Novels like Qi Refiners in the River of History
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- 1 Keeping to Myself, Watching the Vast Sea of the World 苟在人间看沧海 [A “long-life cheat,” but his main business is selling aphrodisiacs?!] Du Yuan, a seasoned playboy who only wants to stay alive and visit clubs for “research,” accidentally transmigrates with a long-life cheat. Then he discovers that the divine art best suited to him actually requires him to [burn through his lifespan]? Lifespan? That's the one thing I have more than enough of! Burn it! Burn it all! A hundred years of bitter cultivation for everyone else, but I can achieve more by burning one ye —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 I Reforged Mythology in Ancient Times, but All I Want Is a Peaceful Life 在古代重铸神话的我只想安稳度日 [New book out now: A Golden Core Cultivator in Ancient Times] [Mastermind behind the scenes + spiritual qi revival + posing as an immortal + not a babysitter] From the start, I get hit by a fully insured semi-truck and reincarnate in an ancient low-martial world! What? The cultivation game I played in my previous life came along when I transmigrated! My name is Lu Xuan. I just transmigrated and already became a Foundation Establishment powerhouse. I make my debut as the Nine Heavens Profound 26Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 3 I, Immortal, Shine with Radiance 永生的我昱耀生光 [Immortality] + [Only I Have the Dao] + [No System] + [No Female Lead] + [Cultivation] A lighthearted immortality story with no angst A cicada sheds its skin once a year; a person sheds theirs once a century. Immortals are deathless and eternal, blending with life and death. Sun Weirui reincarnates once every hundred years, from youth to old age and back again. Alone, she witnesses every era and shapes it too, from ordinary to great, then from great back to ordinary. She records the era, its fle 158Reads—Score100Shelves
- 4 There Are Immortals in the Southern Song 南宋有仙人 He once manifested before an emperor's throne, and once slaughtered his way through ranks of a million soldiers. He terrified Kublai Khan, and once smashed Zhu Yuanzhang's bowl. In Lin'an, he swallowed a golden core. At Penglai, his thousand-foot Dharma form emerged from his Nascent Soul. And then came the Era! 34Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 5 After Attaining Immortality, I Lose My Memory Every Ten Years 长生后，我每隔十年失忆一次 [Longevity] [No Harem, Not Mindless] [Invincible] [Ensemble Cast] [Intriguing Worldbuilding] After gaining Longevity, the black-clad young man Li Xian became invincible in the world. Every ten years, he would lose his memories, repeating the cycle again and again through who knows how many ages. Along the way, he wandered through the mortal world and witnessed everything under heaven. At night, he dreamed of a visitor from beyond the heavens, a lone man who had spent ten thousand years longing 37Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 6 I Cultivate Immortality Alone 我独自长生 In this world, cultivators and martial artists can kill at whim. Power is everything. But after transmigrating, Su Yuekong discovers that he has neither the spiritual roots to cultivate the Heavenly Dao nor the physique for martial arts. All he has is a tortoise’s lifespan. Fortunately, he glimpses a ray of light in the darkness and obtains a divine art that can alter his foundations. As long as I don’t die, I’ll become a genius one day! He follows the Dao through wine, becoming a Wine Immortal, 153Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 7 The Long Road to Immortality: I Seek It Far and Wide 长生路漫漫，吾上下求索 (Everyday cultivation + Fishing + No System + No angst + No female lead + Ancient coins + Traditional Chinese medicine) The world grows old, so what of humankind? Heroes and beauties alike fear the passage of time. Who can stand firm through endless ages? Seas change and lands shift, and even imperial tombs are worn away. … In this vast world, only Zhuge Xuan, who transmigrated as a legendary divine artifact and took human form, remains untouched by worldly concerns, unbound by karma, and unlike 400Reads6.3Score102Shelves
