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- 1 From the Start, I Became a Female Cultivator of the Hehuan Sect 开局成为合欢宗女修 [With a golden finger, a mortal's cultivation-and-leveling progression, a power fantasy with a strong female lead. The heroine is ruthless, vengeful, and calculating. No romance.] The Hehuan Sect is a major demonic sect where the law of the jungle is the only rule. Liu Chan is an outer-sect disciple with a mixed bag of spiritual roots. Her life is as insignificant as a blade of grass, and at any moment she could become someone else's cultivation cauldron or stepping stone to advancement. When 279Reads—Score10914d adds
- 2 The Record of a Long-Lived, Cautious Immortal 长生苟仙录 [Not a power fantasy + quiet everyday life + smart characters + immortality + no romance + keeping a low profile] Lifelong single Xu Rendong is pressured into a blind date. She jokes around and immediately gets herself a “new account”! Reborn into a small foundation-building family in the cultivation world, she unexpectedly awakens the memories of her past life and receives a beginner’s gift package. She gains eternal life, but before she can celebrate, her family tells her she must share a husb 566Reads6.0Score10214d adds
- 3 Zhiyu's Cultivation Notes 知鱼修行笔记 [Cultivation] [Rogue Cultivator] [Formation] [Slice of Life] The rules of the cultivation world: sects feast, while rogue cultivators live on the wind. Liu Zhiyu can't even get enough wind to live on: Fishbone Ridge is poor in spiritual energy, Granny Zhou is ill, and her missing parents left her a mess to clean up. She knows formations. In the eyes of the Eight Great Sects, it's a heterodox art, but in the impoverished mountain ravines of Nanze, it's what keeps her alive. Some look down on her, 106Reads—Score814d adds
- 4 I Transmigrated into a World on the Brink of Ruin. Watch Me Defy Heaven 穿越开局天崩,看我如何逆天 Shi Ting transmigrates into the body of a five-year-old orphan girl, relying on her foolish older brother as they struggle to survive together. One night, her family is wiped out, and her brother is killed for his extraordinary beauty. With a secret pearl in hand and her special constitution concealed, she sets out on the path of vengeance. She joins a sect and personally kills her enemies, only to be betrayed by a close friend and left grievously wounded on the brink of death. It is Bai Lie, th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 After They Heard My Inner Thoughts, I Brought the Ensemble Cast to Life 被听心声后,我把群像盘活啦 [Transmigrate Into a Book + Mind Reading + Golden Finger Library + Competition] Content note: The mind reading is straightforward mind reading, with no gossip-loving angle. There is a main couple, but their relationship is barely developed early on. The focus is mostly on building a career. - After dying, Wen Yin transmigrates into a book and becomes the villainess in a cultivation story about a beloved darling. She causes trouble from beginning to end, earning everyone’s hatred before meeting a 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 A Crippled Spiritual Root from the Start, Yet I Can Inherit Other People's Systems 开局废灵根,我能继承别人的系统 [No CP] [Female-Led Power Fantasy] [Leveling Up] [Family in the early stage, lone cultivators in the middle stage, sects in the later stage. All characters who appear are assumed to be female, good or bad alike.] A genius with superior dual spirit roots gave birth to a child with inferior five spirit roots. Five spirit roots were already useless enough, and hers were inferior on top of that. The entire Shen family fell silent: Even if smoke were pouring from the ancestral graves, it shouldn't po 9Reads—Score18514d adds
