Women Cultivating Immortality, as Ruthless as Male Leads, from Qi Refining to Tribulation Transcendence 女人修仙 要像男主一样狠 从练气到渡劫的那种

1. 51 挖 You Want to Dig Out My Golden Core for the Heroine? I’ll Send the Whole Sect into My Imperial Banner 挖我金丹给女主？全宗进我人皇幡 That Mountain Far Away远方那座山Ancient Romance942k WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead] [Morally Gray] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Self-Righteous] [No Romance] Jia Ying transmigrates into a cultivation novel, becoming the vicious villainess who serves as a foil to the heroine, Ruan Jiaojiao. After her golden core is ripped out, she looks at her mixed spiritual roots and damaged foundation, then resolutely embarks on the path of demonic cultivation! You dare rip out my golden core? Then the whole sect can go into my Human Emperor Banner! By day, she exudes the r 49.3kReads9.1Score6.8kShelves

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   I recommend this book a million times.

2. 52 错 I Practiced a Female Cultivator's Secret Manual by Mistake, and Became Invincible 错练女修秘典，我无敌了 Leng Yue Xiaoran冷月晓然Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing [Gender Swap] [Cultivation] [Transmigration] [Comedy] [Revenge] [Wild Imagination] [Invincible] If it makes you stronger, what's wrong with changing your sex? Transmigrated to another world, Lin Mujin wants only to stay alive. After falling into the ruins of a sect from the Upper Realm, he meets the strongest mentor and faces his greatest challenge yet. To take revenge, the Saintess puts him through hellish training. To survive, Lin Mujin is willing to do whatever it takes. This is an utterly ir 8.2kReads7.4Score719Shelves

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   It's not too ruthless yet; the main plot is cultivation + revenge.

3. 53 家 Cultivating My Clan: I Can Bear Children with Spirit Roots 家族修仙，我能生出灵根子嗣 Lu Yunshu鹿云疏Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Also known as The Dao Lord of Kong Sang [Female-lead cultivation progression power fantasy + all male leads are devoted + unconventional childbirth] Sang Lu transmigrates to the cultivation world, but unfortunately, she has a low-grade four-element spiritual root and no hope of reaching Foundation Establishment in her lifetime. Having finally gained the chance to cultivate and live forever, Sang Lu refuses to surrender to fate. She stakes everything on entering a perilous secret realm, where s 109.1kReads9.2Score19.6kShelves
4. 54 抢 After Seizing the Chosen Ones’ Luck, I Defied Fate and Changed My Destiny 抢夺天骄气运后，我逆天改命了 A Hu Brush湖笔一只Fantastical Romance1.4M WordsOngoing Du Liangxiang, the eldest daughter of a family of diviners; Bai Qingxiang, the junior sister of Shennong Valley; Yu Zelan, the twenty-first in line to inherit the throne of the Great Xuan Immortal Dynasty; and Gu Xuehao, the last disciple of the Poison Lord: they are all the same person, different bodies sharing a single soul. Unfortunately, Du Liangxiang’s legs are disabled, leaving her unable to stand. Bai Qingxiang is blind and cannot see. Gu Xuehao’s meridians are blocked, causing her unbea 18kReads9.3Score3.5kShelves
5. 55 灵 After My Spiritual Root Was Swapped, the Culprits Cried in Fear 灵根被换后，罪魁祸首们害怕哭了 Thirteenth Concubine十三姨太Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Strong female lead + decisive and ruthless + leveling up + golden finger + revenge + no romance Yun Chu was transmigrated into the body of a little beggar. After Daoist Lord Mozhu of the Chiyun Sect discovered her rare ice spirit root, he took her away. She thought her path to immortality was assured, only to have her spirit root stolen. After escaping, she discovered that killing enemies earned her cultivation time. [Ding! You killed a mid-Qi Refining demonic beast and gained 10 years of cultiv 4.9kReads8.5Score594Shelves

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   Well, there are still quite a few good books!

6. 56 手 With a Heaven-Defying Script in Hand, Watch Her Point Her Sword at the Heavens 手握逆天剧本，请看她剑指苍穹 The Landlord of Master Shi's Place十爷的房东Ancient Romance398k WordsCompleted [Strong female lead! Pocket dimension, spirit spring, alchemy, beast taming, sword cultivation] [The heroine’s identity is mysterious, and she is so powerful she fights her way beyond the divine realm] Alive or dead, Nan Yue feels either would suit her just fine at this point. So she gives up trying, and ends up taking someone down with her. But when she opens her eyes again, she finds no endless hell waiting for her. Instead, she has been given a new life. A world where the strong rule? She lik 589Reads—Score100Shelves

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   The female lead is incredibly strong; she's capable of fighting, which goes without saying, and the relationships between the characters aren't complicated. She's single-mindedly focused on becoming stronger.

