Low-Profile Cultivation With a Female Lead and No Romance 女主无CP低调修仙

1. 51 路 Tales of an Ordinary Cultivator 路人甲修仙趣闻录 LAN Rotten PersonLAN烂人Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Yue Ya, who never drinks, gets scolded by her boss at work. After clocking out, she wants to drown her sorrows, only to discover she’s allergic to alcohol. Two cans of beer kill her outright, and she wakes up in the body of a five-year-old girl who was just beaten to death by a beggar. The little girl’s head was badly injured, so Yue Ya wakes up with no memories. Disguising herself as a boy, she manages to survive and becomes an apprentice to a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, slowly learnin 5.1kReads8.3Score551Shelves
2. 52 欲 Yearning for Immortality 欲求仙 Han Xidi寒兮帝Ancient Romance3.1M WordsOngoing Something seems off about this transmigration? If you transmigrate into the cultivation world as an utterly ordinary passerby, get a golden finger in the form of a useless panel from the start, get sold to a talisman shop owner to work, and nearly starve to death while in seclusion, is there any hope for a life like that? And does being abandoned count as having your parents sacrificed to the heavens? By the time Fang Mingliao finally reached the Golden Core stage, she realized that ninety-nine 11.9kReads8.8Score957Shelves

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   No romantic pairing; its strengths are its meticulous detail and the protagonist's good character.

