Cultivation Romance With a Couple, Starting With Spiritual Root Testing, No Angst or Clichés 修仙有CP 从测灵根开始 无虐不狗血

1. 1 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 130.4kReads9.5Score53kShelves

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   If I had to recommend a cultivation novel, this would be it!! The beginning is so good I couldn't stop reading.

2. 2 不 How Can I Cultivate Without Cheats? 不开挂我修什么仙 Zhaozhao Is Not Zhaozhao朝朝不是找找Two Male Leads566k WordsOngoing [Signed for publication] [Two male leads + cultivation + ensemble cast + equally matched leads + transmigrate into a book + hilarious, passionate wish-fulfillment story] A goofy, flashy show-off who always has a trick up his sleeve, 0 × the cultivation world's number-one prodigy, a cold-faced, adorable natural-born airhead, 1 Unconventionally handsome 0 and beautiful 1, mutual devotion, powerful leads, and a protagonist team with cheat abilities who never have to suffer Xie Weixing was an FPS ( 307.5kReads9.5Score39.7kShelves

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   Trust me, it's absolutely gorgeous!!

3. 3 O OMG! The Male Lead's Sleeve Was Torn Off Because of Me OMG！男主的衣袖竟因我而断 Cauliflower and Potato花椰菜土豆Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + transmigrate into a book + equally powerful leads + devoted couple + my take on cultivation + slow burn, all about being there for each other] Guileless, flirtatious bottom × handsome, powerful, tragic, devoted top (This story is a wild mix of kinks. The bottom is morally neutral and chaotic, just here for the fun of it. If it's not your thing, please don't flame me; just close the page. Pretty please qwq) College student Chu Xi transmigrated into a male-oriented power-up novel 5.5kReads9.0Score748Shelves
4. 4 加EN After Joining Hehuan Sect, Junior Sister's Harem Exploded 加入合欢宗后，师妹的鱼塘炸了 Gentle Golden Wind金风细细Ancient Romance1.7M WordsOngoing [Cultivation + a hint of ensemble cast + all male leads are devoted + steady power progression] Yun Luo was once an outer disciple of the Tianxing Sect. Through diligent cultivation, she finally became a personal disciple, only to be slandered by her fellow sect members. Her master took their word for it and destroyed her spiritual roots, leaving her crippled. On the brink of death, she unexpectedly encounters a beautiful elder who smiles as she takes her in. “Poor thing, would you like to come 19.3kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves
5. 5 什 So What If I Lack Morals? I’m Already Number One in All of Jiuzhou 什么仙道天道？呵！我修的是杀道 Jiang Xiaoyan姜小言Ancient Romance3.4M WordsOngoing [Print edition out September 12 + refuses to look back + satisfying growth story + ensemble cast] In her past life, Wanwan died at the hands of her master and six senior brothers, pierced through the heart by seven swords and left without a whole body. Her master only loved her little junior sister, and her senior brothers only doted on her. When the little junior sister lost her Golden Core, they dug out Wanwan's to replace it. When the little junior sister was wronged, Ye Wanwan was made to su 155.8kReads9.4Score12.5kShelves

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   This is highly recommended!

6. 6 修 The Cultivation World's Odd Couple Alliance 修仙界反差联萌 Clouds Come and Go云往来Ancient Romance286k WordsCompleted [Creative fantasy + alternate timelines + a touch of mystery + ensemble cast] CP: A rising underdog junior sister who likes to put on a little act vs. her rival, a stammering senior brother with a hopeless crush * Qi Yan sneaks into Qingxiao. On her way to find a restroom because of a stomachache, she comes across Xie Wuyou practicing his stammer: “A-all... all... of you... j-junior brothers...” The rival sect’s first disciple, rumored to be aloof, proud, and as cold as ice, is actually a stutte —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A group portrait begins with testing one's spiritual roots.

