Novels like Cultivation Begins as a Medicine Boy
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- 1 Tales of the Three Realms of Illusion 幻世三界传 [Classical xianxia + transmigration + not invincible + tragic romance] If tragic romance isn’t for you, steer clear! Li Luo is an utterly ordinary modern office worker who unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of Illusion. There, he becomes the savior destined to prevent the world’s destruction. How will Li Luo begin this extraordinary journey in a world of cultivation…? Can he repay in this life the debts caused by the seeds he planted in his previous life…? After the trials of six cycles o 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Array Queries the Immortal Firmament 阵问仙穹 Inferior spiritual roots, and the path to immortality is closed? Use formations as a ladder, and let mortals question the heavens! With a single thought, a sealing formation rises. With a single thought, a killing formation appears. With a single thought, fate is born and calamity vanishes! Feng Yang steps across the shattered ruins of the immortal firmament, his formation disc pointed straight at the Heavenly Dao: "You judge immortals and mortals by spiritual roots, and rank people by their res 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 She Won't Wear the Wedding Dress 她不披嫁衣 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Ninth Master in Hemp Robes: The First Tale of a Haunted Grave and a Feng Shui Plot That Wiped Out a Village 麻衣九爷：第一篇头七凶坟，全村灭门风水局 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Sacred Martial Firmament 圣武极穹 On the night of the Lantern Festival, when he was eight, he became separated from his parents and older brother in the crowd. A human trafficker kidnapped him, and he fell into an icy river before being rescued by Granny Huang from the countryside. From then on, he and Granny Huang’s granddaughter, Lou Xiaoli, depended on each other for survival. On a snowy night when he was eighteen, village bully A Hu and his cronies beat him savagely. His blood stained a jade pendant, awakening a strange powe 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 So What If I'm a Menial? I Forge Immortality with a Divine Gourd 杂役怎么了？我以仙葫铸长生 Ordinary young Jiang Feng has poor aptitude and a mixed bag of spiritual roots, so he can only rent spiritual fields on the outskirts of Qingyun Sect and struggle to survive. After accidentally overhearing a secret of the inner sect disciples, he is hunted down and falls into the sect’s forbidden Valley of No Return. There, he unexpectedly obtains the legacy of an ancient immortal and a green-skinned gourd that continually produces spiritual liquid. From then on, his path to immortality is smoot 420Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 7 A Mortal’s Path to Immortality Begins with Revenge 凡人修仙，从复仇开始 [Mortal’s Journey + No System] + [Decisive and Ruthless + No Harem] The quiet village of Xiaoxi was forever changed by the appearance of a single stone. Meng Zhao watched his grandfather die beneath a flying sword, and the dozen or so households in Xiaoxi Village met the same fate. To stay alive, Meng Zhao had just one goal: revenge. He joins a sect, sets foot on the path to immortality, and finally avenges those he lost! But when he looks back, he discovers that he has long since been swallowed 1.2kReads6.2Score11014d adds
- 8 The True Immortal of the Spirit Pearl 灵珠真仙 [Xianxia cultivation] [Classic mortal cultivation] [Has a spatial dimension] [No System] Ye Fan sets out on the path to strength in order to avenge himself. An accidentally acquired cultivation art leads him onto the path of immortality, while a miraculous spirit pearl helps him gain a foothold in the brutal cultivation world. In the end, he becomes a True Immortal of his generation! Cultivation realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation… 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Map of Mortals and Immortals 凡仙之图 [Mortal's journey] + [Has a heroine] + [No System] + [Cautious yet ruthless and decisive] + [Tight, consistent logic] + [Fast-paced plot, no padding] Chu Wen's parents hoped he would pass the civil service exams and earn official honors. But after he happens to find a map, a twist of fate sends him down the path of immortal cultivation. Alchemy, formations, artifact crafting, magical treasures, cultivation: see how a mortal gradually cultivates into a true immortal. The protagonist isn't a saint 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Bride of the Haunted River 诡河新娘 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Withered-Bone Blooming Sword: I Forge a Blade from Soul Bones to Slay the Immortal Firmament 枯骨生花剑：我以魂骨铸剑斩仙穹 