Any Novels with a Ruthless Protagonist, No Saintly Do-Gooder, and No Female Lead? 主角够狠，不圣母，没女主的小说有木有

1. 1 人 A Brocade Guard, from the Start I Master the Marrow-Washing Sutra 人在锦衣卫，开局领悟洗髓经 Sword in Hand执剑Historical432k WordsCompleted [Imperial Brocade Guards + ruthless decisiveness + no female lead + human-shaped nuclear bomb] Gu Yu transmigrates into a low-ranking Imperial Brocade Guard officer and activates a kill-enemies-to-get-treasure-chests System. From the start, he masters the Marrow-Cleansing Scripture and becomes a walking human nuclear bomb, crushing and annihilating everything in his path. "Hear the Way in the morning, and you can die content in the evening." If I learn how to get to your house in the morning, by 12kReads8.6Score851Shelves

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   This novel about the Embroidered Uniform Guard is more to my taste; I can't really get into other Embroidered Uniform Guard stories. It's addictive, you'll be completely absorbed once you start reading, a fast-paced, satisfying read, already completed, no female lead, ruthless and decisive, the whole story is about killing from beginning to end. The Embroidered Uniform Guard, using imperial power, act without restraint, daring to mess with anyone, leveling up quickly. The ending involves regicide, defeating the final boss, and then it's over—at least it doesn't just change the setting and rehash the same old thing.

2. 2 道 Fellow Daoist, Why Is Your Human Emperor Banner Belching Black Smoke? 道友，你这人皇幡怎么冒黑烟啊？ He An Is Simple贺安很简单Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Even unorthodox paths can lead to Heaven! This poor Daoist has always been a bit timid. If I don’t pull up the roots after cutting the grass, I won’t be able to sleep at night! Heh heh heh... I, He An, am your great calamity! 81.3kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves

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   This protagonist is incredibly satisfying to kill from beginning to end.

3. 3 顾 The Gu Family's Young Master Has Gone on a Rampage! Chosen One, Run! 顾家少主杀疯了！气运之子快点跑 Luo Luo Luo Luo落洛络骆Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Villain + System + decisive killing + unstoppable domination + absolute self-interest + no heroine] Gu Jiusheng arrived in the Immortal Domain eighteen years ago. By chance, he bound himself to a god-tier villain System, gaining a glimpse of the course of fate. In the future, the Gu family would become a hunting ground for the chosen children of fate from the Myriad Worlds. Those favored by fate would step over the corpses of the Gu clan and forge their own supreme paths. Seeing it all clearly, 19.6kReads7.7Score2.1kShelves

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   No female lead, ruthless and decisive

4. 4 高 High Martial: A Pure-Love System? I'm a Pure Fighter! 高武：纯爱系统？老子纯战士！ Mad Big Gold Tooth疯狂的大金牙Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [High Martial] [Overwhelming Power] [Unmatched Among His Peers] [Pure Fighter] Lin Tian transmigrates to a High Martial world. The good news: he has a System. The bad news: it’s a female-oriented romance System, and it wants him to be a simp. [Mission: Win over your enemies with love and tenderness, make them repent, and grow stronger by earning “Regret Points”!] Lin Zhan glances at the System panel, then at the enemies before him, brimming with murderous intent. He grins. “Got it. I’ll make the 2.2kReads6.8Score175Shelves
5. 5 我 I'm a Villain. What's Wrong with Being a Little Cruel? 我一个反派，残忍点怎么了 City Madman都市狂人Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Fated Villain + Ruthless + Decisive and Merciless + Never Lets a Grudge Go Overnight + Unrivaled Backing] The fated heroine, whose bones were excavated four times before she was imprisoned and killed in her past life, is reborn. Armed with memories of her previous life, she finds the fated hero and joins forces with numerous factions to seek revenge. But as she watches her allies get killed one by one by Fu Jiuxiao and her factions get wiped out root and branch, the fated heroine is left dumbfo 7.4kReads7.4Score454Shelves
6. 6 玄 Xuanhuan: Doing Good Deeds Makes Me Stronger, Yet I'm Righteous to the Core 玄幻：做善事就变强，我正的发邪 Stealing Leisure from Boredom无趣偷闲Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless] [If he doesn’t die, am I supposed to die?] [Monsters feel no pain] [I don’t waste words on people who can’t understand] [A protagonist like Duanmu Yan] After transmigrating to a world of ancient martial arts filled with countless powerful fighters, Shen Zhou acquired the Book of Merit. As long as he did good deeds, he could grow stronger. And so, he set out on a path of good works and merit. [Killed a gambler, successfully helped him kick his gambling habit. Good Deed Poi 157.1kReads8.9Score21.8kShelves
7. 7 当 After the Villain Stops Slacking Off, the Chosen One Panics 当反派不在摆烂后，气运之子慌了 City Madman都市狂人Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [System + domineering + not a saint + villain + scheming + ruthless] Gu Qingxiao transmigrated into a fantasy world and became the Gu family’s divine son. With his talent and status, wasn’t he set to win at life? He chose to give up and coast instead! Unexpectedly, a villain System awakened. Gu Qingxiao ignored it. Who cared about being a villain? Let someone else do it! But when he watched his followers die, and saw his family get entangled with chosen ones for all sorts of bizarre reasons, Gu 24.3kReads8.9Score2kShelves
8. 8 反 Villain: From the Start, Give the Child of Fortune Two Choices 反派：开局给气运之子两条路选择 City Madman都市狂人Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Destined villain + domineering + scheming + System + ruthless] Di Juetian transmigrated into the Divine Son of the Di family in the Immortal Realm. He had a noble status, like a true dragon from the highest heavens. He'd thought fate itself favored him, and that he would ascend to the heavens, crush all beneath him through the ages, and rule for eternity! Then the Destined Villain System successfully loaded, shattering Di Juetian's fantasies. At that moment, the fated heroine he'd raised like a 19kReads8.6Score1.8kShelves
9. 9 世 The Heretic of the World 世界的异端 castle Kasuocastle卡索Urban239k WordsCompleted [Dual protagonists + no System + no female lead + no making characters stupid + no formulaic plot + somewhat dark] After that incident, Zhong Qi became a child pitied by the media and the public. He could have become an excellent doctor, but ultimately turned into an infamous serial criminal. Lü Fangxu was a boy-band idol. Because his father was mentally ill, he suffered countless instances of bullying as a child. He gritted his teeth and left the countryside, hoping to make something of himself 129Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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   A serial killer and a suicidal idol swap souls – that's ruthless! They use everything to clear obstacles, don't lower their intelligence, and have no system, allowing for dual-track growth.

