Cultivation Novel: The Heroine Keeps a Low Profile Until the Main Cast Is in Danger 修仙 ，女主默默无闻，直到主角团有危险才出手

1. 1 什 What Sword Spirit? That's My Wife! 什么剑灵，那是我老婆！ Spring Peach春日桃Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Original title: After Becoming the Male Lead's Sword Spirit, the Entire Sect Regretted It My junior sister stole my spiritual root and my fortune, so I crippled her with one strike of my sword. Fu Xi was the eldest senior sister of the Yijian Sect. She trained diligently and was respected by her fellow disciples, but everything changed after their master brought home a junior sister. Her revered master repeatedly put the sect in danger for the sake of the junior sister. Her second junior brother 48.4kReads9.1Score6.4kShelves

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   The first book's female protagonist possesses the male protagonist's sword spirit, only intervening in crucial moments; she's aloof and powerful. The second book's female protagonist is unconventional, only wanting to quietly read stories, but she always manages to find strange and ingenious ways to save herself in times of crisis—a true darling of the heavens.

2. 2 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 41.6kReads9.4Score5kShelves
3. 3 成 After Returning from Immortality, I Became a CEO’s Bodyguard 成仙归来后，我成了总裁保镖 Watching the Rain at Midmonth月中赏雨Urban377k WordsOngoing A vocational-school student is tricked by his childhood friend into joining a scam compound, where he meets Shu Wanqing. After making a clever escape, he is hunted by gangsters and falls into a rift in space, becoming a cultivator. In the immortal realm, he wipes out the demon clan and battles the realm's patriarchs. After reaching the pinnacle of cultivation, he returns to the human world. While seeking revenge, he meets Shu Wanqing again. She has inherited her family's fortune, and Ling Jue be 1.6kReads—Score103Shelves

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

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   ①: Cultivating Immortality! The male protagonist has a sword with a spirit that is actually a very beautiful woman. She doesn't usually show herself, but she saves the male protagonist when he is in danger! The male protagonist is always curious about the female protagonist's background. Later, he learns that she is a genius sword cultivator who is famous throughout the world.

5. 5 小 My Junior Sister Says Even a Madman Is a God 小师妹说神经也是神 Lop-Eared Rabbit Who Loves Cilantro爱吃香菜的垂耳兔Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Jiang Zhu transmigrates into a novel about a girl adored by everyone, as a disposable female side character. The junior apprentice sister is gifted and loved by all, while the side character has cultivated for years and is still useless. In the end, she's pushed out to take a blade for the junior sister and dies miserably in the street. She opens her eyes to the sight of a whole sect full of hopeless sycophants, and Jiang Zhu wants to die. The heroine's suitors are everywhere. How about I bec 37.9kReads9.3Score4.6kShelves

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   Cultivation! ①: Not wanting to shield the female lead from harm, the newly transmigrated female lead decisively chooses to become a nun, joining the Buddhist sect and becoming its only female disciple! Under the sect's guidance, she embarks on a completely new path of cultivation.

6. 6 什 So What If I Lack Morals? I’m Already Number One in All of Jiuzhou 什么仙道天道？呵！我修的是杀道 Jiang Xiaoyan姜小言Ancient Romance3.4M WordsOngoing [Print edition out September 12 + refuses to look back + satisfying growth story + ensemble cast] In her past life, Wanwan died at the hands of her master and six senior brothers, pierced through the heart by seven swords and left without a whole body. Her master only loved her little junior sister, and her senior brothers only doted on her. When the little junior sister lost her Golden Core, they dug out Wanwan's to replace it. When the little junior sister was wronged, Ye Wanwan was made to su 156kReads9.4Score12.5kShelves
7. 7 震 Shocking! My Junior Sister's Teammates Are All Picked Up Along the Way 震惊，小师妹的队友全靠捡 I Refuse to Flop, Starting with Myself拒绝扑街从我做起Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Four-Person Team] [Xianxia-Inspired] [Ensemble Cast] [Sect Life] [Light Humor] [Redemption] [Unity] [No CP, No Romance Allowed in This Cultivation Story!] A somewhat unorthodox account of orthodox Daoist cultivators on their path to immortality. In the early part, they cultivate merit in the mortal world through several short stories. Later, they enter a secret realm for a chaotic free-for-all, with multiple sects joining in. The four youngsters save one another and grow together. There is too 9.1kReads9.4Score1.3kShelves

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   Of these four books, there's bound to be one that suits your taste. The first one is an ensemble piece with no romantic pairing, and the author might scold you at the end because some things have already been foreshadowed earlier. The second one features a very strong female lead, incredibly strong. The third one is about a junior brother who's been slowly trying to get together with his senior sister. The fourth one is a top-tier novel by Tomato, and Junior Uncle really loves ensemble pieces.

