Cultivation Prodigy Level-Up Stories. No Useless-to-Genius Transformations, and the Lead Shouldn’t Be Too Low-Key 修仙天才升级流，不要废材变天才，不过分低调

1. 201 合 The Holy Maiden of the Acacia Sect Is Forced to Abstain from Desire 合欢宗圣女她被迫清心寡欲 Brown Sugar Momo红糖墨墨Ancient Romance580k WordsOngoing (The rating just came out, so it'll gradually go up!) [Not a traditional cultivation novel. A universally adored heroine, no couples, but plenty of unrequited crushes from both men and women. Everyone is pure. If that bothers you, please don't read.] “Rollback number 69! Surely this time it'll be a happy ending?!” In her apartment late at night, Luo Yu stared intently at her phone screen, feeling her blood pressure skyrocket. A corporate drone who had graduated just two years ago, Luo Yu's great 36Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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   A cultivation novel with no romantic pairings and featuring a large cast of characters.

2. 202 吾 I Am the Venerable Celestial of Primordial Origin 吾乃太元天尊 Illusion-Warning Adept警幻真人Eastern Fantasy173k WordsOngoing (This is not Primordial Chaos, so read at your own risk. Traditional xianxia + mythology and character archetypes.) The immortal path cherishes life and saves all beings without measure. A man from Blue Star devotes himself to seeking the Dao, then, aided by a mysterious jade wheel, arrives in the Great Realm of Qianyuan. Here, the City Gods toil diligently, only to discover that their entire lives have been a joke. The demonic path schemes in secret, using the lives of countless ordinary people 4Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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   This book, a blend of classical fantasy and mythology, is currently at chapter 76. I've found it very enjoyable to read, evoking the feel of classic fantasy novels. I don't know much about Taoist mythology, but the author has covered a lot of it, providing excellent background information. It also mentions the disciples of Fuli Tianzun (Yuanshi Tianzun).

3. 203 我 I Level Up on My Own in an Old-School Romance Novel 我在古早言情文里独自升级 I Really Am About to Cry我真的要哭了Ancient Romance2.4M WordsOngoing [Unconventional wish-fulfillment + woman disguised as a man + adored by men and women, with everyone harboring one-sided crushes, no romance + no System, progression through cultivation + ensemble cast] Shuo Li spent her whole life working for the Federation in an interstellar society, then died after eating too much cheap takeout. When she opened her eyes, she discovered she had arrived inside what might be a few-hundred-year-old fantasy romance novel for female readers. The heroine was kind 71.7kReads9.4Score7.9kShelves
4. 204 我 I'm a Sword Cultivation Prodigy, So What's Wrong With Carrying a Few More Talismans? 我剑修天才，身上多点符箓怎么了 Yangyue阳月Ancient Romance376k WordsCompleted [Cultivation + genius + comedy + transmigration + wild imagination + unconventional group favorite + power couple] After transmigrating, Shen Sui’s very first challenge was repairing her thatched hut. Shen Sui: Thanks for asking. Patch it up, and it’ll last another three years. To preserve the dignity of transmigrators, Shen Sui endured humiliation and signed up for a cultivation sect, all just to... Scrounge a meal. Shen Sui had no idea that the moment she entered the cultivation world, th 10.8kReads8.6Score1.6kShelves
5. 205 紫 The Zi Ling Cultivation Clan 紫灵修仙家族 Nine-Origin Lotus Emperor九元莲帝Eastern Fantasy500k WordsOngoing [No brainless power fantasy, focused on development, slow-paced, no golden finger, focused on management, multiple heroines] Follow the protagonist as he witnesses the rise of a cultivation clan. The protagonist won’t carry the clan to victory, and this is not a power fantasy. The protagonist, Chen Xingjia (known as Chen Sancai before Foundation Establishment), has a top-grade Heavenly Spirit Root, a top-grade spiritual physique, and a soul rated as high-grade divine. With the clan’s help, he gr 742Reads5.2Score—Shelves

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   Starting with a Heavenly Spiritual Root

6. 206 重 After Being Reborn Eighteen Times, I Clung to My Sharp-Tongued Master's Coattails 重生十八次后我抱了毒舌师尊大腿 Shallow and Deep浅予深深Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Only after Yan Xi had died eighteen times did the Heavenly Dao finally give her a cheat. At last, she remembered the woman who had caused her to die and lose her cultivation time and again: Liu Qingyun, the transmigrated heroine with a System cheat who simply wouldn’t stay dead. Yan Xi declared, “Once I finish this pork knuckle, I’ll get up and take her on. After dying so many times, who here can say they’re tougher than me?” Then a certain old ancestor, famous for shamelessness and for remainin 6.6kReads9.4Score835Shelves

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   The female leads are all highly talented individuals.