10. 10 揍 Beat People to Boost My Cultivation, and I'll Slaughter My Way Through the High-Martial World! 揍人爆修为，我杀穿高武万族！ Matter, Form, Loss, World事式失世Urban292k WordsCompleted [Unrelentingly Satisfying + Takes Off Within Half a Chapter + Ruthless and Decisive + Never Takes an Insult + Dominates from Start to Finish + Brutal + Rapid Power-Ups + No Holding Back His Level] Accused of being a creep from the start, Ji Qiu beats up a self-righteous girl and activates the Tyrant System. He earns potential points by defeating opponents, and double the amount by killing them. What's more, potential points spent learning techniques can be reset and refunded! His classmates humi 8.6kReads8.4Score667Shelves

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    This one is even more exhilarating than *Tai Sui* and *Chu Sheng*, guaranteed! I'll say it three times: Don't look at the rating! Looking for a male-oriented novel set in a high-martial arts world, with decisive killing and an extremely satisfying experience, where the protagonist's character and style are very clearly defined? You've come to the right place! *Beat People Up to Increase Cultivation, I Slaughter Through All Races in High Martial Arts*! High Martial Arts: Starting with Max-Level Slaughter, I Become a Forbidden Ruler!* Getting stronger by killing enemies? No, I get stronger by killing people! When Ji Qiu is bound to the "Slaughter Evolution System," the entire high-martial arts world becomes his starting village! Ji Qiu transmigrates to a chaotic high-martial arts world, his life as insignificant as grass. Fortunately, he is bound to the [Martial Arts Slaughter System], allowing him to plunder the cultivation, techniques, and bloodlines of people—killers, demons, gods, monsters…—and turn them into his own resources! [Ding, killed an enemy, cultivation +] Ten years later, obtained a technique. He rises from humble beginnings with only his sword, forging an invincible path amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Proud geniuses challenge him? Slay them! Sects besiege him? Annihilate them! Ancient clans oppress them? Slaughter them! He acts without restraint, disbelieving in fate, believing only in his fists and sword. Beauties admire him, he scoffs; giants recruit him, he sees him as an ant. #HighMartialArts #System #DecisiveKilling #Invincible #ExtremelySatisfying #NoSaintly #NoSimps Extremely satisfying novel, never suffers: The protagonist is intelligent, killing with his heart, satisfying from the first chapter to the last, rejecting any frustrating plots. Explosive pacing, high energy throughout: The climax is right from the start, leveling up is like a rocket, the battle scenes are visceral, making the reader's blood boil. Appealing character design, appealing to both men and women: The protagonist is a cold-blooded hero, ruthless to enemies and even more ruthless to himself, with a powerful personality that attracts followers of both genders. (Swords clash, howling winds) While others transmigrate to a high-martial arts world as a waste's rise to power, Ji Qiu's transmigration is a dimensional subversion attack! The "Slaughter Evolution System" is activated, killing enemies allows him to plunder everything! From then on, he became the nightmare of all geniuses and the calamity of all sects. He swept through everything in his path, slaying gods and demons alike, defining his martial path with slaughter! Want to know what a truly invincible and exhilarating story is like? Click to read and experience the adrenaline rush! Rise from humble beginnings, system, decisive killing, no saintly sentimentality, no sycophancy, "invincible" max-level slaughter, slay, annihilate, slaughter.

