Can We Get Something Fresh for Ensemble Casts? It's Always the Senior Sister and Junior Sister. Give Us Original Characters 群像能不能有新意，全是大师姐小师妹，来点原创的

1. 1 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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   These are all cultivation-themed ensemble novels, featuring characters like Ye Qiao, Chi Miao, Feng Xi, Jiang Zhu, Chu Ge, Qin Yuan, Yun Qian, Fu Guang, Xiao Wu, Lin Du, Ye Wanwan, Ning Ruan, Ye Linglong, and Jiang Ning. The female lead single-handedly leads the entire sect astray.

2. 2 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
3. 3 全 I'm the Only Normal Person in the Entire Cultivation World 全修真界就我一个正常人 Watching Blue Smoke Curl Around the West Tower望青烟绕西楼Ancient Romance468k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + a touch of an ensemble cast + growth + (not sure if there’ll be a love interest; the author hasn’t decided) + face-slapping] Mu Xi was a high school student who had struggled through three miserable years of high school. After finally making it through the college entrance exams, all she wanted was a good night’s sleep and a chance to dream about the future. Then she opened her eyes and found herself in a cultivation world. Mu Xi: Excuse me, what? Mu Xi: I just wanted to get a 3kReads8.7Score521Shelves

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   In the chaotic battle at the military academy, Song Zhiliao had five teammates. Each of these five was a prominent figure in the interstellar world: a top family heir, the school's top student, the strongest healer, one of the Empire's twin stars... But only she knew that they were essentially five problem children! Five problem children: (nonchalantly) (looks up at the sky) (kneels down to admit their mistakes)

4. 4 全 The Whole Sect Are Simps, but the Junior Sister Is a Real Menace 全宗都是舔狗，小师妹是真狗 Holding Hands by the Fire执手烟火Ancient Romance4.2M WordsCompleted [The physical edition of One Thought, Phoenix Rising is available on all platforms] Feng Xi transmigrates into a cultivation novel as a cannon-fodder female side character, and the day she enters the book is the day she is doomed to die. To stay alive, she does everything she can to leave the heroine's sect, the Hunyuan Sect, and join the Xuantian Sect instead. Oh! All five of her senior brothers are the heroine's devoted admirers in the book, and each one dies more miserably than the last. Feng 181.5kReads9.5Score23.4kShelves
5. 5 小 Our Group’s Daily Ghost-Hunting Routine 小组杀鬼日常 Sixteen Notes十六音Modern Romance275k WordsOngoing (This story is based on the author’s own imagination, so please don’t take it seriously.) “Do you believe there are ghosts in this world?” “No.” “Then how do you know I’m human?” Wherever there are people, there are ghosts. There’s no need to make killing them complicated. Times have changed, after all! (Lighthearted and nonsensical, no romance, friendship all around.) (My writing is nothing special, and I write just for fun. Don’t take it too seriously. Just have a laugh, and please don’t flame 62Reads—Score112Shelves

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   Beautiful!!! So innovative!

6. 6 守 On the Day of the Wake, My Sisters-in-Law Put Me on the Throne 守灵当天，我被众嫂嫂推上皇位 Kitchen God of the Wood Stove柴火灶王爷Historical724k WordsOngoing [Alternate Dynasty + Transmigration + War + Political Intrigue + Ensemble Cast + The Golden Finger Has Been Cut in Half] A high school boy named Tian Shu wakes up one morning in an ancient funeral hall. His widowed sisters-in-law swarm around him, showering him with care. In a feudal age of chaos, the powerful clans hold sway. The System is practically useless, and each sister-in-law has her own agenda. Born into a poor family, can he defy fate, change his destiny, command a vast empire, and mak 4.6kReads8.8Score183Shelves

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   This one has a fresh idea.

