Novels like The Greatest Rogue Cultivator
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- 151 A Nobody on the Road to Immortality: Even If I Want Eternal Life, I Have to Keep My Life Safe! 修仙路人甲，长生也要苟住小命！ (Immortality + passerby character + master of playing it safe + NPC in a cultivation novel + heroine as a vessel for good luck + slow burn + not a sword cultivator + heroine and supporting characters grow over time) Qing Xue is a mere passerby, and she was abandoned as soon as she transmigrated. Luckily, a ghost found her and raised her. But she never expected that the fearsome ghost aunt she’d been longing to meet was actually the heroine’s biggest cannon-fodder older sister! And Qing Xue herse 425Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 152 Records of the Scarlet Flame: The Fox Immortal's Tribulation 赤焰焚天录：狐仙渡劫纪 Chronicles of the Crimson Flame: The Fox Immortal’s Tribulation 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 The Phoenix Curtain's Healing Shadow: A Divine Physician's Tale of the Imperial Harem 凤帷医影：深宫神医贵妃传 The Physician’s Shadow Behind the Phoenix Curtain: The Divine Doctor Consort of the Deep Palace 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 The Good-for-Nothing Young Lady Defies Fate 废柴大小姐的逆天改命 The Good-for-Nothing Young Lady's Fate-Defying Reversal 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 Is Cultivation Really That Cruel? Do You Know I Can Simulate the Future? 修仙残酷？你可知我能模拟未来 (Simulator, no female lead, steady progression, cautious protagonist, sly schemer) The moment Tang Ze opened his eyes, he found himself in a brutal world of cultivation. With the Ascension Token he’d received from his father, he planned to enter a cultivation sect and begin his training. But just then, his System awakened and bound him to a “Future Simulator” that could show him the course of his life ahead. [Day One: An elder tricks you, and you lose your Foundation Establishment Pill.] [Day Tw 2.1kReads8.5Score15614d adds
- 156 I Work Hard at Cultivation Just for the Fairies 我努力修仙，为的不就是仙女 [No System, no golden finger, multiple heroines, steady cultivation, faction-building, social advancement] Aren’t you tired of cultivation novels where the protagonist has a pocket dimension or a little jade bottle as a golden finger? This is a different kind of traditional cultivation novel. The protagonist is named Cao Kun. You can probably tell from the name alone that he’s no ordinary person. This book has neither a System nor a golden finger. Someone capable can thrive in any world, and the 211Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 157 The Beast God Reborn in Flames 万兽神主之浴火重生 Lin Feng, a young member of the Lin family in Qingyang City, has remained at the mortal rank for three years since awakening his spirit meridians. He's become a laughingstock throughout the city and a disgrace to his family, with only his sister, Lin Xi, still standing by him. As the crowd mocked him at the martial arts arena, the mysterious black orb he wore close to his body, a keepsake from his father, suddenly stirred. A vast power surged into him, reshaping his spirit meridians and awakenin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 The Immortal Emperor Returns: Enlightened in the Womb, Supreme for Eternity 仙帝归来：胎中悟道，万古独尊 The Immortal Emperor Returns: Enlightened in the Womb, Supreme for Eternity 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 The Way of the Cautious: A Pocket-Sized Paradise 苟道流，随身一个洞天福地 [Traditional fantasy] [Eastern fantasy] [No heroine] [Cautious cultivation] [Portable pocket dimension] [Builds his own sect and faction] The protagonist’s soul transmigrates into a cultivation world, where he has an attribute panel that can check his condition at any time, as well as a restored paradise within a pocket dimension. [Stage One: Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment] The protagonist develops cautiously. He works for others, lives as a rogue cultivator, takes on disciples and bui 412Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 160 Xuanhuan: Immortality Through a Hundred Lifetimes 玄幻：我在百世轮回中长生 Chen Xuan transmigrated to a cultivation world and obtained the Book of a Hundred Lives, which could resurrect him a hundred times. His talent was poor in this life, and he died young. But what if he became an unparalleled genius in his next life? If he can't beat you in this life, no problem. He'll die first and fight you in the next. A gentleman can wait ten years to take revenge. Chen Xuan can take revenge, life after life. Ten thousand years later, His enemies: “Please, stop resurrecting. We 3.8kReads8.2Score20514d adds
