Looking for Characters Like Nan Xian, a Beloved White Moonlight in Public but a Major Villain in Private!! 求像南弦这样人前白月光，人后大反派的这种！！

1. 1 女EN The Infinite Reset: A Side Character's Journey to Immortality 女配修仙，但是无限读档 Moon Facing the Sky月对空Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [No romance, an absolutely massive golden finger, carefree cultivation, fighting monsters and leveling up] What happens when a cannon-fodder supporting heroine gains the ability to reload infinitely... Bad spiritual roots from the start? Reload and try again. Can’t win the sect tournament? Reload and try again. A secret realm full of danger? Reload to avoid every danger and collect every rare treasure. Offended a high-ranking cultivator? Even with just a 1% chance of success, keep reloading thro 74.6kReads9.4Score9.9kShelves

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   These are either romance-free or female-centric novels that are super good.

2. 2 清 Cold, Untouchable Moonlight? No! I'm the Villain Chosen by Fate 清冷白月光？不！我是天命大反派 A Clear Song by the Pool一曲潭清Ancient Romance578k WordsCompleted [System-driven + villainess protagonist + egoist + top prodigy + near-invincible power fantasy + no romance (no male consorts)] After transmigrating, Nan Xian becomes a fake prodigy used by a top family to save face. She is about to fight the real prodigy. Should she just wait to die? No rush, the System is here to help. [Ding! The Ultimate Villain System is at your service.] [Humiliate your arrogant fiancé and get a divine beast mount as a reward.] Nan Xian: Kill him. Her younger siblings are d 37.6kReads9.5Score6.4kShelves
3. 3 成 After Becoming the White Moonlight of the Male Lead in a Xianxia Novel 成为仙侠文男主白月光后 Fuyao Qingyu扶摇清羽Ancient Romance703k WordsOngoing [Female Lead Transmigrates Into a Book + No Forgiveness + No Financially Supporting Romance + No Winning Over the Male Lead or Clinging to Powerful Allies + Slightly Unhinged + No Romance] After transmigrating into a cultivation novel as the male lead's beloved, she goes on a rampage! A cannon-fodder beloved? She holds the Book of Destiny in her hands! She'll defy fate and rewrite her life! At first, Shen Zhiyi thought that with a golden finger, even as a cannon-fodder beloved destined to be rep 1.6kReads9.0Score245Shelves
4. 4 阴 The Dark and Dashing Senior Sister Has the Cultivation World Going Crazy 阴暗师姐她超帅，修真界全疯了 Cheng Ya乘芽Ancient Romance519k WordsCompleted [Publication pending] [No romance + ensemble cast + strong female lead + sect life + everyone’s a little crazy] [The main cast are unhinged and shameless. The heroine is fiercely independent, loyal, and more than a little mad] Xie Qing transmigrates into a book as a cannon-fodder supporting character and finds herself struggling to survive in a sect full of slackers. Who wants to pick a fight with the heroine? Xie Qing will set the whole cultivation world straight. She encourages her world-weary 37.6kReads9.5Score4.4kShelves
5. 5 说 I Was Supposed to Be the Top Sword Cultivator, So Why Is It the Sword of Being a Jerk? 说好第一剑修，怎么是犯贱的贱 Qi Yi Zi七一子Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Physical edition preorder opens at 7:00 p.m. on the 22nd] [Hilarious, absurd, no-romance power fantasy + meme references + the female lead is the root of all evil] [One female lead corrupts every prodigy] At the sect entrance examination, everyone else was busy testing their spiritual roots. I was busy scamming people. Chi Miao transmigrated into the cultivation world ten years ago and got bound to a System that could only be unlocked after she committed a hundred scams. It promised she could b 106.6kReads9.5Score15.4kShelves
6. 6 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
7. 7 反 The Villainess Goes on a Rampage Across the Nine Continents! The Protagonists All Kneel 反派女配杀疯九洲！主角们都跪了 Fei Xi妃玺Ancient Romance3.0M WordsCompleted “If the author says there's no romance, then there really isn't.” She became the saintess of one of the Four Great Sacred Lands, with exceptional talent, a prestigious position, and a decent fortune. And yet, with such an impressive setup, she was destined to be a cannon-fodder villain in countless stories about male and female leads. To avoid being won over or defeated, and to stay alive, she had no choice but to strike first. Oh, did I hit too hard? My mistake, my mistake. Go recover, then com 17.2kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
8. 8 小 How Could My Delicate Junior Sister Be the Villainous White Lotus? 小师妹柔弱，怎么会是反派白莲花 A Clear Song by the Pool一曲潭清Fantastical Romance222k WordsOngoing [Villainess with a sweet exterior and a dark heart] [No CP] [Immortal cultivation + demonic cultivation] [A villain who somehow acts like a hero] After the senior sister she’d just met stabbed her, Si Yao learned she was the destined great villain of the Third Tribulation. Si Yao was delighted. Cultivating both the immortal and demonic paths was right up her alley. Her senior brothers and sisters have all been reborn, and the white-lotus junior sister’s true nature is exposed? Si Yao: No such th 2.2kReads8.8Score286Shelves