7. 207 师 My Junior Sister Is Shameless and Vicious, Yet Becomes Everyone’s Moonlight 师妹缺德又无耻，竟成众人白月光 Moon Number Number月号号Ancient Romance266k WordsCompleted [No romance + ensemble cast + wish-fulfillment + a bit of a sharp tongue] Jin Yan's goal in life: eat, sleep, and let others do the work. Instead, two kitchen knives force her onto the spirit-root testing platform. The good news: she's a once-in-ten-thousand-years cultivation genius. The bad news: if she doesn't cultivate, she'll be captured and refined into a powerful tonic pill. To stay alive, Jin Yan sets off on the path of cultivation with tears in her eyes. But the more she cultivates, the 135Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 208 拯 After I Saved the Sick, Obsessive Demon Lord, He Became Utterly Devoted to Me 拯救了病娇妖尊后，他嗜我如命 Like Walking Through the Night如行于夜Ancient Romance626k WordsCompleted The animated series is now streaming [Sweetness overload warning! Devoted couple + sweet romance + little temptress + possessive + crazy + lovesick] A healing little fairy with incredible fighting prowess x a cold, celibate, lovesick rabbit spirit Wanwan transmigrates into a book to undergo a trial. The Heavenly Dao tells her to reform a pitiful villain on the verge of turning evil, teach him to be good, and inspire him to cultivate virtue. Wanwan says, “No problem. I just have to shower the vil 6.2kReads9.3Score866Shelves
9. 209 穿 After Entering a Cultivation Game, I Fight the Male Lead to the Death 穿进修仙游戏后与男主相追相杀 Sighing at the Life of Floating Clouds浮云叹生Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted [Straight male protagonist, unconventional cultivation, no official couples (ship whoever you like), one-sided crushes, comedic and a little unhinged, a redemptive ensemble cast, and everyone gets a funeral.] No official couples = ship whoever you like. He runs into a succubus as soon as he leaves the beginner's village, and no matter how hard he tries, he can't resist! “Ye Xingzhou, how many people do you consider the best in the world?!” Ye Xingzhou's very own M-class is now in session! A tsun 10.5kReads9.5Score1.7kShelves
10. 210 恶 The Wicked Junior Sister Won't Reform, So She Wreaks Havoc on Everyone in the Sect 恶毒师妹不洗白在宗门创死所有人 Jiu Yue Yu久月鱼Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Publication deal signed] Jiang Que transmigrates into a cultivation novel as the vicious female supporting character, doomed to a tragic fate and destined to be nothing but a foil for the heroine. The heroine is aloof and otherworldly, while Jiang Que is just a woman; the heroine is blessed with extraordinary talent, while Jiang Que has only her life to lose; the heroine has suitors everywhere, while Jiang Que has never even held a man's hand. Even worse, the day she transmigrates into the bo 69.8kReads9.4Score9.5kShelves
11. 211 小 My Little Junior Sister Sealed Her Emotions, and Now the Seal Is Broken Again! 小师妹她无情封印又破啦！ I'm Excellent我是优秀Ancient Romance979k WordsCompleted [Cultivation + a little goofy + a little ensemble cast + many one-sided crushes] Cang Shu cultivated the merciless Dao, living a bland life without love or desire. At last, when she was two hundred years old, she attained the Dao and ascended, only to get struck dead by lightning. Cang Shu instantly understood: cultivating this Dao wasn't for her. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the day she first began studying the merciless Dao as a girl. Standing before her was her master, 2.1kReads9.1Score326Shelves
12. 212 女 The Supporting Actress Is Devoted to Cultivation 女配一心修仙 Give It a Try努力一下Ancient Romance141k WordsOngoing Mo Yu is a genius beauty, renowned by all. Her parents are powerful and wealthy cultivators, and she has exceptional talent and breathtaking looks. Countless young men adore her, and countless young women envy her. But when it comes to all her admirers, Mo Yu says: “Nope! I just want to become an immortal.” No romance. 4Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    The first book features a female protagonist with a mutated lightning and fire spiritual root, who reaches the Golden Core stage at age 13. The second book features a female protagonist with a lightning spiritual root and phoenix bloodline, who reverts to her ancestral form as a Chaos Lightning Phoenix.

