Looking for a Story Where the Leads Were a Couple in Their Past Life, Then Transmigrate to a Cultivation World After Death 求男女主前世是一对，死后穿越修仙界

1. 1 真 The Real Heiress Failed Her Tribulation and Returned, Only to Give Up Trying 真千金渡劫失败穿回来后，摆烂了 I Want to Be a Rich Lady我想当富婆Modern Romance211k WordsCompleted [A sweet romance] [Fake and real heiress + taking life easy + delightfully unhinged + unabashed love + doting romance + past and present lives] Li You failed to survive her heavenly tribulation and was sent back from the cultivation world! After working hard for over a thousand years, she was back to square one in an instant. Li You: “Fine, fine! So that’s how you want to play!” - Scumbag dad: “Wanwan may not be our biological daughter, but we’ve raised her for years. The Li family is rich and p 6.3kReads9.1Score72614d adds

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   This one is the opposite: the female and male leads are mortal enemies in the cultivation world. Both failed their tribulations and were transported back to the modern world. The female lead is a bit dull, and the back-and-forth is quite satisfying.

2. 2 穿 Transmigrated as the Obsessive Male Lead's First Love, His Senior Sister 穿成偏执男主的白月光师姐 Greedy Lazybones咸鱼贪财Ancient Romance209k WordsCompleted Yan Qing had spent seven or eight hundred years in a world of cultivation before discovering during her tribulation to reach the Deification stage that she had transmigrated into a master-disciple romance novel and become the male lead's doomed senior sister, his first love. In the novel, the male lead was in love with his senior sister. The first thing Yan Qing did after waking up was test whether her gentle, refined junior brother liked her. Once she confirmed he did not, she went down the mou 8.9kReads9.0Score99114d adds

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   The male lead, a nine-tailed fox, seduces his senior sister (the female lead) – a story I read without skipping chapters – later episodes include past life plots; they are always a couple.

3. 3 九 The Eunuch of a Thousand Years Is Bewitchingly Beautiful 九千岁他百媚千娇 Beautiful Lady美人娘Ancient Romance265k WordsCompleted (A deranged villain who is a real eunuch × a cat-demon empress, both inexperienced, happy ending) (A redemption story focused mainly on the romance. The male lead is a villain through and through, with no redemption. The female lead is carefree and oblivious. No pointless side characters. The storybook world isn't the real mortal realm. Some scenes are quite bloody, so read with care.) He had once been a demon living in hell, a maggot in filthy mud, a loathsome walking corpse, a killing machine 10.1kReads9.4Score1.1k14d adds

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   This book is so incredibly moving!!! The female protagonist had a relationship with the male protagonist in her past life. Later, she traveled to ancient times and met the male protagonist again, but he had no memories of his past life. The two went through many trials and tribulations before returning to their original world, where they finally had a sweet and happy ending!!! Two people in love will never be separated, and fate will bring them together again!

4. 4 我 After I Died, I Became the Villain's Beloved Cinnabar Mark 我死后，就成了反派心头朱砂痣 Yu Xiaozhou禹小粥Ancient Romance460k WordsCompleted [The angst-filled plot exists only to serve the romance. Don't overthink the logic; there are lots of holes. Check the reviews and author notes for warnings.] [Modern romance-addicted girl reader + obsessive, love-starved, romance-addicted villain + accessory System + breaking the fourth wall + mutual salvation] Sheng Wanying had only stepped out to buy some soy sauce. Some heartless bastard had pried open the manhole cover downstairs. So she fell into the sewer and transmigrated into a book, b 7.4kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds

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   Highly recommend it, I absolutely love it! 😍

5. 5 要 Oh No! I Got Him Wrong! He's a Unhinged Villain 要完！认错了！他是疯批反派 Qiao Yiqian乔亦浅Ancient Romance340k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance + devoted couple with no other partners + yandere + both leads are unhinged + descent into darkness + powerful male and female leads + sweet on the outside, dark within + coercive romance] Gu Xi transmigrates. On her first day in this new world, the System points to a young man on the ground, being cruelly bullied by everyone, and says, “See those three red exclamation marks over his head? That huge warning has to mean he’s the male lead!” Gu Xi: “Are you sure?” The System pa 12.6kReads9.1Score1.5k14d adds

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   The male and female leads are both insane. Before their tribulations, they were a couple and met again by chance. The male lead gets jealous when the female lead falls for someone else, who is actually him. The female lead has a contract with a mythical beast, and their daily bickering is hilarious.

6. 6 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 183.4kReads9.5Score25.3k14d adds

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   Oh my god, I'm a danmei (BL fangirl), and right now I have a romance novel on my bookshelf, hehe. I just finished watching the short drama adaptation, it was so satisfying! This is the only one that might not be quite right in the way of romance novels, but it's guaranteed to be good.

