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- 1 Building the Supreme Sect: Everyone in It Is a Big Shot from the Myriad Heavens 打造无上宗门宗门里全是诸天大佬 [Invincible + System + Building a Faction + Vast Worldbuilding + Ensemble Cast + No Female Lead + No Romance + No Couple + Straight to the Action + No Goody-Two-Shoes] All my disciples are overlords of the myriad heavens! The Era Sect rules the myriad heavens? “What? This sect accepts everyone?” “Cultivating immortality? Demons? Monsters? Buddhahood...” “It's the Era Sect! Opportunities are everywhere!” “Anything and everything can cultivate the Dao...” The transmigrator Su Xuan founded the Era 727Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 I’d Just Transmigrated, and Already Inherited the Sect Leader’s Position 刚穿越，就继承了宗主之位 On the True Immortal Continent, martial artists reign supreme. Qin Ye accidentally transmigrated to another world and became the leader of a small sect on the verge of decline. After obtaining the Strongest System, he began by taking in his first disciple and set out to build the mightiest sect in the Myriad Worlds. 17.4kReads7.3Score1.3k14d adds
- 3 Nascent Soul Peak Master From the Start, Taking in a Disciple With a Heavenly Spirit Root 开局元婴峰主，收徒天灵根 [Beyond Ordinary Immortal Cultivation + Peerless Prodigies + System + Master and Disciple + No Romance] The master of Taihua Sect’s seventh peak, Miaomiao Peak, is taking on disciples! With his prodigious talent, Zhou Qingchen inherits the position of seventh peak master and opens the mountain to take in disciples, only for a System to arrive! [Congratulations, Host! You have successfully taken on a disciple with a Heavenly Spirit Root. Reward: one supreme immortal scripture!] [Congratulatio 1.9kReads8.6Score11314d adds
- 4 I'm Already a Great Emperor, Yet the System Wants Me to Take Disciples 我都大帝了，系统竟然让我收徒 [Invincible] + [Master of Schemes] + [Hidden-Cultivation Style] + [Comedy] + [Lighthearted] Invincible from the start, Gu Changge transmigrates into a fantasy world and binds himself to a sign-in System, earning cultivation rewards and all kinds of peerless treasures every day. While others are risking their lives to break through to the next realm, he has already reached the pinnacle of the Great Dao and become a reclusive emperor whose strength even he can’t fathom. He had planned to lie fla 117.7kReads8.4Score54.4k14d adds
- 5 Recruiting Disciples to Dominate the Myriad Worlds and Make My Mark 收徒霸诸天万界展雄风 On October 1, 2024, Xu Yaning was enjoying the National Day holiday on Earth when he was unexpectedly swept into a mysterious world: the Qianyuan Continent, two million years after Nüwa created humanity, and the first-tier cultivation kingdom of the Laixi Dynasty. This vast and wondrous continent is steeped in the ways of cultivation. Powerful cultivators can command the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and perform miraculous spells. Mysterious ruins hold countless treasures and secrets, wh 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Invincible Cultivation from the Start: I Summon Four Great Emperors as Bodyguards 开局无敌修为，召唤四名大帝护卫 [Invincible from the Start + Building a Faction + Taking Disciples + Satisfying Power Fantasy + Summoning + Ruling the Myriad Worlds + Partly Behind the Scenes + No Female Lead] Lin Dong upgrades his System to version 2.0 from the start, gains invincible cultivation, and becomes the master of the Carefree Sect. He takes in a disciple with a Chaos Sword Physique and summons four sect guardians at the Great Emperor realm. The sect has every facility and limitless resources. From then on, he domina 18.9kReads8.4Score1.5k14d adds
- 7 From the Start, I Signed In for a Golden Dharma Body and Refused to Be a Puppet Emperor 开局签到法相金身，不做傀儡皇帝 [No Female Lead] [Fantasy] [Emperor] [Invincible] [Sign-In] [System] [Dynastic Power Struggle] The day I transmigrated into a fantasy world, I was appointed crown prince. I planned to spend decades indulging in wine and women, then take the throne after my old man kicked the bucket. But before I could enjoy even a single day of life as a second-generation heir, my emperor father passed away, and Li Yun somehow ended up wearing the imperial robes. I thought the next step would be to straighten my 18.2kReads8.2Score99114d adds
