Novels like Mysteries of the Old Rural Mansion
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- 1 My Foolish Best Friend Insists on Helping Me Win Over My Dream Guy 我那冤种闺蜜，非要帮我追男神 My Disaster of a Best Friend Insists on Helping Me Win Over My Dream Guy —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Tales from the Folk: Echoes in the Night Elevator 民间野谈之夜梯回响 Folk Tales: Echoes in the Nighttime Elevator —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 A Mortal's Path to Immortality: My Immortal Mansion and Grotto-Heaven 凡人修仙，我的仙府洞天 [Mortal-style cultivation + pocket dimension + cave abode] [Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Severing...] A young man stumbles upon a fortuitous opportunity, and the gates to immortal cultivation swing open before him! The pills others would pay a fortune to obtain are like candy beans in his hands. While others struggle for years at a bottleneck, he breaks through with pills. While others are still scrambling to seize resources, he has already achiev 290Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 4 Ninth Master in Hemp Robes: The First Tale of a Haunted Grave and a Feng Shui Plot That Wiped Out a Village 麻衣九爷：第一篇头七凶坟，全村灭门风水局 Ninth Master in Hemp: The First Tale, The Murderous Grave on the Seventh Night and the Feng Shui Trap That Wiped Out an Entire Village —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Max-Level Expert Returns to the Village 满级大佬回村 The Max-Level Expert Returns to the Village 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 She Won't Wear the Wedding Dress 她不披嫁衣 She Won’t Wear the Wedding Dress —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Defying Fate and Cultivating Demonic Arts in a Xianxia World 我在仙侠世界逆命修魔 Cultivation + wish fulfillment + scheming protagonist + imaginative fantasy + fast-paced My name is Chen Yuan. I was born into a poor family. Misfortune followed me, and a landlord cruelly oppressed me. My legs were crippled, and I was left in the wilderness, my blood soaking into the earth. I thought I was about to die, but Old Devil Qi saved me. From then on, I embarked on the path of demonic cultivation… P.S. This is a long novel, with a faster pace in the later stages. It 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Seven Years Later, I Return With Our Child, and My Ex-Husband's Family Begs for Forgiveness 七年后，我携崽归来前夫全家跪求原谅 Seven Years Later, I Return with Our Child, and My Ex-Husband’s Entire Family Begs on Their Knees for Forgiveness —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Withered-Bone Blooming Sword: I Forge a Blade from Soul Bones to Slay the Immortal Firmament 枯骨生花剑：我以魂骨铸剑斩仙穹 Sword of Blossoms from Withered Bones: I Forge a Sword from Soul Bones to Slay the Immortal Firmament —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Bride of the Haunted River 诡河新娘 Bride of the Haunted River —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Ninth Master in Hemp Robes: The Second Tale of a Haunted Bed in the Old House and Vengeful Ghosts Claiming Lives Night After Night 麻衣九爷：第二篇老宅阴床，夜夜索命冤魂 The Ninth Master in Burial Clothes: Part Two, The Haunted Bed in the Old House, Vengeful Spirits Claim Lives Night After Night —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Withered Bones Slumber for a Hundred Thousand Years 枯骨沉眠十万载 The ancient battlefield of gods and demons, where countless millions of corpses have lain for untold millennia. The most ordinary skeleton wakes up. It has no memories or name, and its body is covered in cracks. Even a beetle could bite through its leg bone. But it doesn’t want to fall apart. Starting today, it will live. It begins by scavenging, learning to devour, to cultivate, and to survive in this land of death. What it doesn’t know is that the shattered bead inside its skull once held 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Charming Student’s Legend of Immortal Cultivation 风流学生修仙传 High school student Liu Shuai unexpectedly inherits the immortal arts of Li Tieguai, and from then on, life is like having cheat codes! He soars through the heavens and dives into the depths, slaying demons and vanquishing evil. With beautiful women all around him, they embark together on the path to immortality! 296Reads7.2Score10014d adds
