Looking for Cultivation Stories with a Low-Ranking, Seemingly Weak but Cunning Protagonist 求主角地位低实力差(表面)但心机的修仙文

1. 1 万 The Most Hated One Ran Off with the Dragon Ancestor's Egg! 万人嫌揣着龙祖的蛋跑了！ Lantern-Bearer燃灯儿Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Both leads are devoted to each other + transmigrate into a book + unconventional cultivation + extra sweet] Xie Tian transmigrates into a book as a universally hated cannon-fodder character, only to run into a dragon who’s in the middle of a fit of madness. With a disastrous start, Xie Tian ignores his serious injuries and makes a run for it the very next day. After spending a carefree year in the human world, Xie Tian suddenly discovers that his already meager spiritual energy is dwindling by 28.4kReads8.9Score3.3kShelves

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   Double clean, double clean, double clean!! Both of them locked up with super thick arrows!!! (Xie Tian will be a little slower in the early stage) If someone dares to send arrows to the other party, they will be cut off by the owner or the husband together!!!! Zai Zai is super cute and looks like a little kid. The story of Dragon Ancestor encountering a top-notch book-wearing succubus just after he left the novice village [The God of Bird Food][The God of Bird Food][The God of Bird Food]

2. 2 新 New Account, New Life in the Cultivation World 新号开在修仙界 La Wenyu拉温油Ancient Romance366k WordsOngoing Cang Ling was raised like the biological child of a great demon for sixteen years. Then one day, a secret realm suddenly “swallowed” her. Looking at this completely unfamiliar world, she calmly takes out her little notebook and records: ✓ No Mount Buzhou in the human realm → Look in the demon realm ✓ No Mount Buzhou in the demon realm → Look in the yao realm ✓ The yao realm... wait! The wall’s about to collapse. Fix it first! The cultivators soon realize something is wrong: This little Foundati 21Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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   This, the people around the heroine in the world of immortality have been plotting against her. I don't know that the heroine has low emotional intelligence, but she is not aggrieved. The content is quite interesting, and the drama is also exciting.

3. 3 小 Little Junior Sister Sobs and Pouts, Yet One Sword Destroys Heaven and Earth 小师妹哭哭唧唧，但一剑毁天灭地 Wei Xiaoxi未小兮Ancient Romance3.5M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book, Ye Linglong becomes the vicious cannon-fodder villainess in a cultivation novel. With terrible aptitude, she even coerces the heroine into taking her into the top sect during the Cultivation Tournament. After joining, she opposes the heroine at every turn and eventually dies a miserable death. To enjoy a long, happy life, Ye Linglong immediately gives up on coercing the heroine and turns around to join the worst sect in the cultivation world. She’s done being th 410.3kReads9.6Score45.9kShelves

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   The smallest junior sister [eating melon]

4. 4 天 Heaven’s Abyss 天渊 Mu Xiao Sansheng沐潇三生Eastern Fantasy6.3M WordsOngoing (The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw 974kReads9.4Score76.1kShelves
5. 5 挖 You Want to Dig Out My Golden Core for the Heroine? I’ll Send the Whole Sect into My Imperial Banner 挖我金丹给女主？全宗进我人皇幡 That Mountain Far Away远方那座山Ancient Romance932k WordsOngoing [Strong heroine + morally ambiguous + decisive and ruthless + outwardly virtuous + no romance] Jia Ying transmigrates into a cultivation novel and becomes the villainous supporting female character, a foil to the heroine, Ruan Jiaojiao. After her golden core is stolen, she looks at her mixed spiritual roots and damaged foundation, then resolutely embarks on the path of demonic cultivation! You dared to steal my golden core? Then every last member of your sect is going into my Human Emperor Ban 13.5kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves

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   Scheming? We are aboveboard!

