Meng Zi Yi and Wang Chu Ran Lost! The Top 10 'Most Vicious Revenge Heroines' in Chinese Dramas is Her, Buried Alive by Her Husband, Returns with a New Identity to Make Her Enemies Pay

In recent years, heroines in Chinese dramas have become increasingly formidable, facing annihilation, betrayal, being buried alive, or the wrongful death of loved ones. They no longer wait for others to seek justice but instead change identities, set traps, seize power, and personally make their enemies pay. From Meng Zi Yi's 'Baihua Sha' to Wang Chu Ran's 'This Second Overfire' and Wu Jingyan's 'Yuting Yao' and 'Moyu Yunjian', which female character has the most vicious revenge methods and the most satisfying counterattack process? This article compiles discussions from Weibo, Douban, and other platforms, based on the degree of harm to the character, the means of layout, the force of counterattack, the degree of revenge completion, and netizen evaluations, to summarize the 'Top 10 Most Vicious Revenge Heroines' in Chinese dramas.

10th Place: Wu Jingyan in 'Yuting Yao' 'Yuting Yao' stars Wu Jingyan and Chen Zheyuan. Wu Jingyan plays Meng Tinghui, an orphan from the common people. She becomes the first female top scholar in Da Ning through her talent and enters the察聞院 to investigate gang disturbances, official-business collusion, and court conspiracies. She is familiar with the rules of survival in the officialdom and never hesitates when dealing with villains. She is willing to bear the reputation of being a villain to expose the real culprits hiding behind power.

When Meng Tinghui appears, she sets fire to intimidate troublemakers and coldly says, 'To deal with a madman, you naturally have to use a madman's methods,' making the audience exclaim, 'The familiar Wu Jingyan is back.' Netizens also describe her aura with 'Revenge drama is a piece of heaven, who sees Jingyan not passing the smoke,' believing that Wu Jingyan has once again played a strong role that does not suffer losses.

9th Place: Chen Duling in 'Qiao Chu' 'Qiao Chu' stars Chen Duling and Zhou Yiran. Chen Duling plays Chu Chao, a daughter of a military family. In her previous life, she mistakenly trusted Xiao Xuan and became a pawn in his struggle for the throne, ultimately leading to the destruction of her family and her own death with grievances. After being reborn, Chu Chao immediately breaks off the engagement, saves the imperial grandson, and allies with Xie Yanlai to preemptively prevent Xiao Xuan from controlling the court again.

Chen Duling transforms from a gentle girl to a cold-eyed avenger, praised by netizens as 'finally finding the script of fate.' After being reborn, Chu Chao acts decisively and is no longer shaken by old emotions, earning praise from the audience for being 'awake to a terrifying extent.' However, some of the power struggles were criticized as 'baby power struggles,' with a clear disparity between the character's aura and the difficulty of the plot.

8th Place: Chen Duling in 'Yanhui Shi' 'Yanhui Shi' stars Chen Duling and Xin Yunlai. Chen Duling plays Zhuang Han'an, who was abandoned by her family in her childhood. Years later, she returns to the Zhuang mansion alone, facing the scheming of her aunt, the bullying of her siblings, and her father's hypocritical calculations. On the surface, she maintains a weak demeanor, but secretly she gradually exposes the secrets of the Zhuang family. When she learns about the pain her mother has endured for many years, she decides to gamble with her own life to demand justice from her father.

The scene where Zhuang Han'an raises a firearm at her father was hailed as 'the highlight of the year,' and some praised her as 'a true white-cut-black.' Unlike blindly killing in a frenzy, she ultimately chooses to end the cycle of revenge, not transferring the harm she suffered to the next generation, adding a layer of redemption to this revenge.

7th Place: Wu Qian in 'Nine Yi People' 'Nine Yi People' stars Wu Qian and Li Jiahang. Wu Qian plays Meng Yuan. Her friend Lin Xulan exposed the evil deeds of Wu Lian, the owner of the embroidery house, but due to insufficient evidence and witnesses withdrawing, she died with grievances. Meng Yuan did not rush to take revenge but endured for seven years, gradually finding the witnesses and informed parties from back then, and gathered nine ordinary people to reopen the case.

Audience members described Meng Yuan's process of gathering people as the 'ancient version of the Avengers,' and some expressed that the plot is 'the more brutal it was seven years ago, the more satisfying it is to reopen the case seven years later.' Her ruthlessness comes from the long wait, and despite knowing that the witnesses might withdraw again, she insists on piecing together the scattered evidence to restore it to its original form, seeking justice for Lin Xulan and all the victimized women.

6th Place: Wang Chu Ran in 'This Second Overfire' 'This Second Overfire' stars Wang Chu Ran and Zhang Linghe. Wang Chu Ran plays both Ren Susu and Fang Mulan. When Ren Susu was young, she saved Mu Rong Qingjing, but the Ren family suffered a tragic annihilation as a result. Years later, she used a fake death to escape her original identity and returned to Shanghai as Fang Mulan, even becoming the fiancée of Mu Rong Qingjing's brother, investigating the truth behind the harm done to the Ren family within the military warlord family.

