Cultivation, Strong Female Lead, No Cheats, Clear-Headed Protagonist 修仙，大女主，不开挂，头脑清醒的女主

1. 1 被 Driven to Death by Her Cultivator Mistress? I Take Up My Sword and Storm the Ninth Heaven 被修仙外室逼死？我提剑杀上九霄 Bian Lu边鹿Ancient Romance710k WordsCompleted [Power fantasy, a female lead who begins as a villain and turns righteous, no transmigration, no rebirth] Only when she was dying did Li Fu learn why she could never defeat her husband's mistress, Huayue. It turned out that beyond this world lay a realm of cultivation. Huayue had come from that realm. With Taoist magic at her command, there was no way Li Fu could ever beat her. Tortured, skinned, and dismembered, Li Fu was abandoned by everyone and died after enduring every kind of suffering. Ho 78.6kReads9.6Score10.3kShelves

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   🌞☀️🥵☀️🌞This is the most clear-headed female lead I've ever seen. She's incredibly smart, really! 😘

2. 2 我 I’ve Left the Sect to Cultivate the Killing Dao. What Good Are Your Tears Now? 我已弃宗修杀道，你哭瞎眼有何用 Immortal Little Carp仙小鲤Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Chi Du always dreamed of being loved. She thought her master and her four junior brothers would eventually see how good she was and come back to her. To win their affection again, she let everyone order her around and gave everything she had to the Canghai Sect, even enduring beatings and insults like a slave. In the end, they repaid her by draining her blood for Liu Qinghuan. Reborn, Chi Du no longer wanted the Canghai Sect. She no longer wanted her junior brothers. S 3.9kReads8.2Score451Shelves

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   Both of these are female-centric novels with no romantic pairings.

3. 3 我 My Master Is So Protective of Me. Dare to Hit Me and See What Happens? 我家师尊超护短，你敢打我试试？ Cong Xin丛薪Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [No CP + sword cultivator + powerful master] Are sword cultivators unbeatable among those of the same rank? No. The way to go is to take on higher-ranked opponents without breaking a sweat. Competing in talent? An eighth-grade sword bone and an extraordinary bloodline. Competing in backing? Her master can crush the strongest experts across countless realms. No one can match him. Competing in combat strength? Her swordsmanship leaves everyone in the dust. She takes on opponents above her rank wit 2.3kReads9.0Score236Shelves
4. 4 恶 The Wicked Female Cultivator Stops Pretending 恶毒女修不装了 The Janitor's Husband清道夫的夫7k WordsCompleted The Villainous Female Cultivator Stops Pretending 47Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Transmigrated into a novel as a vicious, simply female supporting character, she starts with five handsome Daoist partners, yet she insists on fawning over the female lead's harem?! To win the male lead's favor, she gouges out the dragon clan's protective scale, extracts the demon clan's young master's karmic fire, and steals the human clan's heirloom... Ye Wu: I just want to be surrounded by beauties, but the system wants me to conquer Daoist partners for rewards?! Watch how she defies the tropes, makes her Daoist partners devoted to her, and stirs up chaos in the cultivation world!

5. 5 白 The White Dragon’s Three Thousand Worlds 白龙三千世界 A Bun That Loves to Daydream喜欢幻想的包子Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The dragon race suffered a crushing defeat in the “Battle of the Desolate Sea” and was banished to the dark “Sea of No Return,” where it gradually faced extinction under an endless, sunless oppression. The heroine, Linglong, is the Dragon King’s last child, a snow-white young dragon who has witnessed her people’s decline since she was little. The Dragon King spent a thousand years of power and effort to divine that “the Light of Merit” could give the dragon race a glimmer of hope. He established 113Reads7.4Score—Shelves

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   Linglong, the daughter of the primordial dragon clan, transmigrates to a small world to cultivate merit, awakens her veins, and forges her own destiny and inheritance.

