Clear-Eyed, Ruthless Female Leads in Empowering Stories 清醒心狠的爽文大女主
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After I Handed Myself Over to the Nation, the Young Officer Regretted It 我把自己上交国家后，军少后悔了
After I Turned Myself Over to the Country, the Young Military Officer Regretted It
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Yu Zhao Reborn: Cutting Ties and Settling Scores 虞昭重生断恩仇
Original novel of the short drama "After Switching to the Heartless Path, My Senior Brothers Wept and Begged for Forgiveness" In her previous life, Yu Zhao spent her whole life fighting Ye Congxin to win back the affection of her master and five senior brothers. In the end, she became a traitor despised by everyone and was killed by the very master she loved. Reborn, she gave up trying to mend her relationship with her master and senior brothers, and took the initiative to cultivate the Heartles
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After She Ascends the Throne, She Takes a New Husband, Leaving Her Ex to Weep 她登基后换了夫，新夫不见旧夫哭
(Power! It's a woman's second face! She loves it!) (1V2 + advancing the nation through technology + two men competing for her, only to end up regretting it) Lu Jichen: He is an ill-omened man. On the day his elder brother got married, they smeared dog blood all over his face and locked him in a cellar. Later, she brought him out, washed his hands, let him sit at the table, fed him, and paid for his education. Wei Chiyuan: He is the young lord of an aristocratic clan; she is a young widow. One sc
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After Becoming the Duke's Dowager, I Kicked Out Every Ungrateful Child and Grandchild 穿成国公老夫人后我把不孝儿孙全踢了
Qin Yun transmigrates into a book, and from the start, her whole family is being stripped of their possessions and exiled? Looking at this roomful of unfilial descendants, Qin Yun thinks the whole family has brought this on themselves. The eldest son's family is corrupt and lawless, and their servants commit acts of violence, bringing disaster upon the household. The second son's family is weak and hidebound, yet they pride themselves on being upright scholars. They presume to criticize the crow
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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
[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
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Turning a Tragic Romance into Horror: No Grudges Last Longer Than a Page Turn 虐文爆改惊悚流，主打没有隔页仇
[Romance with a female lead and male love interest: warning] [A battle of predators runs throughout] [The male lead goes crazy later on, but the heroine stays cold-blooded and in control] For no apparent reason, Xin Que transmigrates into a romance novel about a man who deludes himself into thinking all is well, then tries to win back his ex in a torturous, drawn-out saga. The original plot's big idea is that even though the heroine loses her life, the male lead loses the love of his life, so he
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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
(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
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The Cultivation World’s Garbage Siblings 修真界的垃圾兄妹
Body transmigration + modern person in ancient times + no System + comedic wish-fulfillment + pocket dimension The animated comic adaptation, Cultivator Siblings, is now available. Mi Duoyu is a wandering orphan. Ever since she met Mi Fantong, her life, which had already been a raging inferno, has become even hotter and deeper. Every day, she’s either out tricking people for a bite to eat or being chased and yelled at... After years of scrabbling to get by, the two of them have picked up a few s
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After Six Big Shots Fell for Her, the Devoted Simp Ran Away! 六个大佬沦陷后，舔狗跑了！
[Everyone’s Darling + The Men Beg for Her Back + Romantic Rivalry Showdown + Comedy] Lin Qian was famous throughout the company because she was obsessed with Pei Linan, the arrogant young master who was set to inherit the business. Most people gave up a week after being rejected. She kept at it, unwavering. At first, everyone thought she was trying to marry into wealth. Later, they decided she was truly in love. Even Pei Linan thought so. Someone once asked whether she felt sad whenever she was
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It’s Just a Substitute Marriage, Lord Fu, So Why Are You Spoiling Me? 替嫁而已，傅爷你怎么宠上了
Her father disappeared when she was little, and her mother remarried. She grew up in the countryside with her grandmother, skipping class, getting into fights, and drinking like it was second nature. In everyone else's eyes, she was a no-good delinquent. At nineteen, her mother brought her back to live with her stepfather's family. “Bai Ling, being made to marry the eldest young master of the Fu family in your sister's place is a blessing. You'd better make the most of this opportunity.” In her
