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- 1 A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Han the Demon Is My Guide 凡人修仙，韩老魔是我领路人 Zhao Nan, a boy from a mountain village, happens upon a mysterious jade pendant and embarks on the path of cultivation under the guidance of Old Demon Han. Starting out as a menial disciple in a small sect, he struggles to survive one dangerous situation after another, relying on his cautious nature and the pendant's mysterious power. He practices alchemy and talisman-making, meets several confidantes, and makes enemies among demonic cultivators. After countless secret-realm expeditions and sect 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Reborn as the Dao Venerable of Ten Thousand Calamities 重生之万劫道尊 My new work is here! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 An Ordinary Man's Path to Immortality 凡人开始修仙之路 The path to immortality takes more than hard work. It also takes fortune. Read on to see how the protagonist of this book climbs step by step to the pinnacle! Fortune requires strength to secure it, while strength needs fortune to grow. The two have always gone hand in hand! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Hongmeng Login: My Online Game Is a Real World 鸿蒙登录：我的网游是真实位面 He was the Creator of Hongmeng, but in the final battle he self-destructed his source, leaving only a fragment of his soul. When he awoke again, he had become a good-for-nothing from an ancient martial arts family in the apocalypse, carrying a blood feud and on the brink of death. Just then, Pangu Technology launched its plan to save the world: players would enter the 100%-real online game Hongmeng Era with their physical bodies! No one knew that the strange light from the servers was the tragic 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Villain: After Killing the Heroine to Prove My Dao, They All Broke Down 反派：杀女主证道后，她们崩坏了 [Villain + unconventional twists + palace intrigue led by the heroine + sky-high swagger + satisfying all the way] Qin Changqing transmigrates into the role of a textbook villain’s stepping stone. This is a fantasy world blending multiple novels. To escape his villainous fate, Qin Changqing sets out on the path of killing heroines to attain the Dao! But after Qin Changqing has killed every heroine in the world, he finds himself back on the first day he transmigrated, and the heroines’ personalit 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 An Ordinary Man's Path to Immortal Longevity 凡人修仙长生路 Play the pig to eat the tiger + Keep a low profile + Ruthless and decisive + Never lift a finger without profit Spiritual root aptitudes: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Light, Darkness, Lightning, Wind, Rain, Electricity, and more Cultivation realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Transformation, Spirit Division, Dao Seeking, Integration, Great Ascension, Tribulation Transcendence… Ye Fan placed a top-grade spirit stone into the little cauldron. Soon, there were tw —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Scientific Cultivation: The Strong Make Themselves Stronger 科学修仙：强者自强 After unraveling the mystery of his time in the womb, Li Yan faces a cultivation world as dreamlike as an illusion. Drawing on the knowledge of his previous life, he forges a brand-new path to immortality. The laws of physics may differ, but truth ultimately converges. The strong never complain about their circumstances. They adapt to them and reshape them. 316Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 8 Better a Dog in Peace Than an Immortal in Troubled Times 宁为太平犬，不修乱世仙 One moment, Ning Jue was sheltering from the rain with Wang Wan on Mount Tai. The next, the two of them had somehow arrived in a world of immortal cultivation. In this unfamiliar world, perhaps only familiar names can bring a sense of comfort. So I have to find you! How should immortals and mortals coexist? Should they be strictly separated by rules, or should immortals rule mortals as they please? Should the world be peaceful or plunged into chaos? Mortals struggle desperately to survive, yet c 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 A Mortal’s Quest for Immortality 凡途仙寻 A boy from a remote mountain village happens to save a little white wolf and learns that immortals exist. From then on, he resolves to travel the world alongside the wolf and seek a path to immortality of his own. Along the way, he must overcome countless obstacles. There may be ferocious demons and monsters, but there will also be scheming among humans, gods, immortals, and spirits. Will the bonds of family hold him back, and will betrayal by a friend rob him of his resolve? And what of the —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Ink Immortal 墨仙 [Mortal's journey] [Slow-paced] [Not a wish-fulfillment novel] This book differs from the usual xianxia framework. If that bothers you, don't read it. Xu Yi, born with a Mo spiritual root, opens up a path to immortality through formations and builds his foundation upon them. He knows alchemy, talismans, crafting, and medicine, turning the ordinary into the extraordinary. No matter how many magic treasures you have, I can break them with a single formation. No matter how many troops you command, 