Any Stories Where the Path of Cultivation Gets Corrupted and the Protagonist Is the Source of the Corruption? 有没有那种修炼之路被污染主角是污染源的文

1. 1 我 I’m a Hero of the Righteous Path, but They Mistake Me for a Heretic in Another World 我正道英杰，在异界被当成邪修 So Idle the Potatoes Sprout闲到土豆发芽Eastern Fantasy610k WordsCompleted [Cthulhu + Traditional Cultivation + Not a Power Fantasy + Meme References + Genre Mashup + No Female Lead] Wu You was born into a world tainted by the Outer God Shub-Niggurath, the Black Goat of the Woods. After enduring countless tribulations, he finally succeeds in forming a Nascent Soul. Preparing to reach the Deity Transformation stage and ascend, he ventures into a spatial rift while searching for a rare heavenly treasure, and by a twist of fate, ends up in a spirit-energy cultivation worl 854Reads8.2Score108Shelves

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   He was originally from the Shukri system, but due to an accident, he was transported to a normal spiritual energy world. [Think about it carefully]

2. 2 世 The World Sinks into Eternal Night, Civilization Drowns in the Light of the Stars 世界沉于永夜，文明溺于辰光 Anti-Static防静电Urban1.8M WordsOngoing [Fantasy] [Plot] [Character Growth] [A Hint of Cosmic Horror] [Slow Burn] [Not a Pure Power Fantasy] Would you rather burn the history books and offer a white veil to the old world, or cradle the rotting truth and dance at the celebrations of the new world? As the world bleeds amid its collapse, as divine revelations echo through civilization... Where will you go? 54.2kReads9.0Score5kShelves

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   The game starts with a source of pollution [facepalm]

3. 3 我 I Started by Devouring Gods and Rose Against the Current 我从吃神开始反向晋升 Cool Isn't Cool酷是不酷Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [Urban high martial arts] [Ensemble cast] [No System] The gods descended upon the world, and the Ascenders appeared. At the age of eighteen, everyone can choose a unique path to godhood within the Ascension Tower. But Jiang Qi’s left eye is connected to a forbidden zone. Within the forbidden zone, he embarked on a strange path: he can ascend as long as he eats monsters. The world obtains everything from the Ascension Tower. And my ability is... [When I write the first sentence, the universe coll 235.7kReads9.1Score22.5kShelves

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   Definitely this one! The writing is unparalleled, the setting is unparalleled, the world-building is unparalleled, the protagonist is crazy, loyal, brilliant, has a deep background, and loves to overturn tables. The female lead is Shen (I'm guessing, but it's highly likely, considering she confessed her feelings during a heavy rain and we share a similar background, please don't criticize). 90% Of the forces in the book are scheming, and the protagonist's madness is very satisfying and makes it hard to skip chapters. I really like the Rusty Lake setting, especially the pace of revealing the secrets of this world, it's very comfortable to read. It's so good! (I love Shen so much 😍) @CoolIsCool

4. 4 全 Our Whole Class Transmigrated, and The Fourth Calamity Descended on a Cosmic Horror World 全班穿越，第四天灾降临克系世界 The Potato Sings for This土豆为此高歌Eastern Fantasy558k WordsOngoing [Whole Class Transmigrates] [Chat Group] [Cosmic Horror World] [Wild Imagination] The Fourth Calamity versus indescribable creatures. The world has a Western fantasy feel at first, but later on it is basically a cosmic horror world. [The Current Title Contest Is Underway] (This book is a slow burn, so make sure you stick with it! (>人<;)) One morning, we all woke up to find that our entire class had transmigrated to a polluted Western continent. The System gave us two choices: 1. Fight our way th 222Reads—Score100Shelves

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   Another day of prayer ratings

5. 5 糟 Oh No! I'm Surrounded by Female Ghosts 糟糕！我被女鬼包围了 Time Bus时光大巴Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Character Raising] [Lovecraftian] [System] [All Collectibles + All Unlocks + All Locations] This is a game called Raise a Ghost, designed to fulfill all your fantasies. A sweet ghost campus belle. A forlorn ghost bride. A cursed doll that exudes an eerie aura. A mysterious girl in the mirror. Click to choose your character to raise. Let your desires run free, and get to know yourself better. When Su Ming eagerly chooses his character to raise, he discovers that the world is far more dangerous t 38kReads8.8Score5.1kShelves

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   The protagonist is anthropomorphized from the highest-level Level 5 pollution source, [Destiny]. Due to a forced affinity lock, he stands on the side of humanity to fight against them. (Note: This is not a wish-fulfillment story. Don't be fooled by the title. You'll need to use your brain to understand the later parts.)

