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- 101 Who Will Walk Beside Me Through the Night? 何人伴我夜间行 [Courtly schemes + wits and courage + fictional late Qing setting] Would you call her a ruthless, calculating schemer, or a refined young lady, educated and well-mannered? The unforgettable steward Jiao swears brotherhood with twelve heroes and establishes a stronghold. Hardship breeds hardship, but a chance encounter with spring can transform a fish into a dragon. Why did “Ji Liuniang” cast aside the “Liu” in her name, and what carried her to success? A shrewd and far-sighted minister of the co 9Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 102 A Real Princess? No, a Real Monarch! 真公主？不，真君主！ (No romance + Strong female lead + Military academy competition in the early stages + Unifying humanity in the later stages + Passionate) Question: How many steps does it take to evolve from a monarch’s juvenile form to its complete form? Juvenile Ling Zhao: Orphanage from the start, with a game chip suspected to be a golden finger that keeps holding her back. Complete Ling Zhao: The first person of the post-interstellar era, first commander, divine star-caster, hope of humanity, sole heir to th 109.7kReads9.4Score15.6k14d adds
- 103 Love Me, Hate Me: I'm Behind Everyone in the Top Ten Player Rankings 爱我恨我，玩家榜前十全是我 [Strong Female Lead] [No Romance] [Multiverse Game Invasion] [Real War, Not Just Dungeons] [Lots of Fight Scenes] [All Secret Identities Are Female] [Worldbuilding Mystery] “My name is Zhong Lin. Lin, as in ascending to the summit. Welcome to my story.” When games from another world tore into reality, ordinary college student Zhong Lin drew the SSS-rank talent [Ceremonial Praise] from the start. After killing an enemy, she had a chance to obtain a ceremonial outfit carrying that enemy’s talent s 389.2kReads9.3Score109.6k14d adds
- 104 After Becoming a Cannon-Fodder Female Lead, I Speed-Married an Army Representative 穿成炮灰女配后和军代表闪婚了 [Completed] [Original Title: Factory Affairs in the Sixties, from State-Owned Factory to...] [Current Title: The Road to Success in the Sixties: She Just Wants to Get Ahead] [No Golden Finger + Serving the Nation and Its People Through Public Service + A Strong Male Lead and an Even Stronger Female Lead] [No Rural Relocation, No Black Market, No Supporting a Man, No Female Lead Suffering, No Doormat Wife] Xia Baozhu, a woman with a secure state-sector job, was reborn in 1963. To get back t 32kReads9.3Score4.1k14d adds
- 105 After Becoming a Female Chieftain, I Led the Frontier Out of Poverty 穿成女土司后，我带边疆脱贫致富 Lu Mingyu, an agricultural science student, transmigrates into the legitimate daughter of a chieftain's estate in Dayan. Her father died young, and her mother took over his duties and holds all the power. But the next day, she discovers that the estate lies in a remote border region, cut off from news, impoverished, and underdeveloped. So she gets to work, visiting the locals and conducting surveys herself, determined to help everyone escape poverty and prosper. But just as this young chieftain' 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 The Interstellar Number One Card Master 星际第一卡牌师 [Interstellar + Superpowers + Leveling Up + Academy + Tournaments + No Romance] No male lead. The heroine is a hardworking powerhouse who rises through the ranks. Qi Ning transmigrates into the body of an F-rank slacker in her final year of junior high, about to take the high school entrance exam. In this world, superpowers are flashy, but her cards are just as cool. Wait, the interstellar college entrance exam is a team battle?! Looking at her pitifully weak mental talent, Qi Ning falls sile 22.2kReads8.7Score3k14d adds
- 107 They Want Me to Be a Saint, but I Choose to Become the King of Hell 他们要我当圣母，我偏成阎罗 [Transmigrate into a book + wish fulfillment + face-slapping] [Arc 1: Transmigrating into a 1990s brother-enabler, I’m done being his meal ticket] ✔ [Arc 2: The Ninth Year of My Secret Crush] ✔ [Arc 3: The First Lady] ✔ [Arc 4: Transmigrating into the female harem character of a power-fantasy hero] ✔ [Arc 5: Survival in the Wasteland] ✔ … After transmigrating into a novel set in a bygone era, E6 becomes a human blood bank for the “chosen little brother.” From the start, she’s sent to live with 51.6kReads9.4Score6.7k14d adds
