Historical Fantasy (Cultivation): The Male Lead Takes a Hit for Her, the Plot Moves Forward, and He Reads Too Much into Things 古言（修仙），挡箭（剑），走剧情，男主脑补

1. 1 没 I Never Thought I’d Be the Male Lead’s White Moonlight 没想到我竟是男主的白月光 Eat a Melon吃一瓜Ancient Romance292k WordsCompleted Jiang Menglian stared at the name on the book in front of her, lost in thought. Holy crap! There was actually a villainess with the exact same name as her! And not just any villainess, either. She was the kind who died without even leaving a whole corpse behind. Jiang Menglian felt her name deserved better, so she stayed up all night writing the author a ten-thousand-word complaint. Then she woke up to find she had become the wicked supporting female character! Why? This was so unfair! How could 2.5kReads8.8Score153Shelves

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   The male protagonist in this book especially likes the female protagonist, his Bai Yueguang, she is so sweet!

2. 2 烟 Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.4M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 878kReads9.6Score204.8kShelves

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   The first plot⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

3. 3 玄 Xuanhuan: Give Away Fortuitous Opportunities and Double the Rewards! 玄幻：赠送机缘，奖励翻倍！ Focused on Slurping Noodles专心嗦粉Eastern Fantasy6.5M WordsOngoing [Three Emperors in One Family ✚ An Emperor’s Fallen Double Pupils ✚ One Heroine ✚ Supreme Bone] Jiang Chen transmigrates to a fantasy world and awakens the Fortuitous Opportunity Critical Hit System. All he has to do is give opportunities to others to trigger critical-hit rewards. “You gave away a hundred-year-old medicinal herb and triggered a hundredfold critical hit, obtaining a thousand-year-old medicinal herb.” “You gave away a heavily damaged Supreme Bone and triggered a millionfold critic 35.8kReads8.7Score3.3kShelves
4. 4 真 A Real Eunuch: From the Start, I Castrated Myself and Mastered the Sunflower Manual 真太监：开局自宫，满级葵花宝典 Big Tiger大脑斧Historical1.1M WordsCompleted With the Sunflower Manual before him, Li Yi swings his blade without hesitation! “It’s only an inch or two. Piece of cake!” Once you’ve removed the root of your troubles, drawing your blade comes naturally! After mastering the divine art, he establishes the Western Depot. Powerful figures “voluntarily” join the Western Depot! Second Supervisor Dongfang Bubai: “The sun rises in the east, and I alone remain undefeated!” Third Supervisor Cao Zhengchun: “Hero Guihai, Miss Haitang!” Fourth Commander 16.1kReads8.7Score1.2kShelves
5. 5 杀 Step One in Taking Down the Green-Tea Drama Queen: Cheat My Way to Immortality 杀穿绿茶作精第一步，开挂修仙 Ke Xiaoyao可小妖Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Dual Systems + sign-in + a little bit of everyone-loving-her + cultivation + no romance] Su Yuenning, the villainess in a cultivation novel, awakens to her own identity. Her green-tea junior sister, a sweet-talking white lotus, speaks in a coquettish voice. “Senior Brother, I'm fine. Don't scold Senior Sister.” Su Yuenning can't be bothered with her. She focuses on figuring out her own System. “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you've signed in and received a beloved-by-all aura!” “Ding! Congr 2.4kReads8.8Score336Shelves

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   The first one: It's the kind of cool script, the heroine system has two very good ones ~ (not finished yet) The second one: the heroine is reborn, slaps green tea in the face and the heroine is a kind of cold person (not finished yet) The third one: I really love it, this book is well written, the male and female protagonists are like God chasing after them to feed them. The fourth one: Juezi's story, it's good-looking but a little bit sadistic, I really want to beat that system after reading it

