Novels like The Secret Treasure of an Ancient Sect: A Mortal’s Defiant Path to Immortality
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- 101 Venerable God of the Nine Netherworlds 九幽神尊 [Reborn + satisfying revenge + genius protagonist + not a goody-goody + not a simp + traditional fantasy + playing the pig to eat the tiger + ruthless and decisive + ruthless and cunning] I am Du Chaolin, from Earth, and I was a top student at a prestigious university. I have a Chaos Spiritual Root. I’m a born genius and king, reaching Nascent Soul in five years and Great Ascension in a century. I possess a divine cauldron that can collect all things and destroy all immortals. I’m ruthless and 57Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 102 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
- 103 The God-Burying Coffin: I Am Invincible in This World 葬神棺：我无敌于世 [Traditional cultivation, not a wish-fulfillment story, no System, slow-burn, steady progression] I have a coffin that can bury the heavens, the earth, and all living beings. A genius youth has his spiritual roots torn out, then finds the God-Burying Coffin, which entombs the gods and demons of all the heavens, in the God-Burying Abyss. From that day on, the sun and moon dim before him, and gods and Buddhas throughout the heavens tremble at his presence. Lin Ping'an [Decisive and ruthless, cul 141Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 104 Years of Rivers and Mountains on Wheels 车轮上的山河岁月 Years of Rivers and Mountains on Wheels —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 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! 272Reads7.3Score2014d adds
- 106 Cultivators in Another World 修真者在异世 Super carefree immortal Lu Feng is blasted to pieces by the final heavenly lightning bolt during his sixth tribulation. Thanks to his powerful cultivation, his soul miraculously drifts into another world and enters the body of a young master from a fallen battle-qi clan who has just died. Magic is nothing in front of me. Besides flying, I can also set up formations. Alchemists are nothing in front of me. Besides refining pills, I can also forge magical artifacts. Battle qi is nothing in front of 12.9kReads8.1Score1.4k14d adds
- 107 I’m Already at the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, and You Still Dare Bully Me? 我都渡劫期了，还敢欺我 [Fantasy, imaginative premise, one heroine, chosen by fate, immortality, invincible protagonist] University student Chu Yang accidentally transmigrates into the world of a fantasy novel while reading one, only to become the bootlicker whose cultivation is crippled and whose life ends in the original story? A mere Foundation Establishment cultivator dares to bully me, a Tribulation Transcender? He's asking to die! “You bully me? Insult me? Then go to hell!” “Chosen-by-fate hero? Chosen-by-fate he 193Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Creator of a World United as One 世界大同缔造者 [Urban cultivation + traditional techniques + students and campus beauties + no System + humorous comedy + Immortal Realm + Divine Realm] Tang Yixuan saved a fox that had failed its tribulation. Its lingering soul took up residence in his spiritual platform. It was Tang Xiaowan, a Great Enforcer Golden Immortal from the Immortal Realm, who had escaped to Earth as a fragment of her divine soul during the war between gods and demons. Tang Yixuan’s family was bullied by a local tyrant. He couldn’t 1.4kReads9.1Score18214d adds
- 109 After Reincarnating as a Farmer's Daughter, I Built a Fortune with My Pocket Dimension 穿成农女后我靠空间发家致富 After Reincarnating as a Farm Girl, I Built a Fortune with My Pocket Dimension 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 The Richest Man Claims Me as Family, and My Immortal Identity Is No Longer a Secret 被首富认亲，修仙者身份藏不住了 [The early chapters lay the groundwork with an urban tycoon story, then ancient martial arts, anotherworldly continent beyond the Antarctic ice wall, a biochemical apocalypse, cultivation across civilizations from levels 1 to 9, and wars across planes. The Heavenly Realm, Immortal Realm, and Divine Realm are the real story, so don't drop the novel after reading only the first few chapters. Planned as a long series of around ten million characters.] The day my gold-digging girlfriend dumped me, I 119Reads—Score10714d adds
- 111 Cultivating the Dao and Seeking Immortality 修仙问道 Someone asks, “Where does the road lie?” I say, “Beneath our feet.” Someone asks, “What is the Dao?” I say, “I am the Dao.” I embody the Dao to prove it, then look up at the heavens and ask what the Dao is. When I wake from a dream, where is my body? The Dao is me, and I am the Dao... 3.7kReads8.4Score30814d adds
