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- 1 The Straight Path of Alchemy 丹道直指 Han Bing is an ordinary middle-aged electrician. As a boy, he received a scroll called Direct Instructions on the Elixir Way from an old Daoist. Though he kept practicing, he never saw any results. Han Bing had loved martial arts since childhood, regularly practicing Wing Chun, Xingyi, Tai Chi, and Baji, while also studying the theories of Qimen Dunjia and feng shui. While carrying out emergency repairs on a high-voltage line at great height, he was suddenly struck by a lightning bolt that hit t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Irreverent Artifact Refiner: Everything I Make Turns Out Weird 不正经炼器师我练出的宝贝都很怪 Young friend, stop right there. You’re about to hit the jackpot! Li Changsheng eyed the old Daoist, who looked like a beggar, with deep suspicion. I’ve struggled for more than twenty years. Is my luck finally about to turn? The next moment, his whole body went flying. Damn it! So that’s what he meant by hitting the jackpot! Before he passed out, Li Changsheng only heard someone say, “We’re all doing our best to keep on living…” 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Origin-Drawn Cultivator 引原修者 He accidentally enters a teleportation array and is transported to a cultivation world. In a mortal body with a mixed spiritual root, he fearlessly presses on, defying fate all the way to the peak. A traditional tale with no System and no foolishly naive characters. Come experience an extraordinary path to immortality! 319Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 4 Bannerman of the Slums 贫民阵符师 Talismans can do more than attack: they can also have effects like medicinal pills. Don't believe it? Just look: Qi-Nourishing Talismans, Blood-Nourishing Talismans, Spirit-Nourishing Talismans, Body-Tempering Talismans, and all sorts of unusual ones, including Incense Talismans, Purifying Talismans, Soul-Calming Talismans, and Soul-Sealing Talismans. Talismans are only the foundation; formations are the real weapon of mass destruction. Come see Luo Yu dance through talisman formations, slay opp 2.1kReads8.0Score291Shelves
- 5 Three Classes in One: Beast Tamer, Martial Artist, and Necromancer 三职合一：御兽，武者，亡灵法师 [Beast taming] [Necromancer] [Martial artist] [Decisive and merciless] Just as a blade was about to slit Wu Xuan's throat, the man branded a “fragile beast tamer” unleashed a bone-cracking roar like a dragon's from his knuckles. The enemy's last sight before his skull shattered was a crimson gauntlet wrapped in a martial artist's battle aura. When hundreds of thousands of abyssal monsters surrounded him in Soul Burial Valley, certain they had the upper hand, Wu Xuan stood atop a throne of bones 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The Supreme Formation Master 无极阵尊 [A sensational power fantasy, with invincible formations!] The Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation drains the soul and seizes the spirit. Even immortals are sent into reincarnation! The Blood Sea Formation fuses countless blood god clones. The bloodlines of the gods are fit only to become playthings! The Blazing Fire Formation burns mountains and boils seas, leaving unprecedented disaster in its wake! In this world teeming with powerful experts, Chu Yuan wields the Formation Wheel and commands coun 104Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 7 From the Start: Creating a Forbidden Faction to Rule the World 开局：创建禁忌势力无敌世间 [Invincible + System + power fantasy + behind-the-scenes scheming + grand multiverse setting] Chu Tian transmigrates to the Eternal Immortal Domain. From the start, he summons five Immortal Emperors and establishes an invincible, forbidden faction. After transmigrating, he sleeps with a mysterious woman, then has no idea what happened afterward... He has a daughter, and then... When it comes to backing, my father is the ruler of an imperial dynasty, and my mother is the eldest daughter of a forb 39Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 8 The Immortal Refining Cauldron 炼仙鼎 A ridiculous tale about a clueless fool cultivating immortality. He has a body devoid of spiritual energy, and his incomplete spiritual roots mean he is destined never to cultivate immortality. But who could have imagined that after obtaining an Immortal Cauldron, this boy would defy fate and begin his journey to the top… 3.1kReads8.6Score356Shelves
