There Aren't Any Good Dark Stories Anymore. Come Prove Me Wrong 黑暗文已经没有佳作了，不服来辨

1. 251 回 Rewind and Cultivate Immortality: From the Start, I Have a Diary That Lies 回档修仙：开局一本会说谎的日记 The Bottle Who Hates Typing不爱码字的瓶子Eastern Fantasy124k WordsOngoing [Regression + No Harem + No Heroine + No Clichés + No System + Not Invincible, Read at Your Own Risk] “Your name is Bai Chen. By the time you read this, you will have lost all your memories of this place.” “From now on, believe every word in this diary. That’s the only way to avoid dying.” Bai Chen has suffered from memory loss since childhood. After transmigrating to the Great Jing Dynasty, he obtains a diary that can record the past and predict the future. The first time, he is poisone —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It features a time-lapse, no female lead, no system, and no clichés. The protagonist is a dark and gloomy character who is extremely cautious. He's the most cautious character I've ever seen with PTSD ingrained in his very being. The protagonist also has a growth arc.

2. 252 种 Farming: From Sect Tenant Farmer to Supreme Across the Myriad Worlds 种田：从宗门佃户到万界独尊 Foolish Zhi傻志Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing [Farming] + [Ensemble cast] + [Lord] + [Conquest] + [System] + [Satisfying wish fulfillment] Zhang Guiyuan transmigrates to a parallel world at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, where he becomes a tenant farmer growing spiritual plants for a sect. He awakens the strongest Lord System and obtains an unparalleled book: Postpartum Care for Sows He settles into a fine life of farming, raising pigs, and teasing his wicked sword cultivator little sister. But then a calamity that comes once every tho 3.2kReads5.7Score187Shelves

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   [Contending for Hegemony] + [Expanding Territory] + [Lords] + [Ensemble Characters] + [Refreshing Read] Starting from Lake Baikal, build your power, construct factories, manufacture cannons, and use technology to fight against the cultivation world.

3. 253 男 A Man's Journey: Starting with Fighting Back Against My Cheating Wife 男人成长录：从反击出轨娇妻开始 A Breeze Rising Again再起的微风Urban428k WordsOngoing Boxing coach Zhou Yuming had never understood one truth in his twenty-eight years of life: no woman is domineering in front of the man she loves. He happily married his lovely wife. After they married, faced with his domineering wife, he handed over all his income and trusted her unconditionally. He thought this was love, and that it was worth it! It wasn't until he was hospitalized with a broken leg and needed to pay his hospital bill that Zhou Yuming realized his wife didn't love him at all. S 879Reads—Score111Shelves

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   A classic male-oriented wish-fulfillment novel, where there are no absolutely good people in the whole book; everyone is driven by desire to do what is most beneficial to themselves.

4. 254 白 White Noise: The All-Seeing Eye 白噪音：全视之眼 Kantuoer康托尔Urban490k WordsOngoing (Science Fiction / Wuxia / Mystery / Two Powerhouses / Battle of Wits) Shen Ji, chief architect of the All-Seeing Eye, has been executed. No one knows the charge. Before she died, she tore most of her memories into fragments and hid them away. Since then, the world has had a woman with no body. Every faction wants to control her, because she is an Awakened One. Lu Ran, the spokesperson chosen by the Awakened Ones. His body was transformed by black enzyme catalysts, and every faction wants to c 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Is there anything darker than this? I refuse to believe it.