6. 6 拒 After Refusing to Redeem My Reputation, the Cultivation World Became Obsessed with Me 拒绝洗白后，修真界对我搞崇拜 Hua Mumu椛木木Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [A satisfying takedown of trash men + no misunderstandings or substitute-lover tropes + an incredibly cool heroine later on + a classic coming-of-age story + no System!] In her previous life, she was betrayed by a scumbag, treated unfairly by her master, and hated by her fellow disciples, who called her a fake, a hypocrite. In the end, she was thrown into the Abyss of Ten Thousand Demons and barely survived! Reborn into a new life, Su Lengyan decides to cut ties with everyone. She trains hard 18kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
7. 7 我 There’s No Way My Husband Is a Sickly Villain 我的夫君不可能是病娇大反派 Nan Xiaoxiao南小小Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance + Both Leads Are Strong + They Dote on Each Other!] When Lu Xingyue started her senior year of high school, a fantasy game set in an ancient world mysteriously appeared on her phone. She started playing because she thought the characters looked lovely. Later, she found an exceptionally handsome young man in the game. She fell in love with a pixel character and married him in a wedding ceremony. Later, as the pressure of the college entrance exams mounted, she chose to give up 8.2kReads9.3Score872Shelves
8. 8 累 Exhausted! My Sickly Disciple Wants to Turn Evil, and I Have to Comfort Him Every Day 累！病娇徒弟要黑化，每天都要哄 Knowing What to Do知其为之Ancient Romance288k WordsCompleted [Both leads are inexperienced + female teacher and male student + sweet and angsty + happy ending + dark, obsessive male lead] Luo Chu transmigrates into the body of the vicious master who tormented the villain, Liu Chengzhi, to the brink of death. To make matters worse, she personally witnesses Liu Chengzhi smiling madly as he slaughters most of the cultivation world! Good grief! Who is this murderous lunatic? Where’s my kind, righteous boy? Liu Chengzhi turns around and sees her. His smile sud 8.9kReads9.0Score1kShelves
9. 9 穿 After Transmigrating as a Delicate Beauty, My Senior Brother Went Mad 穿成娇软美人后，大师兄他疯魔了 Xi Kui Er兮葵儿Ancient Romance335k WordsCompleted [Beautiful Furnace Cauldron, Beloved by All + Sweet Romance + Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + Darkening + 1v1] Gu Zhiwan somehow got duped into the cultivation world, and from the start she was fleeing for her life. How could a delicate mortal like her survive in a world where strength ruled above all? But that wasn’t even the scariest part. What was with this supposedly perfect furnace-cauldron physique ⊙∀⊙? Faced with one person after another coming to ask her to cultivate dual cultivation 514Reads7.2Score102Shelves

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10. 10 穿 Book Transmigration: My Rebellious Disciple Wants to Deceive His Master Again 穿书：逆徒他又想欺师 Wang Tiantian王甜甜Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book, she became the villainous master who would be imprisoned by the male lead and eventually die in a self-detonation. To change the way her disciples saw her, Ling Yao was constantly thinking of ways to redeem her image. First disciple: “Master really has changed a lot since she abandoned the Heartless Way.” Second disciple: “Why has Master been acting so strangely lately?” Third disciple: “I’ve just always found Fourth Junior Brother annoying.” Fourth disciple: “R 1.2kReads8.6Score152Shelves

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    I haven't had time to read the first three books since I added them to my bookshelf, but I think the rating won't be too bad. The last one is the article on female worship, the article on cultivating immortals + blocking swords. Friends who are interested can also look for the book on cultivating immortals (the male and female protagonists were rivals in the previous life, and both were powerful bosses. Later, in the last battle between the two, the male protagonist killed the female protagonist. After rebirth, they met again. The female protagonist felt soft and accepted the male protagonist as her disciple. Later, the male protagonist regained his memory and slowly discovered that the dead end was a conspiracy).

