Looking for a Female Lead Who Is a Rogue Cultivator and Improves Little by Little 求女主是散修，一点点进步

1. 1 空 A Spatial Ability and a Lightning Spirit Root? How Could I Be Cannon Fodder? 空间异能加雷灵根，怎会是炮灰？ Grandma Ningning宁宁外婆Ancient Romance435k WordsCompleted A space- and ability-wielding powerhouse from the apocalypse transmigrates into a cultivation novel she once read. Her father is a womanizer with a harem of wives and concubines and dozens of children. Her mother is an elite disciple of the clan, but also a hopeless romantic to the extreme. And in the original novel, this body of hers isn't mentioned even once! She absolutely refuses to become cannon fodder! With her knowledge of the future, Bai Yiqi latches onto powerful allies and snatches up 8.3kReads8.5Score75314d adds

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   A person with a lightning-based spiritual root and spatial abilities possesses extraordinary talent, yet escapes their family due to a power struggle and becomes a rogue cultivator, leading to a series of exciting events.

2. 2 开 I Was Sent Flying from the Start, So I Support Myself by Robbing the Rich to Help the Poor 开局被拍飞，我靠劫富济贫养自己 Don't Mess with the Little Rabbit别惹小兔Fantastical Romance147k WordsOngoing [Villainess] [Mortal Cultivation] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Lone Rogue Cultivator] [Selfish] [Fighting for Every Advantage] When Shi Zheng was twelve, she was found to have a low-grade lightning spirit root. The immortal said, "You'll cultivate slowly and die young. I won't take you." With a sweep of his sleeve, he sent her flying two li away, where she "smashed someone to death." Later, she awakened memories and discovered she was a female supporting character. She refused to accept it! She fou 988Reads—Score17814d adds

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   A lone cultivator, a lone wolf, the female protagonist is selfish, competitive, and greedy, killing without regard for morality, only for profit. She runs away when she can't win, decisive in killing, and not a saint! She constantly ascends to higher realms! The female protagonist is just an ordinary person struggling at the bottom of the cultivation world.

3. 3 穷 A Poor Girl’s Daily Life as a Rogue Cultivator 穷鬼女散修的修仙日常 Dancing Lightly in the Mortal World红尘轻舞Ancient Romance2.4M WordsCompleted Xiao Han never imagined that she, an ordinary working girl who hadn't even finished middle school, would transmigrate one day. Fine, she transmigrated. But she had neither a pocket dimension nor a System, let alone a handy golden finger. She got none of the perks or welcome gifts that usually came with transmigration. That would have been bad enough, but other transmigrators took over someone else's body and fit right into local society. She, however, arrived in her own body, unable to speak the 49.5kReads9.2Score7.1k14d adds

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   Both of them are, but in the first one, the female lead is a villain.

4. 4 宗 My Sect Ordered Me to Marry, So I Activated an Infinite Exchange System 宗门强令娶妻，激活无限兑换系统 Cold Hands, Normal Pulse手冰凉脉正常Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [“Good-for-nothing’s comeback” + “System exchange” + “Marriage and growth” + “Play the pig to eat the tiger”] The sect orders an old man in his seventies to take a wife, and he activates the Marriage and Longevity System! A different kind of System, a different kind of thrill! While everyone else has to grovel to survive and grow, the protagonist insists on fighting back, soaring through the skies on his sword. Immortality is no longer a dream. 3.6kReads6.4Score34114d adds

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   A 9.9 Rating is considered a good book, and it needs to be read multiple times to be worth collecting. Are Tomato Readers' standards this high these days? Nobody's read these books either, so what score would you give them? [Admiration][Shy][Shy][What][Laugh][Smile]

