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- 51 The Immortal Emperor from a Humble Family 寒门仙帝 A hundred years ago, a humble scholar and successful candidate in the imperial examinations, Lin Jiaping, embarked on the path to immortality. A hundred years later, countless continents float in the Chaos Sea, and rolling waves of sound rise from each one. Immortals roar, gods wail, and heavenly demons weep. The powerful beings all share just one thought: Lin Ping’an must die! 19.9kReads8.5Score2.1kShelves
- 52 The Pureblood Hongmeng Art 纯血鸿蒙诀 [Mortal cultivation ★ Logical and well-reasoned ★ Foreshadowing everywhere ★ Ingeniously crafted ★ A refreshing plot ★ Delicate prose ★ An expansive world ★ An uplifting theme ★ Come cultivate immortality alongside the hero!] In a village in the mortal realm of Qingyun Continent, a young man named Chu Feng is born with a useless Five-Element Spiritual Root. His path to immortality is thwarted as he seeks to save the girl next door, but then he meets Old Ren, who came from the Spirit Realm, and l 323Reads6.2Score102Shelves
- 53 Immortal Destiny in Tianling Valley 天灵谷仙缘 Also known as [Cultivating Immortality as a Mortal: Finding a Red Stone Necklace from the Start] [Treasures]+ [Beauties]+ [Leveling Up]+ [Formations]+ [Invincible Treasures]+ [A Life with Cheats] The male lead was an ordinary mortal who happened upon a golden finger: a red stone necklace. Inside the necklace was a special being who could talk and called herself Weiwei! Weiwei wasn’t a soul, yet she had always existed! With Weiwei’s help, the male lead struggled to begin his path of cultivation. 215Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 I Have a Cautious Senior Brother 我有一个苟师兄 Lin Xiaogou's ultimate goal in cultivating immortality is to lie flat and live forever. If he can avoid lifting a finger, he won't overwork himself; if he can dodge trouble, he won't get involved! Unfortunately, fate insists on making things difficult for him. His eldest senior brother is a workaholic with obsessive-compulsive tendencies, watching him train every day. Miss even fifteen minutes of practice, and he'll lecture Lin Xiaogou until his ears ring. His second senior brother is a professi 203Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 Cultivating Immortality Begins with Inheriting a City 修仙从继承城主开始 (The protagonist’s soul transmigrates to another world, no System, a steady-paced cultivation story about an ordinary person, with humor, a slow build, and plenty of schemes) Tour guide Tao Yiming transmigrates to another world and becomes the son of a city lord. By chance, he gains an opportunity to cultivate immortality... After learning the Heavenly Thunder Body-Refinement Art, Tao Yiming searches high and low for charging stations, luring down lightning to recharge. A hundred-year-old spirit 2.4kReads—Score153Shelves
- 56 The Green Vine's Mortal Cultivation Journal 青藤凡修记 [Mortal Cultivation + No System] + [Farming] One night, bandits massacred the remote village of Qingtian. The young Zhang Ling was lucky enough to escape. Fleeing in a panic, he got lost in the mountains, where he encountered a mutated vine. It somehow parasitized his body, and from then on, his body began to change. Later, through a twist of fate, he came into contact with the world of cultivators and embarked on the path to immortality. Along his journey of cultivation, he used a mysterious li 5.3kReads7.8Score413Shelves
- 57 Mending the Broken Cauldron: The Lu Family's Rise in Cultivation 残鼎复元：陆家修仙崛起路 Traditional cultivation + slow-burn progression + cautious protagonist + family-focused + mortal's perspective + no System + pseudo-ensemble cast Realms: Qi Refining → Foundation Establishment → Core Formation → Nascent Soul... On the Tianyuan Continent, sects monopolize resources, leaving little room for small and mid-sized clans to survive. The Lu family, on the remote frontier, is one such clan: spiritual energy is scarce, cultivation methods are incomplete, they are trapped at Qi Refining, a 29.9kReads7.7Score2.2kShelves
- 58 The Complete Tale of a Mortal's Cultivation to Immortality 凡人修仙全传 Tags: Mortal’s journey, no golden finger, trials of the Dao heart, conflict between righteous and demonic factions, slow-burn, meticulous cultivation The impoverished youth Han Moyu stumbles upon a fragment of the Evergreen Art, and from then on embarks on a perilous path of cultivation. With no System to aid him, no old master to guide him, and only mediocre talent, he must survive through patience, restraint, and wit. Spiritual energy is scarce and must be fought over; bottlenecks on the Grea 49Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 59 Cultivation: I Hold the Universe and All Things in My Palm 修仙:我掌中有乾坤万物 Gu Changqing transmigrated into a cultivation world and became an unaffiliated cultivator with a worthless spirit root. After years of cultivation, he still couldn't break through! By chance, he obtained a small jade bead, only to discover that it contained a pocket space with a spiritual field... 