The MC Steals Opportunities from the Chosen One, Starting with a Major Heist 主角抢气运之子的机缘，开局就是掠夺很大的机缘

1. 51 大 I’m the Great Villain, but I Never Wanted to Rule the Ages! 大反派的我，真没想独断万古啊！ Kaneki Ken金木研啊Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Cunning protagonist + decisive and ruthless + doesn't play the pig to eat the tiger + pure power fantasy] A transmigration novel. Ji Xiu discovers that he has become the tragic villainous Big Boss in a novel! The novel's male lead has an invincible golden finger? The novel's heroine is an Immortal Emperor reborn? His own future means certain death? Ding! The god-tier sign-in System has awakened! [Ding! Congratulations, Host. Your sign-in reward is the nine-star Divine Heart Dao Bone!] [ 24.8kReads8.9Score1.9kShelves
2. 52 玄 Xuanhuan: Checking the Script of My Life from the Start 玄幻：开局查看人生剧本 Hometown of Olden Days旧时故里Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing Zhou You transmigrates into a fantasy world and binds himself to the Life Script System! The catch is that he's a good-for-nothing with a minor character's script, the kind who'll kick the bucket in a month! Then there's the beauty he just happened to save. [Name: Su Qingzhi] [Cultivation: Body Tempering, Fifth Heaven] [Talent: Peerless] [Destiny: Potential Empress (Gold), Ice Skin and Jade Bones (Gold), Protagonist's Halo (Gold), Femme Fatale (Gold)] [Life Script: The Rise of the Good-for-Nothi 1.4kReads7.0Score—Shelves
3. 53 人 Life's Script: From the Start, I Stole the Fortune of the Chosen One 人生剧本：开局截胡气运之子 Xu Daodao徐刀刀Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Empress] [Villain] [Ruthless and Decisive] [Life Script] Jiang Chen transmigrates into a fantasy world, expecting to live an ordinary life. But then the Life Script System awakens. [Name]: Jiang Chen [Realm]: Body Tempering, Third Stage [Fate]: Mortal (Gray), Violent Death (Gray) [Life Script]: Minor character in The Sword God of Rebellion [Recent Fortune]: In one day, you refuse to help Lin Hu keep working and end up dying a violent death. Your body is dumped in the wilderness, where a monster 1.9kReads6.1Score131Shelves
4. 54 掠 I Stole Too Many Fortuitous Encounters, and the Protagonists Broke Down 掠夺太多机缘，主角都崩溃了 Rabbit Eats Watermelon兔子吃西瓜Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Villain + satisfying power-up story + life script + ruthless decisiveness + multiple heroines] Jiang Li transmigrates to the Desolate Ancient Continent, where he becomes an ordinary disciple of the Yellow Springs Demon Sect and awakens the Life Script System. From then on, Jiang Li embarks on an invincible path of plunder! The Qian Kun Great Emperor Lin Dong’s [Immortal Defiance Origin-Stealing Art] The Undying Demon Venerable Su Ming’s Heaven-Rank Spirit Flame... The Heaven-Swallowing Demon Em 11.7kReads8.1Score772Shelves
5. 55 玄 Xuanhuan: A Life Script, Seizing Fortunes to Become an Emperor 玄幻：人生剧本，掠夺机缘成帝 Left Hand Points to the Moon左手指月Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Xu Chuan transmigrates into a xianxia world and becomes a disciple of a sacred sect. He thought he'd be on top of the world, but despite his natural talent, he's broke. He doesn't have a single cultivation resource to his name. And worse, he's about to die! He stares at his life script, frowning deeply. [Name: Xu Chuan] [Realm: Body Tempering, Sixth Level] [Talent: Once in a thousand years] [Fortune: Plagued by bad luck (White)] [Life Script: Background Extra] [Opportunity: After being demoted t 2.3kReads7.9Score125Shelves
6. 56 宗 The Sect's Workhorses Ran Away, and Three Days Later the Mountain-Guarding Array Collapsed 宗门牛马跑路，三天后护山阵崩了 Black-Eyed Immortal黑眼圈仙人Fantastical Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Master deceiver + a people-centered view of history + ensemble cast + no romance + cutting off the lifeblood] Si Miao transmigrates into a male-oriented cultivation harem novel as the male lead's doomed master. In her sect, she's called an elder, but in practice she's little more than a workhorse. She handles odd jobs in peacetime and acts as a human shield in battle, exhausting herself for her male lead disciple. In the end, she dies after taking the blame for him, while not a single person in 47.4kReads9.0Score8.4kShelves

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   This is so beautiful!

