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- 151 The Ultimate Comeback: From the Start, I Devoured an Immortal Emperor's Divine Soul 最强逆袭：开局吞噬仙帝元神 The AI live-action animated drama based on the novel of the same name, The Strongest Comeback: Starting by Devouring an Immortal Emperor's Primordial Spirit, is now available on Tomato Novel and Hongguo Free Short Dramas. [Urban Doctor + Cultivation + Showing Off and Face-Slapping + Lightning-Fast Pace] When you're unlucky, even drinking water can make you choke. He'd just been cheated on when he was struck by lightning. Being struck by lightning would have been bad enough, but he nearly had 13.6kReads8.2Score1.5k14d adds
- 152 The Legend of Creation 开天传说 [No System + No Transmigration + Spatial Realm + Alchemy + Slow-Paced, Traditional Cultivation] As spiritual energy dwindles, the immortal realm is forced to close the passage through which cultivators from the lower realms ascend. Yet of the fifty ways of the Great Dao, Heaven derives forty-nine, leaving one way to escape. When the immortal realm closed the passage, it also left behind a glimmer of hope. Xiao Yang has a mixed Five Elements spiritual root, but unexpectedly acquires the Five Elem 11.2kReads8.4Score1k14d adds
- 153 The Martial Alchemist 武炼丹尊 Su Ling, a supreme alchemist in his former life, happened upon the ancient treasure known as the Heavenly Demon Pearl, only to be ambushed and killed by treacherous villains. Five hundred years later, Su Ling is reborn in the body of a good-for-nothing young master of the Su family, and embarks on a path that defies the heavens. Cultivating both alchemy and martial arts, who dares claim the title of Supreme? Only I, Su Ling! 12.5kReads8.4Score1.9k14d adds
- 154 Now That I'm Reborn, Who Isn't Invincible? 都重生了谁还不无敌 (Reborn Cultivation + Myriad Worlds of the Starry Sky + Immortal Realm + Invincible) As the mighty cultivator Ye Feng lay on the brink of death during his tribulation, a mysterious figure sent him back to the past. Mysterious figure: “If you could live your life again, could you change the outcome, or would you be just as helpless as I am?” A dream of becoming an immortal once buried countless lives. Many years later, when Ye Feng stood at the very pinnacle of the world and looked back on his pa 14.9kReads8.3Score1.6k14d adds
- 155 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. 212Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 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
- 157 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Swallowing the Sun and Moon, Treading Across Realms 凡人修仙：我吞日月踏界行 [Mortal’s Journey] [Cultivation] [Spirit Beasts] [Pocket Dimension] [Alchemy] [Talisman Crafting] [Formations] [Swordsmanship] [Combat] [No System] [Not a Transmigration Story] [Not a Rebirth Story] A true mortal’s journey + sound values + no AI + ambitious and hardworking + slow-paced Immortals absorb immortal energy, while demons use demonic energy. Without either, one is just a mortal. The myriad worlds are vast, and the realms of immortals and demons are but a corner of them. Only the chaoti 404Reads—Score10514d adds
- 158 I'm a Cultivator, So Why Do You Think I'm Worthless? 我可是修仙者，你们当我是废物？ [Urban Cultivation + No Harem + Intelligent Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless] Lu Yu, a mighty cultivator on the verge of transcending his tribulation, was ambushed on his way into an ancient immortal estate and ultimately self-destructed his nascent soul! By a twist of fate, he was reborn on Earth as a useless young master, toyed with by everyone around him. But none of that matters. From the moment he arrived, Lu Yu was no longer the Lu Yu he once was. The whole world would tremble before hi 19.7kReads8.3Score1.7k14d adds
- 159 Divine Sky Fiend Immortal 神霄煞仙 The baleful are malevolent beings, rejected by the world. The immortals attain eternal life and share the longevity of Heaven and Earth. Lu Chen was an ordinary man of mediocre talent, but his exceptionally gifted younger sister set him on the path of cultivation. Alas, the immortal path is a world where the strong prey on the weak, steeped in bloodshed. If ordinary cultivation cannot protect the people I love, then what does it matter if I become baleful? What does it matter if I kill everyone 7.4kReads8.4Score1k14d adds