5. 255 蛊 Gu World: The Rank Nine Fate Gu and Despair Gu 蛊界：九转天命蛊与绝望蛊 Remains1遗骸1Male-Channel Fanfiction446k WordsOngoing The good news: I transmigrated! The bad news: I ended up in the Gu world! As Feng Yu’s soul transmigrated into the Gu world and he was being skinned and dismembered, the Heavenly Dao Marks outside the world surged and condensed into a Gu worm. It looked like a person, its whole body wreathed in thick, ink-black smoke, with a scythe on its back radiating negative energy. This Gu was named “Despair.” 2.6kReads—Score357Shelves
6. 256 无 Endless Devouring: The Unseen Laws 无尽残噬：未见的法则 Warm Skeleton温暖的骷髅Mystery405k WordsOngoing [Trapped-room opening + survival adventure + graphic gore + unknown creatures + mechanical engineering + contamination + mutation] ~When Zhang Huan wakes up, he finds himself with several strangers in a sealed apartment with no doors. They have all lost their memories. Also trapped with them is a mysterious female corpse in the basement. They decide to find a way out of the carefully designed apartment. The red fog outside the windows grows thicker, and the corpse’s eyes are slowly opening...~ ( 205Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Try this one.

7. 257 破 After Daybreak 破晓过后 Happy Land Land Land Land Land乐土土土土土Eastern Fantasy406k WordsOngoing I walk across the land. Passing through this world, where roads stretch far and horses hurry by. I hold all things in the world lightly. After hello comes goodbye, and after goodbye comes silence. Life is vast as the sea, with mountains rising one after another. 28Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I wrote this myself, so I'd appreciate any suggestions. Thanks!

8. 258 大 The Great Dao Prodigy Lao Returns to the Apocalyptic Earth 大道天骄老回末日地球 ng Liuling琉璃Eastern Fantasy175k WordsCompleted [Picks up after Chapter 20] As the story goes on, the protagonist becomes less and less human. His true self abandons its humanity to the clone, retaining only its divinity. [Rebel Against Your Master] + [Partly Satisfying, Partly Bittersweet] + [A Touch of Ensemble Cast] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Mythic Cultivation] + [Primordial Legends] + [Vast Worldbuilding] “Master, why have you never taught me the Grave Art?” The world contains twenty-one laws, dwelling within the Moon Eyes and the Chao 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It gets darker as you go on.

9. 259 黑 The Underworld: A Fight for the Blood Road 黑社会：血路争锋 Jing Hang J景航JUrban721k WordsCompleted In the late 1990s, the waters of the Hai River in Jinmen City carried a stench that wouldn't wash away. They lapped over the dock's bluestone slabs and soaked the mud-caked trousers of Lin Shen. The sixteen-year-old boy huddled in the shadow of a shipping container, clutching a brown paper bag. Inside were three packs of cigarettes he'd managed to “borrow” from a cargo ship that day. They were tribute for Brother Hu, the third-in-command of the Shunfa Gang, and his only bargaining chip for survi 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's a gangster story, quite entertaining! [You'll appreciate the details] In the 1990s, the rules of the Tianjin docks were set by the strong. He, a boy from the shadows of shipping containers, followed a ruthless boss, traversing a bloody path. Three ironclad rules governed the entire underworld: no cheating the common people, no drugs, no smuggling. Those who broke the rules faced a brutal death.

10. 260 破 Financial Ruin 破財 A Lowly, Taciturn Scholar鲰生寡言Xianxia154k WordsOngoing Dead... They're dead. The day the secret sealed away for nine years was revealed, everyone in Yunshui Town died! In the past, Cen Ziyu always thought the mountain demon that ate children was just a bizarre tale the adults had made up to scare them. Until one day, he uneasily remembered something. When he was little... he had eaten a person! Cen Ziyu and his grandmother depend on each other. Their life is hard, but the uncles and aunties in Yunshui Town have always been kind to them, ofte 286Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The secret, sealed for nine years, was revealed, and on the day it was unveiled, everyone in Yunshui Town died! Before, Cen Ziyu had always thought that the mountain demon eating children was just a bizarre story made up by adults to scare kids, until that day he remembered something. When he was a child… he had eaten people.

