Seriously, Why Are All the Immortality Stories About Male Leads? 我说啊…为什么长生流全是男主？

1. 1 开EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 515.8kReads9.7Score69.9kShelves

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   A 9.8-rated masterpiece of the immortal cultivation genre, this novel takes you on the most unconventional and triumphant journey in the cultivation world! Office worker Chen Xun transmigrates to the cultivation world, bound to an immortality system but starting with a "slow growth" buff—attribute points accumulate over millennia, and his advancement from Qi Refining to Five Elements Dao Ancestor relies entirely on "endurance." He deeply understands that "survival is victory," and with his immortal spirit beast, the Old Ox, he roams the world in a "retirement-style" dungeon crawling. His famous scene of "persuading a Celestial Venerable with three mountain-splitting axes" makes him a fearsome figure throughout the myriad realms, known as the "Old Schemer." 👍👍

2. 2 农 The Immortal Farm Girl: From Martial Arts to Cultivation 农女长生，从习武到修仙 Looking Up at the Moon举头望月亮Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Slice of Life] [Slow Burn] [Logical, No Saintly Protagonist] [No CP, Not a Power Fantasy] [Immortality] [Heartless Dao] [Strong Female Lead] Coder Lin Yue ordered fried rice with egg from a delivery app. She had barely taken a couple of bites when everything went black and she transmigrated, waking up as a country girl who had just drowned in a remote mountain village. Small and thin, with a pinched face and never enough to eat, she had only just learned to speak the local dialect when she disc 8.9kReads8.3Score1.3kShelves

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   Slow-burning, coming-of-age story

3. 3 异 Reborn in Another World, I Have Countless Treasures Born Alongside Me 异界重生，我有诸多伴生至宝 Suiqiu Shimo岁秋诗墨Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Peerless Talent] + [Conquest Across the Myriad Worlds] + [No Couple] Across the Three Thousand Dao Domains, countless lineages stand tall and myriad races vie for supremacy. The Immortal Domain is home to undying clans that rule over vast territories, while ancient sacred grounds tower over the land and suppress their regions. In the endless demon realms, countless demons battle for supremacy. In this world, where every step is fraught with hardship, will you trample over billions of corpses 1kReads6.5Score100Shelves

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   The female protagonist is immortal and has an extremely powerful cheat ability.

4. 4 玄 Xuanhuan: After a Thousand Reincarnations, I Became the Beloved White Moonlight 玄幻：轮回万世，我成了白月光 Yunyun Bu Keai芸芸布可爱Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Transformation + Gender Swap + Transmigration + System + Reincarnation + Eternal Life + Unrequited Love + Single] Ye Yun transmigrated. But she was a girl. She started with an innate Dao body and the bearing of a Great Emperor. She hadn't even enjoyed it for three minutes before someone refined her into a pill! Lifespan: fifteen minutes. Just as Ye Yun thought she'd set the record for the shortest-lived transmigrator in history, her golden finger... came to life! [Ding! The Myriad Realms Reinca 2.9kReads7.3Score274Shelves
5. 5 修 The Side Character in a Cultivation Novel Becomes Everyone's Favorite Through Farming 修仙文路人甲通过种田成为万人迷 Clouds Return and Wander云归游Ancient Romance691k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + cultivation + becoming beautiful + everyone’s favorite + male rivalry and romantic battleground] After spending ten years as a menial disciple in the cultivation world, Yu Wanqing finally realizes she has fallen into a cultivation harem novel full of female rivalry! Watching the female side characters meet miserable ends, she decides to cling to her golden finger and keep a low profile while she grows stronger. Her golden finger is an unbelievably powerful farming d 13.3kReads8.3Score1.4kShelves

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   This book was enjoyable and I finished reading it. Although it had some flaws, the female lead's character was well-developed and didn't falter.

6. 6 清 A Peaceful Life with the Seventh Prince in the Qing Dynasty 清穿之七阿哥的安稳生活 A User Who Loves Reading Novels爱看小说的用户Ancient Romance639k WordsCompleted [Qing-dynasty transmigration + spatial storage + no CP] In a tiny rental room, on a soft, warm little bed, Yin You's peaceful, dreamless sleep somehow took an unexpected turn. He was whisked away from the familiar room to an unknown place. Once he had fully awakened, Yin You realized that he had been born into the world as Yin You. From then on, he lived the peaceful life he had always dreamed of! 2.8kReads8.4Score149Shelves

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   These books are all interesting. If you're looking for something to read, check them out. These are all books I've read and enjoyed. I recommend them to everyone.

