Novels like Possessed from the Start, with an Old Demon Inside Me
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- 151 Asura Sword God 修罗剑神 Born with a supreme divine meridian, the youth fell from grace into the mortal world because of his kind heart. His boundless resentment awakened the Divine Demon Token, granting him the legacy of the supreme overlord of the divine realm. His body was tempered with the true blood of the Ten Primordial Ferocious Beasts, and he rose to power against all odds! With a mortal body, he battles the gods and Buddhas who fill the heavens. He asks: how much are worldly bonds worth, and what is the truth o 21.1kReads8.8Score1.9kShelves
- 152 I Scrape By and Live Forever in the Cultivation World 我在修仙界苟且长生 Transmigration + Mortal Cultivator + Laying Low + Cautious and Steady + Decisive and Ruthless + No Saintly Heroics After transmigrating, Lin Changsheng discovers that he has arrived in a world of cultivation. With the complete memories and inheritance of a great cultivator who has formed a core, plus the talent [Heaven Rewards Diligence], Lin Changsheng lays out a long-term plan to keep a low profile and live forever. He treats others kindly in the cultivation world, making talismans and practic 23.5kReads8.1Score1.3kShelves
- 153 Taking My Sister-in-Law on the Path to Immortality 带嫂子修仙记 The rating has just been posted and will rise later. A mortal's journey, with steady growth. Sun Dongliang and his sister-in-law were sold together and sent deep into the mountains to toil. They were destined to be buried there for the rest of their lives. But he had a mysterious treasure bottle. It could automatically detect and capture spirit beasts! It could remove impurities and turn junk into treasure! His low-grade cultivation techniques could be directly enhanced into high-grade technique 26.7kReads8.5Score2kShelves
- 154 Pill Emperor, Martial Emperor 丹皇武帝 A hundred thousand white-clad warriors raise their blades to defend Heaven’s Gate! A million evil spirits carry coffins to wage war on Kunlun! Phoenix coronets and bridal robes, bloodied gowns and withered faces, bone lanterns and bloody candles illuminate the cycle of reincarnation! A thousand years ago, a divine emperor fought his way to supremacy on the battlefield of a hundred clans, founding an eternal divine dynasty and striving for the supreme imperial throne, hoping to establish the Nint 15.2kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
- 155 The Vermilion Bird Calls 朱雀鸣 This is an irreverent fantasy cultivation novel. Readers used to traditional cultivation stories may find it a little jarring. But if you're just as irreverent, then you're in the right place. This book is all about having fun. 20.4kReads8.9Score2.3kShelves
- 156 Two Companions on the Immortal Path 仙途双侣 “A sword may lack an edge, yet its intent knows no end. So long as love endures, the Dao is never lonely. Let the heart be the blade, And love the flame...” After his mother passed away, Ling Yunzhi embarked on the path of cultivation. While searching for a chance to break through, he met Huang Xiaolei, a young woman gathering medicinal herbs. As they spent time together, they gradually fell in love, but the gulf between them, one a cultivator and the other a mortal, stood in their way. For the 441Reads—Score—Shelves
- 157 Urban Demon Martial Arts: Where Martial Arts and Monsters Coexist 都市妖武：武道和妖怪共存 Urban Demons and Martial Arts: Martial Arts and Monsters Coexist 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 158 EN Ascension Record of a Hundred Refinements 百炼飞升录 He was an ordinary boy from a mountain village until he accidentally ate an unknown vermilion fruit and embarked on the path of cultivation. Starting out as a weapon refiner and relying on his talent for crafting talismans, he ventured alone through the perilous world of immortal cultivation. Just as his cultivation was advancing smoothly and success seemed within reach, an unexpected change came over him. Was it a blessing or a curse? 11.6kReads8.7Score464Shelves
- 159 A Laid-Back Golden Core, Refusing to Ascend 摆烂金丹，拒绝飞升 A Laid-Back Golden Core Cultivator Refuses to Ascend 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 160 The Divine Fire Path 神火大道 Mortal-style cultivation, no female lead, no golden finger Zhuang Yu, a boy from an ordinary fishing village, gets the chance to join the Qingyang Sect, a cultivation sect. There, he obtains a crude cultivation manual called The Divine Fire Ascension Art. Through countless dangers in the cultivation world, he gradually rises from a kind and honest young man to a ruthless overlord in his own right. [Lower Five Realms]: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Trans 6.2kReads8.5Score441Shelves