Fang Mulan appears gentle but actually has a purpose every time she approaches the Mu Rong family, earning the title of 'white-cut-black revenge heroine' from the audience. The dangerous and ambiguous tug-of-war between her and Mu Rong Qingjing also makes netizens exclaim, 'Knowing it's crazy, but still can't help but follow,' but the taboo of uncle and niece and the setting of the warlord family also sparked 'too ridiculous' and other polarized reviews.

5th Place: Sun Li in 'The Palace' 'The Palace' stars Sun Li and Chen Jianbin. Sun Li plays Zhen Huan. When she first entered the palace, she still believed in the emperor's sincerity, but later she lost her children, her close friend Shen Meizhuang, and her lover Guo Junwang, and discovered that she had been a substitute for Queen Shunyi all along. After returning to the palace from Ganlu Temple, she completely abandoned her innocence and launched a series of counterattacks against Qi Fei, Anling Rong, the Queen, and the Emperor.

Netizens believe that the revenge plot in the latter half of 'The Palace' is 'very satisfying to watch,' and the scene where Zhen Huan reveals the truth by the emperor's bedside was called 'the most vicious cut in the entire drama.' She finally stood at the top of power, and almost all those who harmed her received retribution, but she also lost the people she cared about the most, becoming a revenge with no real winner.

4th Place: Liu Shishi in 'Zhangxin' 'Zhangxin' stars Liu Shishi and Dou Xiao. Liu Shishi plays Ye Ping'an, a wandering doctor in the Jianghu who can see through people's hearts. An old case many years ago destroyed her life, and she spent eighteen years preparing for revenge. After returning to the Holy Capital, she deliberately made herself into a witch in everyone's mouth, using medicine, rumors, and human weaknesses to set traps, and even willingly took on the suspicion of murder to lure the hidden forces to surface.

Ye Ping'an appears calm but has long been prepared for 'success or death.' She is called 'the female lead with full charm points' by the audience. The plot keeps twisting, making many netizens shout 'update quickly' while watching, and someone praised her for being 'crazy but clear-headed, ruthless but logical,' with every step seeming to have been calculated for many years.

3rd Place: Wu Jingyan in 'Yanxi Palace' 'Yanxi Palace' stars Wu Jingyan, Qin Lan, and Nie Yuan. Wu Jingyan plays Wei Yingluo, a palace maid. To find out the truth about her sister Wei Yingning's death, she voluntarily enters the Forbidden City and starts investigating from a low-ranking palace maid. Even if her enemies are princes, grandmothers, or powerful concubines, she still dares to question them face to face and then uses palace rules and their weaknesses to counterattack.

Wei Yingluo's biggest feature is 'revenge must be taken,' and she rarely endures for a long time after being bullied, often finding a way to get it back immediately. The audience praises her for 'never letting grievances stay overnight,' and watching her counterattack time after time is particularly satisfying. Some people also think that this personality is too bold in the feudal palace, but the freshness brought by the role still makes her become a representative figure of revenge heroines.

2nd Place: Meng Zi Yi in 'Baihua Sha' 'Baihua Sha' stars Meng Zi Yi and He Yu. Meng Zi Yi plays both Shen Xihe and Gu Qingzi. Gu Qingzi was originally the daughter of the prime minister, and her family was annihilated due to the jealousy of the royal family. After her death, she awakens in the body of Princess Zhao Ning Shen Xihe, bringing the memories of both and returns to the capital. She uses the art of perfumery to identify lies, builds an intelligence network, and then enters the power center through marriage to investigate the old case of the Gu family.

Shen Xihe puts the family's grievances and the grasp of power before emotions, described by the audience as 'the female lead's sense of satisfaction is pulled to the fullest.' The lines in the drama such as 'I want wind, rain, and the empire' also make netizens praise her for 'having ambition written directly on her face.' Although some people think that the reincarnation setting is similar to other ancient costumes, her strong attitude of refusing to be a pawn is still very eye-catching.

1st Place: Wu Jingyan in 'Moyu Yunjian' 'Moyu Yunjian' stars Wu Jingyan and Wang Xingyue. Wu Jingyan plays the talented woman Xue Fangfei. She was framed by her husband Shen Yuyong and Princess Wan Ning, accused of having an affair with someone, and finally buried alive by Shen Yuyong. After escaping death, she met Jiang Li, who was also persecuted by her family, and after Jiang Li's death, she borrowed her identity to return to the capital, seeking blood debt for both of them.

Xue Fangfei does not have the ability to foresee the future and can only rely on her courage, talent, and improvisation to solve the case step by step. Netizens describe Wu Jingyan's performance as 'as if Wei Yingluo has returned,' and more praise the drama as full of 'revenge aesthetics' and 'female lead satisfaction.' She ultimately makes her ex-husband fall from grace and makes Princess Wan Ning pay for all her evil deeds, representing the most in terms of the degree of harm, layout, and revenge completion, winning the championship this time.