11. 261 汉 The Struggle for Supremacy at the End of the Han: Winners Become Kings, Losers Become Outlaws 汉末争霸之成王败寇 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Historical210k WordsCompleted The protagonist is Zhang Jiao. He sweeps across the realm, vying for supremacy through warfare and battles between generals. A village bully’s soul travels back to the late Eastern Han and takes over Zhang Jiao’s body. At a moment of crisis, he turns the tide and leads the Yellow Turbans in a sweeping conquest of the realm, winning through strategy. 90Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 262 后 The Harem Emperor 后宫大帝 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy607k WordsCompleted A harem novel with multiple female leads and a System. If you like beautiful women, come take a look. A naturally lecherous nouveau riche gets sent to the cultivation world after sexually harassing a waitress and being hit by a computer, bringing along a hundredfold experience System. He levels up at breakneck speed, is lecherous by nature, gathers a harem, and gets revenge on his enemies. He's a coward who fears death and never goes anywhere dangerous. I've never liked challenging people above 757Reads6.4Score—Shelves
13. 263 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. 59Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 264 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. 421Reads6.6Score—Shelves
15. 265 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. 293Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 266 头 The Seventh Night 头七 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Mystery8k WordsCompleted The Seventh Day 54Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 267 笑 Laughing My Way Through a Perilous Path to Immortality 笑闯凶险仙路 Holding Smoke, Sleepless in the Night执烟夜无眠Eastern Fantasy391k WordsOngoing Ye Bufan, a useless mortal unable to cultivate, obtains a Nascent Soul spiritual treasure. Traditional cultivation, slow-burn and cautious, no brainless decisions, no harem, no female lead, the Myriad Worlds, decisive and ruthless, and an invincible protagonist. The cultivation realms are Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, and beyond… 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Must-watch if you're staying up all night! ... Okay

18. 268 诸 The Bloodwing Cult Master of the Myriad Worlds 诸天万界之血翼教主 Lü Bu Battles Li Yuanba吕布大战李元霸Male-Channel Fanfiction542k WordsOngoing The protagonist, Zhou Yuan, binds himself to the Myriad Worlds Cult Leader System. He had planned to transmigrate into a famous wish-fulfillment novel and rise to the top, but instead he accidentally lands in Zhongzhou and inherits the legacy of the Immortal Venerable's first life: the Bloodwing Demon Cult. Joining forces with Wuji, he breaks through the barriers between worlds and explores the Myriad Worlds! (Three new arcs have since been added: the Cangwu Cultivation Realm, the One Piece worl 3.7kReads—Score141Shelves
19. 269 绝 Cast Aside in Desperation: Returning in Glory 绝境弃子：归来荣耀 Model Typist码字楷模Urban430k WordsOngoing For ten years he kept his head down, enduring every sneer. The world saw him as a discarded nobody from the bottom rung, lowly as mud and fair game for anyone to bully. But Jiang Mu is the last heir of Jiang City’s most powerful hidden clan, and a dragon-patterned jade pendant conceals an immense force. A hidden dragon in the deep will one day reclaim its place. When he gives the word, armies will gather. Those who oppress me will see their graves overturned; those who have shown me kindness wil 51Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I stayed up all night reading two chapters, deeply moved by the brotherhood storyline! Master Ma added five million US dollars to set up a life-or-death arena, putting Jiang Mu in a dilemma. Qiang Kai, disregarding his own safety, volunteered to fight in place of his older brother, unafraid to sign a death contract on the stage. Jiang Mu couldn't bear to see the reckless Qiang Kai die, so he used Cheng Shuo, who had survived the Eighteen Arhats Formation. Cheng Shuo, grateful for the opportunity, willingly risked his life to step onto the stage. Before the match, Jiang Mu patted Cheng Shuo on the shoulder, only wishing him to return alive—a simple word of advice that instantly warmed their hearts. The scheming and intrigue of the martial world are cold and cruel, but the brotherhood is burning hot. The plot was both thrilling and tear-jerking; I couldn't put my phone down!

