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- 1 Cultivating Immortality in the City: Emerging as a God from Seclusion 都市修仙，出关即化神 [Invincible Sword Immortal] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Crushing All Opposition] Heaven-Connecting Tower: Luo Chen, you’re already an Immortal Emperor. You can go out now. Luo Chen: Could you… stop being such a pain when you talk? Heaven-Connecting Tower: What’s it to you! Luo Chen: Wasn’t I only at the Deification stage? How did I become an Immortal Emperor? Heaven-Connecting Tower: You sure talk a lot! Luo Chen: Are you a man or a woman? Is that any way to talk to an Immortal Emperor? Heaven-Conn —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 A Bachelor Settling Down for Retirement? I Built an Aircraft Carrier and Started a Business 男光棍安分养老？我手搓航母创业 [Everyone Has Superpowers + Simulating the Future + Tech Path + Cultivation Path + Overwhelming All Opposition + Space-Time System + Angel Race] The protagonist, Wang Bin, awakens a Time System that lets his consciousness communicate with his past and future selves. He learns that in the future, Blue Star will be invaded by an unknown civilization... In a simulation, the protagonist returns to the past and starts a business, building two major forces from the ground up: one focused on techno —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Everything I Touch Can Be Sold 凡我所触碰，万物皆可卖 After failing the college entrance exams, Han Mo follows the crowd into a vocational college. A week before classes begin, he awakens a System. But who could have guessed that, even as he enjoys wealth and power, the System is plotting a world-shattering calamity? Disasters of every kind strike one after another. Strange creatures appear out of nowhere, and even his family turns demonic. And the final boss is actually... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Xuantian Bureau 玄天司 A mysterious phone, an unknown chat group, and a group of strangers who became friends. At this moment, the Xuantian Bureau emerged, dedicated to hunting down demons and monsters across the land. Beneath the bustling city, a group of people walk alone through the night. For nothing in return, with nothing to gain or lose, they fight to protect the light in their hearts. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Zhang Yuanying, Stop Chasing Me! I Just Want to Cultivate Immortality! 张元英别追了，我只想修仙！ This book has moved to a new title: My Sister Said She Hated Me Before She Was Defiled, So I Transmigrated to Save Her. Readers who want to keep following the story, please click my profile picture to visit the new book. Thank you. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 After Becoming Invincible in the Immortal Realm, I Return to the City as the One and Only Immortal Venerable 仙界无敌后，我回都市当唯一仙尊 [Immortal Venerable returns + ancient martial arts in the modern city + love triangle chaos + brother-obsessed little sister + sister-obsessed older brother + multiple female leads + no abandoned ending] After completing his System mission, Immortal Venerable Lin Mo transmigrates back to the city. His energetic, brother-obsessed little sister, Lin Wan: "Bro! Stay away from the ice-cold goddess Su Qingxue! You're mine!" The gossip System, A Qi, floods the screen: [Ding! Host, alert: love triangle 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Ten Years in Prison! My Girlfriend Married the Brat’s Dad! 入狱十年！女友嫁给小畜生他爸！ [Reborn] [Revenge] [Explosive action] [Invincible] [Decisive] [Rise to power] Lin Pozhu returns from the dead. Seeing his girlfriend Lin Yao being violated by Zhu Jianqiang, he actually watches with relish. In his previous life, he went to prison after impulsively trying to save someone, only to be betrayed by Lin Yao. She joined forces with Zhu Jianqiang’s father in a marriage alliance, and together they sent Lin Pozhu to prison, where the warden shot him dead. This time, he’s out for revenge! 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Reborn as the Heaven-Rending Sword Emperor 重生之凌天剑帝 [Urban cultivation + invincible + intelligent protagonist + ruthless + no tired clichés] The Heavenly Dao has a spirit, and he was reborn through reincarnation. He was the greatest Immortal Emperor in the Immortal Realm's history! He surpassed the ancients, stood unrivaled beneath the heavens! But his Dao Heart was unstable, causing him to fail his tribulation. By sheer luck, the Dawn Divine Sword saved him, allowing him to return to Earth. As the painful memories of his past life surged through 35Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Invincible Immortal Emperor of the City 都市之无敌仙帝 The once-mighty Immortal Emperor Mo Xuan travels back through time to three thousand years ago. Back then, he was an obscure nobody, constantly mocked and bullied by rivals in love and other adversaries. This time, he returns in force, determined to rewrite his life and stand at the top of the world! He will reign supreme in the city and make up for every regret! 149Reads7.2Score103Shelves
