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- 151 The Wrath of the Mortal Immortal 凡仙之怒 New Book: Selling Myself to the Hehuan Sect as a Cultivation Cauldron, Controlling Time from the Start The Chaos-Heaven Divine Cauldron can turn the universe upside down! Nine waters and nine heavenly layers: comprehend the Dao and become an immortal! On the path to immortality, spiritual roots, fortuitous opportunities, and destiny are all essential! Xiao Chentian was born with a useless spiritual root and abandoned by fate. Refusing to accept his lot, he defies heaven, treads his own path, con 20.7kReads8.0Score2.5k14d adds
- 152 The Joker: Starting with Infinite Duplication 乐子人：从无限复制开始 [Infinite Copying]+ [Fusion]+ [Undying and Imperishable]+ [Invincible]+ [Heaven-Defying Comprehension] I transmigrated to another world, and just got here. What should I do without a System? Luckily, I awakened the abilities to copy and fuse. From then on, I had unlimited spirit stones, unlimited magical treasures, and even unlimited spiritual energy. Countless heavenly treasures were mine for the taking. I could bathe in spirit liquid and pop pills to my heart's content. Putting on a show with 4.8kReads8.0Score43714d adds
- 153 Drain Her Blood to Save His Beloved 抽干她的血，救他的白月光 Drain her blood to save his beloved. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 From the Start, a Loose Immortal’s Cultivation, Summoning a Mahayana-Stage Guard 开局散仙修为，召唤大乘期护卫 Also known as: "Pale Cloud Sect Master from the Start: Summoning Mahayana Bodyguards" and "Loose Immortal Cultivation from the Start: Building the Strongest Immortal Sect" [Invincible Lead] [Summoning] [Taking in Disciples] [Top-Tier Ensemble Cast] [Epic Fights] [Pure, Unfiltered Thrills] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Gripping Plot] After transmigrating, Chu Feng was rejected by the Jade Maiden Sect because of his mediocre talent. Little did he know that he would unexpectedly activate the Strongest H 1.2kReads8.1Score11514d adds
- 155 The River of Weightlessness 失重之河 The River of Weightlessness 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 The Immortal Path of the Treasure Cauldron 宝鼎仙途 A classic mortal cultivation story: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul... The rogue cultivator Lu Xuan accidentally transmigrates to the world of immortal cultivation, where he’s driven out of the market district and left to fend for himself! Luckily, he finds a mysterious treasure cauldron. One month inside it equals three years outside. This lowly rogue cultivator takes one step at a time and eventually ascends to the Immortal Realm... He becomes the Primordial Da 2.1kReads6.3Score13214d adds
- 157 Spiritual Roots and Immortal Bones 灵根仙骨 Ancient texts tell of immortals who can fly through the heavens and tunnel through the earth, alter the stars and the cosmos, and travel ten thousand miles in an instant, entering the southern heavens at dawn and reaching the northern sea by dusk. Those among mortals who wish to embark on the path to immortality must possess either a spiritual root or an immortal bone. Anyone with one or the other can cultivate; all others have no chance of entering the immortal path! Among spiritual roots, thos 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 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
- 159 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 484Reads—Score5614d adds
- 160 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 3.3kReads8.2Score33914d adds
- 161 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
- 162 Mortal Gu Immortal: I Transmigrated into a Cultivation Matchmaking Show 凡人蛊仙：修仙从穿越对口开始 Professor Qin Feng, a leading authority on heredity, saw his dream of genetic evolution shattered. Taking the Classic of Myriad Gu as his key, he combined modern technology with the sinister art of Gu cultivation, using the genes of all life on Earth to forge a “Divine Gu.” On the day it matured, global forces hunted him down. As his beloved betrayed him and a bullet pierced his heart, the blood essence in his chest awakened the Divine Gu and unleashed a world-ending thunder tribulation. The Div 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 Divine Sky Fiend Immortal 神霄煞仙 The baleful are malevolent beings, rejected by the world. The immortals attain eternal life and share the longevity of Heaven and Earth. Lu Chen was an ordinary man of mediocre talent, but his exceptionally gifted younger sister set him on the path of cultivation. Alas, the immortal path is a world where the strong prey on the weak, steeped in bloodshed. If ordinary cultivation cannot protect the people I love, then what does it matter if I become baleful? What does it matter if I kill everyone 7.4kReads8.4Score1k14d adds