7. 7 昭 Zhaozhao Waits for Your Return 昭昭待君归 Su Asu苏阿苏Ancient Romance296k WordsOngoing [Ensemble character growth x historical political intrigue x love of country and family x sibling bonds x childhood friends x steadfast friendship x teacher and student turned enemies x everyone focused on their careers x no rivalry between women] [Reader’s guide] 1. A gentle, slow-brewing story with understated romance: sweet at first, then heartbreaking. 2. A richly drawn ensemble cast, each following their own path and bearing their own burdens. After the Seven Kingdoms War, the State of Zh 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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   [You Might Also Like] A dignified and elegant crown prince / A prince yearning to be seen / A princess constantly growing / A noblewoman with graceful manners and a stubborn heart / A cynical but clear-headed hostage / A cunning and calculating imperial advisor / A reliable bodyguard with a dry sense of humor / A loyal and brave maid / A bold and meticulous heroine / A courtesan from a fallen family / A roadside wonton stall owner... [Slow pace x Sweet at first, then bitter x Group growth x Ancient romance with political intrigue x Everyone focused on their careers x Patriotism x Unexpected twists of fate x Mutual redemption x Sibling affection x Childhood sweethearts x Teacher-student conflict x No female rivalry] Beneath the surface of court intrigue and power struggles, the core of this book is always "love" and "growth." There are no absolutely evil characters in the book; everyone is pushed forward, and no one's ending is justified. It's not a traditional "feel-good" novel, because every "win" comes at the cost of "loss." Those who are lost will not return, but those who remain can still move forward. To you and me, who are unafraid of loss and bravely forge our own paths. [Progress] We have entered the second volume's main storyline; updates are stable with existing chapters.

8. 8 神 The Divine Phoenix's Gift 神凰赋 Dashing Wanderer翩翩浪子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A garden needs roses! But roses don’t need gardens. A rose is a rose wherever it grows: proud, radiant, and brilliantly independent. In the wild, in the fields, in a free and unrestrained world, she lives as a goddess who strikes decisively and without hesitation. 12.3kReads9.3Score105Shelves

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   A masterpiece of magical realism! Reality is finite, magic is infinite.

9. 9 回 Back Before You Became the Light 回到你成为光之前 Jiujiu Doesn't Want to Work 996酒酒不想996Modern Romance300k WordsOngoing [Qi Shengnan × Shen Yanzhou → one-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first + fictional setting + mutual salvation + a touch of ensemble cast] When Qi Shengnan was six, she once met a very handsome person in the park near her home. Strangely, a red scarf was draped over his thigh. She gave him a strawberry-flavored candy and her umbrella too... When high school began, Qi Shengnan ended up in the same class as Shen Yanzhou, the top student in the city. She ran, he chased, and she wished s 35Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 10 这 There’s Something Seriously Wrong with This Game 这游戏十分有十二分不对劲 Hua Yanyu花炎语Sports279k WordsOngoing If a strange app mysteriously appeared on your phone, would you tap on it? If you discovered that one of the games you played could affect reality, or that the two worlds affected each other, would you still focus only on the game? A warlock with an unlimited skill pool who swings a ten-meter greatsword at your head over the slightest disagreement, or Zhao Yun, who comes with exceptionally high damage resistance and charges like a silver dragon at the drop of a hat. Which would you prefer? If ne 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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11. 11 修 A Guide to Cultivation Civilization 修真文明指南 Crispy Pork Belly香脆五花肉Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsOngoing The laws of physics in the world of cultivation, the periodic table of chemical elements along the path of cultivation, the theory of biological evolution among fantasy races... See how the protagonist uses his golden finger, a kaleidoscope of lives, to keep acquiring other people's cultivation realms and venture ever farther into an unknown world of cultivation. The book features a huge cast of supporting characters, including Lord Niu (Newton), Xiao Ai (Einstein), Lord La (Lavoisier), and Lord 9kReads—Score819Shelves

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    This novel, a collection of stories about cultivation, is quite well-written. It includes a song that almost covers all the major paths of cultivation, called "The Song of the Dao," and a book that records the past of the cultivation world called "Genesis." The author's imagination is truly boundless.

12. 12 宗 The Sect's Junior Sister Really Isn't a Villain 宗门小师妹她真的不是反派 User10551478用户10551478Fantastical Romance240k WordsCompleted [Leveling Interwoven with Adventure] [Five-Person Team] [Ensemble Cast of Other Important Characters] [Female Team Leader] [The Female Lead Has No Fixed CP, but There Will Be Romance to Help Develop the Characters] [The Female Lead Rises to Become the Leader of the Human Race] Zhu Mingjue transmigrates to another world. First, she escapes her twisted family and sets out on the path of cultivation. It seems she's a once-in-a-generation genius. Why not lead people in conquering the world? It's jus 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's an ensemble piece, with three women and two men as the main characters. The main character is only a female lead, there's no male lead, but there might be some romantic subplots. The story focuses on character progression. If you can handle that, you can watch it.

