Looking for Dark Fiction About Cold-Blooded Nobles Who Put Self-Interest First 求黑暗文 冷血贵族 利益至上的小说

1. 1 我 Me! Beautiful, Strong, and Doomed! Still Fierce and Irresistible Today 我！美强惨！今天也很凶很迷人 Waving Goodbye to the Morning Clouds挽朝云Two Male Leads578k WordsCompleted [No Female Lead + Transmigrates Into a Game + 1v1 + Mild Angst] Wen Nuo dies in a fire and opens his eyes as a nameless extra in an otome game. To survive, he struggles to change his fate. After switching sides from the rebels to the righteous faction, the most powerful big shot tells him, “If I can live in your heart, that will be the greatest happiness of my life.” Wen Nuo: ...I'm just a background male character. 438Reads9.3Score110Shelves

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   Ah, ah, ah, struggling to survive in a cruel and cold-blooded family, it's so exciting!

2. 2 全 Global Mutation: The Mutant Frenzy of Trillions of Lives 全球畸变：亿兆生命的变异狂潮 Turbid One浊人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted Meat blossoms sprout from the soil, and fangs grow from the flowers. The old order awakens all around them. To it, humble humanity is nothing but vermin to be exterminated. Mount Fuji erupts, and the entire Sakura Isles are ripped up and hurled at Huaxia. The magnetic poles flip, super-earthquakes strike, towering tsunamis rise, and the seven continents are squeezed together by a giant hand. Abnormal memes, twisted reality, and layers of overlapping worlds: as the boundary between physics and co 14.3kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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   🔥Highly recommended!!! The author has practically included every element I could imagine that I'd love: organ mutations, physical evolution, a zombie apocalypse, a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a mind prison, a soul prison, metamorphosis, and more! It's so good!! Absolutely ruthless and decisive, a true "cool" novel, truly self-centered, and unlike other novels where the protagonist's party is always full, this protagonist completely exploits his teammates for personal gain, disregarding the lives of others. He's selfish, cold-blooded, and ruthless—a truly satisfying read from beginning to end. In all my years of reading "cool" novels, I've never seen such complete selfishness, such undisguised power, and such dominance from start to finish. Highly recommended!!!

3. 3 黑 Black Butler: Victoria 黑执事，维多利亚 Wan Ci万慈Anime Fanfiction444k WordsCompleted [A Black Butler fanfic. Early on, the protagonist acts “more or less” like a human. His true nature emerges midway through, and in the later parts he stops pretending... At heart, he is a cold, heartless person. Readers looking for goodness and kindness, please stay away. No CP, no romance, and a leveling-up plot.] As a modern human who transmigrated, I faced the problem of survival from the moment I was born... Unclean water, polluted air, and somehow I was lucky enough to live until I could wa 3kReads8.9Score358Shelves
4. 4 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.5kReads9.7Score69kShelves

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   All I can say is, elegant, truly elegant!

5. 5 只 I Only Make Money, Never Romance: I'm the Best Professional Simp! 只赚钱不谈情，职业舔狗我最行！ A Long Sigh长叹一声Urban3.9M WordsOngoing (Succubus + winning back the husband + lighthearted comedy + everyday campus life + no System + not reborn + sweet and angsty) A gambling-addicted dad, an alcoholic mom, a sick little sister, and a broken-hearted him. To make money, Lu Xing chose to provide emotional support instead of doing either brainwork or manual labor. Everyone knows Lu Xing is the humble pursuer of the aloof campus beauty Wei Qingyu. He loves her to his very core and takes care of her in every possible way! Wei Q 261.1kReads9.5Score18.8kShelves
6. 6 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score183.1kShelves
7. 7 战 Half a Life on the Battlefield, Yet I Return as the Same Old War God 战死沙场戎半生，归来仍是旧武神 A Quick Silence反手一个沉默Urban2.7M WordsCompleted Wang Xian, a half-step Martial God at the eighth realm of Old Martial Arts, died on an alien battlefield protecting ordinary people, only to return in a dream to his youth in his senior year of high school. In my previous life, I achieved greatness late, reaching the peak of the half-step Martial God realm, only to stop at the eighth realm and die with regrets. In this life, I will use my self-created Starry Sky Body-Tempering Art to forge a starry sky martial body capable of devouring stars and 94.2kReads9.1Score7.1kShelves
8. 8 太 Thank Goodness, They're the Embroidered Uniform Guard. We're Doomed 太好了是锦衣卫，我们没救了 The Weary Swallow Returns to Its Nest倦燕落巢Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [Ruthless and merciless] [Decisive and bloodthirsty] [So satisfying it's insane] [The Embroidered Uniform Guard solves cases and kills, no romance, no cultivation] Wei Shan transmigrates and gets bound to a System called “No Beef.” As long as he solves cases, hunts down criminals, and does things that make him feel good, he earns points. In his past life, he was executed by firing squad after killing his enemy's entire family to avenge his mother. Now he's arrived in a world overrun by demons an 94.7kReads8.3Score10.3kShelves

