Novels like Cultivation Starts at the Third Qi Refining Layer
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- 1 Cultivation Begins with the Demonic Path 修真从魔道开始 [Cultivation, no System, characters who stay smart, decisive and ruthless] After finishing two college lectures, Gao Yun encounters something bizarre. His roommate insists that there is a fourth person living in their dorm, even though there are only three of them. At first, Gao Yun doesn't believe him, until... When a demonic sect comes to recruit disciples, Gao Yun, who has transmigrated to this world, begins his path of cultivation. Clever, calm, and cautious, he kills decisively as he advanc 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Road to Immortality 鸣仙路 (No Holier-than-Thou Heroine, No System, Cunning) The Heavenly Dao trembled, and countless shattered tiles and ruined halls of immortal palaces fell from the sky into the Xuanling Realm. Powerful cultivators flocked to them, only to suffer devastating losses. Now, undercurrents stirred among the various factions, and the prelude began to a mournful song of sacrifice. The story begins when Lei Ping, a menial disciple of Tongyu Sect, unexpectedly obtains a small bowl capable of strengthening pills 163Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 3 The Path of the Mysterious Jade Dao 玄玉道途 Few travelers walk the road to immortality; only immortals and Daoists are found along the way. An ordinary man unexpectedly finds himself in a mysterious world of immortal cultivation. Fortunately, there is a magical jade pendant in his dantian. Watch as Lü Le gradually swims against the current and ultimately ascends to the upper realm. 482Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 4 Cultivating to Immortality as a Mortal: Longevity Begins with Hard Work Rewarded by Heaven 凡人修仙，从天道酬勤开始长生 Lin Tong transmigrates into a world of cultivation and becomes a menial servant in a cultivation sect. Fortunately, he awakens a talent: Heaven Rewards Diligence. From that moment on, there’s no stopping him as he sets out on the path of cultivation! What ordinary people fear most is working hard without getting anything in return. But he’s different. With the Heaven Rewards Diligence talent, hard work always pays off. All he has to do is keep grinding! Heaven Rewards Diligence: Study and train 1.1kReads5.7Score100Shelves
- 5 Immortal Father 仙父 No System, an ordinary mortal’s journey, one female lead, and a slow-burn cultivation story. A father and son stranded in the Immortal Spirit World. The son, Xiao Haoyu, has a rare, saint-grade variant thunder spirit root, earning him a place in a cultivation sect. His father, Xie Sanya, has a useless mixed spirit root, leaving him with no chance of being accepted into an immortal sect. Xie Sanya becomes something like a parent accompanying his child to school, thinking this is how he’ll spend t 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Cultivation: This Odd-Job Servant Is Surprisingly Strong! 修仙：这个杂役有亿点强！ Mortal cultivation + steady growth + decisive killing + a smart protagonist! An overworked 996 wage slave transmigrates to the lowest rung of the cultivation world, starting out in hell mode. Then he encounters a mysterious celestial fire from beyond the realms, and the course of his fate changes forever. With his golden finger at his side, he studies the elixir path, masters formations, and commands spirit beasts. Watch how this lowly servant carves out a path to the heavens in this brutal cult 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Sword Breaks Through Eternal Frost 剑断万古风霜 [No System / Character Growth / One Female Lead / Sword Cultivation] Atop Jiuyi Mountain, fragments of the Mirror of Three Lives tore the firmament apart. Lu Li's sword bones burned through the starry river, while Xiao Jin's Yin-Yang pupils reflected the cycle of reincarnation. “You've become exactly the kind of person we hate most.” The tip of Xiao Jin's sword dripped with the blood of the Creator God. Lu Li crushed his own shadow beneath his feet. His Xuanming Eye split open into an abyss. “T —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 I Just Reached Foundation Establishment. It’s Fine If I Kill My Master, Right? 我刚刚筑基，斩了师尊没问题吧？ Mortal-style cultivation + Qi Refining + Foundation Establishment + Core Formation! With a Heaven-Swallowing Bottle and a master who kills without batting an eye, Chen Changsheng has never met a good person since entering the cultivation world. His master wants to refine him into a human pill and swallow him whole! His senior brother wants to sell him for cultivation resources! To protect himself, he has no choice but to make a deal with the devil: kill his senior brother first, then bring down 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Immortal Emperor Reborn: A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality 仙帝重生，凡人修仙传 [Traditional Fantasy] [Slow-Burn] [Treasure Hunting] [Clever Power Fantasy] Shang Yu possessed the memories and cultivation techniques of an Immortal Emperor, yet found himself inhabiting the body of an ordinary man who could not cultivate. His three hundred years of cultivation in his previous life had given him insight into many secrets of heaven and earth. Secret realms that others don’t know about? Mine! Divine beasts that others don’t recognize? Mine! Treasures that others dismiss as trash? