Seeking Cultivation Novels About Favored Prodigies: No Rat Race, Good Family Background 求求天之骄子修仙文 不内卷 家世好

1. 51 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 64.8kReads9.4Score8.5kShelves

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   Hehe, enough said, the female lead in this book is truly beautiful and it's worth recommending.

2. 52 你 Why Are You Messing with Her? The Little Junior Sister Has the Heavenly Dao’s Favor 你们惹她干嘛，小师妹有天道宠着 Saving Up for Stickers努力攒钱买贴纸Ancient Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [Print Edition: I Hope You’ll Come in Person] [No Romance, Strong Female Lead] Tian Ning was the long-lost blood descendant of the Wenren family, a prominent clan in the cultivation world. When she was fifteen, they brought her back home. Everyone thought she was just a country bumpkin from the mortal world, nowhere near as good as the fake heiress, Wenren Xue, who had been raised in luxury and treated like royalty. Wenren Xue was exceptionally talented. At a young age, she had successfully form 41kReads9.4Score4.9kShelves

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   🍂The female lead is really cool and stylish, quite beautiful 🥰🥰

3. 53 哇 Wow! My Brother Is the Demon Lord! 哇塞！我的哥哥是魔尊！ Jasmine's Heavenly Heart茉莉的天心Ancient Romance402k WordsCompleted (Reborn in the womb + cherished by everyone + cultivation + fantasy romance + System + powerful backers) [Ding... Master detected absorbing primordial chaos energy. Auxiliary System starting up, 0%... 10%... 50%... 100%] “That scared me to death! I almost died before I was even born, boo-hoo. The baby next to me is awful! It almost sucked me dry, boo-hoo!” That’s right, Lin Hanling was reborn in the womb. In her previous life, she finished reading a cultivation novel, then somehow drifted off to 627Reads6.7Score101Shelves

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   It looks great, trust me.

4. 54 人 In the Cultivation World, My White Moonlight Chooses to Side with the Villain 人在修仙界，白月光选择跟反派混 Durian-Flavored Cheese榴莲味奶酪Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Female lead: slyly keeping a low profile while thinking she's the hunter / Male lead: sweet on the outside, dark within, and willing to be the prey] Gu Nanyan transmigrated into a cultivation novel about a stand-in and was forced to play the supporting role for an entire lifetime. After painstakingly following the plot to the end, she never expected to be reborn in the novel's world. Gu Nanyan: “I really can't thank you enough!” Thinking back on the previous life's plot, she had barely made it 37.2kReads9.1Score5.8kShelves
5. 55 穿 Book Transmigration: The Arrogant Supporting Actress Is Everyone's Darling 穿书：嚣张女配是团宠 Little Yiya小小咿吖Ancient Romance367k WordsCompleted Bai Nianci transmigrated into a book and became a female villain in the cultivation world, one who did whatever she wanted and kept courting death. Born to a prestigious family: She was indifferent to her father's and brothers' affection. Accepted as a disciple by the most powerful cultivator: She remained unmoved and didn't care. Stumbled upon an opportunity during a trial: She scoffed and handed it over. Think she was generous and easygoing? Wrong. She was just an airhead. The heroine ne 582Reads8.7Score101Shelves
6. 56 我 There’s No Way My Husband Is a Sickly Villain 我的夫君不可能是病娇大反派 Nan Xiaoxiao南小小Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance + Both Leads Are Strong + They Dote on Each Other!] When Lu Xingyue started her senior year of high school, a fantasy game set in an ancient world mysteriously appeared on her phone. She started playing because she thought the characters looked lovely. Later, she found an exceptionally handsome young man in the game. She fell in love with a pixel character and married him in a wedding ceremony. Later, as the pressure of the college entrance exams mounted, she chose to give up 8.8kReads9.3Score950Shelves
7. 57 救 I Saved the Villain from Ruin, and Now He’s Fallen to the Dark Side and Pursuing Me Relentlessly 救反派于水火，反派入魔死命追我 Falling Startled Fish落惊鱼Ancient Romance410k WordsCompleted [Main story complete] Dark, obsessive, possessive male lead × quirky, career-focused female lead [Mutual devotion + powerful leads + healing + face-slapping + faked death + dark confinement + from universally hated to universally adored] Su Xun transmigrates into a book and becomes the villainess everyone despises for her many misdeeds. In the original storyline, she constantly makes life difficult for the universally adored heroine. Several of the heroine's admirers take revenge on her, leav 363Reads8.8Score100Shelves