7. 7 你 You Say Music Cultivators Are Frail, So How Did Junior Sister Become Invincible?! 你说乐修柔弱，师妹怎么无敌了！ Yue Man月漫Ancient Romance981k WordsOngoing [Genius protagonist, practically invincible] Shen Lingsu had planned to focus on her cultivation at her sect's music peak, but her rival suddenly gave up and sent her to the main peak as a personal disciple. Her fellow disciples took Shen Lingsu on a wild ride through the world of personal disciples. They never expected the “gentle and adorable” junior sister to defeat everyone in the cultivation world and turn the Spirit Realm upside down. At first, her rivals were most afraid of her taking out 20.8kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves

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   Beautiful! Absolutely beautiful!

8. 8 凡 An Ordinary Girl Knocks on the Immortal Sect’s Door, Starting with a Famine Escape 凡女叩仙门从逃荒开始 My Rice Bin朕的大米缸Ancient Romance873k WordsOngoing [Strong female lead + no CP + panel-assisted + traditional cultivation progression + decisive and ruthless + multiple worlds + slow burn] (The rating just opened and will rise later.) Content warnings: 1. The mortal-world arc runs from chapters 1 to 28. Skip to chapter 29 for the cultivation-world arc. If you don't like it, please move on! Move on! Go! 2. The characterizations were adjusted midway, so there are a few errors in forms of address. These are being fixed. 3. The heroine's cultivation 677Reads7.3Score103Shelves

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   This book is a slow-paced narrative, starting from the escape from famine, through the time of a menial disciple, and finally to an outer disciple, progressing step by step. It's very engaging, hence the "slow-paced" label, meaning it's a leisurely read and offers many interesting points.

9. 9 长 After a Hundred Thousand Years of Life, I’m Invincible in the Mortal World 长生十万年，我无敌于人世间 This Victory Won't Happen Again此胜不再来Urban694k WordsCompleted [Invincible Protagonist + Immortal Life + Showy Swagger + Cultivation] Su Long is the last immortal in the world. After living for more than a hundred thousand years, he plans to bury himself in a coffin and sleep for a few thousand more. But someone accidentally wakes him up. Looking at the modern city two thousand years after he fell asleep, Su Long decides to wander the world again and experience the everyday bustle of human life. As he slowly travels through the human world, the secrets with 261Reads—Score103Shelves

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   Let's take a look at this book

10. 10 被 Bound by Three Systems, I Become Everyone's Favorite 被三个系统绑定后，我成万人迷了 Hello, One OK Latte你好一杯ok拿铁Fantastical Romance273k WordsOngoing [The rating just came out, it’ll go up later~~] [Goofy Cultivation + Light Ensemble Cast + Three Systems + Multiple Male Leads, All Pure + Lots of One-Sided Crushes + Male Rivals in a Shura Field] After transmigrating into a world of cultivation, Zhu Xi became the Host three Systems were competing to bind. White Moonlight System: [Play the gentle, understanding flower, heal the Sword Venerable, then fake your death to help him forget worldly emotions and achieve clarity of mind] Vicious Female S 173Reads8.9Score104Shelves

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    It's great! The female lead is super cute, a lively and slightly quirky type, and she's my favorite daughter lately!

11. 11 全 The Craziest Man in the Entire Continent, and My Flute Is No Less Deadly 全洲第一疯，我的箫也未尝不利 Grass and Wood One草木甲Ancient Romance1.5M WordsOngoing [Print edition signed] [Divine-grade wood spiritual root + powerful heroine + dual cultivation in array formations and music + subverting expectations + a touch of ensemble cast] “An Avalokitesvara’s face, a voice like colored glass.” That’s how everyone in Qiming Continent describes Wen Xi. Wen Xi died, came back to life, and was about to die again when the System finally piped up in time [System Xiaoming reminds you: complete the world-saving mission and you can bring Mommy back to life, darli 98.8kReads9.5Score14.4kShelves

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    Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

12. 12 满 A Whole Family of Villainous Cannon Fodder, Riding High with Our Junior Sister 满门反派炮灰，跟着师妹浪到起飞 The Bear Who Bumps into Everything乱撞的小熊Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast + no male lead] Li Yang transmigrates into a book, going from a young, eccentric woman to a little turtle in a wish-granting pool inside an illusion. Who would’ve thought she’d land in a love triangle from the start, with the male lead and the main villain fighting over her. According to the original story, she’s eventually contracted by the original male lead and becomes his greatest trump card on his path to immortality. She spends her entire turtle life taking hits for him: blo 20.9kReads9.3Score2.5kShelves

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    My favorite book, I've read it three times already, but it doesn't have a romantic pairing.

