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- 101 The Immortal of Creation Talismans 造化符仙 [Traditional cultivation] + [One heroine] + [Golden finger] + [Talisman drawing] + [Farming] + [Five-element spiritual roots] + [Descendant of an old friend] Wang Fan, a workhorse, transmigrates into the cultivation world and becomes a young scion of a declining Foundation Establishment clan in Linshui County. With the help of a worn stone bead that came with him when he transmigrated, he defies fate, turns the small clan into a giant in this world, and ascends to the immortal realms himself. 196Reads—Score13914d adds
- 102 Lord of the Pill God 丹神主宰 Qin Chen, the invincible Pill Emperor who dominated the continent for six thousand years, is reborn with the Heavenly Dao cheat pill he personally refined: the Chaos Immortal Pill. In his previous life, Qin Chen rose from humble beginnings, enduring one hardship after another, through blood and tears! Now the young Pill Emperor returns to battle across the borderlands, defy the vast seas, bathe the continent in blood, and stand supreme across the stars and cosmos on his path to invincibility! 2.4kReads8.7Score25214d adds
- 103 The Cautious Blade Cultivator 苟刀修 Before him, there were no saber cultivators! Those who wielded sabers were no different from cultivators who wielded other weapons! After him, saber cultivators came into being! Not because he created the Way of the Saber! Nor because he wielded the saber to perfection! But because the saber in his hand struck terror into the hearts of countless cultivators! 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 The Tower of Mystic Secrets 通玄塔 No System + Decisive and Ruthless + Plot-Driven + Traditional Cultivation Realm Progression Mu You, a village boy, finds a damaged little pagoda and unexpectedly gains a chance to cultivate immortality. Repair the Tongxuan Pagoda. It has seven floors, and every time he breaks through to a new major realm, he unlocks the abilities of another floor. First floor: Accelerates cultivation. Second floor: A portable artifact-forging room. Third floor: A flower bed for spirit plants. Fourth floor: A spa 6.4kReads8.4Score1k14d adds
- 105 From the Start, a Border Guard Recruit: I Gain Proficiency by Slaying Enemies 开局边关壮丁，我杀敌就爆熟练度 Seized and forced into military service from the start, he faces 100,000 Turkic troops besieging the city. The bad news: he has only a battered bow. The good news: he awakens the Proficiency System. Every enemy he kills earns him proficiency! [Talent: Archery (Proficient)] [Effect: Draws a two-stone bow and fires three arrows in a flash, hitting a target at a hundred paces!] The 100,000 Turkic soldiers instantly become experience fodder for Shen Lie. Archery, swordsmanship, spearmanship, command 478Reads7.6Score10414d adds
- 106 I Became a God All on My Own in the Real World 我在现实世界独自成神 [Parallel world] [Everyday life] [Skill leveling] [The only supernatural being] After nearly working himself to death with nonstop overtime, Li Heng binds to a Proficiency System. Ding! Running proficiency +1 Ding! Driving proficiency +1 Ding! Programming proficiency +1 Every skill can be upgraded as long as you're willing to grind. In the end, he becomes an immortal hidden among mortals, exploring the limitless possibilities of life and glimpsing the future after endless years. 4.4kReads7.8Score19614d adds
- 107 Still Smithing in the Cultivation World Today 今天依旧在修仙界打铁 [Xianxia fantasy] + [Transmigration] + [System] + [Slow-burn growth] + [No romance] Good news: I transmigrated to the cultivation world~ Bad news: I have five spiritual roots, no influential family, and a whole bunch of siblings. Good news: I have a System! Bad news: My System wants me to become a blacksmith and artifact refiner! And the rewards are incredibly stingy. An artifact refiner, really? If you could be a glamorous alchemist, who’d want to forge metal? It even leaves your skin red from 835Reads8.5Score10014d adds
- 108 I Can Synthesize Higher-Level Items Without Limit 我能无限合成更高级物品 Song Ping obtains a System that can combine two identical items into a higher-level item. From the start, he combines 128 ordinary wooden doors into a portal to another world. A wooden stick is too lame? No problem, upgrade it into the Sea-Calming Divine Needle, a staff powerful enough to kill a giant dragon with one blow. A tricycle is too low-end? No problem, upgrade it into an aircraft carrier and rule the stars... With a golden finger this ridiculously powerful, becoming invincible is a 2.4kReads7.9Score18314d adds