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   1.2. By the same author as Nanxian Saintess ✨1. A descendant of humans and demons, a demon saintess, cultivating both demon and immortality, possessing supreme demonic bones and top-grade five-element spiritual roots, the "Light" demon race was wiped out. She joined a sect, and all six members of her sect were killed by the protagonist before being reborn (no romance). ✨2. The protagonist is the last white tiger cub in the world. At the beginning, she digs out the original male protagonist's spiritual root for her own use, transforms into human form, joins a sect, and secretly cultivates her power. During the war between humans and demons, she turns around and delivers a heavy blow to humans (no romance). ✨3. She transmigrates into the body of the reincarnated great demon king's deceased younger sister. Her mother is being hunted down and is about to die in the womb! No more pretense! He began cultivating in the womb, drawing upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. He was born before the great demon king, making his older brother the younger one. He seizes every opportunity the male protagonist has, killing anyone who opposes him. He uses the protagonist's opportunities to grow himself plump and healthy (there's a one-sided crush, I don't know if it will turn into a mutual one). (He has a lot of entanglement with Lin, in chapter 236 Lin kisses the female protagonist, please don't read if you mind). ✨4. Saving the suffering Jia Beibei, whose golden core was dug out, he started cultivating Confucianism and Taoism again. He fought against all cultivators under heaven with the Human Emperor Banner, and on the path of cultivation, he discovered that his transmigration was not an accident! ... Updates are on hiatus 😭😭😭 I can't push it out, those who don't mind waiting can go and check it out (no CP). ✨2.3. There is an auxiliary system.

9. 9 穿 Reborn as a White Tiger Cub, I Crushed the Male Lead's Spiritual Root from the Start 穿成白虎幼崽，开局剖了男主灵根 A Clear Song by the Pool一曲潭清Fantastical Romance282k WordsCompleted [No CP] [Strong Female Lead] [Divine Beast White Tiger, Metal Law] [Ice Spirit Root] [Both Righteous and Evil] [Light Ensemble Cast] When Bai Xi learned that she was destined to be born as the male lead's contracted beast, taking blades, swords, and lethal attacks for him, then becoming his little wife after taking human form, only to die miserably in the end, she dug out the male lead's pure Heavenly Spirit Root instead. Thus, a half-righteous, half-evil White-Haired Immortal Venerable, whose m 8.2kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
10. 10 主 Are the Protagonists All Afraid of Me? But I’m Really Not a Villain 主角们都怕我？可我真不是反派啊 September Grapefruit九月西柚Fantastical Romance728k WordsOngoing Yue Fusu transmigrated as the younger sister who dies early in a male-oriented novel... After a hundred tragic deaths in her past lives, she discovers as soon as she's reborn that her older brother is not only the reincarnation of a great demon king, but also a child of fortune whose very presence brings calamity to his relatives. She possesses top-tier talent in talisman arts, yet is destined to be a disposable character who dies young. Fusu's eyes roll back in despair. Luckily, she binds herse 24.7kReads9.2Score3.7kShelves
11. 11 氪 Cash-Shop System: I Use Card Draws to Pose as a Hidden Clan 氪金系统：我靠抽卡伪装隐世家族 A Lotus in a Fleeting Dream浮生梦莲真Ancient Romance812k WordsCompleted No CP + feel-good power fantasy + strong female lead + no identity reveal throughout Overnight, Song Xunzhen transmigrated into a cultivation novel as the vicious female supporting character. Out of jealousy, she repeatedly framed the heroine, only to be sentenced to death by the hero and sent to the disciplinary hall. Question: “What do you do when the disciplinary hall is right in front of you the moment you look up?” Song Xunzhen: “...Nice...” At her most desperate, her pay-to-draw-card Syste 23.1kReads8.6Score2.6kShelves

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    What? The male lead's destiny? It was clearly the destiny I found, a destiny that matched me 1000%! Did the destiny even have the male lead's name on it? Why don't you call out to it and see if it answers, hehehe~

12. 12 快 Quick Transmigration: When the Villain Becomes the White Moonlight 快穿：当反派穿成白月光 The Tough Mountain-Opening Monster坚强的开山怪Modern Romance200k WordsOngoing In novels, no matter how coldhearted the male lead is, there’s always a white moonlight in his heart, someone he can never have for one reason or another. She is usually beautiful and unattainable, and dies in her prime, becoming someone no one dares disturb in their heart. When Wen Zi once again works the ruthless male lead until he’s teary-eyed… The System finally can’t help asking: “...I’m a little curious about your previous job?” Wen Zi smiles. “Didn’t I tell you? My name is Wen Zi, an 2kReads8.9Score149Shelves

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    I highly recommend this book! The plot is incredibly gripping, with foreshadowing layered upon layer, and the author's writing is simply superb! Shi Zi, forever my white moonlight!

