Looking for an Ensemble Cast, Not an Everyone-Dotes-on-One Character Story. Everyone Should Have Their Own Personality! 想要群像，不要团宠，不要团宠，都有自己的特点！

1. 1 道 Fellow Daoist! That Thief Has Written Another Book 道友！那贼子她又写新书了 Three or Four Times三四番Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Cultivation + ensemble cast + no romance + divination cultivator + light literary borrowing] What do you do when you transmigrate to the cultivation world and are about to starve to death?! I’ve just arrived in the cultivation world, fresh off a mule. Thanks for asking: of course I’ll write stories to make money! . Her quest for immortality could wait. One book, After My Spiritual Root Was Destroyed, I Became the Immortal Venerable’s First Disciple, made her famous. Zhu Wuyou thought she could 12.9kReads9.0Score2.4kShelves

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   After reading Chapter 348, I suddenly wanted to write a review. It's really good-looking and a real group portrait. Everyone has their own characteristics and their own ways. The heroine is not the most powerful. The overbearing Gu Yiguan is really Xiu's overbearing. He calculates everything and even the heroine is completely included.

2. 2 贵 Does the Noble Academy’s Supporting Lady Have to Be Loved by Everyone, Too? 贵族学院女配也要万人迷吗？ Spicy Strips with Rice辣条泡饭Modern Romance340k WordsCompleted [The animated dramas "Chasing the Splendid Scenery" and "Does the Female Side Character at the Elite Academy Have to Be Everyone’s Favorite?" are now available] [Irresistible heroine × possessive pursuit × rivalry between men × male substitute × a male lead whom the heroine does not like] Nan Zhiyan knows this is the world of a novel, and that she is an insignificant, positive female side character who has been in love with the male lead since childhood. So even though Nan Zhiyan doesn’t like Lu 22.9kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves

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   The palace wall willow is super beautiful, highly recommended

3. 3 宫 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Dream Doll梦娃Ancient Romance166k WordsCompleted Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held 59.4kReads9.8Score8.8kShelves
4. 4 全 The Entire Nobles' Academy Heard My Thoughts and Spoiled Me Rotten 全贵族学院听我心声后，宠疯我 Mo Liu Qing Zhu墨柳清竹Modern Romance606k WordsCompleted Shi Li transmigrated into a book, becoming the vicious supporting female character who was pathologically obsessed with the male lead. During class, she was either plotting how to win over the male lead or wondering what fate awaited her classmates in the original story. [It seems that Director Wei will get into a car accident in the next few days.] The heiress who heard Shi Li’s thoughts sprang to her feet. [But after Director Wei dies, his mistresses number three, four, and five will show up w 12.9kReads8.6Score1.7kShelves
5. 5 异 The Lost City of Exotic Beasts 异兽迷城 Peng Pai彭湃Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [The new book The Maze of Inversion has begun serialization. Updates come at 9 p.m. every evening. Please continue to support it.] Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 503.1kReads9.7Score69.9kShelves

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   That's a very group look, all sweet and cruelty-free [love] [love] [love]

6. 6 拍 I Photographed Every Has-Been Online Celebrity, and Now I’m Finally Famous 拍遍全网糊咖，醉姐终于火了 The Old Book Gets Another Chance旧书重来一次Modern Romance765k WordsCompleted [No romance for the heroine, career-focused + entertainment System + fan site manager / agent / boss] Chen Zui has been in a parallel world for a year. The music variety show she was supposed to join gets canceled at the last minute. Fine, fine, guess I’m just unlucky. She’s replaced on a dance show because she stepped out with her right foot first. She gets angry, then gets angry for a moment. She gets edited out of an entertainment variety show for offending a popular star. You dare mess with 16.2kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves

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   The stars, the entertainment industry, and the system cannot stand up on their own, so they can only stand behind and act as the standing ladies. Works that can be reprinted [shy]

7. 7 嘴 The Stubborn School Bully Is a Hopeless Romantic: Flirt with Him and He'll Say Yes to a Kiss 嘴硬校霸恋爱脑，撩好吻他都说好 A Little Four Seasons Milk Tea一点点四季奶青Modern Romance323k WordsCompleted [Complete] BG romance [School bully and top student × sweet, soft-hearted girl with a feisty streak] [Sweet school romance with a focus on five friends + everyone speaks their mind + romance and friendship both get plenty of attention + both leads are virgins + happy ending] The Experimental Middle School gossip group has recently been discussing the relationship between transfer student Gu Huaishu and school bully Jiang Shixu. Everyone: Brother Xu has a thing about cleanliness. Why would he le 12.6kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves

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   Sweet pet ➕ group portrait ➕ double strong yyds!! Gu Huaishu✘Jiang Shixu Everyone has their say. The pure and beautiful love between boys and girls is so awesome!!! I strongly recommend everyone to watch it. From campus to society, it's sweet from beginning to end. Every couple is very cute!!