3. 53 清 Cold, Untouchable Moonlight? No! I'm the Villain Chosen by Fate 清冷白月光？不！我是天命大反派 A Clear Song by the Pool一曲潭清Ancient Romance578k WordsCompleted [System-driven + villainess protagonist + egoist + top prodigy + near-invincible power fantasy + no romance (no male consorts)] After transmigrating, Nan Xian becomes a fake prodigy used by a top family to save face. She is about to fight the real prodigy. Should she just wait to die? No rush, the System is here to help. [Ding! The Ultimate Villain System is at your service.] [Humiliate your arrogant fiancé and get a divine beast mount as a reward.] Nan Xian: Kill him. Her younger siblings are d 37.6kReads9.5Score6.4kShelves
4. 54 大 Three Thousand Great Daos, Playing the Zither to Become an Immortal 大道三千，抚琴为仙 No Wind Without Rain不有风兼雨Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Traditional cultivation + no romance, female-led story + strong heroine + not a saint + level-up progression] After disaster struck Zihuang City, its young lord, Sang Zi, was reborn in the Nine Provinces of the lower realm. From then on, her eyes veiled in white silk and a Zihuang zither in hand, she journeyed across the Nine Provinces, seeking the path to immortality and ascending straight into the clouds. Cultivating the Dao and pursuing immortality: a path that defies heaven. Forget the mort 687Reads7.0Score100Shelves
5. 55 穿 After Entering a Cultivation Novel, I Went from Hated by All to Everyone’s Favorite 穿到修仙文后，我从万人嫌变团宠 Bei Zhiyu北执欲Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No Romance + Cultivation + Wish Fulfillment + Genius + Transmigrate into a Book + Chaos Spirit Root + Growth + Selfhood + Lone Wolf + Questionable Values + Madness] A note: If this isn’t your thing, just leave. We’ll both be happier, so don’t force yourself. Qin Biezhi woke up to find she had transmigrated into the cultivation novel she’d read the night before. To make matters worse, she had become the universally despised supporting female character, saddled with the worst kind of useless spir 994Reads8.8Score211Shelves
6. 56 说 I Was Supposed to Be the Top Sword Cultivator, So Why Is It the Sword of Being a Jerk? 说好第一剑修，怎么是犯贱的贱 Qi Yi Zi七一子Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Physical edition preorder opens at 7:00 p.m. on the 22nd] [Hilarious, absurd, no-romance power fantasy + meme references + the female lead is the root of all evil] [One female lead corrupts every prodigy] At the sect entrance examination, everyone else was busy testing their spiritual roots. I was busy scamming people. Chi Miao transmigrated into the cultivation world ten years ago and got bound to a System that could only be unlocked after she committed a hundred scams. It promised she could b 106.6kReads9.5Score15.4kShelves
7. 57 小 The Junior Sister Is Number One in the Five Realms, and Even Geniuses Break Down Around Her 小师妹五界第一，天才见她都破防 Three Hundred三百Fantastical Romance379k WordsOngoing [Strong female lead, feel-good power fantasy, ensemble cast, no romance] Can modern people have spiritual roots? Yun Yuan says: Absolutely! And hers are amazing! * She transmigrates to the cultivation world and awakens a top-grade metal spiritual root and an innate sword bone, making the top sects fight to recruit her. But that’s nothing. What Yun Yuan never expected was that her affinity with animals from the modern world would work in the cultivation world, too! * Ferocious magical beasts wrea 36.2kReads8.7Score4kShelves
8. 58 今 Another Day of Leveling Up by Timing My Proficiency Just Right 今天也是卡着熟练度升级的一天 Su Black Cat苏黑猫Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation; no CP; proficiency panel; relentless grinding; cultivation; a little female ensemble cast; spirit beasts; all orientations; slice-of-life in the early chapters] Lu Xingyun is an ordinary little girl, but she's also a little different. Ever since she was born, a panel has followed her around like a shadow. So she's certain she can cultivate to immortality! Only after joining an immortal sect does she discover what the panel can really do. It records all her progress, and even 22.1kReads8.1Score4.6kShelves
9. 59 截 I Steal Fortunes and Get a Thousandfold Return, While the Side Character Secretly Becomes an Immortal 截胡机缘万倍返还，女配偷偷成仙 Duck Immortal鸭仙人Fantastical Romance780k WordsCompleted (The animated series is now available) [No romance + scheming + System + sly operator + transmigrate into a book + power fantasy + unstoppable dominance + female-leaning strength + leveling up and growth] Ye Wushuang transmigrated into a book as the legitimate daughter of the Famous Sword Manor. She thought she could lie flat, slack off, and live a carefree life. Who could have guessed that as soon as she transmigrated, she would be humiliated in every way by the future Mandate of Heaven empress 30.9kReads8.3Score4.8kShelves
10. 60 我 My Master Is So Protective of Me. Dare to Hit Me and See What Happens? 我家师尊超护短，你敢打我试试？ Cong Xin丛薪Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [No CP + sword cultivator + powerful master] Are sword cultivators unbeatable among those of the same rank? No. The way to go is to take on higher-ranked opponents without breaking a sweat. Competing in talent? An eighth-grade sword bone and an extraordinary bloodline. Competing in backing? Her master can crush the strongest experts across countless realms. No one can match him. Competing in combat strength? Her swordsmanship leaves everyone in the dust. She takes on opponents above her rank wit 2.3kReads9.0Score236Shelves
11. 61 凡 An Ordinary Girl’s Path to Immortality: My Jade Pendant Can Purify Spiritual Energy 凡女修仙：我的玉佩能净化灵气 I Hate Deep Learning讨厌深度学习Ancient Romance2.8M WordsOngoing [Slow-Paced + Leveling Up + Cultivation + Golden Finger + No Romance + Alchemy + Treasure Hunting + Swordsmanship] Su Yue fell off a cliff while trying to save her father. She thought she was doomed, but at the bottom she found a jade pendant of astonishing power. Born with four spiritual roots, she was dismissed by her sect as someone who would never amount to anything and could only become an errand disciple. But who could have guessed that the pendant could purify and refine spiritual energy? 9.6kReads7.9Score958Shelves
