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- 151 Rule Horror: Voices in the Hallway at Midnight 规则怪谈：午夜楼道声 Rule Horror: The Midnight Hallway Sounds 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 152 When the Galaxy Fades: I’ll Reach the Summit with You Again 星河烬余：携卿再临巅峰 [Nine Lives Later + Reborn + Ruthless and Decisive + Return to the Peak] The galaxy hangs upside down. Ye Wushang holds the Ancestral Heart Pill, only to be betrayed by his personal disciple, Lu Qing. His soul is destroyed, and the Soul-Devouring Blood Corruption Poison eats away at his body. The eight great powers, including the Formation Alliance and the Heavenly Sword Sanctum, seize the chance to attack. The Nine Palaces Immortal-Trapping Formation seals his spiritual power, while one deadly 121Reads—Score—Shelves
- 153 I Saw the Killer's Face While Preparing the Campus Beauty's Body for Her Funeral 我给校花整理遗容时，看到了凶手的脸 While preparing the school beauty’s body for burial, I saw the killer’s face. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 154 The True Immortal of the Five Elements 五行真仙 After waking up, an ordinary mortal finds himself reborn in a dangerous, mysterious world of cultivation. From the start, he is a minor rogue cultivator with five spiritual roots. By chance, he finds a mysterious little gourd at the market, setting him on an extraordinary path to immortality... [Mortal cultivation, rogue cultivators, spiritual roots, pills, magical treasures, roaming the immortal sea] 1.7kReads6.1Score146Shelves
- 155 Apocalypse Countdown: I Married the Commander of Time 末世倒计时：我嫁给了时间指挥官 Apocalypse Countdown: I Married the Commander of Time 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 156 Five-Spirit-Root 五灵根 Seeing through the game is hard. Escaping the game is even harder. Becoming the one who moves the pieces is harder still! A young man from a fallen family finally develops an extraordinary five-element spiritual root, thanks to the sacrifices of ten generations of his family. Yet he is dismissed as the most good-for-nothing of all. Come and see: Mo Luo, the young man, seeking immortality and the Dao, searching for his chance, slaying demons and defying the heavens. Through joys, sorrows, parting 6.1kReads7.7Score492Shelves
- 157 The Immortal-Burning Chronicle 焚仙记 Not a wish-fulfillment story! Don’t read if that’s not your thing! Traditional cultivation fantasy, with a slower pace! [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire] [Sword Cultivator] [Alchemy] The Heavenly Fire Glazed Lamp, a supreme treasure of the Immortal Realm, was accidentally shattered during a battle and fell into the lower realm. Tens of thousands of years later, Han Fusheng, magistrate of Longming County in the Yan Kingdom, was framed by villains and d 8.1kReads8.2Score738Shelves
- 158 After Being Diagnosed with Lung Cancer, I Went to Zhongnan Mountain to Cultivate Immortality 确诊肺癌后，我上终南山修仙 After being diagnosed with lung cancer, I went to Mount Zhongnan to cultivate immortality. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 159 Guardian of the Deep Sea’s Lost Pearl 深海遗珠守护者 Guardian of the Deep-Sea Pearl 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 160 The Coffin Opens, and the Heavens Split 棺启苍穹裂 The woodcutter boy Xu Yan rescued a green snake, only to be forced to become the master of an ancient divine coffin. While others fought over the Map of Mountains and Rivers, which had appeared once every thousand years, all he wanted was a quiet life farming. That is, until his adoptive father was left dying with an arm severed, and the massacre from sixteen years ago came to light... When the heroes of the martial world discovered that this good-for-nothing with shattered meridians was actuall 1.1kReads9.3Score125Shelves
- 161 A Heroic Rescue Leads to True Love 见义勇为遇良缘 A Good Deed Leads to a Happy Romance 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 162 Whales Fall with the Tide, Wind Rests on the Shore 鲸落于潮，风栖于岸 A whale falls with the tide, the wind comes to rest on the shore 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 163 The Mortal's Path to Immortality 凡人修仙途 An ordinary country boy happens upon half a cultivation manual and a mysterious bracelet, setting him on the path of immortal cultivation. Rising from humble beginnings, the young man cultivates the Five Elements arts and practices secret divine abilities. He masters the seventy-two transformations of the Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends, proves his Dao, and roams free on the path to immortality... 1.6kReads8.0Score139Shelves