6. 6 重 The Reborn Senior Sister Doesn’t Want to Work Hard 重生大师姐不想努力了 Glass Salted Fish玻璃咸鱼Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted As the sect’s senior disciple, Song Wu had always worked diligently, trained hard, and taught her fellow disciples, all to protect the sect’s reputation. But her fiancé thought she wasn’t gentle or considerate enough. Her fellow disciples called her rigid, strict, and lacking in compassion. Even her master, the sect leader, advised her to be more generous and kind. Heartbroken, Song Wu forced a breakthrough and lost her life. She never expected to be reborn at a time before she had even become t 1kReads8.8Score262Shelves

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   Anyway, this one is definitely a must-read. It's a female-centric novel, with the female lead single-mindedly focused on her career. She's determined to become stronger because she regrets being deceived in her past life. Although there's an element of reincarnation, the main focus is on finding opportunities in her future life and gradually becoming stronger, so it perfectly matches your requirements. You can give it a try; I haven't found a substitute yet. This is the MVP among my cultivation novels, and you won't regret investing in it.

7. 7 我 I'm a Master? How Come I Didn't Know? 我是高手我怎么不知道 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 46.6kReads9.4Score4.9kShelves

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   Try this one!

8. 8 我 I Saved the Entire Sect by Giving Up 我靠摆烂拯救了全宗门 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 217.1kReads9.6Score24.4kShelves

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   Although the female protagonist of this book is a transmigrator, she doesn't have a system and relies entirely on herself. Originally possessing a lightning spiritual root, she cultivates to achieve triple cultivation after transmigrating and gains photographic memory. The writing style is humorous and lighthearted. The female protagonist is sharp-tongued but incredibly powerful, fearless, and capable of resolving trouble on her own. She's single-mindedly focused on cultivation and self-improvement, never engaging in rivalry. It's a truly exhilarating read!

9. 9 缺 One Move from This Shameless Junior Sister, and the Experts of the Nine Provinces Are All Stunned 缺德师妹一出手，九州大佬全麻了 Holding a Lamp Beneath the Moon月下执灯Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Lu Lingyou transmigrates into a novel about a universally adored heroine, only to become the cannon-fodder female supporting character. The original owner was useless at everything and always the first to take the blame. The heroine killed a fellow disciple? The heroine leaked the sect's secret techniques? The heroine was secretly involved with the Demon Clan's holy lord? She got blamed for all of it. In the end, she died horribly amid the cheers of the entire cultivation world! Lu Lingyou says 46kReads9.1Score6.7kShelves

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   I think they're all good. The female leads are all very powerful, and they're not weak even when there's a male lead. In the last book, the male lead might have more screen time in the early stages because the female lead becomes a sword spirit.

10. 10 清 The Cool-Hearted Music Cultivator Swings Her Sword and Silences the Entire Cultivation World 清冷乐修一挥剑，反手沉默修仙界 Shen Zhanxing沈占星Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Romance pairing, one-on-one, happy ending, both physically and emotionally faithful, equally powerful] [Statement: This is 100% original. I started writing it on April 1, 2023! Stop copying my opening and stealing my ideas. Have you no shame?] Cool and aloof, perfunctory junior sister × unpredictable half-demon senior brother A genius musician dies during a concert tour and, after death, transmigrates into a book, becoming the cannon-fodder second female lead in a Mary Sue cultivation romance. 5.5kReads9.1Score766Shelves
11. 11 什 What Sword Spirit? That's My Wife! 什么剑灵，那是我老婆！ Spring Peach春日桃Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Original title: After Becoming the Male Lead's Sword Spirit, the Entire Sect Regretted It My junior sister stole my spiritual root and my fortune, so I crippled her with one strike of my sword. Fu Xi was the eldest senior sister of the Yijian Sect. She trained diligently and was respected by her fellow disciples, but everything changed after their master brought home a junior sister. Her revered master repeatedly put the sect in danger for the sake of the junior sister. Her second junior brother 48.4kReads9.1Score6.4kShelves
12. 12 满 My Sect Is Full of Hidden Dragons and Young Phoenixes, but My Junior Sister Is the Best of Them All 满宗卧龙凤雏，师妹她是个中翘楚 Bei Ji'an Liang北季安凉Ancient Romance3.2M WordsCompleted What should you do if you accidentally become the senior sister who serves as a stepping stone for the female lead in a novel? Gu Xia is in a complicated mood after from the start receiving a wonderful package deal: a huge drop in cultivation and a blind master who plays favorites. There’s no way she’s going to admit she did anything wrong. She hands back her disciple token, dusts herself off, and heads down the mountain to find a new backer. Instead, she leaps straight to the top and joins the 20.7kReads9.0Score2.4kShelves
13. 13 觉 I Awakened a Heaven-Defying Martial Soul, and the Jilted Hero Won't Leave Me Alone 觉醒逆天武魂，退婚男主赖上我了 A Cartload of Gold一车金子Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s favorite + talented female lead’s rise to power + overwhelmingly powerful martial soul + pocket dimension + no suffering] [The female lead is no saint. She’ll do whatever it takes to achieve her goals. There is a male lead, but he has little screen time.] Yun Shang, the notorious Night Empress of the 21st-century Blue Star, the world’s top assassin and number-one international mercenary, is betrayed and transmigrates into a book. And not just any book, but a wish-fulfillment fantasy 7kReads8.9Score748Shelves