7. 57 逆 The Humble Servant's Comeback 逆袭的小杂役 Grandma Ningning宁宁外婆Fantastical Romance479k WordsCompleted At thirty-six, Chen Yue was being pressured by her parents to go on a blind date when the date’s girlfriend stabbed her with a fruit knife, sending her to the Tianxuan World. There, she took over the body of a servant disciple of the Divine Talisman Sect who had been beaten to death… This story has no romance, so don’t accidentally pick the wrong book, lovelies 💕 7kReads7.6Score719Shelves

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   A classic cultivation novel with very little romance; the male protagonist is even more ruthless than a man.

8. 58 让 You Want Me to Be Your Ultimate Cauldron? Dream On! 让我当极品炉鼎？做梦！ Grandma Ningning宁宁外婆Fantastical Romance389k WordsCompleted (The heroine loves herself most, and her resolve to pursue the Dao is unwavering. She won't become love-struck, so please move along if that bothers you.) Xiang Qing once had a happy little family. Her parents doted on her, and she wanted for nothing. But misfortune struck without warning. A battle between immortals destroyed her home, and her parents died tragically in the aftermath of their magic. The five-year-old girl awoke and crawled out from beneath her parents' bodies. Tested and found t 922Reads8.4Score114Shelves
9. 59 空 A Spatial Ability and a Lightning Spirit Root? How Could I Be Cannon Fodder? 空间异能加雷灵根，怎会是炮灰？ Grandma Ningning宁宁外婆Ancient Romance435k WordsCompleted A space- and ability-wielding powerhouse from the apocalypse transmigrates into a cultivation novel she once read. Her father is a womanizer with a harem of wives and concubines and dozens of children. Her mother is an elite disciple of the clan, but also a hopeless romantic to the extreme. And in the original novel, this body of hers isn't mentioned even once! She absolutely refuses to become cannon fodder! With her knowledge of the future, Bai Yiqi latches onto powerful allies and snatches up 8.5kReads8.5Score780Shelves
10. 60 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
11. 61 刚 Are My Newly Adopted Cannon Fodder Family All World-Destroying Villains? 刚认的炮灰家人全是灭世大反派？ A Gua Isn't a Melon阿瓜不是瓜Fantastical Romance451k WordsCompleted [No romance pairings, ensemble favorite, not a strong heroine] In her previous life, Sang Yao never earned her master's approval, because with her junior sister around, her fellow disciples never noticed her. Reborn, Sang Yao learned that she was a supporting character in a book, and supporting characters couldn't compete with the protagonist, who was blessed with destiny. Well, what was there to say? If she couldn't beat her, couldn't she at least run away? On the very first day her junior sist 62.3kReads9.3Score13.1kShelves

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    You can blow a kiss.

12. 62 我 I Saved the Entire Sect by Giving Up 我靠摆烂拯救了全宗门 The Princess Isn't Going Home公主不回家Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted (The second physical volume is out) Ye Qiao woke up one day to find she had become the second senior sister, a tool character in a novel about a girl adored by everyone. In the novel, whenever the junior sister was in trouble, the second senior sister stepped in. If the junior sister wanted a divine artifact, the second senior sister fetched it. If the junior sister lacked a spiritual root, hers had to be dug out. Ye Qiao was at her breaking point. She fled the mountain in the middle of the nigh 217.1kReads9.6Score24.3kShelves

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    Okay 😘

13. 63 修 She Rules the Cultivation World, While Her Disciple Turns into a Puppy 修仙界她横着走，徒弟养成哈巴狗 My Orange Cat Weighs Twelve Jin我家橘猫十二斤Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted As his master lay dying, he stroked Gu Gugu's head. “My life's ambition was to mend relations between humanity and the demon race.” “Legend has it that in ancient times, humanity lowered its flags to half-mast in mourning for a member of the demon race, the highest honor they could bestow.” “Gugu, I want you to become someone humanity will lower its flags to half-mast for.” After her master died, Gu Gugu charged alone into the human race's prodigy trial grounds and slaughtered 468 human prodigie 12.6kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves
14. 64 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 without a romantic pairing. The female protagonist possesses innate divine spiritual roots and bloodlines. She travels from Earth (where spiritual energy is reviving) 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 heavenly 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 her journey. Later, she becomes the chosen one of all worlds, destined by fate.