12. 62 惊 Amazing! Reborn With a Spatial Realm, I Roam Across the Cultivation World 惊！重生空间之在修仙界纵横四海 Painting Rain Softly画雨棉棉Ancient Romance3.8M WordsOngoing [No CP] + [traditional fantasy cultivation] + [space] + [strong female lead] + [mortal-to-immortal progression] + [strong heroine] Luo Mingyi, a modern antiques appraiser, was swept into a sudden space-time anomaly because of a mysterious jade pendant. She transmigrated to another world and embarked on the path of cultivation. "What did you say? To improve my other spiritual root values, I have to upgrade the space first?" A lazy phoenix in the space stretched out a finger and said, "It's not mu 10.7kReads8.4Score1.2kShelves
13. 63 绝 The Peerless Empress: One Woman, One Sword, Slaying Her Way Through Ten Thousand Worlds 绝世女皇：一人一剑杀穿万界 Drunken Smile of Peace醉安笑Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted [Genius + Sword Cultivation + Leveling Up + Traditional Fantasy] Ye Wuxi transmigrates as a genius whose powers have been crippled, bringing along a mysterious seed. A single seed can fill a dantian and turn it into an ocean, and give rise to an eternal, verdant heaven... In a world where the strong rule, Ye Wuxi sets out from Tianfeng with a sword in hand, embarking on a long journey of cultivation... I wield a sword that can stride across the Myriad Worlds. P.S. The female lead seems aloof on 11.1kReads8.5Score1.4kShelves
14. 64 反 The Villainess Goes on a Rampage Across the Nine Continents! The Protagonists All Kneel 反派女配杀疯九洲！主角们都跪了 Fei Xi妃玺Ancient Romance3.0M WordsCompleted “If the author says there's no romance, then there really isn't.” She became the saintess of one of the Four Great Sacred Lands, with exceptional talent, a prestigious position, and a decent fortune. And yet, with such an impressive setup, she was destined to be a cannon-fodder villain in countless stories about male and female leads. To avoid being won over or defeated, and to stay alive, she had no choice but to strike first. Oh, did I hit too hard? My mistake, my mistake. Go recover, then com 17.2kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
15. 65 穿 After I Transmigrate into a Book, I Survive Until I Become a Cultivation Big Shot 穿书后我苟成了修仙大佬 Green Veggie Little Bunny青菜小 兔Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted [No romance + talent cheat, if you don't like it, don't read] After Ruan Lianzui transmigrated into a book, she unexpectedly discovered that she had become the notorious great demon everyone wanted dead. To save her own life, she decided to start over, hide her identity as a great demon, and cultivate immortality anew. She would see all the splendor and grandeur of the cultivation world and make a name for herself! Yet along the path of cultivation, she found family and friendship she could neve 1.4kReads8.9Score151Shelves
16. 66 虐 The Tragic-Romance Heroine Is Obsessed with Cultivation 虐文女主沉迷修仙 A Smile Through the Dust陌尘一笑Ancient Romance423k WordsCompleted No romance, strong female lead, and the heroine stays single, single, single. The heroine works hard at cultivation, plays it safe in the early stages, and stays focused on herself. She’s a genius who grows stronger over time. She’s neither wholly good nor wholly evil, and does as she pleases. The System is only useful for transmitting the plot and little else. Tragic-romance scenario one: She becomes the stand-in for a wealthy young master’s true love. The heroine: “I’m going to cultivate immor 4.7kReads9.2Score399Shelves
17. 67 穿 After Becoming a Cultivation Novel's Female Side Character, I Don't Want to Be Cannon Fodder 穿成修仙女配后不想当炮灰 Knife, Medicine, Pen刀药笔Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Female-Led Cultivation, No Romance] [Mutated Wind Spirit Root + Hidden Weapons] Reincarnated as the villainess in a cultivation novel, she gets the best setup possible: the Northern Border’s greatest beauty and a genius disciple with a mutated Wind Spirit Root. But since she isn’t destined to be the heroine, Duan Jiaojiao decides to stay away from her and turn down the powerful Canglan Sect, joining the “pickpocket sect” Kongkong Sect instead. Who could have guessed that this much-hated “pickpo 5.5kReads9.2Score543Shelves
18. 68 重 The Reborn Senior Sister Doesn’t Want to Work Hard 重生大师姐不想努力了 Glass Salted Fish玻璃咸鱼Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted As the sect’s senior disciple, Song Wu had always worked diligently, trained hard, and taught her fellow disciples, all to protect the sect’s reputation. But her fiancé thought she wasn’t gentle or considerate enough. Her fellow disciples called her rigid, strict, and lacking in compassion. Even her master, the sect leader, advised her to be more generous and kind. Heartbroken, Song Wu forced a breakthrough and lost her life. She never expected to be reborn at a time before she had even become t 1kReads8.8Score262Shelves
19. 69 白 Bai Qinghe’s Bumpy Road to Immortality 白清禾的坎坷仙途 Grandma Ningning宁宁外婆Ancient Romance634k WordsCompleted Her father was eaten by a beast, her younger brother was swept away by the river, and her grandmother died from shock and grief. In an instant, her happy family was shattered. Her mother, the only family she had left, sold her into a squalid den for the sake of her own happiness! Bai Qinghe jumped from a cliff in despair. But she survived against all odds. By a twist of fate, she saved a Golden Core cultivator and gained entry to the vast, wondrous world of immortal cultivation. A Five-Spirit Ro 3.6kReads8.4Score349Shelves