5. 5 开 From the Start, I Drew a Barren Field: I Rise by Slaying Insects 开局抽到废田：我靠杀虫逆袭宗门 Cold Hands, Normal Pulse手冰凉脉正常Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Cautious cultivation + farming + earning spirit stones + no System + no harem]. Important things bear repeating: this is a cautious cultivation story, a farming story, and the protagonist is the sort who will keep hiding and playing it safe until the end of time. If that's not your thing, please don't click in. The heavens collapse, countless realms sink into ruin, and all living beings are but ants swept along by the tides. Even the Supreme Immortal Emperor cannot escape the fate of being cons 2.7kReads—Score22514d adds
6. 6 铁 Iron-Blooded War of Resistance: The Spoiled Quartermaster Awakens a Divine Machine 铁血抗战：纨绔军需官觉醒神机 The Colors of Songcheng Fireworks宋城烟火色Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [“War of Resistance, 1937” + “Divine Machine System” + “Hardcore War Against Japan” + “Burma-Yunnan Front”] Every inch of land is soaked in blood! Antique shop owner Chu Yun transmigrates into Chen Jiaju, a quartermaster in the 69th Provisional Division. Though born a spoiled rich boy, he raises a force and joins the main battlefield of the war against Japan. Fighting alongside troops from all walks of life, they pit their flesh and blood against the Japanese army to the bitter end, turning ever 4.4kReads6.4Score31414d adds
7. 7 战 War God Possessed: I Transmigrated to 1937 to Fight the Japanese 战神附体：穿越到1937打鬼子 Cold Hands, Normal Pulse手冰凉脉正常Urban1.4M WordsOngoing “As long as Hunanese remain, China will never fall!” During the eight years of resistance against Japan, the Nationalist government conscripted about 14 million people nationwide. Hunan contributed nearly 2.1 million, or 15% of the total. More than 600,000 Hunanese soldiers on the front lines were killed, wounded, or went missing. About 300,000 were killed, accounting for one-quarter of all Nationalist soldiers killed on the front lines, the highest death toll of any province. Over the eight yea 3.4kReads5.9Score22514d adds
8. 8 抗 War of Resistance: Sending a Japanese Major to Meet Amaterasu from the Start 抗战：开局送鬼子少佐见天照大神 Cold Hands, Normal Pulse手冰凉脉正常Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Lao Ma, an armored corps veteran, is caught in a temporal mishap and transmigrates to 1941, a year engulfed in war, landing right in the middle of a Japanese encirclement. Gunfire erupts all around him as the enemy’s footsteps and battle cries close in. Stranded in an unfamiliar era without the modern armored equipment he knows, he has only his past combat experience and a soldier’s iron will. In this desperate fight for survival, Lao Ma begins an unknown journey of resistance. 7.7kReads8.7Score66414d adds
9. 9 贫 Just a Poor Rogue Cultivator. Why Are You Kneeling, Fellow Daoist? 贫穷散修一枚，道友何故下跪？ Knife, Medicine, Pen刀药笔Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [No romance, ensemble cast] [A goofy trio of wandering cultivators] [Female-led cultivation progression, few scenes involving children, skip if that bothers you] Song Li transmigrates into a cultivation novel as the evil female supporting character. After bullying the heroine, she is thrown by her own brother into the Abandoned Infant Pagoda, where she dies at the hands of countless vengeful infant spirits. Waking inside the pagoda, she looks at the crying spirits and says, “I can be your mother 31.3kReads9.4Score4.2k14d adds

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   Read the first 50 chapters. If you still don't like it, come find me.

10. 10 穿 Reincarnated as a Debtor in the Cultivation World, I Ascend with a Multiverse Chat Group 穿成修仙界负婆，我靠诸天群飞升 LuLu99Ancient Romance171k WordsOngoing [Multiverse Cross-Plane Group Chat + Debt-Fueled Self-Rescue + Low-Class Rat-Girl Protagonist + Slight Harem Appeal + Traditional-Style Cultivation + Growth and Leveling] After transmigrating to the cultivation world, Chi Wanwan landed in a hellish situation from the start! There are so many people born with sacred cultivation physiques, so why is she the only one born with a useless body? Is it just because her name is an A-B-B pattern? A good-for-nothing with five spiritual roots, a tiny culti 41Reads—Score114d adds

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    The female protagonist in this book is a rogue cultivator, the kind who works very hard.