6. 6 为 To Become an Immortal, I Drove Myself Mad Through Cultivation 为了成仙，我把自己练疯了 White Crane Cloudfield白鹤云野Eastern Fantasy320k WordsOngoing “His form is trained to resemble a crane; beneath a thousand pines lie two scrolls of scripture.” He Quanzhen recited a line of poetry, flapped his wings, and laughed wildly with a series of cackles. “Heh, this Daoist has done it! I’ve done it!” 3.9kReads8.2Score283Shelves

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   He trained until his body resembled a crane's, and he truly transformed into one. The protagonist is quite powerful, belonging to the invincible category.

7. 7 蝉 The Cicada Project 蝉计划 Moonlight Old Rascal明月老贼Urban4.7M WordsCompleted [Spiritual qi revival + crafty schemer + comedy + meme references + one heroine] As spiritual qi revived, Jiang Bai unexpectedly arrived in the age of the fifth mysterious tide. Everything he knew had faded with the passage of time. The world had been utterly transformed, familiar places and people were gone, and the career he had once fought for had turned to dust. The past was beyond recall. In this chaotic, dark age, order had long since collapsed, civilization was no more, and the shadow of 69.3kReads9.3Score7.2kShelves

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8. 8 恒 The Moon Endures, and All Things Eventually Become Strange 恒月长存，万物终成怪异 Cats and the Four Seasons猫与四季Urban2.3M WordsOngoing Two suns, three moons, and one that goes dark. A hundred cities, eight clans, all sharing one world. Chen Mianmian. Male. Race: Moon. Hobby: collecting the bizarre. At first, he thought he had two Systems: Crimson Rainbow Moon and Frost-Clear Moon. One day, he discovered that he himself could become someone else’s System, holding the fate of all living things in his hands. The Eighth Era, also known as the Evermoon Era, saw humans, witches, elves, bloodkin, ghosts, demons, and spirits together w 272.1kReads9.1Score57.1kShelves

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   How about trying this? It might be a little different from what you described, but it's similar. The protagonist is Hengyue. In this world's power system, once you reach level 6, you need the blessing of the moon to advance.

9. 9 我 I Turned In an Unspeakable Being 我把不可名状物上交了 Dreamweaver of Deep Fantasies深漫造梦Urban706k WordsCompleted In a world where looking directly at an ancient god drives you mad, Ji Ye comes with a “Deep Abyss Filter.” The indescribably horrifying beings are just destructive huskies and fresh ingredients in his eyes. For health insurance and a steady paycheck, he joined the Anomaly Bureau as a “janitor.” When an S-rank forbidden zone erupted, everyone else despaired and waited to die. He complained as he carried his mop: “Who spilled ink all over the floor?” When an ancient god descended, he looked at th 3.9kReads8.0Score441Shelves

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   Brothers, I'm recommending a mind-blowing, super-powerful novel! The protagonist, Ji Ye, has awakened an "Abyss Filter," seeing everything as ordinary objects. 👉 While others are terrified of the Headless Horseman, he thinks he's a dedicated deliveryman and even gives him a tip! 👉 While others are scared out of their wits by the sight of a deep-sea monster, he thinks she's a drowning girl, rescues her, and then forces her to sing a square dance! 👉 The most outrageous thing is that when the King in Yellow comes looking for trouble, he treats him like a performance artist, forcibly drags him into his house to play a murder mystery game, and then criticizes the script for its illogicality! Now, in his yard, a demigod is guarding the gate, a ghost king is mopping the floor, and an S-class monster is unclogging the sewers… Everyone's a villain (scratch that), everyone's a working stiff! Want to see how the protagonist physically exorcises the entire universe with a mop? "I Handed Over the Unspeakable Things," you won't regret it, you'll laugh your head off!!

10. 10 诡 The Mysterious Descends: The Boss Is Actually Me 诡秘降临：boss竟是我自己 A Leap of Faithful Fortune一跃锦鲤Mystery222k WordsOngoing [God Game + No-Couple Infinite Flow + Sequence Leveling + Chinese Mythology + Light Ensemble Cast] After living for years in the lower city, Fu Ye suddenly discovered that she was in a game world, and that she was the ultimate boss of the large-scale god-sequence game Gifted. Of the twelve paths to godhood, she unexpectedly awakened the path of the [Judge]. To protect herself, she killed six game controllers from the start and entered various instances to improve her sequence abilities. [Blood S 1.4kReads—Score337Shelves

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    There's no romance, no ambiguity, and the world of God's Game is unique. Each dungeon holds secrets, and there's no forced rescue of everyone.