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    Strong female protagonist cultivation novel

14. 14 全 Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批 Paper Tiger纸老虎Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted 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 234.9kReads9.7Score27.6kShelves

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    It's super good, but the extra chapters are a bit angsty.

15. 15 我 I’m Stirring Up the Cultivation World with Grind Culture 我在修仙界搞内卷 Cong Yue丛月Ancient Romance3.2M WordsCompleted [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 129.5kReads9.5Score52.2kShelves

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    It's really good, the plot is very interesting.

16. 16 恶 The Wicked Junior Sister Won't Reform, So She Wreaks Havoc on Everyone in the Sect 恶毒师妹不洗白在宗门创死所有人 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 69.8kReads9.4Score9.5kShelves

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    Time travel! Strong female lead! Anyway, I think it's OK.

17. 17 疯 The Big Shot in the Mad God's Arms Exudes Green-Tea Charm 疯批神明怀里的大佬他茶香四溢 Shang Buyu商不予卿Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Beautiful, domineering, unhinged goddess × sickly, devoted, humble tycoon; female-led romance, both leads’ first love] Shang Qing is a goddess who wanders among three thousand worlds. Though she is a goddess, she delights in tormenting people’s hearts. Lazy and eccentric, she is aloof and cold. When it comes to the troubles of the world, she judges by her own likes and dislikes. Rather than a goddess, she seems more like a wicked demon. Then she meets someone who is just as dark beneath the sur 2.2kReads9.0Score266Shelves

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    This book is simply a story of a strong female lead, with a compelling plot and no romance overload.

18. 18 月 Moonlit Admiration, Dawn's Glow 月慕如熹 Shui Yue Yuyang水月雨阳Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted 1. An unconventional cultivation story: the protagonist travels through mythological civilizations. 2. An expansive world that incorporates Egyptian mythology. 3. The romance is woven in subtly, while the main plot follows the survival of civilizations and the protagonist's quest for redemption. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 穿 I Was Reborn as the Villainess, So Why Are You Calling Me the Light of Righteousness? 穿成反派大小姐你叫我正道的光？ Si Jiayi斯嘉一Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [No Romance, Pure Power Fantasy] Su Zhuo transmigrates into a book as the fake heiress of an immortal sect. As the protagonist’s sworn enemy, she’s doomed if she stays in the holy land for long. Without hesitation, Su Zhuo joins a villainous sect, saving herself ten years of detours! Her new sect is full of powerful figures: a fiercely protective master, a formidable mistress, genius fellow disciples, and her, who can simply lie flat. Su Zhuo thinks, “The sect’s scenery is so lovely. I’ll take i 17.6kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves

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    These three books are highly recommended; they all feature strong female protagonists.