13. 213 我 I'm a Good-for-Nothing Junior Sister. What's Wrong With Being Spoiled by Everyone? 我，废柴师妹，被团宠一下怎么了 Zhuo Jiu灼九Ancient Romance662k WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast + comeback + everyone loves the heroine + leveling up + golden finger] After being reborn, Wu Yingyue discovered that she was the stand-in female supporting character in a melodramatic cultivation novel. The heroine was exceptionally talented, sweet and gentle, and the beloved of the entire sect. After faking her death, she had the chaste senior brother braving fire and water for her, the aloof second senior brother staining his hands with blood for her, and the loyal junior broth 1.3kReads8.9Score262Shelves
14. 214 修 The Cultivation World’s Dark Moonlight: I’m Proud to Be Shameless 修真界黑月光，缺德我是认真的 Cheng Ya乘芽Ancient Romance344k WordsCompleted (Low rating due to low popularity; see the novel for details.) [No romance + ensemble cast + strong female lead + young genius + secret identities + plot-driven] Ning Wei is reincarnated as the personal disciple of the head of a notoriously unscrupulous sword sect. She wants nothing more than to have her soul scattered, but accidentally makes a name for herself across the cultivation world and becomes its dark moonlight. In the Qi Refining stage, she enters a trial to die, but accidentally wipes 2.4kReads9.0Score380Shelves
15. 215 没 Nobody Said I Had to Reform a Bunch of Villains 没人说我要让一群反派改邪归正啊 Concerned Citizen of City AA市热心人士Ancient Romance411k WordsCompleted The rating just came out [Villain redemption] [Ensemble cast] [Nontraditional cultivation] [Comedy] [No BL] Jiang Jian is an ordinary fan of redemption stories, and may have been hit by a System and sent to heaven. Here, you’ll find... The Five Poisons Sect’s specialty: a natural airhead who can’t stop making poison. The Hehuan Sect’s specialty: a pure-hate warrior who sees through people and leaves no one alive. The Wenjian Sect’s specialty: a villain who’s strapped for cash, hides a blade behi 437Reads8.8Score105Shelves
16. 216 我 I'm the Feng Clan's Legitimate Daughter. What's Wrong with Being Arrogant? 我，凤家嫡女，嚣张点怎么了 Shaking My Head, Saying Very摇头道非常Ancient Romance985k WordsCompleted [Cultivation + strong female lead + no romance + ensemble cast + passionate] Feng Qingyin is the legitimate daughter of the foremost clan in the Qingyun Realm, born with a Daoist body. Her arrogance is the confidence she was born with. At seventeen, having reached the peak of Foundation Establishment, she joins the Lingtian Sect with her sights set on the Qingyun Grand Tournament, the pinnacle of the Nine Provinces. The sect is packed with geniuses, and formidable opponents await at the intercon 674Reads—Score101Shelves

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    These books are absolutely amazing! (♥∀♥)

17. 217 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book About the Hehuan Sect? Whatever, I'm a Catastrophe 穿书合欢宗？无所谓我是泥石流 A Pound of White Tea一斤白茶Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Everyone stays pure, plus bonus chapters for the whole cast] Xu Tiaotiao, an unremarkable little artist, transmigrated into a book, becoming an insignificant cannon-fodder character in an indescribable story set in the Hehuan Sect. Her entire role in the book was already over the moment she opened her eyes. She should have meekly stepped aside for the heroine. But! She still wanted to live! Surviving in this godforsaken place, crowded with playboys and scheming beauties, was a real challenge. L 4.1kReads9.3Score635Shelves
18. 218 卷 King of the Grind: I Worked My Way to Tears, Along with Countless Prodigies 卷王之王，从肝哭亿万天骄开始 Tian Hong Zimu天鸿子木Urban1.5M WordsCompleted In a world where the Age of Cultivation has begun, he gains the talent to make up for shortcomings through hard work. Fang Che discovers that his talent seems to have a tiny little problem. … Talent: Make Up for Shortcomings Through Hard Work Cultivation: Third Qi Refining Level Diligence: 1000 Shortcomings to Make Up For: [Spiritual Root], [Spiritual Sense], [Alchemy], [Talismans], [Formations], [Combat] … As long as he cultivates diligently, he can earn [Diligence] to make up for the areas whe 17.7kReads8.8Score2kShelves

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    [Eating popcorn][Eating popcorn][Eating popcorn]

