Cultivation, Romance, Sword Cultivator, Strong Female Lead 修仙＋有cp＋剑修＋大女主

1. 1 我 I’m Stirring Up the Cultivation World with Grind Culture 我在修仙界搞内卷 Cong Yue丛月Ancient Romance3.2M WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] After Qin Shu transmigrated into a book, she learned that she was a fraud who had taken her younger half-sister's place to cultivate immortality. After eight years of cultivation, her half-sister entered the Dao despite having been an ordinary mortal. Qin Shu's cover was blown in front of everyone, and the sect mercilessly cast her out, even though she had only reached the third level of Qi Refining. With her peerless beauty, she was turned into a cultivation furn 129.5kReads9.5Score52.2kShelves

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   Both of these are cultivation novels, with romantic pairings (the third one is unknown). The others involve cultivation of multiple paths, including sword cultivation. The first one is completed; the female protagonist, Qin Shu, transmigrates and is reborn, cultivating multiple paths relentlessly and ultimately defeating many in the cultivation world. The second one is ongoing; the female protagonist, Shen Lingsu, primarily cultivates the Dao of Music, can control sword formations, possesses strength, and has a powerful background. It's still being serialized, so you'll have to wait for updates. The third one is ongoing, a fantasy romance novel; the female protagonist, Ning Ruan, is a sword cultivator who wants to be a healer, and her life-saving technique is the strongest summoning father.

2. 2 你 You Say Music Cultivators Are Frail, So How Did Junior Sister Become Invincible?! 你说乐修柔弱，师妹怎么无敌了！ Yue Man月漫Ancient Romance981k WordsOngoing [Genius protagonist, practically invincible] Shen Lingsu had planned to focus on her cultivation at her sect's music peak, but her rival suddenly gave up and sent her to the main peak as a personal disciple. Her fellow disciples took Shen Lingsu on a wild ride through the world of personal disciples. They never expected the “gentle and adorable” junior sister to defeat everyone in the cultivation world and turn the Spirit Realm upside down. At first, her rivals were most afraid of her taking out 20.8kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves
3. 3 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
4. 4 满 The Whole Sect Is Full of Crazy Villains, Only the Junior Sister Is a Goofball 满门反派疯批，唯有师妹逗比 Wei Xiaoxi未小兮Ancient Romance3.5M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book, Ye Linglong becomes the vicious cannon-fodder villainess in a cultivation novel. With terrible aptitude, she even coerces the heroine into taking her into the top sect during the Cultivation Tournament. After joining, she opposes the heroine at every turn and eventually dies a miserable death. To enjoy a long, happy life, Ye Linglong immediately gives up on coercing the heroine and turns around to join the worst sect in the cultivation world. She’s done being th 247.3kReads9.6Score24.8kShelves

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   I'm not afraid of good stories being too long; I'm afraid of good stories starting strong but ending weak. This story is truly excellent! Especially the bond between the senior and junior disciples. A sect with only thirteen members, yet each one is incredibly strong and united, growing stronger along the way. Each character has a very distinct personality.

5. 5 穿 I Transmigrated into My Master's Body and Doted on My Yandere Disciple 穿成师尊后，我娇养了病娇徒弟 Mighty Little Flat-Chested One威猛小平胸Ancient Romance2.2M WordsCompleted Lanyue transmigrates into a book and becomes a cruel master who treats her disciple as a cultivation furnace, exploiting him without restraint. Fortunately, none of it has happened yet. Lanyue looks at the well-behaved disciple before her, the future Ghost King who will rule the Nine Provinces, and trembles in fear. To avoid the miserable fate of having her soul torn out and her skin flayed, Lanyue does everything she can to please her disciple. As long as she doesn’t spoil him to death, she’ll 15.4kReads9.4Score2.4kShelves

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   These two books are amazing! There are some things I can't say more about, just trust me and read them! 👍👍👍 [Think about it carefully][Think about it carefully][Think about it carefully]

6. 6 逆 Defying Heaven's Cute Beast: The Peerless Demoness Rules the World 逆天萌兽：绝世妖女倾天下 First Day, Seeing the Moon初一见月Ancient Romance6.2M WordsCompleted [Print Edition of One Thought, Ashes Return to the Mountain: Preorders Open September 27 at 7 p.m.] Her own sister ripped out her phoenix bone, stole her talent, and tossed her into the Demon Rift like a dog! But against all odds, she survived and became the little demon girl cherished in the palms of the monsters living in the Demon Rift! The monsters of the Demon Rift: “Anyone who lays a hand on Niannian declares war on our entire demon clan!” She returns to the Five Continents, cuts down her 147.3kReads9.6Score19.1kShelves
7. 7 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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   This book is incredibly good! The very beginning will have you laughing your head off. It's a definite female-centric, feel-good story. The female lead is both shrewd and eccentric, with a small ensemble cast, a main plot, and numerous, well-developed foreshadowing elements. Every character is vividly portrayed, and the author's writing is incredibly delicate. Sometimes you'll find yourself laughing and crying at the same time. It's truly a fantastic read.