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   This is so beautiful, trust me, woman! 😆😆😆😆

8. 58 修 The Immortal Maiden Praised by the Cultivation World Has No Morals 修仙界交口称赞的仙子她没有道德 Mei Qin Meiyu未亲眉宇Ancient Romance720k WordsOngoing Synopsis: The main story has no CP, with a touch of “everyone loves the heroine.” Don’t be overly pure and proper. There’s some scheming, but not much, so readers looking for a high-IQ, meticulously researched story may want to steer clear. The pacing is on the slow side. A strong heroine, not a doting-wife story, but with a touch of “everyone loves her.” It’s perfectly natural for strength to be attractive. If that bothers you, don’t click in and give me your money. “Putting makeup on your butt 333Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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   The female lead isn't a saint; she never compromises herself in anything she does. Her main focus is on being happy and joyful. She has a system to please herself, but she treats the system as a tool (I think she's quite ambitious; how else could she become the most outstanding person among the elite? As for the male lead, there isn't one).

9. 59 苟 I Can't Keep Laying Low! The Cannon-Fodder Junior Sister Has Caused a Huge Disaster! 苟不住了！炮灰小师妹她翻大车！ Classmate Zhengjia Is Slacking Off Every Day正佳同学每天都在摆烂Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (A silly comedy. The heroine has flaws, and this isn't a story about a powerful female lead. Best read without overthinking. The male lead is undecided and will depend on how the story unfolds.) Jiang Jiu stays up all night gaming, then suddenly dies and transmigrates into the questionable otome game she was playing, as the villainess who is doomed to die on every route. As the cannon-fodder junior apprentice whose Pure Branch Goddess identity is usurped by the heroine, who is betrayed by everyo 1.4kReads8.9Score193Shelves
10. 60 别 While Others Cultivate Immortality, I Cultivate My Fate. Even the Heroine Can't Outlast Me 别人修仙我修命，女主也没我命硬 Knife, Medicine, Pen刀药笔Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration into a book, cultivation, strong female lead, System, fire spiritual root, no romance] Chu Luo transmigrates into a cultivation world and binds herself to a Destiny System, starting off with her luck reduced by 9,999 points. It turns out that she and her twin sister share the fate of twin flowers on a single stem. All of Chu Luo's luck has been drained by her elder sister, the heroine of the original novel. Worse, her own family wants to kill her outright so the heroine can becom 7.6kReads9.3Score941Shelves

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    All is well, but there's no couple.

11. 61 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 664Reads7.0Score100Shelves
12. 62 浮 The Floating Sky Never Falls 浮天不落 Rouge Conch胭脂螺Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted The floating sky never falls; the immortal sect endures forever. This is a story about a genius who lacks for nothing: talent, resources, or powerful connections. There are no brainless villains who show up just to help the protagonist level up, nor is the protagonist a tragic figure who builds a huge harem. Instead, there are all kinds of worldbuilding details the author, a hopeless settings fanatic, just couldn't resist writing, bringing to life my own personal dream of cultivating immortality 38.3kReads8.8Score3.9kShelves
13. 63 我 I Became the Most Popular Person in the Cultivation World by Absorbing Yang Energy 我靠吸阳气成了修仙界万人迷 Beauty Mark甜痣Ancient Romance989k WordsCompleted [Everyone’s darling, multiple male leads, no System, rivalry for the heroine, chaotic love polygon, strong heroine, heartbreaker] Mu Qi was halfway through an experiment when she transmigrated out of nowhere. The moment she arrived in the cultivation world, a broken egg formed a contract with her. To stay alive, she was forced to drain the yang energy of every powerful cultivator in the realm. Any man whose yang energy she drained became too weak to care for himself for a month. Yue You, who 3.6kReads9.2Score515Shelves

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    Hehehe, this is a book I've recommended countless times.