7. 57 清 Cold, Untouchable Moonlight? No! I'm the Villain Chosen by Fate 清冷白月光？不！我是天命大反派 A Clear Song by the Pool一曲潭清Ancient Romance578k WordsCompleted [System-driven + villainess protagonist + egoist + top prodigy + near-invincible power fantasy + no romance (no male consorts)] After transmigrating, Nan Xian becomes a fake prodigy used by a top family to save face. She is about to fight the real prodigy. Should she just wait to die? No rush, the System is here to help. [Ding! The Ultimate Villain System is at your service.] [Humiliate your arrogant fiancé and get a divine beast mount as a reward.] Nan Xian: Kill him. Her younger siblings are d 37kReads9.5Score5.6kShelves

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   ① Ling Xuan transmigrates into the body of a crippled outer disciple, awakening a "life script" cheat ability that allows him to foresee the opportunities of others. He specializes in stealing the fortunes of the chosen ones—seizing Heavenly Rank cultivation techniques, intercepting the Sun Essence Fire, and forcibly taking Heavenly Rank spiritual artifacts, taking both people and opportunities indiscriminately, rising from a useless nobody to the strongest plunderer. (Key highlights: Seeing through others' destinies + plundering, the satisfying "your opportunities are mine" feeling) ② Nan Xian transmigrates into the body of a fake prodigy, bound to a villain system. On the surface, she is a holy maiden, secretly hunting down the chosen protagonists to steal their fortune. She trains her younger siblings into loyal servants, treats true prodigies as spendthrifts, and elegantly plots her way to power, transforming from hypocritical to ruthless, ultimately climbing to the top over the corpses of countless beings. (Key highlights: A seemingly innocent but actually ruthless villain + fortune plundering, highlighting the subversive feeling of "elegant cruelty" and "villain development")

8. 58 反 Villain: There Are Too Many Children of Fate, So I'll Just Lie Low 反派：气运之子太多，我摆烂了 A Pigeon一枚鸽子Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Bai Feng transmigrated, and he had a younger sister born with immortal bones. He thought that as long as he clung to his sister, he could live a carefree life in this dangerous cultivation world. That was until he woke up and discovered that his mother was preparing to remove his sister’s immortal bones and implant them in him. Only then did he realize he’d been cast in the role of the villain! Just then, a System appeared. If he targeted the Children of Destiny and stole their fortune, he would 45.6kReads8.9Score4.6kShelves
9. 59 你 Your Fortuitous Opportunity Is Mine Now! 你的机缘很好，现在是我的了！ The World Is Ink天下墨矣Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted The animated drama adaptation of the novel of the same name, I Can See Fortunes and Strip the Immortal Realm Bare, is now streaming on the Hongguo Short Drama app! Ling Xuan transmigrates into the body of an outer disciple of the Qingxuan Sect. He was once the top outer disciple, but just before he could enter the inner sect, someone poisoned him and destroyed his foundation. Then he suddenly discovers that he can see everyone’s life scripts and seize their fortunes. You’re a powerful figure 942Reads8.2Score173Shelves

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   These are all books that require seizing opportunities.

10. 60 仙 You Dare Steal My Bride, Immortal Emperor? I'll Dig Out Your Supreme Bone! 仙帝你也敢抢亲？反手挖你至尊骨 Gongzi Zhifan公子之凡Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Villain + Unstoppable Domination + No Saintly Heroics + Immortal Emperor from the Start + System + Pure Power Fantasy] Xu Fengqiu transmigrates into the young master of the Xu family, a ten-thousand-year-old imperial clan, and is an Immortal Emperor from the start. Why should the chosen ones blessed with protagonist halos get to defy heaven's will, while villains with powerful backgrounds are doomed to be stepping-stones? [Fated Villain System] activated! Steal the chosen one's Destiny Points, 20.4kReads7.9Score1.8kShelves

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    It's beautiful, but I suddenly stopped writing it halfway through.

11. 61 重 Reborn from the Start, I'm Definitely Becoming This Master's Disciple 重生开局，这个师尊我当定了 Gentle Rain, Sleepy Sleepy轻雨眠眠Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted After being a wandering ghost for a hundred years, Li Qingqing discovers that she's actually the cannon-fodder female character in a harem fantasy. In her previous life, the master of Lingqin Peak and her senior sisters all died at the hands of demonic cultivators in a secret realm. She survived and transferred to Spirit Medicine Peak with her junior sister, who was so fat she could barely walk. But who could have guessed that her junior sister had transmigrated into a book? Not only could she r 16.2kReads9.3Score2kShelves

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    It has to be this one! The original male and female leads turned out like this!

12. 62 开 Awakening from the Start: I Steal Opportunities by Reading the Female Lead's On-Screen Comments 开局觉醒我靠偷看女主弹幕抢机缘 Beautiful Years锦色流年Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Cultivation Story Without Rebirth or Transmigration, with Power Progression + Romance + Space + Snatching Every Opportunity] As Su Zhuo enters the Wuji Sect and climbs the Immortal Ascension Steps, she accidentally hits her head, and a dense mass of strange subtitles appears before her eyes. Using the subtitles, she glimpses the heroine’s opportunities and snatches them one by one. The subtitles say the heroine is the chosen one. Su Zhuo thinks: “Just because you talk so much, the chosen one’s 9.7kReads8.0Score1.1kShelves

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    Haha, this kind of protagonist seizing a great opportunity from the very beginning is so exciting! I've handpicked a few highly competitive novels with well-developed plundering systems, guaranteed to keep you hooked:

