A Cultivation Novel About the Female Lead's Growth, with a Bad Ending 修仙文,女主成长向beking

1. 1 论 A Hundred and Eight Ways for a Villain to Slack Off 论反派摆烂的一百零八种方式 Li Jiu理久Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [The comic is now available on Tomato Novel. Search for "The 108 Ways a Villain Can Give Up" to read it] [This is a slow-burn story with a couple. The male lead, Yu He, arrives late. The female lead is incredibly powerful, but she just gives up! This is not a conventional power fantasy, so fans of power fantasies should steer clear! Note: This story has lots of original worldbuilding. Please don't compare it to other works!] [A solemn announcement: Actually, never mind. Just make do with it! If 17.5kReads9.2Score3.6kShelves

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   Take your time and watch. Recommended star rating: 5

2. 2 修 Isn't Cultivation Better? Love-Struck Fools, Back Off! 修炼不香吗？恋爱脑退退退！ Turn Around and Dream Back转身梦回Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No CP] [Traditional Xianxia] [Strong Female Lead] [Genius Protagonist] Ling Yaohan was an ordinary girl until she was tested and found to possess all five spiritual roots. From that day on, she stepped onto the path of immortality and began her journey in search of the Dao... In this life, all I seek is the Dao. I will let nothing else distract me. A friendly reminder: This novel has no CP, romance, or ambiguous relationships. 10.4kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
3. 3 沉 After Being Thrown into the Pond, She Became a Violent Female Sword Cultivator 沉塘后，她成了暴力女剑修 One Peach at a Time一口一个桃儿Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No CP + strong female lead + Ice Spirit Root + genius + power progression + weak to strong] Before the age of thirteen, Li Chu's life was filled with nothing but indifference and bullying. Even her death came in the humiliating form of being drowned in a pond. Fortunately, just when things seemed darkest, fate gave her a second chance. She met her benefactor. She joined a sect. She became a promising talent. And then? Revenge? Her true enemy wasn't even within reach. Repay her benefactor? Their 807Reads8.6Score100Shelves
4. 4 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 215.7kReads9.6Score23.3kShelves
5. 5 大 After Her Lazy Plans Failed, the Eldest Senior Sister Went Mad 大师姐摆烂不成功后成疯批了 Fang Jüliang房踽凉Ancient Romance513k WordsCompleted Ning Ran is the senior disciple of the head of Mu Tian Sect. In the cultivation world, she was the first to reach Foundation Establishment in five hundred years, the first to form a Golden Core, the first to reach Nascent Soul, and the first to attain Divinity Transformation. Ning Ran is the pride of Mu Tian Sect and a role model for all its disciples. She is dutiful and spends every day cultivating and teaching her junior brothers and sisters. She always puts the sect’s honor first, and wheneve 3.1kReads9.1Score372Shelves
6. 6 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 6.5kReads8.9Score850Shelves
7. 7 炮 The Cannon Fodder's Path to Immortality 炮灰的逆袭仙路 Chrysanthemum and Goji Berry Tea菊花枸杞茶Ancient Romance744k WordsOngoing [Character growth + team battles + romance!!!] Yuan Yihuan was reborn, but she was neither the heroine chosen by fate nor some noble supporting lady. She was just a minor cannon-fodder character in the story. To survive, she carefully kept to the cracks, occasionally following the powerful heroines and supporting ladies around to pick up some gear. But as she kept picking things up, she somehow became a powerhouse herself?! When the seal on the Demon Realm is reopened and the lower realm is plun 804Reads9.1Score102Shelves
8. 8 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 4.3kReads8.7Score494Shelves
9. 9 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 74.4kReads9.5Score10.4kShelves
10. 10 凡 A Mortal Woman's Path to Immortality 凡女登仙路 Turn Around and Dream Back转身梦回Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Luo Qingci was born into an ordinary family but blessed with extraordinary talent. She is a decisive cultivator devoted wholeheartedly to the Great Dao, living on the Yuntian Continent in the Cangxuan Realm. By chance, she obtains a mysterious black stone, giving her cultivation a powerful boost. See how she overcomes trial after trial, remains true to her Daoist heart, and rises to the pinnacle of the Cangxuan Realm... 132Reads9.1Score—Shelves
11. 11 重 The Reborn Senior Sister Doesn’t Want to Work Hard 重生大师姐不想努力了 Glass Salted Fish玻璃咸鱼Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted As the sect’s senior disciple, Song Wu had always worked diligently, trained hard, and taught her fellow disciples, all to protect the sect’s reputation. But her fiancé thought she wasn’t gentle or considerate enough. Her fellow disciples called her rigid, strict, and lacking in compassion. Even her master, the sect leader, advised her to be more generous and kind. Heartbroken, Song Wu forced a breakthrough and lost her life. She never expected to be reborn at a time before she had even become t 1.1kReads8.8Score265Shelves
12. 12 小 The Little Grandmaster Isn't Being Reckless, She Just Wants to Make Money 小师祖真不浪，她只是想搞钱 Li Li Zi璃璃子Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Cultivation + Leveling Up + No Romance + Thunder Spirit Root + Sword Cultivator + Strong Female Lead] Shang Lu transmigrated into a cultivation romance novel as the male lead's vicious senior disciple. As a pawn in the leads' romantic games, she schemes against the heroine and causes trouble, only to be slapped to death by the male lead in the end. She arrived on the very day she was supposed to join his sect. Trembling with fear, she decided that whoever wanted to become his disciple could go 19.1kReads8.8Score2.8kShelves
13. 13 抽 After I Started Drawing Cards, Why Are All the Chosen Ones Clinging to Me? 抽卡后，气运之子怎么都缠上来了 One of the Idlers闲人之一Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Short drama and comic adaptation now available [Immortal cultivation card-draw System + play the pig to eat the tiger, beautiful, strong, and satisfying + one soul in two bodies + a battlefield of competing suitors + irresistible to men + romantic tension but no official couple + hilarious, absurd, drama-loving female lead + all male leads are pure] [The female lead is the strongest by the end!] Xia Wantang transmigrates into a cultivation novel with an ensemble of male leads, becoming a cannon- 8.6kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves

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    It's so beautiful, the writing is to my liking, and I can really read the whole book without feeling bored. The pace of the plot is just right, and you won't feel impatient until the end. I'm simply in love. I also like the heroine setting! This kind of systematic novel is now my favorite. [Cry][Cry][Cry][Cry] It's just not finished yet, please update soon

14. 14 开 From the Start, the System Is Dead! Dead! Dead! 开局系统噶了！噶了！噶了！ Fishing Ace钓鱼小能手Ancient Romance635k WordsCompleted Cultivation + strong heroine + realism + warmth + System = no System [A growth story. The heroine keeps a low profile in the early chapters; she's not the sort who transmigrates and immediately wreaks havoc. The story is grounded in reality, so proceed with caution if that's not your thing.] “Lu Moxue has violated all propriety and seduced her master. According to sect rules, her cultivation will be abolished and she will be expelled from the sect immediately. Do you object?” Seriously, who g 368Reads8.8Score100Shelves

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    These books are all excellent! ①My top is curled up! The sand sculpture revives Lao Liu's orthodoxy, with righteousness in his heart and the people in his eyes. Be open and aboveboard. "Already aware of the vastness of the universe, I still pity the green grass and trees." This is the tenacity of seeing all living beings and facing countless deaths, but still does not know how to retreat. A group portrait of a high-spirited young man. ⑤The background is powerful and super rich. Why practice hard when you can enjoy it? ⑦ Go to the extreme, mess up but be responsible ⑧ "Lin Du, my name is Lin Du, the ferry that ferries people." Destiny tells me to save people from fire and water. If you don't pity me, then hire someone else. In Xia Lindu, the ninety-ninth generation disciple of the Supreme Sect learned from Yan Yexianzun, the leader of the array path. ""In my territory, I am the formation itself. Wherever I am, that's where the formation is. " ⑨ "The Ultimate MLM Master" is confident and bold, dares to fight, always makes progress, and is young and frivolous. Rather than taking advantage of others, it is better to take advantage of others. In the face of absolute power, all conspiracies and tricks are rubbish! "My senior brother is not alone, there is me behind him! I will fight side by side with him ⑩ Arrogant and noble, caring for the common people. Sense of mission + sense of destiny. Salvation. Take responsibility for your position. While enjoying the convenience, he will also work hard and sacrifice for the thousands behind him. "They can afford this important task, and I, Bailifu, can equally afford it. I don't like this bullshit ending, and I want to change it to what I like. I will kill anyone who stops me." "I am also a human race, and the alien race is killing all the human race. How can I ignore it." This lady is the biggest rule. Protecting my own people is the mission that I, Bailifu, have been assigned since birth. "You can't imagine how rich this young lady is!" "Strong people are not afraid of worldly judgment and words. As long as you are strong enough and ruthless enough, others will only fear and awe you when they think of you." The last book (see picture)