11. 11 开 I Died from the Start, and You Say I Became an Immortal 开局就死，你说是成仙 An Imperfect Sky不完全天空Urban1.3M WordsCompleted No heroine + no System + not alive + no saintly do-gooder Want to live? Then become an immortal. Live as long as Heaven and shine alongside the sun and moon. But once you set foot on this path, there is no turning back. Of course, you have to die once first. 7.2kReads7.1Score1.2kShelves

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    This is the kind of novel that fits this topic.

12. 12 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 1.7MReads9.9Score181.2kShelves

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    Isn't this exactly it? It's a direct case of the cultivation path being corrupted, the path of the gods being twisted into a calamity. O(≧∇≦)O

13. 13 人 The Immortal Food of Mankind 人种仙食 Big-Headed T头很大的T君Eastern Fantasy6.5M WordsOngoing "Weird Cultivation, Behind-the-Scenes Story" The Tang Dynasty: strange things are coming. When Li Qing transmigrated here, he thought Mr. Huayue had kindly taken him in. Little did he know that the man saw him only as livestock to be raised for food. At the brink of life and death, the jade tablet on Li Qing revealed its power, gravely wounding Mr. Huayue and allowing him to escape. But the danger was far from over. The scheme of the Six Paths and Eight Immortals to devour all living beings had 37.9kReads8.8Score3.4kShelves

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    The path of cultivation is fraught with pollution, strangeness, and taboos; the protagonist struggles to survive.

14. 14 鬼 The Ghost King’s Self-Cultivation 鬼王的自我修养 Bitter Days Are Short苦昼短Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted “I'm Li Jiong. I'm still alive.” “I have no memories. I know nothing about this world.” “Something seems wrong here. How strange.” “I remember a little now. This world really is wrong.” “It's me. How could the world be wrong?” “I'm the one who's wrong.” Li Jiong sways his head and hums an unknown tune as he tears through layers of unfamiliar fog in the game. He witnesses the strange things around him and records them in his diary. As he investigates, his memories slowly begin to unfold, and he s 5.2kReads8.3Score563Shelves

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    Well, the first approach was a bit off. The second one had four general sources of pollution, and the protagonist was involved in one of them (the ending... Well, it was definitely unconventional).

15. 15 垂 On My Deathbed, I Sat Bolt Upright: The Old Ones Were Me All Along 垂死病中惊坐起，旧日竟是我自己 Ten Tons in Three Days三天吃十吨Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Not an invincible protagonist + progression novel + no System + Lovecraftian horror + not fast-paced wish fulfillment + follows the official route] Lu Ning wandered through the fog for two thousand years. When he finally emerged, he found that the world seemed to be sick. The sun was covered in tentacles, planets were blanketed in flesh, the moon had sprouted countless eyes, and even Earth was groaning and crying for help. The diseased, disaster beasts, and followers of evil gods ran rampant, w 48.8kReads9.1Score5.8kShelves

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    Almost

16. 16 英 The Age of Heroic Spirits: I Can Simulate Infinite Possibilities 英灵时代，我能模拟无限可能 A Thought of Emptiness一念之空Urban2.7M WordsCompleted Simulator + Invincible Protagonist + the Myriad Worlds [No choosing between options: all simulation rewards are inherited] Earth has entered an age where everyone can summon Heroic Spirits. Once they reach adulthood, people can summon spirits renowned in history from the infinite worlds, using either their innate affinity or a holy relic. Mundane, Noteworthy, Curious, Legendary, Epic, Undying. The powerful can effortlessly destroy cities, shake the earth, or even alter ecosystems, while the full 49.7kReads8.5Score5.2kShelves

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    In all the simulations, the protagonist paves a new path and then becomes the source of that path.

17. 17 新 New Utopia 新，乌托邦 Broken Strings in the Rain雨中断弦Urban397k WordsOngoing [Political Thriller] [Montage Style] [Psychological Oppression] [Dystopian] (The story moves slowly at first, but more kinds of ghosts will appear later.) The calamity ended, and a city-state rose from the ground. People called it the New Utopia. Beneath its gleaming order, those in power were no longer human. Monsters wore human skin and occupied positions of authority. Their visions were linked, and everything was under surveillance. A colossal beast hung in the sky, while monsters roamed th 2.3kReads—Score195Shelves
18. 18 全EN High Seas Survival: I Start with a Ghost Ship 全民大航海，我开局一条幽灵船 Newly Bought Peaches新买的桃子Sports2.6M WordsCompleted The print edition has been signed with a publisher. [Seafaring] [Survival] [Disasters] [Shipbuilding] [Talents] [Cthulhu] [One Female Lead] Everyone transmigrates, and Yang Yi, as a player, is forced to join a game where everyone must survive at sea. Some lucky players get special ships. Like the Iron Will, armed to the teeth. Like the Gale, which rides the wind and waves so fast it's never in sight. Like the Head-On, with its massive ram, charging fearlessly ahead. But Yang Yi's ship is called 272.1kReads9.4Score27.8kShelves