- 10 The Immortal Doctor Dad Finds His Daughter a CEO for a Stepmother 仙医奶爸，给女儿拣个总裁当后妈 (An Invincible Protagonist, Urban Cultivation + Showing Off and Face-Slapping) Food-delivery rider Zhang Ming works hard to raise his daughter alone, yet he possesses the mysterious art of healing. “Miss, you have a bad omen. You mustn’t go any farther.” The beautiful CEO: “Are you crazy?” Zhang Ming traces symbols across her chest. “This could save your life.” The beautiful CEO: “You lecher! How dare you!” An hour later... The beautiful CEO: “Master, thank you for saving my life. I have no way 298Reads7.4Score104Shelves
- 11 The Immortal Wanderer of the City, Ren Xiaoyao 都市仙踪任逍遥 The universe is vast, and the path to immortality stretches endlessly. He returned to the city, already invincible. Chu Chen: “I stand atop the highest peak. You’re all ants beneath me. How boring!” He roamed the planets of the universe and grasped the Great Dao of Immortal Cultivation. With the sun, moon, and stars beneath his feet, he uncovered the shocking truth of his origins! Our protagonist is aloof and withdrawn, yet still has a sense of humor. The setting is inspired by reality, but the 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 A Beauty Is Forced to Marry, but I’m Really Not the Villain 美少女被逼婚，恶棍真不是我 [Urban Expert]+ [Comedy]+ [Miracle Doctor]+ [Jack of All Trades]+ [Cao Thief]+ [Arrogant]+ [Decisive and Ruthless] Kicked down the mountain by an old man, he runs into a beautiful young woman who calls him her husband. Ye Xuan slips his hands into his pockets. “I’m not into little girls. I’m a Cao Thief.” “Wait, what did you say? Someone’s impersonating me and forcing an innocent woman into marriage?” “Imposter, you’ve sealed your own fate!” 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 I, the Workplace Menace 我，靠发疯整顿职场 I, the Office Menace —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Heaven's Chosen Villain: From the Start, She Breaks Off Our Engagement? I'll Wipe Out Your Entire Clan 天命反派：开局被悔婚？灭你全族 After transmigrating into a fantasy world, Jiang Changsheng discovers that it is his wedding day! But on the day of the wedding, his fiancée runs off with the Chosen One. Her younger brother mocks him, and her clan members all think this is perfectly acceptable. They even plan to kick Jiang Changsheng out of the family... Faced with such an outrageous start, Jiang Changsheng discovers that a tremendous reversal may still be possible! He is the divine son of the eternal Jiang Clan of the Upper Re 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 The Whole City Put Me on Trial as a Demon, So I Turned Around and Saved the World 全城审判我为邪魔，我反手救世了 When cultivation clans and megacorporations turn the Steel City into a blood-soaked slaughterhouse, keeping ordinary people at the bottom of society as “living batteries” to drain of their life force, Han Feng, the “Great Evil Fiend” in the eyes of the world, sits in an underground server room, coldly counting down with a black sandalwood folding fan carved with dragon patterns in hand. With a single hack, all thirty thousand outdoor screens across the city and the terminals of millions of citiz —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 After Eight Years of Cultivation, I Return to the City Invincible 修仙八年，回归都市我无敌 Eight years ago, his entire family was wiped out because of a mysterious jade pendant. He escaped across the sea and ended up stranded on a mysterious deserted island, where he happened upon seven invincible masters. From then on, he embarked on the path of cultivating immortality! Eight years later, armed with cultivation powerful enough to defy the heavens, he sweeps through the modern city and begins his path to invincibility! 51Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 17 The Immortal Hidden in the Mortal World 仙隐凡尘 [Modern cultivation + invincible protagonist + sensible decisions + not brainless + lighthearted] In his previous life, Zhang Mo was a coward. In his second year of high school, afraid of being bullied by local toughs, he tried to fit in with them and went swimming in a river. When he swam into deeper water, weeds tangled around his feet, and before long he drowned. He transmigrated to the Immortal Martial Continent and began a turbulent journey of cultivation. From the start, he was found 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Last Cultivator on Earth 全球最后一个修仙者 [Urban high martial arts + not a saintly do-gooder + decisive and ruthless + wish-fulfillment + no harem + no female lead + urban cultivation] That day, high martial arts invaded Earth! That day, I took control of Earth! That day, I discovered a new function on my status panel... It lets me jump back and forth along the timeline! And so, I appeared on the day high martial arts invaded Earth! And so, I appeared on the day I took control of Earth! And so, after being struck by lightning that day, 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 I Revealed My Secret Identity at My Wedding 婚礼现场，我爆马甲 I Reveal My Secret Identity at My Wedding 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The Abandoned Consort Got Rich Through Farming 弃妃她靠种田暴富 The Abandoned Consort Gets Rich Through Farming 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 My Whole Family Begs Me to Stop Going Crazy 全家跪求我别发疯 My Whole Family Begs Me to Stop Going Crazy —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 The Thrill Level Is Off the Charts, and the System Is Panicking 爽感超标，系统慌了 The Thrills Are Off the Charts, and the System Is Panicking 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 My Uncle Has Had a Crush on Me for Ten Years 小叔他暗恋我十年 My Uncle Has Had a Secret Crush on Me for Ten Years —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 After Being Kicked Out of the Elite Family, I Became the Richest Man 被赶出豪门后，我成首富了 After Being Kicked Out of the Wealthy Family, I Became the Richest Person Alive 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 After Becoming the Villain, I Was Forced to Do Evil 穿成反派后，我被迫作恶 After Becoming the Villain, I Was Forced to Do Evil —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 The General's Concubine Went on a Killing Spree 将军的小妾杀疯了 The General's Concubine Went on a Killing Spree —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Child-Giving Guanyin Became a Harbinger of Disaster 送子观音变灾星 The Child-Giving Guanyin Became a Bringer of Disaster —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Wrongfully Seized by the Immortal Realm: Abducted on My Wedding Night, I Returned Invincible 仙界错抓：洞房夜掳我，归来无敌 [Urban fantasy + cultivation + one heroine + children] The ratings have just come in, President. The story makes perfect sense, and the characters aren’t stupid. … On our wedding night, my beautiful wife laughed and said I wasn’t up to the task. It was my first time! How was I supposed to be any good? I went outside to cool off and told my wife to wait for me! But she waited for two thousand years. The Immortal Realm and Demon Realm were short-handed in their war. The Immortal Emperor pointed h 310Reads7.0Score112Shelves
- 29 Disciple, Go Down the Mountain and Tease Your Junior Sister 徒儿，下山祸祸你的师妹吧 [Decisive and ruthless + revenge without delay + invincible hero + adorable junior sister + power fantasy and face-slapping + no System] Ten years ago, Yang Xiaotian fell gravely ill. A beautiful female master saved his life and took him up the mountain to train. Ten years later, when he came down from the mountain, he learned that the Yang family had been wiped out. Now he would begin a gloriously satisfying campaign of revenge. As he left the mountain, his beautiful master Bai Ruoyan gave him 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 I Came from the Immortal Realm to Hold the Power of Life and Death in the Mortal World 我自仙界来，于人界掌生死 [No Female Lead + Decisive and Ruthless + Invincible Cultivation + Multiple Planes + Violence + Daily Life] In a world where spiritual energy has run dry and the Great Dao is damaged, Tang Yu was being brutally beaten by thugs when, by chance, they unlocked the mark of reincarnation within him. This undeserved calamity turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Memories of his previous life awakened in an instant, and his cultivation soared straight to the Nascent Soul Realm. From then on, Tang Yu —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 My White Moonlight Is a System Bug 白月光是系统bug The White Moonlight Is a System Bug 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 My Online Love Is My Childhood Friend's Dad 网恋对象是竹马他爸 My Online Dating Match Is My Childhood Friend’s Dad 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Reborn, I Destroyed the Elite Families 重生后我毁了豪门 