Please Recommend Stories Where the Protagonist Cultivates Forbidden Arts 求主角修炼邪术的小说

1. 1 末 The Age of Declining Dharma: From the Start, I Blood-Sacrifice and Refine Corpses on Hong Kong Island! 末法时代：开局在港岛血祭炼尸！ Salty Fish Only Know How to Be Salty咸鱼只会咸Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing In the age of declining magic, all arts have vanished, and cultivating the Dao is harder than reaching the heavens! In his previous life, Zhao Shan was a great demon of the unorthodox path. Reborn in 1990s Hong Kong, he discovers that this is still an age of declining magic. The orthodox sects are a dead end, and the unorthodox schools are no better, so he has no choice but to keep following his own wicked path. But gradually, he realizes that something about this world seems a little off. On Do 64.6kReads8.6Score5.8kShelves

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   🍅The first book is purely dark. The male protagonist was a great demon in his past life. He is reborn in 1990s Hong Kong and cultivates evil arts. In this world of declining magic but full of fierce ghosts, he runs rampant! 🍅The second book is a bit strange. The male protagonist is reborn in the body of a 75-year-old man. He activates a love system, but all he gains are various evil arts. He is chased by the 749th Bureau all the way, but he also experiences the true meaning of love. A life full of ups and downs!

2. 2 变 After Turning into an Old Man, the System Makes Me the God of Love 变成老登后，系统让我当爱神 Say Nothing, Know When to Stop弗言明止Urban1.2M WordsCompleted At thirty-five, with nowhere left to turn and suffering from kidney failure, he takes over the body of a seventy-five-year-old fisherman with dementia. The good news is that he finally has a pension he can count on, rain or shine, and a System. The bad news is that he doesn’t have many years left, and the System is a little unhinged... Tell your beloved “I love you” once a day, and you get to draw a huge treasure chest. All sorts of surprises await. System bro, are you planning to turn me in 6.4kReads8.7Score615Shelves
3. 3 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 313.2kReads9.4Score28.3kShelves

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   These are the only two I have. Are they good-looking? Both have ratings above 9.3. Trust me! [Kissing emoji]

4. 4 道 Fellow Daoist, Why Is Your Human Emperor Banner Belching Black Smoke? 道友，你这人皇幡怎么冒黑烟啊？ He An Is Simple贺安很简单Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Even unorthodox paths can lead to Heaven! This poor Daoist has always been a bit timid. If I don’t pull up the roots after cutting the grass, I won’t be able to sleep at night! Heh heh heh... I, He An, am your great calamity! 81.4kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves
5. 5 活 Living Sacrifice 活人祭祀 Black Armor Warrior黑甲武士9k WordsCompleted Living Sacrifice 1.3kReads—Score—Shelves

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   A word of warning: DO NOT read this at night! DO NOT read this at night! DO NOT read this at night!!! I'm saying it three times because it's so important! These two books are absolutely terrifying! Enter at your own risk if you're easily scared!

6. 6 我 My Years as a Ghost Constable 我当鬼差的那些经历 Black Armor Warrior黑甲武士7k WordsCompleted My Experiences as a Ghost Constable 422Reads—Score—Shelves

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   These two books are truly breathtaking! They're top-tier masterpieces! Genuine works that could be adapted into a movie! The setting and plot are absolutely brilliant!!

7. 7 开 From the Start, a Life-Shortening Demonic Art: I Became an Immortal by Turning Negatives Around 开局减寿魔功，我靠负面逆转成仙 Fat Cat Detective肥猫警长Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Fast-Paced Cultivation + Side Effects Become Buffs + Cunning Schemer + Calculating + Cautious and Steady] Ye Bufan transmigrates into a cultivation world and becomes a lowly rogue cultivator in the Zhao Kingdom. Born with a low-grade yang spirit root, he thinks he has a chance at immortality. But despite diligently cultivating for a hundred years, he still fails to reach Foundation Establishment, even in his old age. Seeing no hope of immortality, he decides to make the most of the few years he 40.1kReads8.9Score4.8kShelves

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   That has to be this book! Forbidden spells and evil magic have absolutely no side effects on the protagonist. He doesn't even bother with spells that have no side effects; instead, his cheat-like abilities turn them into advantages. Plus, the protagonist is highly intelligent and levels up quickly. He's incredibly cunning, strategizing and outmaneuvering his enemies. And his enemies aren't mindless either.