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The Feisty Educated Youth Has a Pocket Dimension, Makes Money, Stirs Up Trouble, and Gets Spoiled 作精知青有空间，赚钱搞事宠上天
[Period setting + special space + stockpiling supplies + power couple + spoiled troublemaker + putting scumbags in their place] Luo Zixi was the world’s most feared assassin queen and a peerless warrior goddess in the 21st century. After becoming invincible, she found life unbearably dull and wanted to return to an ordinary life. But her enemies ambushed her, and they died together. By a twist of fate, she woke up to discover she had become a spoiled young educated woman in the 1970s. Her awful
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Quick Transmigration: The Big Shot Crushes Scum Across Three Thousand Worlds 快穿：大佬她在三千界虐渣
Yan Lizhi accidentally catches a little System and somehow ends up signing a contract with it. Then she embarks on a journey through various little worlds to punish scumbags. First world: She becomes the stepmother of an educated youth in the 1970s. Second world: The tragic original wife of an ungrateful jerk. Third world: The wonderful big sister in an apocalypse. Fourth world: … [No romance] [Mindless wish fulfillment, don’t complain]
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Quick Transmigration: The Max-Level Expert Bullies Scumbags Online 快穿：满级大佬她在线虐渣
(No romance, strong female lead, satisfying revenge) Ning Ran is a powerful figure sealed away. To escape, she forcefully took a System and made it take her on missions to earn points. From then on, scumbag male leads, vicious mothers-in-law, fake heiresses, and scheming white lotuses all got their comeuppance at her hands. What? She broke the rules? Sorry, she is the rules! She has no points and can’t redeem any items? No problem, she has a System! The System trembles in fear: Don’t come any cl
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Invasion from Another World: She Brings the Cheats, He Slaughters Everything 异世侵袭，她负责开挂他嘎嘎乱杀
[Complete + super-sweet romance + mutual flirting + special powers + dive in without worry] Pure, alluring beauty actress VS ultra-cool special-abilities squad captain A mysterious fog descends, and the apocalypse quietly begins. By chance, Gu Xingcan, a gorgeous actress from a little-known studio, meets Lu Beichen while he is on a mission. The two fall into a world of fog, and from that moment on, their lives go into overdrive! Gu Xingcan unexpectedly awakens her golden finger. She trembles
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Disaster Strikes in Four Months, So I Stockpiled Billions in Supplies 四月后天灾，我囤了十几亿物资
[Apocalypse + reborn + pocket dimension + no do-gooders + satisfying revenge] [If you're looking for a realistic, documentary-style story, please move along! This book is fictional and makes no attempt at logic! The heroine is clear-eyed and level-headed; the hero is nothing but a tool. There is practically no romance in the beginning!] The planet undergoes a sudden transformation, and one natural disaster follows another: extreme heat, hailstorms, tsunamis, extreme cold, floods, earthquakes, an
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A Crazy Female Lead with a Roomful of Supplies Is Absolutely Killing It 囤了一空间物资的疯批女主A爆了
[Natural Disaster Apocalypse + Rebirth + Huge Spatial Cheat + Stockpiling + Ruthless + No Saintly Behavior + Pet Cat + No Romance] Solar storms, geomagnetic explosions, torrential rain, floods, insect plagues, tornadoes, extreme heat, locust plagues, extreme cold, hail, gales, ice storms, epidemics, polar nights, polar days, asteroid impacts, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, acid rain, massive continental collisions... Luo Yunxi struggles to survive in the apocalypse for five years, only to be
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After Kicking My Trash Ex, I Turned the Whole Internet Upside Down 脚踢渣男后，我反手颠翻全网
[Showbiz + comedy + 1v1 dating show + talking to animals + absolute nonsense + devoted couple] One day, she transmigrated into a book about the entertainment industry, becoming the stand-in for the female lead’s white moonlight before her return from abroad. When faced with her scumbag boyfriend’s emotional manipulation, Sheng Qing turned the tables and had him committed to a psychiatric hospital. She even posted a caption: “Heard I was throwing myself at you? Give me a break. Meeting you was li
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Run Quickly, the Boss Is Going Crazy in the Infinite Doomsday. 快跑啊，大佬在无限末日里杀疯了
[Apocalypse + Infinite Worlds + Ruthless and Decisive + No Romance + Leveling Up] [The heroine is already corrupted from the start + Gradual healing] Mu Xingxing was in a car accident. She watched helplessly as her stepmother removed her oxygen mask and killed her. She couldn't accept it. Why was she the one who had to die? A voice sounded beside her ear: Want a chance at a new life? Welcome to the Mission Space. Survive in every world, and you'll earn rewards. Fail, and you'll be erased. Everyo
