In a Reading Slump! Cultivation Novel Where the Female Side Character Steals the Leads’ Fortunes! 书荒！修仙女配抢男女主的机缘！！

1. 1 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 74.2kReads9.4Score9.9k14d adds

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   This female protagonist has a save/load system and is frantically stealing the original male and female protagonists' romantic relationships.

2. 2 星 The Galaxy Is My Betrothal Gift! 星河为聘！ Still Haven't Eaten My Fill Today今天也没吃饱Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Absurd comedy + 1vN + immortal cultivation + all male leads are virgins + ensemble cast + side couples, do not read if you dislike them] Shen Yun transmigrated into a book, landing in an absurd male-oriented cultivation novel. The original heroine, Bai Qimeng, had a special constitution that drew several powerful men into forcing their love on her. Shen Yun, meanwhile, became the original heroine’s junior sister, a mere backdrop for the plot. Shen Yun was speechless. Shen Yun prayed. Give m 62.8kReads9.4Score7.7k14d adds
3. 3 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: The Cannon Fodder Becomes Heaven’s Chosen One 穿书炮灰变身天道宠儿 Flying Golden Mouse飞天金鼠Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Lianqiao was reborn. She found herself in a novel she had read in the apocalypse. A cannon-fodder scapegoat and punching bag? Whoever wants to play that miserable role can have it. Lianqiao isn't putting up with it... She turned around and joined Cloudmist Peak, the antagonist's sect within the Immortal Mountain Peaks. With the story in hand, she snatched the heroine's destined treasure, the Golden Crow Ruyi Staff... The heroine has her eye on the handsome senior brother? Lianqiao shouted, “Wher 11.5kReads8.6Score1.1k14d adds

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   It's really good-looking and worth recommending.

4. 4 因 I Feared Pain, So I Forged Myself into the Toughest Woman 因为怕痛，我把自己炼成最硬女人 The Shrimp Invited Me for Tea虾子请我去吃茶Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [No romance, though the bonus chapters may have a romantic subplot] Chu Jiao was walking along minding her own business when someone who jumped from a building hit her, leaving her covered in blood. She died on the spot. When she woke up, she discovered she had transmigrated into a xianxia novel as a plot device. In the novel, Chu Jiao was a diligent human shield. Whenever the female lead was in mortal danger, she would show up right on cue and take every blow for her, like a walking shield. Th 25.5kReads8.2Score3.3k14d adds

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   Holding a pink hammer, you think she only knows alchemy? Or weapon crafting? No, no, no, this girl is also a physical cultivator.

5. 5 摸 I Became a Top-Tier Star in the Cultivation World by Slacking Off 摸鱼不小心成了修真界顶流 Huai Jiangjiang淮江江Ancient Romance894k WordsOngoing [The rating just came out, and it'll rise later! No romance + ensemble cast + System + satisfying revenge + not your typical cultivation novel] Du Zhao transmigrates into a cannon-fodder female character in a story about a chosen one. Before the tragedy begins, she decisively keeps her distance from the male and female leads. If she can't afford to provoke these people blessed by destiny, she can at least stay out of their way. The female lead is found to have a supreme single spiritual root and 14.7kReads8.8Score2.2k14d adds

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   The first three were all self-promotions by the last person.