- 109 A Rank-One Mortal Cultivator 一阶凡修 A classic mortal's path to immortality. With a mixed Five-Element spiritual root, the protagonist overcomes one obstacle after another through hard work and fortuitous encounters, rising to prominence in the cultivation world. Stages: Qi Refining → Foundation Establishment → Golden Core → Nascent Soul → Spirit Transformation → Void Refinement → Body Integration → Great Ascension → Tribulation Transcendence 4kReads6.8Score37714d adds
- 110 The Violent Pill Venerable 暴力丹尊 Chen Xuan, the Immortal Pill Venerable, was killed in an explosion while refining pills. He was reborn on the Wind and Cloud Continent. All he wanted was to quietly refine pills and level up, but somehow he ended up having to protect a fifteen-year-old girl. Fighting enemies? Chen Xuan tossed out a powerful hallucinogen, and the battlefield instantly descended into chaos. Cultivating? He casually refined pills that doubled the effects of the Profound Spirit Pill, and his level shot up without a 1.1kReads7.9Score10214d adds
- 111 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
- 112 Why Become an Immortal? Wouldn't It Be Better to Work Hard and Lay Bricks? 成什么仙？努力搬砖不好吗？ While others work hard to level up in the cultivation world, I work hard hauling bricks! A different kind of cultivation experience. No harems, no brainless antics, just steadily building and managing my own territory. Starting from nothing, I’ll expand my influence one step at a time! 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Cultivating Immortality: I Use Proficiency to Cultivate Eternal Life 修仙之我用熟练度修长生 Zhang Yi transmigrated to the cultivation world as an orphan who had signed a ten-year contract of servitude with a cultivation clan. Luckily, he had a golden finger: a proficiency panel. Whenever he mastered a spell or skill, it would develop a special trait. Qi-Nurturing Art, perfected trait “Qi Cultivation”: condenses spiritual energy by ten percent. Fireball Talisman, perfected trait “Talisman Imprinting”: allows talismans to be mass-produced. Geng Metal Finger, perfected trait “Metal Dao”: 10.4kReads7.5Score72514d adds
- 114 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
- 115 Raising Pigs in a Cultivation Sect on the Sly 苟在修仙宗门养猪 After transmigrating to the world of immortal cultivation, Chen Mo is guided by a five-colored pearl and begins in a lifeless space of yellow earth. While others toil in cultivation and fight over resources, he quietly raises flower spirit pigs in Spirit Beast Valley. In his space, spiritual springs bubble, spiritual herbs grow in lush patches, and spirit pigs fill the pens. One drop of Origin Spirit Liquid can evolve a village dog into a spirit beast. A hundred-year-old spiritual herb, somethin 24kReads6.0Score3.6k14d adds
- 116 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
- 117 Transmigrate as an Empress, and Become Best Friends with Xiao Yanzi and Ziwei 穿越皇后我和小燕子紫薇成了闺蜜 A stage accident sends me transmigrating into the harem of the Great Qing, where I even become the Empress. But my situation is tough: the Emperor dislikes me, the Empress Dowager loathes me, and the other consorts refuse to accept me. But how hard can that be? Just watch me win the Emperor's heart and the Empress Dowager's affection. Singing and dancing aren't enough? Then I'll tell jokes and do magic tricks... Oh, and there's Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei, too. Hehe, come be my besties! 97Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 I Have a Spirit Ring That Can Grow Crops 我有灵戒能种田 [Mortal’s Journey] [Inspirational] [No Female Lead] [Clever Protagonist] A strange illness in a mountain village and a peculiar ring changed Ye Qing’s life forever. The world is full of surprises. Who says an ordinary mortal can’t become an immortal? 237Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 The Way of Caution to Immortality: I Grind Proficiency in a World of Demons and the Supernatural 苟道长生：我在妖诡世界刷熟练度 [Cautious Cultivation + Invincible + Proficiency System + Scheming + Power Fantasy] In a world overrun by demons and monsters, the average person lives to just thirty. Calamities and fiendish creatures run rampant, and humanity struggles to survive! Lin Shaoyu has arrived. I came, I saw, I conquered! As long as it makes me stronger, I don't mind giving up my humanity! My natal treasure evolves into a supernatural network. The master behind the scenes, in control of everything! Faced with disaste 8kReads7.6Score43714d adds
