Strong Female Lead, No Miserable Suffering, No Romance 大女主，不憋屈无CP的

1. 151 救 Help! What Do I Do When My Conquest of the Villain Goes Wrong? 救命！攻略反派翻车怎么办？ Crimson Snowfirefly绛雪萤Modern Romance991k WordsOngoing Amid everyone’s shock and contempt, Yun Daixi is forced to put on a pitiful, sweet-natured act, though inside she’s ranting like crazy. But Fu Jiuchuan, who has her trapped, suddenly fixes her with a dark, fathomless gaze. He repeats every word of her inner complaints, then whispers in her ear, “Your honest thoughts are far more interesting than your lies.” From then on, Yun Daixi’s quick transmigration journey goes completely off the rails. She thinks she’s diligently playing the sweet, schemin —Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 152 灵 Lord of the Spirit Realm: From the Start, Bound to a Horror Short-Drama System 灵境主宰：开局绑定恐怖短剧系统 Crimson Snowfirefly绛雪萤Mystery838k WordsOngoing [Soul Transmigration to the Modern World + Cultivation Expert + Unhinged CEO + Demon-Fallen Buddhist Monk + Horror Short-Drama Instances + Yandere Villain + Love Rival Showdown] Li Xinghua, a Mahayana cultivator, was ambushed by a Buddhist monk who had fallen to the demonic path. Her soul transmigrated to the modern world, where she became a freshman at Huaqing University who had died from staying up too late. Stripped of her cultivation and stranded in an unfamiliar world with scarce spiritual 3Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 153 翡 Jade-Hued Splendor: Ninth Lord’s Wife Is a Max-Level Expert 翡色倾宸九爷娇妻是满级大佬 Crimson Snowfirefly绛雪萤Modern Romance821k WordsOngoing The seemingly fragile and easy-to-bully heiress of a jade empire is actually a max-level powerhouse with a pocket dimension! When her manipulative green-tea best friend runs into her unconventional face-slapping counterattacks, a high-energy urban drama of thrilling triumphs and crushing defeats begins. Shen Hua, the pampered little princess of a jade dynasty, disguises herself as a naive “reed girl” to experience ordinary life. Everyone thinks she’s a parasitic vine relying on her family and he —Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 154 玄 Edict of the Mystic Eye 玄瞳敕令 Crimson Snowfirefly绛雪萤Mystery928k WordsOngoing [Chinese-Style Horror + Urban Cultivation + Livestream Fame + Ghost-Tormenting Face-Slapping + No Romance + “Easygoing Girl” + Episodic Story] My family runs a shop called the Worry-Free Pavilion, but our business deals with the realms of the living and the dead. One day, after delivering some clothes, I took a shortcut and stepped onto a long street where dawn would never come. A ghost wedding palanquin passed by, and ghosts roamed the night. I blended in, hoping to get home without drawing att 12Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 155 她 She Walked into Along the River During the Qingming Festival 她走进清明上河图 Sea Cloud Studio海云斋Ancient Romance137k WordsCompleted Zhiruo, a flower lover tired of office life, resigns from her position as finance director at a corporate group and opens a flower shop. During an outing to admire plum blossoms and gather inspiration, she unexpectedly transmigrates to the Northern Song dynasty and finds herself in the wondrous world of Along the River During the Qingming Festival. —Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 156 黎 Secretary Li Is Leaving, and the Capital’s Tycoon Is Losing His Mind 黎秘书要走，京圈大佬急疯了 Wen Xijin文汐瑾Modern Romance600k WordsCompleted Spoiled, domineering CEO vs. stunning secretary [A satisfying read + face-slapping after forgetting one's roots + intense push and pull + flirtatious cat-and-mouse + both leads are virgins, HE] Lin Xiao is the capital's top-tier star among spoiled heirs, the arrogant, unruly second young master of the Lin family, and the heir the Lin Group is determined to groom. Second Young Master Lin gets to live the good life because his big brother bears the burden. Before his brother Lin Heng runs out of e 210Reads—Score121Shelves

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   A novel featuring a strong female protagonist.

