Novels like The Assassination of Ke Bi
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- 51 Cultivating Immortality, I Shatter the Firmament 修仙破苍穹 [Mortal’s journey + no System + foreign races + immortal pets + supreme secret realm + sect] A young man ventures into the mountains and accidentally obtains a manual. After passing an examination, he joins the local sect, the Azure Dragon Gang. One night, an old man catches him cultivating. The young man becomes his disciple and learns that he has five spiritual roots, which will make cultivation extremely difficult. By chance, he obtains a mysterious little green bottle. The liquid inside cont 12.1kReads8.4Score96414d adds
- 52 Seeking the Dao in the Wasteland 荒原问道 [A new story built on the classic mortal cultivation framework] I’m an immortal from the celestial realm. What’s wrong with coming down to the lower realm for a bit of adventure? The Immortal Wasteland is suppressed by the Immortal Palace. His Nascent Soul is sealed, his essence drained, and he is reduced to a cripple and cast into the wasteland’s desperate depths! Spirit Realm cultivators abduct him to use as a formation’s sacrificial core, but he turns the tables and kills his way out of dange 37Reads—Score314d adds
- 53 The Nine-Dragon Cup 九龙杯 [No System] [No Transmigration] [Traditional Fantasy] A traditional fantasy and xianxia story. Zhang Qingshan goes from being a good-for-nothing to embarking on the path of cultivation. He seeks not immortality for himself, but fulfillment of the obsession in his heart. The greatest Heavenly Spiritual Root is hidden beneath the outward appearance of the weakest Five-Element Spiritual Root. The supreme sacred treasure, the Nine-Dragon Cup, is hidden inside an ordinary walnut carving. An unrealis 317Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 54 Xuanhuan: I Awakened a Heavenly Fire Spirit Body from the Start 玄幻：我开局觉醒天火灵体 (Classic fantasy, Heavenly Flame Spirit Body, immortal cultivation, fantasy, decisive and ruthless, no saintly heroine, no System, satisfying power fantasy) After Lin Chen’s parents met with an accident, he awakened the Heavenly Flame Spirit Body. From then on, he defied the heavens, rose to power, and sought revenge for his parents. 120Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Dream of the Red Chamber: With the Jia Family's Fall Imminent, I Shorted Their Fortune and Fled with Daiyu 红楼：抄家倒计时，我靠做空贾府携黛玉跑路 Dream of the Red Chamber: With the Jia family on the brink of ruin, I short-sell their assets and flee with Daiyu. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Han Li: From the Start, a Little Bottle Takes Me All the Way to Dao Ancestor 韩立：开局小瓶，一路爽到道祖境 Lin Feng, a young man from a mountain village, uses his family's ancestral jade pendant to accelerate the growth of spirit herbs, break through bottlenecks, and decipher cultivation techniques, launching a cheat-fueled path to immortality. In the Qi Refining stage, he instantly kills Foundation Establishment elders. In the Core Formation stage, he sweeps aside his sect's enemies. In the Nascent Soul stage, he rides a Kun across the boundless sea. The moment he ascends to the Spirit Realm, he rul 852Reads8.1Score9814d adds
- 57 I Have a Cautious Senior Brother 我有一个苟师兄 Lin Xiaogou's ultimate goal in cultivating immortality is to lie flat and live forever. If he can avoid lifting a finger, he won't overwork himself; if he can dodge trouble, he won't get involved! Unfortunately, fate insists on making things difficult for him. His eldest senior brother is a workaholic with obsessive-compulsive tendencies, watching him train every day. Miss even fifteen minutes of practice, and he'll lecture Lin Xiaogou until his ears ring. His second senior brother is a professi 199Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 I Asked You to Explain the Scenery, Not Reboot Earth's Motherboard! 让你科普风景，你把地球主板重启了？ You Asked Me to Explain Scenic Spots, and I Rebooted Earth’s Motherboard? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: I Bring Overwhelming Firepower, and You Call This Ghostbusting? 聊斋：我用火力覆盖，你管这叫捉鬼？ Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: I Lay Down a Wall of Firepower, and You Call That Ghost Hunting? 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Global Freeze: From the Start, I Have a Planetary Fortress and Build a Sun with My Bare Hands 全球冰封：开局行星要塞，我手搓人造太阳 Global Freeze: From the Start, I Have a Planetary Fortress and Build an Artificial Sun by Hand 19Reads—Score214d adds
