Novels like The Gods' Ruins: The Cycle of Life and Death
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- 151 The Immortal Path Has an End 仙途有终 The Great Dao rises, and clouds roll as rain falls. When the rain lets up and the clouds thin, all living things are nourished. If one day you ask where the Dao began, its traces lie in the void. Refining qi to attain longevity makes one an immortal; beyond immortals lie the Taiyi, then the Daluo. Take one more step to grasp the Dao, and glimpse how all things have their beginnings and ends. 106Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 152 Immortal Emperor of Yunmeng 云梦仙皇 The might of a single sword can topple mountains and rivers and split the flow of the Milky Way. Tell me, who under heaven would dare take my sword? At sixteen, a young man resolutely leaves his mountain village. By chance, he obtains the Qi-cultivation method that ordinary people can only dream of, and from then on embarks on the path of immortality. This is a world where the strong prey on the weak, where winners live and losers die. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 Surviving the End of the Dao: Building Infrastructure in a Fantasy World 道末求存：我在玄幻世界搞基建 A modern corporate drone's soul ends up in the body of a good-for-nothing disciple in a fantasy world. He cultivates his heart, comprehends the Dao, masters the laws of chaos, and joins forces with his team to save the Blue Star! Break through the dimensional wall! Save the multiverse! Create a new era! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 Ascending to Immortality 羽化飞仙 The road to immortality is lonely; who can know the fleeting turns of life? Years drift by, the mortal world roils. What is the Way? What is the demonic path? I have but one question: “Can one ascend to immortality?” 4.3kReads7.8Score35114d adds
- 155 Reborn: The Immortal Emperor Chen Mo Returns to Campus 重生之仙帝归来之校园陈默 Immortal Emperor Chen Mo is betrayed by his closest friend and beloved during a great battle in the Immortal Realm. His body and cultivation are destroyed, but his consciousness unexpectedly returns reborn to when he was 17, in the body of a boy with the same name who ranks last in his class at Qingyun High School. Watch him climb back to the throne of Immortal Emperor, one step at a time! 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 The Primordial Insect Sovereign 荒古虫尊 [Spirit Insect Companions + Beast Taming + Traditional Cultivation + No Transmigration + No System] An unparalleled secret has circulated through the world: the Ancient Devourer of the Dao Divine Insect is peerless, able to consume corpses and refine immortal arts and secret techniques. The immortal sects of the heavens and the gods and Buddhas of the Western Heaven all fight desperately to claim it, seeing it as an extraordinary opportunity to attain the Great Dao. Yet no one knows that the anc 1.7kReads—Score26314d adds
- 157 The Strongest Expert on Campus 校园最强高手 Saints are said to be the most powerful beings among cultivators. A saint can cross billions of miles in an instant, shift the stars with a wave of the hand, annihilate star systems, and reverse time and space. Saints can do anything. They are immortal and indestructible. It is said that somewhere between heaven and earth grows a tree known as the Sacred Tree. The Sacred Tree takes billions of years to flower, billions of years to bear fruit, and billions more for its fruit to ripen. Its fruit i 7.1kReads8.4Score55914d adds
- 158 Cultivating Immortality, Starting with Stealing Chickens 从偷鸡开始修仙 [Mortal cultivation, no System] This is a world of cultivators, where all cultivation techniques are based on spiritual energy. By a twist of fate, Xie Fan, a lonely young man, comes into possession of a bronze figurine capable of cultivating true qi. From then on, he embarks on a path to immortality unlike anyone else's. He meets a lovely woman, learns extraordinary techniques, suffers betrayal, and braves perilous dangers. He saves his beloved, explores secret realms, ventures through the Cent 508Reads7.6Score10414d adds
- 159 I Have an Infinite Spirit Stone System 我有无限灵石系统 (Transmigration + System + daily life in the cultivation world + a smart protagonist + many love interests + spirit pets + decisive killing + laying low and developing early on + going on a killing spree later) The protagonist transmigrates from Earth to the cultivation world and acquires an infinite spirit stone System. What, you can’t win? Buy a mountain of spirit talismans and blast your enemies to death. Cultivation is too slow? No such thing. Just keep feeding it top-grade spirit stones. So 141Reads—Score1314d adds