8. 8 同 We're Both at the Mahayana Stage, So Why Is She Ridiculously Stronger? 同是大乘期，凭什么她强的离谱？ Zhao Shuxia赵树下Ancient Romance212k WordsCompleted My name is Jiang Lan, and I’m a female cultivator at the Great Ascension stage. What? You want me to date a good-for-nothing at the Qi Refining stage? To hell with that. What I need to do now is smash that damn Sword Sect next door to smithereens! 2.1kReads8.3Score139Shelves
9. 9 穿 Transmigrated as the Obsessive Male Lead's First Love, His Senior Sister 穿成偏执男主的白月光师姐 Greedy Lazybones咸鱼贪财Ancient Romance209k WordsCompleted Yan Qing had spent seven or eight hundred years in a world of cultivation before discovering during her tribulation to reach the Deification stage that she had transmigrated into a master-disciple romance novel and become the male lead's doomed senior sister, his first love. In the novel, the male lead was in love with his senior sister. The first thing Yan Qing did after waking up was test whether her gentle, refined junior brother liked her. Once she confirmed he did not, she went down the mou 8.9kReads9.0Score979Shelves
10. 10 全 Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批 Paper Tiger纸老虎Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou 234.9kReads9.7Score27.6kShelves
11. 11 长 A Long-Lived Wanderer’s Cultivation Journal 长生路人修仙记事 Li Jiu理久Ancient Romance648k WordsCompleted [No romance + everyday life + slow burn + years passing like days + technological cultivation, boundless magic] He Tao has spent a full thousand years since transmigrating into a book. It isn't until three years after the female lead destroys the demon clan that she remembers her plan from when she transmigrated: follow the female lead around, enjoying the gossip and watching the show. The female lead ascended to immortality three years ago. He Tao doesn't know if she's still in time. Anyway, sh 9.6kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves

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    This person only intervenes when someone is in danger, but keeps their actions secret and doesn't want anyone to know.

12. 12 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 11.2kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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    The female protagonist has a cheat code: a daily sign-in system for cultivation. Enemies invade her sect, nearly wiping it out, but she emerges... Enemies!!!

13. 13 从 After Retiring from the Cultivation World, I Found a Spiritual Mountain to Retire On 从修仙界退隐后我找了座灵山养老 Round Taro圆芋头Ancient Romance623k WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast] + [A well-rounded female cultivator] + [Female master, male disciple] Which of the three sisters has it the worst? The answer is obviously the second one! Everyone knows the Two Beauties of Wanhua, but no one knows that the sect leader of Wanhua Sect has three personal disciples. The eldest senior sister has extraordinary talent and makes rapid progress in cultivation. The youngest junior sister is a rising star, too. Together, the two have become the living symbols of Wanhua Sec 340Reads8.3Score105Shelves

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    The female lead is very strong but very low-key; she's the kind of all-rounder!

14. 14 二 My Second Senior Sister Is an Outstanding Graduate of the Heartless Dao 二师姐她是无情道优秀毕业生 Spicy Strips with Rice辣条泡饭Ancient Romance416k WordsCompleted The animated series Jade Walls Without Dust is out now. [Everyone's favorite heroine × no CP × everyone has a one-sided crush × a battlefield of competing men] The heroine is a beacon of righteousness, a proper, upright disciple of a traditional sect from a prestigious family! Shen Wensheng, the second disciple of the Venerable Qingxiao of Tianquan Sect, is exceptionally gifted and blessed. The Grand Ancestor Taixuan has identified her as the ideal candidate to cultivate the Heartless Dao. But t 10kReads8.7Score1.2kShelves
15. 15 我 I Thought I Had the Conquest Script 我以为我拿的是攻略剧本 Green Lime Pomelo青柠柚柚Ancient Romance1.3M WordsOngoing Overnight, Yan Zhiqiao transmigrated into a book and became a minor monster with no name. System: “Win over the main cast, find the Five Divine Artifacts, and complete your mission to bring your father back to life.” Faced with a System that wouldn’t give her spoilers, and five senior disciples hailed as sect geniuses who were notoriously hard to approach, Yan Zhiqiao, the impatient little maniac, fell into thought, her face expressionless. One against five. Too much trouble and effort. She w 160Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    The seemingly innocent but actually cunning female protagonist possesses immense power, but she chooses to play the fool, quietly portraying herself as a weak junior sister within the sect's main group. In reality, she can single-handedly defeat enemies in times of danger. From an outsider's perspective: The female protagonist is a gentle junior sister. From her subordinates' perspective: A mysterious and dangerous female demon [smirk]

16. 16 论 A Hundred and Eight Ways for a Villain to Slack Off 论反派摆烂的一百零八种方式 Li Jiu理久Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [The comic is now available on Tomato Novel. Search for "The 108 Ways a Villain Can Give Up" to read it] [This is a slow-burn story with a couple. The male lead, Yu He, arrives late. The female lead is incredibly powerful, but she just gives up! This is not a conventional power fantasy, so fans of power fantasies should steer clear! Note: This story has lots of original worldbuilding. Please don't compare it to other works!] [A solemn announcement: Actually, never mind. Just make do with it! If 12.3kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves

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    Don't let me down at crucial moments! [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Bump][Bump][Bump][Please follow][Please follow][Please follow]

