Novels like The Villainess Rises to Power
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- 151 The Sickly Young Lady Only Wants to Drag Him into the Abyss 病娇大小姐只想拉他坠深渊 [Yandere Villainess x Sweet on the Outside, Dark on the Inside Hero + Sweet and Angsty] Lu Ze is Shen Chuying’s plaything, but one day, the toy develops a mind of its own and stops obeying her. From then on, Shen Chuying’s greatest pleasure is tormenting Lu Ze and making him wish he were dead. While they’re engaged, she keeps a string of boyfriends. After they marry, her only goal is to torment him, cheat on him, make everyone despise him, and then, once he’s hopelessly in love with her, divorce 3.3kReads8.4Score20114d adds
- 152 Chasing Her Through Hell: A Marriage That Spoiled Its Sweetheart 追夫火葬场:养成系婚姻“宠坏了” The Wife-Chasing Road to Ruin: A “Spoiled” Grooming-Style Marriage 234Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 A Misplaced Seduction 错位引诱 The short drama of the same name is now streaming. [Sweet, seductive siren × cold-hearted, ruthless heir] [Flirtatious push and pull + the powerful one finally yielding + strangers in public, passionately kissing in private] Song Chuwan had known since childhood that she was the Mu family’s illegitimate daughter, unfit to be seen in public and forced to endure whatever abuse her identical-looking older sister dished out. Then one day, because her sister was born infertile, she threatened and bri 8.7kReads9.3Score99114d adds
- 154 Diary of a Villainess in the Making: Obsessive! Niche! Powerful Family! Childhood Sweethearts! 恶女养成日记:病娇！小众！高干！青梅竹马！ Diary of a Villainess in the Making: Obsessive Love! Niche! Powerful Family! Childhood Friends! 163Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 The He Family, Book One 《何家》第一部 The He Family, Part One 77Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 The Birds That Die Together 共死鸟 High-IQ villainess + aloof older man + obsessive, lovesick crown prince He Tingwan wants revenge and a place at the top. She plans every step carefully and stops at nothing, using everyone as a stepping stone. To achieve her goals, He Tingwan doesn't care whether she lives or dies, or whether anyone else does. As for love... He Tingwan went to every length to win Shen Zhaoxu's heart, only to turn around and get engaged to another man. After the engagement, He Tingwan tells Shen Zhaoxu to be 2.1kReads—Score19114d adds
- 157 My Stand Ability Is Staircase Manipulation 我的替身能力是操控楼梯 [Complete] [No Permission Requested from Marujie] [The first few chapters explain the setting for readers who have never read JoJo. Once the fighting starts, the story picks up the pace, with every event tightly connected.] [This work may contain disturbing content] [If you cannot handle dark and cruel stories, proceed with extreme caution!] While reading the comments, I came across someone saying, "I get it. Dio's Stand ability is controlling stairs!" It cracked me up, and gave me an idea. A Ch 652Reads8.3Score10114d adds
- 158 Playing Him Like Putty 玩弄股掌 A sickly, unhinged black-lotus heroine + a noble, devoted male lead who is her beloved moonlight Lin Suihe appears before Pei Yan with a face that inspires pity, like a fragile dodder vine battered by wind and rain. He sits alone atop a high terrace, so she brings him crashing down into the dust. He is like a bright moon among the clouds, so she turns him into mud at the bottom of a pool… All of it is for revenge. At last, the untouchable Pei Yan is dragged from his pedestal and dotes on the le 1.4kReads8.8Score11614d adds
