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- 1 A Thousand Embers Burn the Heavens: From Castoff to Ruler of All Heavens 万烬焚天：从弃少到诸天共主 Chen Jin is the young lord of the Chen Clan, yet he lives worse than a dog. His father watches coldly as he is humiliated, while his mother silently allows others to frame him. The day he is falsely accused of stealing the clan's supreme treasure, he cuts out half the blood in his body to repay the debt he owes his family. “From this day on, the Chen Clan and I are even!” Years later, he commands supreme divine flames and stands above the geniuses of countless realms, surrounded by beautiful wom 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Cautious Immortal: A Road to Eternal Life Paved with Bones 苟道凡仙：尸骨铺就永生路 [Mortal cultivation] [Not saintly] [No System] [Cautious cultivation] [Demonic cultivator] [Villain] The demonic path means killing and pillaging, shunning virtue, indulging in pleasure, and living free and unfettered! A single blade of grass can sever the sun, moon, and stars! A mere Breath Concealment technique can forge an endless path to immortality! The moment Chen Ming plunged his blade into his master's chest, blood splashed onto the corner of his mouth. The sweet taste and thrill of reve 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Immortal-Burning Inferno: I Purify Everything with Fire! 烈焰焚仙：我用火焰净化一切！ [Not a Good-for-Nothing]+ [Ancient Legacy]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [Ensemble Cast]+ [Hidden Opportunities]+ [Comedy] Li Qingyun is an ordinary young man with dual wind and fire spiritual roots. Through a twist of fate, he embarks on the path of cultivation. After joining a sect, he unexpectedly inherits the bloodline of the ancient divine bird Bifang. From then on, he sets out on a grand cultivation journey, using flames to purify all things! Yang fire is domineering, while yin fire clings to 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 If You Hate Me So Much You Want Me Dead, Why Regret It When I Leave? 既然恨我不死离开你们后悔什么 As the saying goes, a single tree bears both bitter and sweet fruit, and children of the same mother can be foolish or wise. Chu Tian. Chu Yang. They were twin brothers, born to the same mother, yet she treated them as if they belonged to different ranks. From birth, their fates were worlds apart: one was cherished by the whole family, while the other was despised, as if they wished he would die. He even suffered a merciless attempt on his life at the hands of his own father. But in the end, The 198Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Cultivation: Starting at the Jianxuan Sect 修仙：从剑玄宗开始 “One thought makes an immortal, one thought makes a demon. Immortal or demon, it all lies in a single thought.” “Defy the heavens and tread the path of Renegade Immortal, shatter the restraints of the Heavenly Dao, all for the vengeance in my heart.” [No System] [Fast-Paced] [Multiple Heroines] [Ruthless Killer] Everyone I cared about, and everyone who cared about me, is dead. Their deaths have yet to be avenged, so anyone can die. The only one who cannot die is me, Lu Xiaofan. I seek vengeance 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 A Titan of the Business World 商海雄才 This novel is the sequel to The Man from Bazhang Bridge. Born into poverty, he builds a fortune from nothing, conquers the business world, and amasses a net worth of over 100 billion. With beautiful women by his side every step of the way, he writes a legendary life story. 6Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 7 The Qingping Saber 清平刀 Injustice, unfairness: I’ll take up my blade and cut it down. I’ll cut down every injustice under heaven and kill every wicked soul in the world! An ordinary young man, chasing the peaceful world in his heart... battles through every obstacle and fights his way across the land. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Body Tempering: My Rise Began in a Mountain Village 炼体之我崛起于山村 Lei Ming was born in a small mountain village and experienced partings and deaths from a young age, as well as a broken family. By chance, he obtained a mysterious bead. Using heaven and earth as his furnace, all things as his fire, and his body as his vessel, he embarked on the path of cultivation. Along the way, he encountered a little black dog and engaged in one battle of wits after another with it. After enduring countless trials and slaying demons and monsters, his once-frail body transfor 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Chronicles of the Green Vine Immortal Path 青藤仙途录 [No System, no harem, ordinary-person cultivation, traditional xianxia, slow-paced, not a brainless power fantasy] Readers who mind should proceed with caution. An accident shatters his quiet life, forcing the ten-year-old Shao Shi Nian to shoulder his family’s livelihood and venture into the jianghu. Fortunately, his master takes a liking to him and teaches him medicine. By a twist of fate, he happens upon a cultivation method and sets foot on the path to immortality. He seeks strength only to —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Strife on the Road to Immortality 仙路之争 The mortal world is a sea of suffering, and the path to immortality is hard to tread. Born into an ordinary family, how will this young man make his way through a harsh world and forge his own path to immortality, step by step? Everything depends on what he can claim with his own hands! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 I Became the Hehuan Sect's Dietary Therapy Expert 我成了合欢宗食疗专家 Lu Ren, the cook at the former downtown Jingwei Mental Hospital, gets caught in the crossfire while breaking up a fight and suffers a double blow. He ends up in the otherworldly Hehuan Sect, where the System and the original owner’s memories hit him with another double whammy, scrambling his logic and making him mistake the cultivation world for a grassroots poverty-relief district. His dark cuisine leaves cultivators across the realm loving and hating it, spitting it out and eating it anyway. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 An Immortal in the Mortal World 凡世俗仙 How can you become an immortal if you desire nothing? The Great Firmament resents Heaven and curses the sea. Ride a dragon-drawn carriage to ascend, First behead your foes and build a ladder to Heaven. He is but a humble cultivator, yet he intends to sever his Dao companion, destroy an aristocratic clan, and overthrow a sect’s legacy! Sounds like a joke, doesn’t it? Perhaps all he can do is lie low among mortals, covet the path to immortality, manipulate karma, seize the incense offerings, and s —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 My Foolish Best Friend Insists on Helping Me Win Over My Dream Guy 我那冤种闺蜜，非要帮我追男神 My Disaster of a Best Friend Insists on Helping Me Win Over My Dream Guy —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Tracing the Past: I Can Read the Memories of Objects 旧迹寻踪：我能读物件记忆 I’m Chen Mo, a restorer of antiques. By chance, I awakened an ancestral gift: the moment I touch an old object, I can see its memories! An abacus that clicks by itself at midnight, a wedding dress that reflects a white figure, a wooden box that oozes blood... Every supposedly haunted antique brought to my door turns out to be part of a human-made scam! By reading the lingering memories in these objects, I expose the tricks and unravel the mysteries. But I also stumble upon the truth behind my —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Tales from the Folk: The Haunted Pagoda Tree at the Alley Corner 民间野谈之巷口阴槐 Folk Tales: The Haunted Pagoda Tree at the Alley Entrance —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Tales from the Folk: Echoes in the Night Elevator 民间野谈之夜梯回响 Folk Tales: Echoes in the Nighttime Elevator —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Campus Heartthrob Mixed Up Our Homework Notebooks and Imagined I'd Chased Him for Three Years 校草记错作业本，脑补我追了他三年 The Campus Heartthrob Mixed Up Our Homework Notebooks and Imagined I’d Chased Him for Three Years —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Buddhist Prayer Beads of the Ancient Temple 古寺佛珠缠阴记 The Haunted Tale of Prayer Beads from an Ancient Temple —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Out of Lifespan? I Break Through to Nascent Soul and Lay Waste to All 寿元耗尽？反手突破元婴大杀四方 This book is also known as The Old Ancestor Just Wants to Lay Low Until He Dies, but His Power Won’t Let Him, Cultivation: From the Start, I Have a Nascent Soul Experience Card, I’m About to Die, and You’re Telling Me This Is the Starter Village?, and Cultivation: I Have an Invincible, Annoyingly Cute System. Ye Xiu transmigrated into the body of a cultivator in the world of immortal cultivation who shared his name. The man was about to die of old age, with less than three months left to live. S 20Reads—Score30414d adds
- 20 Undercover in the Cultivation World, I Never Meant to Become the Boss 卧底修仙，我真没想当老大啊 [No System, multiple heroines, classic xianxia, decisive and ruthless, ordinary mortal’s journey] Modern medical student Feng Jie has an accident, and his soul, carrying the supreme divine artifact known as the [Chaos Spirit Pearl], transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing with the same name in the cultivation world. He has no spiritual roots, and all the energy channels throughout his body are blocked. Relying on his medical skills, he forcibly opens every energy channel in his body an 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Showbiz: Acting? I Transmigrate Through the Heavens on Set! 娱乐：演戏？我在片场穿越诸天！ (The score just came out, so I don’t know if it’ll go up. Everyone says it will, though...) It starts a little slow, but the pace gradually picks up. Just dive right in! Lin Chen, 23, graduated with a degree in Chinese Language and Literature, and has less than two thousand yuan in his bank account. While applying for a job as a game master at a murder-mystery venue, he grips a wooden sword bought wholesale from Yiwu [Ding! The Myriad Heavens Transmigration System has been successfully bound!] [ 47.5kReads7.3Score5.9k14d adds