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 The Wrath of the Mortal Immortal 凡仙之怒 New Book: Selling Myself to the Hehuan Sect as a Cultivation Cauldron, Controlling Time from the Start The Chaos-Heaven Divine Cauldron can turn the universe upside down! Nine waters and nine heavenly layers: comprehend the Dao and become an immortal! On the path to immortality, spiritual roots, fortuitous opportunities, and destiny are all essential! Xiao Chentian was born with a useless spiritual root and abandoned by fate. Refusing to accept his lot, he defies heaven, treads his own path, con 20.6kReads8.0Score2.4kShelves
- 61 The Mortal's Immortal Abode 凡人仙府 After waking up in the cultivation world, I find that an evil cultivator is about to possess my body. What am I supposed to do? Luckily, I get a little gourd, and there's even an acre of spirit farmland inside. Taking pills, meditating, and following the path to enlightenment as a minor rogue cultivator. Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Deification... 3.1kReads6.2Score277Shelves
- 62 Reborn with a Coffin, from Heavenly Spiritual Root to Ordinary Mortal 带棺重生，从天灵根沦为一介凡人 The title isn't quite right, and the opening is slow, but I'll stick with it and finish the story! [Mortals + Righteous and Demonic Cultivators + Multiple Female Leads] The protagonist is murdered from the start in a conspiracy between his Dao companion and his junior brother! With the help of a mysterious stone coffin, he is reborn as Gu Yi, a foolish boy with no spiritual roots. He thought his path to immortality was over and revenge was out of reach, leaving him no choice but to live as an or 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 The Immortal Path of the Treasure Cauldron 宝鼎仙途 A classic mortal cultivation story: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul... The rogue cultivator Lu Xuan accidentally transmigrates to the world of immortal cultivation, where he’s driven out of the market district and left to fend for himself! Luckily, he finds a mysterious treasure cauldron. One month inside it equals three years outside. This lowly rogue cultivator takes one step at a time and eventually ascends to the Immortal Realm... He becomes the Primordial Da 2.1kReads6.3Score126Shelves
- 64 Unintentionally Seeking Immortality 无意问仙 [Mortal's Journey] [No System] [Cultivation Through Caution] Li Wuyi was an ordinary man who delivered food part-time after work, until a small silver stone drew a bolt of heavenly lightning that sent him into the cultivation world. With no backing and no one to rely on, he had little access to spirit stones, pills, or magical treasures. Luckily, a small space hidden deep within his sea of consciousness could produce spirit liquid and accelerate the growth of spiritual plants. Qi Refining, Fou 463Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 65 The Heavenly Bead Calamity 天珠劫 Every thousand years, the world undergoes a “Heavenly Pearl Tribulation,” selecting those with the potential to defy fate. They either ascend to immortality or become sacrifices. But the true rules have been concealed through an alliance between the top sects and ancient clans... 260Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 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... 1.6kReads8.0Score134Shelves
- 67 A Mortal’s Path to Immortality 凡人修仙之仙途 “Roots reaching ten inches, transforming mortals into immortals. Build a foundation with the Five Elements, and form a Golden Core aligned with the Heavenly Dao!” Li An was born into an ordinary rural family. After an unexpected calamity struck his village, he was set on the path of cultivating immortality. 281Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 EN A Commoner's Path to Immortality 布衣仙途 No treasures that can turn back time, no miracle tools that can make herbs grow faster, and no powerful backers! Just an ordinary country boy, relying on his grit, intelligence, caution, and resolve, without cheats or pills, rising step by step from humble beginnings to greatness and forging his own path to immortality! 14.3kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves
- 69 Cultivation: I Got a Pair of Eagle Eyes from the Start 修仙：开局获得一双鹰眼 [War-torn xianxia] + [not a wish-fulfillment novel] + [no System] No matter the era or where you go, this xianxia world is full of endless conflict and constant warfare! The male lead is captured and imprisoned in a dungeon. His eyesight is so poor that he can only make out blurry figures. Later, an eagle saves him and gives him a pair of special eyes, restoring his vision. Only then does his journey into cultivation truly begin! Unexpectedly, he gains one golden finger, then another... The key 405Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 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] 1.7kReads6.1Score144Shelves