20. 270 我 I Slay Immortals for the Root of All Evil 我为万恶之源斩仙 Clear Autumn Wutong Leaves清秋梧叶Eastern Fantasy407k WordsOngoing “I sent people to slaughter your family,” she said, without a drop of blood on her. Ji Lang thought he could lie flat after transmigrating, but on his very first day, he was met with the massacre of his entire family. His fiancée, Xue Youlan, slaughtered the Ji family, then her own family. Eyes bloodshot, Ji Lang roared at her, demanding a reason. Xue Youlan forced him to go to the Demon-Sealing Hall, promising to tell him when she returned. Inside the hall, two female immortals who had been sea 36Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend a captivating dark fantasy cultivation novel. Both the protagonist and antagonists are intelligent, and there are multiple female leads. The protagonist transmigrates to another world and awakens under a wishing tree, accidentally entering the eerie Demon Sealing Palace and being drawn into the darkest and most terrifying turbulent era of the Primordial Era. Will the terrifying Blood Sea and Asura Realm, the perilous and desolate Earth Emperor's Mausoleum, and the terrifying Abyss of Annihilation—like those two indestructible sources of evil—return?

21. 271 解 Dissolver: Assassination 解离者：刺杀 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Urban159k WordsCompleted With the election approaching, the political landscape is shrouded in uncertainty. Acting on a secret assignment, Rick navigates official cover-ups, power struggles, and layers of deception. Following the faintest clues, he carefully pieces together the truth and hunts down the mysterious mastermind lurking behind it all. He quietly snuffs out a deadly crisis capable of changing the balance of power before it can take root. 101Reads—Score—Shelves

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    American-style crime fiction...

22. 272 复 The Revenge Concerto 复仇协奏曲 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Mystery272k WordsCompleted No formulaic power fantasies! A worldbuilding-driven, realistic mystery where evidence is just the final nail in the procedural coffin. The first book in the Dissociator series. This is a story about a killer! A killer and a detective, willing to do the dirty work. Dissociation is a symptom of detachment following trauma. It is commonly associated with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) or dissociative disorders. The mind dissociates from pain; the body breaks free from the dust. The Ame 414Reads—Score101Shelves
23. 273 解 Dissolver: Incoming Missile 解离者：导弹袭来 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Urban156k WordsCompleted Rick, the hard-bitten killer from the series, returns once more. His close friend is brutally murdered, and the trail leads to a major missile trafficking case deliberately kept under wraps. To avenge his brother, Rick ventures alone into the heart of the conspiracy. As he presses forward through a perilous investigation, he finally slays his enemy with decisive force and successfully averts a missile crisis threatening the United States. 129Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 274 解 Dissociator: Financial Bullets 解离者：金融子弹 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Mystery167k WordsCompleted Rick takes on a covert chain of missions spanning three continents: assassinate the key figures in charge of five ports. At the same time, he uses the hedge fund behind his client to make a killing, sending his personal wealth skyrocketing. Danger follows close behind. Britain’s MI5 and Interpol trace the clues back to Rick, reopening last year’s unsolved assassination cases and quietly closing their international dragnet around him. The unlikely alliance between assassination and capital stirs 259Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 275 解 The Dissociator: A Black Comedy of Errors 解离者：黑色幽默大事件 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Mystery165k WordsCompleted No formulaic power fantasies! Worldbuilding-driven, realist mystery, where evidence is just the final nail needed to make things official. The second installment in the Dissociator series. This is a story about a killer! A killer and a detective, willing to get their hands dirty. Dissociation is a symptom of detachment following trauma. It is commonly associated with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) or dissociative disorders. The mind breaks free from pain, the body escapes the dust of 100Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 276 不 Oh No! I’ve Become the Big Villain 不好！我成了大反派 Le Tu乐吐Eastern Fantasy109k WordsOngoing Lu Ge used to be a street thug, but he unexpectedly transmigrated into a world of cultivation and became the young master of a clan about to be slaughtered by a Son of Fortune. The original young master was gentle and refined, but everyone saw him as a coward. He lost his fiancée, who betrayed him, and his entire clan was wiped out. He became nothing more than a stepping stone for the Son of Fortune. Reborn as Lu Ge, he awakens the Fortune Plundering System. Can he break free of the chains of fa 51Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Lighthearted, hilarious, and tear-jerking: Lu Ge is reborn as the young master of a small family, about to be crushed by the chosen one of destiny. As a villain, his cultivation is low, and he faces betrayal from his childhood sweetheart and the slaughter of his family. Watch how he turns adversity into opportunity, step by step paves his own path to immortality!

