So What If I’m a Lowly Demon Priest and Steal Your Fortune?

There Aren't Any Good Dark Stories Anymore. Come Prove Me Wrong

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Tired of the Same Old Plots, Folks, Recommend Anything, as Long as It’s Somewhat Original

Ruthless, Decisive, Cunning, Devious, and Utterly Self-Interested

Only the highest quality, only masterpieces. Recommend one or two at most. If they’re no good, I’ll give you an earful. They have to be genuinely smart.

High-Quality Stories with a Ruthless, Decisive, Highly Intelligent Protagonist Who Isn't a Goody-Two-Shoes

Anything involving a System, cultivation, online games, city life, or transmigration is fine.

Looking for a Satisfying Novel With a Cold, Ruthless, Dark Villainous Male Lead Who Isn't a Goody-Two-Shoes

Looking for Books with a Protagonist as Smart as Li Ziye, Preferably Not Mindless

I'd like books like *Misty Rain Tower*.

Evil, Cruel, and Out for Himself: No Harem

Pure Dark Fiction. I Like Bloodthirsty Themes, Any Genre

Looking for Dark, Cold-Blooded Stories With an Emotionless Protagonist

The protagonist has a functioning brain, stays clear-headed, and is rational

A Cautious but Fearless Protagonist Who Kills Decisively and Hides His Strength. No Heroine, No Flirting, Fantasy Setting

Looking for books similar to *I, Starting Immortal Cultivation with the Basic Qi Refining Art*.

Looking for a God Protagonist Who Slaughters Without a Care, Treats Human Life as Worthless, and Doesn't Do His Job

Dark Novels, All Kinds of Dark Novels, with No Saintly Goodness at All

Looking for a Cultivation Novel With No Moral Limits, Where the Protagonist Will Stop at Nothing to Live Forever

I Like Dark, Cold-Blooded, Highly Intelligent Protagonists

Dark, but with principles. Cold-blooded, but not indiscriminately murderous. Highly intelligent, but not promiscuous. Does anyone have novels like this to recommend or discuss?

Looking for Clear-Headed, Rational Protagonists Who Are Disillusioned With the World and Cold, Detached, and Ruthless

Born a Fiend: Selfish and Self-Serving, Always Benefiting at Others' Expense

Anything From Your Browsing History Is Fine. Female-audience Novels Are Fine Too, Since I’m Not the One Reading Them Anyway

Villains! Villains! Cold-Blooded! Ruthless! Completely Crushing the Protagonist! No Mindless Villains!

Ideally, I want a satisfying wish-fulfillment story, but it’s fine if it isn’t. Just no brainless characters. I read with my brain switched on, thanks! ^ω^

Behind-the-Scenes Mastermind, Controls Everything, Beyond Human Emotions, Looks Down on All Living Beings

Justice that comes too late isn't justice. Let those self-righteous hypocrites know that what we believe is justice.

Dark, Cold-Blooded, and Ruthless, Stopping at Nothing for the Dao

Ruthless, Selfish, Cold-Blooded, and Answerable to No One

Su Wuxie is the GOAT.

Any Recommendations With a Highly Intelligent Protagonist Who Plans Ahead and Has Everything Under Control?

The protagonist doesn't need to know martial arts. I want someone who crushes others with their intelligence and can talk people into knots. No bleeding-heart protagonist, preferably no female lead.

Dark Fiction at Its Darkest

A Cold Male Lead Who Takes Everything Seriously, Is Ruthless and Decisive, and Has No Feelings

The only three good xuanhuan novels with a single female love interest that I've read are The Six Realms Sealing the Gods, Dao Realm Under Heaven, and Sword Rises in the Wind. After finishing them, I couldn't find anything else. I even ended up reading romance novels instead.