Novels like Nine Chapters on the Immortal Path
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- 51 Reborn as a Good-for-Nothing: I Was an Immortal Venerable Who Survived Tribulation in My Past Life 重生废柴：我乃前世渡劫仙尊 The story follows the cultivation journey of the ordinary young Han Li. Born into humble circumstances, he enters the Seven Mysteries Sect through sheer perseverance, only to keep uncovering a forgotten past as he cultivates. It turns out he is the reincarnation of Venerable Han, who once ranged across the heavens. He fell while resisting the extraterrestrial Spirit Devourers, and a fragment of his soul was entrusted to a jade pendant before he was reborn. The Evergreen Technique conceals a mys 55Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 I Didn't Steal It, the Divine Eye Learned It on Its Own 我真没偷，是神眼自己学的 [Ruthless and decisive + calculating + transmigration + no System] After transmigrating to the cultivation world, Duan Xuan stood in a lightless mine, staring blankly at the pickaxe in his hands. “Wasn’t this supposed to come with great benefits and high pay? “Why was I knocked out as soon as I boarded the airship, only to wake up as a mine slave of the Tianruo Sect?” The leader of the righteous path was even more corrupt than the demonic path! His dantian was sealed, he was poisoned with blood 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Cultivation Begins as a Mortal 修仙从凡人开始 Reborn in another world’s cultivation realm, he is unexpectedly swept into a shocking conspiracy. Armed with an undying spirit pearl and wielding primordial true fire, he endures while hunted, then erupts when the time comes for revenge. If I become an immortal, all demons will be destroyed. If I become a demon, I’ll sweep through the heavens and worlds! I walk beneath the dome of heaven, never forsaking the path to immortality. I roam across the earth, yearning for eternal life alone. 46Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 54 Dan Slave 丹奴 [Xuanhuan, traditional cultivation fantasy] If there were a cultivation technique that let you advance without a single bottleneck, from Qi Gathering to Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, and Spirit Severing, all the way to Great Golden Immortal, would it plunge the cultivation world into chaos and bloodshed? Ouyang Fei, who possesses a Wood Essence Constitution, is persecuted and forced to become an alchemy slave at Wuxia Mountain. Every day, he makes pills for others, agin 16Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 55 The Demon Dao Begins with Strange Tales 妖道从志怪笔记开始 [Mortal cultivation] + [Low-key collection of strange tales] + [Light xianxia and the uncanny] + [Myriad Worlds] + [Unorthodox arts] + [Xianhu style] The fading flame of a fox that never got the chance to repay a debt of gratitude illuminates a scholar’s path to immortality. One mysterious, uncanny tale after another becomes a guiding beacon for cultivators. World after world bears the traces of immortals. Mortal: Haunted by foxfire, practices demonic arts. Qi Refining: Tends foxfire, cultivates 49Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 56 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Snatching Senior Sister Chen from the Start 凡人：开局截胡陈师姐 [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality]+ [playing it safe]+ [living off a woman while keeping up appearances]+ [multiple heroines] What makes someone mortal, and what makes someone immortal? This is the power of divine abilities. After transmigrating to Yellow Maple Valley, Xu Changge becomes a backgroundless Qi Refining disciple. By chance, he encounters Chen Qiaoqian in the Taiyue Mountain Range just as her fellow sect members ambush her. This haughty senior sister looks aloof and icy, 47Reads—Score13514d adds
- 57 Lingyun Order 凌云令 In this world, where the changing seasons and the turning of the sun and moon are all a deception, trust is a remedy. In this age, where the gods have fallen, the immortals are foolish, and all living beings are powerless, fate is already set! The road of cultivation is long and arduous, but cultivators have never believed in a predetermined fate. If Heaven is unkind, then I’ll teach it compassion! (The early chapters focus on an ensemble cast and move at a slower pace. Not for impatient readers 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 The Cautious Blade Cultivator 苟刀修 Before him, there were no saber cultivators! Those who wielded sabers were no different from cultivators who wielded other weapons! After him, saber cultivators came into being! Not because he created the Way of the Saber! Nor because he wielded the saber to perfection! But because the saber in his hand struck terror into the hearts of countless cultivators! 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 The Righteous Path to Demon Slaying 屠魔正道 [Traditional cultivation + no System + ordinary mortal’s journey] Demon cultivators slaughtered her village, but a child on her way into the city to sell medicine escaped the massacre and embarked on the path of cultivation. After awakening her spiritual roots, she swears to use the blade in her hand to slay every demon and monster. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 One Glance at the Universe 一目乾坤 (Beast Taming, Insect Command, No Harem, No System, Decisive and Ruthless) He merged with an immortal pupil from the start and stepped onto the path of immortality. He can see through all things, leaving nowhere for treasures to hide. He can shift places and reverse the flow of time. Most of all, he possesses the supreme art of beast taming, commanding countless creatures as he sweeps across the immortal realm. Is he merely a mutant spirit root? No. His mutant spirit root can evolve, too. He is 1.7kReads8.7Score17314d adds
