Ensemble Cast Stories Like Lin Du or the Half-Mermaid Nuo Erweiya: Smart Characters and No Cringey Writing 群像文，像林渡，半人鱼诺尔维雅，有智商不尬

1. 1 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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   All are rated 9.6 Or higher: 1. Lin Du 2. Norvia 3. Sheng An 4. Ye Linglong 5. Chi Miao 6. Feng Xi 7. Yin Nian 8. Ning Ruan 9. Ye Qiao 10. Shi Ji Xie Zhuo (dual male leads)

2. 2 除 Everyone on the Team Is a Villain Except Me 除我以外，全队反派 Ruan Qingruan阮清阮Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing An original fictional society with lots of personal worldbuilding and foreshadowing. Don’t come in with your own preconceptions and impose them on the author or the story. No suggestions, please. There is a couple, but the romance doesn’t take up much of the story. An alternate “what if” storyline will be written after the ending. Readers with strict moral sensibilities, please stay away. The protagonists aren’t perfect, so don’t judge them by universal standards of morality. If this isn’t to yo 24.9kReads9.6Score2.6kShelves
3. 3 重EN Too Many Reborn Heroes? Time to Bring in the Government 重生者太密集？我带国家队下场 Bian Lu边鹿Sci-Fi & Apocalypse758k WordsCompleted (A feel-good power fantasy, with a beautiful, badass heroine who confiscates golden fingers) “Sheng is the boss around here. She's ruthless and doesn't waste words. Cross her, and she'll take you down!” In the year 2323 of the Star Era, the apocalypse is about to begin. Some people awaken their powers early, while reborn people are already making their moves… As the head of a new department, Sheng An is responsible for recruiting and leading all the powered and reborn individuals, preparing for 123.7kReads9.7Score17.5kShelves
4. 4 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
5. 5 说 I Was Supposed to Be the Top Sword Cultivator, So Why Is It the Sword of Being a Jerk? 说好第一剑修，怎么是犯贱的贱 Qi Yi Zi七一子Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Physical edition preorder opens at 7:00 p.m. on the 22nd] [Hilarious, absurd, no-romance power fantasy + meme references + the female lead is the root of all evil] [One female lead corrupts every prodigy] At the sect entrance examination, everyone else was busy testing their spiritual roots. I was busy scamming people. Chi Miao transmigrated into the cultivation world ten years ago and got bound to a System that could only be unlocked after she committed a hundred scams. It promised she could b 106.6kReads9.5Score15.4kShelves
6. 6 全 The Whole Sect Are Simps, but the Junior Sister Is a Real Menace 全宗都是舔狗，小师妹是真狗 Holding Hands by the Fire执手烟火Ancient Romance4.2M WordsCompleted [The physical edition of One Thought, Phoenix Rising is available on all platforms] Feng Xi transmigrates into a cultivation novel as a cannon-fodder female side character, and the day she enters the book is the day she is doomed to die. To stay alive, she does everything she can to leave the heroine's sect, the Hunyuan Sect, and join the Xuantian Sect instead. Oh! All five of her senior brothers are the heroine's devoted admirers in the book, and each one dies more miserably than the last. Feng 181.5kReads9.5Score23.4kShelves
7. 7 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
8. 8 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
9. 9 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 217.1kReads9.6Score24.4kShelves
10. 10 不 Aren't You the Cool Commander? Then Why Do You Cry After One Kiss? 不是高冷指挥官吗？怎么一亲就哭 Si Jiao司皎Two Male Leads517k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed] [Interstellar + ABO + younger man + two equally powerful leads] Shi Ji, the Federation's highest-ranking commander, is coldly beautiful, chaste, and ruthless: a lofty flower that spells death at the slightest touch. Everyone treats the commander with nothing but respect, and then more respect. Until the first day of freshman enrollment at the Royal Academy Xie Zhuo stood among the crowd in a windbreaker, his brilliant silver hair wild and untamed. He was so striking that n 65.6kReads9.7Score11.1kShelves
11. 11 满 My Whole Family Cultivates the Great Dao, While I'm the Only One Stir-Frying 满门修大道，唯我在颠勺 Paper Tiger纸老虎Fantastical Romance693k WordsOngoing [Unconventional cultivation, plot-driven, ensemble cast] Jiang Yan was born into a cultivation family with a history of ten thousand years. Her mother died young, her father was a wicked cultivator, and she had no spiritual roots. She also bore the blame for an ominous curse. After requesting to leave her clan, she forcibly picked up a dilapidated sect. The Bridge of Helplessness lay at the foot of the mountain, a mass grave behind it, and a crumbling temple stood between them, its roof leaking 10.4kReads8.6Score1.5kShelves

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    This book is by the same author as Lin Du's, and the protagonist is Sheng Yan. You might want to check it out; it has a very high percentage of female characters, and the scenarios are novel and interesting. It's also clear that A Zhi's writing skills have improved significantly, and her ideas have evolved, but it's relatively short, so proceed with caution.

