The Dark Age of the Apocalypse

[Dark, no System, no dumbing down, unconventional, plot twists, cold and ruthless dark protagonist, kills women, no female lead, slow burn]

(This is simply a proper, unconventional dark apocalypse novel. If you only like stories where the protagonist effortlessly slaughters everyone, enter with caution.)

(A slow burn, with the story confirmed to kick into high gear after chapter 45 and keep escalating from there.)

When dark clouds blot out the sun and the world falls into darkness, the grim age of the apocalypse begins.

Humanity adapts to zombies, only for giant insects to arrive.

They escape the giant insects, only to face the Spirit Realm, the Abyssal Realm, and the Demon Dragon Realm, one after another.

Battle royales, sieges, ruin...

The weak wait to die. The strong put up a desperate fight, only to die in even greater despair.

There is no light in sight, let alone hope.

A grueling early stage, a dangerous middle stage, a despairing end...

Less than ten years after the apocalypse began, fewer than a hundred million people remain alive worldwide.

This is a true apocalypse. Everyone is waiting to die, and the strong fighting for supremacy is nothing but a joke.

Lin Yi, the “Black Emperor,” a ninth-level dark-type powerhouse from the apocalypse, has been reborn.

Overjoyed, he believes he can save his loved ones and make up for the regrets of his past life.

But he has forgotten that his rebirth was no accident: it was part of a plan he devised in his previous life.

And his goal is definitely not to save his loved ones...

(As usual, this blurb doesn't do the story justice. It starts slow before taking off, so don't read it if that bothers you.)