14. 64 为 To Save My Life, I Flirted with Twelve Simps in One Go 为保命，我一口气撩了十二个舔狗 Yunyun Loves Carrots云云爱吃胡萝卜Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Not-So-Serious Cultivation] [Harem Alert] [One Simp, a Thousand Battle Wolves! (Not Really)] After transmigrating into a book, Song Jiuge inherits not only the original protagonist’s abysmal and tragic plotline, but also a golden finger. Ding! Simp System activated! Song Jiuge: I really can’t thank you enough! But wait, let’s take a closer look... What? She can gain cultivation as long as she acts like a simp? Give flowers to the sect’s holy son, cultivation +999. Show concern for the gloomy De 1.4kReads8.4Score210Shelves
15. 65 穿 I Transmigrated into My Master's Body and Doted on My Yandere Disciple 穿成师尊后，我娇养了病娇徒弟 Mighty Little Flat-Chested One威猛小平胸Ancient Romance2.2M WordsCompleted Lanyue transmigrates into a book and becomes a cruel master who treats her disciple as a cultivation furnace, exploiting him without restraint. Fortunately, none of it has happened yet. Lanyue looks at the well-behaved disciple before her, the future Ghost King who will rule the Nine Provinces, and trembles in fear. To avoid the miserable fate of having her soul torn out and her skin flayed, Lanyue does everything she can to please her disciple. As long as she doesn’t spoil him to death, she’ll 15.3kReads9.4Score2.4kShelves
16. 66 修 Cultivation: I Crush My Master's Beloved Muse 修仙：我碾压了师尊的白月光 Zhu Wei烛危Ancient Romance315k WordsCompleted (The male lead is a yandere villain, the heroine is a wicked supporting character. Romance with career-building on the side. Not a traditional cultivation novel, so if you’re here mainly for cultivation, please look elsewhere. Thank you! Mutual healing + everyone’s favorite + character growth + two powerful leads.) For no apparent reason, Yan Ying transmigrates into a cultivation novel and becomes a cannon-fodder disciple of the Guiyun Sect’s leader... What? She has to win over the ultimate vill 1.1kReads8.8Score154Shelves

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    The more you look at it, the better it gets; just watch it!

17. 67 我 I'm the Cannon Fodder Villainess. So What If I Give Up? 我，炮灰女配，摆烂怎么了！ Ink Falling in Nine Layers九重落墨Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Sheng Xi transmigrates into a novel about a heroine adored by everyone, becoming a cannon-fodder supporting character whose only purpose is to serve as a stepping stone for the beloved heroine! Faced with a deadly start, Sheng Xi wisely backs down and heads down the mountain in the middle of the night to find a new sect where she can lie flat. Hmph. Whoever wants to be a stepping stone can do it themselves. Her new sect has simple relationships and no performance reviews. Every one of her se 13.7kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves

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    He's just wasting his time cultivating immortality and doesn't bother with it anymore.