- 61 The Process of a Lifetime 一辈子的过程 A Lifetime's Journey —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Mortal Bones, Renegade Immortal: The Supreme Journey 凡骨仙逆，无上征途 Cultivation, power fantasy Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, Divided Spirit, Human Immortal, Earth Immortal, Golden Immortal, Great Golden Immortal, Immortal King, Immortal Emperor. A boat must row against the current; even a mortal body can become immortal. Ride the wind and break through the waves, rising straight to the Immortal Court. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Chronicles of the Cultivation World: Frosty Dawn Moon 修真风云录之霜晨月 There are countless paths, each with its own peaks. The stars are beyond number, and no single star can shine alone, yet a few always stand out as the brightest. This book tells the story of a second-generation scion of a cultivation clan, born without a spiritual root, who pursues immortality. How can he overcome the limits of his spiritual root to absorb and refine spiritual energy? How can he find another path to establish his foundation, climb step by step to the summit, and reach the stars 17Reads8.3Score214d adds
- 64 An Immortal Path Without Roots 无根仙途 A classic mortal cultivation story, with no System and no female lead, but featuring a golden finger: a world inside a cave abode that can speed up the growth of spirit herbs. The villains aren't dumbed down, and the characters are well developed. I hope you'll give it a read! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 The Chronicle of Heavenly Evolution and Reincarnation 天衍轮回录 [Mortal's Journey] [Native] [No System] [No Female Lead] [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] The pacing is a little slow in the first 20 chapters, and the plot is relatively calm. Fellow Daoists, I hope you'll give it a chance and read a few more chapters 🙏 I humbly thank you all. [Qi Refining - Foundation Establishment - Golden Core - Nascent Soul - Deity Transformation - Soul Separation...] He was the Profound Ancestor of the Upper Realm, once standing above all cultivators. After a sudden calamit 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 What's So Bad About Being a Rogue Cultivator? 散修怎么了 [No System] [No Harem] [No Womanizing] Starting from nothing and growing step by step, a fourteen-year-old boy who transmigrates into a world of cultivation where the strong prey on the weak. He battles powerful foes and struggles against fate. 126Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 67 Chronicles of the Mortal Xia Lan: Ling's Brand and Yuan Qi 凡人侠岚录：零烙与元炁 Beneath the scar on his left hand, burned by the power of Zero, lies the nightmare Zhan Chi dares not touch. When Zero abducted his elder sister, Mo Yi, the extremely yin rune shining at her neck was identical to the fiery scar in his palm. The Three Lives Grass of Taoyuan Village crumbled in the medicine grinder, and a phantom image of the Shennong Cauldron flickered and vanished. This boy, regarded by the villagers as a “freak,” revealed an incomplete Xialan mark before the sundial pillar, una —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 At 14, I Became the Head of the Household: Dream Comes True Borrowed Money to Start a Business 14岁当家，”梦成真”借钱做生意 Running the Household at Fourteen: 'Meng Chengzhen' Borrows Money to Start a Business —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Cultivating Immortality, Starting as an Outer Sect Disciple 从外门弟子开始修仙 [No System, no golden finger, no heroine, not saintly, has principles] The cultivation world is filled with spiritual energy. All things that obtain it can hope for longer lives and the power to command wind and rain. Zhang Li, a young man from Blue Star, unexpectedly transmigrates into the cultivation world and becomes an outer servant disciple of the Luocheng Sect. He sets out on the path of cultivation without hesitation. The world is vast, the Immortal Dao elusive, and the path of cultivatio 2Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 70 Chronicles of Another World: From Martial Arts to Immortality 异世录之从练武到修仙 [No System, Slow-Burn, Sound Logic, No Female Lead, Mortal Cultivator] After a young man from Blue Star, a hopeless romantic, ends his life over a painful love affair, he never expects to wake up again. Perhaps Heaven itself couldn’t bear to see what happened and gave