- 159 Chasing Her Through Hell: A Portrait of a Married Woman's Growth 追妻火葬场:已婚女性的成长图鉴 The Wife-Chasing Road to Ruin: A Portrait of a Married Woman’s Growth 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 Apocalypse Rebirth: The Zombie Queen Stockpiles a Trillion Supplies and Reigns Supreme 末世重生：尸王她囤千亿物资君临 Also known as "After the Apocalypse, the Young Lady Kills 90 Percent of Humanity" + Selfish and Self-Serving + Evil Heroine with a Twisted Moral Compass + Mass Murder of Innocents The heroine takes her mother's surname. The reason she is the sole heir to the family fortune is her mother. In this book, women alone inherit their family fortunes, not just the heroine but also the secondary heroines and female extras, each the sole heir to her own family's estate. (Any uncles, brothers, and other s 163Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 161 The Villainess Raised the Heavenly Dao's Chosen One All Wrong 反派她养歪了天道宠儿 [Villainess heroine x devoted hero] [Both leads are sexually inexperienced] Reborn into a new life, Shen Yu still can't change her vicious nature. She toys with everyone around her as she pleases. One day, she picked up a mute child and kept him by her side. Everyone thought it would be a beautiful story of salvation, but in the end, they became two demons. “Shen Jue, become strong. Strong enough that no one can do anything to you. You can use anyone you need to.” Shen Jue knew he was nothing mo 738Reads9.2Score10114d adds
- 162 Apocalypse Dungeons: Everyone Boards a Train, While I Fight to Survive Alone 末世副本全民列车，我独自求生 Author is a psychopath + everyone fights to survive + purely evil female lead + lone wolf + ruthless heroine + no romance + train + road survival Everyone's a villain. Strong woman vs. strong woman. A randomly selected quote from a female character: "Never underestimate women. Without women, you'd be a glob of rank snot stuck to the toilet, not even worth a fart." Come on in if you love massive stockpiles! Everyone is thrown into the apocalypse aboard a train, with each station corresponding to 9.8kReads8.5Score1.1k14d adds
- 163 Tipsy! Tangled Up! The Shao Tycoon of the Capital Wants Her to Desire Him 微醺！勾缠！京圈邵总求她垂涎 [Beautiful, scheming faux socialite x aloof young master of the capital’s elite | Adult games, the powerful man bows his head, both devoted only to each other] [Original title: The Rules for a Faux Socialite to Move in High Society. The short drama Kiss Me When the Wind Rises is now available] Song Yizhu was known among the faculty and students of Jingbei University as an unassuming, exemplary student with excellent grades and conduct. Then one day, she suddenly appeared decked out in expensive 4.4kReads9.3Score56314d adds
- 164 From the Start, One Pot of Brine Took Out Five Demons 开局一锅卤水灭了五只妖 From the Start, One Pot of Brine Wiped Out Five Demons 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 Quick Transmigration: She Is the Great Villain 快穿：她是大反派 (A true villain who will never be redeemed. If that's not for you, don't read.) Luo Xi is the only god in the Nine Heavens. Though a god, she is consumed by bloodlust and has slain countless immortals and demons. The Immortal Realm and Demon Realm appeal to the Heavenly Dao to decide her fate, but even the Heavenly Dao is powerless against her. Yet for the sake of stability among the Three Realms, the Heavenly Dao has no choice but to use all its strength to seize a fragment of Luo Xi's soul and 4.9kReads8.9Score27214d adds
- 166 Doomsday Rebirth: The Ghost Guanyin Mutates into a God 末日重生：鬼观音她畸变成神 [Apocalypse] [Pocket Dimension] [Stockpiling] [Villainess] [Special Abilities] [Mutation] [Natural Disasters] Mutations, floods, freezing temperatures, volcanic eruptions, heat waves, epidemics, insect plagues... Unprecedented disasters sweep across Earth. Humanity enters the apocalypse, struggling to survive on a desolate wasteland. In her previous life, Miao Yin committed countless atrocities. When her long-suffering subordinate finally had enough, he knocked her out with a syringe and threw h 1.1kReads9.0Score15414d adds
- 167 Perverted President Gu Keeps Biting Me, I Want to Run Off With Him and Steal a Kiss 变态顾总又咬我，好想拐走亲一口 Two-faced, hypocritical woman X calm, deranged, twisted man [Both virgins + sweet romance + flirtation + push and pull] Ji Xinghui discovered she was the vicious fake heiress in a rebirth novel. She and the second male lead, Gu Xian, were a pair of scumbags who teamed up to ruin the original heroine's reputation, leaving her to die in bitter resentment. Then the reborn heroine would return to humiliate them and take revenge. When Ji Xinghui awakened to the plot, the original heroine hadn't been 8.5kReads9.0Score82314d adds
