Cultivation World with a Male Lead!!! No Teacher-Student Romance. Spirit Root Testing and Climbing the Heavenly Ladder 修仙界 有男主！！！(不要师徒恋)测灵根爬天梯

1. 1 师 Senior Sister, Drop the Act. You're the Tight-Lipped One in the Whole Sect 师姐别装了，整个宗门数你嘴严 Garlic Bamboo Shoots蒜香竹笋Ancient Romance717k WordsCompleted [Cultivation + ensemble cast + stronger woman/ weaker man + 1v1 + sweet romance] [Max-level reborn Nether Ancestor Soul Master × arrogant, cheeky young master of the Fox Clan] Everyone knows that the eldest direct disciple accepted by the master of Dragon Transformation Peak in the Lingxiao Sect is a peerless genius of this age, with terrifying talent. She is also respectful toward her master and devoted to her fellow disciples. Every disciple in the Lingxiao Sect admires her wholeheartedly and 33.9kReads9.5Score4.3kShelves

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   I recommend these; they're all really good reads.

2. 2 仙 After the Immortal Venerable Was Publicly Jilted, She Became the Emperor’s Wife 仙尊被当众退婚后，成了帝尊夫人 Nan Qilu南亓鹿Two Male Leads496k WordsCompleted Powerful Master of the Six Realms VS Beautiful, Cold Immortal Venerable 1: Su Wenqing was unlucky. He had just sealed the Demon Venerable and lost all his cultivation when his fiance publicly broke off their engagement. Su Wenqing was glad to be rid of the fuss. No one knew that beneath his cold heart, he had a cherished corner where, for thirty years, he had used his heart's blood and all his spiritual power to nourish a fragment of a soul. Then, on the very day his engagement was broken off, t 8.5kReads9.6Score1.1kShelves
3. 3 穿 Transmigrated as a Treasure-Hunting Mouse, I Became the Villains' Darling 穿成寻宝鼠我在反派窝里被团宠了 The Rabbit from Flower-Planting Country种花家的兔子Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted As someone with little enthusiasm for the daily grind, Shushu never imagined she’d one day die just because she was eating and watching the drama unfold. Then she transmigrated into the spirit pet of the heroine in the fantasy novel she’d just finished reading. A tool mouse whose sole purpose from beginning to end was to find all kinds of rare treasures for the heroine: in other words, the indispensable golden finger of a fantasy heroine, the Treasure-Seeking Mouse. Fortunately, she arrived at t 7.1kReads9.2Score952Shelves
4. 4 惹 Mess With Her? Are You Crazy? My Junior Sister Isn’t Really Useless 惹她？疯了！师妹又不是真废材 Thousand Fans千扇Ancient Romance652k WordsCompleted [Complete] [Strong male and female leads + sweet romance + not a saint] In her previous life, Yun Luan was a “lazy supporting character.” After accidentally pushing the heroine off Soulbreak Cliff, she thought she could rest easy. In the end, the heroine unexpectedly found her path to immortality, then wiped out the entire Yun family. Reborn, Yun Luan decides to start cultivating so she can protect her family. She joins a cultivation sect, but at first the sect pays her little attention because 5.4kReads9.1Score682Shelves
5. 5 我 After I Led My Sect to Ascension, the Tragic Romance Hero Went Mad 我带宗门飞升后，虐文男主他疯了 Gu Qimao顾七猫Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s favorite + two strong leads + the hero’s agonizing pursuit of his wife + no forgiveness] Gu Xi transmigrates into the heroine of a tragic romance novel. In the story, the heroine is born into a noble family, yet she is hopelessly lovestruck, with her whole heart and mind devoted to the hero. The hero hurts and misunderstands her, treating her family with the kind of cruelty that tears them apart down to the eighteenth generation, yet she still loves him as deeply as ever. In the end 2.7kReads9.1Score300Shelves

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   The sect's senior disciple, a genius male protagonist [shy], falls in love with the female protagonist at first sight (is attracted to her) and then starts clinging to her [shy]

6. 6 病 Spring Returns to the Branches of a Sick Tree 病树枝头又逢春 Sweet Melon甜甜的瓜Ancient Romance476k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] Sang Nian accidentally climbs into the world of cultivation and becomes the vicious supporting female character who meets a tragic end in the book. System: Your mission is to marry the male supporting character, Xie Chenzhou, abuse him, humiliate him, and then get killed by him. Sang Nian: OK (brandishes little whip) (hits herself) (collapses with a thud) System: (silence) (stares at the sky) System: Mission changed. Win him over, or go mine coal. Sang Nian: (smiles 188.6kReads9.5Score25.6kShelves

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   What?! What?! You mean cultivation novels?! Then you definitely need to read these!!