13. 13 凡 An Ordinary Woman's Path to Immortality: The Road to Godhood 凡女修仙，从成神开始 Wind Tower风塔Ancient Romance1.2M WordsOngoing The story of Xie He’s path to godhood, immortality, and the very top. It all begins when she sees through the fake heiress on her team, Li Jingshu, and becomes a diviner in the Great Yong dynasty. The first volume, set in the mortal world, is only 45 chapters. The second volume moves on to the cultivation world. Friends, please be patient and stick with it a little longer. The exciting plot just keeps coming! 115Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 14 西 Journey to the West: What Do You Mean, Max Out the Difficulty of the Eighty-One Tribulations? 西游：什么叫八十一难强度拉满？ Hua Xiaofu花小府Eastern Fantasy734k WordsOngoing [The rating has just been released. A Xiao Fu production, so enjoy with confidence.] [The content is very proper, though the writing isn't. The plot and setting draw on the original, with elements of Investiture of the Gods woven into the backdrop.] [The System is only an aid and barely features. The author already has another million-word novel in this genre.] Good news: I've transmigrated. Bad news: it's Journey to the West. In the Three Realms as they are now, Jin Chanzi is still dozing off o 898Reads7.2Score107Shelves
15. 15 我 Three Years of Marriage to a Female Immortal 我与女仙三年夫妻缘 Bright Moon Ten Thousand Miles Away万里明月Eastern Fantasy399k WordsCompleted Su Yunjie, an upright official said to be the reincarnation of the Star of Literature, is demoted to serve in a deadly land of miasma, where he finds himself trapped in a hopeless situation. Fortunately, he meets Liachen, a high-ranking Taoist priest, who introduces him to Shen Qinghan, the reincarnation of an immortal born from an Ice Soul Lotus, as his wife. Gifted with esoteric arts, the female immortal suppresses evil spirits, battles witches, breaks curses, and brings peace to the people, h 22Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is different! A handsome young man from the mortal realm encounters a stunningly beautiful and aloof celestial being, falls in love at first sight, and unexpectedly becomes her husband for three years. The handsome man and beautiful woman spend their days together, their earthly life filled with warmth and affection. Even the aloof celestial wife develops feelings for him, her love blossoming. But their peaceful days are fleeting. Secrets from their past lives and celestial tribulations follow one after another. Identity reversals, entanglements of love and hate, and life-or-death trials unfold in succession. The plot twists and turns, high-energy from start to finish! Their three-year marriage turns out to be a game of destiny, a bittersweet tale filled with suspense. What will become of this celestial-mortal romance? The more you watch, the more addictive it becomes—you simply can't stop!

