Cultivation Novels With a Good Plot and Smart Characters 修仙文,有剧情有脑子
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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
[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
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Little Junior Sister, Don’t Get Carried Away: Your Master Has His Eye on You 小师妹别浪,师尊盯上你了
After transmigrating, Mo Xiaoxing became the junior sister who was obsessed with the Demon Sect’s Crown Prince and betrayed her master’s sect for him. She was also lustful and hopelessly lovesick. Mo Xiaoxing figured that since she had a golden finger, why not put it to good use? Wouldn’t it be better to quietly cultivate until she lived forever, carefree and at ease? So she dug the soil and planted vegetables, raised fluffy little creatures, lifted weights, played with fire, and had a wonderful
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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
[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
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The Cultivation World’s Sickly Number One 修真界第一病秧子
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
299.2kReads9.7Score30.3kShelves
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The Villainess Says Nothing, She Just Keeps Stealing Opportunities 女配不语,只一味抢夺机缘
[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
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The Feral Lord Loved Me After Trying to Kill Me 乖戾尊主对我先杀后爱
A capricious, refined, noble sovereign VS a beautiful and powerful ancient goddess [Love at First Sight + Devoted Possessiveness + Sweet and Angsty Romance + Xianxia Tragic Love + Regret and Redemption + Devoted Husband] Yan Huaichen was capricious and impossible to read. Everyone thought he hated Luo Qi and felt no love for her. Until one day, they saw the cold man, noble and refined, with a heart as still as that of a heavenly god, his eyes bloodshot as he fought to contain his wild madness,
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Transmigrated Into a Male-Oriented Novel? I’ll Ascend First 穿进男频文?那我先飞升
My brother is a Dragon Proud and Heavenly, and so am I. What is the younger sister of a male power-fantasy protagonist supposed to be like? A parasitic flower clinging to a mighty tree, or a beautiful, wildly popular character for male readers to fantasize about? No. Mu Qianxue, who transmigrated into the younger sister of a male power-fantasy protagonist, will tell you that she can only grow stronger, and faster. Hundreds of years later, people in this world will speak with reverence of the twi
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I Stir Up Trouble in the Cultivation World 我在修仙界搞内卷
[Print edition now available] After Qin Shu transmigrated into a book, she learned that she was a fraud who had taken her younger half-sister's place to cultivate immortality. After eight years of cultivation, her half-sister entered the Dao despite having been an ordinary mortal. Qin Shu's cover was blown in front of everyone, and the sect mercilessly cast her out, even though she had only reached the third level of Qi Refining. With her peerless beauty, she was turned into a cultivation furn
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Seeking Immortality: The Poison Sage of Zhushan Sect 觅长生之竹山宗毒圣
Mortal cultivation + a strong female lead + an ensemble cast + one husband Having forgotten her name from her past life, Ye Qing'er remembers only what she experienced in both her past and present lives. She transmigrates into Ningzhou, the world of the game In Search of Immortality. Thanks to a convergence of many forces, she is blessed with immense fortune and gains the Wood Heavenly Spirit Root. By a twist of fate, she becomes the wielder of the Zhuxian Sword, one of the Four Great Demon Swo
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My Junior Sister Is Overpowered, Yet Ridiculously Goofy 小师妹明明超强却过分沙雕
(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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I Cleared My Name One Second Before I Died 临死前一秒我洗白了
[Initially uncaring, later devoted attack × socially savvy, checked-out receiver; one-on-one, equally matched, both chaste] [The first dozen or so chapters focus on the plot, but at heart this is a groveling romance; Jian Huai is the attack] As the last descendant of the Vermilion Bird divine clan, Gu Yi'an's duty is to protect the Fallen Spirit. But in this life, the Fallen Spirit has not only gained sentience, it has also taken human form and become Jian Huai. Gu Yi'an: “...” How am I supposed
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The Stunning Villain Is Severely Antisocial 绝美反派他重度社恐
Tsundere at first, devoted and obsessively possessive later, versus a beautiful, laid-back, socially anxious man After transmigrating into a book as the great villain, Liu Zhezhi spent five hundred years without completing a single mission, until the System, furious, confiscated his cultivation. The righteous path’s foremost cultivator, Immortal Lord Zhezhi, became a useless cripple, abandoned by his sect. Everyone pitied him, but only he knew how much he liked not having to see anyone. He had s
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The Husky and His White Cat Shizun 二哈和他的白猫师尊
[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
142.2kReads9.7Score28.5kShelves
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Wicked Disciple, Stop! He’s Your Master! 孽徒住手他是你师尊
[No heroine] [Demon King VS Heavenly Master, two powerful male leads] [Straight-laced master who says one thing and does another VS seemingly sweet, secretly scheming disciple] [Sweet romance, come on in] Shen Zhenye never imagined that just reading a book could make him transmigrate into it. He had become the villainous cannon-fodder master who abused the male lead, advanced the plot, and then died in disgrace! Looking at his disciple, who had already been abused, Shen Zhenye thought: Should I
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The Crazy Little Junior Sister Leads Her Cannon-Fodder Brothers in a Rampage 疯批小师妹带满门炮灰师兄杀疯了
[Romance, scum-bashing and face-slapping, stirring up trouble and setting people up, scheming and unhinged junior sister versus mysterious senior brother who falls for her on his own, one-on-one, both devoted to each other, ensemble cast.] Feng Ning transmigrated into a cultivation novel as the disposable fake heiress who was tortured to death by a deranged, lovesick male supporting character. The male lead wants to dig out my spiritual root? I stab him thirteen times, each blow lethal. My famil
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The Heavens Say a Goddess and Savior Doesn't Have to Be Normal 老天说做神女救世主没必要太正常
[There are couples! A comedic story with angst woven into the main plot and a touch of ensemble cast. Please don't reject romance of any orientation. Most importantly: no ship-bashing! If that's not for you, please don't open this story.] Ruan Wei, a university student of religious studies, dies suddenly of a heart attack after getting furious at her advisor for refusing to approve her leave request. After death, she transmigrates into a melodramatic cultivation novel written by her cousin, beco
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I, a Rogue Immortal on the Path of Slaughter, Dare You to Challenge Me! 我,散仙,杀戮道,不服来战!
