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- 51 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—Shelves
- 52 The Eternal Martial Emperor 万古武帝 A hundred years ago, amid a world-shaking war between gods and demons, he was betrayed by his beloved and his sworn brother. His body was reduced to ashes, and his soul sealed away for a century. A hundred years later, he returns to life in another’s body, settling scores with his enemies in a blaze of glory before ascending to the peak once more! Across the eight wildernesses and six directions, I rule over all. Beneath the nine heavens and above the ten lands, who can rival me? I slay gods and 5.1kReads7.9Score509Shelves
- 53 I Played a President, Then Became a Real One 我这个总统演员，成了真总统 I Played a President on TV, Then Became a Real President 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 An Ordinary Cultivator’s Path to Immortality 仙途凡修 Xu Yi had been an utterly ordinary mortal when he accidentally entered the world of cultivation. With impure spiritual roots and poor talent, he’d be lucky to reach Foundation Establishment in his lifetime. But the will of heaven was unfathomable, and a single painting completely changed the future that had seemed set in stone. He wrote down the basic Qi Refining Art and obtained the mid-grade Breath-Gathering Technique. He wrote down a low-tier Swift Movement Talisman and obtained a mid-tier Di 6.8kReads8.6Score713Shelves
- 55 The Demon in the Coffin 至棺重妖 The new novel, The Fragrance of the Living Dead: Handling Ghostly Affairs Among the Living, is now being serialized. The excitement never stops, with new chapters every day. If you enjoy it, please support the author, Ye Wei. Thank you all! [Mystery + Horror + Supernatural + Folk Tales of the Strange + Female Ghosts + Monsters + Mountain Spirits + Corpses] This is a strange little village hidden deep in the mountains... Ever since he was nine and encountered the dead rabbit crouched on his windo 1.6kReads9.2Score112Shelves
- 56 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. 328Reads7.7Score101Shelves
- 57 My Rise to the Top Began When I Got X-Ray Vision 我从拥有透视眼开始逆袭 Emperor Xuanyuan took the form of a little golden snake and burrowed into Li Chen's body. A country boy who had left his mountain village received Emperor Xuanyuan's legacy and made a promise to honor his wishes: to promote the treasures of Chinese culture and revive the declining art of traditional Chinese medicine. From being abandoned by his childhood sweetheart to winning the favor of the campus belle, Li Chen's rise to greatness was nothing short of spectacular. Qi Refining, Foundation Esta 2.8kReads8.8Score262Shelves
- 58 No Cure for Lovesickness 相思无解之 "A practice piece. It's a bit of a mess." The ultimate push and pull between the prime minister's only daughter and the scheming crown prince. Everyone believes the crown prince, who used political maneuvering to hold on to his position, is only using her. They don't know that she is a ray of light in his heart. She grew up surrounded by love, while he, despite being heir to the throne, had to dodge arrows that could fly from the shadows at any moment... He is scheming and sinister; she is kind 222Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 59 Startling the Snake in the Grass 打草惊蛇 Stirring up trouble and alerting the enemy 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 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 7.1kReads8.0Score709Shelves
- 61 Strength Makes Miracles: When It’s Time to Act, I Don’t Hesitate 大力出奇迹：该出手时不含糊 Might makes miracles: When it’s time to act, don’t hesitate —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 Lotus-Born Pill Venerable 莲生丹尊 Ji Shiyi, a country boy from a mountain village, unexpectedly gains a space linked to a twin lotus. One day in the outside world equals one month inside. With the lotus space, Ji Shiyi survives a famine and saves the grandfather who raised him. By a twist of fate, Ji Shiyi embarks on the path of cultivation. Everyone knows how difficult cultivation is, and everyone wants to pursue it. While everyone fights tooth and nail over a single spirit plant in a secret realm, Ji Shiyi says, “How did you k 13kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
- 63 The Heaven Devouring Dragon Emperor 噬天龙帝 Jiang Tian is a gifted young man, yet a problem with his bloodline makes him a laughingstock, subjected to relentless oppression! Just when his life seems at its lowest, fate suddenly takes a turn! With a mysterious treasure his mother left behind, Jiang Tian fuses with the bloodline of the Savage Blood Divine Dragon, rises to power, and crushes every genius in his path! But as he continues to grow stronger, he realizes that the people and events around him are not so simple. Even this world is 8.9kReads8.2Score728Shelves