11. 11 百 A Hundred Lifetimes of Reincarnation: I Will Become an Immortal 百世轮回：我终将成仙 Situ Liu司徒流Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Warning: the protagonist has no moral limits] [Dark story] [Not a saintly protagonist] [No heroine] [Decisive and ruthless] [Intelligent protagonist] This is the story of a despicable man who reincarnates a hundred times and seeks the path to immortality in the cracks between worlds. 6.4kReads6.9Score398Shelves

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    To date, Tomato's works are the best basic novels that are dark, profit-driven, and have no female lead.

12. 12 魔 The Demonic Sect’s Path to Enlightenment: I Discovered the Theory of Relativity for Sneak Attacks! 魔门悟道，我悟出偷袭相对论！ Tan Wenqing檀文清Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing The manhua series [I Comprehended the Dao in the Demon Sect and Discovered the Theory of Relativity for Sneak Attacks] is now available. [Everyone is intelligent, no female lead, slow-paced, with detailed worldbuilding] [The protagonist has a top-grade spiritual root, not a useless-protagonist type, and won't get any blatantly overpowered cheats] [Tight logic, comprehensive worldbuilding, and a newly reimagined cultivation world] Senior Brother, you're way too cautious! Aren't we a demonic sect? 96.2kReads8.4Score10.7kShelves
13. 13 凡 A Mortal’s Demonic Cultivation: The Profound Yin Chronicles 凡人修魔：玄阴传 One Big White一只肥大白Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [Mortal-world setting + satisfying read but no overpowered, arrogant hero + genius protagonist + decisive and ruthless + demonic cultivation + technical approach to cultivation + creates his own techniques and secret arts later on + slow burn + Xuanguxian template + skips the mortal-world opening] Xiao Qing is reborn in the cultivation world carrying a mysterious jade pendant. After testing as a three-element spiritual root, he unexpectedly joins a demonic sect. Once there, Xiao Qing relies on h 49.7kReads8.6Score4.9kShelves
14. 14 灭 Extinction: From Beginner to Expert 灭绝世界从入门到精通 An Elementary Schooler's Keyboard小学生的键盘Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Villain + villain + villain + no female lead + ruthless and decisive] “Li Yuan, you’re a madman! I can’t comprehend your malice toward life. I can’t even imagine how cold and dark your heart must be. Your actions are appalling. I simply believe that killing you is more urgent than killing any other enemy.” “Li Yuan, are you trying to play God? You want to turn the world into hell, etching your crimes into every corner. You want to make life your plaything, with everyone’s survival hanging on yo 6.1kReads7.5Score493Shelves
15. 15 修 Cultivation, but I Eat Spirit Roots 修仙，但我吃灵根 A Moment of Wind and Moon一朝风月Eastern Fantasy882k WordsCompleted [No System + no transmigration + ordinary man cultivates demonic powers + lightning + poison refinement + dark tone + ruthless and decisive + self-serving + no female lead (cultivation tools included) + devours spiritual roots] Traditional cultivation fantasy. The protagonist is heartless, and the story contains some unusual acts of violence. The pace is faster than a typical ordinary-man cultivation story, with no unnecessary rambling. Spiritual energy is poisonous. Immortality is a curse! Li W 1.5kReads8.0Score150Shelves
16. 16 修 Cultivation Makes Me Grow, Cultivation Makes Me Happy 修炼使我成长，修炼使我快乐 Whispering Sky细语天Xianxia2.3M WordsOngoing [If it benefits my cultivation, it's righteous! If it doesn't, it's evil!] [Traditional] [Coming of Age] [Slow Burn] [Self-Serving] [Cunning] [By Any Means Necessary] [Every character, strong or weak, major or minor, is calculating] The Great Dao is indifferent, and immortals and mortals are forever divided. The mortal world is home to countless billions, all yearning to cultivate immortality. Yet they are like prisoners bound by invisible shackles. Even with peerless talent and cultivation ar 9.8kReads6.7Score893Shelves
17. 17 以EN In the Name of Justice: Slaying the High-Martial Multiverse 以正义之名，斩尽高武苍生 Ya Qi鸦栖Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Wish fulfillment + Overwhelming dominance + Ruthless + No female lead] In the interstellar age, martial arts flourish. Chu Sheng binds himself to the Justice System. Every righteous deed earns him a reward. Being timid and submissive is not justice. Justice that comes too late is pure bullshit! Justice means striking hard! Taking the initiative! Evil must be punished! If the wicked don’t die, should I die instead? Evil breeds evil! What do you do when someone frames you? Hit back! What do 42kReads8.1Score3.9kShelves

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    Bao Ruthless, even the protagonist's name is Chu Sheng (meaning beast), and none of his men survive.

