Angst-Filled Cultivation Novels 虐文，修仙小说

1. 1 病 Spring Returns to the Branches of a Sick Tree 病树枝头又逢春 Sweet Melon甜甜的瓜Ancient Romance476k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] Sang Nian accidentally climbs into the world of cultivation and becomes the vicious supporting female character who meets a tragic end in the book. System: Your mission is to marry the male supporting character, Xie Chenzhou, abuse him, humiliate him, and then get killed by him. Sang Nian: OK (brandishes little whip) (hits herself) (collapses with a thud) System: (silence) (stares at the sky) System: Mission changed. Win him over, or go mine coal. Sang Nian: (smiles 241.5kReads9.5Score36.1kShelves

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   "That year, there were seven first place winners in the Heroes Meeting." "My name is Sang Nian, and I will never forget it." "Chu Yao died on their wedding day." "The sails passed by the side of the sinking boat, and thousands of springs were in front of the diseased trees." "Xie Chenzhou, I can't go home, but... I miss my mother." "It's a pity... I can't be Xiao Zhuochen." "I, Shen Mingchao, will become the number one swordsman in the world of immortality. When the time comes, I will bravely travel to the ends of the world with one sword, see all the beautiful scenery in the world, and defeat all the invincible opponents in the world." - "Sang Nian, I don't hate you anymore" - "Thank you" - "I'm sorry" [tears] [tears] [tears]

2. 2 二 The Husky and His White Cat Shizun 二哈和他的白猫师尊 Meat Bun Won't Eat Meat肉包不吃肉Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted [The audiobook adaptation of the same name, starring Gu Jiangshan and Sanshi, is complete. Tune in and give it a listen!] Mo Ran thought becoming Chu Wanning's disciple had been a mistake. His master was far too much like a cat, while he was like a silly dog wagging its tail and fawning over him. Dogs and cats can't reproduce together, and the silly dog hadn't wanted to reach out his fluffy paws toward that cat in the first place. He'd always thought dogs should be with dogs, like his senior bro 103.4kReads9.7Score20.6kShelves

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   It's so sad. The master who can't express himself and Mo Ran who doesn't know who he falls in love with are so beautiful.

3. 3 邪 Evil Spirits 邪祟 Romantic Mountain浪漫山Ancient Romance245k WordsCompleted [Not a mutually exclusive pairing. Read at your own risk.] Li Jiaojiao transmigrated into a book, but her mission wasn’t to win over the male lead or his love interests. Instead, she had to straighten out the twisted worldview and gloomy personality of a male supporting character. Looking at the man who had been sliced up by sword energy and was barely alive, then at Duan Qinglian, whose eyes sparkled with excitement even as he smiled warmly, Li Jiaojiao asked the System, Is he going to enjoy ki 8.3kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves

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   As for abuse stories, these are the two. In fact, I think be is better, but the two male protagonists are already very miserable. He is okay. In the first book, Xie Chenzhou was used and reviled by everyone, but only Sang Nian believed in him unconditionally again and again. In the second book, the male protagonist Duan Qinglian even The names are all other people's, no one gave him a name, no one loved him, everyone in the world was killing him, and he always thought that his existence was for killing. He took pleasure in killing people and pain, until Jiaojiao told her that it was wrong, happiness is not killing, giving him warmth, and taking him out of the mire.

4. 4 摘 Pluck That Black-Hearted Lotus 摘下那朵黑心莲 Half a Watermelon半颗西瓜Ancient Romance333k WordsCompleted [Traditional fantasy historical romance + one-on-one sweet romance with a touch of angst + happy ending + both leads' first love] [Sweet, adorable, bright heroine x arrogant, scheming, pure-hearted, lovesick male lead] Mu Zhenzhen transmigrated into a book because she was a little dissatisfied with the tragic ending of the gentle second male lead. She became a cannon-fodder supporting woman with barely a few lines in the story. She had only just arrived when she stumbled into the second male lea 21.6kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves

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   These two books, although he but I think be is the final ending, but

5. 5 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 248.3kReads9.7Score28.4kShelves

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   It can be said that this book is very popular on Xiaohongshu and Douyin. The group portrait is about a non-CP heroine. Then the plot of this novel is so bright that I can't even imagine the heroine. I really burst into tears [cry] [cry] [cry] [cry]. It's a bit unbelievable to me. This is a product of Potato. It's a bit abusive later on. The whole novel has both joy and sorrow, but it is highly recommended to read it because it is so good. Wow XX

6. 6 快 Quick Transmigration: He’s Gorgeous and Insane 快穿：他又美又疯 In the Thicket of Thorns荆棘雾里Two Male Leads261k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + crazed beauty + pampered top + top’s perspective + corruption + confinement…] An unstable, crazed beauty of a top vs. a seemingly aloof but actually innocent bottom Both devoted to one another, 1v1 There was a famous beauty in the System world. Unfortunately, though beautiful, he was far too unhinged, leaving the System’s transmigrators and systems trembling in fear. After the Supreme God intervened, the crazed beauty disappeared. Then, across the three thousand worlds, one mad 1.1kReads8.4Score—Shelves
7. 7 他 His Slender Waist and Soft Beauty Have the Streamer and Her Top Fans Spoiling Him 他细腰软玉，主播和大哥们追着宠 Yu Xiyan玉惜颜Two Male Leads246k WordsOngoing [Original Male Lead + Female-Focused BL + Campus Life + Livestreaming] Xie Xiling is the kind of person everyone sees as a “pretty face,” a heartthrob who leaves people swooning. After the college entrance exams, he got into watching livestreams, and went further and further down the rabbit hole until he couldn’t stop. Want to listen to music? There’s a voice chat room. Want to watch dancing? There are group streams. Want something entertaining? There are variety streamers. Want to see handsome 102Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 8 落 Sunset Mountains 落日山脉 Twelve Thirteen十二三Two Male Leads119k WordsCompleted [The original novel of the radio drama of the same name, starring Zhang Fuzheng and Liu Sicen!!!] [Teacher Wei Chi, sent to teach in the countryside VS wanderer Xiao Yanwei] [Dual male leads + premium novel + healing + redemption + rural teaching + literary + mutual devotion + happy ending + devoted love] Before meeting Xiao Yanwei, Wei Chi had never wanted anyone to stay. The place where he lived was the shortest stave in the barrel, the most overlooked corner of China's 9.6 million square kilo 4.3kReads9.6Score967Shelves
9. 9 师 Are Teacher-Disciple Romances Always One-Sided? 师徒恋都是徒弟一厢情愿？ I Am About to Stop我行将止Two Male Leads132k WordsCompleted [The original novel behind the hit audio drama, After Mistaking Fanfiction for Reality] [A collection of ancient-style fantasy novellas by rising imaginative author Wo Xing Jiang Zhi: Are Teacher-Disciple Romances Always One-Sided on the Disciple’s Part?] [Ancient setting + quality fiction + two male leads + sweet romance + comedy + xianxia + fantasy + short stories + collection] I thought I had to save my senior brother, but he accused me of meddling!? The collection of ancient-style fantasy n 24Reads9.1Score—Shelves
10. 10 快 Quick Transmigration: The Arrogant Hero Accidentally Binds the System for All to Love Him 快穿：龙傲天误绑万人迷系统后 Floating Echo浮响Two Male Leads343k WordsCompleted [BL + Beloved Prodigy, Irresistible Bottom + Everyone Has One-Sided Feelings for Him + Love Rival Showdowns + Split-Personality Tops] Ren Fuxue was supposed to become a domineering protagonist, but by accident he was bound to a System with a nurturing-mommy (comforting the bottom) attribute, and ended up becoming everyone's darling. [World One] Cultivation, Broken Engagement, and a Useless Prodigy (Complete) With his spiritual roots crippled and reduced to a stray dog, Ren Fuxue was supposed to 1.4kReads7.4Score163Shelves
