Novels like The Poor Alchemist
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- 151 The Spirit-Transforming Bowl of a Cultivation Family 修仙家族之化灵碗 Li Xuanzhen dies unexpectedly and is born into the cultivating world as a member of the Yunwu Li Family. The Yunwu Li Family has only just been established as a tiny cultivation clan, and he is the same generation as its founder. And so, the Yunwu Li Family gains a third founding ancestor. He looks at his gifted elder brother, the clan head, then at his second sister, who loves to busy herself with pointless tasks and squander her talent. Finally, he takes stock of his own ordinary aptitude. Li 27.3kReads8.1Score2.2k14d adds
- 152 Through Wind and Rain, I Found the Rising Sun 历经风雨遇骄阳 Through Storms to the Bright Sun —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 Cultivation: In the Name of the Artifact 修仙：以器为名 Transmigration ╬ Cultivation (not traditional) ╬ Power struggles ╬ Purging traitors ╬ Multiple dynasties ╬ No System ╬ Unorthodox cultivator ╬ Beggar leader ╬ Business tycoon ╬ Tomb exploration ╬ Medical authority... Ying Ye, a twenty-first-century expert in restoring cold weapons, unexpectedly transmigrates to the world of cultivation during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. He becomes a retainer of the renowned Qin general Meng Ao. While forging swords, he unexpectedly realize 1Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 154 Prove the Dao Through Ten Thousand Mines, Open a Path to Immortality Through Mining 万矿证道，矿开仙途 Prove the Dao Through Ten Thousand Mines, Open a Path to Immortality Through Mining 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 A Mortal's Cultivation of Immortality: Portable Space 凡人修仙之随身空间 An ordinary village boy stumbles upon a portable space, and from then on, Wu Fan embarks on the path of cultivation. He grows spirit herbs and medicines, makes pills, and trains inside the space. Watch as he rises step by step to become the strongest of all, unrivaled across the Three Realms. 33.6kReads8.6Score2.5k14d adds
- 156 Cultivation Clan: Bound to My Family, I Begin My Path to Immortality 修仙家族：从绑定家族开始长生 [Cultivation Family] [Management and Growth] [Farming] [King of Keeping a Low Profile] [Ensemble Cast] [Survival] [Not a Power Fantasy] [Everyday Life] A small family of Foundation Establishment cultivators gains eternal life by binding itself together as a clan. They develop in every field: formations, alchemy, puppets, talismans, farming, and more. They thought they were already good at keeping a low profile, only to discover that compared with their family, they were amateurs. And so the ulti 12.9kReads7.9Score85214d adds
- 157 A Good-for-Nothing Finds a Cracked Egg and Becomes Lord of All Beasts 废柴捡个残蛋，成为万兽之主 A good-for-nothing finds a damaged egg and becomes the lord of all beasts. 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 Spirit Vein Awakening: A Good-for-Nothing Girl’s Renegade Immortal Comeback 灵脉觉醒：废柴少女的修仙逆袭 Spiritual Vein Awakening: A Good-for-Nothing Girl's Renegade Immortal Comeback 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 Nine Refinements of the Soul, Reaching the Summit of the Immortal Path 神魂九炼，问鼎仙途 Nine Refinements of the Spirit, Ascend to the Immortal Path 8Reads—Score114d adds
- 160 After I Transmigrated Into a Book, I Became a Top-Tier Star in the Cultivation World Through the System 穿书后我靠系统卷成修真界顶流 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Became a Top-Tier Star in the Cultivation World by Grinding with the System 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 An Office Drone Transmigrates to Ancient Times and Activates the Concubine System 社畜穿越古代，激活了纳妾系统 A Burned-Out Office Worker Transmigrates to Ancient Times and Activates the Concubine-Taking System 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 Portable Space: From a Down-and-Out Boy to the Immortal Realm 随身空间：从落魄少年到踏入仙界 Portable Space: From Down-and-Out Youth to the Immortal Realm 135Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 The Wu Clan's Path to Immortality 吴氏家族成仙路 The story of an ordinary person who grows stronger step by step in the cultivation world with the help of the Ghost Valley Eight Desolations interface. (The golden finger isn’t very obvious and doesn’t come up often.) A new writer and a new book. I’m not good at writing blurbs. 2.5kReads6.4Score11614d adds