13. 13 我 I'm a Faker in the Cultivation World 我在修真界当伪人 Xi Mengni西萌匿Fantastical Romance49k WordsOngoing [Ensemble Cast] [Unconventional Cultivation] [Secret Identity] [No System] [Lighthearted] Bai Lian, a former office drone and current bona fide work beast, is reborn as a thick-skinned honey badger. She thinks she has landed in Earth Online: Animal World, only to discover that this is actually the cultivation world's version. The good news: she can take human form. The bad news: the demon race's status in Fuyuan is now on par with that of paramecia. With no identity or backing, no sect will 195Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A corporate slave transmigrates into a honey badger in the cultivation world. No romantic pairing.

14. 14 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
15. 15 入 Entering Demonhood Takes Luck, Cultivating Immortality Takes Connections 入魔靠运气修仙凭关系 Thirty Years in a Dream黄粱一梦三十年Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsOngoing Hold fast to your original aspiration, and you can see things through. It is easy to find your original aspiration, but hard to hold on to it. The story's beginning was surprisingly mundane. How could a life like that come after it? What should I say? First of all, I will finish writing this. Also, it's handwritten, with no AI. It's a little rough, but I still hope readers will enjoy it. 179Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    This is alright, but the pace is a bit slow in the early stages.

16. 16 修 A Guide to Cultivation Civilization: Prologue 1, The Prelude to the Mystic Thunder 修真文明指南——序章1，玄雷前传 Crispy Pork Belly香脆五花肉11k WordsCompleted A Guide to Cultivation Civilization: Prologue 1, The Prelude to Xuan Lei 2.2kReads—Score130Shelves
17. 17 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
18. 18 谁 Who Says She’s Just Support? 谁说她只是辅助？ Yan Huishi晏回时Modern Romance247k WordsOngoing [Rebirth + Academy League + Superpowers + Unrequited Love Becomes Mutual + Light Ensemble Cast] Song Qinglan had once had her body taken over by someone who had transmigrated into her world. She could only watch as one person after another whom she treasured died. Now she had been reborn. She returned to the moment the transmigrator suffered a mental breakdown, reclaimed her body, and crawled off the battlefield covered in blood. The first thing she asked when she saw someone was, “Is Jiang Ze s 571Reads—Score107Shelves

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    This is somewhat of an ensemble piece, featuring characters with superpowers and an academy league segment. It feels like the author has simply given superpowers a new shell, but it's quite fun. I suggest waiting until it's more complete before reading, as the word count is currently too low. The author's writing style and pacing in the first few chapters felt average, but they seem to improve as the story progresses. The league section was very enjoyable to read, and it's a good way to witness the author's growth. So far, I quite like it.

19. 19 反 My Senior Brother the Villain Is Unreliable, So I'd Better Rely on Myself 反派师兄不靠谱我还是自强不息吧 Watermelon Who Loves Meat爱吃肉肉的西瓜Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [A little silly, a little funny, a little too mischievous. If you want serious cultivation fiction, don’t read this] Chu Ge wakes up one day as a cannon-fodder villainess in a cultivation novel. In the early stages, when the heroine has no spirit stones, the cannon-fodder villainess becomes her walking cash pouch. In the middle, when the heroine’s spiritual root is damaged, the cannon fodder is made to give hers up. Later, when the heroine is targeted for assassination, the cannon fodder becomes 3.7kReads8.9Score496Shelves
20. 20 锤 The Hammer-Wielding Junior Sister Turns Out to Be a Crybaby 锤修小师妹原来是泪失禁体质 Jin Tang妗糖Ancient Romance617k WordsCompleted Note: There is a couple, but romance isn't a major focus! If you really don't like stories with couples, please don't read this. It'll be better for you, me, and everyone. Yun Qian transmigrates into a book, landing inside an old-school cultivation novel she stayed up late reading the night before. She'd stayed up so she wouldn't be completely clueless if the same-name transmigration rule came true. Never did she expect it to actually happen! She becomes the male lead's namesake, his white moonl 4kReads9.0Score602Shelves
21. 21 在 Being the Beloved Junior Sister in a Plot Gone Off the Rails 在崩坏的剧情中当团宠师妹 Yanyan厌厌Ancient Romance517k WordsCompleted A ghost-attracting, evil-absorbing, fiercely protective heroine x a seemingly aloof and innocent, but actually obsessive, scheming drama king Fu Guang is a story-repair specialist who enters a xianxia novel whose plot has fallen apart. From the start, her spiritual roots are destroyed and she is thrown out of her sect. A Soul-Calming Pearl takes the place of her lost roots, and she promptly joins the sect where the future Demon Lord is supposed to be. The strange thing is, nobody matching that d 5.1kReads9.2Score927Shelves
22. 22 满 Everyone in the Sect Is Serious, Except for Our Ridiculously Silly Junior Sister 满门都是正经人，唯师妹过分沙雕 Gongye Suhe公冶肃禾Ancient Romance547k WordsCompleted Xiao Wu was a notorious backstabber in the apocalypse, but she transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon-fodder female side character with the same name in an old-fashioned harem novel, whose fate was absolutely miserable. To avoid following the original plot, she immediately took a master, moving him to tears until he fished out a little handkerchief and dabbed frantically at his eyes. Later, everyone in the sect realized that aside from being talented and good-looking, Xiao Wu was, at he 10.6kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
23. 23 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