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    Although it wasn't contaminants at first, the main character's appearance became increasingly bizarre [facepalm]

19. 19 惊 Thriller Game: I Can Choose the Supernatural Faction 惊悚游戏：我能选择诡异阵营 Moon Yao Flower Time月瑶花时Mystery676k WordsOngoing [The rating just came out and will rise] [Dark novel + no romance + villain protagonist + creating a supernatural resurgence + leaving no loose ends] [The protagonist is morally bankrupt and purely evil. This novel contains graphic violence, so don’t read if that bothers you.] “I woke up to find myself trapped inside a coffin that had been nailed shut.” “Just as I was about to suffocate to death...” “Horror games descended upon the world.” [Player Deadman has been detected as barely alive. Facti 2.7kReads8.2Score330Shelves

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    Personally, I think the first book is quite sinister, and the protagonist seems to have a significant connection to the supernatural world. The second book, needless to say, features Chen Ling's twisted path to becoming a god of opera, perfectly illustrating the corruption of the cultivation path.

20. 20 黑 Quit Pretending, Black-Hearted Senior Brother. All Your Accomplices Have Confessed 黑心师兄别装啦，你的同伙全招了 I Just Love Bewitching Women就喜欢妖女Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Everyday life + lighthearted + supreme survivor + invincible among peers + silly and loaded] Wait, I gave him a Qi Refining cultivation method. How did he cultivate all the way to become a Great Emperor? Hua Liuyun, who grew up without parents, uses his heaven-defying luck to build a life of wealth, step by step. The child of luck is old news. He’s the father of luck. Before absolute strength, even the Lord of a Forbidden Zone has to raise a hand and offer him a cigarette. Before money, even th 17.3kReads8.4Score2.2kShelves
21. 21 我 My Journey to Higher Dimensions 我的升维之旅 Red Bean Tea红豆茶Eastern Fantasy879k WordsCompleted Zhou Heng fell into a low-dimensional world, but fortunately, his essence belonged to a higher dimension. In a world of gods and ghosts, he reshaped mythology and became the First God; In an uncanny world, he dispersed the mists of despair and became a beacon of hope; In a world of wizards, he pursued truth and became Truth itself; In a world of immortal cultivation, he glimpsed the Great Dao and attained his true self; When he returned to the higher dimension, he discovered that he had beco 14.2kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves

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    I've finished reading it, and it meets the requirements.

22. 22 怪 The Bizarre Art of Cultivation 怪诞修仙学 Snail Goes to Heaven蜗牛上天Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted (No heroine, Eastern cosmic horror, no System, not invincible, grotesque aesthetics, not a rules-based horror, science and cultivation) The old man once said that cultivators, demons, and evil spirits turn into a pile of ash when they die. This is called tainted ash. Tainted ash contains all the energy they accumulated in life. Eat it, and you can kindle your life lamp and extend your lifespan. Leave it alone, and it will give rise to a tainted-soil resurrection! But there is one exception: bein 47.7kReads9.1Score7.3kShelves

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    The entire world has been corrupted, and most cultivators are merely provisions for evil spirits. The most terrifying among them is a group of humanoid beings resurrected from corpses. They advocate atheism, seeking to overthrow the world and dethrone the gods. They disassemble, reassemble, and combine objects to create life forms devoid of intelligence, which they then enslave. They call themselves modern humans!

23. 23 我 I'm Such a Proper Evil God! 我这个邪神可太正了！ Sleep Until I'm Well Rested睡个饱觉觉Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [This is a deranged world!] [Cthulhu-inspired] [Careful: this story contains extremely intense psychological corruption. Read at your own risk.] One day, the world underwent a cataclysmic change! Every living thing was affected by an unknown force and mutated. And it wasn’t just living things... Human civilization was forced to retreat into the last nineteen fortress cities. People prayed to all kinds of gods for protection and blessings, struggling to survive in this hopeless world. Meng Yi arr 64kReads9.0Score6.6kShelves

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    🔻1 The world has undergone tremendous changes, and biological species have mutated. Humanity has been forced to hide in fortresses, barely surviving. Faced with the invasion of strange forces, people need to believe in and please gods, which has led to more madness in the world. After the protagonist transmigrates, he becomes the "evil god" Redemption and strengthens himself by constantly using the power of other gods.