- 61 Snowy Night on the Tianshan Mountains 雪夜天山 [Eastern fantasy + play the pig to eat the tiger + comedy + revenge] On a snowy night ten years ago, I was in my mother’s arms, watching with my own eyes as a group of men in black hunted her down! Ten years later, I descend the mountain and enter the Academy of All Life. Then one day, I unexpectedly discover that I have half-demon blood. Me: “I’m a demon? What kind of demon am I?” When demon calamity strikes, an elder of the Academy of All Life points at me and curses, “Half-demons are the root 996Reads6.7Score10114d adds
- 62 The Fake Heir of Langya: With Only 1% Battery Left, I Use Industry to Conquer the Northern and Southern Dynasties 琅琊假子：电量仅剩1%，我靠工业镇压南北朝 A Fake Heir in Langya: My Battery’s at 1%, So I Use Industry to Conquer the Northern and Southern Dynasties 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Cultivation: My Dantian Can Evolve All Things! 修仙：我的丹田能进化万物！ [Traditional Fantasy + Cultivation + Decisive and Ruthless + Growth] Bai Xiaotian, a village boy, accidentally saves an “immortal” on the verge of death and embarks on the path of Cultivation. With five inferior spiritual roots, is Foundation Establishment truly beyond his reach in this lifetime? No. He also has a mysterious spiritual field! A ten-year-old spiritual herb he plants evolves directly into an immortal herb ten thousand years old! A low-tier cultivation manual transforms in an ins 6.5kReads7.5Score64914d adds
- 64 I Asked You to Be an NPC, Not Treat the Fourth Calamity Like Cyber Serfs! 让你当NPC，你把第四天灾当赛博牛马？ You Asked Me to Play an NPC, So Why Am I Treating the Fourth Calamity Like Cyberpunk Wage Slaves? 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 The Heaven-Defying True God 逆天正神 Suitable for adaptation as a TV series, web series, movie, or animated drama. Zhao Qiankun (Zhao Yuanji) is gravely wounded by mysterious clansmen and falls into Black Mountain Ravine. As beast spirits gnaw at him, Yun Qingwan unexpectedly comes to his rescue! Beautiful Yun, love me! Beautiful Su, you love me even more! The demonic path, the demonic beast path, the immortal path, the divine path! 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Mysterious Tales 1 神秘故事1 The story follows Lin Yan, with a corroded bronze bell known as the Moon-Eater Bell at its center, linking a series of supernatural incidents and mysteries surrounding his past. Lin Yan is a young man struggling to make ends meet. After discovering the bell by chance in a university district slated for demolition, he encounters one bizarre event after another that defies common sense: a food delivery rider floating in midair, strangers with no shadows, and the revelation that he may be connecte 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Are You Crazy? I Asked You to Take the Science Exam, Not Build a Nuclear Blast to Slay a God! 疯了！让你参加高考理综，你手搓核爆弑神？ Are You Insane? You Were Supposed to Take the Science Exam, but You Built a Nuclear Explosion by Hand to Slay a God? 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Cultivating Immortality as a Mortal: I Awaken the Chaos Pearl from the Start 凡人修仙，我开局觉醒混沌珠 (Traditional fantasy, Chaos Pearl, ordinary person strikes back, mortal cultivation, Eastern xianxia, cultivation.) Lin Chen, an ordinary man, is framed and has his dantian destroyed. By chance, he obtains the Chaos Pearl, and from then on rises against the heavens. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Five-Spirit-Root 五灵根 Seeing through the game is hard. Escaping the game is even harder. Becoming the one who moves the pieces is harder still! A young man from a fallen family finally develops an extraordinary five-element spiritual root, thanks to the sacrifices of ten generations of his family. Yet he is dismissed as the most good-for-nothing of all. Come and see: Mo Luo, the young man, seeking immortality and the Dao, searching for his chance, slaying demons and defying the heavens. Through joys, sorrows, parting 6kReads7.7Score48114d adds
- 70 The Great Path of Immortal Cultivation 修仙大道 [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [The dark side of human nature] [No System] [No transmigration] [No female lead, but there are women and romance] [Cultivation] [Geniuses and good-for-nothings] [Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul...] A real journey in search of immortality and the Dao. Are you ready? Then take the plunge! There is no end to the realms of cultivation. The supreme rulers of this era: are they truly at the very top? In the eyes of cu 384Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 71 School by Day, Cultivating Immortality in My Dreams by Night 白天上学，夜梦修仙 A strange dream split Chen Ze’s life in two. One half was an ordinary modern school life, The other, a vast world of fantasy cultivation. Sleep = transmigration. Dreaming = cultivation. Waking up = getting stronger. He thought it was all just a dream, Not knowing it was an extraordinary opportunity connecting two worlds. He cultivated both yin and yang, and lived between two worlds, His identities as an ordinary person and a cultivator overlapped in him at a dizzying pace. The school beauty fell 1.5kReads6.6Score18014d adds