- 9 What's Wrong With Me Being a Steady Formation Master? 我一个阵法师稳健点怎么了 [No Saintly Heroine] + [One Female Lead] + [Cautious] + [Formation Cultivator] + [No System] The path of formation cultivation requires neither training the body nor relying on magic treasures. It takes a mind attuned to the universe and uses formations to connect with the mysteries of the Dao. Its eight-character rule is simple: plan before acting, and formations lock yin and yang. “Until the formation is complete, I won’t show myself.” When someone comes knocking, all they see is... A wooden 10Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 10 Tears in My Eyes: I Climbed Up from the Eighteenth Floor to Do Tasks 泪目，从十八层爬上来做任务 A System novel: Yaan's journey of redemption after once being one of the Ten Great Vicious Beasts. He thought that once his good deeds were complete, he'd be able to escape his prison. But every time he saves someone, it's the same person, the very one who has kept him trapped all along. 95Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 11 The Number One Talisman Master 第一神符师 Cultivation is expensive. Really, really expensive! Su Liang, a girl from a small town, is short on money. Really, really short on money! So while other people play, she draws talismans. While they sleep, she makes pills. While they chat, she crafts spiritual weapons. Is she really that dedicated? Don’t ask. She’s just broke. With no money, she can’t buy spiritual source stones. With no money, she can’t enter spiritual veins to cultivate. With no money, she can’t afford high-grade materials. Wit 534Reads8.3Score103Shelves
- 12 Venerable of the Mystic Yellow Formation 玄黄阵尊 Su Xuan is the lowliest servant of the Xuanyuan Sect. He lives in a ramshackle hut, eats scraps, and gets pushed around by everyone. They all say he’ll never amount to anything, until ancient formation markings from tens of thousands of years ago light up in his palm. A formation spirit possesses him, and a secret manual recognizes him as its master. He cultivates both formations and the body, turning himself into a formation. As it turns out, there is a forgotten path of cultivation in this wor —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Mortal Cultivation: Using Formations to Ambush People, All for the Sake of Farming 凡人修仙，阵法阴人只为种田 [Mortal-style cultivation + No System + Formations + Farming + Spirit Talismans + Puppets] Chen Fan, a menial disciple, stumbles upon a book of formations. He uses formations to outwit others and seize treasures, hunt demons, and farm. From an obscure menial disciple, he gradually acquires his own cave dwelling, spirit fields, and ranch. In the end, he founds his own sect and proves the Dao to become an immortal. From formations to spirit talismans and then puppets, Chen Fan’s specialty is winni 3.8kReads7.4Score302Shelves
- 14 Alchemy: A Struggle Along the Immortal Path 炼丹之仙路争锋 All I wanted was to quietly focus on alchemy, but then an old Nascent Soul ancestor from the demonic path came to possess my body. As luck would have it, I'm a transmigrator favored by the Heavenly Dao, so I can't be possessed. Well, I won't refuse a gift like that. I'll absorb your memories, and your techniques, secret manuals, treasures, and pill recipes will all be mine. Then I'll join a sect, prove the Great Dao, and leave behind a legendary tale of alchemy. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Pursuing the Path to Immortality, Starting as an Alchemy Grandmaster 逐道长生，从炼丹宗师开始 Chen Chen transmigrates to the world of cultivation with a golden finger. With the golden finger's help, he easily masters alchemy, talisman-making, crafting magical artifacts, and forming arrays. The four arts of cultivation: he excels at all of them, masters all of them, and is invincible in all of them! Becoming an alchemy grandmaster is only the beginning. Talisman-making geniuses barely meet the threshold to see him. Artifact-crafting masters are merely his disciples' assistants. Arra 281Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 16 Supreme Pill Emperor 至尊丹帝 Pill Sovereign Lu Yu failed to refine an immortal pill and was then reborn as the young master of a prominent clan. Armed with countless divine arts, secret techniques, and pill-refining memories from his previous life, as well as the solid foundation he built by cultivating anew in this life, Lu Yu is destined to forge a glorious path, reach the pinnacle of the Pill Dao, make his name known throughout the world, win the hearts of beautiful women, shatter heaven and earth, and live forever in ca 3.9kReads8.0Score390Shelves