20. 20 宗 Every Sect Wants to Kill Me, So I Just Reload After Death! 宗门都想噶我，我直接死亡回档！ Chao Lianyun巢怜云Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [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 24.8kReads9.2Score3.6kShelves

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    It's exceptionally good, a very novel cultivation novel, with no female rivalry.

21. 21 我 After I Went Off the Rails, My Whole Villainous Family Turned Over a New Leaf! 我发癫后，全家反派都从良了！ Zong Li纵里Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Absurd Memes + 1v1, Both Leads Are Sexually Inexperienced + Beloved by All + Wild, Unhinged Couple: Xi Congrong] [A Totally Unhinged, Random, All-Rounder Heroine vs. A Villainous Male Lead Who’s Elegant, Scheming, and Has an Unusual Way of Thinking] You are the nanny’s daughter, with a tragic background: a gambling-addicted father, a fragile mother, and a lily-white innocent side to you. On your first day accompanying your mother to work at the mansion, the real heiress makes things difficult f 12.1kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves

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    My imagination is running wild! All you sisters who love cultivation novels, come and read this!

22. 22 满 Everyone in the Sect Is Serious, Except for Our Ridiculously Silly Junior Sister 满门都是正经人，唯师妹过分沙雕 Gongye Suhe公冶肃禾Ancient Romance547k WordsCompleted Xiao Wu was a notorious backstabber in the apocalypse, but she transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon-fodder female side character with the same name in an old-fashioned harem novel, whose fate was absolutely miserable. To avoid following the original plot, she immediately took a master, moving him to tears until he fished out a little handkerchief and dabbed frantically at his eyes. Later, everyone in the sect realized that aside from being talented and good-looking, Xiao Wu was, at he 10.6kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
23. 23 小 My Junior Sister Says Even a Madman Is a God 小师妹说神经也是神 Lop-Eared Rabbit Who Loves Cilantro爱吃香菜的垂耳兔Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Jiang Zhu transmigrates into a novel about a girl adored by everyone, as a disposable female side character. The junior apprentice sister is gifted and loved by all, while the side character has cultivated for years and is still useless. In the end, she's pushed out to take a blade for the junior sister and dies miserably in the street. She opens her eyes to the sight of a whole sect full of hopeless sycophants, and Jiang Zhu wants to die. The heroine's suitors are everywhere. How about I bec 37.9kReads9.3Score4.6kShelves
24. 24 全 The Whole Sect Has Cheats, and Senior Sister Keeps Them All Fed by Roasting Them 全宗开挂，大师姐她靠怼人奶全宗 love Lilove狸Ancient Romance2.3M WordsOngoing Some people are just asking for a verbal takedown! Lin Xiao, nicknamed Lin the Roaster, transmigrates into a novel about a woman adored by everyone, becoming its miserable senior disciple. Is she supposed to put up with that? Lin Xiao promptly roasts the white-lotus heroine until she passes out. From then on, Lin Xiao powers her way through life, launching into a cultivation-world career of “talking absolute nonsense.” Trying to guilt-trip her? Sorry, that only works if she has a conscience. Try 29.7kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves

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    The Invisible Senior Sister, using cheat codes to attack the entire sect, is she morally blackmailing? If she has no morals, who is she blackmailing?

25. 25 女EN The Infinite Reset: A Side Character's Journey to Immortality 女配修仙，但是无限读档 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 74.6kReads9.4Score9.9kShelves

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    "That's not what I want." Bai Lan smiled slightly and said in a low voice, "I noticed that your storage bag still retains its charm, fellow Daoist. Why don't you let me take a look?" Everyone looked up at the group of young girls sitting in the tree, dressed in white with red trim. A red ribbon in their hair hung down to their waists, fluttering in the wind. "Do you hate? Do you want revenge? I can give you anything you want."