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    No romantic pairing, starting cultivation from the mortal realm.

20. 70 师 After My Master Gave Up, the Entire Sect Became Invincible 师尊摆烂后，全宗门都无敌了 If the Sky Is Clear若是晴空Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Laid-Back Heroine + Everyone Else Works Themselves to the Bone + Ensemble Cast + No CP] Mu Shiyue worked herself to the bone for two lifetimes, only to be struck by lightning while undergoing tribulation. Reborn, she becomes the master of Wanxuan Sect, a small and impoverished sect. The sect may be poor, but her six disciples are good-looking, sweet-spoken, and great at getting things done. She absolutely adores them! She has her disciples train hard: one can make medicine, another can forge ma 5.3kReads9.2Score596Shelves
21. 71 我 I’m a Menial Disciple with a Sign-In System 我，杂役弟子，有签到系统 My Name Is Cat我叫猫Ancient Romance373k WordsCompleted (No romance + System + transmigration) After transmigrating into a cultivation world, the protagonist plans to focus on cultivating, only to be tested as a good-for-nothing with five spiritual roots and become a menial disciple of a sect. Then, with the help of a sign-in System, they rise to greatness. “Sign in: Chaos Sacred Body.” “Sign in: Imperial-grade cultivation technique...” “Sign in: Divine beast egg...” 3.5kReads8.7Score289Shelves
22. 72 师 Senior Sister, Stop Hiding. You're Already Invincible 师姐别苟了，你都已经无敌了 Gion of Flame City烈焰城的祗园Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No romance + Invincible + Cautious] Tang Shi transmigrated to another world, into a realm of immortal cultivation. With poor aptitude, she couldn’t keep up with the ambitious, but she couldn’t even slack off properly. She was tired of it all. Might as well let the world end. If she was lucky, she’d be dead by tomorrow. “Ding! You have been bound to the Retirement System. For every extra day you live, the System will grant the Host a certain amount of cultivation.” Tang Shi: “I suddenly feel lik 8.3kReads8.2Score731Shelves
23. 73 小 The Little Junior Sister Is the Cultivation World's Biggest Sycophant? She Gets a Hundredfold Return! 小师妹修仙第一舔？她百倍返利！ All Intentions Rise with the Wind万意随风起Ancient Romance3.0M WordsOngoing [No romance + classic cultivation + sword cultivator + epic power progression + rebate system] “Gift an ordinary Spirit-Gathering Pill and receive a system rebate: one high-grade spirit pill!” “Gift an unremarkable Water Spirit Pearl and receive a system rebate: one Spirit Spring source!” “Gift a three-tailed spirit fox with impure bloodlines and receive a system rebate: one nine-tailed demon fox cub!” While everyone else was fighting tooth and nail over a single spirit pill or magical artifact, 15.3kReads8.9Score1.8kShelves

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    Forgive my tongue, but it's simply a great read. The entire book is intellectually savvy, with no sycophancy or backstabbing; everyone has their own agenda. The protagonist won't casually give away hard-earned rewards to those with higher payouts, but he'll still give things to his companions, even if their payouts are lower. It's a mutual support system, without any sense of hierarchy. The path of cultivation is never smooth; it's all about competition.

24. 74 南 The Coffin Maiden of Southern Xinjiang's Cultivation Record 南疆棺女修仙记 Jiang Jiang Jiang江僵姜Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No CP, no CP, no CP, no romance: a female lead who cultivates immortality through corpse control in southern Xinjiang. If someone wrongs her, she gets revenge on the spot instead of bottling it up!!!] After watching a hospital dispute, she somehow transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation. Luo San is completely unfazed. As long as she's strong enough, anywhere can be home. But when she looks at the little white jade coffin hanging from her waist, she falls silent. She's not a sword cul 2.5kReads8.9Score278Shelves

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    Not a swordsman, but a rather novel form of leisure.