7. 7 什 What? My Virtual Boyfriend Actually Came to Blue Star? 什么？电子男友竟然来蓝星了？ One Meal a Day每天一顿饭Modern Romance399k WordsCompleted (One-on-one romance + both are pure + mutual devotion) Lin Ziyi downloads a new otome game. It has an AI chat feature and is incredibly smart. She gets hooked as soon as she starts playing. Sure enough, falling in love with a fictional character is her destiny. After his family is wiped out and his spiritual roots destroyed, Shen Qianxun meets a mysterious senior. On the very first day they meet, she makes him call her “wife”; on the second, she touches his chest. By the Nth day, there isn’t a 3.5kReads9.0Score52514d adds

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   Both the male and female leads are powerful figures who choose to reincarnate in different worlds simply to seek thrills. In the end, they overcome countless obstacles to be together.

8. 8 穿 Transmigrated Into a Substitute Puppet, I Took Up Sword Formation Dual Cultivation 穿成替死傀儡，我直接剑阵双修 The Forest Stream Runs Deep林寒涧溯Ancient Romance710k WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead + Power Progression + Slow Burn + Past and Present Lives + Ensemble Cast + Passionate Adventure + Redemption] The past-life arc is underway! Come join us~ Transmigrated into a book as the heroine’s puppet? Or a fake replacement meant to lure the villain into a trap and kill him? Chi Mian: “This script is trash. Tear it all up and start over!” Kill the heroine, seize her opportunities, make a contract with a divine beast... Chi Mian carves out a path of her own. She thinks her 9.9kReads8.9Score1.4k14d adds

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   Past lives and present lives, cultivation of immortality, unfortunately still ongoing, I'm following it.

9. 9 惨 Burned Alive at the Immortal Execution Platform, the Eldest Senior Sister Returns with Her Husband to Crush Her Enemies and Wipe Out the Sect 惨死焚仙台，大师姐携夫虐渣杀穿全宗 Red Spider Lily千日红Ancient Romance599k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Shi Qingyao revered her masters and gave everything for her junior brothers and sisters, only to be sent to the Immortal-Burning Platform by their own hands. Xiao Chen, a criminal slave she had saved on a whim, was willing to blow up his golden core and die with her to avenge her. Given another life, she is determined to change both their fates. She kills, and he passes her the blade. When she stops giving everything to the sect and slaughters her way through it, her junior 2.5kReads8.5Score26914d adds

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   It's really beautiful.

10. 10 泣 The Weeping Immortal's Path 泣仙道 Engraved in Ink墨镌Eastern Fantasy122k WordsOngoing The journey to conquer the world begins with a clueless college student. What the heck? "Palace Jade Dew Wine"? Holy crap, a fellow countryman? Come on, join me! Maybe the character you've been hoping to see will show up in my next chapter at any moment. —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    There's also a past life story involved, but it's still uncertain whether they're a couple.

11. 11 千 The Thousand-Smoke Tower 千烟塔 Hui Mo Bai徽墨白Historical344k WordsCompleted A village with the Feng surname in the mountains of southern Anhui. A scholar heads to the capital to sit the imperial exams and earns the top honor. The emperor asks what his hometown is like. Nervous, he describes it in a way that leads to a lifetime of trials and hardship. This story is entirely fictional. —Reads—Score—14d adds
12. 12 六 A Six-Year-Old Little Sister, Delivered Free and Extra Sweet 六岁妹妹包邮包甜 Zi Yin梓胤Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Adored by Everyone + Sweet Romance + Secret Identity + Past and Present Lives] Le Xuan, a wild little country girl, survived by eating at one household after another, and every family looked down on her. One day, a young man as ethereal as an immortal came from the city. His name was Shen Yi, and he took her home. After a nightmare awakened one of Xuan Bao's special talents, the six-year-old girl proved a master of music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. She completely won over the hearts of t 12.6kReads9.4Score4.2k14d adds

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    This is what you need.

13. 13 重 Reborn in the Dragon Bed, the Beloved Consort Cries in the Emperor's Arms 重生在龙塌，宠妃抱着陛下哭 Staggering Along蹒跚行Ancient Romance461k WordsCompleted [A spoiled, sweetly obedient favorite consort VS a gentle, jade-like emperor who's sweet on the outside and ruthless within (they are not each other's first, but he dotes on her exclusively from the beginning to the end)] Jiang Shuyi's life as a favorite consort went smoothly for fifteen years. The emperor was gentle and benevolent, doting on her without restraint, and not a single woman in the harem dared challenge her. But she was blind to her own sister's treachery. In the end, her closest 101.2kReads9.2Score11.2k14d adds

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    "Though the world hates you, I love you." Though she still couldn't defy fate, this time she died in his arms, leaving with a smile. He, too, smiled as he went to find her, and finally they reached the realm of the gods, where for millennia, you have always been by my side.