26. 26 穿 I Transmigrated as a Nobody, but I'm the Heavenly Dao's Beloved Daughter 穿成路人甲，我才是天道亲闺女 Just as I Hoped固所愿也Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Also titled "Transmigrated as a Nobody, I’m the Heavenly Dao’s Real Darling". Chi Yue was born into the cultivation world and became a cannon-fodder nobody. The heroine is a sweet, lovely, airheaded beauty; there’s a cold and aloof immortal master; a senior brother who protects her like his own eyes; and a domineering CEO-level demonic cultivator… while Chi Yue is just a cannon-fodder nobody without even a name. There’s also a soft-bodied female cultivator from the Harmony Sect, with a System an 4.8kReads8.8Score565Shelves
27. 27 逆 Defying Heaven to Become a Phoenix, I Stir Up Trouble in the Sect 逆天成凰，我在宗门搞内卷 Red Spider Lily千日红Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Lin Yunyao trusted the wrong people and mistook villains for family. Only when she was dying did she finally see the Lin family's true colors. They had only been kind to her because they wanted to take the phoenix bone within her! She self-destructed her dantian, but unexpectedly got a chance to be reborn. This time, she would not only rewrite her fate, but make that heartless family pay. If training won't kill you, then train harder. Blocked meridians and being a good-for- 6.7kReads9.0Score848Shelves
28. 28 被 After a Thousand Swords Pierced Her Heart, Her Junior Sister Slays Her Way to Immortality 被万剑穿心后，师妹她靠杀戮成仙 Luo Shi罗什Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted [No Romance + Defying Fate + Everyone’s Darling + Revenge + Thunder Spirit Root + Greatest Prodigy] Yan Lang is an ordinary mortal woman and the heroine of an inspirational cultivation novel. She should have soared through the heavens, but after stepping onto the path of cultivation, she was manipulated and framed for half her life. In the end, she dies a brutal death beneath the swords of the immortal sect. Only after her death does she learn that her senior sister is a transmigrator into a boo 27.8kReads9.0Score5.2kShelves

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    These two books are absolutely amazing!!! They're still being serialized, but you definitely won't regret reading them!!!

29. 29 别 Don't Mess With Her! The Rogue Immortal Lady Cultivates the Path of Slaughter! 别惹！散仙娘娘她修的是杀戮道！ Today's Fortune: The Best Omen今日财运上上签Ancient Romance955k WordsOngoing [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 8kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves
30. 30 反 The Villainous Couple Are Both Unhinged, So Stop Acting Crazy and Stay Away 反派夫妻皆疯批，少发癫，莫沾边 If I Don't Write, I'll Have to Live on the Northwest Wind不码字就喝西北风Ancient Romance559k WordsCompleted [Powerhouse from the Start] [Imaginative Fantasy] [Strong Male Lead, Even Stronger Female Lead] [Two Unhinged Villain Protagonists] [Feel-Good, No Angst] [Love and Hate] [Saving Each Other] [Invincible] [Plot-Focused] Female lead: A lunatic who wants to slack off but keeps getting pushed into doing anything but. Male lead: A smiling snake, a refined young noble who hides a blade behind his smile in public, and a completely deranged villain in private. (Content warning: Neither lead is a good per 3.3kReads9.3Score388Shelves
31. 31 修 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 Cheng Ya乘芽Ancient Romance344k WordsCompleted (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 2.4kReads9.0Score380Shelves
32. 32 符 The Talisman Grandmaster Just Wants to Survive Until She's a Thousand 符箓老祖她只想苟到万岁 Loves Peaches超爱吃桃Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No Romance, No System, No Pocket Dimension, An Inspiring Journey of Growth] When Lin Xiaoman came to her senses, she discovered she had transmigrated to a bizarre world of immortal cultivation! Fortunately, she had a spiritual root! Unfortunately, with four spiritual roots, she was still just an ordinary person! But ordinary people have aspirations too. Lin Xiaoman embarked on the path of cultivation, practicing, drawing talismans, and growing spiritual rice and spirit plants... Her main goals 8.7kReads8.8Score1kShelves

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    A sober female protagonist

33. 33 团 The Whole Family Dotes on Me: I’ll Come Clean, My Dad Is the Heavenly Emperor 团宠：摊牌了我爹是天帝 Zi Lu子璐Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Everyone's favorite + punishing the scumbags + genius golden finger + thoroughly satisfying + one-on-one romance] Previous life: She died full of hatred. This life: Reborn from the ashes, she takes revenge and punishes the scumbags, with the Divine Venerable of the Phoenix Clan watching over her. She thought her true identity was nothing more than the Heavenly Emperor's daughter. But as the layers of her identity are revealed, the powerful figures who dote on her are stunned to discover that th 19kReads9.3Score2kShelves

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    This is absolutely gorgeous!!!