8. 8 降 Divine Descent 降神 Honest Man12老实人12Eastern Fantasy5.4M WordsOngoing You have Daoist arts to cultivate immortality; I have spirit-summoning arts that can commune with the gods. Cultivating immortality comes with conditions. You need either natural talent and immortal bones, or a fortuitous encounter and spiritual roots. To achieve anything in your cultivation, you also need a cheat. But what if you're just an utterly ordinary person? You have nothing: no talent, luck, good fortune, or even the grit to work hard. You're no pretty boy, and you're not young, either. 1kReads6.2Score134Shelves

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   The author of this book, HonestMan12, is a veteran writer whose books have always been well-written, but unfortunately, he likes to abandon projects unfinished. He hasn't written anything for a long time; I thought he'd retired, but then he suddenly resurrected on Tomato Book. The protagonist of this book mainly practices black magic; those familiar with HonestMan's style know that despite his name, he's a cannibal. Another book by HonestMan, which I read for a while, is another work he's written, attempting a breakthrough in a new genre. So far, it's alright, but this time it's not as sinister.

9. 9 黑 The Book of Darkness: Every Novel I Write Is an Evil Cultivation Technique 黑天书：我写的小说全是邪功 Scrolls Like a God卷如神Urban329k WordsOngoing Su Mo is a third-rate web novelist who earns just 800 yuan a month, scraping by on face-slapping son-in-law stories. One night, teetering on the brink of death from staying up to write, a Heavenly Book System window pops up: "Looking for inspiration? Click here to transmigrate and experience an immersive real-world adventure. When you get back, you'll be able to write 30,000 words a day!" On his first transmigration, he witnesses a sect leader massacre an entire family for a martial arts manual, 55Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I'd recommend it, especially the first one, which is quite relevant to the topic.

10. 10 旁 Heterodox Arts: Beginning My Cultivation by Refining the Entire Village 旁门左道：从炼化全村开始修行 The Yasha Who Loves Meat爱吃肉的夜叉Mystery383k WordsCompleted I'm working on a new novel in the same genre. My grand goal for 2026: finish my first million-word novel. Longtime readers, stay tuned. [Corpse Control, Cursecraft, Raising Little Ghosts]+ [Eight Hundred Schemes Up His Sleeve]+ [Master of Disguise]+ [Sneaky Schemer]+ [Voldemort] My name is Chen Xiu. If you become my enemy, it's to the death. That's why people in the business like to call me “Daoist Wuyou.” I always say: pay me, and I'll solve your problems… A child lights a lamp, a vengefu 3.9kReads7.2Score244Shelves

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    Who understands the true value of these sorcery novels on Tomato? ① He An, as a cultivator, believes that "even unorthodox methods can lead to heaven." He considers himself timid by nature and adheres to the principle of eliminating all threats, always announcing with a sinister laugh that he is the opponent's inescapable life-or-death calamity.