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    These are all really good, especially the first book, which has a very high theme. These are three books I often recommend because I'm quite picky, but I absolutely love each and every one of them. I have a lot of sensitive topics, but these three books completely avoid them. All three have high themes and excellent moral character development; it feels like they elevate one's entire worldview. They're all female-centric novels; the first two don't have a romantic pairing, while the third does, but it's a soulmate relationship with relatively little romance. Highly recommended! (I don't usually post reviews online, but these three books are just so good, I hope more people will discover them.)

24. 24 什 What Immortal Path? What Heavenly Dao? Hah! I Cultivate the Path of Slaughter 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
25. 25 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
26. 26 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
27. 27 沙 The Goofy Heroine Uses Tech to Cultivate Immortality and Becomes Unstoppable 沙雕女主科技修仙，超神逆天 Chilly Dawn Light晓光寒Ancient Romance588k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate into a Book, Absurd Comedy, Ensemble Cast with No Romance, Female Lead Is a Weapons Master] Jiang Ning transmigrates into the heroine of a feel-good xianxia novel. She thinks she can follow the plot and reach the pinnacle of life, only to discover the book’s wicked villainess has been reborn, too! The villainess gets there first, destroys Jiang Ning’s dantian, and dumps her at the gates of Zhaoyuan Sect. In the original story, everyone from Zhaoyuan Sect eventually becomes a villai 993Reads9.3Score178Shelves
28. 28 谁 Who Gets Forced to Inherit the Young Master Position After Transmigrating? 谁家穿越被迫继承少主之位啊 If I Do Not Leave若不辞Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Urban Imagination + Ensemble Cast + No Romance + Interstellar] It all began when five burly men showed up at her house. “Miss Zhixin, we have been waiting for you!” Zhixin (not a text message!): What?! Overnight, she became the heir to East Xia’s foremost family, and discovered that this world didn’t seem quite right. Zhixin slapped her thigh. “We can talk about being the young mistress later. Looks like things are about to get interesting.” The principal set her up when she enrolled, so Zhixin 66.8kReads9.5Score9.7kShelves

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    I suggest reading them in order (I personally think they're alright; they're all about blowing up the Earth, the Sun, or even the universe ❛˓◞˂̵✧ If there are any major flaws—I'm just a casual reader, I'll move on after I finish them) (They're all written by the same author, and his writing style is getting better and better).

