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- 151 The Mortal’s Path to Immortality 凡人化仙诀 Can an ordinary person without spiritual roots really not cultivate immortality? There are three thousand paths to the Great Dao, and all roads lead to the same destination. Cultivators can choose any path and set foot on the road to immortality, but those without spiritual roots are excluded! That may be the way things are, but it need not be so. Heaven’s workings follow a pattern: the Great Expansion has fifty numbers, of which forty-nine are used, leaving one chance for humanity to contend fo 2.9kReads8.2Score33614d adds
- 152 Cultivation: I Have a Spirit Pattern Compendium 修仙，我有一本灵纹图鉴 [System + leveling progression + survival through caution + slow burn + ruthless decisiveness] Xu Nuo transmigrates into a cultivation world and becomes a menial disciple assigned to herd livestock by the Holy Spirit Sect. He thought immortality was out of reach, but unexpectedly activated the [Spirit Pattern Compendium] System. By spending spirit stones, he can exchange them for spirit patterns, and once acquired, he gains complete mastery over them. To pursue cultivation and immortality, Xu Nu 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 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
- 154 Chronicles of an Ordinary Man's Immortality 凡夫长生录 Everyone knows immortals are wonderful, enjoying carefree lives without fear of death. For mortals who wish to become immortals, defying the heavens is a difficult path. Cultivators seek opportunities through countless trials; life and death may hang on a single thought. Unwilling to endure the suffering of endless reincarnation, they live only for the day they become immortals. 114Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 155 The Eternal Great Celestial Venerable 恒古大天尊 He rises from a sect in the mortal world, conquering Tianfeng City, battling the imperial dynasty, and reaching the pinnacle of the mortal realm. After ascending to the Cultivation Realm, he forms an alliance with the demon clan, fights the demon clan, and unites the forces resisting them. In the immortal realm, he topples the corrupt Heavenly Court, seeks the inheritance of the Heavenly Venerable, and gathers the blood of primordial chaos and the heart of chaos, uncovering the truth that he is 636Reads—Score6414d adds
- 156 With the God of Wealth’s Treasure in Hand, I Lay Low as a Genius in the Demon Sect 携财神元宝，苟在魔门当天才 [A mortal's journey to immortality. No System. Read the first ten chapters, and then roast it if you don't like it.] Zhao Yang, a street-stall vendor, transmigrates to the cultivation world carrying a golden ingot belonging to the Martial God of Wealth, and inherits his father's secure job as a prison guard. Who could have guessed that a dying, scruffy old man, unable to pay him for his kindness, would pull out a tattered book called the Eternal Spring Art and offer it in exchange for a meal… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 The Six Realms: Investiture of the Gods 六界封神 In ancient times, the Six Realms were in chaos. During a struggle for possession of the divine realm's greatest treasure, the Investiture of the Gods, it was shattered into six pieces. From then on, the gods were no longer appointed. Ye Chen is an ordinary young cultivator. When he obtains the ancient divine artifact, the Taiji Eight Trigrams Diagram, he defies fate and changes the world, triumphing at every turn as he rises ever higher. He climbs from adversity, seizes one opportunity after ano 765Reads8.5Score10914d adds
- 158 Wielding the Sword, I Am the Green Lotus 执剑青莲 Love began in bloom, yet ended in drifting fluff. How deep are the debts we owe in this life? Is there no way in this world to have it both ways? Through countless turns of rebirth, Through myriad dreams lived anew, May I be true to the Buddha and still be true to you… Amid the chaos of a troubled age, I was born. I wield my sword and roam, like a swaying green lotus. 20Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 159 The Sword God Returns 剑神归来 Sword energy stretches for thirty thousand miles, a single blade shines cold across nineteen provinces! Lin Yi, the peerless Sword God of his era, was betrayed by his closest friend and failed his tribulation. His heaven-defying cultivation vanished, and he unexpectedly returned to Earth, reborn in his youth in the city. In his previous life, he stood at the summit and looked down on all living beings. No one under heaven dared disobey him! In this life, I’ll make up for every regret, kill those 548Reads8.4Score10314d adds
- 160 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Heaven-Swallowing Treasure Saga 凡人：吞天夺宝传 [Mortal’s Journey] [Alchemy] [Artifact Refining] [Puppeteering] [Leveling Up by Drinking Water] By a twist of fate, an ordinary young man obtains a cultivation method passed down by a cultivator from a great sect and steps into the world of cultivation. Watch how he survives as a rogue cultivator in a world where people’s hearts are hard to fathom, and how he makes his way to the peak of the immortal realm! 1.7kReads5.2Score10114d adds