- 168 After Being Reborn in the Bed of a Ruthless Power Minister 重生在疯批权臣榻上后 [Forced Pursuit] [Mutual Firsts] [The Relentless Pursuit of His Wife] Jiang Yili’s previous life ended in a rather shabby fashion. After dying, she spent four years as a ghost. When she opened her eyes again, she had been reborn in Xie Jinchen’s bed. He was destined to rebel. The daughter of a treacherous minister, she tried every scheme she could to stay alive, only to end up in Xie Jinchen’s hands. By day, he was aloof as an immortal, the most unattainable prize in the capital. By night, desir 27.2kReads8.8Score3.3k14d adds
- 169 Looking for a Long-Term Meal Ticket in the Sixties 在六零年代寻找长期饭票 A pampered young woman from the 21st century transmigrates into the body of Xu Mengting, an ordinary high school girl in the 1960s. Xu Mengting feels utterly hopeless. But life has to go on, and since laziness has become her life philosophy, she sets out to find a long-term meal ticket so she can live a carefree, comfortable life. Oh? Her aloof deskmate seems to have pretty good prospects. She'd better snatch him up quickly! (The heroine is a typical self-interested person with plenty of flaws. 2.7kReads8.1Score13614d adds
- 170 After Gu Xingyao's Miscarriage and Suicide, Mr. He Regretted Everything 顾星遥流产自杀后，何总后悔了。 After Gu Xingyao miscarried and took her own life, President He regretted everything. 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 A Collection of Stories About A Nuo 关于阿诺的故事合集 A Collection of Stories About A Nuo 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 Powerful Family: A Letter to My First-Love Senior 高干:写给初恋学长的信 Powerful Family: A Letter to My First Love, Senior 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 From School Uniforms to Wedding Gowns: Mr. Gu, Stop Fighting 从校服到婚纱:顾总，别打了。 From School Uniforms to Wedding Dress: President Gu, Stop Hitting Me. 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 Mending a Broken Relationship: After Cheating and Lying to His Wife, Young Mr. Jiang Wept and Begged on His Knees 破镜重圆:出轨欺骗老婆后，小江总哭着下跪 Rekindled Love: After Cheating on and Deceiving His Wife, Young President Jiang Wept and Fell to His Knees 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 Rental-Apartment Romance: Sweet! Devoted! After Making It Big, I Spoil My Wife 出租屋文学:甜宠!双洁!创业成功之后我特别疼老婆 Rental Apartment Romance: Sweet and Fluffy! Both Pure! After Building a Successful Business, I Spoil My Wife Rotten 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 Chasing Her Through Hell: The Campus Heartthrob Pursues His Wife Through Tears 追妻火葬场，校草边哭唧唧边追老婆 The Ex-Wife Chase from Hell: The Campus Heartthrob Chases His Wife While Sobbing 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 Married Life of a Little Lamb and a Big Bad Wolf 小绵羊与大灰狼的婚后生活 A sheepish woman with only a middle school education, and a big bad wolf with a high school education. They have a three-year-old son and two elderly parents at home. A story of everyday life, told in a simple, warm style, about married life. 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 The Wicked, Scheming Cannon-Fodder Female Supporting Character Plays Herself to Perfection 恶毒心机炮灰女配，她本色出演 Yu Chaochao was bound to System 666 and tasked with playing the vicious, scheming cannon-fodder supporting female character in various little worlds, helping the male and female leads build their beautiful romance. But Yu Chaochao couldn’t understand why the plot kept falling apart despite her doing her job so diligently! Yu Chaochao was baffled. “I followed the original storyline exactly and played the role completely straight. How could I fail?” 666: “…” No matter. It would take care of th 3.1kReads8.7Score16014d adds