- 160 Hand Over the Treasure, or I’ll Release the Demon 不拿宝贝我就放妖 "Hand over all your treasures!" "If you don't, I'll really release the demons!" Bearing a wondrous demon bell, he brings peace to the world of cultivation. He learns countless arts and wreaks havoc across the many planes. He is a harbinger of calamity. Wherever he goes, disaster follows. His wits may be dull, yet women always seem to favor him. He commands the demons of myriad worlds, roams the boundless cliffs and frontiers, brings them under the laws of Heaven, and reshapes the Heavenly Da 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 Pure Yang Divine Body: The Joyful Dual Cultivation Art 纯阳神体：欢喜神功 [No System] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Empress Wife] [Beautiful Master] [Multiple Female Leads] [Ruling the World] [Passionate] Betrayed by his childhood sweetheart, Murong Xue, whom he grew up with, he steals his grandfather’s treasured heirloom for her. Murong Xue then conspires with her lover to kill him. Luo Bai, from Earth, transmigrates into the protagonist’s body, beginning his path of cultivation. He overcomes every obstacle on his way to the summit. 14.6kReads8.8Score1.4k14d adds
- 162 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: A Farm Boy's Path to Immortality 凡人修仙：农家少年修仙记 [The Ultimate Ordinary Cultivator: V5.0 + Fast-Growing Protagonist + Thrilling Plot + Clever Characters + Decisive and Ruthless + Cunning Humor] My name is Han Muyu, though people also call me Han the Little Devil. Don't call me sinister or cunning; that's just envy of my intelligence. The truth is, I'm a good person. I was born a poor farmer, but I'm ambitious too. Wanting to get stronger isn't a crime, is it? Don't doubt how decisive I am. Lying low isn't in my nature. I'm not here to play the 329Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 163 Immortal Fate of the Flowing Clouds 流云仙缘 [Cultivation] + [Pocket Dimension] + [Family] + [Power Fantasy] Across the boundless seas, countless sea beasts roam. The strong can turn the world upside down, while the weak struggle even to meet their most basic needs. Everyone has to fight against heaven and earth. Follow an ordinary young member of a small family as he travels farther and farther along the path of Cultivation! 276Reads7.3Score13714d adds
- 164 The Divine Physician of Ghost Gate 鬼门神医 After three years as a live-in son-in-law, he was betrayed by his wife. Following a car accident, he regained his memories and vowed to crush everything beneath his feet. 3.4kReads9.0Score37714d adds
- 165 Invincible Alchemist 无敌炼药师 On the Sacred Martial Continent, martial artists reign supreme! And among them, alchemists are held in the highest esteem. Without an alchemist's help, a martial artist can never become truly strong! Ye Fei, a medical student, transmigrates to the Sacred Martial Continent and accidentally merges with the supercomputer Galaxy, which is said to be capable of calculating anything. And so begins the legend of an unrivaled alchemist! A demon god who has slaughtered billions comes seeking medicine? Ha 6.4kReads8.5Score73014d adds
- 166 Mortal Cultivation: Seizing the Way of Heaven 凡人修仙，夺天一道 [No System] + [No transmigration] + [Mortal cultivation] + [One heroine or no heroine]. Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation... The realm has been united, and opportunities for advancement are growing scarce. Ding Yi is an ordinary young man setting out into the world. At first, all he wants is to make his way in the martial world, but through a twist of fate, he eventually enters the world of immortal cultivation. With the help of fortuitous 3kReads7.9Score17514d adds
- 167 Mirror of Rebirth, Master of Three Lives 往生之鉴，执掌三生 A Guide to Rebirth, Master of Three Lifetimes 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 168 The Nine-Colored Nascent Soul 九色元婴 In the frozen wasteland, an ice coffin appeared, and a young man sealed inside for ten thousand years awoke. He had no idea who he was and remembered nothing else, save for a cultivation technique: the Nine-Colored Nascent Soul! Who sealed him away? Who were his enemies, and who were his friends? Why was he cultivating a cultivation technique in this world of body refinement and profound cultivation? With only a sword at his side, he began sweeping across the continent in search of his lost memo 6.4kReads8.2Score84614d adds
- 169 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 201Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 Scarlet Sacrifice 猩红祭品 The Scarlet Offering 71Reads—Score214d adds
- 171 The Tribulation-Struck Loose Immortal in Another World 九劫散仙在异界 Shen Xuan was born in the third year of the Zhenguan era of the Tang dynasty and studied under Li Chunfeng. At twenty, he entered the world of cultivation, but when he failed to overcome his tribulation, he abandoned his body and became a wandering immortal. After cultivating for a thousand years and enduring nine lightning tribulations, he became a Nine-Tribulation Wandering Immortal. And then, he transmigrated… 4.7kReads7.9Score38814d adds