- 164 The Good-for-Nothing Young Master’s Hilarious Road to Immortality 废柴少主的爆笑修仙路 The Good-for-Nothing Young Master's Hilarious Road to Immortality 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 165 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: From the Start, I Find a Mysterious Little Furnace 凡人修仙：开局捡到神秘小炉 [Mortal-style cultivation] [Descendant of the Han family] [Qi Refining] [Foundation Establishment] [Core Formation] [Nascent Soul] [Deity Transformation] [No brainless protagonist] [Not a wish-fulfillment novel]. The martial world is full of schemes and struggles, and the story is shrouded in mystery. Han Feng, whose meridians have withered, joins the Black Tortoise Sect to survive, but through a twist of fate, he embarks on the path of cultivation. 476Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 166 Meeting the Old Galaxy Again in the Evening Breeze 晚风再遇旧星河 Meeting the Old Galaxy Again in the Evening Breeze 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 167 Master of the Profound Sky Sword 玄穹剑主 Lord of the Mystic Sky Sword 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 168 A Home in the Spirit Realm 灵境栖居 A Haven in the Spirit Realm —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 169 Core Space: Guardian of the Universe 星核空间，宇宙守护者 Star Core Space, Guardian of the Universe 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 170 The City’s Growth Rings on the Scaffolding 脚手架上的城市年轮 The City's Growth Rings on the Scaffolding —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 171 Peerless Alchemy God 绝世丹神 He returns to a world ten thousand years in the past, where martial arts reign supreme and powerhouses are everywhere, while the path of alchemy is only just beginning to flourish! Qin Feng, a god-tier alchemist, possesses countless pill recipes and knows every kind of medicinal technique. He embarks on a frenzied quest to refine pills and concoct medicines, advancing the art of alchemy through his own efforts. At the same time, he cultivates all kinds of top-tier techniques and meets countless 1.1kReads8.8Score162Shelves
- 172 After Transmigrating into a Sapling in the Park, I Grow into an Ancient Tree God 穿成公园小树苗后，我卷成了古树神 After Reincarnating as a Sapling in a Park, I Grew Into an Ancient Tree God 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 173 Cultivating to Immortality Through a Billion Practices 亿练成仙 [Farming and Cultivation] [Slow-Paced] The demon race rules the world, and countless demons roam the land. Cultivation sects establish market towns, spread the teachings, and revive the Dao. They inspire more people to embark on the path of Qi Refining, carrying on the work of those who came before. Li Yinian, a young man who transmigrated here, relies on his talent for making up for his shortcomings through hard work to stand out among the spirit-seed tenant farmers… 18.8kReads8.1Score1.6kShelves
- 174 The Art of Reading Qi 望气术 Introduction to The Art of Qi Reading This book delves into the mysterious art of qi reading. Qi reading involves interpreting people's fortunes and predicting good or bad luck by observing the colors, shapes, and changes of clouds and qi fields. It can be used to assess the auspiciousness of a home or burial site. Golden yellow signifies great fortune, prosperity, and success; purple is also auspicious, signaling academic honors and an official career. Practicing qi reading requires a foundati 1.7kReads—Score605Shelves
- 175 Cicadas in Summer and Evening Breezes Both Bring Sorrow 夏蝉与晚风皆成殇 Summer Cicadas and Evening Breezes, All Turned to Sorrow —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 176 I Got the Strongest Cultivation Legacy 我得到了最强修仙传承 Liu Ao has a useless five-element spirit root, and the cultivation sect Taiyi Sect takes him in as a menial disciple to raise pigs. Unexpectedly, while tending the pigs, a small bead burrows into his head by chance. The bead has evolved into a miniature five-element world, within which lingers the remnant soul of an ancient, supreme creator. Seeing that he and Liu Ao are fated to meet, the remnant soul takes him as a disciple and passes on all the knowledge and memories it acquired over its life 1.5kReads7.9Score138Shelves