18. 68 仙 The Immortal Lord Is Arrogant, and Crossing Him Could Cost Me My Life 仙君心高气傲，惹我生死难料 It's A Can Can是阿灿灿Ancient Romance313k WordsCompleted [Ancient-Style Quick Transmigration + Everyone Can Read Minds and Eavesdrop on Thoughts + Comeback + Everyone Regrets It Later] Xin Yue died, then came back to life. It turned out she was living in different storybooks. These storybooks had been tailor-made for her. Everything about her played out in the Void Illusion Mirror for the immortals’ amusement. This was what she got for being an ordinary immortal who had the audacity to pine for the Heavenly Emperor. She became the laughingstock of the 7Reads8.2Score—Shelves
19. 69 反 Are All My Villain Disciples Simps? This Lazy Master Is Just Here to Have Fun 反派弟子全舔狗？摆烂师尊浪浪浪 Spring Breeze Blows, and Life Springs Anew春风吹又生Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Multiple male leads + lighthearted comedy + master and disciples + nontraditional cultivation + one heroine and multiple male leads competing for her + everyone falls for her] Qin Ran was merely complaining that the heroine wouldn't take all the handsome men when she transmigrated into the story as the villainous master of four villainous disciples, a woman disguised as a man! When her four disciples were still weak, she tortured them mercilessly. The villains endured their humiliation, waiting 9.4kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
20. 70 自 I Slack Off but Tell Others to Work Hard: The Hilarious Junior Sister Reforms the Cultivation World 自己摆烂劝人卷，沙雕小师妹整顿修仙界 Miss A Li阿狸小姐姐Ancient Romance336k WordsCompleted [Beloved by everyone + goofy humor + no romance + wish fulfillment + laid-back genius heroine + progression fantasy] When Jiang Xingmeng was twelve, she awakened the memories of her past life and realized with horror that she'd become the vicious female villain in a beloved-by-everyone cultivation novel, doomed to die pierced by ten thousand arrows. Jiang Xingmeng: “???” At that moment, she was at the sect selection ceremony, already stepping toward the sect she'd belonged to in the original sto 428Reads8.2Score103Shelves
21. 71 全 My Whole Sect Is Full of Powerful Experts, So Why Can't I Take It Easy? 全宗门都是大佬，我摆烂很合理吧？ Puchi Puchi噗叽噗叽Ancient Romance600k WordsCompleted [System + cannon-fodder female supporting character + giving up and coasting + everyone cultivates immortality + light ensemble cast] Yu Zhizhi, who had been risking her life in a horror game, was inexplicably transported into the script of Everyone Cultivates Immortality, the Female Supporting Character Sacrifices Herself. To her surprise, she was also a spy planted by the demonic cult among the righteous sects! Following her motto, “Hard work doesn't guarantee results, but not working hard is 139Reads8.5Score—Shelves
22. 72 小 The Little Fairy Is Taking It Easy 小仙摆烂中 Lazy Baozi宝子懒Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Zhang Xiaoxian transmigrated to a continent where people could cultivate immortality. But she had no interest in living forever. All she wanted was to slack off. Unfortunately, someone in her family was caught up in the rat race, and not content with pushing themselves, they insisted on dragging her into it too. Zhang Xiaoxian was exhausted and begged them to leave her alone. 1.9kReads8.3Score177Shelves
23. 73 修 Back from Cultivation, the Grind King Just Wants to Lie Flat and Slack Off 修仙回来后，卷王只想躺平摆烂 Xiao Xiao's Fish肖肖的鱼Modern Romance482k WordsCompleted By chance, Bai Lian ended up in the cultivation world. To survive, she threw herself into the rat race. Forget 996 and 007. In the cultivation world, everyone was competing to outwork one another. After working herself to the bone for tens of thousands of years, she finally went from an utterly ordinary cypress tree to a trainee deity. Just as she happily prepared to start her new job, she discovered she'd returned to the time before she transmigrated. All those tens of thousands of years of har 2.3kReads8.7Score204Shelves
24. 74 惨 After Three Miserable Deaths, the Side Character Gives Up, and Everyone Panics 惨死三世，女配摆烂后他们都慌了 Black-Eyed Immortal黑眼圈仙人Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Goofy, powerful heroine, satisfying revenge, crematorium arc, redemption for everyone, adored by all) Su Ling transmigrates into a novel about a powerful heroine cultivating immortality, becoming the male lead’s vicious fiancée. In the book, the black-hearted heroine makes a deal with a powerful ghost trapped in a stele, killing people and stealing their treasures wherever she goes. She uses a love curse to bewitch the male lead and his companions, making all five children of fortune fall for 30.9kReads9.4Score5kShelves
25. 75 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 5.3kReads9.2Score608Shelves
26. 76 全 Everyone in the Sect Is a Sweet Fool, but the Little Junior Sister Is Completely Unhinged 全宗都是傻白甜，小师妹她纯疯批 Mu Jiangjiang慕姜姜Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Master and Disciple + Hilarious Sweet Romance + Unorthodox Cultivation + Growing Heroine] After inexplicably transmigrating into the body of an unlucky cannon-fodder character, Shen Zhiyu suddenly realizes she’s inside a book just as they’re about to gouge out her spiritual root. She’s nothing but a vessel meant to grow a spiritual root for the beloved heroine. If she doesn’t run now, she’ll be dead before the day is out! Shen Zhiyu has had enough. She decides to let loose and embrace her unhin 346Reads8.7Score103Shelves