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality (Nascent Soul Stage) 《凡人修仙传》（元婴期） 116Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Xianran 仙苒 [Slow-burn ordinary mortal cultivation] + [No System, weak golden finger, relying entirely on hard work and cunning] + [Twelve secret realms] Xiao Ran is an utterly ordinary village boy, drawn into the path of immortal cultivation by an old feud. The road to immortality is exceptionally arduous. Just because I don't pick a fight with anyone doesn't mean no one will pick one with me. With a mixed spiritual root, he can only make up for its shortcomings through other means, cultivating the secret 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Dao Xuan's Cultivation Chronicles 道玄修仙录 Heaven and earth, dark and yellow; the immortal path stretches on without end. Ordinary people seek eternal life, like ants trying to climb the sky. Xu Jingzhi came from humble beginnings and joined the Luoyun Sect of Zhao. His roots were mediocre, he had no world-shaking talent, and no powerful family to rely on. All he had was an unyielding heart devoted to the Dao. He endured and lay low in obscurity, keeping his edge concealed and his strength in reserve. He seized opportunities in the Blood 130Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 An Immortal's Path Without Regrets 无悔仙途 After the greatest sword cultivator in the Southern Heaven ascended to the spirit realm, some unseen restriction between heaven and earth seemed to quietly break. Spiritual energy surged back into the mortal world like a tide, all things awoke, and cultivation flourished. Tens of thousands of years passed. Sects sprang up everywhere, and the immortal path prospered, yet danger lurked at every turn. On the remote frontier of the Great Jin, an obscure, low-level rogue cultivator accidentally awa 302Reads6.9Score10214d adds
- 16 The Chaos-Evolving Dao Art 混沌衍道诀 Along the endless path of cultivation, a soul chosen by fate is about to unveil the beginning of a legend. By chance, Xu Feng enters another world. When he returns once more... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Max-Level Expert Returns to the Village 满级大佬回村 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Treasure-Gathering Basin and the Heart-Testing Bowl 聚宝盆与试心碗 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Zhao Mu's Path to Immortality 赵木修仙传 Traditional cultivation story, no System, the protagonist isn't invincible, and his enemies aren't idiots. There is a female lead, and the story has a slow build. The protagonist, Zhao Mu, starts with a mixed Five Elements spiritual root. Follow his journey as he rises step by step to the pinnacle of the cultivation world. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Dao War 道战 Huang Hao, a modern youth reincarnated from the Human Dao, is terminally ill. To cure himself, he studies ancient and modern classics and travels across mountains and seas, where he unexpectedly obtains a fragment of the incomplete source of the Human Dao. He gains a cultivation inheritance in Shennong Valley, battles the imperial dynasty on Changbai Immortal Mountain, ventures alone into the Kunlun Divine Mountains to comprehend the Dao and take on disciples, and discovers a Dragon Palace bene —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Path of the Mysterious Jade Dao 玄玉道途 Few travelers walk the road to immortality; only immortals and Daoists are found along the way. An ordinary man unexpectedly finds himself in a mysterious world of immortal cultivation. Fortunately, there is a magical jade pendant in his dantian. Watch as Lü Le gradually swims against the current and ultimately ascends to the upper realm. 488Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 22 I Have a Treasure: The Heaven-Piercing Tower 我有一宝通天塔 Ye Qin was born in Qingshan Town, a remote place tucked into the folds of the mountains. Gray-tiled wooden houses climbed the slopes, a stream ran through the village, and the locals were so simple and honest that even their dogs only wagged their tails and gave strangers a quiet bark. The townspeople worked from sunrise to sunset, never imagining that overnight, blood and fire would engulf their peaceful home. While Ye Qin was away, a band of brigands entered the village and brutally slaughtere —Reads—Score114d adds
- 23 The Immortal Spirit Dimension 仙灵空间 Follow the Way, and you remain mortal; defy it, and you become an immortal. Life and death hang on a single thought! Without a Nascent Soul, all below the Golden Core are mere ants! Cultivation in this world follows two paths: the compliant and the defiant. Follow the Way, and you remain in the mortal realm; defy it, and you become an immortal. Cultivation is like climbing a mountain with a heavy load: every step demands tremendous effort. Those who reach the Nascent Soul realm can rise above Go 1.3kReads7.2Score10014d adds