15. 65 师 My Senior Brothers Are Panicking: The Little Junior Sister Has Really Brought the Sky Down! 师兄们慌了，小师妹真捅破了天！ A Star's Wish星有愿Ancient Romance755k WordsCompleted (Completed) [Top-Tier Talent, Powerful and Thrilling, Master of All Six Paths, Strong Female Lead, Everyone Has a One-Sided Crush, Ensemble Cast, No Romance] “My name is Ning Xin. By the time you read this, I will have been dragged onto the Spirit Platform to have my spiritual roots tested in public, and drawn down seven blessings from the Heavenly Dao...” That day, the entire cultivation world was thrown into an uproar. “The Heavenly Dao has been silent for over a thousand years and never respo 16.3kReads8.4Score2.8kShelves

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    ✨The female protagonist possesses the strongest Saint-grade Chaos Spiritual Root, attracting seven Heavenly Blessings at the very beginning of her cultivation journey, causing a sensation throughout the entire cultivation world.✨The female protagonist cultivates all six Paths of Talent, ranking first among the top talents.✨The female protagonist's weapons: Demon Lord's Sword, Thousand-Machine Umbrella, Thunder Whip, Trial Tower, Fleeting Dream, Shennong Cauldron, Fleeting Life Brush.✨The female protagonist has friends throughout the One Palace, Two Valleys, Seven Sects, and Four Academy, all of whom are spirited and talented prodigies. They fight together for the common destiny of the cultivation world, finding joy in cooperation.✨The female protagonist's background is the strongest in the cultivation world, allowing her to roam freely throughout the entire cultivation world. A powerful and beautiful female protagonist ensemble, full of excitement.

16. 66 生 After Giving Birth, the Cold and Aloof Demon Emperor Begs Me to Stroke His Tail 生崽后，清冷妖皇哭求我摸他尾巴 Big Tangerine, Big Fortune大橘大利Fantastical Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Cool, aloof seductress VS domineering female demon] The female demon Chu Qun was reborn. A thousand years had passed, yet her legends still covered the continent. The Saint of the Pill, the world-destroying Marquis Chu Yi, the sword-forging patriarch... They were all her secret identities! In her previous life, her siblings betrayed her. She was torn apart by chariots, and her soul was sealed beneath the abyss. This time, she returned in triumph, slaying prodigies, killing her enemies, and supp 39.1kReads9.6Score5.5kShelves

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    The god of this track, with eight hundred schemes at the start, Chu Qinghuang, Lin Du, Ye Qiao, Feng Xi, Ye Linglong.