7. 157 逃 I Ran Away from My Wedding, Only to Land in My Fiancé's Arms 逃婚却逃到未婚夫怀里 Wen Xijin文汐瑾Marriage & Romance15k WordsCompleted She Fled Her Wedding, Only to End Up in Her Fiancé's Arms 267Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 158 宠 Why Be a Beloved Consort When Being the Emperor Is Better? 宠妃哪有皇帝爽 Gossip Little Xin八卦小新Ancient Romance170k WordsCompleted Reincarnated into the body of Di Xin, the tyrant who brought down a dynasty, all I want is to lie flat. And to make matters worse, I'm a woman! A favored concubine? No way! Being emperor and building an empire is the real thrill! Empress Jiang secretly praises my benevolence, while Su Daji laughs and calls me "a businessperson." I reject every arrangement Heaven has made for me. I want Empress Jiang to live a long life, and Bi Gan to become a minister remembered through the ages. Three thousand 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Let me recommend my book. I'm not feeling stifled.

9. 159 庶 The Illegitimate Daughter's Stunning Reversal: I Was Reborn as a Pitiful Girl, Then Turned the Court Upside Down 庶女惊华：穿成小可怜后我掀翻朝 Year of the Red Hare赤兔年Ancient Romance913k WordsCompleted After quarreling with her boyfriend, Tang Youyou wolfs down five bowls of river-snail rice noodles and chokes to death on a pickled bamboo shoot. She wakes up as Zhong Lingwei, the prime minister’s concubine-born daughter in the Yunlong Dynasty. The moment she opens her eyes, the original owner’s spirit clings to her: “Don’t go wandering! Your stepmother will beat you to death!” The original owner was so timid that her legitimate elder sister, Zhong Yanyu, tormented her for years. In the end, sh 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   No romantic pairing recommended

10. 160 快 Quick Transmigration: The Demon King Wrecks the Plot 快穿之大魔王崩坏剧情 Mist Rising Through the Long Forest雾起长林Modern Romance428k WordsCompleted (No romance, brainless wish-fulfillment.) The heroine is an overbearing, chuuni, unhinged supervillain. She isn't human! She has no human morality and is rotten to the core. Anyone seeking justice or a saintly heroine should stay away. She takes the scumbag's path and leaves scumbags nowhere to go. If she can solve something with violence, she won't waste a word. She's a master of every kind of scheming green tea and black lotus trick: if you can imagine it, she can do it. A mama's boy ends up w 29.4kReads9.5Score2.9kShelves
11. 161 都 I've Transmigrated to a Cultivation World, So I Might as Well Become an Immortal Emperor 都穿越修仙界了，那就搞个仙帝当 Nan Wanxu南婉徐Ancient Romance1.8M WordsOngoing [Cultivation + taking the place of a wicked second-generation cultivator + transmigrate into another body + supernatural abilities + ambitious heroine + battle for supremacy] Superpowered Dragon Nayingle transmigrates into the cultivation world and from the start lands herself in the doomed situation of an evil woman with the exact same face as hers. The villainess, Yuan Qishui, is an arrogant second-generation cultivator from a sect. She is domineering, kills innocents, and commits every kind o 30.2kReads9.4Score3.8kShelves

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    Cultivation Heroine

12. 162 八 The 1980s in Hong Kong: Pregnant with the Gangster's Baby 八零香江：怀了那个古惑仔的崽 Qingcheng Xiaoxiaosheng青城笑笑生Modern Romance284k WordsCompleted Su Man transmigrates into 1982 Hong Kong, becoming a destitute woman burdened with debt in Kowloon Walled City, and unexpectedly finds herself pregnant. To secure residency and survive, she takes her pregnancy test results and corners Jiang Yichen, the small-time hoodlum rumored to be “handsome but good for nothing.” “Marry me. The baby can take your surname, I’ll pay the rent, and once I’ve made enough money, we’ll divorce.” With a cigarette between his lips, Jiang Yichen looks at the curvy wom 2.2kReads—Score197Shelves

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    I feel this book also counts as a female-centric story.