19. 219 炼EN Refinement Effects Multiplied Ten Thousandfold: How Will You Respond? 炼化效果翻万倍，阁下如何应对？ Little Goose with a Cowlick呆毛的小鹅Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Cultivation] + [Cautious] + [Play the pig to eat the tiger] + [Invincible] + [Random bonus multipliers] + [Farming] + [Longevity] Han Yuan was reborn in the Cultivation Realm. What could he do about the lack of resources? No need to panic! How about trying out random bonus multipliers? Swallow a Spirit-Gathering Pill, and its effects increase by 300%! Activate a Spirit-Gathering Array, and its efficiency increases tenfold! Understand one spirit script, and get nine more! Cultivate with multipli 33.5kReads8.7Score3.3kShelves
20. 220 师 My Junior Sister Is a Black-Hearted Lotus Who Cares Only About Money 师妹是朵黑心莲，莫得感情只认钱 Runaway Little Elk在逃小糜鹿Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted When other people transmigrate into a book, they end up in either a battlefield of romantic rivals or a scene of regret and desperate reconciliation. Lu Youyou, on the other hand, lands in the ultimate cheating scandal!!! The aloof, celibate eldest senior brother: You’ll find someone better someday. Lu Youyou: I can’t even keep someone like you. Where am I supposed to find better? The wickedly charming second senior brother: She needs me more than you do. Lu Youyou: Needs you to wear mourning cl 10.2kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
21. 221 苟 I Lay Low for Sixteen Years, Then Strike and Become Invincible! 苟了十六年，出手就无敌！ Suddenly, the Vast Sky蓦然穹天Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [A veteran traditional fantasy author with tens of millions of words to his name. Swordsmanship, decisive killing, invincible hero, multiple female leads.] Lin Chen is a powerful Great Emperor who has reincarnated nine times. To break through his limits, he ventures onto the Ancient Chaos Road, unaware that it is a deadly trap laid long ago. At the end of the road, the Eye of the Deity contains the rules of heaven and earth. It shatters his nine lifetimes of Daoist bodies and their inheritances, 26.6kReads8.5Score2.2kShelves

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    This already perfectly meets the requirements of being excellent.

22. 222 小 My Junior Sister Doesn’t Do Sentimental Speeches, She Slaps People 小师妹不爱煽情，爱扇人 Jian Xi简兮Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [A small ensemble cast + romance] After transmigrating into a book, Lin Yun becomes a cannon-fodder female character in the cultivation world, destined for a gruesome death. She lives by the principle that she’d rather starve, freeze, work herself to death, choke, fall, drown, burn, get electrocuted, hang herself, die of illness, grow old, or die laughing than be killed by someone else. So she keeps her distance from the heroine, joins a minor sect, and lies flat! Things don’t go according to pl 14.9kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves

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    The female lead transmigrates into a book and becomes incredibly powerful. She's mentally unstable, and when she joins a sect, she makes the entire sect go crazy. After meeting the male lead, he also becomes mentally unstable. Hahahaha, this is so funny!

23. 223 顶 Top-Tier Talent: Ascending Through the Game 顶级天赋，游戏飞升 Long-Barreled Grenade Launcher长管加榴炮Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Cultivation Game #Genius Protagonist #Invincible Protagonist #No Heroine #Sword Immortal A cultivation game called Featherfall Heaven suddenly appears in the real world. By entering the game, you can obtain cultivation techniques and embark on the path of cultivation. You may even get the chance to seek immortality and ascend to the Immortal Realm. All the abilities and items players obtain in Featherfall Heaven can be brought directly into the real world. Zhang Yuhe passes the screening and qua 27.5kReads8.2Score1.9kShelves

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    A top-tier talent in game-based cultivation, 2 million words long and completed.

24. 224 万 The Most Hated Person Struggles to Survive in a Pure-Love Story Every Day 万人嫌每天都在纯爱文里艰难求生 Pygmalion皮格玛丽翁Ancient Romance411k WordsOngoing Note: Everyone has a one-sided crush. Ling Xiao is a cannon-fodder character in a novel with two male leads. She's the evil male side character's wicked maid, whose sole purpose is to drive the plot forward. Other evil male side characters get plenty of dramatic page time after doing bad things, and win the sympathy of countless readers. But when she dies, she's just dead. She doesn't even appear in three lines of the novel. Ling Xiao refuses to accept it. Why? They're all equally evil, so 1.5kReads9.0Score187Shelves
25. 225 你 You Call This a D-Rank Ability? 你管这叫D级能力？ Shang Die商迭Urban5.6M WordsOngoing Five million words, plenty to read [Mind games] [Strategizing] [Intricate plot] [Not a wish-fulfillment novel] Transmigrating three years ago brought Xu Ye to an unfamiliar world! In this world, Void Demons invade and Void Beasts run rampant! Humans have abilities that allow them to become Void Hunters and fight to protect humanity! Xu Ye awakens an SSS-grade ability by chance, only to discover that it lets him understand and use D-grade abilities alone! His beloved dies tragically in the belly 40.6kReads8.7Score3.2kShelves

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    This is such a wonderful book, I don't understand why it has such a low rating. It's a great book! [Admiration]

26. 226 闪 Out of the Way! Junior Sister Wipes Out the Whole World in Seconds 闪开！小师妹秒了全世界 seYenAncient Romance489k WordsOngoing [Female-led story + no romance + ensemble cast + no clichés] The sky stretches above, the wilds lie vast below. On her first day after transmigrating, Dong Qiyue has the miserable luck to become a menial disciple. Then, after witnessing a scandalous romance, she is hunted by the entire sect. She makes a run for it and joins the sect ranked dead last, casually wiping out her former sect along the way. On her very first day at the new sect, she blows it up. The good news: Though she looks like a 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There was no frustration at all; Dong Qiyue went straight for the kill with her ultimate move.