14. 14 九 Nine Phoenixes Descend to the Mortal Realm: My Boyfriend Is Human 九凤临凡：我的男友是凡人 Hui Mo Bai徽墨白Fantastical Romance271k WordsCompleted “Wanwan, who are you really?!” At the summit of Tianzhu Mountain, Chen Yan witnesses his girlfriend, Su Wanning, transform into a golden-flame phoenix and battle powerful enemies from beyond the heavens! Only then does he learn that the gentle woman he has dated for three years is actually the reincarnation of one of the Nine Phoenixes of the Celestial Realm! “I'm sorry I kept it from you for so long.” Su Wanning fights on, drenched in blood, to protect him. **“Funny, I kept somethin —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I'm not sure if it counts. But it meets your requirements.

15. 15 野 Wild Wheat Grows Untamed 野麦疯长 Hui Mo Bai徽墨白Female-Channel Fanfiction791k WordsCompleted How does a village woman marked by the poisonous sore of fate spend thirty years transforming from an object to be bartered into a person awakened to her own humanity? At eighteen, Yu Xiaomai develops a skin disease after exposure to pesticides, falling from “a girl whose price is yet to be named” to “a flawed product.” Forced into marriage, she is sent to an even more remote village. This story is entirely fictional. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
16. 16 穿 Transmigrated as Cannon Fodder, I Take Up the Big Ladle in the Military Camp 穿成炮灰后，我在军营拎大勺 I'm Just Hard-Headed就是头铁Ancient Romance418k WordsOngoing Su Luo, the owner of a private kitchen, dies in a plane crash. When she opens her eyes again, she's become the fake heiress in a novel about a real and fake heiress, and the real heiress has her sold off. Thinking of the fake heiress's fate in the book, sold off and then executed by beating after she tries to climb into someone's bed to get revenge, Su Luo silently hugs herself tight. To avoid being killed off, Su Luo ties on an apron and transforms into a little cook, grabbing a big ladle and g 150Reads—Score—14d adds
17. 17 国 National Fate: My Secret Weapons Are Just a Little Too Numerous 国运：我的秘密武器有亿点点多 Tong Hua桐画Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted Xu Jingyan transmigrates into the otherworld survival game she had been playing late at night. But it seems she hasn't simply transmigrated into the game. She's ended up in a parallel world, in the body of someone who looks just like her and has the same name. That person happens to have been chosen by the National Fortune game and sent into the otherworld survival game... Wait, are they playing some kind of nesting-doll game with her? At least there's one thing to be glad about: right before sh 7.2kReads7.9Score75514d adds
18. 18 快 Quick Transmigration: The World Bug Fixer Is Here! 快穿：世界BUG修复员已上线！ Qin Jiu Shu钦酒书Two Male Leads147k WordsCompleted Quick transmigration / two male leads / System / sky screen / ensemble cast / episodic story / time travel / parallel worlds [Warning] The protagonists are devoted to each other, 1v1, with a happy ending. No harem, doting-all-around dynamic, or melodrama. A slow burn, driven by both plot and romance. The System and sky screen are unconventional; this isn't a wish-fulfillment story. Each arc has a different era and theme. I love writing ensemble casts, so the main characters in each world will ge 6Reads—Score—14d adds
19. 19 稳 Steady Path to Godhood: The Female Sword Cultivator's Absolute Self-Discipline 稳步成神：女剑修极度自律 Dusk's Farewell晚照辞Ancient Romance283k WordsOngoing A new writer giving this a go, creating out of love! Not a wish-fulfillment story or one with an invincible protagonist. It's about growth! [Traditional cultivation / no romance / strong female lead / coming-of-age] This story focuses on Jiang Yueyao's personal growth, cultivation, and battles. She has a golden finger, but it won't be anything too outrageous. Her cultivation is grounded and practical, and the heroine cares only about cultivation and works herself to the bone. Jiang Yueyao, a swo 1Reads—Score—14d adds
20. 20 神 The Divine Healer Merman: Wooing a Fox Husband to Farm the Land 神医鲛人：撩个狐夫来种田 Give Your Lord a Meow给爷喵一个Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Pocket dimension] + [farming] + [beast markings] + [merfolk] + [fluffy animals] + [punishing scum] [Looks delicate and weak but is terrifyingly strong, a light-element esper with a huge farming pocket dimension, an ancient apothecary merperson X looks stunningly beautiful but can knock someone’s head off with one punch, a lightning-element esper with dark-element devouring abilities, the village beauty and a great big fox] After his sacrifice, Su Yunmo absorbs the Zerg Queen’s spatial source cr 2.6kReads9.2Score48014d adds
21. 21 提 I Quit and Returned to the Village, Only to Find My Vegetable Patch Leads to the Immortal Realm 提桶跑路回村后，我的菜地通了仙 The Seventh Streak of Sunset第七片晚霞Modern Romance593k WordsOngoing After an elevator malfunction, she transmigrates into the body of someone with the same name. Unemployed, she returns home to take up farming. Having inherited the original owner's memories, she takes over the long-abandoned ancestral home. By chance, she uses a hoe to dig open a path to the Peach Blossom Spring. Her father died in a construction-site accident, leaving behind her mother, an aunt with the intellect of a five-year-old, an obedient daughter, and a dog. Shen Yueguang breathes new li 45Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 22 我 I’ve Given Up, So Why Are You Still Telling Me to Farm?! 我都摆烂了，怎么还催我种地啊！ Tree Baotree宝Modern Romance224k WordsCompleted [I Brought Back a Pretty Useless Pocket Dimension from the Cultivation World] After finally graduating from college, I worked myself to death from overwork? Lin Wan: Fine, I’ll put up with it. The Heavenly Dao rigged my final tribulation to become an immortal, leaving my soul scattered? Lin Wan: Fine, I’ll put up with that too. Two lifetimes have taught Lin Wan that hard work never pays off. This time, she’s done working hard! Luckily, the Heavenly Dao had a bit of a conscience and let her bring 62Reads—Score—14d adds
23. 23 修 The Cultivation Big Shot Returns to the Village, and the Entire Internet Begs Me to Sell Vegetables! 修真大佬回村，全网跪求我卖菜！ Lazy Little Cotton棉花小懒Modern Romance185k WordsOngoing Yu Qinghe spent a century as a pill-refining tool in the cultivation world, and finally died taking a sword meant for the arrogant male lead. As a bonus retirement package, she was sent back to her modern hometown to farm. Delighted, she settled into a leisurely life: She used the Spring Breeze and Gentle Rain Art to grow vegetables so sweet they trended online; She made skincare products with alchemy techniques, and the whole internet hounded her for restocks until her account was banned; S 5Reads—Score—14d adds
24. 24 猫 The Cat Demon Defies Heaven: The Emperor's One and Only Beloved Disciple! 猫妖逆天，帝尊的独宠徒！ Liu Shuyan柳书妍Fantastical Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [Xuanhuan + two strong leads + both leads' first love + sweet and angsty + mythical beasts + ensemble cast] (Romance + cultivation, passion + action. The cat-demon heroine boldly pursues her man, with something for everyone!) “Our fates have always been shallow, yet our love runs so deep.” Xu Wan, an ordinary young woman from the twenty-first century, transmigrates into the world of cultivation and takes the form of a spirited cat demon. In the demon realm, she meets the aloof and noble Empe 63Reads9.5Score—14d adds

