Sound-Based Powers, Preferably Playing the Pipa or Guzheng, and No CP, Just a Female or Male Lead 音系异能弹一首好琵琶古筝类最好无CP只有女/男主

1. 1 少 The Blood of Youth: One Last Song to Rule the Martial World 少年歌行：一曲绝响镇江湖 Who Is This?何人哉Anime Fanfiction209k WordsCompleted Chen Sheng unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of The Blood of Youth. His life is miserable: his family is gone, and he has no choice but to make a living performing on the streets. He inherits Yu Qingjue, one of the two legendary Heavenly Echoes. As he travels the land, his power gradually rises to the very peak of the martial world. Sign in at Snowfall Manor and obtain the Fuxi Divine Heavenly Echo’s first movement: Great Sound Has No Voice. Sign in at a dilapidated temple and obtain fiv 4.6kReads8.8Score277Shelves
2. 2 女 The Supporting Actress Cultivates Immortality: I Only Want to Be a Music Cultivator 女配修仙：我只想做个音修 Seven Parts Moonlight七分明月Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Music cultivator + xiao, guqin, flute, konghou + strong heroine + progression fantasy + water and wood spiritual roots] Cultivation stages: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul… The heroine is the most beautiful. She starts out with a low cultivation level and has to grow step by step. It’s a satisfying power fantasy, but not a mindless one. In the twenty-fifth century, musician Lin Yin transmigrates into a novel titled The Beloved True Heiress Is Also the Cultivatio 5.3kReads8.9Score580Shelves

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   I've been watching this recently. The female lead was a famous modern musician in her past life, but after an accident, she transmigrated to the world of cultivation, becoming a cannon fodder character (a character who acts as a countermeasure to the main female lead). She tries to change her fate and restore her destiny. She can use any musical instrument she wants. It's a strong female lead story.

3. 3 顶 A Top-Tier Clan! My Music-Type Powers Make Me a God? I'll Wipe Out the Other Races! 顶级世家！我音系成神？灭异族！ San Dian Shui Ti三点水替Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [Invincible Protagonist + Genius Protagonist + Power Progression + Top-Tier Family Background + High Martial Arts + Music-Based Powers + Genius Ensemble + Comedy] An alien invasion threatens the Great Xia human race, which has fought for 300 years without being wiped out. Humanity awakens, producing all kinds of superpowered warriors who develop skills across a variety of schools. The world has its own unique rules, and the protagonist has female teammates. This is no ordinary story. Chen Xiyin' 19.5kReads8.6Score2.1kShelves
4. 4 还 I Have Three Months Left to Live, So Let Me Die in Peace 还剩三个月命，请让我从容赴死 Reclining in the North高卧北Urban169k WordsCompleted From childhood onward, Zhuang Zi'ang was the kind of kid everyone called “the child other parents wish they had”: a model student every year and always first in his class. But after his parents divorced and his father started a new family, he became a child neither parent loved. At just eighteen, Zhuang Zi'ang is diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only three months to live. With his final three months, he decides to let out his rebellious, wild side and be truly himself for once. While 166.5kReads9.8Score19.1kShelves

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   This book features a female protagonist who is a musical genius; she can master opera, the zither, and singing after just one listen (don't be fooled by the title).

5. 5 全 The All-Around Musician 全能音师 Wen Ziwen温子文Sports1.8M WordsCompleted [Content warning: Not a female-led power fantasy + multiple perspectives to a minor degree + romance (subtle) + both sweet and toxic moments] Luo Xiaoyin only wanted to be an ordinary life-class worker and lead an ordinary life. But after she chose what she thought was the easiest profession, her ordinary life was gone for good. As she became more involved in the game battlefield where the myriad races vied for supremacy, the fighting spirit in her bones was awakened. When she met Wu Xiaoruo, wh 4.1kReads9.0Score438Shelves
6. 6 我 I Took the Cultivation World by Storm with Su Embroidery 我靠苏绣火遍修仙界 Towering Banyan Tree参天榕树Ancient Romance318k WordsOngoing Shen Qinghe, an inheritor of Suzhou embroidery, transmigrated to the Xuan Yuan Continent after an earthquake. The moment she opened her eyes, she obtained the peerless secret manual of the Immortal Water Palace. Perfect! With divine skills in hand, she has nothing to worry about! Watch her thrive on this unfamiliar continent! What? These exquisite embroidered works actually have all sorts of magical effects? Suzhou embroidery made a powerful entrance into the Cultivation world, leaving a host of 48Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The female protagonist is a successor of Suzhou embroidery, and her weapon is the Blood-Weeping Pipa, one of the divine artifacts.