- 17 Seeking Immortality Through the Five Elements 五行求仙 Traditional fantasy, a slow-burn cultivation story. No System, no harem, no womanizing. The plot is tightly reasoned, and everyone is intelligent. Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul: every step is taken with care. Talisman-making, alchemy, artifact crafting, formations: their mysteries are endless. Cultivators, demonic beasts, ghost cultivators, the demonic path: all manner of strange and uncanny beings. So what if I have a five-element spiritual root? I will 62Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 18 After Transmigrating as a Servant, I Used Algorithms to Cultivate Immortality 穿越成杂役后，我用算法改修仙 Transmigrating as a Servant, I Use Algorithms to Change My Cultivation, also known as The Artificer's Record of Shattering the Void and The Artificer's Tale, tells the story of Lin Li, a 60-year-old veteran programmer who is struck by a mysterious bolt of lightning and unexpectedly transmigrates to the cultivation world. Armed with a modern way of thinking and a foundation in crafting magical artifacts, he gradually uncovers the secrets behind his own existence and the cultivation world. 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 I Have a Pill Refining Furnace 我有一尊炼丹炉 The Ten Domains of the Nine Heavens Void Realm stretch vast and boundless. Sects are countless, empires are in disarray, and myriad races vie for supremacy. Cultivation flourishes, with each path following its own system. Yet alchemists rank among the most revered professions in the entire Nine Heavens Void Realm. By a twist of fate, the protagonist Chen Feng obtains an alchemy furnace and becomes utterly consumed by refining pills and taking them to boost his cultivation. He rises all the way t 1.1kReads7.1Score120Shelves
- 20 Cultivation for All: I’m the Spokesman for Formation Masters! 全民修仙，我为阵修代言！ Ever since the great sages of old began discovering one otherworld after another in the Sea of Chaos, the ancestral planet of the cultivation world has entered a golden age of cultivation! Everyone can cultivate, and alchemy cultivators, sword cultivators, body cultivators, and formation cultivators are all flourishing! Li Xian awakens a Formation Support System and resolutely embarks on the path of formation cultivation! At the Global Youth Tournament: “Who says formation cultivators can’t comp 44Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 21 Peerless Talisman Master 绝世符神 [Clever protagonist + power-ups + wish fulfillment + complete] “You can make pills and break through quickly? One Spirit-Gathering Talisman of mine can increase your cultivation speed tenfold, even a hundredfold!” “You can forge weapons, crafting divine arms that can cleave the stars? I have Nine Heavens Thunder Talismans that summon heavenly lightning, reducing everything within a thousand miles to ash with a single strike!” “You’re an expert in formations, adept at both offense and defense? I 3.5kReads8.3Score837Shelves
- 22 Mountains and Rivers Witness the Calamity of Peace 山河鉴太平劫 [Original novel + traditional mythology + multiple heroines + real history + no omniscient perspective + events triggered as time passes] Gao Xing, a down-and-out operations director from the 21st century, unexpectedly transmigrates into the chaotic Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period and is reborn as the young Gao Huaide. Together with the person chosen by fate, he saves all living beings. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Reborn: From Livestock to Legend 重生之从牲畜开始逆袭 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Pill Cultivator 丹修 Gleaming magical treasures, legendary strange beasts, wondrous lands, and all kinds of unusual beings. The protagonist, intent on dying, accidentally wanders into a strange world. By a twist of fate, he obtains a method of cultivating immortality. To survive in this otherworld and return to the familiar world, he embarks on a long road of cultivation... 449Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 25 The Super Rune Formation Master 超神符阵师 Runes are woven into all things, giving rise to a civilization of cultivation. Every story begins in the Land of Runes. 399Reads7.0Score100Shelves