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Her Fortunes Were Stolen, and the Poor Little Thing Turned Dark 气运被夺，小可怜黑化了
[Alternate world + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + reborn + transmigrate + satisfying revenge + fantasy + no romance] Lu Yu had terrible luck. Her whole life, all twenty-some years of it, had been one hardship after another. Poverty and cruelty were always at her side. Then one day, her grandfather from her previous life showed up, gave her a pocket-dimension treasure and a space packed with supplies, and sent her back to her previous life. Only then did she learn that she hadn'
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I Have 6 Systems, So What's Wrong with Being a Little Arrogant? 我，6个系统，嚣张一点怎么了
[No romance + strong female lead + System + feel-good power fantasy + face-slapping and putting scumbags in their place] On New Year's Eve, Tang Tingyu gets fired in the most miserable fashion. She tells herself she can get by on her savings for a while, only to receive a call from the police saying her apartment has been burglarized. The thief didn't leave her a single coin. Furious and heartbroken, she climbs onto the rooftop and gives the heavens the middle finger. A bolt of lightning strikes
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Beloved by All, the Fearsome and Adorable Young General 团宠农门女将军又凶又萌
☾Ensemble cast + steady power progression + no romance + academy + passionate + hilarious + decisive and ruthless + gets better the more you read☽ "The heroine is tiny and sweet, but she kills without mercy and without hesitation" Ming Ying transmigrates straight into a deadly predicament. Her body is that of a frail four-and-a-half-year-old. Her parents have just died in battle, her family is dirt poor, and she and her three young brothers can barely hope to survive the winter. To make matters
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A Transmigrator with a System? Of Course I’ll Become Empress 穿越者，有系统，那肯定当女帝啊
[Feel-good revenge + transmigration + System + medicine + nation-building + conquering a chaotic age + empress + cheat powers] Medical student Liu Yi transmigrates into a war-torn age. The world is in chaos, the imperial court has fallen, and ordinary people can barely survive. But she brought along her all-purpose doctor System. System: “I can give you medical equipment.” System: “I can give you medical books.” System: “I can give you an entire modern hospital.” System: “Your goal is to becom
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Quick Transmigration: A Shen 快穿：阿蜃
When a seasoned author looks back at their earliest writing, it's hard not to find their younger self affected and pretentious, and to wish they could transmigrate back in time and cover their own mouth 🤭 The author is here to warn you: the first arc isn't good, so skip it. The “fight fire with fire” arc isn't good either, and the “wading through the waters” arc isn't good either. The apocalypse arc is, well, so-so. Basically, just skip whatever you don't like. This book is pretty divisive: the
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Quick Transmigration: The Host Is Determined to Die 快穿：宿主她一心求死
Troubled girl Ruan Xiaoli committed suicide, then inexplicably got bound to something that called itself a System. It said, “What’s the fun in dying? I’ll take you to three thousand worlds to be the villain, destroy heaven and earth, and unleash chaos and bloodshed.” Ruan Xiaoli thought that sounded pretty interesting, so she agreed. But... hey, hey, hey! System, wasn’t the deal that I’d just play the villain? I’d destroy heaven and earth, then once I got bored, the world’s male lead would kill
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Quick Transmigration: My Host Is Frail and Helpless, but Completely Unhinged 快穿疯批：我那宿主柔弱不能自理
In every tragic romance, the heroine is tormented by the hero until her heart is torn apart, and her heart, kidneys, and brain are cut out. Yet the heroine loves the hero without fail, devoting herself wholeheartedly to her career as his doormat. Now Jingsha has become the heroine of a tragic romance. She's obsessive, unstable, scummy, and downright crazy. She torments the male lead, then the male supporting character, then the female supporting character. In the end, they all love her but can n
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To Break Up the CP, She Somehow Wrecked the Plot 为拆CP，她竟把剧情玩崩了
[Transmigration] [Historical era] [Cultivation] [No romance]... Gu Qing, a demon who escaped slaughter by sheer luck, unexpectedly earns the favor of the Supreme God, who assigns her a rabbit as her System. Gu Qing: If I leave it here like this, will it die after a while? Long Ears: It’s your bad luck to have run into my Host. Supreme God: How did you turn the plot into this mess? Gu Qing: You told me to break up couples, so I did. The plot doesn’t matter. Long Ears: This has nothing to do with