12. 12 魔 The Magic School Junior Who Can Do Anything, from Pranks to Making Trouble 魔法学校小学妹，沙雕搞事啥都会 Ghost Denier无鬼论者Modern Romance2.9M WordsOngoing [Not Western fantasy: a Chinese-style magic academy, absurd comedy + ensemble cast + hilarious daily life, with romance] [A ridiculous heroine causes trouble and leads everyone astray: a bunch of lunatic students hilariously learning magic] Li Wenyin woke up in a magical world and struggled to survive at a top-tier Chinese-style magic academy. She cut up the school flags to make uniforms, stole textbooks and sprinted for her life, and made the deans so furious their eyes nearly popped out. She w 117kReads9.6Score13kShelves

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    This book is absolutely amazing! Every character is so vivid and relatable, and the author's writing is superb. They're also incredibly skilled at foreshadowing and resolving all the plot points. It's truly a fantastic read!

13. 13 穿 After Entering a Bad-End Comic, I Took the Lead in Tearing Up the Script 穿进be漫画后，我带头手撕剧本 Gu Qingying, Who Loves Tench喜欢十间鱼的顾清影Urban679k WordsOngoing [Forum-style posts + mistaken assumptions and exaggerated interpretations + beautiful, strong, and tragic characters + ensemble cast finding redemption + no romance] Yan Qi always felt he’d transmigrated into this world in entirely the wrong way. It was bad enough that he’d ended up in a depressing superpower comic where everyone died. To make matters worse, the ability he awakened, [Words of Absolute Truth], came with a deadly side effect: the more bluntly he spoke while changing cause and ef 150.8kReads9.4Score20.8kShelves

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    It's a great ensemble piece with a fresh premise, and the team members care for each other. The only downside is that you can't read the whole thing at once. I still highly recommend reading it; it's very enjoyable.

14. 14 师EN My Junior Disciples Are All Overpowered, So I Have to Cheat! 师弟们都是大佬，那我只能开挂了 Rain Falls from South of the City to the West城南有雨落城西Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted The second junior brother is the chosen one of the plane. The third junior brother is reborn. The fourth junior brother is an ancient Sword Immortal reincarnated. The junior sister is the future Demon Empress. Everyone from top to bottom is a hidden powerhouse! Ouyang, the eldest senior brother, gives a crooked grin. “Well, then I guess I'll have to use cheats!” 124.3kReads9.4Score12.3kShelves

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    I've seen them all; this is considered the pinnacle of ensemble dramas with tragic endings. The main character is so gentle!!

15. 15 一 A Blossom, A Cup of Wine, An Immortal Life 一花一酒一仙人，亦眠亦醉亦长生 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [This book is also known as The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring] [The print edition of The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring goes on sale at 7 p.m. on November 15!] [Immortality + taking disciples + no female lead + lighthearted comedy, no tearjerkers] When your master serves food, you spin the table; when your master chants a spell, you chatter away. When your master rests, you sing; when your master sleeps in, you bang on a pot. Your master is immortal, but your life is short; your master 198.1kReads9.5Score24.7kShelves
16. 16 王 Ace Superpower: She Looks Incredibly Delicate 王牌异能：大佬她看起来十分娇弱 Hui Xier绘禧儿Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Advanced technology, warriors temper their bodies. The nations have reached an unprecedented peak of technological development, while the mysterious forces operating behind the scenes are even more formidable. As the nations grow stronger, how long can the world’s apparent peace last? To prepare, the highest leaders of Guangxia held a secret meeting. In a seemingly casual conversation, they created Guangxia’s most fearsome guardian deity! Yu Jiu! From then on, the divine dragon rules the nine he 11.5kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves

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    This book features a group of nine main characters who have been trained in a secret organization since childhood. Don't be misled by the title; it's incredibly good and definitely worth reading!

