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- 151 EN Xuanhuan: Taking Children of Destiny as Disciples, Sweeping Through the Ages 玄幻:收徒气运之子,横推万古 [Master] + [Taking Disciples] + [Invincible] + [No Female Lead] + [No Romantic Tension] + [Behind-the-Scenes] + [Multiple Protagonists] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [No Holds Barred] + [Vast Worldbuilding] Jiang Chen transmigrated into a fantasy world with the Supreme Fortune System and became the master of Qingxu Peak in the Zixiao Sacred Land. By taking in numerous sons of fortune, he gained countless heaven-defying rewards and swept across the heavens, reigning supreme through the ages. Chaoti 17.8kReads8.9Score1.3k14d adds
- 152 The Empress Is Shocked: Isn’t My Master a Good-for-Nothing? 女帝震惊:我师尊,他不是败类吗 [Villain’s rise + ruthless decisiveness + invincible among his peers + play the pig to eat the tiger + eternal imperial teacher] Zhong Shenxiu transmigrated into a female-oriented fantasy novel and became a disgraced instructor at an academy: he had no cultivation, terrible character, and had gotten his position through connections. No cultivation? Then why not steal the heroine’s opportunities? From the start, he’s supposed to take the villainous, wicked Empress as his disciple? She has average 2.1kReads8.7Score33614d adds
- 153 Emperor-Level Cultivation from the Start, I Build an Invincible Sect 开局大帝修为,我打造无敌宗门 [Invincible + summoning + training + taking disciples + no female lead + behind the scenes] Jiang Chen transmigrates into a fantasy world and takes over a sect that's completely bare. Just as he falls into deep thought, he awakens the Invincible Sect System of the Myriad Worlds. [Take on a direct disciple and receive a Legendary Treasure Chest containing one True Immortal Summoning Card. A treasure will also be awarded at random.] [Take on an inner sect disciple and receive an Epic Treasure Ches 8.1kReads8.1Score50414d adds
- 154 From the Start, I Was Given a Fifty-Fifty Chance, Then Found a Demonic Junior Brother Down the Mountain 开局赠五五开,下山捡妖孽小师弟 [Invincible power fantasy + humorous comedy + cheeky troublemaking] [Can stack to an even match + big senior brother of a minor sect + black-robed figures everywhere] When calamities descend upon the myriad worlds, when the old lands return, when the divine race looks down on all immortals... A mysterious woman from the Immortal Realm brought a young man back to the Shanhai Monastery. Xia Shuyang became its eldest disciple. In his spare time, he went down the mountain to recruit disciples on his 5.5kReads8.6Score33814d adds
- 155 One Word from Me, and a Hundred Thousand Chosen Disciples Descend the Mountain! 为师一句话,十万天命弟子出山! [Comedy + lighthearted + goofy + behind-the-scenes] Ye Xun transmigrates to a world where teachers are revered, only to be suppressed by the academy and banished to a savage wasteland. At the crucial moment, a System appears. And everything changes. While other teachers are still racking their brains to find talented disciples, Ye Xun is already swinging his ruler and beating the protagonists from every plane until they howl. While other teachers are still painstakingly guiding their disciples’ 512Reads8.5Score10114d adds
- 156 Immortal for Eternity, Healing the Cultivation World 长生不死,我在修仙界悬壶济世 A slow-burn, heartwarming story that only gets better as it goes. Gu Bai transmigrated into a cultivation world. Though his aptitude was ordinary, he gained the ability to live forever. The road to immortality was long, and Gu Bai didn’t want to provoke anyone. He only wanted to keep his head down in the cultivation world and witness its prosperity. But as he watched his friends and loved ones grow old around him, he could do nothing to help them. Gu Bai decided to cultivate the way of medicine. 7.9kReads8.7Score49914d adds
- 157 My Sect Master Is Way Too Low-Key 我的宗主太低调了 Ye Han transmigrates to another world and awakens the Sect's Sacred Spirit. He had hoped to take it easy, but his disciples mistake him for someone who keeps a low profile. So they crush the geniuses everywhere and restore the reputation of the Carefree Sect! “What? Another disciple from the Carefree Sect?” “What? Even a good-for-nothing has become a genius?” “I want to join too!” While Ye Han stares in bewilderment, geniuses from every province flock to the Purple Thorn Province, the place with 202Reads8.0Score12114d adds