16. 16 满 Max-Level Thunder Spirit Root: I Outwork the Entire Cultivation World 满级雷灵根：卷哭修仙界 The Only Way Out没有办法的办法Ancient Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [Beloved by Everyone + Nontraditional Power Fantasy + Subverting Expectations + Ensemble Cast + System + No Romance] (Original title: Max-Level Lightning Spirit Root: Making the Entire Cultivation World Work Itself to the Bone) (The bonus chapters will include a romantic pairing) (Content warning: The heroine does not have everything go smoothly! This is not a power fantasy where she steamrolls everyone from the start! There are angsty moments. Read without overthinking.) When three-year-old Lin 66.1kReads9.0Score7.9kShelves
17. 17 师 My Sect Is Full of Great Demons? What a Coincidence, So Am I 师门全是大妖？好巧我也是 Camellias and Wine茶花与酒Ancient Romance436k WordsCompleted [Female lead transforms into human form / no romance for now / no saintly heroine] Good news: Bai Jiu has landed in a group-pampering cultivation novel. Bad news: she's a village dog, and she's been brought back to the villains' lair in a sect. The villains' lair is full of great demons. She's terrified every day, trembling at the thought that they might eat her as a snack. Every day, she trembles her fluffy ears and wags her tail, acting cute to stay alive. But she has no idea that her fellow d 10.1kReads9.1Score2kShelves
18. 18 舔 Become a God by Tasting Blood: The Unhinged Junior Sister Lays Low in the Villain Sect 舔血成神：疯批师妹苟在反派宗门 Good Fortune欧气Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [An entire sect of villains + cultivation + a scheming little rascal of a disciple on the Path of Love vs. a sinister master on the Path of Ruthlessness] From the start, she tricks a god in a demon lair. Faced with a whole cast of wicked people, Li Yueyin decides to become the most devious of them all! To survive long enough to become a god, she poses as a top genius while being tested, despite her useless talent. Tough people don’t complain about their circumstances. With a sweet face and a vil 27kReads9.0Score4kShelves
19. 19 小 The Little Grandmaster Isn't Being Reckless, She Just Wants to Make Money 小师祖真不浪，她只是想搞钱 Li Li Zi璃璃子Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Cultivation + Leveling Up + No Romance + Thunder Spirit Root + Sword Cultivator + Strong Female Lead] Shang Lu transmigrated into a cultivation romance novel as the male lead's vicious senior disciple. As a pawn in the leads' romantic games, she schemes against the heroine and causes trouble, only to be slapped to death by the male lead in the end. She arrived on the very day she was supposed to join his sect. Trembling with fear, she decided that whoever wanted to become his disciple could go 22kReads8.8Score3.1kShelves
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 96.6kReads9.5Score15.7kShelves
21. 21 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: No One Understands Arrogance Better Than I Do 穿书之没人能比我更懂嚣张 Chenchen Little Darling晨晨小宝贝Ancient Romance984k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication] –– Fu Zhu died suddenly after staying up all night watching shows and reading novels. She still remembers that just before she died, she was reading a novel called The Useless Girl Warrior Who Defies Heaven. –– Then she became Bai Li Fu Zhu, the female villain who opposes the novel's hero and heroine. –– This villain is different: she isn't jealous of the heroine or interested in the hero. She simply can't stand the two of them acting more arrogant than her and ste 47.2kReads9.3Score6.6kShelves
22. 22 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
23. 23 星 The Interstellar Heiress's Collection of Junk 星际首富大小姐的破烂收藏 That Melon over in the West西边那个瓜Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Interstellar powers, military academy tournament, no romance for the protagonist, spatial abilities, lighthearted and satisfying, friendship-focused, with a large ensemble cast.] [Sole protagonist: Shen Chenfu (Xiao Fu)] [Volume One has been published] After years of wandering, Shen Chenfu is found and brought home by the richest man in the interstellar world. Her adopted sister is openly hostile toward her, and her twin younger brothers mock her for never having eaten meat. When her classmates 45.2kReads9.5Score6.8kShelves
24. 24 我 I Turned Out to Be the Sect Elder's Doomed White Moonlight 我竟是宗门大长老的早死白月光 Treasure Trove琳琅聚宝Fantastical Romance168k WordsOngoing [Game] + [portable space] + [amnesia] + [marriage first, love later] + [In a nutshell: The heroine makes herself a wealthy businesswoman while training her husband into a loyal dog.] Jinzhi transmigrates to ancient times with a crafting-game System. With one hand, she combines ingredients into thousand-year-old ginseng; with the other, she multiplies lingzhi mushrooms a hundredfold. She is determined to become the ancient world's version of Yuan Longping, using the System to upgrade grain seeds 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The couple is established at the beginning; it's a cultivation-themed pastoral story with no angst or tragic romance.

