Novels like A Grain of Sand in the Immortal Sea
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Grain of Sand in the Immortal Sea, best match first.
- 1 Long Night, Clear Fall 长夜清落 [Classic fantasy + ensemble cast + not a wish-fulfillment story + no spiritual roots + no cultivation levels + no golden finger] Mu Changfeng’s identity is a mystery. He began studying medicine as a child and now lives in seclusion in a valley. One night, the mysterious Ye Yunxi barges into his life and turns it upside down. Mu Changfeng resolves to marry her, but Ye Yunxi has impossibly high standards and sets him a five-year challenge. As he grows along the path of cultivation, he faces all ki —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Legend of the Shifting Stars 斗转星移传 Heaven's killing intent shifts the stars. Earth's killing intent makes dragons and serpents rise. Humanity's killing intent turns heaven and earth upside down. A precious treasure of the Mystical Sect, the Star-Dipper Compass, and a spell called Star Shifts, Stars Move have drawn everyone's attention. As the demonic calamity begins, the Six Sovereigns designate the calamity's master. Watch how the protagonist battles the demonic sect, ventures into the netherworld, cultivates immortality, wield —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Netherworld Tribulation 幽冥劫 Xuan Jiuxiao grasped the token in his right hand, his clear voice ringing throughout heaven and earth. “All who serve under Xiaoyao, follow me into battle!” “Yunlan, together with the Thirty-Six Caves and Seventy-Two Islands, pays respects to Master! The Seven Sons of the Clouds pay respects to Master! Yuxu Palace and its disciples pay respects to Master…” 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 I Petition the Heavens 臣启上苍 Foolish mortals, you dare try to hold up the heavens and shake the pillars of the earth. Do you not know that you have long been trapped in this vast cycle of reincarnation? The gods must not be challenged, surpassed, or profaned. Then the apocalypse arrived. The Heavenly Dao was broken, calamities struck, and the common people, already struggling through fire and water, were plunged into even greater misery. This became a paradise for the gods. The slaughter began, and the enslavement of all ra 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Celestial Register of Mystical Insight 洞玄天箓 [Alternate history] + [No female lead] + [Daoist arts] + [Ghosts and monsters] (The male lead is no overpowered hero. Readers looking for an indulgent power fantasy, proceed with caution.) The Taishang Ganying Pian says: perform three hundred good deeds to become an Earth Immortal; those who seek to become Celestial Immortals must perform one thousand three hundred. To prove his Dao and attain its fruit, Zhang Yuandong travels alone through a chaotic age, slaying demons and vanquishing evil, ear 158Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 6 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
- 7 Heir of the Great Clarity 太清传人 No transmigration, no System, no spiritual roots, no wise old man at his side, and no decisive scheming that spans the ages. Just an ordinary scholar with a bit of a temper, who accidentally mistakes a soul collector for a ghost and takes one step onto the path to immortality. From berating the Dragon Lord to wielding his sword against Kunlun, he takes on “the renewal of humanity” in a struggle against “the eternal mandate of Heaven,” breaks the fixed order of immortals and gods, and reshapes th 3.6kReads7.5Score33514d adds
- 8 Lone Cultivator 散修 No sect, no heroine, no backing, no faction, no System, no transmigration, no rebirth, and no invincibility. A top-grade single spiritual root, one male protagonist. See how Yin Yang Qiankun struggles to get by in the world of cultivation. 261Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Cultivation: Keep It Real, No Skipping Ranks 修仙：真实一点不许越阶 The most realistic kind of immortal cultivation: no broken power scaling, and no battles against opponents more than one major realm above. The old monsters don’t pop up everywhere just because the protagonist is growing stronger. Keep a low profile, enjoy life when you can, and stay hidden until the very end. The protagonist, Wang Yuan, was a private-school teacher who accidentally obtained a supreme treasure of space and time and embarked on the path of immortal cultivation. He eventually defi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Daoist Lord of a Dream 黄粱道君 A dream as fleeting as a bowl of yellow millet, turning the false into the real. In this vast realm, great demon gods roam the world, colossal demon overlords wreak havoc, and countless immortals rule over all directions. Feng Heng wakes from a dream to find himself a humble Daoist boy in the Mystic Realm. He longs for the immortal Dao and adores divine maidens. Starting as a Daoist boy, he advances through the ranks of Daoist cultivator, mage, high priest, perfected one, earth master, and heave 798Reads7.1Score10214d adds
