I'm pretty much have zero experience reading a Chinese cultivation type novel with a female MC. Are there any good ones for beginners that are enjoyable and badass. I'd prefer it not to be a reverse harem and romance josei/shoujo overload? Romance is fine, just don't be the central focus. It should be more on action, being OP, and being enjoyable read like just the replacement of the gender in a normal male MC cultivation novel.
Demon King Consort Poisoning the World: The Secret Service Mysterious Doctor is a Young Beastly Wife Many more on volare novels
My Disciple Died Yet Again Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka? The Girl Who Ate a Death God The Bathroom Goddess Try moonbunnycafe.com, they have a few but I'm too lazy to read the summery on every novel. The not "reverse harem" criteria does exclude a lot of the ones on volare novels.
Bewitching Prince Spoils His Wife: Genius Doctor Unscrupulou... Demon Wang’s Golden Favorite Fei Evil Emperor’s Wild Consort Genius Doctor: Black Belly Miss Insanely Pampered Wife: Divine Doctor Fifth Young Miss Jiang Hu’s Road is Curved Meow Meow Meow (this might be not ur cup of tea since she is actually a cat and this is more like comedy, but i think this is one of the best novel with female MC) Mesmerizing Ghost Doctor My Disciple Died Yet Again Poisoning the World: The Secret Service Mysterious Doctor is... Prodigiously Amazing Weaponsmith Space and Rebirth: The Favored Genius Doctor and Businesswom... Stunning Edge The Beautiful Entropic Girl: Poison Expert Third Young Miss The Captivating Crown Prince The Corpse Ruler Confuses the World, All Seven Husbands Are ... The Demon God Pesters: The Ninth Lady of the Doctor The Demonic King Chases His Wife: The Rebellious Good-for-No... The Evil Prince and his Precious Wife: The Sly Lady The Good for Nothing Seventh Young Lady The King of Hell’s Genius Pampered Wife The Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military Lineage (this is more like politic and ancient chinese people schemes but she is strong + smart and calculative. This is now on my top list of fave novel because darn our Empress is fierce!) The Royal Princess Fox Unprecedented Pill Refiner: Entitled Ninth Young Lady Queen of No.11 Agent 11 Xian Wang Dotes On Wife There are more novel with femme MC but since u want cultivation novels only, then these are all of them on my reading list
is Space and Rebirth: The Favored Genius Doctor and Businesswom... really a cultivation novel? I never read this one...