Modern Urban High Martial Arts, Ruthless Protagonist, Multiple Female Leads 都市高武，杀伐果断，多女主

1. 151 时 The Compass of Time 时光罗盘 The Qin's Music Keeps Me Company琴音伴我6k WordsCompleted The Time Compass 37Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 152 踏 Walking Beneath the Moon: The Age of Machines 踏月而行：机械纪元 The Qin's Music Keeps Me Company琴音伴我8k WordsCompleted Walking Beneath the Moon: The Mechanical Era 103Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 153 花 The Moon Palace Amid a Sea of Flowers 花海月宫 The Qin's Music Keeps Me Company琴音伴我7k WordsCompleted The Moon Palace Amid a Sea of Flowers 35Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 154 紫 Fairyland in the Purple Bamboo Grove 紫竹林的仙境 The Qin's Music Keeps Me Company琴音伴我7k WordsCompleted A Fairyland in the Purple Bamboo Grove 27Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 155 夜 Night Shanghai: Making My Name on the Bund 夜上海之扬威上海滩 The Qin's Music Keeps Me Company琴音伴我Male-Channel Fanfiction237k WordsCompleted Lin Ge and Bai Wei transmigrate into the TV series Shanghai Bund, arriving in 1930s Shanghai. They clash fiercely with the Japanese and throw themselves into the nationwide resistance, helping launch the 1932 Battle of Shanghai. 117Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 156 夜 Heroes Without Regrets in Shanghai by Night 夜上海之英雄无悔 The Qin's Music Keeps Me Company琴音伴我Urban282k WordsCompleted Lin Ge is a pilot. While flying along the Hump Route, he unexpectedly transmigrates to Shanghai in 1936. He fights against Japan’s ambitions of aggression, reunites with the woman he loves, Bai Wei, and becomes entangled in complicated romantic relationships with the wealthy daughters of Shanghai’s elite. Lin Ge comes from 2036, but after transmigrating to the Shanghai of 1936, he encounters a host of time travelers lying low. The currents are rising, and the fate of the nation is shifting. 203Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 157 火 The Mars Era: Road to Venus 火星纪元：金星之路 The Qin's Music Keeps Me Company琴音伴我Sci-Fi & Apocalypse341k WordsCompleted An ancient alien spacecraft is discovered in a crater on Venus. The mysterious X Organization plots to seize the planet, while Factory 18 wants to use Venus as a dumping ground for waste. Yet atop the clouds of Venus stands an airship academy called Cloudtop Academy, a hallowed school dreamed of by students across the solar system. At last, traveling from Mars to Venus, they witness the planet's land and oceans. 58Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 158 禁 Drug Enforcement Elite 禁毒精英 The Qin's Music Keeps Me Company琴音伴我Urban101k WordsCompleted Two major drug cartels operate in Mexico: the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the Sinaloa Cartel. This is the story of the US Drug Enforcement Administration, together with the Department of Homeland Security, the CIA, and US Northern Command, assisting Mexican police in the fight against drug crime. 82Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 159 请 Please Spare the Eighteen-Year-Old Me 请放过18岁的我 Always Advise People Not to Conceal the Truth万事劝人休瞒昧Urban780k WordsOngoing Five gold-inlaid nanmu tokens, an acrostic poem, countless players caught in the game, and endless joys and sorrows. What is the truth behind the shocking massacre of the Lu family? The answer lies in the poem. A case within a case, a plot within a plot. Was it an age-old feud passed down for five hundred years? A vicious struggle driven by profit? Or a conspiracy between East and West, brewing for a thousand years? It all lies hidden in the prophecy made five hundred years ago. Everything was d —Reads—Score—Shelves

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10. 160 异 Superpowers: The Good-for-Nothing Star Dust Awakens 异能：废柴星尘觉醒 Flying Sword From the West飞剑西来Urban178k WordsCompleted Explosive action + high martial arts + ruthless combat + fiery passion + invincibility + ensemble cast + satisfying thrills + no angst. The Star-Eaters, an alien race, have disguised themselves as humans and are secretly hunting the people of Blue Star. With Blue Star on the verge of occupation, humanity is about to become food for the aliens. One day, a young man awakens an unparalleled supernatural power. He rises up and leads his closest friends, both male and female, in wiping out the invade —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Supernatural power fantasy, high-level martial arts, refreshing and not frustrating.

11. 161 都 The Happy Life of a Blind Massage Therapist in the City 都市神医之盲人推拿师的快乐生活 Little Leaf Wearing a Cloud小叶子穿朵云Urban474k WordsOngoing [Multiple heroines] [Comedy] [Mindless fun] Lin Chen is blind. He's also a massage therapist, as well as a miracle doctor. He is determined to safeguard his clients' health. 132Reads5.9Score314Shelves

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    I highly recommend these two books. They feature multiple female protagonists, are highly immersive, and have detailed descriptions.