- 14 Ninth Master in Hemp Robes: The Third Tale of a Ghost Opera Blocking the Road and a Yin Procession Borrowing the Way 麻衣九爷：第三篇鬼戏挡路，阴班借道 The Ninth Master in Burial Clothes: Part Three, Ghost Opera Blocks the Road, the Yin Troupe Borrows the Way 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Devouring Dao 噬道传 [Devouring + System + Domains + Food + Multiple Heroines] “My buddy's lived for sixteen years and hasn't even cursed at anyone. And you're telling me he's the top assassin?” “Over a hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators are surrounding a Golden Core powerhouse?” He formed a hand seal with one hand, and his domain unfolded!!! Someone who has lost all meaning in life couldn't possibly have so many sweet, silly people by his side… 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 I Refuse to Be Heaven's Will: I Forge the Supreme Dao Fruit with a Mortal Body 拒做天道：我以凡躯筑无上道果 The protagonist, Xu Fengnian, was born in Qingxi Town among ordinary folk and bears the Five-Element Waste Root, scorned by all. By chance, he learns a method for drawing in qi and invents his own secret farming techniques. At the Ascension Ceremony, he defies fate and earns an exceptional place among the outer disciples of Qingmu Sect. As a newcomer, he endures the disdain and exclusion of the sect's gifted elites, while veteran laborers use their seniority to bully the new arrivals. Xu Fengnia 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Burying the Heavens 丨葬天丨 The so-called Immortal Dao is nothing but a game for the strong. The Chaos Calamity that comes once every 6.48 billion years is also a conspiracy by the powerful... With playful jokes, humor, and a taste for the bizarre, this book will show you a cultivation fantasy world like no other. Protagonist: "If the Heavenly Dao is a prison, then I'll bury the heavens too..." 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 A Mortal From the Start, With a Cultivation Mega-Model 凡人开局，我有修仙大模型 [Mortal-style cultivation, System, decisive and ruthless, no brainless protagonist, no formulaic tropes] I'm Han Ping. In my previous life, I worked myself to death coding. I started out as a good-for-nothing with no spiritual roots, but I still made a comeback. A thrilling cultivation power fantasy with a well-reasoned plot! Fellow cultivators, stop and take a look. You'll be hooked in three chapters, says the Immortal Spirit. What? ...You want to know who the Immortal Spirit is...? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 A Chaotic Adventure in the Immortal Realm 混混混仙界 A delinquent cultivates immortality, breaking every rule! With an against-the-heavens pocket dimension, he enjoys endless romantic adventures... When the young hoodlum Wu Tian transmigrates to the cultivation world, he relies on his incredible pocket dimension to turn the tables again and again. He lives in splendor, surrounded by beautiful women, and becomes the biggest winner in the immortal realm. A feel-good power fantasy... 5.5kReads8.6Score49414d adds
- 20 The White Fox Immortal’s Dao 白狐仙道 [Ancient Xianxia] [Golden Core and Nascent Soul] [Exceptional Comprehension] The young Tian Qingyun is mistreated by his stepmother. With a white fox's help, a steel saber hanging at his waist and astride a green ox, he charges headlong into the colorful world of cultivation. 116Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 21 A Foundation Establishment Cultivator Wants My Golden Core? I’ll Gouge Out Both Her Eyes 筑基想挖我金丹？反手挖掉她双眼 [No System + face-slapping of female-oriented tropes (not for readers who mind) + not a mindless killing spree + invincible against anyone at the same level, sweeping all before him + schemes and calculations + nontraditional cultivation + fast-paced + highly recommended by hundreds of millions of readers; by 400,000 words, you'll see how satisfying it really is] Immortality? The lifelong dream of every cultivator. The immortal clans built celestial realms and forged the starry firmament in c 58Reads7.1Score16214d adds
- 22 While Others Cultivate Immortality, I Start Up the Machine 别人修仙我开机 Overworked office drone Lin Mu is transported into the world of cultivation and becomes a menial disciple of the Qingyun Sect, with pitifully poor aptitude. Is his future bleak? No, his phone has mutated into the [Myriad Worlds Link System]! From then on, the “trash” of the cultivation world becomes coveted merchandise across the Myriad Worlds: a single nightglow flower gets him a miraculous bone-strengthening medicine from a savage tribe; a few chunks of worthless ore earn the heartfelt gratitu 1.2kReads—Score17214d adds
