Novels like I’m a Cultivator, Quietly Growing Stronger in the City
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- 1 The Secret of the Bronze Sparrow Lock 铜雀锁的秘密 The Secret of the Bronze Sparrow Lock —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Legend of the Broken Sword and the Peach Blossom 断剑与桃花的传说 The Legend of the Broken Sword and the Peach Blossoms —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Crossing to Immortality: Peril 仙渡：悬 (Tapping the tabletop lightly with a fingertip, he ponders for a moment.) That is an interesting way to put the question, fellow Daoist. If I truly had to start over... Hmm, I would call it "Immortal Crossing". (Rising slowly, he walks over to the window.) Why? The word “mortal” is blunt, laying bare the weakness of one's foundations. But “immortal crossing” carries deeper meaning. Those who ferry others ferry themselves; those who ferry themselves are ferried by Heaven. The word “crossing” desc —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Record of Subduing Demons for a Thousand Days 千天伏魔录 An ordinary boy from a remote mountain village unexpectedly obtains an ancient sword bearing the inheritance of a star domain extinguished billions of light-years away. From then on, he carries cultivation systems from multiple realms and an otherworldly legacy, embarking on a journey filled with extraordinary encounters. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Broken Cauldron of Creation: I Became a Great Shaman by Scavenging Junk 造化残鼎：全靠捡破烂修成大巫 There are no true wastes in this world, only truths that remain incomplete. In Lin Yuan’s sea of consciousness sat a broken cauldron, missing an ear and a leg, its surface covered in verdigris. For five years, it had consumed his blood and essence, and sealed his meridians. Today, the cauldron was finally ready. The Creation Cauldron mends everything incomplete in the world! Incomplete cultivation manuals? Mended! The crude "Savage Bull Art" becomes the ancient "Great Shaman Golden Body Art", al —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Rebel Against the Immortals: I Make My Own Rules 逆仙，我命由我不由天之规则修改 [Forsaken by Heaven + Rule Talent + Master's Hidden Affliction + Withered Lotus Pact + Defying the Dao to Build the Foundation] Lin Qi is abandoned by the Heavenly Dao and trapped at the third layer of Qi Refining for a whole year. Then he discovers he can see the cracks in the rules of heaven and earth. With the three rules of Stagnation, Lock, and Penetration at his command, he is invincible among those of the same level and slaughters stronger foes like dogs. He makes a name for himself i 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Records of the City’s Strange Creatures 都市诡物录 Five hundred years ago, after the Great Sage Equal to Heaven wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace, he was captured and taken to the Lord Lao’s alchemy furnace in the Doushuai Palace. There, he honed his fiery golden eyes before breaking out of the furnace. With one kick, he toppled it, scattering its pills across the mortal world… and bringing calamity to humanity. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Only Cultivation Can Save Your Life 修仙才能救命 Mortal cultivation + one heroine + characters with their wits about them What would you do if you had only thirty days left to live? Wait quietly for death, or enjoy life while you can? Lin Nan is corrupted by a bronze mirror, enduring pain no one his age should have to bear. Seeking immortality is his only hope of survival, and he resolutely sets out on a path of no return. A bronze mirror changes the life of an ordinary man, while a long sword carves out a bright and open world. The young man 4.8kReads7.5Score526Shelves