- 161 Cultivation Begins After I Get Hit on the Head 修仙从被人敲闷棍开始 Zhou Bufan is a fortune-teller in a park, a man at the very bottom of society who barely scrapes by through scams and deception. After making an unwanted advance out of lust and getting knocked out from behind, he unexpectedly transmigrates to a corner of the Jiuzhou Continent. There, he finds a cultivation manual and a storage pouch, and accidentally activates the space inside his ancestral jade pendant. From then on, he begins a carefree life of immortal cultivation. See how this former con ma 17Reads—Score114d adds
- 162 The Immortal Cauldron's Curious Tale 仙鼎奇缘 Matthew was an ordinary mortal who had lived in a city full of cultivators ever since he was a child. After an accident, he came into possession of a treasure cauldron. With its help, Matthew successfully embarked on the path of cultivation. (This book has no female lead.) 14.2kReads8.0Score1.4k14d adds
- 163 Longevity: Building a Heavenly Dao Clan in the Cultivation Realm 长生：从修仙界开始打造天道家族 [Cultivation, talisman drawing, taking a wife, no System, golden finger, farming and growing stronger, mighty figures across the myriad heavens] (Also known as: Eternal Life Through the Ages: Starting by Looking After a Fellow Cultivator’s Wife) Lu Chengfeng transmigrates to a cultivation world where the Heavenly Dao is incomplete. Once cultivators reach a certain realm, they can no longer break through. Instead, they face tribulations and die, their spiritual energy and cultivation returning to 2.1kReads7.7Score13414d adds
- 164 The Cautious Path to Immortality: Starting with a Hundred Cultivation Crafts 苟道长生：从修仙百艺开始 Xianxia + Mortal's Journey + Pseudo-Immortality + Cautious Cultivation + Decisive and Ruthless + Sound Values + No System + No Female Lead Lin Changqing transmigrates to a cultivation world and, using the starry light of enlightenment in his sea of consciousness, masters the many arts of cultivation and cultivates with caution. Throughout his long years of cultivation, he watches countless prodigies rise and fall with a smile. Before he knows it, he has endured for countless ages and stands at t 4.9kReads7.3Score28414d adds
- 165 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... 1.5kReads8.0Score14114d adds
- 166 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... 3kReads6.2Score26514d adds
- 167 Immortal Fate Through Spirit Eyes 灵眼仙缘 [Mortal’s Journey] One step onto the path of cultivation, and after ten thousand years, one becomes an immortal! By a stroke of fate, a country bumpkin stumbles into the world of cultivation, a world beyond the wildest imaginings of ordinary people. He cultivates his power and awakens his spiritual sense, farming as he trains, gradually finding his footing in the complicated and treacherous cultivation world. After thousands upon thousands of years, he ultimately rises above the vast worlds and 4.8kReads8.8Score30014d adds
- 168 A Mortal's Immortal Cultivation: The Long Road Ahead 凡人修仙，长路漫漫 (Mortal cultivation, no System, no harem) An ordinary village boy embarks on a long journey of cultivation, pursuing the Great Dao and immortality as he advances through Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, and beyond... 84Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 169 The Alchemist 丹师 To refine pills, one must calm the mind and steady the breath, letting stillness flow without end as qi enters the dantian. The breath stirs below the navel, flowing continuously. Clasp both hands over the navel, let the pill fire glow warmly, settle the six senses, and forget both self and world. This is the way of pill refinement! At the pinnacle of the pill path, heaven and earth become the furnace, and all creation becomes the herbs! A wisp of essence from the sun and moon, refined into a pi 9.2kReads8.7Score1.1k14d adds
