Female-Oriented Fantasy Novels with No Romance 无cp玄幻文，女频

1. 1 反 The Villainess Goes on a Rampage Across the Nine Continents! The Protagonists All Kneel 反派女配杀疯九洲！主角们都跪了 Fei Xi妃玺Ancient Romance3.0M WordsCompleted “If the author says there's no romance, then there really isn't.” She became the saintess of one of the Four Great Sacred Lands, with exceptional talent, a prestigious position, and a decent fortune. And yet, with such an impressive setup, she was destined to be a cannon-fodder villain in countless stories about male and female leads. To avoid being won over or defeated, and to stay alive, she had no choice but to strike first. Oh, did I hit too hard? My mistake, my mistake. Go recover, then com 17.2kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves

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   I think this one is pretty good, no romance involved 😘

2. 2 玄 The Metaphysics Expert Is Back at Her Street Stall 玄学大佬她又去摆地摊了 Tomato洋柿子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Original titles: The Fortune-Telling Street Vendor Is Actually a Mystical Arts Ancestor?! and The Mystical Arts Big Shot Is Back at Her Street Stall [Fortune-telling + ghost-catching + feng shui + powerful protagonist + no romance, thriving solo + gossip + episodic stories] The junior sister of the Zhengyang Sect, sealed away for a thousand years, wakes up reborn in the body of a girl whose parents don't care for her. The girl wants to go to school, so she'll have to earn her own tuition. So We 43kReads9.4Score5.9kShelves
3. 3 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

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   These shows are absolutely amazing! They're all female-centric with no romantic pairings.

4. 4 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 1.9kReads9.3Score369Shelves
5. 5 穿 I Transmigrated into a Clichéd Cultivation World, but I Only Want to Cultivate the Heartless Way 穿到狗血修真界，我只想修无情道 Seven Sevens七个七Ancient Romance437k WordsCompleted How lucky to arrive in the world of cultivation! Why waste time on romance when you could be cultivating? After discovering she was the second female lead in a melodramatic novel, Xiang Wenxin promptly called off her engagement and headed down the mountain. The cultivation world's magnificent landscapes, here I come! If you had to choose a cultivation path in a world obsessed with melodramatic romance, the obvious choice would be the Path of Ruthlessness. This novel has no romance. 662Reads8.8Score104Shelves
6. 6 我 After Ten Thousand Swords Pierced My Heart, All My Demon Sect Brothers Were Reborn 我被万剑穿心后，魔门师兄们全部重生了 Mirror Beyond the Clouds云外镜Ancient Romance743k WordsCompleted [No-couple female-led cultivation novel] + [dual ice-and-lightning spirit roots] + [girl disguised as a boy] In her previous life, Yun Yanchu had both eyes gouged out and her peerless spirit roots stolen by Lin Wanqing. After enduring endless torment, she died beneath a thousand swords! Only after her death did she learn that she was the heroine of a novel about a girl adored by everyone, while Lin Wanqing was the supporting female character, reborn with a golden finger. Reborn in her childhood, 560Reads9.2Score106Shelves
7. 7 重 The Reborn Supporting Lady at Five and a Half 重生女配五岁半 Meng Qingqing萌清清Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Fantasy + Past and Present Lives + Spatial Artifact + Supporting Female Character + Sword Cultivator + No Romance] In her previous life, A Xue was weak and helpless. Her dantian was destroyed, and she died a miserable death in a secret realm. She was reborn at just over five years old, on the eve of Xuantian Sect's disciple recruitment. There was still time to change everything. In this life, A Xue dumped the scumbag, trampled the heroine from her previous life, took her spatial artifact, and s 23.5kReads9.3Score2.5kShelves

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   These four books are among my most treasured possessions. They don't have any romantic pairings, and all have ratings above 9.2. The authors' writing is also excellent. Highly recommended! 🤤

8. 8 五 The Five-Year-Old Junior Sister Doted on by Four Lunatics 五岁小师妹她是四个疯批的团宠 Three Hundred三百Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Family bonds, raising an adorable child, all kinds of senior brothers, growing up, healing] Bei Wan was kidnapped. At four years old, she was abducted and brought to the Cangyan Sect. But the way the people in this sect get along seems a little strange... Her eldest senior brother is gentle and refined, with a mild smile on his face and kind words on his lips. But when he fights, he takes down one kid with every swing. Her second senior brother was born a harbinger of calamity and is incredibly 11.8kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves

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   The female lead, Wanwan, doesn't have a romantic partner. She has several senior brothers who treat her well, and she's also that kind of person. She especially loves cultivation and is the type to relentlessly pursue it. She also has good aptitude. Overall, she's a good character.