- 120 The Spirit Eye That Sees Every Detail 秋毫灵眼 [Mortal’s journey + no System + no harem] Li Changsheng stumbled upon the Spiritual Eye of Fine Detail and began his path of cultivation. The road to immortality was as difficult as climbing to the heavens, like rowing upstream, where failing to advance meant falling behind. The cultivation world was full of deceit and treachery, its fortunes as unpredictable as the tides. Li Changsheng had no choice but to tread carefully, as if walking on thin ice. Though he had an ordinary three-element spiri 367Reads8.1Score10614d adds
- 121 Forging My Way to Martial Sainthood 武道成圣从打铁开始 After transmigrating into a martial arts world, Lin An finds himself a lowly cannon-fodder from the start. Demons run rampant and a chaotic age is coming, but he unexpectedly awakens a Proficiency System. While others toil at cultivation and get stuck at bottlenecks, every time he trains, he gains a point. Realm barriers? They don’t exist. From basic boxing techniques to peerless martial arts. As countless geniuses gaze up at the insurmountable heights of martial arts, he already stands at the s 2.9kReads5.3Score17214d adds
- 122 Cultivating Immortality: I Have a Mysterious Space 修仙我有一个神秘空间 A fishing village boy with an inferior spiritual root is recruited into an immortal sect as a menial disciple. By a twist of fate, he obtains the ancient spiritual treasure, the Void Mirror, and rises against all odds. From Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul, he tramples the geniuses of every immortal sect underfoot and takes the world by storm! 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Ascending to Immortality 羽化飞仙 The road to immortality is lonely; who can know the fleeting turns of life? Years drift by, the mortal world roils. What is the Way? What is the demonic path? I have but one question: “Can one ascend to immortality?” 4.3kReads7.8Score35114d adds
- 124 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
- 125 EN Rise of the Loser: One-Click Activation of the Practice Makes Perfect System 废柴崛起：一键激活熟能生巧系统 Supernatural Ability: Practice Makes Perfect, and the Way Comes Naturally There are no mysterious secrets behind the countless skills of this world. Nothing but practice, practice, practice! Cooking: Beginner (30/100) Calligraphy: Beginner (80/100) Painting: Beginner (20/100) Dance: Beginner (10/100) Baduanjin: Beginner (20/100) Fang Mo transmigrated to a world of martial arts and gained a Practice Makes Perfect System. Whether it was calligraphy, painting, or martial arts, every bit of practice 23kReads7.3Score2.2k14d adds
- 126 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
- 127 The Tale of the Green Pearl's Immortal Fate 青珠仙缘记 [Ruthless, scheming, one heroine, gradually turns villainous later on, no limits. Marketing, livestreaming, and building an internet in the cultivation world, turning it into a cultivation-world Las Vegas] 270Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 128 Cultivation: My Golden Finger Is a Bit of a Trap 修仙之我的金手指有点坑 [Space Farming + Cautious Cultivation + A Protagonist Who Knows Who Deserves What + Wildly Imaginative Technology] (This isn’t a completely traditional cultivation novel. The protagonist has a golden finger, but he has to put in the effort to develop it himself. He isn’t a bleeding heart and kills decisively. There’s no female lead; he is wholly devoted to proving the Dao and becoming an immortal.) After inexplicably transmigrating to a cultivation world, Chen Ge finds himself without astounding 798Reads6.3Score10314d adds