- 71 Cultivating Immortality, Starting with Buying Low and Selling High 修仙，从倒买倒卖开始 [Ordinary protagonist, no System, patchwork setting, multiple secret identities, cultivation through levels of existence, infinite journeys through the heavens] (The second world, Blue Star, opens in Chapter 48: an eerie-dungeon version.) (Rumor clarification: the golden finger is rigid and barely functional.) (The second dungeon, Sunshine Apartments, opens in Chapter 76.) In the cultivation world, I tread carefully. In other worlds, call me Daoist Grandpa! Xue Tong arrives in a pseudo-tradit 1.1kReads—Score119Shelves
- 72 Snowy Night on the Tianshan Mountains 雪夜天山 [Eastern fantasy + play the pig to eat the tiger + comedy + revenge] On a snowy night ten years ago, I was in my mother’s arms, watching with my own eyes as a group of men in black hunted her down! Ten years later, I descend the mountain and enter the Academy of All Life. Then one day, I unexpectedly discover that I have half-demon blood. Me: “I’m a demon? What kind of demon am I?” When demon calamity strikes, an elder of the Academy of All Life points at me and curses, “Half-demons are the root 1.2kReads6.7Score112Shelves
- 73 I Found a Pocket Dimension and a Medicinal Herb Garden, and Now I'm Doing Research in the Immortal Realm 捡到空间药田，我在仙界搞研发 [Portable pocket world with medicinal fields + solo cultivation + building a faction + no female lead + no harem] Lin Feng came across a portable pocket world with medicinal fields that accelerated the growth of spirit herbs. Combining Blue Star technology with the world, he cultivated technical talent and got into product research and development. Later, he discovered that the pocket world’s laws were complete enough to let other people enter, so he moved his people and laboratories inside. Pro 170Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 74 The God-Burying Coffin: I Am Invincible in This World 葬神棺：我无敌于世 [Traditional cultivation, not a wish-fulfillment story, no System, slow-burn, steady progression] I have a coffin that can bury the heavens, the earth, and all living beings. A genius youth has his spiritual roots torn out, then finds the God-Burying Coffin, which entombs the gods and demons of all the heavens, in the God-Burying Abyss. From that day on, the sun and moon dim before him, and gods and Buddhas throughout the heavens tremble at his presence. Lin Ping'an [Decisive and ruthless, cul 132Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 75 Beyond Immortal Cultivation 修仙之上 Beyond cultivating immortality, is there still a path to becoming an immortal? A young boy from a mountain village stumbles into the world of cultivation after a brush with danger. From that moment on, he embarks on a twisting, treacherous, yet extraordinary path of cultivation... 3.9kReads8.3Score286Shelves
- 76 A Hundred Wasted Meridians? I Have a Hundredfold Cultivation Space 百脉废灵根？我有百倍修炼空间 [Mortal Cultivation | Space Upgrades | No System | No Harem] Shen Qing, a good-for-nothing with a hundred-spirit-root constitution, unexpectedly acquires a mysterious space where time flows a hundred times faster: the [Tortoiseshell Cave Heaven]. Time passes a hundred times faster inside, and it also holds the immortal cultivation art "Evergreen Art". Plant a spirit herb for ten years, and it becomes a thousand-year-old immortal herb; Raise a spirit beast for a hundred years, and it becomes a te 13Reads—Score100Shelves
- 77 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Heaven-Piercing Tower 凡人修仙：通天塔 [The animated series A Great Rogue Cultivator: My Quest to Reach the Heavens is currently a hit on Hongguo Short Drama] [No transmigration, sensible plot, traditional cultivation, mortal cultivator, no System] "Are there really immortals in this world?" "Of course!" "Old man, when are you finally going to take me as your disciple?" The boy has lost count of how many times he's begged by now... After a great upheaval, a boy from Lanxian Town embarks on a long journey of cultivation. A mysterious 9kReads7.9Score688Shelves
- 78 I Rely on a Deduction System to Cultivate Immortality Safely 我靠推演系统稳健修仙 [Cultivation] [Cautious] [No female lead] The key to the Deduction System is the word “deduction.” Deduction can be performed in two directions: upward and downward. Upward deduction raises the rank of any skill you can learn, such as cultivation techniques and spells, making it more powerful and effective. Downward deduction analyzes and breaks down any skill you can learn, such as cultivation techniques and spells, allowing you to master it quickly and thoroughly. The Deduction System is an ou 2.8kReads6.4Score134Shelves