24. 24 支EN The Pillar Project 支柱计划 The Universe Is Gaining Entropy宇宙在熵增Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.9M WordsOngoing [Eerie] [Cthulhu] [Doomsday Descends] [Rebuilding Civilization] [Cultural Relics] [Culture] Xu Chen felt that studying history in this parallel universe had no real prospects, so after some maneuvering, he switched to medicine. He never expected that he had just jumped straight into the fire. What awaited him was fear in its most direct form. After a certain island nation dumped wastewater into the sea, unspeakable horrors arose from the depths. Eerie symptoms began appearing one after another, 38.7kReads9.2Score3.1kShelves
25. 25 诡EN The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 231.9kReads9.5Score28.4kShelves

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    Until death do us part, is the protagonist's wife the Heavenly Dao, or does he have two wives? [Smirk] It's not much of a romance story, just a lot of hate. The protagonist is also a source of pollution.

26. 26 两 Two Thousand Years Later, Have I Become an Outer God of the Old Ones? 两千年后，我成旧日外神了？ Loves Talking About Old Wang爱说老王Urban402k WordsCompleted Xuan Hao was the only immortal in the Age of the Decline of the Dharma. But two thousand years later, he somehow became an Outer God of the Old Days! Two thousand years later, humanity has entered an age of advanced martial arts. Warriors are powerful? Xuan Hao can simply strike from a higher dimension. In a world ravaged by Outer Gods of the Old Days, Xuan Hao had no intention of vying for power. But for some reason, humanity began worshipping him. The Corpse Immortal Path, the Church of Pain, 9kReads7.1Score803Shelves

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    I don't know if it counts, but it looks very nice.

27. 27 朝 A Mayfly Lives from Dawn to Dusk; Today I Finally Understand What an Immortal Is 朝生暮死蜉蝣命，今日方知仙是仙 Heaven in a Teapot茶壶洞天Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing [Mortal's Journey] + [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] + [Smart Protagonists, Antagonists, and Supporting Characters] + [Slow-Building Plot] I transmigrated, and from the start I got a… Oh, no, from the start, I was given an old man for a father and eighteen young stepmothers, … Old man! Calm down! Let's talk this out! Put down the sword and straighten that green hat on your head first! … What?! I'd already made enough money, bought myself a little maid, and was all set to coast through life, and 12.6kReads7.7Score1.1kShelves

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    The Myriad Souls Banner refines evil spirits, controls corpses and puppets, cultivates both Yin and Yang, is a mortal cultivation story, has no system, is not a wish-fulfillment novel, both protagonists and antagonists are intelligent, and the characters are complex and three-dimensional, not stereotypical. Worth reading for veteran readers tired of mindless wish-fulfillment novels.

28. 28 长 The Sin of Immortality: The Corruption of Heaven's Will 长生孽：天道污染 Wen Qige温七鸽Eastern Fantasy945k WordsCompleted Three thousand years ago, the Heavenly Dao died. Its corpse became strange spiritual energy that nourished all things in the world. From then on, cultivating immortality was no longer a journey to transcend the mortal world and ascend to immortality. It became a path of mutation leading to madness. Foundation Establishment cultivators grew compound eyes, Golden Core experts turned into mounds of flesh, and Nascent Soul ancestors became the indescribable servants of ancient gods. Yet people grew 426Reads6.6Score143Shelves

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    Perfectly meets the requirements

29. 29 七 Seven Days of Possession 七日着魔 Brick Fun砖乐Eastern Fantasy707k WordsOngoing Demons are temptation and desire, chaos and disorder, destruction and upheaval. Demons dwell in the obsessions of all things; anything can become demonic. So long as all things endure, the demonic path will endure. After the protagonist’s corpse lay unclaimed for seven days, he awoke on the seventh day and forged a demonic body. Since Heaven has given me this chance to live again, rather than remain one of the numb masses in this mortal world, I would rather become the one and only primordial de 2.5kReads9.2Score300Shelves

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    Main character: The only demon to appear in all of eternity, one of the rules of Heaven. The series of stories in this book all express that all things possess demonic nature and can become demonic; as long as all things exist, the demon will never perish. [Already hooked][Already hooked][Watching][Watching]

30. 30 我 I, the Supreme Being of Old, Defy the Rules When I Strike 我，旧日至高位格，出手无视规则 Shimmering Night夜光浮摇Urban2.1M WordsOngoing I was once the world's first transcendent, a pioneer who ventured into the unknown. When I returned from two hundred years of being lost, the world had changed, and the mighty ran rampant. They said I was merely a relic abandoned by the times, the remnant of an ignorant fantasy. There was no place for me in the new world. What they did not know was this: I had witnessed the most insane horrors and the grandest downfalls. Dormant within me was an exalted existence capable of shattering the very l 304.3kReads9.3Score26.5kShelves

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    Bear one-third (

31. 31 谁 Who Says These Evil Spirits Are Fierce? I Specialize in Taking Down the Worst! 谁说这邪祟凶？我专治大凶之物！ He An Is Simple贺安很简单Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [No female lead] [Decisive and ruthless] [Unlimited growth] [Slow burn] “You all call it an evil spirit, but I say it's clearly a good omen!” “Do you really think I don't know whether it can help me cultivate?” “Hand it over to me!!!” Shan Liang wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth and strode forward with a knife... Evil spirit: “Don't come any closer!!!” 41.5kReads9.1Score3.7kShelves

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    It seems my path to promotion has been blocked.

