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- 101 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Pay Later 凡人之我先用后付修仙 [The full text has undergone major revisions due to warnings. Read with confidence.] [It has just received a rating, which will rise gradually. Please enjoy reading.] Qi Tian, who had stayed up all night reading, opened his eyes and found himself transmigrated into Ling Feiyu, who had just entered the Scarlet Blood Sect. There was no pain from taking the Marrow-Draining Pill, no ten-year lifespan limit. There was still time to change everything. The instant his brush with death passed, the Buy N 35Reads6.0Score314d adds
- 102 Cultivation: Struggling to Survive, Starting as a Mortal 修仙:从凡人开始挣扎 Zheng Qiyao transmigrates to the world of immortal cultivation and awakens the System's treasure-hunting function. While others are still fighting to the death over a low-grade yellow-tier weapon, Zheng Qiyao quickly hides his storage ring, afraid someone might discover the several golden legendary weapons inside. While others are brawling like animals over a low-level spirit herb in an ancient ruin, Zheng Qiyao has already claimed the ruin's greatest treasure and slipped away quietly, concealin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Lord of the Nine Realms 九界之主 (Passionate) (Cultivation) (Six thousand words updated daily) (Power fantasy) (One heroine) (Not brainless) A young man leaves the mountains and, step by step, becomes a legend… 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Others Cultivate Immortality with Spirit Roots, but I Draw Talismans Until I Become a God 别人修仙靠灵根,我靠画符肝成神 Ye Zhen woke up to find himself a lowly independent cultivator in You Shan Fang. His ancestors had all been talisman masters, but after three generations of a single line, the original owner had turned out to be a good-for-nothing with four spiritual roots, stuck at the second level of Qi Refining and only able to draw first-level Diamond Talismans. With almost no savings left and creditors demanding payment, Ye Zhen felt his heart sink. Fortunately, he awakened an attribute panel that improve 2kReads6.9Score13414d adds
- 105 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—14d adds
- 106 An Evil Cultivator? Even a Dog Wouldn't Be One! That's Exactly What I'll Be 邪修?狗都不当!当的就是邪修 [Nontraditional cultivation] [Excellent short novel] Gou Busheng is obsessed with becoming a superior person... [Not a power fantasy, and not brainless] [No runaway inflation] [Subverts the usual tropes] [No System] [Female lead] 174Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 You Were Hired as a Menial, but You Bankrupted the Alchemy Alliance 让你当杂役,你把丹盟干破产了 [Transmigration + System + Farming + Comeback + Alchemy] I transmigrated into a menial servant and couldn’t even get near the spirit herbs? After binding to the Myriad Ages Alchemy Scripture System, I can analyze the medicinal properties of anything! You’ve monopolized high-grade spiritual medicines? Sorry, I can use a single weed as a perfect substitute. At one-tenth the cost, with effects that blow yours out of the water! From floor-sweeping servant to founding patriarch of the sect, I lead 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 The Second Substitute Monk: The Emperor Makes Me Take the Fall 二替僧,皇上让我背黑锅 I only wanted to be an ordinary person, but you all forced me to become a god. The world calls him an auspicious omen, but his own family sees him as a bringer of disaster. Liaoran’s life began in glory, surrounded by thirty-six rays of Buddhist light, but ended up mired in betrayal and abandonment. His father cast him aside, the imperial court used him, and his family betrayed him. Only when the vermilion mark between his brows split open to reveal a Heavenly Eye that could see through illusion 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Records of the Immortal Abyss 仙渊箓 [Classic Xuanhuan] [Ensemble Cast] [Ordinary Mortal Cultivation] Spiritual energy is scarce, and cultivating immortality is incredibly difficult. Nine out of ten cultivators spend their entire lives stuck at Foundation Establishment, dying in the mountains at the age of one hundred. Spirit stones, formations, pills, cultivation techniques, spirit herbs, talismans: every step is a desperate struggle against fate for a chance at life! 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 A True Record of Cultivation 修真实录 What’s your goal? “To become an Immortal Emperor, or at the very least an Immortal Venerable!” Do you have anything going for you? “My parents are both dead, I’m average-looking, I have all five spiritual roots, and I don’t even have a master...” Emmmm, all right. Do you have any special skills? Xiao Han thought carefully for a moment. “Does treating spirit beasts count?” A veterinarian? “...” 3.1kReads8.6Score25814d adds