- 24 The Apocalypse Descends, and I Defy Heaven to Become an Immortal at the End of All Paths 末世降临，我于诸道尽头逆天成仙 The skies over the Cangqiong Realm darken as a world-ending calamity looms like a storm cloud, its shadow of doom covering every inch of land. The people struggle in despair. The righteous sects, demonic path, and demon clans fight relentlessly over the last remaining resources, leaving bloodshed everywhere. Chu Feng is an ordinary young man who has been plagued by strange nightmares for years. By chance, the mysterious ancient mirror on his chest, the Taixuan Hao Mirror, undergoes a sudden cha —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Immortal Maiden, Your Old Servant Has Arrived 仙子，老奴来了 [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [Pure romance, no NTR] [No System] Cai, an old servant in the Shen household, happened to save the immortal maiden Shen Huilan. To repay him for saving her life, Lady Shen offered him various forms of compensation. But Old Cai made a startling choice. He didn't want his freedom or gold and silver treasures. He only hoped to cultivate immortality alongside Lady Shen. And so, at over seventy years old, Old Cai defied fate and embarked on his own uniq 2kReads—Score10014d adds
- 26 The Immortal-Splitting Cauldron 裂仙鼎 (Cultivation to Immortality, No System) During a battle in the Immortal Realm, the Dragon King and a powerful human cultivator clashed, and a dragon pearl exploded inside the Primordial Chaos Divine Cauldron. The blast accidentally tore through space and time, sending the Immortal Realm’s greatest treasure, the Primordial Chaos Divine Cauldron, tumbling down into the mortal world. But the dragon pearl’s power also shattered the immortal cauldron, turning it into what was now aptly called the Cra 16.3kReads7.8Score1.7k14d adds
- 27 Treading the Path of the Gods 踏神 [Transmigrate + Xuanhuan Cultivation + Playing the Fool to Catch the Tiger + Feel-Good Fiction + Alternate World + Wild Imagination] After transmigrating to another world to cultivate immortality, every match I get is top-tier! The heavens are jealous of the talented! What can I do? I was born with extraordinary talent. And it’s not just my talent: powerful cultivators take a special interest in me, too. Cultivation like this couldn’t be more satisfying! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Seven Years Later, I Return With Our Child, and My Ex-Husband's Family Begs for Forgiveness 七年后，我携崽归来前夫全家跪求原谅 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Becoming a Venerable in One Lifetime 一世成尊 This is a cultivation world where people prey on one another. If you’re weak, they’ll bully you; if you’re strong, they’ll join forces against you. Qi Gathering, Qi Refining, Inner Core, Nascent Soul, Great Ascension, Emperor Realm, Feathering Realm. After the young man successfully ascends and transmigrates to the Immortal Realm, he forms his Golden Core. The Immortal Realm’s domain lords ask: “Why does this man look so much like the invincible Lord of the North Sea?” “What peerless powerhouse? 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Becoming an Immortal: Starting as an Outer Disciple of the Tianxuan Sect 成仙：从成为天玄宗外门弟子开始 [Decisive and ruthless, no System, not brainless, clear about gratitude and grudges] Lin Yichen used to be an ordinary wage earner. Then he bought a jade stone shaped like a green sword, and his fate changed beyond recognition! Will he become an immortal on the path of the Dao, or end up trampled underfoot? Lin Yichen says: The path to immortality is arduous. Just watch me sweep through the sky with one sword! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 A Mortal's Search for the Immortal Path 凡人觅仙路 [Mortal Realm Arc: 1.48 million words] [Spirit Realm Arc: 2 million words and ongoing] Gu Yuan, a young Daoist from a mountain village, obtains a Chaos Pearl from the start. He walks the path to the Profound Immortal Sect, enters the Heaven-Seeking Secret Realm, joins the war between the righteous and demonic factions, battles Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators, forms a Great Dao Golden Core, refines his Natal Treasure, climbs the Immortal Stairway, slays demons, sits beneath t 302Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 32 A Slacker in the Cultivation World 修仙界混子 Lu Xian accidentally transmigrates to a cultivation continent and spends ten years living as an ordinary mortal, thinking it’s just a normal world. Then one day, he runs into a cultivator and activates the System. From then on, he embarks on a hilarious journey to immortality and saves the day. Let’s see how the protagonist turns the tide. 64Reads6.2Score814d adds