17. 67 满 The Whole Sect Is Full of Crazy Villains, Only the Junior Sister Is a Goofball 满门反派疯批，唯有师妹逗比 Wei Xiaoxi未小兮Ancient Romance3.5M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book, Ye Linglong becomes the vicious cannon-fodder villainess in a cultivation novel. With terrible aptitude, she even coerces the heroine into taking her into the top sect during the Cultivation Tournament. After joining, she opposes the heroine at every turn and eventually dies a miserable death. To enjoy a long, happy life, Ye Linglong immediately gives up on coercing the heroine and turns around to join the worst sect in the cultivation world. She’s done being th 247.3kReads9.6Score24.8kShelves
18. 68 重 Reborn as the Beloved of Everyone: The Movie Emperor's Wife Is Poor and Fierce Again 重生团宠：影帝夫人又穷又凶 Not Dim-Witted After Waking Up睡醒不呆Modern Romance2.6M WordsCompleted [Print edition signed for publication] [Insanely outrageous wish-fulfillment + a few secret identities + savage online roasts + devoted romance with both leads’ first love + dazzling the world] In her previous life, she died with regrets. Now she has been reborn in the middle of a massive online hate campaign! If they’re going to hate on her anyway, she might as well stop pretending! Her scumbag fiancé gets shoved into a cold pool, then coughs and blames her? Sheng Wenyin: “What, caught a cold? 137.3kReads9.6Score14.4kShelves
19. 69 母 Becoming Empress of the Realm by Pretending to Be the Chancellor's Widowed Sister-in-Law 母仪天下，从冒充丞相寡嫂开始 Luo Chunshui洛春水Ancient Romance630k WordsCompleted [Revenge + Face-Slapping the Scum + Lighthearted + Sweet Romance] When you’re out in the world, you can choose your own identity. To infiltrate high society and avenge the massacre of her sister’s family, Feng Qingsui decides to pose as the distant cousin of a prestigious household. But just as she’s about to seek their help, the household she picked is raided by the Imperial Guards. She tries another family. Raided. Then another. Raided again. At her wit’s end, she knocks on the door of the “Pr 24kReads9.4Score4kShelves
20. 70 天 The Genius Sword Cultivator Junior Sister Is Obsessed with Alchemy 天才剑修师妹她沉迷炼丹 He Muchengshen何慕城深Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Completed, lighthearted, strong female lead, no romantic pairing] Shi Xuan, an otherworldly Nascent Soul-stage alchemy cultivator, transmigrated into the body of a cultivation cripple with five spiritual roots. Her original supreme single fire spiritual root had been replaced by her unscrupulous master and given to his own daughter. Once she was no longer useful, she was silenced and thrown down the mountain. Shi Xuan said: No matter what one's aptitude is, it cannot stop me from becoming an ex 13.6kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves
21. 71 宗 Every Sect Wants to Kill Me, So I Just Reload After Death! 宗门都想噶我，我直接死亡回档！ Chao Lianyun巢怜云Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Transmigrated into a Book + Villainess + Death Rewinds Time + Eldritch Cultivation + Unhinged + Quirky Style] Lu Xiaojin transmigrated into a book, becoming the lovesick senior apprentice sister in a cultivation novel where everyone falls for the heroine. She kept fighting the heroine for men and ended up dying horribly. No problem. She wasn't stupid. She knew how the plot went, so she could avoid trouble, stay away from the men, and survive. But! Can someone tell her why her junior apprentice 24.8kReads9.2Score3.6kShelves
22. 72 女 The Vicious Villainess in a Matriarchal World Raises Her Fish Online 女尊恶獠在线养鱼 Garlic Bamboo Shoots蒜香竹笋Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Matriarchal society + sweet romance + one-on-one + devoted to each other] [Calculating and ruthless princess × obedient, loyal guard] The capital's good-for-nothing Second Princess is beaten in the street by another woman for pursuing a man, then crashes into a stone lion. After recovering from her serious injuries, the Second Princess seems like a completely different person: kind to others, uninterested in competing, and always helping her sisters. It isn't until the day this powerful princes 15.1kReads9.5Score1.6kShelves
23. 73 别 They Throw Mud at Me, So I Lie Down and Sue Them for 38,000 别人朝我扔泥巴，躺下讹他三万八 Yan Xiaonuo颜小糯Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Absurd comedy + livestreaming + going crazy anywhere, anytime] Qiao Xi takes on a mission from the Space-Time Administration, transmigrating into a tragic romance novel to fix its plot. She becomes a nobody with barely any fame and is bound to a Truth-Telling System. From then on, the tragic romance takes a bizarre turn... During a variety show livestream, she is asked why she works so hard. Guest 1: “I thought of the hardworking farmers.” Guest 2: “My grandma was a farmer. I miss her so much.” 42.8kReads9.5Score5.4kShelves
24. 74 穿 After Becoming a Substitute, She Stayed Up All Night Studying the Nanny Handbook 穿替身后，她连夜攻读月嫂手册 Little White Snake in the Waves浪里小白蛇Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After overworked office drone Ye Qingqing transmigrated into the role of a stand-in for someone’s one true love, all she wanted was to make money. When the domineering CEO told her to dance, she put on a white dress and started doing the hand dance. When he told her to sing, she shocked the bar with a song called “My Surname Is Shi.” When the woman he truly loved framed her, she handed over a job application, complete with an advanced nanny certificate. When a rich young lady tried to humiliate 16.6kReads9.0Score2kShelves
25. 75 快 Quick Transmigration: The Tragic-Novel Heroine Seems to Have a Serious Problem 快穿：虐文女主好像有那个大病 Beyond the Mountains山外Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Goofy + Slacker + Romance-Averse] Male lead: “The only one I've ever loved is her!” Cen Jing (rolling down the car window): “You two have to make it work. I'll take a car.” Second male lead: “You're interesting.” Cen Jing: “You deserve someone better, not someone who's already the best, like me.” Villainous big shot (pointing at the male lead and his mistress): “Why not tell the driver to run them over?” Cen Jing: “Hello? 110? Someone's inciting someone to commit murder... No, I'm not stutterin 9.2kReads9.5Score1.3kShelves
26. 76 满 A Whole Family of Villainous Cannon Fodder, Riding High with Our Junior Sister 满门反派炮灰，跟着师妹浪到起飞 The Bear Who Bumps into Everything乱撞的小熊Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast + no male lead] Li Yang transmigrates into a book, going from a young, eccentric woman to a little turtle in a wish-granting pool inside an illusion. Who would’ve thought she’d land in a love triangle from the start, with the male lead and the main villain fighting over her. According to the original story, she’s eventually contracted by the original male lead and becomes his greatest trump card on his path to immortality. She spends her entire turtle life taking hits for him: blo 20.7kReads9.3Score2.5kShelves
27. 77 太EN Has the Little Crown Prince Taken the Throne Yet? 太子崽崽今天登基了吗？ Wen Yuan Party文元党Ancient Romance631k WordsCompleted Raising children + fortune + no romance. For content warnings, read the author’s note in Chapter 1. The synopsis has a word limit. In his previous life, Wu Junji spent sixteen years living among commoners before Emperor Zhou found him and named him Crown Prince. After five years on the throne, he died full of resentment. When he opens his eyes again, he is back at the moment Emperor Zhou sent him away from the palace. He swears that this time he’ll kill Emperor Zhou and avenge himself. But Hea 64.2kReads9.2Score8.7kShelves
28. 78 纨 The Pampered Life of a Spoiled Commandery Princess 纨绔郡主得宠日常 Zhao Pian赵骗Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Signed for publication. The print edition is expected to be available by the end of the year. No! This! Is! Not! A! Romance! No CP! No rebirth, no transmigration, a thoroughly evil heroine, a power-struggle story A truly wicked heroine, vying for power over the realm, genuinely unhinged, ruthless, and rotten to the core Questions that come up while reading can only be answered by reading on. The willful, overbearing young princess of the Prince of Zhenbei’s household takes a fancy to Pei Jinnian 49.7kReads9.4Score6.3kShelves
29. 79 凡 A Mortal Woman’s Revenge in the Cultivation World 凡女修仙复仇记 Big Fish Wuwuwu大鱼呜呜呜Ancient Romance148k WordsOngoing [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] + [No Romance] + [A Touch of Ensemble Cast] + [Slow Burn] + [Strong Female Lead] + [Decisive and Ruthless] If your entire family had been slaughtered when you were eight because you picked a spirit herb, what would you do? Would you fall to your knees, weep bitterly, and accept your fate? Would you hide your identity and scrape by just to stay alive? I chose to swallow that spirit herb and make it my bone, my blood, my very roots. Then I committ 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No romantic pairing, female protagonist, mortal cultivating immortality, no system, well-developed characters, decisive in killing, vengeful, and fast-paced.