- 8 Two Thousand Years Hiding in the Martial World 苟在武侠世界两千年 A young man from two thousand years in the future was visiting the forty-four secret health-cultivation techniques unearthed at Mawangdui when he accidentally transmigrated to the late Spring and Autumn period, in 517 BC. With the help of ancient breathing and movement techniques, secret treasures passed down through the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, and the great sages of the Spring and Autumn period, he unexpectedly cultivated the world's first trace of internal energy. From that moment on, 325Reads6.3Score109Shelves
- 9 It's Hard to Be an Immortal 仙人难当 [No System + Invincible + Travel + Awakening in Chapter Seven + Slow-Paced Daily Life + Wandering Immortal in the Mortal World] This is a story about fate, and nothing more than a story about fate. Yang Ye is merely the junior disciple on Wushan Mountain, a carefree Daoist living in the hills. By a twist of fate, he descends from the mountain and enters the world, only to watch helplessly as he loses the place he came from. So he decides to take a journey. Princes and ministers pass by like a sh 3.8kReads8.8Score349Shelves
- 10 I Cultivate Immortality Through the Ages 我在历史中长生仙游 Li Changsheng transmigrates to ancient times and unexpectedly gains the golden finger of immortality! Thus begins a journey from history into the world of cultivation. He is a clerk in the imperial prison, witness to the rise and fall of dynasties! He is a grandmaster who guards the nation, looking on with a smile as the martial world settles its grudges! He is an immortal who has lived forever, staying in the mortal world for one reason alone! From the martial world to the fields, from temples 837Reads7.6Score102Shelves
- 11 Divine Right of Kings: I Am the Only Immortal in the World 君权神授：我是世间唯一仙 [Ensemble Cast] [Behind-the-Scenes] [Faith] [Alternate History] [Cultivation and Sci-Fi] [No Female Lead] The animated series I Am the Immortal of This World is now available. Search for it to watch. The modern arc is the second volume: 224 chapters in the pseudo-modern arc, and 334 chapters in the modern arc. If gods and immortals really existed, how would history have unfolded? Also known as The World's Only Cultivator, Worshipped by All and I Created the Celestial Court and the Underworld. Cu 41.9kReads8.2Score4.2kShelves
- 12 Who Taught You to Raise the Chosen One of Heaven as a Boss? 谁教你把天命之子当BOSS养的 Lu Yuan transmigrates to a fantasy world and becomes the sect's second senior brother. He thought he would be able to crush all opposition, but it turns out every disciple in his sect is a character in their own right. His eldest senior brother is obsessed with being a selfless saint. A grandmaster of the sword, he's also a coward who can never bring himself to be ruthless. His junior sister and junior brother are obsessed with romance and let their guard down around everyone. To stop his junior 2kReads8.6Score231Shelves
- 13 Immortality, a Rusty Sword, and the Ages of History 长生，锈剑，览千秋 [Immortality + Lighthearted with a Touch of Angst] “What in this world could make an immortal bow his head?” Chen Yuan: “See the rusty sword in my hand?” He is the Heavenly Strategy General who suppresses demons and evil, wielding a halberd across the battlefield. He is a fallen general of a conquered nation, crushed by fate, with nothing left in life but the chill of autumn. He is a mad beggar wandering the streets of a small town, arguing with children and squaring off against butchers. He 2.5kReads8.6Score278Shelves
- 14 I'm an MC Immortal, Becoming the Dao Ancestor in a Low-Martial World 我MC仙人，在低武世界成为道祖 [Playing the part of a True Immortal + Minecraft + lighthearted] After transmigrating to an ancient parallel world, Jiang Sheng gains the abilities of Steve, the protagonist of Minecraft. As long as Jiang Sheng creates tales of the strange and supernatural and reshapes the world, he can earn rewards. [Tale of the Strange: Mountain-Shattering] “He just waved his right hand and hollowed out a mountain? That’s right, this is the art of the immortals: Mountain-Shattering and Earth-Splitting, one of 5.1kReads8.4Score394Shelves