- 22 The Commoner's Path to Immortality: Spirit Realm Arc 布衣仙途灵界篇 The Spirit Realm arc of The Cloth-Clad Immortal’s Path. After ascending, the protagonist accidentally enters the demon territory. Relying on his talent for alchemy, he gradually makes a name for himself before eventually returning to the human race. Through years of struggle, he slowly secures a foothold in the Ten Immortal Domains. Amid the power struggles there, he uses his intelligence and resourcefulness to obtain a legacy and become the ruler of an Immortal Domain! 3.9kReads8.6Score51614d adds
- 23 After Being Demoted to Menial Servant, I Became the Sect's Founding Ancestor 被贬杂役后，我成了宗门老祖 [Classic xuanhuan] [Invincible] [Multiple heroines] [Swordsmanship] [Alchemy] Lin Fan, the top prodigy of the Xuantian Sect, is framed, has his dantian crippled, and is demoted to menial servant. After obtaining the Nine Dragons Fortune Cauldron, the Kunlun Life-Restoring Mirror, and a World Seed, he begins a life of cheating his way to the top. The Alchemy Emperor becomes his master, the Demon King his servant, and the entire sect ends up as his juniors. But when the Nine Dragons Fortune Cauldr 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: I Just Want to Lay Low Until I Achieve Immortality 凡人修仙：我只想苟到长生 He transmigrated to the cultivation world with no backing, poor spiritual roots, and no talent. Qin Zhuo knew full well that he was neither Heaven's chosen one nor a sect prodigy. In this world of cultivation, he had just one goal: survive, and survive as long as possible. Fighting over treasures? I'll scavenge what's left. Fellow disciples turning on each other? I'll run. All kinds of conflicts? I'll keep out of them. A hand resting on your head doesn't necessarily belong to an immortal. The st —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Path to Immortality Begins with an Outer Sect Disciple 长生从外门弟子开始 My new work is out! Everyone is welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Reborn Cycle Art 重生轮回决 I am... Ling Juexiao “Even if the immortals fall and the Dao is destroyed, even if a tiger is reduced to the plains, even if enemies surround me and shackles bind me...” “My soul will not die. My will will not bend.” “A few insignificant ants, a few difficulties, a little... humiliation: how could any of that shake my resolve?” “If thorns block my path, I will crush them beneath my feet. If my enemies stand at the summit, I will climb to the very top!” “To endure is not to submit, but to ga 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 The Abandoned Disciple's Record of Burning the Heavens: From Sect Outcast to Supreme of All Heavens 废徒焚天录：从宗门弃子到诸天至 Lin Chen, a discarded disciple of the Qingyun Sect, is framed for no reason and branded a traitor who stole the sect's treasures. His meager cultivation is crippled, and he is thrown off the Cliff of Broken Immortals, abandoned and homeless, left with no choice but to cling to life in the wilderness. Just as he reaches the brink of despair and is about to abandon cultivation altogether, he unexpectedly touches a crimson flame seed embedded in a strange stone beside a skeleton at the foot of the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 From the Start with the Heavenly Tome: Cultivating Immortality in the City 开局拥有天书之我在都市修仙 This story takes place in a modern city that seems no different from any other, but hidden beneath the surface are cultivators, mysterious factions, and ancient legacies. Technology and cultivation coexist in this world, influencing each other. Ye Ziming is an ordinary college student. During a mountain-climbing trip, he accidentally falls into a mysterious valley and obtains a mysterious blank heavenly book containing many cultivation techniques and spells. He accepts the legacy of a mysterious 104Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 29 Immortal Destiny of a Broken Root 残根仙缘 A miserable pill boy only encounters his immortal opportunity when his life is nearly over. With his immortal root crippled, he enters the path of cultivation with a false spirit root, dominates the martial world, reaches its summit, and looks down on all under Heaven. He has money, treasures, and beautiful women in abundance, along with fiery passion, chivalrous spirit, and a tender heart. Heaven protects the lone brave, and fantastical adventures forge his path to immortality. Fast-paced, no m 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Chaos-Evolving Dao Art 混沌衍道诀 Along the endless path of cultivation, a soul chosen by fate is about to unveil the beginning of a legend. By chance, Xu Feng enters another world. When he returns once more... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Ninth Master in Hemp Robes: The First Tale of a Haunted Grave and a Feng Shui Plot That Wiped Out a Village 麻衣九爷：第一篇头七凶坟，全村灭门风水局 Ninth Master in Hemp: The First Tale, The Murderous Grave on the Seventh Night and the Feng Shui Trap That Wiped Out an Entire Village —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 At the Wedding, I Tore Up the Pregnancy Test Report of the Jerk's Pregnant Wife 婚礼上，我撕了渣男孕妻的孕检单 At the Wedding, I Tore Up the Pregnancy Test Report of the Jerk’s Pregnant Wife —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Seeking the Dao and Immortality: Awakening the Fruit of Eternal Life 问道求仙：从觉醒长生道果开始 (Cultivation, mortal's journey, golden finger, adorable pets) P.S. (This book has a slightly slower pace. It's not a fast-paced, instant-gratification novel aimed at new-media readers, so please go easy on it if that's not your thing. The protagonist doesn't get bullied, though. He strikes when he should, and runs when he should.) To save a cat, Lu Yun stumbled into a stroke of extraordinary luck. He transmigrated along with the cat to the "man-eating" Cangyun Mountains. A mysterious green frui 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Sacred Martial Firmament 圣武极穹 On the night of the Lantern Festival, when he was eight, he became separated from his parents and older brother in the crowd. A human trafficker kidnapped him, and he fell into an icy river before being rescued by Granny Huang from the countryside. From then on, he and Granny Huang’s granddaughter, Lou Xiaoli, depended on each other for survival. On a snowy night when he was eighteen, village bully A Hu and his cronies beat him savagely. His blood stained a jade pendant, awakening a strange powe 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 My Alchemy Formula 我的炼丹方程式 As a PhD in chemistry, I firmly believe that alchemy is just a chemical reaction. The sect’s alchemy prodigy sneered, “A Five-Element mixed spirit root thinks it can make pills?” I quietly used calcination and weight-loss analysis to identify the ingredients in the pill formula, adjusted its fire toxins through acid-base neutralization, and controlled the fusion of medicinal properties using redox reactions. When the pill furnace exploded and the prodigy was left covered in soot, I presented a t 49Reads6.6Score12314d adds
- 36 Master of the Heaven and Earth Ring 乾坤戒主 Xiao Chen was a low-ranking member of the Xiao family. He had shown little talent since childhood, lost his parents at a young age, and was treated coldly by his clan. By chance, he recalled the antique ring his father had given him on his tenth birthday. To his surprise, through a twist of fate, he awakened the remnant soul sleeping within it: Elder Xuan. Elder Xuan’s origins were mysterious. He was a powerful master of both alchemy and martial arts, and under his guidance, Xiao Chen embarked o 409Reads8.3Score10714d adds
- 37 Spirit-Devouring Tribulation Fire: I Slay Immortals in a Mortal's Body 噬灵劫火：我以凡人之躯弑仙 When his family was destroyed and his loved ones were killed, Wang Mu clutched the black wooden pendant his mother had left behind and plunged into the river, only to unexpectedly inherit the Devouring Dao... This power can swallow spiritual energy, devour souls, and destroy immortals and demons... He threw back his head and roared, “Anyone who stands in the way of my revenge will die! You say mortals are mere weeds? Then I'll devour the very heavens of this cultivation world!” But Su Haimei, so 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 I, Lu Feng: From Commoner to Divine Venerable 我，陆风从布衣到神尊 Lu Feng, a commoner in the mortal world, kicks open the gates to cultivation with his unyielding spirit. But his humble origins make him a frequent target of bullies in a cultivation world divided among sects and rife with competition over spiritual veins. At the time, the barriers between the worlds of immortals, demons, spirits, and ghosts were full of hidden passages. Alchemy, artifact crafting, formations, puppets, and other arcane arts flourished, while war and opportunity went hand in hand 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Road to Immortality 寻仙长生路 [No System, smart characters, decisive and ruthless, slow-burn cultivation novel] With the tattered Shanhe Sheji Map left behind by his parents, Chen Xuan cultivates spirit herbs and embarks on a cultivation path that defies heaven. He slays demons, overcomes trials of the heart, and climbs step by step to the Immortal Realm. On this path to immortality, who will rule the rise and fall of the world? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 At the Pinnacle of Qi Refining, I Return to the City. Why Are You Crying After Our Breakup? 炼气大圆满回都市，分手你哭什么 [No System] [Multiple Heroines] [The Wife-Chasing Crematorium] [Cultivators in the City] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Goddesses] Jiang Yuan is terminally ill and has little time left to live. Just before his death, Qin Shuyu, his girlfriend of five years, actually breaks up with him and chooses to return to the arms of her beloved first love. Carrying his regrets, Jiang Yuan unexpectedly transmigrates to the Immortal Realm. But after an accident, he returns to the final scene before his death, des 7.4kReads6.9Score88814d adds
