Ruthless, Highly Intelligent, Not a Goody-Goody, and No Harem 杀伐果断，高智商，不圣母，不种马。

1. 151 高 High Martial Arts: A Blade That Slashes the Heavens 高武之刀斩苍穹 White-Robed Mortal Life浮生白衣Urban576k WordsCompleted He clawed his way out of a blood pool in hell, and returned as a walking calamity among mortals. His former name had long since burned away. Now, he is Zhang Mo, a vicious weapon born for nothing but annihilation! His blade is his tongue, and an unmarked stele bears witness. Every ringing stroke of his blade is the final word of countless lives. Tenderness? Loyalty? Dust in the wind! In his world, there is only the solitary peak of slaughter, watered with scalding blood. 6Reads5.3Score—Shelves

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   This one is good; the killing is ruthless, and there's no female lead.

2. 152 机 Failed Takeoff: Starting as Ren Woxing, I Devour the Heavens 机飞失败，从任我行开始吞噬诸天 Only Two Words只有两个字Eastern Fantasy177k WordsCompleted Full title: Mechanical Ascension Fails, So I Begin Devouring the Myriad Worlds as Ren Woxing No saintly do-gooder stuff, and told from a villain’s perspective. Readers, feel free to suggest whatever you’d like, and I’ll do my best to deliver. Chen Mo. The “Mo” means indifference. Chen Mo has never been any kind of hero. He’s a madman who’ll do whatever it takes to “evolve.” After mechanical ascension fails, he realizes the martial arts, divine beast bloodlines, and planar fortune of the Myriad W 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Absolutely not a saint

3. 153 凌 Ling Yun Returns with the Cranes 凌云归鹤 Miaogushe藐姑射Urban227k WordsCompleted Chu He, a lowly delivery courier, is betrayed by his girlfriend and a rich second-generation heir, then beaten to death by the heir's bodyguard. On the brink of death, he's revived by Yun Chen, the sect master of Lingyun Sect, and inherits his legacy. Transformed from the ground up, he sheds his cowardice and returns to the city to rise against all odds, tearing his enemies apart and crushing the powerful families. He goes from a lowly nobody in the gutter to the top of the city in a story packe —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A master descends the mountain, returning invincible; he fights anyone who dares to challenge him, decisive and ruthless.

4. 154 绝 The Peerless Sword God 绝色剑神 Zhi Ge Wen Mo止戈问墨Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted That winter, the martial world died. Tianwaitian slaughtered the entire martial world, staining rivers and mountains with blood. Beauty meant death. Zhao Qinghe was the most remarkable princess in the world, and the most beautiful woman in the world. When she smiled, the mountains and rivers paled. When she drew her sword, even immortals bowed their heads. Her Flowing Cloud Soft Sword made her invincible in three moves. Two even more dangerous women were always at her side: Luo Qinghan, “De 464Reads8.1Score191Shelves
5. 155 结 My Husband Held a Knife to My Throat on Our Wedding Anniversary 结婚纪念日丈夫用刀抵住我脖子 Wise or Foolish睿或愚Modern Romance142k WordsCompleted “On our third wedding anniversary, he held a knife to my throat in the Kizil Caves. ‘Hand over the phone Chen Zhongyun gave you.’ I smashed the phone and turned around to report all the evidence of his embezzlement, affairs, and murders. To get the evidence, he rammed me with his car, while his men dragged my mother into a secret detention ward...” An independent woman, a career professional, neither saintly nor submissive. She gets her scumbag husband sent to prison, then finds a younger collea —Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 156 都 Now That I'm Reborn, Who'd Still Want to Be a Straightforward Fool? 都重生了谁还要做个老实人 A Duckweed Adrift at the Edge of the World天涯一浮萍Eastern Fantasy283k WordsOngoing No System, everyone is sharp, and the protagonist is decisive and ruthless. He’s no bleeding heart or womanizer: if he can settle things with action, he won’t waste time talking. If he can kill a hundred people, he’ll never stop at just ninety-nine!!! 99Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Decisive and ruthless, not a saint, highly intelligent, and a good writer.

7. 157 觉 After Awakening the Righteous Path System, the Evil Cultivator School Beauty Was Terrified 觉醒正道系统后，邪修校花吓哭了 Self-Destructing Truck自爆卡车Urban658k WordsOngoing The rating has just appeared and will go up later. [Advanced Martial Arts + Scumbag Male Lead + Hypocritical Moralizer + Scams and Swindles + PUA] The moment Pang Guang opened his eyes, he had transmigrated to Blue Star, where spiritual qi had revived. Traditional cultivation methods still existed here. But ordinary people lacked resources, making cultivation difficult. So most took the path of one kind of unorthodox cultivation or another. Fortunately, Pang Guang awakened the Righteous Cultivat —Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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   You'll come back and thank me. [Awkward laugh][what]

8. 158 疯 Madcap Fantasia 疯批家的狂想曲 Black and White Images黑白画映Fantastical Romance467k WordsCompleted Modern Arc: This world’s fate was decided long ago. Every choice we make leads to an ending already written. And I, Shu Yue, was the one who tore open every prelude with my own hands. Ji Hua’s ten years on the run began because of me; Chen Songhan’s two thousand years of waiting were for me; My older sister, Shu Wen, fell into the time of the Qin Dynasty because I got her involved; Ancient divine beasts, underworld generals, and a phoenix’s true form all gathered in the same storm because of me. 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This world is a net. Each person is a struggling node, tightly bound by their own desires, fears, loves, and beliefs. They pull at each other, hurt each other, and support each other. This is not a war; it is a collective symptom of "existence." You can see a bit of yourself in each of them: Gui Xu's idealism and madness; Chen Songhan's responsibility and weariness; Shu Yue's search and resistance; Jian Rui's obsession and protection; Chu Ji's loyalty and emptiness; He Feng's obsession and indifference; Zhang Zhibai's disillusionment and longing; Hong Li's purity and sacrifice; the demons' struggle and cries; Nezha's indifference and execution. When you open this book, you are not reading a story. You are witnessing a grand and cruel exhibition of souls. Below each exhibit, there is no price tag. Only a line of small print: "This is how I lived, this is how I chose, this is how I endured." And which one will you take away?

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