- 112 Spiritual Roots and Immortal Bones 灵根仙骨 Ancient texts tell of immortals who can fly through the heavens and tunnel through the earth, alter the stars and the cosmos, and travel ten thousand miles in an instant, entering the southern heavens at dawn and reaching the northern sea by dusk. Those among mortals who wish to embark on the path to immortality must possess either a spiritual root or an immortal bone. Anyone with one or the other can cultivate; all others have no chance of entering the immortal path! Among spiritual roots, thos 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Heaven and Earth Bear All Things: The Genesis of the Dao 乾坤载物，创始道纪 The universe bears all things, and the Dao's founding chronicles begin. Open a heaven and earth within yourself, and contain the universe in a tiny space. Use your body as a cauldron, opening a space of energy within the apertures of your body. Through constant evolution, it eventually becomes a universe of its own, complete with sun, moon, mountains, rivers, and its own laws. The body is the Daoist sanctuary; the body is the world. I am the sanctuary, I am the world, I am the universe. Cultivat 59Reads—Score414d adds
- 114 Mortal Gu Immortal: I Transmigrated into a Cultivation Matchmaking Show 凡人蛊仙：修仙从穿越对口开始 Professor Qin Feng, a leading authority on heredity, saw his dream of genetic evolution shattered. Taking the Classic of Myriad Gu as his key, he combined modern technology with the sinister art of Gu cultivation, using the genes of all life on Earth to forge a “Divine Gu.” On the day it matured, global forces hunted him down. As his beloved betrayed him and a bullet pierced his heart, the blood essence in his chest awakened the Divine Gu and unleashed a world-ending thunder tribulation. The Div 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 I Made a Pact with a Divine Dragon 我契约了神龙 (Traditional immortal cultivation + no heroine + adored by all + transmigrate + genius + no romance) The Mortal Realm, the Immortal Cultivation Realm, the Immortal Realm, the Divine Realm, and the Sacred Realm. The protagonist has a Chaos Spiritual Root and excels at everything. This is no story about a good-for-nothing: he leads the sect's elders and fellow disciples all the way to ascension. All things in the world move in cycles. At the other end of the universe, are there omnipotent immortal 317Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 116 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
- 117 The Immortal Emperor Was Hunted Down, Reborn with a Tower to Kill Them All 仙帝被围猎，携塔重生杀杀杀 Su Yichen, Immortal Emperor of the Zixiao Immortal Realm, unexpectedly obtained the supreme treasure, the Heaven-Swallowing Demon-Suppressing Pagoda. Envious emperors plotted against him and surrounded him, and he died with hatred in his heart. To his surprise, the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda carried a wisp of his divine soul and brought him back to life against the natural order. After being reborn, Su Yichen was astonished to discover that he had lived through three lifetimes. In his previous liv 440Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 118 Warm Sunshine Between Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law 暖阳照进婆媳间 Warm Sunshine Between Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Horror Invades: Candidate for the God of the Mainframe! 恐怖入侵：主神候选人！ The blood moon hung in the sky. Order collapsed, and the Lord God returned. Win, and earn the people's admiration. Lose, and everything is gone. A first encounter with a terrifying cannibal, in the eerie world of a desolate village. Slay the demon king in Demon Slayer, then sweep through a hellish human world with power from the real world! A struggle across billions of worlds, slaughter across billions of worlds, and a game of wits across billions of worlds. The victor takes everything! (Instan 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 A Minor Cultivator's Return Home 凡人小修归乡录 Mortal cultivation + no System + a protagonist who grows over time + slow burn A change of pace: the path of cultivation isn’t all fighting and killing. Examining your heart along the way is also a form of cultivation. Gu Xin thinks he has simply become lost in some unknown fragment of ancient history. Instead, his soul has transmigrated to another continent, where he must survive alone. Amid the endless mortal world, all I ask is for a roof over my head and a patch of earth beneath my feet. I s 361Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 121 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
- 122 The Hidden Eastern Treasury of the Violet Palace 紫府东藏 A thousand cups of wine amid the mortal world, a pot of tea for an everlasting legacy. True love has never lasted since ancient times; only clever schemes can win people's hearts. The sons and daughters of the Jianghu roam the Jianghu, smiling to fulfill old wishes and burying grudges with a laugh. Even when all paths seem lost, shoot an arrow through the clouds, and thousands of troops will come to your aid! 775Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 123 Cultivation Faction War: Rising to Power From Qingfeng Stronghold 修仙势力战：从清风寨开始崛起 (A growth-focused story with a main character and many supporting characters.) Synopsis: (Water Margin in an immortal-cultivation setting + a list of gods from another world) [Mortal cultivation + bandit stronghold development System + training bandit troops + growth + war + strategy] Xu Li accidentally transmigrates into the body of a lowly bandit and becomes the chief of Qingfeng Stronghold, where he obtains the Strongest Bandit Stronghold Development System. A cultivation family, you say? Why 1.5kReads8.5Score11814d adds