25. 75 小 My Junior Sister Has a Real Talent for Stirring Up Trouble! 小师妹她整活儿天赋超强！ Lewd Kappa好色河童Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete, no CP, strong heroine, versatile, overpowered] After being reborn through transmigration into a book, Chen Ling kicked her former sect to the curb and turned around to become the disciple of her former master’s archenemy. After she changed sects Her former master looked back and thought: What! That seemingly ordinary little disciple with no talent can draw spirit talismans, create formations, refine pills, and tame spirit beasts? She keeps stumbling into all kinds of lucky encounters 6.4kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
26. 76 女 The Reborn Supporting Actress: From the Start, I Became a God-Tier Second-Generation Heiress 女配重生：开局成了神二代 A One-Yuan Fate一块钱的缘份Ancient Romance2.8M WordsCompleted The female fiend Ye Lige has fallen, and fireworks light up the world of cultivation in celebration. But Ye Lige is reborn… From the start, she finds the treasures her birth parents left for her and uncovers the mystery of her origins that has haunted her all her life. It turns out she isn’t a helpless little victim, left with no one to rely on and powerless to stop others from digging out her spiritual root. Born into a first-rate cultivation clan, with powerful blood relatives who fiercely pro 3.8kReads8.5Score364Shelves
27. 77 弃 The Long Road to Immortality for an Abandoned Daughter 弃女的漫漫修仙路 Little Rain Blows Bubbles小雨吐泡泡Ancient Romance488k WordsCompleted Wen Yuan transmigrated before birth into an unknown dynasty. She was born into a prince's household, and her birth kept her mother too occupied to attend to anything else. As a result, her own full-blooded elder brother died in the lotus pond. Because of this, Wen Yuan was unwanted from the moment she was born and was sent straight to a country estate to live. She spent seven years there without ever seeing her father or mother, let alone her siblings. Just when she thought she would spend the r 4.8kReads8.8Score426Shelves
28. 78 贾 Miss Jia’s Combat Power Is Off the Charts 贾小姐武力值爆表 Soft, Clear Evening Breeze晚风轻清Ancient Romance661k WordsCompleted An Ruo, whose strength mutated during the apocalypse, became the fake daughter of a minor official's family. The good news: her ability came with her. The even better news: the real daughter is about to arrive with a whole crowd of people. After An Ruo quickly restored the real and fake daughters to their proper identities with a few punches and kicks, life opened its arms to her. From then on, everywhere she went was peaceful! An Ruo: “There's nothing one punch can't solve. If there is, just th 8kReads7.9Score514Shelves
29. 79 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: No One Understands Arrogance Better Than I Do 穿书之没人能比我更懂嚣张 Chenchen Little Darling晨晨小宝贝Ancient Romance984k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication] –– Fu Zhu died suddenly after staying up all night watching shows and reading novels. She still remembers that just before she died, she was reading a novel called The Useless Girl Warrior Who Defies Heaven. –– Then she became Bai Li Fu Zhu, the female villain who opposes the novel's hero and heroine. –– This villain is different: she isn't jealous of the heroine or interested in the hero. She simply can't stand the two of them acting more arrogant than her and ste 47.4kReads9.3Score6.6kShelves
30. 80 这 This Female Cultivator Plays by Her Own Rules, and She’s Adored! 这个女修路子野，得宠！ Bean Sprout, Bean Sprout豆芽豆芽Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Pocket Dimension + Cultivation + Supporting Female Character + Five-Element Spiritual Roots + Leveling Up + Strong Heroine + Everyone's Favorite] Xiao Lou transmigrates into an unfinished cultivation novel as a supporting female character. Her aptitude is so poor that she nearly gives up, but luckily, she has a hidden bloodline. She levels up and fights monsters along the way, with adorable pets, divine beasts, alchemy, artifact crafting, talismans, and fortuitous opportunities. She's got it a 2.2kReads8.6Score201Shelves
31. 81 穿 Transmigrated Into a Substitute Puppet, I Took Up Sword Formation Dual Cultivation 穿成替死傀儡，我直接剑阵双修 The Forest Stream Runs Deep林寒涧溯Ancient Romance710k WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead + Power Progression + Slow Burn + Past and Present Lives + Ensemble Cast + Passionate Adventure + Redemption] The past-life arc is underway! Come join us~ Transmigrated into a book as the heroine’s puppet? Or a fake replacement meant to lure the villain into a trap and kill him? Chi Mian: “This script is trash. Tear it all up and start over!” Kill the heroine, seize her opportunities, make a contract with a divine beast... Chi Mian carves out a path of her own. She thinks her 10.2kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
32. 82 黄 Huang Er Ya’s Cultivation Story 黄二丫修仙记 Want a Baby想要一个娃Fantastical Romance928k WordsOngoing Huang Er Ya was an ordinary country girl who, through a twist of fate, joined the Six Profound Sect as a menial disciple. She should have been starting a wonderful life of cultivation, but evil cultivators just keep getting in the way... 4kReads6.9Score430Shelves

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    The storyline is quite good; it doesn't involve cultivating in one place.