17. 17 冲 Charge! The Sect Outcasts Alliance! 冲吧！宗门弃徒联盟！ Old Mushroom Eats Dumplings老蘑菇吃水饺Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Lin Ao worked herself to death pulling overtime, then woke up transmigrated into a novel she'd once read, inhabiting an unnamed female side character. The character had kept her head down in her sect and, for one reason or another, was eventually expelled. But when Lin Ao transmigrated, the character was only six years old. The so-called System left just a few words and then vanished without a trace. So the person brought back to the sect by an immortal was no longer the quiet, inconspicuous sid 190Reads8.6Score104Shelves
18. 18 老 The Heavens Say a Goddess and Savior Doesn't Have to Be Normal 老天说做神女救世主没必要太正常 Jiang Shijing将十景Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [There are couples! A comedic story with angst woven into the main plot and a touch of ensemble cast. Please don't reject romance of any orientation. Most importantly: no ship-bashing! If that's not for you, please don't open this story.] Ruan Wei, a university student of religious studies, dies suddenly of a heart attack after getting furious at her advisor for refusing to approve her leave request. After death, she transmigrates into a melodramatic cultivation novel written by her cousin, beco 6.6kReads9.2Score893Shelves

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    I think this one is comparable to Lin Du's; it really hits the mark with its crazy, eccentric feel, and the ensemble cast descriptions are also quite good.

19. 19 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 995.7kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves

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    I highly recommend the first book. I read this after reading *Lin Du*. It has a fantastic ensemble cast. Don't worry about the title; just click in and read a couple of chapters first. Within the Great Xia Dynasty, even gods are forbidden from entering. The second book is a suspenseful crime thriller with well-developed characters. I haven't finished it yet.

20. 20 恶 The Devil Reversed 恶魔逆位 20/100 Vision视力零点二一Mystery737k WordsCompleted “If I wanted to kill him, I wouldn’t use a method this laughably clumsy.” After the black-haired girl in black finished speaking in the interrogation room, she didn’t say another word. The way she calmly studied the photograph made it seem more like she was admiring the victim’s gruesome death. In the photo was a cold, white bathtub filled with shocking amounts of blood. A man lay slumped inside, his deathly pale body visible only from the shoulders up. The deceased was Zhou Haixiong. He had 39kReads9.5Score6kShelves
21. 21 星 The Interstellar Heiress Cultivates Immortality, and Her Squad Topples the Mecha Academy 星际千金修仙来，小队掀翻机甲校 Seven Stars, One Point七星一点Sci-Fi & Apocalypse175k WordsOngoing From surviving on a raft to becoming gods of mecha: an all-female team with no romance, competitions, military academy, ensemble teamwork, and a funny, passionate story. Ji Xinglin transmigrated to a cultivation world, learned to refine weapons, talismans, and pills, then died and ended up back in the Interstellar age! Her entrance exam is actually ocean survival. They give her an iron plate to float on and tell her to salvage boxes and build a mecha? Let's get crafting! Everyone stared at the m 3.7kReads—Score690Shelves

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    This is a good ensemble novel in my opinion.