- 158 One Man, One Rabbit, One Tortoise: Driving the Cultivation World Crazy 一人一兔一龟,整疯修仙界 [System + Shameless Protagonist + Top-Tier Schemer and Adorable Pets + Stirring Up Trouble + Comedy + Ruthless + No Shame + If You Don’t Like an Overpowered Protagonist, Don’t Read] A shameless protagonist, Lin Zhijie. A cheeky, adorable pet, Qin Laoliu. A rogue turtle, Guoguo. A lovesick hen, Fengfeng. A shameless dog, Lord Gou Dexing. After Lin Zhijie transmigrates to the world of immortal cultivation, he gets a crazy System. Every time he drives a villain insane, he receives lavish rewards fr 6.2kReads8.7Score75314d adds
- 159 I Am the Hidden Sect's Master 我!隐世宗门掌教 Jiang Bei Chen transmigrates to a fantasy world and unexpectedly obtains the strongest Sect Leader System, founding the Immortal Dao Sect. In the sect’s early days, he can only level it up by tricking children of fortune into joining. Every day, he has to put on the airs of a hidden master and fool the prodigiously talented disciples who admire him. Gradually, Jiang Bei Chen realizes that his little sect really has become the most powerful hidden sect of all! 3.1kReads7.9Score19814d adds
- 160 My Clan Was Besieged from the Start, Then the Supreme Ancestor Arrived! 开局家族被围攻,至尊老祖降临! Ten thousand years ago, Ye Qingtian was sealed away by eighteen Supreme Venerables acting together. He awakened a sign-in System, and after signing in for ten thousand years, Ye Qingtian broke free of his seal. He forged Supremes, strengthened his clan, ruled over the Nine Realms, and pointed his sword at the eighteen Supreme Venerables! 8.3kReads8.6Score52314d adds
- 161 Are You Crazy? The Female Emperor's Disciple Wants to Live With Me? 疯了吧?女帝徒儿要跟我同居? (Anime and short-drama adaptations are currently in talks. Please feel free to enjoy the story!) Lu Changge transmigrated to a fantasy world after an accident and even became the head of a sect. But then Lu Changge realized something: he was a leader with no followers at all. The entire sect consisted of him alone! What was he supposed to do? Just as Lu Changge was despairing, he awakened the Grandmaster System. As long as he took on disciples and made them stronger, he could grow stronger too! 1.1kReads8.6Score11214d adds
- 162 You’ve All Left the Sect. Who’s Going to Put Up with You Now? 都叛出宗门了,谁还惯着你啊 [Reborn]+ [Begging Her Younger Brother to Return]+ [Never Forgiven]+ [Regret That Tears at Her Heart]+ [Utterly Satisfying] In his previous life, Jiang Han possessed peerless talent. He should have become an unrivaled true dragon soaring through the nine heavens, enjoying eternal freedom and receiving the worship of countless worlds. Who could have known that he would be treated unfairly by his sect? His beloved junior brother falsely accused him, the senior sister he had risked his life to s 14.3kReads6.5Score1.3k14d adds
- 163 Alchemy: I'm Just a Little Better Than Everyone Else 炼丹:我比别人强亿点点 Li Yuntian is an unaffiliated cultivator with an exceptional spiritual root and extraordinary talent. After an against-the-heavens divine artifact recognizes him as its master, he makes a name for himself refining pills in the marketplace and is admitted to the outer sect of the Taixu Sect. He vies for treasures in secret realms, outshines all rivals with his alchemy, tramples the young prodigies of every sect, battles the sea folk and demons, protects his beloved, and ultimately reaches the Nas 166Reads—Score1114d adds
- 164 EN Fantasy: Winning Big—All My Disciples Have Systems 玄幻:赢麻了,我的弟子都有系统 [Taking disciples + lighthearted daily life + everyone is a sly schemer + nothing goes by the book] Lu Changzhi transmigrates and finds he can choose a new identity. As a compulsive gambler, he decisively chooses random. The result? He wins so big it’s like Qin Shi Huang touching a live wire: an absolute jackpot. His only limitation is a god-tier disciple-taking System. He never expected its first mission to be… [Detected other Hosts with Systems… Infiltrating… Modifying… Modification complete… 20.5kReads8.8Score2.3k14d adds