- 15 One Man, One Zither, One Immortal Life: Chasing the Wind and Moon, Free to Follow My Heart 一人一琴一长生，追风逐月亦随心 [Immortality + the many facets of life + lighthearted romance, no heartbreak] “Sir, when will we meet again?” the scholar asked the man in blue before him. “I don't know. Perhaps when the leaves fall and return to their roots.” The man in blue gazed toward the horizon and spoke softly. Many years later, when the scholar returned to this little village in fine clothes, everything had changed. The old people had been laid to rest, his childhood companions had long since started families, and his c 400Reads6.1Score109Shelves
- 16 The System Granted Me Eternal Life, but I Only Want to Die 系统赐我长生，可我却只想寻死 The purpose of cultivation is to attain longevity and prove the Dao. Ordinary people live no more than a hundred years, while cultivators live no more than ten thousand. But Chen Yun transmigrates into this world and awakens a System that tells him he has become immortal, the kind that cannot die or be destroyed. It loudly promises, “Rest assured, Host. If you die, I’ll send you straight back to your original world.” Chen Yun doesn’t believe it and wants to go home, so he kills himself. Less tha 8.8kReads7.9Score915Shelves
- 17 I Created a Cultivation Method, and the Whole World Trains for Me 一人创法，全世界替我修炼 [Longevity + Invincibility + Remaking the World + Reaping Rewards + Mastermind Behind the Scenes] Xu Qing arrived in the Great Xuan Dynasty with the Everlasting Dao Fruit. It was an ordinary place, with no supernatural powers. By using the Dao Fruit to improve his abilities, Xu Qing became the only immortal. But every hundred years, he had to fall into a century-long sleep. Xu Qing possessed immense magic power, but could not use divine arts or Dao techniques. What could one man do compared to 11.3kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves
- 18 My Words Become Law, but I Truly Don’t Want to Show Off in Public 言出法随，贫道真不想人前显圣啊 The realm of Chixian is on the brink of collapse. Monsters and demons run rampant, and horrors from the old days stir once more. Rules? The only rule in this world is that there are no rules. Ye Qingfeng transmigrates into the body of a beggar who has starved to death. But this world is sick: skin-stealers rewrite memories, river demons demand brides, paper horses steal people's lifespans, and living type gives rise to miasma... Gods and Buddhas have vanished, order has crumbled, and human lives 90.5kReads8.4Score11.5kShelves
- 19 Cultivation: Why Does Everyone Come to Me to Be Enlightened Into Immortality? 修仙：怎么都来求我点化成仙 [Classic Xianxia] [No System] [Lan Ke Style] He Xiuyuan arrives in a world of immortal cultivation by accident. Here, however, immortals are rarely seen, while cultivators come and go like the wind, elusive and ethereal. He Xiuyuan spends his days pursuing traces of the immortals and seeking the Dao. Along the way, he encounters all manner of demons, spirits, and ghosts, all hoping he will offer them a bit of guidance. Time passes. When He Xiuyuan finally looks back, he discovers that he is the 17.6kReads7.9Score3.5kShelves
- 20 I Attained Immortality by Copying Scriptures, Every Word and Phrase a Divine Ability 我以抄经得长生，一字一句皆神通 [Copy the Supreme Lord Lao's Health-Preserving Art once, Qi and Blood +1] At the time, Chen An held a low rank and little influence, serving merely as a proofreader at the Eastern Observatory. He spent every day copying scriptures, convinced that he would live out an unremarkable life that way. Unexpectedly, one day he awakened a divine talent. By copying or tracing documents and paintings, he could receive rewards. From basic attributes at first, to peerless martial arts that reigned supreme in 11.1kReads7.6Score994Shelves
- 21 Pure and Tranquil Immortal 清净仙 [Cultivation + Invincible Protagonist + No Female Lead + No System + Slow-Burn + Traditional Xianxia] Lin Qingjing transmigrates into the body of a young Daoist who is on the verge of death. His master, the only person he has to rely on, dies without a body left behind while trying to save him. Fortunately, the Heavenly Dao takes pity on them and preserves a wisp of his master's soul, allowing him to become a ghost. After waking, Lin Qingjing uses the Nine Breaths technique he obtains from a mys 1.3kReads6.9Score101Shelves