7. 7 白 The White Moonlight Cultivates Immortality: She Kills the Male Lead to Prove Her Ruthless Dao 白月光修仙：她杀男主证无情道 Yi Yi咿伊Ancient Romance543k WordsCompleted [No CP + strong female lead + the white moonlight from a harem novel awakens + zither cultivator] Only after she died did Lu Fuyue learn that she was merely the male lead’s ill-fated fiancée and white moonlight in a harem novel written for a male lead. The cruel irony was that she died because he chose another woman at a moment of danger. Yet after her death, Mo Qianci regretted it and frantically searched for traces of her in all the women he met. Reborn, Lu Fuyue returned to the moment before 1.7kReads8.6Score213Shelves
8. 8 清 The Cool-Hearted Music Cultivator Swings Her Sword and Silences the Entire Cultivation World 清冷乐修一挥剑，反手沉默修仙界 Shen Zhanxing沈占星Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Romance pairing, one-on-one, happy ending, both physically and emotionally faithful, equally powerful] [Statement: This is 100% original. I started writing it on April 1, 2023! Stop copying my opening and stealing my ideas. Have you no shame?] Cool and aloof, perfunctory junior sister × unpredictable half-demon senior brother A genius musician dies during a concert tour and, after death, transmigrates into a book, becoming the cannon-fodder second female lead in a Mary Sue cultivation romance. 5.5kReads9.1Score766Shelves

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   You can take a look at the audio editing.

9. 9 全 The Global Creator 全球创作家 The One Who Holds the Brush执笔之人Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [No System + Pure Wish Fulfillment + No Angsty Plotlines] After enduring trials across dozens of worlds and mastering every skill, Lu Xun was on his way back to Earth when he stumbled into Blue Star and unexpectedly became a composer. Composing music came naturally to him. Acting was a piece of cake. Writing books was effortless. Playing the piano was no big deal. Fortune-telling, though, was the real deal! He made the legendary superstar. He turned him into a celebrated movie emperor. If he 34.2kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves

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   🥰The music starts, and I'm beaming with pride 😏 I wonder if you guys feel the same way I do when reading these kinds of posts—laughing and feeling proud all at the same time, even searching for the song on Kugou Music and humming along 😏 If so, give this a like! [Winking face][winking face][follow me][follow me][follow me]

10. 10 大 Three Thousand Great Daos, Playing the Zither to Become an Immortal 大道三千，抚琴为仙 No Wind Without Rain不有风兼雨Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Traditional cultivation + no romance, female-led story + strong heroine + not a saint + level-up progression] After disaster struck Zihuang City, its young lord, Sang Zi, was reborn in the Nine Provinces of the lower realm. From then on, her eyes veiled in white silk and a Zihuang zither in hand, she journeyed across the Nine Provinces, seeking the path to immortality and ascending straight into the clouds. Cultivating the Dao and pursuing immortality: a path that defies heaven. Forget the mort 687Reads7.0Score100Shelves

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    ✨️Sound-based✨️ ①The female protagonist is a sound cultivator from the upper realm. When her family fell into ruin and everyone perished, she was reborn in the lower realm as a little girl whose eyes were gouged out and who was murdered by her own clan. After avenging the girl, she goes on to find her own path to enlightenment. ②Because none of the other disciples who entered the sect at the same time participated in morning practice, the female protagonist was too enthusiastic and was chosen by the elders to represent Moon Peak in the personal disciple selection. However, the elders didn't expect this disciple to be so unpredictable!

11. 11 你 You Say Music Cultivators Are Frail, So How Did Junior Sister Become Invincible?! 你说乐修柔弱，师妹怎么无敌了！ Yue Man月漫Ancient Romance981k WordsOngoing [Genius protagonist, practically invincible] Shen Lingsu had planned to focus on her cultivation at her sect's music peak, but her rival suddenly gave up and sent her to the main peak as a personal disciple. Her fellow disciples took Shen Lingsu on a wild ride through the world of personal disciples. They never expected the “gentle and adorable” junior sister to defeat everyone in the cultivation world and turn the Spirit Realm upside down. At first, her rivals were most afraid of her taking out 20.8kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves
12. 12 我 I Became the Galaxy's Top Healing Guide Through Ancient Music 我靠古音乐成为星际第一治愈向导 Three Thousand Lovestruck Entanglements三千痴缠Modern Romance452k WordsCompleted [Sentinel and Guide] Also known as: I Became the Galaxy’s Number One Healing Guide Through Ancient Music Luo Xiaoxiao, a top student and musical prodigy at the Imperial Capital Conservatory, transmigrates to an interstellar age where musical traditions have vanished and women are scarce. She becomes a rare Guide specializing in mental healing. … A piece of ancient music she plays on a whim can ease the headaches caused by Sentinels’ dangerously high mental instability. The children’s song “Two T 5kReads9.2Score573Shelves

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    They're all music-related, and I personally think they're very good.