- 111 Starting My Cultivation Journey by Blasting Foundation Establishment Cultivators with a Barrett 从巴雷特轰杀筑基修士,开始修仙 An entire shelter transmigrates from the apocalypse to the cultivation world. Fortunately, all the supplies from the shelter are still in its pocket dimension. But his teammates are hunted down, survivors betray him, and from the start he is enemies with the entire cultivation world. If that's how it is, then let's see who comes out on top. Watch how this veteran of the apocalypse makes his mark in the cultivation world. Being cultivated in secret is never a good thing, and inexplicable rescu 19Reads—Score114d adds
- 112 The Cultivation Record: A Commoner Boy and a Rich Heiress Stumble into the Immortal Path 修仙录布衣少年富家千金误入仙道 [Mortal’s Journey style, no System] Deliberately chasing something doesn’t guarantee you’ll get it. You might even lose your way. But a careless act can bring an unexpected surprise, leading you into the path of immortality before you even realize it. The road to cultivating immortality is long and arduous, yet people don’t understand that the Great Dao is simple, and complexity lies in the human heart. Only by simplifying the complicated can one reach beauty through unadorned simplicity. A youn 27Reads—Score114d adds
- 113 The Supreme Goodness Is Like 上善若 An eight-hundred-year-old Daoist priest picked up a seven-year-old child and embarked on a path of being constantly duped. He was struck by lightning and turned into a four-year-old, then ate an apple and became a woman. Only later did I learn the truth: she was my shiniang, one of the creator gods, and my tribulation. I, Zhang Hefeng, was a famously penniless Daoist priest of Baiyue Mountain. After eight hundred years of cultivation, my greatest achievement was having achieved nothing. My drea 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Fight for Immortality 争【仙】 My parents are missing, and my younger sister is the only person I cannot let anyone hurt. On the verge of death, the ancient jade at my chest awakens, and I step onto the perilous path of cultivation. Factions clash within the sect, prodigies provoke me, secret realms brim with danger, and powerful enemies surround me. With no background and no one to rely on, I will fight against the odds with my mortal body and prove my way through protecting those I love! Whoever harms my family or friends, 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 115 Proving the Dao as the Thunder God 证道雷神 An ordinary mortal’s journey to immortality. This is not a power fantasy: no harem, no transmigration, no System, and no cheat artifacts. The path of cultivation is full of thorns, and one careless step can leave you utterly broken. The protagonist is like a modern-day wage slave, giving everything he has and ending up covered in scars, yet never giving up. Like a blade of grass, he endures hardship after hardship and stubbornly keeps growing, until, without even realizing it, he becomes a tower 33Reads—Score114d adds
- 116 Azure Jade Cultivation 青玉修仙 [Transmigration + A Villain Who Isn't Brain-Dead + A Golden Finger + No Romance + Clear-Headed and No Saintly Do-Gooder + Playing It Safe + Decisive and Ruthless + Regular Updates + Plenty to Read] Thinking he had landed in a wuxia novel, modern young man Chen Feng transmigrated into its world, planning to use his natural talent to dominate it. Then he discovered it was actually a cultivation world. He hones his martial arts in the early stages and cultivates immortality later on. With help fro 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 Immortal for Eons from the Start, I Farm Steadily Until I Become a True Immortal 开局长生万古,稳健种田成真仙 [Immortality + Farming + Playing It Safe + System + Lighthearted + Everyday Life] Xu Yi transmigrates to a world of cultivation and activates the Immortality System from the start. All he has to do is tend flowers and grass each day to earn longevity points he can use to improve his cultivation. From then on, Xu Yi follows a completely different path to immortality. While others toil at cultivation, Xu Yi kicks back and fishes. While others study spells, Xu Yi listens to music at the pleasure qu 1.4kReads6.5Score—14d adds
- 118 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: From Age Sixty, I Forge a Sacred Body 凡人修仙:从六十岁开始肉身成圣 [Mortal Protagonist + No System + Utterly Calm + Wits and Strategy] “Now that this old man has gotten close to you, fellow Daoist, don't you think it's too late to leave?” Zhang Tie was once an old “fixer” at the Xiuchun Brothel in Qingshi City. He was over sixty, his vitality waning, and should have been little more than a pile of bones in the ground. With an identity like his, how will he make his own path to immortality in a cultivation world full of deception, uncover the secrets of the immo 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Immortal Master, Slay the Immortals 请仙师斩仙 The demon fox on the mountain has three tails; the bamboo shoots breaking through the earth have nine joints. After his grandfather's death, Zhang Yunqing traveled a thousand miles