- 161 Record of Ascending to Immortality 凡人飞升录 [Classic mortal cultivation | No System | Ruthless and decisive | Master of dirty tricks | Scheming] [Alchemy, artifact crafting, body cultivation, formations, beast taming] [Traditional cultivation realms] This is the story of a master of dirty tricks coming into his own. His arrival will eventually become a mudslide sweeping through the Three Realms. After experiencing the joys of sabotaging others, one demonic cultivator has an epiphany. As a heart-stealing arsonist, he always has fairies sec 63.2kReads8.7Score5.6kShelves
- 162 The Immortal Path of the Pill 丹道仙途 [Mortal Cultivation] [Dual Cultivation of Alchemy and Formations] After transmigrating into the body of an ordinary disciple of an immortal sect, Fang Ping had assumed he had no hope of establishing his foundation. Fortunately, he unexpectedly obtained the Origin Cauldron, which could rewind failed pills into their original ingredients. This allowed him to embark on the path to immortality through alchemy. After ten thousand years of cultivation, he looked back and realized that, without even no 66.2kReads8.6Score5kShelves
- 163 Immortal Destiny: Entering the Dao Through the Furnace 仙缘，以炉入道 [Cold and Ruthless] + [Intelligence] + [Emotional Intelligence] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Beautiful Prose] + [Astonishing] + [No Clear-Cut Good or Evil] A good book deserves to be savored. This is a gradual, slow-burning story. First appreciate the prose, then absorb the atmosphere, feel the emotions, and grasp the wisdom. Only then will the story truly begin to shine. He arrives riding a seven-colored auspicious cloud, and you may think you have glimpsed the beginning of the plot. The initial charac 762Reads9.2Score106Shelves
- 164 The Witch Initiated Me from the Start, So I Applied to Become Her Cultivation Cauldron 开局被魔女开光，我申请成为炉鼎 A new work is here! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 11.4kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
- 165 A Cultivation Expert in the City 修真强者在都市 After his gold-digging girlfriend cheated on him, an ordinary young man from the city unexpectedly inherited the legacy of a mighty cultivator. From then on, he could summon wind and rain, becoming an immortal among mortals. A renowned traditional medicine doctor? My disciple. A gang boss? My underling. A top power player? My subordinate… With one hand, I turn the clouds and bring in endless wealth; with the other, I summon rain and slap faces. Life is this exhilarating, this satisfying! I leave 22.3kReads8.3Score2.1kShelves
- 166 Ascension Begins with the Primordial Chaos Art 飞升，从天地混沌诀开始 [Traditional cultivation fantasy + decisive and ruthless heroine + mutated dual immortal roots + no transmigration, no System + two heroines] [Includes a space that appears later, spiritual fields, alchemy, formations, talisman-making, and raising spirit insects] The young Yang Che accidentally fell into a cultivator's cave dwelling and obtained the Ancient God Art and a mysterious spiritual herb, the Nine-Leaf Black Sun Fruit! He learned to cultivate spirit herbs, make pills and talismans, set 53.9kReads8.7Score5.2kShelves
- 167 Captain of the Faqiu Order: The Lost Coffin of Mount Mang 发丘中郎将·邙山遗棺 The Tomb Raider General: The Ancient Coffin of Mount Mang 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 168 Wrongfully Imprisoned for Five Years, the Business World's Disowned Son Returns in Triumph 蒙冤五载，商界弃子强势归来 Falsely Accused for Five Years, the Business World's Castoff Returns in Force 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 169 Great Qin: The Heroic Ruler Arrives 大秦：雄主临世 Great Qin: The Heroic Ruler Takes the Stage 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 170 Heaven-Slaying Blade 斩天刀 [High-octane action + ruthless killing + devour everything + invincible blade mastery] Awaken an Overlord Physique from the start, capable of devouring anything! With the Great Desolate Cauldron in hand, refine your enemies in an instant! The vast land becomes a furnace, even absorbing the heavenly tribulations! Absorb, absorb, absorb! Devour, devour, devour! Whoever wins is the one in the right! 24.9kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
- 171 My Iceberg Beauty Wife 我的冰山美女老婆 A part-time job contract turns Ye Fan into the fake boyfriend of an icy female CEO. He only wants to make a little money and live a comfortable life, but from then on, trouble keeps finding him. “Um... if I get promoted from boyfriend to husband, do I get extra pay?” 8.2kReads9.2Score743Shelves