- 108 She Has a Billion Kinds of Superpowers, Yet Always Says She's Weak 会亿种异能的她，总说自己很弱 No romance, special abilities, leveling up + Infinite Flow scenarios + skill plundering + hunting monsters in the wild. Human emotions mutated into monsters, and domains descended upon the world. When the psychologist Zuo Xiuyan saw it all, she thought, Hm? This is right up my alley! Emotional contamination? Sorry, her emotions are steady, and contamination tastes great. Emotional monsters? Sorry, she absorbs emotions, and monsters taste great. What, people with mental illnesses are mutating int 18.1kReads9.2Score3.1k14d adds
- 109 My Consort Took a Concubine, So I Cast Him Off; He Rebelled, So I Became Emperor 驸马纳妾我休弃，驸马造反我称帝 [Signed for publication] [A noblewoman and a transmigrated woman join forces to contend for the throne. Strong female lead, ensemble cast, political intrigue, no romance] Yuan Xuan was born to be a pawn. For the sake of the realm, she lived as a man and served as crown prince for over a decade. When her younger brother was born, Yuan Xuan returned to living as a woman and became a discarded pawn. Abandoned by everyone, she had no one left who didn’t want her dead. Less than a year into her marri 15.7kReads9.5Score3k14d adds
- 110 Shocking! Unlucky College Student Forced to Survive on a Deserted Island 震惊！冤种大学生被迫荒岛求生 Dorm 425 was supposed to represent their school in a competition, but the girls unexpectedly ended up stranded on a deserted island. Students from other schools were there too. It turned out their instructors had tricked them into taking part in a wilderness survival challenge. To stay alive, the women of Dorm 425 exchanged glances and silently rolled up their sleeves... [Deserted Island Survival + Extreme Cold + Typhoons + Torrential Rain + Tsunamis + Live Broadcast] It was all the production c 1.9kReads9.3Score28714d adds
- 111 Global Survival: I Became the Eternal Second Place 全民求生，我成了万年老二 [No romance + stockpiling + infinite survival + natural disasters + teammates + food + mildly scary] [The rating just opened, so it’ll gradually rise. Don’t miss out, come take a look!] People know that among all the rankings, you can remember the number one spot, because it might belong to the leading sheep, the fierce wolf, the agile leopard, or the farsighted eagle. You can also remember the number six, because that one’s a troublemaking stick, a fish coasting along, a bucket waiting to be fi 68.9kReads9.3Score11.2k14d adds
- 112 Becoming the Most Popular One in a Horror Game 在惊悚游戏里成为最强万人迷 (Content warnings at the end of the blurb. This story rejects writing advice.) [Infinite-Flow + Wish Fulfillment + Passionate Team Ensemble + Light Mystery and Combat + Horror Escape] [Top-Tier Talent, Brains and Brawn, a Cold-Humored, Protective Female Lead, and Teammates Who Each Shine in Their Own Way] At first, the twisted viewers thought that some poor woman in a hospital gown was going to die horribly on the very first night of the first round. That was until they saw her with their own ey 107.8kReads9.4Score11.4k14d adds
- 113 The Spiritual Veins Awaken: I Brave the Five Realms with Just a Hairpin 灵脉重启，我靠一根簪子勇闯五界 [Classic fantasy progression + strong heroine's rise and growth + taming all kinds of spirit beasts + academies and sects + powerful ensemble cast + slow-burn, long-running story] In the final era of the God Realm, where spiritual power reigns supreme, a “girl with nothing” whose clan concealed her identity for hundreds of years has, with only a phoenix hairpin, “accidentally” restarted her spiritual meridians and unlocked a medicinal realm. Now approaching you is: A heaven-blessed daughter be 259Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Survival Game: I Own a Lake Island 求生游戏：我有一座湖心岛 [Strong Female Lead] [No Romance] [Infrastructure Building] [Farming] [Cute Pets] [The heroine never falls behind other survivors and eventually reaches the top] While conducting field research in the mountains with her advisor, she is caught up in the global event that drags everyone into a survival world. There's no time to mourn the modern life she's lost. Jiang Lanyue zips up her sturdy shell jacket and decides to start by finding the perfect spot to place a shelter for herself. No one k 74.9kReads9.3Score8.3k14d adds
- 115 I Transmigrated to the Zhou Dynasty, Helped Wu Zetian Summon Great Figures, and Built a Golden Age 穿越到武周朝代，我帮武则天召唤大佬们创盛世 I transmigrated to the Wu Zhou dynasty and helped Wu Zetian summon great talents to create a golden age. 517Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 The Apocalypse Arrives, and I Rely on Farming to Lead My Roommates on a Killing Spree 末世降临，我靠种田带室友杀疯了 [Apocalyptic Game + Multiple Worlds + Ensemble Cast + Farming + No Romance + Stockpiling] [The author doesn't read reviews, but occasionally reads comments on individual chapters] Synopsis: An apocalyptic game descends, and the dorms across the entire school are overrun. Thanks to a dream, Xu Kewang gets a head start on stockpiling supplies with her roommates, and they successfully unlock all their career skills. But can someone tell her what kind of good person gets Crazy Dave as their career? 87.6kReads9.4Score14k14d adds