13. 13 对 The Rival Has Gone Wild! Facing Off Against My Idol at the Top! 对照组杀疯了！与偶像顶峰相见！ Bai Yeqing白夜青Modern Romance391k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + entertainment + power fantasy + showbiz + true and fake heiresses + background-character couple] After transmigrating into the body of the real heiress, Su Teng takes the entertainment world by storm, releasing one hit Huaxia song after another. Day One: Campus folk song, “Lilac” Day Two: Hip-hop, “Drifting Toward the North” Day Three: Inspirational song, “Chapter” Day Four: Rock, “The Train Heads Beyond the Clouds, While My Dreams Find Peace in the Ninth Heaven” Day Five: Love 13.9kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
14. 14 火 Reborn from the Sea of Flames, One Song of Mohe Dance Hall Amazes Everyone 火海重生，一首漠河舞厅惊艳全场 Reckless Fury肆意狂澜Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Showbiz + Entertainment Industry + Singing] Chen An should have become an overnight sensation with one song. But when he wakes up one morning, he discovers that his girlfriend has stolen it. Worse, she sets a huge fire, hoping to leave him trapped inside. She never expects him to be reborn from the flames and awaken the Blue Star Entertainment System. “You’ll pay back everything you owe me, every last bit!” At the auditions, his performance of “Mohe Dance Hall” wows the entire internet and e 13.1kReads8.9Score1kShelves
15. 15 娱 Showbiz: I Became a Healing Professor in the Music Scene 娱乐：我在音乐圈混成治愈系教授 The Crab Who Eats Ice Cream吃雪糕的螃蟹Urban1.0M WordsCompleted In the second year after Lin Yao awakened a System and entered the music industry, major hospitals named him their number-one “healing” spokesperson. Whether you have heart disease or high blood pressure, after listening to Lin Yao’s songs, you’ll pat your chest and say, “That’s so healing!” Lin Yao: “Our chart-topping song for this month’s season is a healing song: ‘Decent.’” Netizens: “Wasn’t it supposed to be healing music?” “I feel depressed after listening to it, sob, sob~” “This is so damn 25.2kReads8.4Score1.6kShelves
16. 16 分 After We Broke Up, I Sang 'Hallucination,' and the Whole Internet Felt Sorry for Me 分手后一首幻听，全网都在心疼我 Listening Idly听闲Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted comedy + no female lead + no System + feel-good power fantasy + daily life + entertainment industry] Gu Fan transmigrates to a parallel world and opens his eyes to find himself lying in a hospital room. It turns out that a few days earlier, the original owner of his body and his girlfriend had been in a car accident. In that moment of danger, his words, “Forget about me. Save my girlfriend first,” moved countless internet users. But when Gu Fan woke up, the first message he receive 26.2kReads9.1Score2.3kShelves
17. 17 娱 Showbiz: One Song, 'Wanjiang,' Recruited by the Nation! 娱乐：一首万疆，被国家征用！ I Love Drinking Xishi Herbal Tea我爱饮西施凉茶Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [Patriotism and singing are the main focus, just as the title suggests. If this isn't your kind of story, please don't click in. Thank you!] Su Bai transmigrates to a parallel world and takes part in his school's arts performance. He unexpectedly awakens a System. To earn more Shock Points, Su Bai decides to sing songs he wrote himself. Then, "Scales of Heaven and Earth" bursts onto the scene, setting the whole venue ablaze. One line, “Roam heaven and earth, seek the dragon's scales; the dragon' —Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 一 One Song Saves a Movie, and Every Song Becomes a Legend 一首歌拯救一部电影，首首封神 Why Is Magic So Powerful?魔法怎么这么灵呀Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Showbiz + No Female Lead + System + Entertainment Industry] Singer Xiao Yan transmigrates to a parallel world and discovers he’s a little-known actor hated by the entire internet. He promptly changes careers. A film adapted from a novel is being boycotted by the original novel’s fans, and it’s due to premiere in three days. Anyone who dares to sing its OST will be attacked. One song takes the film’s advance bookings from three thousand to three million, turning it into a huge hit. The original 11.9kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
19. 19 音 Emperor of Music 音帝 Silent Dream Flute梦笛无声Urban974k WordsOngoing Chu Zheng transmigrates to a world where people can fight with music. Musicians of different ranks wield different powers through the pieces they perform. A proficient musician can play pieces that disturb the mind and sap a person's will. An expert musician can make notes materialize and attack. A music master can turn a performance into sound waves, unleashing the power of gunshots and flashing blades in a mighty torrent. A grandmaster of music can make a performance take physical form, with t 17Reads6.1Score—Shelves
20. 20 全 Global Music Cultivators: A Divine Song from the Start 全球音修：开局一首神曲 Keep Me Company for One Stick陪一根Eastern Fantasy300k WordsCompleted Lin Feng transmigrates to a parallel modern city, only to discover that it resembles Earth in some ways. Lin Feng, a music teacher, has transmigrated to a parallel world where everyone cultivates through music and cultural traditions have been severed. With alien races invading, only music, a language without borders, can serve as a weapon against them. Here, military academies are music conservatories, weapons factories are instrument factories, and people revere the Music Sage Shi Kuang, the Q 134Reads5.3Score—Shelves
21. 21 穿 Dressing as a Girl, One Dance of Paradise Will Set the Crowd Ablaze 穿上女装，一曲极乐净土燃爆全场 A Homebody Who Doesn't Get Fat宅而不肥Urban186k WordsCompleted [Cross-Dressing] [Showbiz] [Lolita] [Meme References] [Green Tea] [Not Serious] [Never Getting Married] Su Yu became a security guard, just as the captain of the "Super Cute" group took ill. After awakening his System, he grabbed the microphone, determined to save the day before it was too late. [Ding! The Host has awakened the System for the first time] [A limited-time gift pack has been issued] [Singing: Max, Dancing: Max] And so, beneath the eyes of an enthralled crowd, Su Yu became the god o 1.5kReads8.7Score107Shelves
22. 22 天 Good Grief! The Heartthrob Idol Is Just Too Good at This! 天！万人迷偶像他太会了！ Charcoal-Grilled Wagyu碳烤肥牛Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted [Dual male leads + boy band + entertainment industry + feel-good and sweet story + lots of creative liberties; readers who prefer rigorous details, beware] Cold, calculating, and flirtatious (bottom) & cool, handsome, direct, and cocky (top) Mi Bai closed his eyes, then opened them to find himself back in the year a talent scout discovered him. By chance, he became bound to the Idol Heartthrob Development System. [Ding! Idol Heartthrob Development System successfully bound! Please choose a direc 15.8kReads9.5Score2.6kShelves
23. 23 御 Beast Taming: My Battle Beasts Are Sweet and Obedient 御兽：我的战兽又乖又软 Catch a Tea抓一只茶Modern Romance558k WordsCompleted [Beast Taming + Suona + Female Lead with No Romance] [If Liang Qi's love-brained behavior bothers you, you can read the extra chapter about her origins first. It should help.] [There are pictures throughout the story. Important: there are snakes and spiders! If you're afraid of them, don't click. The final chapter has a guide to where the pictures appear, so you can check in advance which chapters contain pictures of animals you're afraid of.] A college student sends herself off by playing the s 1.3kReads9.2Score128Shelves