6. 6 惊 Shocking! The Holy Sons and Daughters Are All So Awful 惊！圣子圣女们竟然都缺德 Angry Hippo愤怒的河马Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Absurd humor and memes + no romance + laugh-out-loud comedy + ensemble cast] With a loud crash from the heavens, Chun Jin met her end on the spot. Dying was bad enough, but then she transmigrated into a book, and not only that, she became a character everyone hated! As the saying goes, a doting older brother spoils his little sister. In the original story, Chun Hanwen was the unluckiest guy around. Even a dog would have left its mark on him. But a joke should never be made at a person's expe 56.4kReads9.3Score9k14d adds
7. 7 重 Reborn from the Start, I'm Definitely Becoming This Master's Disciple 重生开局，这个师尊我当定了 Gentle Rain, Sleepy Sleepy轻雨眠眠Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted After being a wandering ghost for a hundred years, Li Qingqing discovers that she's actually the cannon-fodder female character in a harem fantasy. In her previous life, the master of Lingqin Peak and her senior sisters all died at the hands of demonic cultivators in a secret realm. She survived and transferred to Spirit Medicine Peak with her junior sister, who was so fat she could barely walk. But who could have guessed that her junior sister had transmigrated into a book? Not only could she r 15.8kReads9.3Score1.9k14d adds
8. 8 说 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 Qi Yi Zi七一子Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [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 106.3kReads9.5Score15.5k14d adds
9. 9 穿 My First Battle After Transmigrating into a Book: Steal the Heroine’s Opportunities 穿书炮灰第一战！抢女主机缘 A Thousand Years of Drunken Dreams醉梦千年Ancient Romance558k WordsCompleted [Transmigrates Into a Book, Divine Beast, Divine Sword, Divine Cauldron, A Kiss Seals the Bond, Both Leads Are Chaste, Everyone’s Favorite, Seizes Fortuitous Opportunities] Qian Liusheng transmigrated into a book! A disposable extra? A stepping stone? A lucky charm who finds treasures for the heroine? Qian Liusheng clenched her little fists and let out a furious roar. “I’m going to defy fate and change my destiny!” A loud shout rang out as someone tried to take her as a disciple and turn her int 5.1kReads8.4Score53714d adds

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   This is great.

10. 10 家 Cultivating My Clan: I Can Bear Children with Spirit Roots 家族修仙，我能生出灵根子嗣 Lu Yunshu鹿云疏Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Also known as The Dao Lord of Kong Sang [Female-lead cultivation progression power fantasy + all male leads are devoted + unconventional childbirth] Sang Lu transmigrates to the cultivation world, but unfortunately, she has a low-grade four-element spiritual root and no hope of reaching Foundation Establishment in her lifetime. Having finally gained the chance to cultivate and live forever, Sang Lu refuses to surrender to fate. She stakes everything on entering a perilous secret realm, where s 106.4kReads9.2Score18.8k14d adds

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    These are all so beautiful 💕

11. 11 反 The Villainess Goes on a Rampage Across the Nine Continents! The Protagonists All Kneel 反派女配杀疯九洲！主角们都跪了 Fei Xi妃玺Ancient Romance3.0M WordsCompleted “If the author says there's no romance, then there really isn't.” She became the saintess of one of the Four Great Sacred Lands, with exceptional talent, a prestigious position, and a decent fortune. And yet, with such an impressive setup, she was destined to be a cannon-fodder villain in countless stories about male and female leads. To avoid being won over or defeated, and to stay alive, she had no choice but to strike first. Oh, did I hit too hard? My mistake, my mistake. Go recover, then com 16.6kReads9.2Score1.7k14d adds
12. 12 穷 A Poor Girl’s Daily Life as a Rogue Cultivator 穷鬼女散修的修仙日常 Dancing Lightly in the Mortal World红尘轻舞Ancient Romance2.4M WordsCompleted Xiao Han never imagined that she, an ordinary working girl who hadn't even finished middle school, would transmigrate one day. Fine, she transmigrated. But she had neither a pocket dimension nor a System, let alone a handy golden finger. She got none of the perks or welcome gifts that usually came with transmigration. That would have been bad enough, but other transmigrators took over someone else's body and fit right into local society. She, however, arrived in her own body, unable to speak the 49.5kReads9.2Score7.1k14d adds
13. 13 穿 Who's the Best at Cultivation After Transmigrating into a Book? I'm the King of Chaos in the Cultivation World 穿书修仙哪家强？搅乱修真我为王 Ling Yang铃央Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Female supporting character + cultivation + magic space + everyone’s darling + strong heroine + no romance] The heroine is absolutely not a saint. She can even be cold-blooded at times. But she truly cares for those who are good to her. After she transmigrated into a book as a female supporting character destined to deliver treasures to the heroine, Xu Hanqing had no intention of following the predetermined plot. Who said all those heavenly treasures belonged to the heroine? In the cultivation 7.3kReads8.1Score59914d adds

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    I could only find these few books from before; I can't find the others and I can't remember the plots 😅 I just remember they were pretty good. They all had strong female leads, and the female leads were all quite powerful, a bit like wish-fulfillment stories. The female leads all had spatial abilities, and they were all transmigrated into books as villainous or cannon fodder female supporting characters. Some had no romantic partners, and some had male leads. Anyway, they were all pretty good. I remember a few of them were a bit funny. Some had systems, and some didn't. The systems in those were not very prominent. Anyway, they were good, so there shouldn't be any problems with them 😎