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   This is good; the killings are decisive, there's no nonsensical plot, it's not frustrating, and it's very enjoyable to watch.

9. 9 领 Lord, the Human Race Is Weak. What Does That Have to Do with Me, a Cultivator? 领主，人族弱，关我修仙者什么事 Qi Refining Cultivator炼气期修士Eastern Fantasy248k WordsOngoing [A Little Dark] [Power Fantasy] [Immortal Venerable] [Behind-the-Scenes] The proud dragons are stripped of their scales and fur, and the holy angels have their wings torn off. From then on, another world passes down tales of a band of executioners. Guided by the principle of harming the heavens, but not Wen He, a group of cultivators set out on a campaign of conquest under Wen He’s leadership. Demon: “Compared to them, I’m practically a raw recruit.” Angel: “I have no idea. They said they envied 1.1kReads8.1Score102Shelves

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   A super good dark novel with no female lead and no overly saintly protagonist. The protagonist can be considered a genuine villain, an absolute egoist.

10. 10 我 My 99 Perfect Hunts 我的99次完美狩猎 Little Half-Immortal of Shu Mountain蜀山小半仙Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Realism] [High-IQ crime] [Masterful mind games] [No female lead] [For readers who love logic] The police in Xikang City received a phone call from someone calling himself Ghost, who claimed he would kill a certain person in three days. More than that, he wanted the police to rush out and protect the target. He intended to carry out the killing under the police's tight security. The police took the threat extremely seriously and made careful preparations. When the three days were up, the result 40.3kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves

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    Everyone should go see this! You'll be absolutely captivated and drawn to every single person! 🥺

11. 11 冰 The Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoarded a Hundred Billion in Supplies 冰河末世，我囤积了百亿物资 Sea of Memories记忆的海Sci-Fi & Apocalypse7.4M WordsOngoing Doomsday + reborn + massive stockpiling + playing it safe + unlimited space + dark revenge, no saintly protagonist The world enters an ice age. The freezing apocalypse arrives, and 95% of the planet's population perishes! In his previous life, Zhang Yi was killed by people he'd helped because of his kind heart. Reborn one month before the freezing apocalypse, Zhang Yi awakens a spatial ability and begins frantically stockpiling supplies! Short on supplies? He empties the hundred-billion-yuan war 359.9kReads8.7Score17.8kShelves
12. 12 硬 Hardcore Survival: My Daily Life with the Campus Beauty on a Deserted Island 硬核求生，我和校花在荒岛的日常 Pineapples Everywhere满地是菠萝Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Stranded on a deserted island from the start! No lighter, no tools, no welcome package of any kind, just a backpack full of useless junk! With the help of a hardcore survival System, he makes fire by rubbing sticks together, collects water from a mud pit, crafts a stone axe, and tears apart a venomous snake with his bare hands! Once he gets through the early days, he starts making stone tools and pottery, smelting metal, raising livestock, and growing crops... Then, whenever he has a spare mome 37.8kReads9.3Score2.9kShelves

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    Everyone should go see this! You'll be absolutely mesmerized, captivated by every single person! [Almost crying]