- 72 Two Companions on the Immortal Path 仙途双侣 “A sword may lack an edge, yet its intent knows no end. So long as love endures, the Dao is never lonely. Let the heart be the blade, And love the flame...” After his mother passed away, Ling Yunzhi embarked on the path of cultivation. While searching for a chance to break through, he met Huang Xiaolei, a young woman gathering medicinal herbs. As they spent time together, they gradually fell in love, but the gulf between them, one a cultivator and the other a mortal, stood in their way. For the 452Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 The Chaos Creation Tribulation 混沌创世劫 Leaping from the Sacred Flame Altar, his body was burned to ashes, while his soul was pulled by an inexplicable force and reborn in another life... Yet time and space fell into disarray. The timelines before and after his rebirth became intertwined, leaving gaps and fractures... Here you'll find a passionate story, lively and witty characters, and tearjerking moments that will strike a chord with you... 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 The Immortal Ascension Chronicles: A Fated Beginning 缘起成仙传 A naive young man who was pampered from childhood endures youthful arrogance, betrayal, pain, and a crushing defeat that brings him to the brink of death, forging himself into someone patient and ruthless. A realistic cultivation novel with slow-burn growth. Readers who prefer mindless power fantasies may want to steer clear. [The cultivation world is as deep as the sea, and only I, Qin You, can stir its waves!] [Fresh Setting + Epic Length + Slow Burn + Vitality + Growth + Cause-and-Effect and 61Reads—Score314d adds
- 75 Three Kingdoms: You Put Me in Charge of Logistics, and I Shorted the Entire World? 三国：让你管后勤，你做空了全天下？ Three Kingdoms: You Asked Me to Manage Logistics, but I Shorted the Entire World? 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 I Was a World-Destroying Forbidden Zone, Yet Now I Have to Guard the Nation as a Night Watchman? 我一灭世禁区，竟要做护国更夫？ (No transmigration + no System + investigations + political intrigue + female emperor + ghostly tales) The protagonist, Chen Mu, was beheaded, yet revived from his remains. The nine forbidden zones of annihilation took shape in his dantian. To uncover the truth behind his family's massacre, he lay low for three years and worked as a night watchman for two more. After returning to the imperial capital, he embarked on the path of revenge. First Forbidden Zone: The Blood Sea of the Yellow Springs. 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Ten Years Left to Live, Yet I Still Draw My Sword for Shu Mountain 命剩十年，我仍为蜀山拔剑 The sword cultivators of Mount Shu wield their blades to defend the world. Kunlun, the Celestial Masters, the Puppet Path, and other sects each display their gifts, together ushering in a glorious age of immortal cultivation. Yet beneath this golden age, dark currents surge. The Nether Abyss Palace lies in wait, plotting rebellion. The Nether Clan watches humanity from the Boundless Sea, while fierce and cunning monsters and demons wreak havoc across the land. Schisms within the Daoist sects, ri —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 My Master's Wife Stabbed Me in the Back, So I Became the Pavilion Master for the Empress and the Demon Venerable 遭师娘背刺反手给女帝魔尊当阁主 Lin Zhichen was cast out of the sect by his master, who treated him as a disposable pawn. But by chance, he obtained the legacies of an Empress and a Demon Lord from a thousand years ago. Taking his only remaining junior fellow disciple with him, he founded the Xi Ye Chen Pavilion and rose from having nothing to becoming famous throughout the Emperor-Fall Mountain Range. Yet just as his reputation soared, the junior brother he trusted most began to fall into darkness, driven by jealousy and rese 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Ancient Token, Immortal Destiny 古令仙缘 [Mortal cultivation, no System, pocket dimension, immortal pets, companion story to The Void Tower] An ordinary village boy is worked like an ox by his brother and sister-in-law, who even plan to sell him to bandits as a slave. Luckily, at a critical moment, he awakens the treasure his grandfather left behind and is rescued by a kind Daoist, escaping his life of misery. He thinks he is finally on the road to success, but the path of a mortal cultivating immortality proves far from easy... 7.8kReads8.8Score73414d adds