17. 17 师 Senior Sister, Drop the Act. You're the Tight-Lipped One in the Whole Sect 师姐别装了，整个宗门数你嘴严 Garlic Bamboo Shoots蒜香竹笋Ancient Romance717k WordsCompleted [Cultivation + ensemble cast + stronger woman/ weaker man + 1v1 + sweet romance] [Max-level reborn Nether Ancestor Soul Master × arrogant, cheeky young master of the Fox Clan] Everyone knows that the eldest direct disciple accepted by the master of Dragon Transformation Peak in the Lingxiao Sect is a peerless genius of this age, with terrifying talent. She is also respectful toward her master and devoted to her fellow disciples. Every disciple in the Lingxiao Sect admires her wholeheartedly and 33.9kReads9.5Score4.3kShelves

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    This smells amazing! [Admiring]

18. 18 我 I Saved the Entire Sect by Giving Up 我靠摆烂拯救了全宗门 The Princess Isn't Going Home公主不回家Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted (The second physical volume is out) Ye Qiao woke up one day to find she had become the second senior sister, a tool character in a novel about a girl adored by everyone. In the novel, whenever the junior sister was in trouble, the second senior sister stepped in. If the junior sister wanted a divine artifact, the second senior sister fetched it. If the junior sister lacked a spiritual root, hers had to be dug out. Ye Qiao was at her breaking point. She fled the mountain in the middle of the nigh 217.1kReads9.6Score24.4kShelves

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    The first book's female lead is incredibly strong, although she really does seem like she could die after taking just a few steps, but her strength is off the charts, ranking first on the talent list. The second book's female lead has an absurdly good memory (if I remember correctly), and she tried to give up but failed, which is impressive.

19. 19 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 23.6kReads9.5Score3.5kShelves

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    Barefoot, dressed in red, with white hair, she sees Shangshan not just as the main characters, but as family. The various sects within Shangshan are mutually redeeming each other. She is extremely protective, even though their fate is death, she refuses to give up, always hoping to help them overcome their tribulations and live well—even their Dao hearts are for everyone's sake! Overall, investing in this is definitely worthwhile! A truly luxurious book! [Shy]

20. 20 重 Reborn, I Chose the Demon Clan, and the Celestial Clan Begged Me to Be Their King 重生后选魔族，天族哭着求我当王 Stars Beneath the Sun阳光下的星辰Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Strong heroine + satisfying read + face-slapping + scheming + unconventional cultivation] When visitors from the Celestial and Demon Clans came to the human realm to recruit disciples, Ren Yi was just about to take her senior sister's advice and choose the Celestial Clan when she discovered that the Messenger of Heaven had already made her reborn, as stipulated by their bet. She was the daughter the Celestial Emperor and Demon King had secretly conceived, hidden from the Three Realms. If she ch 2.5kReads9.3Score442Shelves

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    The female lead rarely intervenes; when the main group is in danger, she unleashes her power to crush the enemy. Her parents are the Demon Emperor x Heavenly Emperor! While others use weapons to increase their strength, she uses weapons to suppress it. When needed, she pulls out the Soul-Suppressing Nail to restore her power, demonstrating her strategic brilliance. She's a super-powerful female lead, feared even by the Heavenly Dao of a certain plane. The author strikes a perfect balance between satisfying and painful moments, ensuring the story isn't boring despite its exhilarating feel. There's the gentle yet stubborn Wang Su, the jinxed Wuya, the loyal but poorly worded Meng Hu, and many more… And then there's Shu Yuan, who appears late in the story, with his "I'll risk my life for you" and "If I'm going to accompany you, I'll accompany you to the very end." The female lead's parents are also incredibly endearing! 🤤

21. 21 师 Senior Sister, Stop Hiding. You're Already Invincible 师姐别苟了，你都已经无敌了 Gion of Flame City烈焰城的祗园Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No romance + Invincible + Cautious] Tang Shi transmigrated to another world, into a realm of immortal cultivation. With poor aptitude, she couldn’t keep up with the ambitious, but she couldn’t even slack off properly. She was tired of it all. Might as well let the world end. If she was lucky, she’d be dead by tomorrow. “Ding! You have been bound to the Retirement System. For every extra day you live, the System will grant the Host a certain amount of cultivation.” Tang Shi: “I suddenly feel lik 8.3kReads8.2Score731Shelves

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    ① Standing on the path of cultivation, she recalled her past and present lives. All the past events were but fleeting clouds. Using the survival rules of her previous life, she quietly cultivated and eventually became a powerful figure, watching the turbulent lives of geniuses, their ups and downs, their partings and reunions. [Heart] ② A girl from the Flower Valley transmigrated to the cultivation world. Lacking innate talent, she could only turn to gardening. But fate intervened, and she was bound to a retirement system. Each day she survived added another level of cultivation. Thus, she became a powerful figure in Flower Valley. Even when enemies attacked, she only wished to appear disguised. [Kiss]