11. 11 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 7.4kReads9.3Score935Shelves
12. 12 逆 All My Rebellious Disciple Wants Is to Overstep His Bounds 逆徒整天就想以下犯上 Purple Snow Radish紫雪萝Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Ancient-style fiction contest] One day, Jing Se unexpectedly awakens to the truth and discovers she's the great villain in a book. She's speechless. Even worse, in the story she's the male lead's master, and she's lusting after his face and body. She'll stop at nothing for him, but in the end they turn against each other and her disciple kills her with his own hands. She originally planned to kill the male lead and rule the world herself, but unfortunately, she can't kill him. If she can't have 831Reads8.7Score120Shelves
13. 13 修 Cultivation Guide: I Maxed Out the Male Lead’s Affection from the Start 修仙攻略：开局我怒刷男主好感度 The Girl Who Walks Sideways姑娘横着走Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yan Shu transmigrates into a book and gets a bonus package of the male lead’s hatred! In three months, the male lead will kill her so thoroughly that not even ashes remain! He’s Heaven’s own son. She can’t beat him, and every attempt to escape earns her a lightning strike. Yan Shu is furious! If that’s how it is, then don’t blame her for... Going all out to win his favor! Yan Shu: “Disciple, your clothes are a little worn. Take my token and get yourself a few new outfits.” He doesn’t get any clo 1.4kReads8.8Score211Shelves
14. 14 浮 Immortal Floating Decree 浮仙令 Faint Crescent Moon浅淡的月牙Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Immortals distinguish neither good from evil nor black from white, and ask no questions of right or wrong. They treat all living beings as dogs of straw, bitterly seeking the Great Dao. Whoever unsettles my Dao heart, be they good or evil, shall have their karma fulfilled, then be reduced to ashes. 276Reads8.2Score—Shelves
15. 15 帝 The God-Emperor Kills His Wife to Prove His Way, Then Chases Her After Being Reborn 帝尊杀妻证道，重生后追妻火葬场 Jun Mumu Jun君木木君Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Female-Led + Transforming the Great Wilderness + Empress + Seven Disciples + Male Lead Who Kills His Wife to Prove His Dao] What should a beloved little princess from the Sea of Chaos do after waking up in the body of a useless heroine from the weakest tribe in the Great Wilderness, whose husband kills her to prove his Dao? Feng Xingchen isn't worried! With her golden finger in hand, she'll start by taking in seven powerful disciples who are children of destiny. She kills the reborn character r 152Reads9.0Score—Shelves
16. 16 女 The Supporting Female Cultivator: Starting as the Sect Patriarch! 女配修仙：从当宗门师祖做起！ Glass Salted Fish玻璃咸鱼Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The night before Xu Yi was to become the senior disciple of Xuanji Sect, she had a dream. In it, she was consumed by jealousy of the new junior sister, committed every sort of evil, and ultimately met a grisly end, her bones ground to dust. With the junior sister's initiation just around the corner, Xu Yi shut her eyes, gritted her teeth, and left with all her belongings to lie low. But she never expected to fall into a secret realm the moment she left the sect, where she was trapped for two hun 5kReads8.8Score710Shelves

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    I highly recommend these books, they are quite good, but the memory is so long ago that I can't remember if the male protagonist made them up in his own head? But the author's writing style is very good. Friends who like it can read [shy][shy][shy]

17. 17 穿 I Transmigrated into My Master's Body and Doted on My Yandere Disciple 穿成师尊后，我娇养了病娇徒弟 Mighty Little Flat-Chested One威猛小平胸Ancient Romance2.2M WordsCompleted Lanyue transmigrates into a book and becomes a cruel master who treats her disciple as a cultivation furnace, exploiting him without restraint. Fortunately, none of it has happened yet. Lanyue looks at the well-behaved disciple before her, the future Ghost King who will rule the Nine Provinces, and trembles in fear. To avoid the miserable fate of having her soul torn out and her skin flayed, Lanyue does everything she can to please her disciple. As long as she doesn’t spoil him to death, she’ll 21kReads9.4Score3.3kShelves
18. 18 医 Medical Cultivator Senior Sister Is Beating People Up Online, Everyone Get Out of the Way! 医修师姐在线锤人，通通闪开！ Hui Xier绘禧儿Ancient Romance662k WordsCompleted As the hidden power behind Bie Hun Medicine Island, Bie Hanyan suddenly discovers one day that she has transmigrated into a book... In the story, the adorable, obedient junior sister is tricked by the overpowered male lead into leaving the island, only to meet her end. The sect she reveres and admires is coveted by others, then besieged and wiped out! As for her... Sorry, the book doesn't mention her at all! Even worse... The straight guy who died in her last life turns out to be the original st 734Reads9.1Score117Shelves
19. 19 我 I’m Stirring Up the Cultivation World with Grind Culture 我在修仙界搞内卷 Cong Yue丛月Ancient Romance3.2M WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] After Qin Shu transmigrated into a book, she learned that she was a fraud who had taken her younger half-sister's place to cultivate immortality. After eight years of cultivation, her half-sister entered the Dao despite having been an ordinary mortal. Qin Shu's cover was blown in front of everyone, and the sect mercilessly cast her out, even though she had only reached the third level of Qi Refining. With her peerless beauty, she was turned into a cultivation furn 129.9kReads9.5Score32.3kShelves