25. 25 认 After Mistaking Her Husband, the Capitalist's Darling Daughter Is Spoiled Rotten 认错夫后，资本家娇小姐被宠上天 I Love Eating Durian我乐吃榴莲Modern Romance623k WordsCompleted [Delicate beauty VS rugged top-tier tough guy + mistaken marriage turns out to be a blessing + size difference + sweet romance in a period setting] Su Mianmian was the pampered “capitalist young lady” everyone in the alley coveted. With skin as fair as snow and beauty like a flower, she was nonetheless from the wrong class background. To avoid being sent to the desolate Northwest to eat sand, she crept nervously into the room of her refined childhood sweetheart, Gu An, hoping he would shelter he 1.3kReads6.2Score105Shelves
26. 26 以 A Peerless Heiress Who Conquers the World with Poetry 以诗倾华，绝世大小姐倾天下 Yu Yi Who Likes Doctor Jin喜欢金医生的于薏Ancient Romance219k WordsCompleted She was once an overworked wage earner crushed by life, and also a “poetry fanatic” with a head full of books. One day, she transmigrated and became the good-for-nothing eldest young lady of the Illusory Spirit Continent. With her mastery of poetry, she defied fate and changed her life! She wielded poetry as a weapon, summoned spirit beasts, and shook the world! At the poetry tournament, one poem, “Winter Plum,” made her famous across the land. She opened a school and won over countless student 123Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Poetry, painting, beasts, and warfare across the land

27. 27 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 25.5kReads8.2Score3.3kShelves

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    I'm reading this now. It's well-written and quite detailed.

28. 28 反 Villain: Did I Have a Baby Today? 反派：今天生崽了吗 Wilted Moth Orchid微蔫蝴蝶兰Fantastical Romance304k WordsOngoing Xianxia · Silly, Sweet Romance · Everyday Life · Subverting the Tropes In my previous life, I gave the male lead my whole heart, only to end up utterly destroyed. This time, I plan to be a carefree rich woman, but my husband, the great villain, drags me into the bridal chamber. “Wife, you’ll pay for the trouble you caused in your last life by giving me a baby in this one.” In my previous life, I was the wicked supporting character who loved but could never have the male lead. Reborn, I only want 2Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 29 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 217.1kReads9.6Score24.3kShelves

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    It's really good, and funny too.

