Novels like Seeking Immortality Through the Five Elements
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- 101 Transmigrate into A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality: I’m the Protagonist 穿越凡人，我是主角 Li Zi'an, a modern man, visits Mount Tai during the National Day holiday and gets caught in a thunderstorm. He points his middle finger at the sky and is struck by lightning. When he wakes, he discovers that he has transmigrated into a world of mortal cultivation and become an inner disciple of the Invincible Sect. What kind of path to greatness will he forge in this other world? 541Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 102 I Ate a Mushroom, So How Did I Become a Fungus Cultivator? 吃个蘑菇，怎么就变成菌修了呢 Special physique... + swordsmanship talent + awakening the Myriad Poison Fungus Body, crushing all kinds of spirit and saintly physiques. A slow burn! After Old Wang accidentally eats a poisonous mushroom, his soul transmigrates to a strange world of immortal cultivation. Looking at his own stick-thin body, it’s obvious he has a useless physique. Sigh! What’s he supposed to do? He can’t rely on his little sister to protect him for the rest of his life, can he? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 103 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Reborn as Zhang Tie 凡人修仙传：重生之我是张铁 Reborn + A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality fanfic + xianxia + decisive and ruthless + clever protagonist + comeback Sent back to the moment before he was turned into a puppet, Zhang Tie smiles. “Heh, time to change the script!” In this life, I, Zhang Tie, will not only make Han the Devil my underling, but also prove the path to eternal life alongside him. But dedicating yourself to the Dao alone would be boring. In my script, there’s more than just eternal life! I’ll make up for Chen 12Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 104 Cultivating Immortality in the Mortal World: I Transmigrate, and the Demon Han Becomes My Lackey 凡人修仙，穿越韩老魔当我小弟 Struck into the Mortal World by a TV, Investing in the Old Devil from the Start Jiang Hao stayed up late reading A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, when a faulty television struck him and sent him to the Chaotic Star Sea. Bound to the Heavenly Dao Investment System, he grows stronger by investing in promising prospects. He finds the young Han and says, “Young friend, I can see that you have remarkable bones and that we are destined to meet. I'll give you a great opportunity.” The cul 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 105 A Mortal, the Ultimate Couch Potato in the Cultivation World 凡人，修仙界最强苟王 Also known as A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Li Feng's Legend, A Mortal's Journey: The Second Most Cautious Cultivator in Cultivation History, and A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Starting with a Mysterious Ancient Cauldron. Li Feng transmigrated to the world of A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality and acquired a mysterious ancient cauldron capable of duplicating all things. With this heaven-defying advantage, Li Feng would make the art of “borrowing things” flourish. 161Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 Lingxiao Divine Palace 凌霄神殿 Also known as Reborn: Years After Becoming Crown Prince, I Became the Ruler of the Six Realms [Decisive and ruthless, with a golden finger but not a brainless protagonist. The villains get what they deserve. Read with caution! The pacing is a little slow at first. If you’re looking for mindless power fantasy, this may not be for you!] “What? Your father is a minister?” “Sorry, my father is the emperor, and I’m the crown prince!” “Your big brother is an Immortal King?” “Too bad, my little brother —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 107 The Ninth-Heaven Mortal Venerable 九重凡尊 On my ninth life as an Immortal Venerable, I've become the most irresistible man in the mortal world! Zhu Shifan is deeply frustrated. In his previous life, he was the mighty Thunder Venerable of the Immortal Realm, but after being framed in a wrongful case, he was banished to the mortal world and given a mixed spiritual root. The day his memories return, his enemies are already on their way to destroy him... “Had your fun? It's my turn to steal the show!” Ruthless and decisive? That's my tra 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 108 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: From the Start, More Children, More Blessings, and the Enslavement of Fairy Song 凡人：开局多子多福，奴役宋仙子 [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [Heavenly Spiritual Root] [Snatching Opportunities] [Invincible Power Fantasy] Lin Feng transmigrates into the world of A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality and activates the Beauty Record from the start! His cultivation and spiritual root improve in tandem. Limits? There are none! While the workaholic is still at Foundation Establishment, Lin