Looking for a Female-Oriented Historical Cultivation Story With No Romance, a Cannon-Fodder Everyman Protagonist, and No System 求女频文无CP，炮灰路人甲，无系统，古言修仙

1. 1 炮 A Cannon Fodder Cultivator: She Kicks the Protagonist Aside and Takes the Throne 炮灰修仙，她踹翻主角自己上位 Pipi Loves Tangerines爱吃橘子的皮皮Ancient Romance537k WordsCompleted [Cultivation + no romance + growing female lead] Jiang Yu is a cannon-fodder character who transmigrated into a cultivation novel. After dutifully completing her part in the plot, she immediately makes a run for it. But then she gets dragged into the battle between the heroine and the supporting female characters. After nearly dying several times, Jiang Yu has had enough. She's going to seize every opportunity from them and claim the top spot. Heroines, supporting characters, all of you can get 3.7kReads9.0Score30914d adds

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   No romantic pairing; the female lead's goal is to survive and make money. She then defeats both main characters.

2. 2 穿 A Minor Character Transmigrates into a Book and Cultivates Immortality 穿书路人甲修仙中 Yaoling曜灵Ancient Romance789k WordsOngoing The rating just came out, so it will gradually rise [No male lead, though one character has unrequited feelings; neither a universally adored heroine nor an over-the-top power fantasy] [Traditional cultivation] [Leans toward an ensemble cast (after around 100 chapters)] [Slow-paced] Luo Qingshang was born into the world of cultivation, and only after entering a sect did she realize that she had become a cannon-fodder character who never appeared on-page in a male-lead-centered novel, existing on 1.3kReads8.9Score10014d adds

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   It's incredibly good! I even think this book is on par with the best I could ever hope to read! 🤭

3. 3 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 217.1kReads9.6Score24.3k14d adds

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   A good and enjoyable novel to read 🥰🥰🥰🥰

4. 4 签 After a Hundred Years of Sign-Ins, Her Laid-Back Secret Identity Was Exposed 签到一百年，她的咸鱼马甲被爆了 Chilled Honeydew冰镇蜜瓜Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a fantasy world, Dan Yao was assigned to grow flowers in Hundred Flowers Valley because of her poor aptitude. Just then, the Lazy Sign-In System activated. As long as she signed in anywhere with spiritual energy, she would receive a reward. Signing in at Hundred Flowers Valley earned her the Seven-Star Sword Art. Signing in at Tianshu Peak earned her the Hundred Flowers Codex. Signing in at the forbidden grounds behind the mountain earned her the ancient divine weapon S 10.8kReads8.8Score1.2k14d adds
5. 5 我 My Comprehension Is Off the Charts 我的悟性好到爆 White Bones, Ashen Gray白骨青灰Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Su Tong transmigrated to a fantasy continent, where the obscure cultivation techniques turned out to be written in Chinese. From then on, a young man with astonishing comprehension emerged in the Ask Heaven Continent. Su Tong could speak the language left behind by ancient deities as easily as if it were his native tongue. He could master any cultivation method or spiritual skill at a glance. Bottlenecks and barriers to cultivation no longer stood in his way as he surged ever onward. Until one d 811Reads8.4Score70014d adds
6. 6 修 A Nobody on the Road to Immortality: Even If I Want Eternal Life, I Have to Keep My Life Safe! 修仙路人甲，长生也要苟住小命！ Yaya Loves Lemon Tea伢伢爱喝柠檬茶Ancient Romance479k WordsCompleted (Immortality + passerby character + master of playing it safe + NPC in a cultivation novel + heroine as a vessel for good luck + slow burn + not a sword cultivator + heroine and supporting characters grow over time) Qing Xue is a mere passerby, and she was abandoned as soon as she transmigrated. Luckily, a ghost found her and raised her. But she never expected that the fearsome ghost aunt she’d been longing to meet was actually the heroine’s biggest cannon-fodder older sister! And Qing Xue herse 425Reads7.1Score—14d adds