After Being Reborn, I Destroyed the Wealthy Family —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 I Pretended to Be Rich to Win Over My Goddess, and It Backfired 装富豪追女神，我翻车了 I Pretended to Be a Tycoon to Pursue My Dream Girl, but It Backfired —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Maid Who Took Her Mistress's Place: The Marquis Can't Get Enough of Me 替嫁丫鬟：侯爷宠我上瘾 The Maid Who Took Her Place as the Bride: The Marquis Dotes on Me 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Three Years in Prison, Back at the Top the Moment I Get Out 入狱三年，出狱即巅峰 I came here to do only three things: be invincible, be invincible, and be damn invincible! [Invincible hero + master returns from the mountains + urban cultivation + no goody-two-shoes + decisive and ruthless + hilarious] A guaranteed thrill! No fun, no pay! Three years ago, Xiao Yuan was betrayed by his closest friend, framed, and thrown in prison. During those three years behind bars, he stumbled upon an incredible opportunity and learned all kinds of cultivation techniques, formations, and ta 162Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 37 The Hidden Big Shot on Campus 校园的隐藏大佬 After the cultivation world suffered an apocalyptic calamity, Su Linyuan returned to Earth. People in the city are very friendly. So whenever someone picks a fight with him, he settles things with a single move, leaving them no time to suffer. All he wants is to cultivate in peace and one day attain immortality. But for some reason, the campus beauties keep saying he’s a good person. “Su, um... My chest feels tight again. Could you give me another acupuncture treatment?” 69Reads—Score104Shelves
- 38 Transcending Tribulation and Being Reborn Above the Ninth Heaven 九霄之上渡劫重生 Lin Feng failed his tribulation and was reborn in his high school days on Earth. Now he will make up for past regrets, protect his younger sister and family, and cultivate back to the peak. This is a feel-good power fantasy, so readers, please don’t overthink it. 6Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 39 I've Cultivated for Ten Thousand Years, and You're Asking Me to Go to College? 修仙一万年，你跟我提上大学？ Just after finishing the college entrance exams, Lin Yang accidentally wandered into the cultivation world. With unmatched talent in body cultivation and a body impervious to every technique, he went from zero to breaking through the limits of body cultivation in just ten thousand years, becoming the first person to attain sainthood through the body alone. But an incarnation of the Heavenly Dao suddenly attacked him from behind, stripped him of his saintly body, and kicked him back to Earth. He 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 The End of the Age of Dharma? Then I’ll Just Switch to Another World! 末法时代？那我便换个世界呗！ The Age of Declining Dharma? Then I'll just switch to another world! Once I've cultivated to greatness, I'll come back and blow your minds! Watch as the protagonist rises step by step from an ordinary nobody to the peak in another world! Back in my original world, I was a nobody, but now that I've changed worlds, I'll live however I please! The truth is, plenty of people aren't lacking in talent; they were simply born in an age when cultivation was in decline. If opportunity ever comes their way 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Immortal Emperor Reborn: I Cultivate on Earth 仙帝重生：我在地球修仙 Luo Chen is an ordinary wage earner, trapped like countless others in the grind of a 996 work schedule. One day, on his way home from work, he is stunned to find his girlfriend cuddling up to another man. In a flash, rage consumes him. He strides forward to confront them, but the other man is strong and brawny, and the gap between them is overwhelming. Luo Chen is no match for him and gets beaten to a pulp. Looking back on how he has worked himself like a spinning top every day, only to end up i 359Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 I Was About to Become an Immortal, Master, Why Did You Bring Me Back? 快成仙了，师父你把我弄回来了？ [Invincible Lead + Comedy + Daily Life + Multiple Heroines] Above Qingyun Peak, tribulation clouds churned for thousands of miles. Chi Wei was about to transcend his tribulation and become an immortal when his master, Lu Xisheng, said, “I can still send you back,” and swept him back to Earth with a wave of his sleeve. When he opened his eyes again, he was in a hospital resuscitation room, with his mother beside him, eyes red from crying, and a doctor staring in disbelief. Everyone thought he had 1Reads—Score188Shelves