- 7 Bloodline Cultivation: All Beings Have Blood, but I Alone Have No Roots 血脉修仙:众生有血,唯我无根 [Cultivation + Apocalypse + No CP + Leveling Up + Lone Wolf] Bai Ye had just reached the top of the apocalypse leaderboard when the Great Emperor of the Underworld suddenly brought her to the Underworld to compete in an eating contest. She had hoped to win a rebirth reward, but someone behind the scenes tampered with things, sending her to be reborn in the cultivation world and work for the Underworld. With astonishing talent, she rose through the ranks. By the time she returned to the apocalyps 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Her Fortune-Telling Is Inaccurate, but Her Aim Is Steady 她算卦不准,但下手很稳 [Strong Female Lead + Comedy + No Romance] Yao Bukui fancied herself a master fortune-teller, but nine out of ten of her readings were wrong. The one thing she could predict with uncanny accuracy was “a bloody disaster.” It wasn’t that she had a knack for jinxing people. She just had a steady hand. “I can see your forehead is dark. You’re sure to suffer a bloody disaster.” “What? You don’t believe me?” “Then turn around and see for yourself.” While the person turned around, Yao Bukui grabbed her 7.3kReads7.2Score1.1k14d adds
- 9 You Say I'm Unfit to Be Empress? Then I'll Take Your Throne 说我不配为后?你的皇位我要了 Female-centered story + heroine awakens + no rivalry among women, only genuine mutual support + no romance for the heroine + no misogynistic language + female emperor Also known as: I Have Ambition Fu Changrong has always thought herself fortunate. Her husband, Ye He, cherishes her, their daughter is well-behaved, and her only regret is that she has lost her memory. Until her husband brings home Princess An and joins the ministers in forcing Fu Changrong to give up her position as empress. Sh 81Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Demonic Qi Returns? I'll Just Purify It 魔气复苏?我反手一个净化 [No romance + a touch of ensemble cast + pocket dimension + satisfying power fantasy + character growth + genius heroine] A useless illegitimate daughter with four spiritual roots is mocked by the entire sect. No one knows that the last bloodline of the ancient Lingxi Clan is sealed within her. When the seal her mother left behind is broken, her four spiritual roots merge into a chaos spiritual root! Lin Yueyao, a genius alchemist, uses her wood-spirit holy body to refine ancient divine pills, f —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Night God: After Calling Off the Engagement, the Dog Ate My Dignity 夜神,退婚后我的节操被狗吃了 [Fantasy, Female Protagonist, No CP, Ensemble Cast] The most thrilling lottery in life is the one that decides where you're born. If you open your eyes after reincarnating, you're lucky. If you only open one eye, you've landed in a spectacular disaster. Diwu Chuanqi is a noble-born princess of the Xuanye Divine Kingdom. Her mother is at the pinnacle of combat strength, and her father is a cultivation prodigy. With such a top-tier family, she should have been born in the spotlight, able to pluck 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 One Divination Decides Life or Death, No Refunds 一卦断生死,概不退钱 One reading tells you life or death. No refunds. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 I Have More Spirit Stones Than I Can Spend 我的灵石多到花不完 [Pocket Dimension] [Feel-Good] [Character Growth] [Romance] [Cultivation] [Transmigration] [Cute Pets] [Friendship] [Family Bonds] [Sect Loyalty] [Love] I transmigrated into the world of cultivation. Cultivation it is! Spirit stones: Thank goodness for transmigration and the gifts of my pocket dimension. Spirit plants: I dig, dig, dig, and plant, plant, plant. Formations: Study, study, study! Formations are so hard to learn! Talisman crafting: This is where my talent shines. Pills: Creative alc 12.3kReads8.1Score2k14d adds
- 14 A Farmer’s Daughter’s Guide to Cultivation and Farming 农家女修仙种田记 (Cultivation + Farming + No Romance) Li Xiaolian was an ordinary farmer's daughter who wanted nothing more than enough to eat. But then her grandmother tried to sell her for five taels of silver. To escape being sold, Li Xiaolian joined a sect and became one of its lowest-ranking servant disciples. Everyone said she would never make it onto the path of cultivation, but Li Xiaolian had an unyielding spirit. Others dismissed the Five Element Spiritual Root as too mixed and difficult to cultiva 29.6kReads8.5Score2.9k14d adds