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    The first one is really good. It is the most recent and well-written fairy tale I have ever seen. The male and female protagonists are very emotional and very natural. It is really good. I highly recommend it. The following books are also very good.

20. 20 穿 Transmigrated as the Villainous Master of a Yandere Male Lead 穿成病娇男主的反派师尊 A Full Cup of Passion Fruit满杯百香果Two Male Leads441k WordsCompleted [A Celibate, Foolish Master Who Wants to Save His Disciple vs. A Scheming Little White Rabbit of a Disciple Who Pretends to Be Innocent] Everyone knows that being a master is a high-risk profession. After an unsteady hand caused him to transmigrate into the story as its biggest villain of a master, doomed to a gruesome death, he initially planned to kill his disciple to eliminate future trouble. But he couldn't bring himself to do it. All he could do was rack his brains to raise his disciple int 697Reads9.3Score126Shelves
21. 21 签 Five Hundred Years of Sign-In, Then a Madwoman Forces a Contract from the Start 签到五百年，开局被疯批强行契约 Liu Lili流栗栗Ancient Romance658k WordsCompleted The comic adaptation of this book, Nine Colors, is now officially online! [Feel-Good Power Couple + Caretaking Couple] Jiu Se transmigrated into a snake. Luckily, she had a sign-in System. On the day she quietly reached five hundred years of signing in, she obtained a Super-God Evolution System. Jiu Se: Two Systems = the pinnacle of snake life = ruling the world? Before she could even celebrate, war broke out between the snake clans that very day. Her siblings died in battle, and to preserve the 62.1kReads9.0Score9.6kShelves
22. 22 五 Five Years of Waiting Came to Nothing: My Husband Brings His New Love to Demand a Divorce 五年痴等成空，夫君带女逼我和离 Cang Yuesheng仓月生Ancient Romance604k WordsCompleted [Both Chaste] [Romance with His Older Brother's Wife] [Male-Male Story] [The Male Lead is repeatedly seen completely naked but stays faithful. Later, what looks like infidelity is actually a guard in disguise; the male lead remains devoted to the female lead throughout.] [Dear readers, we're very sorry! When you reach Chapter 139, please skip straight to Chapter 146. Chapters 140 to 145 are inconsistent and can be ignored.] On their wedding night, unrest broke out at the border, and her husband 5.2kReads9.3Score457Shelves

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    The situation of women in ancient times was really not easy [blowing kiss][shy]

23. 23 咸 The Lazy Cannon Fodder Supporting Actress Takes on Multiple Jobs in the Cultivation World 咸鱼炮灰女配在修真界，身兼数职 I Love Sweet Fruit我爱吃甜的水果Ancient Romance571k WordsCompleted [Silly comedy + dramatic antics + adored by everyone + one-on-one romance + System + secret identities + universally beloved heroine] Tang Guo transmigrates into a novel where four male leads fall in love with a sweet, delicate heroine, and she becomes the villainess everyone hates. She has to take on the roles of four different villainesses, which is the hardest part of her SSSS-rank mission. Once she completes it, she can retire with honor. The villainess doesn't get many scenes and is written 91Reads7.6Score—Shelves