13. 63 抢 Snatching Fortunes Is Fun for a While, but Snatching Them Forever Is Even Better 抢机缘一时爽，一直抢机缘一直爽 Qing Lanlan青蓝蓝Ancient Romance424k WordsCompleted [Villainess, face-slapping, snatching opportunities, leveling up, thrilling battles, 1v1, both leads are devoted to each other] While refining pills, Cang Lingxue is inexplicably blasted by an exploding pill furnace, which unlocks a strange memory. It turns out the world she lives in is a wish-fulfillment cultivation novel. And she’s the villainess who gets face-slapped, treated as a foil, and, even after dying, refined into materials for a spiritual treasure!? The story has only just begun, and 3.2kReads8.2Score337Shelves
14. 64 穿 Transmigrated Into a Book as Cannon Fodder and a Villain? Don't Panic! Grab an Opportunity First 穿书炮灰反派？莫慌！抢个机缘先 Subtle Ink微墨Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yan Huan died, becoming a cannon-fodder villain in a cultivation novel about rebirth. Before the heroine was reborn, Yan Huan was a prodigy with extraordinary talent. After the heroine’s rebirth, Yan Huan became a pitiful girl whose luck was stolen, the heroine’s human battery, and a vicious villain who opposed her at every turn. In the end, the heroine dug out her spiritual root, reducing her to a complete waste. She died tragically at the hands of the heroine’s many admirers. Fortunately, none 7.4kReads8.5Score645Shelves
15. 65 掠 Stealing Fortuitous Encounters: The Son of Destiny Is Forced to Castrate Himself 掠夺机缘：气运之子被迫自宫了 Xiao Hao Wants to Dunk小浩想扣篮Eastern Fantasy124k WordsOngoing [Villain + Multiple Heroines + Scheming + Shameless + Lighthearted Comedy] Xiao Chusheng (Little Beast) transmigrated to a cultivation world and became the son of an immortal cultivator. His family was the foremost cultivation clan. Bound to the “Fated Villain System” from the start. [Beginner Mission: Use a Recording Stone to capture Su Ling’er in her fox-demon transformation, then use the footage to threaten her.] A situational choice is triggered. [Choice One: Pretend you saw nothing and hurr 1Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 66 仙 Bait on the Path to Immortality 仙途为饵 Serene Fengshui风水陶然Fantastical Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [Rating just came out, it’ll go up] Cultivation + Strong Female Lead + Dot-ed-On by Everyone + Transmigrate into a Book + No CP + All-Rounder + Chaos Spirit Root + Space + Family Power Struggles Lin Yueyue unexpectedly transmigrates into a book and becomes Lin Yueyue, the original heroine who dies a tragic death. She knows just how miserable the Lin Yueyue in the book has it. She doesn't want to sit around waiting to die. Her only option is to save herself! But she's only five years old. What ca 30.9kReads8.5Score3.9kShelves

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    Female-oriented, cultivation, leveling up, seizing opportunities, ascension, multiple continents

17. 67 抢 Trying to Snatch My Fortunes? The Villainous Princess Will Send You to Your Grave 抢机缘？反派公主送你上路 Serene Fengshui风水陶然Fantastical Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Rebirth + Fortuitous Encounters + Pocket Dimension + Palace Intrigue + Cultivation + Transmigration into a Book + Self-Interest [Complete] [The full-cast audiobook version has stopped updating! Please switch to smart narration. It supports dialogue between multiple characters and sounds just as good! We apologize for the inconvenience!] Volume One: Reborn for Revenge! The mortal realm, with palace intrigue. The villain is reborn with memories of her second life! The heroine is reborn with memori 7.3kReads8.2Score770Shelves
18. 68 反 Villain: Invincible After Taking the Protagonist’s Master as My Servant 反派：无敌从收主角师尊为仆开始 Pretending to Be a Master装大师Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing [Villain + System + invincible background + wish fulfillment + ruthless and decisive (no raising the enemy) + multiple heroines] Gu Wuchen transmigrates to another continent and becomes the sole direct descendant of the Longevity Gu Clan, the foremost of the five ancient families of the Upper Realm! His father is the current head of the Gu Clan, his mother is the daughter of a Great Emperor, and his maternal grandfather is a terrifying Sword God at the Emperor Realm! With such a start, he should 31.3kReads7.9Score2.9kShelves

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    🌍Gu Wuchen transmigrated to another world, becoming the sole direct descendant of the Changsheng Gu family, the head of the five ancient families of the Upper Realm! 🌟His father was the current head of the Gu family, his mother the daughter of a Great Emperor, and his grandfather and maternal grandfather possessed terrifying Great Emperor cultivation levels! 💰With such a start, he initially lived a life of extravagance and debauchery. But one day, after privately discussing life with the Holy Maiden of the Lingxiao Holy Land, he realized something was amiss. "Ruyan, you said you broke off your engagement with a good-for-nothing surnamed Xiao two and a half years ago?!" "And he even said 'Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river'?!"