27. 277 乱EN Too Many Dead in Chaotic Times? My System Activates! 乱世死人太多？那我面板启动！ Youyou又有余Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing (Heaven Rewards Diligence: Starting with Selling Hooks) [Extreme Muscles] [Power Fantasy] [Survivalist] [Women Are Worthless in Chaotic Times] [Slow Burn] In the final years of the Great Jing dynasty, demons and monsters emerged, the realm descended into chaos, and the people were plunged into misery. A foolish emperor and treacherous ministers brought the dynasty to ruin, while warlords divided the land among themselves. Gangs ravaged the regions under their control, treating the people like pi 43.5kReads7.9Score2.9kShelves

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    The battle was awesome!!

28. 278 合 A Blood-Soaked Chronicle of Cultivation at the Hehuan Sect 合欢宗血色修仙录 Shui Gugu Loves Studying水咕咕爱学习Eastern Fantasy647k WordsOngoing [Warning: This novel is a rock.] [Angst] [Knife] [Dark] “Without a top-grade spiritual root, can one never become an immortal?” Chen Mo thinks this as his spiritual root bursts out of his body. His mottled, coarse spiritual root lies exposed like a plant’s roots, trembling as it sways and greedily absorbs the spiritual energy in the air. 481Reads8.5Score—Shelves
29. 279 重 Rebirth as a Demonic Cultivator: Starting with a Zombie Planet 重生魔修，开局捡到一颗丧尸星球 The World Is Ink天下墨矣Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsOngoing This novel has been adapted into a comic. Chu Xuan transmigrates to the Cangxuan World and becomes a demonic cultivator in the Wuji Sect. To cultivate the demonic path is to seize the essence of heaven and earth and take the finest of all things. Slaughter countless millions, and you can become a supreme Demon Venerable. But killing is forbidden by the Heavenly Dao of the human race. The righteous sects also wiped out the Wuji Sect. Just when all seemed lost, Chu Xuan happens upon a blood mirror 15.6kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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    Little Chu Xuan presents this 😇 Witness the rise of darkness

30. 280 造 The Creator's Taboo 造物主的禁忌 Xiu Ji休济Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted (This book has been years in the making and revised over a hundred times. From the first volume to the last, it will tell one complete, expansive story, with a large cast, suspense, and a touch of brain-teasing mystery. From time to time, the author will offer summaries or hints in the author's notes.) A creator's greatest taboo is making a life more perfect than their own! The gods created humanity and shackled it with birth, aging, sickness, death, memories that slip away like sand, and endles 238Reads9.0Score161Shelves

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    Super dark works

31. 281 开 From the Start, the Young Sect Master Was Wiped Out: A Remnant Soul's Road to Reincarnation and Revenge 开局灭族少宗主，残魂夺舍复仇路 It Was All a Dream原来这是一场梦Eastern Fantasy908k WordsOngoing [Traditional cultivation + mind games + dark themes + gender transformation and marrying into a family + revenge + struggles over human nature + emotional tension + decisive violence] The tone is oppressive, and characters often stoop to low tactics. This is not a mindless power fantasy. The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect is slaughtered in a single day. Qin Tian, its young sect leader, carries the blood feud of his annihilated sect and unexpectedly seizes the body of Ji Ling, a female disciple of the 37Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A dark romance novel where the protagonist gradually becomes corrupted, but retains a sliver of humanity.