- 23 Cultivation Is Quite the Lark 修仙也风流 Transmigration → Antarctic continent → comedy → no System → dual cultivation Qi Refining → Foundation Establishment → Golden Core → Nascent Soul → Spirit Transformation → Earth Immortal “Oh, that matter? City Lord, you don’t know the half of it. You’re so busy with official business, working around the clock…” “Hold on. Who’s this Li Wanji? Why would I sleep with him?” Li Yuan stared at Wang Mang. “You’d better explain yourself, or I’ll deal with you.” Wang Mang was speechless. How could a b 74Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Lost Divine Clan: The Dawn of Time 遗失神族之天荒 [No System + Traditional Cultivation + The Blurb Is Weak, Please Read the Story] While others cultivate in pursuit of immortality, Lu Xuan cultivates in search of death. Every time he breaks through to a new realm, heavenly punishment descends. For fifteen years, his master has made him hide his cultivation, while his master's wife has set up hundreds of spirit-sealing arrays, all to stop him from advancing. But what is destined to come will come in the end. At the tenth level of Qi Refining, he —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 A Celestial Mountain in My Space: Cultivating on the Road to Escape Famine 空间有仙山，逃荒路上修个仙 [Pocket dimension with spirit spring + shopping System + famine escape in the early chapters + immortal cultivation later] After dying, Pei Qingxue goes from being a cultivation genius to a pitiful girl about to flee famine with her family because of a natural disaster. Fleeing famine is miserable, so she’ll take up cultivation again. She’s heard that the road is full of danger and short on food and clothing. No problem: a pocket dimension with a spirit spring in her left hand, a shopping System 2.6kReads8.9Score36314d adds
- 26 Lost on the Path: You Are All Mere Ants 迷途之尔等皆蝼蚁 Heaven granted humanity supreme intelligence, placing us at the top of all creation and allowing us to enjoy every beautiful thing in the world, but it gave us only a limited lifespan. Humans are greedy by nature, and it's hard for us to be content with the happiness we have. After experiencing all the world's delights, people began to resent how swiftly their short lives passed. They sought cultivation and immortality, longing for eternal life, unaware that the Immortal Realm had already fallen 83Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Master, Let Your Disciple Take a Few Wrong Turns 师傅，让徒儿走点弯路吧 Do the disciples want to experience the growth, setbacks, and bottlenecks of ordinary people? Not a chance! The reality is that their master is too powerful, so everything goes smoothly. Detours? They won’t get to take a single one. Invincible | Slice of Life | Cultivation | Taking Disciples | Comedy | Lighthearted | Ensemble Cast The number one sect under heaven, the Qingyun Sect, set in the Tianyan Continent. Watch as the protagonist leads his three disciples to the pinnacle of the world! 35Reads—Score214d adds
- 28 From the Start: A Nine-Treasure Glazed Chaos World Tower 开局一座九宝琉璃混沌世界塔 Born with a Chaotic Dao Body that appears once in billions of years, he is deemed useless because no method of cultivation suits him. Though the beginning of the myriad paths is fraught with hardship, he will never give up. Even if the immortals are destroyed, my Dao heart will endure. How could a golden-scaled creature be content to remain in a pond? Given the right opportunity, it will become a dragon! With a cheat that lets him control time, he is a dragon among men, and the greatest of drago 9.4kReads7.8Score1k14d adds
- 29 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Rise of the Great Dao 凡人修仙之大道兴隆 A medicine for eternal youth grows within the dantian; a longevity fungus in the mysterious valley extends one's life. The world is full of people rushing about, yet they don't know to seek within themselves, and look everywhere else for answers. A young man with a Heavenly Spirit Root unexpectedly sets foot on the path of cultivation. What kind of astonishing and uncanny world awaits him? P.S. This book was originally titled A Mortal's Cultivation: The Rise of the Great Way, and is also known a 876Reads7.5Score10614d adds
- 30 Cultivating Immortality, Starting with a Pocket Realm 修仙，从有仙府开始 [Ordinary Mortal]+ [Immortal Abode]+ [Longevity]+ [Monster Hunting and Leveling]+ [All-Around Cultivation] Fellow cultivators, the further you read, the better this book gets. An ordinary man is framed, thrown into a deep dungeon, and eventually escapes by chance. At the most dangerous moment, a jade pendant containing a teleportation array transports him to a cultivation sect. His aptitude is exceptionally poor, and it takes countless hardships before he unlocks the secret of the space inside t 2.8kReads8.2Score22814d adds
- 31 The Tribulation Dao Lord: Reincarnation Across the Three Realms 天劫道主之三界轮回 In his previous life, he was the Purple Heaven Dao Lord who mended the heavens and saved the world. But just as he was about to fulfill his mission, his closest friend betrayed him, scattering his soul into oblivion. In this life, he is reborn as the disgraced son of a military family. An ancient seal locks his dantian, and he suffers one humiliation after another. In the Immortal Burial Valley, the dying youth touches a bloodstained jade slip. Memories of the Primordial Chaos awaken, and his C —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The Immortal Path of Yingchuan 颍川仙途 The road to immortality is long and arduous! Ten thousand years ago, the war between immortals and demons shook the lower realm. The spiritual energy of the Yingchuan Continent fell into chaos, and the path to ascension mysteriously broke apart. Ten thousand years later, Qin Yi, a young scholar's attendant, embarks on the path of cultivation. By chance, he inherits his master's legacy and overcomes one obstacle after another, becoming the strongest cultivator in Yingchuan. When he sets out with 2.5kReads7.4Score29514d adds