11. 11 差 Three Years Apart 差三岁 Luo Says Again罗再说Two Male Leads181k WordsCompleted [The original novel of the radio drama of the same name, starring Hu Liangwei and Jiang Qiu!] [Flashy, unstoppable, wolfish underachiever Xing Cheng VS cool, aloof, secretly passionate top student Ning Xi, who knows how to put every troublemaker in their place] [Modern setting + two male leads + premium novel + equally matched leads + youth + healing + campus + coming of age + dreams] This is a coming-of-age school story about the old and new captains of Shizhong High’s basketball team workin 1.5kReads9.5Score372Shelves
12. 12 欲 Wild Desires 欲野肆望 Li Huaisha李怀沙Two Male Leads222k WordsCompleted Already signed for print publication: The Handsome Neighbor and the Dark Pervert Are the Same Person An extremely twisted story! Extremely twisted! Coercive love + confinement + one-on-one romance + intense push and pull + yandere + time-space displacement Original title: Tonight, the Deity Kneels to Kiss Him A beautiful, dark, unhinged schemer with a sweet, innocent facade VS a gorgeous, depressed radio host who only pretends to be proper Chen Sizhuo had been stalked by a pervert for three m 27.4kReads9.5Score4.3kShelves
13. 13 撩 He's Got Me Smitten! This Foxlike Idol Really Knows How to Bewitch People! 撩疯了！狐系偶像他真的会蛊人！ Charcoal-Grilled Wagyu碳烤肥牛Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Boy Band in the Entertainment Industry + A Touch of Everyone’s Favorite + Fluffy, Sweet, Satisfying Wish-Fulfillment + Lots of Original Worldbuilding, Not for Readers Who Pick Apart the Details] As the saying goes: If a boy band doesn’t sell fanservice, they might as well go home and grow sweet potatoes. If a boy band doesn’t flirt with each other, they’ll be nobodies before long! “Are you disgusting or what?” “Stay away from me. Get lost!” Hua Xiuyu transmigrates into a 7.8kReads9.4Score1.3kShelves
14. 14 无 No One Came to Save Me 无人救我 Chen Chen and the Platform沉沉与台Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted I had cancer for five years. Just as I was preparing to give up on life, I met Qi Jue. “Even if nobody else likes you, I’ll always like you!” Those words were like a beam of light, saving me from the darkness. I’d never been popular, and he was the only one willing to show me a little kindness. So I loved him without hesitation, lowering myself into the dust for his sake. But then he told someone else: “Who would like a sick woman like that? I only played along to tease her because I lost a dare —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Wen Ci exhausted his cultivation to save the people, but his master had his bones extracted to make weapons. After her rebirth, she watched with cold eyes as her former loved ones went crazy for her: "Aren't you going to save the common people? Now, who will save me?"

15. 15 无 No One Saved Me 无人救我 Chen Fugui'er陈富贵儿Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted Three years ago, my boyfriend rescued me from a fire, but the accident left me nearly disfigured. For the past three years, despite online criticism and pleas from family and friends, my boyfriend stayed by my side and cared for me devotedly. I thought that without him, I probably wouldn't have survived. Until the day I was discharged. He took my hand and led me out of the hospital. Beneath the reporters' blinding flashes, he looked as awkward as if he were holding a foul-smelling garbage bag wi —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 16 神 Above the Altar 神坛之上 Little Tuzi小兔资9k WordsCompleted To save her country in its final hour, the goddess descended to the mortal realm under the pretext of arranging marriages. But evil spirits ambushed her and stole her divine essence, robbing her of her memories. Fortunately, she ultimately succeeded in helping the new emperor ascend the throne. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The Goddess Siming gave her life to save the fallen immortal from the banquet, and used her love as a guide, but instead he imprisoned her at the altar. His fingertips touched her blood-stained lips: "Misheng, since you dare to scheme against me, you will bear my madness." When the goddess fell, he realized that he was the one who was saved.

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