- 8 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
- 9 EN Building the Qingyun Immortal Sect, With an Emperor Ancestor Arriving from the Start 打造青云仙宗，开局大帝老祖降临 [Invincible Lead] [Sect] [Taking Disciples] [Nonstop Thrills] [Summoning] [No Female Lead] [No Hesitation, Straight to Action] No one helps me reach for the skies, so I'll climb the mountain myself and build an Emperor Sect! This book is also known as: "Every member of my sect, inside and out, is a Great Emperor. How will you deal with that?" "The road to immortality is hard to climb? What's with all those Immortal Emperors from Qingyun?" What! How did you know that even the dogs guarding the ga 25.1kReads9.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 10 EN There's a Cultivation Sect in the Village 村里有个修仙宗门 [Cultivation] + [farming] + [sect building] + [System] Original title: A Cultivation Sect in the Village Years later, Xiushui Village has gone from an isolated, impoverished little village to Xiushui City, a renowned metropolis on the Shifang Continent. It all began because this was where Lingxian Sect, the number one sect on the Shifang Continent, rose to prominence. This is the story of a group of country youths, their families, and their friends building a sect together and growing together. 17.7kReads9.0Score1.2k14d adds
- 11 Divinity: The Awakening of the Military Soul, Mythology Is Bound to Descend 神祇：军魂觉醒，神话终将降临 In a world of deities, transcend dimensions and become a god! The Yellow Springs Road of the Forgotten River, the Flowers of the Other Shore, and the Bridge of Helplessness. With a three-spirit altar of heroic spirits, undead, and gods and demons, rebuild Fengdu’s ghost realm, forge the supreme netherworld, and roam the Myriad Worlds! 29kReads9.0Score2.3k14d adds
- 12 Sign-In from the Start for Half-Saint Cultivation, Summoning Two Great Gods and Demons 开局签到半圣修为，召唤两大神魔 He transmigrates to a fantasy world and becomes the weakest prince of the dynasty. Xuan Ming plans to give up the fight for the throne and live out his days as a carefree prince. But the late emperor needs to fake his death for a while as he practices a forbidden divine-demon technique. To make it easier to reclaim the throne, he deliberately passes it to the weakest son. The news shocks the court, setting the dynasty in turmoil as undercurrents stir across the land. Just then, the Myriad Realms 48.8kReads8.9Score3.5k14d adds
- 13 Unbelievable! Vengeful Ghosts Have Arrived, So Where Did You Get a Billion Hell Coins? 离谱！猛鬼降临，你哪来十亿冥币 (Supernatural horror + unconventional hoarding + the apocalypse arrives + underworld tycoon) The supernatural descends upon the world. How could you lose after burning ten trillion in ghost money? Burn a thousand yuan in ghost money, and you can get a foot massage at a haunted bathhouse. Burn ten thousand, and you can book out a haunted bar. Burn a hundred thousand, and you can buy a luxury car at a haunted train station. … Haunted car salesman: “Boss, the ten Netherworld sports cars custom-mad 13.8kReads8.8Score1.5k14d adds
- 14 From the Start, I Created the Lord of the Weird 我开局缔造了诡异之主 The uncanny descends, and alien horrors invade! This is a mad age, overrun by the uncanny and the mysterious. Unknown mists, scarecrows, birds of ill omen, flesh-eating wedding gowns... One bizarre, unknowable event after another unfolds. Humanity cannot fight back and can only struggle to survive! Then an ancient secret society slowly emerges from the shadows. Mysterious superhumans? Saviors? Beacons of light in the darkness? No! It is all because Shen Li created the most powerful and uncan 4.9kReads9.3Score45314d adds