- 15 After Transmigrating as a Good-for-Nothing, I Went on a Killing Spree in a Terrifying Cultivation World 穿成废材后,我在恐怖修仙界杀疯了 Genius girl x pure, devoted eldritch god. (Content warning: The heroine falls in love at first sight, and her golden finger is ridiculously powerful.) Xia An, a horror game designer, dies suddenly and transmigrates into a terrifying world of immortal cultivation. Xia An: At least my skills are relevant. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Bound to the Heavenly Dao System, I Speedrun the Cultivation World in a Hundred Days 绑定天道系统,百日速通修仙界 Xue Shuyu, a college student, transmigrates into the world of cultivation and binds herself to the Heavenly Dao System. She is told that only by becoming a god through her mortal body and ascending to the peak of the cultivation world can she gain the ability to travel freely between worlds. Xue Shuyu laughs. She arrived in this world in her own body! With her frail frame, unable to cultivate or even lift anything heavy, she's worse off than the most good-for-nothing native of the cultivation wo 3.6kReads8.0Score44414d adds
- 17 You Were Supposed to Be a Goddess, So Why Are You Picking Up Trash on the Seafloor? 让你当神女,你去海底捡破烂? [Traditional fantasy + sea-monster world + strong heroine + no romance + devouring + progression fantasy + unconventional] (No vicious rival heroine) Qian Chun, the most noble Seven-Colored Goddess of the merfolk, is a useless fish without even a source of magic. But no one could have imagined that she was actually the legendary [Chaos Devouring Body]! While others cultivate through grueling effort, she gets by on eating everything in the sea! Scrap metal from the deep? Eat it! Spit out a [Diamo 24Reads8.2Score614d adds
- 18 This Dream Is So Much Fun! 这个梦真有趣! “I keep having this dream. The world in it is bizarre and mysterious, with no end to its secrets.” “And what role do you play in the dream?” “I can fly through the sky and burrow into the earth, traveling a thousand miles in a day... And it seems I can return from the dead in the dream, too.” “Mm-hmm. What happened next?” “But yesterday I realized it might not just be a dream. Things from the dream seem to be seeping into reality!” The doctor in the white coat nodded. “All right, I understand.” 362Reads8.8Score10914d adds
- 19 From Rogue Cultivator to Godhood: She Ascends by Upgrading Her Techniques 从散修开始她靠升级功法飞升神界 [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [Independent cultivator] [Proficiency panel] [Leveling-up progression] After falling off a cliff while bungee jumping, Lu Qingyuan opened her eyes and discovered she had been transported to the cultivation world, where she had become a “useless” cultivator with five spiritual roots. Fortunately, she came with a proficiency panel that let her cultivate every technique and skill to perfection and evolve them further. Starting in Chidi City, tucked aw 10.7kReads7.4Score1.3k14d adds
- 20 The Genius Sword Cultivator Who Secretly Loved Me Won't Stop Throwing Herself at Me 被暗恋的天才剑修狠狠倒贴了 [Trio + ensemble cast + unrequited love + the world is reborn and everyone loses their memories + skin hunger syndrome + two powerful leads] Divine Dao music cultivator vs. Immortal Dao sword cultivator Proud and aloof vs. bold and fearless Better to slay a god than become one. Amid an inner turmoil at her sect, Qin Su’e, the young master of the Divine Dao, loses all her cultivation and flees with a heart full of hatred. She originally intends to lie low in the Uncanny Dao, but never expects to 81Reads—Score11314d adds
- 21 You Want Me to Save the Black Lotus? Have a Slap Instead 要我拯救黑莲花?反手一个大嘴巴 [No CP + strong female lead + feel-good story + quick transmigration] The System determined that Jian Ning had transmigrated and ordered her to complete enough missions to return to reality. Jian Ning slacked off. Heh. The System offered a hefty cash reward. Jian Ning waved it off with an innocent smile. “I mainly just enjoy experiencing different lives. It’s definitely not for the money!” Save who? A black-hearted beauty? I haven’t even turned evil, and you have? I’ll give you a good slap. Stil 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 What? What Did You Say? I Can't Hear You! 啥?你说啥?