9. 9 这 This Cannon Fodder Has Some Tricks Up Her Sleeve 这炮灰有点东西 Five Thousand Bucks五千块Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [No romance + no flirtation + no relationships + career-focused + no pursuing love] There are always people who die as soon as they appear, never surviving past the first episode. They’re commonly known as cannon fodder. They live and die for the plot, never getting the chance to live for themselves. Xuanning, who had been sleeping in the Divine Realm, accidentally binds to a Cannon Fodder System. From then on, the lives of cannon fodder begin to change. 2.6kReads9.0Score162Shelves

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   I don't know if it's possible

10. 10 血 Blood Curse: The Eye That Gazes into the Void 血咒，虚空凝望之眼 Mu Gexi木格西Fantastical Romance1.5M WordsOngoing Pure no-romance story, no women fighting over men, sound values, a grand vision, a powerful female lead! No male lead, no romantic tension, no suffering in silence, no one-sided crushes, no bizarre troublemakers, no love affairs. The story contains no romantic push and pull whatsoever. Fantasy + jianghu + nontraditional cultivation + multiple worlds + immortality, with a heroine who grows into a chivalrous figure. * This world is no small-minded place! From the mortal world, to the world of fles 7.1kReads9.4Score893Shelves

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    No romantic pairing. The story begins with the massacre of her village, from which the female protagonist awakens with no memory and suffering from a strange poison. She later discovers her internal energy cultivation method is different from others, and each breakthrough is blocked by a mysterious force. So she descends the mountain to experience the martial world, attempting to find clues, and accidentally enters another world. Fantasy, suspense, cultivation, no romantic pairing, female protagonist's growth. Very good reading; the author has a grand vision, and the female protagonist is gentle, not cynical, and possesses humanity. Not a mindless, action-packed story; not suitable for those with violent or impulsive tendencies.

11. 11 桃 The Peach Blossom Brand 桃花烙下印章 Do I Have to Leave My Name Too?我也要留下名字吗Eastern Fantasy426k WordsOngoing He protects his own, but he’s no mindless brute! A slow-burn story with plenty of passion and a touch of humor, updated regularly. A debate on the Dao, a test of the truth: the end of an era draws near, and a grand feast across the worlds is about to begin. Witness the Empress who protects the mortal world and guards her own to the utmost. She crushes her enemies and, for the sake of those behind her and the peace of the myriad worlds, sacrifices herself to the Dao. She embarks on the path to t 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Who could not love Sister Qingling! Always gentle and always protective, even if the female lead causes a huge disaster, she will always be there to cover for her and secretly break her seal. She is the epitome of gentleness!

12. 12 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 129.5kReads9.5Score52.2kShelves

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13. 13 宗 Beloved by the Sect: Junior Sister’s Swordsmanship Is Beyond Compare 宗门团宠，师妹她剑法超神 Zhuo Jiu灼九Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Coming of age / ensemble cast / everyone’s favorite / face-slapping / feel-good revenge / putting scumbags in their place] After being harmed by her elder sister, Yun Zhi suddenly discovers that she is a doomed supporting character who dies early in a book. But this time, she not only survives, she also breaks free of the plot. The eldest senior sister happens to find her and brings her back to the sect, where she becomes the youngest junior sister of the Tenth Peak. Yun Zhi had only wanted to 8.6kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
14. 14 全 Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批 Paper Tiger纸老虎Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou 234.9kReads9.7Score27.6kShelves

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    Both of these books are very good.