11. 11 行 The Man Who Walks the Myriad Worlds 行走在诸天万界的人 Honest Man12老实人12Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.7M WordsOngoing A voice tells the protagonist to travel to the multiverse and save humanity. He must follow the will of humanity, honing himself across the multiverse before finally venturing to the sacred battlefield of origin. There, humanity fights against gods filling the heavens. Whether good or evil, kind or wicked, in the end humanity has only one enemy on the battlefield of origin: the gods. Come, let the dirge of conquest ring out. Fight without end, until someone can break free at the world's edge. 21Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 12 周 Roaming the Heavens: From Canghai to Sword Immortal 周流诸天：从沧海到剑仙 Scrolls Like a God卷如神Eastern Fantasy606k WordsOngoing After transmigrating into Canghai, I start with the Zhouliu Liuxu skill and awaken the ability to log into the heavens. Zhu Xian, Zhetian, Shenmu, Journey to the West, The Eternal Supreme... The techniques of countless worlds are all mine. 2.8kReads—Score308Shelves
13. 13 一 The Outcast: With So Many Forbidden Arts, You Pick the Great Thousand Records? 一人：禁术那么多，你选大千录？ Ageless and Immortal不老不死Male-Channel Fanfiction490k WordsCompleted Lin Huowang transmigrates into the world of The Outcast. He has a harmonious family and a happy life. But a dispute between two outcasts spirals into an undeserved disaster, leaving Lin Huowang an orphan. By a stroke of luck, Lin Huowang awakens the System. The System offers him a wealth of forbidden techniques to choose from: Flying Thunder God, Impure World Reincarnation, Twin Hands, Heaven Communicating Talisman Art, Great Thousand Records... With no qi in his body and no talent for cultivati 7.6kReads8.3Score487Shelves
14. 14 武 Tomb of the Martial Arts: I Learn Martial Arts Through Death 武墓：我靠死亡学武 Scrolls Like a God卷如神Sports171k WordsCompleted Retired esports player Lu Chen is so broke that he has to sell his life. He signs with a gaming studio as a “martial arts miner”: create a character, learn martial arts, die, then have the techniques he learned crystallize into tokens for his employer to inherit. On his thirteenth death, he defected. On his fourteenth, he created his own sword technique and wounded the leader of the Tianwu Alliance. On his sixteenth, he realized that the person killing him was using the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing 1Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 15 地 The Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends Transformations 地煞七十二变 Wine Priest祭酒Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing The seventy-two transformations of the Earthly Fiends each grant a supernatural ability. A mysterious book with a yellow cover sent Li Chang'an back to the ancient world. Every demon he killed earned him a new ability. Painted-skin ghosts, zombie kings, spider demons... one after another fell beneath his sword. Communing with the netherworld, swordsmanship, demon-slaying... one supernatural ability after another emerged from the book. After he wiped out a hundred ghosts and looked around with hi 38.1kReads9.3Score4.6kShelves
16. 16 民 Republic-Era Mysteries: I Rule the Turbulent Times with Dark Arts 民国诡闻：我靠邪术横行乱世 Xuan Jue Yuanxin玄觉缘心Mystery200k WordsCompleted I woke up in the Republican era, branded with the “Three Corpses Curse” of a Nanyang evil god and turned into a living test subject for three dark forces: head curses, poison arts, and vengeful spirits! I thought I was doomed, but then I discovered that the curse mark could absorb the resentment and wicked karma in the world, making me stronger and granting me effortless command of dark arts! Flying-needle curses, Five Poisons Gu, driving out souls and commanding ghosts… The forbidden arts that 17Reads—Score102Shelves
17. 17 九 Uncle Nine: You're a Taoist, So Why Are You Covered in Dark Arts? 九叔：你一道士，怎么满身邪术？ Old Li Wants Meat老李要吃肉Urban483k WordsOngoing Ning Yu transmigrated to a zombie-infested world. Adopted by an old Daoist priest and entrusted with Qingyuan Temple, he embarked on the path of cultivation. But with the Dharma-Ending Age making cultivation difficult, and his own aptitude nothing special, he had no choice but to take the unorthodox path. Fortunately, the Book of the Underworld appeared. All he had to do was record demons, monsters, ghosts, and spirits to gain spells and divine abilities! But... why were the spells he gained 54Reads8.2Score—Shelves
18. 18 我 I Use Wicked Sorcery to Pursue Goddesses and Become an Unrivaled Evil Fiend 我用邪术追女神，成为绝世邪魔 The Tall, Strong Saint Son of the Jiang Family高高壮壮的姜家圣子Urban664k WordsCompleted Lin Feng, an ordinary college student in the city, suffers his girlfriend's heartless betrayal and public humiliation at the hands of a rich second-generation heir. Then, by chance, he acquires a forbidden demonic art. His life changes completely. Once timid and helpless, he becomes a dark cultivator wielding soul-stealing seduction arts and curse-based killing techniques. Using this dark power, he exacts the ultimate revenge on those who once humiliated him, revels in controlling the fates of o 1.8kReads6.4Score117Shelves
19. 19 逆 The Heavenly Master of Reverse Fortune 逆运天师 Four Ounces Move a Thousand Pounds千钧四两Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Originally titled The Reversed-Fate Celestial Master and Those Years of Helping Ghosts Harm People] [Multiple Female Leads] [Supernatural Evil Cultivation] [Controlling Paper Dolls, Consecrating Yin Compasses, Refining Copper-Coin Ghost Treasures, Making Corpse Puppets, Raising Ghosts, Practicing Yin Fiend Arts] [Cultivation Ranks: New Ghost - High-Grade Ghost - Yin Soldier (Yin Soldier Ghost Path) - Ghost King (Ghost King Evil Path) - Ghost General (Netherworld Ghost General) - Great Demon - F 2.5kReads8.1Score206Shelves
20. 20 邪 Apprentice at the Occult Curio Shop 邪术杂货店的学徒 The Mountain-Moving Daoist搬山道人Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted I never believed in Southeast Asian black magic, Nanyang sorcery, or even the gu poison arts of Yunnan. But after a trip to Hong Kong, not only did I believe in them, I also used them to make a fortune… This book reminds everyone: don’t be lazy, greedy, arrogant, or wicked. May it leave a deep impression on your heart! 171Reads5.4Score—Shelves
21. 21 邪 Dark Arts: The Ten Courts of Hell 邪术：十殿阎罗 Mountain High, Valley Low高山低谷Mystery618k WordsCompleted (No System, no heroine, crooked and sinister methods, ruthless and decisive) In this world where good and evil have been turned upside down, is it really so wrong for me to use a little dark magic? And if I use dark magic without suffering heavenly punishment, is that really so wrong? Mount Mao offended me, so I’ll wipe out Mount Mao. China’s Special Affairs Department offended me, so I’ll wipe out your entire family. Japan offended me, so I’ll wipe out the whole country! If the world offends me 1.4kReads6.6Score100Shelves
22. 22 开 From the Start, I Had Only Eight Years to Live, So I Bet It All 开局只有8年寿命，我选择梭哈 Hamburger Without the Bun汉堡没有包Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [Concept Enhancement + Decisive and Ruthless + No Brain-dead Moves + Cold-Blooded and Merciless + Rock-Solid Caution + No Simping] After mysteriously transmigrating to another world, Ding Yi grew more and more uneasy by the day. He noticed that the elderly couple who had kindly taken him in kept peeping at him outside his door in the middle of the night. The suppressed, excited breathing and sounds of swallowing from beyond the crack in the door left Ding Yi in no doubt that the old couple would 46.1kReads8.8Score4.4kShelves