to bury his remains. He faced the demon fox rumored to have harmed his family and drew his sword. But was it really the demon fox that hurt them, or was it a person? White fox, green bamboo staff, traveling ten thousand miles southeast in search of immortality. Absorb spiritual energy, build a Dao foundation, and 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 The Chronicle of Heavenly Evolution and Reincarnation 天衍轮回录 [Mortal's Journey] [Native] [No System] [No Female Lead] [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] The pacing is a little slow in the first 20 chapters, and the plot is relatively calm. Fellow Daoists, I hope you'll give it a chance and read a few more chapters 🙏 I humbly thank you all. [Qi Refining - Foundation Establishment - Golden Core - Nascent Soul - Deity Transformation - Soul Separation...] He was the Profound Ancestor of the Upper Realm, once standing above all cultivators. After a sudden calamit 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 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—14d adds
- 122 Cultivating Immortality, Starting with a Status Panel 从面板开始修仙 In a world of cultivation, demons and monsters run rampant, and human lives are as worthless as grass. The path to immortality is harder than ascending to heaven. Lu Qing transmigrates into this world, expecting to have no hope of immortality and to fade into obscurity. But he never expected the cultivation game he played in his previous life to come along with him... 710Reads6.8Score10214d adds
- 123 Cultivating Immortality as a Mortal, Starting with Fish Farming 凡人修仙,从养鱼开始 [Mortal cultivation + keeping a low profile + decisive killing + space + traditional cultivation + no System] Chen Li, a transmigrator from the modern world, accidentally transmigrated into the world of a casual mobile game and became the son of a fisherman by Qingze Lake. With his father dead, and only three spiritual roots and the third level of Qi Refining, he had no choice but to risk his life hunting Azure Spirit Fish in the middle of storms to obtain cultivation resources, struggling at th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 The Woodcutter Boy's Record of Immortal Encounters 砍柴少年仙缘录 At fifteen, Zhao Fei was a woodcutter from a remote mountain village in the Kingdom of Nanchuan. One day, a wondrous object fell from the sky, sending the young woodcutter down the path of immortal cultivation… 8.6kReads7.5Score99514d adds
- 125 Immortal Fate of the Jade Disc 玉盘仙缘 [Ordinary mortal cultivation] [No System] A jade disc he acquired by chance gave Shi Qingshan the ability to transform from a mortal into an immortal. Pills, cultivation techniques, magical artifacts... everything in the world can be fused and transformed! From then on, he rose from humble beginnings, using this peerless stroke of fortune to meld endless possibilities into one and embark on the long road to immortality! 96.1kReads8.3Score11.2k14d adds
- 126 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—14d adds
- 127 Cultivating Immortality, Starting as an Outer Sect Disciple 从外门弟子开始修仙 [No System, no golden finger, no heroine, not saintly, has principles] The cultivation world is filled with spiritual energy. All things that obtain it can hope for longer lives and the power to command wind and rain. Zhang Li, a young man from Blue Star, unexpectedly transmigrates into the cultivation world and becomes an outer servant disciple of the Luocheng Sect. He sets out on the path of cultivation without hesitation. The world is vast, the Immortal Dao elusive, and the path of cultivatio 2Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 128 Ask the Heavens: The Fate-Defying Pill Saint 问天:逆命丹圣 At seventeen, Zhang Xiaojing is a useless apprentice alchemist, bullied and humiliated at every turn, until he finds a mysterious little cauldron at the bottom of a well and accidentally picks up a glowing stone. Young and reckless, he tosses precious medicinal ingredients belonging to Emperor Taizong into the cauldron. A flash of purple light, and he has refined a divine pill, sending his cultivation soaring! At the imperial assembly, he draws down heavenly lightning to temper his pills, blowin 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 Chronicles of Another World: From Martial Arts to Immortality 异世录之从练武到修仙 [No System, Slow-Burn, Sound Logic, No Female Lead, Mortal Cultivator] After a young man from Blue Star, a hopeless romantic, ends his life over a painful love affair, he never expects to wake up again. Perhaps Heaven itself couldn’t bear to see what happened and gave him a chance to live again in another world. He arrives in the Kingdom of Wei, a different world ruled by an ancient dynasty much like the one on Blue Star. He thinks he’ll follow the usual novel formula and fulfill his dream of be —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Long Road to Immortality 凡人修仙:漫漫仙路 (Traditional cultivation) (No System) (Not a transmigration story) (Slow burn) (No female lead) Lu Yuan is an ordinary boy from a mountain village. When he is ten, his father is injured by someone and dies unexpectedly, leaving him a fragment of an immortal cultivation manual and an ancestral iron piece before he passes away. By cultivating according to the fragment, Lu Yuan escapes the clutches of the wealthy Li Youcai. The iron piece brings him an unexpected “immortal opportunity.” From then o 90.8kReads8.5Score7.8k14d adds
