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- 1 Transmigrated to the Cultivation World: Brewing Pills and Honing My Skills 穿越到修真，练练丹修修功 She was a peerless genius from an ancient martial arts clan, a master of divine alchemy. In the world of spirit cultivators, she was a worthless weakling, frail and helpless. When she took her place, their lives were destined to be rewritten. He was the heir to the most powerful force on the Tianmeng Continent: domineering, arrogant, and sharp-eyed. When he met her, he set aside his status, clung to her relentlessly, and swore to protect her for the rest of her life! And so begins a thrilling ga 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Immortal Way of Wanhua 万华仙道 Cultivation is, in essence, defying Heaven. To defy Heaven, one needs immense supernatural power and must endure countless hardships before mastering the five elements, absorbing and refining the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth, and making it one’s own. Cultivators can ride the clouds, move mountains and overturn seas, and even bring the dead back to life and restore flesh to bare bones. Yet the path of cultivation runs against Heaven’s will, and its many obstacles make every step precariou 896Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 3 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Cultivating Immortality with an Immortal Mansion 凡人：修仙从拥有仙府开始 [Mortal cultivation + no System + ruthless and decisive + immortal mansion] [Alchemy, artifact crafting, puppets, formations, spirit-beast taming] [Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation] Meng Chen, a youth from Blue Star, transmigrates with a jade pendant. Though his spiritual root and aptitude are abysmal, he rises from humble beginnings. In the face of one perilous obstacle after another, his determination to seek the Dao never wavers. Step by —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Zhong Immortal Clan: Cultivating Through Modern Strategies 钟氏仙族：用现代思想策略去修仙 [Clan Cultivation] [Earning Spirit Stones] [Management] [Growth] [Strategy] For cultivators, wealth, companions, cultivation arts, and a suitable place to practice are the essentials. After the protagonist transmigrates, he obtains a small green vial whose green liquid accelerates the growth of spiritual plants. The clan has no spirit stones? Open an alchemy factory and earn spirit stones to support the family. You say Foundation Establishment Pills are too expensive? Set up an assembly line and 269Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 5 My White Jade Thumb Ring Comes with an Alchemy Furnace 我的白玉扳指带着炼丹炉 Jiang Tian’s soul transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation, where he becomes a menial disciple. Luckily, the white jade thumb ring he bought from a street stall comes with him. It can store objects and refine medicine without limit. Pop a few pills, level up a few times, and it turns out cultivating immortality isn’t that hard after all... 1.3kReads8.0Score129Shelves
- 6 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Farming with a Pocket Dimension 凡人修仙：带着空间来种田 [Mortal cultivation + No System + Farming + Decisive and ruthless + Not mindless + Comedy] Xiao Yun couldn't remember exactly what happened. He vaguely recalled shouting, "A ghost!" before being dragged into a coffin, and then the lid was shut again... 214Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 7 Cultivating Immortality on the Road to Escape Famine 逃荒路修仙 Natural Disasters + Fleeing from Famine + Cultivation + Two Powerful Leads Mortal Realm + Cultivation Realm. A special note: This novel starts in the mortal realm, with everyday family life and plenty of traditional patriarchal values. It's realistic, not the sort of wish-fulfillment story where Nascent Soul cultivators do menial work, Spirit Transformation cultivators clean up afterward, and a bunch of powerful figures orbit the protagonists. If that's not your thing, please move along instead 3kReads8.8Score361Shelves
- 8 The Unassuming Ninth Master 顺手九爷 A Helping Hand for Ninth Master —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Golden Phoenix from the Mountain Village 山窝窝里的金凤凰 The Golden Phoenix of a Mountain Hamlet —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Cultivation: Gaining Longevity by Contracting a Tortoise 修仙：从契约寿龟开始长生！！！ Good news: He transmigrated to a world of cultivation, where people can practice the arts and attain immortality. Bad news: He has no spiritual roots. But there is good news: In his sea of consciousness lies an undying glimmer of light from an innate spiritual treasure, which accompanied Zhou Changsheng when he transmigrated. He also has an innate talent. Let’s see how Zhou Changsheng makes use of these two golden fingers. He will cultivate the Dao, seek immortality, and watch the tides of the w 4kReads7.5Score249Shelves
- 11 Clan Cultivation Begins at Skyfire Peak 家族修仙从天火峰开始 With a dual-spirit-root aptitude, the protagonist and his many clan members work hard to make their way in the world of immortal cultivation. Marked by flames, he rises from Qingzhou, uses the Heavenly Fire Realm as a stepping stone to wage war across the heavens, and plunders resources from the myriad realms to strengthen himself. He rises rapidly, ultimately looking down upon the Great Thousand Worlds. 2.4kReads7.2Score120Shelves
- 12 Lone Star Shatters the Dao 孤星破道 The Lone Star Shatters the Dao 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 A Story of Playing Hard to Get 欲擒故纵的故事 A story of playing hard to get 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Book of Borrowed Fortune: A Vermilion Brush Decides Fate 借运簿：朱砂判命 The Borrowed Fortune Ledger: Vermilion Sand Reads Your Fate 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 A Story of Casting a Brick to Attract Jade 抛砖引玉的故事 A story meant to inspire others —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 The Dragon Lies Hidden in the Eastern Palace: The Invincible Crown Prince 东宫龙潜，无敌太子 The Crown Prince in the Eastern Palace, a hidden dragon, invincible and peerless 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 A Mortal's Glimpse of Heaven 凡人窥天记 Li Village was struck by disaster, but Li Xiao and his father escaped thanks to a mysterious stone bead they had acquired by chance. Later, he stumbled upon an unnamed cultivation art and embarked on the path to immortality. The road to immortality stretches far, with brambles at every turn; The stone bead lays the foundation, and eternal life is finally within reach. See how Li Xiao transforms from an ordinary mortal into a true cultivator, and how he climbs step by step to the peak of the immo 1.9kReads8.6Score174Shelves
- 18 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 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 I Found a Pocket Dimension and a Medicinal Herb Garden, and Now I'm Doing Research in the Immortal Realm 捡到空间药田，我在仙界搞研发 [Portable pocket world with medicinal fields + solo cultivation + building a faction + no female lead + no harem] Lin Feng came across a portable pocket world with medicinal fields that accelerated the growth of spirit herbs. Combining Blue Star technology with the world, he cultivated technical talent and got into product research and development. Later, he discovered that the pocket world’s laws were complete enough to let other people enter, so he moved his people and laboratories inside. Pro 170Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 20 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 5.2kReads7.8Score408Shelves
- 21 Startling the Snake in the Grass 打草惊蛇 Stirring up trouble and alerting the enemy 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 My All-Purpose Space Helps Me Grow High-Yield Crops in Ancient Times 万能空间助我在古代种出高产粮食 A beautiful young businesswoman, pursued by the elite of the corporate world, was in a car accident on her way to a matchmaking date and ended up in a remote ancient village in the middle of nowhere. Everything from her previous life could only remain a memory. In this life, she would have to make her way through sheer brains and hard work. Fortunately, she had a pocket dimension, and Heaven blessed Ye Zhenzhen with a handsome, gentle husband, a battle-god uncle who doted on her, and a loving fa 755Reads8.8Score106Shelves
- 23 Strength Makes Miracles: When It’s Time to Act, I Don’t Hesitate 大力出奇迹：该出手时不含糊 Might makes miracles: When it’s time to act, don’t hesitate —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 A Mortal's Quest for Immortality 凡人寻仙 [Mortal's journey + no System + no harem + no transmigration] Ye Zhou, a village boy, awakens his spiritual root thanks to a small family-inherited gourd that can change the age of medicinal herbs, and embarks on a long journey of cultivation. Everyone schemes against everyone else, danger lurks everywhere, and affection is as thin as paper. Steadfast determination and a sharp mind are his only supports. Millions of years later, he climbs the road to immortality, survives the tribulation of ligh 5.5kReads8.6Score480Shelves
- 25 Tales of Spirit Herbs from Qingya Cliff 青崖灵草记 The Chronicle of Spirit Grass in Greencliff 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Immortal Fate of the Flowing Clouds 流云仙缘 [Cultivation] + [Pocket Dimension] + [Family] + [Power Fantasy] Across the boundless seas, countless sea beasts roam. The strong can turn the world upside down, while the weak struggle even to meet their most basic needs. Everyone has to fight against heaven and earth. Follow an ordinary young member of a small family as he travels farther and farther along the path of Cultivation! 276Reads7.3Score137Shelves
- 27 A Strange Romance in the World of Alchemy 丹尘奇缘 A menial disciple, busy doing odd jobs to earn a few spirit stones, is timid, afraid of death, and cares only about spirit stones. Everyone looks down on him, even his childhood sweetheart and cultivation partner, who abandons him. Then one day, he gets his hands on an iron gourd, and his life changes forever. A rise from humble beginnings + modest and low-key + immortal mansion realm + hidden depths + emotionally dense male lead + inspirational + xianxia + cultivation 2.8kReads8.9Score261Shelves
- 28 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 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 I Cultivate the Blade-on-Credit Dao, Slay Injustice in the World, and Subdue Evil Spirits Under Heaven 我修赊刀道，斩世间不平，镇天下诡煞 I Practice the Dao of Credit Blades, Slay Injustice in the World, and Subdue Evil Spirits Under Heaven 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The Zhou Clan of Water Serpent Island 水蛟岛周氏仙族 [Mortal cultivation + family clan + genius + no System + not a power fantasy] After more than three hundred years since the Zhou Clan was founded, it welcomed its first member with a Heavenly Spiritual Root: Zhou Le Wen. Zhou Le Wen cultivates sword arts and body-forging techniques, raises a flood dragon, concocts pills, and grows spiritual plants in the space within a wondrous treasure. Under his leadership, his grandfather Zhou Yun Zhan, whose lifespan was nearly over, reaches Foundation Estab 3.5kReads7.0Score212Shelves
- 31 I Build an Army of Spirit Beasts and Rule the Myriad Worlds 我以灵兽组建军团，称霸诸天万界 [Spatial Storage + Farming + Beast Taming + No System + Illustrations in the Final Chapter] The little beggar Li Changqing was hoping to get a decent meal when, by a stroke of luck, he became a pig-raising servant in the Xuanming Sect. By chance, he activated the Beastskin Scroll of Ten Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers, a gift from an old beggar. Time inside the scroll passed a thousand times faster than outside, and its spiritual energy was twice as potent. From then on, Li Changqing rais 657Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 32 I Have a Spirit Ring That Can Grow Crops 我有灵戒能种田 [Mortal’s Journey] [Inspirational] [No Female Lead] [Clever Protagonist] A strange illness in a mountain village and a peculiar ring changed Ye Qing’s life forever. The world is full of surprises. Who says an ordinary mortal can’t become an immortal? 248Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Luminous Stardust 灵动星尘 [A Mortal’s Path to Immortality Begins with Fishing] [Traditional Fantasy + Spatial Farming + Beast-Taming Spirit Pets + Two Strong Leads + One Female Lead + Formations and Talismans + Puppet Mechanisms + Soul Control and Demon Subjugation + Spells of Every Element + Steady Progression + A Universe in the Dantian + Strong Prose + No System] The sky stretches without end, calamities strike one after another, and people are as fleeting as mayflies, while the stars are but specks of dust. The Starf 290Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 34 A Hundred Wasted Meridians? I Have a Hundredfold Cultivation Space 百脉废灵根？我有百倍修炼空间 [Mortal Cultivation | Space Upgrades | No System | No Harem] Shen Qing, a good-for-nothing with a hundred-spirit-root constitution, unexpectedly acquires a mysterious space where time flows a hundred times faster: the [Tortoiseshell Cave Heaven]. Time passes a hundred times faster inside, and it also holds the immortal cultivation art "Evergreen Art". Plant a spirit herb for ten years, and it becomes a thousand-year-old immortal herb; Raise a spirit beast for a hundred years, and it becomes a te 12Reads—Score100Shelves
- 35 The Dao Diagram's Path to Immortality 道图升仙录 [4.8 million words, complete. A long cultivation novel with a satisfying ending and no abandoned plotlines] [A hundred cultivation instances for you to explore] [Traditional cultivation + clan cultivation + spiritual herb space + alchemy + weapon forging + Ancient Desolate Dao Diagrams] A poor young man from Immortal Cat Valley has no parents and is a humble spirit farmer with only three mu of spirit fields. He awakens the Eight Ancient Desolate Dao Diagrams: the Immortal Zhi Medicine Diagram, w 10.6kReads8.0Score992Shelves
- 36 EN The Young Farmer Who Can Cultivate Immortality 会修仙的小农民 [Farming]+ [Pocket Dimension]+ [Urban Cultivation]+ [Everyday Life] On his way home, Su Ye is bound to an unknown pocket dimension that has flown in from beyond the heavens. Inside, he finds not only a legacy of cultivation techniques, but also incredibly rich spiritual energy and a spirit spring! Best of all, time flows faster inside than in the outside world. The medicinal herbs and fruit trees Su Ye transplants into the dimension are transformed by the spiritual energy… 16kReads8.6Score1.3kShelves
- 37 Cultivating Immortality Through Spatial Farming 修仙从空间种田开始 [Traditional Immortal Cultivation + Spatial Farming + Cautious Growth + Family Clan + Slow-Burn Leveling + Ordinary Man's Journey] Lu Qingxuan transmigrates, and from the start finds himself living on an island surrounded by monsters! Then a once-in-a-century monster tide strikes, leaving many clan members dead or injured and the old clan leader gravely wounded and near death. The clan is deeply divided, powerful enemies are watching closely, and the monsters in the sea are stirring... At the br 8.9kReads7.2Score647Shelves
- 38 Unintentionally Seeking Immortality 无意问仙 [Mortal's Journey] [No System] [Cultivation Through Caution] Li Wuyi was an ordinary man who delivered food part-time after work, until a small silver stone drew a bolt of heavenly lightning that sent him into the cultivation world. With no backing and no one to rely on, he had little access to spirit stones, pills, or magical treasures. Luckily, a small space hidden deep within his sea of consciousness could produce spirit liquid and accelerate the growth of spiritual plants. Qi Refining, Fou 478Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 39 After Becoming a Cannon-Fodder Character, I Rose to Become the Great Zhou State Preceptor Through the Plot 穿成炮灰后，我靠剧情登顶大周国师 After Reincarnating as a Cannon Fodder, I Rise to Become the Great Zhou State Preceptor Through the Plot 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Green Origin Immortal Manor 青元仙府 After a famine forces the young Fang Yang to be sold as a servant in the city, a strange ancient seal script character unexpectedly leads him to join a martial sect. By a twist of fate, a mysterious immortal mountain takes refuge inside him. One day in the outside world equals a year in the mountain, and from then on, thousand-year-old spirit herbs and ten-thousand-year-old immortal medicines are his for the taking... Fengyun Star, Azure Ancient Star, Canglan Star, Tianyuan Star, Qingliu Star, P 9.2kReads8.4Score909Shelves
- 41 I Transmigrated Into a County Magistrate, and From the Start Everything Was a Mess 穿越成县令，开局烂摊子 Transmigrated as a County Magistrate, With a Mess from the Start 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Heaven-Piercing Tower 凡人修仙：通天塔 [The animated series A Great Rogue Cultivator: My Quest to Reach the Heavens is currently a hit on Hongguo Short Drama] [No transmigration, sensible plot, traditional cultivation, mortal cultivator, no System] "Are there really immortals in this world?" "Of course!" "Old man, when are you finally going to take me as your disciple?" The boy has lost count of how many times he's begged by now... After a great upheaval, a boy from Lanxian Town embarks on a long journey of cultivation. A mysterious 8.7kReads7.9Score660Shelves
- 43 My Sect Was Wiped Out, So I Led My Fellow Disciples in a Desperate Escape 门派被灭，我带同门绝地大逃亡 [Authentic Sect Story] [The Entire Sect Ascends] [Ordinary Mortal's Path] [Smart Characters] [Team Battles] [No Harem + No System] There's a sect whose experience of near-annihilation brought everyone together. United as one, they hack their way through the cultivation world! In a world of selfish cultivators, they are a breath of fresh air! This unconventional sect struggles to survive in the cracks. They are decisive killers, audacious to a fault, and every last one of them is a bandit! They a 15.9kReads8.8Score2kShelves
- 44 Immortal Fate Through Spirit Eyes 灵眼仙缘 [Mortal’s Journey] One step onto the path of cultivation, and after ten thousand years, one becomes an immortal! By a stroke of fate, a country bumpkin stumbles into the world of cultivation, a world beyond the wildest imaginings of ordinary people. He cultivates his power and awakens his spiritual sense, farming as he trains, gradually finding his footing in the complicated and treacherous cultivation world. After thousands upon thousands of years, he ultimately rises above the vast worlds and 4.6kReads8.8Score296Shelves
- 45 A Left-Behind Wife’s Journey to Independence 留守妇女的自强之路 A Left-Behind Wife’s Journey to Self-Reliance 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Beauties in a World at War, Blood on Their Rouge 乱世佳人，胭脂染血 A beauty in troubled times, rouge stained with blood 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 The Jade Bangle Space: Ruling the Rivers and Mountains, Overlooking a Vast Empire 玉镯空间，御山河，俯瞰着万里江山 With a jade bangle's inner realm, he commands the mountains and rivers, surveying a vast land 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Lin Xiaoman’s Freshman Year 林小满的大一生活 Lin Xiaoman's Freshman Year 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Stranded on a Deserted Island, I Gave Birth to Twins 被困荒岛，生了双胞胎 Stranded on a Deserted Island, I Had Twins 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Wind and Rain on the Path of the Dust-Mote Immortal Abode 微尘仙府风雨道途 The path of immortality comes like wind and rain, then passes like dust. Even with ambitions soaring to the clouds, one still needs fortune's favor. See how a mere junior steward of a sect, aided by an Immortal Lord's estate, stirs up wind and rain and gathers dust, rising from humble beginnings to turn the tides in the heavens. 955Reads—Score—Shelves
