Strong Female Leads and Satisfying Leveling-Up Stories 升级流女强爽文

1. 1 长 The Eldest Princess Only Wants the Throne 长公主只想登基 Xiao Shi, You Little Scumbag小时你个渣渣Romance600k WordsCompleted Going premium on July 18, with three chapters that day. Modern-day CEO Shen An transmigrates into the body of a Grand Princess. The former Grand Princess had a terrible reputation. She was domineering and overbearing, and loved collecting beautiful men. Looking at the handsome men she’s inherited, Shen An has to admit they’re good-looking, but they seem to have a rather murderous look in their eyes. “If they’re all pets, why are the palace concubines willing to fight over an emperor, while the 19.2kFavorites10.5kClicks/ch31.2kGifts

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   A tightly linked plot, a charade of feigned weakness to outwit the enemy, and court intrigue.

2. 2 修 Picking Up Trash Beats Cultivating Immortality 修仙不如捡垃圾 Five Mushrooms五朵蘑菇Romance707k WordsOngoing After Nangong Yu cleared an infinite-flow game, her completion reward was immortality. The instant she grasped the golden key, she transmigrated. She had transmigrated to a world of cultivators. No one had said she'd have to change worlds to live forever! Nangong Yu was furious. Then she saw that her System had 99,999 slots and 9,999 empty spaces, and suddenly she felt refreshed. That meant she had 90,000 item slots in this new world, plus another 9,999 slots for new items! 5.4kFavorites5kClicks/ch18.5kGifts

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   It's so satisfying, it really caters to my hoarding instincts.

3. 3 她 She Has Always Been Good at Getting Herself Killed [Book Transmigration] 她作死向来很可以的[穿书] Tear The Pillow, Still Sleep撕枕犹眠Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [A touch of horror and cosmic horror, with elements of rule-based strange tales] [New novel, My Monster Containment Facility, updating now. If you're interested, check it out in the author's column] Blurb: After dying suddenly, Xu Turan was selected by the System and pulled into a horror romance novel, where she became a doomed female supporting character. But on her very first day after transmigrating, her bound System was urgently recalled for repairs due to old age. As they prepared to part 450.6kFavorites766.9kClicks/ch800.6kGifts

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   The beginning was very comfortable and the concept was perfect, but the logic started to fall apart later.

4. 4 四 Four-Hospital Patient Discussion Forum [Infinite] 四院病友交流论坛[无限] Colorful Rice炫彩大米Romance823k WordsCompleted Yu Xiao had a terminal illness with almost no hope of recovery, and she'd long since made peace with it. Every day, she calmly waited to die. One day, an app automatically downloaded onto her phone: Fourth Hospital Patient Forum. Fourth Hospital? Wasn't the local Fourth Hospital a psychiatric hospital? She opened it and saw the first post: [Guide to the Morgue] Yu Xiao: ??? The second post: [A roundup of all the ghosts and monsters I've encountered over the years] Yu Xiao: No wonder it's a 221.8kFavorites314.4kClicks/ch232.9kGifts

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   The main characters are really good at creating funny moments

5. 5 星 The Galaxy’s Number One Funeral Home 星际第一火葬场 Ye Yi叶猗Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Su Xuan transmigrates into the heroine of an angsty interstellar romance. The heroine was born on a remote planet and has a kind heart. One day, she rescues a badly injured man whose spaceship has crashed. Years later, he becomes the mighty Marshal of the Empire, admired and revered by a trillion citizens. Everyone knows that His Excellency the Marshal has a beautiful, gentle fiancée who is said to have saved his life. He spoils her endlessly and showers her with money, making countless people 180.9kFavorites316.8kClicks/ch400.5kGifts

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   It really felt like fighting monsters much higher level than you, but the later combat levels were a bit abstract.

6. 6 传 The Legend of the Legendary One 传说中那一位传说 Leave the Mountain, Take the Grass舍山取草Romance1.7M WordsCompleted My new xianxia novel, The Black-Hearted Saintess, is currently updating. Interested readers can check it out in my author profile. “Father, I tried to be a good person, but in the end, my hands are stained with blood. Can someone like me still be redeemed?” “My child, of course you can. You only need to do one thing.” “What?” “Put the gun down from my head.” From the start, a prison uniform. In the end, a crown. * Cyberpunk + mystery + alien-blood contamination * Entirely fictional, unrelated 147.4kFavorites202.1kClicks/ch271.2kGifts

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   The logic is consistent and the plot is intricately linked. Just when I was expecting a breakthrough, even the author couldn't figure it out 😂 But it's definitely worth watching. It has a realistic and dark atmosphere, but the female lead always manages to stay one step ahead of the crisis.