- 172 A Marriage Contract, and the Cold CEO Secretly Falls for Me 合约成婚，冷面总裁悄悄动心了 A Contract Marriage, and the Cold-Faced CEO Secretly Falls for Her 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 173 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: I Found a Cultivation Manual from the Start 凡人修仙：我开局捡到修仙功法 (Traditional Xuanhuan, ruthless and decisive, mortal cultivates immortality, no System, underdog's rise, multiple heroines) Lin Chen, a cowherd boy, suffers constant bullying from a young age. By chance, he obtains a damaged cultivation manual, and from then on steps into the cruel world of immortal cultivation, where the strong prey on the weak. 38Reads6.3Score159Shelves
- 174 The Mad Consort by Proxy: Prince, I Hope You're Well 《替嫁疯妃，王爷别来无恙》 My Replacement Bride Is a Madwoman, Stay Away, Prince! 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 175 A Mayfly Lives from Dawn to Dusk; Today I Finally Understand What an Immortal Is 朝生暮死蜉蝣命，今日方知仙是仙 [Mortal's Journey] + [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] + [Smart Protagonists, Antagonists, and Supporting Characters] + [Slow-Building Plot] I transmigrated, and from the start I got a… Oh, no, from the start, I was given an old man for a father and eighteen young stepmothers, … Old man! Calm down! Let's talk this out! Put down the sword and straighten that green hat on your head first! … What?! I'd already made enough money, bought myself a little maid, and was all set to coast through life, and 12.6kReads7.7Score1.1kShelves
- 176 The World of Dao 道界天下 A mysterious young man emerges from a mysterious village. He has no Daoist heart, no Dao spirit, and no Daoist physique, yet he is determined to seek the Dao. He joins the Wenda Sect and embarks on an utterly unconventional path of cultivation! 38.8kReads8.8Score3.4kShelves
- 177 Fortune-Telling Is Forbidden! 禁止算命！ Fortune-telling is prohibited! 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 178 I Was Just Playing a Cultivation Game, I Didn't Mean to Cultivate for Real 只是玩个修仙游戏，没想真修仙啊 This book has been adapted into two animated dramas, so you can count on the quality. [Slow Burn] [Cultivation Sects] [The fiery spirit of youth, gifted rivals, laughter and tears. There are always things you have no choice but to do, and people you have no choice but to say goodbye to.] [The further you read, the better it gets. If you don't believe me, try the latest chapter first, then decide whether to keep reading.] [This book won't have Foundation Establishment cultivators cutting down Nas 15.3kReads8.1Score1.8kShelves
- 179 Cultivation 修仙 A story of ordinary mortals, with no System, no harem, and no transmigration. The cultivation stages are Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul… A young boy shoulders the burden of supporting his family. While gathering herbs, he accidentally falls off a cliff. At the crucial moment, a mysterious pearl appears, turning disaster into fortune and leading him into the world of cultivation. He takes one step at a time on the path to immortality, living freely and at ease. 36.2kReads8.5Score2.9kShelves
- 180 The Three Scoundrels of the Market 坊市三贱客 The Three Scoundrels of the Market 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 181 The Silent Sword’s Path to Immortality 默剑长生 Modern painter Shen Mo transmigrates into the body of a constable’s son in the Great Liang dynasty. Using the Daoist art of ink painting as a key to cultivation, he turns ordinary skills into a path to immortality, practicing amid the everyday bustle of life as he sets foot on the road to becoming an immortal... 4kReads9.3Score348Shelves
- 182 Yin Immortal 阴仙 Born inside a coffin, the young man honors the dying wish of the old caretaker of the charity cemetery and personally sends his sworn younger sister to join an immortal sect. After she enters the sect, he accidentally stumbles into the Yin Mountain of a Hundred Ghosts and has no choice but to embark on the path of ghosts… Thus begins the legendary cultivation journey of a ghost cultivator wielding a ghost blade, slaying giant demon overlords and cleaving immortal sect masters in two… 16kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
- 183 Origin Master 元尊 Heaven and earth are the furnace, all things are copper, yin and yang are the coals, and creation is the smith. In the struggle for fortune, serpents and sparrows devour dragons. Will the serpent and sparrow reign supreme, or will the holy dragon rise and tower above all living beings? This is a world where qi rules the universe, vast and magnificent. With a breath of qi, one can move mountains, overturn seas, turn the heavens upside down, and command yin and yang and the cosmos. The world’s sou 5.4kReads9.2Score522Shelves