- 11 From the Start, I Returned to Age Eleven and Cultivated My Body to Sainthood 开局回到十一岁，我炼体成圣 [Reborn + Body Refinement + Temperament + No System + Traditional Xianxia + Everything Earned the Hard Way] Cranes bid farewell to the clouds of Yanyun; dragons rise from Baixi. Qi Jing was a menial servant of the Yanyun Sect. When his term of service ended, he was supposed to retire, but instead he returned to the age of eleven, before his cultivation had even begun. He thought he was merely a servant, watching the sun rise and set over the Yanyun Sect. But he was wrong. His life was never mean 42.7kReads8.1Score5.5k14d adds
- 12 Sword's Edge! 剑锋！ Classic xianxia, not a spiritual-root story; orthodox Daoist sects backed by great powers; myths and strange tales drawn from the legends of the Classic of Mountains and Seas; dual cultivation of body and spirit, with character just as important; pure sword cultivation, following the genius route; ancient and modern methods; a cataclysmic era; a battle over the Great Dao. (The rating only appeared after 640,000 words and should rise from here. With nearly a million words behind it, the story has 2.2kReads7.0Score21514d adds
- 13 Duckweed Adrift in the Mountains and Seas 山海浮萍 A traditional, nostalgic cultivation novel: no System, no transmigration. The mountains and seas are shattered, the wind scatters the catkins; fate rises and falls like duckweed battered by rain! The heavens have lost their way, the earth has lost its virtue, the Nine Tripod Cauldrons have been stolen, demons run rampant, hens crow at dawn, and the empire is on the verge of collapse. From the cataclysm that deified the gods and returned them to their places, to the calamity of the Journey to the 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 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
- 15 Cultivation: Beginning with the Ability to Sense All Life 修仙：从感知万灵开始 [No System + Slow burn + Plot-focused + Strategic scheming + Multiple heroines + Smart characters + King of comebacks] Outside an immortal sect, a plainly dressed young woman is on the verge of tears: “Master Zhuo, is it really impossible to cultivate immortality without a spiritual root?” “Don’t be silly. All you need to cultivate immortality is the ability to sense spiritual energy. That inconvenient thing called a spiritual root is entirely unnecessary.” Zhuo Yi reaches out to her: “Come with 26Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 16 Myriad Saints Poison Immortal 万圣毒仙 A little beggar born in a world torn apart by war spends years struggling to survive. By a twist of fate, he accidentally stumbles into the perilous and unpredictable world of immortal cultivation, embarking on an extraordinary journey to immortality. 342Reads6.0Score10414d adds
- 17 Secretly Becoming an Immortal in the Cultivation World 苟在修真界偷偷成仙 After transmigrating into the world of cultivation, my path to immortality begins. But without a lucky break or a cheat, how could anyone hope to reach the Great Dao? What is cultivation, anyway? It all comes down to the heart! Come and see how Li Qingxuan cultivates his way to immortality! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 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