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Pursuing the Dao: Plotting for Immortality in the Cultivation World 逐道：我在修仙界谋长生 [Immortality, decisive and ruthless, reborn, not saintly] A somewhat dark story. If that's not your thing, don't read it. Golden Core cultivator Lin Ye brought the supreme treasure, the Origin One Pearl, with him when he seized a new body and began cultivating anew. He became a member of the Yun Song Lin clan. In the world of cultivation, he valued resources and made friends with fellow cultivators. He never made enemies, because those who did become his enemies always disappeared in the end. Th 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 My Dream of Scientific Cultivation 我的科学修仙梦 In an ancient and mysterious world of immortal cultivation, cultivators use their spirit roots as a foundation, absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and wield the arts of the five elements in their pursuit of longevity and power. Yet this world is governed by more than the simple laws of how the five elements generate and overcome one another. It also conceals a force few know about: science. Science is a forgotten legend in this cultivation world. In the past, some cultivators tried —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Transmigrating to Yellow Maple Valley 凡人修仙之穿越黄枫谷 Ye Tian had been coasting through life on Blue Star, but life is full of unexpected twists and turns. Somehow, while watching a solar eclipse, he was pulled into an illusion. When he came to, he had mysteriously appeared in the world of A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality. To survive, he steadily developed his strength and accumulated power. And to endure in the cultivation world, he had no choice but to play the pig to eat the tiger. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Heaven-Opening Runes 启天符文 By a twist of fate, Hua Qingfeng, a youth born with demonic blood, gains a chance at immortality and plants an “immortal seed.” But when both his family and his benefactors meet with disaster, what will he do? “Within one move lies the world; heaven and earth bow to your will; all success or failure rests on this move.” These twelve words are a bond that will bind him for eternity. Will he attain the Dao, become an immortal, uphold his sect, and sever his ties to the mortal world, or fall into d —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 My Rental Room Leads Straight to an Ancient Forbidden Land 我的出租屋直通荒古禁地 [Keep reading, and you'll discover what cultivation fantasy really means] [Power fantasy] Blood rain fell from the sky, and the world was transformed! While everyone else panicked, Yang Chen remained numb. That is, until he encountered a dragon-patterned crack in his rental apartment. Acting on a rebellious impulse, he poked right through it with one finger! But the crack opened into a legacy site beyond the Six Realms, where the Ancestral Dragon lay dormant! In a dark void, a colossal eye blaz —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 An Immortal's Journey Through the Mortal Realm 仙人修凡传 [Xuanhuan] [Cultivation] [No System] [Not Invincible] Never valued since childhood, he is sent to cultivate in a sect devoid of all humanity! His luck is too poor, and his cultivation remains stagnant for seven years, unable to reach Foundation Establishment. But when his junior sister picks a fight with him, everything changes! The cause and effect of fate are twisted and invisible; the path to immortality is merciless in its judgments of right and wrong. The divide b 74Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Ninth Master in Hemp Robes: The First Tale of a Haunted Grave and a Feng Shui Plot That Wiped Out a Village 麻衣九爷：第一篇头七凶坟，全村灭门风水局 Ninth Master in Hemp: The First Tale, The Murderous Grave on the Seventh Night and the Feng Shui Trap That Wiped Out an Entire Village —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Bored of Life in the Immortal Realm, I Descend to Earth to Livestream 仙界无聊，我下凡开直播 Life in the Immortal Realm is boring, so I descended to the mortal world to start livestreaming. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Xuanhuan: My Techniques Have Proficiency Levels 玄幻：我的功法有熟练度 The ancient world was vast and boundless. Monsters and demons were everywhere. The strong rode their swords through the nine heavens, slaying fiends across the earth. They could burn the sky and boil the seas, and do anything they pleased. This was a world where the strong decided whether the weak lived or died. [Ding! Proficiency System successfully bound!!!] [Current technique: Body Tempering Fist. Add it to the archive?] Zhao Xuan froze!!! “Haha, my golden finger is here! I’m a transmigrator, 50Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Invincible: Martial Might Subdues the World 无敌之武镇山河 On the day the imperial examination results were posted, Xie Shaoyu failed to pass because he carried the bloodline of the Wu people. The noble families of the city laughed at his delusions, not knowing that he had already seen through the shocking fraud in the examination halls. At the Zuixian Tower, he wielded his brush like a blade. The verses of his poem “Ambush from Ten Sides” became swords, and he struck off the head of a third-rank minister. > The next day, the Eldest Princess’s carriage 