- 170 Point at Beasts to Turn Them Into Demons: The Immortal Beast-Taming Clan Begins With a Hunter 点兽成妖：御兽仙族从猎户开始 Blizzards seal off the mountains, harsh taxes cut like knives, and a poor family in the wilderness teeters on the brink of ruin. Hope lies hidden in a broken stele: awaken ordinary beasts, kindle their demonic spirits, and begin to defy fate! Spirit dogs patrol the mountains and keep the home safe; Demon chickens lay eggs, securing the clan's stores. A crow becomes a sword, slaying enemies thousands of miles away. Awakening demonic beasts is no private privilege, but the foundation of an entire 23.2kReads7.1Score1.9k14d adds
- 171 A Grassroots Rise: Starting with Growing Spirit Rice 草根崛起，从种植灵稻开始 What do you do when your cultivation is weak, your parents have disappeared, and someone has their eye on your house? With his outstanding talent for growing spirit plants, Li Tian struggles to get by in Fengyue Market, where not a single decent person can be found. By chance, he obtains a mysterious spirit-plant space. His cultivation, stagnant for so long, finally begins to improve, and from then on Li Tian sets out on the broad road to immortality. In the world of cultivation, danger lurks ev 4.2kReads8.2Score37814d adds
- 172 Cultivating to Godhood: I Just Want to Keep a Low Profile 修仙成神：我只想低调修炼 [Traditional cultivation + classical Chinese atmosphere + ordinary person transported into another world + light System elements + cautious speech and action + decisive killing + bonds between fellow disciples] [Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core...] [Human Realm - Immortal Realm - God Realm] Jiang Feng, an ordinary man in his thirties, is transported into the residential area of the market town at Qingshan Sect and becomes a nineteen-year-old spiritual farmer. He knows how cruel 211Reads—Score1214d adds
- 173 Evergreen Through the Ages! 万古长青！ [Mortal-style cultivation + Decisive and ruthless + Sharp-minded protagonist + Spiritual field farming] They say: sow melons and you’ll reap melons; sow beans and you’ll reap beans. If I sow the gods and demons of every heaven, can I reap eternal life? Gu Changqing is an ordinary mortal who enters the Dao with half a mu of immortal farmland. He ventures into immortal mountains, vies for immortal fortune, plants gods and demons, and proves the path to eternal life! 10.8kReads8.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 174 Dugu Heavenly Venerable 独孤天尊 Dugu Feng, a peerless young prodigy of the Northern Qin Kingdom on the Ancient Wilderness Continent and the young sect master of the Beixuan Sect, is betrayed by a traitor within the sect. His dantian is crippled, he is beaten nearly to death, and he is thrown into a lake. Against all odds, he survives and awakens the treasured Black Profound Pearl. In a secret realm, he encounters an ancient ancestor who has lived for ten thousand years, and from then on his fortunes soar. His power grows rapid 28Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 175 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 8.5kReads7.9Score64714d adds
- 176 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 411Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 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! 14kReads9.0Score1.6k14d adds
- 178 The Greatest Immortal Lord of All Time 万古第一仙主 Synopsis: [Traditional fantasy, swordsmanship, genius protagonist, invincible, passionate, ruthless, and thrillingly fast-paced!] A gifted young man has his Dao bones ripped out by his junior fellow disciple and the sect's Grand Elder, who then throw him into a scorching cavern. There, he unexpectedly obtains an undying legacy. He leaves the sect in disgrace. Three years later, he returns and slaughters every enemy... When the Taiyu Order is issued, gods and demons across the heavens bow their h 2.6kReads8.7Score31214d adds