7. 7 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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   The male leads in 3 and 4 have fewer scenes, while the other male leads have quite a lot of screen time. Yes, 4 and 5 are my favorites.

8. 8 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
9. 9 叶 Ye Shiluo 叶时落 Sober on Flowers花知醉Fantastical Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Sweet romance × angst × everyone’s darling × ensemble cast × political intrigue × no doormat heroine Ye Shiluo thought she had transmigrated here. A medical student with steady hands and a meticulous nature, she wakes up as the lowest-ranking cannon-fodder disciple in the demon realm, with zero spiritual power, living in a stone chamber and eating gruel. The System tells her she can get home by winning over the Immortal Venerable. Little does she know, she actually belongs to this world. She doe 35Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Fantasy/xia (fantasy/martial arts) genre, featuring dashing young heroes, a strong and resilient female protagonist who grows through challenges, and multiple male leads.

10. 10 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
11. 11 重 Reborn as the Beloved Junior Sister of the Pill Sect 重生后我成了丹宗团宠小师妹 Qi Yu亓玉Ancient Romance701k WordsCompleted Also known as Reborn: The Whole Sect Regrets Losing Me Wen Wan survived the beast tide, only to die by the swords of her fellow disciples. To make their beloved junior sister happy, one cut out her golden core, while another took her life. Just before she died, Wen Wan became a wandering spirit and floated to her master's window. There, she suddenly realized that hardly any of her fellow disciples were decent people. Even the master she had once respected and cared for was a heartless, ungratefu 922Reads8.9Score133Shelves

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    Both have male leads, and both are incredibly good.

12. 12 军 My Lord Strategist, Don’t Be So Cold! 军师大人，不要太冷漠！ Sober on Flowers花知醉Fantastical Romance449k WordsOngoing Some loves are destined from the very beginning. Is it love at first sight, a single glance lasting ten thousand years? A romance that crosses time and space, a bond forged over a thousand years? Or an elaborate scheme? In the unseen workings of fate, the answer was already carved into the Three-Lives Stone on the shores of the Netherworld. Who is she? A modern medical student, the eldest daughter of the Mo family, whose household was wiped out, or a solitary soul bearing a thousand-year destiny 18Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 13 气 Her Luck Stolen, the Villainess’s Real Daughter Slaughters Her Way Through the Cultivation World 气运被夺，反派真千金杀穿修仙界 Jun Mumu Jun君木木君Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Adapted into a live-action audiobook + The Hero Chases the Heroine to His Doom + The Entire Family Dies + Focus on Political Intrigue and Xianxia + The Entire Sect Is Wiped Out] Jiang Ruojin transmigrated into a book as the genuine daughter, a cannon-fodder foil to the beloved fake heiress. Abandoned by her parents, tormented by her five brothers, and stabbed through the heart by her Sword Lord fiancé before being thrown into a pit of snakes, she was also controlled by a Cannon Fodder System an 1.6kReads8.5Score134Shelves
14. 14 我 My Little Junior Sister Has Delusions 我家小师妹有妄想症 I Eat Pomelos Without Spitting Out the Pith吃柚子不吐皮吖Ancient Romance223k WordsCompleted [Straightforward, Devoted Puppy-Like Boy × Playful, Adorable Girl] [One-on-One Romance | Sweet, Healing, Lovey-Dovey, Imaginative, Devoted Couple] After transmigrating into a book she’d never read, Shi Yu finds the original owner’s diary. Its first line reads: “I am a cold-blooded assassin.” The cold-blooded assassin Shi Yu is full of questions. “?” The second line reads: “My mission is to assassinate Mu Xingye.” Shi Yu: “Wow, I have a whole identity and everything.” But when she meets Mu Xingy 2kReads9.4Score340Shelves
15. 15 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: No One Understands Arrogance Better Than I Do 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 47.4kReads9.3Score6.6kShelves

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    The first book is still awesome; the second is "The Young Lady of the Baili Family"; the third is "Half-Demon Sea Monster * Zhulong".

