Novels like The Guide: Cultivation Isn't Hard at All
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- 1 After Graduation, I Became a Corpse Retriever, and Zhou Jie Exposed Me 毕业后当捞尸人，被周姐曝光了 With graduation just around the corner, Lin Yu's girlfriend breaks up with him over the harsh realities of life. Just then, Lin Yu activates the Corpse Retriever System and prepares to start recovering bodies. Some expert: No boat can sail on the River of the Dead. Some authority: No one can identify the corpses in the River of the Dead. Some veteran corpse retriever: Anyone who retrieves corpses from the River of the Dead dies within a year. Yet Lin Yu rows his little boat along the River o 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Corpse Retriever: I Started Out by Recovering My Blind Date's Body 捞尸人，从打捞相亲对象出师 A woman in red floated in the middle of the river. She turned out to be my blind date… I'm a corpse retriever. I never imagined that my first lesson on the job would be retrieving the body of my blind date, or that it would lead me straight into a carefully woven trap. An invisible hand was driving me forward. I couldn't stop… 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Yellow River Corpse Collector 黄河捞尸人 My name is Zhao ?, and I’m a corpse retriever on the banks of the Yellow River. In our line of work, there are rules that must never be broken. Cross the line, and you won’t even find peace in death. The rules of the Zhao family are: First, never retrieve the corpse of the River Dragon King. Second, if you see a Bodhisattva, don’t look back. Third, avoid the corpses of young women. Fourth, stay away from ghost ships on the riverbed. I’ve always strictly observed these four ironclad taboos. Unfor 462Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Eerie Corpse Retrieval: Beating Up a Thousand-Year-Old Water Ghost from the Start 诡异捞尸：开局暴打千年水鬼 As everyone knows, corpse retrieval has three rules: 1. Don’t retrieve bodies during thunderstorms. 2. Don’t retrieve bodies floating upright. 3. If you can’t retrieve a body after three tries, give up! No matter how much the client offers, corpse retrievers refuse to enter the water if any of these three situations arise! Before retrieving a body, they also perform all kinds of warding-off rituals and offerings. If anything seems amiss, they won’t enter the water either! These are precious less 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Dad, I’m Not Practicing Martial Arts. I’m Cultivating to Immortality 爹，我不练武，我修仙 In this world, might makes right, and every rule is determined by strength. Unfortunately, the young son of Lord Lu was utterly hopeless. He refused to learn martial arts no matter what, nearly driving Lord Lu mad. In the end, Lord Lu forced him to train until he'd mastered the basics. The young marquis: Father, I'm pursuing the path of immortality, not martial arts! I'm not cut out for training! Lord Lu: (whips him) Get back to training! Don't bring shame on your father! 1.4kReads6.7Score146Shelves
- 6 This Corpse Burner Has Something Wrong with His Head 这个焚尸匠脑子有点毛病 In another world, monsters and demons run rampant, and the dead can become mutated at any moment. These mutated corpses pose a grave danger, and the only way to keep them from harming the living is to burn them promptly. Corpse burners are responsible for burning these mutated bodies. It’s an extremely dangerous job with little status, and no one would take it unless they had no other choice. Lu Ping’an is different. He inherited the job from his father, and took to it on his very first day. He 327Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 7 The Mysterious Origami Master: Rising to Power from the Underworld! 诡秘折纸匠：从阴间开始成大佬！ (The protagonist is calm and self-focused, and refuses to be swept along by outside forces. Please understand if that's not to your taste.) After a family upheaval, he awakens as a bizarre paper-folding craftsman. After a paper mansion is burned down, it transforms into a haunted apartment building in the underworld. One paper figure after another becomes a battle-hardened general! With a wave of paper, he summons a river of stars across the heavens. With a drop of paper, the Yellow Springs surg 1kReads6.7Score152Shelves