18. 18 边 I Slaughtered My Way to Godhood on the Frontier, and Now I'll Crush the Academy's Prodigies! 边疆杀戮成神，我打爆学院天骄！ Tai Xia Lao Jun太下老菌Urban2.2M WordsOngoing [No heroine + high-level martial arts + System + ruthless and decisive + talent upgrades + invincible protagonist + traits + not an academy story!] Not an academy story! The protagonist does not go to college! The rating has just come out and will gradually rise! Incredibly satisfying! The further you get, the better it gets! His place was stolen and he was expelled? Shen Tian turns around and walks into the dirtiest exotic-beast abattoir in the city! He only wanted to earn enough to get by, but 58.5kReads7.5Score6.2kShelves

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    No romantic pairings, no ambiguity, ruthless and invincible.

19. 19 我 I Only Want to Train and Get Stronger, Yet You Keep Trying to Make Me Kill 我只想练武变强，你们却要逼我杀人 Tenth Day of the Month月初十Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Ye Wen transmigrates into a high-martial-arts world. All he wants is to grow stronger as quickly as possible and find a way home. But why does everyone keep picking on him, provoking him, and wasting his cultivation time? If you waste my time cultivating and getting stronger, you’re disrupting my Dao heart! Disrupting my Dao heart means blocking my path to the Dao! If you block my path to the Dao, I can’t become a powerful expert! If I can’t become a powerful expert, I can’t go home! If I can’t 6.5kReads8.3Score421Shelves

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    A brutal, brute-force, and reckless man, no female lead, decisive and ruthless, pure fun, easy to get hooked on. See the synopsis: You're hindering my cultivation and becoming stronger, which disrupts my Dao heart! Disrupting my Dao heart is blocking my path! Blocking my path means I can't become a strong person! If I can't become a strong person, I can't go home! If I can't go home, my parents won't be able to find me! They only have me as their son, and they'll definitely be worried sick! I might not even have the chance to see them one last time! You're practically trying to kill my whole family! I, Ye Wen, have no grudge against you! You actually want to kill my whole family! Then I have no choice but to fight to the death!

20. 20 鬼 Master of Ghostly Fate 鬼命之主 White Little White Cloud白小白云Eastern Fantasy889k WordsOngoing With a useless System and a ruthless Host, Mo Li, born a villain, will stop at nothing to achieve his goals. He has always believed in one creed: either be forsaken by everyone or ascend to the very top. 3.4kReads6.7Score277Shelves
21. 21 杀 Kill the Protagonist, Seize His Fortunes, and Become an Immortal! 杀主角，夺机缘，道爷我成了！ Vast Qin 1泱泱大秦1Xianxia957k WordsOngoing “My name is Lin Shen. Shen, as in cautious.” “You dare oppose me? I won’t be able to sleep until your whole family is dead.” Other people cultivate immortality through years of hard work. I, Lin Shen, do it by seizing what I want! By taking it! Children of Destiny? They’re my walking blood banks! The protagonist’s golden finger? That’s my exclusive spoils of war! On this journey, I kill everyone I meet and take everything from everyone I meet. What order and rules? In the face of overwhelming st 148kReads8.1Score16.3kShelves
22. 22 自 Starting in the Qin Dynasty, I Dominate All the Heavens 自秦时起，开始横镇诸天 The Mountain Spirit Isn't South Wind山鬼不是南风Anime Fanfiction178k WordsOngoing “The King of Qin sweeps across the six realms, his tiger-like gaze so majestic! He swings his sword and parts the clouds; the feudal lords all come west.” After centuries of suffering among the common people, as the world stands on the brink of unprecedented unification, schemers are always trying to overturn it all. The people are in misery, the world ablaze… Can the Hundred Schools, who deceive the masses, endure? By day, Bai Qi, descendant of Lord Wu'an, was stopped by a long b 445Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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    He shamelessly recommends himself, without a female lead, as a blade in the hands of the First Emperor. Anyone who gets in his way will die, including the female lead.

23. 23 邪 Evil God Moran! 邪神墨然！ Three Winds 11三风11Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted Why does the headless ghost in the hospital keep praying at midnight? Why does the skin-stealing ghost in the desolate mountain village wail without stopping? And why does the long-haired female ghost in the studio apartment shriek in the middle of the night? None of this is a distortion of human nature, much less a collapse of morality. It’s just that… someone’s having an episode! In an age when horror has returned and vengeful ghosts run rampant, Bai Yuan, dressed in a hospital gown, smiled ca 155.2kReads9.3Score16.3kShelves

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    There's no female lead in the film, and there are hardly any female characters at all. [Thinking][Thinking][Thinking]

24. 24 诡 The Eerie Spirit Medium: My Doll Can Really Manifest Spirits 诡异降神师：我的娃娃真能显灵 Clouds Can Smile云会笑Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Ghosts in the Book!] [Dark Tone!] [Villain Protagonist!] [Urban Supernatural!] [Horror Aesthetic!] [Invincible from the Start!] A sinister doll saws someone to pieces, a red-clad vengeful ghost claims lives at the airport, a hundred ghosts hunt people down along a ten-mile street, the dead rise again in a crematorium, and corpses dance wildly in an abandoned hospital... None of these things happened to me. They are all stories I wrote. My name is Yang Ning. I am an heir to the Ling Men, a profe 131.2kReads9.5Score11.5kShelves
25. 25 大EN A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 Gaara's Sand我爱罗的沙Urban4.0M WordsOngoing [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 525.3kReads9.5Score41.9kShelves

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    The protagonist is ruthless and decisive in killing, and he is not a saint. If there were a saint, then the saint would die the most tragic death.