33. 83 凡 An Ordinary Woman's Path to Immortality: She Starts an Inner-Palace War in the Immortal Realm 凡女修仙，她在仙界搞内卷 Hakka from Yunya云崖客家人Fantastical Romance900k WordsCompleted [A mortal woman's path to immortality, no System, no romance, a long, traditional cultivation novel] The ordinary girl Ji Lan was born into the everyday bustle of Qingxi Town. She grew up on her father's medicinal decoctions and her mother's tender care, yet an accidental ingestion left a hidden mystery within her constitution. Fortune comes calling when an immortal master appears to recruit disciples. Through sheer perseverance, Ji Lan passes the initial test of immortal affinity. Carrying a pr 2.2kReads6.9Score199Shelves
34. 84 从 From Gender-Swapped to the Vermilion Bird, One of the Four Sacred Beasts 从性转开始成为四圣朱雀 Web Novel Mudslide网文泥石流Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted [Gender transformation + stays a woman + no System] A lazy college student woke up one day in another world, having transmigrated into the body of a favored daughter of heaven, blessed with a divine beast’s bloodline and accepted as an apprentice by a great sect. Now that I’m a genius, I’m done being lazy. I’m going to stand at the pinnacle of the world as a man… no, a woman! What? Someone wants a three-year agreement after breaking off an engagement? Three years is too long. I’ll deal with you 4.8kReads9.0Score483Shelves
35. 85 芜 Wuqian 芜阙 Swift as Fire掠如火Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [Originally titled The Barren Realm] [This is not a story where a golden finger or System solves every problem for the protagonist. She has no useful allies from the start, and she is no arrogant chosen one. The author does not want to write a female version of an Immortal Venerable, but a villain who is not entirely selfish, can justify herself with reason, and cares not about good or evil, only about where people stand.] [Gender-bender, decisive and ruthless, kind-hearted, slow-burn, villain] 3.5kReads9.4Score379Shelves
36. 86 逍 Carefree Cultivation: Mastering Sword, Qi, and Body from the Start 逍遥，从音剑法体全修开始 Hugging a Tangerine抱个橘子Ancient Romance649k WordsOngoing [No romance + wind spiritual root + innate astral body + pocket dimension + transmigrate into a book] Gu Ningyun transmigrates into a book. What should you do when you transmigrate as a cannon-fodder rival who's supposed to have her spiritual root ripped out by the heroine from the start? Gu Ningyun promptly packs up and runs. What, you say the heroine is going crazy looking for her? No worries. She's having a blast snatching the heroine's resources! Gu Ningyun joins the number one se 24.2kReads8.9Score3.6kShelves
37. 87 烬 Ashen Snow, Crossing into Spring 烬雪渡春 Frozen Salt盐冻Ancient Romance1.5M WordsOngoing [Strong female lead + cultivation world + ensemble cast + good-for-nothing rises to the top + growing heroine + not a transmigration or rebirth story + romance] After the war between immortals and demons, the immortal clans and humanity came to share one world, known as the Nine Heavens Domain. The demons occupied the surrounding lands, watching for an opportunity to invade. To protect the Nine Heavens Domain from being devoured, eight great sects were established at its eight boundaries to safe 4kReads8.8Score466Shelves
38. 88 修 Cultivating Immortality, Starting as Chosen Cannon Fodder 修仙，从天选炮灰开始 Watching Clouds Over the Vast Sea沧海观云Ancient Romance2.4M WordsOngoing She transmigrated into the cultivation world. The good news: she can cultivate immortality. The bad news: she’s the chosen cannon fodder. Shi Mo calmly declared, “Even cannon fodder can be chosen. Since fate chose me, I’ll accept my destiny.” With a five-element spiritual root, I’ll cultivate immortality. My life is the toughest of all. Once I reach the heights, I’ll take in the sights of the immortal path. 17.1kReads8.3Score1.3kShelves
39. 89 反 The Villain Cultivates Immortality: This Sweet-on-the-Outside, Dark-on-the-Inside Girl Wins Big 反派修仙，白切黑的我赢麻了 Azure Nebula苍蓝星云Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No romance, powerful demonic cultivator, strong female lead, ruthless] Su Jiu transmigrates into a book and gets off to the worst possible start: she's a dying cannon-fodder villain in a cultivation novel. The good news: she has top-tier talent, levels up incredibly fast, and faces no bottlenecks in cultivation! The bad news: she cultivates demonic arts and could explode at any moment... The good news: the bead she gets from the start is a rare treasure that leads to another world and can u 1.2kReads7.7Score141Shelves
40. 90 我 I Carve All Things in the Cultivation World 我在修仙界刻万物 Give Me a Mango给我一个芒果Ancient Romance346k WordsCompleted [No CP + Absurdist Humor + Monster-Slaying and Leveling Up + Joyful Cultivation + Slow-Paced Growth] Also known as: I Have All Five Elemental Spiritual Roots, But I’m Still Shameless! Jiang Jiulan has a Copy System, and she’s got every cultivation technique, spirit herb, and divine ability she could ever need. She even has all five elemental spiritual roots. So what’s she missing? A conscience, of course! The naive young masters of noble families? I’ll scam the sweet, clueless ones. The ge 70Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No romantic pairing, cultivation novel

41. 91 环 With a Good Environment, I Begin Cultivating 环境良好，开启修仙 Sparse Lotus, Pale Moon疏莲淡月Ancient Romance235k WordsOngoing [No romance + born into a new life + traditional fantasy + ordinary person + leveling up + pills + talismans + formations + spirit beasts] After dying in an accident, Li Song unexpectedly kept her memories when she was born into an ancient world. With every year she grew older, her fear mounted. Then, at the age of five, fate gave her the chance to embark on the path of cultivation. Along the way, she learns all kinds of skills, including pill-making, talisman drawing, formation crafting, and ar 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No romantic pairing, no romantic pairing, the female lead cultivates immortality, she is logical and thoughtful, and the supporting characters are not brainless.