14. 14 修 Cultivation: This Cannon Fodder Refuses to Be a Walking Treasure Trove 修仙：炮灰不想当机缘库 Keep Looking Ahead.向前看。Ancient Romance665k WordsCompleted [No Romance] Xiang Yue was seven when she realized she had transmigrated into a book. The day before, she'd bought a jade bottle at the market, and the heroine was about to come crying to take it away. Inside that bottle was a top-grade Spirit-Cleansing Pill. The heroine would use it to transform her four-element spiritual root into a top-grade ice spiritual root, while Xiang Yue had a three-element spiritual root. The heroine would get to study under a Mahayana elder of the sect, while Xiang Yu 5kReads7.4Score40414d adds
15. 15 穿 Transmigrated into a Book? A Villainess? The Senior Sister? Tsk, Tsk! 穿书？恶毒女配？大师姐？啧啧！ Black Kitty Youyou黑喵幽幽Ancient Romance932k WordsCompleted [Book Transmigration]+ Cultivation + [Stealing the heroine’s opportunities]+ [An insanely powerful golden finger]+ [Putting scumbags in their place] [A note: This story has two arcs. The first focuses on cultivation and a pampered-by-everyone setup, while the second focuses mainly on the romance.] Tang Xinyan, a seasoned corporate drone, had finally endured her way to a promotion and a raise. With an annual salary of a million just within reach, the apocalypse hit! At least she awakened a spatia 10.7kReads9.0Score5.7k14d adds
16. 16 修 Cultivation World Villainess: From the Start, I Snatched the Heroine's Fortuitous Opportunity 修仙女配：开局抢了女主机缘 Tiling Inside a Crystal在水晶里贴瓷砖Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Leveling Up + Status Screen + Genius + Jack of All Trades + No Saintly Heroine] Jiang Luoluo, a modern orphan, accidentally transmigrated into a cultivation novel and became a minor female character destined to be devoured by monsters. Luckily, she came with a status screen. As long as she earned Fate-Changing Points, she could improve her aptitude, luck, comprehension, and more. When the heroine showed up partway through the story, Jiang Luoluo unhesitatingly treated her like a treasure-huntin 10.9kReads8.4Score2.7k14d adds
17. 17 金 My Golden Finger Is So Overpowered, I Take My Pocket Dimension and Cultivate Immortality 金手指太逆天，带着空间去修仙 Ben Biao123犇驫123Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Cultivation + transmigration + space + opportunities Xu Ya transmigrates into a xianxia novel. The original owner is constantly sabotaged by her cousin, the book's vicious supporting female character, who hides behind a facade of “I'm only doing this for your own good,” leaving her unable to defend herself. The heroine happens to come to her rescue, but only to scheme for the original owner's teardrop pendant and get her killed. And that's not all. Xu Ya's parents are also killed one a 17.3kReads8.8Score1.9k14d adds
18. 18 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book, the Cannon Fodder Girl Cultivates Immortality 穿书后，炮灰她修仙了 Lou Junxi楼君曦Ancient Romance1.7M WordsOngoing [Genius heroine + strong female lead + pocket dimension + transmigration into a book + born into a new life + orthodox cultivation + possible romance + heroine takes cultivation seriously, no slapstick] Feng Mingyue was an orphan who had worked herself to the bone through her master's and doctoral degrees and finally made it into a research institute. Just when a stable life seemed within reach, a plane crash sent her straight into the world of cultivation, where she was born all over again! Sh 7.7kReads7.9Score53214d adds
19. 19 穿 The Transmigrated Villainess Rises: Putting the Heroine in Her Place 穿书女配崛起，专治女主各种不服 Blue Cang, Floating Life沧蓝浮生Ancient Romance716k WordsCompleted [Strong heroine + transmigrate into a book + sweet romance + master and disciple + leveling up and face-slapping + everyone's darling] Song Ningxi transmigrates into a cultivation novel. Because of a prophecy, the universally adored heroine repeatedly frames her and hires people to kill her. Before cultivation: Song Ningxi fights back, retaliating with face-slapping comebacks every time. But because the heroine is blessed with fortune, Song Ningxi is repeatedly warned by heavenly lightning. It n 649Reads8.7Score10414d adds
20. 20 小 My Little Martial Uncle Really Doesn't Push Herself. She Just Wants to Kill the Female Lead 小师叔真不卷，她只想杀女主而已 Mo Caiwei莫采薇Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast] [People say the blurb did this book a disservice. I'm no good at writing blurbs, so just read the story.] Reincarnated as a doomed female supporting character destined for a gruesome death? No problem. Kill the heroine from the start, wreck the plot, and reset everything. This time, I'm the heroine. The original heroine was a pitiful girl born to a concubine. She had a lowly start but a powerful protagonist's aura. No matter what danger she faced, she always escaped disaster, ros 96.6kReads9.5Score15.7k14d adds