29. 29 重 Reborn: I Give the Nation a Cheat Code 重生之我给国家送外挂 If I Do Not Leave若不辞Modern Romance653k WordsCompleted [No romance + post-apocalyptic rebirth + ensemble cast + the nation steps in] (The first season of the animated series is out.) The Civilization Codices descended, devouring Blue Star in a dimensional attack and bringing the world to an end. Greed, envy, sloth... What secrets do the seven great Civilization Codices conceal? Yan Chu, a tomb keeper, was hit on the head by a brick and inexplicably reborn in the past. She decided to hand over what she had to the nation. With the Book of Fate and a b 29.7kReads9.4Score4.4kShelves
30. 30 末EN Apocalyptic Calamity: Who Let These Lunatics Save the World? 末日灾祸：谁让这群癫子去救世的 If I Do Not Leave若不辞Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted [No romance, ensemble cast, apocalyptic disasters, urban fantasy. Split up, and trouble strikes from every direction. Together, and the world faces annihilation.] (The animated series adaptation is now available.) The team’s main mission: save the world. Hidden achievement: elbow-check the world. Code of conduct: As long as we elbow-check fast enough, disaster will always be one step behind us! People around the world: Thanks to the Daxia Squad for the elbow-check survival kit. We refuse deliver 204.2kReads9.4Score33.3kShelves
31. 31 全 The Whole Team Has Powerful Backers, but Their Methods Are Too Sinister 全队背景通天，但行事过于阴间 If I Do Not Leave若不辞Sci-Fi & Apocalypse605k WordsOngoing [Post-apocalyptic interstellar + Ensemble cast + No romance + Funny, absurd comedy] The night the cosmic void was torn open, the world saw not only aliens, but ghosts as well. Science and the supernatural joined forces to slap everyone in the face. The apocalypse had arrived, the aliens had arrived, and so had the uncanny. Life was like surviving a heavenly tribulation, each day stranger than the last. As a staunch mediocrity enthusiast, Yu Jingzhe is almost the living embodiment of the Doctrin 23.7kReads8.9Score3.5kShelves

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    I have to give these four books a huge shout-out. They're all ensemble pieces, and the authors are all fantastic; they're all novels by the same author.

32. 32 星 Interstellar Campus: The Five-Person Team Charges Ahead 星际校园：五人小队向前冲 I Refuse to Flop, Starting with Myself拒绝扑街从我做起Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Military academy + mecha + no romance + coming of age + ensemble cast + light humor + five-person team + strong team spirit] For the first seventeen years of her life, Jiang Lin's goal was to get into Mingde's mechanical engineering department and become a highly paid mecha engineer. But an unexpected turn of events sent her to Dawn Military Academy and set her on the path to becoming an elite solo fighter. Inter-academy tournaments, live-fire drills, interstellar battles... Years later, five s 63.1kReads9.5Score7.2kShelves
33. 33 公 The Top-Ranked Road Survivalist Says She'll Walk to the End of the Road 公路求生榜一说她要走到公路尽头 Zhang Paopao张泡泡Sports2.9M WordsOngoing Strong female lead, no romance, no romantic subplots, clear-headed protagonist, ensemble cast, team-focused. Qi Xu wandered alone along this highway filled with danger and death for nearly four years. With disasters striking endlessly and monsters growing ever stronger, she gradually transformed from a frail woman who could not even kill a chicken into a seasoned player who killed without hesitation. Yet she still died regrettably inside a dungeon... Just before her death, she triggered the prec 428.2kReads9.4Score40.7kShelves
34. 34 马 Secret Identity Roleplay: My Host Has a Split Personality 马甲扮演：我的宿主人格分裂 Xixi Chases Nuwa羲羲追娲Modern Romance314k WordsCompleted [Multiple personalities + role-playing + male and female secret identities + eccentric heroine + plot-driven] Ji Shuang died suddenly while gaming and got saddled with a useless System. It told her that if she saved a world on the brink of destruction, she would not only come back to life on the spot, but also be able to hop between the two worlds. After seven failures, the System was utterly despondent: Agree and sign here. There’s no health insurance or pension. If you die, you’ll just lose yo 5kReads9.4Score685Shelves

