for seventeen years, tricked him into swallowing a fake pill that cost three spirit stones. Then they spent all their savings on a Nine-Aperture Marrow-Cleansing Pill for their own son. On the day the sect disbanded, Lin Shouchen was abandoned halfway up the mountain, with only his youngest junior brother and a few dilapidated houses for company. Just as he thought all hope was lost, a Stargrass suddenly sprouted on a cliff above the Skyfall Ravine, 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 198 Only Cultivation Can Save Your Life 修仙才能救命 Mortal cultivation + one heroine + characters with their wits about them What would you do if you had only thirty days left to live? Wait quietly for death, or enjoy life while you can? Lin Nan is corrupted by a bronze mirror, enduring pain no one his age should have to bear. Seeking immortality is his only hope of survival, and he resolutely sets out on a path of no return. A bronze mirror changes the life of an ordinary man, while a long sword carves out a bright and open world. The young man 4.2kReads7.5Score436Shelves
- 199 From the Start, My Dantian Was Shattered. Who Ever Heard of Such a Powerful Servant? 开局丹田碎裂，谁家杂役这么猛？ [Traditional Fantasy] [No System] In his previous life, Gu Qingzhou inexplicably exploded and died. Though reborn, his dantian was crippled, leaving him a menial servant. But so what if his dantian is crippled? So what if he’s a menial servant? We cultivators contend with Heaven for the Dao, defy fate, and struggle against ourselves. As long as we persevere, even a menial servant can charge beyond the heavens! As the great battle erupts, Gu Qingzhou stands proudly in the void, sword in hand. “En 171Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 200 Path of Slaughter 戮途 Horror cultivation + graphic violence. An ordinary mortal stumbles into the world of cultivation, where the strong prey on the weak and only the fittest survive. A highly intelligent villain, a protagonist who returns from the dead to take revenge, and the secrets behind the cultivation world and its immortals are gradually revealed. Why did the ancient Heavenly Court go to war with the Witch Clan? What consequences were left behind when the Soul Clan was wiped out? Are the Divine Clan’s followe 21Reads—Score—Shelves