13. 13 穿 After Transmigrating Into a Book, I Used Money to Pose as a Hidden Goddess 穿书后，我靠氪金伪装隐世神女 Archangel Gabriel大天使伽百列Fantastical Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Powerful heroine + making a dazzling impression + keeping her secret identity hidden + female-led story + everyone has an unrequited crush + two powerful women + no male pairing] Also known as: After Transmigrating into a Book as a Cannon-Fodder, I Pretended to Be a Hidden Goddess and Terrified the Entire Cultivation World; I Pretend to Have an Unfathomable Background by Spending Money on Gacha Draws Mu Wanyin: Thanks for asking. I'm in a cultivation world from a male-oriented novel, and I've j 28.4kReads8.5Score3kShelves

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    It's a good show. When I first started watching, there were only about 30 people following it, but now there are many more.

14. 14 综 Film and TV Crossover: The Delicate Black Lotus 综影视：娇弱黑莲花 Hiding Behind a secret identity背着小马甲Ancient Romance5.0M WordsOngoing In the eyes of the world, she is kind, lovely, and sacred, a goddess who walks among mortals without a speck of dust on her. No words of praise for beauty could describe even a fraction of her. Yet only her enemies know that if you cut out Su Mian's heart, it is black! Villainess fiction, not a strong female lead. Fully immersive in each small world, with role-play from an omniscient perspective (clear-minded yet falling into corruption). Don't read if that's not your thing! 12.3kReads7.9Score321Shelves

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    A collection of stories featuring various film and television adaptations, mostly original female leads, a charming and beautiful but scheming villain, who pretends to be innocent, not a strong female lead, and who controls the overall situation but doesn't take the initiative, letting the male lead get closer. The stories also include immersive role-playing, a competitive dynamic between the female and male leads, and a double-flight scenario (if you don't like this, please don't read; a small portion of the world will portray the original female lead negatively). Examples include: Yun Zhi Yu, Zhi Fou (Sheng Mo Lan), Shao Bai, Ning An Ru Meng (Jiang Xue Hui), Cang Lan Jue, Chang Yue Jin Ming (Ye Bing Chang Er ⚠️ will portray the original female lead negatively), Meng Zhong Na Pian Hai, a Thai version of Meteor Garden, Tou Tou Hide Bu Zhu, Hua Jian Ling (Shang Guan Zhi ⚠️ abusive), Mei Ren Wu Lei (Xiao Yu Er ⚠️ forced marriage), Yong Ye Xing He, and Fu Shan Hai (Guo Guo is available to read; currently ongoing, CP Xiao Ming Ming).

15. 15 她 Her Years as a Big Shot in Q City 她在Q市当大佬那几年 Bai Mianmian白绵绵Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Wealthy-family scheming + beloved by the whole family + satisfying revenge + face-slapping + 90% plot, 10% romance] [The transmigrate-into-a-book heroine takes on the golden-finger heroine of a wish-fulfillment novel] The moment Zhou Wangyou opened her eyes, she realized she had become the tragic supporting female character in a brainless wish-fulfillment novel, abused by the protagonist countless times and locked in a basement, where she was about to be left for dead. Zhou Wangyou: ...I think 5.9kReads9.2Score673Shelves

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    From a servant treated as a child bride to a fearsome noblewoman, she was always a villain. Sheng Shuying could lose countless times, Zhou Wangyou could only lose once. But she never lost; she won, won completely. She schemed against everyone, including her own life. (Honestly, she's so cool! There's a romantic pairing, but it's practically nonexistent. If you want to read without a romantic pairing, you can read up to chapter 480; they weren't together before returning to the real world.) "Chu Yin, it's not that I chose danger, it's that I've always lived in danger, so how can I not coexist with danger?" "Someone like me? How do you define me?" "Zhou Wangyou, you're really arrogant." "It's always been like this; you'll get used to it."

16. 16 看 After Seeing the On-Screen Comments, the Vase-Like Female Lead Slaughters Her Way Through the Cultivation World 看见弹幕后，花瓶女主杀穿修真界 Gu Huo故火Fantastical Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Live Chat Comments + Strong Female Lead + No Romance + Light Ensemble Cast] Also known as: The System Told Me to Win Them Over, So I Killed All the Chosen Ones Chu Yuan is the eldest daughter of a cultivation family. She works hard at her cultivation and treats others kindly, but one day she unexpectedly sees live chat comments: Just a flower with no fragrance. Hurry up and get off the screen! Who wants to see a simpering wife in a cultivation world full of male leads? I want to see Chinese-sty 44.8kReads9.2Score13.2kShelves

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    This is pretty good, I like it.