13. 163 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 106.6kReads9.5Score15.4kShelves
14. 164 疯 After the Mad Emperor Redeemed Himself, All Under Heaven Became His Devoted Subjects 疯批帝尊洗白后，天下皆为裙下臣 Chuchu Ziyu初初子语Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Original title: After Constantly Trying to Get Myself Killed, I Became the Emperor Venerated by All Di Yange transmigrates into a wish-fulfillment novel aimed at male readers, where she can only return home by getting herself killed. To make it back as soon as possible, she disguises herself as a man and does everything she can to oppose the protagonist and befriend the villains. In the end, through one careless mistake, she not only saves all the villains but also follows their path, rising ste 30.8kReads9.4Score5.3kShelves
15. 165 疯 After Reforming, the Mad Enchantress Has Every God at Her Feet 疯批妖姬洗白后，诸神皆为裙下臣 One Who Came Running Out of the Mountains大山里跑出来的Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book, everyone dotes on her, everyone gets their comeuppance, the villainess is redeemed, but she refuses to forgive] After transmigrating into a book as Jun Qing, a wicked female demon condemned by Heaven, she fails to clear her name time and time again because of the Heavenly Dao’s restrictions. Her Imperial Lord father strips her of her divine status. Her three older brothers despise her. The little slave she took in betrays her, and her God of War disciple personally dra 1.7kReads8.6Score324Shelves
16. 166 黑 Is the Underworld Boss Employer Mute? The Little Maid Can Read Minds 黑道雇主是哑巴？小保姆会读心呀 Dongfang Mingyang东方明阳Modern Romance532k WordsCompleted Yun Yang accidentally transmigrates into a book and becomes the live-in nanny to Fu Xiaoting, the number-one disabled big shot in S Country. The butler kindly warns her, “Your predecessor lost her tongue. The one before her lost her feet. Our master lost his voice and hates noise more than anything. So you’d better keep quiet.” * At their first meeting, the man sits in a wheelchair, as handsome as a god. A vicious scar runs from his brow to the corner of his mouth, and his gaze could freeze a pe 1.9kReads8.8Score167Shelves
17. 167 混 The Way of Chaos, Immortals, and Demons 混沌仙魔道 Born Auspicious天生嘉祥Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Born with blocked meridians, I refuse to believe fate has the final say... One thought can make you an immortal, another a demon. Whether you become an immortal or a demon depends on a single thought in your heart. Among the myriad paths of the world, the Dao of Chaos reigns supreme. Where the sword points is where the heart longs to go. 689Reads—Score102Shelves

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    Fantasy novels with multiple female protagonists

18. 168 纨 The Pampered Life of a Spoiled Commandery Princess 纨绔郡主得宠日常 Zhao Pian赵骗Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Signed for publication. The print edition is expected to be available by the end of the year. No! This! Is! Not! A! Romance! No CP! No rebirth, no transmigration, a thoroughly evil heroine, a power-struggle story A truly wicked heroine, vying for power over the realm, genuinely unhinged, ruthless, and rotten to the core Questions that come up while reading can only be answered by reading on. The willful, overbearing young princess of the Prince of Zhenbei’s household takes a fancy to Pei Jinnian 49.7kReads9.4Score6.3kShelves

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    A refreshing and empowering story featuring a strong female protagonist, no romantic partner, and consistently high intelligence. 👍

19. 169 小 The Little Taoist Nun Has a Rebellious Streak 小道姑一身反骨 20/100 Vision视力零点二一Ancient Romance747k WordsCompleted “As a hired assassin, killing is my specialty. I make sure my clients go peacefully.” “Be good. You don't need to cover your head. I'd never ruin that pretty face of yours. That would make it harder to carry your head to the Judicial Office and collect the reward.” The moon slanted over the river as night settled in. Mist hung thick in the air, dreamlike and hazy. Only the dim oil lamp hanging from a covered boat on the Qiantang River cast a faint, wavering glow. A small gray-robed Taoist, impos 24.6kReads9.5Score3.8kShelves
20. 170 开 Starting with a Wooden Raft: Serious Survival at Sea 开局一木筏：认认真真，海上求生 Ping Nanjia凭南佳Sports1.0M WordsCompleted [No CP / raft / survival / natural disasters / human disasters] Players are dropped into an ocean survival game with nothing but a broken raft from the start. While everyone else struggles to survive, Jiang Anyu gets on with living. Daily tasks: 1. Work hard at opening mystery boxes; 2. Take the opportunity to kill a few more sea monsters; 3. Climb to the top of the trading zone’s hottest shops leaderboard; 4. Turn the island into a logistics factory; 5. Build an intelligence network across the 3.4kReads6.7Score335Shelves

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    Diverse personalities, different views on life, with a focus on the arena.