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    In this story, the two lovers from a past life met a tragic end due to their vastly different social statuses and ages. Their souls transmigrate to the world of cultivation, where the male protagonist becomes an emperor and the female protagonist a cat demon. The cat demon heroine cultivates for love, but when gods and demons fall in love, it's forbidden by heaven and earth; yet they defy the heavens once again.

25. 25 大 The Greatsword Girl: The Source of the Chaotic World 大剑少女之沌世之源 Lemon C, No Sugar柠檬c不加糖Eastern Fantasy652k WordsOngoing “Who am I?” This isn't where the question begins. It is the story itself. Zhang Yuqin is searching for answers, and every “self” she finds lives in someone else's utterly different life: a fisherman's daughter, a scholar at an academy, a tear angel in a temple, a guardian known only by a number in a world without names... Or perhaps the child in a laboratory, injected with something that made wings grow from her body. Is the world real? Can memory be trusted? When countless threads of fate all 19Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Although it doesn't quite fit the title, I still want to recommend this book. It's a mind-bending long novel that even casual readers can find exciting and thrilling moments, and immersive readers will definitely not be disappointed!

26. 26 贤 A Virtuous Wife's Billion-Dollar Empire 贤内助的千亿江山 Hui Mo Bai徽墨白Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted From substitute teacher in a Jiangnan mountain village to the wife of a tycoon at the helm of a company worth hundreds of millions, Zhang Xiaoyun spent thirty years writing her own legend. She supported her husband, Zhou Zhiyuan, as he headed south to start a business. In Shenzhen's development zone, she studied hard and used her wits to resolve a crisis when their marriage faced the temptations of the business world. As the company expanded, she used her keen eye to break into the vast supermar 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    There's a new book out there.

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