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    He's ruthless and decisive, not a saint, and often uses women as sexual partners or incestuous rituals. 95% Of the female characters have been sexually exploited multiple times. The entire world is basically populated by evil cultivators.

23. 23 邪 My Evil Arts Are Fully Mastered, and You Want Me to Descend the Mountain and Save All Beings? 邪法大成，你让我下山普渡众生？ Gongsun Lizi Hotpot公孙离子烫Eastern Fantasy631k WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless] [Invincible] [Unorthodox methods] [Gu magic] [Dark arts] Yin and Yang are reversed, morality has collapsed, and monsters run rampant. In this chaotic age, bones litter the wilderness and no rooster crows for a thousand miles. Xu Xuan transmigrated into a strange world. He mastered the dark arts at Qingfeng Temple, then awakened a Merit System. Determined to fulfill his master’s hopes, he set off to travel the mortal world and save its people. Taking on the identity of a s 33Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    The first book features a protagonist who does whatever he wants, repaying kindness with kindness and evil with evil. The second book is truly excellent; although the protagonist practices evil magic, he only kills those with negative merit and heals good people. I haven't read the third book, but it's by the same author as the second, so it should be good too.

24. 24 全EN Global Class Change: Even Gods Are Materials for My Gu Refining 全民转职：神明都是我的练蛊材料 Gongsun Lizi Hotpot公孙离子烫Sports3.2M WordsOngoing The universe undergoes a strange transformation, and games and the supernatural descend upon reality. Monsters run rampant, secret realms and dungeons appear, and horrors are beyond counting. Beyond the Nine Provinces, countless races watch with predatory eyes. This is an age when everyone changes class. Only by becoming a class holder, leveling up, and growing stronger can you take part in the great struggle of this world. After transmigrating here, Cao Xiaochun awakens the only hidden class on 150Reads8.1Score—Shelves
25. 25 我 I'm the Only Living Person in This Apartment Building 我住的这栋公寓，只有我是活人 Black Armor Warrior黑甲武士9k WordsCompleted I'm the only living person in the apartment building where I live. 4.1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Reading these two books gave me goosebumps! They were terrifying! But there's no doubt that these two books are truly masterpieces!