- 179 Cultivating Immortality as a Mortal, with a Celestial Grotto from the Start 凡人修仙，开局一个仙洞 [Mortal cultivation, traditional cultivation, no System, slow burn, gets exciting later, starts in a small mountain village] A pebble, a cave, and an orphan: together, they begin a legendary journey of cultivation. Wang Shitou finds a small stone by the river and enters a cave. Gradually, he discovers the cave's remarkable uses and names it the Immortal Cave. Items placed inside the Immortal Cave never deteriorate, and the cave can also increase spiritual energy. Spirit herbs planted there grow 27.7kReads8.5Score3.3k14d adds
- 180 Beast Taming Tower 御兽塔 [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [Beast Taming] [play the pig to eat the tiger] [No harem] [One heroine] [Qi Refining] [Foundation Establishment] [Core Formation] The young Chen Xuan accidentally unlocks the Beast Taming Tower and embarks on the path to immortality. A golden dragon? Dragons are beasts, aren't they? One slash of my sword will take it down! The Ancient Dragon City? The dragon clan's sacred land, where immortals are forbidden to enter? Nothing can stop Chen Xuan! The 28.5kReads8.4Score4k14d adds
- 181 No Future as an Outer Sect Disciple? I Have a Pocket Dimension 外门弟子没出路？我有洞天一座 An ordinary mortal's tale: cautious, ruthless, no holier-than-thou heroes, everyone is smart, and the emotions run deep. Armed with a pocket dimension, the protagonist raises spirit beasts, takes in mysterious beauties, grows spirit herbs, and receives help from all around him as he steadily advances. The tone is light and cheerful. The protagonist won't suffer, but the cruelty of cultivation remains. Wang Yang transmigrates to the cultivation world by chance, only to open his eyes and discover 64kReads7.8Score6.2k14d adds
- 182 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. 205Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 Deceiving Heaven and Crossing the Sea: Shadows in the Deep 瞒天过海：深海谍影 Deceiving Heaven and Crossing the Sea: Shadows Beneath the Deep 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 184 Crossing the Star River: A Mortal's Path to Immortality 星河渡，凡人修仙 [Qi Refining... Deity Transformation... Tribulation Transcendence] [Traditional Cultivation] [A Weak Golden Finger] [Thunder, Darkness, Fire, Metal, and Water Spiritual Roots] Ning Zhe, a person from Blue Star, possesses mutated spiritual roots of all five elements. Three mighty cultivators who had drifted into the Solar System chose him as a medium for locating the cultivation world, setting him on the path to immortality. While being transported from Blue Star to the cultivation world, Ning Zh 74Reads—Score714d adds
- 185 Wielding the Sword, I Am the Green Lotus 执剑青莲 Love began in bloom, yet ended in drifting fluff. How deep are the debts we owe in this life? Is there no way in this world to have it both ways? Through countless turns of rebirth, Through myriad dreams lived anew, May I be true to the Buddha and still be true to you… Amid the chaos of a troubled age, I was born. I wield my sword and roam, like a swaying green lotus. 18Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 186 Beast Taming Through the Ages 万古之御兽 Xu Guangchao, a collateral descendant of the Xu family in Qinglan City, was once a genius beast tamer who reached the peak of Qi Refining at just twelve years old. But during a family trial, his elder half-brother Xu Guanghui ambushed him, shattering his spirit meridians and destroying his cultivation. He became a laughingstock throughout the city. With his parents gone and no one to rely on, all he had was A Huang, a stray beast of mediocre potential. Bullied relentlessly in the servants' quart —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 I Brought Home a Little Fox 捡只狐狸崽回家 I Brought Home a Little Fox Cub 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 188 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Heaven-Swallowing Treasure Saga 凡人：吞天夺宝传 [Mortal’s Journey] [Alchemy] [Artifact Refining] [Puppeteering] [Leveling Up by Drinking Water] By a twist of fate, an ordinary young man obtains a cultivation method passed down by a cultivator from a great sect and steps into the world of cultivation. Watch how he survives as a rogue cultivator in a world where people’s hearts are hard to fathom, and how he makes his way to the peak of the immortal realm! 1.7kReads5.2Score10114d adds