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Scheming for Heaven, Calculating the Fates 子谋天算 Book recommendation (Mentally ill? Idiot! Call me Officer!) I’m Han Li’s best buddy! A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: I’ve calculated all that exists in the world and witnessed the vicissitudes of all things. My life: I evaded Heaven’s will and avoided karma. Countless shackles held back my true self. I followed Heaven’s will and accepted karma. Only today did I realize that I am myself. Across mountains and rivers, dragons ride the wind and cross the moon, watching the immortal se 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: I Can Live Forever 凡人之我能长生 Chen Yi transmigrates into the cultivation world and becomes a Qi Refining rogue cultivator with the same name. With a golden finger, he proves the Dao and becomes an immortal. Along the way, he gathers all kinds of resources and uses his golden finger’s abilities to roam freely between heaven and earth. 7Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 23 The Immortal-Splitting Cauldron 裂仙鼎 (Cultivation to Immortality, No System) During a battle in the Immortal Realm, the Dragon King and a powerful human cultivator clashed, and a dragon pearl exploded inside the Primordial Chaos Divine Cauldron. The blast accidentally tore through space and time, sending the Immortal Realm’s greatest treasure, the Primordial Chaos Divine Cauldron, tumbling down into the mortal world. But the dragon pearl’s power also shattered the immortal cauldron, turning it into what was now aptly called the Cra 17.2kReads7.8Score1.8kShelves
- 24 Lost in the Divine Realm, Mining for Treasure 误入神界挖矿 After an accident, Qi Fei, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, ends up in a mining district in the God Realm, digging alongside an Immortal Emperor who has ascended. When he is discovered, his divine body earns him a ticket back to the lower realm, along with a deadline: he must ascend again within a thousand years. He assumes he is the chosen one and that smooth sailing awaits him from here on. But he soon learns that he is not the only one who returned with a divine body. They were all exp 6.2kReads6.8Score549Shelves
- 25 She Won't Wear the Wedding Dress 她不披嫁衣 She Won’t Wear the Wedding Dress —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 The Immortal's Fated Heart 仙灵缘心 A heaven-blessed prodigy turns into a good-for-nothing, all because of a single Heavenly Tribulation Heart! Yang Ran is mocked for years, but after narrowly escaping death time and again, he comprehends the secrets of Heaven: the Heavenly Tribulation Heart is no shackle, but the key to an immortal path spanning the ages! With all-out support from those by his side, he takes command of heavenly tribulations, overturns his fate, and crushes one formidable foe after another. In the end, he reaches 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Starting as an Undercover Agent, I Win Over Mortal Maidens 从卧底开始，拿捏凡人仙子们 [Genius] [Transmigrate] [Dungeon] [Undercover] [Comedy] Si Zhukong becomes a Foundation Establishment disciple of White Jade Peak in the Misty Sect, secretly serving as a spy for the demonic path. From the start, he gets the bashful Song Jue pregnant, and the System awakens. He had planned to indulge in beauty, but an assassination attempt strikes that very night. Unfortunately, the transfer left him without the original body's memories, so he has no idea who was behind it. As he searches for hi 268Reads—Score119Shelves
- 28 A Young Man's Quest for the Dao 少年寻道记 Everyone follows their own path. The young swordsman Mo Li, not yet twenty, sets out in search of the Dao, with his family, friends, and beloved confidantes behind him. His journey is full of hardships. When he parts the layers of mist and reaches the other shore, finally seeing the truth of this world, he discovers... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 A Mortal's Cultivation: Han Li Takes a Concubine After Forming His Nascent Soul 凡人，韩立结婴后纳妾 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Han Li Takes Concubines After Forming His Nascent Soul 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 I've Reincarnated into a Xuanhuan World, So Why Settle for Being Ordinary? 都转生玄幻了，谁还能甘心平凡呀 Reborn, fantasy, another world, no heroine, growing stronger This is a world where the sky is round and the earth is square. There are wondrous cultivation techniques, powerful monster spirits, and mysterious shamans and sacrificial rites... Zhang Hengsheng is merely the son of a servant. He has no backing, no talent, and no lucky breaks. If he wants to become stronger, there is only one way: Be ruthless, be merciless, and keep your head down! 2Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 31 2924 AD: I Take the Demon King Back to Earth 公元2924：我带妖王重返地球 [Mortal-style cultivation + urban high martial arts + cultivation through black technology + unconventional invincibility + no System] The road to immortality is hard, and people's hearts are treacherous! Just as Zhang Yan was on the verge of death after breaking through to the Deity Transformation Realm, he was struck by tribulation lightning and returned to Earth, transmigrating into the body of a high school senior. After nine hundred years of hardship on the path