- 15 The Strongest Golden Finger: Nurturing a Trillion Immortal Emperors Every Day 最强金手指，每天蕴育万亿仙帝 [Tyrant + endless troops + conquest + countless beauties + ultimate thrills] Qin Zheng transmigrates into a fantasy world and becomes the emperor of Great Qin. He obtains a reincarnation pool for attribute-based troops, which can nurture a million soldiers every day with attributes such as destruction, time, space, curses, souls, and light and shadow! [Destruction-attribute troops are like walking bolts of divine destruction. Wherever they pass, the heavens collapse and the earth is shattered!] 30.6kReads9.0Score2.4k14d adds
- 16 From the Start, My Dad Wanted Me to Raise an Army and Rebel 开局我爹要我起兵造反 [System + invincible + dynastic conquest + the Myriad Worlds + summoning] Li Luo transmigrated to another world and became the heir to the Northern Liang throne. Just as the Three Kings rebelled, plunging the realm into chaos. The Prince of Northern Liang: “Son, when are you going to raise an army and rebel?!” “Father, I’ll lead 300,000 Northern Liang soldiers right away and win you an empire...” Li Luo: “...” “Ding! Myriad Worlds Summoning System fully loaded...” Li Luo: “Father, what were you 38.3kReads9.0Score2.7k14d adds
- 17 I’m the Lord of the Heavenly Dao Hall! All My Disciples Are Traitorous Apprentices 我，天道殿主！弟子全是冲师逆徒 [Overpowered wish fulfillment, lighthearted and funny, taking disciples, no angst, disciples who turn on their master, lots of them] [Adaptation of the short drama of the same name now available] After Chen Daoxuan transmigrates, he obtains a System that makes him invincible as long as he takes disciples. Whether they are Immortal Emperors or supreme saints of the heavens, they are like ants before him. None can escape his one-stop service of instant annihilation, spiritual deliverance, and havi 38.8kReads9.1Score4.2k14d adds
- 18 I Told You to Comprehend the Dao, Not Carry the Great Dao Into the Sky 让你悟道，没让你扛着大道起飞啊 [The new book by Laofu, "After the System Ran Away, My Junior Brother Robs People Every Day!", is out! It has a similarly large cast and is lighthearted and hilarious!] Lin Yu transmigrates to the Great Luo World and awakens the Tree of the Great Dao, which can distill the dazzling pasts of all things and living beings to forge Dao Fruits! With one glance at the basic cultivation manual, "Qi Circulation Art," he distills the dazzling past of its founder, the Venerable Three Treasures, who create 29.2kReads9.2Score2.9k14d adds
- 19 The Weakest Summons? A Demon Contract Maxes Out My Talent from the Start 召唤最弱？开局恶魔契约天赋拉满 [Infinite Flow] + [power fantasy] + [lighthearted] + [comedy] (No female lead) (Dungeon-focused plot) He chooses the bottom-tier Summoner class, only to awaken a demonic contract enhancement rune that lets him trade his maximum HP for summoned creature talents. “Summoners are weak? I’ll max out my talents. So, how will you deal with that?” 92.5kReads9.0Score6.7k14d adds
- 20 The Nation-Protecting Prince Consort 镇国驸马爷 [System + political intrigue + mind games! The story only gets better as it goes] Ji Ping’an, a die-hard Three Kingdoms Kill player, passes out while gaming. When he wakes up, he’s transmigrated to the Dayu Dynasty and, by some fluke, become its biggest doormat of a son-in-law: the princess’s husband. He also activates a Three Kingdoms Heroic Spirit System. With enough gold, he can summon any general, strategist, warlord, or beauty from the Three Kingdoms. From then on, Ji Ping’an sets out to ge 68.4kReads8.9Score5.1k14d adds
- 21 Become a Wild God from the Start? I Prove Myself a True God Through Worship! 开局成野神？我靠香火证道真神！ [No Female Lead + Slow-Burn] After an accident, Song Xuanqing transmigrated to a strange world where immortals no longer existed and gods and Buddhas had vanished. In this world, monsters and evil spirits ran rampant, ghosts devoured people, wicked arts flourished across the land, and immortal mountains, gods, and Buddhas were nowhere to be found. Demons wreaked havoc, ghosts caused chaos, and heretical practitioners used evil arts to eat people and refine pills. Ordinary folk lived in constan 112.3kReads9.1Score9.3k14d adds