21. 171 公 The Top-Ranked Road Survivalist Says She'll Walk to the End of the Road 公路求生榜一说她要走到公路尽头 Zhang Paopao张泡泡Sports2.9M WordsOngoing Strong female lead, no romance, no romantic subplots, clear-headed protagonist, ensemble cast, team-focused. Qi Xu wandered alone along this highway filled with danger and death for nearly four years. With disasters striking endlessly and monsters growing ever stronger, she gradually transformed from a frail woman who could not even kill a chicken into a seasoned player who killed without hesitation. Yet she still died regrettably inside a dungeon... Just before her death, she triggered the prec 428.2kReads9.4Score40.7kShelves
22. 172 抱 Sorry, I’m Crazy. Keep Your Weirdness Away 抱歉，我有疯病，诡异勿扰 Hot Pot Tripe火锅涮毛肚Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Dark Fairy Tales + Horror Game + Livestream + Hilarious + No Romance + Unconventional Ending] My name is Shi Yu, and I'm mentally ill. One moment I was asleep, and the next I had been transported into a horror game called “Little Red Riding Hood.” Black smoke was rising from Mom's head, and the cake meant for Grandma had been mixed with an unidentified kind of minced meat... The game was being livestreamed to the entire world in real time. People watched in astonishment as, while the other p 21.2kReads9.3Score2.8kShelves
23. 173 穿 After Becoming a Substitute, She Stayed Up All Night Studying the Nanny Handbook 穿替身后，她连夜攻读月嫂手册 Little White Snake in the Waves浪里小白蛇Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After overworked office drone Ye Qingqing transmigrated into the role of a stand-in for someone’s one true love, all she wanted was to make money. When the domineering CEO told her to dance, she put on a white dress and started doing the hand dance. When he told her to sing, she shocked the bar with a song called “My Surname Is Shi.” When the woman he truly loved framed her, she handed over a job application, complete with an advanced nanny certificate. When a rich young lady tried to humiliate 16.6kReads9.0Score2kShelves
24. 174 星 The Starry Sky Enters My Body, Evolving the Ten Thousand Paths 星空入身，演化万道 Blood Moon, Bright Snow血月雪明Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing Across the vast cosmos and countless stars, the path of cultivation reaches its end and begins at the Origin Heart; A heart like crystal, like a mirror flowing with water; love drifts through the clouds and sky, deathless and eternal. Cultivate day by day, explore secret realms, and cultivate immortality alongside your Dao companion. 20Reads—Score102Shelves
25. 175 穿 After Becoming a Useless Empress, I Chose to Go Mad 穿成废物女帝后，我选择发疯 Strawberry Pudding with Milk Tea草莓布丁加奶茶Ancient Romance404k WordsCompleted The heroine has no morals + no romance + multiple male leads This book doesn’t prioritize logic. Just read it for fun. After Lin Nian died, she transmigrated into the body of a useless empress. The court was split into three factions. Everyone wanted to control the emperor to command the lords, then find the right moment to kill her. Chancellor Wen Yixun, Secretariat Director Shen Mingyi, and Prince Chen Lin Xiao all coveted her position. Who says a puppet can’t become the master? Lin Nian’s res 217Reads8.8Score103Shelves

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    No romantic pairing, female lead

