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1. 2151 开EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 563kReads9.7Score72.5kShelves
2. 2152 我EN With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.3M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 754.6kReads9.4Score44.4kShelves
3. 2153 穿 After Entering a Bad-End Comic, I Took the Lead in Tearing Up the Script 穿进be漫画后，我带头手撕剧本 Gu Qingying, Who Loves Tench喜欢十间鱼的顾清影Urban677k WordsOngoing [Forum-style posts + mistaken assumptions and exaggerated interpretations + beautiful, strong, and tragic characters + ensemble cast finding redemption + no romance] Yan Qi always felt he’d transmigrated into this world in entirely the wrong way. It was bad enough that he’d ended up in a depressing superpower comic where everyone died. To make matters worse, the ability he awakened, [Words of Absolute Truth], came with a deadly side effect: the more bluntly he spoke while changing cause and ef 149.1kReads9.4Score20.5kShelves

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   I've been watching a lot of ensemble dramas lately, and this is my favorite so far; I haven't found a replacement yet. Forum-style + contrasting personalities + beautiful, strong, and tragic characters + ensemble cast with redemption, and no romantic pairing [admiration]

4. 2154 失 After My Heartbreak, a Powerful Tycoon Who Secretly Loved Me for Years Set His Sights on Me 失恋后，被暗恋多年的大佬盯上了 Lolita, No Sugar萝莉不加糖Modern Romance178k WordsOngoing [She flirts, then runs in the early chapters; later, he goes on a crazed hunt for her. This is a slow-burn romance, but you won't regret getting invested. The more you ship them, the more addictive it gets~] [Secret crush turned real + flirtatious push and pull + a dangerously obsessive man hiding his desires + sweet romance at a leisurely pace] She looks clever, but one flirt is enough to make her panic. All she wants is to borrow some good genes. He seems aloof and gentle, but he's actually ob 47Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The female lead flirts with the male lead and then runs away in the early stages, while the male lead later relentlessly pursues her. It's a slow-paced, sweet romance novel that combines elements of unrequited love turning into love, forced entanglement, and a "wife-chasing-after-the-cremation" scenario.

5. 2155 佛 The White Fox Before the Buddha Defies Fate and Breaks the Cycle of Reincarnation 佛前白狐逆天改命破轮回 Thinking of You Like the First Time念你如初吖Fantastical Romance623k WordsCompleted Xue Chan has practiced asceticism before the Buddha for a thousand years, hoping to find peace beside an ancient Buddha and sever all ties to the mortal world. But the fate of three lifetimes binds her to Wuchen of the Buddhist sect in an inescapable, deathless bond. In their past life, she sacrificed herself, shattered her core, and burned away her soul to give him a magnificent kingdom for a lifetime; In this life, his Buddhist heart turns demonic, and he imprisons her in the depths of a sea —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Who understands?! I'm totally glued to my phone by this book, *The White Fox Before the Buddha: Defying Fate and Breaking the Cycle of Reincarnation*! The female lead isn't love-struck or a saint; she tears apart the heavens and defies reincarnation, providing non-stop thrills. I've been staying up for days to keep up with the updates without getting sleepy! Are there any other Xianxia novels like this with a cool female lead and no flirting? Sisters, please recommend them like crazy! Leave the titles in the comments, and I'll read them all!

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