- 8 Immortality: A Man and His Dog, I Grow Stronger by Cremating Corpses! 长生；一人一狗，我焚尸就变强！ [Both protagonist and villain are highly intelligent] + [no female lead] + [Longevity] + [sly schemer] + [keeping a low profile] + [cautious cultivation] From the start, Li Changning makes his fortune from the dead! He gains every kind of technique from across the heavens through the dead! He achieves eternal Longevity through the dead! The dead are treasure troves! While others desperately pursue Longevity, Li Changning squats by graves, burning corpses: [Burn a corpse, gain a hundred years of 67Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 I'll Lose Years Off My Life! A Female Demon Wants My Help Cultivating from the Start 折寿啦！开局女妖要我助她修行 [Spiritual Qi Revival + Passionate Action + Heavenly Court + Cultivation] In this world, demons and ghosts wreak havoc among humanity. Fox spirits, evil dragons, vengeful ghosts, and other monsters all feed on human lives. Zhongli Bai transmigrates into the body of a warrior in the Demon Suppression Bureau, with an ancient book bound in green hide that records the strange creatures of the world. Slay demons, cultivate eternal life, and gather the divine powers of the past and present within me. 151Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 10 The Yellow River Corpse Collector 黄河捞尸人 [Supernatural + Suspense + Folk Tales + Urban] The older generation always says there are things beneath the Yellow River that must never be disturbed, or something terrible will happen. I didn't believe them, not until the day I took a crew underwater to hunt for treasure... 541Reads6.5Score102Shelves
- 11 Horror Revival: From the Start, I Chose to Become a Corpse Stitcher 恐怖复苏，开局选择成为缝尸人 Zhao Han transmigrates to the Blue Star for no apparent reason, and from the start is recruited by the Spirit Suppression Bureau, an organization devoted to handling supernatural incidents. Thanks to his outstanding talent, he is assigned to the team with the best benefits. But then a System appears, and he has to join the corpse-stitching team to activate it. To activate the System, Zhao Han says, “I don’t want to join Team One. I want to join the corpse-stitching team.” Much later, when people 1Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 12 The Yellow River Corpse Retriever 黄河捞尸人 There is always more to the Yellow River than you know! You’d be better off never asking about the forbidden legends of the Yellow River! The Yellow River’s ghost soldiers, the Fish-Bone Divine Temple, the Iron-Headed Dragon King, deadly venomous insects, ghost wedding processions... The strangest objects of the Yellow River, and the oldest, most mysterious profession: Yellow River corpse divers! Their families have guarded the ancient river route for generations. But what are they really protec 28Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 13 A Bowl of Meng Po's Soup 一碗孟婆汤 Among strange spirits and monsters, dangers abound. Break bones to uncover secrets and seek the path to immortality. Lin Zemin’s grandmother was a famous village doctor throughout the surrounding countryside. She could not only cure illnesses, but also read the signs. The medicines she used were all folk remedies. They might not have seemed orthodox, but they always worked. Lin Zemin was born late in his parents’ lives, and after his birth, his grandmother declared that he was destined to bear a 115Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 14 Demons and Monsters: My Days at the Embroidered Uniform Guard Bureau 妖魔鬼怪：我在锦衣司的日子 College student Gu Ximing is walking along when he suddenly finds himself in the Great Ming Dynasty, a world teeming with demons and monsters. To make matters worse, he's dumped in the dungeon of the Brocade-Clad Guard's Garrison Office and made a jailer. “Demon and Monster Compendium, open...” “Reward...” “Cultivation technique...” “Divine weapon...” With his golden finger, Gu Ximing carries the light of the Great Ming's sun and moon and wields the Demon-Slaying Blade, sweeping away demons and 70Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 The Immortal Who Walked Out of the Heavenly Prison 从天牢走出来的长生者 [Mortal Cultivation] + [Immortality] + [No System] + [The Way of Keeping a Low Profile] Xiao Wuyou transmigrates by accident into a world of immortal cultivation, where he becomes a prison guard in the Heavenly Prison. From the start, someone tries to kill him, and he has no choice but to resolve the danger step by step! With help from an ancestral jade pendant, he stumbles into cultivating an immortal technique. Here, he’ll live life according to his own wishes! 