32. 32 聊 Chat Group: My Brothers' Survival in the Haunted Sea Helps Me Become Superhuman 聊天群：兄弟诡海求生助我成超凡 Coo-Coo Crazy咕咕疯Urban2.8M WordsOngoing [Urban fantasy + transmigration + chat group + eldritch mystery + nonstop thrills + smart characters] One day, Su Wange receives a message from a stranger, only to discover that it's from his best friend, who's been dead for a year! Even more incredible, his best friend has transmigrated to a mysterious world of the high seas, where his sanity is about to hit zero and he's on the brink of death. There's not a single thing to eat anywhere on him, just gold and jewelry. After all, the creatures he 7.5kReads8.6Score504Shelves

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    It's somewhat polluted anyway.

33. 33 我 I Really Just Want to Outlive You All. Why Are You Forcing Me? 我真的只想熬死各位，为什么逼我 Radishes Are Crispy萝卜很脆Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [Immortality + eerie cultivation + immortal cultivation + cunning and utterly inhuman + no angst + slow burn] (The protagonist plays it rather safe early on, but only temporarily. This is not a story about living cautiously.) (Also known as: “Don’t Ask If It’s Right or Wrong. Just Tell Me, Did You Become a Dao Ancestor?”) Fang Qing woke up to find he had transmigrated into a cultivation world where the Great Dao was manifest for all to see. All living beings could gaze directly upon the Grea 10.4kReads8.4Score913Shelves

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    The cultivation system is very strange.

34. 34 惊 Thriller Game: From the Start, I Helped Monsters Make Choices 惊悚游戏：开局帮鬼怪做选择 Delicious Shimeji Mushroom美味的口蘑Mystery2.6M WordsOngoing [Horror game dungeons + career-based progression + NPCs caught in a rat race + livestreaming + everyday-life style] Jiang Ye’s daily routine consists of working, studying, working... Then one day, he’s pulled into a horror game during class and awakens an all-career talent. He discovers that all his career skills are a little strange. From the start, he unlocks the career “Small-Town Exam Machine,” with an added skill that lets him make choices for ghosts and monsters. [A difficult choice has ap 67.9kReads9.4Score7.9kShelves

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    You can take a look, they're all pretty good.

35. 35 陈 Old Haunts 陈年诡事 Bamboo Shoot Bandit夺笋侠Mystery2.8M WordsOngoing There is only one disease in the world, and it's called poverty. There is only one kind of ghost in the world, and it's called a poor ghost. My name is Chen Xiaofei. I'm a high school sophomore who's both afflicted with the disease of poverty and a poor ghost. 31.5kReads8.5Score2.6kShelves
36. 36 开 An S-Rank Horror from the Start, but They Give Me a C-Rank Talent? 开局S级怪谈，但给我C级天赋？ Pale Era苍白纪元Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing [No Female Lead + Endless Twists + Wild Ideas and Clever Logic + Mild Horror + Protagonist and Villains Are Both Smart] [This is absolutely not a mindless power fantasy. If you don't like the first instance, go ahead and curse me out.] [This isn't a traditional rule-based horror story. The horrors can think and are intelligent, so readers who prefer traditional rule-based horror should steer clear.] Horrors run rampant, and strange tales are everywhere. Beneath every shadow may lurk an unknown t 142.2kReads8.9Score14.3kShelves
37. 37 禁 A Short-Lived Forbidden Spell Caster? I Have an Undying Body 禁咒师短命？我拥有不死之身 Eat the Little Almond吃掉小杏仁Urban3.9M WordsOngoing Ye Lin transmigrates to a world overrun by demons and monsters, where he gains an immortal body. Because changing jobs in this world costs a fortune, he exploits a bug and sells his own organs to scrape together enough money to take part in the job-change ceremony. On the day of the ceremony, he becomes an SSS-rank Forbidden Spellcaster, but everyone around him mocks him. That's because SSS-rank Forbidden Spellcasters have to sacrifice their lifespan or their flesh to cast spells, so they're usu 197kReads8.8Score7.4kShelves

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    That must be our famous benevolent spirit.