17. 17 天 The Chosen Villainess: Being a Villain Comes Naturally to Her 天选恶女，作为反派她易如反掌 Noodle-Slurping Squad Leader嗦粉大队长Modern Romance526k WordsOngoing [Female lead is a true villain + ruthless + self-serving + skilled at disguise + no romance + supernatural powers + eerie and strange phenomena + instances + alternate world] Everyone who has met Wen Yun thinks she’s a delicate, beautiful, well-behaved girl, like a pure white gardenia in the sunlight: gentle, lovely, and spotless. But no one knows that even a pure little flower can have a black heart. ﹉﹉﹉﹉ When a soul that has slumbered in the abyss enters the body of a beautiful, pitiful girl, 280Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    These are all stories of two-faced characters: 🔮✨Villains + Selfishness + Supernatural + No Romance. The female lead sits alone on a high platform, watching her prey fight; to please her is their ultimate glory. 🔮✨Game Invasion + No Romance + Lone Wolf + Thief God + Mutually Beneficial Relationship with the Officials. Early game focuses on development, later on participating in the Gods' Game on the World Battlefield. Facing those who harmed her in her past life, [thinking] she decides to hide in the shadows and take away the opportunity, outwardly still a loving older sister to her younger brother 😊 (using skills to transfer hatred towards the female lead to her brother). 🔮✨No Romance + No Morals + No Morals. The female lead is slightly insane; when those around her mock and bully her, Li Ke chooses to secretly kill [cool] and frame others. Every step is towards her goal.

18. 18 游EN Game Invasion: Addicted to Snatching the Male and Female Leads' Destinies 游戏入侵：抢男女主机缘会上瘾诶 The Cat Isn't Bald猫不秃Sports3.1M WordsCompleted [Game Invasion + No Romance + Leveling + Lone Wolf + Gaming] (Also known as: Game Invasion) After being reborn, the first thing Yu Xunge did was go home and make her younger brother down a bottle of liquor, causing him to miss the first game beta test. In her previous life, she didn't learn until she was dying that he had been scheming against her from the shadows all along. She was merely the villainess in a wish-fulfillment novel about a live-in son-in-law... Every bit of malice she suffered w 988.6kReads9.5Score85.7kShelves
19. 19 穿 After She Transmigrated, the Heroine Disguised Herself as a White Lotus and Went on a Killing Spree 穿越后女主她伪装白莲花杀疯了 Seven Four One七四一Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [No CP + no morals + no limits. A triple-no product. Slow burn.] Li Ke transmigrates. She hears that the original owner was a quiet little flower: obedient and well-behaved since childhood, soft-spoken, kind, and gentle. She always believed that if she tried hard enough, the people around her would eventually treat her well. Li Ke blinks. Kind and gentle? Me? Well, I suppose it’s not a bad persona. After secretly killing everyone who gave her a hard time, Li Ke is pleased to discover that, s 2.5kReads8.6Score272Shelves
20. 20 抽 After I Started Drawing Cards, Why Are All the Chosen Ones Clinging to Me? 抽卡后，气运之子怎么都缠上来了 One of the Idlers闲人之一Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Short drama and comic adaptation now available [Immortal cultivation card-draw System + play the pig to eat the tiger, beautiful, strong, and satisfying + one soul in two bodies + a battlefield of competing suitors + irresistible to men + romantic tension but no official couple + hilarious, absurd, drama-loving female lead + all male leads are pure] [The female lead is the strongest by the end!] Xia Wantang transmigrates into a cultivation novel with an ensemble of male leads, becoming a cannon- 8.4kReads9.1Score1kShelves

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    This one, the gentle, pure white moonlight, a gacha puller, a heartthrob! [Evil grin]

21. 21 挖 You Want to Dig Out My Golden Core for the Heroine? I’ll Send the Whole Sect into My Imperial Banner 挖我金丹给女主？全宗进我人皇幡 That Mountain Far Away远方那座山Ancient Romance942k WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead] [Morally Gray] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Self-Righteous] [No Romance] Jia Ying transmigrates into a cultivation novel, becoming the vicious villainess who serves as a foil to the heroine, Ruan Jiaojiao. After her golden core is ripped out, she looks at her mixed spiritual roots and damaged foundation, then resolutely embarks on the path of demonic cultivation! You dare rip out my golden core? Then the whole sect can go into my Human Emperor Banner! By day, she exudes the r 49.3kReads9.1Score6.8kShelves

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    In public, he is a disciple of the righteous path; in private... Even evil cultivators feel ashamed of their own inferiority.

22. 22 N After the NPC Awakens, the On-Screen Comments Call Her the Villainess NPC觉醒后，弹幕叫她恶毒女配 Shu Cha术茶Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + bullet comments + livestreaming + villainess awakening + System + supremely satisfying] [A white-moonlight beauty on the surface, but a black-lotus schemer behind the scenes] (No male lead, completed) In the full-dive game Supreme Crown, Shi Jiao is a villainess NPC created by the screenwriters to make the actors playing the protagonists shine. In the campus CEO world, she's a highborn young lady, proud and beautiful, talented and accomplished, as well as the foil to the 6kReads9.3Score958Shelves

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    The female protagonist always presents herself as a savior in front of people in every world, with the world's in her heart. Only those who follow her know her true purpose.