- 64 The Strongest Immortal Emperor in the City 都市最强仙帝 The Immortal Emperor Ye Chen, who once commanded the stars, fell beneath the heavenly tribulation, only to return to Earth at the age of twenty. His previous life was full of regrets. This time, I will roam freely across heaven and earth, settle the old scores, reclaim my place as Immortal Emperor, and create an entirely new world! 12.6kReads8.1Score1.2kShelves
- 65 The Sword Fanatic 剑痴 [Feel-Good Power Fantasy, Lots of Beauties, Classic Xuanhuan, Ensemble Family Story, Swordsmanship, Decisive and Ruthless] He unexpectedly has a child from the start! He begins his journey to godhood through dual cultivation... The male lead has an extraordinarily special physique and endless romantic encounters. He breezes through Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and the Mahayana stage. A swordsmanship prodigy, he practices alchemy, makes talismans, and searches for treasure 1.1kReads8.1Score126Shelves
- 66 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 11.2kReads8.4Score1kShelves
- 67 Salty Sunshowers 咸咸的太阳雨 Salty Sun Shower 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 Feint East, Strike West: A Chain of Schemes 声东击西连环计 A chain of feints and surprise attacks 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 The Legend of Sui Xian 岁仙传 Ten thousand years ago, Zhongtu swept across the Xiaonan Realm, destroyed the Tower to Heaven, wiped out its legacy, and created a vast sea within a bottle, stretching ten thousand li. Ten thousand years later, Duan Qing, born in the Woliu Inn of the Xiaonan Realm, unexpectedly embarked on the path of cultivation. Braving countless dangers and matching wits with his foes, he made his way back to Zhongtu. What waves will he stir up this time? 5.6kReads8.6Score600Shelves
- 70 Slow Cultivation with Five Spiritual Roots? I Have a Hundredfold Spirit Herb Space 五灵根修炼慢？我有百倍灵药空间 Born with all five spiritual roots, Lu Qinghe can only become a menial disciple of an immortal sect. Then he discovers a pocket dimension where spirit herbs grow a hundred times faster. From century-old herbs to millennium-old herbs and ten-thousand-year-old immortal medicines, they are all within his reach. Lu Qinghe grows spirit herbs, refines immortal pills, raises spirit beasts, and cultivates divine abilities. Even with all five spiritual roots, he can still set foot on the path to immortal 86kReads8.0Score6.7kShelves
- 71 Reborn in a Pocket Dimension: The Supreme Path to Immortality 重生空间之无上仙路 [Traditional fantasy cultivation + strong female lead + slow burn + portable space] [Who doesn't love a heroine who can be both sweet and formidable?] [Complete] [Alchemy, artifact crafting, formations, spirit talismans, spirit pets] An Ge was born into her new life in the womb, never expecting that she would transmigrate to a world of cultivation. The ancient jade she had worn around her neck in her previous life turned out to be a primordial chaos space, and it granted her the rarest of gifts: 11.6kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves
- 72 The Sword Falls Beyond the Clouds 剑落云霄 A disciple of the Tianlong Temple transmigrates into another world with three martial arts manuals: the Northern Darkness Divine Skill, the Six Meridians Divine Sword, and the Lingbo Microstep. Through constant training and battle, he masters the Kunpeng Transformation and reaches the pinnacle of this other world with his swordsmanship. 3.5kReads8.8Score373Shelves
- 73 The Gray Zone 灰色地带 The Gray Zone 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 A Mortal's Quest for Immortality 凡人寻仙 [Mortal's journey + no System + no harem + no transmigration] Ye Zhou, a village boy, awakens his spiritual root thanks to a small family-inherited gourd that can change the age of medicinal herbs, and embarks on a long journey of cultivation. Everyone schemes against everyone else, danger lurks everywhere, and affection is as thin as paper. Steadfast determination and a sharp mind are his only supports. Millions of years later, he climbs the road to immortality, survives the tribulation of ligh 5.5kReads8.6Score481Shelves
- 75 A Hidden Dragon in Troubled Times, Watching the Flames from Across the River 乱世卧龙，隔岸观火 A hidden dragon in troubled times, watching the fire from across the river —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 Tales of Spirit Herbs from Qingya Cliff 青崖灵草记 The Chronicle of Spirit Grass in Greencliff 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 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! 276Reads7.3Score137Shelves
- 78 The Cultivating Shen Family 修仙沈家 By some stroke of luck, he gets to live another life. In this world where everyone seeks immortality, he gains the ability to exist as long as his family does. As long as his family survives, he will live forever. To ensure his family’s survival in this world, he struggles to survive, eventually turning it into a great clan. PS: Multiple heroines, but definitely not a womanizer. A family-clan story about a family’s growth. 4.4kReads7.9Score240Shelves