38. 38 万 Lord of Ten Thousand Nights 万夜之主 A Black-Inked Blade一柄墨刀Eastern Fantasy4.7M WordsCompleted Thirteen years ago, a blood-red demon star fell to earth. Was it the end, or a resurgence? The starry sea dimmed, and all things withered. As dusk fell, a ghostly fog once again spread across the land, revealing a mysterious world... 6.2kReads8.9Score632Shelves

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    The source of pollution is the protagonist.

39. 39 世 World, You Deceived Me! 世界，欺诈我！ Fireworks and Curtain Call烟花与闭幕Mystery251k WordsCompleted Want to know the truth about the world? Come in. I hope you can handle it! [A new system, no tired old tropes, information in its original form, gradual progression, ascension to higher dimensions. Eerie, 16+] [All things are born to nourish humanity; human souls return to the void to repay the heavens. Demons, monsters, ghosts, and gods are all food; take what you will and feast.] The world is deceiving me... “What do you mean?” We're all being devoured by the world. Light deceives our eyes 2.8kReads9.4Score375Shelves
40. 40 举 Raise Your Head Three Feet, and There’s an Evil God 举头三尺有邪神 Firmament Giant Rock苍穹巨岩Mystery328k WordsOngoing [Eastern Fantasy + Lovecraftian Elements + Plot-Driven + Mystery + No Cliches + No System + No Brain-Dead Characters + Not a Power Fantasy] [Readers who may be bothered by this, proceed with caution] [The first five chapters are slow-burn setup. The story picks up afterward, and there's a detailed outline, so read with confidence!] After transmigrating, Zhou Mo finds himself in a small village that resembles one from ancient China. Gradually, strange and utterly inexplicable things begin happeni 922Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    This is highly recommended! A masterpiece! A Cthulhu-inspired cultivation world! Like Dao Gui, it belongs to the mystery genre! Not a wish-fulfillment novel, but the plot is explosively good! Constant plot twists! You can't predict the ending at all! I was repeatedly amazed by the author's thought process! It starts slowly but gets better and better; once you get through the first few chapters, it gets even better! It's truly a rare gem on Tomato Bookstore! Especially suitable for discerning, seasoned bookworms!

41. 41 此 The Moment the Sword Rings 此刻，剑鸣之时 Don't Eat Fish Porridge不吃鱼粥Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [The Church’s divine light shines upon the world, while mechanical armor soars across the sky. You wonder: Can a sickle tear through a mech? Can a war hammer reforge faith?] [Swords, spears, and clubs are no match for guns and mechs. A lifetime of hard training is no match for cybernetic augmentation. You declare: How can weapons be such cumbersome things!] [After swinging your blade a thousand times, you resonate with your weapon and create the “Breath Resonance Method.”] [Even ordinary iron ca 61.5kReads9.0Score6.4kShelves

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    Hmm, he wasn't the source of the contamination himself, but the path he created within this trilogy was contaminated.

42. 42 羽 Ascension, Yet No Immortality 羽化非仙 Tangtang Doesn't Sleep糖糖不睡觉Xianxia737k WordsOngoing [No System, no golden finger, no harem, not a transmigration story] [There is no sect competition, and yet it is the truest sect competition of all: the losers will see their lives, sects, traditions, and even their entire races erased.] The righteous path is not as bright and noble as it appears; The demonic path is not as cruel and bloodthirsty as it is portrayed; But evil cultivators are even more wicked than anyone could imagine. Here, there is love that spans ten thousand years, hatred that 5.1kReads—Score616Shelves

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    The righteous path is full of worms, the demonic path is full of madmen, and the righteous path has invaded the demonic path! The protagonist witnesses a cultivator transform into an ugly worm upon ascending to immortality! From then on, he searches for the truth while struggling to survive... [Please update more frequently][I also highly recommend it]