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Street Lie Detection: The Corpse Stitcher’s Identity Can’t Stay Hidden 街头测谎，缝尸匠的身份瞒不住了 Su Chen unexpectedly gets the strongest corpse-stitching System. He can grow stronger just by stitching up corpses. One day, he goes out to stitch a corpse, but a beautiful woman stops him halfway and demands to give him a lie detector test. The result unexpectedly exposes Su Chen's identity as a corpse stitcher, and then one strange event after another begins to unfold… 41Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 17 A Million Years of Sign-Ins from the Start, I Build an Immortal Imperial Clan 开局签到百万年，我打造不朽帝族 Fang Changsheng transmigrates, only to be trapped in a gloomy room by a lousy System, where he signs in for a full million years. “Ding! You signed in and obtained the Primordial Creation Art.” “Ding! You signed in and obtained the Cauldron of the Mother Qi of All Things.” “Ding! You signed in and obtained one hundred million spirit stones.” Fang Changsheng is numb. When will this damned System finally let him out? At last, the million years are up. His System Space is filled with endless tr 634Reads6.6Score103Shelves
- 18 I Hosted a Show, and My Identity as a Corpse-Driving Taoist Was Exposed 主持节目，我赶尸人身份被曝光了 A campus interview show. Host Zhou Xiaoyi asked, “Have you ever seen a ghost?” “Heh. What era are we living in? We should believe in science. Of course I've never seen a ghost!” Ye An replied. Beep! Beep! Beep! The lie detector went off like crazy! “Then what did you do after you encountered a ghost?” “Obviously, I ran! It was a ghost. Wouldn't I have to be an idiot not to run?” Beep! Beep! Beep! The lie detector went off like crazy! From that day on, Ye An's identity as a corpse-drivin 31Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 19 I Asked You to Make Paper Effigies, Not Control the Yin Soldiers 让你做扎纸匠，没让你控制阴兵 Ye Xuan is a paper effigy maker who unexpectedly gets the strongest Paper Effigy System. The more effigies he makes, the stronger he becomes. Then one day, a popular celebrity on a film set draws eyes on one of his paper effigies. Who could have guessed it would come to life and snap the celebrity’s neck? Ye Xuan is accused of using someone else to do his dirty work. From then on, his name becomes a trending topic, and everyone learns he’s a paper effigy maker. A string of bizarre incidents foll 185Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 20 I Graduated on a Whim, Secretly Became a Corpse Driver, and Got Livestreamed 任性毕业，偷摸做了赶尸匠还被人直播了 Lin Xu unexpectedly awakens the Corpse-Driving System. A terrible student, he decides to head to western Hunan and drive corpses. On the train, Lin Xu gets a call from his homeroom teacher: “Lin Xu, we're taking graduation photos today! Hurry over and make yourself a nice memory from your senior year!” Lin Xu: “Teacher, I'm on a train to western Hunan right now! I'll have to miss the graduation photos.” Homeroom teacher: “Western Hunan? What are you going there for?” Lin Xu: “To drive corpses, o 135Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Heavenly Emperor’s Hongmeng Art 鸿蒙天帝诀 Heaven has its limits, and nine is the ultimate number! A hundred thousand years ago, the tenth supreme treasure of the Great Dao, the Hongmeng Supreme Tower, came into being. Rejected by heaven and earth, it was forced to vanish into the mortal world! A hundred thousand years later, Chu Xiao emerged from the Heavenly Fire Domain, carrying the Hongmeng Supreme Tower, mastering the Hongmeng Heavenly Emperor Art, and refining the Hongmeng Supreme bloodline! I may have been a nobody from the Heaven 148Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 22 Longevity: Better to Live as a Coward Than Die Well 长生：好死不如苟活 A no-heroine, immortal-longevity System cultivation story. Keep your head down when you should, and strike when the time is right. The protagonist, Li Shengchen, is just an ordinary person. He isn't exceptionally clever, and sometimes he's even a bit slow. But who says a slow bird can't take off early when cultivating immortality? When there's nothing to do, he listens to music at the pleasure quarter. When trouble comes, he gets right into the thick of it. Li Shengchen wants to keep a low prof 1.2kReads8.2Score101Shelves