- 177 Surviving the End of the Dao: Building Infrastructure in a Fantasy World 道末求存：我在玄幻世界搞基建 A modern corporate drone's soul ends up in the body of a good-for-nothing disciple in a fantasy world. He cultivates his heart, comprehends the Dao, masters the laws of chaos, and joins forces with his team to save the Blue Star! Break through the dimensional wall! Save the multiverse! Create a new era! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 178 The Bronze Age: Blade Lord of Reverse Entropy 青铜纪元：逆熵刀主 The Bronze Age: Blade Lord of Entropy —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 179 The Righteous Path of the World Is One of Hardship 人间正道，是沧桑 The Righteous Path of the World Is One of Hardship 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 180 Worlds Apart: Two Souls Switch Bodies 云泥殊途：双魂互换 Two Souls, Two Destinies: Switching Bodies —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 181 When the Fog Clears Over Qingchuan Town 雾散青川镇 The Mist Clears Over Qingchuan Town 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 182 Marry a Dao Companion and Cultivate the Truth: Faithful to the Great Dao and to You 既娶道侣又修真，不负大道不负卿 After transmigrating to the cultivation world and becoming a low-level rogue cultivator, the protagonist finds that his predecessor was attacked and lay unconscious for three months. Having taken over someone else's body, he is about to be kicked out of the market because he can't renew his lease when the Cultivation Arts System appears! Whatever you know, I know. Whatever you don't know, well, I know that too. In short, I know everything. From then on, the protagonist begins his rise to success 9.2kReads7.8Score471Shelves
- 183 I Transmigrated to the Cultivation World: Rising to the Top by Selling Fish 穿越修仙界：从卖鱼开始崛起 [Mortal cultivation, no System, rise from the bottom] After transmigrating, Ye Yu is kicked out of his family from the start. He has no choice but to scrape by as a fishmonger, until he offends a sect's holy maiden at the Yihong Brothel and has to flee to another city. In his new cultivation city, Ye Yu first buys two maids to calm his nerves, then invents a seal-based talisman-making technique, opening the floodgates to wealth. To keep growing stronger, Ye Yu builds airplanes and cannons. He’s 10kReads8.6Score800Shelves
- 184 I Own an Invisibility Cloak from the 50th Century 我有件五十世纪的隐身衣 One night in a senior-year dorm, Lei Wanjun was lying in bed playing a mobile game, just like his roommates. At some point, clouds swallowed the bright moonlight outside. Then thunder cracked and rain poured down. Summer weather was so fickle. One moment it was clear, the next it was raining. With a crash of thunder, Lei Wanjun’s phone screen suddenly went black. The battery had died! He was about to sit up and grab his charging cable when a flash of lightning flickered across the dark screen. A 5.4kReads9.5Score604Shelves
- 185 Taiyin Sacred Body: Frost Moon Over the Nine Heavens 太阴圣体：霜月临九天 Taiyin Sacred Body: Frost Moon Descends Upon the Nine Heavens 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 186 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: It Begins with a Broken Stone 凡人修仙：从捡到破石头开始 [Mortal cultivation + no System + traditional cultivation] In a village where no immortal had ever been seen, a group of men in black suddenly appeared, seemingly searching for something. By the time they left, the village had already been burned to the ground. Lin Yuan, the sole survivor, set out to hunt down the men in black and take his revenge... 8.1kReads7.5Score601Shelves
- 187 The Dark Abyss World 暗渊世界 Xie Chenyuan acquired a legacy that brought him halfway to transcendence. It granted him the ability to travel between worlds, giving him the chance to plunder abundant resources and achieve transcendence. Xie Chenyuan knew that to survive in this cruel world and reach transcendence, he would have to keep growing stronger. So he used the power of his legacy to begin his plundering journey. He traveled between different worlds, each with its own unique resources and challenges. In some, he face 139Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 188 The Profound Heaven Cultivation Chronicle 玄天修仙录 Zhang Yuanjing, an early Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Xuantian Sect, only wants to keep his head down in the cultivation world and live a quiet, stable life. Even when people call him “Rat Daoist” and his peers mock him, he never goes to dangerous places or gets caught up in perilous situations. But without immortality, everything ultimately comes to nothing. With his lifespan nearly at its end and death close at hand, he has no choice but to take a gamble. By luck, he breaks throu 13.9kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
- 189 The Reason the One True Love Is So Beautiful Is That It Is Out of Reach 白月光之所以美好，是因为它遥不可及 The reason the moonlight is so beautiful is that it is beyond reach 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 190 The Dustbound Sword Dao 尘剑道 Xuanhuan, swordsmanship, and peerless talent! He is the young heir of the Jiang family, one of Qingyun City’s four great clans. Born with a chronic illness, he has always been frail. But my fate is mine to command, not Heaven’s! With perseverance, courage, and quick wits, he fights his way upstream, step by step. He seeks opportunities, takes on the four clans, and endures battles to the death, singing a saga of blood and tears. He enters treasure lands and hidden realms. Watch him soar straight 9.4kReads8.6Score713Shelves