16. 16 踹 After Leaving Her Former Sect, She Discovered the Villain's Wolfish Ambitions 踹了原宗门后她发现反派狼子野心 Ai Sisi艾丝丝Ancient Romance538k WordsCompleted [A villain-focused story, happy ending, devoted couple, two powerful leads, unrequited love, a goofy sect, a touch of ensemble cast, secret identities, unrivaled genius. The true villain is not redeemed, no rivalry between women, multiple perspectives.] [A beautiful female supporting character from the cultivation world x a handsome, tragic sword cultivator and villain. The gloomy male lead has questionable morals, a ten-tailed black fox hides a yandere streak, and the loyal puppy is wild with o 932Reads9.1Score125Shelves
17. 17 神 A Guide to Leveling Up the Twin Prodigies of Shenzhou 神州双骄升级指南 The Sound of Scorched Fish灼鱼之音Ancient Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [Signed for publication] (Many personal interpretations; do not apply a formula) [Teaming up with my nemesis to carve through the cultivation world + a couple with incredible chemistry and real personality + two powerful genius leads growing together + grand overarching plot + explosive tension + a touch of ensemble cast + Jiang Lang Cai Jin HE] A violent, arrogant woman vs. a sharp-tongued, scheming man Fiery! Battle-focused! A cultivation novel driven by plot and brains, with a hero and heroin 34.7kReads9.4Score4.2kShelves
18. 18 小 My Junior Sister Doesn’t Do Sentimental Speeches, She Slaps People 小师妹不爱煽情，爱扇人 Jian Xi简兮Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [A small ensemble cast + romance] After transmigrating into a book, Lin Yun becomes a cannon-fodder female character in the cultivation world, destined for a gruesome death. She lives by the principle that she’d rather starve, freeze, work herself to death, choke, fall, drown, burn, get electrocuted, hang herself, die of illness, grow old, or die laughing than be killed by someone else. So she keeps her distance from the heroine, joins a minor sect, and lies flat! Things don’t go according to pl 14.9kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves

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    I don't understand, why isn't such a good book on the list?

19. 19 穿 Transmigrated as the Wronged Senior Sister, She Fights Her Way to Ascension as Number One 穿成冤种大师姐，逆袭飞升第一人 A Mouse Who Loves Spicy Food爱吃辣的老鼠Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Modern-day film queen Ye Linglong transmigrated into the body of the wronged senior disciple in a harem novel she had read. As the senior disciple of the Liuli Sword Sect, the original owner had always been the most powerful among her junior brothers and sisters. She was also the one they admired and looked up to. But everything changed after the novel’s beloved heroine joined the sect. The heroine barged into her tribulation, damaging her soul. After enduring countless hardships to enter a secr 4.4kReads8.9Score452Shelves
20. 20 全 The Whole Sect Is Unlucky, but the Lucky Carp Junior Sister Is Spoiled by Everyone and Makes It Through 全宗倒霉蛋，锦鲤小师妹团宠上岸 Little Ink Bell墨铃小铛Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book, Rong Yi discovered that she had become the world's biggest fool, helping the heroine achieve success. No matter what opportunities came her way, whether rare spirit herbs, ancient swords, or ancient divine beast eggs, all it took was a few words from the heroine, her senior sister, or her senior brothers and master, and she'd naively hand them over. In the end, she died taking a fatal blow from an evil fiend meant for the heroine. Then, after just a couple of wo 25.8kReads9.3Score3.7kShelves

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    The female lead has incredibly strong luck, while the male lead's sect is extremely unlucky. The male lead takes the female lead back to his sect intending to take her as a disciple, but the sect leader preemptively takes her as a disciple, making her his junior uncle. Unexpectedly, this ability helps suppress the female lead's bad luck.

21. 21 开 From the Start, I Laid an Egg, Then Took My Child Across the World to Find Their Father 开局生颗蛋，我带崽四海八荒找爹 Qianxi千喜Ancient Romance468k WordsCompleted [An unconventional cute xianxia tale + a wacky ensemble cast + sweet romance + face-slapping comeback for a good-for-nothing + gloriously unhinged wish fulfillment] Yan Huan transmigrates into a book and becomes the good-for-nothing eldest daughter of a cultivation family. She thinks she’s landed in a classic underdog comeback story. But when she gets her spiritual roots tested, she discovers she’s pregnant? Yan Huan has been single her entire life, all twenty-one years of it, and she’s complet 14.2kReads9.0Score2kShelves

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    The cultivation novels with romantic pairings are very good, especially books 6 and 7. Book 6 features Ye Linglong as the female lead and Ye Qingxuan as the male lead, while book 7 features Lin Du as the female lead and Wei Zhi as the male lead. They are super good!