- 79 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 8.2kReads8.2Score742Shelves
- 80 The Heavenly Dao Cauldron 天道鼎 A magical little cauldron can store merit energy. Kill a bandit chief and gain a wisp of low-grade merit energy. Kill a Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator and gain a wisp of mid-grade merit energy... I cultivate the Chaos Heavenly Dao Art, which can turn merit energy into cultivation. The more villains I kill, the more merit energy I gain. And the faster my cultivation improves. Scum and demonic cultivators are nourishment on my path to immortality... 2kReads7.9Score247Shelves
- 81 Cultivating the Dao and Seeking Immortality 修仙问道 Someone asks, “Where does the road lie?” I say, “Beneath our feet.” Someone asks, “What is the Dao?” I say, “I am the Dao.” I embody the Dao to prove it, then look up at the heavens and ask what the Dao is. When I wake from a dream, where is my body? The Dao is me, and I am the Dao... 3.8kReads8.4Score319Shelves
- 82 I Have a Spirit Ring That Can Grow Crops 我有灵戒能种田 [Mortal’s Journey] [Inspirational] [No Female Lead] [Clever Protagonist] A strange illness in a mountain village and a peculiar ring changed Ye Qing’s life forever. The world is full of surprises. Who says an ordinary mortal can’t become an immortal? 238Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 The Legend of Sui Xian 岁仙传 Ten thousand years ago, Zhongtu swept across the Xiaonan Realm, destroyed the Tower to Heaven, wiped out its legacy, and created a vast sea within a bottle, stretching ten thousand li. Ten thousand years later, Duan Qing, born in the Woliu Inn of the Xiaonan Realm, unexpectedly embarked on the path of cultivation. Braving countless dangers and matching wits with his foes, he made his way back to Zhongtu. What waves will he stir up this time? 5.5kReads8.6Score579Shelves
- 84 Transmigrate as an Empress, and Become Best Friends with Xiao Yanzi and Ziwei 穿越皇后我和小燕子紫薇成了闺蜜 A stage accident sends me transmigrating into the harem of the Great Qing, where I even become the Empress. But my situation is tough: the Emperor dislikes me, the Empress Dowager loathes me, and the other consorts refuse to accept me. But how hard can that be? Just watch me win the Emperor's heart and the Empress Dowager's affection. Singing and dancing aren't enough? Then I'll tell jokes and do magic tricks... Oh, and there's Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei, too. Hehe, come be my besties! 95Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 The Hidden Eastern Treasury of the Violet Palace 紫府东藏 A thousand cups of wine amid the mortal world, a pot of tea for an everlasting legacy. True love has never lasted since ancient times; only clever schemes can win people's hearts. The sons and daughters of the Jianghu roam the Jianghu, smiling to fulfill old wishes and burying grudges with a laugh. Even when all paths seem lost, shoot an arrow through the clouds, and thousands of troops will come to your aid! 807Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 86 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 60Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 From the Start, I Refined the Demonic Matriarch of the Hehuan Sect 开局炼化合欢宗女魔头 Grab it and refine it in an instant. It sounds like a meme. But for Lin Shuo, it's a cheat ability. Lin Shuo can refine anything he grabs, with no exceptions, once a day. As long as it counts as being grabbed, no matter how briefly, Lin Shuo can instantly refine it completely. And wouldn't you know it, just after he transmigrated, he got the chance to use his refining ability. Who could blame him? He had transmigrated into a human furnace kept by the female demon of the Hehuan Sect. Today was ju 573Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 88 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
- 89 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
- 90 The Immortal’s Song Along the Mortal Path 凡途仙歌 [Mortal cultivation, no System, multiple heroines, multiple spirit pets] Great rulers and generals are not born to privilege. Even a nobody can defy fate and forge ahead. Xu Sanqian, a young man suffering from consumption, unexpectedly obtained a mysterious space. He thought it was an incredible stroke of fortune, but never imagined it was part of a scheme laid long ago, countless ages in the past. The young man refused to accept his fate and vowed to fight to the death. I have blades in my hand 4.6kReads8.1Score411Shelves