- 131 Cultivation: Ascending to the Azure Clouds 修仙:羽化青云 [No System + traditional xianxia + slow-burn epic] The naive young Chen Meng stumbles onto the path to immortality, only to discover that he is caught between two worlds: one is a new realm personally opened up by mighty cultivators, hiding countless undiscovered wonders; the other is an ancient cultivation world governed by strict rules and rife with the dangers of the law of the jungle. As wondrous adventures and a brutal path to immortality converge, his journey is destined to be fraught with 70Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 132 The Tale of an Ordinary Man's Immortal Cultivation 凡人修仙述 [Mortal Cultivation] [No System] [One Female Lead] [Traditional Cultivation] A fisherman’s son named Lin Yi joins a martial sect called Medicine King Valley to stop his younger sister from being sold off as a servant to a wealthy household. With his humble background, how will he find a place for himself in the sect? A mysterious cultivation technique and a magical orb draw Lin Yi into a vast and tumultuous world. With his mediocre aptitude, how will he carve out a place for himself in this peri 4.9kReads8.4Score34114d adds
- 133 A Mortal's Quest for Immortality 凡人叩仙路 An ordinary young man with mediocre talent struggles to rise and fall in the brutal world of cultivation, all in pursuit of immortality. With nothing but a heart devoted to the Dao and unwilling to settle for an ordinary life, he struggles to survive in a world where the strong prey on the weak. Talent is a lock, and the path to immortality a prison. How can an ordinary man knock on the gates of eternal life? The path to immortality is treacherous, and eternal life lies far beyond. Can a mere mo 710Reads8.0Score10814d adds
- 134 Cultivation Begins with Being Reborn 修真从重生开始 [Golden Core rebirth] [No System] [Slow start, strong payoff] [Not mindless wish fulfillment] [Insight into human nature] [Decisive and ruthless] [A new cultivation system] [A more realistic cultivation world] Chen Xuansheng dies while fighting for an immortal opportunity, but a wisp of his soul unexpectedly returns through reincarnation, and he is reborn! In this life, I will reach the pinnacle of the immortal path! I will forge a peerless legend! I will shatter the darkness of the cultivation 4.1kReads7.2Score27114d adds
- 135 Cultivating Immortality, Starting with the Spirit Taming Sect 修仙,从御灵宗开始 [No System] [Mortal's Journey] [Cautious Protagonist] A little heads-up: later on, the story features the exploration of a new continent. Fellow cultivators who enjoy this kind of plot, don't miss out! Zhao Ming transmigrates to the cultivation world and becomes an inner disciple of the Yuling Sect. From the start, he takes on a dangerous assignment at a mining site. In just a few years, he witnesses the many ups and downs of the cultivation world. He has no golden finger and no heaven-defying o 155Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Voyage Across the Immortal Sea 遨游仙海 An ordinary man accidentally comes into possession of a storage pouch, changing the way he sees the world. A cultivation story about an ordinary person: no mindless power-ups, steady progression, no System, and no time acceleration in the pocket dimension. I hadn't planned to write about a pocket dimension, but then I thought about how arduous the path to immortality is. Without something that sets it apart, it would feel as though the protagonist were just an NPC on the road to immortality. Qi 31.8kReads7.9Score3.1k14d adds
- 137 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: From the Start, I'm the Joyful Union Sect's Senior Brother 凡人修仙:开局合欢宗大师兄 [Ordinary-person cultivation] [No System] [Traditional xianxia] [Traditional fantasy] Xu Changning, an ordinary young man from Earth, accidentally transmigrates to the Youyuan World and becomes a furnace cauldron among the Joyful Union Sect's outer disciples. In this world, where immortals and demons coexist and ghosts and monsters roam, he has no spiritual roots and can only let others exploit him. Yet, against all odds, he rises to become the senior brother of the Green Chive Hall. Facing a de 263Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 A Farm System and a Golden Finger: Double Cheats 农场系统加金手指双挂 [Farming] + [Beast Taming] + [Spirit Beast Rearing and Army Building] Lin Feng transmigrated to the cultivation world of Yue Kingdom, relying on knowledge from Blue Star and a knack for business. Alongside spirit beasts, he tames beasts, farms, does business, and manages a base. This novel features a large ensemble cast and follows two parallel tracks: a timeline and a main storyline. Years later, Lin Feng merges with his spirit beasts to become the strongest creature in the Nine Heavens and Ten 544Reads6.3Score10214d adds