22. 22 惊 Shock! I Actually Became the Sister of the Fake Heroine 惊！我竟然成伪女主的妹妹 Yingxi映希Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Note: A devoted couple, both with no past relationships; a pocket dimension; adorable spirit beasts; an extremely powerful golden finger; dual wood-and-air spiritual roots.) After falling to her death in a restroom, Yun Nuan is reborn as a baby. Later, she discovers that she’s in a cultivation world. Her older sister is the original heroine of a transmigration-into-a-book story, while Yun Nuan is the cannon-fodder little sister who dies young in her sister’s memories. In the book, her sister is 8.4kReads9.0Score827Shelves
23. 23 锤 The Hammer-Wielding Junior Sister Turns Out to Be a Crybaby 锤修小师妹原来是泪失禁体质 Jin Tang妗糖Ancient Romance617k WordsCompleted Note: There is a couple, but romance isn't a major focus! If you really don't like stories with couples, please don't read this. It'll be better for you, me, and everyone. Yun Qian transmigrates into a book, landing inside an old-school cultivation novel she stayed up late reading the night before. She'd stayed up so she wouldn't be completely clueless if the same-name transmigration rule came true. Never did she expect it to actually happen! She becomes the male lead's namesake, his white moonl 4kReads9.0Score602Shelves
24. 24 女 The Supporting Actress Cultivates Immortality, One Sword to Shatter the Heavens 女配修仙，一剑破天 Deeply Hidden深藏Ancient Romance500k WordsCompleted A cannon-fodder fate from the start! Yu Ning transmigrates into a cultivation novel as a cannon-fodder supporting character whose spiritual root is ripped out in the opening chapters! In the book, Yu Ning is the eldest legitimate daughter of the Yu family. Unfortunately, she was born an idiot. Meanwhile, the Yu family's adopted daughter, Yu Chuchu, wins the favor of an immortal sect. The Yu family “upholds righteousness by putting family first” and has Yu Ning's spiritual root torn out for Yu Ch 628Reads8.1Score100Shelves
25. 25 转 Reincarnated as the Sacrificial Princess After the Mary Sue Novel Ends 转生成玛丽苏文完结后的替死公主 Taro Sweet Potato Baby芋薯小宝Ancient Romance793k WordsOngoing [play the pig to eat the tiger + sweet on the outside, dark within + ensemble cast + happy ending] Mo Shu transmigrates into a book, landing in a Mary Sue cultivation novel. The good news: Her mother is the heroine of the first generation, and her older sister is the second-generation heroine. The bad news: Her mother and three powerful fathers sacrifice her for the greater good, using her as a vessel to eliminate an evil spirit and protect peace across the continent. As the price, she is sent a 2.4kReads9.2Score246Shelves
26. 26 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 1kReads8.8Score262Shelves
27. 27 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Started Farming and Cultivating Immortality 穿书后，在种田的我修仙了 Blushing Spring Beauty粉黛含春Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Childhood sweethearts + raising each other + 1v1 After transmigrating into a book and taking a tumble, Yun Xiyue shrank straight into a baby and landed in a secret realm of cultivation. A young boy found her and took her home to raise by his side. With no parents, no powerful backers, and no lucky breaks, she could only quietly follow the original heroine around, picking up scraps to get by. They supported each other and grew up together until the age of fourteen. She thought she would spend her 4.9kReads7.6Score581Shelves

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    The male and female protagonists are from a secret realm. They are childhood sweethearts who grew up together and left the realm. They then tested their spiritual roots and climbed the Heavenly Ladder. However, the cultivation part is still very small. This is still a new book.

28. 28 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 12.3kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves
29. 29 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 9.5kReads8.0Score1.1kShelves

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    Su Zhuo, the eldest daughter of the Su family, a single-spiritual-root genius, and you're telling me I'm just cannon fodder on the path to becoming the female lead…!! Su Zhuo: You're not kidding, are you?! I, Su Zhuo, accidentally hit my head while climbing the Heavenly Ladder, and some dense, strange sky appeared before my eyes—from this, I glimpsed the female lead's destiny—[Cool]

30. 30 快 Stop Going Clang-Clang-Clang! She's Already Going Bang-Bang-Bang! 快别锵锵锵了，她都哐哐哐了 I Took Great Pains我煞费苦心Fantastical Romance545k WordsCompleted [Violent, adorable executioner × jealous, stone-faced judge] Original title: The Wicked Woman Rules the Heavenly Dao Xie Ling's spiritual root is unique throughout the ages, yet it's dismissed as a worthless false spiritual root. The imperial family oppresses her, the Daoist academy ostracizes her, and the Immortal Alliance mocks her. She acts obedient, then turns around and stirs up trouble under the name “Death God,” earning a fearsome reputation. She's greedy. She wants power, money, and fame 35.4kReads9.3Score5.5kShelves

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    Both the male and female protagonists possess ancient-level spiritual roots.

31. 31 我 I Quit My Internet Addiction at the Sword Sect 我在剑宗戒网瘾 Shen Zhanxing沈占星Ancient Romance824k WordsCompleted The animated drama for Season One is now out. Come check it out~ [Ridiculous and satisfying comedy, both leads are devoted to each other, and the heroine becomes even stronger than the hero later on] Assassin senior brother X junior sister who treats cultivation like a game [Warnings: There is a male-male side pairing, so don't go in unprepared!!! This is a silly comedy with exaggerated, amateurish humor. If that's not your thing, don't read. The pacing is fast, including the romance, so proceed 17.4kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves

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    This is super good! [Full][Full] Senior brother vs. Junior sister, both are strong, the plot progresses quickly, they get together in just over 40 chapters, super sweet, there is a side couple (there is Shuang Nan, some sisters should be aware of this).