19. 69 反EN Villain: The Loli Protagonist is Mine From the Start! 反派：开局拿下萝莉女主 When Snow Falls, the Sword Returns Home雪至剑落归途Urban2.6M WordsOngoing [Classic Villain + A Bevy of Beauties + Unbeatable Domination + Cunning + Sneaky Schemes + Satisfying Revenge] Jiang Che transmigrates into a world where several novels have merged, and binds himself to an Emotion Harvesting System. As long as he harvests emotional points from the protagonists and heroines, he can draw prizes and grow stronger! And so, an utterly shameless villain chosen by fate is born! The soldier king returns home, only to find his childhood sweetheart in love with a spoiled 81.7kReads8.3Score7.2kShelves
20. 70 反 Villain Simulator: From the Start, My Supreme Imperial Bone Is Stolen 反派模拟：开局被挖走至尊帝骨 Xu Moqing徐墨卿Urban2.6M WordsCompleted [Villain Simulations + High-Martial World + Invincible Domination + Ruthless Killing] Lu Qian transmigrated and became a playboy villain from the Lu family, one of the top families in the Great Xia Empire. From the start, he saw the drunk, unconscious fated heroine, Liu Ruyue, lying right in front of him. Yet the fated male lead, who served as the icy beauty Liu Ruyue’s bodyguard, was nowhere to be found. Wait, this plot... [Ding! An unconscious fated heroine has been detected ten meters ahead.] 29.2kReads8.7Score2.7kShelves
21. 71 开 Winning Over the Protagonist's Sister from the Start, Earning a Chaos Body! 开局拿下主角姐姐，奖励混沌体！ One Pot Can't Hold It All1锅炖不下Eastern Fantasy723k WordsCompleted [Villain + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Invincible + Lighthearted + Fast-Paced + Harem] Chu Yun transmigrates into a villainous cannon-fodder character in a power fantasy novel. From the start, a female villain forces him to go teach the fated protagonist’s older sister a lesson. Just as he finds himself caught in a dilemma, Chu Yun activates the Invincible Choice System. [Ding! The Host’s current situation has been detected. An Invincible Choice has been triggered!] [Choice One: Be moved by Ye Qin 11.4kReads7.0Score1.3kShelves
22. 72 我 I’m the Chosen One, So What’s with This Villain System? 我，气运之子，反派系统什么鬼？ Yang Yang Yang羊飏羊Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsOngoing [Multiple Female Leads] This is ridiculous! I transmigrated into a fantasy world and got bound to a Villain System that wants me to suppress myself. Mo Yu stares at the System in front of him, completely dumbfounded. [Villain Comeback System loaded] [Child of Fortune Mo Yu detected. Suppress him to earn rewards.] Mo Yu: ??? [You snatched Ling Qingyue, a Chosen One, away from Mo Yu. Reward: Pure Yang Sacred Body] Mo Yu: “Wait, you're actually giving me that? Well, now I'm wide awake.” … He picks 21.4kReads8.4Score780Shelves
23. 73 反 The Villain: My Master Is a Great Emperor 反派，我的师尊是大帝 Lone Immortal Player独奕仙Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsOngoing [Villain] [Empress] [Multiple Women] [System] [Decisive and Ruthless, No Saintly Behavior] Gu Yun transmigrates and becomes the legitimate son of the Gu family, an ancient immortal clan, and the sole personal disciple of the ruler of the Supreme Divine Dynasty. He possesses both Dao and Demon bones, Supreme Double Pupils, and the unparalleled Chaos Body. His talent is peerless. He thought he had been handed the script of a genius, destined to live freely and die happy. But on his eighteenth birt 55.3kReads8.2Score6.2kShelves
24. 74 合 Hehuan Sect: The Villain’s Protagonist’s Arrogant Mother Comes Knocking 合欢宗：反派，主角嚣张亲妈上门 One Leaf Knows Autumn lyz一叶知秋lyzEastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [Multiple heroines + beauty pictures + System + decisive villain protagonist + transmigration (the rating just came out, so it'll rise)] What do you do when the Child of Destiny acts arrogantly and provokes you? Naturally, you go find his mom... and tell on him. The contrast between the fairies, saintesses, and empresses in public and in private! 234Reads6.7Score—Shelves
25. 75 反 Villain: My Wishes Make My Enemies Suffer Twice as Much 反派：我许的愿望，仇人得双倍 Jiang Shushu江树树Urban603k WordsOngoing Chen Zhuo transmigrates into a world that blends urban power fantasies, becoming a minor villain with a Wish System that lets him make one wish each day. To his surprise, the shady System sets him up: every wish he makes is granted to his enemy twofold, or even tenfold! With no other choice, Chen Zhuo relies on outrageous schemes and takes a path no ordinary person would ever imagine. “I wish to be surrounded by twenty-year-old girls!” The first protagonist is surrounded by a group of sixty-year 3.2kReads7.4Score233Shelves
26. 76 穿 The Villain Who Transmigrated into a Book Takes It Easy, and the System and Heavenly Dao Panic 穿书反派摆烂，系统和天道急了 Ge Zhe戈辙Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted (I’ve read so many novels where the Systems casually kill their hosts, and punish them for failing missions. Are the protagonists people or puppets? If someone else grants you invincibility, can you really call yourself invincible?) Ling Jun was reborn into a novel with multiple protagonists. He knew he was the villain. But he was the only villain, while more than a dozen protagonists were waiting to be raised. Even a workhorse shouldn’t have to work like this. The System kept rushing him to com 249Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 77 满EN A Family of Hopeless Romantics, Except for the Evil Little Junior Brother 满门恋爱脑，唯有小师弟正的发邪 Howling Gale哀嚎的狂风Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Slow-Burn + Cautious Protagonist + Funny and Lighthearted] The senior apprentice brother is love-struck, and the second senior apprentice brother is burdened with a blood feud. The third senior apprentice sister has loved and fought the Demon Lord through three lifetimes, while the fourth senior apprentice sister is a white lotus. The sect leader left the sect for love, and the uncle-master ventured deep into the demonic path for the woman he loved... Neither immortal nor heroic, th 21.1kReads8.4Score1.8kShelves

