Novels like The Obsession of Time and Dust
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- 1 The Art of Refining Heaven 炼天记 Refine heaven and earth, refine oneself. Think of life and death, think of eternity! As long as my heart does not perish, I shall never forget! I will make heaven and earth follow my thoughts and obey my will! If they refuse, then from this day forward there will be no heaven and less earth! 56Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Heaven Devourer 噬天 A one-of-a-kind soul-cultivation technique, a peerless demonic blade that can cleave the heavens and devour souls, and the legendary tale of a young man’s rise. 66Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 3 The Great Mystic Heaven-Sealing Seal 太玄封天印 [Only by keeping your feet on the ground can you go far.] He stumbles into the tomb of the gods and accidentally sets the wheel of fate in motion. He uncovers conspiracies and takes on the Imperial Preceptor. Whatever your tricks, one palm strike will cripple you! Primeval beasts want to run wild? The reincarnation of the gods dares to return? What a joke. There's no problem in this world I can't solve with one palm strike. If there is, I'll use two. 81Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 A Different Path to Immortality: Heir to the Gods 不一样的修仙之神明继承者 System + spiritual qi revival + invincible protagonist + multiple planes + passionate action This is an ordinary planet, but spiritual qi appears there by chance. Once they reach adulthood, the people who live there have a very small chance of randomly awakening a superpower. The protagonist, Ye Lingfeng, clearly isn’t so lucky. An ordinary mortal, he is cruelly abandoned by his girlfriend, but unexpectedly awakens an interstellar cultivation System. For ordinary people, awakening a superpower i —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 I Want to Become a Demon 我慾成魔 A slow-burn cultivation novel. Everything must make sense, and historical legends must be respected. No making things up! At midnight on the Ghost Festival, the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, Li Xiaoyao was born with the body of a demon child. That night, dark clouds rolled overhead and thunder roared as tribulation descended. How could the reincarnation of a demon god be tolerated in this world? After performing his divination, Yuan Tiangang spat blood. Li Chunfeng was even more afra 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The God-Slaying Grandmaster 斩仙大神 (No harem, no clichés, no System, no wish fulfillment, no brainless characters, and no invincible protagonist. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Zhao Qiu is no ordinary person. He is destined to be caught up in the conflict between humans and demons. He had a happy family on Earth, but was set up and abducted to an alien planet. He had never even met the Immortal Emperor, yet was struck by the Emperor's lightning. Refusing to let fate control him, he decides to cultivate immortality —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Urgent! I Accidentally Transmigrated to Blue Star 急！不小心穿越成了海蓝星怎么办 After an ordinary homebody unexpectedly becomes Blue Star, what’s the first thing to do? Of course, start cultivating! This is a story about a time when spiritual energy has just emerged, and humans and other newly risen races explore the path of cultivation. It is also the story of a planet gradually evolving into a vast, boundless world. Modern cultivation, founding a sect, golden finger incarnations —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 A Mortal's Journey Through the Eight Wastelands 凡人八荒行 [Mortal-style cultivation, traditional xianxia] [No System, transmigration] [Fortuitous encounters drive the plot, slow-burn story] An ordinary young man in a frontier town is forced onto the path of cultivation after a series of strange and winding encounters. Yet the path of cultivation is far less beautiful than life in the mortal world. In a chaotic world, where every step feels like walking on thin ice, what is it all for? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Divine Martial Emperor 神武皇 This is a world being plundered. Beneath its endless splendor lie countless pitch-black demonic caverns, greedily devouring the life force of all living things… When Ye Xuan was eighteen, a great flood tore his family apart, but it also changed his entire life in a most peculiar way. The strange black eye in the hands of an ancient corpse fused into his chest. From then on, Ye Xuan was unstoppable, embarking on a journey to vie for supremacy, claim dominion, and sweep all his enemies aside. Yet 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Xuanhuan: Back to the Peak, I Decide the Order 玄幻：重回巅峰之秩序由我 Ye Tianyu was ambushed by the Heavenly Evolution Divine Thief, and his body was suppressed in various places. He must rebuild his strength step by step in the Lower Realm and reclaim his scattered body! He will rise to the Upper Realm once more, avenge his humiliation, and establish a new order! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 A Bizarre Cultivation World: Did the Old-timer Just Betray Me? 古怪的修仙世界：老爷爷背刺我？ Traditional xianxia fantasy, ruthless and decisive. No showing off and face-slapping, only killing for treasure and battling for the Great Dao. Han Jing arrives in a bizarre world of cultivation. Every day, his sea of consciousness broadcasts a secret, from the mysteries of the world to cultivation arts and pills, and even neighborhood gossip and people's innermost thoughts. Beyond the usual cultivation realms, there are also unfathomable paths such as the Path of Desire, the Path of Food, the P 50Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Demonic Path: I Command Ten Thousand Ghosts and Rival the Ferryman 魔道：驭鬼千万，我堪比摆渡人 All things in the world follow the principles of yin and yang. In the yin-yang symbol, the sun contains a little yin, and the moon contains a little yang. So it is with cultivators under heaven. Some pursue the immortal path with hearts steeped in filth. Though they call themselves righteous, they commit every evil under the sun. Others prove their Dao through demonic cultivation. Though demonic energy blots out the sky and they hunger for human flesh and thirst for blood, they slay the wicked a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Maxed-Out Cultivation, but the System Forces Me to Take in Trash 修为满级，系统逼我收废物 [System] [Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment... Tribulation Transcendence, Great Ascension] [Overprotective] [Explosive Diarrhea Comedy] Ye Xuan transmigrates to the cultivation world with a System. His cultivation has already been raised to the maximum, though he doesn't know it. But the System's mission is to take on the most useless disciples, and the more useless they are, the greater the rewards. What kind of tragic mission is this? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Cultivation: I Slay Han the Demonic Cultivator from the Start 修仙：开局斩杀韩老魔 [Traditional Fantasy + No System + No Romance + Dual-Star Realm + Peak Mind Games + Dark Cultivation + Decisive and Ruthless] Practicing the Ninefold Netherworld Prison Art has two side effects. First, you can't touch women. One night of pleasure, and your body explodes on the spot. Second, you won't live past the age of thirty-five. Looking at these two side effects, Yang Lin is on the verge of tears. But there's an even bigger, world-shaking conspiracy waiting ahead! The synopsis can't do it j 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Fate of the Qingyang Dao 青阳道缘 “I was born with a Daoist body.” “I’m the reincarnation of a supreme treasure.” “My combat prowess is unmatched.” “Go on, try cutting me.” “My mastery of alchemy is peerless.” “Whatever you can think of, I can refine it in my belly.” “So you're saying you're pretty powerful?” “Well, I, what the hell, quit trying to frame me...” And so Li He, the reincarnation of an artifact spirit, began his life anew. “This time, I'll make sure I kill you all!” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 The Fierce Tiger 虓虎 No matter what shape he’s in, Ah Hu always believes his future is boundless. A man should have the spirit of a tiger: the brave persevere, face difficulties head-on, and never back down. Believe in yourself and never give up. Ah Hu reveals his resilience through hardship and blazes his own trail. Ah Hu, roaring through the stars. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Gazing at the Moon, Questioning the Heart 观月问心 [Traditional Fantasy]+ [Ice Spirit Root]+ [Sword Cultivator] In an age when countless paths of cultivation rise and wondrous abilities abound, Qi Refiners dine on rosy clouds and drink dew, martial artists temper their bodies until they attain divinity, those who cultivate the divine path gain worship and forge their souls, while demon cultivators are cunning and unpredictable, yao cultivators refine their forms and transform into spirits, while ghost cultivators gather yin energy and roam the n 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 One Cultivator's Carefree Life 修仙一自逍遥 [Cultivation] + [Power fantasy] + [Mortal-style progression] + [Multiple heroines] Clean and safe, no cheating or NTR! When Fang Xiao transmigrates into a Cultivation world ruled by the Heavenly Dao, his System crumbles under its pressure, but leaves him with the mysterious talent known as the “Heart’s Eye.” From then on, Fang Xiao begins a very different life. From naive young women to immortal sect beauties, from seductive fox spirits to devoted mermaids, romantic encounters follow him whereve 1Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 19 Cultivating Immortality as a Mortal: A Late Bloomer 凡人修仙之大器晚成 In a year of famine, a young man is reduced to a horse slave. He thinks he’ll spend the rest of his life in a stable, eating chaff, but unexpectedly awakens a late-bloomer talent. Relying on his talent, the young man stumbles through the mortal world, gets tricked by birds, deceived by people, and hunted down. At last, he manages to begin his path to immortality. He thinks he’ll become someone important and reach the peak of life! Who could have guessed he’d have a mixed spiritual root, making i 5Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 20 Transmigrated as a Beggar, I Conquer the Cultivation World 穿越成乞丐，纵横修仙界 [No System + Fast-paced + Invincible + Power Fantasy] Cultivation realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul... Lin Haotian transmigrates to the world of