Feng has already become a Nascent Soul elder! “Senior, I am Li...” “Enough with the ‘Li’! Take my 41Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 109 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: From Biology Master's Degree to Immortal Venerable of All Heavens 凡人修仙：从生物硕士到诸天仙尊 After transmigrating to the cultivation world, I somehow awakened the Star-Absorbing Art… I ran into Han the Old Demon, had a talk with Wang Mazi, and joined forces to resist the demons, winning humanity a sliver of hope among the myriad races! [Traditional cultivation + slow-burn progression + united sect + decisive killing. Star-Absorbing Art + Ordinary Mortal + cautious and steady + sly schemer + no good-for-nothing protagonist] [Realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core For 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 110 An Ordinary Woman’s Path to Immortality Through Lucky Finds 凡女靠捡漏修仙 The heroine, Ye Qinghe, becomes a powerhouse in the immortal world by picking up overlooked treasures. A slow-burn cultivation story about an ordinary person. Ye Qing never imagined that an ordinary high school girl like her would one day transmigrate. If she had to transmigrate, fine, but she didn't get a top-tier golden finger, a pocket dimension, or a System. All she got was an eye technique that worked only now and then, and she had no idea when it might come in handy. She transmigrated 61Reads—Score—Shelves
- 111 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: I Have an AI Cultivation Assistant 凡人：我有ai辅助修仙 “Overworked workaholic Lin Yuan dies suddenly from working overtime. His soul travels into the world of immortal cultivation and he becomes a gloriously useless servant with the Five Elements spiritual roots. Just as he is lamenting his poor aptitude, he discovers that the AI assistant from his old job has come along too! From then on, while others have to study cultivation techniques, spells, talismans, and formations by burning the midnight oil, he lets AI calculate the best solution with a si 14Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 112 Cultivator of Luzhou 庐州修士 They say that if your title, cover, and blurb are bad, your book has no hope. Fine, I admit defeat. Please give it a patient read. As the saying goes, a few words of blurb can't reveal a book's mysteries. You have to step into the story to discover its strangeness! After transmigrating to another world, Chen Fan finds that all the laws of science have collapsed. Some people live for five hundred years and fly through the sky on swords; savage beasts dozens of meters long swallow people whole. No 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 Ghosts Celebrate New Year 鬼过年 Ghosts Celebrate the New Year 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 The Xuanyuan Sword Cultivator 轩辕剑修 “A Heavenly Spiritual Root?!” “A Heavenly Spiritual Root with Earth affinity? An outer disciple of the Qingyun Sect?!” “Are you kidding me? How could someone with a Heavenly Spiritual Root be overlooked as an outer disciple?!” The clearing erupted in an instant! Every cultivator, no matter their sect, stared at Wei Qing in shock, their eyes filled with disbelief, curiosity, greed, wariness, and all kinds of other emotions. A Heavenly Spiritual Root was a once-in-ten-thousand-years talent, destin 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 115 The Mortal's Tale of Breaking Through the Heavens 凡人破天传 [Fantasy + Ordinary Protagonist + No System + Slow-Burn] A young man seeking medicine falls into a deadly trap. To avenge his family, he must cultivate immortality! His loved ones were killed by an evil cultivator. With only mediocre talent, he enters the world of cultivation for one reason: to avenge them. He also wants to uncover the truth about his origins, and... Demons, monsters, and evil spirits haunt the world. One sword strike is all it takes to cut them down! 5.4kReads8.5Score381Shelves
- 116 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
- 117 Hextech Cultivation: Copying the Heaven-Palm Bottle from the Start 海克斯凡人修仙：开局复制掌天瓶 [Ordinary-person cultivation + dual spirit and demonic cultivation + swordsmanship + decisive and ruthless + pure wish fulfillment + multiple heroines] Feng Chen transmigrates into the world of mortal cultivation. With the Hextech Enhancement System, he turns his fortunes around at every step. Time is short and the tasks are demanding. With no chance to lie low, he must outmaneuver every faction and survive in the cracks, all in pursuit of immortality. In a world that devours people without even 1.4kReads5.5Score106Shelves
- 118 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: My Brother Is Han Daozu 凡人修仙：家兄是韩道祖 Han Liu transmigrates into the world of A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality and becomes Han Li’s biological sixth younger brother. He gains a kinship-leveling System and breakthrough gift packs for major cultivation realms. To achieve the Great Dao in the cultivation world, he’ll have to play it safe by relying on his fourth brother, Han Li. Let me, Han Liu, be the first to protect the bonds of family and sincerity in this world. Can’t decide what to do? Then make a run for it. Staying 4.2kReads5.9Score343Shelves