- 184 The Assassination of Ke Bi 刺杀轲比 At the end of the Three Kingdoms period, Han Long, a soldier in the Youzhou army, accidentally saved his enemy, Kebineng, the Xianbei chieftain who had long plotted a rebellion. After being rescued, Kebineng not only laid an ambush that killed Han Long’s mentor, but also nearly murdered his uncle. To make amends for his mistake, win the love he longed for, and bring peace to Youzhou, Han Long decided to kill Kebineng with his own hands. He set out from Youzhou for Longcheng, deep in the desert, 51Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 185 After I Cured My Senior Sister's Poison, She Wanted to Become My Dao Companion 帮师姐解毒后她竟想做我的道侣 [One Heroine] [Two Strong Leads, Both Devoted] [Lots of Heroine Scenes] [Sweet Everyday Interactions] [Gradual Romance] Chen Hao transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation with an incomplete spiritual root. Assigned to the menial workers' quarters of the Wandao Sect, he is bullied by everyone. Fortunately, his System activates and repairs his spiritual root, finally setting him on the path to immortality. One day, Luo Fanshuang, the sect's aloof and otherworldly senior sister and a Golden 4.2kReads8.1Score485Shelves
- 186 A Mortal Asks the Heavens: I Wish to Become an Immortal 凡人问天我欲成仙 [Traditional fantasy] [No System] Her parents disappeared, and her village was slaughtered. The boy was taken in by an immortal sect out of pity, but his useless spiritual roots earned him nothing but scorn. Even his master was mocked for accepting him. His master gave him a tattered book and told him it was an ancient secret scroll. But word of his useless reputation spread, and he endured humiliation wherever he went. One day, he happened to return home and discovered that the mysterious littl 39.3kReads9.0Score4kShelves
- 187 Reborn One Month Earlier: The Heart I Gave Away Will Find Its Home at Last 重生一月前：错付的真心终有归处 Reborn One Month Earlier: At Last, My Misplaced Love Finds Its Home 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 188 After My Engagement Was Broken Off, I Started Raising an Empress 被退婚后，我开始养成女帝 [Just got a rating, it will rise later] [Bestselling hit] [Multiple Heroines] [Ultimate Power Fantasy] [A Powerful Background] [The More You Read, the More You'll Love It] Above the path of immortality lies a realm that must be broken through to truly live forever. But this realm is perilous. Even immortals can perish within it, so it is known as the Tribulation Immortal Realm. Legend has it that there is an object in the world called the Immortal-Burying Pearl. Whoever obtains it can control th 2.2kReads6.1Score245Shelves
- 189 The Immortal Path of Qingyuan 清源仙途 I’ve been an avid reader for twenty years, especially fond of cultivation novels about ordinary people. Of all the books I’ve read, my favorites are A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, Renegade Immortal, The Path of a Cultivation Sect Leader, Xuanchen Daoist Path, True Spirit Nine Transformations, and Qinglian Peak. On a sudden whim, I decided to write the kind of xianxia story I’ve always wanted to read: no overpowered cheat or mysterious old master, just an attempt to portray a cult 13.5kReads8.2Score1kShelves
- 190 EN The Immortal Treasure Basin 聚宝仙盆 [Mortal cultivation] [No System]. By a twist of fate, He Pingsheng, an outer disciple of the Taixu Sect, obtains a [Cornucopia] and embarks on the path of cultivation. Place a low-grade [Qi-Gathering Pill] into the basin, and one day later, it becomes two pills, both of them top-grade. Put in an ordinary cultivation technique, and it becomes a Heaven-tier technique. Treasures, medicinal herbs, spirit stones, and more can all be placed inside and enhanced. From then on, He Pingsheng walks toward 398.9kReads8.7Score30.5kShelves
- 191 In 1998, I Saw the Future at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative 1998年，我在供销社看见未来 In 1998, I Saw the Future at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 192 EN Heavenly Domain Alchemy Sovereign 天域丹尊 A legendary Pill Emperor returns to the age of fifteen. In this life, he will not only make up for every regret from his previous life, but also attain the supreme heights of martial arts! Comparing cultivation techniques? Every one of my underlings has a divine-grade technique. Comparing pills? I use my top-grade pills to feed the dogs. Geniuses? Every genius who crosses my path is doomed to be crushed! Those who follow me will prosper; those who oppose me will die! 28.9kReads8.6Score1.5kShelves