34. 34 朋 Hey, Need Your Fortune Told or a Ghost Caught? I'm Good at Both 朋友，算命还是捉鬼我都在行哦 Fishing Lights Beneath the Dark Moon月黑见渔灯Modern Romance405k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics and Fortune-Telling + Ghost-Hunting + Beloved by All + Sweet Romance] [Yan Family’s Granddaughter and Grandmaster of the Mystic Arts × The Elegant and Handsome Second Master of the Pei Family] A practice work. The writing isn’t great, so please don’t read if that bothers you. Yan Ci, a prodigy of the mystic arts, is struck by the final bolt of lightning while undergoing her tribulation. She is hurled into a small world and merges with a fragment of her own soul. She discovers that t 2.7kReads9.2Score301Shelves

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    Hehehe

35. 35 穿 I Transmigrated into a Tragic Romance and Started Cultivating Immortality 穿到虐文里我修仙了 Qi Qi萋柒Ancient Romance1.5M WordsOngoing (No romantic tension, no male lead, no romance. Maxed-out beauty and strength, with a light, exaggerated writing style!) [Cool, powerful heroine + dual cultivation in music and swordsmanship + genius protagonist + ice spirit root + Supreme Yin Divine Physique + no romance + immortal sect goddess + struggle for supremacy in a grand age] “I have a melody. Would you all care to listen?” An Shu transmigrates into a book, becoming the heroine of a heart-wrenching tragedy? The story hasn’t even begun, 10.4kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves

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    No cheat codes, just pure strength. The female protagonist overcomes all obstacles, displaying both a dashing, sword-wielding spirit and a high-energy twist against the villains. The fantasy romance is authentic, the plot solid and engaging. A must-read for fans of cultivation novels! ✨ #Cultivation #FemaleLead #FantasyRomance

36. 36 清 Cold, Untouchable Moonlight? No! I'm the Villain Chosen by Fate 清冷白月光？不！我是天命大反派 A Clear Song by the Pool一曲潭清Ancient Romance578k WordsCompleted [System-driven + villainess protagonist + egoist + top prodigy + near-invincible power fantasy + no romance (no male consorts)] After transmigrating, Nan Xian becomes a fake prodigy used by a top family to save face. She is about to fight the real prodigy. Should she just wait to die? No rush, the System is here to help. [Ding! The Ultimate Villain System is at your service.] [Humiliate your arrogant fiancé and get a divine beast mount as a reward.] Nan Xian: Kill him. Her younger siblings are d 37.6kReads9.5Score6.4kShelves
37. 37 女EN The Supporting Female Character Cultivates, the Protagonists Are Sacrificed to Heaven 女配修仙，主角祭天 Long-Tailed Tit长尾山雀呀Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted On the night before becoming the disciple of Immortal Venerable Yanchen, Sang Ying discovered that she was the villainess in a cultivation novel about a master and his disciple! She was the foil to the pure and kind heroine, a delicate white lotus. Not only did she force the male lead to take her as his disciple, she also tried to steal what belonged to the heroine. In the end, she died at the hands of one of the heroine's admirers, and her pure ice spirit root became the catalyst for repairing 7.7kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves
38. 38 穿 After Becoming a Cultivation Novel's Female Side Character, I Don't Want to Be Cannon Fodder 穿成修仙女配后不想当炮灰 Knife, Medicine, Pen刀药笔Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Female-Led Cultivation, No Romance] [Mutated Wind Spirit Root + Hidden Weapons] Reincarnated as the villainess in a cultivation novel, she gets the best setup possible: the Northern Border’s greatest beauty and a genius disciple with a mutated Wind Spirit Root. But since she isn’t destined to be the heroine, Duan Jiaojiao decides to stay away from her and turn down the powerful Canglan Sect, joining the “pickpocket sect” Kongkong Sect instead. Who could have guessed that this much-hated “pickpo 5.5kReads9.2Score543Shelves
39. 39 寒 Spring Comes Across the Cold Branches 寒枝渡春来 Tu Wan兔宛Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Max-level alchemy grandmaster enters the beginner village + slice of life + family bonds + a touch of ensemble cast] (There is a male lead: Shen Zhuochuan) What should you do when you transmigrate into the body of the frail, doomed-to-die-early older sister of a heroine? Everyone knows that protagonists like Long Aotian and Feng Aotian tend to have tragic backstories. Their families are wiped out, or their parents die. After reading the original story and learning that she was destined to di 67.9kReads9.4Score11kShelves