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    My first impression of the post: "ensemble cast"? But after a closer look, I noticed: "original," "not just senior and junior sisters," "mini-ensemble cast"—that seems pretty common, right? Then I started browsing my bookshelf and finally realized: There are indeed a lot of cultivation ensemble dramas with senior and junior sisters. Was I being arrogant? After searching, I found these: 1. A cultivation ensemble drama, the female lead is a junior uncle, there's a romantic pairing, but the writing is excellent. 2. This one is about one person playing an entire organization; the alternate identities of the members could be considered part of the ensemble cast (if not, I apologize in advance, please pretend you didn't see this recommendation). A rare genre, no romantic pairing. 3. A space-themed ensemble drama by author Ruo Buci, no romantic pairing. 4. A crossover anime/manga story, but even those who haven't read the original can understand it (ps: I haven't read the original). The theme is super novel: college students from the same female dormitory travel together and play the roles of cities, etc. Anyway, this is the first time I've seen this genre on Tomato Bookstore. It's an all-female ensemble drama, but their alternate identities include both male and female characters, no romantic pairing. 5. Cultivation, a micro-ensemble piece, no romance, everyone in the sect calls the female lead "Grandmaster Uncle". 6. A troublemaking group (a large ensemble piece based on a class), no romance, the female lead has extremely high emotional intelligence, a little sun girl, everyone grows together, etc., I felt so warm and fuzzy after reading it. 7. This is a fairly common kind of crazy cultivation ensemble piece, I read it a long time ago, I remember the female lead was the second senior sister, no romance. 8. This is an ensemble campus novel, with two main plots: one is anti-bullying, and the other is the female lead becoming excellent through hard work and competition. The interactions between the team members are very youthful, there is a romance but not many. 9. All-female ensemble piece, quite good, no romance. 10. Another interstellar ensemble piece by Ruo Buci, no romance. 11. This is a small ensemble piece, no romance, with both humor and pathos, and a logically coherent plot. 12. This is the only book among the ones I recommended that focuses on the male protagonist's perspective. It's a non-romance ensemble piece, featuring a god-slaying team. I absolutely love the male protagonist's character; he's a fun-loving person, the kind who does big things with nonchalance, knowing everything from a high vantage point. He seems optimistic and cheerful on the surface, and his speech is often humorous, like he's just joking around. But as you read on, you'll find that every word he says is the truth, which he packages as a joke. The book has a vast world-building, with first and second timelines, and an alternate timeline with dungeons. Each member of the god-slaying team is well-developed, and Jingyan's writing is superb, with smooth and logical flow. This is my new favorite! [Learned something new] 13. Still a sci-fi ensemble piece by Ruo Buci, no romance. 14. Qi Xu is considered one of Tomato's top works; most people have probably read or heard of it. 15. This is a cultivation ensemble piece; the female lead has senior sisters and junior brothers, and there is a romance. The female lead's romance is her junior brother, but the way she addresses him is a bit messy, sometimes calling him "senior brother" and sometimes "junior brother." The content is alright though. 16. A sci-fi ensemble piece, no romance, "This is a journey to see mountains, seas, and oneself." 17. A Western fantasy ensemble piece with all villains, there is a romance, but the writing is excellent. I think Nolvia is quite popular; those in the Tomato ensemble piece circle should have heard of this one. 18. An infinite flow ensemble piece with no romance and all female characters. 19. A silly ensemble piece; it was very popular a few years ago. 20. A cultivation ensemble piece; this one has a romance, the writing is alright, and the female lead's master only has her as a disciple.

35. 35 炮 The Cannon Fodder Awakens, and the Old Foxes Eavesdrop on My Thoughts 炮灰觉醒，老六们偷听我心声 Never Tiring of the Sound声声不倦Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + wacky comedy + the schemers don't admit they can read minds + adored by everyone + shameless + utterly unhinged early on + happy ending + royals who aren't stereotypes] [Complete] Yin Jiao had been in the book for ten years when, one day, she finally awakened. She had transmigrated into a tearjerking romance with more than a thousand chapters about the male and female leads. The entire cast was so bad at communicating that even dogs would shake their heads. Good news: 3.4kReads9.3Score400Shelves

    Reader note

    A true ensemble piece, just as the synopsis says, funny and lighthearted. A book I've kept hidden away, guaranteed to be a good read! 👀