8. 8 灵 Spirit Armor: The Legend of Taming 灵装：塔明传说 Crazy Little Sword痴痴小剑Urban153k WordsOngoing [One Female Lead + Childhood Sweetheart + Apocalypse + Some Gore + Tokusatsu Elements] Five hundred years ago, the final battle between light and darkness began. The twelve spirit beasts and four divine beasts who fought for the side of light exhausted all their power to protect the planet known as Taming, sealing away the evil forces of darkness. Five hundred years later, the twelve dark beasts of the shadow faction awaken and overrun the world. Then some upstart kid comes out of nowhere, gets 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's a group portrait, but it's not long enough and the features are not so obvious. I need to wait for the later updates to complete the supplement [laughs]

9. 9 衔 The Mirror Bearer 衔镜 Zonger纵尔Ancient Romance591k WordsCompleted [Complete; bonus chapters updated irregularly] Jiang Wan was expelled from her sect. On her way to take part in the sect selection, she accidentally crossed paths with a dangerous young man. Jiang Wan: “Are you going to kill me?” “I won’t kill you. At least, not right now.” Fine. So he might kill her later. From then on, she devoted herself to staying alive, diligently helping him conceal his identity. Everyone knew that ever since the battle between the immortals and demons a thousand years 7.1kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves

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   These two books are group portraits. Each person has his own characteristics and is very vivid.

10. 10 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 328.7kReads9.5Score47.4kShelves
11. 11 女 Disguised as a Man: The Tyrant Charms with Her Beauty 女扮男装：暴君她美色撩人 Flower Roll Rice花卷饭Ancient Romance750k WordsCompleted [Woman disguised as a man + no romance + strong heroine + gradually becomes everyone’s favorite] Jun Lin was born into the modern world and then reborn in another era. After disguising herself as a man, she finally managed to ascend the throne, only to be poisoned by her childhood friend and turned into a puppet under his control. Her memories became jumbled and her personality changed drastically. After five years of tyranny, she died in court. Jun Lin: “Thanks for asking. I woke up in a mass g 3.6kReads9.5Score542Shelves

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    Group portrait article! Each character has a distinct personality, each character has his own highlights, and everyone has his own story. The protagonist has many companions! A woman disguises herself as a man, and the heroine is resourceful and has maximum strength. The heroine is a modern person who was transformed into a woman and disguised as a man to ascend the throne and become emperor. However, she was controlled by someone and her character changed drastically. After five years of tyranny, she died in the court. When he wakes up again, he brings like-minded friends back to the palace, eliminates the traitors, revitalizes Jingguo, and begins the road to unify the world. The description of family and country feelings in the content is super touching...

12. 12 高 A High-Risk Supporting Actress’s Guide to Self-Preservation 高危女配的自救指南 Shallow and Deep浅予深深Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [A fiercely competitive go-getter and her eccentric companions, ready to take on anyone] [Ensemble cast] Bai Youyou transmigrates into a book she once criticized, landing in a novel she had hated. The moment she opens her eyes, the original host’s mother is right in the original male lead’s face, going on the attack: “A pheasant thinks it can dream of becoming a phoenix?” Bai Youyou: ... Mom, do you realize that one line has just doomed our entire clan? But when she thinks of the original st 28.5kReads9.2Score3.9kShelves

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    The self-rescue of a group of supporting characters

13. 13 全 Every Protagonist Is a Monster. How Am I Supposed to Be the Boss? 全是妖孽主角，你让我怎么当老大 Maple Drifts Past Chang'an枫过长安Urban2.2M WordsCompleted [Recruiting protagonists + ensemble cast + slow start] The black-hearted System gives me an impossible mission: make the urban war god, the miraculous doctor, the martial arts prodigy, the Dragon King God of War, the reincarnated emperor, the blind Sword Sovereign, the reincarnation, the reborn one... submit to me. What the hell? They’re all absurdly powerful protagonists. You expect them to take me as their boss? I quit! 124.9kReads9.6Score15.3kShelves

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    I only recommend this book, and you will know if it is good or not after reading it. The group portraits are very beautiful, each person has different characteristics.