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    They all rise from humble beginnings, vying for the opportunities of the chosen one, gradually building their own power.

28. 78 凭 I Earned My Opportunities Through Skill. How Can You Call Me a Villain? 凭实力得机缘，怎能说我是反派！ Old Apricot Tree in the Courtyard小院古杏Eastern Fantasy3.9M WordsOngoing After transmigrating to the Great Qin, Xie Cao only wanted to keep his head down in the Immortal-Demon Guard. But when he witnessed the famous scene where a marriage was called off, he finally realized that he was a villain. Since keeping his head down was no longer an option, he decided to press forward fearlessly. The Chosen One's lucky encounters? Mine! The female leads? Those need a closer look. This story's female lead is cunning, not brainless, and definitely not someone to take lightly. W 410Reads6.1Score—Shelves
29. 79 反 Villain: I Steal His Fortuitous Encounters, and He Thanks Me for It! 反派：抢他机缘他还得谢谢咱呢！ Quite a Character何等人物Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Gu Chen'an transmigrates into a fantasy world and discovers that his original body had made an enemy of the Child of Fortune, the protagonist favored by destiny. What's more, the Child of Fortune will secretly kill him in just a few days. Just as Gu Chen'an worries about how to deal with this, he awakens the ability to view people's life scripts. Gu Chen'an: “What? I have the face of someone destined to die young, and I'm the first person the Child of Fortune will kill? Does that mean I'm fated 14.6kReads8.5Score1.4kShelves
30. 80 天EN Heaven's Chosen Villain: I Can See People's Life Scripts! 天命大反派：我能查看人生剧本！ Who's the Little Star谁是小星Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsOngoing Villain + Script + Destiny + Decisive and Ruthless + One Female Lead + Adrenaline-Fueled Wish Fulfillment + Martial Arts + Fantasy Su Changqing transmigrates into a mixed martial arts world, proves himself the supreme martial arts saint, and starts out with the Tyrant Saber, the Indestructible Vajra Divine Art, and the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Skill, sweeping through the martial world! Hulong Manor! The Best in the World! Embroidered Spring Blades! A Chinese Ghost Story! Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils! 15.3kReads8.6Score843Shelves

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    Chapter 1 Transmigrated as the Villain, Checking the Luck Panel "I never imagined that the dignified Grand Elder of the Seven Star Sect's outer sect would be such an opportunist, selling his daughter for personal gain!" "Disregarding his granddaughter's feelings, forcing her to serve as a maid, today I, Xiao Xuan, will uphold justice for that 'Immortal'!" "That Ye Huan is merely somewhat powerful." "The inner sect disciple assessment is still a month away." "He is strong, but I am no less strong; the outcome is still uncertain!" Inside a magnificent hall, a handsome man with cold, sharp eyes roared with fierce fighting spirit. His name was Xiao Xuan, and he was once one of the most talented outer sect disciples.

31. 81 魔 The Demon Empress Brings Her Husband Good Fortune, and I Sweep Across the Heavens With My Script 魔道女帝旺夫，我靠剧本横扫诸天 Hu Tian Wulongv花田乌龙vEastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Fantasy script] + [Demonic Empress] + [Toying with chosen ones] + [Snatching opportunities] + [Ultimate power fantasy] Gu Cheng transmigrates to the Tianxuan Continent, where from the start he is cast as the villain forced into a marriage alliance with the Empress. Unfortunately, a chosen one steps in, ready to deliver a brutal face-slapping. Luckily, at this crucial moment, Gu Cheng awakens the System, which lets him view other people’s life scripts. He can not only seize their opportunities, 20.1kReads8.4Score1.8kShelves

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    Family, does anyone understand? These books really touched my heart! [Adoration]