- 161 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] 32kReads8.7Score4.9k14d adds
- 162 Cultivating Immortality, Starting with Buying Low and Selling High 修仙，从倒买倒卖开始 [Ordinary protagonist, no System, patchwork setting, multiple secret identities, cultivation through levels of existence, infinite journeys through the heavens] (The second world, Blue Star, opens in Chapter 48: an eerie-dungeon version.) (Rumor clarification: the golden finger is rigid and barely functional.) (The second dungeon, Sunshine Apartments, opens in Chapter 76.) In the cultivation world, I tread carefully. In other worlds, call me Daoist Grandpa! Xue Tong arrives in a pseudo-tradit 1.1kReads—Score11914d adds
- 163 The Immortal Venerable Returns 仙尊归来 Mo Hai, the Immortal Venerable of the Dark Sea, had dominated the immortal realm for three thousand years. When chaos engulfed the realm, he helped the Celestial Emperor seize the throne, only for the emperor to repay his kindness with betrayal and frame him, leading to Mo Hai's eventual demise. But who could have imagined that Mo Hai not only survived, but was reborn in his youth on Earth...? 584Reads8.1Score8114d adds
- 164 Every Step Toward Immortality 步步唯仙 What is the point of cultivating immortality? To prove the Great Dao and seek eternal life. If you have to do whatever it takes to get there, being a little underhanded is no big deal!! Ding Xiu: “I’ve always acted with honor and integrity. Those sneaky things were done by other people. What do they have to do with me?” And so begins a story about a sneaky man cultivating immortality. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 My Master Is an Immortal 我的师父是神仙 Yang Yiyun finds a bottle with an immortal sealed inside and thinks, I'm going to make it big... Teach me your cultivation technique! No, you have to save the world... I want to face-slap the rich and handsome guys. No, the world needs you... I don't want you anymore, all right? Get lost... 7.1kReads8.8Score85214d adds
- 166 The Real Technological Tang Dynasty 真科技大唐 [Technology, Industry, Foodie, Firearms] After transmigrating, Zhang Xiaochuan finds himself with nothing but bare walls. He discovers that he has all the knowledge of the complete technology tree from his previous life. But when it comes to making a living in ancient times, food is the quickest place to start, so first he'll make an iron wok for stir-frying… Now that he's in ancient times, shouldn't he pick up a wife when he goes out, and pick up… a few wives when he goes to war? Eight wives… a 5.6kReads9.2Score44314d adds
- 167 A Beauty's Skin, an Immeasurable Immortal 美人皮，无上仙 [Overworked Office Drone Transmigrates] + [Cross-Dressing Master] + [Clever Cultivation Battles] + [Emperor-Tier Legacy] + [Decisive Killing] + [Every Villain Is Smart] Overworked office drone Lin Zhou dies from working overtime and opens his eyes in the middle of a hunt in the cultivation world. He has barely arrived when three major sects surround him, all because the stunning beauty's skin he wears is actually the mortal remains of the Xuanyi Female Emperor, who fell ten thousand years ago! 242Reads—Score11214d adds
- 168 The Immortal Path of Yingchuan 颍川仙途 The road to immortality is long and arduous! Ten thousand years ago, the war between immortals and demons shook the lower realm. The spiritual energy of the Yingchuan Continent fell into chaos, and the path to ascension mysteriously broke apart. Ten thousand years later, Qin Yi, a young scholar's attendant, embarks on the path of cultivation. By chance, he inherits his master's legacy and overcomes one obstacle after another, becoming the strongest cultivator in Yingchuan. When he sets out with 2.4kReads7.4Score29414d adds
- 169 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 5.5kReads6.6Score28414d adds
- 170 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—14d adds
- 171 The Abandoned Young Master Returns 弃少归来 Five years ago, the Chu Group of Jinzhou was betrayed and set up. Chu Yuan, a spoiled young master, fell from the clouds to rock bottom and vanished in disgrace. A golden-scaled carp is no ordinary fish. Once it meets wind and storm, it transforms into a dragon. Five years later, Chu Yuan returns, reborn from the ashes. All his enemies will tremble before him! 3kReads9.0Score31614d adds
- 172 The Tower Shatters the Nine Heavens 塔破九天 Yin Hanchen is the most lowly outer disciple of the Qingyun Sect. With his good-for-nothing Five Elements mixed spiritual roots, he suffers endless bullying from his fellow disciples and contempt from the elders. During a sect mission to gather “Bone-Eroding Grass” for an inner disciple, he is framed and thrown into the Spiritless Abyss. On the brink of death, his blood accidentally awakens the Chaos treasure that has lain dormant for countless ages: the Wuji Tower. The tower recognizes him as i 486Reads6.3Score10414d adds