- 117 Desert Survival: I Entered a Month Early 沙漠求生，当我提前一个月进入 Strong female lead, no romance, a level-up story with a slice-of-life focus. A System bug sent Feng Chan into a survival game called Lost Civilization a month before it was supposed to begin. Starting in the desert, she struggles to get by each day by opening three to five chests. Beneath the eerily quiet surface, danger lurks everywhere, and one careless move could cost her life. A month later, when the game officially begins and the first three billion players enter, she finally realizes she i 6.4kReads8.8Score85214d adds
- 118 I Really Don't Want to Be an Official 我真不想当官啊 [Wuxia] [Three Female Leads] (The three female leads drive the main plot) [Two Female Leads] (The main romance) [Love Grows Over Time] [Light Fantasy] [Heavy Political Intrigue] [Light Harem Intrigue] Er Wuwen lost her memory in an accident. Afterward, all she wanted was to lie flat and live as a carefree slacker. But another accident pulled her into a struggle, setting her off on a journey to solve a case... She never expected to become a powerful enforcer for the imperial court. What should sh 335Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Three Kingdoms: The Female Warlord of a Chaotic Age 三国：乱世女枭雄 (Also known as: The Female Overlord of a Chaotic Age) [Strong female lead + Three Kingdoms + no System + traditional empire-building + ensemble cast] Liu Yi, a female engineering PhD, transmigrates into the late Han dynasty during the Three Kingdoms era and grows up as a boy. She develops water conservancy, conducts research, and improves life for the people of her region. Just as the various factions are trying to win her over, she reveals herself as a woman and establishes her own power base, 55.6kReads9.3Score8.2k14d adds
- 120 Gu Master Quick Transmigration: Scumbags, Be Sacrificed to Heaven! 蛊师快穿，渣男祭天！ [Quick transmigration + no CP + Gu master + an absolutely powerful female lead!] A domineering CEO? He's a scumbag who belongs behind bars. Use Gu to kill him! A master? He's a dirty old man preying on an innocent young woman and playing out a substitute romance. Use Gu to kill him! A crown prince? He's a heartless ingrate reincarnated. Use Gu to kill him! A war god? He's a poor-born man who marries for money, takes everything from his wife's family, then repays kindness with treachery. Use 16.5kReads9.5Score2.5k14d adds
- 121 Even a Muggle Has to Take This World Down! 就算是麻瓜也要干翻这个世界！ “Wasteland + military academy + competitions + System + leveling + strong female lead, no romance” “Looks like a good-for-nothing, but is actually a powerhouse” “I mean, is it possible that abilities other than metal, wood, water, wind, fire, and earth exist?” Ming Xiang transmigrates into a wasteland world, becoming an ordinary person whose tests show no elemental abilities, but who comes with a status panel. What do you do if you have no abilities? Forge a path to power that belongs to ordin 19.6kReads9.4Score2.7k14d adds
- 122 I Only Want to Be a Military Doctor, So Why Are You Making Me Empress? 我只想当军医，你们让我当女皇？ [Feel-good revenge + transmigration + System + medicine + nation-building + conquering a chaotic age + empress + cheat powers] Medical student Liu Yi transmigrates into a war-torn age. The world is in chaos, the imperial court has fallen, and ordinary people can barely survive. But she brought along her all-purpose doctor System. System: “I can give you medical equipment.” System: “I can give you medical books.” System: “I can give you an entire modern hospital.” System: “Your goal is to becom 10kReads9.5Score2.3k14d adds
- 123 She Finds It Tiresome 她对此感到厌烦 [Transmigration + No Romance + Western Fantasy + Female Awakening + Strong Female Lead] At a friend’s recommendation, player 6237486 bought a dating sim called The Goddess Chronicle. But she never expected to transmigrate into the game and become its heroine, Lilith. Even after successfully winning over the male lead, Lilith didn’t return to reality. To escape the game, she had no choice but to complete every route. Round after round, she replayed the game, winning over all the male leads and re 46.8kReads9.7Score7.6k14d adds