32. 82 反 Villain, I Can Steal Other People’s Fortuitous Encounters! 反派，我能掠夺他人机缘！ Xu Daodao徐刀刀Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Empress + villain + ruthless + life script] Jiang Chen transmigrates into a fantasy world, expecting to live an unremarkable life. But just then, the Life Script System awakens. [Name]: Jiang Chen [Realm]: Body Tempering, Third Layer [Fate]: Mortal Aptitude (Gray), Death by Misfortune (Gray) [Life Script]: A passerby in The Mad God of Sword Reversal [Upcoming Fortune]: In one day, you will die after refusing to help Lin Hu continue working. Your body will be dumped in the wilderness, where demo 72Reads7.2Score—Shelves
33. 83 当 After the Villain Stops Slacking Off, the Chosen One Panics 当反派不在摆烂后，气运之子慌了 City Madman都市狂人Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [System + domineering + not a saint + villain + scheming + ruthless] Gu Qingxiao transmigrated into a fantasy world and became the Gu family’s divine son. With his talent and status, wasn’t he set to win at life? He chose to give up and coast instead! Unexpectedly, a villain System awakened. Gu Qingxiao ignored it. Who cared about being a villain? Let someone else do it! But when he watched his followers die, and saw his family get entangled with chosen ones for all sorts of bizarre reasons, Gu 24kReads8.9Score1.9kShelves
34. 84 沉 After Sleeping for Ten Thousand Years, I Was Dug Up by the Great Emperor, My Father, to Be a Villain 沉睡万年，被大帝父亲挖出做反派 Takeoff, Aircraft Number One起飞一号机Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Heaven's Chosen Villain + Cunning + Overbearing + Ruthless + Overwhelmingly Satisfying, Unmatched Domination] Su Jiuxiao transmigrates as the heir of an ancient imperial clan, born with a primordial Chaos God Body. Because the Heavenly Dao is incomplete and he cannot become an Emperor, his father seals him away to sleep within an Ancient Divine Origin. Over the next one hundred thousand years, all the Emperors of the myriad heavens perish. And his father actually becomes the only living Emperor 23.4kReads8.5Score2.1kShelves
35. 85 重 Reborn with the Script, I Snatch My Fortunes 重生靠着剧本抢机缘 The Rabbit Isn't Fat兔子不肥Ancient Romance605k WordsCompleted In her previous life, she was Su Qingyu. After impulsively breaking off her engagement and humiliating the male lead, she was framed by a fake white lotus, lost all her cultivation, and died with her name cleared too late. She thought it was all over, but fate gave her a chance to be reborn. When she opened her eyes again, she discovered that she had gained a special ability: the power to read people's life scripts. The events of her previous life came back to her like a dream, and scenes of des 2.6kReads7.7Score201Shelves
36. 86 游 Game Invasion: Awakening a God-Tier Talent from the Start 游戏入侵：开局直接觉醒神级天赋 Real-Life Cat猫咪真人Sports1.2M WordsOngoing [Game Invasion + No Romance + Roleplay + Leveling Up + Power Fantasy + Secret Identities + Unhinged Strong Female Lead] In her previous life, Qi Mingyue was controlled by an item, had her luck drained by a scumbag, and was imprisoned. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to a year before the game’s invasion. Don’t like the talent you drew? Just switch to another one! From the start, she awakens the god-tier talent, Fate’s Jester! The instance is too hard? No problem. She breezes t 8.6kReads9.2Score447Shelves

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    I highly recommend these books! They're all female-centric novels with no male leads, and each one is incredibly enjoyable (not just mindless fun). If you're looking for something to read, check these out! 😊

37. 87 游 Game Descends: The Original Heroine Flips the Table on the Spot 游戏降临：原女主选择当场掀桌 Shun Yunhua舜云华Fantastical Romance1.9M WordsOngoing [Reborn + No Romance + Unhinged + Lone Wolf] Content warning: There are pets. The protagonist had a romance in her previous life, but there is no romance in this life. She isn’t invincible from the start, and the early part is on the dark side. She is a female lead who had her fortune stolen and must win everything back on her own. Her dark past is the road that brought her here. The hardened version of the female lead won’t take her anger out on everyone, and will give ordinary people a chance 38.8kReads8.4Score5.1kShelves
38. 88 无 Infinite Game: Don't Rush, I'll Fool You After I Fool Them 无限游戏：别急，骗完你的骗你的 Come Get Rich来发财Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted (Please read the content warnings below before starting.) [No CP] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Game] [Lone Wolf in the Early Stages] [Welcome to the Infinite Fun Game. Fail three times, and you will die.] While other players slaughtered their way through the game with all kinds of attack skills, Yun Cen, a newcomer from Blue Star, stared at her innate skill and fell into deep thought: [Huh? You can hear me?] What was this lousy skill even good for, besides listening to toilets complain about const 61kReads9.0Score10.7kShelves
39. 89 都 Urban: From the Start, I Transmigrated into a Villainous Tycoon 都市：开局穿越成反派神豪 Wandering Hamster流浪的仓鼠Urban762k WordsCompleted “Ding! The Strongest Villain System has been bound!” He transmigrates into a world where multiple novels have fused together, becoming a villainous tycoon. And his fiancée is actually the biggest villain of them all! To survive, Fang Yu chooses to become a villain through and through! He plunders the protagonists’ fortune and converts it into villain points. Ding! Physique +50! Ding! Charm +30! Ding! Skill acquired: “Mind Reading!” Fang Yu: “Protagonist aura? What’s that supposed to be? W 5.6kReads8.8Score292Shelves

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    These villainous novels are quite good. The protagonist steals the opportunities of the chosen one, there's no female lead, and they're ruthless and decisive. I'd give the first book four stars, the second five stars, and the third five stars.