- 193 A Mayfly in the Immortal Sea 仙海蜉蝣 [Ordinary-mortal cultivation + no System + no harem] A wandering cultivator, a speck of dust. The protagonist, Lu Luan, is a little independent cultivator at the second stage of Qi Refining, wandering among the mountain towns of the mortal world. He is fourteen, and ever since the old master who adopted him died, he has drifted from place to place through this world of cultivation... Note: The protagonist sometimes joins sects, but only as stepping stones, and never stays long. The story focuses 17.3kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves
- 194 Cultivating Immortality Begins with Eternal Life 修仙从长生不死开始 A short drama with the same title is now available. If you're interested, go check out Cultivation Begins with Immortality. System + transmigration + keeping a low profile Lin Jiang transmigrates to the world of cultivation and gains a longevity sign-in System. Sign in for one day, gain one year of lifespan. Lin Jiang: “Cultivation doesn't seem all that urgent after all. I'll take my time.” (Not a dark, overpowered power fantasy. If that's not your thing, proceed with caution.) 39.7kReads8.2Score4.1kShelves
- 195 Chronicles of the Cataclysm in Shenzhou 神州浩劫录 The boy who left the mountains, Jiang Hen, searches for and joins a cultivation sect, one step at a time… He initially thinks he's a good-for-nothing with five-element spiritual roots, but his cultivation speed is astonishingly fast… What's more, the protagonist comprehends the laws of space while still in the Qi Refining stage… From there, he rises step by step from menial disciple to personal disciple, then from personal disciple to the sect's holy son… 1.3kReads8.2Score106Shelves
- 196 Breaking the Bag, Defying Fate: Cultivating Immortality with a Mixed Spirit Root 破袋逆灵：杂灵根的修仙 In a brutally harsh world of cultivation, Zhu Bu'er is an ordinary man who stumbles into the cultivation world. With a mixed spiritual root and a broken sack as his only tool, he scavenges for scraps and rummages through rubbish, forging an unconventional path to immortality. 4.1kReads8.6Score316Shelves
- 197 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Purple Mansion's Immortal Destiny 凡人修仙：紫府仙缘 (A slow-paced mortal’s tale. No mindless decisions, no characters getting dumber, no System. The protagonist is decisive and there’s a little violence. This is not a power fantasy, so read at your own risk.) The protagonist unexpectedly acquires an immortal estate and from then on embarks on the path of farming and cultivating immortality. I have a few acres of good farmland, and I watch the world change with a smile. I farm a little, refine some pills, and avoid all that environmentally unfrien 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 198 The Immortal Path Without Dao 无道仙路 [No female lead + ordinary mortal protagonist + brutal cultivation; From the Start: A Broken Piece of Jade Reveals the Secrets of Immortality, The Terrifying Road to Immortality, Mystery, Immortal Paths, and the Angler, The Strange Path to Immortality are updated simultaneously] There was no road in the world to begin with. A road appears when enough people walk it. Wudao found a mysterious piece of fine wood glowing with purple light and arrived in the world of cultivation. It was a brutal plac 18.4kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves
- 199 The Wealth Immortal Has Arrived 财仙到 “You can't be bent by force, but you can be corrupted by wealth.” “Bowing for five bushels of rice is the bearing of an immortal.” “Nothing matters more than silver. And if something does...” “Then it must be even more silver...” What is cultivation like for everyone else? Qingshan doesn't care. He cultivates by making money from people, immortals, and even Heaven itself. The more silver he earns, the stronger he becomes! Why become so strong? Naturally, to earn even more silver... The Way of th 18kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
- 200 Marry a Dao Companion and Cultivate the Truth: Faithful to the Great Dao and to You 既娶道侣又修真，不负大道不负卿 After transmigrating to the cultivation world and becoming a low-level rogue cultivator, the protagonist finds that his predecessor was attacked and lay unconscious for three months. Having taken over someone else's body, he is about to be kicked out of the market because he can't renew his lease when the Cultivation Arts System appears! Whatever you know, I know. Whatever you don't know, well, I know that too. In short, I know everything. From then on, the protagonist begins his rise to success 9.1kReads7.8Score467Shelves