6. 6 小 My Junior Sister Is Overpowered, Yet Ridiculously Goofy 小师妹明明超强却过分沙雕 The Princess Isn't Going Home公主不回家Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted (The second physical volume is out) Ye Qiao woke up one day to find she had become the second senior sister, a tool character in a novel about a girl adored by everyone. In the novel, whenever the junior sister was in trouble, the second senior sister stepped in. If the junior sister wanted a divine artifact, the second senior sister fetched it. If the junior sister lacked a spiritual root, hers had to be dug out. Ye Qiao was at her breaking point. She fled the mountain in the middle of the nigh 244.6kReads9.6Score26.1kShelves

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   This book completely meets your requirements [Thinking][Thinking]

7. 7 炼 Refine Divine Pills! Command Divine Beasts! The Good-for-Nothing Young Lady Is Actually an Unparalleled Empress 炼神丹！御神兽！废柴大小姐竟是绝世帝女 Ye Zhiqing叶芷青Ancient Romance2.9M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s darling + two powerful leads + beast taming + pocket dimension + inheritance of the Imperial Daughter] Ye Ranyin, the most feared mercenary of the 21st century, known as the Night God! In a single moment, she transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing scorned in a border town! Her fiancé’s family comes to break off the engagement? Her own clan treats her as a pawn to be discarded? The next moment, she is welcomed back to the imperial capital and becomes the only beloved young 67.9kReads9.4Score9kShelves
8. 8 帝 The Imperial Princess Raises a Finger and All Creation Perishes; the Ghost Emperor Kneels to Kiss Her Hem 帝姬抬指苍生灭，鬼帝跪吻她裙摆 Qi Yi Zi七一子Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Strong female lead + power fantasy] During the upheaval at the Heavenly Puppet Palace, Shi Xi’s eyes were gouged out and her life-bound puppet was stolen. She was tossed into a forbidden zone like a stray dog! At death’s door, she awakened spirit eyes that could see countless souls, drawing the attention of the Ghost Emperor, Gui Li. “Little girl, help me restore my body, and I’ll help you get revenge.” From then on, a peerless prodigy was born in the forbidden zone! You gouged out her eyes, se 14.5kReads9.4Score2.4kShelves
9. 9 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: The Streamer Has Totally Let Loose 盗笔：主播他放飞自我了 Open the Coffin, Raise the Corpse开棺起尸Mystery586k WordsCompleted Jiang Shen was a livestreaming quick-transmigration mission-taker for the Quick Transmigration Bureau. In the year he was due to retire, a last-minute overtime assignment sent him into the world of Daomu Biji. Bureau Director: You can do whatever you want in this world, but you have to keep our audience happy! Jiang Shen: Under Article 185 of the Quick Transmigration Bureau’s management regulations, mission-takers on the verge of retirement cannot be forced to work overtime! Violators will be im 15.5kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves

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   I only have one copy of Cultivation of Immortals, but the last one is from a stolen pen and is quite good.

10. 10 满 The Whole Sect Is Cannon Fodder? My Junior Sister Ascended with a Butcher's Knife! 满门炮灰？师妹拿杀猪刀飞升了！ Go South, Not North走南不闯北Ancient Romance423k WordsCompleted [Beloved by all] + [ensemble cast] + [comedy] + [no CP] What do you do when you accidentally become a cannon-fodder character in a tragic cultivation novel? The protagonists torment each other to death, while the cannon fodder take the blame and die miserably. From the start, Ye Tan gets a “You’re Dead” welcome package. After a narrow escape, she strips the protagonist’s sect of every last spirit stone, then turns around and joins a “powerful” sect, planning to keep her head down and grow in sec 23Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Look, no one said a word after looking at it