7. 7 被 The Novelist Who Was Forced into Fame 被迫成名的小说家 Green Radish Skirt青青绿萝裙Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Jian Jing was reborn in a parallel world as a genius novelist. Or rather, as a genius novelist who was about to die young… [System Warning]: You have killed yourself. Estimated time of death: 10 minutes. [Mandatory Quest]: Escape from the sealed room. [Reward and Penalty]: If you succeed, the author will start a new story. If you fail, this story will be abandoned. Jian Jing: WTF?! System: This is only the beginning. Face the storm! Jian Jing’s view of herself: an utterly ordinary bestselling 141.4kFavorites289.1kClicks/ch423.7kGifts

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   The plot is fast-paced, suspenseful, and full of mystery, but there are many names that are hard to remember.

8. 8 兽 Beastmen Will Never Be Slaves! 兽人永不为奴！ Qi Fu Wei An启夫玮安Romance1.6M WordsCompleted New Book Now Open: In the Name of Calamity Original title: I Have an Ancestral Shop Yi Li, an orphan, leaves the orphanage upon reaching adulthood. As she pats her empty pockets and wonders where she’ll sleep tonight, she receives an inheritance from her father, who died ten years ago: A chuuni-style skull key, an inheritance contract, and an empty glass bottle. Her deadbeat dad’s will tells her that, yes, her family has an ancestral shop. She has no idea what it sells. It’s in a ridiculousl 118.8kFavorites247.7kClicks/ch116.8kGifts

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   Although each segment was excellent, I felt like I was suddenly presented with three completely different backgrounds, and the later levels were rather confusing.

9. 9 触 The Tentacle Monster Only Wants to Survive 触手怪她只想生存 Star Thorn星棘Romance827k WordsCompleted Yu Li woke up and found herself in a strange world. In this world, people transformed every day. Some became terrifying monsters, while others developed powerful supernatural abilities. The former endangered society, and the latter hunted them down. The two groups were clearly divided, and everyone had a bright future ahead. Yu Li was unlucky. Just a few days after 110.6kFavorites176.7kClicks/ch193.3kGifts

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   Leveling up by fighting monsters, dual identities, but things fall apart a bit later on.

10. 10 说 It Was Supposed to Be a Dating Sim, So How Did It Turn into an RPG? 说好是恋爱游戏怎么变成了RPG Shark Roe鲨鱼子Romance905k WordsCompleted Strength 13, Agility 14, Constitution 10, Perception 8, Intelligence 9. Skills mastered: [Pickpocketing], [Stealth], [Disguise]... Which of the above stats do you think a dating sim needs? You’ve lost your memory and been bound to a dating game System. You have to complete the assigned objectives to clear the game. After working hard to raise your stats in an effort to find yourself, you finally meet your first romanceable character: A baby who looks about two and a half years old, apparently ab 64.8kFavorites83.6kClicks/ch369.5kGifts

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    I really like the female protagonist who fights monsters, levels up, collects treasures, and raises pets; she's quite flexible with her moral compass.

11. 11 成 I Became the Blood Clan's Most Beloved! 成了血族万人迷！ Li Mian黎眠Romance437k WordsCompleted Shi Sui enrolled at the elite school near her home. Classes were held at night, following a foreign schedule. But the school was full of handsome boys and beautiful girls, enough to soothe the pain of having her days and nights turned upside down. The aloof sword club president with black hair and red eyes, the gorgeous, long-legged theater club leader who could charm anyone, the mysterious cool guy who never even glanced at people as he passed... And it wasn't just them. Every one of her cla 60.3kFavorites75.3kClicks/ch48.9kGifts

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    It's a story about fighting monsters much stronger than you and having a harem, but the ending is confusing and feels like a rushed, predictable conclusion.

12. 12 穿 I Became the Disabled Male Lead's Ex-Girlfriend 穿成了残疾男主的前女友 Shark Roe鲨鱼子Romance363k WordsCompleted I transmigrated into the evil ex-girlfriend who encouraged the male lead to bully someone, causing him to get shot and paralyzed, then promptly dumped him. I heard that in the future he'll become a man who stops at nothing to achieve his goals. But he didn't hate me because of what happened, so I didn't need to worry about whether he'd take revenge on me. But he looked so adorable, crying helplessly, that I didn't break up with him like the original owner of this body did. Instead, I decided t 45.7kFavorites117.6kClicks/ch70.5kGifts

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    Shark's wife's stories are all very good; I really enjoy reading about the female protagonist persecuting villains.