30. 30 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 106.3kReads9.5Score15.5kShelves
31. 31 攻 After Winning Over the Heartless Sword Cultivator, I Faked My Death and Lost My Memories 攻略无情道剑修后，我死遁失忆了 March Song三月歌Ancient Romance683k WordsCompleted (Complete, ensemble cast, devoted couple with a happy ending) After Wen Li died, she transmigrated into the world of cultivation and was bound to a System. Completing its tasks would grant her wish. System: First, win over Pei Xingzhi. Second, cultivate diligently and become a powerhouse. Wen Li: Go on, tell me. Is he an obsessive villain or a sickly, lovesick second male lead? System: Neither. He’s an upright disciple of a righteous sect, a pure-hearted sword cultivator of the Ruthless Dao. 5.1kReads9.3Score323Shelves
32. 32 满 Everyone in the Sect Is Crazy, So I Max Out My Luck Instead 满门皆疯批，小师妹反手气运拉满 A Pound of White Tea一斤白茶Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Everyone's Darling + Ensemble Cast + Lighthearted + No Love Rivals + System] After Yun Yici transmigrates into a book, she's bound to a damnable fortune System. By earning the favor of those destined for great things, she can exchange their affection for fortune points and unlock draws. But after finally joining the sect at the heart of the story, she discovers that she's arrived two hundred years before the plot begins. Fortunately, her ethereal yet unreliable master has impossibly high standa 15.6kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves
33. 33 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
34. 34 阴 The Dark and Dashing Senior Sister Has the Cultivation World Going Crazy 阴暗师姐她超帅，修真界全疯了 Cheng Ya乘芽Ancient Romance519k WordsCompleted [Publication pending] [No romance + ensemble cast + strong female lead + sect life + everyone’s a little crazy] [The main cast are unhinged and shameless. The heroine is fiercely independent, loyal, and more than a little mad] Xie Qing transmigrates into a book as a cannon-fodder supporting character and finds herself struggling to survive in a sect full of slackers. Who wants to pick a fight with the heroine? Xie Qing will set the whole cultivation world straight. She encourages her world-weary 38.1kReads9.5Score4.4kShelves
35. 35 我 My Irresistible Villainous Senior Sister 我那迷人的反派大师姐 Shattered Starlight夜空碎光Ancient Romance596k WordsCompleted (No romance + genius sword cultivator + ensemble cast) Her master, who raised her from childhood, calls her irredeemably wicked. Her junior sister steals her position as the sect’s chief disciple, and the people of Sword Peak gang up on her, but she still defeats them all and becomes a god! But the old ancestor isn’t satisfied and kicks her down to start over! So from the start, she gets a master who has been reborn and becomes the eldest senior sister, powerful enough to outshine everyone in th 2.8kReads9.2Score393Shelves
36. 36 辅 The Number One Support Keeps Refusing to Act Human 辅助一姐又又又又不当人了 Zhang Paopao张泡泡Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Female-led power fantasy, no romance, academy, passionate, team-focused A modern young Taoist, cursed with the Five Flaws and Three Deficiencies, starves to death one day and transmigrates to a parallel world, where she is bound to a Wealth System. As long as she earns money, she can gain energy points to buy all kinds of amazing goods. This world is crawling with strange beasts, and humans are awakening and evolving too. Si Junni has never been one to sit still, so she’s thrilled and resolves t 26.5kReads9.1Score3.5kShelves
37. 37 被 After My Spiritual Root Was Stolen, the Villainous Group Took Me In 被挖灵根后，我被反派团捡走了 Flowers on Stage台上花Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate-into-a-book body double + no romance + satisfying growth story + sect regrets too late] After transmigrating into a book, Sang Yao learns she's a disposable stand-in in a story about the unattainable ideal beauty. The ideal beauty is adored by everyone; Sang Yao is hated by everyone. The ideal beauty has countless admirers; Sang Yao has countless people hunting her. The ideal beauty is sweet and gentle; Sang Yao is just herself. To make matters worse, as soon as she transmigrated i 27.3kReads8.7Score4.4kShelves

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    Sorry, no romantic pairing, but very strong.

38. 38 我 I Level Up on My Own in an Old-School Romance Novel 我在古早言情文里独自升级 I Really Am About to Cry我真的要哭了Ancient Romance2.4M WordsOngoing [Unconventional wish-fulfillment + woman disguised as a man + adored by men and women, with everyone harboring one-sided crushes, no romance + no System, progression through cultivation + ensemble cast] Shuo Li spent her whole life working for the Federation in an interstellar society, then died after eating too much cheap takeout. When she opened her eyes, she discovered she had arrived inside what might be a few-hundred-year-old fantasy romance novel for female readers. The heroine was kind 71.7kReads9.4Score7.9kShelves

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    Both are cultivation-themed and have no romantic pairings.