- 164 A Mortal's Immortal Fate 凡人仙缘 Main character: Li Yi. [Traditional cultivation] [Mortal's journey] [One female lead] [Spatial powers] [Farming] [Decisive and ruthless] [No System] An ordinary boy from a mountain village leaves home to pursue immortality, fighting his way into the cruel, dark world of cultivation. With his clever, decisive, and cautious nature, he cuts down his enemies without hesitation and encounters countless wondrous opportunities for immortality. After passing through Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment 35.2kReads8.3Score3.8k14d adds
- 165 Look at Me Like That Again and I'll Slap You 再看老子拍死你 [The Most Hardcore Male Lead] [邪修] [A Cunning Old Schemer] [A Little Pervert] [Making a Fortune in Silence] [Beast Taming] [Looting Corpses] [Romantic Encounters] Slapping beautiful women, romantic encounters, dual cultivation, looting corpses, and finishing off his enemies with a surprise strike. He raises a pack of ferocious beasts, birds of prey, venomous insects, and corpse puppets, and his combat prowess is off the charts. The male lead pulls off one outrageous move after another, never pla 7.8kReads—Score76514d adds
- 166 Martial Dao Pill Emperor 武道丹帝 [A ten-million-word epic of traditional fantasy, no System + one female lead + ruthless action + overpowered wish fulfillment, packed with nonstop excitement!] “You and I are worlds apart, saint and mortal. You’re nothing but a dog in the mortal realm!” On the day of his engagement, Ye Yan’s fiancée, a saintly prodigy, tore up their marriage contract in front of everyone and destroyed his father’s keepsake! Unable to bear it any longer, Ye Yan unsealed his Myriad Paths Emperor Physique! He poss 78.2kReads9.0Score7.4k14d adds
- 167 The More Prosperous My Clan Becomes, the More Terrifying My Power Gets 家族越昌盛，我的实力越恐怖 Li Chen transmigrates to the world of cultivation, determined to become an immortal. But his spiritual roots are so poor that he fails to qualify for any immortal sect. He thinks he is destined to become a rootless, wandering cultivator, but then Li Chen activates the Immortal Clan System and receives an inheritance in second-tier alchemy right from the start. To earn the System’s rewards, to achieve immortality, and to become an immortal, Li Chen has no choice but to rack his brains completin 19kReads7.7Score1.3k14d adds
- 168 A Nobody's Cultivation Journey 小人物修仙 [Mortal-focused cultivation + one female lead + no System + Azure Origin Sword Art + Demon Refining Pot + Six Paths of Reincarnation Disc + ruthless and decisive + top-tier battle of wits] Also known as Little Nobody's Cultivation Journey. The Human Realm arc is complete, so you can read with confidence. The Spirit Realm arc is currently being written. This is the story of an ordinary man from the bottom of society struggling to grow in the cultivation world. After inadvertently obtaining the Az 7.1kReads7.9Score54614d adds
- 169 Qingyun Sect Recruits Disciples: I Can See Through Talent Traits 青云宗收徒：我能看破天赋词条 Qingyun Sect Takes Disciples: I Can See Through Talent Tags 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 The Strange Incident I Encountered During My Army Service 当兵那年遇到的诡异事件 The Strange Incident I Encountered During My Military Service 91Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 Cultivation: Reborn in Another World to Build the Strongest Sect 修仙：重生异界打造最强宗门 [Mortal cultivation + no System + no cheat + relying on skill!] Young scientist Sun Yi transmigrated into the world of immortal cultivation and became a menial disciple with neither talent nor connections. But using the knowledge, experience, and courage of someone from Earth, he successfully latched onto the sect's most powerful patron. Then he set about reforming the sect and developing all kinds of new technology! [Invented a detection radar]: It can locate all kinds of rare treasures, demon 42.2kReads9.0Score3.9k14d adds
- 172 When the Fog Clears Over Qingchuan Town 雾散青川镇 The Mist Clears Over Qingchuan Town 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 I Became an Immortal Venerable Through the System After Transmigrating as a Good-for-Nothing 穿成废柴后我靠系统成了仙尊 After Becoming a Good-for-Nothing, I Became an Immortal Venerable with the System 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 I Transmigrated to the Cultivation World: Rising to the Top by Selling Fish 穿越修仙界：从卖鱼开始崛起 [Mortal cultivation, no System, rise from the bottom] After transmigrating, Ye Yu is kicked out of his family from the start. He has no choice but to scrape by as a fishmonger, until he offends a sect's holy maiden at the Yihong Brothel and has to flee to another city. In his new cultivation city, Ye Yu first buys two maids to calm his nerves, then invents a seal-based talisman-making technique, opening the floodgates to wealth. To keep growing stronger, Ye Yu builds airplanes and cannons. He’s 10.2kReads8.6Score80114d adds