23. 23 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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    ✨The female lead is the white moonlight of the cultivation world✨The female lead is a supreme god in the upper realm who went to the lower realm to save the common people and was worshipped as a god in their hearts.✨The female lead has the strongest holy-grade chaotic spiritual root. At the beginning of the cultivation world, she attracted seven blessings from the heavens when testing her spiritual root, which caused a sensation throughout the cultivation world.✨The female lead cultivates all six talents and has the top talent.✨The female lead's weapons: Demon Lord's Sword, Thousand Chance Umbrella, Thunder Whip, Trial Tower, Fleeting Dream, Shennong Cauldron, Fleeting Life Pen✨The female lead has friends all over the palace, valley, sect and academy. They are all proud and outstanding talents. They fight together for the common destiny of the cultivation world and find joy in cooperation.✨The female lead has the strongest background in the cultivation world and can walk sideways in the entire cultivation world. A group of strong female leads, beautiful, powerful and refreshing. Completed, no romance!

24. 24 恶 The Villainess Awakens and Slaughters Her Way Through the World, Defying Heaven 恶人女主觉醒杀疯天下毁天道 It's Yangyang是羊羊呦Ancient Romance296k WordsCompleted Content warning: The heroine is a madwoman who holds grudges and is ruthless. (The story is entirely fictional. Don’t take it seriously, and it doesn’t represent the author’s values.) Only after being reborn for the third time did Ye Sangning learn that she was merely an NPC in a game, doomed to die the same miserable death in every life. Her loving parents, devoted older brother, and infatuated fiancé were all targeted by the woman chosen by the System. After that woman appeared, everyone who h 13.6kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves

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    Please, please read this book!!! The female protagonist is a kind princess in public, but in private she kills everyone who wronged her!!

25. 25 挖 Bone-Mining and Blood-Draining: A Madwoman Goes on a Rampage in the Cultivation World 挖骨取血，疯批在修仙界杀疯了 Green Veggie Little Bunny青菜小 兔Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted (No romance + unhinged heroine + skewed values + a touch of ensemble cast + a touch of redemption + selfish, growth-oriented female lead. If that's not your thing, don't read or leave hate. Just quietly move on; it's better for everyone! Sending love ❥(ゝω·✿ฺ)) After transmigrating, Jiang Hanqing became a pitiful senior sister whose spiritual root had been stolen. Her own younger sister took her bones and seized her spiritual root. Was she supposed to put up with that? Absolutely not! When you 3.7kReads8.8Score444Shelves

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    ① "Not making things difficult for you is making things difficult for myself. So, to avoid making things difficult for myself, I'll make things difficult for you instead." ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ② "A couple of divisive words are enough; saying too much will backfire." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ③ "The beauty trap—why a beauty? My youthful white moonlight, with whom I shared life and death, relied on each other in dire straits, a fleeting glimpse of unrequited love. Since this person has been betrayed in love, I'll create a white moonlight for him." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

26. 26 快 Quick Transmigration: The White Moonlight Dies After Maxing Out Affection 快穿：白月光她刷满好感就死遁 Holding Frost at Dusk暮夜执霜Ancient Romance752k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + outwardly warm, inwardly cold heroine + no fixed pairing + not fragments of one soul + redemption-focused + every small world ends in tragedy] How do you max out both your targets' love and heartbreak values? Yue Yuyi's answer is to choose the best possible target, become the moonlight in his heart, then fake her death when he loves her most. She edits each conquest into a polished video and earns points from the viewers. She enjoys every minute of it. System: Master, you 12.3kReads9.4Score1.3kShelves

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    The "white moonlight" is all a tragic ending [think about it carefully]. The female lead is just a heartless actress and director.

27. 27 京 The Capital's Most Notorious Beauty 京城第一祸水 Stars Fill My Eyes满眼星宸Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Currently being published [rival suitors in a dramatic love triangle + top-tier schemer + supporting villainess fights back + everyone comes around] [Historical romance + told entirely from the wicked supporting female character’s perspective] ❣️Blurb One Qiao Wanyan learned from a storybook that she was nothing but a wicked supporting character who abandoned her childhood sweetheart and chased after wealth and status. She sowed discord, poisoned her elder sister, and committed every imaginable 58.5kReads9.3Score7.7kShelves

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    This is the bag. Mei Bao has a stunning face; outsiders only admire her beauty, but those close to her understand her wickedness. But what can they do? They're hopelessly in love with her.

28. 28 太 The Sword Maiden of the Grand Void 太虚剑姬 Shen Qingling沈青绫Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted [Ruthless and Decisive • Heartless Villain • Devoted to the Dao • Master of Manipulation] At the end of a dynasty, powerful clans carved up the land, while spirits and monsters terrorized the countryside. Mighty martial artists preyed on the common people, while exalted immortals looked down on all living things as mere ants. Song Ling came from Earth with a stat-allocation panel and stepped into this vast, turbulent world of cultivation. “Spend five Mystic Source points to improve the third-rat 27.5kReads9.1Score3kShelves

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    A poised and dignified young lady from a prestigious family in public, but a ruthless and unparalleled martial arts master behind the scenes. [Smirking]

29. 29 女 Don’t Cry, Heroine. I’ll Give Your Men Back When I’m Done 女主别哭，玩完就把男主们还你 A Green Gem一颗绿宝石Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] [System] [Female Lead Is a Skilled Actress and a Bad Woman, Both Sweet and Dominant] [Everyone's Favorite] [Changing Destinies] [Power Fantasy] (Male leads are devoted and romantically obsessed; fast-paced) Partially immersive, with lots of fresh settings to explore. #She is a peerlessly wicked woman whom people both love and hate# When she transmigrates into the characters who were originally destined to be exploited and drained by the original female leads, things star 34.4kReads9.3Score3.7kShelves

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    Love is just a bunch of villains.