13. 13 开EN I Threaten the Female Lead from the Start, and I'm Set on Being the Villain 开局威胁女主，这个反派我当定了 A Hundred Years of Nurturing Benevolence百年树仁Urban2.2M WordsCompleted [Scheming, shameless, hilarious. Pure-love fans, beware] Jiang Che transmigrated into the role of a rich second-generation villain in a modern wish-fulfillment novel, and was bound to a God-Tier Choice System. From the start, he happened to catch the heroine trying to sneak a peek at the exam papers. A villain’s choice was triggered! [Choice One: Pretend you saw nothing] [Choice Two: Shout at her, drawing a crowd] [Choice Three: ...] And so, a perverted supervillain was born. To avoid being 79.3kReads8.9Score6.6kShelves
14. 14 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 103.8kReads8.7Score10.6kShelves

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    [Making a face] The protagonist awakens as a Resurrector [feeling wronged]. In despair, he is deceived to death, makes a pact with a god, and is reborn. After his rebirth, he joins the darkness, walking among humans with the body of a god. 'If the times cannot tolerate me, then I will destroy this era!' [Angry]

15. 15 蒸 The Steam Age: My Anchor Is a Flood of Gold Pounds 蒸汽纪元：我的锚点是金镑洪流 User10857711用户10857711Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted Life in steam-era Britain, in a mysterious world of sequence potions. As Rain explores this world, he discovers that elves exist here too, and that a nation of Han Chinese lies to the east. To find his way home, Rain uses money to weave a path toward greater heights. 4.1kReads6.6Score355Shelves

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    Sequence potions, steampunk, everyday life in Britain

16. 16 送 After Sending Off My Adoptive Parents, My Childhood Friend Thinks I'm a Good Guy 送走养父母，青梅以为我是好人 The Mortal World浮世人间Eastern Fantasy130k WordsOngoing Rather than say I was living under someone else's roof, it would be more accurate to say I had taken another's place. When only one person is left, can they still fulfill their great wish for revenge? I thought I couldn't fall for anyone anymore... But then, with a silly smile, she was truly captivating. (Stabbing adoptive parents: yes. Stabbing master: yes. Stabbing the old man in my soul: yes. Cross-dressing: yes. Living off someone else: absolutely!!!) 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Backstabbing people every day for profit

17. 17 我 I'm Almost a Max-Level Evil God, and You Want Me to Switch to Summoning? 我快邪神满级，你劝我转职召唤？ The Sky Isn't Dark Around the Corner转角天不黑Urban2.3M WordsOngoing (Story-focused, somewhat dark, with a touch of warmth, no heroine, not invincible, not a System-powered wish-fulfillment novel, a slight ensemble cast; read with caution if that’s not your thing.) On the wasteland, greedy gods carve up their territories. To survive the beast tide, people have no choice but to offer their humble faith, hoping to win divine mercy and become extraordinary. Huang Ye was born among the ruins of the lawless, studies in a city of righteous gods, yet walks the mortal wo 32.6kReads8.8Score3.2kShelves
18. 18 永 Eternal Demon 永魔 Adding Ink to Continue the Story点墨续作Eastern Fantasy757k WordsOngoing Traditional cultivation. The protagonist is ruthless and merciless, no holier-than-thou hero, no heroine, dark fiction! No System!! If you want to become an immortal in the heavens, you must climb the road to immortality over the bones of others. This isn't AI-generated. I wrote it by hand!!! 3.1kReads5.4Score311Shelves

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    A traditional cultivation-themed story, the protagonist is ruthless and decisive, willing to use any means to achieve his goals; he is cold-blooded, cunning, and utterly inhuman. No female lead, no system, and not a brainless or dark novel. [Thinking][Thinking]

19. 19 善 I'm So Kind, Yet Somehow I Evolved into the Very Opposite of Everything 善良如我，竟进化成了一切的反面 True Lord of Benevolence, Filial Piety, Kindness, and Virtue至仁至孝至善至德真君Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsOngoing Guess which one on the cover is the protagonist? [Devouring Evolution + Ruthless + No Romance] “Bastard! I’ll never forgive the one who made this world weep!” 1.2kReads6.6Score110Shelves

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    These three books are absolutely ruthless.