- 173 A Wasted Spirit Root! I Trade Spirit Stones for Years of Bitter Cultivation 废灵根！我灵石兑换苦修年限 The comic adaptation of this book, The Trash Spirit Root! I Trade Spirit Stones for Years of Hard Training, is now available on Tomato. After transmigrating to the cultivation world, Lin Chen awakens a trash spirit root. With the worst aptitude around, he is bullied by his fellow disciples and lives worse than a servant. Just when he is about to die in the wilderness, the [Spirit Stone Hard Training System] activates with a thunderous roar! It has just one rule: spend spirit stones to exchange t 32.2kReads8.3Score3.8k14d adds
- 174 The Nine-Dragon Cup 九龙杯 [No System] [No Transmigration] [Traditional Fantasy] A traditional fantasy and xianxia story. Zhang Qingshan goes from being a good-for-nothing to embarking on the path of cultivation. He seeks not immortality for himself, but fulfillment of the obsession in his heart. The greatest Heavenly Spiritual Root is hidden beneath the outward appearance of the weakest Five-Element Spiritual Root. The supreme sacred treasure, the Nine-Dragon Cup, is hidden inside an ordinary walnut carving. An unrealis 317Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 175 A Chance Meeting in the Cang Mountains, One Glance That Stole My Heart, and You for the Rest of My Life 苍山偶遇，一眼惊鸿，余生皆是你 A Chance Encounter in the Cang Mountains, One Glance That Takes Your Breath Away, and You for the Rest of My Life 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 When the Goofball Junior Brother Shows Up, Who Doesn't Get the Short End of the Stick? 沙雕小师弟一出，谁不冤种？ Ye Feng transmigrates to a cultivation world with one goal: to become a wealthy landowner who does whatever he pleases. Cultivation? What a load of crap. He just wants to live it up like an immortal. But on his way out of the Ye family, Daoist Lingyun forcibly takes him as a disciple. He is dragged off to the Cloudsoar Sect, though all he plans to do is slack off. After all, a nap is a nap wherever you take it, right? But how could Daoist Lingyun let him have his way? His third senior sister, Gu 282Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 177 The Great Path of Immortal Cultivation 修仙大道 [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [The dark side of human nature] [No System] [No transmigration] [No female lead, but there are women and romance] [Cultivation] [Geniuses and good-for-nothings] [Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul...] A real journey in search of immortality and the Dao. Are you ready? Then take the plunge! There is no end to the realms of cultivation. The supreme rulers of this era: are they truly at the very top? In the eyes of cu 384Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 178 The Fake Heiress Reclaims Her Birthright. What Are You All Panicking About? 假千金认祖归宗后，你们慌什么 [Cultivating all spiritual roots] [Multiple realms] [Contracted divine beasts] [A touch of ensemble cast] [Romance] [Pocket dimension] [Alchemy] [Talisman drawing] Leng Yuexi was a good-for-nothing fake heiress cast out by the Lin family. On the brink of death, the seal inside her was unlocked. She awakened a pocket dimension, refined pills, made contracts with divine beasts, wielded an evil sword, and inherited a deity’s legacy. She fought her way forward and ascended to the divine realm. Only 230Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 179 Cultivating Immortality, Starting with a Pocket Realm 修仙，从有仙府开始 [Ordinary Mortal]+ [Immortal Abode]+ [Longevity]+ [Monster Hunting and Leveling]+ [All-Around Cultivation] Fellow cultivators, the further you read, the better this book gets. An ordinary man is framed, thrown into a deep dungeon, and eventually escapes by chance. At the most dangerous moment, a jade pendant containing a teleportation array transports him to a cultivation sect. His aptitude is exceptionally poor, and it takes countless hardships before he unlocks the secret of the space inside t 2.8kReads8.2Score22814d adds
- 180 The Great Dao Prodigy Lao Returns to the Apocalyptic Earth 大道天骄老回末日地球 [Picks up after Chapter 20] As the story goes on, the protagonist becomes less and less human. His true self abandons its humanity to the clone, retaining only its divinity. [Rebel Against Your Master] + [Partly Satisfying, Partly Bittersweet] + [A Touch of Ensemble Cast] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Mythic Cultivation] + [Primordial Legends] + [Vast Worldbuilding] “Master, why have you never taught me the Grave Art?” The world contains twenty-one laws, dwelling within the Moon Eyes and the Chao 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 The Path to Immortality 步道长生 (High-IQ protagonist + decisive and ruthless + no female lead + no bleeding-heart heroics + ordinary-person cultivation + merciless) Why has no one ascended in hundreds of thousands of years? Why have those who became immortals fallen? In pursuit of the Great Dao of Immortality, Chen Changsheng discovers that the road to eternal life is full of lies, schemes, and betrayal. In the end, he abandons mercy and uses ruthless methods to tear open the cultivation world's secrets, slaughter all who stan 865Reads6.5Score10014d adds