7. 7 快 Quick Transmigration: The Green Lotus Enters the World 快穿之青莲入世 Youth Is Gone芳华不再Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Lin Zhi transmigrated, but things went wrong in her very first world. She wanted to chop the System to pieces, but she was trapped inside the Primordial Chaos Green Lotus, so all she could do was buckle down and cultivate. Why did she still have to transmigrate when she was already a big shot? This made no sense. 1.9kReads7.3Score139Shelves
8. 8 炮 The Cannon Fodder Only Wants to Cultivate, but the System Just Wants to Slack Off 炮灰只想修仙，系统只想摆烂 Jiang Shi Missed a Meal江诗断了顿Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Han Xiaoran, hurry up and get to work! Han Xiaoran's quick transmigration journey is always moving forward, never stopping. Every world has its own surprises. Thank you, readers, for your support. Some worlds have a female lead transmigrate into a man's body. Feel free to skip those if that's not your thing. The female lead has a pocket dimension, but barely relies on it. The pocket dimension and the System both appear very rarely. 1.5kReads8.7Score110Shelves
9. 9 清 A Qing Dynasty Transmigration: The Life Player 清穿之生活玩家 Cat Butterfly猫蝶Ancient Romance465k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + lots of childbirth + clear-headed, decisive black-lotus heroine + managing the harem + slow transmigration] World One: Kangxi, complete. World Two: Yongzheng, complete. She transmigrates into the Qing palace. Starting out in modern times as a hairpin maker, Jiang Mengyu puts every skill at her disposal to work. She's already started hustling, thanks! No feelings, just technique. Her intelligence stays sharp, and she's a born workaholic. Content warning: When faced with life-or 4.1kReads9.2Score295Shelves
10. 10 快 Quick Transmigration: Wandering with a Secondhand Space 快穿：带着二手空间去流浪 How Do You Even Come Up with a Name?怎么瞎起名Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Xia Tian, an ordinary woman, unexpectedly came into possession of a space someone else had used, and from then on began a journey of her own. None of us knows how long our journey will be, or where we will find the most beautiful scenery. That is why enjoying the present is the right way to live. 10.9kReads7.8Score853Shelves
11. 11 继 After Inheriting a Job in the Underworld, I Start in Empresses in the Palace 继承地府编制后，开局甄嬛传 Timi Duo Le提米多乐Female-Channel Fanfiction930k WordsOngoing [No fixed pairing] [Qing dynasty transmigration + Dream of the Red Chamber + other worlds] The heroine is cautious and greedy, a hedonist who would rather eat anything than suffer. Synopsis: Ji Niannian always knew she had powerful connections down below, but she never expected that before she’d had her fill of enjoying life among the living, she’d be forced to inherit a position in the underworld while still young and start working like any other wage slave... World 1: Empresses in the Palace: 62Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 12 综 Growing Up as a Background Extra in the World of Film and TV 综影视之路人甲成长日 Doudou Xiaolizi豆豆小俐子Female-Channel Fanfiction515k WordsOngoing The heroine is just an overworked 996 employee. One day, she gets hit by a car while saving a child, then unexpectedly drinks the miraculous elixir known as the “Emperor's Dew”! She's also kidnapped by a Kunlun Mirror that can leap through time and space, and forced to cultivate until she becomes a powerhouse. 43Reads6.4Score—Shelves
13. 13 长 A Long-Lived Wanderer’s Cultivation Journal 长生路人修仙记事 Li Jiu理久Ancient Romance648k WordsCompleted [No romance + everyday life + slow burn + years passing like days + technological cultivation, boundless magic] He Tao has spent a full thousand years since transmigrating into a book. It isn't until three years after the female lead destroys the demon clan that she remembers her plan from when she transmigrated: follow the female lead around, enjoying the gossip and watching the show. The female lead ascended to immortality three years ago. He Tao doesn't know if she's still in time. Anyway, sh 9.3kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves

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    This story is about the female lead; it's a slow-burn, gradual development.

14. 14 长 Immortal Longevity Physician: Starting by Treating the Female Emperor 长生仙医：从给女帝治病开始 Limited-Dimensional有限二次元Eastern Fantasy4.2M WordsOngoing [Longevity]+ [No System]+ [Uncanny golden finger]+ [Cultivating the heart amid the mortal world] Main synopsis: In the second year of the Qianqi era of the Great Qian, two suns hang in the sky. The Retired Emperor is obsessed with cultivating the Dao, while the young emperor has only just taken the reins of power. Qi Le transmigrates here and becomes a low-ranking physician at the Imperial Medical Academy. He gains the talent [Treat the sick and save lives to increase your lifespan]. [You cured 56.7kReads8.2Score4.8kShelves

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    Both of these are female-themed immortality novels.