42. 92 穿 Reincarnated as a Debtor in the Cultivation World, I Ascend with a Multiverse Chat Group 穿成修仙界负婆，我靠诸天群飞升 LuLu99Ancient Romance171k WordsOngoing [Multiverse Cross-Plane Group Chat + Debt-Fueled Self-Rescue + Low-Class Rat-Girl Protagonist + Slight Harem Appeal + Traditional-Style Cultivation + Growth and Leveling] After transmigrating to the cultivation world, Chi Wanwan landed in a hellish situation from the start! There are so many people born with sacred cultivation physiques, so why is she the only one born with a useless body? Is it just because her name is an A-B-B pattern? A good-for-nothing with five spiritual roots, a tiny culti 42Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist in this book lives a low-key and unassuming life.

43. 93 逆 Defying Heaven to Become a Phoenix, I Stir Up Trouble in the Sect 逆天成凰，我在宗门搞内卷 Red Spider Lily千日红Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Lin Yunyao trusted the wrong people and mistook villains for family. Only when she was dying did she finally see the Lin family's true colors. They had only been kind to her because they wanted to take the phoenix bone within her! She self-destructed her dantian, but unexpectedly got a chance to be reborn. This time, she would not only rewrite her fate, but make that heartless family pay. If training won't kill you, then train harder. Blocked meridians and being a good-for- 6.7kReads9.0Score848Shelves

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    This book is absolutely amazing! The female protagonist is reborn after transmigrating into the book.

44. 94 熊 The Bear Clan Rises: A Hilarious Diary of the Bear Who Keeps Holding Everyone Back 熊族崛起拖后腿熊熊搞笑日记 Flower Fragrance Speaks to the Heart花香解语Ancient Romance3.1M WordsOngoing [No romance · No golden finger · Not a wish-fulfillment story · Cultivation · Farming · Fluffy creatures · Set in a cultivation world where men and women are equal, with just a little favoritism toward women] A little bear (female) accidentally ate a high-grade spirit herb. At the brink of death, she awakened memories of her past life… as a third-year college student in the 21st century… The little bear says: If I'd been in high school, I could have figured out a thing or two about cultivation. 5.3kReads9.1Score652Shelves

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    The female lead is a bear 🐻, and it's a relatively ordinary, everyday ensemble cultivation novel.

45. 95 我 I Inherited a General Store in the Cultivation World 我在修仙界继承了杂货铺 Prosperous Stars and Moon繁华星月Ancient Romance538k WordsOngoing Wen Jiaojiao was among the last peak experts left, possessing the ability to copy and combine. After she and the Zombie Emperor killed each other, she ended the apocalypse overrun with zombies and, under Heaven's blessing, was reborn as the heir to a struggling little general store in the world of cultivation. Wen Jiaojiao: How am I not an heir? And couldn't you bless me a little more? (tears streaming like noodles) Adapting to everything unfamiliar, she learned as she ran the general store. Tha 49Reads8.2Score—Shelves
46. 96 穿 After Becoming the Junior Sister of an Immortal Sect, the Cultivation World Went Crazy for Me 穿成仙门小师妹后修真界为我疯狂 Embroidered Spring Tower绣春楼Ancient Romance541k WordsCompleted Ning Yue died and transmigrated into a cultivation world. Terrified, she immediately stripped off her clothes. Only when she saw the familiar flame-shaped birthmark on her shoulder did she finally relax. At least it was still her own body! To survive, Ning Yue threw herself into cultivation and earned a place at one of the five great sects. True to the principle of being a jack of all trades and master of none: Alchemy? Easy! Her cooking skills in her previous life were top-notch! Talisman-makin 23.2kReads9.2Score3.9kShelves

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    No romance [heart][heart] The early chapters feature Ning Yue as the female lead, a refreshing and enjoyable character. Later chapters become increasingly interesting, and you can tell from the recent updates that the story is nearing its end. I'll miss Ning Yue! The story is quite eventful, isn't it? After Wei Bei's death, all sorts of events keep happening: her father comes to visit, she sacrifices herself to feed the demon, Chu Zhi exchanges her fate, the Purgatory Sect colludes with the demon race, the sect is sealed, she cultivates in the Demon Cave, she achieves a perfect score on the Heavenly Ranking, Wei Bei's death...