39. 39 快 Quick Transmigration 2: Rejecting the Rat Race, Starting with Transmigration 快穿2：拒绝社畜，从穿越开始 Lazy Bow懒弓Ancient Romance1.8M WordsOngoing As an ordinary college student, Jiang Bai’s biggest worry is being unable to find a job after graduation. [Girl, do you want to graduate, go from interview to interview with your resume, and have HR ask if you’re willing to work overtime with only one day off a week?] [Girl, do you want to watch your well-connected coworkers get promoted and paid more while you’re stuck with a dead-end salary of three thousand, and have to do the “Make Money” dance with everyone at work every morning?] [Girl, do 12.5kReads9.0Score598Shelves
40. 40 身 Born Without a Spirit Root, I Have No Choice but to Cultivate Demonic Arts 身为无灵根只好修魔了 Watching the Moon, Plucking Stars观月摘星Eastern Fantasy694k WordsOngoing [Cultivation + infinite flow + no CP + System + card draws] After transmigrating to the cultivation world, Ruan Xingyun failed at the very first step to becoming an immortal. “No spiritual root,” a disciple of the immortal sect said, looking at the completely unresponsive spirit-testing stone. “Can you test me again?” You've got to be kidding. How could a transmigrator not have a spiritual root?! “You're too fixated on this. Be careful you don't lose control and go mad.” Looking at the golden fi 2.2kReads8.5Score171Shelves
41. 41 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 45.2kReads9.2Score6kShelves
42. 42 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 74.2kReads9.4Score9.9kShelves
43. 43 师 Senior Sister, Stop Hiding. You're Already Invincible 师姐别苟了，你都已经无敌了 Gion of Flame City烈焰城的祗园Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No romance + Invincible + Cautious] Tang Shi transmigrated to another world, into a realm of immortal cultivation. With poor aptitude, she couldn’t keep up with the ambitious, but she couldn’t even slack off properly. She was tired of it all. Might as well let the world end. If she was lucky, she’d be dead by tomorrow. “Ding! You have been bound to the Retirement System. For every extra day you live, the System will grant the Host a certain amount of cultivation.” Tang Shi: “I suddenly feel lik 8.1kReads8.2Score722Shelves
44. 44 修 Cultivation and Simulations: Ascension Is a Sure Thing 修仙加模拟，飞升没道理 Yu Chan御蝉Ancient Romance471k WordsCompleted (Content warning: Written in 2022. Includes an unjust female character, and the story has a very wild premise. Readers who like nitpicking wording, finding fault, or preaching with a heavy-handed, know-it-all attitude should stay away. This completed story can no longer be revised.) Pay attention: this is a novel for a female audience. While reading a novel, Bai Shaoyao inexplicably transmigrated into its world. The tragic part was that she had only read a few pages. Even worse, she had beco 1.8kReads8.5Score160Shelves
45. 45 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- 6.7kReads9.0Score856Shelves

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    It's so beautiful!

46. 46 民 The Ethnic Alchemist 民族炼金术士 Bright Moon Ten Thousand Miles Away万里明月Modern Romance105k WordsCompleted When international gold prices surged by more than 70% in 2025, surpassing U.S. Treasury bonds for the first time in 30 years to become the world's leading reserve asset held by central banks, the real-world rush to “hoard gold in troubled times” echoed the battle over gold in this novel. Amid geopolitical upheaval and the restructuring of the monetary system, gold's value as a safe haven is once again in demand. Yet The Nation's Alchemist had already revealed the truth in its story: what people 68Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Just look at the titles! What is national righteousness? What is patriotism? What is true love? What is a perfect couple? These two unique works will tell you...

47. 47 血 The Blood Moon Demon Emperor: A Battle of Fate 血月妖皇之宿命之战 Beiming Han北溟晗Eastern Fantasy485k WordsCompleted The blood moon hung overhead, and a century-old prophecy came true: the new king of the demons was born into the body of a human infant. The imperial capital was shaken. The Human Emperor dispatched ten thousand cultivators from the ten great cultivation sects on a western campaign, and the Hundred Thousand Mountains ran red with blood. A mother wolf demon used her own cub as a substitute, deceiving heaven and hiding the truth with her life to protect the true Demon King: Nian'an, the son of a m —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's not angsty or melodramatic; the plot unfolds seamlessly, with clear logic, a vast timeframe, and a well-structured storyline.

48. 48 侠 A Call to Chivalry 侠风引 I'm More Handsome Than You, Sorry我比你帅抱歉Eastern Fantasy387k WordsOngoing Before the famed martial-arts couple Zhang Zhuqing and Liu Xuzhao sheathed their swords and retired from the jianghu, they passed on their treasured sword, “Cloud Cutter,” their treasured saber, “Water Severer,” and the peerless paired art, “Heshibi Formula.” But they set one strange rule: the successors must be one man and one woman, and they must belong to different schools. From then on, the jianghu was swept by storms. With the twin blades awaiting their next masters, who would claim them? L 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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