- 175 Cultivation Survival for the Nation's Fortune: I Can See Hidden Hints 国运修仙求生：我能看见隐藏提示 [National Fortune Survival + Livestreaming + Immortal Cultivation + God-Tier Hints] Blue Star’s resources are running dry, and the National Fortune Game has arrived! Two people from each country are randomly selected to enter the Cave Realm and cultivate immortality. If a contestant dies, their country’s national fortune will be deducted and a natural disaster will follow. Resources obtained by contestants in the Cave Realm have a chance of being returned to their countries with a critical bonus 53.7kReads7.8Score5.2k14d adds
- 176 Honghuang: Wholesale Immortal Pills, but You Didn’t Mention the Side Effects 洪荒：仙丹批发商，副作用你不说 After transmigrating into the primordial world, he unexpectedly becomes the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir refined by Taiqing, coveted by every living creature in the land! Fortunately, he becomes Taiqing's disciple and awakens the Good Deeds System. Every elixir he makes becomes ten times more potent. Giving one to someone else earns him a random reward, but could also trigger a random side effect? Xuandu eats an elixir and turns into a little girl? Winged Immortal eats one, his wings grow ten times l 13.6kReads8.9Score1.3k14d adds
- 177 Tenant Farmer of the Immortal Sect 仙门佃农 [Mortal cultivation] + [Farming] + [One female lead or no female lead] Mu Jiuxiao, a tenant farmer in an immortal sect, unexpectedly awakens the wisdom of his past life. At the same time, he awakens his own talent: diligence can make up for a lack of aptitude! After ten years of cultivation, his cultivation talent increases by one! After cultivating the Everlasting Spring Art for ten years, his cultivation speed with the art increases by 200 percent! After growing Golden Spirit Rice for a hundre 12.5kReads8.3Score1.2k14d adds
- 178 Chronicles of the Primordial Chaos: Mystic Dust 洪荒玄尘录 Chronicles of Primordial Dust 22Reads—Score314d adds
- 179 Taking an Empress as My Disciple from the Start (Sequel) 开局收徒是女帝(续) Taking an Empress as My Disciple from the Start (Continuation) 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 EN Heavenly Domain Alchemy Sovereign 天域丹尊 A legendary Pill Emperor returns to the age of fifteen. In this life, he will not only make up for every regret from his previous life, but also attain the supreme heights of martial arts! Comparing cultivation techniques? Every one of my underlings has a divine-grade technique. Comparing pills? I use my top-grade pills to feed the dogs. Geniuses? Every genius who crosses my path is doomed to be crushed! Those who follow me will prosper; those who oppose me will die! 28.1kReads8.6Score1.5k14d adds
- 181 I Scrape By and Live Forever in the Cultivation World 我在修仙界苟且长生 Transmigration + Mortal Cultivator + Laying Low + Cautious and Steady + Decisive and Ruthless + No Saintly Heroics After transmigrating, Lin Changsheng discovers that he has arrived in a world of cultivation. With the complete memories and inheritance of a great cultivator who has formed a core, plus the talent [Heaven Rewards Diligence], Lin Changsheng lays out a long-term plan to keep a low profile and live forever. He treats others kindly in the cultivation world, making talismans and practic 22.7kReads8.1Score1.3k14d adds
- 182 Taking My Sister-in-Law on the Path to Immortality 带嫂子修仙记 The rating has just been posted and will rise later. A mortal's journey, with steady growth. Sun Dongliang and his sister-in-law were sold together and sent deep into the mountains to toil. They were destined to be buried there for the rest of their lives. But he had a mysterious treasure bottle. It could automatically detect and capture spirit beasts! It could remove impurities and turn junk into treasure! His low-grade cultivation techniques could be directly enhanced into high-grade technique 26.7kReads8.5Score2k14d adds