- 22 I Hid in a Tavern for Five Hundred Years Before Learning It Was Journey to the West 酒馆苟了五百年才知是西游 [Steady as an old hound, never change maps, backstabbing] You obtain Ten Poisons Body-Strengthening Powder. It's deadly poison. You gulp it down, and you die; You obtain the Bloodthirsty Sword Art. Practicing it consumes your lifespan. You practice it, and you die; You obtain the Blissful Treasure Manual. To master this art, you must first castrate yourself. You wave your hand and slash yourself; You accidentally offend a powerful enemy. You sever your own meridians and are buried in a grave; Yo 3.7kReads6.4Score343Shelves
- 23 There Are Immortals in the Temple 道观有神仙 “Reverend, people say this temple is home to an immortal. Forgive my boldness, but is there really an immortal inside?” In response to the reporter’s question, the sprightly Song Feng looked like an ordinary old man of his age. “What immortal? That’s just a rumor outsiders have spread. These days, we believe in science. Young man, superstition is best avoided~” Before he had finished speaking, a streak of five-colored light suddenly flashed across the distant sky. It descended, and a middle-aged 37.4kReads8.0Score2.6kShelves
- 24 Immortal and Undying: Taking It Easy in the Cultivation World 长生不死，我在修仙界悠哉度日 [A laid-back daily life, not mindless, farming-style cultivation, not a power fantasy, with an exceptionally gentle protagonist.] The pace may be slow at first, but the story gets more exciting as it goes on. He had once lived through the golden age of the cultivation world, when spiritual energy was abundant, countless races vied for supremacy, and prodigies filled the skies like stars, too many to count. He had also lived through the depletion of spiritual energy, when all manner of magic vani 2.8kReads8.8Score224Shelves
- 25 Steam Lord: Rising from the Colony 蒸汽领主：从殖民地开始崛起 The previous occupant slept with the countess and her daughter, then ran off, leaving a native of Blue Star to take the blame. This is a world of steam, where enormous steamships cross the Sea of the Void, colonists explore new planes, and steam knights charge recklessly across the land, creating a strange and wondrous world. The Blue Star native who took the fall arrives in this new world, an age of great expansion, with a System in tow. He journeys to a new plane and becomes a plantation owner 6kReads8.0Score526Shelves
- 26 I’m Immortal, So What’s Wrong With Laying Low? 我都长生了，苟点怎么了？ (The rating was just released, and it’ll go up later!) [Longevity]+ [Lifespan Sacrifice System]+ [Traditional Cultivation]+ [Brand-New Body-Training System]+ [A Cautious Old Hand]+ [Invincible]+ [the Myriad Worlds]! Lin Mo transmigrates to the Tianyuan Realm and binds himself to the [Lifespan Sacrifice System]. Sacrifice a certain number of years, and it takes that many years to cool down; Live for a certain number of years, and that becomes the maximum number of years he can sacrifice. By sacri 44.3kReads6.4Score6.1kShelves
- 27 Longevity: A Thousand Autumns and Ten Thousand Years Begin with Playing the Lute to a Cow 长生：千秋万载从对牛弹琴开始 [Longevity] [Lighthearted] [Everyday Life] [No Angst] [No Female Lead] [Keeps a Low Profile Early On] The Longevity Score plays the melody of Longevity. One gains it, and ten thousand bones perish! Yun Qiancheng unexpectedly transmigrates to a fantasy world, where he also finds a Longevity Zither in his hands. Playing it grants him additional years of life. Later, he obtains the legendary Longevity Score, which lets him drain his enemies' lifespans and learn all kinds of techniques simply by pla 2.3kReads8.6Score492Shelves
- 28 From the Start, Eternal Life Through the Ages, Watching the Rise and Fall of the Mortal World 开局长生万古，坐看人世沉浮 I have tasted every joy and sorrow, and watched the world rise and fall. I was born free, a long-lived immortal, and after enduring the mortal world, I became a banished celestial. Yu Changsheng transmigrated from the modern world, but a 404 transmigration error left him a fool. Fortunately, he has the Longevity Point-Adding System. His lifespan is infinite, and he gains one point for every year he lives. Sooner or later, he’ll put those points into intelligence and awaken the wisdom of his past 897Reads8.1Score128Shelves