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Quick Transmigration: The Demon King Wrecks the Plot 快穿之大魔王崩坏剧情
(No romance, brainless wish-fulfillment.) The heroine is an overbearing, chuuni, unhinged supervillain. She isn't human! She has no human morality and is rotten to the core. Anyone seeking justice or a saintly heroine should stay away. She takes the scumbag's path and leaves scumbags nowhere to go. If she can solve something with violence, she won't waste a word. She's a master of every kind of scheming green tea and black lotus trick: if you can imagine it, she can do it. A mama's boy ends up w
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Quick Transmigration: An Apocalyptic Esper Reborn as Cannon Fodder 快穿：当末世异能者穿成炮灰
[Quick transmigration + strong female lead + no romance + golden finger + special abilities + pocket dimension + System] In the 121st year of the New Era, after all kinds of natural disasters and viruses, humanity is on the verge of extinction. To survive, Gu Qian travels through different worlds, fulfilling the wishes of those unwilling cannon fodder characters in exchange for supplies to stay alive. This is my first time writing a novel, and the first three worlds aren’t very good. Please be p
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A No-CP Period Piece 无CP的年代文
No CP + Period Setting + Transmigrate + Reborn + System + Cultivation + Revenge Multiple worlds, different protagonists, different lives, different personalities, and stories set in different eras. These are all short stories. The stories are unrelated to one another, and this is not quick transmigration.
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Quick Transmigration: The Cannon-Fodder of the Period Novel Fights Back 快穿：年代文炮灰要逆袭
To recover her memories and her life, Xu Keke travels through one era after another, embarking on a journey of revenge to deliver justice for the cannon-fodder characters burdened by deep resentment in each time period. There’s no redemption here: making scumbags suffer is a must. See how a high school teacher in the 1980s brings a smooth-talking, respectable-looking man to ruin, See how a rural woman official who moved to the city in the 1950s leaves a modern-day Chen Shimei with nothing,
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Socially Awkward, Yet the Most Popular Student at the Elite Academy 不善交际，但贵族学院万人迷
[Old-school melodramatic Mary Sue + everyone’s favorite + love rivals everywhere + everyone has an unrequited crush + heroine with a permanently icy expression + adored by men and women] Annoying tagalong During the summer after the high school entrance exam, Meng Ning accidentally overheard her two childhood friends describe her that way. The top scorer nationwide, she decisively changed her school application and entered the elite St. Francois Academy as a special-admissions student. On the
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Damn! Why Is the Crown Princess Surrounded by Suitors Everywhere? 可恶！怎么到处都是长公主的鱼！
[Short drama of the same name] [The Princess's World of Flowers] Now streaming [Content warning: The female lead is not exclusive, but all the men are, so read with caution] [Schrodinger's playgirl × a whole lot of men] [Lighthearted, not a serious historical drama] [Original title]: Too Many Men Are Such a Hassle. Who Should I Spoil? Wen Yu transmigrates into the Great Sheng Dynasty as its beautiful, useless, brainless eldest princess. After learning that the original owner drowned by accident
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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
[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
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The Chaos of Zhaohua 昭华乱
[This novel has been contracted for publication] [Strong female lead + high-IQ palace intrigue + heroine schemes against the entire harem + psychotic villain personality] Song Zhao has always been a woman who stops at nothing to achieve her goals, and she is also more clear-headed than anyone. From the moment she learned that Xiao Jingheng had chosen her to enter the palace as a consort, her goal was perfectly clear: “I’m entering the palace to become Empress. Otherwise, what would I go there fo
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My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant 我的26岁女房客
After a wild night at a bar, a beautiful woman pinned him with a paternity claim, and the down-and-out young man suddenly became a father. As if things weren't bad enough, the owner of his rented home changed, and he was about to be kicked out. But his new landlady was beautiful! Should he ask to share the place? She coolly gave him a single word: “Get out!” A romantic entanglement sparked by a housing problem.
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