- 41 Hunted to the Death by Higher Dimensions, I Escape to Another World to Cultivate and Fight Back 高维死命追杀，我逃异界修仙反击 [Conspiracy + Cultivation + Daily Life + Slow Burn] [Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, Integration, Mahayana] A vast holy light assimilates countless worlds, turning all living beings into puppets who sing its praises. Lu Linxuan’s home was one of the countless worlds crushed by this higher-dimensional horror. Fortunately, a secret treasure at the heart of the galaxy recognized him as its master, sending him to be reborn in the cultivation w 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The Withered-Bone Blooming Sword: I Forge a Blade from Soul Bones to Slay the Immortal Firmament 枯骨生花剑：我以魂骨铸剑斩仙穹 Sword of Blossoms from Withered Bones: I Forge a Sword from Soul Bones to Slay the Immortal Firmament —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 She Won't Wear the Wedding Dress 她不披嫁衣 She Won’t Wear the Wedding Dress —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 My Dao Stele Can Deduce All Things 我的道碑能推演万物 At the entrance test, he was declared to have "no chance of ever reaching the Immortal Path" and treated as an insect by everyone. Three years later, the sect's prodigies suffered crushing defeats at his sword, their Daoist hearts shattered. An elder demanded, "Who on earth are you?" He wiped the blood from his sword and smiled calmly. "I'm just a mortal who refuses to accept his fate." He thought his golden finger was the mysterious stone tablet in his mind, capable of deducing all things. Only —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 King of Spirit Roots 灵根之王 Chu Ran, an outer disciple dismissed by his sect as having a “trash spiritual root,” is pushed off a cliff by a senior fellow disciple and unexpectedly awakens the “Devouring Spiritual Root,” which can absorb discarded fragments of other people’s spiritual roots and transform them into an all-purpose spiritual root of his own. Starting in a hidden realm beneath the cliff, he collects scattered spiritual-root fragments across the world and gets his face-slapping revenge on those who once looked d —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 A Chaos Pearl from the Start: No Spiritual Roots, Yet I Can Still Become an Immortal 开局捡到混沌珠，没灵根照样成仙 [Mortal Cultivator | Immortal Cultivation | No System | Decisive and Ruthless | Spatial Dimension | Medicinal Garden] Yao Chen, an orphan from a mountain village, is an ordinary boy with no spiritual roots. In this world of immortal cultivation, where talent is judged by the quality of one’s spiritual roots, he has no right to begin cultivating. But a Chaos Pearl binds him by fate to the ancient power known as the Profound Sword Monastery, and he obtains the cultivation method called the Profoun 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 The Immortal Bed of Mortals 凡人仙床 Synopsis: [Mortal Cultivation] [No System] [The rating just went live and will climb] Nascent Soul cultivators are finally getting their due. The space inside the crib changes with the user's cultivation level. One female lead. The beggar Zhang Ping'an happens to acquire a [crib], and from then on, steps onto the path of immortality. Zhang Ping'an has a mixed spiritual root, but after lying in the crib for a while, it transforms into a supreme, freakishly powerful spiritual root! Put a first-g 401Reads7.6Score11414d adds
- 48 The Ninth-Heaven Mortal Venerable 九重凡尊 On my ninth life as an Immortal Venerable, I've become the most irresistible man in the mortal world! Zhu Shifan is deeply frustrated. In his previous life, he was the mighty Thunder Venerable of the Immortal Realm, but after being framed in a wrongful case, he was banished to the mortal world and given a mixed spiritual root. The day his memories return, his enemies are already on their way to destroy him... “Had your fun? It's my turn to steal the show!” Ruthless and decisive? That's my tra 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Mysteries of Feng Shui 玄枢风水 On the night my sect was destroyed, my Dao foundation was ruined, leaving me a cripple. Desperate, I used my blood to cast a divination. The result showed that my only way to survive was to become the Demon Lord prophesied to destroy the world. If that was what the reading demanded, then so be it. I use feng shui to form arrays and command the mountains and rivers; divination as a blade to unravel the secrets of heaven; and destiny as a game piece to sever the chains of fate. In the Netherworld —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Legend of the Immortal Who Defied the Heavens 逆世成仙传 Mortal’s Journey + Everyday Cultivation + Traditional Cultivation + Spirit Insect Companions + No System + Multiple Female Leads. At nine years old, Ye Chen witnesses cultivators fighting with magic and becomes captivated by the idea of cultivating immortality. At twelve, he loses a cow in an accident and, by a stroke of luck, obtains an ancient immortal token (a jade pendant) and three storage bags. From then on, he sets out on the path of cultivation. On this unknown path, Ye Chen will press o 1.4kReads8.2Score10114d adds