- 172 Good-for-Nothing Cultivator: From Chicken Dinner to the Dao 废柴修仙：从吃鸡游戏开始成道 Fang Xun transmigrates into a good-for-nothing with a four-element false spirit root in the Cangyan Sect. Before he can join, they force him to drink Soul-Breaking Draught. In three days, he must enter the Dead City trials. Of the three hundred who go in, no more than ten will survive long enough to become official outer disciples. Senior disciples openly rob him of his spirit stones, his pills are worthless fakes, and even secluded cultivation can make him explode from a failed breakthrough. Ot 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 EN Six Paths Immortal Venerable 六道仙尊 Bi Fan, a lowly nobody, is thrown into the Ten Thousand Snakes Pit by his fellow disciples. By a stroke of fortune, he obtains a rare lotus that cleanses his marrow and tempers his bones, setting him on the path of cultivation. He ventures into the demon realm, where baleful energy surges into the sky; battles a hidden dragon and makes a stunning name for himself; conquers the world and earns fame; claims the treasure vault and takes the top spot; enters chaos and commands the winds and clouds; 7.2kReads8.7Score94814d adds
- 174 You Sent Me to Be Your Cultivation Furnace. Now You Regret It? 把我送去做炉鼎，现在你后悔了？ Wang Ritian was originally a cultivator with five spiritual roots. His clan believed he had no hope of advancing, so they sent him to a witch's home to serve as her cultivation furnace. Later, he awakened an against-heaven talent, and the clan's cultivators regretted their decision bitterly. They begged him on their knees to return to the clan! Wang Ritian simply said, "You only know to turn around after you've banged your head against a wall, and only know to wipe your nose when the snot reache 3.1kReads8.6Score31514d adds
- 175 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... 222Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 The Sorrow of the Dao Tribulation 道劫之殇 This is a slow-paced cultivation story, so please don't read it if that's not your thing! It's a story meant to inspire reflection, so please don't read it if that's not your thing! “I seek neither immortality, invincibility, nor transcendence. This isn't one of those cultivation wish-fulfillment stories with warped values, mindless characters, or lowbrow content. Insight and opportunity are left to the reader to interpret; the focus is on elaboration. No System, no transmigration, no rebirth.” 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 I'm Back After Cultivating Immortality 老子修仙回来了 Lin Chen, the strongest Immortal Venerable in the Immortal Realm, is renowned across the four corners of the world! But one day, when he wakes up, he discovers that he's returned to his youth. “I'm finally reborn.” He grins. From this moment on, the world will change because of him... 1.1kReads8.2Score15114d adds
- 178 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
- 179 Divine Emperor of the Nine Realms 九界神帝 There’s nothing one punch can’t solve. And if there is, then two punches will do the trick... Many years later, people divided geniuses into two kinds: ordinary geniuses, and Ye Xiu... 11.9kReads8.8Score1.5k14d adds
- 180 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 20.7kReads8.0Score2.5k14d adds
- 181 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 1kReads6.7Score10114d adds
- 182 Negative Emotions Redirected: System Overlord 负能转嫁：系统主宰 [Immortal Cultivation + Everyday Comedy + Negative Effects Transfer + Face-Slapping + Sneaky Schemer + Survivalist Way] Everyday comedy, witty and playful dialogue, and a slow-burning main plot. After Han Chang Kong transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation, he discovers that the previous owner of this body suffered a Dao wound while trying to retrieve the Asking Heaven Sword for his sect, becoming a cripple. In the end, he died in his own cave dwelling. After transmigrating, Han Chang Ko 20kReads8.1Score1.7k14d adds
- 183 The Hongmeng Heavenly Emperor 鸿蒙天帝 A hundred thousand years ago, humanity reached its peak on the Immortal-Demon Continent. There were nine great holy lands, each in control of one of the nine inheritance tomes. Then a sudden cataclysm struck the continent with devastating force. The heavens collapsed, the earth split apart, and countless lives were lost. Humanity suffered the greatest losses: seven holy lands were destroyed, their legacies lost, and only two of the nine heavenly tomes survived. The young Ling Feng emerged like a 37.6kReads8.5Score4.9k14d adds
- 184 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 29.2kReads7.7Score2.1k14d adds
- 185 The Tale of Reincarnation 转生传 [Reincarnation + pocket dimension + cultivation + alchemy + divine beasts + hilarious] The Ancestor Ye of the Danfu Sect has a grandchild! This child fell from the sky, is exceptionally gifted, and is adored by all. The entire sect treats the little one like royalty. The Demon Emperor told Ancestor Ye, “There’s an almighty being behind this child. I keep feeling like a pair of eyes is watching me.” After the little one entered a secret realm for the first time, a life of cheating their way to su 14.2kReads8.9Score1.7k14d adds