- 179 The Sixties: A Captivating Yet Hateful Villainess 六零，迷人又可恶的反派恶女 Born into the 1960s, she becomes a posthumous child, doted on by her whole family. Luo Mingyue says, “You're all this twisted, so I can't exactly be too normal.” A cast of villains, the 1960s 7.5kReads7.8Score43414d adds
- 180 Quick Transmigration: There's No Couple This Little Succubus Can't Break Up 快穿：没有小魅魔拆不散的CP [Everyone’s Darling, Quick Transmigration, Dog Training, Immersive, Multiple Male Leads] Jiang Xian is an ancient succubus who survives by feeding on life essence. One day, she is caught and bound by a System, then sent into small worlds with all her memories erased. With her pure, heartbreakingly lovely face, she drags the favored children of heaven from their pedestals like a devil, making them fall into depravity alongside her. The male leads are pure in both body and mind. An immersive qu 11.7kReads8.7Score1k14d adds
- 181 The Hehuan Sect, but I'm a Mortal 合欢宗，但我是凡人 The Hehuan Sect, but I'm a Mortal 66Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 If Father Doesn't Die, How Can His Daughter Ascend the Throne? 父皇不死女儿怎么登基 [Court Intrigue + Ensemble Cast + Villainous Heroine + Dark Younger Brother, a Powerful Team] A scorpion and a venomous snake carve out a path through the treacherous imperial harem. When Li Ruyue was seven, she watched helplessly as the people from the Court of Judicial Review fabricated evidence to frame her mother. Her mother was sent to the Cold Palace, the Qin clan was charged with treason, and all 142 people in Zhaoyang Hall were slaughtered before her eyes. She sat in the blood, watching 3.3kReads9.1Score1.9k14d adds
- 183 Trading Your Family's Last Pair of Underwear for a Spot to Go to the Countryside Is Fair 下乡名额换你全家底裤很公平 (New book out: Reborn in the Eighties, I Picked Up a Hong Kong Tycoon and Took Him for Everything) [Book Transmigration to a Period Setting] [Pocket Dimension] [Pregnant and Sent to the Countryside] [Genuinely Crazy, Born to Go Off the Rails] Zhu Zhuohua transmigrates into the villainess, who is pregnant and has been sent by her fiancé to a mental hospital for a little “reflection.” In the novel, the pampered heroine, whose parents died, is adopted by her mother’s first love, who is also the ori 12kReads8.5Score1.2k14d adds
- 184 She Is the One and Only Protagonist of the Interstellar Beast World! 她，星际兽世唯一主角！ Sang Li had been crown princess for more than a decade when something called the System suddenly appeared in her mind. It listed all her supposed crimes, calling her a vicious female and a supporting character, demanding that she admit her mistakes and repent, and even shocking her with electricity. What a joke! What did it mean that she had forced a prince to marry her? Fine. The noble Gray Wolf Prince didn’t want to marry her? She’d just make his uncle, the Little Panda, her husband instead! T 2kReads8.5Score24914d adds
- 185 Everyone’s a Psycho, and Every Male Side Character Turns Dark for Love 全员疯批，男配各个为爱黑化 [Transmigrate into a Book + Conquest + Multiple Male Leads + Love Rival Showdown + Genetic Awakening + Dream Traversal] Lin Chuchu transmigrated into a book after posting a long review cursing out the author. System: Host, once you get the male supporting characters to sincerely bless the male and female leads, you can go home! The original heroine's lovesick younger brother A seemingly gentle, jade-like professor with a possessive streak A stern and sharp-eyed squad leader (slightly supernatura 3.2kReads9.2Score38414d adds
- 186 Bound to a Beauty System, the Green Tea Goes on a Rampage Across Worlds 绑定变美系统，绿茶在位面杀疯了 [Scheming villainess, beauty-enhancement System, winning over multiple male leads. Often has no moral compass. Not a strong female lead.] The ugly Mo Qianqian livestreams her voice online. Just as she starts gaining a little popularity, a rival exposes her personal information. She is attacked by countless online trolls, mocked by other streamers and their big spenders, and even misses the chance to save her parents’ lives. With no desire to go on living, she happens to become bound to an Obsess 1.7kReads8.7Score12414d adds