15. 15 疯 The Mad Senior Sister Is Rebellious to the Bone, Drawing Her Sword to Slay the Original Story 疯批师姐一身反骨，拔剑创死原著 A Fleeting Moment of Youth芳华刹那Ancient Romance617k WordsOngoing After an accident, Xie Zhao is born into a cultivation novel full of ridiculous Mary Sue clichés. She becomes the hapless senior sister who has her sword bone and spiritual root personally dug out by her master to save the female lead, the child of destiny. Xie Zhao, the designated plot device, smiles faintly. “...Great.” The System curls up its little body and trembles. This has nothing to do with it. In the original novel, the heroine Yu Rongrong has an adorable, sweet face and a somewhat scat 1.7kReads9.1Score243Shelves
16. 16 穿 Transmigrated into a Cultivation Novel as the Senior Disciple, She Becomes Everyone's Dream Girl 穿成修仙文大师姐，她成万人迷了 Mo Kunkun墨坤坤Ancient Romance300k WordsCompleted [Villainess + reverse harem + romance, but ends up single + girl-boy love + master and disciple + turning a gay man straight] (Just read it as a reverse-harem GB story. I couldn't pull off the career plot because of my limited writing skills.) After dying suddenly in an accident, E Li transmigrates into a world formed by the merger of three novels. The three books are an ensemble xianxia novel, a romance about winning over the Demon Lord, and a danmei novel. In all of them, she shares one identi 876Reads7.3Score107Shelves
17. 17 你 You Call That a Healer? She Bludgeons Everyone to Death 你管这叫奶妈？她把人头都锤爆了 Mu Huichun暮回春Ancient Romance3.6M WordsOngoing The print edition of I Can Pluck the Stars is available on all platforms. Genius + rich woman from the start. The day Ning Ruan left her village, a menace appeared on the Nine Provinces Continent. A mage? A sword cultivator? No, she just wanted to be a healer! All the continent’s geniuses: Shut up, you poisonous healer! Later: “Help! I never knew healers could heal people to death until I met Ning Ruan!” “But isn’t she a metal-element spiritual adept?” “Isn’t she wood-element?” “She’s clearl 224.2kReads9.5Score19.9kShelves
18. 18 救 Help! Whose Obsessive Villain Gets Kissed Until He Cries? 救命！谁家偏执反派被亲哭啊 Nan Xiaofei南小非Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete] [1v1 sweet romance] [Pseudo-transmigration into a book] [A brooding young palace master who wants to die at any time × a demon hostage who grovels and is good at pretending] She transmigrates into the role of the vicious female side character, the foil to the adored heroine of a cultivation novel, and is also the cannon-fodder fiancée of a sinister villain. Worse, the villain is going to dismember her that very night. Faced with the System's unreasonable demands, Ning Xiyuan decides t 14.8kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves
19. 19 师 Senior Sister, Stop Hiding. You're Already Invincible 师姐别苟了，你都已经无敌了 Gion of Flame City烈焰城的祗园Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No romance + Invincible + Cautious] Tang Shi transmigrated to another world, into a realm of immortal cultivation. With poor aptitude, she couldn’t keep up with the ambitious, but she couldn’t even slack off properly. She was tired of it all. Might as well let the world end. If she was lucky, she’d be dead by tomorrow. “Ding! You have been bound to the Retirement System. For every extra day you live, the System will grant the Host a certain amount of cultivation.” Tang Shi: “I suddenly feel lik 8.9kReads8.2Score750Shelves
20. 20 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 248.3kReads9.7Score28.4kShelves
21. 21 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 318.8kReads9.6Score36.1kShelves
22. 22 穿 Transmigrated Into a Book: No One Understands Arrogance Better Than Me 穿书之没人能比我更懂嚣张 Chenchen Little Darling晨晨小宝贝Ancient Romance984k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication] –– Fu Zhu died suddenly after staying up all night watching shows and reading novels. She still remembers that just before she died, she was reading a novel called The Useless Girl Warrior Who Defies Heaven. –– Then she became Bai Li Fu Zhu, the female villain who opposes the novel's hero and heroine. –– This villain is different: she isn't jealous of the heroine or interested in the hero. She simply can't stand the two of them acting more arrogant than her and ste 56.4kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves
23. 23 权 Power Over the World, Sword in Hand Beneath the Heavens 权倾天下，剑挽天华 I Took Great Pains我煞费苦心Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Also known as: I Pay, You Risk Your Life, and We Both Go Crazy; The Ultimate Scapegoat; Power Over All, Sword to the Heavens Someone has set a trap to make everyone turn against me. "It's fine. I have a System..." Luo Yinyou comforted herself. "Even if the System is a total troll!" The world order had changed drastically, and the flow of destiny had been redistributed. Countless geniuses emerged, but the most dazzling of them all was the young lord Ye Ci of Dragon Island, hailed as the greatest 44.3kReads9.6Score6.2kShelves
24. 24 满 A Household of Jokers, and My Junior Sister Is Absolutely Unhinged 满门逗比，师妹她疯批了 A Thousand Winds in a Clear Sky晴空千风Ancient Romance774k WordsCompleted Fang Xiaoli transmigrates into the role of a shoddy substitute heroine. The real heroine is coming after her with a forty-meter broadsword, and the original book keeps warning her in real time: a huge wave of party-wipe crises is closing in! Fang Xiaoli thinks, “Holy crap, I really can’t thank you enough! Senior Brother up ahead, wait! Please pick me up!” And so she’s taken to the “fiercest, most evil” sect, the Tianming Sect, full of villains. At last, she’s safe. But why does something feel of 155Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    Yes, I hope I can take a closer look at these books