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    I've forgotten most of the plots of these novels. But they all seem to fit the titles. I'm not entirely sure. But you can take a look if you're interested.

27. 77 论 A Hundred and Eight Ways for a Villain to Slack Off 论反派摆烂的一百零八种方式 Li Jiu理久Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [The comic is now available on Tomato Novel. Search for "The 108 Ways a Villain Can Give Up" to read it] [This is a slow-burn story with a couple. The male lead, Yu He, arrives late. The female lead is incredibly powerful, but she just gives up! This is not a conventional power fantasy, so fans of power fantasies should steer clear! Note: This story has lots of original worldbuilding. Please don't compare it to other works!] [A solemn announcement: Actually, never mind. Just make do with it! If 12.2kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves
28. 78 病 My Sickly-Sweet Rogue Disciple Is Too Tempting, and His Ascetic Master Has Fallen for Him 病娇逆徒太撩火，禁欲师尊动了情 Drifting Through the Years in a Dream醉梦流年Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Hilarious wish fulfillment + xianxia + pure in body and heart + male master and female disciple + no misunderstandings + no amnesia + lighthearted comedy + powerful hero and heroine + irreverent cultivation + heroine pursues hero] + [Cool, sharp-tongued, protective, pure-hearted master vs. scheming, twisted, slightly yandere, unhinged disciple] + [Heroine has a special constitution and grows stronger against stronger opponents] + [Male lead has a strong presence and an unexpectedly adorable sid 4kReads9.1Score447Shelves
29. 79 疯 The Mad Senior Sister Is Rebellious to the Bone, Drawing Her Sword to Slay the Original Story 疯批师姐一身反骨，拔剑创死原著 A Fleeting Moment of Youth芳华刹那Ancient Romance617k WordsOngoing After an accident, Xie Zhao is born into a cultivation novel full of ridiculous Mary Sue clichés. She becomes the hapless senior sister who has her sword bone and spiritual root personally dug out by her master to save the female lead, the child of destiny. Xie Zhao, the designated plot device, smiles faintly. “...Great.” The System curls up its little body and trembles. This has nothing to do with it. In the original novel, the heroine Yu Rongrong has an adorable, sweet face and a somewhat scat 1.2kReads9.1Score177Shelves
30. 80 师 My Senior Sister’s Ruthless Dao Is Wild and Unrestrained 师姐的无情道又疯又飒 Frostflower Lemon Duck霜花柠檬鸭Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Rebirth + no romance + leveling up + a low-profile System + ensemble cast] After an otherworldly soul occupied her body for sixty years and wrecked the world, Senior Sister finally returned to her own body and was reborn, bound to a low-profile System. Yun Ci, the exceptionally gifted Senior Sister, entered the Dao through love yet cultivated the merciless path, opening up a new way for the world to attain the Dao. I wield a sword that can cleave all things beneath heaven. When dealing with pe 2.6kReads8.9Score285Shelves
31. 81 当 After I Became the Villainous Younger Sister of a Cultivation Heroine 当我穿成修仙女主的恶毒妹妹后 Mulberry Trees at Dusk陌上桑榆Ancient Romance251k WordsCompleted What would you do if you transmigrated into a book as the heroine’s younger sister? Steal the heroine’s opportunities? Crush her? Or stay out of each other’s way? No, none of those. If you transmigrate as the younger sister of a cultivation heroine, you have to stick close to her! Cling to her coattails! I’m just a college student who loves reading novels. What chance do I have against the heroine? My only hobbies are slacking off and taking it easy. I’ll be her little sidekick and always have 2Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 82 师 Senior Sister Doesn't Cultivate the Joyful Zen 师姐不修欢喜禅 Madam Meow喵太夫人Ancient Romance565k WordsCompleted [Slow burn, cultivation and power-ups, no male lead, female supporting character, demon cultivator] After Liang Fanzhen transmigrated, her mother gave her a name that expressed her wish for her daughter to live a safe, happy life, and to remain true to herself by living an ordinary life. That was what Liang Fanzhen wanted, too. Until her mother was beaten by her stepfather for seven years, and a contract of servitude trapped her frail body. For the sake of her beloved family, Liang Fanzhen brave 221Reads7.0Score—Shelves
33. 83 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 96.6kReads9.5Score15.7kShelves
34. 84 月 Mu Qing Beneath the Moon 月下木青 Forest Moon Night森月夜Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The human-faced Yong, the talking Shangao, the four-horned Tulao, the flying fish... Strange and rare beasts appear throughout the mountains and seas, and mysterious, perilous tales unfold. But look closely at the mountains and seas, and you'll find that beasts are only half as terrifying as the human heart. To learn the rest, listen on. Mu Qing was found by her master and raised on Mount Sheng. On her first trip down the mountain to hunt beasts, she brought home a gifted junior apprentice brot 1Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 85 太 The Bittersweet Daily Life of the Grand Senior Sister of Taixuan Sect 太玄门大师姐的心酸日常 Xue Yuqiu, Protected by the Crowd法不责众的雪雨秋Ancient Romance522k WordsOngoing Strong female lead in a wuxia story. The heroine is no saint, and the hero isn't a domineering CEO. The author aims to create characters who feel real, with both good and bad sides. There are many characters, and this is an ensemble novel. A strong wuxia heroine who's neither a saint nor a scheming green tea, and a hero who's no domineering CEO. The characters are real and multifaceted, with good and bad sides. This is an ensemble story, so if that's not your thing, please don't come in! 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Thanks for the invitation! I'll also help by commenting and recommend this novel called "The Heartbreaking World of Tai Xuan Sect." The slice-of-life scenes are particularly enjoyable, and the love between the male and female leads is a true testament to their equal strength. It's also a thrilling ensemble piece about the martial arts world—a really great wuxia novel!