- 119 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: I Really Don't Want to Be a Simp 凡人修仙：我真的不想当舔狗 Mortals cultivating immortality? They took an unusual path! At first, she did everything she could to stop or dissuade him from cultivating immortality. After several encounters, however, she found herself falling in love with cultivation, and her progress was astonishingly fast, leaving everyone impressed... My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support gives me the motivation to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 120 Cultivating Immortality as a Mortal! Defying Heaven and Shattering the Immortal Realm 凡人修仙！打破天道，踏碎仙界 [Transmigrate to a Cultivation World + No System + No Brain-Dead Decisions + An Unconventional Cultivation System + Uncovering the World's Mysteries] Wang Tianhun's soul transmigrated into a strange cultivation world, but he had no memories of the original owner. And because the timing of his arrival was so suspicious, people from every faction suspected from the start that he was someone who had seized another's body. Just a few days later, someone framed him, nearly costing him his life. Fortu 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 121 A Partnership 合作伙伴关系 Partnership 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Stand Alone and Reach the Heavens 凡人修仙传：独美亦通天 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Beauty Alone Can Reach the Heavens 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 Two Stars of the Mortal World: Han Li and I Share Eternal Life 凡尘双星：我与韩立共长生 In the brutal world of cultivation, two humble beginnings and a trust that goes beyond calculation lead them to share the greatest opportunities, support each other, and climb the path to immortality together. When brothers stand as one, their strength can split gold. Fellow Daoist, why not add this book to your shelf? I, Zhang, promise to take you along when I make my escape. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 124 Mortal, I Run Faster Than Han Li 凡人，我比韩立跑的更快 [Mortal-style cultivation] [Slow burn] [Golden finger] Synopsis: I was an orphan in my previous life, and after being reborn in ancient times in this life, I thought I was about to start farming. But it turned out to be a cultivation world. Jiang Ya's eyes lit up. If that's the case, then I'll do whatever it takes to see the scenery of the immortal realm! I'm no good at writing synopses, so please read the story itself. P.S. The rating is low because the book just came out today, not because of 33Reads7.9Score—Shelves
- 125 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
- 126 The Beggar Boy Wields the Primordial Heaven and Earth Cauldron 乞讨少年，我掌先天天地鼎 Once the Dao Ancestor of the ages, he was betrayed by his closest friend, besieged by the heavens, and killed in the mortal realm. He was reborn as Lin Yu, an ordinary young man from Lin Family Town. On the day he turned eighteen, his fiancée climbed the social ladder by tearing up their engagement contract in front of everyone. Lin Yu was beaten to death. As he hovered on the brink of death, his ancient divine soul awakened, resonating with a fragment of the innate supreme treasure, the Heaven —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 127 Cultivating to Immortality as a Mortal, I Have a Chaos Tower 凡人修仙，我有一个混沌塔 [Cultivation, alchemy, artifact forging, formations], [Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Void Refining]. Lin Fan, a young man from Xueting Village, loses his parents and stumbles into a cultivation sect. Though his spiritual roots are poor, a series of extraordinary encounters grant him immortality. He ascends the path to immortality, rises beyond the Three Realms, and stands atop the world for all eternity! 1.5kReads8.4Score170Shelves
- 128 Making Up for Regrets in A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality 我在凡人修仙弥补意难平 After unexpectedly arriving in a world of cultivation, Xu Shaobai has countless regrets to make right. He rewrites the lives that should have been brilliant but ended in tragedy, one by one, until he finally ascends to the Immortal Realm. 595Reads—Score—Shelves
- 129 At 14, I Became the Head of the Household: Dream Comes True Borrowed Money to Start a Business 14岁当家，”梦成真”借钱做生意 Running the Household at Fourteen: 'Meng Chengzhen' Borrows Money to Start a Business —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 130 Eternal Life Cultivation, Starting with the Sky-Piercing Cylinder 长生修仙，从通天圆筒开始 [Not invincible, no System, not brainless, not a wish-fulfillment story, no harem, no clichés, slow burn. Enter at your own risk!] Fang Yun unexpectedly obtains a cylinder, changing his precarious fate and bringing him into contact with martial and immortal cultivation, things beyond the reach of ordinary people. But he had only ever dreamed of becoming a small-time landowner. Now he is swept into a struggle within the imperial family and ventures into the Savage Plains, the Monster Beast Gorge, 1.4kReads7.7Score156Shelves