- 124 Transmigrating to Ancient Times: Three Women, Countless Dramas 穿越古代：三个女人N台戏 [Ensemble cast + group transmigration + farming and commerce + military service and medicine + self-reliance and perseverance, an uplifting and satisfying story, slow burn, everyday slice of life] A car accident sends three women transmigrating to the unfamiliar Great Wu Dynasty, where they land in a bandit’s den from the start. Zhu Mingyue: “Watch me make a fortune with two deadweights in tow.” Duan Xiaotang: “Watch me bring stability to every corner of the realm with two teammates.” Lin Wanwan 27.9kReads9.4Score2k14d adds
- 125 Fellow Daoist! That Thief Has Written Another Book 道友！那贼子她又写新书了 [Cultivation + ensemble cast + no romance + divination cultivator + light literary borrowing] What do you do when you transmigrate to the cultivation world and are about to starve to death?! I’ve just arrived in the cultivation world, fresh off a mule. Thanks for asking: of course I’ll write stories to make money! . Her quest for immortality could wait. One book, After My Spiritual Root Was Destroyed, I Became the Immortal Venerable’s First Disciple, made her famous. Zhu Wuyou thought she could 8.7kReads9.0Score1.5k14d adds
- 126 After Binding to a Black Tech System, I Beat the Male Lead to a Pulp 绑定黑科技系统后我打爆了男主 [No CP + Academic genius + Cutting-edge technology + Real and fake heiresses + Wish fulfillment] After being reborn, Jiang Huaining discovers that she is the vicious supporting female character in a story about a real and fake heiress. According to the plot, the fake heiress is supposed to envy the real one, scheme against her family, and seize the company, only to be left with her family in ruins by the male lead. “What vicious supporting character? Being a tycoon is more my style.” So... She t 28.5kReads9.3Score3.8k14d adds
- 127 Survival for All: The Top-Ranked Girl Never Watches Where She’s Going 全民求生，榜一她总是不看路 Humanity on Blue Star was dragged into a survival game, and everyone collectively lost their minds. Who can relate? It’s just some lousy game, but it expects us to figure out skills on our own. It gives us a blueprint and expects us to gather materials and make things ourselves. If I could do that, would I be earning just 3,500 a month?! It was supposed to be a road survival game, but now it’s forcing us to learn stuff! Where’s the one-click learning button? Where’s the one-click crafting button 14.8kReads9.4Score1.5k14d adds
- 128 The Whole Dorm Was Reborn: The Apocalypse's First Girl Group Goes on a Rampage 全寝重生，末世第一女团杀疯了 Reborn in the apocalypse + quick transmigration with the whole group + a truly powerful heroine and a thrilling read + no romance, everyone is ruthless + overwhelming combat power + conquering the globe multiple times + stockpiling supplies amid the zombies + passionate action with no rivalry between women + reigning as two emperors at the height of her power Luo Jiu and her roommates fought desperately to survive the apocalypse for half a month, only to die together in an utterly unbelievable 21.7kReads9.3Score3k14d adds
- 129 Quick Transmigration Across Planes: I Own a Little General Store 位面快穿，我有一间小杂货店 [No romance + no male lead + general store + ensemble cast + doing business in various novel worlds, including storylines where the heroine gets help] [Main characters: Su Ling + a calico cat] After waking up one day, Su Ling finds that her general store has bonded with a planar trade System, and she transmigrates into a book. First book world: a lucky heroine in a story set during the era of rationing. A general store suddenly appears on the hill behind Dawang Village. It has more goods tha 52.3kReads9.3Score4.7k14d adds
- 130 Interstellar Mecha: The Frail Commander Takes on Seven Alone 星际机甲：病弱指挥官单挑一穿七 (Please read the first page of the main text for content warnings.) [Apocalypse, Interstellar, Strong Female Lead, Face-Slapping, Everyone Loves Her] Apocalypse enforcer Xu Lingqu transmigrates and becomes an unpopular, sickly adopted daughter of a general. Despite a constitution that leaves her fainting every three steps and coughing up blood every five, she's sent to the command program at the Imperial Military Academy. Command is great, command is wonderful. Commanders can sit safely behind 53.9kReads9.5Score7.7k14d adds