26. 176 综 Anime Crossover: Delicate Blossoms 综漫：娇花嫩蕊 You Yuan右鸢Anime Fanfiction238k WordsOngoing 1v1 / no romance / multiple love interests A universally adored heroine + self-serving protagonist + no fixed pairing + no System Many pairings will be broken up. Characters may be out of character in each world, and some characters may be disliked. The heroine’s personality changes from story to story. There will be love at first sight, and the plots will be changed too. If you mind any of this, don’t read. Most stories are immersive. There are no moral limits, and the views expressed in the wo 6.8kReads5.5Score233Shelves
27. 177 综 Crossover: They're All Hopeless Romantics 综：全部都是恋爱脑 Luo Shiyun洛时蕴455k WordsCompleted Currently ongoing: [Divine Throne] Leng Xiao ◎Don't look back. I'll love you forever. ◎The Demon Clan is full of ruffians, especially those of high rank. Please note: ◎Everyone is enamored with the protagonist; all pairings are broken up, and the story focuses on the whole cast ◎The author only favors the protagonist, and the plot exists solely to serve her ◎There is no logic, and every pairing gets broken up ◎The protagonist is a Mary Sue, and everyone loves her Worlds in reverse order: World 5kReads7.5Score233Shelves
28. 178 咸 Lazy Mom and Her Kids: Warrior Dad, Just Give Up! 咸鱼带崽：战神爹爹认栽吧！ Yunzhi Mo云芝茉Ancient Romance437k WordsOngoing [A Runaway Pregnant Cook? Her Baby's Father Is a Stone-Faced God of War!]** > > Lin Shuyue's life motto: If she can lie down, she absolutely won't sit up. Transmigrate while pregnant and on the run? No big deal! Her secret to raising a child: Kid, if you can do it, you do it! > Five-year-old Mobao is a prodigy at counting money and haggling in public, but a little demon who wrecks the house and stirs up trouble in private. His mother's “lazy parenting” works wonders! > > That is, until Mobao —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a sweet and romantic ancient Chinese novel featuring a mischievous and adorable child who works together against all odds.

29. 179 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 109.1kReads9.2Score19.6kShelves
30. 180 满 The Whole Sect Is Full of Crazy Villains, Only the Junior Sister Is a Goofball 满门反派疯批，唯有师妹逗比 Wei Xiaoxi未小兮Ancient Romance3.5M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book, Ye Linglong becomes the vicious cannon-fodder villainess in a cultivation novel. With terrible aptitude, she even coerces the heroine into taking her into the top sect during the Cultivation Tournament. After joining, she opposes the heroine at every turn and eventually dies a miserable death. To enjoy a long, happy life, Ye Linglong immediately gives up on coercing the heroine and turns around to join the worst sect in the cultivation world. She’s done being th 247.3kReads9.6Score24.8kShelves
31. 181 假 After Faking Nobility, I Became a God 假冒贵族后我成神了 A Scholar Through and Through书生本色Fantastical Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [Fake aristocrat + true queen + secret identities + everyone’s favorite + nation-building + personal growth] Luo Wei transmigrates into the body of a lowly commoner who passed herself off as a noble girl to enroll at school. Her identity is about to be exposed, and she’ll be despised and cursed by the entire school before being hanged at the gallows in the marketplace. Luo Wei: What’s there to be afraid of? I just have to pretend to be a noble. As someone from the twenty-first century, I can act 128.3kReads9.5Score13.9kShelves

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    Highly recommended!!! No romance!!! A series of satisfying face-slapping moments! The face-slapping is crisp and resounding! So satisfying! Just look at this premise! A female protagonist destined to become the strongest god! Conquering territories and gathering followers at the same time! What? You're a powerful evil spirit? Not at all! I'm a genuine evil god! Profit above all else is my motto! Super highly recommended!

32. 182 林 The Sickly Heir of the Lin Family Goes on a Rampage After Enlisting 林家病秧子从军后杀疯了 The Mushroom Hasn't Taken Its Medicine蘑菇没呀没吃药Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Changning, the eldest female disciple of a martial arts school, wakes up to find she has become the wicked cousin in a novel, the foil to a girl blessed with boundless good fortune. In the novel, her younger cousin Lin Fubao is born lucky. She can find pheasants in the mountains and gold and silver right outside the door. Even when she trips, she discovers a thousand-year-old ginseng root. Under Fubao’s good fortune, the whole family prospers. The eldest brother passes the imperial exams and 3.1kReads9.0Score476Shelves

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    The female lead is a killing machine, and there is no romantic partner.