- 22 EN My Family Is So Ridiculously Powerful, My System Broke 背景有亿亿亿亿亿点大，系统崩了 A System that makes you invincible from the start? Chen Mu asked, “What can you do?” System: [Complete missions to earn massive rewards: cultivation techniques, money, divine weapons… Everything you need to make the Host invincible!] Cultivation techniques? My uncle is the foremost creator of them. A few casual strokes from him are enough to produce the finest technique in the world! Money? My older sister’s trading company does business throughout the entire Great Azure World. It’s richer than 48.1kReads9.1Score5.1k14d adds
- 23 EN I Only Wanted to Destroy My Sect, So How Did I Defy Heaven and Become a God? 我只想毁灭宗门，咋逆天成神了 Reborn into the number one sect under heaven: it should have been a perfect start. But Chu Xinghe discovered that his cultivation path was a little unusual. Could he become invincible under heaven just by destroying his own sect? Building the number one sect under heaven wasn’t easy, but surely destroying it wouldn’t be hard? Chu Xinghe soon discovered that it really wasn’t easy. He racked his brains trying to bring down his own sect, but why did every attempt only make it stronger? Countless ye 79.1kReads9.3Score5.6k14d adds
- 24 I've Been AFK for a Trillion Years, and I'm Richer Than the Heavenly Dao 挂机万亿年，我比天道还有钱 [Invincible + Building a Faction + Laid-Back + Nurturing] After idling for a trillion years, I built the strongest family! World Will: Dad Ye, I want to reinforce the world's barrier. Could you give me some pocket money? I'll rub your feet. Will of Heaven: Big Boss Ye, someone's been secretly siphoning the world's essence lately. Could you lend me some money? Whenever people mention Ye Suifeng, one word comes to mind. Filthy rich beyond all reason! 49.1kReads9.3Score4.2k14d adds
- 25 I Raise My Employees' Salaries, and You Say I'm Disrupting the Market! 提升员工工资，你说我扰乱市场！ [The short drama is now online: I raised my employees' wages, and you say I'm disrupting the market] [Business growth, globalization, cross-industry expansion, coming-of-age story] How do you rate the youngest person ever to become the world's richest man on the Forbes list? Economic Times: “The whole world is working for Song Jiang!” Peace Master: “Thank you, Song Jiang, for your contributions to peace. The world has never been more peaceful!” America: “Damn it! China is so despicable! He's usi 52.2kReads9.1Score3.7k14d adds
- 26 EN Can’t This Entire Sect Scrounge Up a Single Decent Person? 全宗上下，拼不出一个好人？ [System + invincible + the Myriad Worlds + fiercely protective + sect fiercely protective + decisive and ruthless + master schemer] Chu Luo, a disciple of the Forbidden Sect, has maxed out his comprehension and mastered a whole arsenal of forbidden techniques. But an accident leads him into the sect’s forbidden grounds. Just as he is about to be expelled for breaking the rules, his master, who has been in seclusion for ages, breaks through to the Great Emperor realm and emerges in time! Master: 146.7kReads9.2Score14.4k14d adds
- 27 EN Starting as the Peak Master: Signing In for an Ultimate Emperor Armament! 开局成为首座，签到极道帝兵！ [Lighthearted daily life + invincible + Backer Sect + call for reinforcements when unable to win + schemer + no martial ethics + longevity] Because he had died once before, Hua Yunfei always put staying alive first. He had hidden away on Daoyuan Peak for a hundred years, performing sign-in for a hundred years. [Beep, congratulations to the Host on completing one hundred years of sign-in and obtaining the Ultimate Emperor Weapon: the Chaos Bell] The Dark Blood Era arrived, plunging Heaven an 136.9kReads9.2Score7.8k14d adds
- 28 Turning the World Upside Down: Playing the Villain from the Start 颠覆全球：开局扮演反派大佬 Shen Yan transmigrates to a parallel world. As soon as he arrives, he falls into a strange dimension. Everyone who falls in here is slaughtered by alien creatures, dying in despair! Luckily, at this moment, Shen Yan obtains the Super Big Shot Role-Playing System. “Ding! Randomly drawing a big shot template. Big Shot Role-Playing Mode activated. The closer you are to the character, the more abilities you can unlock.” Make people believe the character is real, and you’ll earn Subversion Points. Th 22.1kReads9.4Score2.2k14d adds