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    These books are pretty good

24. 24 惊 What?! After Becoming a Cannon-Fodder Character, the Crazy Male Lead Won't Leave Me Alone 惊！穿成炮灰后竟被疯批男主赖上 Jinyu近屿Ancient Romance625k WordsCompleted [Cultivation + System + transmigrate into a book + hilarious wish fulfillment + devoted couple, 1v1] Also known as: Help! The obsessive male lead in this cultivation novel has no sense of propriety! After transmigrating into a Mary Sue wish-fulfillment novel, Ji Yao was told by the System: You’re the unlucky cannon-fodder character. To stay alive, I advise you to steer clear of the original male and female leads! Ji Yao: Sure, sure. You’re right about everything. Then, without meaning to, she s 1.9kReads9.0Score243Shelves
25. 25 穿 After I Transmigrate into a Book, the Unhinged Male Lead Wants to Kill Me Every Day 穿书后，疯批男主日日想取我狗命 Xiao Luoxi小珞惜Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Feng Wan transmigrates into a book and becomes the villainous master who torments the male lead in the early chapters to get his heart. Her young disciple thinks about escaping from her every day and running off to enjoy himself. Feng Wan patiently tries to talk him out of it. “There are big, bad wolves out there. You’re so cute, they’ll gobble you up.” She gives him divine weapons, spirit pills, spirit beasts, sword manuals... Then one day, the little white rabbit turns into a big, bad wolf and 108Reads8.9Score—Shelves
26. 26 小 Don’t Mess with the Little Junior Sister 小师妹惹不得 Moon Tu月荼Ancient Romance895k WordsCompleted Other people make their way in the martial world with their skill in combat. Ling Wei gets by with senior brothers who can protect her and her extraordinary talent for acting cool. Her eldest senior brother is a refined gentleman who loves to hide a threat behind a smile: “I hear you want to pick on my junior sister?” Her second senior brother is cold and ruthless, his words freezing enough to chill you to the bone: “If you want to pick on Junior Sister, you’ll have to get through me first!” Her 183Reads8.6Score—Shelves
27. 27 重 Reborn as the Beloved Junior Sister of the Pill Sect 重生后我成了丹宗团宠小师妹 Qi Yu亓玉Ancient Romance701k WordsCompleted Also known as Reborn: The Whole Sect Regrets Losing Me Wen Wan survived the beast tide, only to die by the swords of her fellow disciples. To make their beloved junior sister happy, one cut out her golden core, while another took her life. Just before she died, Wen Wan became a wandering spirit and floated to her master's window. There, she suddenly realized that hardly any of her fellow disciples were decent people. Even the master she had once respected and cared for was a heartless, ungratefu 863Reads8.9Score147Shelves
28. 28 逆 Heaven-Defying Eyes: The Biggest Trouble-Maker in the Cultivation World 逆天瞳视，修仙界惹事一把手 Mi Zhi弥止Ancient Romance513k WordsCompleted [Romance included] [Cultivation] [Ancient setting] [Transmigration] [Genius] She came from the twenty-sixth century, bringing her heaven-defying supernatural ability to the Cultivation world. Her cultivation talent also left the entire world in awe. Five spiritual roots, a useless spiritual root? But what if they were top-grade five spiritual roots? The crowd cried out in disbelief. “Th-this is a Chaos Spiritual Root, something you only see once in a hundred years!” At the disciple selection cer 1.8kReads9.1Score320Shelves
29. 29 惊 What?! The Beloved Little Junior Sister Is the Strongest in All Nine Provinces! 惊！团宠小师妹竟是九州最强者！ Didi Yuan迪迪圆Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Complete; no romance, invincible protagonist, hilarious, face-slapping, pure feel-good fun) The moment Qing Jiujiu transmigrated, she was bound to an Invincibility System! By accident, she crawled into her master's bed and fell fast asleep. Master: ??? The whole sect was in an uproar! The senior brother, second senior brother, third senior brother, fourth senior brother... all 108 senior brothers were stunned! Of all the beds the junior sister could sleep in, she had to choose her master's! The 2.4kReads9.3Score492Shelves
30. 30 穿 Book Transmigration: My Master Was Forced to Become a Yandere 穿书：师尊他被迫病娇了 Lin Tangtang林糖糖Ancient Romance744k WordsCompleted Tao Xiaoqi accidentally transmigrated into Tao Qi, the doomed supporting female character in The Yandere Sect Leader Is Not to Be Trifled With. In the original story, Tao Qi was hated by the male lead, rejected by the main villain, and crushed by the heroine. In the end, she died a gruesome death after enduring all manner of torment. With the script in hand, Tao Xiaoqi knew that the hero and heroine would bring misery to everyone for the sake of love, leading to an ending where no one got a happ 371Reads8.2Score103Shelves
31. 31 禁 What Should I Do? My Abstinent Master Has Designs on Me 禁欲师尊他对我图谋不轨怎么办 Endless White Clouds白云漫漫Ancient Romance333k WordsCompleted A sweet romance! [The heroine is adorable and resilient at first, always trying to help the male lead find happiness, but later she dotes on her husband with all her strength. The male lead is scheming, powerful, and exceptionally capable, always thinking of how to pull the heroine into his arms.] Jun Chuchu read an old-school cultivation novel. The story’s elegant and otherworldly master gave up love, friendship, and status so the heroine could live happily ever after, then died of poison when 436Reads8.9Score104Shelves
32. 32 女 The Supporting Actress Cultivates Immortality, While the Protagonist Is Sacrificed to Heaven 女配修仙，主角祭天 Long-Tailed Tit长尾山雀呀Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted On the night before becoming the disciple of Immortal Venerable Yanchen, Sang Ying discovered that she was the villainess in a cultivation novel about a master and his disciple! She was the foil to the pure and kind heroine, a delicate white lotus. Not only did she force the male lead to take her as his disciple, she also tried to steal what belonged to the heroine. In the end, she died at the hands of one of the heroine's admirers, and her pure ice spirit root became the catalyst for repairing 8kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves

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    The male protagonist in the first book was particularly arrogant, and the female protagonist in the early stage, although the screenwriter became tougher in the later stage. The heroine of the second book is very awesome, very tough, and very subjective. The key is that the author is trying new ways to write, and she is really witnessing history, woo woo <(ToT)>

33. 33 逆 Defying Heaven's Cute Beast: The Peerless Demoness Rules the World 逆天萌兽：绝世妖女倾天下 First Day, Seeing the Moon初一见月Ancient Romance6.2M WordsCompleted [Print Edition of One Thought, Ashes Return to the Mountain: Preorders Open September 27 at 7 p.m.] Her own sister ripped out her phoenix bone, stole her talent, and tossed her into the Demon Rift like a dog! But against all odds, she survived and became the little demon girl cherished in the palms of the monsters living in the Demon Rift! The monsters of the Demon Rift: “Anyone who lays a hand on Niannian declares war on our entire demon clan!” She returns to the Five Continents, cuts down her 189.5kReads9.6Score25.4kShelves
34. 34 嘘 Shh! The Tyrant Is Secretly Spoiling His Little Sweetheart Again 嘘！暴君又在偷偷宠他的小娇娇 A Little Milk Kitty一只小奶喵Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yun Jiaojiao, a genius alchemist with an overprotective older brother, was cherished and spoiled from childhood. But after failing to survive her tribulation, she transmigrated into a despised imperial consort, entrusted to the emperor by her dying brother after he saved the emperor’s life. The emperor gave her a cold look. “I can only be your brother. Don’t even think of me as anything else!” Yun Jiaojiao blinked, looking pitiful on the outside but secretly thrilled. She cautiously tested him 8kReads8.9Score835Shelves

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    The first one is an ancient novel, and the next seven are all about cultivating immortals, with plots, and there should be some who can block the sword (but I can't remember which ones). Most of them are about two male protagonists.

