Cultivation Recommendations

The closest I can come is Dashing Youth, a story of young martial arts practitioners traveling and experiencing the world as they hone their skills and level up their abilities. If you like this, there are several related dramas. I suggest watching this one first even though it came out after The Blood of Youth. It's still the prequel.

Other dramas revolving around cultivation (but not necessarily a journey):

• When Destiny Brings the Demon

• The Legend of Shen Li

• Love and Redemption

• Love in the Clouds

I've not seen it but from what I've heard The Immortal Ascension.

Maybe...

The Time of Rebirth

Young Swordsman

Love You Seven Times

link for cultivation dramas: https://mydramalist.com/search?adv=titles&th=12579&so=popular&or=desc

Maybe:

Douluo Continent (it's a school for people with supernatural powers, including shapeshifter, have sequel after some time skip with different cast, not watching its sequel)

Ever Night (not exactly like what you want, but somewhat have the same vibe, have S2 with different actor for male lead but not watching it)

Fight Break Sphere (once ptw it, more wuxia than xianxia but in some way similar, have sequel with different cast but seems like it's not a continuation according to the memory of a friend that's watching both dramas)

Noble Aspirations (I dropped it, but maybe you'll like it, have S2 with same cast)

And Jin Yong's wuxia adaptation may suits you, not on the cultivation part but the progressing and the journey are there, for example The Legend of the Condor Heroes

Upcoming (you may want to check):

The Immortal Ascension will have S2 in like 2-3 years

Live Long and Prosper (2026) ptw it, but may not watch it

Pull Strings (19 Aug 2026?) once ptw it

The One (2027) may end up being wuxia but the progressing and the journey are there

Xian Ni (in the next 5 years since there's no word about the casting?)