- 124 Love and Hate in the Neon Abyss 霓虹深渊里的恨与爱 Love and Hatred in the Neon Abyss 3Reads—Score214d adds
- 125 The Bronze Age: Blade Lord of Reverse Entropy 青铜纪元：逆熵刀主 The Bronze Age: Blade Lord of Entropy 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Immortal Jade, Dust, and Destiny 仙玉尘缘 Lin Mu, a lowly servant of the Qianyu Sword Sect, accidentally discovers that the jade pendant left to him by his parents contains three mu of spiritual farmland. From then on, he uses the pendant to grow spiritual herbs and medicinal plants, earn a fortune in spirit stones, buy flying swords and magic treasures, and refine miraculous pills. Thus begins his rise in the cultivation world. 328Reads7.7Score10114d adds
- 127 A Mortal's Path to Immortality: The Rogue Cultivator Cao Yan's Road to Ascension 凡人仙途：散修曹琰的登天路 (Sword cultivator in the early and middle stages, mortal cultivation, no System, starts out in a marketplace, traditional cultivation, slow burn, cautious, decisive and ruthless, talismans) The road to immortality is elusive. I walk it alone. Cao Yan is a bottom-rung rogue cultivator with four spiritual roots in a marketplace. No talent, no backer, no inheritance. Others cultivate immortality through talent. He relies on careful scheming. Someone tries to kill him and steal his treasure? He 5.6kReads6.6Score28814d adds
- 128 Reborn in 1976: The Village Belle Clings to Me from the Start 重生1976，开局村花赖上我 [Educated-youth story + not a wish-fulfillment tale + everyday life + reborn + master of laying low + witty and irreverent] Read with caution. In his previous life, after returning to the city, he went to college, pursued scientific research, and won award after award. But an accident left him reborn as an educated youth in a small village. This time around, he only wants to put down roots in the village and live a quiet life. But you can’t hide a pearl in the mud. He ends up making an even bigg 3.5kReads8.7Score17014d adds
- 129 The Calamity of Ten Thousand Sounds 万音劫 The Ten Thousand Sounds Calamity 5Reads—Score314d adds
- 130 The Heavenly Dao Cauldron 天道鼎 A magical little cauldron can store merit energy. Kill a bandit chief and gain a wisp of low-grade merit energy. Kill a Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator and gain a wisp of mid-grade merit energy... I cultivate the Chaos Heavenly Dao Art, which can turn merit energy into cultivation. The more villains I kill, the more merit energy I gain. And the faster my cultivation improves. Scum and demonic cultivators are nourishment on my path to immortality... 1.9kReads7.9Score22514d adds
- 131 I Know a Little Bit of Everything About Cultivation 修仙我什么都会亿点点 Yan Qiuge, a legendary great cultivator from the Fenglan Continent, fails to overcome the tribulation of divine transformation. Fortunately, the innate spiritual treasure Hongmeng Purple Jade Gourd carries his main soul across the Southern Border. He revives in the body of a minor cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining from the Qingyun Sect. Drawing on more than a thousand years of cultivation experience and his mastery of all kinds of immortal arts, he gradually makes a name for himself 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 The Big Hippo Family 大河马家 [Family clan + mortal cultivation + farming + not a power fantasy] Among the teeming masses and beneath the boundless Great Dao, demons run rampant across the Tian Xuan Continent, slaughtering all under heaven. Clans also rise everywhere, protecting the people. Ma Chao Feng wields a Red Dust Sword, battles peerless prodigies, and concocts astonishing pills. He covets a gentleman's wealth and delights in beautiful scenery. Can he lead the Heng Lang Ma Clan to triumph over its rivals, stand proudl 6.8kReads8.1Score41514d adds
- 133 I Raised a Miniature World in My Dantian 我在丹田里养了个微型世界 [Creation Stream + System + Cultivation + the Myriad Worlds + Early Farming] The universe rests within his dantian, and creating worlds is a form of cultivation! After transmigrating to the world of cultivation, Lin Muchen discovers that his dantian has become a miniature universe. He spends points to exchange for all manner of things and introduces them to the Origin Star, from weeds and ant eggs to human civilization, from spirit veins and mineral deposits to the laws of heaven and earth. On 579Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 134 Cultivation: What Do I Do with Too Many Spirit Herbs? 修仙：灵药太多怎么办？ [Transmigration + pocket dimension + ordinary-person cultivation + invincible among peers + body tempering + swordsmanship] A menial disciple gets a pocket dimension from the start. It evolves whenever it devours spirit stones, and time inside passes ten times faster than outside. He can speed up his cultivation and grow medicinal herbs faster, so he never runs short of pills or spirit stones again. An ordinary-person cultivation story. The early chapters are somewhat subdued, and progress is sl 2kReads8.2Score14714d adds