27. 227 被 After My Fortune Was Stolen, I Made the Entire Cultivation World Cry 被夺气运后，我卷哭了整个修仙界 Guo Xiaomi郭小米Ancient Romance595k WordsCompleted [Strong female lead + leveling up + powerful wish-fulfillment + cultivation-focused + ferocious sword cultivator + alchemy + talisman-making] Chu Li was born with great fortune, but her Sword Heart was stolen and her destiny was taken from her. Her family abandoned her, and the eight great sects rejected her. Did they think she would become a good-for-nothing? Ridiculous. Without talent, she would simply outwork every genius until they dropped. Before she knew it, her relentless efforts had 4.1kReads9.0Score365Shelves

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    ① There is a male lead, the Demon Lord Xie Shiyuan. ②-⑦ Mainly about cultivation, female-centric stories with a strong sense of power, no romantic pairing.

28. 228 修 Isn't Cultivation Better? Love-Struck Fools, Back Off! 修炼不香吗？恋爱脑退退退！ Turn Around and Dream Back转身梦回Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No CP] [Traditional Xianxia] [Strong Female Lead] [Genius Protagonist] Ling Yaohan was an ordinary girl until she was tested and found to possess all five spiritual roots. From that day on, she stepped onto the path of immortality and began her journey in search of the Dao... In this life, all I seek is the Dao. I will let nothing else distract me. A friendly reminder: This novel has no CP, romance, or ambiguous relationships. 7.3kReads9.1Score721Shelves
29. 229 女 The Villainess Reverses Her Fate Through the Sword Path 女配她靠剑道逆袭修仙 Frosted Leaves Redder Than Spring Flowers霜叶红于三月花Ancient Romance901k WordsOngoing [No romance + decisive and ruthless + sword cultivator + born with a sword physique + steady power progression + true underdog comeback] Lin Rushuang transmigrated and became the lowliest brothel slave in the mortal realm. She was also the white-lotus supporting female character in a rebirth revenge novel, proudly ranked among the top three on the heroine's revenge list. The spiritual and mortal realms have no connection. If she wants to reach the spiritual realm and cultivate immortality, she c 18.6kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
30. 230 科 Technology Makes Immortal Cultivation Great Again 科技，让修仙再次伟大 Nine Trees a Day每日九木Ancient Romance699k WordsOngoing Workaholic Lin You transmigrates into the cultivation world as someone with the most mediocre Three-Spirit-Root physique. She insists that there are no useless spirit roots, only useless cultivators. It’s time to show the cultivation world what a super-achiever forged by exam-oriented education can do. While others play, she studies. While others sleep, she practices swordsmanship. While others master one skill, she masters four… But it would be a mistake to think hard work is all she has going 542Reads8.6Score101Shelves
31. 231 小 Junior Sister, Stop Competing So Hard. The Sect Next Door Is About to Cry 小师妹别卷了，隔壁宗门要哭了 Ten-Thousand-Zhang Dark Ice万丈玄冰Ancient Romance232k WordsCompleted [This book has no male lead] Mu Qianzi transmigrates into a book and becomes the vicious supporting female character who constantly opposes the heroine and even tries to steal her love interest. In the end, the male lead drives her out of the sect, and she doesn't survive past the first episode! Mu Qianzi: ... No way. Stealing someone's love interest is out of the question, especially when it's the heroine. The halo over her head could blind my titanium-alloy dog eyes! Let the male leads, second 2.5kReads9.2Score400Shelves
32. 232 重 Reborn, I’m Invincible Thanks to My Past-Life Dao Fruit 重生后我靠前世道果无敌了 Authentic Xuanyi正版轩衣Ancient Romance304k WordsOngoing [Woman disguised as a man, devoted to cultivation] [Traditional strong female lead] [No romance] Gu Mingxian was born a heaven-blessed prodigy, yet was raised as a boy her entire life. Her whole clan’s hopes rested on her, and she had to survive the Yellow Springs tribulation before she could attain the Dao. The golden age arrived, but a traitor pushed her off a sheer cliff into the abyss, destroying her spiritual roots and leaving her disfigured and near death. Fortunately, the prodigy was not 43Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    The first, second, and fourth books have no romantic pairing. The first book has a super cool female lead who crushes all crises with her strength – highly recommended!! The second book features a female lead who diligently cultivates and levels up, carving a bloody path through a tragic novel and ultimately becoming a powerful female lead. The third book doesn't need a recommendation, as everyone should already know it. The fourth book is *The Ultimate Practitioner*.