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    The first book features a female protagonist who transmigrates into a weak music cultivator, gradually growing stronger and making the profession appear powerful in the eyes of outsiders. While seemingly cold and indifferent, she possesses strong moral principles and a great sense of compassion. The second book tells the story of a female protagonist whose family suffers a calamity and is reborn into the body of the original owner who was betrayed and died. She rebuilds her skills from scratch, using the zither as her instrument, aiming for the pinnacle of immortality, all for the sake of revenge—whether for the original owner or for herself.

24. 24 一 A Song of Mortal Life That Shook the World 一曲浮生惊天下 Mo Jiukong墨九空Eastern Fantasy246k WordsOngoing A song of fleeting life, a flute that asks the immortals. The age is turbulent, the road to immortality stretches endlessly. Where can the heart find peace? A thousand years ago, a Blood Demon descended from the heavens, feeding on flesh and blood and laying waste to the land. The eight great sacred lands gathered the strongest warriors in the world to protect all living things, spilling blood across mountains and rivers. A thousand years later, the Blood Demon has returned. Who will rise to bea 76Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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    These are all related to music, but the world setting has nothing to do with superpowers. I couldn't find any books like this on my bookshelf [laughs]. The first one has a protagonist with a flute, a cultivation background, and a very youthful feel. The second one I read a long time ago, I don't remember the specific plot, it was a fan fiction. The third one, as you can tell from the title, has a world setting where music reigns supreme. Hope you like them 😊 [learned something]

25. 25 琴 Zither Sovereign 琴尊 A Lie阿猎Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted In this world, spiritual musicians hold a place of unparalleled prestige. A single spiritual musician is a tremendous force. Powerful spiritual musicians can move mountains and fill seas, and one person can stand against a thousand troops. Once, a powerful martial artist used his strength to steal something from a spiritual musician. The musician merely spoke a few words, and countless people rushed to serve him. Within a day, not a single member of the martial artist’s clan survived. The heaven 45Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 叶 Ye Luoli: The Melody of Sound 叶罗丽：音之旋律 Dreamlike Cherry Snow梦幻樱雪Anime Fanfiction477k WordsCompleted Yusheng was once the little princess of the divine realm, but after her Divine Emperor father rejected her, she came to a small world under the pretext of gaining experience. And so Yusheng became the Sound Princess in Ye Luoli, and gained a well-behaved little brother, Yan Jue. She also made seven close friends, and when a strange pearl appeared, the eight of them decided to establish the Spirit Rhinoceros Pavilion. But peaceful days never last. A death fairy from the dark side of the moon came 468Reads8.4Score100Shelves