- 26 Please Stop Refining! The Imperial Artifacts Are Piled Up Like a Mountain 求求你别炼了，帝器已经堆成山了 [Divine Artisan]+ [Artifact Refining]+ [Invincible] Zhang Long transmigrates to a fantasy world and successfully joins a cultivation sect. But because he lacks talent, he becomes a menial disciple at the Artifact Refining Peak. Zhang Long thinks he will have to spend the rest of his life refining artifacts just to get by. Then, by chance, he awakens the Super Divine Artisan System. As long as he refines artifacts, he can grow stronger without end. And so: [Refine artifacts ten thousand times to 892Reads8.7Score100Shelves
- 27 The Artifact Forger Who Emerged from the Refugee Camp 从难民营走出的炼器师 [Feel-Good Power Fantasy, System, Cultivation, Artifact Refining] After transmigrating to another world, Xu Lin awakens an Artifact Refining Sign-In System. When he wakes up, he finds himself a refugee in a camp. His previous life was as a blacksmith, so the System's profession is a perfect fit. Artifact refining, sign-ins, all kinds of martial arts and cultivation techniques, professional skills, divine-grade traits, and pills that boost cultivation: he gets more than he can handle. Artifact re 323Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 28 Divine Master of Pills and Talismans 丹符神尊 Jian Zhengfeng sat in seclusion for eight years, poring over ten thousand volumes of scripture, all to comprehend the Great Dao Treasury in a single moment! The Demon God Art, the Song of Weiyang, the Profound Spirit Manual, and the Great Dao Treasury: four extraordinary books, but only the Great Dao Treasury contains ten million true meanings! Spirit talismans are needed to draw talismanic charms, set up formations, refine artifacts, and forge flying swords. Even superior-grade spirit pills req 8.7kReads8.9Score983Shelves
- 29 Devouring Chaos: From Mine Slave to Supreme 吞噬混沌：从矿奴到至尊 Programmer Lin Feng transmigrated into another world, only to end up in the body of a miserable mine slave. By chance, he obtained a hybrid furnace and began his path of cultivation. The hybrid furnace brought him not only opportunity, but also a shocking conspiracy. 42Reads5.8Score118Shelves
- 30 Xuanhuan: The Wish-Granting Artifact Refiner 玄幻：有求必应炼器师 Su Bai transmigrates to another world, only to be captured by a powerful big shot who demands that he produce some kind of treasure, even though he doesn't know the first thing about making one! Su Bai is at a complete loss. Luckily, his Super System for Treasure Forging awakens. As long as he makes a profit, he can craft treasures, and crafting treasures makes him stronger! Years later, the gods and Buddhas of the myriad heavens kneel before him, begging him to forge treasures. Su Bai casual 909Reads7.4Score125Shelves
- 31 The Dream of the Five Elements 五行梦幻记 A fantasy ensemble with a new system and multiple elements: the five phases, demons and spirits, magic, runes, formations, incantations, magical treasures, martial arts, swordsmanship, and the Eight Trigrams. Multiple storylines and worlds. No romance, no System, no transmigration, no rebirth, no face-slapping, no showing off, no prestige, no special aura, no redemption arc. No hype, but we’re carrying on. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Immortal Qin Alchemist 仙秦炼丹师 [Cultivation] + [Alchemy] + [the Myriad Worlds] + [Cautious Protagonist] + [Building a Solid Foundation] [Realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Separation, Soul Division, Body Integration, Void Cavern, Tribulation Transcendence, Great Ascension...] This book has few conflicts and a slow, leisurely pace. Life is tiring enough already, so I hope this story can bring everyone a little relaxation and joy. After transmigrating to a cultivation world, he beco 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Azure Jade Cultivation 青玉修仙 [Transmigration + A Villain Who Isn't Brain-Dead + A Golden Finger + No Romance + Clear-Headed and No Saintly Do-Gooder + Playing It Safe + Decisive and Ruthless + Regular Updates + Plenty to Read] Thinking he had landed in a wuxia novel, modern young man Chen Feng transmigrated into its world, planning to use his natural talent to dominate it. Then he discovered it was actually a cultivation world. He hones his martial arts in the early stages and cultivates immortality later on. With help fro 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The True Meaning of Returning Fallen Leaves to Their Roots 落叶归根的真谛 The True Meaning of Returning to One’s Roots 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Path of the Teacher's Ascension 师道飞升 [Clan Cultivation] [Characters with their wits about them] [Cultural invasion] [Transmigration to another world] [Careful planning at every step] An unexpectedly awakened System completely changes Zhao Changyou’s life. From then on, he has to run around everywhere to secure cultivation resources for his students. An accidental discovery makes him realize the immense business opportunities hidden in cultural invasion. A Foundation Establishment secret technique forces the entire Zhao family to le 37Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 36 The Hidden Dragon in the Abyss Will One Day Take Flight 潜龙在渊，终会飞天 A hidden dragon in the depths will one day soar into the sky. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 History by Candlelight 残烛照史 A Flickering Candle Illuminates History —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Beautiful Face Reader 美人相师 The Beauty’s Physiognomist —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Five Elements Tribulation: Creation and Destruction 五行劫：相生相克 The Five Elements Tribulation: Creation and Destruction —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Mobius Escape 莫比乌斯逃亡 [Superpowers + Founding a dynasty + Power fantasy + Interstellar conquest + Ruthless decisiveness + Trending memes + Spatial powers] I... Chen Ping! I founded a nation overseas, crushed countless countries, and soon the entire universe will be mine. I command the power of space and can teleport while ignoring both time and space. But only I know that all of this actually comes from another being inside my soul... It... "Th-there's actually a pyramid at the bottom of the Nile!" "Hey, hey! Don't d 87Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 41 The Highest Form of Strategy Is to Defeat the Enemy’s Plans 上兵伐谋 The Best Strategy Is to Attack the Enemy’s Plans 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Bustle of City Life 城市里的车水马龙 The Bustle of City Streets 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 A Mind Full of Poetry Gives One an Air of Elegance 腹有诗书，气自华 A mind steeped in poetry and books lends a person an inner grace. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Lu Chengyu’s Moment of Enlightenment 陆承宇的顿悟 Lu Chengyu’s Moment of Enlightenment 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Exchanging Love 爱的互换 [Powerful CEO, impostor heiress, wealthy family, stand-in young lady, tragic romance] She looks exactly like her, yet their lives could not be more different. One is the richest person in the city, while the other is the child of its poorest family. Their identical faces have tied their fates together. What will become of them? Find out in Love Swapped! 289Reads9.4Score103Shelves
- 46 Retiring to the Countryside: Wisdom or a Higher State of Being 告老还乡，是智慧是境界 Retiring to one’s hometown: a mark of wisdom and perspective. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Find Jade in the Rough 凿石见玉 Rough Stone, Hidden Jade 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 The Five Elements Cultivation Chronicle 五行修神传 An ordinary mortal begins cultivating immortality, advancing through Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Divine Transformation... Follow Liu Yu on his long journey of cultivation, starting from nothing! Alchemy, artifact crafting, spirit beasts, talismans... Adventure and treasure hunting, with no harem. 3.7kReads6.9Score394Shelves
- 49 How Can Anyone Else Sleep Beside My Bed? 卧榻之侧岂容他人安睡 How can anyone allow another to sleep beside their own bed? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Fishing Alone in the Snowy Cold River 独钓，寒江雪 Fishing Alone in the Snow on a Cold River 1Reads—Score—Shelves