- 160 Reincarnation Demon Lord: From the Start, the System Binds Me and Orders Me to Kill the Heroine 轮回魔尊：开局被系统绑定杀女主 Jin Yuan, young lord of the demon race, is bound to a mysterious “Assassination Achievement” System. He is reborn three hundred times, only to be instantly killed every time by Bai Shuixin, as aloof and pure as an immortal. The System’s missions are cold and compulsory, and failure brings punishment that eats away at his soul and bones. He struggles in despair and descends into madness through endless cycles of rebirth, devouring monsters and demons to forge forbidden power, as he glimpses the w 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 The Void Dimension 虚维界 Shen Weiyan, a young man from a trash planet, unexpectedly acquires the Weaving Star Instrument, an object that connects reality to another dimension. His fate is rewritten, and he embarks on a journey to conquer the vast sea of stars. 256Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 162 The Sky-Mending Immortal Gourd 补天仙壶 [Mortal Cultivation] [No System] [Cautious and Slow-Burn] [No Mindless Power Fantasy] [Logical] [Engaging] Lin Feng is a low-ranking laborer disciple of the Xuantian Sect. With a worthless spiritual root and no backing, he can only struggle to survive at the bottom of the sect. By a stroke of luck, he obtains a mysterious, evolving immortal gourd. Put snake bones into the gourd, and they can become spirit snakes; put incomplete cultivation arts into it, and the techniques will complete themselve 13.4kReads7.7Score1.9k14d adds
- 163 The Nine Tribulations Fate-Reversal Art 九劫逆命诀 Cultivation techniques are tribulations; immortality is a trap. I endure nine deaths in exchange for one chance to defy fate. When Chen Xuan was thirteen, the immortal sects turned him away. But in his darkest hour, he chanced upon the ancient forbidden technique, the Nine Tribulations Fate-Defying Art. To become an immortal through this art, one must endure nine tribulations and face death to be reborn. The first tribulation, “Blood Sacrifice Begins,” requires one to destroy their own meridian 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 Record of Profound Cultivation in Another World 异世玄修录 [Mortal Cultivator + Multiple Twists + Subverting Expectations] Jiang Hao is a cultivator with no spiritual roots, yet he is accepted as an inner disciple of the Yuqing Sect. Just as he steps through the sect's gates, the world is destroyed, and he is transported to a world barren of spiritual energy. Here, for his own sake, for his sect, and for the entire world, Jiang Hao has no choice but to fight to the bitter end. Cultivation means stealing the secrets of Heaven in pursuit of immortality. C 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 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
- 166 Yin-Yang Finger 阴阳指 Yin and yang are the way of Heaven and Earth, the guiding principles of all things, the parents of change, the origin of life and death, and the dwelling place of the divine. The power of life and death begins with yin and yang. The Five Elements generate and overcome one another; yin gives rise to yang and brings death, while yang gives rise to yin and brings destruction. This is the natural way of things. As the old saying goes: A doctor doesn't call at your door, the Dao is not lightly passed 100Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 167 The Cultivator Boy Comes Down from the Mountain 修仙少年下山 The highest virtue is like water: it benefits all things. The spring breeze brings rain, quietly nourishing all life. Heaven is a master craftsman, shaping all things as one. Thus, human nature is good from the beginning, and righteous energy nurtures all living beings. Heaven and earth are imperfect, yin and yang complement each other, and the five elements counter one another. Only righteousness endures. When heaven and earth first opened, energies were in chaos, corroding one another until 477Reads6.9Score10014d adds
- 168 Heaven-Defying Immortal Venerable 逆天仙尊 [2013 Annual Roundup Selection] The human body is the most profound and unfathomable thing under heaven. Cultivation means advancing step by step from the mortal and Flesh Immortal realms to the Human Immortal realm, defying the stars, battling the heavens, and attaining eternal life. That is the path of a cultivator. This book tells the story of a boy who could not cultivate because of a crack in his dantian. While paying respects to his ancestors at his family's sacred grounds, he discovered a 3.2kReads8.2Score33414d adds
- 169 The Art of Chaos God Cultivation 混沌修神诀 An utterly ordinary young man from the countryside finally graduates from college after overcoming countless hardships, only to be dumped by his first love just as his beloved grandmother passes away. Heartbroken and despairing, he decides to end his life by jumping into a well, but unexpectedly gains an extraordinary inheritance. While others cultivate immortality, he cultivates godhood directly. From then on, he face-slaps his ex and searches the heavens above and the depths of the underworld, 8.9kReads8.8Score92314d adds