- 187 Transported to the 1980s, I Was Kept by a Madman 穿到八零年代，我被疯批包养了 Shen Zhiyi, who has traveled back to 1988, looks at her impoverished home, her parents who favor sons over daughters, and her broken self. As the old saying goes: knowledge changes your fate, and beauty changes your family. Shen Zhiyi sets her sights on the wealthy Jiang Xiubai at first glance. Using her stunning looks, she sets out to catch him. She lands her catch, but never expected it to be a great white shark that eats people. Shen Zhiyi gets in over her head and can only keep dating him th 70Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 188 Entering the Imperial Court 入皇庭 [Forced Marriage and Possession, Obsessive Pursuit, Compulsive Love] [The Scheming, Stunning Farm Girl Is Forced into Marriage by the Crown Prince and Made Empress] In her previous life, Lu Xiaotao was an orphan who couldn't read, couldn't tell right from wrong, and spent her days groveling and throwing her weight around. After seducing one of the Crown Prince's subordinates and being abandoned, she became the Crown Prince's woman by a twist of fate. From then on, she served as his consort, reli 10.7kReads6.9Score81514d adds
- 189 Quick Transmigration: I Win Over the Male Lead by Playing the Poor, Helpless Girl 快穿：我靠装可怜扮柔弱攻略男主 [Characters stay true to themselves + wicked heroine + calculated self-interest + no morals + scheming woman rises to power] Su Wei is a scheming woman, skilled at twisting the truth, throwing her weight around, sowing discord, and acting weak and pitiful. With exactly the right skill set, she is bound by the System and sent to various worlds to win over the male leads and rise to the top. ① [The substitute for the male lead's first love] His first love is steadfast and refuses his help, even w 45.3kReads8.4Score1.8k14d adds
- 190 The Heroine Is a Yandere Villain 女主她是个病娇反派 She was back. This time, everyone who had wronged her could go to hell after tasting every last ounce of pain, eager for death. She thought that if he ever learned about her dark side, he’d run as fast as he could. How could he dare say something so brazen as, “You don’t have to force yourself to be gentle. I’ll love you no matter how willful you are”? But when he really saw through her darkness, he only grew more passionate. “Perfect. Looks like no one could be a better match for us.” A twisted 1.2kReads9.2Score10714d adds
- 191 She's Dated More Men Than Anyone Can Count 万人迷她甩过的男人多得数不清 [Everyone's favorite + no fixed couple + female lead-focused + men are hopeless romantics + only the men suffer + shameless Mary Sue fantasy + love at first sight + female lead-focused, female lead-focused!] Wen Yao has never been a good person. She's selfish and cold, and her greatest talent is playing with people's feelings. [Volume One: They're All Hopeless Romantics] After a notorious playboy gets toyed with, he still clings to her and says, “It's fine. You can do whatever you want with me. 3kReads8.4Score42614d adds
- 192 The Moon Fell for Her 月亮为她沉陷 [The aloof heartthrob x the spoiled, wicked heiress | Sweet secret crush | Mutual seduction, one-on-one | Each other’s first love] Chen Qingzhuo was the famous aloof heartthrob of A University’s affiliated high school: calm and modest, handsome, and academically gifted. Everyone saw him as a favored child of heaven, carefree as a summer breeze. The first time Ye Zhen saw him, he was kneeling on one knee to feed a stray cat at school. His gaze was lazy yet tender, soft enough to melt your heart. 13.3kReads9.3Score1.6k14d adds
- 193 Apocalypse: Three Trillion from the Start, Lolis and the Undead Calamity 末世：开局三兆，萝莉与亡灵天灾 [Villain protagonist + invincible + self-serving + not a do-gooder + ruthless + dark] [Little girl + affectionate intimacy + no male lead + ability theft + enslavement + undead] Two hundred years after humanity entered industrial civilization, the once-prosperous world had been left in ruins. As if to punish humanity for its greed, crimson rain fell alongside a red mist. Large numbers of humans, animals, and plants mutated. Electronic devices failed completely, and all species found themselves b 570Reads—Score10614d adds