20. 20 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 6.1kReads7.5Score503Shelves
21. 21 秩 Order Paradise: I Can Add Points Without Limit 秩序乐园，我无限加点 Ruler of the Ancient Gods古神支配者Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.9M WordsCompleted [Nonhuman Protagonist + Infinite Flow + Data-Based + Logic-Focused + Utterly Dark + Anti-Human Nature + Decisive and Ruthless + No Female Lead] Mu Bei is a cause without origin, with no biological father. After spending eighteen years in a sterile hospital ward, Mu Bei signs a contract with the Paradise of Order. And so begins a story full of slaughter and destruction, devoid of love and mercy, one that feeds on all living beings... (Reader advisory 1: After the first volume, the protagonist bec 346Reads7.3Score113Shelves
22. 22 重 Reborn to Cultivate Immortality: I Have a File System 重生修仙之我有一个档案系统 The Waiter Doesn't Sell Wine小二不卖酒Eastern Fantasy321k WordsOngoing [Xianxia Fantasy] [Clever Protagonist] [Everyone Is Villainous] [Multiple Transmigrators] [System Free-for-All] [No Female Lead] Chen Shu, a long-haul truck driver, transmigrates to the Biyang Continent and becomes a menial disciple in a demonic sect, growing ginseng. There are plenty of transmigrators here, and old friends stab each other in the back when they meet. Grow stronger by raising a Gu, and even Systems can level up. Things haven't been going your way lately? Then slaughter a few fell 174Reads—Score107Shelves

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    A celestial being serves as the spokesperson, demonic cultivators abound, the plot is full of twists and turns, decisive in killing, and transmigrators stab each other in the back!

23. 23 光 All Beings Beneath the Light 光遇众生 The Quiet Duke静谧的公爵Anime Fanfiction976k WordsOngoing Adventure + high-IQ showdowns + suspicious, scheming characters + no female lead + ensemble cast + slow pace + revelations about the world’s truth, layer by layer (A Sky: Children of the Light fanfiction) After transmigrating into the world of Sky: Children of the Light, the Duke becomes a Light Child manipulated by the ancestors. “Go make an offering,” they say. “It is your supreme glory.” He believes them and fights his way forward with his companions, only to discover the horrifying truth aft 157Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist of this book is the embodiment of 'suspicion' and 'cunning', and every step of his growth is accompanied by a renewed understanding of humanity and power.

24. 24 横 I Conquer Another World with Nothing but My Own Talent 横推异界，我全靠自身天赋 Mr. One Leaf一叶先生Eastern Fantasy395k WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless, multiple women, invincible protagonist, self-interest above all] In a high-martial world, prodigies rise everywhere. Yang Feng transmigrates here, relying solely on his own talent. One day, he throws a punch, and the sky is stained with blood. Only then do people realize in terror that he has long since become the highest peak in the world. Yang Feng’s life story: sweeping aside all challengers and, before he knows it, becoming the supreme ruler. 315Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist's interests come first

25. 25 从 From the Desolate Realm, I Begin My Rise to Godhood 从天荒界开始成神做祖 Mr. One Leaf一叶先生Eastern Fantasy686k WordsCompleted A single general's success is built on the bones of countless fallen soldiers. The road to an immortal throne must be paved with the flesh and blood of the masses. Yang Yue transmigrates to the Tianhuang Realm and rises from a mere gang disciple, sweeping across the world to attain immortality. (An overpowered, easy-to-read power fantasy with decisive, ruthless action.) 310Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 这 This Cultivator Is Rather Cunning 这个修士有点心计 Cigarette Between the Fingers指间香烟Eastern Fantasy421k WordsOngoing This story focuses on schemes, suspense, and plot twists. If you enjoy this style, dive right in with confidence. Her family is wiped out, a bounty is placed on her head, and she is hunted down. She moves among the great clans, repeatedly teetering between life and death. When talent falls short, cunning makes up the difference. So what if I’m only at the Qi Refining stage? I can still scheme a Golden Core cultivator to death. So what if I have a crippled spiritual root? I can still join a major 103Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    A fantastical battle of wits, a scheme to break the deadlock, devoid of emotion.