14. 14 师 My Junior Sister Goes Berserk and Gets Rich, Then Reaches Godhood by Courting Death 师妹发癫暴富，作死一路成神 Warm Water Warms Itself温水自温Ancient Romance627k WordsCompleted No CP, no System, not a wish-fulfillment story, no brainless plot, no face-slapping, no doting on the protagonist by everyone. Half sweet, half angst. The heroine is weak early on, and there are lots of foreshadowing details. Don't read if that bothers you. Synopsis: After finally winning 300 million in the lottery, she transmigrated into a book without spending a single cent. In a fit of anger, she first destroyed the System, then transmigrated as a villainess. She could go home if she died, so 114Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A group of statues of immortals. Tian Pengnan who always fails to grasp the key points, An Xiaozhu who is a straight man in the advanced stage of cancer, King Kong Loli who pretends to be weak, Chen Fupo who is loyal to the world, gentle and kind Senior Sister Liu, Xiao Changkong, a middle school boy, Feng Menghulu who is devoted to the Tao, and Sister Lu who is really just a simple and crazy person. Young people are dedicated and enthusiastic, and travel together to the mountains and seas.

15. 15 被 After Her Body Was Dumped, She Became the Villain Legion’s Cherished Darling 被抛尸后，她成了反派军团家团宠 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 190.2kReads9.6Score25.9kShelves

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    Everyone, take a look 🙏 🍀This is an absolutely great group portrait. The three concepts of justice and integrity are not holy. Even the villains are not written to reduce their intelligence. I have been following the author for more than three years and finally finished it on No. 5.4. The story is very long and you can read it in one go.

16. 16 我 I Cultivate Eldritch Gods in the Apocalypse 我在末世中培养异神 Snowfall Over the Sky瑞雪莹空Sci-Fi & Apocalypse788k WordsCompleted [The male and female leads share one body and two souls + ensemble cast + apocalypse + higher-dimensional world] After the supernatural apocalypse erupted, she obtained the game Ragnarok and met Yan Zhaoying, the person bound to her by fate. After she resurrected him, they became two souls sharing one body. In the apocalypse, they travel through countless strange cities and meet Ren Xinglan, a model; Yu Weiming, a frail young man; Qidiao Xiucan, a white-haired youth; Rui Yangsheng, a "yandere" y 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male and female protagonists are one body and two souls. Although they travel together, they are all growing separately.

17. 17 十 The End of Ten Days 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.8MReads9.9Score232.4kShelves

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    This is amazing!!!!

18. 18 山 White Fish of the Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海白鱼 Yu Chaosheng鱼朝生Eastern Fantasy90k WordsOngoing This is my first book, and I had no idea what I was doing. The original title turned out to be a duplicate, so I rushed to change it. But the more I look at the new one, the more I dislike it. I regret splitting the book into volumes. I want to move all the content to the next book instead. How do I do that? Does anyone know? I’d be grateful for any advice from someone who knows what they’re doing. Thank you, thank you! 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's a serious fantasy plot with many characters, each with different personalities and abilities. I'm a newcomer and don't know what group portraits and group pets are. You might as well read Chapter 69 to see if it meets the requirements.

19. 19 赦 Forgive the Moon 赦免月亮 Lu Wu陆雾Mystery375k WordsCompleted [Classic Whodunit + Case-of-the-Week + Locked-Room Murders + Multiple Twists + Power Couple + Mutual Pining] To get revenge, Du Qingci kills two people, but runs into her old classmate Chu Dongping and has no choice but to become his partner. Together, they solve five cases in seven days. As they grow closer, their feelings heat up, and the killing intent draws nearer. Du Qingci: “Why does he keep looking at me? Did he spot my weakness? Is he going to silence me?” Chu Dongping: “Why does she kee 539Reads8.2Score133Shelves

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    Every chapter in the novel is full of attractions, and the plot is compact and not procrastinating.

20. 20 我 I Came to Earth to Be a God 我到地球来当神 I'm Purple Light我是紫光Ancient Romance1.1M WordsOngoing Female-Led + Interstellar + No System + Eastern Fantasy + Light-Novel Style + Ensemble Cast Growth + One True Pair The title may give the wrong impression that this is a story about a charlatan or a comedy, but the actual story is a slow burn with a vast world. The protagonist, Youtan, is stranded on Earth after a spaceship accident. In search of energy, she travels across the planet alone, eventually journeying with an Earth mage, a young hunter, and others. The story revolves around the power 36Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Novel group portraits, romantic and beautiful fantasy stories of gods and demons, niche

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