22. 22 师 My Senior Brothers Are Panicking: The Little Junior Sister Has Really Brought the Sky Down! 师兄们慌了，小师妹真捅破了天！ A Star's Wish星有愿Ancient Romance755k WordsCompleted (Completed) [Top-Tier Talent, Powerful and Thrilling, Master of All Six Paths, Strong Female Lead, Everyone Has a One-Sided Crush, Ensemble Cast, No Romance] “My name is Ning Xin. By the time you read this, I will have been dragged onto the Spirit Platform to have my spiritual roots tested in public, and drawn down seven blessings from the Heavenly Dao...” That day, the entire cultivation world was thrown into an uproar. “The Heavenly Dao has been silent for over a thousand years and never respo 16.3kReads8.4Score2.8kShelves

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    ✨Beginning: I stand at the beginning of the story, watching you head towards your inevitable death. ✨Ending: I stand at the end of the story, personally changing your inevitable death. ✨The female lead possesses the strongest Saint-grade Chaos Spiritual Root, attracting seven Heavenly Blessings at the very start of her cultivation journey, causing a sensation throughout the cultivation world. ✨The female lead cultivates all six Paths of Talent, ranking first among the top talents. ✨The female lead's weapons: Demon Lord's Sword, Thousand-Machine Umbrella, Thunder Whip, Trial Tower, Fleeting Dream, Shennong Cauldron, Fleeting Life Pen. ✨The female lead has friends throughout the One Palace, Two Valleys, Seven Sects, and Four Academy, all of them spirited and talented individuals. They fight together for the common destiny of the cultivation world, finding joy in cooperation. ✨The female lead's background is the strongest in the cultivation world, allowing her to roam freely throughout the entire cultivation world.

23. 23 星 On the Interstellar Battlefield, I Fly on a Sword! 星际战场，我！御剑飞行！ Fang Xiangpi方响屁Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Interstellar + Cultivation + Mecha + Military Academy + Ensemble Cast + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + No Romance] The animated series is out, and it's pretty good Ensemble cast! Ensemble cast! An absolutely massive ensemble cast! In the Renwu year of the Immortal Calendar, Shi An, sect master of Xuanqing Sect, the greatest sect in the cultivation world, attempted to overcome the tribulation. He encountered the rarest divine-annihilating lightning tribulation in ten thousand years and perished, 113.5kReads9.1Score23.7kShelves

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    The old-fashioned mindset is quite interesting.

24. 24 恶 The Wicked Junior Sister Won't Reform, So She Wreaks Havoc on Everyone in the Sect 恶毒师妹不洗白在宗门创死所有人 Jiu Yue Yu久月鱼Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Publication deal signed] Jiang Que transmigrates into a cultivation novel as the vicious female supporting character, doomed to a tragic fate and destined to be nothing but a foil for the heroine. The heroine is aloof and otherworldly, while Jiang Que is just a woman; the heroine is blessed with extraordinary talent, while Jiang Que has only her life to lose; the heroine has suitors everywhere, while Jiang Que has never even held a man's hand. Even worse, the day she transmigrates into the bo 69.8kReads9.4Score9.5kShelves

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    These cultivation novels are super good!

25. 25 修 A Massive Role-Playing Game in the Cultivation World 修仙世界大型角色扮演 Just a Minor Fatal Injury区区致命伤罢了Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [A silly, ensemble-cast story] (Not suitable for audiobooks) It's miserable to transmigrate to the cultivation world and be forced to play a female supporting character from a book. But when a whole group transmigrates to the cultivation world and has to put on a show to fool the locals, things get chaotic. · Shu You is forced to play the annoying, reckless, useless female supporting character in the protagonist's group. So everyone starts noticing that the troublesome junior sister, who only ev 850Reads8.9Score125Shelves
26. 26 疯 My Crazy Little Junior Brother Followed Me Through to the Stars 疯批小师弟跟着穿到星际了 Greedy Lazybones咸鱼贪财Modern Romance376k WordsCompleted The transmigration-into-a-book department for background NPCs has been short-staffed lately, so they grabbed someone who had just died and hired her as a temp. Rong Yun was that lucky yet unlucky temp. Unlucky because she transmigrated to the immortal realm, painstakingly cultivated for a thousand years, and then got struck dead by lightning; Lucky because she got another chance at life, even if it meant taking on one NPC job after another. She might be a temporary cafeteria server; She might be 7.2kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves

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    The female lead is from the cultivation world, and she comes to interstellar space to become a background character helping the main characters. It's incredibly good! [A masterpiece by Sparrow Eater]

27. 27 就 Even as Cannon Fodder in the Cultivation World, I'll Fearlessly Slack Off 就算是修仙界炮灰，也要勇敢摆烂 Ming Yueyun明月云Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Complete] [Transmigrate into a book + invincible heroine + face-slapping and putting trash in their place + adored by everyone + slacking off] She transmigrates into a cultivation world, starting with a top-tier family background. Her father dotes on her like his life depends on it, and her seven brothers are completely obsessed with their little sister. Can she really do whatever she wants across the entire continent? What? The heroine wants to wipe out her whole family! Cling to the powerful! 4.8kReads8.9Score587Shelves