- 9 Cultivation: Decisive Battle of the Three Realms 修仙：决战三界 Across the Myriad Worlds, countless races stand in their ranks. The universe is vast and boundless. Each world has developed its own civilization and character: a flap of the insect race’s wings can unleash thunder across the heavens; the scaled race can stir up wind and rain as they swim; the winged race spreads its wings and cuts through the clouds of the highest skies; and as magical flowers and strange plants breathe, they bring forth immortal light across the land. In this age of countless —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Everyone Came to Live in Seclusion, Yet You Actually Cultivate Immortality 大家来隐居，你竟然修仙 [Modern fantasy + lighthearted comedy + no female lead + face-slapping wish fulfillment + invincible protagonist] City dweller Liu Jin quits his job and retreats to Zhongnan Mountain, only to be brought back down to earth by harsh reality. By chance, he accidentally takes an immortal pill and becomes the only cultivator in the world. Using his immortal powers, he grows spiritual ginseng, brews immortal wine, and refines jade talismans. He just wants to cultivate in peace, but his displays of sup 2.6kReads8.9Score235Shelves
- 11 The True Scripture of Immortals and Martial Arts 仙武真经 A young man from a powerful family travels the world, comprehends heaven and earth, learns all there is to know, and becomes an unparalleled powerhouse who rules over an entire realm. Martial artists with ancient lineages, cultivators who command the elements, recluses who know nothing of the world, and supreme Buddhists all take the stage on this continent, weaving a breathtaking legend. With a peerless beauty by his side, he pursues a romantic love. He explores a river frozen for ten thousand 630Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 12 The Sun Returns 旭归 [Xianxia Fantasy + Woman Disguised as a Man + Plenty of Battles + Cultivation + True Identity + Search for Family + A Main Plot with Many Twists] Hu Xihe suffered from a leg condition and lived in the mountains with her father. One day, members of the Wu family came to their home and took her father away. Hu Xihe was powerless to stop them. She then set out to find her father, only to discover along the way that she was a member of the Hu clan, one of the five ancient clans that had vanished ten 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 The Strongest Martial Emperor of the Xuanwu Continent 玄武大陆之最强武帝 Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west. Fortune turns in cycles, so never look down on a poor young man! Xiao Chen comes upon a fortuitous opportunity and cultivates the Primordial Vajra Art, gaining an invincible body! He awakens his innate flame, the Annihilation Flame! He cultivates the Myriad Flame Origins Record, refining every heavenly flame under the sun and becoming the Supreme of Heavenly Flames! 220Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 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!!! 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 From the Start, I Have Five Wasted Spiritual Roots, but All My Clones Are Geniuses 开局五灵废根，分身全是天才 A useless Five-Element spiritual root, worthless divine abilities, and a broken engagement. All three came together in one person. Xia Yusheng said nothing. A Heavenly Mandate Token had appeared in his sea of consciousness, able to create clones, each cultivating a different path. Others spent their entire lives cultivating one path. He could cultivate all five at once. The first was alchemy. He took over the Huichun Hall, which was on the verge of closing, and with a single batch of top-grade p 474Reads—Score124Shelves
- 16 Mortal Cultivation: Seizing the Way of Heaven 凡人修仙，夺天一道 [No System] + [No transmigration] + [Mortal cultivation] + [One heroine or no heroine]. Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation... The realm has been united, and opportunities for advancement are growing scarce. Ding Yi is an ordinary young man setting out into the world. At first, all he wants is to make his way in the martial world, but through a twist of fate, he eventually enters the world of immortal cultivation. With the help of fortuitous 3.1kReads7.9Score186Shelves
- 17 The Calamity Furnace 劫炉 Across the Nine Regions, all living things must “borrow power from Heaven” to cultivate. Every time someone breaks through a major cultivation realm, they sign another “tribulation debt” with the Heavenly Dao. When the debt comes due, a heavenly tribulation descends: survive it, and the debt is cleared and the realm secured; fail, and both body and spirit are destroyed, with no chance of reincarnation. That is why cultivators fear tribulations more than powerful enemies. Only one in a hundred su 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 I Devour All Things and Rise to the Top of the Heavens Through Feedback 吞噬万物我靠反馈登顶诸天 An overworked factory hand transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing disciple and awakens the Devour All Things System! Plants and herbs, pills, monsters and enemies, treasures and techniques: whatever he devours makes him stronger, letting him fuse them straight into Heaven-ranked martial skills and high-grade spiritual treasures! He hides his strength in the outer sect and trounces the sect’s geniuses. Eight grand elders compete to take him as their disciple and give him divine weapons 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 The Stone Immortal Who Fears No Lightning Strike 不怕雷劈的石头仙 [No System, No Harem, Traditional Xianxia, Mortal’s Journey] A young martial artist is accidentally bitten hard by a venomous snake. With his life hanging by a thread, he is struck by heavenly lightning. Despite being so unlucky, he somehow survives! Instead, five spiritual meridians inexplicably open within him, turning him into a spirit cultivator capable of practicing spiritual arts. Only then does he learn that beyond martial arts, there are two even more mysterious paths of cultivation: the 16.2kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves
- 20 The Heaven-Defying True God 逆天正神 Suitable for adaptation as a TV series, web series, movie, or animated drama. Zhao Qiankun (Zhao Yuanji) is gravely wounded by mysterious clansmen and falls into Black Mountain Ravine. As beast spirits gnaw at him, Yun Qingwan unexpectedly comes to his rescue! Beautiful Yun, love me! Beautiful Su, you love me even more! The demonic path, the demonic beast path, the immortal path, the divine path! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Immortal’s Song Along the Mortal Path 凡途仙歌 [Mortal cultivation, no System, multiple heroines, multiple spirit pets] Great rulers and generals are not born to privilege. Even a nobody can defy fate and forge ahead. Xu Sanqian, a young man suffering from consumption, unexpectedly obtained a mysterious space. He thought it was an incredible stroke of fortune, but never imagined it was part of a scheme laid long ago, countless ages in the past. The young man refused to accept his fate and vowed to fight to the death. I have blades in my hand 4.6kReads8.1Score411Shelves
- 22 The Heaven-Covering Scripture 遮天经 [Author of a completed ten-million-word novel] [No System] [Marketplaces] [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] The world of cultivation is like a turbulent sea, and those who seek immortality are but mayflies within it. For a tiny mayfly to become immortal, it must fight to get ahead and seize every opportunity, regardless of right or wrong, all to catch a glimpse of the gates of immortality. Ye Xiu: “I am Ye Xiu, a mere mayfly. I am willing to become the calamity written in your fate 52.7kReads8.2Score5.9kShelves
- 23 The Heaven-Defying Immortal-Eating Art 逆仙吞天诀 Ye Tian, the good-for-nothing young master who cannot cultivate, unexpectedly obtains the inheritance of the Heavenly Emperor. He enters the Dao through the sword, rises from a good-for-nothing, slays his way across the world, and reaches the pinnacle of the continent! My swordsmanship is unmatched beneath the heavens. Where my sword points, gods and demons alike are destroyed! 37.9kReads8.8Score3.7kShelves
- 24 The Yi Wood Path to Immortality 乙木修仙传 A miserable little beggar from the start, cast adrift through hardship and sorrow. Sold into servitude and registered as a household servant, he endures the trials of the mortal world and sheds his broken past. At last he enters the Dao and leaps through the Dragon Gate. After countless trials and tribulations, he discovers his true self. When he looks back, the world stretches out before him, and carefree freedom naturally finds its way into his heart. 13.4kReads8.7Score820Shelves
- 25 Xu Xian 许仙 [Mortal cultivation, no System, traditional xianxia, careful planning at every step, ascending to immortality and honoring the ancestors] Mu means tomb! The universe has entered the end of the Dharma age, and the Great Dao is severed. Heaven and earth are a tomb, ready to bury the path to immortality. A young man from Xu Family Village accidentally embarks on the path of immortality. He steps onto the road to eternal life, obtains an innate spiritual treasure, defeats the Demon Ancestor, slay 35.1kReads8.8Score3.2kShelves