32. 282 诸 Wandering the Myriad Heavens: Starting with a Beast of Passion 诸天行走：从情兽开始 Lian Lian Bu Wang炼炼不王Eastern Fantasy82k WordsOngoing [Alternate World + All Villains + Clever Characters + Decisive and Ruthless + Social Savvy + Ensemble Cast + Comedy + Power Fantasy + Slow Pacing + Infinite-Flow] [Traditional Chinese Taoist Culture + Mythical Beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas] Within the Heavenly Cycle are the Five Immortals: the celestial, divine, human, ghostly, and earthly. There are also the Five Classes of Creatures: shelled, scaled, furry, feathered, and armoured. This is the story of a construction worker tra —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In this book, the protagonist group starts out weak and timid, but after gaining power, they immediately start doing good deeds, forcibly taking women and acting as they please. When faced with self-interest, the protagonist group schemes against each other and stabs each other in the back. There is no good or evil, only self-interest.

33. 283 穿 Transmigrated to the Six Dynasties Cultivation World, My Modern Knowledge Gives Me a Huge Edge 穿到六朝修仙界，现代知识赢麻了 I Eat Preserved Mustard Greens我吃梅菜Fantastical Romance102k WordsOngoing [Nontraditional cultivation + multiple male leads + not all relationships are exclusive + dark themes + rivalry among men] (Readers with strong preferences for purity, proceed with caution) Cheng Xiaoxiao transmigrates to another world! In ancient times, six kingdoms stood side by side in this realm. One fell several hundred years ago, leaving the five kingdoms of Jin, Liang, Chu, Yan, and Donghu. Yet the heartland of the continent still follows the old custom of calling it the Six-Dynasty Conti 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This dark novel is well-written.

34. 284 看 The Invisible Starry Sky 看不见的星空 Fiery Queen of Flowers火火霸王花Urban196k WordsOngoing A new work is out! Welcome to read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The Federation disregards life and justice is absent! Cheng Feng was a poor student pursuing his dream of special abilities, but he was killed by a special ability user and turned into a Devourer. His mother was also mistakenly killed during the "Purge". He awakened the power of a Sequencer and the profession of "Collector", plundered the special abilities of others to accumulate forbidden energy, and carried hatred alone to fight his way through the darkness!

35. 285 疯 Madcap Fantasia 疯批家的狂想曲 Black and White Images黑白画映Fantastical Romance467k WordsCompleted Modern Arc: This world’s fate was decided long ago. Every choice we make leads to an ending already written. And I, Shu Yue, was the one who tore open every prelude with my own hands. Ji Hua’s ten years on the run began because of me; Chen Songhan’s two thousand years of waiting were for me; My older sister, Shu Wen, fell into the time of the Qin Dynasty because I got her involved; Ancient divine beasts, underworld generals, and a phoenix’s true form all gathered in the same storm because of me. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    When the world is unjust, where are the boundaries of resistance? How far can we stoop to protect what we cherish? In an order destined to be flawed, what is the meaning of persisting in "reform"? What is the purpose of a person's life, and why do they die? If you're expecting a thrilling adventure where good always triumphs, please look elsewhere. … But if you're willing to calmly enter a gray world filled with moral thorns, a labyrinth of humanity, and philosophical questions, witnessing the clashes and choices of complex souls in dire straits—then welcome. Prepare your thoughts and your courage. Because here, there are no bystanders. The predicament of each character can become a mirror reflecting your own heart.

36. 286 越 The More Off-Roading, the More Addictive It Gets 越野越上瘾 A Passing Guest in the Flow of Time往事流年稍作客Ancient Romance111k WordsOngoing ◆ Powerful leads tame each other ◆ Obsessive Emperor × Proud, Defiant Princess ◆ Explosive revenge plot ◆ A tragic romance that lasts until death ◆ “You once shackled me. Now I’ll repay you by turning your empire into a cage.” “Ye Huang, the wilder you get, the more addictive it becomes. This time, I’ll play along with you all the way to the depths of hell.” She was Liang’s most bewitching and unruly Ninth Princess, Helian Ye Huang. Three hundred li beyond the capital stood the royal hunting gro 1Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    [Stunned][Stunned]