我听不见! [No CP + Games + Brain-Off Fun + Infinite Worlds + A Little Comedy] Serious Version: After games descended upon the world, everything changed. Nothing was the same. Some players fought tooth and nail in the game just to earn enough points to stay alive. But now, the fallback they had always relied on, “dying in the game isn’t real death,” has been shattered. More and more people are dying in the game, and only then do they realize that the game… is nothing but a scheme. Comedy Version: Lu Lu: Hi 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 I Only Wanted to Close the Academy, Yet I Trained a Court Full of Powerful Officials 我只想关闭书院,却教出满朝权臣 [No romance, shining on her own + transmigrated into a book as a doomed side character + giving up and going wild + ensemble cast building careers] I transmigrated into the body of the junior dean of an academy that would be seized and shut down three years from now. The System said that if I could successfully run the academy into the ground, I’d get a billion in retirement money and return to the modern world. I was instantly fired up. To ruin the academy’s reputation, I abolished morning re 31Reads—Score10014d adds
- 24 After My Little Junior Brother Was Sacrificed, Senior Sister Went on a Rampage 小师弟献祭后,师姐她杀疯了 [The World’s Greatest Senior Sister × The Gentle, Refined Junior Brother] [Strong Heroine] [Childhood Sweethearts] [Mutual Devotion] [Gender-Bender + Happy Ending] Xiao Wujie joined the sect at twelve and met Shen Peizhi at thirteen. In her heart, her junior brother was a snow lotus atop Kunlun Mountain, pure and gentle. When demons and monsters ravaged the world, she took up her sword and roamed the land, vowing to slay every evil spirit and restore peace. But who could have imagined she would 628Reads8.0Score10114d adds
- 25 The Buddhist Maiden 女佛子 [Not a wish-fulfillment story + character growth and plot-driven + Buddhist cultivators + ensemble cast + no transmigration] No empty posturing, unhinged characters who are really just playing childish games, or useless people who talk more than they act. The heroine has only one word: Do it! A Li was once a sweet, naive country girl whose whole life seemed easy to predict. Farm the land, feed the chickens, get married, have children, buy the same rouge the city folk use, and get a pretty new ou 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Born with a Sword Heart, My Junior Sister Treads the Dao and Points Her Sword at the Heavens 小师妹天生剑心,脚踩道则剑指乾 In her previous life, her master stole her heart, the innate sword heart she was born with, and left her to die. On the first day after being reborn, she escaped the sect, determined to return and take revenge. A once-in-a-millennium bearer of the innate sword heart knocks on the door of the Central Continent’s ancient Sword Sect, and from then on leaves the other geniuses of the Five Continents in the dust. The Central Continent’s geniuses: Who is the person who entered the Secret Lake Wate 207Reads—Score11414d adds
- 27 Transmigrating to the Cultivation World to Earn Merit 穿越之我在修仙界攒功德 [Female-centered + ensemble cast + no romance] (Readers wary of female-centered stories, proceed with caution! The heroine’s early days focus on cultivation, the middle on gaining experience across the human, cultivation, and demon realms, and the late stages on a great battle!) After suddenly dying, Bai Qingling transmigrates to the world of cultivation! She becomes a young bamboo pit viper in the forest, newly hatched and already on the brink of death. The System expects her to cultivate and a 18Reads—Score114d adds
- 28 The Cool Senior Sister Is Actually the Villainous Big Boss 清冷师姐竟是反派大boss [Strong Female Lead] [No CP] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Villain] Ning Qiufeng, a model young adult living in the 21st century, accidentally transmigrates into a book and is forcibly bound to a Villain System. Do bad deeds and play the villain. Get the original novel's hero and heroine together, then let them stab her to death. To complete her mission and get home, Ning Qiufeng, the number one demonic cultivator in the cultivation world, has no choice but to disguise herself and infiltrate a rig 1.7kReads—Score37714d adds
- 29 There's No Shortcut to Immortality, Can I Make It Through with Perseverance? 仙途无捷径,只靠坚持行不行 (Traditional cultivation + coming-of-age story + no CP + no romance + not a face-slapping power fantasy) Ning He was an ordinary person with no connections. One day, she discovered she had the aptitude to cultivate and embarked on the path to immortality. With no golden finger and no heaven-defying luck, she relied on a steadfast heart and took one step at a time: Qi Refining, the path to Foundation Establishment, the Golden Core tribulation, the Nascent Soul ascension, and then Divinity Transfo 379Reads8.4Score14814d adds