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    Who understands?! A transmigration cultivation novel can be written like this! Starting with a top-tier family background + a doting father + seven brothers, all spoiled sissies, she initially just wanted to laze around and relax, but then she discovered the original female lead was a madwoman who wanted to wipe out her entire family?! To survive, Nangong Qianling immediately activated her "abduct all the cannon fodder" mode—Eldest brother? No woman in his heart, his sword is naturally divine. Second brother? Women only affect your sword-wielding speed. All nine senior brothers collectively defected and stopped fawning over the female lead; her handsome uncle became her exclusive master. While lazing around, she accidentally activated her cheat code, crushing a group of geniuses, and finally becoming a force to be reckoned with in the cultivation world. Original female lead: ??? Who is the transmigrated female lead anyway?! Transmigration + doting on the family + lazing around + face-slapping and scum-abusing + no romance, full of satisfying moments, no angst throughout, you'll laugh until you crow! "Why Did You Mess With Her?", The pinnacle of cultivation lazing around novels, just blindly rush in!

28. 28 激 I Activated a Data Panel to Grind Skills and Seek Immortality 激活数据面板，我刷熟练度觅长生 Fireworks Make New Clothes烟火作新衣Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted (Proficiency system + slow burn + farming + four paths of cultivation + dual cultivation of body and magic + no romance for the heroine) What should you do if you have poor spiritual roots? No problem. I, Luo XinXin, have a proficiency panel. As long as I work hard at grinding, even a low-grade Yellow-rank Spirit-Gathering Art can become a divine-rank technique. When Spirit Rain Art reaches perfection, it unlocks the advanced spell: Heavenly Water Veil. When Geng Metal Art reaches perfection, it 20.5kReads8.7Score2.2kShelves

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    The female protagonist was like a small weed, quietly and diligently growing. Her spiritual roots weren't great, but she managed to become a menial disciple over time. So what? She still rose to the position of sect leader.

29. 29 大 Senior Sister Is the Mastermind Behind Everything 大师姐她是幕后黑手 The Moon Hides in Three Parts三分月隐Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Some ensemble cast + hidden identities + slice of life + fate and karma] A hundred years ago, someone placed a prophecy in Bai Yang’s hands. It was the beginning of her discovery of a secret about this world. “My junior sister was reborn to take revenge? The newest junior sister transmigrated here? And they’ll turn against each other?” “Who came up with this ridiculous story!” She tore the script in half, then carefully glued it back together 972Reads8.9Score135Shelves

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    This is definitely it! Although it's not a popular story, it's really good! It's not exactly a fast-paced or exciting story, but the female lead is incredibly cool when she's not hiding her true self.

30. 30 惹 Mess With Her? Are You Crazy? My Junior Sister Isn’t Really Useless 惹她？疯了！师妹又不是真废材 Thousand Fans千扇Ancient Romance652k WordsCompleted [Complete] [Strong male and female leads + sweet romance + not a saint] In her previous life, Yun Luan was a “lazy supporting character.” After accidentally pushing the heroine off Soulbreak Cliff, she thought she could rest easy. In the end, the heroine unexpectedly found her path to immortality, then wiped out the entire Yun family. Reborn, Yun Luan decides to start cultivating so she can protect her family. She joins a cultivation sect, but at first the sect pays her little attention because 5.4kReads9.1Score682Shelves

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    The first book features two strong protagonists, a slow and steady romance, and sweet love; the second book features a musician who is completely devoted to his instrument and refuses to be obsessed with romance!

31. 31 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
32. 32 我 My Junior Sister Is Delicate and Frail, How Could She Be the Great Demon Lord? 我家师妹身娇体弱，怎会是大魔头 Delicate and Soft身娇体软Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted # Original Title: My Junior Sister Is Delicate and Frail, How Could She Be the Great Demon Lord? # Romance Title: The Tsundere Demon God's Training Manual # Also Known As: Is Our Sect Full of Evil Cultivators? Then I Won't Pretend Either Feng Ci transmigrated into a cultivation novel as the good-for-nothing daughter of a sect leader. After her parents, the sect leader and his wife, both died, her fiancé and the sect elders tried to seize her life-extending treasure, the Biluozhu, for a genius wi 67.3kReads9.3Score12.5kShelves

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    The female protagonist transmigrates, and her senior brothers and sisters appear outwardly humble, polite, and ethereal. In reality, one is a fortune-stealer, one a murderer, one a body refiner, one a soul refiner, one a savior, and she herself is a demon god contractor. They've got the whole funeral-delivery service done!

33. 33 你 You Call That a Healer? She Bludgeons Everyone to Death 你管这叫奶妈？她把人头都锤爆了 Mu Huichun暮回春Ancient Romance3.6M WordsOngoing The print edition of I Can Pluck the Stars is available on all platforms. Genius + rich woman from the start. The day Ning Ruan left her village, a menace appeared on the Nine Provinces Continent. A mage? A sword cultivator? No, she just wanted to be a healer! All the continent’s geniuses: Shut up, you poisonous healer! Later: “Help! I never knew healers could heal people to death until I met Ning Ruan!” “But isn’t she a metal-element spiritual adept?” “Isn’t she wood-element?” “She’s clearl 212.5kReads9.5Score17.7kShelves
34. 34 小 Junior Sister! Stop Cultivating, There Are No More Bamboo Shoots on the Back Mountain! 小师妹！你别炼了，后山没笋了！ x Rice Porridgex米糊Ancient Romance100k WordsOngoing [No CP, female-oriented] The vicious supporting actress's home has been raided! Though the Xue family vanished overnight, Xue Yun still thrived. She smacked her lips and kept piling one secret identity on top of another! Xue Yun transmigrated into a storybook. In the original, she wore the guise of an “arrogant, overbearing, vicious supporting actress” and threw her weight around. Once the Xue family, her backing, was gone, the heroine of the storybook, Su Zhiyuan, brought her to justice, tu 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Xue Yunmao, a cat with a Heavenly Wood Spirit Root