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    This is really good, highly recommend it! 🍉

21. 21 癫 Madness! While Others Cultivate Immortality, I Raise Demons, and the Heavenly Dao Dotes on Me 癫！别人修仙我养魔，反被天道宠 Yunmeng Golden Shuttle云梦金梭Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Sang Longyue is reborn as cannon fodder in a doted-on heroine novel. Not only does she have her golden core ripped out from the start, but her senior brothers also force her to take the female lead's place and serve her sentence. In the end, she dies miserably. ...She decides to make a quick getaway! Before leaving, she turns the tables and makes her senior brothers take the blame and punishment instead; then steals the female lead's golden finger, repairs her dantian, and starts cultivating bot 50.9kReads8.5Score9.3k14d adds
22. 22 高 High Martial: Invincible from the Start with the Golden Bell Shield 高武，无敌从修炼金钟罩开始 Chatting with a Wild Teen聊8少年狂Eastern Fantasy242k WordsOngoing Su Wu’s girlfriend, Meng Qingyao, wanted to break up with him. He refused to agree, so she took him by surprise and shoved him off a cliff. As Su Wu fell, he unexpectedly activated the Iron Shirt System. With the System’s help, Su Wu made Meng Qingyao regret her actions and subdued the myriad races, step by step reaching the pinnacle of their world. … 43Reads—Score114d adds
23. 23 小 My Junior Sister Doesn’t Do Sentimental Speeches, She Slaps People 小师妹不爱煽情，爱扇人 Jian Xi简兮Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [A small ensemble cast + romance] After transmigrating into a book, Lin Yun becomes a cannon-fodder female character in the cultivation world, destined for a gruesome death. She lives by the principle that she’d rather starve, freeze, work herself to death, choke, fall, drown, burn, get electrocuted, hang herself, die of illness, grow old, or die laughing than be killed by someone else. So she keeps her distance from the heroine, joins a minor sect, and lies flat! Things don’t go according to pl 14.8kReads9.2Score1.8k14d adds

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    Check this out! It's a hilarious cultivation novel, super entertaining!!!