- 135 I Rely on a Deduction System to Cultivate Immortality Safely 我靠推演系统稳健修仙 [Cultivation] [Cautious] [No female lead] The key to the Deduction System is the word “deduction.” Deduction can be performed in two directions: upward and downward. Upward deduction raises the rank of any skill you can learn, such as cultivation techniques and spells, making it more powerful and effective. Downward deduction analyzes and breaks down any skill you can learn, such as cultivation techniques and spells, allowing you to master it quickly and thoroughly. The Deduction System is an ou 2.7kReads6.4Score12114d adds
- 136 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Cultivating the Body with the Qiankun Gourd 凡人修仙：从乾坤葫芦养身开始 [Mortal’s Journey + No System + No Transmigration + Decisive and Ruthless] (Reaches the God Realm arc) When primordial chaos first emerged, it gave birth to myriad worlds. Beneath chaos are the Saints; beneath the Saints are the Gods; beneath the Gods are the Immortals; beneath the Immortals are the Spirits; beneath the Spirits are mortals. To make a living, Ye Feng sets out on the path of cultivation with a little gourd and his dog, Wangcai. [Realms]: Mortal Realm, Spirit Realm, Immortal Realm, 2.5kReads7.4Score19414d adds
- 137 Rust Breathing 锈蚀呼吸 Rusty Breath —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Green Origin Immortal Manor 青元仙府 After a famine forces the young Fang Yang to be sold as a servant in the city, a strange ancient seal script character unexpectedly leads him to join a martial sect. By a twist of fate, a mysterious immortal mountain takes refuge inside him. One day in the outside world equals a year in the mountain, and from then on, thousand-year-old spirit herbs and ten-thousand-year-old immortal medicines are his for the taking... Fengyun Star, Azure Ancient Star, Canglan Star, Tianyuan Star, Qingliu Star, P 9.2kReads8.4Score92414d adds
- 139 Hard Work Pays Off, Diligence Makes Up for What You Lack 天道酬勤，勤能补拙 Heaven rewards diligence; hard work can make up for a lack of talent 27Reads—Score614d adds
- 140 Chronicles of the Wonder Sword 奇剑录 My name is Murong Tianci. I was born on the Vast Continent. My parents’ glory faded, and I became an orphan. I cultivate, and I search for my parents. I still haven’t found my parents, and now my wife has gone missing, too... Is it really that hard to have a family? I’ll kill, kill, kill... I’ll search, search, search... 545Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 141 The First Book by Yuelan 月澜的第一本书 Xu Mu, who possesses five spiritual roots, joins an immortal sect through a fortuitous opportunity, but his aptitude is utterly good-for-nothing. By chance, he obtains a secret treasure, the Immortal Disk. By pouring spiritual energy into it, Xu Mu can turn any treasure of the same grade into two, allowing him to enjoy twice the cultivation resources of others and rekindle his path to immortality! But the crises that follow make him realize that the cultivation world is a place where the strong 248Reads8.5Score4514d adds
- 142 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
- 143 Immortal Journey Through a Sea of Blood 血海仙途 A mortal cultivation story, no System, no female lead, with a touch of Lovecraftian style later on. With both parents dead, persecuted by his relatives, and blessed with poor aptitude, Shen Miao is on the brink of despair when he discovers an inheritance treasure left by his father in their ancestral home, along with an ancient demon who dwells within it. To survive and attain immortality, Shen Miao resolutely steps onto the demonic path. He proceeds with caution, never shying away from killing, 1.9kReads8.2Score16314d adds
- 144 Five-Spirit-Root 五灵根 Seeing through the game is hard. Escaping the game is even harder. Becoming the one who moves the pieces is harder still! A young man from a fallen family finally develops an extraordinary five-element spiritual root, thanks to the sacrifices of ten generations of his family. Yet he is dismissed as the most good-for-nothing of all. Come and see: Mo Luo, the young man, seeking immortality and the Dao, searching for his chance, slaying demons and defying the heavens. Through joys, sorrows, parting 6.1kReads7.7Score48914d adds
- 145 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
- 146 I Saw the Killer's Face While Preparing the Campus Beauty's Body for Her Funeral 我给校花整理遗容时，看到了凶手的脸 While preparing the school beauty’s body for burial, I saw the killer’s face. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Beyond Immortal Cultivation 修仙之上 Beyond cultivating immortality, is there still a path to becoming an immortal? A young boy from a mountain village stumbles into the world of cultivation after a brush with danger. From that moment on, he embarks on a twisting, treacherous, yet extraordinary path of cultivation... 3.7kReads8.3Score25014d adds
- 148 After Activating the Scam System, I Became the World's Richest 激活被骗系统后，我成了世界首富 After Activating a Scam System, I Became the World's Richest Man 5Reads—Score414d adds
- 149 Apocalypse Countdown: I Married the Commander of Time 末世倒计时：我嫁给了时间指挥官 Apocalypse Countdown: I Married the Commander of Time 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 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