27. 27 我 I Became Awesome Through Technology 我靠科技开始牛掰 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [No System] [Villain in the Later Chapters] [Immortal-Sucking Technique] [Soul Devouring] [Fast Leveling] A scientist transmigrates to the cultivation world and gradually transforms from a good person into a demonic cultivator. 334Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Three new books with very different styles

28. 28 妖 Tales of Demons and Ghosts at Night 妖鬼夜话 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Mystery209k WordsCompleted My new book, I Get Awesome with Technology, is now being serialized. My short ghost stories The Water Ghost, The Seventh Night, The Departure That Year, and The Soul-Calling Lantern are available on Tomato Short Stories. 400Reads6.6Score—Shelves
29. 29 我 I Cultivate Through Bloodsucking 我靠吸血修仙 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy357k WordsCompleted The new novel, I Get Awesome Through Technology, is currently being serialized and has already reached one million words. The ghost story collection, Tales of Demons and Ghosts at Night, is complete. If you like ghost stories, go check it out. 58Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 30 悲 Will History Repeat Itself? No, This Time I’ll Restore My Kingdom 悲剧重演？不，我这次一定要复国 Wood, Sprawling Everywhere漫天遍野的伍德Male-Channel Fanfiction507k WordsCompleted This novel tells the story of Murong Fu transmigrating to different worlds to accomplish his mission of restoring his kingdom. The first world so far: Murong Fu transmigrates into Viserys III Targaryen, the beggar king! The second series features the Eighth Prince in the world of Yongzheng. 1.5kReads8.0Score101Shelves

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    Nobles are not cold-blooded

31. 31 末 Apocalypse: Three Trillion from the Start, Lolis and the Undead Calamity 末世：开局三兆，萝莉与亡灵天灾 Cat-Ear Paradise猫耳乐园Sci-Fi & Apocalypse201k WordsCompleted [Villain protagonist + invincible + self-serving + not a do-gooder + ruthless + dark] [Little girl + affectionate intimacy + no male lead + ability theft + enslavement + undead] Two hundred years after humanity entered industrial civilization, the once-prosperous world had been left in ruins. As if to punish humanity for its greed, crimson rain fell alongside a red mist. Large numbers of humans, animals, and plants mutated. Electronic devices failed completely, and all species found themselves b 586Reads—Score106Shelves

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    A villainous loli with no male protagonist, plundering superpowers, decisive killing, devouring weapons and supplies, a chosen one, rebelling against the empire, summoning the undead.

32. 32 魔 Demonic Path Sequence: Stripping Away the Myriad Worlds 魔道序列：剥离万界 Chijiu Ji持久麂Eastern Fantasy828k WordsCompleted Is cultivation a climb to the top, or a process of being sifted through layer by layer? Su Fan was an unaffiliated cultivator in the mortal realm until he chanced upon a damaged ancient scroll that could strip the essence from all things. At first, all he wanted was to survive. Then one day, on the eve of his ascension, he saw a list meant only for the strong: It was no Investiture of the Gods, but a harvest order. From the mortal realm to the spirit realm, from True Immortals to the Dao Domain, 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend this book; it's suitable for...

33. 33 创 Creating the Supernatural, Starting with Vampires 创造超凡从血族开始 Admiring Flowers in a Dream梦中看花Urban300k WordsOngoing “You’ll suffer, lose your loved ones, and die horribly, but it’s not because there’s anything wrong with you. It’s because I’m here.” [Merciless + Creating the Supernatural + Behind the Scenes + No Female Lead + Cannibalism + Vampires] Ye Qingshan wakes up in another world. He knows no one and nothing there, but fortunately, he awakens an emotion System that lets him use other people’s emotions as currency to exchange for all kinds of rare treasures and gain supernatural powers. So, which emotio 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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