40. 90 反EN The Villain Should Be Invincible 反派就应该无敌 Bored Little Bai无聊小白啊Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted The animated adaptation is now streaming: The Lord Who Suppresses the Nine Heavens: The Protagonist Should Be Invincible Reborn as the leader of a demonic cult, he obtains the Villain Invincibility System and from then on makes the cult invincible. I am Zhou Qiong, leader of the demonic cult. No one is allowed to contradict what I say. Even while protecting the cult with one hand, I remain invincible in the world. 33kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves
41. 91 我 I Am the Villain Chosen by Fate: Invincible from the Moment I Crush the Male Lead 我，天命反派，无敌从碾压男主开始 Ou Cong偶葱Urban493k WordsCompleted Every male-oriented novel has a domineering protagonist who relies on forced posturing to pull off face-slapping, along with a crowd of cannon fodder whose intelligence is forcibly lowered by his protagonist aura. Gu Xiao's job is to become a brain-boosting hero in these web novels, raise the intelligence of everyone in each world, and relentlessly rub the male lead's face in the dirt. In a son-in-law story, he's the loyal sidekick who helps the male lead show off, only to have the male lead pat 7.3kReads9.1Score407Shelves
42. 92 反 Villain: You Asked to Break Off the Engagement, So Why Are You Crying Now? 反派：退婚你提的，现在你哭什么 A Fleeting Life Like Sand浮生若沙Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [The hottest high-martial-arts villain novel of 2026! Collected by millions! A smash-hit completed book with as many as 2.47 million readers at its peak!] Heir to one of the world’s top martial sage families! His father is the Dragon Kingdom’s strongest fighter, a Ninth-Rank Grandmaster! His grandfather is one of Blue Star’s transcendent martial sages! Su Yu transmigrates into an urban fantasy novel. But instead of becoming the protagonist, he ends up as the female lead’s villainous, groveling c 31.9kReads8.7Score2.6kShelves

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    I never knew tomatoes had such fine fibrous parts!

43. 93 开 From the Start, I Transmigrated into a Book and Turned Out to Be the Villainous Rich Heartthrob 开局穿书：我竟是反派高富帅 A Gentleman Never Fights君子无争Urban1.1M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the world of an urban novel, Zhao Qian discovers that he has become the legitimate son of the Zhao family, a thousand-year-old clan in the imperial capital. He is also devastatingly handsome, exceptionally talented, and born into immense wealth and power. With the Zhao family behind him and a silver spoon in his mouth, he has the perfect start. But to his shock, this rich, handsome heir is actually a villain. At a lavish banquet from the start, the heroine's father offe 13.2kReads8.4Score780Shelves
44. 94 映 Reflecting All Heavens: Starting by Snatching Opportunities 映照诸天：从截胡机缘开始 Clouds Above天上云Eastern Fantasy4.0M WordsOngoing In the vast fantasy world, countless races stand tall and heroes vie for supremacy. Gods lounge in the highest heavens, looking down upon all living things. Sages sit in the immortal court, teaching and guiding all beings. Supreme beings have stood undefeated throughout the ages, peerless in their time. Su Xuanjun transmigrates into this world and becomes a disciple of a sacred land with no connections or backing. He thought he would live an ordinary life. Fortunately, he has a Mirror of Creatio 25.3kReads7.2Score2kShelves

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    Both of these books are about being able to see other people's luck and opportunities, and seizing those opportunities to strengthen oneself.