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Cultivation Training 练仙 Anything in the world can be refined, and the more it's refined, the stronger it becomes. The same goes for magical treasures, pills, and even immortals. But divine artifacts and miraculous elixirs require rare heavenly treasures, while becoming a Golden Core Immortal requires a Heavenly Spirit Root. Chen Ling is an ordinary mortal afflicted with a strange illness, and he is destined not to live past twenty. But he refuses to accept fate and insists on defying the heavens. Using a mysterious lit —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Slay the Immortals and Steal Their Spiritual Energy 诛仙窃灵 [Mortal Cultivation: It Begins When He Finds the Dao Academy’s Senior Sister] His soul has been abducted. Was it an accident, or was it destined? The story begins when Chen Fusu finds the Dao Academy’s senior sister! The soul of a modern office worker nearing thirty is forcibly dragged into a cultivation world, where he is reborn with his memories intact as the mortal son of a hunter. After enduring trials and tribulations, he strives to gain two hundred years of life, hoping only to follow the —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: From the Start, I Became a Mine Slave 凡人修仙：开局成为矿奴 [Mortal cultivation] [No System] [Alchemy] [Carefully balanced power levels] Qin Feng unexpectedly finds himself in a world of cultivation and is forced to become a mine slave. After two and a half years of digging in a dark pit, he finally awakens his spiritual root and enters the world of cultivators... Readers' appetite for cultivation fiction has reached immeasurable heights, all driven by an ancient yet modern dream of transcendence. We cultivators should roam freely through a vast world, 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 The Dao Ancestor's Tale of Rebirth and Cultivation 道祖重修传 (Set in the same world as A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality + classic mortal cultivation + Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, and Core Formation + golden finger + five-element spiritual roots + not a useless protagonist) No harem, no womanizing. The Great Dao comes first! Watch as a village boy defies fate and rises beyond the summit of the immortal realm. Li Xuan was born in a mountain village. Longing to roam the world freely like an immortal, he resolves to embark on a journe 61Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 14 Hunted to the Death by Higher Dimensions, I Escape to Another World to Cultivate and Fight Back 高维死命追杀，我逃异界修仙反击 [Conspiracy + Cultivation + Daily Life + Slow Burn] [Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, Integration, Mahayana] A vast holy light assimilates countless worlds, turning all living beings into puppets who sing its praises. Lu Linxuan’s home was one of the countless worlds crushed by this higher-dimensional horror. Fortunately, a secret treasure at the heart of the galaxy recognized him as its master, sending him to be reborn in the cultivation w 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 A Common-Grade Spirit Root from the Start: My Cultivation Cheat Is on Fire 开局凡品灵根，我的修仙开挂啦 From a poor-born youth to the pinnacle of the continent, from an ordinary spirit root to a Chaos Immortal Root, Lin Feng refines his heart through the sword and proves his path through battle. He not only rewrites his own fate, but also uncovers the ultimate mystery of the spirit root system. In the end, he joins forces with ascenders from countless worlds to usher in a new era for cultivators. From "Starting with an Ordinary Spirit Root: My Cultivation Cheat Is Unlocked", an epic tale of defyin 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 The City of Perfect Matches and the Endless City of the Dead 佳偶天城与无尽冥城 I started writing this novel because I wanted to see what kind of fantastical otherworldly continent I, a Sagittarius, could create with my wild imagination. I wanted to build a story with distinctive cultivation techniques and emotions, while keeping the breezy feel of a Sagittarius in the writing. So I created a realm-continent where the Heavenly Way, the Ghostly Way, the Asura Way, and divine beasts coexist. The two main characters are young men of the Heavenly