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   Qingxue was just a random passerby, abandoned right after transmigrating. Luckily, she was taken in and raised by a ghost. However, she never expected that her beloved vengeful aunt would turn out to be the female lead's biggest cannon fodder sister! And she was merely a plot device in a novel, where the female lead ascended to immortality by stepping on the blood and flesh of others, ultimately causing her aunt's soul to be scattered? Qingxue, on the verge of death, sat up in shock – the random passerby was actually herself? But something was different. The golden finger the female lead wanted was in her possession, her aunt's soul bone was in her possession, even the good fortune her aunt stole from the female lead was in her possession!!! She was also the one lacking in destiny. Since that was the case, she would steal their golden fingers, quietly be the sixth one, and secretly help her aunt from behind the scenes. How wonderful! (Reading Guide: The female lead is very cautious, the story is heartwarming and slice-of-life, she treats her aunt very well, and the two pamper each other! 🍉🍉🍉)

7. 7 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 64.8kReads9.4Score8.5k14d adds
8. 8 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 251.1kReads9.6Score25.1k14d adds

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   These two lighthearted and humorous cultivation novels are quite different: In the first one, the junior sister is a crybaby, but her sword can destroy the heavens and the earth. In the second one, the junior sister saves the entire sect by simply giving up; she seems to enjoy doing nothing, but she's actually quite powerful.

9. 9 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 181.6kReads9.5Score23.4k14d adds
10. 10 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 14.8kReads9.2Score1.8k14d adds
11. 11 抱 She Was Returned to Her Sect by Mistake, Only to Freeze to Death 抱错被接回宗门，她却被活活冻死 Nan Yunzhu南云珠Ancient Romance717k WordsCompleted [Everyday life + farming and cultivation + healing + not a strong female lead] In her previous life, Wen Zhizhi was switched at birth and eventually returned to her real family. She poured her heart and soul into her first half of life, only to freeze to death on a snowy night while everyone in her sect doted on the impostor and rejected the real heiress. Reborn at the age of seven, she decisively left them behind. But she had barely escaped the deadly cave of the blind before she was picked up 17.5kReads9.5Score2.9k14d adds
12. 12 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 8.7kReads9.1Score1.2k14d adds
13. 13 穿 I Transmigrated Into a Book as the Villainous Ancestor, and My Junior Sister Gave Up on Me 穿书成反派老祖，师妹弃疗了 Ben Zhijie本止戒Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Qin Yuan, courtesy name Yanwan. You can tell from the name alone that this was a child nobody liked from the moment she was born. And... reality was exactly the same! There was no twist! The X-novel writer stared in despair at the reflection in the pool: a white-haired girl with scarlet eyes... That's right, she had transmigrated into a book, into the fantasy world of a novel she'd written called The Lost Immortal. Everyone except the protagonist met a bad end! The "lost" in The Lost Immortal me 23.6kReads9.5Score3.5k14d adds

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    That old Jin inside is definitely not a system—it's super, super good!!!

14. 14 穿 Transmigrated as a Senior Sister, I Go Full Crazy; My Junior Sister Plays the Victim, and I Put on an Act 穿成师姐当疯批，师妹卖惨我装哔 Yi A Ya一啊鸭Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted I’m the most high-risk senior sister in a cultivation clan. I spent seventy years working hard at sword practice, only for a junior sister with a beloved-by-everyone System to appear and skewer me in one blow. Her System needed to steal my good fortune, so all she had to do was crook a finger and my fellow disciples became her devoted lackeys, isolating me. I discovered she was in contact with the Demon King. My master and the Demon Venerable thought I talked too much, so they had her strangle m 3.7kReads8.8Score49614d adds

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    I'll keep it short, but it's a long story. There's no romantic pairing, but there might be many unrequited love interests, though the female lead is definitely straight. Plus, she's a demon lord whose cultivation isn't sealed, so she can get back at anyone she doesn't like. In short, it's exhilarating.