- 183 Big Brother Goes to Cultivate Immortality, Little Brother Comes to Farm 哥去修仙，种田弟来 [No System] [No Items] [Farming] [Management] [Science + Metaphysics] After transmigrating to the cultivation world, with no System and no wise old mentor, he has to flee for his life from the start... While others are still fighting to the death over half a tattered manual or killing for a few cultivation supplies, Chen Fei glances at the data from the Spirit Realm: 80,000+ Yellow-tier techniques collected, 5,000+ Black-tier techniques, Earth-tier... The traditional path to immortality: Kill → 6.2kReads7.5Score40414d adds
- 184 Eternal Night: The Twelfth Era 永夜：第十二纪 [No System, no characters suddenly getting stupid, no mindless plot, not a wish-fulfillment novel, slow burn, strategic plotting, an immensely expansive world] [Ancient Xia] [Yin Shang] [Heavenly Zhou] [Divine Han] [Immortal Qin] [Sacred Tang] [Daoist Song] [Demonic Yuan] [Imperial Ming] [Demon Qing]... Fortune-backed dynasties + a struggle for supremacy across the myriad heavens + spatial arts + alchemy + artifact forging + Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Violet Palace, Golden Core, Nasc 1.5kReads—Score—14d adds
- 185 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Purple Mansion's Immortal Destiny 凡人修仙：紫府仙缘 (A slow-paced mortal’s tale. No mindless decisions, no characters getting dumber, no System. The protagonist is decisive and there’s a little violence. This is not a power fantasy, so read at your own risk.) The protagonist unexpectedly acquires an immortal estate and from then on embarks on the path of farming and cultivating immortality. I have a few acres of good farmland, and I watch the world change with a smile. I farm a little, refine some pills, and avoid all that environmentally unfrien 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 186 State of Mind! 心境！ (Eloquent writing + xuanhuan fantasy + suspense + supernatural + spiritual cultivation + ordinary-person progression + no System + no clichés + no invincibility + no mindless characters) Wu Jing, a young herb gatherer from Qingshi Town, falls off a cliff and attains sudden insight, glimpsing the secret of a century-long lifespan! But the road to longevity is filled with deadly dangers. The stunning heiress he treats has an ancient heart demon sealed inside her; the Daoist temple he joins conceal 137Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 Nine Refinements of the Divine Soul: The Immortal Realm Arc 神魂九炼，仙域篇 Nine Refinements of the Divine Soul: Immortal Realm Arc 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 My Mind Is Doing Great 我的精神棒棒哒 [Volume One: Myriad Worlds]: Ever since the day the world began to change, Ye Changsheng, once an ordinary high school student, has embarked on a joyful journey, traveling through all kinds of worlds and living it up. [Volume Two: Cultivation]: After the battle against the Kunlun evil seed, everyone forgot the boy named Ye Changsheng. Only Sheng, a humble sesame-cake seller, gradually awakens in the vast cultivation world. An extraordinary Void Spirit Root, supreme aptitude. The Lingxuan Sect, t 21Reads—Score214d adds
- 189 Marry a Dao Companion and Cultivate the Truth: Faithful to the Great Dao and to You 既娶道侣又修真，不负大道不负卿 After transmigrating to the cultivation world and becoming a low-level rogue cultivator, the protagonist finds that his predecessor was attacked and lay unconscious for three months. Having taken over someone else's body, he is about to be kicked out of the market because he can't renew his lease when the Cultivation Arts System appears! Whatever you know, I know. Whatever you don't know, well, I know that too. In short, I know everything. From then on, the protagonist begins his rise to success 9.1kReads7.8Score46714d adds
- 190 The Source of Spiritual Energy: The Moon Spirit Legacy 灵气之源，月灵传承 Source of Spiritual Energy: The Moon Spirit Legacy 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 Record of Ascending to Immortality 凡人飞升录 [Classic mortal cultivation | No System | Ruthless and decisive | Master of dirty tricks | Scheming] [Alchemy, artifact crafting, body cultivation, formations, beast taming] [Traditional cultivation realms] This is the story of a master of dirty tricks coming into his own. His arrival will eventually become a mudslide sweeping through the Three Realms. After experiencing the joys of sabotaging others, one demonic cultivator has an epiphany. As a heart-stealing arsonist, he always has fairies sec 63.2kReads8.7Score5.6k14d adds