- 131 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Seeking the Dao of Longevity 凡人修仙之长生问道 [Transmigration] [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [Steady and Cautious] [Farming] [Formations] [Alchemy] Chen Ping'an, a transmigrator who knows the story inside out, carefully builds his strength in the world of A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality with the help of his "Longevity Body." He doesn't fight over opportunities, only makes deals; he doesn't make enemies, but always repays a grudge. From using his information advantage to farm and make pills, to taking revenge 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 132 The A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality Novel 凡人修仙传小说 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality Novel 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 133 The Lotus Art 莲花决 [Mortal] + [Fantasy] + [No System] + [Slow Burn] + [Formation Master] + [Body Cultivator]. A country boy sets out to find his younger sister and avenge his father’s murder. By a twist of fate, he stumbles into the world of cultivation. His crippled spiritual roots make him an object of scorn, but he refuses to give up on himself and sets out on a very different path... 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 134 My Ancestor Forced Me into the Demon Cult, and I Became Its Founding Patriarch 师祖逼我入魔教，我竟成开派祖师 One register of orphans, countless tales of blood and tears! Zhang Yuan yearns for the light, yet can only hold his ground in the darkness. Facing the sinister schemes and darkness of the Demon Sect, Zhang Yuan rises step by step from an unremarkable retainer to the very heart of the sect! “Grandmaster, if I don’t go back soon, I’ll be the Demon Venerable’s right-hand man!” With his beloved calling out to him, his brothers doubting him, and his enemies plotting against him, can Zhang Yuan uncove 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 135 I Don't Want Anything from You 我不稀罕你这里 I Don't Want Anything from You —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 136 What Kind of Job Is That? 啥差事 What Kind of Job Is That? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 137 Cultivating Immortality with a Starship 带着星舰去修仙 Technology + Cultivation + Playing It Safe + Not a Power Fantasy + Multiple Heroines + Not a Harem Also known as Starvault Dao Ship and The Path of Technological Cultivation Interstellar captain Chen Wei crashes onto the Beiyuan Continent with the wreckage of his star-destroyer, only to discover a cultivation civilization that defies everything he knows. He uses technology to analyze spiritual energy, replaces spiritual roots with nanomachines, and has AI deduce cultivation techniques, all while 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 Renegade Immortal: The Old Six System 仙逆之老六系统 The torrential rain crashed down like a waterfall, hammering the dense branches and leaves of the ancient forest with deafening force. The pitch-black sky screen was occasionally torn open by winding bolts of lightning, illuminating for an instant a figure stumbling as he fled below. Wang Lin was soaked to the skin, his clothes in tatters. The icy rain had numbed the many wounds on his body, leaving only a searing pain that cut deep to the bone. His face was pale as paper, his lips bluish-purple 177Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 Bewitching the Heavens: I Never Meant to Save the World 狐媚诸天：我自无心渡苍生 [Male soul in a female body, inside a fox demon's skin] [A great demon in women's clothes] [Bewitching all living things] [Devouring and evolving] [Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox] [Bond with Han Li] [Strong female lead, feel-good power fantasy] This is beyond ridiculous! I transmigrate into the cultivation world, and from the start I'm a tiny vixen? What the heck? On the outside, I'm a stunning fox demon who can steal souls with a glance. Inside, I'm a straight man through and through, struggling with —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 140 Cultivating as a Mortal: Who Could Be More Ruthless Than Mo Juren? 凡人修仙，谁能比我墨居仁更黑！ [Mortal Cultivation, No System, the Little Golden Bottle, Cunning and Devious, Dark Cultivation] Mo Juren, a young man from the modern world, transmigrates into the body of a seventy-year-old man with the same name in a world of cultivation. He kills his treacherous disciple and seizes a mysterious little bottle that can accelerate the growth of spirit herbs. Mo Juren visits over a hundred large and small sects, but because of his advanced age, not one is willing to take him in. With no other ch 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 141 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Lord of the Reincarnation Dao 凡人修仙之轮回道主 The Heavenly Dao you revere as supreme is nothing more than a prisoner in my palm! I shall make chaos the blazing inferno that burns the world, and reincarnation the furnace that melts all living beings. Today, I will refine the Heavenly Dao into a pill! At the pinnacle of the Great Dao, I alone am enough! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 142 A Mortal's Path to Immortality: 100,000 Volts from the Start 凡人修仙，开局十万伏特 [Mortal Cultivator Style · No System · Slow-Burn Immortal Journey] The road to immortality is a brutal rat race, with prodigies and monsters everywhere. But who says only those with crippled spiritual roots get to play the protagonist? This time, it’s the turn of “ordinary cultivators” to flip the table! Bai Yu is the first cultivator born in a fallen cultivation family in a hundred years. But on the day he was tested for his spiritual roots, the entire sect fell silent at the sight of that str —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 143 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: I, Li Feiyu, Have Unlimited Firepower! 凡人：我，历飞雨，无限火力！ After transmigrating into A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, will Li Feiyu, the killer and arsonist, become the fall guy for Venerable Han, the savior of the suffering? Wang Chan: State your name! I, Wang Chan, don't kill nobodies! Li Feiyu: Han Li of Yellow Maple Valley. Nothing worth mentioning... Han Li: ? Li Feiyu of Yellow Maple Valley! ...The two brothers keep leaving all sorts of surprises for each other. 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 144 Seven Absolute Commandments 七绝戒 A blacksmith happens upon a ring imbued with power, setting him on a fantastical journey. Along the way, he endures the hardships of pursuing immortality and enjoys the company of beautiful women. He takes all things in the world lightly, believing that only power is the truth. 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 145 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: I, Mo Caihuan, Enter the Dao Through Medicine 凡人修仙之我墨彩环以医入道 Use the compassion of a healer to challenge the cold indifference of cultivation; use the path of the many to fight the supremacy of the Heavenly Dao. Rebuild the foundations of cultivation civilization: immortality is no privilege, and all living beings can attain the Dao. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 146 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: From the Start, I Found the Little Green Bottle 凡人修仙：开局捡到小绿瓶 [Traditional Xianxia + Mortal’s Journey + No System + Farming + Cautious + No Saintly Heroics + Swordsmanship] By a twist of fate, the mortal boy Li Guanqi digs up a Little Green Bottle. From that moment, he embarks on an endless, arduous path of cultivation, where the strong prey on the weak, in pursuit of the Dao and eternal life. Farming, alchemy, talisman-making, sword flight, monster hunting, demon-slaying, defending the Dao, and eternal life! He opens the path of cultivation for mortals an 551Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 147 The Mortal Cultivator’s Reincarnation Hall 凡人修仙之轮回殿主 The story of Han Li, Lord of the Reincarnation Hall. Defeated in his final battle against the Dao Ancestor of Time, Han Li is fortunate to have the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc send him back to his youth. See how he transcends the Six Paths and reigns supreme over the Three Realms in this life. (Traditional cultivation, slow-paced.) 105Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 My Real Life as a Post-80s Kid 80后现实中的我 The Real Me in My Eighties-Era Life —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 149 An Ordinary Girl’s Immortal Cultivation with a Hoe 凡女抡锄修仙记 [Mortal cultivation + a character who grows over time + leveling up + heroine with her heart set on ascending to immortality] Eight-year-old Ye Xizhou carries a bundle on her back and a mysterious jade pendant that “runs a fever.” With a little medicinal hoe polished bright from use, she vows to fight her way from the misty bamboo forest into the world of immortal cultivation. To save her gravely ill mother, she sets off on a perilous journey over mountains and across rivers. Her goal is the leg 112Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 150 Daily Intel: From Sect Errand Boy to Supreme Saintly Demon Lord 每日情报：从杂役弟子苟成极圣魔尊 Lu Jiuyue transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation and becomes an odd-job disciple of the Jisheng Demon Sect. But this sect is like a poisonous-insect breeding ground: only the strongest disciples survive. Trapped in a perilous situation, Lu Jiuyue is fortunate to possess an [Intelligence System] that provides him with three pieces of information each day. [Today's intel: White grade. Today, the Yin Extremity Hall of the Jisheng Sect will come to select cauldrons, while the Yang Extremit 372Reads5.6Score115Shelves