30. 80 无 The Rootless Girl: Her Path to Immortality Begins with a Broken Engagement 无灵根少女：从退婚开始的修仙路 Person in the Mountain屾中人Eastern Fantasy133k WordsOngoing [Two female leads + defying fate + swordsmanship] She is an ordinary mortal with no spiritual root. In this world of immortal cultivation, it has nothing to do with her. Her master made a wager with a stone: split it open, and I'll let you cultivate. Five years. One sword strike. The day the black stone split, she descended the mountain with her sword in hand. Not to break off an engagement, but to forge a path to immortality for all those the world has “passed over.” 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I learned how to slay gods (not really) at an abandoned academy.

31. 81 穿 After She Transmigrated, the Heroine Disguised Herself as a White Lotus and Went on a Killing Spree 穿越后女主她伪装白莲花杀疯了 Seven Four One七四一Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [No CP + no morals + no limits. A triple-no product. Slow burn.] Li Ke transmigrates. She hears that the original owner was a quiet little flower: obedient and well-behaved since childhood, soft-spoken, kind, and gentle. She always believed that if she tried hard enough, the people around her would eventually treat her well. Li Ke blinks. Kind and gentle? Me? Well, I suppose it’s not a bad persona. After secretly killing everyone who gave her a hard time, Li Ke is pleased to discover that, s 2.5kReads8.6Score272Shelves

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    This is what I'm reading right now. I'm currently watching the part where the female lead breaks ties with the system, and it's so satisfying! There's no romantic pairing. Although there are some strategies at the beginning, they all involve feigning weakness and treating the enemy like a lifeline. The female lead won't soften her heart and hold back just because a man she wants to use falls for her. The promotion portrays her as a villainous female lead, but I think she's just doing it for her own goals. And everyone else is a hypocrite. At the beginning, it feels like a power struggle within a family, so you need to be patient and trust the female lead a bit. She's ruthless from the start, using sweet words and a double-edged sword. She's cunning, good at manipulating people, resilient, patient, and intelligent—she's incredibly charming. It's a character I particularly like. It's a few years old, so the writing might have some flaws, but the plot is fantastic.