- 80 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: I Can Copy All Things 凡人修仙：我能复制万物 [Mortal’s journey, no System, traditional cultivation novel, decisive and ruthless, starts out as a loser but the protagonist is anything but one.] Cultivation stages: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation… Chen Erzhu has been an orphan since childhood. Seizing an opportunity, he joins the Spirit Cauldron Immortal Sect as a menial disciple. With a bronze mirror that can copy and enhance anything, he makes his own way in the cultivation world. A 3.5kReads6.9Score34814d adds
- 81 The Great Dao of Decay 残蚀大道 The moment this book came out, the entire fantasy genre was moved to tears? This is traditional fantasy for a new era, the kind of novel the next generation should be reading! All things are governed by fate, and success and failure alike are now dust. Today, let us ride the rising wind and seize the moment to become dragons and stir up the world! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 One Sword to Cleave the Heavens, the Eternal Sword God 一剑斩诸天，万古剑神 Su Xuan is a useless nobody with an incomplete sword bone, looked down on by everyone. Beaten until he is crippled, he is thrown into the Sword Mound. On the brink of death, he awakens the rusty broken sword he has carried with him all along: the Eternal Sword Soul. From that moment on, he rises to the pinnacle of the world. 69Reads—Score314d adds
- 83 I'll Accompany You on the Path to Immortality 陪你一起去修仙 Lin Yue, a man from Earth, transmigrates into the body of a servant disciple who has just been beaten to death in a third-rate cultivation sect in the Vast World of Cangxuan. Driven by a desperate will to survive, he binds himself to the Ten Thousand Swords Invincible Level-Up System. And so begins an extraordinary, unforgettable journey of cultivation. 57Reads—Score314d adds
- 84 The Great God 大神 [Xianxia Fantasy + Age of the Great Sects + Ordinary Cultivators’ Path to Immortality + No System or Transmigration + Witty and Humorous + Ensemble Cast + Mystery + Plot-Driven] In an age when cultivation flourishes, Feiyun Sect is a third-rate sect. In the most remote room live the four most hopeless disciples in the entire sect. A sword cultivator who can’t afford a sword, a body cultivator who can never pay off his debts, a pill cultivator without a pill furnace, and a former prodigy whose cu 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 The Secret Record of the Between-Realm 筑间秘录 Jiang Ziwen, a renowned designer, was playing a game when someone lured his soul into a dream. He suddenly died... When he was judged in the underworld, the King of Hell took note of his sense of justice and the injustice he had suffered. Since they shared the same name, the King of Hell bestowed upon him secret Feng Shui techniques. After returning to the living world, he fell in love at first sight with Ye Ling, a night patrol envoy of the underworld... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Lord Dayan 凡人修仙之大衍神君 Dayan Shenjun was a prodigy blessed with extraordinary talent, yet his obsession with the art of puppetry kept him from reaching the Deity Transformation stage. Now, reborn with his memories intact and presented with a new opportunity, he has steeled his Dao heart. See how he advances to Deity Transformation, stands tall between the mountains and seas, reigns supreme among the hundred races of the Spirit Realm, and sets foot in the Immortal Realm. This is not a brainless power fantasy. The focus 10Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 87 The Immortal’s Song Along the Mortal Path 凡途仙歌 [Mortal cultivation, no System, multiple heroines, multiple spirit pets] Great rulers and generals are not born to privilege. Even a nobody can defy fate and forge ahead. Xu Sanqian, a young man suffering from consumption, unexpectedly obtained a mysterious space. He thought it was an incredible stroke of fortune, but never imagined it was part of a scheme laid long ago, countless ages in the past. The young man refused to accept his fate and vowed to fight to the death. I have blades in my hand 4.7kReads8.1Score45414d adds
- 88 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: I Want to Live Forever 凡人修仙之我要长生 [Ordinary Cultivator’s Journey] [Fantasy Xianxia] [Traditional Cultivation] [No System] [No Transmigration] [Leveling Up] [Zhou Changsheng] [Human Hearts and Demonic Ways] [Alchemist] [Formation Crafting] [Talisman Making] [Ancient Times] [Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Void Refinement, Body Integration, Mahayana, Tribulation Transcendence, Human Immortal, True Immortal, Profound Immortal, True Immortal, Immortal Lord, Immortal Venerable, 694Reads7.0Score10514d adds
- 89 The Tale of the Green Pearl's Immortal Fate 青珠仙缘记 [Ruthless, scheming, one heroine, gradually turns villainous later on, no limits. Marketing, livestreaming, and building an internet in the cultivation world, turning it into a cultivation-world Las Vegas] 269Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 90 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 2.3kReads8.7Score18914d adds