25. 25 别 While Others Cultivate Immortality, I Cultivate My Fate. Even the Heroine Can't Outlast Me 别人修仙我修命，女主也没我命硬 Knife, Medicine, Pen刀药笔Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration into a book, cultivation, strong female lead, System, fire spiritual root, no romance] Chu Luo transmigrates into a cultivation world and binds herself to a Destiny System, starting off with her luck reduced by 9,999 points. It turns out that she and her twin sister share the fate of twin flowers on a single stem. All of Chu Luo's luck has been drained by her elder sister, the heroine of the original novel. Worse, her own family wants to kill her outright so the heroine can becom 8.6kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves
26. 26 师 Every Senior Brother Is Outstanding, but the Junior Sister Is a Slacker 师兄个个都拔尖，唯有师妹是咸鱼 Nine-Headed Crow九头乌鸦Ancient Romance443k WordsCompleted [Not an absolutely strong heroine + personal space + everyone’s favorite + dual cultivation of the immortal and demonic paths + caught between relentless competition and giving up] Luo Qianqian transmigrates into a cultivation novel as a vicious, brainless, handsome-man-loving cannon fodder character. She is destined to be pierced by a thousand arrows for harming her fellow disciples and secretly practicing forbidden arts. To change her tragic fate, Luo Qianqian has no choice but to throw hersel 53Reads8.6Score—Shelves
27. 27 重 After Being Reborn, My Junior Sister Is Spoiled by the Immortal Sect's Senior Brothers 重生后，小师妹被仙门师兄追着宠 Frost Blossom Snow Silk霜华绫雪Ancient Romance602k WordsCompleted Breaking news! The junior brother, adored by everyone at Liuyun Sect, has been exposed as a girl who disguised herself as a boy to join the sect. As everyone knows, Liuyun Sect has never accepted female disciples, and they’re all waiting to see Luo Lingxi get kicked out. The sect responds: Swordsmanship prodigy, senior brother number one: “Anyone who messes with my junior sister is getting chopped into char siu.” Talisman genius, senior brother number two: “Anyone who messes with my junior siste 153Reads8.8Score—Shelves
28. 28 我 Going Wild with Involution in the Cultivation World 我在修仙界：疯狂搞内卷 Little Yuan Darling小缘宝贝Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yun Miaomiao slept through the night and woke up in the cultivation world. Boo-hoo… In this world where the strong prey on the weak, people kill each other for treasures at the drop of a hat. She wants to go home so badly. To avoid getting killed, Yun Miaomiao grits her teeth and throws herself into the rat race, pretending to be weak while secretly staying strong. As she keeps pushing herself, she somehow becomes a genius in everyone else’s eyes, the envy of all. (No romance) 680Reads8.7Score104Shelves
29. 29 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 9.3kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
30. 30 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 18.6kReads9.3Score2kShelves
31. 31 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 8.5kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves

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    ❤️Follow➕I never miss a good article. I am currently reading the first one. The plot is gripping and the emotions are smooth and natural! It is indeed the article I stayed up two late nights reading [Shy]! The heroine is devoted to the career of cultivating immortals. As she progresses through the ranks, she discovers the conspiracy behind the death of her parents. However, she is currently too small and too weak! They can only continue to practice, enter secret realms, and hunt for treasures... 🎈No. 09 Tried his best to make Ji Ling a qualified female supporting role, Ji Ling hahaha... 🎈A person with a phoenix life style with water spirit roots, and a person who desperately practiced forbidden arts just to pave the way for her, and even squeezed out the last profit from her until her death...

32. 32 女 The Female Side Character Only Wants to Cultivate 女配她只想修仙 Short on Silver缺点银子Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Urban Cultivation + Spiritual Qi Revival + Strong Female Lead + Feel-Good + System] No. 09 did everything it could to explain to Ji Ling how to be a properly wicked female supporting character! Ji Ling wanted to laugh right in its face. Give everything for the male and female leads, and die for them if necessary? You must be dreaming! “Host, follow the plot!” “Isn’t cultivation way better?” … “Host, that’s the female lead. Go pick a fight with her!” “Want me to twist her head off?” … “Host, t 3.6kReads9.0Score335Shelves
33. 33 重 Reborn to Cultivate Immortality: The Supporting Actress Gets the Heroine’s Script 重生修仙：女配拿了女主剧本 Knife, Medicine, Pen刀药笔Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The Yun family of Cangyun City has two daughters. The legitimate daughter, Yun Yue’e, has a Water Spirit Root and the destiny of a phoenix. Her parents dote on her, and her master cherishes her. The concubine-born daughter, Yun Nian, is desperate for her parents’ attention. She willingly becomes her elder sister’s shadow, practices the Yun family’s forbidden arts, takes her injuries, and clears the path for her. Yun Nian thinks this might finally make her father spare her a glance, but she neve 3.8kReads8.9Score382Shelves
34. 34 重 Reborn in the Dragon Bed, the Beloved Consort Cries in the Emperor's Arms 重生在龙塌，宠妃抱着陛下哭 Staggering Along蹒跚行Ancient Romance461k WordsCompleted [A spoiled, sweetly obedient favorite consort VS a gentle, jade-like emperor who's sweet on the outside and ruthless within (they are not each other's first, but he dotes on her exclusively from the beginning to the end)] Jiang Shuyi's life as a favorite consort went smoothly for fifteen years. The emperor was gentle and benevolent, doting on her without restraint, and not a single woman in the harem dared challenge her. But she was blind to her own sister's treachery. In the end, her closest 141.2kReads9.2Score16.9kShelves

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    Recommended if you like reading ancient novels. The first one is more romantic, the male protagonist is sinister, and the female protagonist is silly and cute. The second one has clues throughout the whole text. One of them pretends to be a pig and eats the tiger, which is a double-powerful novel.

35. 35 攀 Marrying Up 攀高枝 Egrets in Pairs白鹭成双Ancient Romance424k WordsCompleted [Film and TV rights sold] [Print edition published] Zhang Zhixu had everything from birth. A family with a century of prestige, enviable talent, and a career that kept rising step by step. But he found life terribly dull. Then, one day, an accident struck, and his soul entered a woman's body. A woman who couldn't read a single character, yet dreamed of marrying into a powerful family and becoming a phoenix. · Chen Baoxiang had traveled a thousand miles from the countryside to the capital, hoping 198.7kReads9.6Score30.7kShelves
36. 36 绝 Peerless Elemental Master: The Third Young Lady Is a Good-for-Nothing 绝世元素师，废柴三小姐 Yu Shu余书Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The Third Miss of the Ningguo General’s household is a good-for-nothing. As if having a useless spiritual root weren’t enough, she’s also engaged to the second prince of the Xuanyuan Kingdom, a once-in-a-generation genius. Plenty of people want her dead. And then someone really does kill her. When Feng Wuyang arrives, she’s already been pushed into a frigid pool. She’s about to escape using the power of the elements when, for some inexplicable reason, she forms a spiritual pact with a silver dra 716Reads8.7Score104Shelves

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    There are not too many chapters, and there are no pitfalls. It is a bit similar to ordinary popular plots, but they all have their own characteristics. There is no love brain, and there is no white lotus or anything like that.

37. 37 弃 The Reckless Abandoned Daughter: The Poisonous Consort Strikes Hard 弃女轻狂：毒妃狠嚣张 Seven Sunflowers七葵Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted A 21st-century all-around agent transmigrates and nearly falls victim to her own mother’s murderous hand. They call her a good-for-nothing who can’t cultivate, worse than a beggar? Bai Huang gives a cold laugh. With a rare treasure in hand, all five of her elemental talents are unleashed. Even the War God has to step aside if he wants to take her as a disciple. She adopts adorable spirit pets, and all beasts bow to her as a crowd of underlings eagerly awaits her favor. A master of both medicine 23kReads9.5Score4.2kShelves
38. 38 惊 The Astonishing Divine Maiden: The Useless Young Lady Is Actually a Genius of All Elements 惊世神女：废物小姐竟是全系天才 Eating Jujubes, Bland as Ever吃枣丸淡Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted What? Born with a useless body, doomed to never rise again? Bullshit! Now that my soul and body are reunited, I’m here to crush you brainless fools! Spatial magic, every elemental affinity, beast taming, alchemy: I can do it all with ease! “Miao Qi! How dare you! Do you know who you’ve struck?” The Miao family patriarch’s eyes nearly popped out of his head. He stared at the Second Prince, panting like a dead dog beneath Miao Qi’s feet, and broke into a cold sweat. The woman in red laughed arroga 4.5kReads8.9Score668Shelves
39. 39 女 The Female Emperor's Sister's Memories Are Revealed, and Everyone Faces a Fiery Reckoning 女帝妹妹记忆曝光，全员火葬场 Sheathe the Strings, Listen to the Abyss罢弦听渊Ancient Romance309k WordsOngoing [No CP, strong female lead, redemption, plot-driven, ensemble cast in troubled times, empress] Ling Xi transmigrated into a hapless cannon-fodder character in a fantasy world. She clung to the protagonist’s brother and his good fortune to stay alive, hoping to work hard and make something of herself. But after being framed time and again, she became notorious and was eventually hunted down and killed. With no other choice, she decided to use her connections to move from the spotlight into the sh 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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    That must be there! The heroine has a full foundation and is one of the fastest in cultivation! As soon as he entered the sect, he became the great elder. When the road was rough, he immediately drew his sword to help and solved the problem from the root! The first person to excel in physics!

40. 40 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 197.3kReads9.6Score26.8kShelves
41. 41 挖 Bone-Mining and Blood-Draining: A Madwoman Goes on a Rampage in the Cultivation World 挖骨取血，疯批在修仙界杀疯了 Green Veggie Little Bunny青菜小 兔Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted (No romance + unhinged heroine + skewed values + a touch of ensemble cast + a touch of redemption + selfish, growth-oriented female lead. If that's not your thing, don't read or leave hate. Just quietly move on; it's better for everyone! Sending love ❥(ゝω·✿ฺ)) After transmigrating, Jiang Hanqing became a pitiful senior sister whose spiritual root had been stolen. Her own younger sister took her bones and seized her spiritual root. Was she supposed to put up with that? Absolutely not! When you 4.3kReads8.8Score469Shelves
42. 42 师 My Senior Sister's Body Holds an Immortal Vine, Slaying Her Way Through the Myriad Worlds! 师姐体有仙藤，杀疯诸天万界！ Feifei Fei肥肥菲Ancient Romance541k WordsOngoing [No romance, strong female lead, cultivation + no System + traditional cultivation + slow-paced progression + blade cultivator + ordinary person + thriving on her own] A native mortal heroine with dual Water and Wood spiritual roots, aided by the ancestor of the Immortal Vine of the Spirit Domain. Liu Sanya was born to a farming family. From a young age, she worked without complaint, all just to earn a bowl of food from her family. Even though she was obedient and meek, she still couldn't escape 284Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    Read more, read good books, and let your life be filled with the fragrance of books... Hello everyone, I am Piaoyun Ruomeng! . Friends, I seem to have read the book you mentioned... I forgot what it was called... I would like to recommend you a few non-CP fairy tales that I think are quite good! Come and see if there's anything you like.