cultivation and becomes a beggar in Ziyun City. By chance, he awakens a Chaos Spirit Root, then gains a Chaos Body and forges a Dao Artifact. Thus begins his path to invincibility! After buying a courtyard, an immortal maiden in purple robes from the Zixiao Immortal Sect suddenly falls from the sky and gives him cu 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Reborn as a Martial Uncle, I Save the Cultivation World 重生师叔，拯救修真 [Cultivation] [Traditional Xuanhuan] [Slow Burn] [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Dumbing Down] As the extraterrestrial demons wage war against the cultivation world, Su Tianyu’s soul travels back a hundred years into the past and enters the body of one of his sect’s elders, Shi Qingshan. To protect his sect, drive off the extraterrestrial demons, and stay alive, Su Tianyu changes his name to Shi Qingshan, simply because the name sounds tough enough. From then on, his sole goal is to grow stronger. A —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Exorcise the Demons! 除魔！ My name is Qin Ming. I comprehended the Sword Intent at fifteen and became the greatest genius in Tongdu Prefecture, Jiangnan Province. During the three years I spent traveling, I unexpectedly found the demon race's supreme treasure, the Soul-Warming Lotus, at Juyong Pass... 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 I Walk Out of the Village Unchallenged, My Sword Chilling Heaven and Earth 横着走出村，拔剑天地寒 All the evil spirits in the mountains are afraid of the village elders. Only later do I learn that perhaps they’re afraid of me... (No System + No Harem + No Transmigration + Invincible Protagonist + Ruthless) —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 My Pets and I Are a Disaster: We Fool People, Beasts, and Demon Gods Alike 我和宠物是天坑，坑人坑兽坑魔神 Traditional fantasy. An ordinary man begins working hard to cultivate immortality. This is a traditional, primitive fantasy world where people’s understanding of cultivation was lost in the wars of antiquity. The protagonist is afflicted with demonic poison and has lost his family. With only his brothers by his side, he constantly improves himself through cultivation, changing the fates of both himself and the human race. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 A Mortal’s Path to Immortality 凡人成仙路 Ten thousand years ago, the demon race suddenly appeared in the cultivation world. Demonic cultivators poured endlessly out of the land where the demonic source lay. After a world-shaking battle, the demons finally retreated, leaving behind a place known as the Forbidden Demon Sea. Ten thousand years later, as the demon race once again stirred with ambition, an outer sect disciple of the Qianyuan Sect happened upon a wondrous gemstone bead. From that moment on, his fate was changed. 1Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 26 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Path to Ascension 凡人：羽化成仙路 [Mortal's journey + one female lead] A young man goes up the mountain to gather herbs and accidentally finds a glazed cup. On his way home, he meets an injured cultivator. On the first day, the cultivator poisons the boy. “Kid, heal my wounds, or die!” A few days later, the cultivator gradually lets down his guard. “Kid, you might have three spiritual roots!” On the final day, the cultivator's fate takes a turn for the worse. “This is a storage ring. You can keep things in it. Watch...” The cult 216Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 27 Immortals and Demons Clash: The Origin of the God Realm 仙魔争锋：神界起源 An abandoned baby sets out to uncover the mystery of his origins. With the help of the Exquisite Divine Tower, he obtains countless cultivation manuals and secret techniques. By a stroke of fortune, he becomes the leader of the Qingyun Sect, which is on the verge of collapse. Step by step, he overcomes one obstacle after another, restoring the sect to its former glory! He also searches the mortal world from the tiny Great Xia Dynasty onward, eventually ascending to the Immortal Realm and learnin —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 The End of the Year 岁末之至 A country boy hears that the world holds a path to immortality, one that can grant eternal life. Resolutely bidding farewell to his parents, he sets out on his own path of cultivation. From then on, beyond the mortal world, as the year draws to a close, a new era of immortals begins! [Xianxia] + [One Female Lead] + [Plot-Driven] 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 The Chaos Star-deriving Art 混沌衍星决 Young Qing Feng happens upon an incredible cultivation art among the keepsakes his grandfather left behind: the Chaos Star-Devouring Art. From then on, Qing Feng worships no immortals, refining the Chaos to attain eternal life! No heroine, no showing off, no System. 10Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 30 Wandering the Immortal Path: The Ye Family's Revival 仙道纵横:叶家的复兴 Roaming the Immortal Path: The Ye Family’s Revival —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: It All Began with That Tomb Raid 凡人修仙：从那次盗墓开始 [Mortal cultivation] [Genius protagonist] [Traditional fantasy] [One female lead] [No harem] With a soul in your heart, all things can be named. All living beings have a spiritual heart, divided into nine apertures. One aperture brings you close to the ordinary; nine connect you to Heaven. Yun Yang, from the Western Regions, was born into humble circumstances but possesses the supreme talent of a Nine-Aperture Spiritual Heart. After a bizarre tomb raid, a mysterious black pill slipped into his h 71Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 32 I Have a Tower That Ascends to Immortality 我有一座升仙塔 [Treasure Pagoda, Decisive and Ruthless, Banner of Ten Thousand Souls] By chance, a young man obtains an “Ascension Tower.” As long as he feeds it spiritual power, it can spew out spirit stones... Relying on the tower’s many wondrous uses, he steadily advances step by step: joining an immortal sect, braving secret realms, obtaining great opportunities, slaying prodigies, winning beauties, exterminating foreign races, and ruling all worlds. Above and below the heavens, I alone am the Great Luo He 119Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 33 The Dustless Sword Immortal 无尘剑仙 [No System + classic fantasy + hot-blooded + fast-paced + invincible divine physique + settling scores with a vengeance + one heroine] With the sword in his hand, he will slay every enemy. With the sword in his hand, he will subdue the ages. If Jiang Ze had not been born, the sword path would have been shrouded in darkness for eternity. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Demon-Slaying Bureau 屠魔司 As chaos rises, the various martial factions begin to stir. The war between humans and demons is on the verge of erupting. Wu Wei, a young Taoist with a hodgepodge of cultivation techniques, is accidentally swept into a crisis. After a fierce struggle, he thinks he has escaped danger, only to discover that the mastermind behind it all is everywhere. Who is pulling the strings? What are their aims? Watch as this unassuming young Taoist plays the pig to eat the tiger, roams the martial world, make —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Break Through the Immortal Path 踏破仙道 When Kong Mingyue was young, innocent, and naive, he began cultivating immortality with no goal but to live forever. But in this world of cultivation, where the strong rule and low-level cultivators are treated like ants, having no strength means death. If he wanted to survive in this murderous world, he had to work hard to grow stronger and take control of his own fate. After losing his friends, lover, and family, Kong Mingyue was no longer the naive boy who cared only about living forever. Fro 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Golden Core Ancestor: I Build the Supreme Immortal Clan with Fortune 金丹老祖：我以气运造就无上仙族 [Cultivation + Family Clan + Decisive and Ruthless + Multiple Female Leads] After waking up, Lin Changsheng transmigrated to the cultivation world and became the Lin Clan's patriarch, its only Golden Core cultivator. Unfortunately, disaster struck the Lin Clan. Its powerful members were wiped out, leaving only a group of elderly, weak women and children struggling to survive. Fortunately, the Dao Artifact, the Chaos Fortune Cauldron, awakened. The more prosperous the clan, the deeper its fortune 4.6kReads—Score483Shelves
- 37 After the Mortal 凡人后 (Cultivation, swordsmanship, formations, talismans, artifact forging, no System, no mindless plot, one female lead) "Young man, I can tell from your remarkable bones that you're a once-in-a-thousand-years cultivation genius. I have five secret manuals here. As long as..." Someone asked him why he cultivated immortality. He replied, "To find someone." Who? An old man. Years later, after ascending to the Upper Realm, someone else asked him why he had come there. He replied, "To find someone." A bi 644Reads7.3Score101Shelves
- 38 The Strongest Demon-Suppressing Bureau of the Heavens 诸天最强镇妖司 In a world of the uncanny, demons and monsters rise everywhere, evil spirits ravage the land, and bizarre incidents run rampant, throwing the mortal realm into chaos. Beautiful women vanish without a trace, only to be found as piles of bones. An old pirate ship sits empty, yet music and revelry ring out aboard it every night. Not one person who ventures onto the ship ever makes it back alive. In an ancient village, a mysterious woman in white appears every night at midnight, knocking on doors fr —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Great Derivation Master and His Puppets 凡人修仙：大衍之主傀儡传 If I feel like it, I can establish my foundation at ten, form a core at thirty, and condense a Nascent Soul at a hundred... The spells and divine powers of this world are nothing special. If I wish, I can break with old rules and create new arts... Never mind the great sects. Even across the Myriad Worlds, if I choose to press forward, what could possibly block my path? Alas, though the art of puppetry is mysterious and ingenious, it has brought me no small harm... The Great Expansion Art holds 55Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 A Journey from the Stars 从星空走来 Fantasy xianxia + Eastern fantasy + transmigration + fantasy + alternate setting + spatial powers + science fiction If I told you that the ancient myths were all real, would you think I was crazy? If I told you the secret behind the sudden disappearance of all those ancient ferocious beasts, would you be interested? If I told you that mysterious beings really do watch over and protect us from the boundless starry sky, would you believe me? Why did the ancient God of War transmigrate through time 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Peerless Immortal King 无双仙王 [Traditional Cultivation] + [Feel-Good Story] + [Nearly Invincible Protagonist] As a child, the male lead was given a cultivation technique called the Primordial Unity Art by an immortal. And so his journey of immortal cultivation began. Alchemy? Taming beasts? Wielding artifacts?