22. 22 会 She Has a Billion Kinds of Superpowers, Yet Always Says She's Weak 会亿种异能的她，总说自己很弱 Seven Stars, One Point七星一点Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsOngoing No romance, special abilities, leveling up + Infinite Flow scenarios + skill plundering + hunting monsters in the wild. Human emotions mutated into monsters, and domains descended upon the world. When the psychologist Zuo Xiuyan saw it all, she thought, Hm? This is right up my alley! Emotional contamination? Sorry, her emotions are steady, and contamination tastes great. Emotional monsters? Sorry, she absorbs emotions, and monsters taste great. What, people with mental illnesses are mutating int 17.7kReads9.2Score3kShelves
23. 23 我 I've Become the Villains' Master, How Could I Be a Good Person? 我都成反派们师父了，能是好人？ Shang Buyu商不予卿Ancient Romance1.9M WordsOngoing The animated series is now available. Search for “I Became the Villains' Master, So How Could I Be a Good Person?” [No Romance + Strong Female Lead + Ensemble Cast of Villains with a Few Screws Loose] “This master will shelter you from wind and rain, but don't ask where the wind and rain came from.” The villain, badly wounded after being defeated by the protagonists, cries out, “Stop standing around and save me!” “Maybe you shouldn't have slacked off in your training. You can't even beat a bunch 38.6kReads8.9Score6.8kShelves
24. 24 当 Being a Mecha Engineer Has More Promise Than Being an Assassin 当机甲师不比干杀手有前途 A Mirror and Half-Summer一镜半夏Sci-Fi & Apocalypse766k WordsOngoing [No romance + Mechas + Military Academy + A Touch of Ensemble Cast] One moment, assassin Xia Liu is alive; the next, she transmigrates to the interstellar age as a frail heiress with high mental strength. She’s thrilled: At last, she can leave the life of endless fighting behind! She’s going to become the Federation’s most pampered mecha engineer! She gets admitted to Pandora Military Academy on a special recommendation. While everyone else takes exams, she sneaks off to the wasteland to scaveng 78.4kReads9.3Score18kShelves
25. 25 全 The Whole Team Has Powerful Backers, but Their Methods Are Too Sinister 全队背景通天，但行事过于阴间 If I Do Not Leave若不辞Sci-Fi & Apocalypse605k WordsOngoing [Post-apocalyptic interstellar + Ensemble cast + No romance + Funny, absurd comedy] The night the cosmic void was torn open, the world saw not only aliens, but ghosts as well. Science and the supernatural joined forces to slap everyone in the face. The apocalypse had arrived, the aliens had arrived, and so had the uncanny. Life was like surviving a heavenly tribulation, each day stranger than the last. As a staunch mediocrity enthusiast, Yu Jingzhe is almost the living embodiment of the Doctrin 23.7kReads8.9Score3.5kShelves
26. 26 游EN Game Invasion: Addicted to Snatching the Male and Female Leads' Destinies 游戏入侵：抢男女主机缘会上瘾诶 The Cat Isn't Bald猫不秃Sports3.1M WordsCompleted [Game Invasion + No Romance + Leveling + Lone Wolf + Gaming] (Also known as: Game Invasion) After being reborn, the first thing Yu Xunge did was go home and make her younger brother down a bottle of liquor, causing him to miss the first game beta test. In her previous life, she didn't learn until she was dying that he had been scheming against her from the shadows all along. She was merely the villainess in a wish-fulfillment novel about a live-in son-in-law... Every bit of malice she suffered w 988.6kReads9.5Score85.7kShelves
27. 27 失 The Voiceless Rose Goes Wild in an ABO World 失声玫瑰在ABO世界鲨疯了 Hu, But Not Hu是胡不是Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s darling + ABO, pseudo-beta, actual human + not a strong female lead + coming-of-age + slow burn] Xu Jinzhao was completely at a loss. She was already deaf and mute, and after transmigrating, she had become illiterate too! Fortunately, the Empire’s support programs were well organized, and Xu Jinzhao at least got to attend school, starting with [Early Childhood Education]. But the more she learned, the stranger things seemed. What were ABO beastfolk? She was a pure human, wasn’t she?! 5.7kReads9.1Score620Shelves

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    It's absolutely amazing! ✧(◍˃̶ᗜ˂̶◍)✩ Every female lead is so incredibly good! ̋(๑˃́ꇴ˂̀๑)

28. 28 丹 I Opened a Restaurant in My Dantian and Won Without Lifting a Finger 丹田里开饭店后我躺赢了 Rolling Rice Balls擀团子Fantastical Romance203k WordsOngoing [Goofy + Hilarious + More or Less a Power Fantasy + Romance] What do you do when you transmigrate into the body of a good-for-nothing in a world of immortal cultivation? Hong Qi decides to open a restaurant! A low-grade spiritual root? No big deal. The family looks down on him? Whatever. It's not like flipping a wok requires cultivation talent. On the first day of business, he picked up a stoker. Filthy from head to toe, penniless, and calling himself “Tiezhu.” A year after the restaurant ope —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one! My Rice-Eating Squad! A hilarious ensemble piece! Everyone in it is interesting!