33. 183 异 The Arcane One 异玄者 Di Shi Yilai迪势伊来Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Multiple heroines + invincible through dual cultivation + modern mindset + alternate-world Huaxia + heroines are easy to win over + read patiently] Wen Changjun, a modern corporate drone and video editor who died suddenly after working overtime, opened his eyes to find himself a condemned prisoner with no mystic root on the Xuanji Continent, trapped in a demonic woman's lair! In this desperate situation, he fought back with everything he had. Amid their struggle, he unexpectedly awakened a Chao 1Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 184 开 From the Start, I Get Everything for Free, Adopt Adorable Beasts, and Make the Apocalypse Cozy 开局零元购，收萌兽，温馨度末世 Ripples in the Deep Sea深海微澜Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Post-Apocalypse + Rebirth + Adorable Beasts + Space + Decisive and Ruthless + Strong Female Lead with No Romance + Beast Speech] Surviving the apocalypse was no easy feat. Over ten years, Ning Ke suffered countless setbacks and injuries, only to be betrayed just as she was about to make it through. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the early days of the apocalypse, and her space and supplies from her previous life had come back with her. Using her memories of her past life, sh 8.3kReads9.3Score1kShelves
35. 185 开 From the Start, I Pick Up Three Patients and Earn One Hundred Thousand Taels of Gold 开局，捡三个病号挣十万两黄金 Tender Meat滑肉Ancient Romance405k WordsCompleted Two years after transmigrating to the Great Sheng Kingdom, Qin Yunxi grows potatoes to survive. By chance, she brings home three men from different countries, each with a more impressive background than the last: one is a prince, another a crown prince. Then her younger brother back in the modern world suddenly falls gravely ill. To cure him, she urgently needs one hundred thousand gold to buy the rare herb Lingsu Grass from the Pavilion Master's hands. Qin Yunxi sets out to make money. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Female-centric, no romantic pairing

36. 186 念 Half a Lifetime of Missing Qiu 念秋半辈子 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s favorite + farming + building wealth + family squabbles + strong heroine] Shen Nianqiu’s husband died. He was stabbed to death by the husband of his lover. Because Shen Nianqiu is beautiful, shapely, intelligent, and capable, she is very popular. A rural doctor whose wife has died gradually falls for her; A butcher from the neighboring village has been secretly in love with her for a long time. A teacher assigned to the countryside admires her beauty and intelligence, and vows to mar 26.5kReads8.0Score1.8kShelves
37. 187 渣 My Scumbag Husband Forced Me to Drink Birth Control Soup? The New Emperor's Child Is in My Womb 渣夫灌我避子汤？新帝骨肉在腹中 He Jiujiu河酒酒Ancient Romance422k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Chu Yi wooed Li Xiyin with a lavish wedding procession stretching ten miles. After they married, however, he fell for her half-sister. When the half-sister took her own life, he hated Li Xiyin to the core. He forced her to drink a fertility-blocking potion, drove her from the household, and even caused her to die a miserable death on the road away from the capital. Living her life over again, Chu Yi couldn’t wait to bring the woman he loved into his household. He deliberate 1.1kReads8.8Score193Shelves
38. 188 新 On Our Wedding Night, My Husband Blindfolded Me with a Ribbon 新婚夜，老公用丝带蒙住我的眼睛 Black Peony黑芍药Modern Romance313k WordsCompleted Short Drama: I’ll Find Someone Else, So Don’t Panic About Me Keeping Myself Pure “Your best friend steals your girl + All the men are pure + Extreme romantic tension” On her wedding night, Song Wei lay on the bed blindfolded. She was naturally alluring, with a curvaceous figure. But the groom, Pei Heng, remained unmoved. He was saving himself for his first love. “Stay right there, sweetheart. I’m going to turn off the light. I’ll be right back.” - Once Song Wei realized something was wrong, she 192Reads8.8Score—Shelves
39. 189 跟 The Prince Came Back to Life After Being Buried with Ten Concubines 跟十个小妾合葬后，王爷气活了 Mango Eats Potatoes芒果吃土豆Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The rating is low because this novel just came out. It’ll go up later~ [Double rebirth + both were unchaste before rebirth; after rebirth, the heroine is unchaste and the hero is chaste] [Pursuing his wife at the crematorium + multiple male leads] The heroine is sometimes a little scheming, sometimes coy, and loves putting on an act. Read with caution if that bothers you. Only after his death did Xiao Poye learn that his wife had never loved him! She had ten concubines buried with him, making h 17.5kReads7.9Score2.5kShelves
40. 190 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Started Mining in Another World 穿越后，我在异世挖矿 It's Auntie是阿姨啊Ancient Romance1.2M WordsOngoing Just after Lin Ziyan achieved financial freedom, she joined some fellow travelers on a desert expedition to unwind. But a rare sandstorm struck near the desert border, and from then on, she was listed as missing. Liuguang Continent, Wuyi Dynasty, Capital Lin Ziyan, the second legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Loyalty and Valor, was guilty of misconduct and moral failings. She persecuted loyal subjects and abducted men by force, and had even lost her virtue before marriage. She should have be 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No dull moments, a satisfying female-centric novel.