- 33 Qianyu’s Record of Immortal Cultivation 千羽修仙记 A humble servant of the Qianyu Sword Sect rises from obscurity, braves countless dangers, and carves a path through every obstacle, ultimately finding freedom. The road to immortality is filled with schemes and ruthless betrayal, passionate fervor and unwavering devotion, perilous secret realms and nature's wonders. An exhilarating journey, accompanied by songs that never end! 368Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 34 Ninth Master in Hemp Robes: The Second Tale of a Haunted Bed in the Old House and Vengeful Ghosts Claiming Lives Night After Night 麻衣九爷：第二篇老宅阴床，夜夜索命冤魂 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: I Have a System 凡人修仙之我有系统 The cultivation system is the same as in A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality. The only difference is that the Little Green Bottle has been replaced by a System. The protagonist is also an Earthling who transmigrates into the world of A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, hoping to use the System to create a different kind of mortal cultivation world. There may not be a female lead. The protagonist is a cultivation fanatic who believes women only slow down his draw, with no rom 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Immortal Bed of Mortals 凡人仙床 Synopsis: [Mortal Cultivation] [No System] [The rating just went live and will climb] Nascent Soul cultivators are finally getting their due. The space inside the crib changes with the user's cultivation level. One female lead. The beggar Zhang Ping'an happens to acquire a [crib], and from then on, steps onto the path of immortality. Zhang Ping'an has a mixed spiritual root, but after lying in the crib for a while, it transforms into a supreme, freakishly powerful spiritual root! Put a first-g 406Reads7.6Score11414d adds
- 37 An Immortal Sect Disciple's Cultivation Record 仙宗弟子修仙记 [Mortal cultivation + no System + space + farming + decisive and ruthless] Li Wenda, a descendant of a Nascent Soul cultivator, joins an immortal sect as a direct disciple. This is the story of how he cultivates step by step until he ascends to immortality. He obtains a treasured relic from an ancient sect, containing an boundless world. Step by step, he develops the space until it slowly becomes a world of its own. I may not have a little green bottle, but I have plenty of spiritual fields. Wit 72Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 38 Cultivation: My Fate Proves the Dao, Once and for All! 修仙：我有命格一证永证！ Whatever you give, you will receive in return, and what you gain will be yours forever. Lin Xu unexpectedly transmigrates to the cultivation world. At the age of fourteen, he awakens a unique destiny: One Proof, Permanent Proof. Any cultivation art, divine ability, or Great Dao he learns is mastered instantly and can never be lost. While peerless prodigies toil for decades to break through bottlenecks, and sect patriarchs are trapped by their lack of talent... He only needs to take one step 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: A Commoner Shatters the Heavens 凡人修仙：布衣踏碎九霄天 Born in an orc tribe, Ye Mo is the son of a human slave. With no animal ears or tail, he has been branded a lowly half-breed since childhood and suffered endless abuse and humiliation. After his mother dies a horrible death, he is chosen as a sacrificial offering. At the brink of despair, his ancestral Inkbone Spirit Pendant awakens, and an ancient immortal art enters his body. From then on, the castoff of the wilderness takes hold of an immortal path that defies fate! When the orcs bully me, I 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Short on Metal and Wood 缺金少木 Born into poverty, He Yun gets the chance to embark on the path of immortality and decisively enters the cultivation world. Follow this young upstart as he climbs step by step toward immortality... [1] A cultivation novel about Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, and Nascent Soul. A mortal's journey, with no System, and no transmigration, rebirth, reincarnation, or family-based cultivation. It features a golden finger and has either no female lead or a single female lead. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 My Lord Chaos: All Laws Return to One 我主混沌万法归一 The story of Jiang Liu, a reborn reincarnator who gains an unparalleled celestial opportunity and climbs step by step to the pinnacle of the Great Dao. [Mortal-style cultivation] [Power fantasy] [No harem] [Exciting fights] [Wild imagination] [Funny and humorous] Come on in and give it a listen if you have some time, honored guest. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: It All Began with That Tomb Raid 凡人修仙：从那次盗墓开始 [Mortal cultivation] [Genius protagonist] [Traditional fantasy] [One female lead] [No harem] With a soul in your heart, all things can be named. All living beings have a spiritual heart, divided into nine apertures. One aperture brings you close to the ordinary; nine connect you to Heaven. Yun Yang, from the Western Regions, was born into humble circumstances but possesses the supreme talent of a Nine-Aperture Spiritual Heart. After a bizarre tomb raid, a mysterious black pill slipped into his h 68Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 43 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: A Chronicle of What I Saw and Heard 凡人修仙：见闻录 Traditional fantasy: no System, romance, rebirth, or transmigration. There are treasures, martial skills, cultivation techniques, stories, and tangled relationships. No one is purely good or purely evil; everyone is caught up in conflicting interests. This is not a wish-fulfillment story, so patience is required. Yuan Hao should have been an inner sect elder’s disciple, enjoying the sect’s generous benefits and everyone’s admiration. But a cruel twist of fate made him a menial disciple instead, 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 One Cultivation Manual Takes Me Across the Immortal Realm 一部修仙功法闯仙界 At the dawn of the Source Universe, all was chaos. A red strange stone from the outer universe fell into it, absorbed the chaotic energy, and transformed it into ancestral qi, opening up a new world. Countless realms formed within the Source Universe. The Source Realm was the original realm, also known as the Ancestral Realm. The strange stone became five innate treasures, which came into the possession of the five postnatal Celestial Emperors of the Source Realm. The Many-Eyed Emperor joined fo —Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 45 The Realm of Divine Sense 神识领域 Fantasy, urban cultivation, alchemy, a pocket dimension, multiple heroines, and several realms. In his previous life, Tang Xiaoyu accidentally obtained a peerless secret manual. Only in this life did he unlock its seal and gain a mysterious pocket dimension. This world is vast beyond measure. How will Tang Xiaoyu conquer it? 121Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 46 A Mortal's Path to Immortality: I Invite Fellow Daoists to Their Doom 凡人修仙之我请道友上路 [Mortal cultivation] [Slow burn] [Ghost path and corpse refinement] [A decisive protagonist who kills without hesitation] [No saintly protagonist] He Guang comes from a cultivation family. Not only is his talent heaven-defying, his cultivation has also progressed smoothly. But everything changes when he obtains a corpse of peerless beauty... “He Guang’s rules for surviving in the cultivation world come down to four things: a long lifespan, plenty of magical artifacts, plenty of refined corpses, 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Cultivating Immortality as a Mortal: The Prince’s Mansion Can Turn Invisible from the Start 凡人修仙，开局王府会隐身 [Mortal's Journey + Traditional Xianxia + Decisive and Ruthless + No System + Cunning Old Fox] Butler Li: “Where did my jade Buddha go?” Li Mo: “Madam, you wouldn't want the prince to learn that you're the Holy Maiden of the Demon Cult, would you?” 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Ninth Master in Hemp Robes: The Third Tale of a Ghost Opera Blocking the Road and a Yin Procession Borrowing the Way 麻衣九爷：第三篇鬼戏挡路，阴班借道 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Withered Bones Slumber for a Hundred Thousand Years 枯骨沉眠十万载 The ancient battlefield of gods and demons, where countless millions of corpses have lain for untold millennia. The most ordinary skeleton wakes up. It has no memories or name, and its body is covered in cracks. Even a beetle could bite through its leg bone. But it doesn’t want to fall apart. Starting today, it will live. It begins by scavenging, learning to devour, to cultivate, and to survive in this land of death. What it doesn’t know is that the shattered bead inside its skull once held 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Lin Chao's Path to Immortality 林朝修仙记 A slow-burn cultivation story with pure romance, a single heroine, and characters who keep their wits about them. From the start, he becomes a lowly spiritual-field laborer under the Taiqing Palace. Follow the story of the little-known Lin Chao, as he uses his cheat to venture alone through the cultivation world and seeks immortality in a world of schemes and treachery. In the end, he will climb step by step to the summit. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