47. 97 红 Proving the Dao in the Mortal World, I Am a True Immortal Among Men 红尘证道，我为在世真仙 Time to Sleep睡觉了吧Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + xianxia + lighthearted + invincible hero + showing off] A song of the mortal world, a tale of immortal dreams. Su Mu was a transmigrator. To perfect the cultivation system he had created, he ventured into the mortal world to hone himself. He traveled north and south, seeing humans, immortals, gods, demons, monsters, and strange creatures. With a broken sword, a bamboo hat, a handful of coins, and an old mountain goat, he slew demons in a lake and discussed the Dao in the fa 18.5kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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    The realm attained through enlightenment differs from the common advancement through absorbing spiritual energy. The setting is magnificent, encompassing the paths of mortal destiny, faith in gods, immortals, demons, and martial arts. It also includes the Heavenly Court, the Underworld, and primordial divine races. The plot is varied and multifaceted, making it well worth watching.

48. 98 灵 Touring Three Thousand Worlds by Train After the Spiritual Qi Revival 灵气复苏之三千世界列车旅游 A Stream of Fireflies Circles the Bright Jade一溪萤火绕明玕Ancient Romance1.4M WordsOngoing Natural disaster game + train game + strong female lead, no romance, cultivation + spiritual qi revival + fake apocalypse, real cultivation + merging realms + magical world + portable space A cultivation novel with a strong female lead and no romance, set against the backdrop of games invading the world. Blue Star is short on resources, and countless species are going extinct. To save itself, the consciousness of Blue Star reaches out to a higher dimension. Spiritual qi revival begins, and the w 339Reads—Score112Shelves

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    This is a female-led cultivation novel with no romantic pairing. The female protagonist possesses innate divine spiritual roots and bloodlines. She travels from Earth (where spiritual energy is reviving, so she keeps a low profile) to the cultivation world (small, medium, and large worlds), the Immortal Realm, and the God Realm. She contracts with a dragon girl cub, encounters ferocious beasts like the Fei Yi, auspicious koi fish, red lotus karmic fire, and nine heavens divine thunder. In one small world, at the beginning of Earth's spiritual energy revival, the female protagonist is drawn into a survival game. After completing the game's missions and returning to Earth, she simultaneously hoards treasures in secret realms and game dungeons. Then, she experiences a stroke of luck in a secret realm, becoming one of the main gods, the Water Goddess. She wins effortlessly throughout. Later, she becomes the chosen one of all worlds, destined by fate.

49. 99 被 After My Golden Core Was Stolen, I Awakened the Spiritual Root of Heaven and Earth 被夺了金丹后，我激活了天地灵根 Trouble at Chize池泽生变Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted Sequel: Bad News! My Dad Married Into Another Family, and I Became a Carefree Rogue Cultivator [Survivalist Cultivation + Not a Power Fantasy + Daily Life + Farming + No Female Lead + Ruthless + Old Schemer + System + Dark + Lone Wolf + Rogue Cultivator] Chen Si had a single Wood Spiritual Root, and his master, Daoist Changsheng, poured everything into cultivating him as a supreme elixir. On the day Chen Si formed his Golden Core, his master took it for himself. After escaping with a Void-Evasio 18.4kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves

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    This is a male-oriented story with no female lead, no romantic pairing, not BL, a lone wolf cultivating immortality, and no entanglements.

50. 100 我 I've Become the Villains' Master, How Could I Be a Good Person? 我都成反派们师父了，能是好人？ Shang Buyu商不予卿Ancient Romance1.9M WordsOngoing The animated series is now available. Search for “I Became the Villains' Master, So How Could I Be a Good Person?” [No Romance + Strong Female Lead + Ensemble Cast of Villains with a Few Screws Loose] “This master will shelter you from wind and rain, but don't ask where the wind and rain came from.” The villain, badly wounded after being defeated by the protagonists, cries out, “Stop standing around and save me!” “Maybe you shouldn't have slacked off in your training. You can't even beat a bunch 38.6kReads8.9Score6.8kShelves

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    No romance! Everyone's a villain! The antagonists, defeated by the male and female leads and on the verge of death, are met with a cold laugh: "If you're weak, practice more; you deserve to be lazy." She then turns around and takes these lunatics as her disciples, together they overthrow the righteous path.

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