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    #Who reigns supreme with the pipa and guzheng? I'll smash my head against the wall with the suona!# 💫①Transmigrated into a cultivation novel, becoming a supporting female character. Using her powerful memories, she becomes a music cultivator 🔥With a romantic pairing🥰🥰 💫③The protagonist transmigrates to a cultivation world. After joining a sect, she finds cultivation arduous and drawing talismans tiring, so she decides to use her past life's skills to become a music cultivator. Of all the musical instruments, who reigns supreme? With my suona, I'll send you smashing your head against the wall! 😂😂

27. 27 华 The Song of Hua Xu 华胥引 Tang Qi唐七Anime Fanfiction291k WordsCompleted If you could trade your life for a perfect illusion of the past, would you agree? Perhaps you would shake your head, but they said yes. In this story set amid a world in chaos, the Princess of Wei gives her life for her country, then returns from the dead with the help of a mermaid's pearl. When she plays the Huaxu Melody, she can bring the dead back to life and restore flesh to bone, as well as enter dreams and memories. Trading life for a dream, she can only sigh at the joys and sorrows of a f 2.3kReads9.5Score817Shelves

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    🍁Purple Phoenix City suffered a calamity, and the young city lord was reborn in the mortal realm of the Nine Provinces. From then on, her eyes were covered with white silk, and she carried the Purple Phoenix Zither, traversing the Nine Provinces, seeking the path to immortality, and ascending straight to the clouds. 🍁🍁The heroine carries her zither, weaving beautiful dreams for people's hearts, and they are immersed in the beautiful dreams she weaves, unwilling to wake up.

28. 28 长 Longevity: A Thousand Autumns and Ten Thousand Years Begin with Playing the Lute to a Cow 长生：千秋万载从对牛弹琴开始 Sleeping Cat熟睡的猫Eastern Fantasy556k WordsOngoing [Longevity] [Lighthearted] [Everyday Life] [No Angst] [No Female Lead] [Keeps a Low Profile Early On] The Longevity Score plays the melody of Longevity. One gains it, and ten thousand bones perish! Yun Qiancheng unexpectedly transmigrates to a fantasy world, where he also finds a Longevity Zither in his hands. Playing it grants him additional years of life. Later, he obtains the legendary Longevity Score, which lets him drain his enemies' lifespans and learn all kinds of techniques simply by pla 2.3kReads8.6Score492Shelves
29. 29 异 Otherworldly Music Cultivation System 异界音修系统 Shanhai Nianyi山海念一Eastern Fantasy353k WordsOngoing (Also known as: Spiritual Qi Revival: Playing Chinese Classics in the Cultivation World; The Otherworldly Music Cultivator System) [System + Strength + Genius + One Heroine + Musical Illusions] Su Yu transmigrated to the Tianlan Continent, awakened an exceptional divine spirit root, and activated the Music Cultivator System. With Chinese classics such as “Breaking the Formation,” “Xi,” and “Wild Geese Descending on the Sandbank” as System rewards, watch Su Yu turn a guqin and a suona into skil 2Reads8.0Score—Shelves
30. 30 古 A Pure Guqin Melody, Contracting an S-Rank Frost Queen 古琴一曲不染，契约s级冰霜女王 Ode to the Orange Tree橘颂Urban109k WordsOngoing Su Ye transmigrates to another world where music is revered. He creates moving music, cultivates the power of musical origins, and becomes a musician admired by millions. Some human women also evolve into beings known as Warriors. A Source Weapon develops inside each of them, and they can form a contract with a musician, who draws the weapon from within her. The two then wield it together. One performance of "Unstained" wins the contract of the one-in-a-billion S-rank Frost Queen. One performanc 31Reads—Score—Shelves

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    ① Rebirth story, fast-paced. Suitable for those who enjoy listening to music while reading. ② A female protagonist who grows through life. A resilient heroine learning on her own. ③ A story of a woman who is both a scumbag and devoted, a mind-bending read.