45. 95 玄 Xuanhuan: I Read Life Scripts and Steal Fortuitous Encounters 玄幻：查看人生剧本，我掠夺机缘 Crazy World疯狂世界Eastern Fantasy337k WordsCompleted [Multiple Heroines] [Not a Youthful Tale of Ambition and Conquest] [A Cautious Approach] After transmigrating into a fantasy martial arts world, Fang Hao becomes a menial servant in a sect. Here, countless races stand side by side, and monsters and demons run rampant. The strong can move mountains and fill seas with a wave of their hands, or cleave open the Gates of Heaven with a sword. Great demons roar, knocking stars from the sky. Commoners are as lowly as ants, scraping by their whole l 2.7kReads8.1Score133Shelves
46. 96 我 I'm the Villain: From the Start, I Beat Up the Protagonist and Pursued the Empress 我反派，开局吊打主角冲女帝 Remember This Next Time要长记性啊Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Liu Cangnan transmigrates into a fantasy world and gains a golden finger that lets him see other people's opportunities. He thought he could reach the pinnacle of life, but it turns out he's just a stepping stone for someone else! And on top of that, he's destined to die in six months! He stares at the chosen one blessed by fate within the sect, his brow furrowed. [Name]: Wu Fan [Destiny]: Lone Star of Calamity [Life Script]: Protagonist [Recent Turning Point]: This afternoon, guided by a remnan 462Reads6.5Score101Shelves
47. 97 玄 Fantasy Script: I’m Invincible After Plundering Fortuitous Encounters! 玄幻剧本：掠夺机缘的我无敌了！ Chen Yi Bing尘忆冰Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted Xiao Chen transmigrates to a cultivation world and becomes an ordinary man with no cultivation at all in the Qingyun Sect. He has also offended the sect’s bully, Chen Jian, and could be killed at any moment. Just as Xiao Chen is considering whether to run away, he discovers that he can see other people’s life scripts. “What? I’m going to die in two days!” “Let me look at someone else.” “Chen Jian: a chance to set an ordinary person on the path of cultivation?” “Chen Qing: about to obtain a Yello 1.5kReads5.7Score101Shelves
48. 98 玄 Xuanhuan: Why Did Snatching an Opportunity Earn Me a Ten-Thousandfold Return? 玄幻：劫个机缘咋还带万倍返还？ Autumn Howl秋嚎Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Completed + power fantasy + good-for-nothing cultivator’s rise + showing off and face-slapping + sound logic + no holding back in battles + strong finish] Zhou Chen transmigrates as an outer-sect disciple of the Wenxian Sect. Once the sect’s top outer disciple, he loses a challenge to the Chosen One before entering the inner sect. Humiliated and with his Dao heart shattered, his cultivation stagnates, and he becomes the sect’s biggest joke. Then Zhou Chen suddenly discovers that he has awakened 27.4kReads7.2Score2.6kShelves

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    *Fantasy: Why Does Stealing an Opportunity Bring a 10,000-Fold Return?* Zhou Chen awakens a golden finger, not only able to see others' recent opportunities, but also triggering a 10,000-fold return after plundering! Earth-level cultivation techniques become Emperor-level, spiritual artifacts become innate treasures, and even a saintess can have her complete Empress bloodline returned. System + super-satisfying upgrades, the main theme is "plundering until the Heavenly Dao goes bankrupt." *The Demonic Empress Brings Good Fortune to Her Husband, I Sweep Across the Heavens with My Script* Gu Cheng transmigrates into a villain in a marriage alliance, using a system to see his life's script and preemptively steal all the opportunities of the chosen one. The reborn Immortal Emperor is dumbfounded: "Who is the real reborn one?" Empress + playing dumb to deceive, the villain's intelligence is online, and his operations are incredibly cunning. "Cultivating Immortality Relies on Stealing: Intercepting the Saintess's Opportunity at the Start" tells the story of Qin Ye, a lowly disciple who awakens a life script system and specializes in stealing the "future shining moments" of geniuses: secret scriptures from the Scripture Pavilion, ancient divine beasts, the favor of a saintess... A story of underdog rise to power + a subtly satisfying narrative, watching former prodigies question their existence is particularly stress-relieving. "Fantasy: I Let You Steal Opportunities, Not Beloved Women!" Tells the story of Gu Chen'an, who, relying on precognitive scripts, specifically targets the beauties and opportunities of the chosen ones. While stealing cultivation techniques, he also wins over an empress, righteously declaring, "I'm helping them overcome their love tribulations!" A subversion of tropes + multiple female leads, the plot is fast-paced and engaging.

49. 99 修 Steal Your Way to Immortality: From the Start, I Snatch the Saintess's Fortuitous Encounter 修仙全靠偷，开局截胡圣女机缘 alin A Linalin阿林Eastern Fantasy240k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to a cultivation world three years ago, Qin Ye became the lowest-ranking servant of the Qingyun Sect. His talent was mediocre, and he was about to be expelled from the sect. Just when all hope seemed lost, he awakened the [Life Script] System, which let him see everyone’s future fortunes and shining moments! [Random Passerby]: An utterly ordinary script. Killed by a demon beast in three days. [Outer Sect Prodigy]: The script says he’ll find a damaged ancient book in the Scri —Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 100 反EN Villain: Sentencing the Protagonist to Castration at the Start, Leaving Him in Despair 反派：开局判处主角宫刑，主角崩溃了 Gangmen Pianzuo纲门翩佐Eastern Fantasy3.6M WordsOngoing [Can't Handle Hardship, No Grievances, Pure Indulgence + Absurd Humor + Villain Torments the Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless + A Bevy of Beauties + No Saintly Hero] Jiang Yantian transmigrates into a fantasy world, starting out as a minor villain, but gains a System that lets him humiliate the protagonist. As long as he humiliates the protagonist and does all sorts of things to make his life difficult, he earns Humiliation Points! So, from the start, he takes out the protagonist blessed by f 5.4kReads8.4Score389Shelves

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