43. 43 虐 The Tragic-Romance Heroine Is Obsessed with Cultivation 虐文女主沉迷修仙 A Smile Through the Dust陌尘一笑Ancient Romance423k WordsCompleted No romance, strong female lead, and the heroine stays single, single, single. The heroine works hard at cultivation, plays it safe in the early stages, and stays focused on herself. She’s a genius who grows stronger over time. She’s neither wholly good nor wholly evil, and does as she pleases. The System is only useful for transmitting the plot and little else. Tragic-romance scenario one: She becomes the stand-in for a wealthy young master’s true love. The heroine: “I’m going to cultivate immor 5.2kReads9.2Score474Shelves
44. 44 清 The Cool-Headed Senior Sister Turns into a Madwoman Whenever She Grips Her Sword 清冷师姐她一握剑就成了疯批大佬 Shangguan Miaomiao上官淼淼Ancient Romance292k WordsCompleted No romance + ordinary-person cultivation + strong female lead + transmigration + no System After transmigrating, Ling Xiaoxiao becomes an orphan. As if having no parents weren't bad enough, her own uncle plans to sever her path to immortality and sell her off!!! But they never expected that she would not only get the chance to test her aptitude for cultivation, but also turn out to be a genius with a single mutated spirit root and a natural sword physique! Her scheming junior sister wants her de 188Reads8.3Score105Shelves
45. 45 穿 After Becoming a Cultivation Novel's Female Side Character, I Don't Want to Be Cannon Fodder 穿成修仙女配后不想当炮灰 Knife, Medicine, Pen刀药笔Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Female-Led Cultivation, No Romance] [Mutated Wind Spirit Root + Hidden Weapons] Reincarnated as the villainess in a cultivation novel, she gets the best setup possible: the Northern Border’s greatest beauty and a genius disciple with a mutated Wind Spirit Root. But since she isn’t destined to be the heroine, Duan Jiaojiao decides to stay away from her and turn down the powerful Canglan Sect, joining the “pickpocket sect” Kongkong Sect instead. Who could have guessed that this much-hated “pickpo 6.4kReads9.2Score669Shelves
46. 46 天 The Heavenly Dao Drives the Little Witch Mad 天道逼疯小魔女 Zhuozhuo着着Ancient Romance766k WordsCompleted [No CP + Strong Female Lead + Comedy] An Nai was living quite happily in the Demon Realm when a bolt of heavenly lightning struck her and sent her to another world. As for why, she had no idea! In this other world, she was weak, pitiful, and helpless. Whenever she used her demonic power, she’d get struck by lightning again and reincarnate. This happened six times in all. One time, she even became a dog and had other dogs chasing her around, sniffing her butt. When she came back to life yet again 512Reads9.3Score100Shelves
47. 47 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. 958Reads8.8Score104Shelves
48. 48 年 The Side Character from a Period Novel Can Transmigrate to the Cultivation World 年代文女配她能穿越修仙界 Beginner Writer of Wanhua万花初级写手Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Female lead, no romance, period setting, cultivation, special abilities, punishing scumbags, supporting female character’s comeback) Feng Wanqing is framed by her cousin. Her family abandons her, and she is forced to go to the countryside as an educated youth. After nearly drowning one day, she discovers that every night she can travel to a wondrous place where everyone pursues the path to immortality and cultivators soar through the skies and burrow beneath the earth. By day, she is a delicate 8.7kReads9.1Score971Shelves
49. 49 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, 792Reads9.2Score133Shelves
50. 50 穿 After I Transmigrate into a Book, I Survive Until I Become a Cultivation Big Shot 穿书后我苟成了修仙大佬 Green Veggie Little Bunny青菜小 兔Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted [No romance + talent cheat, if you don't like it, don't read] After Ruan Lianzui transmigrated into a book, she unexpectedly discovered that she had become the notorious great demon everyone wanted dead. To save her own life, she decided to start over, hide her identity as a great demon, and cultivate immortality anew. She would see all the splendor and grandeur of the cultivation world and make a name for herself! Yet along the path of cultivation, she found family and friendship she could neve 1.6kReads8.9Score151Shelves

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