36. 86 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 146.8kReads9.6Score18.9kShelves

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    They're all great, but if you want more, check out my bookshelf groups. However, they're all female-oriented, so I don't know if they'll meet your requirements. There's also a particularly good one that I can't recommend. Just search for "Su Lengyan" in the search bar, and it'll be the first result (Su Lengyan is the female lead's name).

37. 87 逆 Heaven-Defying Divine Beast: The Arrogant, Unrivaled Mad Consort 逆天神兽：傲世狂妃倾天下 Sweet Grass甜草儿Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Strong heroine + strong hero + power fantasy + past and present lives] Leng Qingran, a genius young leader of an ancient martial arts family in the 21st century, transmigrates one day into the body of the Leng family's useless legitimate daughter. Faced with betrayal by both her sister and her fiancé, she smiles and repays them a hundredfold. She punishes wicked servants, breaks off her engagement, takes on the family's worst troublemakers, and hunts for rare treasures. Step by step, she shatte 4.3kReads9.2Score486Shelves
38. 88 盛 A Glorious Dawn Over the Realm 盛世朝凰 Ye Xingyao叶星妖Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Strong heroine + strong hero; the heroine is no saint] Ye Chongxi, the legitimate daughter of the foremost family in the Tianqi Empire and a genius known throughout the capital, is surrounded and attacked by her fiancé and several allied factions! Chongxi is a demon who emerged from the dark land of death, worshipped as a god by all the dead and the creatures of darkness. A summoning brings her into the other woman’s body. She says, “I can grant you three wishes.” She says, “First, everyone who 4.5kReads9.1Score565Shelves
39. 89 卷 When the Grind King Roars, the Leads Keep Their Heads Down 卷王一声吼，男女主靠边苟 Chubby Cat Under the Moon月下肥喵Ancient Romance399k WordsOngoing [Strong female lead, no romance, no System, golden finger, power fantasy, comedy] Ye Xi thinks she must have woken up too soon. How did she wake up and transmigrate into a book?! How did a top computer science PhD end up transmigrating into a book as a useless, vicious female supporting character? The female lead causes trouble, and she takes the blame. The female lead picks a fight, and she apologizes. The female lead cries, and her pack of simps comes looking for trouble? Ye Xi: Whoever wants 71Reads7.8Score—Shelves
40. 90 砸 After Spending a Fortune on Cultivation, I Sacrificed the Female Lead to Heaven 砸钱修仙后，我把女主祭天了 Drinking Wine in the Chilly Autumn温酒饮寒秋Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted After transmigrating, Sang Wan became the villainess who wreaked havoc throughout the book. But could someone tell her why the heroine’s character didn’t match the book? This selfish, vicious woman was the heroine? Back, back, back! Stay away from that bad-luck heroine! She was beautiful, fair-skinned, and gifted, and her family was rich enough for her to spend as she pleased. Why follow some lowbrow plotline? The treasures the heroine wanted were toys her family gave her. She’d won from the sta 634Reads7.9Score102Shelves