- 79 Certain Death from the Start: I Become a God Through Dual Cultivation with the System 开局必死：我靠系统双修成神 [Multiple heroines + System + thrillingly satisfying] Jiang Ping, a transmigrator, accidentally transmigrated into the body of a dying man. Soon afterward, the System arrived too. With the System’s help, he defied fate and sparked a series of romances with one beautiful heroine after another. But a towering tree catches the wind. As his strength continued to grow, trouble kept coming his way. He had no choice but to grow ever stronger. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to protect all the beaut 25.7kReads8.4Score2.8kShelves
- 80 A Strange Romance in the World of Alchemy 丹尘奇缘 A menial disciple, busy doing odd jobs to earn a few spirit stones, is timid, afraid of death, and cares only about spirit stones. Everyone looks down on him, even his childhood sweetheart and cultivation partner, who abandons him. Then one day, he gets his hands on an iron gourd, and his life changes forever. A rise from humble beginnings + modest and low-key + immortal mansion realm + hidden depths + emotionally dense male lead + inspirational + xianxia + cultivation 2.9kReads8.9Score259Shelves
- 81 I Cultivate the Blade-on-Credit Dao, Slay Injustice in the World, and Subdue Evil Spirits Under Heaven 我修赊刀道，斩世间不平，镇天下诡煞 I Practice the Dao of Credit Blades, Slay Injustice in the World, and Subdue Evil Spirits Under Heaven 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 Cultivation Begins After I Get Hit on the Head 修仙从被人敲闷棍开始 Zhou Bufan is a fortune-teller in a park, a man at the very bottom of society who barely scrapes by through scams and deception. After making an unwanted advance out of lust and getting knocked out from behind, he unexpectedly transmigrates to a corner of the Jiuzhou Continent. There, he finds a cultivation manual and a storage pouch, and accidentally activates the space inside his ancestral jade pendant. From then on, he begins a carefree life of immortal cultivation. See how this former con ma 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 Iron Horses and Icy Rivers Haunt My Dreams, For I Live to Defend Our Homeland 铁马冰河入梦来，此生只为守山河 Iron Steeds and Icy Rivers Haunt My Dreams; In This Life, I Live Only to Defend Our Homeland 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 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? 248Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 A Spiritual Herb Space: Is Cultivating Immortality Really That Hard? 灵药空间，修仙真的很难吗 (Mortal cultivation, no System, cultivation and farming) The cultivation world is a jungle society structured like a pyramid. Those at the bottom have to claw their way upward to win a chance to catch their breath. Xiao Fei accidentally transmigrates into the body of a displaced refugee. On the verge of starving to death, he discovers a mysterious space hidden within him, gradually changing his fate as he rises from the very bottom of society… 18.1kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
- 86 Reborn as a Good-for-Nothing, I Found a Supermarket in My Pocket Dimension 穿成废柴，空间里蹦出个超市 Transmigrated as a Good-for-Nothing, I Find a Supermarket in My Pocket Dimension 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 Luminous Stardust 灵动星尘 [A Mortal’s Path to Immortality Begins with Fishing] [Traditional Fantasy + Spatial Farming + Beast-Taming Spirit Pets + Two Strong Leads + One Female Lead + Formations and Talismans + Puppet Mechanisms + Soul Control and Demon Subjugation + Spells of Every Element + Steady Progression + A Universe in the Dantian + Strong Prose + No System] The sky stretches without end, calamities strike one after another, and people are as fleeting as mayflies, while the stars are but specks of dust. The Starf 287Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 88 The Immortal Emperor from a Humble Family 寒门仙帝 A hundred years ago, a humble scholar and successful candidate in the imperial examinations, Lin Jiaping, embarked on the path to immortality. A hundred years later, countless continents float in the Chaos Sea, and rolling waves of sound rise from each one. Immortals roar, gods wail, and heavenly demons weep. The powerful beings all share just one thought: Lin Ping’an must die! 20.2kReads8.5Score2.2kShelves
- 89 The Xuantian Bracelet 玄天镯 Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core... Zhang Yan, an ordinary mortal, obtains the Xuantian Bracelet, which can accelerate time within its spatial realm. Ran Tian, a powerful figure from the True Immortal Realm, uses the spatial treasure Xuantian Bracelet to battle the Dragon King of Ten Thousand Demons and seal him away. But Ran Tian is gravely wounded as well. On the verge of death, fearing the demon dragon might obtain the treasure and break the seal, he tears through space and 21.1kReads8.2Score2.4kShelves
- 90 Wang Xiaoming's Cultivation Journal 王小明修仙记 Across the long river of time unfolds a moving history of an ordinary man's cultivation journey, the story of a common man's growth as he cultivates his strength, his heart, and his path to immortality. Wang Xiaoming leaves his mountain village and rises in the mortal world. As the world changes, he ascends to immortality in the blink of an eye. 7.5kReads9.0Score715Shelves