- 23 Thirty Years of Slaying Demons at the Demon Suppression Bureau 我在镇魔司斩妖三十年 Li Xiaoshan transmigrates to a world overrun by demons, where humanity is in decline. To stay alive, he joins the Demon Suppression Bureau and becomes a demon slayer. By bearing the karma and resentment demons leave behind when they die, he is destined to have a short life. Who could have guessed that the Demon Refining Pot inside him would awaken, turning demonic resentment into cultivation and power? The more demons he slays, the stronger he becomes! In that case, let's set a modest goal! I'll 1.1kReads5.4Score109Shelves
- 24 Cultivating Immortality and Living Forever, Laying Low Until I'm Invincible and Free 修仙长生不老，苟到无敌逍遥 [Immortal Cultivation + No Female Lead + Relaxed and Leisurely] Lin Xiu arrives in a cultivation world plagued by monsters and evil spirits. It is a dangerous place. Fortunately, he has the talent of eternal life, and every year he can undergo a baptism of time that gradually strengthens his body. So Lin Xiu starts out in the little town of Qingshan, hunting, chopping wood, gathering herbs, and slacking off. By a stroke of fate, he embarks on the path of cultivation, wielding a saber, practicing 128Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 25 I've Lived for 300 Million Years, and the Asura Rankings Exposed Me 长生三亿年，我被修罗榜给曝光了 [Mythic Primordial Era, decisive and ruthless, with the style of Qidian and the thrill of an invincible protagonist] The Asura Kill Rankings of the myriad worlds have appeared, exposing every feud and grievance across the worlds and bringing countless hidden truths to light. The Second War of the Myriad Worlds begins at this very moment. Among the weakest of all, the human race, emerges the only supreme ruler in the myriad worlds: Lin Jiufan. Lin Jiufan was born before chaos first began. With hi 90Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 26 My Days Slaying Demons in the Divine Constabulary 我在神捕司斩妖除魔的日子 Qin Feng transmigrates to another world and becomes a low-ranking constable at the Songshan County yamen in the Great Feng Dynasty, where he gains a Human Destiny Flourishing System! By punishing evil, promoting good, and advancing humanity, Qin Feng can earn System rewards. Dragon-Elephant Body Tempering Art, Supreme Qi Refining Formula, Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist... Generals wage war across the land, ministers seize control of the court, qi cultivators stir up trouble, and demons and mons 542Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 27 Gout? I'll Help My Rookie Master Form a Golden Core! 痛风？我帮菜鸟师父结金丹！ [No System] [Traditional Fantasy] [Foundation Establishment and Golden Core] [Slow-Paced] [Invincible Physique] [Lazy Cultivation] Just after transmigrating, Wang Tianyun presented him with a certain character setup. Even the System wanted nothing to do with it, logging off for good and never appearing again, but leaving him with an exceptional gout-ridden physique. It hurts when he stands, it hurts when he sleeps, and even a sip of water makes it hurt. After joining the sect, everyone else cult 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 From the Start: After a Hundred Thousand Years in Seclusion, I Emerge Invincible 开局：闭关十万年，出关即无敌 Synopsis: [Invincible protagonist + System + fast-paced + no harem] A hundred thousand years! A hundred thousand years! Do you know how I spent those hundred thousand years? Do you? Jiang Bei: I just want my handsome face back and to find a wife! He travels through the Myriad Worlds, ventures into forbidden zones, and captures saintesses. Let's see how an ordinary person like me slays gods and demons! One man and one dog, wandering alone with swords in hand. When they encounter injustice, one sl 60Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 The Mortal's Art of Refining the Soul 凡人炼神诀 [Mortal's Path] [No System] [No Transmigration] [No Harem] Han Yiming was born in a poor mountain village. His fourth-grade spiritual root barely cleared the threshold for cultivation. By chance, he passed his master's test. With this opportunity, his own perseverance, and careful caution, he advanced farther and farther along the path of cultivation... 722Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 30 Xuanhuan: I Can Cultivate Automatically 玄幻：我能自动修炼 “I may not be able to beat you now, but in a few decades, I’ll fight your descendants to the death!” I may not be the greatest under heaven right now, but once I outlive the current greatest, I’ll be the greatest under heaven! This is the story of a long-lived turtle who lives by the way of playing it safe. (P.S. I feel like the blurb and the story are two completely different things.) 22Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 31 Immortal from the Start, I Lay Low Until I Became Invincible 开局长生不死，苟成天下无敌 [No angst] + [No heroine] + [Cultivation] Jiang Li transmigrates into a fantasy world where immortals and martial artists coexist, and starts out with the Eternal Longevity Body, complete with a mission function. (Live for 100 years, all attributes +100) (Live for 1,000 years, all attributes +1,000) (Live for 10,000 years, all attributes +10,000) (Live for 100 million years, all attributes +100,000,000) Jiang Li sets himself a modest goal: first, live for 100 million years! I may not be a 1kReads8.2Score100Shelves
- 32 Invincible from Item Upgrades 从物品升级开始无敌 [Decisive and ruthless, not brainless, invincible protagonist, sect] Crafted items can be upgraded. Upgrade an ordinary pill, and it can bring the dead back to life and restore flesh to bare bones. Upgrade an ordinary knife, and it can cut through the sun, moon, and stars, slaying gods and demons. Upgrade an ordinary sect, and it can rise to the pinnacle of the universe, invincible across all creation. One day, when his daughter is born, Lu Tao looks at the experience bar above her head and 1kReads7.0Score104Shelves
- 33 The Yin Master of the Living World 阳间葬阴师 I am Shen Xu, born under an ill-starred fate. On the day I was born, ghosts swarmed around me, and I barely survived my first twelve years. The day before I turned twelve, my grandfather used a living corpse hidden in a coffin to conceal my fate, while a nine-lived black cat upset the balance of yin and yang. He put my coffin on a little cart and sent it to the Xuanqing Temple on Mount Taiqing. From that day on, I set out on an uncanny and unpredictable path through the esoteric arts... 374Reads8.9Score100Shelves
- 34 I Was a Paper Effigy Maker, Now I Rule the Underworld 扎纸匠的我，成了地府大佬 Xu Bannian transmigrates to Nanqing, a land ravaged by war and ruled by eerie gods, and becomes a paper effigy maker in the Soul-Calming Bureau. By crafting paper figures, he repairs the souls of the dead. In these chaotic times, Xu Bannian wants nothing more than to make paper figures in peace, listen to songs at the pleasure quarters, walk his dog, play with his birds, and freeload... Who would have thought he’d end up crafting the Black and White Impermanence, the Ten Kings of Hell, City God 45Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 35 Eternal Life Through the Ages, Building a Supreme Immortal Clan 长生万古，打造至尊仙族 (System + immortality + cautious cultivation + family saga + sly old fox) Name: Han Xuan Aptitude: Five-Element Spiritual Root Golden finger: Lifespan-Exhaustion Rebirth System System description: Whenever his lifespan runs out and he dies a natural death, he can burst out of his coffin, come back to life, and retain his cultivation from his previous life. Hobbies: Dancing on graves, sleeping with his enemies' granddaughters, and beating up dying old men! Catchphrase: Safety first in all things. 181Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 36 Cultivating Immortal Gu and Immortality Together 仙蛊同修 Golden scales flash as fish and dragons dance, Blood Gu unleashes its might, and ten thousand snakes bow. Lightning flares, swift beyond compare, He treads on empty air and commands demonic spiders. His palm contains the universe; winds and clouds surge forth, He stirs the sun and moon and refines the void. A thousand years of painstaking effort are not in vain, For in this world, I am truly exceptional. See how a transmigrator climbs to the very summit of immortal cultivation in another world. 34Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 37 After Becoming a Minister’s Condemned Daughter, I Rise from Exile 穿成罪臣之女后，逆袭从流放开始 [Farming + Sign-In + Space + Strong Female Lead + Beloved by Her Family + No Villainous Relatives] A female researcher at an agricultural research institute in the twenty-first century accidentally transmigrates into the daughter of a convicted official. Her whole family is exiled to a desolate wasteland, far from civilization and barren of all growth. Life is a constant struggle. Fortunately, Gu Yuwei has a System to help her. With just a tap to sign in, she can get spirit springs, seeds, and g 20Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 38 Thriller Game: The Paper Dolls I Make Can Slay Gods 惊悚游戏：我扎的纸人可斩神 [Supernatural Revival + Infinite Flow + A Somewhat Mind-Bending Plot] Supernatural phenomena returned, and plants and animals underwent massive evolution. To train a new generation of superpowered individuals, people in the future created countless horror-game instances, hoping players would awaken their powers between life and death and save the world of the future. Ye Qianfan entered the world of horror after choosing to take revenge. He never expected to awaken a superpower in the game, or 176Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 39 Max-Level Comprehension: Laying Low as a Sect Errand Boy 满级悟性，苟在宗门当杂役 Xiao Chen transmigrated to the Tianwu Continent. Once a prodigy of the Panwu Sect, he had his cultivation crippled and became a menial disciple. To make matters worse, he was sent to the spirit-beast garden at the back of the mountain to shovel manure, where he activated the Max-Level Comprehension System. Watching a crane fight a spirit serpent, he activated max-level comprehension and grasped the Pine Crane Longevity Claw and the Spirit Serpent Coiling Silk Hand. Watching a white elephant, he 1.7kReads8.3Score158Shelves
- 40 Honghuang: I Have a Life Simulator 洪荒：我有人生模拟器 During the Dragon-Han Tribulation, Lin Feng is about to be reborn as a rootless blue ox on the Primordial Continent. But he isn't worried at all, because he has activated the Primordial Life Simulator. [Primordial Life Simulator activated.] [Available talents: An ox's fate is in an ox's hooves, not Heaven's; Lawless Mad Ox...] [Choose any three of the ten talents above.] [After each simulation, you may lock in one talent and bring it into the real world.] At every major cultivation realm, Lin Fe 2Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 41 A Furnace from the Start, Slaying Gods Across the Heavens 开局一座炉，屠了满天神 After an ancient war, all the worlds were reduced to ruins, the Great Dao withered, and the sages and immortals vanished. Li Ye, a man from the twenty-first century, transmigrates carrying the universe's most powerful weapon. He cultivates divine and demonic arts, forges an unparalleled divine body, and fights until no one in the world dares call themselves supreme... 8.3kReads7.7Score747Shelves
- 42 The Way to Eternal Life: Stay Hidden and You’ll Have It All 万古长存之道，苟着应有尽有 [Immortality + not a wish-fulfillment novel + everyday life + no female lead + no angst + lighthearted humor] The pace is on the slow side, so read with caution! An immortality story that views the world through the eyes of an immortal. It follows Ye Lantian as he leaves a small mountain village, crosses the continent and its borders, and steps into a grand new world. Ye Lantian transmigrates to the boundless cultivation world and awakens a System. It grants him nothing but immortality. Fortun 7Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 43 I Became Haunted by Evil Spirits After Starting Out as a Corpse Burner 从当烧尸匠开始恶鬼缠身 To escape an arranged marriage, I took a job burning corpses at a funeral home. Old Li, who handled the bodies, actually brought a prostitute to the funeral home. That woman later died, leaving a red high heel at the entrance... The next day, Old Li died. A red high heel had pierced through the center of his forehead... With my father's help, I learned that before she died, the woman had been pregnant. Someone had cut the baby out of her and turned them into a Mother-Child Demon. After that, t 5.7kReads8.3Score483Shelves