15. 15 小 My Little Martial Uncle Really Doesn't Push Herself. She Just Wants to Kill the Female Lead 小师叔真不卷，她只想杀女主而已 Mo Caiwei莫采薇Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast] [People say the blurb did this book a disservice. I'm no good at writing blurbs, so just read the story.] Reincarnated as a doomed female supporting character destined for a gruesome death? No problem. Kill the heroine from the start, wreck the plot, and reset everything. This time, I'm the heroine. The original heroine was a pitiful girl born to a concubine. She had a lowly start but a powerful protagonist's aura. No matter what danger she faced, she always escaped disaster, ros 96.8kReads9.5Score16.2kShelves
16. 16 人 Small but Mighty: The Three-Year-Old Ancestor of the Mystic Sect Comes Down from the Mountain 人小鬼大：玄门三岁小师祖出山啦 Fire of the Netherworld无冥之火Mystery4.0M WordsCompleted [Strong heroine, no romance, lighthearted, collection of short stories, timid readers welcome, tiny heroine] Originally titled The Record of Strange Events: Wei Three-Year-Old, the Mystic Ancestress Wei Zhongjun was reborn into the Meng family five hundred years in the past. She lost her memories as soon as she was born, and after living just three years in ancient times, she was framed, sealed in a coffin, and buried alive in a mountain. Five hundred years later, Ye An’an, a foolish bride who h 1.6kReads9.2Score199Shelves

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    Hmm, it's been a while since I've read anything, just filling up the word count ٩(˃̶͈̀௰˂̶͈́)و(●°u°●)" (⁎⁍̴̛ᴗ⁍̴̛⁎)(*¯¯*)

17. 17 老 The Ancestress Became Famous Worldwide Through Metaphysics 老祖宗靠玄学火遍全世界 Oolong Milk Cap Tea奶盖乌龙茶Modern Romance700k WordsCompleted [Mysticism, spiritual qi revival, self-redemption, supernatural phenomena, no male lead! No male lead! No male lead! The Long family isn’t important, they’re only here because the later plot needs them.] Tang Xin is the ugly, ill-omened second daughter of the Tang family. When she was five, a high fever damaged her mind, and she was sent to live in an orphanage. Only after she was sent to the Long family and humiliated there did she awaken to her true identity. It turned out she was an all-power 578Reads9.1Score104Shelves
18. 18 玄 The Metaphysics Master Eats Her Own Gossip Every Day 玄学大佬每天都在吃自己的瓜 Lousy Uncle辣鸡的uncleModern Romance435k WordsCompleted (Metaphysical, no romance, feel-good story, no logic, with showbiz elements, though the heroine won’t enter showbiz) Shen Yu, a great survivalist, was forced into seclusion when a cataclysm struck and the Heavenly Dao perished. By the time she ventures out again, the world has changed. Phones? Surveillance cameras? Airplanes? Cannons? Good heavens, this world is even more dangerous than the cultivation world! No need to panic. She’ll quietly cultivate and keep a low profile until she’s invincibl 6.7kReads9.3Score692Shelves
19. 19 我 I Pledged Myself to a Slacker, and the Metaphysics Master’s Secret Identity Was Exposed 我与咸鱼画押，玄学大佬马甲被扒 Oolong Milk Cap Tea奶盖乌龙茶Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [No romance + mysticism + a cast of lovable goofballs + spiritual qi revival + a little wish fulfillment + secret identities + transmigrate into a book + everyone’s favorite] Gu Juanyan transmigrates into a novel about secret identities as a fake heiress side character with her brain in her backside. All she does is court death and give the heroine chances to face-slap her. After learning her situation, Gu Juanyan decides to keep out of trouble and live like a lazy fish. She had hoped to coast t 14.8kReads9.5Score1.7kShelves
20. 20 我 I Am a Feng Shui Diviner 我是风水女相师 The Cabbage Bun Isn't Cabbage菜包子不菜Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Hilarious supernatural comedy + feel-good power fantasy + no romance + adored by all] My name is Zhao Xin. I was born in 2000, the Year of the Dragon. I've dealt with ghosts since I was little, and strange things are always around me. People think I'm a weirdo. They say I'm a crackpot, call me a fraud, and insist that sooner or later the ghosts will drag me away. But I refuse to believe in bad omens. To stay alive, I wandered from place to place with my family, visited sects and sought out m 5.8kReads8.9Score737Shelves
21. 21 无 Infinite: She Becomes a God in the Escape Game 无限：她在逃生游戏里称神 Yao Zhi夭稚Mystery264k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow] [No Romance] [Teamwork] [Livestream] [Escape Game] [Main-Plot Focus] [System] [Rules-Based Horror] Jiang Zhi is suddenly dragged into an escape game, and starts off by threatening an NPC with a kitchen knife? She pulls one wild stunt after another, even cursing out the game, only to get targeted in retaliation! And what the heck does it mean that the System’s development is incomplete? She forms the first guild and adopts a secret identity, blithely fooling tens of millions of pl 18Reads8.9Score—Shelves
22. 22 驭 The Beast-Taming Princess Is Fierce, and the Abstinent Emperor Dotes on Her 驭兽狂妃很嚣张，禁欲帝尊宠不停 Three Days of Cold寒三日Ancient Romance818k WordsCompleted [Beast Taming + Strong Female Lead + Genius Summoner + Sweet Romance + Wish Fulfillment] A genius summoner from the Divine Gate transmigrates into the good-for-nothing legitimate daughter of the Yun family on the Jiuzhou Continent. From the start, her spiritual meridians awaken, and in the Blazing Forest she summons a hundred thousand ferocious beasts in one go! Her vicious, fake-sweet cousin acts kind in public but plots to kill her behind her back? She’ll rip off that vixen’s disguise and show 1kReads8.5Score157Shelves