… He can handle it all with ease! Sect Master: “This boy is the holy son of our sect. Anyone who bullies him is showing me no respect!” Senior Brother: “Why was Shu Hui born if there was already a Wushuang?” Second —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Immortal Swordsman: A Musical Romance 仙侠琴缘 [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [traditional fantasy] [not a power fantasy] [Classic of Mountains and Seas] Legend says that the nine spirit pearls, incarnations of the nine immortals who once defeated the Heavenly Demon Mara and saved the Nine Immortal Continent, have begun appearing one after another... There are heartless people in this world, and compassionate demons, too. Birth is determined by Heaven, but good and evil lie in the heart. The Dao may seem heartless, yet it ha —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Three Lifetimes of Slaying Immortals 三世斩仙 [Slow build] + [Ruthless] + [One heroine] + [Invincible among peers] + [Demonic cultivation] + [No angst] Immortals see all mortal beings as ants. I will trample heaven and earth in the form of an ant. The line between immortal and demon is but a thought. I choose to become a demon, yet I can also seek the Dao and become an immortal. Watch how this mediocre young scholar from a remote mountain village takes one step after another into cultivation and onto the immortal path. See how he kills, sla 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Lord of the Reincarnation Dao 凡人修仙之轮回道主 The Heavenly Dao you revere as supreme is nothing more than a prisoner in my palm! I shall make chaos the blazing inferno that burns the world, and reincarnation the furnace that melts all living beings. Today, I will refine the Heavenly Dao into a pill! At the pinnacle of the Great Dao, I alone am enough! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 As Long as I Cultivate Fast Enough, Calamities Can't Catch Me 只要我修炼够快，劫难就追不上我 [Mortal-style cultivation + superior spiritual roots + intelligent supporting characters and villains + transmigration + tribulations always at hand + cautious cultivation + meticulous worldbuilding + slow burn + Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, and Nascent Soul] Survive tribulations and cultivate to immortality, with boundless magical power!!! A mysterious and extraordinary pearl brings the soul of someone plagued by misfortune since childhood to a cultivation world where 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 I Began Cultivating Immortality on the Run 我从逃亡开始修仙 [Classic cultivation] [Ordinary protagonist] [No System] [Multiple heroines] [Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Void Refinement, Body Integration, Great Ascension] After his family is massacred, the young Li Fan is forced to flee. He unexpectedly obtains his family’s legacy and embarks on an extraordinary path to immortality! From a lowly ant to one who looks down upon the heavens, he vows to slay every enemy and reach the summit! He bat 2.8kReads8.1Score243Shelves
- 47 The Monster’s Atonement 妖孽的赎罪 A monster sets out on a mortal's journey. In this world full of fantasy and adventure, how will he write his own legend? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 I, Liu Xiu, Have a Crippled Spiritual Root 我，刘秀，废灵根 A useless spirit root? What do you mean, useless? It’s proof of the road I’ve traveled! Watch Liu Xiu, starting out as an ordinary mortal with a useless spirit root, climb step by step to the very top. Then we’ll see who the real immortal is! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Starting with Talisman-Making 凡人修仙：从制符开始 [Mortal Cultivation + No System] Su Chen transmigrates. He transmigrates into a world of cultivation. This world is full of demons and the uncanny, and human lives are worth no more than weeds. Determined to play it safe, he plans to learn a trade first, then seek a path to immortality. All he wants is to become an immortal in this life and live forever! [“No way! No way!” “Are there really cultivators who can’t even learn to make talismans?” “Isn’t it something anyone can do?” Su Chen has just 52Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 50 EN The Path of Immortals and Mortals 仙凡道途 [Ruthless and ruthless]+ [Decisive in killing]+ [Spear]+ [No saintly heroine]+ [Leans toward villain] (A somewhat slow start, best savored at your leisure. Impatient readers, stay away.) Qin Yi, heir to the Prince of Qing's household in the Qin Kingdom, awakened dual Thunder and Fire spiritual roots and was accepted as the Pavilion Master of the Eight Gods Pavilion's personal disciple. Thus began his path of cultivation. Wielding a long spear, he swept aside the prodigies of his generation, show 41Reads6.5Score—Shelves