- 19 Defying Heaven, Slaying Gods: Starting With Restoring a Taoist Temple 逆天伐神：从修缮道观开始 [Reborn cultivator + witty and humorous + sharp-minded + ruthless + behind-the-scenes scheming] The Heavenly Tribulation was coming. The mighty cultivators had exhausted every scheme, yet still found themselves prostrate beneath the Celestial Court. Even the Celestial Emperor never imagined that Wang Zhenyi, who refused an official position and only wanted to be a wandering immortal, would be reborn and carve his way through the Three Realms with a single sword. Some hated and envied him, claimi 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Immortal Path Has an End 仙途有终 The Great Dao rises, and clouds roll as rain falls. When the rain lets up and the clouds thin, all living things are nourished. If one day you ask where the Dao began, its traces lie in the void. Refining qi to attain longevity makes one an immortal; beyond immortals lie the Taiyi, then the Daluo. Take one more step to grasp the Dao, and glimpse how all things have their beginnings and ends. 119Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 21 Cultivation: The Dust-Wiping Chronicles 修道：拭尘记 Also known as “I'll Say It Again: My Senior Sister Is Invincible Under Heaven” [Multiple heroines + no System + classical prose + layered symbolism + unconventional power fantasy + slow-paced, literary style] What was immortal cultivation really like in actual history? Foundation Establishment, primordial spirits, forming a core? No, that's fiction. In actual history, the path to immortality was a journey of self-cultivation. All kinds of inner demons became obstacles; overcome them, and you rea 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Sorrow of the Dao Tribulation 道劫之殇 This is a slow-paced cultivation story, so please don't read it if that's not your thing! It's a story meant to inspire reflection, so please don't read it if that's not your thing! “I seek neither immortality, invincibility, nor transcendence. This isn't one of those cultivation wish-fulfillment stories with warped values, mindless characters, or lowbrow content. Insight and opportunity are left to the reader to interpret; the focus is on elaboration. No System, no transmigration, no rebirth.” 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 EN Immortal Cultivation: I Attest to the Path of Immortality with a Dao Fruit 修仙：我以道果证仙途 [Classic cultivation] [No System] [Steady, slow-burn progression] [I beseech the Lunar Deity: using the Jade Spring Breath Cultivation Method as a foundation, derive a fundamental technique suited to my path!] [Taking water's yielding nature, the moon's revolving phases, communion with the seasons, and the reflection of the soul's intent, I obtain the Moon-Worshipping Illumination Method!] [I beseech the Lunar Deity: using the Heavenly Frost Heart-Washing Record as a foundation, derive a fund 67.8kReads8.4Score7.1k14d adds
- 24 Dao Yan's Profound Heavens: Loading the Deduction Module from the Start 道衍玄天：开局加载推演模组 [The Myriad Worlds + Genius + Decisive and Ruthless + Ensemble Cast] Cultivation is like this: other people only need to devote themselves wholeheartedly to advancing their cultivation, but Chen Xiao has a lot more to consider. One day, Chen Xiao awakens memories of his past life and realizes that everything he once knew has become strange and discordant. Looking at this alternate-world civilization, which the predecessors have wildly remade, he finds the whole thing mind-blowing. Beneath the pr 17Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 25 I’m from a Spirit-Invoking Clan, With Plenty of Powerful Backers 请神一脉的我，背后有的是靠山 Not Primordial World + Journey to the West + Investiture of the Gods + Daoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and folk mythology In the Celestial Immortal Realm, the Great Emperor Zhenwu journeys north to exterminate demons; In the Earthly Immortal Realm, Sanzang and Wukong journey west to overcome their tribulations; In the Human Immortal Realm, nine great imperial dynasties sever spiritual energy and suppress the law; In the Divine Immortal Realm, eight great true immortals journey east to spread the 5.2kReads8.8Score48514d adds
- 26 Tales of the Shangqing Sect 上清宗往事 After accidentally stumbling into the Four Fiends Soul-Suppressing Formation, he finds his life ticking down to its end in seven years. He joins the Daoist sect in pursuit of immortality, grows stronger as he encounters zombies, ghosts, demons, and monsters, travels the human world and seeks out hidden realms, slays demons and monsters to prove the Dao, and searches through the Six Paths of Reincarnation for true immortality. Only today does he finally realize who he truly is. 6kReads8.8Score57814d adds
- 27 From Wood Virtue Cultivator to Master of Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations 从木德修士到掌三灾御九劫 [Advance in Rank, Master Divine Powers, Attain the Great Dao] [Each Realm Is a World Apart] [Genius] [Attainment-Based Cultivation] [No System] [When your status is higher than everyone else's, you can do whatever you want. What do you think, young friend?] People say that True Immortals are like gods and saints, True Lords stand high above like the heavens, and Dao Lords are beyond description. All three are hard to attain. But Gu Qingtong refuses to believe that's how things have to be! If a r 49.5kReads8.0Score5k14d adds