- 26 The Great Azure Tribulation 太苍劫 Prologue: Dao Fire Ten thousand years ago. Fire, Dao fire filling the skies. Crimson flames erupted from beneath the earth, turning the entire Divine Capital the color of a hellscape. The bronze palaces that had once towered into the clouds collapsed one after another in the blaze. The dragon carvings on their upturned eaves warped in the heat, as if they had come alive to let out silent cries of agony. The man on the imperial throne had not left. He sat alone amid the collapsing palaces and bur 1.6kReads—Score141Shelves
- 27 Chen Jiuchen, Feng Shui Master 风水大师陈九尘 Chen Jiuchen, Feng Shui Master 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Mortal Roots 凡根 He was once a boy in the mountains. He never knew why people were born into different ranks, but because he was told he had no immortal roots, he was doomed to remain beneath others forever, without even the right to dream of changing his fate. His only family left him to seek the path to eternal life, and he had to smile as he sent them off, only to turn away with tears in his eyes. Yet he firmly believed: Heaven and earth are the board, and I am a pawn. My steps may be slow, but I will never r 5.7kReads8.6Score473Shelves
- 29 Ming Dynasty 1572 大明1572 In the first year of the Wanli era, the ten-year-old emperor ascended the throne. Grand Secretary Zhang Juzheng enforced the Kaocheng system and the Single Whip Reform with an iron hand, filling the dying Ming treasury and securing its borders over the next ten years. But the deeper the reforms went, the fiercer the opposition became; the greater his power, the deeper his loneliness. He had once been the "Teacher Zhang" most respected by the emperor, but ultimately became the person the young so 139Reads—Score124Shelves
- 30 After Falling Off a Cliff, I Devoured All Things and Became a God 坠崖后，我靠吞噬万物成神 The Qingyun Sect calls me the biggest good-for-nothing. I've been stuck at the first level of the Skin Tempering Realm for three years, trampled by everyone. Zhang Biao broke my knees and threw me off the Demonfall Cliff. “Good-for-nothing, you might as well die down there!” Who knew the bottom of the cliff would be where I took off! [Ding! Myriad Things Evolution System activated!] Devour poisonous herbs, and my skin becomes hard as iron. Devour demon beasts, and I gain boundless strength. Devo 226Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Reborn from the Start: I'm Just a Scrap Collector 开局重生：我就一个收废品的 From the start, he collects scrap! Lin Zan, the Eternal Immortal Emperor, wields the Great Dao of Dust, sweeps across the outer realms to crush countless strange beings, personally restrains the Ancestor of World-Destroying Evil, and ascends to the highest peak of the heavens. Though his Great Dao makes him invincible throughout the ages, he cannot protect the loved ones by his side. His wife, children, and kin all perish in the outer-realm calamity. Having seen through the joys and sorrows of m 1.8kReads8.6Score174Shelves
- 32 Tianyan Divine City 天衍神城 [Xuanhuan] [No System] [Smart Protagonist] [Resolute and Passionate] [One Female Lead] A village boy finds a mysterious divine city in the depths of his mind. By chance, he is drawn into a battle between a sacred cultivation ground and the divine beast Black Tortoise. He tempers his Yin-Yang Dao Body, awakens an unparalleled ancient scripture, and discovers that he carries the bloodline born of the union of Heaven's Dao in the realms of gods and demons. Cultivating both divine and demonic arts, 252Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 33 No Future as an Outer Sect Disciple? I Have a Pocket Dimension 外门弟子没出路？我有洞天一座 An ordinary mortal's tale: cautious, ruthless, no holier-than-thou heroes, everyone is smart, and the emotions run deep. Armed with a pocket dimension, the protagonist raises spirit beasts, takes in mysterious beauties, grows spirit herbs, and receives help from all around him as he steadily advances. The tone is light and cheerful. The protagonist won't suffer, but the cruelty of cultivation remains. Wang Yang transmigrates to the cultivation world by chance, only to open his eyes and discover 74.4kReads7.8Score7.7kShelves