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    Although these books feature romantic pairings, they are all fantasy novels and female-oriented, which I found quite enjoyable. The pairings are all created later in the story, which is also quite entertaining. The last book, in particular, with Yin Nian as the female lead and Yuan Xinsui as the male lead, is a must-read. If you don't have time to read it, you can listen to the audiobook, but I recommend listening to the live-action version – it's even more exciting!

23. 23 妖 The Demoness Conquers the World: The Evil Emperor’s Cat Is Not to Be Trifled With 妖倾天下：邪帝家的猫猫不好惹 The Little Cat in the Snow雪中的小猫Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, two powerful leads, told from the cat's perspective, ruthless and decisive, Demon Emperor X Evil Emperor] The youngest, most domineering and ruthless Demon Emperor on the continent of Tiansheng was schemed against and fell from the heights of power, only to regress into an adorable little cat. Without her powers and innocent of the world, will the little cat be pitiful, weak, and helpless among strangers in the human realm? As if! With an extraordinary pocket dimension at he 77Reads8.4Score—Shelves
24. 24 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 147.3kReads9.6Score19.1kShelves
25. 25 小 The Little Mortal Girl's Cultivation Tale 小小凡女修仙记 Nan Qianqiu南千秋Ancient Romance232k WordsOngoing [Female-led, mortal cultivation, no romance, slow burn, long-form, mild girls' love, no golden finger, no System] “Evergreen peaks wear clouds like gauze, gazing down on all the mortal world.” “Jade peaks wreathed in mist, where forest vapors rise. I dwell in the mortal world, yet ascend to immortality!” “Big sisters, you’re both amazing. You can even write a couple of lines of poetry while admiring the scenery!” “You’re the one who never studies!” “Hahaha!” … “You two don’t worry. I’ll cultivat 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a female-centric, light-hearted, non-romantic novel with no romantic pairing. Welcome to read it!! (๑ゝω╹๑)

26. 26 退 After My Engagement Was Broken Off, I Turned the Tables with Bullet Comments 退婚后，修仙女配靠弹幕翻盘了 Little Star Grains星星米粒儿Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Original title: After Breaking Off Her Engagement, the Female Cultivator Turned the Tables with On-Screen Comments [Family bonds + sibling story + strong female lead + progression + no romance + on-screen comments + fake System] Song Jinshu was born into an ancient world. One day, her fiancé came to break off their engagement, and she saw comments scrolling above his head! [This is so infuriating! This is the scene where they force her into marriage, right?] [What a disgusting woman. She look 11.4kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves

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    I think these books are all pretty good. They're all serialized, and so far, there's absolutely no romantic pairing or anything like that. The first one definitely doesn't have any either; the protagonist is a 12-year-old kid.