29. 29 学 What Does the Campus Heartthrob Have to Do with an Average Guy Like Me? 学院万人迷和我一路人有什么关系 Yogurt-Fried Watermelon酸奶炒西瓜Modern Romance655k WordsCompleted [Oblivious to romance, reads messages and replies at random; powerful and calm, embraces chaos; laid-back, wooden, irresistible heroine × others desperately showing off their charms, only for their advances to go unnoticed × irresistible to men and women alike × romantic battlefield × probably surrounded by one-sided crushes × ABO, heroine is a beta and is unaffected by pheromones from beginning to end] A new teacher arrived at the Empire's top military academy. They said she came from the myste 68.3kReads9.3Score9.2kShelves
30. 30 重 Reborn: I Give the Nation a Cheat Code 重生之我给国家送外挂 If I Do Not Leave若不辞Modern Romance653k WordsCompleted [No romance + post-apocalyptic rebirth + ensemble cast + the nation steps in] (The first season of the animated series is out.) The Civilization Codices descended, devouring Blue Star in a dimensional attack and bringing the world to an end. Greed, envy, sloth... What secrets do the seven great Civilization Codices conceal? Yan Chu, a tomb keeper, was hit on the head by a brick and inexplicably reborn in the past. She decided to hand over what she had to the nation. With the Book of Fate and a b 29.7kReads9.4Score4.4kShelves
31. 31 谁 Who Gets Forced to Inherit the Young Master Position After Transmigrating? 谁家穿越被迫继承少主之位啊 If I Do Not Leave若不辞Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Urban Imagination + Ensemble Cast + No Romance + Interstellar] It all began when five burly men showed up at her house. “Miss Zhixin, we have been waiting for you!” Zhixin (not a text message!): What?! Overnight, she became the heir to East Xia’s foremost family, and discovered that this world didn’t seem quite right. Zhixin slapped her thigh. “We can talk about being the young mistress later. Looks like things are about to get interesting.” The principal set her up when she enrolled, so Zhixin 66.8kReads9.5Score9.7kShelves
32. 32 重 Reborn, I Made a Fortune by Raising Kids 重生后，我靠养崽发家致富 Ji Ye季也Modern Romance519k WordsCompleted [Completed, no romance, family-focused, not a traditional child-rearing story, slow-paced daily life, no perfect characters] Jiang Qianyi, a modern-day office worker, worked overtime and stayed up late for so long that one day she wasn't careful and died of sudden cardiac arrest. She died, but not really. She was reborn in someone else's body. The original owner had grown up in an orphanage, relying on an older sister as they made their way through life together. Later, her sister died in a car 4.2kReads9.2Score412Shelves
33. 33 末EN Apocalyptic Calamity: Who Let These Lunatics Save the World? 末日灾祸：谁让这群癫子去救世的 If I Do Not Leave若不辞Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted [No romance, ensemble cast, apocalyptic disasters, urban fantasy. Split up, and trouble strikes from every direction. Together, and the world faces annihilation.] (The animated series adaptation is now available.) The team’s main mission: save the world. Hidden achievement: elbow-check the world. Code of conduct: As long as we elbow-check fast enough, disaster will always be one step behind us! People around the world: Thanks to the Daxia Squad for the elbow-check survival kit. We refuse deliver 204.2kReads9.4Score33.3kShelves
34. 34 开 A Whole School of Unhinged Clan Members from the Start 开局得到一整个学校的疯批族人 Blooming Bauhinia绽放的紫荆Mystery600k WordsOngoing [Everyone transmigrates + role-playing + Zhang Clan + building a clan + Qilin blood + forbidden-zone livestreams + female-oriented + no romance] The rating hasn’t been up for long, so it’s still low, okay? More than seven thousand students and faculty from Nancheng University transmigrate together. Is this the corruption of morality or the collapse of human nature? Forbidden-zone livestreams of all kinds suddenly appear around the world, revealing hidden clans that have endured for thousands of 38.4kReads8.7Score4.7kShelves
35. 35 T Their Delayed Confession TA的延迟告白 Zhou Dai舟黛Modern Romance273k WordsCompleted [Clear-headed, driven, and resolute heroine x cool, rational, and devoted hero] [Transmigrate into a book + campus setting + breaking prejudice + slow-burn romance + reunion after years apart + happy ending] * Yu Ran transmigrated into an old-school campus Mary Sue novel and became the vicious female character's lackey. She went along with things on the surface but slacked off completely. Desperate to return to reality, she treated the characters as tools, and finally succeeded in offending ever 7kReads9.2Score826Shelves
36. 36 小 The Mute Girl Is Easy to Bully? She's Got a Whole Army of Powerful People Behind Her 小哑巴好欺负？她身后全是大佬 Night-Going Wandering Woman夜行游女Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted One more thing: [All male characters are virgins] She somehow winds up in a futuristic interstellar world, where she becomes the supervisor of a Black Tower prison block. At first, Su Jing is confused and uneasy. All she wants is a safe place to shelter from the elements, so she diligently does her job. Even though the dangerous sentinels in the Black Tower are all a little off. One is always sinister, just like his spirit companion. Every word of his conceals a threat, and he seems ready to bit 7kReads7.9Score801Shelves
37. 37 国 National Fate: Playing the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Huaxia Ascends! 国运：扮演齐天大圣，华夏飞升！ Xi Ziyan希子妍Modern Romance481k WordsCompleted Just got a rating, and it’s going up! [National Destiny Survival + Divine Games + Ensemble Cast + Patriotism + Feel-Good No Romance] Sheng Xia awakens the talent [Too Deep in Character] and decides to play Sun Wukong! She thought she’d be able to keep her head down and survive in peace, but… An S-class giant beast blocks her way? Sheng Xia twirls her staff, hoping to scare the monster off. Instead, her Great Sage affinity skyrockets, and one swing of her staff splits the giant beast and the moun 6.9kReads8.9Score1.9kShelves
38. 38 女 Dormitory Survival: Coasting to Victory on the Infinite Train 女寝求生，无限列车躺赢 Dongyufang东鱼坊Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.9M WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow]+ [Four-person ensemble]+ [No romance]+ [Superpowers]+ [Farming and building]+ [Lighthearted comedy] The Apocalypse is here, and you've boarded the last train out... With the end of the world looming over Blue Star, four roommates from Women's Dorm 502 end up aboard the Infinite Train, forced to take part in an Apocalyptic journey with an unknown final stop. After awakening their Superpowers one by one through beginner scenarios, they form an incredible team: assassin + archer + s 36.2kReads8.8Score6kShelves
39. 39 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