to immortality, Zhang Yan, a 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 A Mortal’s Cultivation Journey: The Quest for Ten Thousand Paths 凡人修仙之万道征途 [Mortal cultivation, no System, three spiritual roots, no golden finger] An ordinary boy embarks on the path to immortality, proving his way to eternal life through unorthodox means! The road to immortality is rugged, with heaven itself hard to reach; he finds another path to mend what is missing from the Dao. Witchcraft and martial arts temper his body; arts of gods, ghosts, and demons refine his soul. Demonic flames scorch the heavens and shape creation; all arts return to truth and break thro 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Cultivation: Starting by Handcrafting a System 修仙：从手搓系统开始 Synopsis: [Scheming protagonist + transmigrate + play the pig to eat the tiger + build a System by hand + slow burn] After Lin Ze's soul transmigrates into a xianxia world, he finds himself with poor spiritual roots and no golden finger. Drawing on his experience as a full-stack programmer in his previous world, he builds a cultivation-assistance System called “Xianling” inside his own body. The “Xianling” System can store vast collections of texts, optimize techniques, provide ways to break thr 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Han Li (凡人修仙传)韩立 (A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality) Han Li 288Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The End of the Year 岁末之至 A country boy hears that the world holds a path to immortality, one that can grant eternal life. Resolutely bidding farewell to his parents, he sets out on his own path of cultivation. From then on, beyond the mortal world, as the year draws to a close, a new era of immortals begins! [Xianxia] + [One Female Lead] + [Plot-Driven] 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Immortality Begins with Menial Work 长生从杂役开始 If you’re not ruthless, you won’t survive. Huang Shan transmigrated to the cultivation world and became a lowly servant disciple. Without ruthlessness, he would amount to nothing and die of old age within a century. So before his enemies could even act on their malice, Huang Shan had already killed them all... Whether they were actually enemies was beside the point. Years later, Huang Shan was glad he had been ruthless. He also realized that there weren’t all that many lucky encounters or stroke 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: I Have a System 凡人修仙之我有系统 The cultivation system is the same as in A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality. The only difference is that the Little Green Bottle has been replaced by a System. The protagonist is also an Earthling who transmigrates into the world of A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, hoping to use the System to create a different kind of mortal cultivation world. There may not be a female lead. The protagonist is a cultivation fanatic who believes women only slow down his draw, with no rom 45Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Cultivating Immortality with AI Assistance: I Lay Low Until I Become Immortal AI辅助修仙，我苟到长生不老 [Mortal’s journey + cultivation + AI + cautious protagonist + longevity + no heroine + pseudo-immortality + decisive and ruthless] He transmigrates to the world of cultivation, awakens the memories of a powerful expert, and inherits the Three Lives Stele. To his surprise, its spirit is a cultivation AI just like ChatGPT! From then on, Lu Changsheng practices the Longevity Art, keeps a low profile, builds his strength steadily, makes friends wherever he can, and avoids conflict at all costs. T —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 A Mortal's Journey Begins with Yu Zitong 凡人从余子童开始 Zhang Yang transmigrates into the world of A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, becoming Yu Zitong. He takes Han Li, Zhang Tie, and Li Feiyu as his disciples, and with the help of his golden finger, the Cultivation System, embarks on the path to immortality. But later, Yu Zitong discovers that things aren't so simple! As he transmigrates to different worlds and takes on different missions, Yu Zitong finds that things are growing more and more complicated. He seems to be a chess piece, 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Cleansing the World and Clearing My Name 净世昭雪 He is Xuan Yuan Ling, and also the spiritual heir to Xuan Yue. He is the world's last light, and the Lord of Light. The world's survival depends on whether he lives or dies. No matter how hard things get, how exhausted he becomes, or how much suffering and hardship he endures, he perseveres until he reaches the light, because he is the light itself. Along the way, he helps people clear their names and punishes all evil. He slays demons and monsters, and purges all manner of evil spirits. He puri 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Cultivation: Does My Spiritual Root Want to Eat Me? 修仙：我的灵根要吃我？ Mortal-style cultivation + no System + no transmigration + steady growth + decisive and ruthless + no mindless decisions (at least one million characters) Before his grandfather died, he said, “Eat it. Survive. Don't look back.” On that rainy night, sixteen-year-old Chen Tianling swallowed the foul, earth-scented Tai Sui whole to keep his uncle from poisoning him to death. From that moment on, he was no longer mortal, but he had become something different, too. Carrying a fake “spiritual root” t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 A Cultivation Journey That Begins as an Ordinary Mortal 从凡人开始的修仙生涯 An ordinary name, an ordinary traveler who transmigrates into the world of mortals and gradually rises to prominence, from birth to the pinnacle, from the mortal realm to the spirit realm, from the false immortal realm to the true immortal realm and then the Dao realm, crossing the Myriad Worlds on the path to invincibility. 25Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 43 I Seek the Dao of Immortality in the Mortal World 我在红尘问道长生 A young man sets out from the mortal world with a three-foot sword in hand. A fragment of an immortal treasure from beyond the heavens heralds the beginning of his quest for immortality and the Dao. He commands his sword to slay demons and soars through the skies, vying with the greatest talents of countless races for a chance at immortality. Beloveds shine like stars, and confidants walk by his side as he leaves behind a tale of carefree elegance in this vast world. When he finally looks back, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Keeping a Low Profile While Seeking Immortality 苟在修仙寻长生 [Cultivation + Daily Life + Playing It Safe] By a twist of fate, Xun Changshou, a programmer ground down by work, transmigrates into the cultivation world as a lowly cultivator. He becomes a disheveled middle-aged cultivator who spends every day at the brothel, looked down on by everyone. Fortunately, he has a golden finger: a proficiency panel. With the panel, he throws himself into training, neglecting sleep and food as he scrapes by on the path to immortality, day after day, until he becomes 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 A Mortal's Quest to Claim Immortality 凡人夺仙 Synopsis: [Mortal’s journey, classic cultivation, no transmigration, no System] Lin Hua, a poor village boy, has been alone since childhood and suffers constant bullying and oppression from the village tyrant. His greatest wish is simply to survive without going hungry. By chance, while gathering wild greens, he comes across a mysterious jade pendant. His fate takes a turn, and he embarks on a path of cultivation he never would have dared to dream of. Human-realm cultivation stages: [Qi Refining 228Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 46 I Steal Spiritual Roots in the Cultivation World 我在修仙世界劫灵根 [Transmigration and rebirth]+ [anti-cultivation]+ [comedy]+ [wildly irreverent humor]+ [mortal cultivation] Did you transmigrate on purpose, or was it an accident? I transmigrated on purpose, by accident. A freak electrical accident sends disgraced game streamer Lin Bufan into a chaotic world of cultivation. To make matters worse, he’s a mountain bandit boss who exists to give sect disciples a place to grind levels. He has no talent, no golden finger, and no extraordinary spiritual roots. His un 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Everyone Says Immortality Is the Way to Go 世人皆道成仙好 The Dao that can be spoken is not the eternal Dao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth; the named is the mother of all things. Thus, free from desire, one observes its mystery; ever desiring, one observes its manifestations. These two arise together but have different names. Both are called the profound. Profound upon profound, the gateway to all mysteries... Watch as the protagonist takes one step at a time, leaving the ordinary 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Cultivation: I Transmigrate and Get Exposed Right Away! 修仙：穿越就被报点了！ (Confucian Path + Swordsmanship + Demonic Path + Daily Life + One Female Lead) Go argue at the academy, then bring the Sword Sect along to cut people down! Drink the strongest liquor and become the maddest demon! Please, Grand Libationer, take your seat! This Confucian gentleman is giving off black energy? Can you believe it? The world is falling apart, and now I, a man who has fallen into demonic ways, have to patch it back together? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Lin Chao's Path to Immortality 林朝修仙记 A slow-burn cultivation story with pure romance, a single heroine, and characters who keep their wits about them. From the start, he becomes a lowly spiritual-field laborer under the Taiqing Palace. Follow the story of the little-known Lin Chao, as he uses his cheat to venture alone through the cultivation world and seeks immortality in a world of schemes and treachery. In the end, he will climb step by step to the summit. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: I Have a Progress Bar System 凡人修仙：我有一个进度条系统 [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] + [System] + [Steady Progress] + [Careful Planning] + [Survival Above All] Cultivation realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Violet Palace, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation… After transmigrating to a world of cultivation, he becomes a lowly outer sect disciple of the Xuanyang Sect in the Great Yu Kingdom. By chance, he acquires the [Progress Bar System]. Every cultivation method, spell, and cultivation skill comes with a pro 27Reads6.6Score—Shelves