- 91 From the Start, I Was Tasked with Preparing the Fallen Crown Prince's Body. After His Death, the Mad Prince Went on a Rampage in My Mind 开局给废太子敛尸，死后的疯批太子在我脑中杀疯了 From the Start, I’m Given the Job of Preparing the Disgraced Crown Prince’s Body for Burial. After His Death, the Mad Crown Prince Goes on a Rampage in My Head 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Across the Misty Myriad Worlds 缥缈万界 The ages roll on, and the seas change into mulberry fields. After Pangu split the heavens and earth and the primordial age dawned, the primordial world eventually shattered and heaven and earth were overturned. The ancient Heavenly Dao, which had once ruled over all things, collapsed and scattered with them. After endless ages of settling and transformation, the scattered fragments of the Heavenly Dao’s origin finally evolved into the universe’s laws of origin and the countless laws derived fr 282Reads—Score1314d adds
- 93 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 145Reads—Score1314d adds
- 94 Stop Training, You Cultivate Immortality Slower Than I Level Up by Killing Monsters 别练了，你修仙没我杀怪升级快 From the start, a broken body. The ultimate slash slays a god! Every level you break through is a prelude to the Heavenly Dao trembling! Chen Baxian, a man from Earth, has his soul transported to another world, only to become a dying ant at the second level of Qi Refining. His skull is shattered, his spine broken, and as he teeters on the brink of death... “Ding! Game System activated!” Slay demons in the Green Bamboo Snake Valley, smash crocodiles in the Rotbone Marsh! Every battle can turn the 5kReads9.2Score55614d adds
- 95 Moonlight Flying Sword 月光飞剑 This novel blends elements of history, wuxia, cultivation, and mythology. The protagonist, Gongsun Shan, is a wretched young man born into an ordinary family. Disaster strikes his family, and his father is killed by soldiers. The soldiers seize him as a dwarf slave to be sent as tribute. He escapes by jumping off a cliff along the way, and is saved by the wandering swordsman Zi Ruoshui. With nowhere else to go, Gongsun Shan makes his savior Zi Ruoshui his master, follows him to study martial art 7Reads8.9Score314d adds
- 96 A Hundred Wasted Meridians? I Have a Hundredfold Cultivation Space 百脉废灵根？我有百倍修炼空间 [Mortal Cultivation | Space Upgrades | No System | No Harem] Shen Qing, a good-for-nothing with a hundred-spirit-root constitution, unexpectedly acquires a mysterious space where time flows a hundred times faster: the [Tortoiseshell Cave Heaven]. Time passes a hundred times faster inside, and it also holds the immortal cultivation art "Evergreen Art". Plant a spirit herb for ten years, and it becomes a thousand-year-old immortal herb; Raise a spirit beast for a hundred years, and it becomes a te 12Reads—Score10014d adds
- 97 Born Under a Peach Blossom Curse, Forced Onto the Path of Immortality 命犯桃花，逼我走上修仙路 When Gou Dan was six, a severe drought struck northern Mobei. To repay the kindness of a bowl of well water, a fortune-teller read his fortune and declared that he was destined for romance. Gou Dan’s mother begged him to break the curse, but the fortune-teller shook his head. “His fate is sealed. If he’s weak, he’ll be a penniless womanizer. If he’s strong… his romances will become calamities, and ten thousand swords will be his armor.” Ten years later, a remarkable swordsman rose to fame in the 10.5kReads7.5Score90214d adds
- 98 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 823Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 99 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: I Found a Cultivation Manual from the Start 凡人修仙：我开局捡到修仙功法 (Traditional Xuanhuan, ruthless and decisive, mortal cultivates immortality, no System, underdog's rise, multiple heroines) Lin Chen, a cowherd boy, suffers constant bullying from a young age. By chance, he obtains a damaged cultivation manual, and from then on steps into the cruel world of immortal cultivation, where the strong prey on the weak. 36Reads6.3Score814d adds
- 100 Cultivating Immortality Starts With Finding a Little Cauldron 修仙从拣到小鼎开始 On a bitterly cold winter day, Zhang Yiqun is forced by his uncle to chop firewood. Just as hunger and cold are getting the better of him, a bronze cauldron falls from the sky, smashing through a tree and leaving a huge crater. The cauldron can automatically absorb spiritual energy and duplicate items, helping him solve the problem of going hungry. But when he enters the world of immortal cultivation, he discovers the cauldron's powers go far beyond that. It can heal wounds, refine pills, and ev 948Reads9.0Score15214d adds