27. 27 被 Forced to Divorce, Her Five Brothers Go on a Rampage 被迫休夫后，五个哥哥杀疯了 A Lifetime of Splendor一世风华Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Shen Ning gave up her beloved spear to cook for the man she loved. She broke with her father, a veteran general of Great Yan, and didn’t speak to him for three years. Her husband, the victorious General Who Guards the Nation, returned in triumph with a woman who was a master of the spear. After three years of hard work, all she got was: “A Ning, I want to marry her.” Shen Ning, who had become the laughingstock of the capital after her husband favored his concubine and cast aside his wife, picked 7.2kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
28. 28 这 This Female Cultivator Plays by Her Own Rules, and She’s Adored! 这个女修路子野，得宠！ Bean Sprout, Bean Sprout豆芽豆芽Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Pocket Dimension + Cultivation + Supporting Female Character + Five-Element Spiritual Roots + Leveling Up + Strong Heroine + Everyone's Favorite] Xiao Lou transmigrates into an unfinished cultivation novel as a supporting female character. Her aptitude is so poor that she nearly gives up, but luckily, she has a hidden bloodline. She levels up and fights monsters along the way, with adorable pets, divine beasts, alchemy, artifact crafting, talismans, and fortuitous opportunities. She's got it a 2.2kReads8.6Score201Shelves

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    With me here, are you still afraid of not having books to read?

29. 29 重 After Being Reborn, the Supporting Female Lead Gets a Lucky Charm 重生后女配她锦鲤附身了 Yuan Hui渊洄Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted What does it feel like to be betrayed by the little sister you’ve always protected, and have your body and soul destroyed? Lin Yuan says: “Great! Absolutely great!” So great that she can be reborn as a child, so great that she can protect the people she cares about, so great that she can uncover the whole truth! Even more amazing, her luck suddenly seems to be through the roof. Whatever she wants comes her way, and she gets everything she asks for. All kinds of spirit beasts, rare treasures, and 5.4kReads8.9Score483Shelves
30. 30 穿 Reborn as a Nobody, I Cultivate Like Crazy and Leave Them in the Dust 穿成路人甲，我疯狂修炼卷死他们 An Impossible安不可行Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Dual Systems + No Romance + Invincible Protagonist + Not a Saint] After Xu Wan died, she woke up bound to a cultivation System. As she set out on the path of cultivation, she also bound herself to a fortune System. Both Systems belonged to the same headquarters. With the help of her two Systems, Xu Wan cultivated, found treasures, and increased her cultivation even while lying around. As she cultivated, she discovered that she was just a background character. But this time, the background chara 3.3kReads8.6Score368Shelves

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    The first and second books are... I forgot if the third book is without a romantic pairing, but they are all female-oriented fantasy novels. Recommendation rating: 3.9 stars (all)

31. 31 穿 Book Transmigration: The Supporting Actress Switches to the Path of Ruthlessness 穿书：女配改修无情道 Jade Shadow, Starry Dawn碧影星晨Ancient Romance396k WordsCompleted Lin Xin was a psychological counselor in her previous life. After a car accident, she transmigrates into a cultivation novel as the villainous supporting female character. To avoid following that character's path, she keeps her distance from the male and female leads, ventures into secret realms, seizes opportunities, and focuses on building her career. So why does everyone keep trying to start a romance with her? Lin Xin: Sorry, I'm cultivating the Path of Ruthlessness. I just want to focus on 179Reads7.8Score—Shelves
32. 32 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book: The Goddess Has an Overpowered Golden Finger but Just Wants to Be a Lazy Fish 穿书，神女金手指超强只想当咸鱼 Just a Storyteller只是听书人Ancient Romance533k WordsCompleted [Transmigrated Into a Book + Golden Finger + No Romance + Feel-Good Story] After a car accident, Ji Fuyue transmigrated, only to find herself in the body of the beloved little girl she'd raised in a game for three years. With her game character profile and everything in her inventory and storage warehouse, she fell from the sky in broad daylight and landed right in front of the male lead of a novel she'd read just two days earlier. Faced with the male lead kneeling before her and proclaiming her 3.4kReads8.4Score238Shelves

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    I personally think it looks pretty good (●'◡'●)