- 170 Period: I'm a Post-70s City Cultivator 年代：我是70后都市修仙者 [Historical era, growing personal space, decisive and ruthless, immortal cultivation, strategy] The soul of a modern person from 21st-century Earth transmigrates to the early 1980s in a parallel world. It also brings along a golden finger in the form of a personal space. This golden finger can be upgraded step by step. Once he gathers the nine origins of the world, he can create a real continent of his own. And each time he gathers an origin, the golden finger grants him knowledge of a new skill 3.1kReads8.4Score19814d adds
- 171 Classmate, I'm Really Not a Cultivator 同学，我真不是修仙者 The Hongmeng Pearl is said to be the most mysterious treasure in the vast Hongmeng Great World, possessing supreme power. A young man accidentally inherits the Pearl’s legacy, changing the course of his life. At the same time, he gradually uncovers why cultivators vanished. Can the Ancestral Star see the return of the cultivation civilization it once knew? Furthermore, after the Investiture of the Gods, the human race fell victim to the Sages’ schemes, and the Human Sovereign became the Son of H 13.7kReads8.3Score1.2k14d adds
- 172 Good-for-Nothing Five-Element Root? I Devour the Heavens and Defy the Spirit, Sweeping Across the Cosmos 废柴五灵根？我吞天逆灵横推诸天 [No System, No Transmigration, Cultivation, Passionate Battles, Decisive and Ruthless, Wild Imagination] A Good-for-Nothing with Five Elemental Roots? I Devour the Heavens and Defy the Heavens, Crushing All Beneath Them Wang Ye was born with five elemental roots, making him a good-for-nothing scorned by everyone in the cultivation world. His sect demoted him, his friends and family mocked him, and even drawing qi into his body seemed impossibly difficult. By chance, a star-patterned grass seed f 92Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 The Nine-Colored Nascent Soul 九色元婴 In the frozen wasteland, an ice coffin appeared, and a young man sealed inside for ten thousand years awoke. He had no idea who he was and remembered nothing else, save for a cultivation technique: the Nine-Colored Nascent Soul! Who sealed him away? Who were his enemies, and who were his friends? Why was he cultivating a cultivation technique in this world of body refinement and profound cultivation? With only a sword at his side, he began sweeping across the continent in search of his lost memo 6.3kReads8.2Score83814d adds
- 174 The Mission of the Dragon Ring 龙戒的使命 [Modern Cultivation] + [Dragon Clan Legacy] + [Ascension] + [Pocket Dimension]. Forced to become a mercenary candidate at the age of seven, he endured one life-or-death trial after another before finally proving himself and becoming a qualified mercenary! After twenty years in the field, he was betrayed during a mission. His teammates gave their lives to buy him a chance to survive, and with no other choice, he disbanded the unit and returned home. There, he learned that the truth about his orig 5.5kReads9.0Score57414d adds
- 175 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 11kReads8.4Score96814d adds
- 176 The Spirit Eye That Sees Every Detail 秋毫灵眼 [Mortal’s journey + no System + no harem] Li Changsheng stumbled upon the Spiritual Eye of Fine Detail and began his path of cultivation. The road to immortality was as difficult as climbing to the heavens, like rowing upstream, where failing to advance meant falling behind. The cultivation world was full of deceit and treachery, its fortunes as unpredictable as the tides. Li Changsheng had no choice but to tread carefully, as if walking on thin ice. Though he had an ordinary three-element spiri 380Reads8.1Score10614d adds
- 177 The Chaotic Immortal Emperor of the City 都市混沌仙帝 Jiang Fan, the Immortal Emperor of Chaos, ruled the Thirty-Three Heavens and was revered by all worlds. While undergoing the Supreme Divine Tribulation, he was ambushed by eight Immortal Emperors working together. Carrying a sliver of divine consciousness, he reincarnated back on Earth in his youth. In his past life, he was an abandoned son cast out by his family. His parents died tragically, and he lived a lonely life. Now, the Immortal Emperor has returned, awakening supreme memories and the h 4.8kReads8.1Score51714d adds
- 178 A Fallen Genius Reduced to Picking Through Herb Dregs 天才沦落捡药渣 Genius Reduced to Scavenging Medicinal Dregs tells the story of Ye Feng, once the greatest genius in the Xuanhuang Domain. After his own relative, Ye Wuhen, ambushes him and cripples his dantian, Ye Feng becomes a menial worker in Qingxuan Sect’s medicine hut, scraping by on discarded medicinal dregs. At the brink of despair, he unexpectedly awakens the ancient cultivation art Emperor’s Scripture, which lets him absorb the spiritual energy in the dregs and rebuild his foundation. He also forms a 10Reads—Score414d adds