41. 191 禅 Zen Night Ashes 禅夜烬 Qiyin from the South南方有启音Ancient Romance603k WordsCompleted Xiao Yuheng, a prince of the Great Jing, was said to have brought about his mother’s death at birth. Branded “ill-omened,” he was sent to Xiangyun Temple as an infant and raised as a Buddhist prince, half monk and half layman. For over a decade, he lived by the light of oil lamps and among the Buddha’s statues. The imperial family avoided him like a taboo, but to the enemy nation of Yueli, he was a hidden threat. Yu Qinghe was the sharpest blade in the Great Yu, code-named “Green Sparrow.” Sent 255Reads7.9Score102Shelves

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    She was a spy from an enemy country, and he was an unlucky person, said by the Imperial Astronomical Bureau to be destined to bring misfortune to his parents, and was sent to a temple from birth. She had to contact him for intelligence, and he carefully planned his way out of the temple in order to win her over.

42. 192 渊 The Abyss Devours the Nine Realms 渊噬九界 Yuan Mubai Bai缘慕白白Eastern Fantasy681k WordsCompleted A cultivation path spanning the ages, nine tribulations to forge an immortal body. Yet within the Abyss of Annihilation, Yuan Mie ascended straight to Immortal Venerable, having faced no heavenly tribulation and followed none of the usual rules. The forbidden art of returning to nothing has resurfaced, devouring the myriad Daos and assimilating their laws. The Nine Mysteries have fallen, and prophecy has come true. The old order lies in ruins. Xuan Heng, a young man from Qingyun, glimpses the sh 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Traditional cultivation genre

43. 193 缠 Entwined Pearl 缠明珠 Ren Huanyou任欢游Ancient Romance565k WordsCompleted [A seemingly sweet-faced, emotionally detached woman vs. a gloomy, love-starved, clingy human flytrap] Shen Yuanzhu, who loves money more than life itself, gives the only bit of sincerity she has to Xie Xuchuan, only for him to turn around and have a child with someone else. He says, “Yuanzhu, you can raise the child. He can have the family fortune. I’ll make it up to you in other ways.” Shen Yuanzhu thinks he’s lost his mind. Their marriage contract, bound by mutual interests, can’t be dissolve 41.9kReads8.5Score5.2kShelves
44. 194 何 Why Not Sail Together 何不同舟渡 Xian Yuke羡鱼珂Ancient Romance483k WordsCompleted "The print edition under the same title is available to buy online" [No golden finger, no transmigration, no rebirth. A pure historical romance about family and country, with high-IQ espionage and political intrigue] [A double agent undercover + a petty thief who grows: a lone wolf plays a game of raising a rabbit, gives her fangs, then insists they run away together] In a chaotic age, she is a thief worth less than a blade of grass, willing to do whatever it takes to stay alive. She steals ten 142kReads9.7Score108kShelves
45. 195 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set During a Famine and Became Invincible Through Cultivation 穿书荒年，我靠修仙无敌了 Nai Naiyi奈奈一Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Space + farming + no romance + wealth + feel-good revenge] [The animated adaptation is now available. If you’re interested, check it out!] Qiao Qi transmigrated into a book and became the vicious female supporting character. The good news: Her medicinal garden space came with her, and she could cultivate and level up to her heart’s content. The bad news: The male lead had just stabbed her to death. ☸ 1. A ridiculously powerful golden finger, a feel-good story, ruthless decisiveness, and ov 46.7kReads9.2Score6.3kShelves
46. 196 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 53.5kReads8.5Score9.9kShelves

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    This is a good read, it's a cultivation novel, no romantic pairing. The only downside is that it's not finished yet.