36. 36 综 Anime Crossover: Protecting the City Is Everyone’s Duty 综漫：保护城市，人人有责 Deer Mountain Snow鹿山雪Anime Fanfiction466k WordsCompleted [No central romance, primarily Detective Conan, with Bungou Stray Dogs, Jujutsu Kaisen, and K's Kings. A group transmigration story with a lighthearted, healing tone.] Tomato Company's new manga, Sakura Peace, has finally launched! Every reader knows that this new series will bring together the three major manga currently being updated, forming a brand-new world. Fans of each manga franchise have picked their sides, ready for their favorite characters to shine from the very first chapter. But th 4.2kReads9.3Score460Shelves
37. 37 在 Playing a Life Sim in an Otome Game 在乙女游戏里做生活玩家 5185Ancient Romance630k WordsCompleted [Animated comic now available] [There are a thousand kinds of love] [Everyday cultivation + No CP + Cozy + Not a power fantasy] "Want to fall in love? Then come to [Die Without Romance]! Gentle, tsundere, alluring, aloof, gloomy, masters, senior and junior fellow disciples, half-demons... Whatever you like, we've got it! Come and win them over!" Su Tangxing: No, thank you. She'd rather live a good life and enjoy her cultivation. References: Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang, Baopuzi, Classic o 19.2kReads9.5Score2.9kShelves
38. 38 你 Not One of You Gets to Be Reborn 你们一个都别想重生 Hua Maobai花毛白Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Everyday school life + sunny heroine + no reincarnation or transmigration + warm and healing] [Special notice: The heroine won't have a romance. Other characters may have romantic storylines.] After narrowly escaping death, Gu Qinghuan partnered with the System and enrolled in Class Three, Year One, at a private high school. [Someday in the future, your classmates may be reborn.] [Before then, they will be deceived, hated, attacked, and destroyed,] [Your mission is to stop them from being rebor 26.8kReads9.5Score3.9kShelves
39. 39 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
40. 40 学 The Top Student Logs In: Grinding for Thrills at Another World's High School 学神上号，我在异世高中刷爽度 I Refuse to Flop, Starting with Myself拒绝扑街从我做起Modern Romance585k WordsCompleted [Less romance + strong heroine + male lead Xie Yu (if that bothers you, feel free to skip it; don't force yourself) + top student + four-person team + light humor + school life + friendship-focused + not a violence-for-violence power fantasy] One day, Cui Tingchao transmigrates. The next thing she knows, the top university student has become a 180-jin high school freshman being bullied. A fake-sweet best friend, a school bully, and a scumbag senior all come after her. The System's mission is to 1.9kReads9.4Score299Shelves
41. 41 震 Shocking! Unlucky College Student Forced to Survive on a Deserted Island 震惊！冤种大学生被迫荒岛求生 The Poem Says诗云Modern Romance472k WordsCompleted Dorm 425 was supposed to represent their school in a competition, but the girls unexpectedly ended up stranded on a deserted island. Students from other schools were there too. It turned out their instructors had tricked them into taking part in a wilderness survival challenge. To stay alive, the women of Dorm 425 exchanged glances and silently rolled up their sleeves... [Deserted Island Survival + Extreme Cold + Typhoons + Torrential Rain + Tsunamis + Live Broadcast] It was all the production c 1.9kReads9.3Score287Shelves
42. 42 你 You Called Me Cannon Fodder, So How Did I Become Everyone's Favorite? 你说我是炮灰，我怎么成了团宠 Hua Xiaomeng华小梦Modern Romance781k WordsCompleted Ye Qi, a Dark Magic Fairy, was sent hurtling into a story about a wealthy family’s true and fake daughters after a legendary otherworldly rideshare driver floored the gas. She hates every drunk-driving bastard equally. Luckily, she’s neither the real heiress nor the fake one. She’s a minor young lady of the Ye family, a sickly child raised in the countryside from a young age. She’s doomed to die after serving as the fake heiress’s sycophant and constantly causing trouble, only to be casually dea 4.5kReads9.3Score428Shelves
43. 43 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

    Reader note

    Both of these are cultivation novels. The first one focuses more on the female lead, but the setting and character development are truly excellent, and the author's writing is superb! [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration] The second one is more ensemble-oriented, and I really love ensemble scenes; this one is really enjoyable. You'll see for yourself when you read it!