- 29 Livestream: From Moving-Building Warrior to the Strongest Man on Earth 直播：从扛楼战神到地表最强男人 At the stroke of midnight, Li Mingyang stared at the wound that had vanished from his finger and fell into thought. Could this be his transmigration perk? Did all negative physical conditions automatically reset at midnight? Once he understood his special ability, Li Mingyang came up with a bold idea. If he could grow stronger without limit and didn't have to worry about injuries from training, then... Starting with a job carrying construction materials, where he could earn money and build his b 3.6kReads8.1Score230Shelves
- 30 Longevity: Invincible Since I Began Practicing Death Curses 长生：从死咒术开始无敌 What happens when endless lifespan and a death curse fueled by lifespan both appear in one mortal? The answer is invincibility. Zhou Yi stood atop a mountain and laughed up at the sky. “You can be an innate god or demon, or an immortal or sage born after creation, but would you dare take this death curse, fueled by an infinite lifespan?” On this day, all the heavens bowed, and countless immortals fell together. 4.9kReads7.8Score401Shelves
- 31 You Killed Me to Sacrifice Me and Save Your Family, So Why Are You Freaking Out? 杀我献祭你全家，你破防啥？ Also known as: [Burn Bright and Live Forever, Borrow Heaven's Destiny, Become Invincible Across the Ages!] Synopsis: [Eternal life + life-borrowing talent + lighthearted, with a touch of poignancy] Gu Ming accidentally transmigrates into a cultivation world. From the start, he has eternal life and awakens the talent to borrow lives. If he is killed, he can borrow the life of the killer's closest relative to resurrect himself, and randomly gain one of their skills, including but not limited to fo 31.3kReads7.9Score3.4kShelves
- 32 The Immortal's Cautious Path: Starting with Escorting Prisoners 长生苟道：从押送犯人开始 In the 365th year of the Dasong era, Li Changshou transmigrates into the body of a lowly escort guard. In this world, imperial power is absolute, martial artists run rampant, and even immortals exist who can split a river with a single finger. It seems that using martial arts to defy the law has become the norm. As a low-ranking guard, he encounters a ruthless beauty prisoner and a band of bandits as soon as he makes his debut. What can he do? He's utterly desperate! Fortunately, the sudden appe 8.6kReads7.5Score699Shelves
- 33 You Have a Mountain Lord for a Mount, Yet You Claim to Be Ordinary? 山君当坐骑，你说你是普通人？ After transmigrating, Luo Chen was so hungry that he ate a stalk of golden millet, and promptly made an enemy of the Mountain Lord! The Mountain Lord glared at him. “Fifty years! In fifty years, you and I will fight. The victor lives, the loser dies!” To save his life, Luo Chen accepted the wager. Later, he taught himself to cultivate by studying scriptures in an abandoned Daoist temple. Fifty years later! The Mountain Lord bowed low, his eyes full of unwillingness. “Please, Master, give me a qu 27.4kReads8.7Score1.7kShelves
- 34 I Live Forever, Unfazed Even If the Sky Falls 我长生于世，天塌不惊 [A slice-of-life cultivation story + traditional Chinese medicine + no female lead + no tragic twists + alchemy] Since ancient times, few things have been more regrettable than a hero growing old and a beauty turning gray. An aging hero is bound to be bullied. A beauty with gray hair is no longer adored. No matter how peerlessly gifted and invincible you are, or how breathtakingly beautiful, you cannot escape the power of time. Having witnessed the changing seasons and savored the world's ups an 6kReads8.8Score548Shelves
- 35 Wuxia Crossover: Immortal for Eternity, Growing Stronger Every Day 综武：长生万古，每天自动变强 I once watched the White Ape teach A Qing the sword, as she shattered the armor of three thousand Yue soldiers with a single strike. I once rescued the young Ying Zheng in Handan and helped him unite the Six Kingdoms. I once discussed the principles of law and power with Han Fei and watched the Quicksand organization crisscross the realm. I once watched the Conqueror take his own life by the Wu River. I once saw the Twin Dragons of the Tang rise from obscurity, and watched the sun and moon share 7.2kReads7.7Score457Shelves