11. 11 老 Honey, Calm Down! Can We Put the Sniper Rifle Down? 老婆冷静！咱把大狙放下好不好？ Half Tipsy, Half Rain半醺半雨Two Male Leads634k WordsCompleted Ladies, this book now has a full-cast audiobook! Feel free to give it a listen if you're interested! [Dual male leads + ABO + apocalypse + two powerful leads + multiple couples + sweet and angsty + both pure + 1v1] Main couple: Huo Shi Yan, a young marshal Alpha top (secretly an Enigma) VS Chi Ying, a stubborn Omega bottom (Omega-to-Alpha), [EA romance later on] This is a large ensemble cast, so the supporting characters get their share of the story, and there are several side couples. If that b 21.7kReads9.4Score3.7kShelves
12. 12 恶 After His True Feelings Were Exposed, the Villainous Male Lead Was Forced Into Love 恶毒男配暴露心声后被强制爱了 Stars Fall in the Wilderness星落荒野Two Male Leads351k WordsCompleted [Light political intrigue + two male leads + raising a child + younger man + coming of age + sweet puppy + wild wolf + secret identity + faking his death + obsessive love] Xu Zhouye stays up late finishing work and gets hit by a truck on his way home. He transmigrates into a novel as the vicious male supporting character. To come back to life and return home, he has to win the male lead’s favor without acting out of character. He immediately refuses to do it! But who knew the damn System would t 373Reads7.0Score106Shelves
13. 13 帝 The Emperor's Poor Little Omega 帝王可怜的小omega Dark History黑色历史Two Male Leads162k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + ABO + Mutual Devotion + Sweet Romance + Unhinged Powerhouse + Interstellar] Yu Xinghe is the Empire's only B-rank Omega whose pheromones have a 98% compatibility rate with the Emperor's. To produce excellent heirs for the Empire, Yu Xinghe is assigned the task of bearing the Emperor's child. But why is this Emperor so terrifying? He tries to choke people at the slightest disagreement, so the little Omega does not disappoint... and runs away. The Emperor flies into a rage and or 608Reads6.7Score101Shelves
14. 14 恶 Reborn After My Own Son, the Cruel Empress Dowager, Stabbed Me to Death 恶毒太后被亲儿子捅死之后重生了 Ink墨色Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted The vicious Empress Dowager Jiang Mingzhu was reborn. In her previous life, to put her son on the throne, she poisoned and tried to assassinate the emperor, colluded with court officials, drugged a pregnant consort to make her miscarry, and plotted against the young crown prince. Every time she schemed, she put her own life on the line to grind her stepson's face into the dirt. But when the plot to put the son she'd worked so hard to support on the throne was exposed, he stabbed her in the back 18.8kReads8.9Score2.1kShelves
15. 15 我 I Cut Ties, So Why Are You Crying? The Reborn Senior Sister Is Wild and Unhinged 我断情你哭啥，重生大师姐癫又狂 Yue Xiaochai岳小拆Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Ye Yunnong devoted a hundred years of her life to her sect, only to be repaid with her master’s indifference, her junior brother’s betrayal, and her cultivation partner’s murderous blade. To curry favor with their junior sister, a woman who had transmigrated into a book, they struck Ye Yunnong with heavenly lightning until her soul was utterly destroyed! Reborn, she crushed her foolish romantic notions and awakened her ancient bloodline. In this life, she claimed the transm 353Reads8.2Score128Shelves
16. 16 绿 The Green-Tea Ingenue Just Wants to Cultivate in Peace 绿茶小白花她只想安静修仙 The Onlookers Aren't Here for the Show吃瓜群众不看戏Ancient Romance478k WordsCompleted Su Yingxia transmigrates into a cultivation novel she once read, but unbelievably, she becomes the supporting female character with the most tragic death! The male and female leads team up to write her out of the story! Watch as she uses her green-tea tricks, with her golden finger to back her up, to take down the heroine and completely change her cannon-fodder fate! 2.5kReads8.7Score199Shelves
17. 17 穿 Reborn as the Vase-like Supporting Actress in a Cultivation Novel, I Throw Myself Into the Grind 穿成修仙文花瓶女配，我疯狂内卷 Lord Anmian安眠君Ancient Romance235k WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead + Beloved by All + Wish-Fulfillment + Character Growth] No one is born perfect. Reader advisory: This isn't a cultivation novel in the traditional sense. If it's not your cup of tea, please move along. 1. Jiang Wanxing transmigrated into a cultivation novel as a cannon-fodder vase of a supporting character. She had beauty but no ability to protect herself, and was eventually tortured to death. To change her fate, she fled in the middle of the night and joined the number one i 111Reads6.8Score—Shelves
18. 18 攀 Climbing the Social Ladder 攀高枝 Egrets in Pairs白鹭成双Ancient Romance424k WordsCompleted [Film and TV rights sold] [Print edition published] Zhang Zhixu had everything from birth. A family with a century of prestige, enviable talent, and a career that kept rising step by step. But he found life terribly dull. Then, one day, an accident struck, and his soul entered a woman's body. A woman who couldn't read a single character, yet dreamed of marrying into a powerful family and becoming a phoenix. · Chen Baoxiang had traveled a thousand miles from the countryside to the capital, hoping 189.6kReads9.6Score34.5kShelves
19. 19 生 Survival Game: I'm the Big Shot's Golden Finger 生存游戏，我是大佬的金手指 Delighted by Flower Blessings喜闻花福Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.4M WordsOngoing In the New World Galaxy Butterfly game space, to promote the development of a republic of star citizens, the Heart of the Universe, Nazhi, has custom-designed the [Star World Order Plan] for Blue Star citizens, with the aim of selecting outstanding star citizens. The New World Galaxy Butterfly game officially launched on Blue Star on July 3, 2025. In the first phase, one million Blue Star residents entered the closed beta. Ruan Pingxia, frail and sickly since childhood, somehow received a beta i 7.8kReads8.6Score613Shelves
20. 20 穿 The Daily Life of a Laid-Back Concubine After Transmigrating 穿越之闲鱼妾室的日常 Tian Nanxing Nan天南星南Ancient Romance480k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + household and palace intrigue + no golden finger + devoted love later on] Zhang Xinian transmigrated into the body of a concubine in Prince Jing’s household. Above her was the princess consort, backed by powerful connections and ruthless in her methods. Beside her was a brainless side consort with overwhelming fighting prowess. Below her, a reborn woman and a transmigrated woman were locked in fierce competition. Zhang Xinian trembled with fear. She had no golden finger and did 121.7kReads9.4Score13.5kShelves