32. 32 偷 The Senior Sister Who Stole My Underpants Is Going to Cultivate Immortality and Change Her Fate! 偷裤衩的师姐，竟要修仙改命了！ Yan Lantian燕蓝天Ancient Romance1.6M WordsOngoing The cultivation novel she'd been following went on hiatus right at the steamiest part. While cursing the author for being a terrible person, Qi Yunxiang somehow transmigrated! She'd barely arrived before she was ambushed, her meridians shattered and herself paralyzed! She cursed at the heavens in fury: I don't have to be the heroine or a great hero, but why did I transmigrate into a crazy cannon-fodder supporting female character obsessed with her junior brother?! She would tear up the romance-a 15.2kReads8.0Score2.3kShelves

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    It's really good! The female lead, though a cannon fodder, doesn't suffer internal strife; she's both cunning and courageous, conquering the stars and the sea! All the male leads are exceptional talents, and all are virgins. The romance isn't melodramatic, and the battles are incredibly exciting! No book is perfect, but I highly recommend this one! [Kissing emoji]

33. 33 我 I'm the Cannon Fodder Villainess. So What If I Give Up? 我，炮灰女配，摆烂怎么了！ Ink Falling in Nine Layers九重落墨Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Sheng Xi transmigrates into a novel about a heroine adored by everyone, becoming a cannon-fodder supporting character whose only purpose is to serve as a stepping stone for the beloved heroine! Faced with a deadly start, Sheng Xi wisely backs down and heads down the mountain in the middle of the night to find a new sect where she can lie flat. Hmph. Whoever wants to be a stepping stone can do it themselves. Her new sect has simple relationships and no performance reviews. Every one of her se 13.7kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves

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    It's an ensemble piece about cultivating immortality, featuring a male lead, a senior disciple, and a goofy senior brother who guides you through the process. There's no test of spiritual roots or climbing the ladder to heaven. The female lead, Sheng tide, is a carefree, intelligent, and somewhat naive character who outwits everyone else.

34. 34 重 Reborn, the Eldest Senior Sister Gets Rich Beyond Measure 重生后，大师姐她凭亿近人 A Clear Song by the Pool一曲潭清Ancient Romance666k WordsCompleted Originally titled Reborn, the Senior Sister Is Worth Billions Su Chanyi never claimed to be a good person, but neither was she a vicious villain. Yet in the end, her entire family was wiped out, and her bones were ground to dust. Reborn, she cultivates both spiritual and demonic arts, masters both swordsmanship and formations, and proves the Dao through the Taiji. Her family is powerful, her status exalted, and her talent defies the heavens. With a phoenix and a Bai Ze at her side, she is the on 7.1kReads9.4Score943Shelves

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    1. The female lead, Su Chanyi, is reborn and cultivates both sword and array techniques; the male lead, Ye Xuan, cultivates both alchemy and sword techniques. Super good! 2. The female lead is Yan Qing, and the male lead is Qing Mo. They are a senior sister and junior brother. ٩(*´◒`*)۶

35. 35 摆 After Giving Up, I Became the Immortal Sect’s Beloved Prodigy 摆烂后我成了仙门的天才团宠 Luo Langlang洛琅琅Ancient Romance391k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Yan Sui worked diligently at cultivation and trained tirelessly with her sword, only to end up accused of always scrambling to be first and chasing fame, despised by the immortal sects. Given another life, Yan Sui decides to slack off. Let someone else cultivate. She’s done competing. But why is spiritual energy fighting its way into her body? She just takes a nap, so why does she wake up having dreamt an entire peerless sword art? She just drinks some water, so why does sh 2.2kReads9.0Score324Shelves

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    1. Female lead Ye Linglong, male lead Ye Qingxuan, male lead's identity unknown. 2. Female lead Yan Sui, male lead Pei Chenfu, male lead is the senior disciple. 3. Female lead Lin Du, male lead Wei Zhi, male lead is a demonic monk. 4. Female lead Meng Jiaojiao, male lead is the creator god. [All are very good, highly rated]