- 165 Nine Turns of the Star Art 九转星辰诀 The genius youth Su Yang was tricked by his fiancée, kept as a blood slave for three years, drained of his supreme bloodline, and left to die in the Demon Beast Mountains with the tendons in his hands and feet severed. But the appearance of a black stone allowed Su Yang to survive against all odds. He mastered the Sacred Art of Combat, created the Nine Revolutions Star Art, destroyed his enemies, and seized his destiny. From then on, he embarked on an invincible path of bloody battles! 20kReads8.7Score1.8k14d adds
- 166 Unbelievable! I Just Became Invincible, and You Want Me to Keep a Three-Year Promise? 逆天!刚无敌,你让我赴三年之约 [Invincible from start to finish] + [Decisive and merciless] + [Unrestrained power fantasy] Gu Yuan is reborn on the Desolate Ancient Continent. Because his cultivation is too weak, his fiancée humiliates him. Unwilling to accept it, Gu Yuan makes a three-year pact with her. After three years of bitter cultivation, his power is still feeble. Now he has to honor their three-year pact. He assumes his fiancée is going to humiliate him again. But then the Invincible Power Fantasy System arrives 12.3kReads7.2Score68914d adds
- 167 In Mount Shu, My Cultivation Is the Sum of the Entire Sect's 人在蜀山,我的修为是全门总和 After transmigrating into a fantasy world, Lu Chen becomes the impoverished leader of Shu Mountain. Fortunately, his System awakens just in time. [Ding! The strongest collective-sum System in history has been activated!] [This System can sum up the attributes of every disciple in the sect, including but not limited to cultivation, sacred physiques, comprehension, and talent…] [Host's cultivation = the combined total of all Shu Mountain disciples] [Host's current realm = Big Black Ox = Profound 1.2kReads8.7Score11514d adds
- 168 Xuanhuan: I Have a Million Systems, So I'm Invincible 玄幻:拥有百万系统的我无敌了 My name is Bai Xiaozhen, and I have a million Systems! Activate the [Automatic Sect System], and there's no need to worry about any sect business. The sect runs itself. Activate the [Automatic Cultivation System], and you'll never have to worry about cultivation again. Techniques train themselves, and your cultivation rises automatically. Activate the [Alchemy System], and you can effortlessly refine perfect-grade pills and immortal elixirs! Activate... {I'm no good at writing blurbs. Please rea 392Reads8.8Score10114d adds
- 169 My Identity as an Immortal Cultivator Was Exposed at Qin Shi Huang’s Mausoleum! 我修仙者身份被始皇陵曝光! “It’s been too long, world!” I’m a cultivator. No one in the world knows it, and no one ever could. Because I’ve kept my identity hidden. —Reads—Score49514d adds
- 170 A Ten-Thousandfold Rebate: When My Disciple Builds His Foundation, I Ascend Straight to Immortality 万倍返还:徒弟筑基我直接成仙 [Invincible + System + Funny + Easygoing + Ruthless + No Saintly Hero] Zhong Qing transmigrates into a minor peak master of one of Pingjiang Sect's seven peaks. He plans to coast through life and take it easy, but then he activates the strongest Bond System. Take in two useless disciples: Activate the Useless Duo Bond. His disciples go from dead weight to geniuses, and their cultivation is returned to the protagonist a thousandfold. Take in a catgirl and a foxgirl: Activate the Allure Bond. The 28.1kReads8.8Score4.9k14d adds
- 171 Xuanhuan: From the Start, I Can Level Up Without Limit 玄幻:开局无限升级 [System + Power Fantasy + No Romance + No Saintly Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless + If You Don’t Like It, Fight Me] Lin Xiaofan transmigrated to the Xuantian Continent and obtained a cultivation System. [You’re a martial arts prodigy. A year of training lets you advance one minor realm! Too bad I can level up instantly by spending experience points!] [You’re a peerless genius. Ten years of training lets you break through one major realm! Too bad I can break through instantly by spending expe 25.2kReads8.5Score2k14d adds