24. 24 鱼 Yujie Mountain 鱼羯山 Freshwater Lake清新湖Ancient Romance208k WordsCompleted Fish Capricorn Mountain, also known as Fifteen Cycles of Reincarnation: A Reconciliation Across Time and After Falling Off a Cliff, I Carried My Memories Through Fifteen Lifetimes At midnight, seven stars are counted; a solitary shadow gazes across the evening Milky Way. Magpies sing, carrying a promise of lasting love; my heart sends a song to you, hoping we can be together. The mysterious, isolated Fish Capricorn Mountain is filled with illusions and yearned for by the martial world. The div 49Reads8.3Score—14d adds
25. 25 穿 After I Transmigrate into a Book, the Villainess Sweeps the Script Away with One Sword 穿书后，恶毒女配一剑掀翻剧本 Little Qiyao小七妖Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [No CP + strong heroine + System + transmigrate into a book + sharp tongue + a bit of an ensemble cast] A guide to reading this book: 1. The first few chapters lean toward domestic scheming. 2. It's a System story, but the System appears less often later on. The heroine mainly relies on herself. 3. The System only steals the fortune of bad people. 4. Please be patient with our heroine in the beginning. The later cultivation-focused parts are very satisfying, so just turn off your brain and enjo 5.6kReads7.7Score86114d adds
26. 26 逆 A Future That Defies Heaven 逆天未来 Wukong's Enlightenment悟空的开悟Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsOngoing I’m Ahao, an underachiever who transmigrated into a wasteland desert where genetic locks and mechanical civilization intertwine. Resources are scarce, social classes are rigid, and ordinary people struggle just to survive. By chance, I acquired a golden finger that lets me use first principles to break down the essence of the world. Everything can be derived: energy, materials, and life are all formulas. While others advance through talent, I use logic to defy fate and change my life. Starting o 3Reads—Score—14d adds
27. 27 医 A Medical Saint from the Start: My Rise to Power in a Fantasy World 医圣开局，我在玄幻世界当大佬 Wukong's Enlightenment悟空的开悟Eastern Fantasy594k WordsOngoing On the Jiuzhou Continent, spiritual qi revival is underway, and countless races vie for supremacy. The sky splits in nine places, a starfall calamity descends every three hundred years, destiny can be rewritten, and cause and effect can be reversed. Xiao Wuyan, a young man with ruined meridians, is actually the reincarnation of an ancient great demon. He binds himself to the “Slacker’s Anti-Grind System”: the more he slacks off, the stronger he becomes. While everyone else works themselves to de —Reads—Score—14d adds
28. 28 别 Don’t Mess with Her! After Leaving Her Sect in a Fury, She Awakens a God-Tier Talent 别惹！发癫弃宗后她觉醒神级天赋 Yingxi映希Ancient Romance889k WordsCompleted Clear-headed heroine × dual-personality hero (being clear-headed doesn’t mean the heroine is invincible) Main plot Transmigrate into a book; the villainess changes her fate and grows. Kongsang Li transmigrated into a book, becoming the wicked senior sister who competes with the heroine for the male lead in a story about a good-for-nothing rising to greatness. Reform her image? No, she did nothing wrong! Why can the heroine kill her, but she can’t kill the heroine? Why is Kongsang Li merely a too 5.8kReads8.8Score6k14d adds
29. 29 冷 The Cool, Alluring Cannon Fodder Makes the Ascetic Immortal Blush 冷媚炮灰她把禁欲仙君耳根撩红了 Little Ink Bell墨铃小铛Ancient Romance327k WordsCompleted Nan Shu transmigrates into a book, becoming an insignificant cannon-fodder character in a cultivation novel. The kind who's already been dead for many years from the start, appearing only in the book's memories. Nan Shu stays positive and spends ten years trying to escape this fate. But that day still comes. She really does die again! But then she comes back to life, and decides the plot can still be changed. She makes her way to the cultivation world and sets out on the path to immortality. Bes 384Reads9.2Score10314d adds
30. 30 炮 A Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress? The Junior Sister Fights Her Way with a Sword 炮灰女配？小师妹她以剑开道 Pear Blossom Moon梨花月吖Ancient Romance708k WordsOngoing [The rating has only just opened, so it’ll go up.] [Romance + two equally strong leads + dual-sword cultivation + cultivation and leveling up + all-rounder + genius sword cultivator + so many secret identities revealed that it gets tiresome] After an unexpected transmigration into a book while gaming, Yun Xi became the ill-fated cannon-fodder female supporting character in a cultivation novel. In this life, she switched sects, practiced the highest-tier sword techniques, and even bonded with a s 173Reads8.1Score—14d adds
31. 31 我 I’m an Alchemist. Is It Really So Wrong to Take Pills and Ascend? 我炼丹的，嗑药飞升不过分吧 One Day Apart一日不见Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Unrivaled genius + opposing the heroine + snatching opportunities + lighthearted comedy + feel-good power fantasy + medicinal garden space Zong Qiuqiu is a modern pharmaceutical genius. After an explosion while making medicine, she transmigrates into a pampered cultivation novel and becomes the doomed senior disciple who dies young. The moment she opens her eyes, she sees the original heroine asking her to cheat and forfeit. She immediately retaliates with a sword, runs it through her, and takes 5kReads8.4Score47314d adds
32. 32 修 The Reborn Female Side Character Becomes an Immortal 修仙女配重生后成仙了 Milk Sniper奶狙Ancient Romance496k WordsCompleted I had a spatial treasure, magical artifacts, and great opportunities, but I still died. Only after death did I understand that everything I’d done in life had been to deliver gear to the heroine and pave her path to immortality. Fortunately, Heaven took pity on me and gave me a chance to be reborn, back to the moment I first embarked on the path of immortality... The female supporting character face-slaps the heroine and, along her cultivation journey, happens to take in a haughty little fox spi 819Reads8.8Score10614d adds

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