- 129 Drain Her Blood to Save His Beloved 抽干她的血，救他的白月光 Drain her blood to save his beloved. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 The Immortal Path of the Treasure Cauldron 宝鼎仙途 A classic mortal cultivation story: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul... The rogue cultivator Lu Xuan accidentally transmigrates to the world of immortal cultivation, where he’s driven out of the market district and left to fend for himself! Luckily, he finds a mysterious treasure cauldron. One month inside it equals three years outside. This lowly rogue cultivator takes one step at a time and eventually ascends to the Immortal Realm... He becomes the Primordial Da 2.1kReads6.3Score13214d adds
- 131 A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Legacy Immortal Mansion 凡人修仙之传承仙府 [Mortal cultivation, no System, one female lead, decisive and ruthless.] An ordinary country boy stumbles upon an immortal manor containing a legacy, and from then on, Yang Hao embarks on the path of cultivation. Inside the manor, he can grow spirit crops, craft artifacts and pills, raise spirit pets, and access an unparalleled legacy. See how he rises from humble beginnings, slays demons and vanquishes evil, and steadily becomes the strongest, roaming freely across the Myriad Worlds. 1.1kReads8.0Score—14d adds
- 132 System: I Grind My Way into an All-Round Cultivator 系统：肝出个全能修仙者 [System + Farming + Beast Taming + Slow-Burn + Everyday Life + Leveling Up] In an ordinary village, an ordinary baby boy is born. A loud cry rings out. “Ding! [Learning] skill activated!” And just like that, Jiang Lan transmigrates, bringing a Skill System along with him. As long as he does something that fits a skill's description, he can keep gaining experience. Once he has enough, he can level up and gain branch abilities. [Learning] grants insight. [Teaching] lets him pass on skills. [Farmin 2kReads7.9Score14214d adds
- 133 Alchemy: I'm Just a Little Better Than Everyone Else 炼丹：我比别人强亿点点 Li Yuntian is an unaffiliated cultivator with an exceptional spiritual root and extraordinary talent. After an against-the-heavens divine artifact recognizes him as its master, he makes a name for himself refining pills in the marketplace and is admitted to the outer sect of the Taixu Sect. He vies for treasures in secret realms, outshines all rivals with his alchemy, tramples the young prodigies of every sect, battles the sea folk and demons, protects his beloved, and ultimately reaches the Nas 166Reads—Score1114d adds
- 134 The Dao Crumbles: A Carefree Wandering Immortal 道堙，闲散游离仙 Thirty thousand years have passed, and immortals are no more in this world. Time wields a mighty force, turning seas into mulberry fields. A carefree Daoist priest, lucky enough to escape the calamity that destroyed the Dao, has spent ten thousand years in seclusion. Now he wanders the mortal world. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 Descendant of the Blood Clan 血族后裔 A young Chinese man is given the blood initiation in Europe and becomes a descendant of the Dracula family. By chance, he obtains the cultivation legacy, the Blood Scripture, and thrives with it, battling the Roman Church. His family rises rapidly, and he comes to dominate the Western underworld, yet his heart is always with China. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Dreaming My Way to Immortality in the Cultivation World 我在修仙界衍梦长生 [Ordinary Mortal]+ [Cautious Survival]+ [No System]+ [For Veteran Readers]+ [Solid Logic]+ [Traditional Slow Burn]+ [No Transmigration]+ [Female lead early on, mostly absent later; skip if that bothers you] Zhou Wei unexpectedly discovers that he has a unique ability to “dream.” His dreams can not only foretell danger, but also help him deduce spirit medicines, talismans, cultivation techniques, and more... When people look back thousands of years later, who would ever guess that the True Lord o 7.1kReads8.0Score70914d adds
- 137 Cultivation: Laying Low on an Island and Growing Spirit Plants 修仙：苟在岛上种灵植 [Slow-Burn + Cultivation + Farming + Alchemy + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Golden Finger] Shen Yunxi transmigrated to the cultivation world and became a freelance spiritual farmer. Survival was hard, and Foundation Establishment seemed out of reach. One day, he unexpectedly activated a System panel. Any spiritual plant he grew with his own hands could yield an extra reward. [Name: Crescent Moon Rice] [Grade: Tier One] [Quality: Superior] [Growth: 100% (Ready to harvest)] [Current Condition: Good] 30.7kReads7.2Score2.4k14d adds