35. 35 我 I Navigate a Love Triangle to Save My Life and Win Over the Dragon-Proud Hero 我在修罗场攻略龙傲天保命 Nine Sheets of Paper九片纸Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No romance + everyone is chaste + male rivals in a love-triangle showdown] Chu Xianli transmigrates into a male-oriented cultivation novel as a cannon-fodder character who shares her name. Not only are her spiritual meridians blocked, leaving her unable to cultivate, she’s also a lovesick fool who worships her crush. Her fate is utterly tragic: after her beloved senior brother drains the vast fortune her father left her, he coldly abandons her, and she dies with hatred in her heart. After trans 811Reads7.3Score112Shelves

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    [Super good-looking 🥳🥳🥳] [Transmigration into a novel with a reversed fate + being pampered by the group + switching to another sect + all senior brothers are problem children] [The female lead inherits a massive fortune left by her powerful father and is invincible in the lower realm] Chu Xianli transmigrated into a male-oriented cultivation novel and became a cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name. Not only was her spiritual vein blocked, making her unable to cultivate, but she was also a love-struck type with a terrible end—after her beloved senior brother drained the massive resources left by their father, she was ruthlessly abandoned and died with resentment. The female lead switched to the Qingfeng Sect at the beginning and bought a personal disciple position with spirit stones. Because the Qingfeng Sect was as poor as its name suggested. Above her were five problem senior brothers: the eldest brother was misogynistic, the second brother was amorous, the third brother was warlike, the fourth brother was gloomy and sickly, and the fifth brother had extremely low emotional intelligence and hurt people with his words.

36. 36 剑 The Sword Named Wangshu 剑名望舒 Cheng Lanlan程岚岚Fantastical Romance642k WordsCompleted [Maxed-out from the start + faked death + winning back his wife + face-slapping + slice of life + love and hate] From the day her master picked her up and brought her back to the Baopu Sect, Li Yujing decided she would settle for being a good-for-nothing. She raised her prodigy junior sister and poured every resource she had into training her. But when her junior sister turned seventeen, she left with a few mocking words and joined the greatest sect under heaven. Li Yujing was furious. She decid 21.8kReads9.2Score3.9kShelves

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    This one is somewhat similar, but the female lead gets so angry that she takes over herself, and it's incredibly good!!! You can fall in love with it after just two chapters.

37. 37 说 I Was Supposed to Be the Top Sword Cultivator, So Why Is It the Sword of Being a Jerk? 说好第一剑修，怎么是犯贱的贱 Qi Yi Zi七一子Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Physical edition preorder opens at 7:00 p.m. on the 22nd] [Hilarious, absurd, no-romance power fantasy + meme references + the female lead is the root of all evil] [One female lead corrupts every prodigy] At the sect entrance examination, everyone else was busy testing their spiritual roots. I was busy scamming people. Chi Miao transmigrated into the cultivation world ten years ago and got bound to a System that could only be unlocked after she committed a hundred scams. It promised she could b 106.6kReads9.5Score15.4kShelves
38. 38 路 Tales of an Ordinary Cultivator 路人甲修仙趣闻录 LAN Rotten PersonLAN烂人Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Yue Ya, who never drinks, gets scolded by her boss at work. After clocking out, she wants to drown her sorrows, only to discover she’s allergic to alcohol. Two cans of beer kill her outright, and she wakes up in the body of a five-year-old girl who was just beaten to death by a beggar. The little girl’s head was badly injured, so Yue Ya wakes up with no memories. Disguising herself as a boy, she manages to survive and becomes an apprentice to a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, slowly learnin 5.1kReads8.3Score551Shelves
39. 39 修 After Cultivating Immortality, My Beauty Hits the Max and I Become Everyone’s Moonlight 修仙后美貌值满点，成了白月光 Scrubbing the Persimmon Skin White柿子皮洗白白Ancient Romance227k WordsCompleted [Clear-headed, stunning beauty heroine VS cold, emotionless male lead, a Sword Venerable born with a sword bone] Lin Yunqing, an ordinary office worker in the modern world, transmigrates after a car accident into a power fantasy novel starring a female lead. But she's neither Bai Susu, the heroine blessed with opportunities at every turn, nor Zhou Yulong, the gifted first-ranked supporting character. She's just a throwaway female character, number who-knows-what, tested at the Taiqing Sect's rec 8.3kReads7.4Score809Shelves

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    Lin Yunqing, a working-class girl, transmigrates into a cultivation novel as cannon fodder. With dual water and fire spiritual roots, is she destined for cannon fodder? 😱 Unexpectedly, she gains a pure water spiritual root, becoming stunningly beautiful! Her body-cultivation transforms her into a figure of ice-cold skin and jade-like bones. Even the aloof sword master crumbles upon seeing her! Staying away from conflict makes her a winner in life—this plot is so addictive!