33. 233 虞 Yu Zhao Reborn: Cutting Ties and Settling Scores 虞昭重生断恩仇 Glass Salted Fish玻璃咸鱼Ancient Romance1.8M WordsOngoing Original novel of the short drama "After Switching to the Heartless Path, My Senior Brothers Wept and Begged for Forgiveness" In her previous life, Yu Zhao spent her whole life fighting Ye Congxin to win back the affection of her master and five senior brothers. In the end, she became a traitor despised by everyone and was killed by the very master she loved. Reborn, she gave up trying to mend her relationship with her master and senior brothers, and took the initiative to cultivate the Heartles 16.3kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves

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    It's amazing, absolutely amazing! The rating speaks for itself. There's no male lead; the female lead has a pure water spiritual root and follows the ruthless path. In her past life, her senior brother and master were instigated by her junior sister to kill her. Reborn, she abandons everything, cultivates from scratch, and ultimately earns the respect of all. (Ongoing)

34. 234 我 I, the Tragic-Novel Heroine, Hold the Cards to Cultivate Immortality 我，虐文女主，手握卡牌修仙 Mala Fragrant Hot Pot麻辣香香锅Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Unrivaled Aptitude + Exceptional Insight + Superb Constitution + Not a Sword Cultivator + No Romance) Fu Xia is a village child who diligently grows up to the age of seven, only for her parents to sell her to the Spring Pavilion. She senses the danger in advance and escapes. Fortune favors those who help themselves, and she obtains a card-based golden finger, learning that she is the heroine of a tragic romance in a storybook. Fu Xia only wants to cultivate, not be some heroine, so she does eve 1kReads8.3Score114Shelves
35. 235 剑 The Swordheart Surveys the Heavens 剑心巡天 Qu Xie却邪Eastern Fantasy562k WordsOngoing [No System, no harem, traditional fantasy, decisive and ruthless, protagonist is neither wholly good nor evil, no saintly do-gooders] Ning Chuan, born with an indestructible divine body, was targeted by the great sacred lands at the age of five. His undying physique, indestructible bones, and double pupils were successively stolen from him. Just then, the mysterious woman Jiuye Jian Cao, neither wholly good nor evil, fell from the sky and used the foundation of her own immortal path to rebuild N 93Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    This one is a must-read! The protagonist is a genius cultivator with an indestructible body, a clear sword heart, and double pupils. The writing is good, it's a single female lead, and there are no major flaws.

36. 236 宝 Pagoda Immortal Fate 宝塔仙缘 Xiao Bu Yu箫不语Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation, no System, pocket dimension, medicinal garden, immortal pets] Even an ordinary person can encounter great opportunities. A country boy carrying the Three Treasures Glazed Pagoda is captured by an evil cultivator and forced to serve as a test subject. But a misfortune turns into a blessing, setting him on a bizarre and arduous path to immortality. From then on, he uses the pagoda to grow spirit herbs, raise immortal beasts, refine pills, craft talismans, and cultivate forbidd 126kReads9.2Score14.5kShelves
37. 237 反 My Senior Brother the Villain Is Unreliable, So I'd Better Rely on Myself 反派师兄不靠谱我还是自强不息吧 Watermelon Who Loves Meat爱吃肉肉的西瓜Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [A little silly, a little funny, a little too mischievous. If you want serious cultivation fiction, don’t read this] Chu Ge wakes up one day as a cannon-fodder villainess in a cultivation novel. In the early stages, when the heroine has no spirit stones, the cannon-fodder villainess becomes her walking cash pouch. In the middle, when the heroine’s spiritual root is damaged, the cannon fodder is made to give hers up. Later, when the heroine is targeted for assassination, the cannon fodder becomes 3.7kReads8.9Score496Shelves

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    These are all cultivation novels that I've read and found to be good.

38. 238 她 She Only Wants to Raise Fish in the Cultivation World 她只是想在修真界养鱼而已 Lotus Seed Wine莲子酒Ancient Romance594k WordsCompleted [Main story complete, bonus chapters updating slowly] [Fantasy cultivation + transmigrate into a book + otome + the men suffer later] [No fixed male lead] [Anyone can be romanced, and everyone falls for the heroine] With graduation approaching, Shao Ning had to choose between preparing for graduate school exams and finding a job. Instead, she accepted a pop-up on a cultivation novel site offering her a job picking up trash in the book. She opened and closed her eyes, and found herself in the cul 1.3kReads9.1Score188Shelves

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    The most charming and ruthless female protagonists in the cultivation world! The female lead is incredibly clear-headed! First book: The female lead is intelligent and self-aware, with a soft yet resilient heart. She embodies the "scumbag" archetype, and the male leads are all unique: innocent, manipulative, with a "married man's" vibe, a contrasting personality, a crazy side, domineering, ruthless… I love them all! The love triangle is incredibly satisfying, and I especially enjoy the elements of forceful acquisition and male lead abuse. It's truly captivating! The writing is excellent, the logic is consistent, and although she's a ruthless beauty, the romantic relationships between the female lead and each male lead are detailed and superb! Second book: The female lead is clear-headed, career-driven, sophisticated, self-interested, powerful, talented, intelligent, resourceful, decisive, and ruthless. She's a ruthless beauty who is aware of her flaws, yet incredibly charming. She's adept at manipulating people's hearts, and the character is well-developed. There are many male leads, all love-struck. The setting is fantastic; there's no abuse of the female lead, and she doesn't feel stifled. A must-read for female lead lovers!