- 28 The Dao Crumbles: A Carefree Wandering Immortal 道堙，闲散游离仙 Thirty thousand years have passed, and immortals are no more in this world. Time wields a mighty force, turning seas into mulberry fields. A carefree Daoist priest, lucky enough to escape the calamity that destroyed the Dao, has spent ten thousand years in seclusion. Now he wanders the mortal world. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 A Very Detailed Guide to Cultivation 很细的修仙 This is a cultivation novel about proving the Dao, and it is unlike other books! A world of cultivation, fantasy cultivation This is cultivation, but more than that, it is the cultivation of the heart… This book blazes a distinctive new trail for cultivation novels. After it, a whole new kind of cultivation story focused on cultivating the heart and attaining enlightenment will emerge. (The names of the cultivation stages in this book remain unchanged: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, 302Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 30 The Savage Immortal Realm 蛮荒仙界 A force from the Demon Realm violently tears open the sky between the human wilderness and the Demon Realm, creating a passage between the two worlds: the Eye of the Firmament! Countless armies of demonic beasts rain down on the Two Worlds Mountain like a meteor shower. The major sects rally to save humanity from annihilation, building a defensive line of flesh and blood and waging a centuries-long battle against the demons. As the war rages, a traveling servant from Ziyun Town accidentally stum 1.7kReads8.5Score15814d adds
- 31 Hack Through the Cultivation World 砍翻修真文明 Wang Qiye transmigrates into a cultivation civilization and wants nothing more than to cultivate in peace, keep his head down, survive, and make pills. But fate has other plans, and he never gets the life he dreamed of. Instead, he’s left scrambling for meager spirit stones… Only when Wang Qiye first descends the mountain does he realize that “justice isn’t in people’s hearts. It’s in my hands, as I question Heaven.” What lies above the immortals? Wang Qiye grips the Heaven-Questioning Sword and 28Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 32 Juedi Tiantong: I Created the Age of Fading Dharma 绝地天通：我创造了末法时代 [Heaven-defying comprehension + Decisive and ruthless + Transmigration + Self-created cultivation techniques + Behind-the-scenes schemer + Slow burn] From mortal to cultivator, from martial arts to immortal cultivation, from the cultivation world to the Myriad Worlds. After transmigrating, he finds himself in an old, frail, depleted body. Fortunately, he has heaven-defying comprehension. Surviving in the mortal world To regain his youth, Qin Wuzhou creates a health-preserving breathing technique 1.7kReads7.2Score10314d adds
- 33 The Great Scripture of the Mystic Truth 玄真大道经 Li Xuanxin was abandoned at birth on Mount Zhongnan, but fortunately, the reclusive Daoist master Qingxu took him in. He thought he could devote himself to cultivation in peace, far from worldly affairs. But then the funeral bells of Yongjia rang. The Five Barbarians’ cavalry trampled across the Central Plains, Luoyang fell, and bones lay exposed in the wilderness. Before ascending, his master left him a prophecy: “Heaven and Earth are sealed, and the laws are incomplete. To seek the Great Way, 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Cultivating Immortality Starting from Langlang Mountain 从浪浪山开始修仙 Where will you go after leaving Langlang Mountain? A little demon with no powerful backing sets out to save the world! With an innate supernatural gift, he breaks the rules laid down by the strong! A slow-burn, traditional, original story, full of wit, humor, and fun. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Dragon Clan Resurgence 1: The Storm Rises Again 龙族复苏1之再起风云 [Modern Fantasy + Reincarnation + Dragon Clan + Rise to Power + No System] The Divine Dragon Appears, and the Four Seas Unite! On an ordinary planet in another universe and timeline, Shen Shi was an unremarkable boy who stood out among his peers. Then, on his eighteenth birthday, an unexpected expedition awakened the bloodline sleeping within him. He was a direct descendant of the Dragon Clan, reincarnated through a secret art by his people when their planet faced annihilation, carrying the secr 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Xuanhuan: Immortality Through a Hundred Lifetimes 玄幻：我在百世轮回中长生 Chen Xuan transmigrated to a cultivation world and obtained the Book of a Hundred Lives, which could resurrect him a hundred times. His talent was poor in this life, and he died young. But what if he became an unparalleled genius in his next life? If he can't beat you in this life, no problem. He'll die first and fight you in the next. A gentleman can wait ten years to take revenge. Chen Xuan can take revenge, life after life. Ten thousand years later, His enemies: “Please, stop resurrecting. We 3.8kReads8.2Score20514d adds
- 37 Quest for the Dao in Chaos 混沌问道 A single falling leaf slays every enemy in the world. A withered leaf becomes a sword, slaughtering gods and demons across the heavens! One man, one sword: he traverses the path to immortality, forges the Heavenly Dao, and looks down upon the ages. The Abandoned Lands? No, they are where chaos began! The youth Chen Hao came from the chaos. His Emperor’s Embryo was cut from him, yet he gained a Chaotic Physique, setting the war-torn age into motion! Alone, he stands across the river of time, sole 3.7kReads8.4Score29514d adds
- 38 From the Start, I Have Five Wasted Spiritual Roots, but All My Clones Are Geniuses 开局五灵废根，分身全是天才 A useless Five-Element spiritual root, worthless divine abilities, and a broken engagement. All three came together in one person. Xia Yusheng said nothing. A Heavenly Mandate Token had appeared in his sea of consciousness, able to create clones, each cultivating a different path. Others spent their entire lives cultivating one path. He could cultivate all five at once. The first was alchemy. He took over the Huichun Hall, which was on the verge of closing, and with a single batch of top-grade p 474Reads—Score12414d adds
- 39 The Age of Declining Dharma: I Fought My Way from the White Mountains and Black Waters to Ascension 末法时代：我从白山黑水杀到飞升 In an age when spiritual energy has run dry and the era of cultivation is ending, I became the last cultivator in the world. My parents were stained with blood in Songhe Town, and my sister’s fate was unknown. At thirteen, I fled into the deepest part of Baishan, carrying a damaged Daoist scripture passed down through my family. 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Human Emperor Banner: Fellow Daoists, Help Me Become an Immortal 人皇幡：请道友助我成仙 [Decisive and ruthless + insect control + soul refinement + cultivation + no female lead] Volume One, Li Yi: “Since leaving the mountain, I have slain tiger demons, taken in refugees, established a source base, aided Qingmu, slain fox demons, and saved hundreds of thousands of people.” “I campaigned across foreign lands, wiped out a million of another race, expanded our territory, and stepped over piles of corpses to establish my foundation. Ten thousand cultivators came to congratulate me.” Vol 1.2kReads7.3Score10514d adds
- 41 Cultivation: Keeping the Flame Alive in a Desperate World 修仙，在绝望的世界薪火相传 I transmigrated here and was mistaken for the reincarnation of an immortal. When I opened my eyes, all I had was a single “Dao Heart.” And my enemies were the alien races beyond the borders, the twisted World Tree, the divine mountain piled high with the bones of gods, the Garden of Eden where God slept, and the indescribable horrors of the starry sky… All the myths and bizarre fantasies from my memories of a previous life. I hid under the covers, wondering if I was dreaming. “…Today, we’ll stud 276Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 42 Dugu Heavenly Venerable 独孤天尊 Dugu Feng, a peerless young prodigy of the Northern Qin Kingdom on the Ancient Wilderness Continent and the young sect master of the Beixuan Sect, is betrayed by a traitor within the sect. His dantian is crippled, he is beaten nearly to death, and he is thrown into a lake. Against all odds, he survives and awakens the treasured Black Profound Pearl. In a secret realm, he encounters an ancient ancestor who has lived for ten thousand years, and from then on his fortunes soar. His power grows rapid 28Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 43 Spiritual Roots and Immortal Bones 灵根仙骨 Ancient texts tell of immortals who can fly through the heavens and tunnel through the earth, alter the stars and the cosmos, and travel ten thousand miles in