Way, along with one young man —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Enemy of Fate: I Learn to Wield Qi in Another World 宿运之敌：我在异界学驭气 (Mortal’s Journey, No System, Traditional Fantasy, Slow-Paced, Schemes and Intrigue, Dark) To repay his father’s gambling debts, Xiao Yuanning is accidentally drawn into the Wei family’s struggle for control of Qingyun Town. After apprenticing under a storyteller, he uses his Qi Refining cultivation to do everything he can to stay alive amid schemes and conspiracies. As he uncovers more and more secrets, his situation grows increasingly dangerous. To survive, he wracks his brains. For his family —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 A Mortal's Path to Immortality: I Invite Fellow Daoists to Their Doom 凡人修仙之我请道友上路 [Mortal cultivation] [Slow burn] [Ghost path and corpse refinement] [A decisive protagonist who kills without hesitation] [No saintly protagonist] He Guang comes from a cultivation family. Not only is his talent heaven-defying, his cultivation has also progressed smoothly. But everything changes when he obtains a corpse of peerless beauty... “He Guang’s rules for surviving in the cultivation world come down to four things: a long lifespan, plenty of magical artifacts, plenty of refined corpses, 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Spirit-Devouring Tribulation Fire: I Slay Immortals in a Mortal's Body 噬灵劫火：我以凡人之躯弑仙 When his family was destroyed and his loved ones were killed, Wang Mu clutched the black wooden pendant his mother had left behind and plunged into the river, only to unexpectedly inherit the Devouring Dao... This power can swallow spiritual energy, devour souls, and destroy immortals and demons... He threw back his head and roared, “Anyone who stands in the way of my revenge will die! You say mortals are mere weeds? Then I'll devour the very heavens of this cultivation world!” But Su Haimei, so 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Spirit Mirror: The Shanhai Arc 灵镜：山海篇 I wrote this book to weave the myths, historical background, and cultural essence of the Classic of Mountains and Seas into a cultivation novel, presenting them to readers in a livelier, more accessible way. Chinese culture is vast and profound, and the Classic of Mountains and Seas is an indispensable part of it. It carries not only myths, but also a reverence for and exploration of all things under heaven, and profound reflections on the complex relationships between humanity, nature, and the —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 So What If I'm a Menial? I Forge Immortality with a Divine Gourd 杂役怎么了？我以仙葫铸长生 Ordinary young Jiang Feng has poor aptitude and a mixed bag of spiritual roots, so he can only rent spiritual fields on the outskirts of Qingyun Sect and struggle to survive. After accidentally overhearing a secret of the inner sect disciples, he is hunted down and falls into the sect’s forbidden Valley of No Return. There, he unexpectedly obtains the legacy of an ancient immortal and a green-skinned gourd that continually produces spiritual liquid. From then on, his path to immortality is smoot 339Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 22 The Primordial Heavenly Dao 元天道 In the primordial chaos of ancient times, the Nine Heavens and Nine Earths stretched beneath a vast divine realm. Countless ages passed after Pangu, the Creator God, merged with Heaven and Earth. Then, in Pangu’s world, a young beggar named Yang Shuo caught the eye of Donghua, one of the Heavenly Court’s Seven Immortal Lords who Guard the Realms. Donghua took him to a secluded valley and taught him for a hundred years. After the Immortal Lord departed, Yang Shuo relied on his skills and sharp mi 209Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 23 Climbing the Immortal Steps 踏仙阶 Mortals have their mortal path, immortals their immortal way. Mortals walk the earth; immortals dwell in the mountains. The difference between immortal and mortal is just that simple. Climb the road to heaven, tread the immortal path. Once a Golden Core settles in your dantian, ten thousand bolts of thunder will follow at your command. Those who endure the tribulation live. Those who fail, die. 54Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 24 Can My Lightning Arts Send You Straight to Heaven? 我这雷法，能送你升天么？ Traditional fantasy cultivation (Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation) Mortal cultivation, with a lightning spirit root. Su Yunchuan is “sold” by his stepmother to the Qingcheng Sect and becomes a disciple of Qingfeng Valley. While gathering herbs in the mountains, he is discovered by a cultivator, captured, and taken away because he has a mid-grade spirit root. At the last moment, just before his spirit root is stolen, he fights back and kill 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Azure Mist Art 青岚诀 Xiang Na, a young bookish servant who has not stepped outside his home in ten years, survives a perilous ordeal thanks to a rare stroke of fortune and is taken in as an outer disciple by a declining sect! He thinks he has escaped his fate as a lowly servant, but little does he know this is only the beginning of a nightmarish cycle! Deception, friendship, hypocrisy, fortune, love, betrayal. Watch as the ordinary Xiang Na, alone with his sword, slays demons and defies immortals! (An ordinary-man s 438Reads—Score103Shelves