47. 197 姣 Jiaojiao's Joyful Years 姣姣岁欢 Little Yuanbao元宝儿Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Jiang Suihuan marries Qin Huaijing, a royal relative whose family has fallen on hard times, bringing a generous dowry with her. On their wedding night, before they can consummate the marriage, he leaves her to fend for herself in the manor. Two years later, Qin Huaijing is selected by the court to become the Crown Prince of Great Jin. Jiang Suihuan thinks that her husband’s rise will make her Crown Princess. Instead, her husband returns victorious from the battlefield and tells her that a lowbor 9.2kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves

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    The first female-centric storyline was truly enjoyable and not at all frustrating, but it does have a romantic pairing, so you might have to choose which one to watch.

48. 198 爽 So Satisfying! The Real Heiress Hates Everyone Equally 爽爆！真千金她平等的痛恨所有人 Liu Qingci柳清辞Modern Romance416k WordsCompleted [Going Off the Rails + Entertainment Industry + Feel-Good Revenge + Epic Face-Slapping + No Forgiveness + The Whole Family Gets What They Deserve] Going off the rails is the most powerful weapon for fighting back against the world. During an outdoor livestreaming variety show, the guests lost contact with the production crew. The sweet, gentle girl who was kind in public led the others in isolating and bullying Chu Yiyi, the scandal-ridden star everyone loved to hate. In response to the bullying 28.5kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves
49. 199 侯 The Marquess's Wife Wants to Die of Old Age in Peace 侯府主母要寿终正寝 Winter Melon Eats Pears冬瓜吃梨Ancient Romance553k WordsCompleted A history major pulls an all-nighter and dies suddenly, only to become Chen Yuhu, the matriarch of an ancient household, with no golden finger whatsoever. But you have to learn to be content. As a modern, clear-eyed college student, Chen Yuhu wants to tell the original matriarch: don't be such a lovesick fool. Treasure your life of immense wealth and status. She certainly does. She sends her biased mother-in-law away to cultivate in seclusion, keeps the obedient and pretty concubine around to pl 34.1kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves

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    The female protagonist transmigrates into the body of the matriarch of a noble family. She doesn't seek power or favor, only hoping to die peacefully in her sleep and return to modern times. She cleverly outwits her biased mother-in-law, treats her concubines and illegitimate children with kindness, and uses modern thinking to transform the inner quarters into a "mutual aid group." Even her husband's pregnant concubine is allowed to remarry—a far cry from the cliché of "female rivalry." Most ingenious is the protagonist's clarity: she doesn't hate the concubines, only saying "the fault lies with the heartless man"; she teaches her daughter that "a woman in the inner quarters should have a heart that encompasses the world." Without any special advantages, she relies entirely on her insight and sense of propriety: she wields power in the inner quarters while maintaining dignity for her family, even making her initially harsh mother-in-law an "ally" later on. This story is like a cup of warm tea, without melodramatic clichés or heart-wrenching moments, only the everyday life of the inner quarters—children studying and practicing martial arts, concubines playing cards and chatting, even her husband transforming from a "spoiled playboy" into a cooperative partner who understands boundaries. Although the ending's "reconciliation" left a slight lingering feeling, it is precisely this "imperfect pragmatism" that makes the heroine's "natural death" feel more like a gentle victory: she didn't overthrow the era, but within her limited space, she lived as her own master. I was also very satisfied with the ending for Luo Shu and the heroine, and every character in this book is very well-developed, not simply black and white. This book is fantastic, the author is absolutely amazing!!!

50. 200 我 I Personally Disowned My Son, Ending the Marquis Household's Bloodline 我亲手把儿子废了，侯府断了血脉 The Plainspoken Baili Che简单明了的百里澈Ancient Romance9k WordsCompleted I personally crippled my own son, and the Marquis's household lost its bloodline. 7.2kReads—Score198Shelves

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