44. 44 穿 After Entering a Comic, I Became Everyone's Moonlight 穿进漫画后我成了所有人的白月光 Jing Yan惊燕Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [Main story complete] [Bonus chapters updating regularly] [No romance, no romance, not even for the key characters! The only tags are no romance, happy ending, System! A wish-fulfillment story!] The talkative, chuuni, drama-loving male protagonist, Zheng Guanqi (known as Yazhou in the comic) The Dungeon Guidebook became a huge hit thanks to its breathtaking art and merciless plot. But as the story progressed, readers realized that one after another, the main characters seemed to be dying, and t 45kReads9.4Score8.8kShelves
45. 45 星 The Interstellar Heiress's Collection of Junk 星际首富大小姐的破烂收藏 That Melon over in the West西边那个瓜Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Interstellar powers, military academy tournament, no romance for the protagonist, spatial abilities, lighthearted and satisfying, friendship-focused, with a large ensemble cast.] [Sole protagonist: Shen Chenfu (Xiao Fu)] [Volume One has been published] After years of wandering, Shen Chenfu is found and brought home by the richest man in the interstellar world. Her adopted sister is openly hostile toward her, and her twin younger brothers mock her for never having eaten meat. When her classmates 45.5kReads9.5Score6.8kShelves
46. 46 除 Everyone on the Team Is a Villain Except Me 除我以外，全队反派 Ruan Qingruan阮清阮Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing An original fictional society with lots of personal worldbuilding and foreshadowing. Don’t come in with your own preconceptions and impose them on the author or the story. No suggestions, please. There is a couple, but the romance doesn’t take up much of the story. An alternate “what if” storyline will be written after the ending. Readers with strict moral sensibilities, please stay away. The protagonists aren’t perfect, so don’t judge them by universal standards of morality. If this isn’t to yo 24.9kReads9.6Score2.6kShelves
47. 47 我 Could I Really Get Canceled in a Rules-Based Horror Game? 我还能在规则怪谈里塌房不成？ Xi Yao喜杳Mystery2.2M WordsOngoing [Infinite-Flow + Rules-Based Horror + Horror Game + Strong Female Team + A Group of People With Questionable Sanity] Just before their debut, the group Shili belonged to was betrayed by a bandmate, who framed them for bullying. Their debut fell through, while the bandmate won netizens’ sympathy and relaunched her career to great success. To this day, Shili’s social media accounts are still flooded with abuse from the other girl’s rabid fans. As luck would have it, in the third year after the com 63.9kReads9.6Score7.5kShelves
48. 48 我 I Made a Pact with the Gods, and Now You’re All Turtles 我与神明画押，你们都变王八 Sine and Cosine Live in the Sun正余弦生活在太阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ridiculous comedy] When Yan Luo was put on the spot from the start and expected to confess in front of everyone, she thought fast and called out to the young master: “Classmate Cang Zhu, wise people don’t fall in love. Let’s build a beautiful homeland and work together to create a harmonious society!” The young master: ... The young master at first: “Go away! Keep your distance! You’re scaring me!” The young master, winning himself over: “Holy crap, she insulted me. Does she like me? Holy crap, 23.9kReads9.6Score3.5kShelves
49. 49 全 The Craziest Man in the Entire Continent, and My Flute Is No Less Deadly 全洲第一疯，我的箫也未尝不利 Grass and Wood One草木甲Ancient Romance1.5M WordsOngoing [Print edition signed] [Divine-grade wood spiritual root + powerful heroine + dual cultivation in array formations and music + subverting expectations + a touch of ensemble cast] “An Avalokitesvara’s face, a voice like colored glass.” That’s how everyone in Qiming Continent describes Wen Xi. Wen Xi died, came back to life, and was about to die again when the System finally piped up in time [System Xiaoming reminds you: complete the world-saving mission and you can bring Mommy back to life, darli 98.5kReads9.5Score14.2kShelves
50. 50 精 Do Punk Girls Need to Learn to Repair Mechs Too? 精神小妹也要修机甲吗 w Ziwuw子乌Sci-Fi & Apocalypse707k WordsOngoing Wang Tianwei transmigrated from the apocalypse into the body of a “punk girl” in the interstellar era. Now she has to keep up with the times, study hard, become a mecha engineer, and deal with psychological and emotional problems too!? Someone who spent ten years fighting zombies wouldn't know the first thing about that! So she waved a hand and transferred schools! But everyone and everything at her new school reeks of “unorthodox cultivation”... The interschool tournament is streaming live, and 48.7kReads9.4Score3.7kShelves

    Reader note

    1. Wang Tianwei's is quite popular. 2. This one has a couple, but I think it's really good. 3. This one also has a couple. 4. This one is amazing! I initially read it as a substitute for "Smash the Pot" (a popular Chinese novel), but after reading the later parts, I think it surpasses "Smash the Pot". 5. It features a group of time-travel characters, each with their own couple. 6. This one is a group story about humans and ghosts, and I think it's particularly good. 7. It's by the same author as the fourth one. I think there are relatively few modern group stories, but they are good. (Forgive my lack of vocabulary [crying] These are all good books I've chosen.)

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