39. 239 三 Everyone in the Three Realms Loves Her 三界上下皆爱她 My Heart Is Thrilled我心歆歆Ancient Romance267k WordsCompleted (The rating is low because it just started) [Xianxia harem + powerful from the start + rivals vying for her + all women are virgins, all men are experienced] (The heroine is a player: not only do the Immortal Venerables all adore her, she also has intimate scenes with “nonhumans.”) (Things get freaky later, so wholesome-story fans beware.) Ever since becoming a disciple, Immortal Lord Xuanhua had enjoyed a smooth and easy rise. Her master and senior brothers gave her everything she wanted, dedic 209Reads8.4Score101Shelves
40. 240 穿 Transmigrated as a Treasure-Hunting Mouse, I Became the Villains' Darling 穿成寻宝鼠我在反派窝里被团宠了 The Rabbit from Flower-Planting Country种花家的兔子Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted As someone with little enthusiasm for the daily grind, Shushu never imagined she’d one day die just because she was eating and watching the drama unfold. Then she transmigrated into the spirit pet of the heroine in the fantasy novel she’d just finished reading. A tool mouse whose sole purpose from beginning to end was to find all kinds of rare treasures for the heroine: in other words, the indispensable golden finger of a fantasy heroine, the Treasure-Seeking Mouse. Fortunately, she arrived at t 7.1kReads9.2Score952Shelves

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    [Learned it][Learned it][Learned it] The first book was good. The female lead died tragically in her previous life, and then was reborn. When her golden core was dug out, she crippled her cultivation, escaped her original sect, and became homeless. Later, she found a new family. The people of the Tianyi Sect were very kind; they weren't relatives, but they were closer than family. There were protective adults, united fellow disciples, and even her former companion, the male lead's junior brother. Hmm, very good, she found her tribe! [Laughs]

41. 241 化 Turning into a Butterfly, Transcending the Great Dao 化蝶，超脱大道之外 Worry-Free Butterfly无忧无虑的蝶Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Of the three thousand paths, mastering any one lets you become one with the Dao and live forever. All things come from nothing, and return to nothing. The Dao, too, will one day be destroyed. But I eventually transformed into a butterfly and transcended the Dao. (No System) 3.5kReads7.9Score269Shelves

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    A genius-themed story, novel and engaging, a rampage of destruction.

42. 242 无 The Immortal Path Without Dao 无道仙路 Big-Headed T头很大的T君Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted [No female lead + ordinary mortal protagonist + brutal cultivation; From the Start: A Broken Piece of Jade Reveals the Secrets of Immortality, The Terrifying Road to Immortality, Mystery, Immortal Paths, and the Angler, The Strange Path to Immortality are updated simultaneously] There was no road in the world to begin with. A road appears when enough people walk it. Wudao found a mysterious piece of fine wood glowing with purple light and arrived in the world of cultivation. It was a brutal plac 18.4kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves
43. 243 师 Junior Sister, Stop Competing! Our Sect Is Already Invincible 师妹别卷了，我们师门已经无敌了 Delicate and Soft身娇体软Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Silly fun + pampered by the whole group + no romance + invincible] Yu Danlian is eating baby octopus when she accidentally transmigrates into a cultivation world. A Foundation Establishment cultivator takes her as a disciple, then dumps her on seven senior brothers who are supposedly just as good-for-nothing as she is. The senior brothers, who have been pretending to be good-for-nothings, are thrilled when their new junior sister turns out to be the real deal. The eldest teaches her Buddhism. T 4.2kReads9.3Score752Shelves
44. 244 玄EN Fantasy: Starting Blind, I Cultivate with an Erhu 玄幻：开局瞎子，从拉二胡开始 Howling Gale哀嚎的狂风Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted (The short drama is now streaming: Fantasy: Beginning with Two Springs Reflect the Moon) [Spending Life + Grinding and Lying Low] "Once a song breaks the heart, where in all the world can one find a kindred soul?" From the start, he transmigrated as a blind man and became a street musician. [Two Springs Reflect the Moon: LV2 (1/10000) Effect: Unblocks qi and blood, opens the meridians, dispels dampness, and warms the body] He is a blind street musician who wipes out an entire gang for 138.6kReads9.6Score14.4kShelves
45. 245 团 Pampered by Everyone: Reborn as a Nine-Tailed Fox, I Became Everyone's Darling 团宠：重生成九尾狐后我被宠上天 Ding Ni丁妮Ancient Romance448k WordsCompleted [Everyone’s darling + reborn + making scumbags pay] Sweet, sweet, sweet! So swoony, so swoony, so swoony!!! Tu Shanxi fell in love with a man so deeply that she gave him her demon core to cultivate with, and even gave him all her fortune. On their wedding day, however, he shattered her demon core with one sword, just to save the life of the white-snake woman he had rescued and cherished. Reborn, Tu Shanxi discovers that she is now the only cub born to the Qingqiu Nine-Tailed Foxes in ten thousan 1.3kReads9.3Score245Shelves