- 29 EN In the Cultivation World, I Can Go 50-50 with Anyone 人在修仙世界，和谁都能五五开 In Li Zhoujun's fortieth year after transmigrating to become the mountain lord of an immortal sect, he finally obtained a System that let him match anyone fifty-fifty. Are you a ten-thousand-year-old monster who has spent ages hidden from the world? I'm your equal. Are you an unparalleled Immortal Emperor of peerless elegance? I'm your equal. Are you a demonic fiend whose very name strikes terror into people's hearts? I'm your equal. 64.7kReads9.1Score5.5k14d adds
- 30 I Told You to Cultivate Immortality, Not Wreak Havoc in the Cultivation World! 让你修仙，没让你祸害修仙界啊！ [Comedy][Sneaky Schemer][Lighthearted][Absurd][Gets Better the Further You Read] [This book focuses on comedy and fun. The pace is somewhat slow, so please do not read it if that bothers you.] Year 17,863 of the Cultivation Calendar When Emperor Qin Yu became an immortal and ascended, powerful figures from every realm came to see him off. Firecrackers exploded, and everyone had tears in their eyes as they murmured their farewells. Sect Elder: “He's leaving. This scourge is finally leaving. We ca 173.7kReads9.1Score24.1k14d adds
- 31 A Short-Lived Forbidden Spell Caster? I Have an Undying Body 禁咒师短命？我拥有不死之身 Ye Lin transmigrates to a world overrun by demons and monsters, where he gains an immortal body. Because changing jobs in this world costs a fortune, he exploits a bug and sells his own organs to scrape together enough money to take part in the job-change ceremony. On the day of the ceremony, he becomes an SSS-rank Forbidden Spellcaster, but everyone around him mocks him. That's because SSS-rank Forbidden Spellcasters have to sacrifice their lifespan or their flesh to cast spells, so they're usu 197kReads8.8Score7.4k14d adds
- 32 EN The Monsters I Created! 我创造的怪物！ [Behind the Scenes + Ensemble Cast + Cosmic Horror + No System + No Romance] Also known as: Dark Revelation Gods and demons, dragons, and the apocalypse were once fairy tales. The mysteries of this world have faded from sight, yet someone has brought those long-lost things back into the public eye. And every clue, every lead, points to a man named Chen Ye. “Friends, would you cast off this flesh and join us in embracing evolution?” Extended blurb: Sequence 001: The Mimic Sequence 002: The Deep O 64.6kReads9.2Score5.9k14d adds
- 33 The Useless Disciple of the Hehuan Sect 合欢宗废材 [Absurd comedy + traditional fantasy + multiple heroines + espionage + battles of wits] Ye Huan is a disciple so disappointing that even the Hehuan Sect wants nothing to do with him. By chance, he obtains an inheritance, and from then on becomes a man who can hold up the heavens. One way for men to survive in the Hehuan Sect is to become spies. As it happens, Ye Huan is an espionage enthusiast, and with his exceptional powers of logical deduction, he matches wits with all sides on the covert fro 1.7kReads7.2Score16714d adds
- 34 EN Fantasy: Starting Blind, I Cultivate with an Erhu 玄幻：开局瞎子，从拉二胡开始 (The short drama is now streaming: Fantasy: Beginning with Two Springs Reflect the Moon) [Spending Life + Grinding and Lying Low] "Once a song breaks the heart, where in all the world can one find a kindred soul?" From the start, he transmigrated as a blind man and became a street musician. [Two Springs Reflect the Moon: LV2 (1/10000) Effect: Unblocks qi and blood, opens the meridians, dispels dampness, and warms the body] He is a blind street musician who wipes out an entire gang for 141.6kReads9.6Score14.7k14d adds
- 35 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.7kReads9.6Score22.6k14d adds
- 36 EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 515.8kReads9.7Score69.9k14d adds
- 37 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds
