1ST TIER START HERE. There's no particular order.... more>>

Almost zero cultivation theory and lean more to the political side of cultivation world or rather human relationships with SO MUCH ANGST, so it's easy to read for beginner. AND I THINK EVERYONE AGREE WE ARE HERE FOR LANXIAN and WEI NING and the KIDS/TEENS. The rest are depends from person to person. <<less

Ancension, deities and ghost. OR RATHER ALL major characters here are either God (Heavenly Official) and Ghost. But it's also very simple on cultivation and... more>> ancension theory. Like, Ascension for Dummy -- in a good way. It's also like easy chinese folk story compilation WITH SO MUCH ANGST <<less

HAHAHAHA NOW IT HAS HIGHER RATING THAN MDZS AND TGCF, NO I AM NOT SAD. I personally don't like this that much. BUT RATING DOESN'T LIE.... more>>

It's really funny at times, but also angsty. BEAUTIFUL PROSE FOR CULTIVATION EXPLANATION OR JUST BASICALLY MOST THINGS. You can see the inside of a demonic cult here, a different take.

masterxservant alert <<less

uuh should I remove this? But this one is MOOD. Although it's wuxia in the same universe as Thousand Autumn, this one actually more mystery... more>> solving loosely related to palace intrigue.  zero cultivation (theory). extremely recommended <<less

2nd TIER START HERE.... more>>

I AM SO SORRY YOU GOT IN SECOND. YOU ARE MY FAV AMONG ALL MXTX'S WORKS. But it's just my personal taste. Rereading it again and again, I can't say it's perfect. This one makes fun/parody of common cultivation webnovel for boys. but this one add LOVE after BOYS. <<less

PERSONAL FAV, YOU CAN ARGUE THIS IS 3RD TIER, I WILL ARGUE THIS IS 1ST. SO 2ND TIER IT IS... more>>

Not too heavy on theory, some are just vague or possibly made up since it's priest. But good cultivation atmosphere nonetheless. and ANGST. My fav theory is about sword cultivator explained by Da Shixiong, (who heard it from Shifu), yours truly -- and how he said he regretted cultivating that path haha.

* I also want to try cultivate that path in Liu Yao world just to feel his misery <<less

I BELIEVE THIS WILL BE (MY PERSONAL) 1ST TIER IN THE FUTURE. (same author as Devil Venerable's #3 in this list)... more>>

NOO, WHY THE RATING IS STILL LOW. THIS ONE IS AMAZING WITH CULTIVATION X VMMORPG FUSION. PERFECT FOR ME.

A bit more detailed on cultivation theories and themes but easily explained with modern gaming context and experienced author. IT IS QUITE INFORMATIVE and resourceful if you want to get into CULTivation. Except if you aren't familiar with games like mmorpg.  <<less

PROBABLY NOT THAT INTERESTING FOR BEGINNER XIANXIA FANS, mostly because of some Buddhism references and massive casts and events that actually typical for a cultivation... more>> story. But it didn't dwell much on theory, more about THIS MOVE, THAT MOVE, THIS WEAPON, THAT WEAPON, THIS FELLOW, THAT FELLOW WITH FANCY NAMES. ALSO A BIT HARD TO FOLLOW FOR ROMANCE FANS because the romance is also very slow burn as usual for this author. Nevertheless I love this <<less

The same author as estranged, so similar comment. OR RATHER, estranged has same author as this one is more famous and has more interesting villainous male lead YAN WUSHI. ACTUALLY THIS IS WUXIA, but there are still this move, that move, this figure, that figure, with fancy titles.... more>>

Note: is this actually 1st tier?  <<less

some parts are actually 3rd tier. BUT CONSIDERING THE HEAVY THEME AND HOW WELL IT IS WRITTEN, I WOULD FEEL LIKE A JERK IF THIS... more>> IS 3RD TIER. DOCTORXPATIENT ALERT. The first cultivation story I ever read with a medicine cultivator protagonist who live in famous MEDICINAL VALLEY <<less

3RD TIER STARTS HERE... more>>

Although I love this so much, but somehow I am still anticipating this novel will show some flaws. If not, then 2nd tier in the future. OLD WORLD SAVIOUR SHOU x YOUNGER SNAKE YAO GONG. More fluff, more romantic moments. Less theory but the cultivation atmosphere is still high. <<less

1ST TIER IN MELODRAMATIC CULTIVATION. But just 3rd tier overall because of many conflicting issues. NO I AM NOT SORRY. As meatbun said, the cultivation stage (and in general) isn't that complicated. It introduced lower cultivation realm and higher cultivation realm which are a common setting in shounen cultivation fiction, but rarely seen in danmei NU. In general, it used many elements found in other xianxia, WHICH MAKE ME DOESN'T REGRET READING THIS BOOK.... more>>

This one is so famous/infamous that I don't need to say more  <<less

MUCH BETTER THAN THE RATING. EXCUSE ME TIER 2, LET THIS THROUGH PLEASE!! (tier 2: No)... more>>

Ok, so there are noncon, and it's not handled seriously when it's supposed to. But that's just MY SHIZUN'S PERSONALITY. PLEASE DON'T ROAST HIM too much. MASTER-DISCIPLE ALERT. YANDERE ALERT. <<less

THE SAME AUTHOR AS THRILLER TRAINEE. EXPECT OVER POWERED CHARACTERS, s*xual TENSION, BEAUTIFUL PROSE at times, WITHOUT COMPLICATED CULTIVATION THEORY. Also is this xianxia or just Chinese historical fantasy? wuxia? What's clear is this also has palace intrigue. PALACE INTRIGUE.... more>>

*clearly I haven't finished reading this so the tier is changeable in the future. I will follow along with the wonderful translation  <<less

MODERN CULTIVATION with PROGRAMMING ANALOGY but it's also easy to understand even if you don't understand programming. I have a hard time where to put... more>> this. anyway personal fav but I am not sure with others so 3rd tier. And I still prefer historical setting than modern one. <<less

A GOOD READ. THERE'S NOTHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT, except probably no smut, because I am just so confused who is the gong and who is... more>> the shou, not that extremely important but- <<less

A bit short, small plot holes, read a long time ago. Still somewhat good.

4TH TIER STARTS HERE.... more>>

REALLY REALLY GOOD START AS IF THE START OF A GOOD QUALITY CULTIVATION STORY. It's actually focused on the topic of demonic beast but only shown in the later part of the novel. (if I am not wrong with the term). Maybe less than 3rd tier, but still somewhat good  <<less

THIS SHOULD BE 1ST TIER IN YANDERE LIST. But not in general list, because I don't want to be questioned...... more>>

IT ACTUALLY HAS GOOD PLOT, CHARACTERS (although can be unlikeable) AND ENOUGH CULTIVATION ATMOSPHERE TO SATISFY ME. Anyway read my review first if you hesitate to read this. <<less

!!!! THIS IS SO NOSTALGIC. ACTUALLY MY FAV TOO.GOOD START, questionable towards the end. STILL LOVE IT, a bit too stretched out towards the end.... more>> I WANT TO REREAD, I am not sure it will be popular now among others good read. YENDERE ALERT, I love yandere fiction. kinda weak protag as usual of classic danmei cultivation(?) <<less

Short story, easy read, cute read. MASTER-DISCIPLE ALERT. GO GO GO.It was only in the fourth tier because there's nothing much to talk about. since... more>> it's SHORT story <<less