- 30 Reborn as a Divine Venerable: The Good-for-Nothing Junior Sister Is Trouble 重生神尊:废柴小师妹不好惹 The Divine Sovereign, once schemed against by the Immortals, returns after three reincarnations! Reborn as a pathetic weakling with a mixed spiritual root? No problem, mine’s a mutated root! Break the seals, shake the Demon Clan, and ascend the Heavenly Ladder! The false Heavenly Dao wants to wipe out the Divine Clan? Then I’ll remake the Investiture of the Gods. The Immortals want to enter the upper realm and rule it? Then I’ll beat you into submission! Fu Xuan is no longer the weakling who swa 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Change Just One Word, and I Can Bend the Rules in Horror Games 只改一字,我在恐怖游戏言出法随 [Game Invasion + Horror Revival + Infinite Flow + Strong Female Lead, No Romance + Ensemble Cast Elements + Original Instances] Eerie creatures cannot be killed. They fear rules. Ghosts can kill eerie creatures. Eerie creatures are not ghosts. Remember these four rules. After nine straight days of electroshock therapy in a mental hospital, Ji Jue gave in. Just as she was about to admit that she was mentally ill, she entered the closed beta of a game called "Twilight of the Gods: Blood Nightmare" 72Reads—Score10114d adds
- 32 That's Right, I'm the Legendary Max-Level Big Shot! 没错,我就是传说中的满级大佬! [No romance + transmigrate into a game + magic + beast-taming + secret identities + powerhouse] Qin Yun was a homebody with no hobbies besides making her game character the strongest in the world, strong enough that she never had to reason with anyone. So she never skimped on her character: whatever she wanted, she had. Compared to real life, wasn't that ridiculously cheap?! Then one night, she transmigrated. Once she confirmed there was no way back, she decided to take it easy. You had to live 142Reads—Score10214d adds
- 33 After My Spiritual Root Was Stolen, I Turned the Cultivation World Upside Down with Poetry 被挖灵根后,我靠诗词掀翻修仙界 I’ve just started posting, so please leave a review and help raise my rating! [Female-oriented, no romance, feel-good power fantasy. Leveling up with cheats, getting stronger when faced with strong opponents.] Betrayed by her sect, her spiritual root stolen, and her cultivation knocked back to square one overnight? No problem! Reborn in the body of another cauldron whose spiritual root had been stolen, Jiang Shengxi not only awakens her modern memories, but also receives gifts from the sages of 91Reads8.1Score11314d adds
- 34 I Became King in a World of Demons by Begging 穿到妖魔世界靠乞讨称王了 (The author’s rating just came out, but it’ll go up later. Come check it out, my dears! ❤️) [No Romance + Transmigration + System + Leveling + Starts with a Bowl + Begging to Level Up + Coming-of-Age Female Lead] Chu Yuan spent five years taking the national exams, sitting for them fifty times! At last, she passed! Who could’ve known that right as she stepped outside, she’d run into the worst kind of luck! Transmigrating was bad enough, but she’d become a tiny beggar with no parents and scrawny 691Reads8.3Score10714d adds
- 35 The Senior Sister Blows Up the Cultivation World After Returning to the Sect 大师姐回宗后,全修真界炸了 [Female lead with no romance + lighthearted comedy + occasional tearjerkers] There’s a rumor in the cultivation world: the senior sister who vanished 150 years ago has returned to her sect. That’s right, they’re talking about her, Qi Buwan. After being trapped in a secret realm for a full 150 years, Qi Buwan has finally returned. She thought she’d be welcomed with warm embraces and heartfelt concern. Who could have guessed she’d find a dilapidated sect and blatant bullying instead? Fine! So 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Superpower Execution Squad 异能执刑队 [No romance] [Strong female lead] [Ensemble cast] [Tight logic] [Vast worldbuilding] [Breaking the rules] [Administrator's perspective] Another infinite-flow story? Just endless dungeon fights and monster-slaying? No! This time, let's talk about what happens beyond the dungeons... Why the dungeons exist, how they operate, what becomes of the players who clear them, and what fate awaits those who are eliminated; Who created the dungeons, who keeps them stable, who executes the players, and what h 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 How Did the Brothel Boiler Become the Imperial Preceptor? 