- 164 I've Got a Chaos Spirit Root. Why Would I Follow You? 老子混沌灵根，你让我跟你混 [Genius protagonist + ruthless and decisive + cold-hearted and calculating] By a stroke of luck, the sect’s founding ancestor discovered the little beggar Lu Changfeng, who possessed a Chaos Spirit Root, and took him in as a disciple. Who could have guessed that the little beggar would shine at the Foundation Establishment tournament, revealing his Chaos Spirit Root and causing an uproar... The supposedly righteous and reputable sects were overcome by greed. To seize his spirit root, they merci 83Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 165 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 9.5kReads7.8Score1k14d adds
- 166 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
- 167 I Saw the Killer's Face While Preparing the Campus Beauty's Body for Her Funeral 我给校花整理遗容时，看到了凶手的脸 While preparing the school beauty’s body for burial, I saw the killer’s face. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 The True Immortal of the Five Elements 五行真仙 After waking up, an ordinary mortal finds himself reborn in a dangerous, mysterious world of cultivation. From the start, he is a minor rogue cultivator with five spiritual roots. By chance, he finds a mysterious little gourd at the market, setting him on an extraordinary path to immortality... [Mortal cultivation, rogue cultivators, spiritual roots, pills, magical treasures, roaming the immortal sea] 1.7kReads6.1Score14014d adds
- 169 Cultivation: I Have a Spirit Pattern Compendium 修仙，我有一本灵纹图鉴 [System + leveling progression + survival through caution + slow burn + ruthless decisiveness] Xu Nuo transmigrates into a cultivation world and becomes a menial disciple assigned to herd livestock by the Holy Spirit Sect. He thought immortality was out of reach, but unexpectedly activated the [Spirit Pattern Compendium] System. By spending spirit stones, he can exchange them for spirit patterns, and once acquired, he gains complete mastery over them. To pursue cultivation and immortality, Xu Nu 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 I Have a Low-Level Sign-In System 我有一个低级签到系统 (System + No Heroine + Cautious Cultivator) Jiang Chen transmigrates to the world of immortal cultivation and obtains a sign-in system. His first sign-in rewards him with a pound of rice. Only later does he learn that the rewards improve in quality as his cultivation grows. At the Foundation Establishment stage, he signs in and receives a low-grade Profound-Rank spirit weapon. At the Golden Core stage, he signs in and receives a mid-grade Profound-Rank spirit weapon. At the Body Integration 4kReads8.3Score34614d adds
- 171 The Ninefold Divine Emperor 九转神帝 On the Lingwu Continent, countless races stand side by side, prodigies emerge in droves, and might makes right. The weak are worth no more than blades of grass. A disciple of the outer sect at the Heavenly Sword Sect in the Eastern District of Cangyun Kingdom struggles to stay alive. He inherits the greatest cultivation technique of all time, the Nine Revolutions Dao Scripture, and rises to become an unparalleled Great Emperor, crushing all who stand in his way. Ding Lie says, “This world is vas 2.3kReads7.7Score27914d adds
- 172 Five-Spirit-Root 五灵根 Seeing through the game is hard. Escaping the game is even harder. Becoming the one who moves the pieces is harder still! A young man from a fallen family finally develops an extraordinary five-element spiritual root, thanks to the sacrifices of ten generations of his family. Yet he is dismissed as the most good-for-nothing of all. Come and see: Mo Luo, the young man, seeking immortality and the Dao, searching for his chance, slaying demons and defying the heavens. Through joys, sorrows, parting 6.1kReads7.7Score48914d adds
- 173 The Bronze Age: Blade Lord of Reverse Entropy 青铜纪元：逆熵刀主 The Bronze Age: Blade Lord of Entropy —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 The Mortal's Immortal Abode 凡人仙府 After waking up in the cultivation world, I find that an evil cultivator is about to possess my body. What am I supposed to do? Luckily, I get a little gourd, and there's even an acre of spirit farmland inside. Taking pills, meditating, and following the path to enlightenment as a minor rogue cultivator. Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Deification... 3kReads6.2Score26514d adds
- 175 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
- 176 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
- 177 Code Name: Gardener 代号：园丁 Codename: Gardener 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 The Mortal's Path to Immortality 凡人修仙途 An ordinary country boy happens upon half a cultivation manual and a mysterious bracelet, setting him on the path of immortal cultivation. Rising from humble beginnings, the young man cultivates the Five Elements arts and practices secret divine abilities. He masters the seventy-two transformations of the Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends, proves his Dao, and roams free on the path to immortality... 1.5kReads8.0Score14114d adds
- 179 The Supreme Sword God of Mortal Cultivation 凡人修仙之无上剑神 Fellow cultivator, wait up! If you were sent to cultivate in the world of immortal cultivation and given four choices out of twelve from the start, what would you pick? How far do you think you could go in this brutal world of cultivation? Nascent Soul? Deity Transformation? Or even further? 1. Early-stage Golden Core cultivation (random technique, top-grade Golden Core) and two fake-core puppets 2. Early-stage Golden Core cultivation (top-grade Golden Core sword cultivation technique) 3. Profou 1.9kReads5.4Score10514d adds
- 180 The Wordless Book of Mortals 无字凡书 [Original work, not plagiarized; tightly plotted; ordinary-mortal cultivation; no System; intelligent protagonist; no harem.] Character introduction: Fan Tian is a twenty-three-year-old unemployed young man who lives off rental income. After writing "I want to go to the world of immortal cultivation" in a blank book, he opens his eyes and really does transmigrate. He has five spiritual roots, works as a menial servant, and tends an herb garden. He also has a "book" that squeezes spirit stones ou 7.5kReads8.2Score66714d adds
- 181 It Said It Would Give Me the Universe, but It Turns Out It Wants to Possess My Body! 它说把宇宙给我，搞半天是夺舍！ [Slow cultivation + Not a wish-fulfillment novel + Lighthearted and funny + Scheming protagonist + Multiple heroines + Cautious + Invincible] Traditional cultivation realms and all-around cultivation: divine physique + alchemy + artifact crafting + formations + deduction + swordsmanship + elements + laws + divine arts! Xuanyuan, the most talented cultivator to emerge from Earth, claims every divine physique in the universe as his own. You have the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body? Sorry, so do I! Yo 77Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 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
- 183 Dreaming My Way to Immortality in the Cultivation World 我在修仙界衍梦长生 [Ordinary Mortal]+ [Cautious Survival]+ [No System]+ [For Veteran Readers]+ [Solid Logic]+ [Traditional Slow Burn]+ [No Transmigration]+ [Female lead early on, mostly absent later; skip if that bothers you] Zhou Wei unexpectedly discovers that he has a unique ability to “dream.” His dreams can not only foretell danger, but also help him deduce spirit medicines, talismans, cultivation techniques, and more... When people look back thousands of years later, who would ever guess that the True Lord o 7.1kReads8.0Score70914d adds
- 184 Hongmeng Supreme 2 鸿蒙至尊2 [Reborn Immortal Emperor] [Alchemy, Artifacts, Formations, and Talismans] [Multiple Heroines] [Building a Faction] [Invincible] [Spatial Powers] [Small World] When chaos first emerged, the forces of creation gave birth to eight supreme primordial divine artifacts: the Hongmeng Supreme Tower, the Chaos Pearl, the Heaven and Earth Cauldron, the Hongmeng Supreme Sword, the Luo River Diagram, the Chaos Bell, the Heaven and Earth Eight Trigrams Mirror, and the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disc. When th 747Reads8.2Score10514d adds
- 185 A Mortal Ventures into the Immortal Realm 凡人闯仙界 Traditional cultivation, not a power fantasy, with smart characters, no female lead, and a journey from Qi Refining to Deification and then Mahayana I am Venerable Shen. Please don’t call me Shen the Runner. The modern-day mortal Shen Mu accidentally stumbles into the immortal realm. With no System, no golden finger, and no old-timer mentor, how does an average-talented man become the revered Venerable Shen? The story of a modern mortal cultivating immortality in the immortal realm. 33Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 186 The Martial Alchemist 武炼丹尊 Su Ling, a supreme alchemist in his former life, happened upon the ancient treasure known as the Heavenly Demon Pearl, only to be ambushed and killed by treacherous villains. Five hundred years later, Su Ling is reborn in the body of a good-for-nothing young master of the Su family, and embarks on a path that defies the heavens. Cultivating both alchemy and martial arts, who dares claim the title of Supreme? Only I, Su Ling! 12.5kReads8.4Score1.9k14d adds
- 187 EN A Commoner's Path to Immortality 布衣仙途 No treasures that can turn back time, no miracle tools that can make herbs grow faster, and no powerful backers! Just an ordinary country boy, relying on his grit, intelligence, caution, and resolve, without cheats or pills, rising step by step from humble beginnings to greatness and forging his own path to immortality! 14kReads9.0Score1.6k14d adds
- 188 Cultivation Begins After I Get Hit on the Head 修仙从被人敲闷棍开始 Zhou Bufan is a fortune-teller in a park, a man at the very bottom of society who barely scrapes by through scams and deception. After making an unwanted advance out of lust and getting knocked out from behind, he unexpectedly transmigrates to a corner of the Jiuzhou Continent. There, he finds a cultivation manual and a storage pouch, and accidentally activates the space inside his ancestral jade pendant. From then on, he begins a carefree life of immortal cultivation. See how this former con ma 17Reads—Score114d adds
- 189 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
- 190 The Great Emperor of Kunlun Awakens on Earth 地星复苏之昆仑大帝 In 2250, Earth entered its final round of spiritual qi revival. Earth was the primary star of the Kunlun Realm, and was known as Earthstar. The Kunlun Realm was a top-tier middle-thousand world, a sub-world beneath the top-tier great-thousand Pangu Realm. Under the arrangements of the many great powers, including the Emperor Sui, the five primordial divine beasts, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, and Teng Snake, left their avatars in the Spirit Realm to guard the Kunlun 7kReads9.3Score85514d adds
- 191 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Longevity Begins with the Spirit Gathering Array! 凡人修仙：长生从聚灵阵开始！ Heaven's way takes from what is abundant and gives to what is lacking; man's way takes from what is lacking and adds to what is abundant! When your spiritual roots fall short, formations can make up for it! When you're no good at combat, talismans can fill the gap! He proves the Dao through divine sense and comprehends formations to ascend to immortality. With a single thought, heaven and earth turn. He seeks the Dao and asks the way to eternal life. Watch an ordinary man climb step by step to t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 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
- 193 The Foolish Immortal Doctor 傻子医仙 I'm a cultivator. What makes you think you can compete with me in medicine? Don't bring your yin-yang and divination tricks out in front of me. Put away your fortune-telling scams. Even I, a cultivator who can fly through the sky and burrow underground, wouldn't claim to know everything under heaven. What gives you the nerve to say you can predict the past and future? Get lost, get lost, get lost... 8.6kReads8.9Score89114d adds
- 194 Mortal Blood! 凡血！ [Exceptional talent] [No brainless characters] [Foundation Establishment] [Golden Core] [Mortal cultivation] [No System] [No harem] Lin Fan is an ordinary mortal born in “Short-Lived Village,” yet he is determined to become an immortal whose life lasts as long as Heaven itself. By a twist of fate, Lin Fan takes part in the Seven Mysteries Sect’s entrance trials. Though he is destined never to become a cultivator, with the help of a mysterious copper bottle in his possession, he works hard one st 37.1kReads8.7Score3.7k14d adds
- 195 The Dao Crumbles: A Carefree Wandering Immortal 道堙，闲散游离仙 Thirty thousand years have passed, and immortals are no more in this world. Time wields a mighty force, turning seas into mulberry fields. A carefree Daoist priest, lucky enough to escape the calamity that destroyed the Dao, has spent ten thousand years in seclusion. Now he wanders the mortal world. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 Cultivating for Immortality: Starting as a Sect Errand Boy 长生修仙：从宗门杂役开始 [Immortal Cultivation] [Ultimate Caution] [Steady and Calculating] [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Female Lead, Fast-Paced Power Fantasy] Chen Tian transmigrates to the world of immortal cultivation and is immortal from the start, with an endless lifespan. What’s more, every 100 years he lives, he randomly receives a divine reward. These might include every kind of cultivation craft, a divine storage space, or a divine avatar, among others. Then Chen Tian gets it. To cultivate immortality, all you h 4.8kReads6.8Score27014d adds
- 197 The System Grants Me Immortality, and I Keep a Low Profile Until I'm Invincible 系统赐我长生，我苟到无敌 [Not a power fantasy] [Infinite Flow] [Wacky comedy] [Master of playing it safe] [System] This is a long cultivation novel about immortality. The protagonist, Xu Changsheng, transmigrates to the cultivation world and gets the standard golden finger: an immortality System that grants him an endless lifespan and an Immortal Realm where he can adjust the flow of time. Inside the realm grows a Life Tree that bears fruit once every thousand years. Each fruit adds a hundred years to his life, but tast 385Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 I Grinded My Way into a Lord of Ten Thousand Laws 肝成万法道君 Wei Xuan transmigrates to the Star Profound Continent and becomes an outer disciple of the Taixuan Sect, where he obtains the Spell-Stealing System. “Ding! A nearby cultivator has been detected casting the Minor Cloud and Rain Art. The System is stealing it.” “Stealing progress: 1%, 2%…100%.” “Host successfully stole the Minor Cloud and Rain Art.” With the Spell-Stealing System, Wei Xuan eventually grinds his way into becoming the Lord of Ten Thousand Arts. 479Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 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
- 200 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 367Reads8.1Score10614d adds