30. 30 修 She Rules the Cultivation World, While Her Disciple Turns into a Puppy 修仙界她横着走，徒弟养成哈巴狗 My Orange Cat Weighs Twelve Jin我家橘猫十二斤Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted As his master lay dying, he stroked Gu Gugu's head. “My life's ambition was to mend relations between humanity and the demon race.” “Legend has it that in ancient times, humanity lowered its flags to half-mast in mourning for a member of the demon race, the highest honor they could bestow.” “Gugu, I want you to become someone humanity will lower its flags to half-mast for.” After her master died, Gu Gugu charged alone into the human race's prodigy trial grounds and slaughtered 468 human prodigie 12.6kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves
31. 31 小 The Little Junior Sister Is the Cultivation World's Biggest Sycophant? She Gets a Hundredfold Return! 小师妹修仙第一舔？她百倍返利！ All Intentions Rise with the Wind万意随风起Ancient Romance3.0M WordsOngoing [No romance + classic cultivation + sword cultivator + epic power progression + rebate system] “Gift an ordinary Spirit-Gathering Pill and receive a system rebate: one high-grade spirit pill!” “Gift an unremarkable Water Spirit Pearl and receive a system rebate: one Spirit Spring source!” “Gift a three-tailed spirit fox with impure bloodlines and receive a system rebate: one nine-tailed demon fox cub!” While everyone else was fighting tooth and nail over a single spirit pill or magical artifact, 15.3kReads8.9Score1.8kShelves

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    1. 🌈When the female lead learns beforehand about the original male and female leads' opportunities, she seizes them ahead of them, preventing their growth.✌️ When the female lead encounters danger, she simply restarts the game.🌸 2. 🌈The female lead pretends to be weak in front of others, making them think they've profited, achieving a hundredfold return by giving resources to others✨, and also gaining fame in front of others.👍

32. 32 原 Turns Out I’m the Big Villain?! 原来我才是大反派？！ I Want Soy-Braised Chicken Wings我要红烧鸡翅Ancient Romance561k WordsOngoing [No Romance + Powerful Female Lead, the Heroine Is a True Villain] After transmigrating to another world, Si Yaoguang learns that she's a holy maiden of the Heavenly Palace, sent down from the Inner Domain for training. She exclaims, “With an amazing identity like this, I'm obviously the heroine!” It isn't until the villain System appears that she realizes she's actually the ultimate villain, surrounded by chosen ones destined to humiliate her. And so she goes further and further down the path 30Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    Trust me, you can tell just by looking at the title: the villain is a mastermind, and the story is incredibly satisfying.

33. 33 穿 Transmigrated Into the Cultivation World: I Am the Cool, Distant White Moonlight 穿书修真界：我是清冷白月光 Moonlight on the River明月映江Ancient Romance617k WordsCompleted [Completed] [Transmigrate into a book + true goddess’s beloved + genius + saintess + ensemble cast in the later half + a touch of being adored by all + no romance] Xuan Lingqing died at the moment when the young elites of Kyoto’s powerful families loved her most. When she awoke, she discovered she had transmigrated into the cultivation world as a wicked supporting female character. Worse still, the heroine had been reborn. Fortunately, her family background was top-tier, and her cultivation tale 11.7kReads8.7Score1.4kShelves

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    These three books are fantastic! (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧

34. 34 疯 The Psycho Pretends to Be Kind, and the Junior Sister Becomes the Righteous Path's Beacon 疯批装善良，小师妹演成正道曙光 Wei Si Rui卫斯瑞Ancient Romance166k WordsCompleted [Villainess + Everyone’s Favorite + Secret Identity + Strong Female Lead + Wish Fulfillment + Romance] Yue Xi had her treasure stolen and died a tragic death at eighteen. After being reborn, she finally understood: the selfless saint had to become a deranged villainess! In secret, she practices forbidden arts and turns all her enemies into puppets. In public, she is gentle and kind, the beloved ideal of countless people. Later, Yue Xi kills someone in front of everyone. The villain she killed: “ 962Reads8.2Score173Shelves

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    This is just in the serialization.

35. 35 恶 Villainess Extraordinaire: I Steal the Protagonist’s Fortunes 恶女反派，专抢主角机缘 The Lin Family琳琳家Ancient Romance823k WordsOngoing Bai Liuli, the eldest daughter of Zhongzhou’s foremost clan, is beautiful as an immortal, gentle and virtuous, and an immaculate fairy in everyone’s eyes. Only she knows what kind of greedy, cold-hearted soul lies beneath that flawless exterior. She can’t stand to see anything good fall into someone else’s hands, whether it’s an opportunity, a treasure, or… another person’s destiny. That is, until she travels to the Western Continent to settle an old marriage arrangement on her family’s behalf. 952Reads8.2Score137Shelves

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    This is about right.