26. 26 末 Apocalypse: A Collection of Stunning Beauties, and Every Teammate Is an Auntie-Type! 末世：绝色图鉴，队友皆是姨系！ Qìyán憇誩Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsOngoing [Aunties] [Young Wives] [Ruthless and Decisive] [Multiple Heroines] [No Saintly Lead] [Superpowers] [Apocalypse] If you can't hold on to the summit, then retrace the path that brought you there! As a former hoodlum who had gone straight, Mu Yan stared at the envelope in his hand and the SSS-rank Superpower, lost in thought. A letter from the future, and a string of young women and young wives! He led them onward, one step at a time! 36.1kReads7.8Score4.7kShelves

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27. 27 诡 Cultivating the Uncanny Dao: I Can Trade Away the Price of Cultivation 诡道修仙：我能置换修行代价 Savory Douhua咸豆腐脑Eastern Fantasy115k WordsOngoing [Demonic cultivation + cold-blooded and ruthless + decisive killing + loss of humanity] [Women appear, but there is no female lead] Cultivation comes at a price! A pretty young girl clutches a stinking corpse and gnaws at it. A swordsman in white sniffs the long strips of cloth used to bind a village woman’s feet. Rotting flesh lurks beneath the golden body of the Buddha, while writhing maggots dwell beneath the skin of immortals. Cultivators are neither free of worldly attachments nor pure of e 14Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    The second book, based on Gu poison, establishes the Daoist master of all laws. The third book, the Umbrella of Merit and the Banner of the Human Emperor, leads to heaven through unorthodox paths. The fourth book, the Cthulhu of the East, cultivates all laws and achieves destiny. The fifth book, cultivates evil arts without cost. The sixth book, all living beings are of the human race, destined to become food for immortals.

28. 28 从 I Start with Gu Refining and Grind My Way to the Dao of Ten Thousand Arts 从炼蛊开始肝成万法道尊 Gongsun Lizi Hotpot公孙离子烫Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsOngoing [Gu cultivation] [Decisive and ruthless] [Invincible] [Demonic cultivator] On the Eternal Continent, demonic cultivators rip out souls to make banners and use young girls as furnaces. The righteous sects may seem noble and upright, but in truth they refine the common people into powerful medicines in hopes of ascending to immortality. Reborn in a cultivation world where mountain foraging is the foundation of training, Bai Yu unexpectedly becomes an errand disciple at the Gu Refining Peak of the 36.6kReads8.1Score3.2kShelves
29. 29 吾 I Cultivate Immortality Through Unorthodox Ways 吾于旁门，左道成仙 Luo Lan Loves to Cook爱做饭的罗兰Urban726k WordsCompleted Reborn in a parallel world, Chen Feng joins the Daoist sect as a practitioner of the Left Path after catching a dead fish. At a certain gathering, the sect leaders discuss whether to let rogue cultivators leave the assembly. “I am Daoist Fengdu. Who says practitioners of the Left Path cannot ascend to the Heavenly Gate?!” ...The Soul-Taming Umbrella (Merit Umbrella), the Hundred-Soul Banner (Human Emperor Banner), the Gu-Refining Basin (Treasure-Gathering Basin), and the Spine Sword (Xuanyuan Sw 5.7kReads8.9Score412Shelves
30. 30 爆 Grinding Like Mad at the Dao, This Old Daoist Will Become an Immortal Yet 爆肝道法，道爷我终将成仙 The Cat Who Drinks Lattes喝拿铁的猫Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Supernatural Horror + Eastern Lovecraftian Horror + Chinese-Style Horror] Beneath a world that seems peaceful and serene, a twisted, horrifying darkness churns. When the Seven Stars align and obscure the Moon, a hundred fangshi dance a mysterious, bizarre ritual on a mountaintop, then set themselves ablaze. Torrential rain pours down. In the hazy mist, an indescribable silhouette of horror appears, and overnight, everyone in the city goes mad. Three bells ring from a temple. Countless monks’ co 42.8kReads8.6Score3.7kShelves
31. 31 诡 Creepy Cultivation, but I Can Turn Side Effects into Benefits 诡异修仙，但我能转正副作用 I Don't Eat Sweet Oranges我不吃甜橙Eastern Fantasy780k WordsOngoing Li Yan had barely transmigrated to a world of demons, strange beings, and cultivation when an eerie old Daoist forced him to swallow a pill containing a parasitic curse. Just as he was about to become a pill slave and be treated as nothing but a resource, he unexpectedly awakened a System that absorbed side effects. The harsher the side effect, the more powerful the benefit after it was reversed! [Swallow the Blood-Egg Pill. Effect reversed: Steal other people's blood essence and cultivation!] [ 841Reads7.7Score100Shelves
32. 32 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.