8. 8 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
9. 9 我 I Livestream My Cultivation of the Heartless Path in the Cultivation World 我在修真界直播修无情道 Your House Has Fish你家有鱼Ancient Romance472k WordsCompleted After being reunited with her birth family, Su Nielan gets the full package: an engagement, having her spiritual root ripped out, being married off to a useless man, and getting kicked out of the family. One day, while she’s lounging in bed like a contented couch potato, a transparent screen suddenly appears before her eyes, filled with scrolling comments. It turns out her world is just a book. It turns out her useless cultivation partner will soon become the foremost figure in the cultivation w 4kReads9.0Score419Shelves
10. 10 我 I Dig the Pits, You Fill Them In. Everyone in Our Sect Is a Rebel 我挖坑，你填土，师门全是反骨 Running Toward the Sun向阳光奔跑Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Original title: I Became the Beloved Little Junior Sister and Turned the Cultivation World Upside Down] Xie Sisi transmigrated and became the cannon-fodder supporting character in a novel she’d once mocked, a character with the exact same name. The supporting character’s role was to bring the heroine to an immortal sect, dutifully serve as her medicine human, and ultimately die after being used to test the heroine’s medicines. Xie Sisi, who knew the plot: “Bah! Whoever wants to be a medicine hu 62.5kReads9.4Score8.1kShelves

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    It's absolutely amazing! The female lead is strong, the plot is fantastic, and I've already watched it three times. Also, if you're sensitive to certain pairings, you can skip the extra chapters. I highly recommend it!

11. 11 女EN The Supporting Female Character Cultivates, the Protagonists Are Sacrificed to Heaven 女配修仙，主角祭天 Long-Tailed Tit长尾山雀呀Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted On the night before becoming the disciple of Immortal Venerable Yanchen, Sang Ying discovered that she was the villainess in a cultivation novel about a master and his disciple! She was the foil to the pure and kind heroine, a delicate white lotus. Not only did she force the male lead to take her as his disciple, she also tried to steal what belonged to the heroine. In the end, she died at the hands of one of the heroine's admirers, and her pure ice spirit root became the catalyst for repairing 7.7kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves

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    Superb! I've read it twice. The author's writing is excellent, and each character is very well-developed. Highly recommended (I just don't know why the rating is so low).

12. 12 虞 Yu Zhao Reborn: Cutting Ties and Settling Scores 虞昭重生断恩仇 Glass Salted Fish玻璃咸鱼Ancient Romance1.8M WordsOngoing 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 16.3kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves

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    No romantic pairing, but all other requirements are met.

13. 13 师 My Junior Sister Is a Black-Hearted Lotus Who Cares Only About Money 师妹是朵黑心莲，莫得感情只认钱 Runaway Little Elk在逃小糜鹿Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted When other people transmigrate into a book, they end up in either a battlefield of romantic rivals or a scene of regret and desperate reconciliation. Lu Youyou, on the other hand, lands in the ultimate cheating scandal!!! The aloof, celibate eldest senior brother: You’ll find someone better someday. Lu Youyou: I can’t even keep someone like you. Where am I supposed to find better? The wickedly charming second senior brother: She needs me more than you do. Lu Youyou: Needs you to wear mourning cl 10.2kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
14. 14 我 I'm a Master? How Come I Didn't Know? 我是高手我怎么不知道 I Took Great Pains我煞费苦心Ancient Romance705k WordsCompleted "Feel-good power fantasy"[Words Become Law]+ [Overactive Imaginations]+ [Ensemble Cast] Original title: I’m a Master, So Why Don’t I Know It? Xiao Ranshu suspects this world has gone mad! The dog she picked up is the fearsome Wolf King, renowned for his incredible combat prowess? The servant she hired while out shopping is a great sea monster from the merfolk? That silly rabbit is a Taotie that feeds on dragons... Xiao Ranshu slams the table in fury. “Bullshit! My pets are sweet, cute, and obedi 46.6kReads9.4Score4.9kShelves

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    The female protagonist's words carry the power of magic; she is the most powerful. The world's only great sorceress.

