I want a cultivation novel where there are no pre-defined cultivation methods "passed down from the dao ancestors". Maybe Mc has no cultivation methods, maybe the entire world is new to cultivation it is up to the Mc's ingenuity and creativity to form a cultivation method suited to him Something a little similar to Dark Blood Age. also similar to the image formation from the Legend of Randidly Ghosthound
Might fit your criteria, but probably not. Cultivator transported to a magic universe (not just world). https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/11397/the-dao-of-magic
The Spiritual Attainment of Minghe I.. Don't read it pass chapter 20 since the detail is too much but it suits your requirements as the mc was transmigrated to let's say the first wave of cultivators. He was created from the creator(pangu) as the first few intelligence being.
There is a series on royal road that fits what you are looking for. It's called "The first cultivator" By "Unstablecog"
Chronicles of Primordial Wars maybe? It’s subtle and only show at the end of the novel, but MC created the first model of a cultivation path there. The novel has supernatural beings and magical powers present, it’s just not cultivation… yet. Maybe just a first impression of body cultivation, but that’s it.