33. 33 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 37.7kReads8.8Score3.3kShelves
34. 34 虫 Zerg Hive: Empresses and Saintesses Beneath My Heel 虫族母巢：女帝圣女皆踩脚下 Wooden Horse Bun木马包子Eastern Fantasy441k WordsOngoing Ma Yang was initially against transmigrating into a Zerg hive mother. But after giving it a try, he realized it was awesome! So damn fun! Turn all the finest humans into Zerg warriors. Lead billions of Zerg and overwhelm the entire otherworld! From then on, the continent has no more sects or orthodox traditions, only the iron hooves of the Zerg! [Transforming women + Conquering the world + Villain protagonist + Zerg swarm expansion] (The synopsis doesn't do it justice. Swipe left to enter the em 2.8kReads—Score277Shelves

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    Absolutely gorgeous!! Transforming beautiful women into Zerg is incredibly wicked.

35. 35 诸 Terror Across the Heavens: I Slaughtered the Worlds with Unorthodox Methods 诸天恐怖：我以旁门左道杀穿万界 Moon Beside a Lonely Lamp月伴孤灯Mystery367k WordsOngoing In his previous life, Zhao Yang was an evil heretical demon who committed every kind of crime. After being taken out by a single bullet, he embarked on a journey through the myriad heavens. In the world of Double Vision, he obtained the unorthodox corpse-liberation art, The True Treatise of Turbid Remains. In The Curse, he claimed the fearsome Ghost Mother’s Dharma Form. In Zombies: Reborn in Seven Days, he even brought the patrolling ghost soldiers under his command. The Yin-Yang Road, The Omin 309Reads5.8Score103Shelves

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    Suspenseful labor, Western fantasy, xuanhuan (a genre of Chinese fantasy) and supernatural elements are all available.

36. 36 道 The Void Dream of the Dao Source 道源虚梦 Youbai Isn't Sweet悠白不甜Urban1.6M WordsOngoing They seek the Heavenly Dao and trace everything back to its source. Is it all an illusion, or does it truly exist? The humans living in the world today are so weak. They have no control over birth, aging, sickness, or death. Mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas are impassable barriers, and they need outside tools just to travel. Yet who could have imagined that humans were not native to Blue Star? It is almost impossible to believe... In the Primordial Era, humans crossed countless starfields to a 211Reads—Score—Shelves