- 91 A Hundred Wasted Meridians? I Have a Hundredfold Cultivation Space 百脉废灵根？我有百倍修炼空间 [Mortal Cultivation | Space Upgrades | No System | No Harem] Shen Qing, a good-for-nothing with a hundred-spirit-root constitution, unexpectedly acquires a mysterious space where time flows a hundred times faster: the [Tortoiseshell Cave Heaven]. Time passes a hundred times faster inside, and it also holds the immortal cultivation art "Evergreen Art". Plant a spirit herb for ten years, and it becomes a thousand-year-old immortal herb; Raise a spirit beast for a hundred years, and it becomes a te 12Reads—Score100Shelves
- 92 Eternal Life: Beginning My Immortal Journey as a Prison Guard 长生万古：从狱卒开始长生不死 [Play the pig to eat the tiger] + [No System] + [No female lead] + [Immortality] + [Cautious survival] + [Smart characters] + [Story-driven] Lin Ming transmigrates to the Song Dynasty. He has no special talents, except that he lives longer than other people. His starting point is everyone else’s finish line. For him, martial arts and cultivation are merely ways to protect himself, more like side pursuits. To keep the secret of his immortality safe, he never takes a Dao companion, yet he is a reg 17.6kReads7.3Score1.4kShelves
- 93 The Dao Diagram's Path to Immortality 道图升仙录 [4.8 million words, complete. A long cultivation novel with a satisfying ending and no abandoned plotlines] [A hundred cultivation instances for you to explore] [Traditional cultivation + clan cultivation + spiritual herb space + alchemy + weapon forging + Ancient Desolate Dao Diagrams] A poor young man from Immortal Cat Valley has no parents and is a humble spirit farmer with only three mu of spirit fields. He awakens the Eight Ancient Desolate Dao Diagrams: the Immortal Zhi Medicine Diagram, w 10.6kReads8.0Score992Shelves
- 94 EN The Young Farmer Who Can Cultivate Immortality 会修仙的小农民 [Farming]+ [Pocket Dimension]+ [Urban Cultivation]+ [Everyday Life] On his way home, Su Ye is bound to an unknown pocket dimension that has flown in from beyond the heavens. Inside, he finds not only a legacy of cultivation techniques, but also incredibly rich spiritual energy and a spirit spring! Best of all, time flows faster inside than in the outside world. The medicinal herbs and fruit trees Su Ye transplants into the dimension are transformed by the spiritual energy… 16kReads8.6Score1.3kShelves
- 95 Unintentionally Seeking Immortality 无意问仙 [Mortal's Journey] [No System] [Cultivation Through Caution] Li Wuyi was an ordinary man who delivered food part-time after work, until a small silver stone drew a bolt of heavenly lightning that sent him into the cultivation world. With no backing and no one to rely on, he had little access to spirit stones, pills, or magical treasures. Luckily, a small space hidden deep within his sea of consciousness could produce spirit liquid and accelerate the growth of spiritual plants. Qi Refining, Fou 496Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 96 Immortal Shadows, Dustbound Fate 尘缘仙影 He inherits a family heirloom ring, only to discover that it contains a whole world within. He had planned to finish college and then return home to stay by his parents' side. But some people have nothing better to do after a full meal, and they force Su Ming step by step down the abyss of Cultivation… 1.1kReads7.2Score102Shelves
- 97 After Becoming a Cannon-Fodder Character, I Rose to Become the Great Zhou State Preceptor Through the Plot 穿成炮灰后，我靠剧情登顶大周国师 After Reincarnating as a Cannon Fodder, I Rise to Become the Great Zhou State Preceptor Through the Plot 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 A Mortal’s Path to Immortality: From Herb Boy to Master of the Heavenly Dao 凡人修仙，从药童入道，执掌天道 [Multiple heroines + Immortal Realm + Divine Realm + Hongmeng Realm + Chaos Realm + Primordial Beginning] Even an ordinary person can have a great stroke of fortune. After surviving countless brushes with death, he turns misfortune into a blessing. He sets out on a rough and winding path to immortality. He lives each day with his life on the line. The past is too painful to look back on. When he unifies all the worlds, who would ever have guessed? The ruler of all worlds was once an ordinary per 11.5kReads8.3Score1.1kShelves
- 99 Nezha’s Path to Immortality 哪吒修仙诀 A dragon lurks in the abyss; a wise man hides among the people. When among others, hold your tongue to stay clear of trouble. When things are going well, keep your plans to yourself to avoid disaster. When beset by hardship, conceal your feelings so you can grow stronger. Those who aspire to great things keep them in their hearts and act on them. Only by keeping a low profile can you move forward steadily and go far. Yang Lin spends all day immersed in the world of immortal cultivation, caring n 92Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 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 9.2kReads8.4Score924Shelves