[Strong female lead + powerful from the start + romance + plot-driven feel-good story + happy ending] [Female lead stronger than the male lead] [Male lead has few scenes but a complete romantic storyline] [Morally gray villainess heroine] Si Jinchao, the Three Realms’ number one rebel. She was fated to be stillborn, yet came into the world as a coffin-born child. Even her very existence defied the will of Heaven. Heaven wanted her frail and sickly, her life full of misfortune, her days wretched
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The Cultivation World’s Dark Moonlight: I’m Proud to Be Shameless 修真界黑月光,缺德我是认真的
(Low rating due to low popularity; see the novel for details.) [No romance + ensemble cast + strong female lead + young genius + secret identities + plot-driven] Ning Wei is reincarnated as the personal disciple of the head of a notoriously unscrupulous sword sect. She wants nothing more than to have her soul scattered, but accidentally makes a name for herself across the cultivation world and becomes its dark moonlight. In the Qi Refining stage, she enters a trial to die, but accidentally wipes
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Phew, I Survived Another Day in the Cultivation World 好险,又在修仙界多活了一天
[Traditional cultivation + System + genius protagonist + satisfying wish fulfillment + wicked female lead + no main-story romance, though she has a one-sided admirer] Merchants value profit over parting. After successfully eliminating her other illegitimate siblings and inheriting the family business, Ning Zhao pulls an all-nighter and dies of exhaustion. She transmigrates into a female-oriented cultivation novel titled After Proving My Dao by Killing My Husband, I Ascended on the Spot. And she
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Help! The New Junior Sister Is a Tortoise 救命!新来的小师妹是只王八
[Ensemble cast + no male lead] Li Yang transmigrates into a book, going from a young, eccentric woman to a little turtle in a wish-granting pool inside an illusion. Who would’ve thought she’d land in a love triangle from the start, with the male lead and the main villain fighting over her. According to the original story, she’s eventually contracted by the original male lead and becomes his greatest trump card on his path to immortality. She spends her entire turtle life taking hits for him: blo
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Fellow Daoist! That Thief Has Written Another Book 道友!那贼子她又写新书了
[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
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The Dark and Dashing Senior Sister Has the Cultivation World Going Crazy 阴暗师姐她超帅,修真界全疯了
[Publication pending] [No romance + ensemble cast + strong female lead + sect life + everyone’s a little crazy] [The main cast are unhinged and shameless. The heroine is fiercely independent, loyal, and more than a little mad] Xie Qing transmigrates into a book as a cannon-fodder supporting character and finds herself struggling to survive in a sect full of slackers. Who wants to pick a fight with the heroine? Xie Qing will set the whole cultivation world straight. She encourages her world-weary
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I Am a Daoist Nun and a Nine-Tailed Fox 我乃道姑九尾狐
[Three Lifetimes] + [Hilarious Comedy] + [Heroine’s Rise] Funny everyday life with her senior brother, a Taoist priest. By a twist of fate, the heroine transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a weak nine-tailed fox, half human and half beast, who can revert to her true form. Hoping to become an immortal and return to the modern world, she heads to Xuanqing Temple, disguises herself as a Taoist nun, and studies under a master. The pills she makes bring bad luck to her martial uncle; learning f
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Reborn as a Villainess, I Spend Every Day Assassinating the Protagonist's Crew 穿成恶女后,每天都在暗杀主角团
[Transmigrated into a Book + Villainess + Death Rewinds Time + Eldritch Cultivation + Unhinged + Quirky Style] Lu Xiaojin transmigrated into a book, becoming the lovesick senior apprentice sister in a cultivation novel where everyone falls for the heroine. She kept fighting the heroine for men and ended up dying horribly. No problem. She wasn't stupid. She knew how the plot went, so she could avoid trouble, stay away from the men, and survive. But! Can someone tell her why her junior apprentice
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The Sword Cultivator Knows Nothing of Love, So the Mad Crown Prince Spoils Her Until She Learns 剑修不懂情,疯批太子深宠到她懂
[Regret and redemption]+ [Cool-headed heroine, powerful from the start]+ [Misunderstood white moonlight, no forgiveness and no turning back] Xi Heng was the most beautiful sword cultivator in the cultivation world, a paragon of grace and purity who devoted herself to the Dao. Unfortunately, she ultimately died by her disciple’s sword. Several of her disciples said she had disgraced the righteous path and deserved to die. The sect she had given her life to protect said she had failed to act with
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The Little Junior Sister Everyone Pities? No, the Beloved of the Three Realms! 怨种小师妹?不!三界白月光!