36. 36 穿 Transmigrated as the Obsessive Male Lead's First Love, His Senior Sister 穿成偏执男主的白月光师姐 Greedy Lazybones咸鱼贪财Ancient Romance209k WordsCompleted Yan Qing had spent seven or eight hundred years in a world of cultivation before discovering during her tribulation to reach the Deification stage that she had transmigrated into a master-disciple romance novel and become the male lead's doomed senior sister, his first love. In the novel, the male lead was in love with his senior sister. The first thing Yan Qing did after waking up was test whether her gentle, refined junior brother liked her. Once she confirmed he did not, she went down the mou 8.9kReads9.0Score979Shelves
37. 37 女 The Side Character Awakens: From the Start, I Decisively Switch Sects 女配觉醒，开局果断换宗门 Little Green Goose小绿鹅Ancient Romance578k WordsCompleted After fainting one day, An Qing learned that the world she lived in was a book, and that she was a cannon-fodder supporting character whose sole purpose was to give the heroine resources and make her shine. Her, An Qing, with a single lightning spiritual root, a cannon-fodder supporting character? Not a chance. There was no way she was following the plot, and the heroine hardly needed one more stepping stone. For the sake of survival and the Great Dao, she decisively abandoned the Xuantian Sect, 3.3kReads7.5Score264Shelves

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    Cultivation, male protagonist, no master-disciple relationship

38. 38 女 Female Lead, Stop Kissing Your Childhood Friend! The Male Lead Is Still Here! 女配和发小别亲了，男主还在呢！ A Purple Palace一方紫台Ancient Romance389k WordsCompleted # The cultivation world has two famous figures. One is Wu Ti, a sword prodigy whose blade sends a chill across fourteen provinces, famous for her skill. The other is Yue Luo, a mediocrity who has cultivated for years yet remains at the Qi Refining stage, famous for being useless. The two should have had nothing to do with each other. Few know that in private, they were childhood friends with a close bond, once even called the twin geniuses of their generation. But everything changed after Yue Lu 2.8kReads8.7Score438Shelves

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    The first book is a cultivation/childhood friendship story, super good! The second book has a great couple pairing. The third book has a tight structure, a smart female lead, and fewer romantic subplots, also very enjoyable. "My name is Lin Du, the 'Du' in 'to help others, first help yourself.'" "Let me introduce myself, I am Lin Du, the 99th generation disciple of the Supreme Sect." "In my territory, I am the array itself; wherever I am, the array is there." "As long as the process is spectacular, even if the ending is hasty, the history books of the cultivation world should still record my name, Lin Du." The fourth book, "Her transmigration was not accidental, but destined."

39. 39 惊 What a Shock! The Frail Antagonist Became the Little Junior Sister's Cherished Favorite 惊！病弱反派成了小师妹掌心宠 The Forest Stream Runs Deep林寒涧溯Ancient Romance412k WordsCompleted [Transmigrated into a book + Both are virgins + Goofy, easygoing junior sister VS frail, beautiful villainous senior brother] Jiang Wanwan transmigrated into a book and became the wicked cannon-fodder character who gets her bones harvested from the start, betrayed by her entire family, and used as a stepping stone for the heroine. To stay alive, she simply did her best to set the villains in the story on the right path, turning them from scheming, corrupted villains into upstanding young people. 5.8kReads9.3Score687Shelves
40. 40 我 I Dig the Pits, You Fill Them In. Everyone in Our Sect Is a Rebel 我挖坑，你填土，师门全是反骨 Running Toward the Sun向阳光奔跑Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Original title: I Became the Beloved Little Junior Sister and Turned the Cultivation World Upside Down] Xie Sisi transmigrated and became the cannon-fodder supporting character in a novel she’d once mocked, a character with the exact same name. The supporting character’s role was to bring the heroine to an immortal sect, dutifully serve as her medicine human, and ultimately die after being used to test the heroine’s medicines. Xie Sisi, who knew the plot: “Bah! Whoever wants to be a medicine hu 62.5kReads9.4Score8.1kShelves

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    A must-read! A satisfying transmigration novel where the protagonist rises to power and overcomes adversity. The story is complete. Xie Sisi transmigrates into the body of a cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name she herself had criticized in the original novel. In the original plot, this cannon fodder female supporting character is supposed to bring the female lead into the immortal sect, obediently become a medicine guinea pig, and ultimately die tragically while being tested by the female lead's medicine. Knowing the plot, Xie Sisi decisively refuses: "Pah! Whoever wants to be a medicine guinea pig can be one, I'm not serving them!" She originally planned to follow the plot, survive in the outer sect for a while, and then run away. However, she unexpectedly catches the eye of the world's number one swordsman and is taken in as his personal disciple. What happens next is beyond imagination. The composed senior brother said, "Junior sister, take these spirit stones and use them. If you need more, just tell me." The goofy second senior brother exclaimed, "Junior sister is so cute! I'll protect you from now on!" The hot-tempered third senior brother angrily declared, "Junior sister, if anyone bullies you, I'll beat them up!" The honest fourth senior brother offered a mermaid pearl: "Junior sister, I don't have much good stuff, you can play with this." The refined fifth senior brother chimed in, "My junior sister is the most obedient and reasonable. If you disagree, come and argue!" Even the stingy master praised, "As expected of my precious disciple, she's just like me!" She thought she was cannon fodder, but inexplicably became the darling of the group. The original female lead was furious: "You were just a good-for-nothing who was only good for eating and waiting to die, so why do you cultivate faster than me and are more popular?!" Note: There is no romance in the main story; the romance is in the epilogue. Enter at your own risk if you mind. Come and start this transmigration and revenge journey!