an instant, entering the southern heavens at dawn and reaching the northern sea by dusk. Those among mortals who wish to embark on the path to immortality must possess either a spiritual root or an immortal bone. Anyone with one or the other can cultivate; all others have no chance of entering the immortal path! Among spiritual roots, thos 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Mystical and Profound 玄妙玄疏 [Traditional Fantasy] [Lone Cultivator] [No System] [No Transmigration or Rebirth] [The Myriad Worlds] In the frontier village of Gu Chen, the boy Xuan Shu was an orphan who drifted downstream from upriver. He was tossed in with a pile of stillborn infants, yet somehow managed to draw breath again. In this world, the sun is born as Tai Zhu, and the moon shines through the night. All living beings cultivate beneath the Nine Heavenly Candles, drawing in candlelight and transforming it into phantom 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Scarlet Flame Star Lies Barren, and Water Is the World’s Greatest Treasure 赤炎星焦枯，水源即是世间至宝 Crimson Flame Star was once crisscrossed with rivers and lakes, with water in plentiful supply. But for reasons unknown, the entire planet began to bake beneath the relentless sun. The earth cracked and hardened, all surface water vanished, and water became the world's most precious treasure. The great sects and powerful clans fought desperately over underground rivers and hidden springs. Bloodshed and conflict never ceased. The powerful Huang Zheng family forced me to haul water through the des —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Why Cultivate Immortality When You Can Just Raise Vines? 修什么仙，养藤就好了 [Half farming novel] [Enlightenment-focused cultivation] [Not pure power fantasy, slow-paced] He keeps a low profile and lies low in the early stages. There aren’t many satisfying power-fantasy moments, as the focus is on building a foundation. This isn’t entirely a farming novel, but a story about an ordinary person with no say in his own fate. The family is wiped out later on, so there’s no need to mourn them. The Jiuyi Realm is a land of mountains. The mountains are full of demons. Humans an 2.3kReads8.6Score28414d adds
- 47 Practicing Heretical Arts on the Unorthodox Path, I Refine Longevity with the Dao Fruit 人在旁门修邪术，我以道果炼长生 [Classic Xianxia + Xian Hu Style + Unorthodox Cultivation + Taoist Style + Strange Tales Style + Primordial Spirit Cultivation + Ruthless and Decisive + Steady Cultivation] Thanks for asking. I’m in the unorthodox cultivation world, and spiritual energy is running dry. Taoists herd the masses, devour souls to refine qi, and great cultivators treat their disciples like sheep. The land is steeped in blood and filth. Young Jing Yuan is an aspiring cultivator who dreams of flying swords, spirit p 35.5kReads7.7Score3.7k14d adds
- 48 Mortal Cultivation: I Found a Chaos Spirit Pearl from the Start 凡人修仙，我开局捡到混沌灵珠 (Traditional fantasy, mortal cultivation, Chaos Spirit Pearl, multiple heroines, an underdog’s rise, immortal cultivation) Ye Chen of Qingshi Town was gathering herbs in the back mountains when he was unexpectedly pushed off a cliff by a Zhao family disciple. By sheer luck, he obtained the Chaos Spirit Pearl and began his rise against the heavens. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Final Years of the Great Yong: A True Record 大雍末年：实录 [Traditional cultivation and political intrigue, no transmigration, no System, no golden finger. Meticulously researched setting and dialogue that feels like people speaking in the original Chinese.] Wu Zheng was once a constable, but an accidental turn led him onto the path of immortality. He once wielded the power of the imperial court to repel demon beasts, and within a sect, he protected all living beings. But when the beasts retreated, people’s hearts began to stir. He saw the political mac 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Withered Mountain 枯山 Written in the style of a classical xianxia novel with chapter headings, and a tribute to classic novels such as The Legend of the Swordsmen of Shu Mountain and Investiture of the Gods. Warning ⚠️ This author doesn't like proofreading, so there are often inexplicable typos ⚠️ Read at your own risk ⚠️ A story about a prodigy manipulated by Heaven who fights back, only for both sides to suffer heavy losses. He wins by half a move against Heaven, in a tale that seems like a victory and yet also d 5Reads—Score—14d adds