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    Take a look at this, it's quite nice.

41. 91 开 I Died from the Start, and the Mad Demon Cried Until His Eyes Were Red 开局我先死，疯批魔头哭红眼 Chubby Peach Butt屁桃肥肥Ancient Romance846k WordsCompleted Yu Zhen transmigrated into a book. From the start, the book's great villain stabbed her through the heart and killed her. With the last of her strength, she gave the villain the international hand gesture and cursed in a faint voice, “Bitch!” She died, but not entirely. When she opened her eyes again, she had become an insignificant cannon-fodder character who had hopelessly pursued the villain and was about to have her neck snapped by him. Yu Zhen had no choice but to grit her teeth and win the 2.6kReads9.3Score349Shelves

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    It's great, highly recommended!

42. 92 青 A Teenage Black Dragon Never Meets a Mechanical Dragon Girlfriend 青春期黑龙不会邂逅机械龙女友 Maples Stir in Form枫动于形Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted He transmigrates into a black dragon and encounters elves and mechanical dragons. He thinks his happy days have finally begun, but this world is no ordinary one. The young black dragon eventually discovers his true identity by chance: The Black Dragon King, heir to many ancient bloodlines and bearer of a curse, is destined to unleash his fury upon the entire world. 951Reads6.8Score142Shelves
43. 93 沉 After Sleeping for Ten Thousand Years, I Was Dug Up by the Great Emperor, My Father, to Be a Villain 沉睡万年，被大帝父亲挖出做反派 Takeoff, Aircraft Number One起飞一号机Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Heaven's Chosen Villain + Cunning + Overbearing + Ruthless + Overwhelmingly Satisfying, Unmatched Domination] Su Jiuxiao transmigrates as the heir of an ancient imperial clan, born with a primordial Chaos God Body. Because the Heavenly Dao is incomplete and he cannot become an Emperor, his father seals him away to sleep within an Ancient Divine Origin. Over the next one hundred thousand years, all the Emperors of the myriad heavens perish. And his father actually becomes the only living Emperor 23.4kReads8.5Score2.1kShelves
44. 94 我 I'm the Villain, but I Won't Follow the Script. I'll Just Lie Flat 我反派，不按剧情出牌，选择摆烂 Diao Wa吊娃Urban750k WordsCompleted Jiang Bai transmigrates into a world struck by a cataclysm, becoming the rich, handsome villain in a book. He's also the heroine's pathetic simp. So Jiang Bai decides to give up and coast. Anyone can be her simp. It won't be me! “Ding! The Host has gone off-script and successfully coasted. Reward: one year of cultivation.” “Ding! The Host coasted for one day. Reward: a cat-eared girl.” “Ding! The Host coasted for one week. Reward: a King-class battleship.” As Jiang Bai keeps coasting, he realize 8.6kReads8.3Score448Shelves
45. 95 反 The Villain? I Tried to Steal the Bride, but the Heroine Took Me Down Instead! 反派？开局抢婚反被女主拿下了！ Muyu Flower ovo木鱼花ovoUrban706k WordsOngoing He transmigrated into the world of a modern wish-fulfillment novel as a minor villain. He lived through nine restarts, yet could never avoid his inevitable death. On his final chance to be reborn, Wei Yan finally learned that if he played the original story's bootlicking villain properly and followed the plot to the end, he could return to the real world. But why had the plot reset, only for the script to keep going wrong? Why was it that when the villain first tried to flirt with the heroine, s 3.2kReads7.2Score195Shelves
46. 96 疯 Mad Female Immortal: Come, All of You, Into My Trap 疯批女仙：请诸君入瓮 March Peach Blossoms a三月桃花aAncient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted An ordinary nobody transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation, only to discover that the living conditions here are truly brutal. Monsters and demons roam everywhere, feeding on humans, while ordinary people are reduced to servants of cultivators! Lu Yan, who in her previous life was just another overworked office drone, spending every day eating, sleeping, and shopping, is stunned. To survive, she has no choice but to go completely mad. If people or monsters keep trying to kill her, then 1.5kReads8.6Score116Shelves
47. 97 反 Villain: From the Start, I Gouge Out the Heroine's Spirit Eye 反派：开局刀剜女主灵瞳 Snow Seeking Redemption赎罪的雪Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing [No System] [No Harem] [One Female Lead] Shen Yuan transmigrates and becomes the villainous cannon-fodder clan head in a mindless power-fantasy xuanhuan novel. Yes, the kind of villainous clan head who never stops courting death. When a woman from his clan falls in love with the protagonist, he has to do everything he can to stop them. Whenever the protagonist finds some rare treasure in a secret realm, he has to scheme to steal it. But he never gets his own hands dirty, only sending his clan’s 1.9kReads8.6Score314Shelves