33. 33 废 The Good-for-Nothing Princess Signs In to Her Nirvana Phoenix Body from the Start 废柴公主，开局签到涅槃凤体 I'm Not a Camel我不是骆驼Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [No romance + transmigrate + System + strong heroine + sign-in rewards + invincible] Reborn as a princess, Qin Xiyue had planned to lie flat. But circumstances wouldn't allow it, so she had no choice but to rise to power. From the start, her sign-in reward was the Nirvana Phoenix Body. On the second day, she signed in for a cultivation technique. On the third day, she signed in for divine weapons and imperial artifacts. What?! They actually gave me the Investiture of the Gods, letting me 1.2kReads8.1Score101Shelves
34. 34 快 Quick Transmigration: After Becoming the Heroine of an Angsty Novel, I Fight Back Without Mercy! 快穿：穿成虐文女主后我决绝地反击了！ Banging the Gavel退堂鼓Ancient Romance540k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration, the abused heroines take down the original male leads, no romance, satisfying revenge] A Yan is a consciousness born from readers' thoughts. Moved by the lowly status of abused heroines, she enters their bodies and refuses to be the male lead's tool for achieving success, carving out a path to victory by force. Abuse Story World One: Better to be your dad than your stand-in! A concubine's daughter is forced to become a stand-in. She sobs and whimpers while taking the male 53Reads8.9Score—Shelves
35. 35 禁 A Hundred Years in the Forbidden Zone! She Can No Longer Hide Her Strength 禁地百年！她的实力藏不住了 Cong Xin丛薪Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [No CP (no male lead) + Extremely powerful heroine + Power fantasy + System is support only + Ferocious fighter + Decisive and ruthless + Nontraditional cultivation + Some flaws, readers with high standards beware + A little logic, but not much] A genius girl was deceived by a scumbag, who stole her heart and her mutated Ice Spiritual Root. She died young, and Ning Zhi, a soul from another world with the same name, gained control of her body. With the System descending from the heavens, a new er 3.7kReads8.7Score389Shelves
36. 36 绑 After I Bound the Sign-In System, It Forced Me to Become a Big Shot 绑定签到系统后，系统逼我做大佬 Jun Luo.君洛。Ancient Romance232k WordsCompleted [No Romance · Beloved by All · System · Feel-Good Story · Woman Disguised as a Man · Strong Female Lead · Sign-In · Missions] After accidentally falling from a balcony, Wu Yue is bound to a System designed to raise powerful figures and brought to the world of cultivation. To complete her missions and become a powerhouse, she sets off on her journey through the cultivation world. What she doesn’t know is that from the moment she arrived, she had already been drawn into a vast conspiracy! Wu Yue’ 349Reads8.5Score105Shelves
37. 37 女 Disguised as a Man, I Debut in the Center Position of a Top-Tier Boy Band 女扮男装，我在顶流男团C位出道 Yun Tian Ge云婖歌Modern Romance784k WordsCompleted [Completed] Question: What’s it like to transmigrate into the behind-the-scenes villainous mastermind and secret-identity master you designed yourself? Tang Li: Thanks for asking. It was a pretty good experience, but I don’t want to do it again. Life was just too exhausting. Not only did I have to disguise myself as a man, but I also had to rush between all my secret identities around the clock. One moment I was a boy-band member, the next I was a girl-group leader. I was constantly going t 1.3kReads9.3Score232Shelves

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    The first two books seem to be without a romantic pairing, and the female lead is super cool!

38. 38 与 I Signed a Pact with the System: Disguised as a Man, I Strike It Rich at Funerals 与系统画押，我女扮男装升棺发财 Become a God Any Day Now指日成神Modern Romance554k WordsCompleted (No romance, female protagonist disguised as a man + Cocky, handsome, irresistible heroine + All kinds of Systems + Ghost hunting + Ridiculous comedy) After getting out of prison, Gu Si disguises herself as a man to evade her enemies and accidentally binds herself to a livestream System. She only meant to play the hero and save a ghost for a little cash, but the female ghost offers herself to her in marriage! Gu Si: Guys, the female ghost I just saved insists on marrying me. What should I do? As 168Reads9.2Score101Shelves
39. 39 她 After Disguising Herself as a Man, She Becomes the Beloved of the Immortal Sect’s Powerhouses 她女扮男装后，被仙门大佬团宠了 Yun Tian Ge云婖歌Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted "Main story complete" "No romance + secret identities revealed + woman disguises herself as a man + family affection + close-knit sect + every sect member has a secret identity" After the Beiyuan Sect found and repaired Qiyu, a damaged spirit artifact, she always thought her master, master's wife, senior brothers and sisters, and junior brothers were all ordinary people. Only after several unexpected incidents did she discover... The usually gentle and kind sect leader, her master, was the Sacre 272Reads9.1Score101Shelves

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    This fits perfectly.