- 36 I Was Once a Man of the Mortal World, So Where Did I Go Wrong in Seeking Immortality? 本是红尘客，何处惹长生 A Daoist who came to this world was born immortal, yet always feared the vast mortal world below the mountain. Only after his master passed away did the Daoist finally venture into that world, following his master’s dying words. “Where the mountain grows fusu, the marsh holds lotus blooms.” Only after descending the mountain did the Daoist slowly begin to understand the words spoken in the past. Yet the Daoist remains trapped in immortality, unable to find release. This is the story of a Daoist 1.4kReads8.7Score131Shelves
- 37 Eternal Life in Great Qin: I Am the First Emperor's Uncle 长生大秦：我乃始皇仲父 [Power fantasy + lighthearted everyday life + no female lead + no angst + witnessing history and becoming part of it] He transmigrates to the Great Qin dynasty, only to find a world starved of spiritual qi, where the immortal path has fallen into decline and only martial arts can reach the divine. Martial arts may be powerful, but immortality remains out of reach. Chen Fan, however, is an exception. He breaks through the shackles of the immortal path, attains longevity and freedom, and watches t 74.2kReads8.7Score6.4kShelves
- 38 Game Descends: From the Start, I Have Only a Cracked Wooden Bow 游戏降临：开局一把破木弓 The path of an archer's ascension to godhood, and a world's struggle to survive. No one is born invincible; true strength comes from growing through hardship. An E-rank archer has, before he even realizes it, become someone all the worlds look up to. 68.6kReads7.9Score5.3kShelves
- 39 Laying Low in the Sect While Growing Spirit Herbs 苟在宗门种灵药 [No heroine] + [Real farming] + [Collecting] After transmigrating to an extremely dangerous world of immortal cultivation, he discovers that growing spirit herbs earns Dao Points, which can be used to endlessly improve cultivation techniques and spell proficiency. In that case, let's start by growing spirit herbs for the sect from the start! Even the most common spells can be upgraded into top-tier immortal arts! The ubiquitous basic cultivation manual, Five Elements Qi Refining Art, reaches ful 62Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 40 Reincarnating to Live Forever: My Lifespan Limit Doubles Every Life 轮回长生，每活一世上限翻倍 [A comic adaptation of this novel is now available] A tale of longevity spanning several great eras, told from the perspective of an unconventional immortal who reincarnates again and again. The Martial Arts Era of the Declining Age, the Spiritual Qi Revival Era, the Era of Turmoil Among the Myriad Races... Xie Xun transmigrates to the declining age in a vast, boundless immortal cultivation world, becoming an unregistered citizen of the Heavenly Dao. He also awakens the Reincarnation System. As 19.8kReads8.6Score2kShelves
- 41 I Am Immortal in the Cultivation World 我在修仙界不死不灭 My name is Li Changsheng. I am an immortal. In my first century, I kept a low profile among mortals, refusing to leave the mountains until I had mastered martial arts. In my first millennium, I finally became a Qi Refining disciple and formally set foot on the path of cultivation. In my first ten thousand years, I was invincible in the world, but had no one to share my joy with. My name is Li Changsheng, and I watch the cultivation world change around me! 315Reads7.9Score—Shelves
- 42 Reborn Before My Wife Cheated 重生亡妻出轨前 [Decisive and ruthless]+ [swift revenge]+ [carefully laid schemes] Wan Shan reads in his late wife's diary about the life of lies and manipulation he had endured. Even six heart stents can't contain his hatred. If he could live his life over, he swears he would ruin the wife who deceived him, make her old flame suffer terribly, and make his ungrateful relatives infamous... Little bits and pieces, a reborn couple at odds in a bygone era, adding fuel to the fire and fanning the flames of revenge. 41.4kReads8.5Score3.6kShelves
- 43 Jiajing: I Really Am Cultivating Immortality 嘉靖：朕真的在修仙 An emperor obsessed with cultivating the Dao? I'm cultivating immortality! After transmigrating into the Ming dynasty as the “Daoist Emperor,” he initially resolves to become the greatest emperor in history. But cultivation is real, and immortality is within reach. With a scroll of the Way of Peaceful Ascension, he concocts the elixir of immortality in a golden age! From then on, new rites flourish, and the Three Palaces stand together. The jade seal passes through the ages, and fortune soars ac 1.8kReads8.7Score102Shelves