- 33 Refine Immortal Roots, Open the Path to Immortality 炼仙根，开仙路 No System, ordinary mortal cultivation, Carving a path to immortality through every thorn and obstacle, leaving no bones behind in the underworld or the heavens. After his mother passes away, the young Fang Ping sets off for an enemy kingdom with a mysterious wooden toad, hoping to find his father. By a twist of fate, he instead embarks on a long journey toward immortality. Though the road to immortality is rugged and treacherous, full of deceit and strewn with corpses, the ordinary boy has the 13.4kReads8.5Score1.2k14d adds
- 34 Hunt Immortals to Grow Stronger: A Young Hunter’s Arrow Breaks Ten Thousand Spells 猎仙就变强：小猎户一箭破万法 There's no problem one arrow can't solve! And if there is, then use two! Li Zhu, a young hunter from a mountain village, only wanted to hunt a bear and make a fur coat for his wife, Qingqing. Instead, he stumbled upon two immortal masters who had fallen into a valley and grievously wounded each other! To his delight, he bound to the Immortal-Hunting System, struck it rich, and took down two Golden Core cultivators in a single day, setting off on an almost dreamlike path to immortality... Let him 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 The Legend of the Most Evil Immortal 极恶仙人传 Orphaned at a young age and utterly alone, the boy Xiaohu happens upon the cultivator Ren Duxing while chasing a rabbit. From that moment, the wheels of fate begin to turn, pushing him onto an endless path of cultivation. Fate and schemes accompany him at every turn, while calamities rise and fall, and light and darkness cycle back and forth. Watch as an obscure young cultivator rises from the ashes time and again amid countless trials, gradually becoming an unparalleled powerhouse whose name in 2.7kReads7.4Score36914d adds
- 36 The Tower Shatters the Nine Heavens 塔破九天 Yin Hanchen is the most lowly outer disciple of the Qingyun Sect. With his good-for-nothing Five Elements mixed spiritual roots, he suffers endless bullying from his fellow disciples and contempt from the elders. During a sect mission to gather “Bone-Eroding Grass” for an inner disciple, he is framed and thrown into the Spiritless Abyss. On the brink of death, his blood accidentally awakens the Chaos treasure that has lain dormant for countless ages: the Wuji Tower. The tower recognizes him as i 464Reads6.3Score10414d adds
- 37 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 530Reads7.6Score10414d adds
- 38 The Sky-Piercing Immortal Gourd 通天仙葫 The protagonist, Zhang Xiaohua, is the orphan of an Immortal Emperor and a maid, left behind in the mortal realm. His parents' whereabouts have been unknown since he was young. By a stroke of luck, he enters the Qingyun Sect to cultivate and accidentally claims the Heaven-Piercing Immortal Gourd as his own through a drop of blood. With the help of the gourd's artifact spirit, Xiao Hong, he obtains an immortal sword, meets his beloved confidante Lin Wan'er, and subdues the spirit pet Six-Headed F 122Reads8.9Score16114d adds
- 39 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 3kReads7.9Score17514d adds
- 40 The Immortal Cauldron's Curious Tale 仙鼎奇缘 Matthew was an ordinary mortal who had lived in a city full of cultivators ever since he was a child. After an accident, he came into possession of a treasure cauldron. With its help, Matthew successfully embarked on the path of cultivation. (This book has no female lead.) 14.2kReads8.0Score1.4k14d adds
- 41 Reborn as a Mortal, I Become Han Li's Second Nascent Soul 魂穿凡人成韩立第二元婴 [Mortal Protagonist Transmigrates into a Book] [More Children, More Blessings] [Invincible Among Peers] [Multi-Heroine Wish-Fulfillment] [A Villain with His Wits About Him] Wang Feng, a bit-part actor, transmigrates into the body of a supreme wood infant in the cultivation world, destined to be refined. Faced with the script of Heaven’s Will, he chooses to defy fate with acting worthy of an award-winning actor. “They’re going to refine me into a second Nascent Soul? I’ll endure it!” He secretly 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 From the Start, I Had Three Little Beggars 开局三只小乞丐 [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [Farming] [Cautious] How can an ordinary freshman from a mountain village survive in a dangerous mine? How can he overcome mediocre talent to become a cultivator, embarking on a journey of struggle across the Three Realms? 