- 172 Hongmeng Supreme 2 鸿蒙至尊2 [Reborn Immortal Emperor] [Alchemy, Artifacts, Formations, and Talismans] [Multiple Heroines] [Building a Faction] [Invincible] [Spatial Powers] [Small World] When chaos first emerged, the forces of creation gave birth to eight supreme primordial divine artifacts: the Hongmeng Supreme Tower, the Chaos Pearl, the Heaven and Earth Cauldron, the Hongmeng Supreme Sword, the Luo River Diagram, the Chaos Bell, the Heaven and Earth Eight Trigrams Mirror, and the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disc. When th 747Reads8.2Score10514d adds
- 173 My Junior Brother Is Obviously Overpowered, Yet He Insists on Keeping a Low Profile 小师弟明明超强,却过分低调 (Lighthearted and invincible + no suffering in silence + multiple heroines, but no brainless harem antics + no System) Ye Chen was the junior disciple of the strongest hidden sect in the Immortal Realm. Blessed with a Myriad Laws Physique and exceptional talent, he became the Immortal Realm's “most well-connected young master.” But he was mischievous and devious, causing trouble everywhere: stealing immortal herbs, spying on female disciples as they bathed, and kidnapping people for ransom. The 17.9kReads8.6Score1.7k14d adds
- 174 A Hundred Years of Sword Training, Then I Descend the Mountain Invincible 拔剑百年,下山即无敌 Her master said, “If you want to learn the sword, first draw it.” So he spent his whole life drawing his sword. Zhou You said, “I’m going to be a real man. I absolutely won’t use my right hand.” He never imagined that mastering one move could really take him everywhere. After drawing his sword that day, he gradually began to realize... He really was pretty fast at drawing his sword. 19.7kReads8.7Score81514d adds
- 175 I Really Didn't Rely on My Disciple 我真没靠徒弟 [Raising disciples + lighthearted comedy + hot-blooded action. The protagonist isn’t instantly invincible. Some angst, so don’t read if that’s not your thing.] “What? The number one sword immortal of Da’an and the Medicine Emperor of the Southern Domain are disciples of a mere Body Tempering martial artist?” “Give me a break. Do you really think someone who could teach a sword immortal and a Medicine Emperor is only at the Body Tempering realm?” “Exactly! Do you know how the Rift-Splitting Gorge 35kReads9.1Score3.6k14d adds
- 176 My Senior Brother Lies Flat Every Day, Yet He's Ridiculously Strong 师兄整天躺平,却强的离谱 [Ensemble cast] [Plot-focused, with little emphasis on the System] Jiang Ling joins Spirit Creek Peak to pursue the Dao, only to encounter a group of decidedly abnormal cultivators. They farm, drink tea, forge iron, weave, and cook, but never cultivate. She feels like she’s been swindled, until one day she’s astonished to discover that her cultivation is advancing faster than anyone else’s. At the same time, she realizes that her senior brothers might not be as simple as she’d imagined… 3.4kReads8.6Score15214d adds
- 177 Cultivation: No Way, I Can Become Invincible by Slacking Off? 修仙:不是吧,摆烂也能无敌 [Cultivation by Slacking Off + Keeping a Low Profile + Hidden Expert + Hilarious Daily Life + Invincible] While others rely on talent, powerful backing, and lucky encounters to cultivate, Xu Chu relies on slacking off. He has nothing to do with cultivation at all. Every day, he just eats and sleeps, fishes and reads novels, or visits pleasure quarters to listen to music and drink tea. The thing is, he not only neglects his own cultivation, but also drags other cultivators along to have fun and s 10.4kReads8.7Score82914d adds
- 178 I’m This Invincible, So Why Do I Still Have to Take Disciples? 我这么无敌,为什么还要收徒 [No Female Lead + Taking Disciples] After Lin Xing failed to ascend, he unexpectedly arrived in the Great World of Xuanmu, where a System claiming to belong to the Supreme Fortune Sect bound itself to him. “Ding! Host, please recruit disciples far and wide and establish the strongest sect!” Lin Xing fell silent. Lin Xing was speechless. Lin Xing sneered. “Heavenly Dao, what the hell are you doing?” System: “Huh?” First Disciple Ye Lingfeng: A reborn soul who was betrayed in his previous life, hi 3kReads8.7Score29514d adds