26. 26 武 Wuxia: Killing Enemies Earns Cultivation, and My Power Is Unfathomable! 武侠：杀敌爆修为，我功力滔天！ The Salted Fish Is Ready to Take Off咸鱼要起飞Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Gain cultivation by killing enemies + ruthless and decisive + level up fast] This is a world full of powerful experts and sects: the Nine Sects and Six Gangs, the Eight Demonic Sects, the Three Daoist Orders, the Two Buddhist Temples, and the Great Qian imperial court, whose might holds the four seas in awe. The powerful see the weak as ants, while princes treat the martial world as a chessboard. Fortunately, Xiao Bieli activated the Kill to Gain Cultivation System. As long as he kills an enemy 87.2kReads8.7Score5.3kShelves

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    These two are books I've been reading recently, and they're incredibly good. The characters are ruthless and taciturn, decisive in their actions, and purely exhilarating. You definitely won't regret reading them! Highly recommended!!!

27. 27 7 A Model Employee at Bureau 749, Sweeping Through the High-Martial World Without Stopping 749局当劳模，横推高武不停泊 A Little Bamboo Shoot一根小山竹Urban222k WordsOngoing [Bloodthirsty]+ [Power Fantasy]+ [System]+ [Genius]+ [No Female Lead] Jiang Chao had always acted decisively, taking revenge without delay and making sure to wipe out every last trace of his enemies. When faced with evil spirits, he casually crushed them with overwhelming force, burning every last enemy to ash. The prodigies of every race in the world were nothing compared to him. “My lord, please stop using your powers. He was signaling his surrender just now.” “Ah! Why didn't you say so 3Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 一 One Slash, One Demon: Bro, Are You Done Pretending? 一刀一个妖魔，不是哥们不演了？ Minotaur Warrior牛头人战士Urban2.4M WordsCompleted My name is Su Wuji. I physically transmigrated to a world where demons and monsters have returned 22 years ago. I thought I could live in peace, but it turns out everyone in this world is out of their minds! A demon is eating people, and I cut it down with one stroke, yet someone still shouts, “A demon’s life matters too”? I’ll give you two slaps right here! I joined the Demon-Slaying Bureau and became Jiangcheng’s most fearsome “Demon Crusher.” A night-crying demon possesses villagers? One 40.5kReads8.5Score3.1kShelves
29. 29 海 One Piece: I Joined the Marines from the Start, and I Am Justice 海贼：开局加入海军，我就是正义 Just an Ordinary Man本是俗夫Anime Fanfiction719k WordsCompleted The protagonist of this novel is a Marine. He's decisive and ruthless, kills without hesitation, and is nearly invincible, though he has a brief period of growth early on. [Congratulations, Host! Your first draw has earned you the Gale Sword Style!] "Death is like the wind, always at my side! Face the wind! Hasaki!" [Congratulations, Host! Your draw has earned you the Seed of Corruption, which lets you enslave others!] "My heart is clear as a mirror, and all I do is just! Super: Advent of the Wo 5.6kReads8.9Score291Shelves

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    An author who meets your requirements.

30. 30 真 The Real Eunuch: Sunflower Manual and Northern Darkness Divine Skill from the Start 真太监：开局葵花宝典加北冥神功 Just an Ordinary Man本是俗夫Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted With a castrated body, he holds the power of life and death. Clad in a dragon robe, he is known as the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old Lord. The martial world is awash in blood and violence. Of the countless heroes under heaven, Eunuch Chu has killed more than half. Here you’ll find Li Xunhuan and his Little Li’s Flying Dagger, the peerless hero Xiao Feng, as well as Di Shitian, Xiong Ba, and the heroes of Wind and Cloud. He holds the sun and moon in his hands and treads upon the stars. Who could possibl 6.8kReads8.6Score305Shelves
31. 31 被 A Life Spurned by Another World 被异世界唾弃的一生 Cool-Off Period清冷期Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Western fantasy + ensemble cast + no cheats + sword and magic + fictional world + some angst] My soul transmigrated to another world. No System, no dazzling start, and this isn’t a power fantasy. Give me a little patience, and I’ll give you a fantasy world unlike any other. This is the story of an ordinary modern office worker who must first survive in a world torn by chaos, then step over heaps of corpses on his way to becoming the Doomsday Demon feared by all. Reader advisory: The first two 4.9kReads9.0Score437Shelves

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    A fantasy world travel story, no cheat codes, no systems, no lucky encounters. Kill one person, you're a criminal; slaughter millions, you're a king. Dark style, no saintly hearts, ruthless killing. No right or wrong, no justice or evil, only different stances.