13. 13 你 Your Cultivation World Has Way Too High a Moral Standard 你们修真界道德太高 Qingqiu Qianye青丘千夜Romance980k WordsCompleted [Main story complete. 70% anti-theft threshold. Extra chapters update every night at 8.] What do you do when the most celebrated genius in the cultivation world breaks off your engagement? Shu Xin slid in and latched onto her fiancé's golden thigh. "You can break off the engagement, but I want compensation. Otherwise, I'll never agree to it!" When he offered too little, Shu Xin challenged her fiancé on the spot. "Is your chastity really worth so little?" When people condemned her for being greed 43.8kFavorites44.6kClicks/ch75.2kGifts

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    The female protagonist pretends to be weak while actually being strong; the plot is full of twists and turns, a monster-slaying and leveling-up story.

14. 14 女 Female Prisoner, Codename 14146 [Infinite] 女囚代号14146[无限] Colorful Rice炫彩大米Romance689k WordsCompleted Blurb One: After coming of age, Lin Xi inherited her grandmother’s spirit-medium business. She thought she’d spend the rest of her life coasting, living off scams and doing nothing useful. She never imagined that a car accident would send her into a strange, terrifying realm, where she would have to face countless horrors beyond description. When danger struck, her teammates asked, “Aren’t you a spirit medium? Why don’t you use your tricks against those vengeful ghosts?” Lin Xi thought to her 41.9kFavorites61kClicks/ch46.3kGifts

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    Performing shamanic dances in the world of ghosts and monsters

15. 15 被 [Western Fantasy] The Jilted Noblewoman Strikes It Rich [西幻]被退婚的贵族小姐暴富了 Panda Pavilion熊猫馆Romance774k WordsCompleted [Warning before reading: The plot goes off the rails later. Proceed with caution, or stop after the coronation.] Marianne of Calda, the second daughter of the Count of Calda and the Grand Duchess of Akiquay, was jilted three times before finally earning the title of "the Abandoned Lady." Her first fiance, Richard of Solins, wanted to annex the rebellious Brittany. Without even telling her, he sent Marianne back to her family, then married her aunt. Her second fiance, Seis of Cantro, wanted to 35.2kFavorites75kClicks/ch45.7kGifts

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    The later parts deviate slightly from the original story, but this doesn't detract from its essence as a political intrigue novel.

16. 16 祭 The High Priest Is Feeling a Little Tired 祭司大人略感疲惫 Daoyou Jun道佑君Romance1.1M WordsOngoing Lucia studied hard for eleven years, only to spectacularly fail at the last moment and get into the Imperial Royal School's College of Priests. An ancient, prestigious profession devoted to serving the gods through song and dance. The graduating class before them had taken their temple and been buried alongside the old empire hundreds of years ago. The requirements at this college were a little demanding. To graduate, you needed both talent and money. Lucia, who had neither: I'm done. I'm just g 12.3kFavorites9.7kClicks/ch20.5kGifts

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    The beginning is a bit slow, but there are always some incredible comeback moments that really get the emotions going.

17. 17 被 [Western Fantasy Otome] The Jilted Noble Lady Strikes It Rich (Bonus IF Story) [西幻乙女]被退婚的贵族小姐暴富了（番外IF线） Panda Pavilion熊猫馆Romance29k WordsOngoing An extra chapter for the Western fantasy story. Since the later parts of the Marianna book went off the rails, I won't add this extra to the original, so you don't waste your money again. Updates every other day. Not paid. Mindless romance, mindless romance, mindless romance. (This time, I'm definitely focusing on the romance.) Theme: When the empress becomes a country girl. 546Favorites2.9kClicks/ch400Gifts

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    Haven't watched it yet

18. 18 废 Can a Good-for-Nothing Go Monster Hunting? 废柴也要去捉妖吗 Winter Night Moon冬夜月Romance310k WordsCompleted [Quick-Witted, Playful Young Miss X Cheerful, Spoiled Young Master] Canglan City has two good-for-nothings. Chu Sui, the young miss of the Chu family, has the lowest-grade spiritual root. She has spent three years practicing the basic sword forms, but still swings her sword all crooked. And yet her whole family dotes on her like she's the most precious thing in the world. Yan Xu, the spoiled young master of the Yan family, draws talismans that look like chicken scratch. He spends all day swagg 281Favorites148Clicks/ch53Gifts

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    Haven't watched it yet

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