- 139 I Don't Want Anything from You 我不稀罕你这里 I Don't Want Anything from You —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 What Kind of Job Is That? 啥差事 What Kind of Job Is That? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 The Path of Immortal Corruption 蚀仙路 [Mortal cultivation] + [No System] + [Multiple heroines] + [Dark fantasy] ✨ While everyone else absorbs spiritual energy, I devour corrosive spirits. The more toxic my cultivation, the stronger I become! ✨ When the holy maiden of an immortal sect purifies the evil aura within me, I plant calamity in her immortal bones in return. ✨ The Immortal Realm sends down heavenly punishment to vanquish evil. I grin and say, “Many thanks, Immortal! You've helped me on the path to the Great Dao!” From then o 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 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
- 143 Cultivation: With This Level of Caution, Ascension Is Guaranteed 修仙:如此稳健,必能飞升 Lu Yuan transmigrates to the cultivation world with a late-bloomer fate. The longer he lives, the better his aptitude becomes! He originally wanted to join the Xuanyang Sect, but was ignored outright. So he marries into a cultivation clan, never picking fights, focusing on steady growth and making friends wherever he can. An in-marrying son-in-law, a logistics manager, a medicine garden steward, a talisman hall elder... and eventually, the Supreme Grand Elder. Before he knows it, even this small 869Reads8.2Score10314d adds
- 144 Heir of the Great Clarity 太清传人 No transmigration, no System, no spiritual roots, no wise old man at his side, and no decisive scheming that spans the ages. Just an ordinary scholar with a bit of a temper, who accidentally mistakes a soul collector for a ghost and takes one step onto the path to immortality. From berating the Dragon Lord to wielding his sword against Kunlun, he takes on “the renewal of humanity” in a struggle against “the eternal mandate of Heaven,” breaks the fixed order of immortals and gods, and reshapes th 3.6kReads7.5Score33514d adds
- 145 Cultivation: Proving Eternal Life Through Mastery 修仙:从肝熟练度开始证道长生 Get lucky? In this day and age, who still cultivates the traditional way? Poor aptitude, no connections, no support? No problem, I can grind! The road to immortality is hard. Along the way, he sees countless people struggling through hardship, fighting to survive in this world. Wang Song transmigrates into a cultivation world and discovers that he has become a freelance spirit farmer in the Baishi Ridge market. Every day, he works under the blazing sun, tilling the soil until sweat pours down. F 5.6kReads6.7Score46114d adds
- 146 Lone Cultivator 散修 No sect, no heroine, no backing, no faction, no System, no transmigration, no rebirth, and no invincibility. A top-grade single spiritual root, one male protagonist. See how Yin Yang Qiankun struggles to get by in the world of cultivation. 261Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 A Fool's Immortal Cultivation: Boundless Magic 傻子修仙,法力无边 [Play the pig to eat the tiger] [Traditional xianxia] [No System] [Multiple heroines] [Decisive and ruthless] [All-around cultivation] [Family power struggles] Born with an intellectual disability, Li Yuzhu is swept into the cruelest family feud and cultivation conspiracy on Dragon God Continent. After unexpectedly obtaining the Heaven-Seizing Pearl, which can devour all things, he awakens his spiritual root. From a fool to a prodigy who shakes the cultivation world, he subdues ten servants, cr 2.4kReads8.3Score27514d adds
- 148 Ghosts Celebrate New Year 鬼过年 Ghosts Celebrate the New Year —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Fate and Calamity 神煞 This is an educational work about the “deities and malefic influences” in Four Pillars of Destiny. It does not teach you how to calculate your fortune. Instead, it explains how these influences in a destiny chart shape a person’s life. Anyone who achieves great things must first have their destiny tested by baleful forces. [Eastern mysticism + no System + nontraditional xianxia + plot-driven + a touch of ensemble cast] This is a world where deities and malefic influences coexist with ordin 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 Seeking the Dao of Immortality, Starting with Five Spirit Roots 从五灵根开始问道长生 Having a Five-Element Spirit Root? No problem! Being twenty-six or twenty-seven and only at the third level of Qi Refining? No problem! Living in a shantytown with terrible living conditions? No problem! Now that I have the panel, everything else will follow! 331Reads5.9Score—14d adds

















