31. 31 洪 Honghuang: The Clang of the Zither 洪荒，琴音铮鸣 Starlight Streaming Beneath the Moon星辰月流光Eastern Fantasy121k WordsCompleted I really am doing my best to write this. If it's not good, please don't tear into me. It's an ordinary story with a slow pace. No female lead, one male protagonist, no romance, no harem. I'll do my best not to pad the word count. One more thing: If even I can't stand reading this book, then everyone else should give it a miss. I have some pride, after all. If I could delete it, I would have done so long ago. 49Reads—Score—Shelves

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    🎊✨❶ The male protagonist is a spirit zither master, wielding the zither as his weapon. Born with eight fingers, he possesses extraordinary talent and wields his ancient zither, conquering the world with its nine melodies. One melody shatters mountains and rivers, two melodies collapse heaven and earth, and when the nine melodies end, all ten directions are destroyed… 🎊✨❷ The male protagonist is Fuxi's innate spiritual treasure. As a zither transformed into human form, the zither's music is his weapon… 🥥 Follow @🦌

32. 32 让 I Told You to Learn the Zither, Not Become an Immortal 让你学个琴，你竟然成了仙 Lord Yanzhao燕赵君Eastern Fantasy549k WordsCompleted [Music-based cultivation system + traditional fantasy + no System + no wild ideas] Chen Ruosheng unexpectedly arrived in the cultivation world and somehow joined the struggling Immortal Music Sect. He played a tune from The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, and a demonic giant hailed him as a kindred spirit. He played a song called Invincible in Battle, and the gang bosses bowed before him. “Left hand holds the earth, right hand holds the sky; the lines on my palm split into lightning in all directions.” 405Reads7.9Score—Shelves
33. 33 穿 Transmigrating Across the Stars: Master of Sound and Medicine 穿越星际之音药大师 He Keyan何可言Modern Romance520k WordsCompleted The odds of Xu Jinglin meeting Xiao Jiu, a silicon-based life-form from a Level 7 cosmic civilization, were practically zero. Yet they met. The odds of Xu Jinglin falling in love with General Mu Yuan of a Level 3 interstellar civilization were practically zero. Yet they fell in love. The odds of Xu Jinglin and Jian Qianyue, head of the federation of a Level 3 interstellar civilization, staying together in the end were 3%. The actual result, however, was 0%. The odds of Xu Jinglin and Xu Siqi, of 76Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    These are all related to music. The first book is a modern-day time-travel story where the female protagonist is a musical genius who plays instruments such as the guzheng, pipa, bone flute, and bone whistle. The second book is about a female protagonist who uses music to heal her mental ailments.

34. 34 人 The Finest Flavor in This World Is Serenity. If I Don't Cultivate Immortality, Who Will? 人间至味是清欢，我不修仙谁修仙 Mischievous and Cunning刁钻古怪Ancient Romance515k WordsCompleted [Spatial Dimension + All-Element Chaos Spiritual Root + Transmigrate into a Book + Sword and Music Dual Cultivation + Face-Slapping the Original Male Lead + Traditional Cultivation Novel] The desert sands are like snow, and the moon over the Yan Mountains is like a hook. Mo Xuesi was the name her grandfather gave her after finding her on the edge of the desert. Mo Xuesi grows up in this little mountain village, and by the time she’s eight, she’s convinced she has transmigrated into a farming nov 3.1kReads8.9Score323Shelves
35. 35 沙 My Hilarious Junior Sister Is a Laid-Back Cultivator 沙雕师妹咸鱼修仙 Fu Yiling傅衣凌Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Xianxia + comedy + immortal cultivation + suona] Yun Qiqi spent her whole life as a happy slacker in the modern world. She never expected that after dying, she'd transmigrate to an immortal cultivation world where everyone was a workaholic. But she still refused to work! When choosing a master, Yun Qiqi thought it over for a long time. Sword cultivators worked too hard and had no money. Talisman cultivators drew talismans all day, and she couldn't even write properly, let alone draw talismans. 30.5kReads9.2Score3kShelves
36. 36 我 I Follow the Path of the Music Cultivator, Fellow Daoist, Long Time No See 我为音修之道友别来无恙 Plum Blossoms Stir Before the Snowy Spring梅动雪前春Ancient Romance1.2M WordsOngoing Gu Liusang never properly studied music and can’t carry a tune. Yet she becomes a music cultivator, forging an unconventional path to immortality. She’ll show you what it means for silence to speak louder than words. 62Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 37 师 My Junior Sister Played the Suona All Night, Sending Off Everyone in the Sect 师妹唢呐吹半宿，宗门上下齐送走 Qing Mubai卿慕白Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + romantic rivalry + beloved by all + goofy comedy + sweet romance] While everyone else transmigrates into a book and slaughters their way through it, Lin Xuan is a supporting actress who has to make room in the courtyard for a dog. She grabs her former senior brother's chamber pot and flees in the middle of the night. "My new sect master is handsome and graceful, and every one of my senior brothers is virile with a fine backside." The eldest senior brother is the fourt 1.9kReads8.7Score390Shelves
38. 38 灵 Spiritual Qi Revival: I Reincarnated as a Sparrow and Began to Evolve 灵气复苏：转生麻雀的我开始进化 Lush Lotus Blossoms菡萏葳蕤Urban754k WordsCompleted No CP + spiritual qi revival + cultivation + animal evolution + farming The male lead is reincarnated as an animal and begins cultivating and evolving. After reaching Foundation Establishment, the story starts exploring technological development. There is no System, and for now, he will not take human form, always appearing as his true self. The terrain of Blue Star has changed dramatically, and nations have ceased to exist, with various factions carving up the land. Some sects and demons alread 3.4kReads9.0Score265Shelves

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    The weapon is a guqin (a traditional Chinese stringed instrument), it's very beautiful.