41. 41 百 A Hundred-Meter Greatsword on Her Shoulder, Her Junior Sister Is the Queen of Giving Up 百米大刀肩上扛，师妹她是摆烂王 Sui Yuan岁圆Ancient Romance394k WordsCompleted [Can't get ahead by lying flat + can't win by working myself to the bone + devoted couple + absurd comedy + everyone gets corrupted + ensemble cast] [Money-obsessed heroine VS refined, sickly-sweet male lead] After transmigrating to the cultivation world, Nie Baili was reborn all over again! Before transmigrating, she worked herself to the bone, pulling all-nighters every day for a heartless boss. After transmigrating, she pushed the entire cultivation world into a vicious cycle of competition t 8.5kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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    All three have male leads and are not master-disciple romances. The first book features a junior sister and senior brother; the second features a fox spirit as the male lead and a sword cultivator as the female lead; the third features a wildly competitive female lead and a snake as the male lead. [Bump][Bump]

42. 42 我 I'm a Sword Cultivation Prodigy, So What's Wrong With Carrying a Few More Talismans? 我剑修天才，身上多点符箓怎么了 Yangyue阳月Ancient Romance376k WordsCompleted [Cultivation + genius + comedy + transmigration + wild imagination + unconventional group favorite + power couple] After transmigrating, Shen Sui’s very first challenge was repairing her thatched hut. Shen Sui: Thanks for asking. Patch it up, and it’ll last another three years. To preserve the dignity of transmigrators, Shen Sui endured humiliation and signed up for a cultivation sect, all just to... Scrounge a meal. Shen Sui had no idea that the moment she entered the cultivation world, th 10.8kReads8.6Score1.6kShelves
43. 43 穿 After I Transmigrate, a Clingy Fox Won’t Leave Me Alone 穿越后被粘人狐狸缠上了 Sweet Orange, Not So Orange甜橙橙不橙Ancient Romance341k WordsCompleted [One devoted couple, 1v1, sweet with no angst, everyone is a goofball] [The cultivation world's number one death-seeker X the world's greatest wandering cultivator, a tsundere fox] * After transmigrating to the cultivation world, Su You was bound to a death-seeking System. Her only task was: if you can't get yourself killed, try even harder to get yourself killed. Su You rolled up her sleeves. “Getting myself killed? I'm really good at that!” * A big shot from the sect pointed at Su You. “You we 854Reads9.2Score134Shelves
44. 44 什 What Sword Spirit? That's My Wife! 什么剑灵，那是我老婆！ Spring Peach春日桃Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Original title: After Becoming the Male Lead's Sword Spirit, the Entire Sect Regretted It My junior sister stole my spiritual root and my fortune, so I crippled her with one strike of my sword. Fu Xi was the eldest senior sister of the Yijian Sect. She trained diligently and was respected by her fellow disciples, but everything changed after their master brought home a junior sister. Her revered master repeatedly put the sect in danger for the sake of the junior sister. Her second junior brother 48.4kReads9.1Score6.4kShelves
45. 45 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, Even a Tool Character Wants to Defy Fate 穿书后，工具人也想逆天改命 Flower Flower Flower Wins花花花胜Ancient Romance470k WordsCompleted “After transmigrating into a book, the tool character really wants to lose it on the spot!” [Transmigrate into a book + reborn + mutual salvation + healing + ensemble cast] "World-weary, emotionally detached girl × cool, sensitive boy who’s a hopeless romantic" [This is not a wish-fulfillment novel! The plot and romance take priority, and every character acts according to their established personality.] “Jiang Zhunan, you’re so fake.” “Gu Xianqing, you’re such a poser.” Jiang Zhunan had been 1.5kReads8.7Score211Shelves

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    This book is super good! The male lead is well-mannered, and it's an ensemble piece about a four-person team. It's also quite touching. I really hope this book becomes popular; it's so good, but I'm about to cry. Highly recommended!