- 179 The Five-Element Waste Spirit Root: I Have a Treasure-Gathering Golden Toad 五行废灵：我有一只聚宝金蟾 [Mortal Cultivation] [Smart Protagonist] [One Female Lead] [Decisive and Ruthless] At eighteen, with a fake Five-Element Spirit Root, was his path to immortality already doomed? Wang Han was a hunter from the countryside. By a twist of fate, he entered Leiyang Pavilion, only to be made a nominal "Core Disciple" and, in truth, reduced to chopping wood in the back hills. His poor aptitude earned him the label "useless spirit root," while the declining sect's leader treated disciples like disposabl 2.2kReads6.6Score21114d adds
- 180 From the Start, Every Broken Engagement Grants Me Supreme Cultivation! 开局只要被退婚，就得无上修为！ [Wild fantasy + invincible + System + no saintly self-sacrifice + ruthless and decisive] Lin Yun transmigrates to the world of cultivation as the Lin family’s infamous good-for-nothing young master, and is bound to an eccentric System that makes him stronger whenever he courts death. But the System has an even more bizarre feature: if he gets successfully dumped by his fiancée, he will instantly gain invincible cultivation! As it happens, Ouyang Xue of the Ouyang family in Yuntian City was betro —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 While Others Cultivate Immortality, I Mine: Unrivaled in the Universe 别人修仙，我挖矿，无敌寰宇 Mo Chuan, a bona fide miner of the modern age. An accident struck underground, and he immediately lost consciousness. When he woke again, he found himself lying in a bed. Stranger still, he was clutching the pickaxe he'd used for mining. “My lord, my lord, the young master is awake!” Just then, Mo Chuan felt an excruciating headache as a flood of memories surged into his mind. His head was throbbing, but he quickly realized that not only was he safe and sound, he had also transmigrated. This was —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 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
- 183 Code Name: Gardener 代号：园丁 Codename: Gardener 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 Livestreaming My Way to Survival at Work 我在职场直播续命 I Keep Myself Alive by Livestreaming at Work 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 When the Galaxy Fades: I’ll Reach the Summit with You Again 星河烬余：携卿再临巅峰 [Nine Lives Later + Reborn + Ruthless and Decisive + Return to the Peak] The galaxy hangs upside down. Ye Wushang holds the Ancestral Heart Pill, only to be betrayed by his personal disciple, Lu Qing. His soul is destroyed, and the Soul-Devouring Blood Corruption Poison eats away at his body. The eight great powers, including the Formation Alliance and the Heavenly Sword Sanctum, seize the chance to attack. The Nine Palaces Immortal-Trapping Formation seals his spiritual power, while one deadly 102Reads—Score214d adds
- 186 Venerable God of the Nine Netherworlds 九幽神尊 [Reborn + satisfying revenge + genius protagonist + not a goody-goody + not a simp + traditional fantasy + playing the pig to eat the tiger + ruthless and decisive + ruthless and cunning] I am Du Chaolin, from Earth, and I was a top student at a prestigious university. I have a Chaos Spiritual Root. I’m a born genius and king, reaching Nascent Soul in five years and Great Ascension in a century. I possess a divine cauldron that can collect all things and destroy all immortals. I’m ruthless and 59Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 187 Supreme Nine Suns 九阳至尊 The cultivation world is full of treachery. After an unexpected transmigration, he is reborn as an abandoned son with a miserable past. Fortunately, he encounters Hou Yi's Sun-Shooting Divine Bow and subdues the Nine Suns Furnace. He sweeps through the Eight Gates sects of the Human Realm, returns to the cultivation world, and rises to the peak amid clashing blades, intrigue, and betrayal. Though the path to immortality is endless and every step arduous, his unwavering heart defies the current a 1.9kReads8.8Score38014d adds
- 188 Seeking the Dao in the Wasteland 荒原问道 [A new story built on the classic mortal cultivation framework] I’m an immortal from the celestial realm. What’s wrong with coming down to the lower realm for a bit of adventure? The Immortal Wasteland is suppressed by the Immortal Palace. His Nascent Soul is sealed, his essence drained, and he is reduced to a cripple and cast into the wasteland’s desperate depths! Spirit Realm cultivators abduct him to use as a formation’s sacrificial core, but he turns the tables and kills his way out of dange 38Reads—Score314d adds