- 91 The Ancient Ring Spirit 上古戒灵 [Mortal cultivation, no System, decisive and ruthless, not stupid] The foremost divine craftsman in the Immortal Realm, Lu Ban, spent his entire life forging the Ring Spirit, an immortal artifact hailed as the greatest of the ancient immortal artifacts. Then, all of a sudden, he vanished along with the Ring Spirit. 5.9kReads8.5Score800Shelves
- 92 A Mixed Spiritual Root from the Start 开局杂灵根 Qin Tian was tested at fifteen and found to have a worthless spirit root, becoming synonymous with uselessness. At eighteen, he faced mockery from his family and betrayal by his fiancee. His romantic rival even destroyed his spirit root completely, turning him into an ordinary person. After plunging into the abyss for four months, he returned and embarked on the path of cultivation. [Traditional fantasy + no System + no transmigration + the blurb can't do it justice, read the story] 31.9kReads8.7Score5.1kShelves
- 93 A Mortal's Glimpse of Heaven 凡人窥天记 Li Village was struck by disaster, but Li Xiao and his father escaped thanks to a mysterious stone bead they had acquired by chance. Later, he stumbled upon an unnamed cultivation art and embarked on the path to immortality. The road to immortality stretches far, with brambles at every turn; The stone bead lays the foundation, and eternal life is finally within reach. See how Li Xiao transforms from an ordinary mortal into a true cultivator, and how he climbs step by step to the peak of the immo 1.9kReads8.6Score188Shelves
- 94 Green Origin Immortal Manor 青元仙府 After a famine forces the young Fang Yang to be sold as a servant in the city, a strange ancient seal script character unexpectedly leads him to join a martial sect. By a twist of fate, a mysterious immortal mountain takes refuge inside him. One day in the outside world equals a year in the mountain, and from then on, thousand-year-old spirit herbs and ten-thousand-year-old immortal medicines are his for the taking... Fengyun Star, Azure Ancient Star, Canglan Star, Tianyuan Star, Qingliu Star, P 9.3kReads8.4Score917Shelves
- 95 A Mortal's Immortal Cultivation: Dual Cultivation of Sword and Body 凡人修仙之剑体双修 [Mortal-style cultivation] [Slow burn] [Cautious and careful] [No harem] [Driven by self-interest] [Not a bleeding heart] [No System] [Decisive and ruthless] Chen Xuan was once an assassin in the Darknight Hall. During a mission, he unexpectedly obtained a cultivation technique. He made the assassin's instinct etched into his very bones, caution, his highest principle. He treaded on thin ice with every step of his cultivation, carefully considering every possibility. He watched and waited whenev 902Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 96 A Mortal’s Immortal Destiny 凡人仙命 [Mortal’s journey] [Traditional xianxia] [No System] [No harem] Ding Dali, an orphan from a mountain village, happened to find a white porcelain bottle in a river, and thus began his path to immortality. The white porcelain bottle can refine ordinary things into supreme treasures: Pour river water into it, and it becomes Primordial Jade Liquid; put in weeds, and they become top-grade spirit herbs; keep ordinary iron inside, and it becomes a divine weapon capable of slaying immortals; throw in r 5.1kReads8.1Score593Shelves
- 97 The River of Weightlessness 失重之河 The River of Weightlessness 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 The Sword Falls Beyond the Clouds 剑落云霄 A disciple of the Tianlong Temple transmigrates into another world with three martial arts manuals: the Northern Darkness Divine Skill, the Six Meridians Divine Sword, and the Lingbo Microstep. Through constant training and battle, he masters the Kunpeng Transformation and reaches the pinnacle of this other world with his swordsmanship. 3.4kReads8.8Score351Shelves
- 99 I Have an Infinite Spirit Stone System 我有无限灵石系统 (Transmigration + System + daily life in the cultivation world + a smart protagonist + many love interests + spirit pets + decisive killing + laying low and developing early on + going on a killing spree later) The protagonist transmigrates from Earth to the cultivation world and acquires an infinite spirit stone System. What, you can’t win? Buy a mountain of spirit talismans and blast your enemies to death. Cultivation is too slow? No such thing. Just keep feeding it top-grade spirit stones. So 126Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 The Spirit Eye That Sees Every Detail 秋毫灵眼 [Mortal’s journey + no System + no harem] Li Changsheng stumbled upon the Spiritual Eye of Fine Detail and began his path of cultivation. The road to immortality was as difficult as climbing to the heavens, like rowing upstream, where failing to advance meant falling behind. The cultivation world was full of deceit and treachery, its fortunes as unpredictable as the tides. Li Changsheng had no choice but to tread carefully, as if walking on thin ice. Though he had an ordinary three-element spiri 368Reads8.1Score106Shelves