39. 39 清 Cold, Untouchable Moonlight? No! I'm the Villain Chosen by Fate 清冷白月光？不！我是天命大反派 A Clear Song by the Pool一曲潭清Ancient Romance578k WordsCompleted [System-driven + villainess protagonist + egoist + top prodigy + near-invincible power fantasy + no romance (no male consorts)] After transmigrating, Nan Xian becomes a fake prodigy used by a top family to save face. She is about to fight the real prodigy. Should she just wait to die? No rush, the System is here to help. [Ding! The Ultimate Villain System is at your service.] [Humiliate your arrogant fiancé and get a divine beast mount as a reward.] Nan Xian: Kill him. Her younger siblings are d 37.6kReads9.5Score6.4kShelves

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    Book Synopsis 🌈🌈 [System + Transmigration + Fated Villain + Egoism + Number One Prodigy + Semi-Invincible + No Romance (No Male Concubines)] Upon transmigrating, Nanxian becomes a fake prodigy used by a top family to save face, about to clash with the real prodigy. Waiting to die? No worries, the system is here to help. [Ding! The Great Villain System is at your service] [Slap your pretentious fiancé in the face, reward: a divine beast mount.] Nanxian: Kill them. Her younger siblings are destined protagonists, destined to oppose her? No, they are her most loyal servants.

40. 40 快 Quick Transmigration: Becoming the Demon Star Who Rules the World with a Pipa 快穿：成为用琵琶驭天下的魔星 Ren Yue Yi Dao仁月一刀Ancient Romance177k WordsCompleted A low-ranking brothel girl transmigrates into the body of a demon princess in another world. She seems to have landed a gorgeous body everyone would kill for, but she’s also stuck cleaning up the messes left by this demon star! And that’s not all. Along the way, she gets caught up in a love-hate relationship with seven or eight gorgeous men… The seemingly peaceful continent is about to be swept up in turmoil, and the five clans, all smiles on the surface, each have their own schemes. On this con 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    ✨🌾🌈Little Zha Zha is here to recommend books!📚🌳 Those who can play the pipa and guzheng🌹 and possess musical abilities rule the world👇 Book 1: A courtesan transforms into a demon princess. In a world where music reigns supreme, it's a piece of cake for me, the courtesan. A battle of Eastern and Western music😁 Let me end this♫(｡·ω·｡)

41. 41 从 Building an Entertainment Empire, Starting with Traditional Chinese Style 从国风开始，打造娱乐帝国 Sha Mo沙默Urban1.2M WordsCompleted In a parallel world, the entertainment industry in Xia Country is more prosperous than ever. Girl groups, variety shows, stand-up comedy, and Western instruments have captured almost all the audience’s attention. Celebrities worship all things foreign, proudly singing songs in other languages and treating collaboration with foreign stars as an honor. Lan Zhan was reborn into this foul, chaotic world. People resist what they don’t understand. This world is heartbreaking. No one has experienced th 221Reads8.2Score—Shelves
42. 42 娱 Showbiz: One Song, “The Pipa Ballad,” Ushers in a Golden Age of Music 娱乐：一首琵琶行开创乐坛盛世 Bright Moon, Open Heart朗月疏怀Urban69k WordsCompleted [School life + showbiz + System + feel-good power fantasy] Ye Ming transmigrates one day into a parallel world, where he becomes a nobody in his final year of high school. With a god-tier System at his fingertips, he rises straight to top-tier stardom. Teacher: “Recite this passage.” Ye Ming: “Recite it? I’ll sing it for you instead!” … Facing one challenge after another, he keeps stunning everyone. A super-student with incredible brainpower… He’s all of that! When everyone doubts him, one perfo 142Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 43 大 The Big Shot Was Reborn and Shook the World 大佬重生后轰动了世界 June Qianqian六月浅浅Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A mighty cultivator from another world was reborn as a pitiful country girl, brought back to a wealthy family. She spent money freely, loved her liquor, and couldn't read a single character. The fake heiress laughed that she wouldn't even get into college. Then, one by one, her secret identities were exposed. A guzheng sensation, a miracle doctor with magical hands, a martial arts prodigy, a top-tier star... The finest universities fought to recruit her. And on top of that, the powerful and ecce 4.5kReads9.2Score513Shelves
44. 44 娱 Showbiz: Blowing Up the Nation with the Suona 娱乐：从唢呐开始轰动全国 Bai Shaowei白少伟Urban637k WordsCompleted Zhang Fan accidentally transmigrates to a parallel world and receives all the knowledge and skills in entertainment and the arts gifted to him by Mother Earth. Faced with the folk music tradition’s gradual decline, Zhang Fan decides to start with the suona and make folk music shine in this world... 128Reads6.8Score—Shelves
45. 45 文 The Showbiz System Has My Back, and I Sing Like a Dream 文娱系统给撑腰，唱起歌来顶呱呱 Ashen Stool板凳灰灰Modern Romance563k WordsCompleted [No romance + plagiarism extraordinaire + System + satisfying power fantasy + invincible heroine] Qin Su transmigrated. In this parallel era, Great Xia was a cultural wasteland. Most of the hit songs on the charts had been imported from other countries. Qin Su was furious! [Ding! Host meets the requirements. The entertainment System has been bound to you!] An entertainment System? He sat bolt upright despite being on his deathbed and shouted, "I can do this!" After hearing the System's condition 2.4kReads7.8Score154Shelves