15. 15 我 The Years I Spent Undying and Immortal 我不死不灭的那些年 Mumu Mu Mumu Mu沐沐木慕沐Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [Cultivation] [Everyday Life] [One or a Hundred] [Fun-Loving] [Lighthearted Meme References] An immortal body, eternal youth, even Sidan is afraid...! Ah, sorry, that's not part of this one! While everyone else is driving themselves to the brink in pursuit of immortality, Mu Xiaolin is already immortal and laughing about it! Unfortunately, this isn't a wonderful ability. When people who came into contact with her blood mutated and swelled into a mountain of flesh, Mu Xiaolin knew she was done fo 3.1kReads8.9Score354Shelves
16. 16 变 Transformed into an Unparalleled Immortal, I Save the World with Medicine 变身倾世长生仙，我以医术救世人 A Tulip一朵郁金香灬Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing (Gender-bending, longevity, slow burn, lighthearted comedy, no angst, healing, positive themes, no System) An untitled book records the suffering of all living beings and the darkness of the world. It tells of people caught up in the martial world, unable to control their own fates. After a wondrous dream, she transmigrates into a chaotic age of ancient martial arts, changes from a man into a woman, and becomes a lowly physician’s apprentice at Mirror Lake Manor. She studies under a family of 9.7kReads8.6Score979Shelves

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    Not to mention the author's excellent writing style

17. 17 我 I Cultivate Immortality by Adding Longevity Points. How Will You Respond, Fellow Daoist? 我在长生加点修仙，道友如何应对 Lemon Tea, Tart and Refined!柠檬茶酸雅！Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [System + Transformation + Playing It Safe + Invincible + Immortality + Little Girls + Cuddling + Yuri] Su Bai unexpectedly arrives in a world of immortal cultivation. From the start, she transmigrates as the daughter of a tenant farmer hired by others. Even after a whole year of hard labor, she can't earn more than a few low-grade spirit stones, and the steward still skims her wages! Fortunately, she carries the Myriad Worlds Cauldron, which can take her between different worlds and let her obt 10.3kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
18. 18 穷 Two Thousand Years in the Life of a Poor Man (Revised Continuation) 穷鬼的上下二千年(续写版部分改) Fei Bangye非邦也Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted A Poor Soul's Two Thousand Years: Partially Revised Continuation 3.8kReads—Score—Shelves

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    No, that's not it, hehe.

19. 19 洪 Honghuang: Dressed in Mourning from the Start, I Turn Out to Be the Female Longevity Immortal 洪荒：开局披麻戴孝，竟是女寿仙 Going Bald Is Only a Matter of Time秃头不就早晚的事Eastern Fantasy959k WordsOngoing (One female protagonist, career-focused, traditional style, low-tier primordial world, slow burn) Not a story about schemes. The rookie author really is a rookie, so if you can stick with it, feel free to read it as a change of pace. After learning she would one day become the loose immortal Lady Magu, Magu began preparing to find powerful backers wherever she could. Without any extraordinary golden finger, all she could do was stay cautious! Cautious! And even more cautious! From an ordinar 748Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    Female-oriented longevity

20. 20 进 Evolving into the Revered Lady Green Snake 进化成为万众敬仰的青蛇娘娘 Si Sisi四肆寺Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted “I’ve been kidnapped!” “No, I’ve turned into a snake!” Xu Qing was reborn in a cultivation world as a newly hatched green snake, an ordinary emerald snake anyone could bully. To survive in this perilous cultivation world, she had no choice but to evolve. [Green snake]... delicious meat [Green python]... very delicious meat [Green water snake]... incredibly delicious meat “What kind of bizarre evolution path is this? Am I a master chef or something?” This is the evolution diary of a respectable g 6.7kReads9.1Score673Shelves
21. 21 绑 After Binding to the Longevity System, the Comments Spoil Everything 绑定长生系统后，弹幕疯狂剧透 Huirong浍媶Ancient Romance275k WordsOngoing [Cultivation, immortality, useless System, on-screen comments, slow burn, growing female lead, no romance] After landing in a cultivation world plagued by rampaging monsters, Ye Changning loses her parents and breaks her leg, then gets bound to a “half-broken” immortality System. It grants her the power of immortality, then goes offline. But alongside her immortality, she can also see the on-screen comments above this world’s male lead. To live in peace without anyone discovering her secret of i 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This novel features a female protagonist who achieves immortality [Cultivation + Immortality + Trash System + Commentary + Slow Burn + Growing Female Lead + No Romance]. She transmigrates to a cultivation world overrun by demonic beasts. Ye Changning, having just lost her parents and broken her leg, is bound to a "half-crippled" immortality system. After granting her immortality abilities, the system disappears. However, besides immortality, she can also see the comments above the male protagonist's head. To live peacefully and avoid having her secret of immortality discovered, Ye Changning decides to hide until the very end. But how did she end up ascending to immortality? [Realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Body Integration, Out-of-Body, Mahayana, Tribulation Crossing.]

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