- 131 Could I Really Get Canceled in a Rules-Based Horror Game? 我还能在规则怪谈里塌房不成？ [Infinite-Flow + Rules-Based Horror + Horror Game + Strong Female Team + A Group of People With Questionable Sanity] Just before their debut, the group Shili belonged to was betrayed by a bandmate, who framed them for bullying. Their debut fell through, while the bandmate won netizens’ sympathy and relaunched her career to great success. To this day, Shili’s social media accounts are still flooded with abuse from the other girl’s rabid fans. As luck would have it, in the third year after the com 63.5kReads9.6Score7.5k14d adds
- 132 The Beloved Junior Sister Returns to Save Her Entire Sect of Grudge-Bearing Villains 团宠师妹归来，拯救满门怨种反派 [Signed for publication, under the title “Clear Day, Boundless Light.” Strong female lead + light ensemble cast + everyone’s darling + putting scumbags in their place] On the brink of death, Ji Qingzhou regains the memories of her past life and learns that she has transmigrated into a tragic cultivation novel, where she is the male lead’s doomed first love. Ji Qingzhou: I have no interest in becoming part of some jerk’s tragic romance. The plot is about to kill her, and she is about to breathe h 51.6kReads9.5Score7.9k14d adds
- 133 The Interstellar Heiress's Collection of Junk 星际首富大小姐的破烂收藏 [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 45.2kReads9.5Score6.8k14d adds
- 134 Back to the Beginner’s Village? No! I’m Here to Retire! 重回新手村？不！我是来养老的！ After completing 9,999 repair missions in minor worlds, Hua Yi decisively retires and chooses a world to spend her remaining years in. She seems like a fresh-faced newcomer who has just entered the world of cultivation, but behind the scenes, she’s a powerhouse who dares to go head-to-head with the Heavenly Dao! Along the way, she plays the pig to eat the tiger, picks up strays, and enjoys the gossip and drama. There’s the Child of Misfortune, sealed away by a powerful cultivator. There’s also t 10.3kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds
- 135 EN The Infinite Reset: A Side Character's Journey to Immortality 女配修仙，但是无限读档 [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 74.2kReads9.4Score9.9k14d adds
- 136 Spring Comes Across the Cold Branches 寒枝渡春来 [Max-level alchemy grandmaster enters the beginner village + slice of life + family bonds + a touch of ensemble cast] (There is a male lead: Shen Zhuochuan) What should you do when you transmigrate into the body of the frail, doomed-to-die-early older sister of a heroine? Everyone knows that protagonists like Long Aotian and Feng Aotian tend to have tragic backstories. Their families are wiped out, or their parents die. After reading the original story and learning that she was destined to di 69kReads9.4Score11.5k14d adds
- 137 I'm a Master? How Come I Didn't Know? 我是高手我怎么不知道 "Feel-good power fantasy"[Words Become Law]+ [Overactive Imaginations]+ [Ensemble Cast] Original title: I’m a Master, So Why Don’t I Know It? Xiao Ranshu suspects this world has gone mad! The dog she picked up is the fearsome Wolf King, renowned for his incredible combat prowess? The servant she hired while out shopping is a great sea monster from the merfolk? That silly rabbit is a Taotie that feeds on dragons... Xiao Ranshu slams the table in fury. “Bullshit! My pets are sweet, cute, and obedi 46.6kReads9.4Score4.9k14d adds
- 138 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 [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 38.1kReads9.5Score4.4k14d adds
- 139 EN Game Invasion: Addicted to Snatching the Male and Female Leads' Destinies 游戏入侵：抢男女主机缘会上瘾诶 [Game Invasion + No Romance + Leveling + Lone Wolf + Gaming] (Also known as: Game Invasion) After being reborn, the first thing Yu Xunge did was go home and make her younger brother down a bottle of liquor, causing him to miss the first game beta test. In her previous life, she didn't learn until she was dying that he had been scheming against her from the shadows all along. She was merely the villainess in a wish-fulfillment novel about a live-in son-in-law... Every bit of malice she suffered w 998kReads9.5Score85.8k14d adds
- 140 EN Too Many Reborn Heroes? Time to Bring in the Government 重生者太密集？我带国家队下场 (A feel-good power fantasy, with a beautiful, badass heroine who confiscates golden fingers) “Sheng is the boss around here. She's ruthless and doesn't waste words. Cross her, and she'll take you down!” In the year 2323 of the Star Era, the apocalypse is about to begin. Some people awaken their powers early, while reborn people are already making their moves… As the head of a new department, Sheng An is responsible for recruiting and leading all the powered and reborn individuals, preparing for 123.7kReads9.7Score17.5k14d adds