32. 32 司 Commander Si, Why Are You Standing with the Monsters? 司统大人，您怎么站怪物那边了？ Little Black the Firebreather喷火小黑Urban3.7M WordsOngoing [No female lead + no romantic tension + no romance + ruthless and decisive] Amid the crowds beneath the neon-lit cityscape, there are monsters wearing human skin, walking among them just like ordinary people. The news says these people are called the Awakened. They feed on human flesh and are savage monsters. One quiet afternoon, an ordinary high school sophomore undergoes a transformation and becomes one of the Awakened, standing against all of humanity! To survive, he makes a pact with a god a 102.6kReads8.7Score10.4kShelves

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    If there's a female lead, I'll eat shit; if there's a female lead who's ambiguous with girls, I'll eat shit. The protagonist in the first book is really fun, and he has multiple identities and is hilarious. The second book is a bit mind-bending.

33. 33 从 Starting with a Dormitory Manhunt, I Slay Every Ghostly Evil God 从宿舍逃杀开始斩尽幽诡邪神 Peace Throughout the Land天下长安Mystery2.0M WordsOngoing [Communicate with the Future] [Monsters Lurking] [Rules That Kill] [Power-Up System] [Supernatural Sequences] [Everyone Has a System] [No Female Lead] "Chu Xuan, if you're awake, don't speak. Don't make a sound... You'll be the next one to die!" "These are the rules of the day-and-night killing game. If you want to get out alive, you have to find and kill the monster!" After transmigrating back to his college days, Chu Xuan planned to use his foresight to make money and lie flat. But he never ex 248kReads8.8Score31.1kShelves
34. 34 我 One More Pickpocketing Spree and You Might End Up Exposed! 我一个偷窃下去，你可能会走光！ The Peerless Playboy, Me, Pang Hu绝世骚男我胖虎Sports684k WordsCompleted [Online Game + SSS-Rank Talent + Lone-Wolf Adventurer + Ruthless + Lawless + Not Reborn + No Female Lead, No Sick and Dying Sister, Read with Confidence] The online game Divine Revelation has taken the world by storm. Tired of grinding for money in games, Zhou Ming decides this time to become a thief, but unexpectedly awakens the SSS-rank talent “Infinite Potential,” which allows a chosen skill to grow without limit. And so, a thief with a ridiculously powerful stealing ability is born! “I admit 15.2kReads8.3Score1.2kShelves

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    The book I wrote features a thief as the protagonist, an SSS-level talent, with no female lead or younger sister. He's a lone wolf among wolves, rising to power through theft, killing anyone who stands in his way, and even gods if they are in his way.

35. 35 末 Apocalypse Villain: Reborn, I Infiltrate the Protagonist's Crew 末世反派：重生后，我混入主角团 Room-Temperature Sugar-Free Soda常温无糖汽水Sci-Fi & Apocalypse683k WordsCompleted [Zombies + post-apocalypse + doomsday + self-interest + decisive and ruthless + villain] Important: The protagonist is neutral evil when he’s in a good mood and chaotic evil when he’s not. He has almost no humanity. Don’t read if that’s not your thing. Only after Chi You dies does he learn that the hotheaded boy who’s always going on about love and peace is the chosen protagonist, destined to save the world, while he himself is merely a villain serving as a stepping stone along the protagonist 37.5kReads9.2Score3.5kShelves

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    A post-apocalyptic rebirth villain story where the protagonist crushes the chosen one of destiny; no female lead.

36. 36 家 Family System: I, the Villainous Patriarch, Develop Steadily 家族系统：我，反派家主稳健发育 April Green Gardenia肆月青栀Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsOngoing [Dark Writing, Do Not Read If You're a Goody-Two-Shoes] + [Cautious] + [On the Side of Righteousness, but With a Demonic Heart] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Family Interests Above All] + [Cruel and Merciless] + [No Holds Barred] + [Family Unity] At seventeen, he takes charge of a cultivation clan and forges it into an immortal family through cold-blooded slaughter! “The old family head died suddenly, enemies surround us, and the clan is in panic. I'll take the seat!” Li Xingge was born into a 237.3kReads8.9Score21.3kShelves

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    @ε. The first book is ruthless and decisive, the second one is also passable, the writing is barely readable. There aren't many books that meet the requirements and are also well-written.