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    These are all top-rated, treasured cultivation novels. The first one features a nine-tailed fox as the female lead, who is pampered by her family, and the male lead is a powerful immortal lord with three mysterious and awesome older brothers. The second one features a cool female lead who is a sound cultivator. The third one features a silly junior sister who also has a male lead... I highly recommend the sixth, seventh, tenth, and eleventh books. These are all hidden gems. Based on my experience reading over 600 cultivation novels (I'm a veteran bookworm), I guarantee they're super good. The sixth one features a female lead who is the eldest daughter of the Baili family. Just from her name, you can tell her family is incredibly arrogant, incredibly rich, incredibly cool, and a top-tier cultivation family.

46. 246 锤 The Hammer-Wielding Junior Sister Turns Out to Be a Crybaby 锤修小师妹原来是泪失禁体质 Jin Tang妗糖Ancient Romance617k WordsCompleted Note: There is a couple, but romance isn't a major focus! If you really don't like stories with couples, please don't read this. It'll be better for you, me, and everyone. Yun Qian transmigrates into a book, landing inside an old-school cultivation novel she stayed up late reading the night before. She'd stayed up so she wouldn't be completely clueless if the same-name transmigration rule came true. Never did she expect it to actually happen! She becomes the male lead's namesake, his white moonl 4kReads9.0Score602Shelves
47. 247 一 One Sword to Slay Demons, One Brushstroke to Inscribe Immortals 一剑斩魔一笔篆仙 Qiong Zhi Shuheng琼之澍珩Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Yun Xi, the last disciple of Earth's Heavenly Talisman Sect, is on the verge of dying of old age when an accident sends her into a power fantasy novel about a female lead in the cultivation world. She is not even a female lead or supporting character in the story, not even a passerby. Yet she possesses the Realm of Creation Talismans, a top-grade lightning spirit root, and a powerful master. She forges her own path and cultivates to immortality! 5.4kReads7.7Score706Shelves

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    A grand world-building story with a power-up system. Excellent writing; you'll regret it if you don't read it.

48. 248 满 Everyone in the Sect Is Serious, Except for Our Ridiculously Silly Junior Sister 满门都是正经人，唯师妹过分沙雕 Gongye Suhe公冶肃禾Ancient Romance547k WordsCompleted Xiao Wu was a notorious backstabber in the apocalypse, but she transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon-fodder female side character with the same name in an old-fashioned harem novel, whose fate was absolutely miserable. To avoid following the original plot, she immediately took a master, moving him to tears until he fished out a little handkerchief and dabbed frantically at his eyes. Later, everyone in the sect realized that aside from being talented and good-looking, Xiao Wu was, at he 10.6kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
49. 249 长 I Look Like Xiao Zhan, but the Dragon-Slaying Hero Aura Doesn’t Work on Me 长得像肖赞龙傲天光环对我失效 Corn Breakdance玉米扒舞Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted No romance, no harem. The protagonist focuses on cultivating immortality, accompanied by friends. There's more friendship, and they grow together. His only golden finger is his good looks. The protagonist respects women, so don't click if you want a harem novel. 7.5kReads8.4Score621Shelves
50. 250 灵 After My Spirit Root Exploded, I Led My Sect to Dazzling Heights 灵根炸了后，我带宗门炫翻天 Pumpkin Zhou南瓜周Ancient Romance500k WordsCompleted [No romance + absurd comedy + everyone adores the heroine + adorable spirit beasts] During a quick nap, He Yuxing transmigrated into a book. She became the viciously abused green-tea supporting female character in a rebirth revenge power fantasy. In her previous life, her erratic behavior indirectly caused the heroine's death, making her the heroine's main target for revenge. She had once been a genius admired by everyone, blessed with countless opportunities and cherished by the Heavenly Dao... 228Reads8.9Score100Shelves

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