35. 35 反 The Villain’s Arduous Road to Redemption 反派的艰难洗白路 Chen Mi晨米Two Male Leads532k WordsCompleted This is the story of someone who accidentally transmigrates into a villain and takes the long road to redemption to stay alive, only to end up looking more and more villainous the harder he tries to clear his name. Xiao Yifeng: “Stay calm! I’ll give all the women back to you. Could you get off me now?” The person on top of him gave a wicked smile. “Master, I won’t, ” Was this ambitious little wolf really the same sweet and adorable little disciple who had always behaved so well? 674Reads8.5Score105Shelves
36. 36 穿 After Becoming Cannon Fodder, I Make a Habit of Clinging to the Protagonist 穿成炮灰后开始抱主角大腿日常 Half a Fruit半个果子Two Male Leads391k WordsCompleted Before transmigrating into a book, it was all about giving the protagonist the most tragic backstory imaginable. If they didn’t suffer, no one would read! After transmigrating into a book: Poor little darling, how did you end up with such a hard life? Come here and let me hold you and take good care of you! Before transmigrating into a book, the protagonist’s path to success always needed a cannon-fodder character to drive the plot by courting death. The more outrageous their behavior, the more 179Reads9.1Score—Shelves
37. 37 重 Reborn as the Male Lead’s Beautiful, Powerful, and Tragic Master 重生后我成了男主的美强惨师尊 How Many Chimes?鸣钟几何Two Male Leads316k WordsCompleted Just after Jiang Yufeng was reborn, he got cheated on. The partner he was supposed to marry had eloped with someone else before the wedding. He didn't have any feelings for them, but being cheated on still left him in a panic. They ran off last night, and the engagement was called off today. At the time, his apprentice, who had a deep grudge against him, shoved the returned betrothal letter into his hands. The letter was stamped with a huge red double happiness character. His apprentice bluntly 1kReads9.4Score182Shelves
38. 38 师 My Senior Brother Is Surrounded by an Immortal Aura 师兄他出场自带仙气 Shen Chuliu沈初六Two Male Leads200k WordsCompleted Xie Yan never imagined that one day he'd transmigrate into a book, let alone into a melodramatic, angsty romance! If he had to transmigrate into a book, fine. All he wanted was to enjoy the CP, especially since this was the super-angsty novel that had made him cry through a whole box of tissues! But how had he become the third wheel? He didn't remember there being a character like him in the book. The beautiful master and the haughty disciple, and now he was the master's second disciple? The Sys 116Reads8.7Score—Shelves
39. 39 孽 My Wicked Disciple Is on Top: A Manual for the Villainous Master to Raise His Child 孽徒在上：反派师尊御儿手册 Buying Spicy Strips Takes Coupons Too买辣条也用劵呀Two Male Leads524k WordsCompleted [An ethereal, aloof master vs. a gorgeous, cunning ghost king of a disciple who plays the pig to eat the tiger] Mu Lian transmigrated into a book and became the male lead’s villainous master. In the original story, the villain raised the male lead with ulterior motives, and ultimately caused him to be hunted down and killed by the various sects. Then the male lead was reborn. He took revenge for every betrayal and false accusation he had suffered, and in the end, the villain was framed and kille 3.5kReads9.4Score557Shelves
40. 40 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, My Lovesick Disciple Spoiled Me 穿书后，病娇徒弟把我娇养了 Cottonwood Fish棉木鱼Two Male Leads265k WordsCompleted “Master and disciple, jealous, and corrupted” Shen Qian transmigrated into a book. He had read over a thousand chapters and was just one page away from learning who the woman behind the male lead was, but then… he kicked the bucket. System: “The Host's curiosity is too strong. This System will take the Host into the book to find out for himself.” Shen Qian: “But why did you make me transmigrate into the male lead's wicked master?!” Looking at his disciple, who was covered in wounds, he felt dizz 113Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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