37. 37 家 Cultivating Immortality with My Clan: I Have a Boundary-Breaking Pearl 家族修仙，我有一颗破境珠 Three Thousand Regrets三千遗憾Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsOngoing [Clan Cultivation] + [Swordsmanship] + [Invincible] + [Body Tempering] + [Soul Tempering] + [One Female Lead] In the Jiuyi Realm, humans and demons stand side by side, while monsters and fiends run rampant, locked in endless warfare! Zhang Huaijin transmigrated, reincarnating into a Qi Refining clan in Langya County. The path to immortality is incredibly cruel. The bottlenecks between cultivation realms are like chasms, all but impossible to cross. Countless prodigies and heroes have met their e 82.6kReads7.9Score7.1kShelves
38. 38 没 Are You Sick? Why Talk About Kindness with a Man-Eating Demon? 没病吧？你和食人魔谈什么善良？ Wang Wugen王五棍Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + invincible hero + food + farming + keeps his distance from humans + no do-gooder heroine + survival + everyone] How does an ogre usually eat? Step one: Find a desert monster. Step two: Hit it. Step three: Beat it up. Step four: Throw it into a pot. Step five: Simmer it over low heat for two hours. Gorkin had transmigrated to this endless desert world twenty years ago, but he was an ogre with a huge, burly build. He had finally become a chief, and now all the people of Blue Star 31.7kReads9.1Score3.5kShelves

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    These books are all quite ruthless, involving countless murders.

39. 39 我 I Wasn't Born to Be the Protagonist 我没有主角的命 Boiling Water Diary开水日记Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [No female lead] [Cringe points? Toxic points? This book has them all. Enter at your own risk, and be prepared. I’m afraid it might poison you.] In a martial arts world, he’s the miserable guy whose engagement is broken off by the protagonist’s love interest. In an immortal cultivation world, he’s the stepping stone crushed beneath the Holy Son’s foot. In a terrifying game full of demons and strange horrors, he’s the unfortunate person chosen to play. Gu Chuan transmigrates through the myri 3kReads8.5Score232Shelves

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    That would definitely include Master Gu and Master Zhou.

40. 40 反EN The Villain Should Be Invincible 反派就应该无敌 Bored Little Bai无聊小白啊Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted The animated adaptation is now streaming: The Lord Who Suppresses the Nine Heavens: The Protagonist Should Be Invincible Reborn as the leader of a demonic cult, he obtains the Villain Invincibility System and from then on makes the cult invincible. I am Zhou Qiong, leader of the demonic cult. No one is allowed to contradict what I say. Even while protecting the cult with one hand, I remain invincible in the world. 33.8kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves
41. 41 网EN Online Game: God-Tier Assassin—I Am the Shadow! 网游：神级刺客，我即是暗影！ One for Three Yuan三元一只Sports5.3M WordsOngoing [Online game, assassin, game merges with reality, stats-focused] The mysterious game Godforsaken arrives. Players can kill monsters to gain lifespan, then spend that lifespan to bring their in-game abilities into reality! And so the supernatural descends, and disaster spreads across Blue Star! In his previous life, Qin Feng and his younger sister, Qin Xiaoyou, grew stronger until they were among the world’s top hundred. In the end, though, his star-chasing sister gouged out his eyes to give his 257.2kReads9.1Score30kShelves

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    None of them have any romantic pairings, no ambiguous relationships, no female lead, and no male lead. I highly recommend the third book; it's really enjoyable, and it's even been adapted into a comic.

42. 42 末EN Apocalypse Game: Killing My Girlfriend on Day One 末日游戏：开局手刃校花女友 Green Plums Fade Easily青梅易逝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.1M WordsCompleted [Game Stats] [No Romance] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Invincible Protagonist] [Absolute Egoism] [Pure Wish Fulfillment] No saintly heroes allowed!!! After surviving ten years of the apocalypse, Lin Ziluo was reborn on the day the apocalypse game arrived. When he came to, the first thing he did was kill his campus crush, the girlfriend who had betrayed him and ruined his life for ten years. Unexpectedly, he activated a System that could grant him countless golden fingers. His first golden finger: Ab 130.9kReads9.4Score10.8kShelves

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    Using humans as guinea pigs to become gods—that's ruthless! [Learned something new]

43. 43 全 Global Class Change: I Awakened as the Drunken Sword Immortal from the Start! 全民转职：开局觉醒酒剑仙！ The Macaque Has No Peaches猕猴没有桃Sports1.5M WordsCompleted [Everyone Changes Class + Hidden Class + Leveling Up + Data-Driven + One-Shot Kills] Also known as Holy Crap, Where Did My Health Bar Go? and My Damage Is Only a Tiny Bit Higher... When games merged with reality and the world's rules changed, humanity entered an age where everyone could change class. Dungeons, dark caverns, and battlefields beyond the borders all appeared in the world. Gods looked down upon the mortal realm, amused by the struggles of ants. And powerful class holders stood guard 30kReads8.9Score2.9kShelves
44. 44 挖 You Dug Out My Dao Bone for Your Brother? Then the Whole Clan Can Go into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner 挖我道骨给弟弟？全族万魂幡中去 Feng Huokuang疯火狂Eastern Fantasy563k WordsCompleted [No System] [Traditional Fantasy] [Decisive and ruthless] [Demonic path] [Dark] [One heroine] [Unhinged heroine] [Demonic temptress] His father is an Extreme Martial Saint, his mother the Immortal Mistress of Yaochi, his eldest sister a genius sword immortal, his second sister a master of alchemy, and his third sister a prodigy in talismans and formations. Born into such a family, Gu Zhi should have had a carefree life. But after an accident, young Gu Zhi was cruelly abandoned. After twelve year 5kReads8.6Score442Shelves