- 138 The Foolish Immortal Pill Emperor 傻仙丹帝 Chang Sheng, a young alchemy apprentice in the Celestial Court, is an expert in the art of alchemy. After being framed and forced to reincarnate, he unexpectedly ends up in the body of an idiot. So he decides to keep up the act and play dumb to the end... Pretending to be a fool while secretly outsmarting everyone: what's not to love? 3.7kReads8.9Score45414d adds
- 139 Supreme Immortal Path: The Genius Alchemist 仙路至尊之天才炼丹师 Li Yishan, an outer sect disciple of the Qingyun Sect, chance upon an ancient wonder, the Grand Compendium of Primordial Alchemy. Through alchemy, he rises within the sect, advancing from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and beyond, step by step reaching the pinnacle of the mortal world. He competes for supremacy on the immortal path and comes to dominate the continent. 1.7kReads—Score23714d adds
- 140 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
- 141 Cultivating to Immortality Through a Billion Practices 亿练成仙 [Farming and Cultivation] [Slow-Paced] The demon race rules the world, and countless demons roam the land. Cultivation sects establish market towns, spread the teachings, and revive the Dao. They inspire more people to embark on the path of Qi Refining, carrying on the work of those who came before. Li Yinian, a young man who transmigrated here, relies on his talent for making up for his shortcomings through hard work to stand out among the spirit-seed tenant farmers… 18.7kReads8.1Score1.6k14d adds
- 142 The River of Weightlessness 失重之河 The River of Weightlessness 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 The True Immortal of the Five Elements 五行真仙 After waking up, an ordinary mortal finds himself reborn in a dangerous, mysterious world of cultivation. From the start, he is a minor rogue cultivator with five spiritual roots. By chance, he finds a mysterious little gourd at the market, setting him on an extraordinary path to immortality... [Mortal cultivation, rogue cultivators, spiritual roots, pills, magical treasures, roaming the immortal sea] 1.7kReads6.1Score14014d adds
- 144 The Road to Immortality Through the Mortal Way 凡道仙路 [Mortal-focused cultivation] [No System] [Experience Orb] [Used the Jade Essence Art once, experience +1!] [Successfully refined a Yellow Dragon Pill, experience +10!] He transmigrates into a small mountain village and becomes “Stone Boy.” Cao Rui begins his journey into cultivation by joining a gang. Relying on the Experience Orb in his mind to forge a new path, he gradually grows into a giant of the cultivation world. 2kReads7.8Score16114d adds
- 145 Core Space: Guardian of the Universe 星核空间，宇宙守护者 Star Core Space, Guardian of the Universe 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 EN I Use Proficiency Points to Become a Martial Arts Legend 我，用熟练度加点，成就武林神话 (The style of this book: extreme martial arts with stat-boosting, plus dark elements that are somewhat graphic and gruesome. If that's not your thing, don't read it!) After an accident, Li Xian arrived in a world called the Great Qian Dynasty, transmigrating with a Proficiency System. The Great Qian had just begun its decline from prosperity. At court, those in high positions were ambitious... Beyond the court, demons and monsters ran rampant, while the common people struggled miserably in a wor 6.9kReads6.9Score34414d adds
- 147 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
- 148 Livestreaming My Way to Survival at Work 我在职场直播续命 I Keep Myself Alive by Livestreaming at Work 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 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
- 150 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: With a Useless Spirit Root, I Can Make Spirit Herbs Grow 凡人修仙：废灵根，我能催生灵药 [Speed-Growing Spirit Herbs + Corpse Refining + Raising Spirit Insects + No System + Ordinary Mortal Cultivation] My alluring female master wants to refine me into a nourishing pill made from flesh and blood, while my senior brother wants to possess my body...! Fortunately, the ancestral purple gourd can actually speed up the growth of spirit herbs! Century-old jade grass and ten-thousand-year-old immortal fruits ripen one after another, and my cultivation advances by leaps and bounds! Three yea 511Reads8.4Score10114d adds