32. 82 青 Elegy for Aoki 青木挽歌 Doudou’s Darling豆豆的宝贝Ancient Romance268k WordsOngoing The affairs of the world seem to go in circles. Everyone praises the three swordsmen of the Aoki Sect: First Senior Brother, the Sword Immortal Ma Sinan: a humble gentleman, as warm and gentle as jade. His sword, "Trace-Free," sweeps away injustice across the land. Second Senior Brother, the Mad Blade Li Yi: unrestrained and flamboyant, arrogant and unbound. His "Mad Blade" is dedicated to cutting down petty villains. Third Senior Brother, the Wandering Sword Xu Yue: free-spirited, carefree, and 48Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm shamelessly recommending this novel, a more traditional cultivation story. There's no reincarnation, no time travel, and no cheat codes. I want to create my own unique cultivation world where the chosen ones must strive to cultivate. Talent is just the entry threshold; what truly determines how far one goes is perseverance and hard work. [Please follow][Please follow]

33. 83 不 I Only Refuse to Betray the World 不负天下而已 Doudou’s Darling豆豆的宝贝Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Cultivation setting + no rebirth + no transmigration + not a wish-fulfillment novel] A kind person may be swept along by the ways of the world and fall into darkness; A great villain with blood on his hands may also turn over a new leaf through a single act of kindness; Li Chenxi is one of the rare people who, even after experiencing a major upheaval, can still hold fast to his true nature; The fates of people like him are often more troubled than those of ordinary people; They are usually eit 280Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 84 金 Legends of Jinshan 金山遗事 Doudou’s Darling豆豆的宝贝Ancient Romance405k WordsCompleted This is a little story set in a small mountain village tucked away in the Dragon Kingdom’s secular world. There are no earth-shattering feuds or tangled romances, only a faint sense of regret and melancholy 38Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 85 女 The Supporting Character Cultivates: I Have a Nitpicker System 女配修仙：我有杠精系统 Duck and Vermicelli Soup鸭薛粉丝汤Ancient Romance1.2M WordsOngoing The comic adaptation, Bickering My Way to Immortality, Driving the Cultivation World Mad, launches on August 23. Wen Yin transmigrated into a book. She became the stepping-stone female character in a male-oriented novel, the one who breaks off her engagement with and humiliates the Dragon Proud Heaven. “I told you back then: in thirty years, the east bank will be the west bank, and the west bank will be the east bank. Never look down on a poor young man! Wen Yin, here’s the divorce letter I pro 31.4kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves

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    The first and third ones have systems, but the systems are not very effective. The second one is the bullet screen type, and it's very good. It's just that the third one is prone to being discontinued.

36. 86 飞 After Ascending, I Discovered My Boyfriend Is a Male-Focused Power Fantasy Hero 飞升后发现，男友竟是男频龙傲天 Praise of the Goddess of Space-Time时空女神之赞叹Ancient Romance987k WordsOngoing [Transmigrating into a Male-Oriented Novel + Fantasy Cultivation + Rise of the Phoenix-Proud Heroine] Both the female and male leads are upright young prodigies, not villains or protagonists who kill without batting an eye. If you prefer cold and heartless characters, please look elsewhere. Shi Wanwan was born into an isolated primitive village and thought she had landed in a story about farming and building up a settlement in ancient times. She peacefully set about developing the village, teach 4.8kReads8.6Score300Shelves

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    Fantasy novel, with cultivation as the main theme, requiring great perseverance to grow step by step from a mortal to a great emperor.

37. 87 穿 Reborn as the Sect’s Villainess, the Beloved Crowd-Pleaser Turns on the Drama 穿成宗门恶女，万人迷她戏精上身 Ju Yun Jun橘允菌Ancient Romance540k WordsCompleted [No Female-Female Rivalry] [Eastern Xianxia Plot-Driven Cultivation] [Vicious Female Side Character] [Comment-Section Viewers Arrive] [Strong Female Lead, Beloved by All, One-Sided Crushes] [Ensemble Cast] [Wooden Beauty] [Loved by Both Men and Women, with Male-Male Rivalry] [Upright Values, but Not a Saint] [Growing Female Lead and Awakened Female Side Character] [Family Affection and Friendship] Song Zhiyin transmigrated into a novel, becoming the childhood friend of the male lead in Be 2.1kReads8.5Score325Shelves

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    A micro-ensemble piece, the female lead is clear-headed, not mindless wish-fulfillment, leaning somewhat towards traditional fantasy.