- 44 I Awakened a God-Tier Passive from the Start and Took Off Instantly 开局觉醒神级被动的我，瞬间起飞 [Lighthearted + Fast-Paced + Invincible + Satisfying Power Fantasy] Question: What's the most effortless type of skill in the world? Answer: A passive skill. Lu Xin transmigrated into a world of immortal cultivation and awakened a god-tier passive System. From the start, he awakened a god-tier passive skill: Breathing. [Breathing: Hailed as the most fundamental method of cultivation, every act, whether walking, sitting, lying down, eating, or sleeping, is a form of cultivation.] Feeling the spir 2.5kReads8.3Score158Shelves
- 45 Xuanhuan: I Played It Safe, Yet Somehow Became the Villain 玄幻：苟起来的我，居然成了反派 If Heaven had not given birth to me, Jiang Baiyi, the world would have been plunged into eternal darkness! … Wait, why is the tone gradually becoming so strange? This young master was supposed to keep a low profile until he became an Immortal Emperor. How did I end up as the villain? “Jiang Baiyi, you’ve gone too far!” “Be a good boy. As long as I’m here, you’ll never get to be a righteous hero. Heh heh heh…” 4kReads7.6Score199Shelves
- 46 Chang'an Soul-Calming Bureau 长安镇魂司 The Kaiyuan era flourished at its height, then began to decline. In the dead of night, demons and monsters poured forth. Countless evil deeds left grievances impossible to quell. Thus the Tang established the Soul-Calming Office to drive away evil and ward off misfortune. Dong Ming, a ninth-rank Soul-Calming Guard, happened upon an ancient book of ghosts. From then on, he patrolled the night, witnessing injustice and wrongful suffering wherever he went. He saves the innocent, guides wronged ghos 4kReads8.4Score402Shelves
- 47 I Outlasted Everyone, and Finally Became Invincible 熬死所有人，我终于无敌了 Xia Po spent fifteen years grinding away at a cultivation game. But just as he cleared it, he unexpectedly found himself in the game world, as a servant in a clan. Fortunately, the game gave him his completion reward: the ability to live forever. Having spent fifteen years of his youth there, he knows all too well that this is a dangerous world of treacherous people and rampaging demons. So he decides to keep his head down and cultivate for a few thousand years first. Time flies. After outlastin 36Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 48 The Last Paper-Cutting Artist 最后一位剪纸人 My name is Song Xiaohan. I’m a living corpse with no heartbeat, and a paper-cutting artist of the underworld. On the surface, I cut paper decorations for a funeral shop, but behind closed doors, I trade with humans and ghosts. My master passed away two months ago and left me the family craft, along with this modest little shop and my tools of the trade: a pair of scissors and a carving knife. “You want to make a deal with me? But all I want is your shadow!” Song Xiaohan grinned. 210Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 49 Immortal and Undying, Invincible for Eternity in the Cultivation World 长生不死，在修仙界万古无敌 [Lighthearted humor + immortality + System + keeping a low profile + one heroine + some decency] Chen Mo transmigrates to the cultivation world, becomes immortal, and obtains a mysterious bronze coffin. Every extra year he lives earns him one Longevity Point, and the amazing thing is that Longevity Points can be used to draw rewards! Delighted, Chen Mo begins a carefree, shameless life of cultivation, even challenging Heaven to see who can live longer… “Draw from Heaven, Earth, ghosts, and gods. 70Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 50 I’m Practically an Immortal, and You’re Telling Me This Is Wuxia? 都快成仙了，你告诉我这是武侠？ [System] [Xuanhuan] [Wild Imagination] [Comedy] [Misunderstood as a Mastermind] [Cultivation] [Invincible] [Swordsmanship] [Character Growth] [Slice of Life] Also known as Cultivating for a Hundred Years, Then Discovering This Is a Martial Arts World; I Really Didn’t Mean to Become Invincible; After Cultivating in a Martial Arts World for a Hundred Years, I Had No Choice but to Become Invincible; The Whole World Practices Martial Arts, and I’m the Only One Cultivating Immortality Lu Lan transmig 29Reads5.6Score—Shelves