- 182 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
- 183 A Lonely Lamp in a Humble Home 寒舍孤灯 A Lonely Lamp in My Humble Home 5Reads—Score514d adds
- 184 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
- 185 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... 2.9kReads6.2Score25814d adds
- 186 Cultivating Immortality as a Servant of the Ghost-Controlling Sect 从御鬼宗杂役开始修仙 [Mortal Cultivation + Enlightenment + Talisman Crafting + Alchemy] When Ouyang Zemu wakes up, he discovers that he has become a menial disciple of a demonic sect. Not only does he have to work himself to the bone every day, but one wrong move could cost him his life. Fortunately, he has a treasure that grants him peerless comprehension. With a cheat like this, why stay a menial disciple? Ouyang Zemu decisively leaves the mountain to become a rogue cultivator, starting from the most basic spells 7.7kReads8.3Score50214d adds
- 187 The Second Day of Lunar New Year: A Joyful Visit Home and Warm Family Ties 大年初二：回门喜，亲情暖 The Second Day of the New Year: A Joyful Visit Home and the Warmth of Family 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 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 2kReads6.3Score12814d adds
- 189 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
- 190 City Miracle Doctor! Marry a Beautiful Wife! 都市小神医！娶个美娇妻！ [Divine Doctor]+ [Feel-Good]+ [Invincible]+ [Campus Beauty]+ [Police Beauty] What the heck? I got cheated on? So what? That lousy woman? Can she compare to my campus beauty of a wife? Me, a poor nobody? So what? I have an unbelievably awesome master who even comes with lightning. Do you? My life is destined to be spectacular! 12.1kReads8.8Score1.4k14d adds
- 191 A Mortal's Path to Immortality 凡人之修仙问道 [Mortal cultivation] + [No transmigration] + [No System] + [Decisive and ruthless]: A poor country boy obtains a Mystic Spirit Pearl, joins a martial sect, and embarks on an endless, treacherous, dog-eat-dog path of cultivation, full of schemes and hardships. The road to the Great Dao in the cultivation world stretches on without end, and the path to immortality is perilous. See how an ordinary country boy struggles to cultivate. Mortal Realm: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formatio 860Reads8.2Score10614d adds
- 192 The Legend of the Most Evil Immortal 极恶仙人传 Orphaned at a young age and utterly alone, the boy Xiaohu happens upon the cultivator Ren Duxing while chasing a rabbit. From that moment, the wheels of fate begin to turn, pushing him onto an endless path of cultivation. Fate and schemes accompany him at every turn, while calamities rise and fall, and light and darkness cycle back and forth. Watch as an obscure young cultivator rises from the ashes time and again amid countless trials, gradually becoming an unparalleled powerhouse whose name in 2.7kReads7.4Score36914d adds
- 193 Retire After Victory, and Divide the World in Three 功成身退，天下三分 Retire after achieving greatness, and the realm is divided in three 3Reads—Score314d adds
- 194 The Unrivaled Sword God 不败剑神 Young Ye Tian obtains the Unbeaten Sword Box and cultivates the Unbeaten Sword God Art. Among the geniuses of the Nine Provinces and the gods and demons of the heavens, who would dare withstand one of my strikes? When I draw my sword, I am invincible! (Traditional high-energy action + one heroine!) 8kReads8.5Score98514d adds
- 195 From the Start, I Refined the Demonic Matriarch of the Hehuan Sect 开局炼化合欢宗女魔头 Grab it and refine it in an instant. It sounds like a meme. But for Lin Shuo, it's a cheat ability. Lin Shuo can refine anything he grabs, with no exceptions, once a day. As long as it counts as being grabbed, no matter how briefly, Lin Shuo can instantly refine it completely. And wouldn't you know it, just after he transmigrated, he got the chance to use his refining ability. Who could blame him? He had transmigrated into a human furnace kept by the female demon of the Hehuan Sect. Today was ju 588Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 196 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
- 197 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
- 198 Heavenly Venerable of Ten Thousand Swords 万剑天尊 A human body forged by Pangu, a body of ten thousand swords! Supreme of the sword dao, one sword splits the heavens! A young Asura King who emerged from a blood-soaked arena cultivates the body of ten thousand swords and opens the Gates of Heaven with ten thousand blades, becoming invincible with a single sword! 11.5kReads8.6Score1.1k14d adds
- 199 The Petty Husband 斤斤计较的丈夫 A Husband Who Nitpicks Over Every Little Thing 3Reads—Score314d adds
- 200 After My Heartbreak, I Set Off Alone 失恋以后，我独自远行 After a Breakup, I Traveled Far Away Alone 3Reads—Score314d adds
