The Peerless Doctor

This is a classic old-school urban miracle-doctor power fantasy: the hero descends the mountain, bears a mission, wields a peerless art, and slaps down foes all the way. Shen Chu turns the premise of "the Divine Needle Sect heir gathering the ten great divine needles" into the book's main hook. Each needle is both a key item for curing terminal illnesses and a gateway into a new story arc, so it is easy to pick up and fast to read—no complicated worldbuilding to memorize, and any chapter can be followed on its own. Li Jiuzhen is no aloof immortal physician; he is mouthy and loves to take verbal liberties, and the opening line "a mighty ominous omen" sets the tone for the whole book: first create laughs through misunderstanding, then turn the tables with real skill. This blend of flippancy and deep feeling actually makes him more convincing when he saves lives. As a long-running serial of enormous length, its strength lies in steady delivery of satisfying payoffs—and its weakness lies there too: by the middle and later stretches the formulas repeat, the plot advances by throwing ever stronger opponents and ever more powerful needles at the hero, and character growth stays relatively flat. If you are simply looking for a book to pick up and put down at will, it qualifies; if you want rigorous traditional Chinese medicine research or literary quality, lower your expectations.