- 186 Wait, Host, Which One of Us Is the System? 不是？宿主，到底谁才是系统？ Shen Zhidu was a deadbeat shut-in, but then good fortune came knocking when he went out, and he accidentally transmigrated to a cultivation world. Though he possesses endless treasures, he’s an ordinary mortal who can never cultivate. To his surprise, he even has a System? System: “Quest triggered: kill the first-rank demonic beast, the Bloodthirsty Snake, in front of you. Reward: 5 Grade One Marrow-Cleansing Pills.” Shen Zhidu: “You kill it, and I’ll give you ten Grade Two pills.” System: “?” “ 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 The Supporting Character Who Transmigrated into a Book: The Empress Is Always Eavesdropping on My Thoughts 穿书配角：女帝她总在偷听我心声 Supporting Character After Transmigrating into a Book: The Empress Is Always Eavesdropping on My Thoughts 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 188 Rule Horror: The Red-Lacquered Building 规则怪谈：红漆楼 Rule Horror: The Red-Painted Building 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 189 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] 31.9kReads8.7Score5k14d adds
- 190 A President Arrested a President 总统抓了一个总统 A President Captures a President 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 191 After I Transmigrated, I Activated the Spirit-Devouring Gene System 穿越后，激活噬灵基因系统 After Transmigrating, I Activated the Spirit-Devouring Gene System 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 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 1kReads—Score11914d adds
- 193 On the Day of Our Divorce, the Stunning CEO Begged Me to Marry Her! 离婚当日，绝美女总裁求我娶她！ One gorgeous beauty after another, one steamy encounter after another. What changes await a young man who's just gotten divorced and become the only cultivator in the world? You want to compete with me in wealth? Even the richest man in the world would have to kneel to talk to me! You want to compete with me in medicine? Ever seen someone brought back from the dead? You want to compete with me in martial arts? A martial artist wants to challenge a cultivator? With all kinds of divine powers and 28.5kReads8.9Score2.1k14d adds
- 194 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 163Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 195 The Strongest Master in the City 最强高手在都市 Down-and-out rich second-generation heir Lin Yi is targeted and brought low, but unexpectedly inherits an immortal legacy. He makes a powerful return to the city, unleashing another storm of blood and violence! Who rules this vast land and determines its fate? Watch as the mightiest expert takes the city by storm and writes the next chapter of his legendary life. 5.1kReads8.6Score67014d adds
- 196 Thunder Crashes Through Time, and I Make a Contract with a Panda 惊雷穿古，契约食铁兽 Thunder Crashes Through Time, and the Iron-Eating Beast Becomes My Contracted Partner 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 The Mortal Alchemy Immortal 凡人丹仙 [Mortal’s journey, no System, ensemble cast] Chen Ping is an orphan and a cowherd. Thanks to an immortal sect token left by his mother, he is taken to the cultivation world by a disciple of a cultivation family to work as a servant and child bridegroom. He later awakens a bloodline inheritance in the Way of the Elixir, and starts making a home for himself in the cultivation world through alchemy. From then on, he ascends the road to immortality, strides forward to the song of his own making, and 9.3kReads8.0Score1.2k14d adds
- 198 The Primordial Sword God 太古剑神 A legendary Sword God lives another life, obtains the Emperor's Divine Veins, and masters the Emperor's Divine Art. A single sword strike can shatter the heavens, decide life and death, and turn the world upside down. If my sword points to hell, the seas will shift and the world will change! If my sword points to the heavens, who can stand against me! 10.5kReads8.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 199 EN I'm an Impostor, the Only Prophet in a Horror World 我是伪人惊悚世界唯一预言家 [Not a Brainless Story] [Dark Horror] [Prophet] [Impostors] [Survival] Impostors lurk among the people here, and anomalous entities roam everywhere. This is the world of terror that lies ahead. People in the future call it the "Later World," or the "Backrooms." No one can find the impostors hidden among the crowds. All they can do is wait for the slaughter! Fortunately, Lin Yang obtains the role of [Prophet]. [Each day, you may verify one person's identity or receive a piece of survival intellig 381.1kReads8.2Score49.2k14d adds
- 200 From the Start, I Had Three Little Beggars 开局三只小乞丐 [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [Farming] [Cautious] How can an ordinary freshman from a mountain village survive in a dangerous mine? How can he overcome mediocre talent to become a cultivator, embarking on a journey of struggle across the Three Realms? 42Reads—Score—14d adds