46. 46 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

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    The male lead is her third senior brother, and it's very sweet. "If one day, alien races invade, harming the people of the southeast, killing our Sword Sect disciples, and we are held hostage, and you are powerless to help, what will you do?" Xiao Ce's eyes flickered, and he said in a low voice, "The cultivation world is currently peaceful, so such a thing won't happen." "I understand Senior Brother's thoughts, but the world won't always be so peaceful." "In other words, perhaps the peace and stability we see now is just an illusion?" Yun Zhi raised her eyes. In the sunlight, she stood with her hands behind her back, exuding extraordinary bearing, faintly possessing the aura of a ruler of the world. Old Master Yun's hand gripping his cane tightened almost imperceptibly. Was it an illusion? Back then, A-Yan had said something similar. Later, her words almost came true. But due to a series of coincidences, those strange phenomena were forcibly suppressed. Seeing Xiao Ce remain silent, Old Master Yun withdrew his thoughts and looked kindly at the young girl before him: "Then, if you were to encounter the situation you described, what would Yun Zhi do?" Yun Zhi answered almost without hesitation, smiling gently: "If I were taken hostage, I would fight my way out." "If the common people were to perish, Yun Zhi would naturally be willing to sacrifice herself." Old Master Yun was shocked: "Aren't you afraid of not returning?" "If I can protect those who have been kind to me, if I can protect those innocent people..." "I'm not afraid." "After all, I originally had nothing." She came into this world empty-handed and even walked through the gates of hell. She was already fearless. Since entering the sect, whether cultivating in the inner sect or on missions, she had received too much kindness. The common people loved her, and she naturally loved the common people.

47. 47 被 Driven to Death by Her Cultivator Mistress? I Take Up My Sword and Storm the Ninth Heaven 被修仙外室逼死？我提剑杀上九霄 Bian Lu边鹿Ancient Romance710k WordsCompleted [Power fantasy, a female lead who begins as a villain and turns righteous, no transmigration, no rebirth] Only when she was dying did Li Fu learn why she could never defeat her husband's mistress, Huayue. It turned out that beyond this world lay a realm of cultivation. Huayue had come from that realm. With Taoist magic at her command, there was no way Li Fu could ever beat her. Tortured, skinned, and dismembered, Li Fu was abandoned by everyone and died after enduring every kind of suffering. Ho 78.6kReads9.6Score10.3kShelves

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    It's not just the female lead climbing the Heavenly Ladder; it's the whole thing. The plot is amazing, the worst thing is the title.

48. 48 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Played It Low-Key and Lived a Long Life 穿书我靠低调长寿 Frosty Snow霜霜雪Fantastical Romance172k WordsOngoing Also known as: After Reincarnating as a Short-Lived Pawn, I Took the Cultivation World by Storm with My System-Mom Shen Wanqing transmigrated into a feel-good cultivation novel and became its most short-lived disposable pawn. She bound herself to the [Low-Profile Longevity System], leaving herself with just three rules for life: Don’t push yourself, don’t stand out, and don’t be a genius. So, A Supreme Chaos Spiritual Root? Suppress it! I’ll downgrade it to a useless four-element root, and every 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a great start, the second generation of Xiu is the protagonist.

49. 49 寒 Spring Comes Across the Cold Branches 寒枝渡春来 Tu Wan兔宛Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Max-level alchemy grandmaster enters the beginner village + slice of life + family bonds + a touch of ensemble cast] (There is a male lead: Shen Zhuochuan) What should you do when you transmigrate into the body of the frail, doomed-to-die-early older sister of a heroine? Everyone knows that protagonists like Long Aotian and Feng Aotian tend to have tragic backstories. Their families are wiped out, or their parents die. After reading the original story and learning that she was destined to di 67.9kReads9.4Score11kShelves

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    The first book, judging from the title, features a protagonist who is a prodigy, a childhood sweetheart, and full of ambition as they venture across the land. It's not finished yet, and it feels like it's still a long way from completion, but it's worth following. It updates two chapters daily, and I've been following it for over half a year. The second book features a female protagonist who is an incredibly skilled alchemist, but her progression isn't the normal one. At the beginning, her alchemy skills are already top-tier, but due to physical limitations, her cultivation level is only at the Foundation Establishment stage. She fights against fate to change her early demise. The female protagonist is everyone's ideal woman; not only is the romance between the male and female leads captivating, but her sisterly bond with her sister is also beautiful, as is her nephew, the unfortunate disciple. The male protagonist is a dragon, and so is his disciple, who seems to be his nephew. In the end, he becomes the only dragon capable of alchemy.

50. 50 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 212.5kReads9.5Score17.7kShelves

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    This book features a character climbing a ladder to test their aptitude, gradually revealing their talent. With a bunch of powerful figures protecting them, they practically have unlimited cultivation resources – it's incredibly satisfying! A super-powerful and exhilarating novel!!!

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