- 189 A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Legacy Immortal Mansion 凡人修仙之传承仙府 [Mortal cultivation, no System, one female lead, decisive and ruthless.] An ordinary country boy stumbles upon an immortal manor containing a legacy, and from then on, Yang Hao embarks on the path of cultivation. Inside the manor, he can grow spirit crops, craft artifacts and pills, raise spirit pets, and access an unparalleled legacy. See how he rises from humble beginnings, slays demons and vanquishes evil, and steadily becomes the strongest, roaming freely across the Myriad Worlds. 1kReads8.0Score—14d adds
- 190 Xuanhuan: I Awaken a Chaotic Sword Body from the Start 玄幻，开局觉醒混沌剑体 Crisis lurks at every turn, so playing it safe is only reasonable [Steady and cautious + invincible + sects + taking disciples + the Myriad Worlds] Xiao Yu transmigrates to the Lingbao Continent and, from the start, activates a fully intelligent cultivation System. He obtains the Chaos Divine Sword that Cleaves Heaven and awakens the Chaos Sword Body, gaining unparalleled talent and comprehension! He quietly devotes himself to cultivation, seeking only eternal life and invincibility beneath the 133Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 The Immortal Dao Is Unfathomable 仙道莫测 A modern archaeologist ventures deep into the Kunlun Mountains, where he unexpectedly encounters a psychic three-tailed white fox. Following it to a hidden cave, he chances upon a mysterious gray orb and is transported body and soul to a vast world of cultivation. From then on, he leaves behind his life as an ordinary mortal and joins a small sect in the martial world. Step by step, he advances on the path to immortality and breaks through one barrier after another. Watch as he defies the heaven 47Reads—Score214d adds
- 192 Primal Chaos Heavenly Body 混沌天体 A good-for-nothing? Unable to cultivate? No! Murong Yu has a rare constitution, the most powerful Chaos Body in all creation! He punches flying swords out of the sky, tramples immortal artifacts underfoot, has a body comparable to divine weapons, and withstands heavenly tribulations without a scratch! Great cultivation sects? Famous prodigies? Dare to provoke this menace, and their entire clans will be wiped out! He strides across the earth, shoulders mountains, and holds up the sky! Watch a goo 7.9kReads8.4Score1.2k14d adds
- 193 With a Pure Yang Dragon Body, I Fought My Way From Earth to the Divine Realm 纯阳龙体的我，从地球杀到神界 [Urban power fantasy + invincible cultivation + ruthless killing + multiple worlds] Struck by a bolt of purple lightning and fused with a dragon’s bones, the young urban heir Yi Xinghe embarks on an extraordinary life! A Ninth-Rank Martial Artist is weak? Maybe for other people, but that doesn’t apply to me, Yi Xinghe! A Grandmaster? One punch and they’re done! A Great Grandmaster? One punch and they’re done! A Martial Venerable? One punch and they’re done! When faced with the pinnacle of martia 681Reads7.4Score11014d adds
- 194 A City Youth’s Journey to the Immortal Realm 都市青年仙界行 Synopsis: No System + scheming male lead + traditional cultivation + ruthless and decisive A sudden upheaval on Mount Tai sent me to the bottom of the cultivation world, where I became a lone cultivator. With the help of a heaven-defying spirit beast, I found an unparalleled opportunity. I endured for thousands of years, all for the chance to return to Blue Star!!! 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 After I Resigned, My Boss Became My Subordinate 提交辞呈后，顶头上司成了我下属 After I Handed In My Resignation, My Boss Became My Subordinate 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 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 584Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 197 Cultivation Begins in a Mine 修仙从矿洞开始 A pure-mortal cultivation story: no System, no transmigration, a return to the traditional essence of cultivation! The protagonist is an ordinary mortal with no spiritual roots who enters a sect to mine spirit stones for a living. By chance, he survives a deadly disaster and awakens the Five-Colored Spiritual Marrow buried underground. This rare treasure, unseen in ten thousand years, reshapes his spiritual roots from within, unexpectedly condensing the rare Five-Element Spiritual Roots! From th 2.3kReads8.7Score18914d adds
- 198 Rust Breathing 锈蚀呼吸 Rusty Breath —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 Erga and I Are as Thick as Thieves 二嘎关系杠杠滴 With his knack for handling relationships, Erga has been thriving on campus. Whether it is a minor squabble between classmates or a breakdown in communication between teachers and students, he can always find a clever way to smooth things over. The school organized a large academic exchange event, inviting many renowned scholars and industry experts. During preparations, however, the student union members in charge of hosting disagreed with several experts over the schedule. The experts wanted 2Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 200 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