36. 36 天 Fated Villainess: I’m the Cultivation World’s Cold, Untouchable Moonlight 天命恶女：我是修仙界清冷白月光 Dreams and Fantasies梦和幻想Ancient Romance564k WordsCompleted [System + everyone’s favorite + villainess heroine + chosen ones + no CP (the heroine shines on her own)] After transmigrating, Su Li finds herself as the villainous real heiress in a story about a fake heiress and a real heiress. Her parents are unkind, her brothers are disloyal, and the fake heiress only gets more brazen. No matter. With an immortal sword in hand, Su Li will make her way from the mortal realm onto the road to immortality. What beloved fake heiress? What universally adored juni 1.3kReads7.0Score116Shelves
37. 37 截 I Steal Fortunes and Get a Thousandfold Return, While the Side Character Secretly Becomes an Immortal 截胡机缘万倍返还，女配偷偷成仙 Duck Immortal鸭仙人Fantastical Romance780k WordsCompleted (The animated series is now available) [No romance + scheming + System + sly operator + transmigrate into a book + power fantasy + unstoppable dominance + female-leaning strength + leveling up and growth] Ye Wushuang transmigrated into a book as the legitimate daughter of the Famous Sword Manor. She thought she could lie flat, slack off, and live a carefree life. Who could have guessed that as soon as she transmigrated, she would be humiliated in every way by the future Mandate of Heaven empress 30.9kReads8.3Score4.8kShelves
38. 38 清 The Cool and Aloof Saintess Is Beautiful and Vicious 清冷圣女，她美丽歹毒 The Withered Butterfly and the Night枯萎的蝶与夜Ancient Romance274k WordsCompleted [Strong female lead, villain, behind-the-scenes mastermind, System, transmigration, no romance] A cool exterior, a heartless soul, and a heart set on immortality: that's me, Bai Yuhan. My name is Bai Yuhan. You may not know me, but that's fine. Read this book, and we'll get acquainted. I sit high upon my divine altar. Those I've killed sing my praises in hell, while the people of this world bow before my benevolence. They say, “How could such a noble Saintess ever be wrong?” They say, “The Sain 549Reads8.1Score—Shelves
39. 39 绑 After Binding to a System, I Fight, Fight, Fight and Kill, Kill, Kill 绑定系统后，战战战我杀杀杀 Crazy All the Time, Happy All the Time一直疯一直爽Fantastical Romance320k WordsOngoing Tripwires: Self-serving heroine + Pure evil villainess + Strong female lead with no romance + System + Power fantasy with a dominant heroine Framed for colluding with the demons, she is imprisoned on the Execution Platform and about to be reduced to a cripple. For anyone else, it would be the worst possible start. But Li Zhuang kills the Child of Fortune first, then wipes out their sect. The next second, the four remaining protagonists come looking for her. “What do we do, Host?” the System quiv 46Reads5.9Score123Shelves
40. 40 别 Stop Looking, I’m the Mad Mastermind Villain 别找了，我就是幕后疯批大反派 Come Get Rich来发财Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [A Touch of Mind Reading + System + Secret Identities + Ensemble Cast + Playing the Fool to Outsmart the Tiger + Villainess + A Hint of Fantasy] [She seems pure and innocent but is actually a beautiful lunatic vs. He seems world-weary but is actually a lovesick puppy] Hua Zhaozhao (zhao) inexplicably takes a tumble and somehow falls right into a novel about a real heiress and a fake heiress, becoming the villainous real heiress who envies the fake heiress heroine. Mischievous System: Ruin the m 3.4kReads9.2Score461Shelves
41. 41 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

    Reader note

    The female lead being a "white moonlight" (idealized love interest) with no romantic pairing is not without reason.