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37. 37 重 Reborn in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer as a Little Demon 重生笑傲之魔崽子 The Walking Pencil行走的铅笔Male-Channel Fanfiction511k WordsCompleted I'm reborn into The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, and damn, I'm the villain? How am I supposed to deal with this? Ouyang Ming fished out the only ten coins he had, bought and ate three flatbreads, then looked at the street urchins glaring at him with cold eyes. 2.5kReads5.8Score123Shelves
38. 38 死EN Necromancer? No, Call Me Archaeologist 死灵法师：不，请叫我考古学者 That Year, That Summer, Those Cicadas那年那夏那蝉Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Necromancer+Lord+Farming+Skeletal Tide+Sainthood Through Archaeology] Mediwen was a renowned archaeologist on Earth. After a car accident, he is reborn in a fantastical world. Thanks to the blessing of the God of Light, necromancers are a cursed profession in this world, regarded by everyone as the scum of society. In this world, Mediwen becomes a necromancer and awakens a strange talent for archaeology. History is knowledge, and time is power! “This is a human skeleton that is 137 years old. I 8.1kReads8.1Score712Shelves
39. 39 九 You've Refined the Nine-Turn Golden Pill, and You Call This Wuxia? 九转金丹都炼成了，你说这是武侠 Yun Er Yo云儿呦Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted Mistaking the martial world for an immortal sect and flight for ascension, Li Xuan’s first act after transmigrating was to etch his master’s ascension pose deep into his memory. But the old man had clearly been fleeing his enemies when he jumped off a cliff. To survive in this “dangerous world of cultivation,” Li Xuan trained the Eight Divine Taoist Spells to perfection, transformed a rundown temple into a blessed paradise, and hoodwinked the martial heroes below the mountain into bowing before 3.4kReads6.6Score306Shelves
40. 40 重 Reborn in Another World, My Golden Finger Had Been Bitten by a Bug 重生异世我的金手指被虫咬过 The Walking Pencil行走的铅笔Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted Also known as: Reborn in Another World, My Golden Finger Had Been Bitten by a Bug. I thought I’d live an ordinary life in another world. But as he gradually explored its mysteries, Zhao Wendong grew stronger with every step. When he finally looked back, he realized that although he’d been cultivating the martial path, somehow it had turned into something much like the immortal path! Damn it! Who cares? The demon path is still a path, and magic is still magic! As long as I can live freely, that’s 3.3kReads7.4Score209Shelves
41. 41 出 True Tales of the Spirit Mediums: My Ten Years Serving at a Ghost Hall 出马仙纪实：我供奉鬼堂的那十年 Four Happiness Pavilion四喜阁Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing My name is Zhou Tie. In this book, I'll tell the true story of my ten years running a spirit hall and serving ghosts. You've heard of spirit mediums... but have you heard of a ghost spirit hall? At eighteen, I established a ghost spirit hall and served ghost immortals! The presiding master was the sister my grandfather said had gone mad and died! This book has no female lead. It's not fantasy, and it's definitely not a cultivation novel! It's the true story of how I, born with an ominous yin con 82.8kReads9.6Score7.8kShelves

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    Want to experience a different kind of fantasy cultivation journey? Check out this unorthodox novel! The protagonist lives in a world teeming with powerful figures, yet he doesn't follow the conventional path. Relying on unorthodox techniques, bizarre magical artifacts, and mysterious spells, he rises step by step amidst the scorn and suppression of the righteous path. His unique cultivation methods break the mold, earning the admiration of those orthodox masters. The book is filled with imaginative settings and thrilling battle scenes, taking you to a unique fantasy world!

42. 42 降 Arriving in Hong Kong Cinema: Weirdness, I Need You to Help Me Cultivate 降临港综：诡异，我要你助我修行 One-Finger Keyboardist一指弹键盘Mystery651k WordsOngoing Hong Kong Horror + Film and TV + Supernatural Late at night, the radio station plays “Screams at One-Thirty,” and someone dies in the office every year. Yin Yang Road No. 888, Yellow Hill Village, The Haunted Apartment, July 14... What a relief. It turns out this is only a horror-movie world. Heaven, earth, gods, humans, and ghosts: up there, you might call me the lowliest of the Five Immortals. But here, what should you call me? After arriving on Hong Kong Island, Zhang Tianbo cultivates 13.7kReads6.6Score1.1kShelves
43. 43 血 A Boat of Flesh and Blood, Ferrying All Gods and Buddhas 血肉为舟，渡尽神佛 Situ Qingchen司徒清尘Xianxia596k WordsOngoing (Demons) (Gods and Buddhas) (Incense Offerings) (Fortune) (Corpse-Liberation Immortals) (Cultivation Through Flesh and Blood) (No System) (Decisive and Ruthless) Three thousand continents, humans, demons, and monsters coexist, sustaining the gods and Buddhas... In troubled times, demons and monsters seek cultivation, devouring countless people. Gods and Buddhas coexist and enjoy the incense offerings, indifferent to the world. 75.5kReads9.1Score7.7kShelves
44. 44 灵 Supernatural Revival: Wielding a Mirage from the Start 灵异复苏：开局驾驭海市蜃楼 Origin Demon God起源魔神Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted (No female lead, no CP, no morals, no limits, hypocrite, dark and self-serving) The supernatural returns, and vengeful ghosts run rampant. The human world is a living hell, with suffering everywhere. Ghosts cannot be destroyed! Only ghosts can fight ghosts! Order is on the verge of collapse, and truth is about to crumble. Reborn amid taboos, I cast aside my conscience and let my humanity die. “Anyone who makes me unhappy for even a moment will be unhappy for the rest of their life!” “Why stop at 15.3kReads8.2Score1.3kShelves
45. 45 人 At the Cemetery, I Find a Pair of Red High Heels 人在公墓，捡到一双红色高跟鞋 Strawberry-Flavored Little Butt草莓味的小屁股Mystery989k WordsOngoing Wang Jin finally graduated. He never expected that after studying civil engineering, he'd end up in a tomb, landing a job as a security guard at a high-end cemetery. He figured he'd work there for a few years, save some money, and then leave. But on his very first day, he found a pair of red high heels outside the security office. An ordinary person with no worries might have thrown them away. Someone more cautious might have grown suspicious. But Wang Jin was neither. He looked around, saw no o 1.5kReads8.0Score142Shelves