- 179 Isn't It Only Natural for My Auction House to Have Countless Emperors? 我一个拍卖行有无数大帝很合理吧 [Playing It Safe + Auction House + Summoning + Fantasy] When Yang An woke up, he discovered that he'd experienced the fabled transmigration, arriving in a magnificent fantasy world. He'd even acquired an almighty Auction House System. But for some reason, this useless System seemed a little different. Who says an auction house can only be an auction house? I am the lord of the supreme auction house, the master of the Myriad Worlds Trading Company, the mastermind behind the Heavenly Court, the fo 9.1kReads8.2Score61214d adds
- 180 From the Start, I Sign In as the Invincible Ancestor of the Ye Family 开局签到,我是叶家无敌老祖 (Sign-in, behind-the-scenes, cautious cultivation, invincible, ancestor, Great Emperor) He gets a sign-in System from the start. His family is invincible, his backing is invincible, and he himself is invincible. Behind the scenes, he cultivates his family and contends for supremacy across the Myriad Worlds. Above him, four founding ancestors of t 11.7kReads7.8Score69614d adds
- 181 I Arrived in the Cultivation World from the Start, and the System Gave Me an Invincible Body 开局降临修仙界,系统赐我无敌身 [This is a lighthearted, entertaining story with both satisfying moments and everyday life. It's about a man who becomes invincible, establishes a sect, and enjoys life along the way!] After Lin Xiao transmigrates to the Tianxuan Continent, he is forced into a deep sleep by the System because he is too weak. When he wakes again, he discovers that a hundred thousand years have passed, and he has somehow become a Great Emperor, rising straight to the top of this world. The System also suddenly app 11.5kReads8.4Score68814d adds
- 182 You Said You'd Cultivate for Revenge, So Why Are You Pinning Your Master Down? 说好修行为复仇,摁住为师算什么 (Overpowered protagonist, lighthearted and funny, taking disciples, disciples disrespecting their master, many heroines, no angst) After transmigrating to a fantasy world, Lin Xiao scrapes his way up to become a Golden Core cultivator, and finally awakens the System within him. From then on, his teaching career takes off. A clan-destroying survivor who clawed her way out of the mud; a concubine-born daughter ostracized and targeted by her family; a once-adored genius who fell into mediocrity; a 17kReads8.6Score1.9k14d adds
- 183 A Mythic Take on the Hundred Schools of Thought: I’m a Novelist 神话版百家争鸣之我是小说家 This book was originally titled I Seek Immortality, Starting with Copying Books. After his death, down-on-his-luck comic artist Fang Ziping woke up in a world where a hundred schools of thought contended: Confucians could make their words reality; Painters could bring anything to life; Legalists wielded the authority of imperial decrees with every word; Monks could lift Mount Sumeru with their six-zhang golden bodies and stand firm for five hundred years! Fate Masters could decide whether someon 5kReads8.7Score38014d adds
- 184 From the Start, I Sign In for a Billion Years of Cultivation and Instantly Defeat Everyone I Meet 开局签到亿年修为,我见人就秒 [Invincible] [System] [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Saintly Savior] [Taking Disciples] Li Rufeng accidentally transmigrates to the Tianyuan Continent and activates the Invincible Sign-In System. From the start, he signs in and receives a billion years of cultivation, taking his power straight to the peak of the Great Emperor Realm! His enemy is a lowly Qi Refining cultivator? One move and they're dead. His enemy is a mighty Saint? One move and they're dead. His enemy is at the peak of the Grea 14.5kReads7.9Score88714d adds
- 185 My Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Sect Lives a Lazy Life, and I Turned the Dao Ancestor into a Goose 万年宗门做咸鱼,道祖被我变成鹅 [No System + laid-back male lead + ensemble cultivation sect + pretends to be useless but is actually a big shot + lighthearted comedy + heartwarming and healing + angst later on] Other people cultivate immortality to seek eternal life. Li Yongning cultivates only for free food and lodging. The Spirit Sword Sect is a shabby little outfit, home to a bunch of unlucky, unwanted people who have ended up together. Li Yongning is widely regarded as the most useless senior disciple in the sect. He doe 1kReads—Score20814d adds