- 26 After My Son Was Reborn, I Became an Immortal Emperor 儿子重生后，我成了仙帝 [Xianxia + rise of a prodigy + transmigration + intelligent protagonist] Lin Xianfeng was born into the Tianyuan Continent and blessed with extraordinary talent. At just fifteen, he reached the Foundation Establishment stage. He was hailed as the strongest of his generation within the clan. Lin Xianfeng thought he had a perfect start from the start. But after marrying a woman named Su Qin and having a son, he never expected one of the Ten Great Holy Lands, the Yaochi Holy Land, to come knocking. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Mortal Ashes 凡烬 An ordinary country boy was unexpectedly taken on as a disciple by a sect elder who wanted to pad out the ranks, while the boy was on his way to enlist in the army. Watch how he plans every step, builds his strength steadily, claims priceless treasures, slays his enemies, and leaves the mortal world to become an immortal. 982Reads6.5Score101Shelves
- 28 The Mad Dragon of the Northern Prison 北狱狂龙 Ten years ago, he was invincible in Huaguo. He founded the Sacred Dragon Palace, earned the title of War God, and kept the surrounding nations in check. Eight years ago, he lost the love of his life and abandoned all his glory and power, retreating to a quiet life in the countryside. Who could have guessed that eight years later, a woman who looked strikingly like “her” would seek him out by chance and ask him to enter into a marriage of convenience… In my presence, who dares claim invincibility 92Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 29 The Five Elements Seek the Path to Immortality 五灵问长生 [Mortal Cultivation + No System + Five-Element Spiritual Roots + Growing Through Talisman Crafting + Cautious Survival] “Five-element spiritual roots. Cultivation is arduous, and you have no hope of reaching Foundation Establishment in this lifetime.” On his first day in the sect, Xu Shuo found no path to immortality. Instead, he received a servant’s debt contract for twelve low-grade spirit stones and three mu of inferior spiritual fields that were nearly dead. No System, no rare treasures, 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Heaven's Deception 天诈 [Traditional Fantasy] [Mortal Cultivation] [Slow Burn] [Divine Physique] [Playing It Safe] Gu Tong is born with the Radiant Saint Physique and a Heavenly Spiritual Root. But cultivation takes place in the Dharma-Ending Age, when the laws of heaven and earth are incomplete. His divine physique is damaged, leaving him unable to cultivate. His family casts him aside and throws him into the Black Prison, where he is tortured for five years! By a twist of fate, he is transported to the God-Burying Fo —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 The Scripture of Spiritual Breath 灵息经 [Mortal's journey, no System, gradual growth, with a satisfying payoff in the end] The Divine Land is dotted with countless cultivation sects. A country boy and a young beggar from the Beggars' Gang become sworn brothers, then swear brotherhood with a young monk from Jiuyin Temple. After enduring countless hardships, the three join Yuntian Sect, the greatest cultivation sect in the world, and begin an extraordinary life together. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Cultivation: From the Start, I Swallow a Three-Eyed Golden Toad 修仙：开局吞下三目金蟾 [Mortal cultivation] [No System] [No transmigration] [A well-reasoned plot] [Thunder Spirit Root] (This novel’s plot is extremely coherent, with no major plot holes, no inconsistent power scaling, and no muddled prices. It also avoids modern terms like “meters” and “minutes.”) A boy born into a small cultivation family has long been bullied by his uncle and cousin. His cousin even forces him to swallow a toad, subjecting him to a terrible humiliation. Unexpectedly, however, this misfortune turns 37Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 33 Qingya Sword Immortal 青崖剑仙 The path to immortality is fraught with danger, and human nature is cold. The strong rule, their hearts as icy as stone. The weak are lowly, their lives worth no more than blades of grass. Xu Xiaoshan, a boy from the mortal world, is fortunate enough to embark on the path to immortality. With the sword in his hand, he will carve a ray of sunlight into this frigid world of cultivation and bring it a touch of warmth. 18Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 34 A Mortal's Search for the Immortal Path 凡人觅仙路 [Mortal Realm Arc: 1.48 million words] [Spirit Realm Arc: 2 million words and ongoing] Gu Yuan, a young Daoist from a mountain village, obtains a Chaos Pearl from the start. He walks the path to the Profound Immortal Sect, enters the Heaven-Seeking Secret Realm, joins the war between the righteous and demonic factions, battles Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators, forms a Great Dao Golden Core, refines his Natal Treasure, climbs the Immortal Stairway, slays demons, sits beneath t 323Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 35 Borrowing a Billion Resources from the Spirit Realm to Cultivate Immortality 向灵界借亿点资源修仙 [Transmigration + ordinary-mortal cultivation + no System + spirit realm + formations, artifacts, pills, and talismans] My name is Wang Ping. Ping as in ordinary. By chance, I transmigrated to the cultivation world and became an ordinary outer-sect disciple of the Qingyue Sect in Zhao State. A mysterious Backfire Curse, a stone gate that can travel to the spirit realm, a legacy cultivation technique from a Mahayana cultivator of the spirit realm, a boundless wasteland, the schemes behind an anci 59Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 36 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: From Beggar to Saint 凡人修仙我从乞丐到圣人 [No Harem + No Clichés + No System + Not Invincible + No Stupidity + Not Wish Fulfillment + No Lucky Breaks + No Saintly Hero + No Female Lead + Pseudo-Immortality + Behind the Scenes] Qi Refining + Foundation Establishment + Golden Core + Nascent Soul + Void Refining + Deification… Cao Ning, a security guard, crosses into another world and only begins cultivating immortality in his fifties. He steals others' lifespans to fake immortality, working behind the scenes to farm and nurture talented 87Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 37 Yue Qingming: Ashen Cicada 月青冥：烬蝉 While everyone else cultivates immortality, I cultivate clones. Does pushing myself to the limit count as cheating? After a car accident, the three souls of Ning Fan, an overworked office drone, are torn across time and space. Three bodies face simultaneous countdowns to death: His Heavenly Soul transmigrates to the cultivation world, where he becomes a good-for-nothing with a shattered spiritual root. While others practice Qi cultivation, he cultivates “light-time” instead, only to attract th 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Seven-Colored Glazed Purification Tower 七彩琉璃净化塔 Lin Jie, a menial disciple with no spiritual roots, suffers endless oppression. After saving enough spirit coins to rescue his brother, he is ambushed and cast into an abyss. On the brink of death, the Seven-Colored Glazed Purification Tower recognizes him as its master. The tower spirit awakens, transforming his mortal body into a Glazed Purification Physique. While others toil to cultivate spiritual energy, he purifies evil thoughts and foul qi to accumulate merit and break through. While the 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 A Mortal's Path to Immortality: My Immortal Mansion and Grotto-Heaven 凡人修仙，我的仙府洞天 [Mortal-style cultivation + pocket dimension + cave abode] [Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Severing...] A young man stumbles upon a fortuitous opportunity, and the gates to immortal cultivation swing open before him! The pills others would pay a fortune to obtain are like candy beans in his hands. While others struggle for years at a bottleneck, he breaks through with pills. While others are still scrambling to seize resources, he has already achiev 304Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 40 Qianyu’s Record of Immortal Cultivation 千羽修仙记 A humble servant of the Qianyu Sword Sect rises from obscurity, braves countless dangers, and carves a path through every obstacle, ultimately finding freedom. The road to immortality is filled with schemes and ruthless betrayal, passionate fervor and unwavering devotion, perilous secret realms and nature's wonders. An exhilarating journey, accompanied by songs that never end! 207Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 41 The Supreme Immortal Venerable Who Emerged from a Hunter's Village 从猎村走出的无上仙尊 [Fantasy with a wild premise] An ordinary mortal remakes his spiritual roots, builds his foundation with a Nascent Soul, evolves an immortal essence pill, and brings gods and demons to their knees! All races contend for supremacy, dynasties vie for dominance, gods and demons clash, and heaven and earth shift. Three thousand worlds in a dream, ten thousand years in a glance. Bowing as a mortal, he ascends to immortality. Young man, where does the road lie? All you need to do is forge ahead! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Worth Writing 可撰 The Way of the Written Word sets rules: seal script becomes the blade, and a single character can subdue mountains and rivers, defining the foundation of order. The Way of the Zither resonates: music serves as the medium to harmonize spiritual energy and soothe the scars left by Erosion Script. The Way of Weiqi unfolds myriad possibilities: every move shapes the world and charts the course of fate. The Way of Painting transforms the unreal and the real: ink and brush define boundaries, creating —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Demon King Returns with a Little Cutie to Conquer the World! 魔王回归，带着萌娃闯世界！ [Adorable Little Girl | Devoted Dad | Everyone’s Darling | Strong Female Lead] Emperor Luo Tian’s lingering obsession drives him to return home and find his family. But when he returns to Earth, all his loved ones have died unexpectedly. Only his three-year-old daughter, Niannian, is still alive. His enemies have broken her arms and legs and forced her to beg for a living. Luo Tian kills them, heals Niannian’s disabilities, and takes her under his wing, raising her with care and guiding her onto 7.8kReads8.1Score872Shelves
- 44 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
- 45 In the Cultivation World, I'm the Only One Without an Attribute 在修行界中，只有我没有属性 [Divine beasts + races + body cultivation + talisman cultivation + sword cultivation + no System + does not transmigrate] The story unfolds over a long arc, with a slow-building plot and an expansive world featuring ten major races. Read with caution if this isn’t your thing. Li Ren, an ordinary young man from a family of healers, was caught up in a battle between cultivators when he was young. With the help of the dying divine beast Zou Wu, the soul of his younger sister, Li Zhao, who was on th 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 After I Transmigrated, I Could Smell My Way to Immortality 穿越后我闻着味修仙 [Ordinary protagonist, no System, scent-based cultivation, everyday progression, cautious growth, slow-paced] After transmigrating, Ye Xiaobai obtains a cultivation technique for refining qi (the qi in this case means scent), and sets off on a path of cultivating immortality by following his nose. The technique is called A Single Breath Can Smell a Thousand Miles. After cultivating it, can he really smell scents from a thousand miles away? First, he follows scents to find spirit herbs! Then, he —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 The Immortal and Martial Mad Emperor 仙武狂帝 From nothing to something, then from something back to nothing. After three years imprisoned in a cage, he is taken in by the Spirit Sword Sect, only for the unexpected to happen... Bloodlust and kindness. Who is truly in control? See how Xuan Wushuang tramples every prodigy in his path and ascends to the supreme realm. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Cultivation: Bad Aptitude? I've Got a Companion System! 修仙：资质差？我有伙伴系统！ [No vying for supremacy] [Not invincible] [Farming] [Sects] [Soul transmigration] [System] Poor aptitude? Slow cultivation? After his soul transmigrates to another world, Ye Chu, a menial disciple of the Xuanhao Sacred Land, admits he just can’t keep pushing himself. Just as he loses heart and decides to lie flat, he suddenly awakens the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership System. Every time he breaks through a cultivation level, he can take a partner, a Dao companion, and any improvements in th 54Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 49 I Want to Break the Shackles of Immortal Cultivation 我欲打破修仙壁垒枷锁 Wang Junyao, a village boy, set out on the path of cultivation to save his father’s life, only to be found to have the worst kind of mixed Five Elements spiritual root and become the sect’s laughingstock. At his wits’ end, he unexpectedly obtained a mysterious stone disc and uncovered a world-shaking secret: the so-called cultivation system was actually a carefully designed “programmed prison,” and the countless ascensions throughout the ages were all a scam! Everyone was struggling to cross the 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 After Five Years of Mining, I Realized I Was a Prodigy of Alchemy 挖矿五年，惊觉我竟是丹道奇才 [Mortal's journey · Slow burn · No heroine] (This is a story about a supporting character who would go unnoticed in any other book, but becomes the protagonist here, much like countless unremarkable passersby. I'm simply using his perspective to describe this world, so please stop criticizing him ᵕ᷄≀ ̠ᵕ᷅. It seems unreasonable because you treat him as the protagonist and expect things of him, but to me, from beginning to end, he's just a camera, there to record the power struggles, vendettas, an 7Reads—Score—Shelves