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    The female lead in this book is a half-demon (mermaid). Both the male and female leads are powerful and peerless geniuses. The story features a small ensemble cast: "Looking across the entire land, only he is worthy of me." "Looking across the entire land, who is more worthy of you than me!"

40. 40 星 Interstellar Campus: The Five-Person Team Charges Ahead 星际校园：五人小队向前冲 I Refuse to Flop, Starting with Myself拒绝扑街从我做起Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Military academy + mecha + no romance + coming of age + ensemble cast + light humor + five-person team + strong team spirit] For the first seventeen years of her life, Jiang Lin's goal was to get into Mingde's mechanical engineering department and become a highly paid mecha engineer. But an unexpected turn of events sent her to Dawn Military Academy and set her on the path to becoming an elite solo fighter. Inter-academy tournaments, live-fire drills, interstellar battles... Years later, five s 63.1kReads9.5Score7.2kShelves

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    The first book is an interstellar ensemble piece, the female lead is strong on her own, it's good, no romantic pairing, and she's cool 😎 The second book is a cultivation world ensemble piece, the female lead really focuses on scheming in the later stages.

41. 41 什 So What If I Lack Morals? I’m Already Number One in All of Jiuzhou 什么仙道天道？呵！我修的是杀道 Jiang Xiaoyan姜小言Ancient Romance3.4M WordsOngoing [Print edition out September 12 + refuses to look back + satisfying growth story + ensemble cast] In her past life, Wanwan died at the hands of her master and six senior brothers, pierced through the heart by seven swords and left without a whole body. Her master only loved her little junior sister, and her senior brothers only doted on her. When the little junior sister lost her Golden Core, they dug out Wanwan's to replace it. When the little junior sister was wronged, Ye Wanwan was made to su 156kReads9.4Score12.5kShelves
42. 42 论 How a Fish Conquers the Sick Villain in an Infinite-Flow World 论一条鱼如何攻略无限流病娇反派 Qi Guang祁光Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Sunny, quirky heroine + yandere villain hero + chasing-wife-to-the-crematorium + infinite worlds] Yu Youyou is pulled into a novel that has gone off the rails. The second male lead, who was supposed to fall in love with the heroine, kills both the male and female leads and destroys the world. Yu Youyou: “So the second male lead is a dragon, and I’m the knight protecting the leads?” System: “No, you’re not a knight. You’re a powerless, foolish cannon-fodder character who causes trouble at every 19.2kReads9.5Score3kShelves

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    These are ensemble pieces, and they're truly excellent. The first book features a deity who seems to know nothing yet understands everything, appearing naive yet possessing the coldness and compassion of a god. The second book—don't be fooled by the title—is more than just a story of a fake heiress's awakening; the heroine's awakening is all orchestrated by her future self!! She also redeems a family of geniuses with some flaws, and the real heiress, the most amazing one of them all!!! You absolutely must read it; the author's writing is superb!!