- 192 After My Golden Core Was Stolen, I Awakened the Spiritual Root of Heaven and Earth 被夺了金丹后，我激活了天地灵根 Sequel: Bad News! My Dad Married Into Another Family, and I Became a Carefree Rogue Cultivator [Survivalist Cultivation + Not a Power Fantasy + Daily Life + Farming + No Female Lead + Ruthless + Old Schemer + System + Dark + Lone Wolf + Rogue Cultivator] Chen Si had a single Wood Spiritual Root, and his master, Daoist Changsheng, poured everything into cultivating him as a supreme elixir. On the day Chen Si formed his Golden Core, his master took it for himself. After escaping with a Void-Evasio 18.2kReads8.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 193 Immortal Destiny: Entering the Dao Through the Furnace 仙缘，以炉入道 [Cold and Ruthless] + [Intelligence] + [Emotional Intelligence] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Beautiful Prose] + [Astonishing] + [No Clear-Cut Good or Evil] A good book deserves to be savored. This is a gradual, slow-burning story. First appreciate the prose, then absorb the atmosphere, feel the emotions, and grasp the wisdom. Only then will the story truly begin to shine. He arrives riding a seven-colored auspicious cloud, and you may think you have glimpsed the beginning of the plot. The initial charac 762Reads9.2Score10614d adds
- 194 The Witch Initiated Me from the Start, So I Applied to Become Her Cultivation Cauldron 开局被魔女开光，我申请成为炉鼎 A new work is here! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 11.4kReads8.8Score1.2k14d adds
- 195 Fishing Across the Heavens: I Caught the Supreme Being of All Worlds 诸天垂钓：我钓出了万界至尊 Fishing Across the Heavens: I Caught the Supreme Sovereign of All Worlds 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 Xuanhuan: I Have a Sacred Body, and from the Start I Marry a Born Dao Embryo 玄幻：我圣体，开局迎娶先天道胎 Lu Yuan transmigrates into a fantasy world and becomes a collateral clansman of the Lu family, a top clan in the Eastern Wilderness. Though his birth isn't lowly, the tragedy is that he possesses the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body. In this Age of the End of Dharma, this constitution makes cultivation impossible. It's practically no different from a crippled body, a hellish start from the very beginning. Just as Lu Yuan thinks he'll spend his life in obscurity, the family elders suddenly arrange a 53.2kReads8.7Score4.6k14d adds
- 197 Cultivating Immortality Without a Golden Finger 没有金手指的修仙日子 Li Ling was a modern-day homebody. After she died, she took over another person's body and was reborn in a world of cultivation. Watch her keep her feet on the ground and work hard, step by step, to cultivate immortality. 804Reads8.9Score12114d adds
- 198 Cultivation: Laying Low in the Herb Garden, Growing Crops and Seeking Immortality 修仙：苟在药园种田求长生 [Leisurely cultivation] + [keeping a low profile] + [no System] + [lighthearted and humorous] Master said: “For twenty years, you've been upholding justice to raise the prestige of our Qingyun sect and win people's hearts... You can't keep helping old folks find their sheep. Go do something proper, like slay demons and exorcise evil!” Jiang Yining: “Master, I'm not up to it. I need to hurry back and forth to tend the medicinal garden...” Junior brother said: “Eldest Senior Brother, let's go down 7.9kReads8.9Score53714d adds
- 199 Rise of the Wang Clan: Starting with a Portable Farm 我在修仙世界开农场 Wang Hao, an illegitimate son of the small Wang family, was a despised Five-Spirit-Root cultivator whose miserable life seemed set in stone from the moment he was born. But everything changed with the arrival of another soul. See how Wang Hao uses modern knowledge to make waves in the world of cultivation! 5.2kReads8.3Score38114d adds
- 200 EN The Mortal's Cultivation Journey: Ancestor of Talismans 凡人修仙之符祖 [Mortal's journey, no System.] Xu Changshou, a young cowherd, is brought into the world of cultivation after saving an errand disciple of the Green Immortal Sect. He later awakens a bloodline jade talisman and obtains a legacy in the Dao of Talismans. Starting with the art of drawing talismans, he steps onto the path of cultivation, ascends to immortality, slays demons, attains eternal life, questions the heavens, creates the Great Dao of Talismans, and achieves the rank of Talisman Ancestor. 219.4kReads8.8Score16.2k14d adds