him a chance to live again in another world. He arrives in the Kingdom of Wei, a different world ruled by an ancient dynasty much like the one on Blue Star. He thinks he’ll follow the usual novel formula and fulfill his dream of be —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Cultivating Immortality with Mortal Roots: Rising to the Top 凡根修仙，逆袭问鼎 Mortal cultivation + no System + power fantasy + leveling up + infinite flow + decisive in killing Fifth Zhengxin was raised from childhood by Granny Feng, an outer sect elder of the Lingyun Sect. When his spiritual roots were tested at the age of three, they were found to be mortal roots, meaning he could not cultivate. After Granny Feng died, Fifth Zhengxin had no one to rely on. He endured humiliation and hardship just to remain in the sect. By a twist of fate, he obtained the key to cultivat 8Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 72 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: It Begins with Highway Robbery 凡人修仙，从拦路抢劫开始 By a twist of fate, the young Liu Zuo follows a madman into the demonic path. Refining baleful energy, refining corpses, cultivating demonic techniques and dual-cultivation arts, he creates the greatest demonic sect of all... His road to immortality is paved with mountains of corpses and built on trampling the dignity of the righteous sects. After witnessing all the schemes and betrayals of the cultivation world, he believes in just one word: kill! 30Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 73 I Don't Want Anything from You 我不稀罕你这里 I Don't Want Anything from You —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 What Kind of Job Is That? 啥差事 What Kind of Job Is That? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 The Path of Immortal Corruption 蚀仙路 [Mortal cultivation] + [No System] + [Multiple heroines] + [Dark fantasy] ✨ While everyone else absorbs spiritual energy, I devour corrosive spirits. The more toxic my cultivation, the stronger I become! ✨ When the holy maiden of an immortal sect purifies the evil aura within me, I plant calamity in her immortal bones in return. ✨ The Immortal Realm sends down heavenly punishment to vanquish evil. I grin and say, “Many thanks, Immortal! You've helped me on the path to the Great Dao!” From then o 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Cultivation: My Golden Finger Is a Bit of a Trap 修仙之我的金手指有点坑 [Space Farming + Cautious Cultivation + A Protagonist Who Knows Who Deserves What + Wildly Imaginative Technology] (This isn’t a completely traditional cultivation novel. The protagonist has a golden finger, but he has to put in the effort to develop it himself. He isn’t a bleeding heart and kills decisively. There’s no female lead; he is wholly devoted to proving the Dao and becoming an immortal.) After inexplicably transmigrating to a cultivation world, Chen Ge finds himself without astounding 798Reads6.3Score10314d adds
- 77 The Spirit Cauldron’s Immortal Fate 灵鼎仙缘 An ordinary child from a mountain village is kidnapped and trafficked when he is young. He spends his days poorly clothed and hungry, with his life constantly in danger. Thanks to his cautious nature, he struggles to survive... until one day he encounters the mysterious world of cultivation. From then on, thousands of years pass, the seas turn to mulberry fields, and the world changes beyond recognition... 1.9kReads8.4Score15714d adds
- 78 Chronicles of a Lonely Immortal 孤仙志 [Ordinary Mortal + Immortal Abode] Life in the mortal world is lonely to begin with. What is there to rely on? Zhang Zhiwen understood the ways of the world long ago. He set out alone and cultivated immortality alone, not for eternal life or wealth and glory, but simply to survive in this chaotic, demon-ridden era of decline. With a sword and an immortal abode by his side, he traversed the Three Realms, pressing ever forward. 203Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 79 Awakening at the Peak! This Venerable Luo Tian Is a Little Too Unorthodox 苏醒即巅峰！这个洛天尊不太正经 (No System, no AI + traditional fantasy + high-quality harem + supreme talent) Entirely original and written by hand, with tight logic, an ensemble cast, and an old-school style. Veteran readers welcome. A possession bestowed upon him the greatest talent of all time. He cultivates the Primordial Canon, merges with the blood of the Dawn Immortal and the Strange, and fills his sea of consciousness with the world's spiritual roots... After countless lifetimes of hardship, Li Baishi finally reaches 68Reads—Score614d adds