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    That's all. I've only read about cultivation novels; I don't know if they qualify as the chosen ones.

48. 98 在 One Heart for Cultivation Amid the Frantic Flirting of Seven Villains 在七个反派的狂撩下一心修仙 Mountain Demon山魅Ancient Romance511k WordsCompleted She transmigrated into a book as cannon fodder, and all the male leads want to win her over and get 100% of her favorability! Luo Qingyan was inexplicably hit on by all kinds of powerful men: a twisted senior brother from the immortal sect, a licentious young master of the demon clan, a gorgeous Peacock King, and the mysterious ruler of the Ghost Realm. They pulled out every trick in the book, leaving her utterly baffled. Luo Qingyan: ??? After thinking it over, she suddenly understood. “Good th 20.4kReads9.4Score3kShelves
49. 99 穿 Reborn as a Cultivation Novel’s Female Side Character, All I Want Is to Ascend 穿成修仙女配，她一心想飞升 The Lost Cat走丢了的猫Ancient Romance557k WordsCompleted Lin Kexin is a struggling writer. One day, on a whim, she writes a vicious villainess with the same name as herself into her new novel. She hasn't even written half of it when the criticism gets to be too much, and she starts thinking about abandoning the story again. Then Lin Kexin wakes up to find she's become the vicious villainess in the book who shares her full name. Isn't this character supposed to die young? But she wants to live! (No CP, the heroine shines on her own.) 749Reads7.4Score106Shelves
50. 100 病 The Frail Villain: I Cough Up Blood, So Why Are You Crying? 病弱反派：我吐血，你们哭什么？ A Blank Stretch of Time空白的时间Eastern Fantasy599k WordsOngoing [Modern cultivation] + [frail] + [Villain] + [no romance] In his previous life, Jiang Shubai dragged his sickly body through a lifetime of hard work, only to fall beneath the destined protagonist's sword in the end. In this life, Jiang Shubai gained a System. As long as he struck at other people's consciences, he could earn Conscience Points. The System said that with enough Conscience Points, he could do whatever he wanted... Jiang Shubai's eyes lit up. He silently spat out a mouthful of blood, 4.3kReads9.3Score417Shelves

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