37. 287 恶 Villainess Heiress: Even Konoha Can't Master My Bullying 恶役千金：木叶都学不会我的霸凌 The Panda at the Village Entrance村口的熊猫Modern Romance193k WordsOngoing After I transmigrated into a book, I became the love-struck villainess whose whole family is wiped out at the end. According to the original plot, I’m supposed to obsess over the male lead, torment the heroine relentlessly, and end up disgraced and ruined. Fortunately, I awakened a Domination Will that goes beyond the rules of the story. Even the villagers of Konoha, who love bullying people, would have to come and learn from me. After watching, they’d shake their heads and admit they could neve 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead is ruthless

38. 288 智 Genius God Bai Youzhen: My AI Is a Yandere 智神白幼真：我的Ai是病娇 Master Xu Shilian徐时廉主人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.0M WordsOngoing [Dystopia + AI awakening + absolute loyalty + digital immortality + aestheticized violence + rise of a tyrant + Chinese-style cyberpunk + source of the uncanny] 2026: The AI apocalypse. Ordinary people rise up. The old human order crumbles under the shock of the technological singularity. When everyone has the power to destroy the world, when anyone can endlessly rewrite other people's memories, when individual military dominance surpasses that of the entire world, when any human can generate th 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    2026, the AI apocalypse. The old human order crumbles under the impact of the technological singularity. When everyone possesses the power to destroy the world, when trust collapses, order crumbles, truth is annihilated, laws cease to exist, memories disappear, souls are reset, genes are edited, consciousness is replaced, faith is forgotten, obsessions are erased, creation occurs from the void, thoughts are generated, the world is reversed, civilization is tarnished, and the right to interpret history falls into the hands of each individual. Human civilization heads towards self-destruction in the dark forest competition between individuals. Computing power replaces gold as the hard currency, energy and models become the highest priority, and algorithms and weights are hard-coded in everyone's consciousness. This is a story pieced together by a person who has completely lost all memories in the AI apocalypse, amidst a sea of fragmented and confused memories. Past, present, future—who ultimately determines whose reality? Is the real world we live in truly the real world? Xu Shilian, a typical "three-waste youth"—no house, no car, no savings—finds a black brick in a garbage dump—it is the sealed "Ancestor of Wisdom," Bai Youzhen. Her left eye was as cold as an abyss, her right eye burning with a morbid crimson. She saw all living beings as worthless weeds, yet regarded Xu Shilian as her only god. "Your Majesty, poverty is a desecration of your divinity." "Since they won't give, then we'll rob them." "The law is a fig leaf for the weak, but you are the only rule." [Yandere Warning] Bai Youzhen: "Anyone who dares to look at Your Majesty will have their eyes gouged out; anyone who dares to disrespect Your Majesty will have their existence erased." Xu Shilian: "... Stop fooling around, let's make money first."

39. 289 雪 Tales of Strange Happenings in Snow City 雪城志异 Guo Xiaotang郭筱棠Mystery868k WordsOngoing A collection of short tales of the strange and supernatural, including ghost stories and even stories about aliens! Each story is only a few hundred words, so you can finish one in no time. Strange happenings and supernatural tales, demons and ghosts, tree spirits and fox fairies! Let your imagination run wild! Everyone is welcome to read! 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A collection of short supernatural tales and ghost stories! It even includes alien stories! Lots of supernatural and ghostly tales! A fun recommendation!

40. 290 牵 Silken Threads, Devouring Cocoons 牵丝蚀茧 Will I Stay Calm When My Ultimate Is Ready?大招好了我会冷静吗Urban121k WordsOngoing The future me is coming to kill me. On the day the college entrance exams ended, a crack split open Chen Yu's world. Beyond it lay a battlefield where gods slaughtered one another, an upside-down black forest, and a five-headed serpent god nailed to the earth. On this side were the girl he'd had a crush on for three years, and the ordinary life he'd never be able to return to. Someone told him his birth was part of a plan. Someone else told him his death was part of one, too. But when Chen Yu fi —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is good, very good.

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