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 A Mixed Spiritual Root from the Start 开局杂灵根 Qin Tian was tested at fifteen and found to have a worthless spirit root, becoming synonymous with uselessness. At eighteen, he faced mockery from his family and betrayal by his fiancee. His romantic rival even destroyed his spirit root completely, turning him into an ordinary person. After plunging into the abyss for four months, he returned and embarked on the path of cultivation. [Traditional fantasy + no System + no transmigration + the blurb can't do it justice, read the story] 31.9kReads8.7Score5k14d adds
- 44 The Green Vine's Mortal Cultivation Journal 青藤凡修记 [Mortal Cultivation + No System] + [Farming] One night, bandits massacred the remote village of Qingtian. The young Zhang Ling was lucky enough to escape. Fleeing in a panic, he got lost in the mountains, where he encountered a mutated vine. It somehow parasitized his body, and from then on, his body began to change. Later, through a twist of fate, he came into contact with the world of cultivators and embarked on the path to immortality. Along his journey of cultivation, he used a mysterious li 5.1kReads7.8Score40014d adds
- 45 The Richest Man Claims Me as Family, and My Immortal Identity Is No Longer a Secret 被首富认亲，修仙者身份藏不住了 [The early chapters lay the groundwork with an urban tycoon story, then ancient martial arts, anotherworldly continent beyond the Antarctic ice wall, a biochemical apocalypse, cultivation across civilizations from levels 1 to 9, and wars across planes. The Heavenly Realm, Immortal Realm, and Divine Realm are the real story, so don't drop the novel after reading only the first few chapters. Planned as a long series of around ten million characters.] The day my gold-digging girlfriend dumped me, I 119Reads—Score10714d adds
- 46 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Cultivating the Body with the Qiankun Gourd 凡人修仙：从乾坤葫芦养身开始 [Mortal’s Journey + No System + No Transmigration + Decisive and Ruthless] (Reaches the God Realm arc) When primordial chaos first emerged, it gave birth to myriad worlds. Beneath chaos are the Saints; beneath the Saints are the Gods; beneath the Gods are the Immortals; beneath the Immortals are the Spirits; beneath the Spirits are mortals. To make a living, Ye Feng sets out on the path of cultivation with a little gourd and his dog, Wangcai. [Realms]: Mortal Realm, Spirit Realm, Immortal Realm, 2.5kReads7.4Score19414d adds
- 47 Immortal Jade, Dust, and Destiny 仙玉尘缘 Lin Mu, a lowly servant of the Qianyu Sword Sect, accidentally discovers that the jade pendant left to him by his parents contains three mu of spiritual farmland. From then on, he uses the pendant to grow spiritual herbs and medicinal plants, earn a fortune in spirit stones, buy flying swords and magic treasures, and refine miraculous pills. Thus begins his rise in the cultivation world. 328Reads7.7Score10114d adds
- 48 I Have a Cautious Senior Brother 我有一个苟师兄 Lin Xiaogou's ultimate goal in cultivating immortality is to lie flat and live forever. If he can avoid lifting a finger, he won't overwork himself; if he can dodge trouble, he won't get involved! Unfortunately, fate insists on making things difficult for him. His eldest senior brother is a workaholic with obsessive-compulsive tendencies, watching him train every day. Miss even fifteen minutes of practice, and he'll lecture Lin Xiaogou until his ears ring. His second senior brother is a professi 201Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Heavenly Dao Cauldron 天道鼎 A magical little cauldron can store merit energy. Kill a bandit chief and gain a wisp of low-grade merit energy. Kill a Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator and gain a wisp of mid-grade merit energy... I cultivate the Chaos Heavenly Dao Art, which can turn merit energy into cultivation. The more villains I kill, the more merit energy I gain. And the faster my cultivation improves. Scum and demonic cultivators are nourishment on my path to immortality... 1.9kReads7.9Score22514d adds
- 50 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: It Begins with Finding a Black Bowl 凡人修仙：从捡到黑碗开始 One heroine + ordinary person’s rise + ensemble cast + decisive and ruthless Tian Wa, whose family has lived on Niufeng Mountain for generations, goes up the mountain to find medicine for his sister. He falls into a ravine in the wilderness and unexpectedly finds a mysterious black bowl and a book titled The Art of Deadwood’s Spring Revival on the body of a dead Daoist. From then on, his fate changes. He leaves Niufeng Mountain and enters a world filled with immortals. Whoever I wish to p 4.7kReads8.7Score38314d adds