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    The female lead is highly intelligent and emotionally intelligent, a cultivation genius, and has a harmonious family. It's not tragic and leans towards a lighthearted tone. It's a plot-driven story and highly recommended (it has a romantic pairing, both leads are strong, the male lead is a dragon, there's a secondary romantic subplot, and it's very good).

40. 40 逆 Defying Heaven's Cute Beast: The Peerless Demoness Rules the World 逆天萌兽：绝世妖女倾天下 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 147.3kReads9.6Score19.1kShelves

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    It's super good. Niannian is one of the few female protagonists I've seen who isn't love-struck, and who is also skilled in martial arts and strategy. She's always intelligent, very strong, and optimistic.

41. 41 我 My Little Brother Is the Chosen One 我的弟弟是天选之子 Little Snow Fluff小雪绒Eastern Fantasy179k WordsCompleted Every thousand years, a Child of Destiny is born in the Cangxuan Realm. Qin Feng transmigrates into the body of one half of a pair of twins, a villain fated to bring calamity. Cast aside by his family, looked down on by everyone, he finds himself on the brink of ruin. By chance, he obtains a Villain System that rewards him with Villain Points for face-slapping and other deeds, which he can trade for resources. He also unlocks the mysterious Myriad Mechanisms Pavilion, a space that can store and 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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42. 42 香 I Proved My Dao Through Incense Offerings and Became the Only God in All the Worlds 香火证道，我成了万界唯一神 Little Snow Fluff小雪绒Ancient Romance177k WordsCompleted After the fall of the ancient gods, heaven and earth were cut off from the divine path. The myriad spirits no longer worshipped the gods, and the incense offerings ceased. Shen Zhiyi, a modern practitioner of metaphysics, transmigrates into an unknown wild god, trapped in a ruined temple in a desolate village where demons run rampant and the people live in misery. Then she unexpectedly obtains the Incense-Blessed Path to Divinity System. Using incense offerings as its medium, the System helps he 59Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 43 什 What Do You Mean, This Is a Health Cultivation Technique? 什么，你管这叫养生功法 Little Snow Fluff小雪绒Ancient Romance260k WordsCompleted Mu Qiuyuan was the young lady of the Mu family. On the night she came of age, her own uncle joined forces with demonic cultivators to slaughter her family, and she escaped by plunging off a cliff. By chance, she received a health cultivation art from Venerable Bai. This art was an unparalleled immortal technique, helping her awaken a congenital sacred body and the Immortal Emperor inheritance within her. With it, she fought Golden Core cultivators while still at the Qi Refining stage, delivering 1Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 44 废 Good-for-Nothing's Comeback: The Medicine God Delivers a Brutal Face-Slapping 废柴逆袭：药神狂打脸 Little Snow Fluff小雪绒Ancient Romance199k WordsCompleted When a ray of starlight from beyond the Xuanling Realm falls into the dantian of a good-for-nothing young man, a storm that will overturn his fate begins to brew. Ye Chen, a genius pharmacist in his previous life, has become an abandoned son of his family in this one. At the very depths of despair, he unexpectedly unlocks a stellar space concealing the world’s most precious treasures. Unable to make progress in Qi Refining? He uses the space’s spiritual spring to reshape his meridians. Dull-witt —Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 45 逆 Reversing My Fate on the Immortal Path: A Poison Mirror Helps Me Slaughter My Way to Victory 逆袭仙途：毒镜带我嘎嘎乱杀 Little Snow Fluff小雪绒Ancient Romance143k WordsCompleted As the last ray of moonlight is swallowed by crimson, Yun Chuyao opens her eyes amid