- 186 Xuanhuan: My Sect Is a Little Too Powerful 玄幻:我的宗门亿点强 Legend has it that in one corner of the continent stands a sect called the Immortal Sect. It has mentors of unimaginable power and endless cultivation resources. Here, you get everything from a special physique to a powerful bloodline, all in one package, with godhood guaranteed! At this sect, no miracle is impossible; the only limit is your imagination! Countless powerful figures and emperors flock to join, yet all they can do is kneel obediently outside the mountain gate and wait to be summone 3.8kReads8.2Score29814d adds
- 187 From the Start, I Sign In with Immortal King Cultivation and Establish the Supreme Sect 开局签到仙王修为,建立无上宗门 Synopsis: [System + Invincible + Sect + Summoning + Sign-In + Decisive and Ruthless + the Myriad Worlds] Lu Chen transmigrated to a xuanhuan world and obtained a sign-in and summoning System. [Ding! Congratulations, Host. Sign-in successful. You have obtained a sect!] [Ding! Congratulations, Host. You received a disciple and obtained a Beginner Summoning Card. You successfully summoned two experts at the Deity Transformation Realm!] [Ding! Congratulations, Host. You received a disciple and obtai 24.7kReads8.0Score1.4k14d adds
- 188 Heaven's Secrets 天道玄机 Heavenly Secrets 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 Two-Faced Cultivation: A Dog in Public, a Ruthless Fiend in Private 双面修仙:人前老狗,人后狠人 [Longevity] + [Cautious cultivation] + [Mortal's journey] + [Transmigrated in body] + [No romance] + [Not celibate] + [Decisive and ruthless] + [No self-sacrificing saint] (Fights between any two characters will generally last no more than one chapter. This isn't a fast-paced power fantasy. Follow an ordinary man's journey to becoming the ultimate survivor. If that's not for you, don't read.) Lin Xiao transmigrates to another world for reasons unknown. Enjoy wealth and luxury? Surround himself w 19.3kReads8.4Score1.4k14d adds
- 190 From the Start, the Sect Kidnapped Me to Parade Through the Streets 开局就被宗门绑去游行 System + comedy + shameless schemer + adorable pet + adventures across myriad worlds The growth story of a scheming rascal The companionship of a scheming rascal’s adorable pet The supreme divine artifact recognizes only him as its master The Heavenly Dao is willing to be his friend Every villain trembles at the sound of his name He is Lin Kuang, Old Six Lin 4.2kReads8.1Score39914d adds
- 191 Transmigrated: My Soul Swap with the Empress 穿越之我和女帝灵魂互换 Transmigrating: My Soul Swap with the Female Emperor 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 Reborn: The Empress, Me, and Cultivation 重生之我、女帝、修炼 Reborn: Me, the Female Emperor, and Cultivation 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 The Ninth Door 第九扇门 The Ninth Door 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 The Twin Mirror Era 双镜纪元 The Twin-Mirror Era 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 I Restore Cultural Relics in the Immortal Realm 我在仙界修文物 I Restore Cultural Relics in the Immortal Realm —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 After I Transmigrated, My System Started Acting Strange 穿越后,我的系统不太对劲 An Unexpected Transmigration: After a car accident, modern young man Qin Mo transmigrates to the cultivation world of the Xuanxiao Continent and obtains the mysterious Heavenly Dao Correction System. The System promises to help him reach the pinnacle of cultivation, but its true purpose is unknown. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 A Taoist's Ghost-Hunting Chronicles 道士捉鬼录 A Daoist’s Ghost-Hunting Chronicles 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 The Poison Doctor's Red Phoenix Tribulation 毒医红鸾劫 The Poison Doctor’s Red-Luan Tribulation —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 Reborn in Guixu: I Am the Sword Keeper 重生归墟之我是饲剑人 Reborn in the Ruins: I Am the Sword Tender 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 Defying Fate, Destined for Greatness 逆命不凡 Defying Fate, Unordinary —Reads—Score—14d adds

















