- 34 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: From Servant Disciple to Sword-and-Talisman Dao Ancestor 凡人修仙：从杂役弟子到剑符道祖 Spiritual roots are ranked from highest to lowest, and the lives of menial disciples are as insignificant as dust. Chen Mo is the lowest-ranking menial disciple of the Qingyun Sword Sect. His spiritual root is poor, and his fellow disciples mock him, saying he will never achieve immortality. While cleaning the old Scripture Pavilion one day, he discovers a fragmentary secret manual of sword talismans. Others draw spiritual energy into their bodies and diligently cultivate their dantians; he uses 4.7kReads—Score406Shelves
- 35 My Martial Arts Rank Second to Last in the World 我的武功天下倒数第二 He is a swordsman known throughout the martial world as Gu Longfei, half man and half ghost, the greatest of sword masters. His swordsmanship is so fast that it’s impossible to see. Wherever he appears, corrupt officials and crooked villains all lose their heads. Never provoke him. Push him too far, and he can split into hundreds of clones to attack his enemies all at once. He is a terrifying swordsman, and his sword style is called the Yuqi Heavenly Sword, also known as the Living Dead Sword. I 69Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Wind and Rain in Huayan 华炎风雨 Huayan Through Wind and Rain 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 The Legend of Lu Hua and Hua Fei 吕华与华飞传说 The Legend of Lü Hua and Hua Fei 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Hua Yan, Heaven and Earth 华炎天与地 Huayan Heaven and Earth 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Legend of Tang Xiaoming and Ye Hua 唐小鸣与叶华传说 The Legend of Tang Xiaoming and Ye Hua 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 The Legend of Hua Xiang and Ling Zifei 华翔与灵子飞传说 The Legend of Huaxiang and Lingzi Fei —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Reborn in the 1980s: I Won't Make Wedding Clothes for Someone Else 重生八零：不为他人做嫁衣 Reborn in the 1980s: I Won't Live for Others 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Strange Events of Yunjing 云京诡异事件 Strange Incidents in Yunjing 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Yunhua's Memories 1 云华忆1 Memories of Yunhua 1 44Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Yunhua's Time Travel 云华时空穿梭 Yunhua's Journey Through Time and Space 59Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Yunhua's Memories 2 云华忆2 Memories of Yunhua 2 52Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 The Tale of Yun Yao 云遥传 The Tale of Yun Yao 113Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 My Possessive Childhood Friend Is Obsessed with Me, and I’m Going Crazy from Her Clinginess 偏执青梅占有欲爆棚，我被她缠疯 Everyone knows I've got a childhood sweetheart who's dangerously unhinged. In front of everyone, she tore up the love letter a girl had handed me with her bare hands and snarled through clenched teeth, “Anyone who dares come near you, I'll destroy them.” Her possessiveness is twisted and domineering, so much so that she has forcibly marked me as her own private property. She keeps me trapped in an obsession so intense it leaves me breathless. No one in this world is allowed to covet my older 11kReads8.2Score1.3kShelves
- 48 My Secret Weapon Is a Mosquito 我滴杀手锏是只蚊子 [Urban High Martial Arts + Urban Fantasy + Supernatural Powers + Scheming Protagonist + Spatial Ability] Not long after graduating from college, Luo Feng was hoping to follow in his father's footsteps when his sworn brother and childhood sweetheart joined forces to betray him. A blow to the head left him mentally impaired, then his parents were murdered and his family fortune seized. Fleeing for his life, Luo Feng collapsed in a ruined temple, his blood staining the wooden fish-shaped stone. A s 210Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Jade Wave Immortal Lake 碧波仙湖 The Emerald Lake of Immortals 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 The Profound Heaven Cultivation Chronicle 玄天修仙录 Zhang Yuanjing, an early Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Xuantian Sect, only wants to keep his head down in the cultivation world and live a quiet, stable life. Even when people call him “Rat Daoist” and his peers mock him, he never goes to dangerous places or gets caught up in perilous situations. But without immortality, everything ultimately comes to nothing. With his lifespan nearly at its end and death close at hand, he has no choice but to take a gamble. By luck, he breaks throu 14.3kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