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    The protagonist is bizarre, and the work is extremely explicit. Is the author testing the limits of the authorities? Read it now before it gets banned.

46. 46 诡 Surviving the Weird: Starting as a Supermarket Delivery Worker 诡异求生：从入职超市送货员开始 Desperate Niu拼命五牛Mystery382k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a world where people struggle to survive the uncanny, Guo Feilong becomes a deliveryman for an uncanny supermarket and gains an SSS-rank talent that lets him strengthen his body without limit. Whenever the uncanny customers sign for their goods, he earns ghost coins. With ghost coins, he can strengthen himself endlessly. “Hello, Miss. I'm the supermarket deliveryman. Could you open the door and sign for your order?” “You're not opening the door? Fine, don't open it!” Guo 375Reads5.5Score107Shelves
47. 47 穿 I Transmigrated to a Supernatural World, and I’m Done Being Human 穿越灵异世界，我不当人了 Street47街道47Mystery240k WordsOngoing A new cycle of ghostly resurgence has begun, and the supernatural and the malevolent have returned to the world. Beneath the surface of the modern world, forces are stirring. Factions from various countries and powerful families are scrambling to seize evil ghosts, all in preparation for the next spiritual tide. After transmigrating, Liu Shi unexpectedly awakens the Ghost Exchange System. By trading two ghosts for a death-bound evil ghost, he fuses with nine supernatural entities right from the 264Reads—Score105Shelves
48. 48 诡 Eerie Lord: A Hundred Thousand Starving Ghosts from the Start 诡异领主，开局十万饿死鬼 Losing Money on Cover Art亏钱做封面Urban413k WordsCompleted He transmigrated to a dangerous city rife with secret realms, dungeons, and abysses. Here, those who awakened a planet and became lords could each be a nation, a world, or a war unto themselves! Lords clashed in all-out war! And Xiao Bai awakened a dead planet? Fortunately, he received a second awakening and the exclusive talents [Crazy Troop Production] and [Creepy Transformation]. “Put a bowl of white rice in a mass grave, and [Creepy Transformation] gives you the unit [Starving Ghost].” “Use 1.2kReads9.0Score115Shelves
49. 49 开 From the Start, I Cut Out the Slit-Mouthed Woman’s Kidneys 开局割了裂口女腰子 Du Qiyue杜七月Mystery719k WordsCompleted The apocalypse, survival, no saintly do-gooding, storage space, supernatural powers, vengeful ghosts, and the resurgence of horror. “Hello, 110? I’m calling to report a crime. Someone cut out my kidney, and now he wants to kill me. Hurry and come arrest him.” The emergency operator on the other end immediately sat up and took the call very seriously. The phone number that had called in was fourteen digits long. “Ma’am, please don’t panic. Take your time. Is the assailant still chasing you?” “Yes 97Reads8.1Score—Shelves
50. 50 我 There Are Monsters in My House 我屋子里有怪物 A Stroke Across Mountains and Seas山海一笔Urban599k WordsCompleted [Not a saint] + [Monster raising] + [Dark] + [Cthulhu] + [Gods] + [Forbidden powerhouse] On the first day Huo Jie moved in, he realized that the rundown villa he had inherited from his second uncle, who had barely been able to make ends meet, seemed a little strange. The whole house was filled with eerie things. Even a skull with a sheep’s horns could speak! A crow flew in, and Huo Jie fed it a stone from inside the house. It then began to speak like a human, and its golden eyes could see the tr 2.1kReads7.9Score214Shelves

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