a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. A talking mirror has appeared in her mindscape. “Hey, you look like a steamed bun that’s just been struck by lightning. Are you really going to do it all over again?” She was once the most dazzling jewel of the Yun family, but on the night her family was wiped out, she was betrayed, slaughtered, and forgotten. Now, returned with the memories of her previous life, she is —Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 46 逆 Reversing My Fate on the Immortal Path: Laughing and Joking as I Become a God Across Two Worlds 逆袭仙途：笑闹两界封神记 Little Snow Fluff小雪绒Sports150k WordsCompleted When reality crumbled and tore open a rift in fate, Zhong Yue's soul fell into the dreamlike realm of Cultivation in a Fantasy World. There, cultivators rode swords through the clouds, danger lurked in the demon lands, and she was just a lowly Qi Refining cultivator. Yet a Spirit Resonance Pearl floating in her sea of consciousness was quietly brewing a storm that could overturn both worlds. New to the cultivation continent, Zhong Yue was swept into the whirlpool of sect rivalries. Leng Xuan's —Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 47 逆 Three Rogues, Laughing Their Way Along the Immortal Path 逆袭三贱客笑闹仙途 Little Snow Fluff小雪绒Eastern Fantasy246k WordsCompleted When Yan Yun opened his eyes inside the body of an ordinary young man, he saw neither the familiar gates of the Immortal Realm nor anything he knew, but a sky full of fluttering spirit butterflies and a fluffy panda artifact spirit perched on his chest. “Rookie Host, welcome to the Six Realms Battle Royale.” A young man betrayed by his closest friend in a past life, now rising from the mire; a girl who transmigrated with a System binding her and a knack for absurdly good fortune; and a lone swo —Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 48 假 The Fake Saintess Uses Card Draws to Turn the Tables in the Cultivation World 假圣女靠抽卡逆袭修仙界 Little Snow Fluff小雪绒Ancient Romance157k WordsCompleted In a world of immortal cultivation, the Ask Immortals Tournament and mysterious secret realms are full of opportunities and challenges. Yun Qian, a modern girl, transmigrates into the body of a false saintess who is about to be exposed for all the evil she has done. At a critical moment, she unexpectedly activates a card-drawing System. To draw cards, the System requires her to win the favor of six children of destiny and earn points. The cards include spell manuals, magical treasures, and more. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 49 憨 The Foolish Emperor Turns the Tables and Becomes a Talisman Venerable 憨皇逆袭成符尊 Little Snow Fluff小雪绒Eastern Fantasy143k WordsCompleted When a prince mocked as an “idiot” is made to stand under the blazing sun, a glint of sharpness flashes in his eyes, something no fool could possess. It is the secret of a silent man about to shatter the seal on his fate. In the ancient, primeval world, laws are as unyielding as iron, and the strong use runes to reshape heaven and earth. Gu Chensha, the nineteenth prince, is trapped in a mire of court intrigue, with his mother's clan belonging to an enemy state. To survive within the palace wall 1Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 50 重 Reborn, I Became the Cloudmist Empress 重生归来，我成了云澜女帝 Little Snow Fluff小雪绒Ancient Romance118k WordsCompleted In the vast world of immortal cultivation, power struggles rage within the Yunlan Sect. Jiang Chunxi, a mortal spiritual servant, is offered up as a cultivation vessel. Her mistress, Su Wan, grows jealous of her and has her murdered during childbirth, but Jiang is reborn. She unexpectedly gains a helping hand and uses the wisdom and experience of her previous life to lay her plans. She wins the sect leader’s favor with her medical skills and builds an intelligence network. Compared with those ar —Reads—Score—Shelves

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