12. 162 都 The City’s Divine Doctor: My Older Sisters All Have a System 都市神医之合租的姐姐们都有系统 A Little Tree Sprout一点小树芽Urban116k WordsOngoing (Divine Healer) (Multiple Heroines) (Original System) This novel features an original System. The protagonist is a college student who has just graduated from medical school, and is determined to become a divine healer devoted to the health of countless ordinary people. 4kReads—Score187Shelves
13. 163 开 I Found a Forbidden Relic from the Start, but I Didn’t Turn It Over to the State 开局捡到禁忌物，我没有上缴国家 Xin You Lin Xi馨有林夕Urban235k WordsOngoing [Divine Sequences + Everyday Jiahao + Lighthearted Comedy + Nearly Invincible] Su Jin awakened the Dijiang Sequence and thought he was about to soar to the top. But his very first promotion requirement was to disguise himself as an ordinary person. Three years. Three whole years. He had a powerful Sequence, yet he dared not reveal the slightest hint of it in public, afraid people would discover that he was an Awakener. On the eve of his promotion from Sequence 9 to Sequence 8, he decided to play —Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 164 赢 I'm on a Winning Streak: I Built a Superpower Goddess Squad 赢麻了，我组建异能女神战队 The Heart Is Still Unenlightened心犹未明Urban728k WordsOngoing This book features [campus romance]+ [urban high martial arts]+ [superpower team battles] The young Lin Di has supernatural powers and commands many laws, including time, space, and gravity, yet he can only lie low on campus as an ordinary student. The overseas terrorist group “Arcana” hunts down superpowered individuals everywhere, bent on controlling the world. Danger lurks around every corner. His best friend Chen Meng thumps his chest and declares, “What’s there to fear? Might makes right 34Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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    Urban martial arts novel, ruthless and decisive, no saintly figures, no indiscriminate killing, multiple female protagonists.

15. 165 高 High Martial: I’m an Ordinary Student, Yet One Punch Shatters the Martial Arts Stele 高武：我普通学生一拳干碎武道碑 A Young Salted Fish一条年轻的咸鱼Urban110k WordsOngoing In a world of advanced martial arts, strength is everything. My whole class laughed at me, calling me talentless, unskilled, and destined to be a useless bottom-dweller for the rest of my life! At the martial arts test, they waited for me to embarrass myself and get expelled! I couldn't be bothered to explain. I threw out a casual punch, BOOM! The ten-thousand-year-old Martial Arts Stele exploded into powder on the spot! [Invincible Aura System activated] [You breathe, and others break through. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one!!!

16. 166 无 One Second Before Invincibility, the Campus Belle Made Me Bet on That One 无敌前一秒，校花逼我押那个 Little Peanut's Great Adventure小花生大冒险Urban161k WordsOngoing [Global High Martial Arts + Passionate Madness + Slow-Burn Romance with Multiple Heroines] “You thieving scoundrel, Sun Xiaochuan! Where are my socks?” “They were a voluntary gift, and gifts aren’t returned!” “Ah! Why did my cultivation level drop too? Sun Xiaochuan, did you steal my stats?” “Steal? It was a voluntary gift. Do you even know what that means?” … Determined to stop being a simp, Sun Xiaochuan unexpectedly activates the Real Man System. Whenever he attacks an enemy whose cultivatio —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Take it, take it! Perfect! A crazy school beauty, a quiet gangster girl, and an explosive young lady—not a harem story, the romance develops slowly. [Laughing][Laughing]

17. 167 全 Full-Time Adept: From Slaying Demons to Immortality 全职异人：从斩妖除魔到长生不老 Nai Fuyue乃负岳Urban86k WordsOngoing [Modern urban high martial arts, nonstop combat, action-packed throughout, romance with no fixed heroine, plot-focused] I woke up to find the world had changed. Monster-beast realms. Demons from the abyss. Chen Jian, once a junior college student, discovered he was now a student at the School for the Gifted. He began his internship as a freshman. His elemental affinity was one of the Five Elements, and his energy belonged to the Water element. From mages to warriors, knights, assassins, and ever —Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 168 领 Lord: Two Gold Traits from the Start, and I Have a Peach Demon with a Surprising Side 领主：开局双金，我有棵反差桃妖 Angel Who Loves Using a Club爱用棍子的天使Eastern Fantasy133k WordsOngoing [Transmigrated into the world + Multiple heroines + Everything crafted by hand] Dao Yang is reborn in a world where everyone is a lord. From the start, he receives two golden talents: Tenfold and Blessing of Taiyin. A hundredfold boost, a thousandfold lead. Ding! You received a hundredfold boost: Physique ×100. Ding! You received a hundredfold boost: Spirit ×100. Ding! You used a wisp of Taiyin Breath and obtained a gold-quality barracks! Ding! You used Taiyin Breath and obtained a mysterious al 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I guess this one counts too, it's called "Everyone's a Lord". All the troops are female, it's worth reading, but it's a new book, I found it by chance.

19. 169 秦 Qin Shi Huang Has Been on the Moon, Protecting Earth for Two Thousand Years 秦始皇在月球，守护地球两千年 Ni Linsheng逆鳞生Urban135k WordsOngoing [Urban Sci-Fi | Lunar Mysteries | Great Qin Heavy Industries | Pure Science and Technology | No System] In 2030, a Chinese crewed lunar landing team is caught in a cosmic turbulence and forced to land on the far side of the Moon. To their surprise, they discover a vast ancient city of Great Qin, where armored guards have stood watch for a thousand years without ever leaving. This fortress from beyond the stars conceals a shocking secret. An extraterrestrial threat is closing in, and a crisis for —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A wildly imaginative urban fantasy novel with a powerful aftertaste! The moon was the outpost of the First Emperor for two thousand years. In the modern city, chaos reigns. He hangs alone in deep space, protecting countless urban creatures with his own strength.

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