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    These are all very good. The first one is a single-female-lead witch story, but it's still very good. I read the others a while ago, so I've forgotten whether they had female leads or not. If you like stories about killing, you can check them out. If you like them, read them; if you don't, please don't criticize. [Shy]

45. 45 万 The Eternal Demon Emperor! 万古魔帝！ San Zui三最Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Villain + invincible domination + System + three emperors from one family + building a faction + ruthless decisiveness + ultimate power fantasy + the plot becomes legendary in the middle and later stages] Gu Changge transmigrates into a fantasy world and binds himself to the Demon God System. As long as he keeps killing, he can quickly and easily increase his demonic cultivation and obtain all kinds of heavenly treasures! From there, he rises against all odds, founds the Heavenly Demon Cult, an 22.8kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves
46. 46 玄 Xuanhuan: After My Death, I Became the Primordial True Demon 玄幻：我死后，化身原始真魔 Journeying to the Mortal World远赴人间Eastern Fantasy442k WordsCompleted [Ultimate villain + dark + ruthless + nearly invincible + slaughters his way through the world + no female lead] My name is Zhao Wumian. I'm an ordinary person with little cultivation, yet a lofty divine son falsely accuses me of being a fiend who slaughtered hundreds of millions. Before long, my body will be crushed, my three souls and seven spirits ripped out, and I'll suffer in a soul lamp until I die. My name is Ye Baiwei. I'm the Holy Maiden of Qixia Sacred Land, and I have another i 3.4kReads7.7Score186Shelves
47. 47 氪 Lifespan-Gambling Martial Saint: I Became Invincible by Betting All My Years 氪命武圣，从梭哈寿元开始无敌 The Lazy Cat's Landlord懒猫的房东Eastern Fantasy423k WordsCompleted [Feel-good novel + decisive and ruthless protagonist + fast-paced, crushing all opposition] [Life-For-Power System] Spend your lifespan to deduce martial arts without limit and improve your cultivation. Kill your enemies to plunder the years they have left to live. After transmigrating to a fantasy world, Lu Yuan finds himself in a demonic sect where danger lurks everywhere and the weak are prey to the strong. He is in despair. Fortunately, he obtains the [Life-For-Power System]. To survi 2.6kReads8.0Score191Shelves
48. 48 高EN High Martial Arts: I Became an All-Element Warrior 高武：我成为了全系武者 Fei'er Catches Loaches飞儿捉泥鳅Urban2.6M WordsCompleted [Elements + Devouring + Cosmos + Steady Protagonist + Ruthless Combat] In a parallel universe, cultivation depends on the elements. The more types of elements you master, the stronger you become. Qin Chen transmigrates to a parallel world, gets the All-Element System from the start, and awakens a devouring talent. Cultivation? Devour things to advance. Elements? Complete missions to gain more. Talent? Top-tier from the get-go. Body? Sorry, my cells are stars, and my body is the universe. 81.7kReads9.0Score6.5kShelves

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    A light novel, set in a modern city with high-level martial arts, no female lead, feel free to criticize if you're unhappy, system included.

49. 49 别EN You're Speedrunning High-Level Martial Arts While Others Suffer? 别人练功吃苦，你直接速通高武？ Changshou Can't Fly长寿不会飞Urban3.5M WordsOngoing [Signed for publication] [High martial arts + wish fulfillment + total domination + fast-paced + ruthless] “Ye Li, your opponent this time is my boyfriend. You’re no match for him, so hurry up and forfeit...” “You knocked him to his knees?!” “Ye Li, why did you apply to the top of the five great academies? Didn’t your teacher tell you not to get complacent and to keep your feet on the ground... You’ve already been granted early admission?!” “Ye Li, this strange beast rules the whole region. We’r 142.9kReads9.1Score10.8kShelves
50. 50 作 I Extend My Life by Doing Evil: Immortal in the High Martial World 作恶延寿，我在高武长生不死 Ya Qi鸦栖Urban625k WordsCompleted [Advanced Martial Arts + Fast-Paced Power Fantasy + Rapid Leveling + Crushing All Opposition + No Romance] In a world of advanced martial arts, the martial path flourished. Chu Sheng was reborn back to his senior-year sparring competition. His opponent was Ye Chen, who had crippled him in his previous life and loved to play the pig to eat the tiger. What else was there to say? He'd go all out and take him down! Ding! Serpent-Coiling Spear reached the state of returning to simplicity! Ding! Mount 9.9kReads8.5Score734Shelves

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