- 194 Trying to Drain My Essence? You Just Lost Your Cultivation 采补我？你修为没了 Trying to drain my energy? You’ve lost your cultivation now. 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 Destroying the Evidence 毁尸灭迹 [Sickly beauty who’s afraid of dying × psychopathic murderer with a touch of a romantic streak] [Heartbreaking, tragic love, madmen, mutual destruction, dark, villains] Shang Wang came across a murderer. Beneath the heavy curtain of rain, she had just finished an IV drip at the hospital. Wandering idly, she came to a secluded corner and looked up. In the distance, in an abandoned garden, a pitch-black figure like a ghost was bent over, digging at something again and again. Suddenly, a flash o 3.1kReads8.2Score33514d adds
- 196 Her Waist 她的腰 [Spoiled, willful, haughty heiress vs. carefree playboy second young master] [He falls for her in secret + obsessive and unhinged + long-planned pursuit] The Fei family's second young master and the Chang family's eldest daughter have never gotten along. They've been fighting since childhood. Even as adults, they're still infamous rivals in their social circle. But no one knows that Chang Yu and Fei Jin have been married for three years. They spend every night in each other's arms, driven by des 12.9kReads8.9Score1k14d adds
- 197 She's a Brat, He's Happy to Be Played, and He Spoils Her Relentlessly 她不乖，他甘愿被玩，死命哄着 [He secretly loves her + she’s only having fun + after years apart, a poor boy returns as a Southeast Asian power broker] [Carefree, spoiled heiress X cold on the outside, wild and passionate poor boy] A bet gives Cen Wan one month to make Shen Qingci, the aloof campus heartthrob, fall for her. He is the untouchable flower no girl has ever managed to win over. She gets him in just three days. Cen Wan has never cared much for anything that comes too easily. Once she gets bored, she plans to dump 9.8kReads8.5Score83314d adds
- 198 I Flirted Too Hard! The Broken Puppy Is Actually a Psycho Villain 撩过头！破碎小狗竟是疯批反派 Top-tier flirtatious beauty x mad, sinister power player [Two strong leads flirting with each other | Yandere obsession | Rivals-to-lovers disguises | Forced relationship | Secret identities exposed | Devoted 1v1] ● My target is a madman, yet he's playing the fragile one with me. Shen Xi is an investigator for a covert organization. Her mission: “eliminate.” Wearing a gentle facade, she approaches her target, Lu Sichen, ready to strike a fatal blow at any moment. Lu Sichen goes along with her 128Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 199 The Villainess Makes Bank and Steals the Harem King’s Male Lead 恶女靠捞金，撬了万人迷的男主 [Currently Publishing] [Powerful Men Bowing Their Heads + High-Level Connections + Intense Push and Pull] [Realistic Tone] [Not a Sweet Romance] [No Overpowered Hero Face-Slapping, Just Ordinary People Carefully Advancing Step by Step] Shen Nianhe is the villainess in a "everyone loves her" novel, a foil to the heroine's perfect life. When the hero and heroine join forces to drive her into a desperate situation and she lies on the brink of death, a "Money-Grubbing System" awakens her. It tells h 358.8kReads8.9Score49.1k14d adds
- 200 Quick Transmigration: Hehe, Your Scumbag Is My Loyal Dog 快穿：嘻嘻，你的渣男，我的忠犬 [Theatrical heroine + one-on-one romance with a devoted male lead + the “scumbag” never regrets a thing] Every “chasing your wife to the crematorium” story has a vicious scumbag who puts the heroine through hell, along with a wicked female rival who stirs up trouble. Jiang Yao, a new employee at the Quick Transmigration Bureau, is tasked with playing the female rival and helping the plot run smoothly. But... why is your scumbag different from my scumbag? ⭐ The little tagalong has had a crush 40.8kReads8.3Score2.2k14d adds