[Signed for publication, under the title “Clear Day, Boundless Light.” Strong female lead + light ensemble cast + everyone’s darling + putting scumbags in their place] On the brink of death, Ji Qingzhou regains the memories of her past life and learns that she has transmigrated into a tragic cultivation novel, where she is the male lead’s doomed first love. Ji Qingzhou: I have no interest in becoming part of some jerk’s tragic romance. The plot is about to kill her, and she is about to breathe h
99kReads9.5Score19.5kShelves
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You Call That a Healer? She Bludgeons Everyone to Death 你管这叫奶妈?她把人头都锤爆了
The print edition of I Can Pluck the Stars is available on all platforms. Genius + rich woman from the start. The day Ning Ruan left her village, a menace appeared on the Nine Provinces Continent. A mage? A sword cultivator? No, she just wanted to be a healer! All the continent’s geniuses: Shut up, you poisonous healer! Later: “Help! I never knew healers could heal people to death until I met Ning Ruan!” “But isn’t she a metal-element spiritual adept?” “Isn’t she wood-element?” “She’s clearl
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You’re Possessive, I’m Unhinged: I’m Taking the Cultivation World by Storm 你病娇,我疯癫,修真界里拽炸天
[Mutual Devotion, Yandere, Mind Reading, Anti-Romance, Transmigrate into a Book] [Yandere, Gloomy Male Lead × Goofy Female Lead] [Also known as: What Happened After the Best Actor and Best Actress Tried to Act Their Way Through a Romance and Both Fell Flat] After transmigrating into a cultivation novel as a minor character destined to die, Chi Yu is told by the System to win over the male lead, Shen Yanzhou. If she succeeds, she'll get ten billion. Chi Yu: Money doesn't matter. The main thing is
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Spring Returns to the Branches of a Sick Tree 病树枝头又逢春
[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
305.3kReads9.5Score44.5kShelves
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You Were Supposed to Be a Sword Cultivator, Not Draw Arrays 让你来当剑修不是让你来画阵的
[A little silly, a little funny, a little too mischievous. If you want serious cultivation fiction, don’t read this] Chu Ge wakes up one day as a cannon-fodder villainess in a cultivation novel. In the early stages, when the heroine has no spirit stones, the cannon-fodder villainess becomes her walking cash pouch. In the middle, when the heroine’s spiritual root is damaged, the cannon fodder is made to give hers up. Later, when the heroine is targeted for assassination, the cannon fodder becomes
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I Was Supposed to Be the Top Sword Cultivator, So Why Is It the Sword of Being a Jerk? 说好第一剑修,怎么是犯贱的贱
[Physical edition preorder opens at 7:00 p.m. on the 22nd] [Hilarious, absurd, no-romance power fantasy + meme references + the female lead is the root of all evil] [One female lead corrupts every prodigy] At the sect entrance examination, everyone else was busy testing their spiritual roots. I was busy scamming people. Chi Miao transmigrated into the cultivation world ten years ago and got bound to a System that could only be unlocked after she committed a hundred scams. It promised she could b
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The Horror Livestreamer 恐怖女主播
My name is Yuan Junyao, a name that doesn't suit me at all. I've had a chronic illness since birth, and I'm so hideously deformed that tumors started growing on my face when I was little. My father left me when I was just three months old. At fifteen, I was blamed for my mother's death. Only my grandmother raised me and my stepbrother, who shared neither parent with me. But after an accident, I was offered up to a man who should never have crossed my path. To get revenge and see justice done, I
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The Terrifying Online Celebrity 恐怖女网红
Ning Ruoyu is bullied and framed by the people closest to her. To stay alive, she has no choice but to catch ghosts for money. She never expected to become an online sensation with tens of millions of followers... I’ve started a new book and hope you’ll show it some love. Please recommend it and send me some diamonds. Don’t forget to tap “Follow”! During the new-book period, there will be one update a day until the story reaches 30,000 words, posted at noon. After that, there will be two updates
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After I Clung to the Immortal Lord, I Became Invincible 修仙之赖上仙君后我无敌了
Liu Yueniang was a farm girl whom anyone could bully, until she rescued a severely wounded disciple of an immortal sect. When the immortal pressed her down to detoxify him, she discovered that her constitution could steal a century of his cultivation. “Aren't you cultivators always going on about cause and effect?” Standing amid a floor strewn with the immortal sect's treasures, she smiled. “Not one of those who bullied and humiliated me back then will get away!” (Strong female lead + Black
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