11. 11 恶 Wicked Cultivator: I Hold the True, Good, and Beautiful System and Become the Demon Emperor 恶女修仙，手握真善美系统成魔帝 You Lianqing犹怜青Ancient Romance725k WordsOngoing [Lone-wolf cultivation + no romance + System + native-born underdog + villainess + dual mastery of medicine and formations] Li Li has always been sharp-tongued and ruthless, with a fierce grudge against anyone who crosses her. She has been beaten countless times for it, yet she never learns her lesson. When she was ten, a monster calling itself the “Truth, Goodness, and Beauty System” came to her, back when she was still called Ding Er Ya, and forced her to do good deeds. Guided by the principle 18.1kReads9.2Score2k14d adds

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    The female lead is a rogue cultivator who joins various factions for various reasons, but only for profit or out of necessity. She eventually runs away. It's a very good story.

12. 12 丁 Grade-D Spirit Farmer, Now with Cheats 丁等灵农她开挂了 Li You You璃呦游Fantastical Romance546k WordsOngoing One heroine, no romance After her family sold her for thirty spirit stones, Bu Yan thought all her life held in store was three mu of barren fields and a drafty stone hut. Until she discovered When the greens she planted ripened, she gained “ten days' worth of cultivation.” When her radishes ripened, she learned a “Hemostasis Talisman.” As soon as she planted thorny vines, the System chased after her and shoved three Foundation-Nurturing Pills into her hands. Other cultivators advanced by medi 2.7kReads6.6Score27614d adds

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    The female protagonist is a free-spirited cultivator with no romantic partner. She's only at the fifth level of Qi Refining after 400,000 words of farming and cultivation 🤭 She's essentially a spirit plant master, and she's self-taught in talismans, formations, and pills.

13. 13 逆 The Rebellious Daughter, Xu Yao 逆女许瑶 Shiyou Po礻由婆Ancient Romance104k WordsCompleted Transmigration, hunting, strong female lead, leveling up, ruthless and decisive. If you’re interested in this book, you can keep reading Against the Current: Xu Yao in the Cultivation World. The man set down his catch and sat across from Xu Yao as if they were old friends. “When did you learn to hunt? People in the village say you got over your idiocy and then went crazy. Is that true?” Xu Yao gritted her teeth. “Yes, I’m crazy. When I get really crazy, I eat people.” The man grinned. “Heh, I do 821Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A story about a rogue cultivator, a strong female protagonist who levels up, time travel, comedy, no romantic pairing, decisive killing, treasure hunting, and adventure.

14. 14 逆 The Rebellious Xu Yao in the Cultivation World 逆女许瑶之修仙界 Shiyou Po礻由婆Fantastical Romance456k WordsOngoing Cultivation | No Romance | Transmigrated, Powerful Female Lead | Decisive and Ruthless Ensemble Cast. This is the official sequel to The Rebellious Girl Xu Yao. It’s recommended that you read the original first. Xu Yao and her companions travel through more than a dozen realms, great and small. Starting from nothing, they save up spirit stones, temper their life-bound treasures, master the Sacred Demon Body Art, seize secret realms and formations, unite the Central Island, and are named the Dem 246Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 15 穿 Reborn as a Little Mouse in the Cultivation World 穿成修仙界的小老鼠 Shiyou Po礻由婆25k WordsCompleted Reborn as a Little Mouse in the Cultivation World 442Reads—Score414d adds
16. 16 合 The Useless Disciple of the Hehuan Sect Is a Sword Cultivator 合欢宗的废材是剑修 Shiyou Po礻由婆22k WordsCompleted The Useless Member of the Hehuan Sect Is a Sword Cultivator 239Reads—Score414d adds
17. 17 巫 The Witch's Cultivation Journey 巫女修仙传 Zhao Zhao A Mu Mu昭昭阿木木Fantastical Romance483k WordsCompleted Sword Cultivator! As the meridians inside her were pulled out inch by inch, she made no sound. She simply counted silently to herself: three left... When she counted down to zero, Qin Tianba found herself still sitting cross-legged where she had been. She lowered her head and glanced at her shattered dantian. It was completely empty. So her spiritual root was gone! Next came her bones, picked out one by one until her flesh, left without anything to support it, collapsed in a heap. Qin Tianba tho 216Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Highly recommended, a must-have for your bookshelf, the later chapters will be absolutely epic.