42. 42 快 Quick Transmigration: The White Moonlight Enters a BE Script 快穿白月光穿进be剧本 Carefree Chatterbox佛系叽歪Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted #Shocking! The Dream Girl Meets a Love-Struck Hero in Every World!# [Dream Girl + Satisfying Romance + Healing and Redemption + No Fixed Couple] After Qing Dai’s fiftieth blind date ends in failure, she’s told it’s because the fragments of her soul scattered across different little worlds have left a trail of broken hearts: They were the CEO’s dream girl, the campus heartthrob’s secret wife, the regent’s cinnabar mole, the secretly adored imperial princess in a matriarchal world… As the dream gi 33.2kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves
43. 43 恶 The Villainess Becomes the Legitimate Daughter: I'm Just Pretending, Don't Get Too Attached 恶女成嫡：我装的，你们别太爱了 Peach Blossoms Reflected in Wine桃花映酒Ancient Romance617k WordsCompleted (Print edition goes on sale at 7 p.m. on September 19 / Several short animated adaptations are now streaming) [Wicked Villainess Transmigrates into a Book + Total Control + “Training Dogs” Romance + Male Rivals in a Shura Field + Exes Begging for Her Back + Face-Slapping and Scumbag Punishment] [The heroine is a true villainess: a stunning, calculating temptress who never hesitates to manipulate others] Jiang Chuji, the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, was an ill-fated girl sent to a t 59.7kReads9.4Score8kShelves
44. 44 反 The Villainess Kills with Her Beauty 反派她以美貌杀人 Shattered Starlight夜空碎光Ancient Romance355k WordsCompleted (The heroine is a true villain. If you prefer morally upright characters, read with caution.) She was the villain of a book, but she never knew it. But what did that matter? Her beloved was dead. How could those responsible for his death be allowed to live? She toyed with the world in the palm of her hand, laying schemes within schemes and concealing deadly intent at every turn. Her gentle nature and ethereal beauty were both weapons, and no one could stand in the way of her revenge. The person 4.1kReads9.4Score479Shelves

    Reader note

    The female lead is a minor heartthrob; all her schemes are for her white moonlight.

45. 45 被 Driven to Death by Her Cultivator Mistress? I Take Up My Sword and Storm the Ninth Heaven 被修仙外室逼死？我提剑杀上九霄 Bian Lu边鹿Ancient Romance710k WordsCompleted [Power fantasy, a female lead who begins as a villain and turns righteous, no transmigration, no rebirth] Only when she was dying did Li Fu learn why she could never defeat her husband's mistress, Huayue. It turned out that beyond this world lay a realm of cultivation. Huayue had come from that realm. With Taoist magic at her command, there was no way Li Fu could ever beat her. Tortured, skinned, and dismembered, Li Fu was abandoned by everyone and died after enduring every kind of suffering. Ho 78.6kReads9.6Score10.3kShelves

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    Judging from the title, [laughs][laughs] are all very ૮₍♡♡₎ა

46. 46 帅 So Handsome! The Grand Princess Has Mastered Medicine and the Dao 帅得嘞！长公主她医神道入圣了 A Leap of Faithful Fortune一跃锦鲤Ancient Romance484k WordsOngoing [No CP] [Cultivation and leveling up] [Decisive and ruthless, not a saint, no whitewashing] In her previous life, Shangguan Wan, princess of Great Yan, was tricked by a scumbag. The imperial city was destroyed, and thousands of her clanspeople were sacrificed in a Seven Kill Formation. But against all expectations, she is reborn and returns to the day she first met the scumbag. This time, she won't make the same mistakes again. She'll slaughter her enemies and seize the legacy of the Divine Heal 1Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    Haha, this book seems a bit like that. On the surface, the protagonist is elegant and beautiful, but in reality, they're incredibly cunning and ruthless. Those who like this kind of thing should definitely check it out!

47. 47 重 Reborn, the Eldest Senior Sister Gets Rich Beyond Measure 重生后，大师姐她凭亿近人 A Clear Song by the Pool一曲潭清Ancient Romance666k WordsCompleted Originally titled Reborn, the Senior Sister Is Worth Billions Su Chanyi never claimed to be a good person, but neither was she a vicious villain. Yet in the end, her entire family was wiped out, and her bones were ground to dust. Reborn, she cultivates both spiritual and demonic arts, masters both swordsmanship and formations, and proves the Dao through the Taiji. Her family is powerful, her status exalted, and her talent defies the heavens. With a phoenix and a Bai Ze at her side, she is the on 7.1kReads9.4Score943Shelves

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    I don't know if this counts.

48. 48 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 345Reads8.7Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    She appears gentle on the surface, but is actually cunning and ruthless.

49. 49 仙 Rumors in the Immortal Realm: Ten Years After My Death, the Male Leads Went Mad 仙界传闻，我死后十年男主们疯了 Black-Eyed Immortal黑眼圈仙人Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Multiple Male Leads Tamed|Slow-Paced, Not a Power Fantasy|Clear-Eyed Black Lotus|Emotional Mind Games|Everyone Is a Pawn] Only after seeing the comments on the screen did Xue Qing learn that she was a cannon-fodder supporting character in a novel where readers bet on the male lead. A flower slave whose spiritual root had been destroyed, she was about to be bought by the Tai Xuan Sect and used as a tool to reinforce the formation's core. In the book, she was humble and obsequious, dependent o 6.4kReads8.3Score841Shelves

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    These books are all really good.

50. 50 修 The Most Honest Man in the Cultivation World 修仙界第一老实人 Rouge for Fish胭脂换鱼Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted Ye Xiaoman was the most honest person around in the cultivation world. She was loyal and dependable, dedicated to her work, and always fussed over every handsome young man. After her identity as an undercover agent was exposed and she was driven out of her sect, one big shot after another stepped forward to speak up for her. Beacon of the righteous path: “Who said she swindled me out of everything I own? I begged her to take the money.” Demon-world powerhouse: “Who said she tricked me into falli 14.1kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves

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