40. 40 仕 Crushed by Flattery in the Political Arena, I Turn to Cultivation and Become an Immortal 仕途被捧杀，我转身修成九天仙 A Brilliant Pen That Brings Delight妙笔生津Eastern Fantasy120k WordsCompleted The midnight sky was deep, the moon bright and the stars sparse. An ancient, hoarse voice drifted past Li Bai. It sounded strangely hollow and distant, and after hearing him burst into laughter, it continued in a resounding voice: “Your body and soul have been remade, and the seal is broken. It is time to give it your all. The Great Way is in your heart, utterly pure and true, supremely yang and unyielding. The Dao is in the palm of your hand alone.” At that moment, Li Bai clearly sensed a pow —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The book is in the world of martial arts, and the female protagonist brushes past him.

41. 41 报 Reporting to the Demon Lord: Your Wife Is a Good-for-Nothing, but She’s Still Fierce 报告魔尊：夫人废柴她还凶 Little Bear Cub熊崽吖Ancient Romance493k WordsCompleted Comedy, strong female lead, no goody-two-shoes heroine, revenge, mind reading (male lead), cultivation, putting scumbags in their place, and a contract with the strongest natal constellation of the twelve zodiac signs. Alchemy, artifact forging, talismans and formations. (Special note: The male lead barely appears early on! The heroine grows stronger through her own efforts!) The story focuses on fighting and cultivation! After transmigrating, a genius becomes a cripple. She is expelled by her s 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A strong female beast tamer.

42. 42 绝 The Peerless Adorable Baby: Her Genius Mother Is Stunning 绝世萌宝：天才娘亲帅炸了 Not My Beloved非我良人Ancient Romance7.1M WordsOngoing Ye Chuyue, the notorious foolish and ugly woman of the Shenwu Empire, had an illicit affair and gave birth to an illegitimate child. On the day her fiancé was to marry, she leapt from the city wall in her wedding robes and died for love. When her beautiful eyes opened again, the ancient martial arts sect leader from the 21st century was ready to unleash a storm of blood and wash away her disgrace! A good-for-nothing? She can shake an empire with her bare hands and trample the world beneath her f 36.5kReads9.5Score5.5kShelves
43. 43 开 From the Start, I Was the Cold and Aloof Ancestor 开局后我就是冷淡老祖 Xiao Zheng's Zheng小郑滴郑Ancient Romance271k WordsCompleted Xiao Zi transmigrates into a book and becomes the mysterious, powerful founder of the Shending Sect, a figure never mentioned in the original cultivation novel. She is also bound to a System. In the original story, the male lead Lu Bo is the Demon King, yet he is so handsome that the heroine and supporting female characters, all disciples of the Shending Sect, compete for him in a fierce “battle.” As a modern-day “bookworm” who has arrived at the cultivation-focused Shending Sect, Xiao Zi only w 12Reads5.2Score—Shelves

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    The female lead is strong from the start, but the intro is a bit slow.

44. 44 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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    These are alright.

45. 45 帝 The Imperial Daughter Rules the City: The Wicked Sect Leader Wants to Become a God 帝女倾城：妖孽掌门欲成神 Lingbao Ya灵宝吖Ancient Romance128k WordsOngoing [No romance + satisfying power fantasy] Caught in the crossfire of a family power struggle, she dies on the spot and unexpectedly transmigrates into the useless head of a bottom-ranked sect on the Xuanling Continent. Then the sect falls into infighting, too, and people question her: “How can a good-for-nothing be fit to lead?” She takes them down single-handedly and teaches them a lesson! “You look down on our sect and say we won't even make it past the preliminaries in the inter-sect martial ar —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead with no romantic partner has an amazing journey.

46. 46 她 She Scrapes by in a World Where Death Is Certain 她在必死的异界擦边生存 Xiao Jiang Nianqing小江念卿Ancient Romance268k WordsOngoing [Ensemble cast, no romance, otherworld, strong female lead, progression fantasy] “Hello, citizens. We interrupt our programming with an urgent announcement from N City: the serial disappearance case on Houzhixiang Street, which has continued for five years, is now completely out of control! As of early this morning, the number of people missing… has reached several hundred thousand!” While investigating the serial disappearances, Gu Yuetao accidentally enters another world: the Spirit-Severing 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's a growth-oriented story, the pacing is a bit slow, and there's no romantic pairing.

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