18. 18 救 Help! This Lousy System Is Making Me Found a Sect! 救命！这破系统让我开宗立派！ The Crying of Xiao Xiao萧萧之鸣Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to another world as a sickly man, the male lead triggers a System: if he fails to save twenty people within three years, he’ll die of his illness. He sets off on a journey to save people, meeting one lovely confidante after another along the way. In the end, he’s forced to found a sect and finds his happy ending. (This is not a cultivation novel.) The premise is fairly fresh, leaving behind the traditional level-up-and-fight-monsters formula. The protagonist is frail at firs 37.3kReads9.2Score3.6k14d adds

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    The male protagonist is a rogue cultivator who gradually grows stronger; it's a captivating fantasy story, and quite innovative.

19. 19 凌 Lingyun's Journey: Rising from Humble Beginnings 凌云行之起于微末 Gan Que甘鹊Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Beyond the Three Realms lie hidden worlds; within the Six Paths dwell countless peoples. There is no absolute opposition, only a world of myriad wonders. An ordinary mortal sets out on the journey! She breaks through desperate situations, changes her fate, seizes opportunities, and sees through people's hearts. With sheer grit and resilience, she shatters the heavens and defies immortality! After transmigrating, she finds herself in the body of a poor little girl about to be sold. After finally 3.5kReads9.1Score45914d adds

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    A rogue cultivator, a powerful female protagonist, kills without regard for morality, solely for profit. She knows when to stop and runs away when things go wrong. But once resources and profits are involved, she instantly transforms into a ruthless and cold-blooded hunter, determined to forge her own legendary path!

20. 20 让 You Want Me to Be Your Ultimate Cauldron? Dream On! 让我当极品炉鼎？做梦！ Grandma Ningning宁宁外婆Fantastical Romance389k WordsCompleted (The heroine loves herself most, and her resolve to pursue the Dao is unwavering. She won't become love-struck, so please move along if that bothers you.) Xiang Qing once had a happy little family. Her parents doted on her, and she wanted for nothing. But misfortune struck without warning. A battle between immortals destroyed her home, and her parents died tragically in the aftermath of their magic. The five-year-old girl awoke and crawled out from beneath her parents' bodies. Tested and found t 936Reads8.4Score11414d adds

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    The female protagonist possesses a Heavenly Water Spiritual Root and is cultivated as a cultivation vessel by the Hehuan Sect. By chance, she awakens her spatial ability, escapes the Hehuan Sect, joins the Loose Cultivator Alliance, and slowly grows stronger with the help of her companions and pet beasts, eventually ascending to the Immortal Realm.

21. 21 盘 The Wind from the Silk Cave Made This Young Scholar Straight 盘丝洞的风将小生掰直了 The Sun Is Shining, Just Get to Work大太阳好好干就好Ancient Romance128k WordsCompleted [No Male Lead | Woman Disguised as a Man | Insect-Fairy Fantasy | High-IQ Mind Games | Hilarious Romantic Rivalries] Jiang Yue, a scholar who failed the imperial exams, suddenly finds herself disguised as a man and plunged into a strange world of spirits and fairies. There are no traditional immortal sects here. Instead, the land is crawling with all kinds of bizarre insect spirits: A cold, alluring spider spirit spins webs to ensnare hearts; a bewitching black swallowtail sings softly through 19Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Try this delicious new book! The protagonist cultivates and grows in a fascinating fairy world.

22. 22 修 Cultivating Immortality Starts with Household Rivalry 修仙从宅斗开始 piopoAncient Romance67k WordsOngoing Dropping this book... —Reads—Score—14d adds

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23. 23 三 Three Feet of Chilling Light 三尺寒芒 Nangong Meiyue南宫美月Fantastical Romance2.7M WordsOngoing [Female-Led Story + Ensemble Cast + No Romance + Pocket Dimension + Divine Weapon + Growth and Trials] All the splendor of the world turns to dust; sword on my back, I speak drunkenly of the people's suffering. On the winter solstice, with snow covering the mountains and the forests ablaze with color, Father found me by a little stream outside the village. So he named me Ruoxue. Born dark-skinned and ugly, I endured the world's cold stares and learned that true affection is the warmest thing of 61Reads9.2Score—14d adds

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    A female protagonist, a sword cultivator, no male lead, no romantic pairing, no system, slow-burn and not a wish-fulfillment story, no time travel, growth through trials and tribulations, across countless worlds, epic political intrigue, a super long novel, not a traditional monster-slaying and leveling-up cultivation story, featuring intelligent characters!

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