43. 43 诡 Ancestral Master of the Strange Realm 诡境道祖 Young Master Butcher公子屠夫Mystery990k WordsOngoing A parallel world, overrun by the supernatural. Cities may sleep through the dead of night, but the supernatural invasion never stops. You can’t tell whether the person beside you will still be themselves tomorrow. You can’t know whether the terrifying dark gate will open beside your bed tonight. And you can’t imagine the endless, terrifying unknown that awaits every eighteen-year-old in the “college entrance exam.” In this horrifying world, Ye Bai discovers, “Huh? I have a golden finger!” … A c 828Reads8.4Score100Shelves
44. 44 不 Unnameable Debt: Awakened Prepaid Island from the Start 不可名状的债务，开局觉醒预支岛 Third-Rate Disciple三流弟子Sports1.6M WordsCompleted [Brand-New Setting] [Island Building] [Decisive and Ruthless] [One Heroine] [Survival] [Supernatural] [Lovecraftian] Everyone transmigrates into a game where they must survive on islands, and Luo Tian joins as a player. Some people with unusual personalities receive special islands. The Vortex Island, where gathering supplies is as easy as taking something from your pocket. The Dark Shark Island, where its occupants appear and disappear without a trace. The Sea Emperor Island, where the more rec 381Reads6.8Score—Shelves
45. 45 武 The End of Martial Supremacy 武极之末 Mu Rong Smiles木容笑笑Eastern Fantasy713k WordsOngoing The pinnacle of martial arts breaks through the void. It is the end of the martial path, the threshold to a higher world where one can seek the Great Dao and pursue immortality! Only when Liu Muyun reached that endpoint did he discover that the path to martial supremacy had only just begun! 6kReads6.4Score367Shelves

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    The first book is about the myriad worlds, the calamity of humanity, and the struggle between all races in the universe! The second book is about the apocalypse of the myriad worlds, including Gu Long's heroes, Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, The Great Tang Dynasty, Wind and Cloud, Yang Shen, the Great Zhou Dynasty, Shrouding the Heavens, Journey to the West, and Investiture of the Gods! The third book is about martial arts transmigration and game invasion!

46. 46 末 The Doomsday Blade Abyss 末日刀渊 Mu Rong Smiles木容笑笑Male-Channel Fanfiction3.6M WordsCompleted He begins with the game Blade Abyss and steps into the Myriad Worlds! From low-martial-arts jianghu to mid-martial-arts rivalries, then shattering the high-martial-arts firmament; next, sweeping through the Small Thousand Worlds and roaming the vast Middle Thousand Worlds, until he finally takes command of the Great Thousand Worlds' Heavenly Dao and reaches the supreme realm of the primordial chaos! 🌙 In the Gu Long world, he becomes Li Xunhuan's disciple! ⚔️ In the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber 23.7kReads7.9Score2.1kShelves
47. 47 诡 Eerie: A Dog from the Start, Gear You Scavenge 诡异：开局一条狗，装备全靠捡 I Love Watching the Show我爱围观Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [The rating just came in, and it will rise later] [Apocalyptic Awakening] [Stat-Allocation Sequence] [Horror Survival] [Extreme Combat Style] Terror descends upon the world, and a Black Tide begins to devour cities. The uncanny, demons, monsters, forbidden artifacts... Human life is as worthless as grass. People struggle to survive by any means. In an apocalypse of endless terror, the only way to stay alive is to awaken and become part of a Transcendent Sequence! Others awaken as doctors, surviv 464.5kReads8.5Score51.3kShelves
48. 48 亵 Blood of Blasphemy: The Throne of the Mist God 亵渎之血：迷雾神座 Courtyard No. 7, Beijing京城七号院Eastern Fantasy116k WordsOngoing The Gray Tide blankets the earth. Ruin Beasts roam everywhere. The lame Fang finds a child: his eyes are different colors, his body bears Gray Veins, and he is a “vessel” left behind by the Old Era. The three-person team wants to kill him, study him, or use him. But Gray Cub squats by the roadside learning to read. In the firelight, he calls them “Uncle Iron” and “Ink Crow,” and in the simplest way shows them what it means to be human. They drive a battered car across the wasteland, heading for 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Later on, it can be

49. 49 我 I Became a Playwright in the Mysterious World 我在诡秘世界成为了剧作家 Tangerine Beetle桔山甲Eastern Fantasy149k WordsCompleted The novelist Luo Cao unexpectedly receives a mysterious package. The appearance of a fountain pen seals his fate. As he passes through one soul after another, will Luo Cao lose himself completely? Does a person write a story, or does a story write a person? And what is the reason behind his sudden entanglement in this bizarre tale? To return to his own world, Luo Cao is forced to form a Sacred Covenant with Jasmine, a character from his novel. Fountain Pen 558755 7Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 50 诡 As the Occult Withers, I Endure; As the Old Gods Die, I Live Forever 诡秘凋零我不朽，旧神逝而我永生 Ham and Egg Croissant火腿蛋可颂Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted (Longevity + Cthulhu + Changing Eras + Attribute Points + Ultimate Villain!) In the Middle Ages, when strange corruption ran rampant, he became the mad pontiff who terrorized half a continent. In the age of science, after the Old Gods fell, he became a living legend who walked the mortal world. Even when humanity left the surface of the planet and reached for the stars, no one could deny the existence of this undying old monster who had endured across the ages! “First, I have to survive the 17.9kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves

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    This is truly a masterpiece.

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