40. 40 小 My Junior Sister Doesn’t Do Sentimental Speeches, She Slaps People 小师妹不爱煽情，爱扇人 Jian Xi简兮Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [A small ensemble cast + romance] After transmigrating into a book, Lin Yun becomes a cannon-fodder female character in the cultivation world, destined for a gruesome death. She lives by the principle that she’d rather starve, freeze, work herself to death, choke, fall, drown, burn, get electrocuted, hang herself, die of illness, grow old, or die laughing than be killed by someone else. So she keeps her distance from the heroine, joins a minor sect, and lies flat! Things don’t go according to pl 14.9kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves

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    Highly recommend these cultivation novels! "I'm Number One in the Nine Provinces, So What If I Lack Morality?" Features a super satisfying female protagonist's comeback; "I'm a Mage and Healer, Using Seven Swords Isn't Too Much, Right?" Has a novel premise; "Junior Sister's Morals Are Unknown, But She Gets Stronger When Facing Stronger Opponents" showcases a compelling female protagonist's growth; "Junior Sister Is Morally Depraved and Evil, Yet the Sect Treats Her Like a Treasure" is full of interesting plot twists. Each book is high-energy, so grab them while you're looking for something to read!

41. 41 师 My Junior Sister Takes Down Everyone 师妹她干翻全场 Lullaby摇篮曲Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast + comedy + a little group adoration + prodigies + a few one-sided crushes] Wei Miao transmigrated into an insignificant nobody in another world. Not only was her spiritual core damaged, making her a useless cultivator, but after awakening ominous red eyes, she was hunted by her own Wei family. Luckily, there was always a way out. The Supreme Sect's leader found Wei Miao when she was on the brink of death from a deadly poison and brought her back to the sect. She had landed herself 11.9kReads9.0Score4.2kShelves

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    This is a book I've been reading a lot; it's really good! 👍

42. 42 主 The Mistress's Daily Life 主母日常 Zhou Dabai周大白Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [An Aristocratic Lady Tears Apart a Transmigrator + Reborn + An Idyllic, Leisurely Life as the Mistress of an Ancient Estate] Lu Lingjun and her legitimate younger sister, Lu Hanyi, were both reborn. In their previous lives, Lu Lingjun married the second son of a sixth-rank civil official, while her younger sister married the heir to a marquis’s estate. Everyone said her sister had made the better match. But who could have guessed that Lu Lingjun’s husband would become the prime minister and sec 23.5kReads9.0Score3.2kShelves

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    This novel is absolutely amazing!! Highly recommended!!! After being reborn, the female protagonist swaps husbands with her sister. Having toiled her whole life, this time the female protagonist's entire focus is on her wealthy mother-in-law, showing absolutely no interest in men. Who wouldn't love a mother-in-law who dotes on her daughter-in-law and showers her with money? It also slaps down the brainless transmigrated woman in the face. The main themes are logic, strong female lead, satisfying read, and slice-of-life.

43. 43 我 I Drove the Cultivation World Mad by Writing Novels 我靠写小说逼疯修真界 Ying Zhouzhou赢舟舟Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [This book has been signed for publication] [Strong female lead + transmigrate into a book + face-slapping + no CP + madcap story] Workaholic Ye Qingyan works herself to the bone until she gets her company listed on the stock market. Before she can enjoy her rich-lady lifestyle, a car accident sends her into a cultivation novel full of lunatics who are hopelessly obsessed with romance. As the cannon-fodder older sister of the original heroine, she gets abused while the male and female leads ar 35.2kReads9.0Score4.9kShelves

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    Although the female protagonist is exceptionally talented in the early stages, her lifespan is short, and no sect is willing to accept her. It is only out of pity that an elder of the most powerful sect in the world reluctantly takes her in. Later, it is discovered that although her lifespan seems short, it can actually increase, and it is believed that she is suitable for divination, so she is taken in as a personal disciple. The female protagonist does not save those who are obsessed with love, but rather creates them. In the early stages, she focuses on developing her character and raising crickets. Once she has developed, she will slap people in the face in various ways. This is not a redemption story, but a story about leading the entire sect into chaos and madness.