- 80 Reborn in the Womb in A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Dragon and Phoenix in Harmony 胎穿凡人之龙凤和鸣 No System, no status panel, but plenty of skill and opportunity. A leisurely pace, genuinely born into this world, everyday life, and cultivation together. Rereading A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality and watching the animated adaptations again, that graceful figure, gentle, kind, and devoted, made Xin Ruoyin my greatest regret. Reborn as Qi Yunxiao, a young prodigy from a family of artifact refiners. After his family is destroyed, he wanders the marketplace as an unaffiliated cultiva 8Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 81 A Mortal's Path to Immortality 凡人之修仙问道 [Mortal cultivation] + [No transmigration] + [No System] + [Decisive and ruthless]: A poor country boy obtains a Mystic Spirit Pearl, joins a martial sect, and embarks on an endless, treacherous, dog-eat-dog path of cultivation, full of schemes and hardships. The road to the Great Dao in the cultivation world stretches on without end, and the path to immortality is perilous. See how an ordinary country boy struggles to cultivate. Mortal Realm: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formatio 860Reads8.2Score10614d adds
- 82 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: My Name Is Lu Qichen! 凡人修仙，我叫陆起尘！ Synopsis: This is a proper cultivation novel. Genres: [traditional cultivation + mortal’s journey + no System + no harem + treasure hunts and magical duels + ancient secret realms + fighting monsters and leveling up] Realms: [Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Void Refining, Body Integration, Great Ascension, Tribulation Transcendence] 1.6kReads8.2Score10014d adds
- 83 The Immortal Path Begins with a Blade 刀起仙路 About This Book [Single Heroine + Slow-Burn + Traditional Wuxia + No System + Pure Traditional Fantasy] Struck by lightning and transmigrated: Was it an accident or fate? Gu Qi arrived in a new world and obtained a divine art, giving him the confidence to become the strongest. But he had no desire to do so. Unfortunately, events would not wait for him, and he was forced to keep restoring order in a chaotic age. As his cultivation advanced, hidden secrets gradually began to come to light… 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Ghosts Celebrate New Year 鬼过年 Ghosts Celebrate the New Year —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 A Mortal's Cultivation: I Become Old Demon Han's Cousin from the Start 凡人修仙，开局成为韩老魔堂哥 [Mortal’s cultivation | Brotherhood | Mastery of both alchemy and formations | Defying fate] When Han Yu wakes up, he has become Han Li’s cousin in A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality. They come from the same village, Wuligou, and were both accepted as nominal disciples by Doctor Mo. He is Han Li’s only living blood relative. But he has no Heaven Palm Bottle and no extraordinary spiritual roots: he has all five elements, making his spiritual roots useless, and he cultivates at only o 1.1kReads5.8Score10614d adds
- 86 The Heaven's Retribution Tribulation: The Fallen Young Master's Asura Immortal Arena 天诛劫：废少的修罗修仙场 In A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, Su Han, a disgraced young master of the Su family in the Qingyuan Domain, is jilted and has his cultivation crippled. But he unexpectedly activates the ancient ruin known as the Asura Arena, gaining a demonic spiritual root and the Asura Body Refining Art. In this near-fatal purgatory, he proves his Dao through killing and remakes his body amid thunder tribulations and seas of flame. From a good-for-nothing mocked by everyone, he rises to become —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 A Mortal's Path to Immortality: Steady Growth with a Heavenly Spirit Root 凡人修仙，天灵根的我稳健发育 Cultivation aptitude is divided into nine grades. The first is called Mortal, the second False, the third through fifth True, and the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth are Yellow, Black, Earth, and Heaven. Ye Hao transmigrates to the world of immortal cultivation and starts from the beginning as an orphan with a Heavenly Spirit Root. His cheap master tries to possess him right away, but fails. After learning how treacherous people in the cultivation world can be, Ye Hao decides to cultivate caut 110Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 88 Rage Beneath the Heavens 怒火苍穹 In a fit of rage, he would turn the heavens upside down for the woman he loves. A man of the Celestial Path must strive without end. No harem, no melodrama. See how the protagonist climbs step by step to the pinnacle of cultivation and looks down upon the heavens. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Mortal, Blood-Path Demon Immortal 凡人，血道魔仙 [Mortal cultivation + no System + no heroine + demonic cultivator + ruthless and decisive] Homebody Xun Yong accidentally cuts his finger while fiddling with an unknown five-clawed dragon cauldron. He is inexplicably sucked inside and transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation. There, he ends up a miserable slave, forced to go hungry every day and constantly bullied. It changes his outlook on life completely. After accidentally saving a demonic cultivator, he enters the Yinxu Temple and be 409Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 90 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 336Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 91 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 394Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 92 A Mortal Ventures into the Immortal Realm 凡人闯仙界 Traditional cultivation, not a power fantasy, with smart characters, no female lead, and a journey from Qi Refining to Deification and then Mahayana I am Venerable Shen. Please don’t call me Shen the Runner. The modern-day mortal Shen Mu accidentally stumbles into the immortal realm. With no System, no golden finger, and no old-timer mentor, how does an average-talented man become the revered Venerable Shen? The story of a modern mortal cultivating immortality in the immortal realm. 33Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 93 The Mortal’s Immortal Pagoda 凡人仙塔 [A mortal defies fate and shakes the heavens. One tower reaches the skies and suppresses the ages!] Chen Ji unexpectedly acquired the Heaven-Reaching Tower, a small tower that slows the flow of time tenfold. It allowed him to cultivate the [Biluohuangquan Flower], poisonous enough to kill a Nascent Soul cultivator, and raise [eaglet hatchlings] that breathe out the Samadhi True Fire. When everyone at the Immortal Sect tournament waited to see the joke of a cultivator with a mixed Five Elements s 4.7kReads8.4Score46214d adds
- 94 I’m Done Pretending: I’m a Master, and I’m Coming Clean! 不装了，我是高手，我摊牌了！ As a child, Ye Liang is tricked with a lollipop into inheriting a sect. He thinks he’s about to reach the pinnacle of life, only to discover that he’s the sect’s sole member! To enjoy a life of lying flat and taking it easy, Ye Liang has no choice but to make his sect bigger and stronger! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 The Mortal’s Path to Immortality 凡人化仙诀 Can an ordinary person without spiritual roots really not cultivate immortality? There are three thousand paths to the Great Dao, and all roads lead to the same destination. Cultivators can choose any path and set foot on the road to immortality, but those without spiritual roots are excluded! That may be the way things are, but it need not be so. Heaven’s workings follow a pattern: the Great Expansion has fifty numbers, of which forty-nine are used, leaving one chance for humanity to contend fo 2.8kReads8.2Score32214d adds
- 96 Only Cultivation Can Save Your Life 修仙才能救命 Mortal cultivation + one heroine + characters with their wits about them What would you do if you had only thirty days left to live? Wait quietly for death, or enjoy life while you can? Lin Nan is corrupted by a bronze mirror, enduring pain no one his age should have to bear. Seeking immortality is his only hope of survival, and he resolutely sets out on a path of no return. A bronze mirror changes the life of an ordinary man, while a long sword carves out a bright and open world. The young man 4.2kReads7.5Score43614d adds
- 97 Cultivation Begins as a Medicine Boy 修仙从药童开始 After the death of the grandfather who raised him, Su Yun, a village boy, leaves his mountain home with the family heirloom, the Desolate Cauldron, and enters the wondrous world of immortal cultivation. He begins his training as a lowly medicine apprentice. Put medicinal herbs into the Desolate Cauldron, and it can produce whatever pill you need. Step by step, the humble apprentice finds his own path to immortality in a world of scheming cultivators, a path unlike that of any other ordinary mort 272Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 98 The Mortal's Path to Immortality 凡人化仙传 [Invincible power fantasy] [Decisive and ruthless] [Ordinary man defying the heavens] [No System] [Passionate struggle for supremacy] Young Su Fan happens upon a mysterious spirit pearl. By a stroke of luck, he steps onto the path of cultivation and the search for immortality, despite being no more than an ordinary mortal. Demons and spirits have returned, suppressing humanity and slaughtering all living things. The human race is on the brink of ruin... In this vast world of upheaval, where evil 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Autumn Sun Rises with the Wind 风起秋阳 [Mortal's journey] [No golden finger] [No System] [No face-slapping] [Farming and cautious growth] After transmigrating to another world, the protagonist cultivates steadily, one step at a time. Drawing on his past life experience and modern knowledge, he practices scientific cultivation, averts crises, and attains the Great Dao. Wind spiritual roots are among the least discussed attributes in cultivation novels. Plenty of people don't know what they're good for. Their offense isn't as powerful 12Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 100 Fake Eunuch: Princess, Spare Me. Tonight, I'll Fight the Enemy with All I've Got 假太监：公主饶命，今晚奋勇杀敌 [Xuanhuan + wish fulfillment + no System] Cheng Gan unexpectedly transmigrates to the otherworldly Tianyuan Continent and becomes a fake eunuch in the Great Xia Dynasty. His Host carries the hatred of a kingdom's destruction. Cheng Gan sets out on the path by winning over a princess, helping her campaign across the south and north and secure the Great Xia Dynasty. Thanks to his exceptional abilities, he earns the appreciation of both the empress and the princess and is made a great general. He t 5Reads6.8Score—14d adds