15. 15 师 After My Master Gave Up, the Entire Sect Became Invincible 师尊摆烂后，全宗门都无敌了 If the Sky Is Clear若是晴空Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Laid-Back Heroine + Everyone Else Works Themselves to the Bone + Ensemble Cast + No CP] Mu Shiyue worked herself to the bone for two lifetimes, only to be struck by lightning while undergoing tribulation. Reborn, she becomes the master of Wanxuan Sect, a small and impoverished sect. The sect may be poor, but her six disciples are good-looking, sweet-spoken, and great at getting things done. She absolutely adores them! She has her disciples train hard: one can make medicine, another can forge ma 5.3kReads9.2Score60814d adds

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    The female lead is a laid-back character, there's no romantic pairing. After living two lives, she's struck by lightning and transmigrates into the body of a sect's master, beginning her laid-back life and the lives of six interesting disciples. 🤭

16. 16 重 Reborn from the Grave, My Disciples Have All Become Demon Emperors 重生爬出坟，弟子竟都成魔修大帝 What a Big Fish, Yu Yu好大一头鱼于鱼Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted My name is Lin Yao. I was the top player in the game Spirit Ruins, with countless accounts and a place in the top ten of the combat rankings. I claimed the top nine spots, and ranked first on the treasure-hunting list, the longevity list, and the sect list... But one day, Spirit Ruins suddenly shut down. Then, many years later, I somehow transmigrated into its world and heard a woman's voice. [Welcome back, Lin Yao] [Save files merged. Previous identities detected: Hidden Lord of Ten Thousand Ar 6.1kReads8.1Score85614d adds

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    😜Here are two hilarious cultivation novels: First, the junior sister, though often a crybaby 😢, possesses earth-shattering power when she draws her sword, capable of changing the very fabric of the world with a single strike; second, the junior sister saves the entire sect by casually slacking off 😴, and surprisingly, her strength is quite formidable despite her seemingly nonchalant attitude! 👍

17. 17 裙 The Minister Beneath Her Skirt 裙上臣 Gong Xi, May I Strike It Rich龚喜我发财Two Female Leads1.6M WordsCompleted [Two female leads + reborn + one-on-one romance + no male lead + sweet romance + both heroines speak their minds and have their wits about them] (This story is set in a fictional world. If you insist on asking what era it’s based on, let’s say a little further on from the Jin dynasties. This Liang is not the historical Liang.) In her previous life, while serving as empress, Xie Fengyi repressed and restrained her deep love for Xiao Changning, the Grand Princess who safeguarded the nation. Years 4.9kReads9.5Score70714d adds
18. 18 穷 Raising a Paper-Doll Divine Lord on a Shoestring to Reach the Peak of Beast-Taming 穷养纸片神君，走上驭兽巅峰 All Intentions Rise with the Wind万意随风起Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Cultivation novel! Transmigrate into a book as a supporting female character + ice-and-wood spiritual roots + sword cultivator + System + character growth + no saintly heroine + cute spirit beasts + no romance] After transmigrating into a fantasy novel, Meng Chan becomes a minor cannon-fodder character on the Dragon Protagonist's path to enlightenment. Things go wrong from the start: her father ignores her, her older cousin bullies her, and her stepmother poisons her… Meng Chan clings to h 292Reads8.6Score—14d adds

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    I hope your novel becomes a hit!! Zun Du is so good!! It's been a long time since I've read a story where the female lead levels up by fighting monsters all by herself. Meng Chan perseveres step by step in adversity, and all her hardships and efforts lead to her becoming a goddess. She deserves it all, sob sob. Your writing is so good, you're incredibly talented! I glanced at the comments and it seems to be a re-update. Although it was rushed, you still gave Meng Chan an ending. Thank you, author! The ending is great; it's a new beginning and a perfect ending to her journey. I'm so happy that meeting her fans means she's no longer alone...

19. 19 辰 The Celestial Consort Who Captivated the World, Cherished by Prince Chen 辰王独宠，逆天仙妃倾天下！ Han Ziyu寒紫玉Ancient Romance416k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + cultivation + reborn + pocket dimension + devoted couple] I was undergoing a tribulation, and somehow it made me transmigrate! Old man, you want to take me as your disciple? Did I agree to that? Sixteen years later, my master forcibly drove me down the mountain! My master said I had to resolve my worldly ties before I could follow the Great Dao. My father, the prime minister, forced me to take someone else's place in marriage, to a crippled God of War prince! The man is devili 4.9kReads8.8Score49014d adds

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