- 189 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 141Reads—Score1314d adds
- 190 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: My Name Is Lu Qichen! 凡人修仙，我叫陆起尘！ Synopsis: This is a proper cultivation novel. Genres: [traditional cultivation + mortal’s journey + no System + no harem + treasure hunts and magical duels + ancient secret realms + fighting monsters and leveling up] Realms: [Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Void Refining, Body Integration, Great Ascension, Tribulation Transcendence] 1.6kReads8.2Score10014d adds
- 191 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 496Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 192 Clan Cultivation: Commanding Ten Thousand Beasts 家族修仙，御兽万千 [Spirit Beast Taming and Farming, Decisive and Ruthless, No Saintly Hero] Through his own experimentation, Li Xuanyou discovers that raising spirit beasts and spirit plants can earn him treasures. [Help a Five-Grain Spirit Chicken reach adulthood, receive a ball of spiritual energy] [Help a Burrowing Hound reach adulthood, receive the "Burrowing Hound Breath-Concealment Art"] [Help a Scarlet Flame Tiger reach Qi Refining, receive a low-grade talisman: Scarlet Flame Mystic Blast Talisman] Fr 1.5kReads7.0Score10114d adds
- 193 God Realm Intern 神界实习生 (Transmigration + Cultivation + Pocket Dimension) Hua Luoluo transmigrates, thinking she's landed in the script of a farming novel. Only after she tumbles into the world of cultivation does she realize she got the wrong script. Forced onto the path of cultivation, she presses onward with hard work and a little luck, eventually returning to the divine realm. It turns out her whole family is made up of powerhouses. A slow-burn story, with a romance that comes along later. (The author promises not 1.9kReads7.6Score17314d adds
- 194 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Young Sword Venerable in the City 凡人修仙：少年剑尊在都市 No rebirth, no transmigration, and no System: can an ordinary mortal honestly cultivate, stumble across immortal opportunities along the way, and still fight his way to survival? To create a god, the royal family stripped Ye Feihua of his foundation and implanted it into his twin sister. He became an ordinary mortal and was cast aside as a useless son. After a chance encounter with a country doctor, he acquired the secret identity Yuntian and set off to explore his ancestral plane 23Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 195 The Complete Compendium of Chinese and Western Medicine 中西医汇通大典 The Compendium of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 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 323Reads6.2Score10214d adds
- 197 Growing Immortality in an Acre of Spiritual Fields 一亩灵田种长生 [Mortal’s Journey + No System + Farming + Unusual Farming + Upgradable Pocket Dimension] The story mainly focuses on developing a sect, so the setting won’t change constantly! The jade pendant’s black soil boosts the growth of spiritual herbs in stages: tenfold, a hundredfold, a thousandfold, ten thousandfold! Chen Ping was an errand disciple of the Qingyuan Sect. He did the hardest, most exhausting work and ate worse than livestock. One day, while cleaning out an abandoned alchemy room, he foun 44.2kReads7.6Score4.2k14d adds
- 198 After Prison, My Father Told Me to Farm. I Unearthed a Peerless Treasure and Became Rich 出狱后：父亲让我种田，我挖到了绝世宝贝，成了有钱人 After Prison, My Father Told Me to Farm. I Dug Up a Peerless Treasure and Became Rich 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 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 5.1kReads7.8Score40014d adds
- 200 The Cycle of the Pill Dao 丹道轮回 Lin Tianya, heir to the title of Saint of Alchemy, is betrayed by the woman he loves, Senior Sister Molian. By chance, the two of them are swallowed by a ninth-grade divine pill. Xia Chuan, a cripple who barely survives in the Ye family of Qingyang City, gains Lin Tianya's reincarnated divine soul. With his crippled body, he conquers ruined worlds, searches for the truth about his origins, strides across the universe, slays his enemies with his own hands, unravels countless conspiracies, and win 1.9kReads8.5Score24014d adds