38. 88 乾 Dragon Spirit of Heaven and Earth 乾坤龙灵 October Yang十月洋Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Abandoned child + master thief + cultivation + fortune + golden dragon + high-octane battles + secret-realm adventures + ruthless decisiveness + ancient divine beasts] She was the Dragon Realm's most gifted young woman, but was betrayed by her own family and self-destructed, only to be reborn! His birth was shrouded in mystery. By a twist of fate, he obtained a heaven-defying divine pearl, and from then on embarked on the path of cultivation! From an unknown pickpocket in Cangwu City to an unpa 10.3kReads9.2Score897Shelves

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    "Qiankun Dragon Spirit" is a rare and excellent fantasy novel. Its plot, characters, and setting are all top-notch. It will not only bring you joy and enjoyment while reading, but also give you strength and courage. [Thumbs up]

39. 89 无 The Rootless Her Became a Cultivation Prodigy by Courting Death 无灵根的她靠作死成为修真天才 Cheng Eats Fish澄吃鱼Ancient Romance927k WordsOngoing (Cultivation + System + no romance + villainess) Ai Guang has the lowest grade of mortal roots and cannot cultivate. Although she has a System, it’s a genuine death-seeking System. As long as she seeks her own death, it gives her spiritual roots, cultivation techniques, spiritual treasures, and magical artifacts. Unwilling to settle for an ordinary life, Ai Guang sets out on the path of courting death. No spiritual roots, unable to cultivate? The System issues a mission: slap a recruitment bo 837Reads8.0Score109Shelves

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    The female lead was criticized by readers because she was too ruthless.

40. 90 从 From Kung Fu to Immortality, My Clam Sister Wants to Ascend to Heaven 从功夫到修仙，有个蚬妹想上天 Old Dog in the Wall墙中老狗Fantastical Romance1.5M WordsOngoing Reader's Guide: Mortal cultivation, no System, no transmigration, female-led, coming-of-age, pragmatism, making money, supporting a family, martial arts, changing one's fate, cultivating immortality, seeking the Dao, upholding gender equality, unafraid to address the struggles women, men, humanity, and the universe faced in the old days, criticizing bourgeois-style feminism and the demonization of LGBT people, supporting men and women who come together for love From the very beginning, Yu Sa 10.4kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves

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    A mortal's journey, a growth-oriented path to enlightenment through martial arts – give it a try!

41. 91 无 No Spiritual Root? I’m Actually a Born Ice Spirit! 无灵根？我竟是先天冰灵体！ Pippi Crab Claw皮皮蟹钳Ancient Romance225k WordsOngoing [Strong female lead + fantasy cultivation + wild imagination + no romance + powerful heroine] Jiang Ruoxi, a princess confined to the cold palace, had been bullied since childhood and treated with contempt by the royal family. At the spirit-root assessment, she was mocked as a useless girl with no spirit root. The princes and nobles all sneered at her, her father despised her, and the world looked down on her. Just when all hope seemed lost, a mysterious female master gave her a wooden hairpin, 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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    That means there must be no romantic partner, at most just a male confidant, focusing on cultivation and ascending to the next realm!

42. 92 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

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    They all fit the bill quite well, and there's no romantic pairing. The first book, in particular, is perfect; I absolutely adore the female lead. The latter two are also quite good. The second book is a bit long, but not padded out.

43. 93 拂 Defying Fate 拂命 Li Heng离珩Fantastical Romance420k WordsOngoing The rating just came out and will rise [Cool, aloof senior sister × Dark, obsessive junior brother | Both devoted to each other | Cultivation | Romance | Everyone changes their fate | Ensemble cast] Jiang Weishu possessed a book of destiny called The Book of Slander. It stated plainly that Dingxiao Sect, the foremost sect in the immortal world, was the source of calamities that would bring ruin to all under heaven. What a coincidence. She had just joined that very sect. She kept reading. Her sen 3.1kReads8.5Score752Shelves

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    Please watch! Please watch! [Flying kiss][Flying kiss]

44. 94 快 Quick Transmigration: The Max-Level Expert Slaughters Her Way Through the World by Accumulating Merit 快穿：满级大佬靠攒功德杀疯了 Clear Seas, Deep Rivers海清河深1.2M WordsCompleted [Strong female lead, power fantasy, formidable heroine, top student] The moment Yu stepped onto the Immortal-Welcoming Terrace, the shockwave from two powerful figures fighting shattered her immortal body with a single sword strike. The Ancestor stuffed her into a rift in time and space: travel to different worlds, do good deeds, accumulate merit, and become a saint through merit. [First Life: Scientist] In 1973, a village girl in the mountains grows up to become a scientist. She keeps her ident 34.3kReads8.8Score4.7kShelves

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    This book is still worth reading.