- 191 Nezha’s Path to Immortality 哪吒修仙诀 A dragon lurks in the abyss; a wise man hides among the people. When among others, hold your tongue to stay clear of trouble. When things are going well, keep your plans to yourself to avoid disaster. When beset by hardship, conceal your feelings so you can grow stronger. Those who aspire to great things keep them in their hearts and act on them. Only by keeping a low profile can you move forward steadily and go far. Yang Lin spends all day immersed in the world of immortal cultivation, caring n 92Reads—Score—Shelves
- 192 I Transmigrated Into a County Magistrate, and From the Start Everything Was a Mess 穿越成县令，开局烂摊子 Transmigrated as a County Magistrate, With a Mess from the Start 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 193 The Alluring Alchemist 妖娆炼丹师 Hua Ruge, the Great Zheng Empire’s most notorious good-for-nothing woman, was abandoned by her family, despised by the world, and betrayed by her fiancé, who fell for someone else, killed her, and dumped her body! Even an uncle could put up with that, but an aunt couldn’t! The queen of the ancient martial arts world transmigrates into her body. From then on, this good-for-nothing turns her life around, and the fool becomes a dazzling temptress, blinding everyone! You bullied her? She’ll beat you 138Reads9.0Score109Shelves
- 194 A Mortal's Cultivation of Immortality: Portable Space 凡人修仙之随身空间 An ordinary village boy stumbles upon a portable space, and from then on, Wu Fan embarks on the path of cultivation. He grows spirit herbs and medicines, makes pills, and trains inside the space. Watch as he rises step by step to become the strongest of all, unrivaled across the Three Realms. 34.4kReads8.6Score2.7kShelves
- 195 Reborn as a Fish, Riding the Waves Until All Seas Bow 重生为鱼，逐浪而行，万海臣服 Reborn as a fish, I ride the waves until every sea submits. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 196 Cultivation: Starting Out as a Cook at a Refining Shop 修仙：从在炼器铺当厨子开始 New Title: The Timid Servant Is Actually a Master Synopsis: An outer-sect servant who’s always rushing around doing odd jobs to earn spirit stones is assigned a mission alongside a beautiful immortal maiden. He’s timid, afraid of dying, unambitious, and cares only about spirit stones, earning him the maiden’s complaints and disdain. But when the situation gets serious, he leaves her utterly stunned: who would have thought this kid was actually a master? [Rise from the Bottom + Humble and Unassum 20.6kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves
- 197 The Dragon Fang Returns to Guard the Fishing Village and Strike Fear into All Enemies 龙牙归来守渔村慑万敌 [Battle God from the Start] [One Female Lead] [Urban Cultivation] [Cultivation Begins in Chapter Five] [Action-Packed Revenge] The Dragon Fang Battle God, whose name strikes fear overseas, lays down his arms and returns to his hometown, a seaside fishing village. All he wants is to protect his neighbors and the woman he loves, and live a peaceful life. But trouble comes one wave after another, and powerful enemies from every direction keep coming for him. A chance encounter brings him an immorta 119Reads—Score—Shelves
- 198 The Five-Spirit Arcane Art 五灵玄法 [Swordsmanship + Mystery + Decisive and Ruthless + Ingenious Moves + Witty and Humorous + Playing the Pig to Eat the Tiger] Reborn into a new life, the protagonist begins cultivating at the Qi Refining stage, slays demons and monsters along the way, overcomes countless trials and tribulations, and finally achieves the Great Dao. This book has a pure, sincere romance. This book has the most intense fight scenes. Step into this book and experience the most spectacular world of immortal heroes. 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 199 The Thorny Path Beneath the Glazed Pagoda 琉璃塔下的荆棘之路 The Thorny Road Beneath the Glazed Pagoda 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 200 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Purple Mansion's Immortal Destiny 凡人修仙：紫府仙缘 (A slow-paced mortal’s tale. No mindless decisions, no characters getting dumber, no System. The protagonist is decisive and there’s a little violence. This is not a power fantasy, so read at your own risk.) The protagonist unexpectedly acquires an immortal estate and from then on embarks on the path of farming and cultivating immortality. I have a few acres of good farmland, and I watch the world change with a smile. I farm a little, refine some pills, and avoid all that environmentally unfrien 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