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    The heroine wakes up! Love to watch!

21. 21 我 I’m Just a Concubine, So Why Is Everyone Clinging to Me? 我是小妾哎，怎么都来抱我大腿？ Lin Wanzi林丸子Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Main Story Complete] Ye Qingzhi, an overworked office drone, transmigrates into the body of a concubine in the Jiangyang Marquis’s household. Since she’s here, she might as well go crazy. Being a concubine is just changing workplaces. She doesn’t need to get emotionally involved. She can simply treat herself like a tool. Ye Qingzhi’s career goal: convince both the marquis and the principal wife to take responsibility for her and protect her. Ye Qingzhi’s workplace motto: Life is short. We’re al 41kReads9.4Score5.3kShelves
22. 22 穿 After Becoming the Junior Sister of an Immortal Sect, the Cultivation World Went Crazy for Me 穿成仙门小师妹后修真界为我疯狂 Embroidered Spring Tower绣春楼Ancient Romance541k WordsCompleted Ning Yue died and transmigrated into a cultivation world. Terrified, she immediately stripped off her clothes. Only when she saw the familiar flame-shaped birthmark on her shoulder did she finally relax. At least it was still her own body! To survive, Ning Yue threw herself into cultivation and earned a place at one of the five great sects. True to the principle of being a jack of all trades and master of none: Alchemy? Easy! Her cooking skills in her previous life were top-notch! Talisman-makin 29kReads9.2Score4.9kShelves
23. 23 邪 How Strange! The Whole Cultivation World Is Fighting to Take Me as Their Personal Disciple 邪门！全修真界都在抢我当亲传 Jiu Yue Yu久月鱼Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Publication deal signed] Jiang Que transmigrates into a cultivation novel as the vicious female supporting character, doomed to a tragic fate and destined to be nothing but a foil for the heroine. The heroine is aloof and otherworldly, while Jiang Que is just a woman; the heroine is blessed with extraordinary talent, while Jiang Que has only her life to lose; the heroine has suitors everywhere, while Jiang Que has never even held a man's hand. Even worse, the day she transmigrates into the bo 81.7kReads9.4Score11.5kShelves
24. 24 只 All I Can Do Is Grow Vegetables and Cook, Yet I Became Cultivation World's Top-Tier Star 只会种菜做饭，却成了修真界顶流 Mr. Impenetrable不透君Modern Romance637k WordsCompleted [Comedy and comfort + food + farming + a touch of modern cultivation] She inherited a cultivation legacy, with cooking and gardening as her special talents. She became the head of a sect, but being dirt poor was the norm. From the start, all she had was a dilapidated building, a patch of wasteland, and half a mountain forest. One unambitious sect leader and four idle disciples. Sect leader Jiang Tingyun said, “In modern society, spiritual energy has dried up. Cultivating immortality has 27.5kReads9.5Score4kShelves
25. 25 女 The Villainess Says Nothing, She Just Keeps Stealing Opportunities 女配不语，只一味抢夺机缘 Moon Facing the Sky月对空Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [No romance, an absolutely massive golden finger, carefree cultivation, fighting monsters and leveling up] What happens when a cannon-fodder supporting heroine gains the ability to reload infinitely... Bad spiritual roots from the start? Reload and try again. Can’t win the sect tournament? Reload and try again. A secret realm full of danger? Reload to avoid every danger and collect every rare treasure. Offended a high-ranking cultivator? Even with just a 1% chance of success, keep reloading thro 95.2kReads9.4Score13.1kShelves