- 44 Worldburn 界焚 [No System + Ruthless Combat + Tragic Story + Devoted to Protecting Her Husband + Primarily Cultivation, with Alien Urban Superpowered Elements] The author likes to leave things unexplained. If something doesn’t make sense, please be patient and read a dozen more chapters. A war between cultivation nations breaks out, and the Zidao Sect is destroyed. Lu Lang narrowly escapes. From then on, there are no sects left in the world, only a single sword with which to fight his way to survival. In these 13Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 45 Immortal Cultivation: A Celestial Touch Bestows Eternal Life 仙侠：仙人抚我顶，我授仙人长生 Gu Ning'an accidentally transmigrated to a world of immortals and heroes, where he came across an immortal cultivation manual called The Daoist Path. After years of practice, he mastered its techniques and killed a tiger with a single finger. Feeling capable of making his way in the world, Gu Ning'an descended the mountain and traveled for five years. Over those five years, he explored the martial world and mortal life, made new friends, and slew demons. Then one day, he spotted a copy of The Da 18.3kReads8.9Score2kShelves
- 46 I’ve Lived for Millions of Years, and I Don’t Want to Prove Myself and Become an Emperor 长生千万年，我才不想证道成帝 [Longevity + ensemble cast + rise to emperorhood + traditional xianxia flavor + epic style + no System] (Also titled: "Ten Million Years of Life, and I Still Don’t Want to Ascend to Emperorhood") Jiang Mu was the most dazzling prodigy of his era. He defeated every contender favored by Heaven’s Mandate, and should have attained the Great Dao and become an emperor. Yet in the end, the Great Dao did not acknowledge him, and he was denied the throne. Could living forever really be a sin? Unwilling t 42.4kReads7.8Score2.9kShelves
- 47 Dungeons & Dragons: My Sect Master Is the System! DND：我的宗主是系统！ DND 5e 2014 rules. Also known as From the Start, a Useless System Girl, So I'll Raise My Own Cheat; The System's Too Weak to Fear, I'll Turn It into a Superpower; You Called the System Garbage, So How Did It Become Invincible for Me?; DND: My Sect Master Is a System; The Legacy Is Broken, But I Have the Full Rulebook. One female lead. There will be factional disputes, but no harem... Volume One: Spring Winds of the Northern Frontier, complete. Volume Two: The Lost Gods, complete. Volume Three: T 3.8kReads5.5Score458Shelves
- 48 The Tang Dynasty's Immortal King: I Saved Princess Dongyang from the Start 大唐仙王：开局救了东阳公主 [Become an Immortal Realm Emperor, beginning in the Tang Dynasty; fantasy + history] [This is a historical cultivation novel. If you’re a stickler for historical accuracy, don’t read it!] The unlucky Li Yun transmigrates to the Tang Dynasty and, from the start, rescues Princess Dongyang, who is only eight years old. The story begins there. He can cultivate immortality, invent and create, and ride into battle to expand the Tang Dynasty’s borders, earning one great military achievement after anoth 19.3kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
- 49 I Transmigrated into a Prince's Mansion and Became Immortal 穿越王府后长生不死 [No heroine, depending on your perspective] + [Monk story] An immortal touches my head, and I receive eternal life when my hair is tied up. Li Changxiao returns to ancient times and gains the talent of immortality. He is a royal grandson of the Great Qin, once learning the sword from the Sword King, drinking with the God of Slaughter, and composing poetry with a Sage. He is a hidden wanderer of the Great Han, traveling north to the Xiongnu and assimilating countless people. He is a physician of 8.1kReads8.6Score443Shelves
- 50 Longevity System: I Added Stats and Lived to the End of Time 长生系统加点，我活到了时间尽头 [No tragic twists + not a power fantasy + no formulaic tropes + no brainless plot + lighthearted and witty] > The protagonist has longevity, yet somehow can't keep his head down. He charges ahead full of enthusiasm, only to run into a Nascent Soul ancestor. He thinks it's a lucky chance, but nearly gets himself killed. Even going outside means running into a powerful Golden Core cultivator. This is downright terrifying! > “I, Su Chen, am clearly just a lowly Qi Refining cultivator. How could I p 197Reads—Score—Shelves