15. 15 人 The Finest Flavor in This World Is Serenity. If I Don't Cultivate Immortality, Who Will? 人间至味是清欢，我不修仙谁修仙 Mischievous and Cunning刁钻古怪Ancient Romance515k WordsCompleted [Spatial Dimension + All-Element Chaos Spiritual Root + Transmigrate into a Book + Sword and Music Dual Cultivation + Face-Slapping the Original Male Lead + Traditional Cultivation Novel] The desert sands are like snow, and the moon over the Yan Mountains is like a hook. Mo Xuesi was the name her grandfather gave her after finding her on the edge of the desert. Mo Xuesi grows up in this little mountain village, and by the time she’s eight, she’s convinced she has transmigrated into a farming nov 3.1kReads8.9Score323Shelves

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    There aren't many couples, so just take a look.

16. 16 惹 Mess With Her? Are You Crazy? My Junior Sister Isn’t Really Useless 惹她？疯了！师妹又不是真废材 Thousand Fans千扇Ancient Romance652k WordsCompleted [Complete] [Strong male and female leads + sweet romance + not a saint] In her previous life, Yun Luan was a “lazy supporting character.” After accidentally pushing the heroine off Soulbreak Cliff, she thought she could rest easy. In the end, the heroine unexpectedly found her path to immortality, then wiped out the entire Yun family. Reborn, Yun Luan decides to start cultivating so she can protect her family. She joins a cultivation sect, but at first the sect pays her little attention because 5.4kReads9.1Score682Shelves
17. 17 大 My Eldest Senior Sister Has Turned Evil. What's Wrong with Using a Cheat? 大师姐都黑化了，开个外挂怎么了 Southern Wind Mirror南风镜Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Ye Xinglan watched every one of her junior brothers and sisters die before her eyes, and Tianyan Sect was destroyed. The sect's eldest senior sister went straight into demonic cultivation and slaughtered her way through the cultivation world. But the Demon-Suppressing Seal guarded by her sect broke, and now the world needs its great demon to save it? Ye Xinglan says: Dream on, you bunch of trash! Let's all perish together! Wait... her sweet little junior sister is still ali 4.5kReads8.7Score494Shelves
18. 18 宴 The Banquet Pavilion Records 宴亭录 Leisurely Rain闲雨Mystery308k WordsCompleted [Ensemble romance x immortal-demon love x god-demon love x quirky and lighthearted] Episodic stories, one-on-one pairings, mutual devotion, happy endings Laid-back, hard-drinking female puppet maker VS refined, gentle male painter Naive girl with unparalleled skill in mechanisms VS obsessive, twisted young lord of the demon realm Food-loving girl with mediocre bewitching arts VS fox-clan boy with exceptional bewitching arts Proud, battle-obsessed girl VS aloof genius boy with superb sword skills 742Reads9.4Score155Shelves
19. 19 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: No One Understands Arrogance Better Than I Do 穿书之没人能比我更懂嚣张 Chenchen Little Darling晨晨小宝贝Ancient Romance984k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication] –– Fu Zhu died suddenly after staying up all night watching shows and reading novels. She still remembers that just before she died, she was reading a novel called The Useless Girl Warrior Who Defies Heaven. –– Then she became Bai Li Fu Zhu, the female villain who opposes the novel's hero and heroine. –– This villain is different: she isn't jealous of the heroine or interested in the hero. She simply can't stand the two of them acting more arrogant than her and ste 47.4kReads9.3Score6.6kShelves
20. 20 退 After Breaking Off the Engagement, My Junior Sister Becomes the Strongest Sword Cultivator 退婚后，小师妹成为最强剑修 Hall of the Seventh Crown Prince御七太子殿Ancient Romance511k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance + feel-good power fantasy + heroine is a swordsmanship prodigy and the heavens’ true darling + hero loses his memory while overcoming tribulation early on, then becomes the strongest under heaven] Note: The heroine’s background is revealed at around Chapter 165. In a “dream,” Yun Zhaoyue learned that she was the groveling villainess in a novel. The story said that she was a heaven-blessed prodigy with a Sword Heart and Sword Bones, yet turned into an invincible simp who offer 532Reads8.9Score102Shelves

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    🍀The female protagonist dreams that she's a supporting female character in a book. A sword genius, she becomes the devoted follower of a scumbag demon, ending up with nothing and a tragic fate! 🍉 🍀Upon waking, the book's plot unfolds as expected. However, the female protagonist is no pushover; she's the favored daughter of Heaven, and her future Daoist partner, the male protagonist, is the number one Dao Lord in the world. After losing her memory during her tribulation, she becomes a weak junior brother. 🤔 🍀Strong female lead, with a romantic partner. A satisfying read.