45. 95 带 Adventures in the Cultivation World with My Spirit Beast Brothers 带着灵兽兄弟勇闯修真界 The One Who Gets Extra Helpings加餐的人Ancient Romance708k WordsCompleted Ling Luoluo was living a happy life in the Azure Sky Great Forest when she awakened memories from her previous life and discovered she had transmigrated into a book. In the story, she was just a walking treasure chest, handing out luck, blood, and golden fingers. Ling Luoluo screamed inwardly, refusing to accept that fate, and from then on set out on an ambitious path of immortal cultivation. The Heavenly Dao: "My child, you didn't transmigrate into a book. You just came back." The original hero 26Reads6.3Score—Shelves
46. 96 假 The Fake Heiress Is Still Putting on an Act? I Stun the World by Offering My Secrets to the Nation 假千金还在演？我上交国家惊艳全球 Little Ice Pear冰梨崽崽Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing Business tycoon Jiang Shu wakes up one day in the body of the real heiress in a period novel. At the family reunion, her biased older brother, the scheming fake heiress, her fallen socialite mother who is far too easily swayed, and her cold-blooded, wily father all put on a melodramatic show. Jiang Shu sneers. “Whoever wants to act out this lousy script can go ahead!” All she wants is urban residency so she can take the college entrance exam. Math and science are stepping-stones, the exam is her 3.2kReads8.5Score145Shelves
47. 97 我 With My Proficiency Panel, I Grind for Experience and Live Forever 我靠熟练度面板，肝经验长生万古 Liu Shan, Who Loves Dried Cabbage爱吃干白菜的柳珊Ancient Romance943k WordsOngoing The rating has only just opened and is expected to rise. Proficiency panel + grinding for experience + no romance + power progression + personal growth Lou Xue has spent five years transmigrated in the Qingxuan Continent. She thought she'd landed the role of the leading lady in a farming story. After getting away from her awful relatives and starting a business with her own little skill, she realized she might actually be the real heiress in a fake-heiress story. Just as Lou Xue thinks she's in 2.2kReads6.3Score177Shelves
48. 98 穿 Reborn as a Peasant Girl, I Won't Live for Someone Else 穿成小农女，不为他人做嫁衣 Daxin大心Ancient Romance161k WordsCompleted Zhou Qingling unexpectedly transmigrated. In the book, she spent her whole life making wedding clothes for others. This time, she’s here, and she even has a portable space. She’ll decide her own fate, and nobody gets to take advantage of her. 6.9kReads8.3Score458Shelves
49. 99 那 The Years I Ruined My Pursuit of My Wife 那些年我崩掉的追妻剧本 Two Roast Ducks yya两只烤鸭yyaModern Romance652k WordsOngoing (The new book has just gotten its first rating, and it should go up later~) (If you want something more satisfying, you can start with the third world.) [Quick transmigration + growing male lead + golden finger + scissors + heroine regrets it + taciturn] Li An was sentenced to death from the start. The good news: He awakened the golden finger he had long dreamed of for decades. The bad news: He doesn't want to live. [Sever yin and yang, cut through mortal ties! Avoid karma and keep clear 879Reads6.3Score—Shelves
50. 100 疯 Are You Crazy? You'd Throw Away a Lucky Kid Who Can Play the Suona? 疯了吧？会吹唢呐的福宝都敢扔？ Meow Again Wang Fugui喵又王富贵Ancient Romance370k WordsCompleted (The rating just came out and will keep rising) [Lighthearted and Funny + Power Fantasy + Everyone's Favorite + Hapless Dad + Ridiculous] After being struck by lightning, the wicked little demon lost some of her memories and became the real daughter reclaimed by the Marquis's household. Her fake father and mother disliked her and drove her out. The Marquis's household would rather raise a fake daughter than keep her, and even her biological brother sees her as a harbinger of disaster. With a lit 1.1kReads8.5Score102Shelves

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