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    ✨🌾🌈Little Zha Zha is here to recommend books!📚🌳 Whether we can sing or not, it won't stop us from loving to listen!❤️😁 Think of those who can play the guzheng and pipa!😏 Most of the recommendations are for books without a romantic pairing. Finally, I recommend one: A modern-day celebratory musician ➡️ A pipa master in the cultivation world!🤙

46. 46 音 One Performance of “Lanting Xu” at the Music Festival Leaves the Internet Stunned 音乐节上，一曲兰亭序，震惊全网 Dreamwalker Z梦游家ZUrban674k WordsCompleted [No heroine × no romance pairing × System × satisfying power fantasy × showbiz × fictional setting] Qin Ke transmigrated by accident. In his previous life, he was just a lazy artist. But after transmigrating to a parallel Blue Star, everything changed! At a Chinese-style music festival, his performance of “Preface to the Orchid Pavilion” stunned the entire internet and became a global sensation. After that, countless classic works became smash-hit songs when Qin Ke performed them, earning cheers 2.5kReads6.5Score221Shelves
47. 47 巨 The Superstar Making Plan 巨星养成计划 Two Five Eight Seven二五八七Modern Romance386k WordsCompleted (This is a female-audience story!!!) [No romance + boy-band survival show + debuting in the center position + top-tier star] Li Xingchen, a nobody idol from a company with a hundred-and-eight tiers of obscurity, was tricked by his unscrupulous agency into signing a twenty-year “slave contract.” As a result, he missed the survival show that could have changed his life. Reborn, Li Xingchen learned his lesson the hard way. He immediately gathered evidence, broke his contract with the scummy company 2.4kReads9.2Score307Shelves
48. 48 开 System from the Start: Becoming a God of Songwriting in a Parallel World 开局系统：在平行世界做曲神 Hotpot and Sesame Flatbread火锅烧饼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [System + Songwriting + No CP + Slice of Life + Main Story Complete] Bound to an entertainment System from the start, what could Su Xin do? Naturally, she went along with it! With “Hapiness Street” as her first song, Su Xin became a hidden gem of a songwriter in the eyes of artsy girls. Then came “Chase Your Dreams with a Pure Heart,” the perfect inspirational anthem! With “Ten Years,” “Legend,” and “Stranded,” Su Xin became the strongest new songwriter around! “Blue and White Porcelain,” “Red R 7.4kReads8.8Score541Shelves
49. 49 身 Terminally Ill, I Danced My Way Back to Fame in Showbiz 身患绝症，我靠跳舞翻红娱乐圈 YingYing YingYingYing滢Urban251k WordsCompleted [Showbiz] [No Female Lead] [Nontraditional Entertainment Novel] Su Huai, a top classical dancer in Huaguo, transmigrates to a parallel world much like Blue Star after a plane crash. The Su Huai of this parallel world is a minor celebrity with a terminal illness. He is mocked for his awful singing, dancing, and acting, and everyone says he’s an empty-headed know-nothing. Classical dance doesn’t exist here, and traditional folk music and Chinese studies are dismissed as tacky and outdated. After a 1.7kReads9.2Score172Shelves
50. 50 唢 When the Suona Sounds, All Gods Bow 唢呐一响，万神朝拜 Fish of the Little Sea小海的鱼Urban333k WordsOngoing This is a world of music and dance. Xu Hao, who transmigrated from the Blue Planet, awakens and masters a lost instrument: the suona. A thousand-year-old pipa, a ten-thousand-year-old zheng, a lifetime spent playing the erhu. When the suona sounds, the story ends. At first, you don't understand the suona's notes; the next time you hear them, you're already in your coffin. Along the road to the underworld, spirits sink into gloom; at the Terrace of Remembrance, they recall their past lives. When 4Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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