21. 21 小 Little Junior Sister, Don’t Get Carried Away: Your Master Has His Eye on You 小师妹别浪，师尊盯上你了 The Gluttonous Little Monster狂吃小怪兽Ancient Romance2.8M WordsCompleted After transmigrating, Mo Xiaoxing became the junior sister who was obsessed with the Demon Sect’s Crown Prince and betrayed her master’s sect for him. She was also lustful and hopelessly lovesick. Mo Xiaoxing figured that since she had a golden finger, why not put it to good use? Wouldn’t it be better to quietly cultivate until she lived forever, carefree and at ease? So she dug the soil and planted vegetables, raised fluffy little creatures, lifted weights, played with fire, and had a wonderful 7.9kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
22. 22 师 Senior Sister Faked Her Death and Ascended to Godhood: The Whole Sect Weeps as They Follow Her to the Grave 师姐死遁成神，全师门哭着殉葬 Jiang Liuye姜六耶Ancient Romance464k WordsCompleted [Just started getting rated] Ye Li, the second senior sister of Tianmen Sect, died. That day, the entire sect ignored her pleas for help. They were celebrating the fact that Su Ying’er, an ordinary girl with no spiritual roots, had finally become their junior sister. Only when they saw her corpse did everyone in the sect go mad. Her fiancé, the eldest senior brother, spat blood. Her junior brothers killed themselves to join her in death. Her lofty master became a demon with a single thou 160Reads7.5Score109Shelves

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    The senior sister is truly kind, and the junior sister is truly scheming. Aside from the storylines involving my master and fellow disciples who betrayed me, the other plot developments are quite enjoyable.

23. 23 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book with Five Swords. What’s Wrong with Studying Medicine? 穿书了，拥有五把剑去学医怎么了 Shangguan Weiyu上官微雨Ancient Romance405k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book, adored by the whole family, strong heroine, play the pig to eat the tiger, one-on-one romance with both leads pure, yandere, unhinged antics] Ye Zhaozhao is struck by lightning and transmigrates into a book, landing in a cultivation world. Only then does she learn that she is the male lead’s neglected fiancée, destined to die as cannon fodder. To avoid that fate, she does her best to stay away from him. She cultivates however she pleases, has a photographic memory, and 243Reads6.8Score101Shelves

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24. 24 师 My Junior Sister Took the Blame and Was Chased for Three Blocks, Leaving Senior Brother Laughing in Anger 师妹扛锅被追三条街，师兄气笑了 Shangguan Weiyu上官微雨Ancient Romance193k WordsCompleted [Comedy + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Two Strong Leads + Everyone’s Darling + Sweet Romance + Love Grows Over Time + Scheming + No Logic Whatsoever] Feng Yunxi is kicked down to the mortal realm by her own father and becomes an orphan abandoned at birth. She is adopted and raised by the leader of the Qingxuan Sect. She spends her days doing nothing but eating and sleeping. So Ye Xuanyi comes up with all sorts of ways to make her study. He pushes her to work hard, and she cries every day. 1.4kReads6.6Score297Shelves
25. 25 被 After the Male Lead Read My Mind, the Gossip-Loving Junior Sister Drew Her Blade 被男主读心后，吃瓜小师妹拔刀了 Shangguan Weiyu上官微雨Ancient Romance329k WordsCompleted [Mind Reading + Gossip System + Slacking Off + Unhinged Shenanigans + Ridiculous Comedy + Strong Female Lead + Wish Fulfillment + Romance + Sweet] A friendly warning: This story gets pretty wild, so skipping around may leave you confused. Comedy is the main course, with monster-fighting and leveling up on the side. If this isn't your thing, feel free to move along. After being struck by lightning, she transmigrates into a novel about a domineering hero and gets a Gossip System. By collecting gos 194Reads6.8Score—Shelves
26. 26 咸 The Laid-Back Master Just Wants to Stay Alive. Disciples, Don’t Start Anything 咸鱼师尊只想苟命，徒弟你别乱来 Shangguan Weiyu上官微雨Ancient Romance314k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + cultivation + doted on by everyone + cannon-fodder villainess + teacher-student romance + strong female lead + satisfying read] Feng Qingcheng had the rotten luck to transmigrate into a book, becoming the vicious cannon-fodder villainess whom everyone loathed. To change her fate in the story, she went against everyone’s wishes and took the male lead, who was still a novice, as her disciple. Little did she know that her disciple wouldn’t follow the path she had planned 564Reads8.7Score105Shelves

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