青楼烧水的,怎么就成了一国国师 [System + No Romance + Transmigration] If I have to transmigrate, couldn't I at least land somewhere nice? The moment Jiang Xingchu opens her eyes, she discovers she's transmigrated into a brothel. Thank goodness she at least has a System. The System says she can go home, but she has to earn points first. Jiang Xingchu saves lives, deals with a plague, invents supplies... Huh? How did she go from being a servant girl who boils water to the emperor's State Preceptor? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Cultivation: The Female Lead Goes on a Killing Spree 修仙:女主她杀疯了 [Strong Female Lead, No Romance, Power Fantasy] She levels up and battles monsters all the way. There is no strongest, only someone stronger. Now that she has reached the pinnacle of the immortal path, where will she go from here? “Getting it is good fortune; losing it is fate?” No! If it’s hers, it’s hers. If it isn’t, she’ll seize it anyway! 54Reads—Score10114d adds
- 39 Cyber Impostor: Still Pretending to Be a Player Today 赛博伪人,今天也在冒充玩家 [Feel-Good Read] [Power-Up Progression] [From Weak to Strong] [Strongest Female Lead] [Romance] Shen Su suddenly realizes she might be a game NPC. She has an objection. If this world is just a game, why can't she be the one playing it? So... how about stealing a player's identity? Okay, she's playing now. It turns out people have health bars above their heads, a frail body can keep leveling up and growing stronger, and dialogue comes with selectable options... Cyber space, interdimensional commi 2.5kReads8.1Score37914d adds
- 40 Survival Game: Even a Terrible Cook Can Become the King of Chefs 求生游戏:厨艺废材也要当厨王 [Strong Female Lead + No Romance + Infinite-Flow + Leveling + Horror Game] Synopsis: Xu Xiaohe is a programmer who can fix bugs but can't cook. Instant noodles are the pinnacle of her culinary skills. Then she enters a survival game and awakens the class: Peerless Cooking Queen. Xu Xiaohe: ...So? Luckily, she has a pretty good talent: anything recognized as an ingredient instinctively fears her. So while everyone else fights for their lives, she asks the monsters what flavor they'd like to be co 253Reads—Score12014d adds
- 41 Reborn as Cannon Fodder, the Protagonist Cultivates Immortality While I Cultivate Demonic Arts 穿成炮灰,主角修仙,我修魔 The rating has only just opened, but it’ll go up later~ [Demonic cultivators + no System + ensemble cast + powerful female lead, no CP] A fairly traditional cultivation novel, not a brainless romp. He Zhuofan had just stayed up all night finishing a novel and was about to enjoy a well-earned sleep. The next moment, she opened her eyes and discovered she’d transmigrated into the very novel she’d just finished. Good news: She’d read it last night, so she knew the plot by heart. Bad news: She 87Reads6.7Score11914d adds
- 42 After They Made Me a Human Cauldron, I Devoured the Young Lord's Ice Spirit Root 被当炉鼎后,我反吞少主冰灵根 [No romance, strong female lead | dark cultivation | turning the tables against all odds | strategic battles and growth | elaborate worldbuilding | decisive and ruthless] On the night of her wedding, Shen Zhaoye learns that she is not the bride. She is a cultivation vessel sold by the Shen family to the Gu family’s young master. Gu Hanzhou intends to strip her of her fire spiritual root to establish his foundation. Instead, she uses a dual-cultivation array to devour his ice spiritual root, dest 258Reads—Score10914d adds
- 43 Don't Get Too Fancy, the Game Is About to Invade 嫑高级,游戏都要入侵了 [Game Invasion + No Romance + Search, Fight, Loot, Escape + Cultivation Game + Multiple Secret Identities + Two Male Leads in the Background] Chen Yunling opened a book about two male leads, hoping for some fun. Then she saw the names: “Isn’t that my brother’s name!? My actual brother!” The more she read, the more shocking it became. Everything matched the events in the book. In the story, she married Gao Shaotang and got pregnant, then served as a human shield for those two shameless men while 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Conquest: Cultivating Through Relentless Competition to Surpass the Protagonist's Talent 攻略:内卷修炼,超越天赋主角 [Ensemble cast + love-triangle chaos + multiple one-sided