44. 44 宗 Beloved by the Sect: Junior Sister’s Swordsmanship Is Beyond Compare 宗门团宠，师妹她剑法超神 Zhuo Jiu灼九Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Coming of age / ensemble cast / everyone’s favorite / face-slapping / feel-good revenge / putting scumbags in their place] After being harmed by her elder sister, Yun Zhi suddenly discovers that she is a doomed supporting character who dies early in a book. But this time, she not only survives, she also breaks free of the plot. The eldest senior sister happens to find her and brings her back to the sect, where she becomes the youngest junior sister of the Tenth Peak. Yun Zhi had only wanted to 8.6kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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    The female lead is so ambitious!!! So ambitious! [Shy][shy] The author is so loving too!! So hardworking! Although I only read it in 2024 [awkward laugh]

45. 45 穿 Book Transmigration: The Supporting Actress Switches to the Path of Ruthlessness 穿书：女配改修无情道 Jade Shadow, Starry Dawn碧影星晨Ancient Romance396k WordsCompleted Lin Xin was a psychological counselor in her previous life. After a car accident, she transmigrates into a cultivation novel as the villainous supporting female character. To avoid following that character's path, she keeps her distance from the male and female leads, ventures into secret realms, seizes opportunities, and focuses on building her career. So why does everyone keep trying to start a romance with her? Lin Xin: Sorry, I'm cultivating the Path of Ruthlessness. I just want to focus on 179Reads7.8Score—Shelves
46. 46 恶 The Wicked Supporting Actress's Scientific Path to Cultivation 恶毒女配的科学修仙之路 Li Cang'ai李苍艾Ancient Romance645k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book + Sweet Romance + Wacky Comedy + Bickering Couple] Transmigrated into a cultivation novel as the vicious female supporting character, she can only follow the original plot and keep courting death to scrape together a slim chance of survival. Top student Xia Yingzhi thinks she has the worst luck... System: There’s a mission you can complete! Push the male and female leads into the poisonous gas of Xiangliu! Xia Yingzhi: How about some fire-clearing, detoxifying pills mad 139Reads8.8Score—Shelves
47. 47 穿 After Becoming a Cultivation Novel's Female Side Character, I Don't Want to Be Cannon Fodder 穿成修仙女配后不想当炮灰 Knife, Medicine, Pen刀药笔Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Female-Led Cultivation, No Romance] [Mutated Wind Spirit Root + Hidden Weapons] Reincarnated as the villainess in a cultivation novel, she gets the best setup possible: the Northern Border’s greatest beauty and a genius disciple with a mutated Wind Spirit Root. But since she isn’t destined to be the heroine, Duan Jiaojiao decides to stay away from her and turn down the powerful Canglan Sect, joining the “pickpocket sect” Kongkong Sect instead. Who could have guessed that this much-hated “pickpo 5.5kReads9.2Score543Shelves
48. 48 收 I Took in a Rebellious Disciple Who Wants to Kill Me Every Day 收了个逆徒，每天都想要我的命 Moonviewing 97月见九七Ancient Romance110k WordsOngoing [Overworked mentor x sweet-faced, dark-hearted disciple] [One-on-one romance + comedic cultivation + ensemble cast + fussy male lead + laid-back female lead] After dying from overwork at a 996 job, Lin Qinghe was forced to bind herself to a redemption System and became the master of the villain from the original story, who would one day destroy the world. At the apprenticeship ceremony, she pointed at random. “That one. He looks the most pleasant.” The whole sect was shocked that Lin Qinghe had 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a show I've been watching recently; it's good. The female lead is incredibly strong, the number one cultivator, while the male lead pretends to be weak while actually being strong. It's hilarious and silly.

49. 49 满 The Whole Sect Is Full of Crazy Villains, Only the Junior Sister Is a Goofball 满门反派疯批，唯有师妹逗比 Wei Xiaoxi未小兮Ancient Romance3.5M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book, Ye Linglong becomes the vicious cannon-fodder villainess in a cultivation novel. With terrible aptitude, she even coerces the heroine into taking her into the top sect during the Cultivation Tournament. After joining, she opposes the heroine at every turn and eventually dies a miserable death. To enjoy a long, happy life, Ye Linglong immediately gives up on coercing the heroine and turns around to join the worst sect in the cultivation world. She’s done being th 247.3kReads9.6Score24.8kShelves

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    The first book's female lead constantly "encourages" her senior brothers, which is essentially a way of silently helping the main characters. For example, in this scene, she says, "Senior brother, the strong don't need friends. As long as you're strong enough, everyone will look up to you, and many will submit to you!" The second book's female lead often helped the main characters in her past life, but the "male leads" didn't seem to appreciate it. However, with an official pairing, the female lead is reborn and has a super powerful cheat. The third book's less powerful little fairy is quite unassuming, and the plot isn't dragging. She sacrifices herself in the end, but the male lead discovers she's still alive. Overall, it's a good book! The fourth book's female lead is indeed unassuming before revealing her true feelings. [Exploring][Exploring][Exploring] All of them are good! Go for it, fellow readers!

50. 50 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: No One Understands Arrogance Better Than I Do 穿书之没人能比我更懂嚣张 Chenchen Little Darling晨晨小宝贝Ancient Romance984k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication] –– Fu Zhu died suddenly after staying up all night watching shows and reading novels. She still remembers that just before she died, she was reading a novel called The Useless Girl Warrior Who Defies Heaven. –– Then she became Bai Li Fu Zhu, the female villain who opposes the novel's hero and heroine. –– This villain is different: she isn't jealous of the heroine or interested in the hero. She simply can't stand the two of them acting more arrogant than her and ste 47.4kReads9.3Score6.6kShelves

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