26. 26 什 What Immortal Path? What Heavenly Dao? Hah! I Cultivate the Path of Slaughter 什么仙道天道？呵！我修的是杀道 Jiang Xiaoyan姜小言Ancient Romance3.2M WordsOngoing [Print edition out September 12 + refuses to look back + satisfying growth story + ensemble cast] In her past life, Wanwan died at the hands of her master and six senior brothers, pierced through the heart by seven swords and left without a whole body. Her master only loved her little junior sister, and her senior brothers only doted on her. When the little junior sister lost her Golden Core, they dug out Wanwan's to replace it. When the little junior sister was wronged, Ye Wanwan was made to su 197kReads9.4Score19.1kShelves
27. 27 对 After I Was Utterly Cruel to the Powerful, I Somehow Survived 对大佬们丧尽天良后我没死成 Jian Tang见糖Ancient Romance446k WordsCompleted [Multiple male leads, all male leads are faithful, not one-on-one, romantic rivalry, competition for the heroine, a little melodrama] #What do you do when you finally graduate from being the big shots’ whetstone, only to get thrown back in? Asking online, pretty urgent!# * Jiang Lueying is terribly, terribly worried. She had wanted to return to the modern world by coming back to life, so for thirty years in this small cultivation world, she served as the big shots’ whetstone. Under the System’s 2.3kReads8.9Score298Shelves
28. 28 我 With Bones This Strong, How Could I Be the Supporting Actress? 我根骨这么强，这么可能是女配 Frosted Leaves Redder Than Spring Flowers霜叶红于三月花Ancient Romance879k WordsOngoing [No romance + decisive and ruthless + sword cultivator + born with a sword physique + steady power progression + true underdog comeback] Lin Rushuang transmigrated and became the lowliest brothel slave in the mortal realm. She was also the white-lotus supporting female character in a rebirth revenge novel, proudly ranked among the top three on the heroine's revenge list. The spiritual and mortal realms have no connection. If she wants to reach the spiritual realm and cultivate immortality, she c 11.8kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
29. 29 强 So Strong It’s Outrageous, So Lazy It Incenses Gods and Men 强的令人发指，懒的人神共愤 I Took Great Pains我煞费苦心Ancient Romance705k WordsCompleted "Feel-good power fantasy"[Words Become Law]+ [Overactive Imaginations]+ [Ensemble Cast] Original title: I’m a Master, So Why Don’t I Know It? Xiao Ranshu suspects this world has gone mad! The dog she picked up is the fearsome Wolf King, renowned for his incredible combat prowess? The servant she hired while out shopping is a great sea monster from the merfolk? That silly rabbit is a Taotie that feeds on dragons... Xiao Ranshu slams the table in fury. “Bullshit! My pets are sweet, cute, and obedi 50.9kReads9.4Score5.8kShelves
30. 30 一 A Very Serious Cultivation Novel 一本非常正经的修仙小说 Cao Rong艹容Ancient Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [Unhinged faction + ensemble cast + absurdist faction + comedy faction] No couples Not your typical cultivation story. ⚠⚠⚠ Extremely absurd [important point ⚠⚠⚠] Jian Bingwu invites her to see the scenery: Jian Bingwu is good. Jian Bingwu pushes her off the Immortal-Slaying Terrace: Jian Bingwu is bad. Jian Xieyun happily goes to meet her: Jian Xieyun is silly. Jian Xieyun gets pushed off: Jian Xieyun is miserable. But she’s a member of the divine race. Why push her off the Immortal-Slaying Terr 20.9kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves

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