crushes aimed at the heroine + plenty of foreshadowing + no saintly heroine + possibly a power fantasy, but she’ll never be wronged] [Heroine: clear-headed and self-serving + ruthless and taciturn + adorable deadpan + cool and composed + always puts herself first + never suffers abuse] [Everyone except the heroine is a supporting character, regardless of gender. The four romance targets are only important supporting characters, too.] [Eve 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 An Engineer Transmigrates: With My Health Bar Almost Empty, I Plug Myself In 工程师穿越,血条见底我反手插电 [Engineer transmigrates into another body + cultivating with electricity + scheming righteous path + keeping a low profile + no romance + career-focused strong female lead] Don't mess with the woman who treats spiritual energy like alternating current. She's seriously toxic. On the first day after transmigrating into another body, she was dumped in a mass grave. Using her own blood as a wire, she electrocuted herself back to life. She keeps a low profile, keeps running, and quietly focuses on 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Starting with a Hundred Billion Spirit Stones, I Become the Richest Man in the Cultivation World 百亿灵石开局,我在修仙界当首富 Feel-good power fantasy\Female-led story with a domineering heroine\Career-focused\No romance\Dark cultivation\Progression fantasy Setting: The more powerful and revered a cultivator is, the lower their moral standards. The more righteous a sect claims to be, the less scrupulous it is. Heroine: An honest sword cultivator who gets talked into becoming a total pervert. In the heroine’s world, there are no cultivation partners, only human cauldrons. She’s more powerful than anyone in the Joyful Uni 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Survival Across Worlds: From the Start, I Awakened a Pure Support Talent 万界求生:开局觉醒纯辅助天赋 [Survival Game + God-Tier Healing + Divine Blessings (partly based on the Honkai: Star Rail Aeon worldbuilding) + Career-Driven Heroine + No Romance] Everyone logs into the Myriad Worlds Game, receiving one starter shelter and one talent ability from the start. Su Su gets an impossibly lucky start and is ecstatic to obtain an SSS-tier talent. Then she gets an absolutely disastrous start and nearly breaks down when she discovers her top-tier talent comes with a top-tier drawback. … Through a twi 1.1kReads5.6Score13114d adds
- 48 Game Descends: The Ultimate Pay-to-Win Player Is Born 游戏降临:最强氪金玩家诞生 [Game + no romance + strong female lead + leveling progression] In 2050, a game called "Where Does the Road Lead?" descends upon the real world. In her previous life, Nan Xi was hunted by her fiancé and family after trying to escape an arranged marriage. Reborn, she now follows her parents’ wishes and marries the son of a tycoon who has divorced eight times. Then she turns around and pours her hundred-million-yuan dowry into the game, becoming its richest player after it arrives in the real worl 3.8kReads8.2Score59114d adds
- 49 After the Cat King Ascended, My Sanatorium Became a Sensation 猫大王飞升后,我的疗养院火爆了 A laid-back slice-of-life management story with no major overarching quests. No CP, just cats (they never turn into people, they never turn into people, they never turn into people; the cat is the second female lead). Wen Xia figured she must still be asleep. Otherwise, how could she have suddenly seen a golden beam of light streak down from the sky and zip into her house? And how could her cat boss have clasped its paws in a perfect imitation of a formal salute, meowed loudly at the golden ligh 399Reads8.1Score10414d adds
- 50 The Butcher’s Daughter: From Alchemist to Godhood on the Slow Road to Immortality 屠户少女,炼丹成神,慢慢修仙路 No romance + scheming heroine + play the pig to eat the tiger + no golden finger Lin Xiaoling, the butcher’s youngest daughter, dreams of becoming an alchemist, even though it’ll cost a fortune. Her family is dirt poor, and spirit herbs cost a fortune? No problem. She has one way to get rich: Can picking up trash turn a profit? Pick it up! Are the robes on dead people worth money? Strip them off! But after she strips the robes off a “dead” man?! ... These underwear... are actually a mid-grade ma 3.5kReads8.5Score38614d adds

















