43. 43 就 Even as a Fake Heiress, I’ll Still Daringly Embrace Doing Nothing 就算是假千金也要勇敢摆烂 Ji Furan纪扶染Modern Romance659k WordsCompleted [Print edition launching across all platforms on August 9, 2025] When Shen Yue was twelve, she accidentally fell into a pond while feeding the fish. That was when she learned the truth: her parents weren’t her real parents, and her five older brothers weren’t really her brothers. She was the Mu family’s fake heiress! Faced with a future where she was destined to lose everything, Shen Yue decided to get ahead… by lying down. If she was going to lose it all anyway, she might as well lie back and 117.8kReads9.6Score13.7kShelves
44. 44 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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    ① A micro-ensemble piece, featuring "seven first-place winners from that year's gathering of heroes"—everyone is intelligent, it has a happy ending but a melancholic undertone. ② A micro-ensemble piece, the female lead is incredibly strong, the premise is novel. ③ A slight ensemble piece, but what's most touching is the unity of the entire clan in resisting foreign enemies when disaster strikes.

45. 45 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
46. 46 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
47. 47 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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    A group portrait? You mean? A group of spirited young men, always playing together, but she, gentle as water, sacrificed herself to save the world. After that, Sister Feng Aotian frantically increased her strength, creating her own Demon-Slaying Sword Technique, almost slaughtering all the evil spirits in the six realms. The little black dragon who followed her around shouting "Master!" Went mad in alchemy, becoming the first Alchemy Saint of the Dragon Clan. The rebellious young sect leader who used to cling to her with his round, smiling eyes and never go home, returned to the sect and became silent and reliable. The honest, dark-skinned body cultivator turned to demonism and became the ruler of the Demon Realm. After her death, everyone became famous in the six realms, but they were never as happy as before. Countless figures resembling her appeared in the six realms, but none of them were her.

48. 48 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 2.9kReads9.1Score340Shelves

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    This ensemble piece [sending heart] tells the story of a female protagonist who decides to stop being number one and simply enjoy life. This attracts a group of eccentric leaders [laughing and crying emoji]. The main characters journey together through life, experiencing adventures, getting into trouble, and growing together. It's not mindless or overly sentimental. ❤️❤️❤️

49. 49 咸 A Lazy Fish Cultivates to Godhood Among the Stars 咸鱼在星际修炼成神 The Cat in the Stars星星的猫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse678k WordsOngoing [Ensemble cast + military academy + healing and humor] (The rating just opened, so it’ll go up) “Mortals love the gods, and the gods send their divine messengers to love the mortals.” “But mortals love the gods, not their messengers.” "Epilogue" Song Zhile, an utterly ordinary little prodigy of cultivation in the modern cultivation world, transmigrates to the interstellar age. The good news: There’s plenty of spiritual energy here. The bad news: There are so many toxic solo fans!!! After dis 35.1kReads9.1Score6kShelves

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    Good-looking, one is Western, the other is interstellar literature.

50. 50 只 She Only Wanted to Ascend, but Became Everyone's Beloved 只想飞升的她成了全员白月光 Lord Anmian安眠君Ancient Romance637k WordsCompleted [League competition + no romance + genius-focused story with a touch of ensemble cast + strong heroine] Overnight, Shen Ji transmigrates into a cultivation novel as a cannon-fodder character. By a twist of fate, she awakens a top-tier spirit root and joins the worst sect. Who would’ve guessed every member of the sect is a tragic, powerful foil? The sect leader defected, the senior disciple’s damaged spirit root left him a cripple, and the sweet, naive one turned into a smiling snake. The second 665Reads8.7Score145Shelves

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    [Genius Flow + Mini-Ensemble + Four Main Characters + Transmigration + Satisfying Read] Shen Ji: Dual cultivator of talismans and swords, every strike a critical hit, top damage output, "Only the dead know the name of my sword." Shi Jianshu: A weapon cultivator with innate sword bones, an encyclopedia who wants to die, a rose with thorns. "Hanging yourself off today? No." Li Jixing: A seemingly innocent but actually cunning cook, a spiritual cultivator, but a walking weapon master, "I can't fight, but your head will fall to the ground in three seconds." Sheng Xi: A young master from a wealthy family, skilled at giving enemies a sweet smile while snapping their necks, a pill cultivator who hits hard. "I swear, he was already lying on the ground before I arrived."

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