- 43 Urban: My Cultivation Technique Was Too Powerful, and Its Backlash Made Me Stutter 都市：功法太强，反噬成结巴 [A tough guy who doesn't talk much. The protagonist has a stutter.] [No transmigration, no rebirth, no System. Modern cultivation.] During a prenatal checkup, Mrs. Ye learned that her unborn son had XXX syndrome. The doctor advised her to terminate the pregnancy. Mrs. Ye refused, and in the end, she gave birth to him and named him Ye Fan. She hoped his life would be an ordinary one. Who could have known that as soon as he learned to walk, the child would become incredibly rebellious, picking fig 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Villain: A Master Comes Down from the Mountain? I Beat Up Masters 反派：高手下山？我打的就是高手 [Invincible + Ruthless + Senior Sisters + Divine Doctor + Face-Slapping + Feel-Good Story + Master Descends the Mountain] “You're a master's senior sister? From today on, you're my maid!” “You're an invincible god of war? I'll knock you out with one punch!” “You're a genius divine doctor? With a single touch of my Ghost Gate Point, even the King of Hell wouldn't dare keep you!” “You're the richest person in the world? Hand it over, and I'll spare your worthless life!” “No one can insult a grandm 568Reads7.8Score101Shelves
- 45 Urban: I’m a Proper Demon Cultivator, So What’s Wrong with Being a Little Wicked? 都市：我堂堂魔修，坏点很合理吧 On the eve of his engagement, Chen Yuan is framed and imprisoned by a witch for five years, forced to satisfy her night after night. After five years of arduous cultivation, Chen Yuan makes a powerful return. If his enemies won’t behave, he’ll trample them underfoot. If they do behave, he’ll let them know before he tramples them. “Please, spare me. I didn’t mean to.” “Sorry. I was a demon in my previous life. In this life, I was never destined to be a good person!” [Invincible heroics + showing 69Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 46 I'm Already the Demon Ancestor, Yet You Still Want Me as a Stepping Stone? 都成魔祖了，还想让我当踏脚石 [Invincible] [Feel-good and satisfying] [No heroine] [Revenge] [Decisive and ruthless] [Spiritual qi revival] Guardians stand in the sunlight, protecting the darkness the sunlight cannot reach. One night, they wake up. The light has turned to darkness. Darkness runs rampant in broad daylight. When the boundary between humanity and the uncanny vanishes, the guardians roam the darkness, still struggling to protect their last home. The Demon Ancestor, a third race between humanity and the uncanny, 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 I Slay Chaos in Longguo 我在龙国斩混沌 [A laid-back veteran guardian of the nation × a high schooler afraid of dying] As a guardian of the nation, I took five days of leave, but in reality I spent five whole years living in the city. I thought I could just coast through the rest of my life, until an old comrade called while I was shopping at the market. “You can’t go a day without getting chewed out, can you? Do you have any idea how busy I am right now?” “Lao Yang, a minor monster got loose over here. Come help keep an eye on thin —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Immortal Fate Forum 仙缘论坛 An ordinary person accidentally stumbles into a cultivation forum and is forced to play along from then on. All Ling Yao wanted was to be a lazy couch potato. Then one day, he logged on to a forum that ordinary people couldn’t even find through a search. The people on the forum were completely out there! Until he discovered that he really could draw qi into his body. And even more unbelievable! A soul was also sleeping inside him. A cold, merciless, decisive... other version of himself. I, Ling 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Mad Immortal of the City 都市狂仙 I once roamed the world with a sword on my back, drunk with beauties in my arms, waking with a killer’s blade in my grasp. Who could have known my female disciple would frame me? Today, I’m reborn in his body. If others bully or humiliate him, I’ll make everyone who wronged him kneel and tremble. I’ll tread the mountains and rivers once more, and punch through the firmament. I’ll break through the Heavenly Dao and cast that evil disciple into the abyss of damnation, where he’ll never be reincarn 95Reads6.4Score106Shelves
- 50 Reborn, I Became the School Bully 重生后，我成了校园恶霸 Li Mu is a broke college student who has never been in a relationship. A sudden car accident takes his life. As he nears death, he makes a wish: I want to be reborn as a tall, rich, and handsome man! When he opens his eyes again, the campus beauty upperclasswoman is already lying beside him… 10Reads—Score—Shelves
