The Male Lead Seems Like a Paragon of Righteousness, but He's Actually a Sneaky Villain 男主表面正道楷模，实则是阴险小人

1. 301 荆 Thorny Nun: Father, Don't Look Back. Leave the Three Thousand Rioters Outside to Me! 荆棘修女：神父，别回头，外面那三千暴徒交给我！ Chongqing and Sichuan Spicy Girl川渝辣妹子12k WordsCompleted Thorn Nun: Father, Don't Look Back. Leave the Three Thousand Rioters Outside to Me! 63Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 302 全 The Whole Village Calls Me a Lazy Wife, but My Hunter Husband Flirts with Me Every Night 《全村笑我懒汉媳，猎户夫君夜夜撩》 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted The Whole Village Calls Me a Lazy Wife, but My Hunter Husband Flirts with Me Every Night 139Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 303 火 Naruto: I Defy the Heavens for Tsunade, and My Six Paths Golden Body Rejects Every Beauty 火影：为纲手逆天下，我六道金身拒尽红颜 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝Male-Channel Fanfiction12k WordsCompleted Naruto: I Defy Heaven for Tsunade, and My Six Paths Golden Body Rejects Every Beauty 171Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 304 禁 Forbidden Zone Heartbeat 禁区心动 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝8k WordsCompleted A Heart Stirred in the Forbidden Zone 41Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 305 东 Drowning in Tokyo's Shadows: His Lips Stained with Neon and Sin 东京暗溺：他的唇，染着霓虹与罪 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝10k WordsCompleted Tokyo’s Dark Descent: His Lips Stained with Neon and Sin 12Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 306 犬 Inuyasha: Kikyo's Defiant Fate, A Heart Set Ablaze 犬夜叉·桔梗：逆命焚心录 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝Ancient Romance22k WordsCompleted Inuyasha and Kikyo: A Record of Burning Hearts Against Fate 23Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 307 梧 Ashes of the Parasol Tree: The Evening Breeze Can't Reach an Old Flame 梧桐烬：晚风不渡旧情人 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝7k WordsCompleted Ashes of the Wutong: The Evening Breeze Cannot Carry an Old Flame 6Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 308 血 Blood Staircase: The Eighteen Floors of Death That Never End 血梯：永不下坠的十八层死门 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝6k WordsCompleted The Blood Staircase: Eighteen Levels of Death with No Way Down 1Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 309 深 Starlight Echoes from the Abyss 深渊回响有星光 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝12k WordsCompleted Starlight Echoes from the Abyss 21Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 310 深 Sunward Grain in the Abyss 深渊里的向阳禾 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝12k WordsCompleted Sunward Grain in the Abyss 4Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 311 旺 Wangzai Xiao Qiao's Rise to Glory Against All Odds 旺仔小乔的逆风封神 Chongqing and Sichuan Spicy Girl川渝辣妹子13k WordsCompleted Wangzai Xiao Qiao’s Comeback to Stardom Against All Odds 51Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 312 咒 Jujutsu Kaisen: Rewriting Causality, I Turned the Shibuya Deadlock on Its Head 咒术回战：因果逆写，我掀翻了涉谷死局 Chongqing and Sichuan Spicy Girl川渝辣妹子Male-Channel Fanfiction11k WordsCompleted Jujutsu Kaisen: Rewriting Cause and Effect, I Turned Shibuya's Deadly Fate Upside Down 32Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 313 深 The Forbidden Colors of the Deep House: The Wife's Lapdog Wolf 《深宅禁色：太太的掌心狼》 Ten-Day Pact十日誓约10k WordsCompleted "Forbidden Colors in the Deep Estate: The Madam’s Palm-Sized Wolf" 68Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 314 仙 The Immortal Path? The Path of Death! 仙道？死道！ Jue Love ScarJue恋殇Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted [Horror Cultivation] + [Survival at All Costs] You are what you eat, so eating bitterness won't make you a better person. Only eating people will. An immortal once said, “If you're not at the table, you're on the menu.” Humans are the spirit of all things, born with immortal bodies and prized as heavenly medicine. In the cultivation world, the only way to cultivate is to absorb the power and fortune of others! That's why ordinary people are kept as living cauldrons. If you don't consume others, —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I watched it recently and it seemed pretty good

15. 315 全 All Humanity Escapes Prison to Survive, but I'm the Only One Who Breaks Free 全人类越狱求生，只有我逃脱牢笼 Refined Ye Feng儒雅叶枫Urban32k WordsOngoing The world is in upheaval! Lin Yu wakes up one night locked in a prison cell. And in three months, all of humanity will be locked up too! The prison has the world's most elite guards and armed security. Breaking out is harder than reaching the heavens! Everything costs money here, and the only way to earn it is by working a sewing machine. Just as people around the world fight tooth and nail for a chance to escape, Lin Yu wakes up and binds himself to the Escape Master System. He starts with an S —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist appears to be a righteous model, but is actually a sinister villain.

16. 316 我 I Only Wanted to Be a Lowly Soldier, but My Strength Wouldn’t Let Me 我只想当个小兵，奈何实力不允许 Fish Fruit Orange鱼果橙Ancient Romance224k WordsOngoing [Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic Male Lead + Male Rivalry + Palace and Household Intrigue, but with Men + Political Scheming + Light Comedy + Underdog's Rise + Satisfying Revenge + No Female Lead + Multiple Couples + Ensemble Cast + Everyone Is Evil] In the chaotic era of the Wei and Jin dynasties, the North and South wage war without end. At court, great aristocratic families scheme against one another. Beyond the border, flames of war blaze, and human lives are worth no more than grass. Han Su —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommended novel: Han Su betrayed six different regimes by himself. With each betrayal, he was not only safe and sound, but also more powerful. Those betrayed by him eventually failed. Only this "traitor" always retained power and wealth like a roly-poly.

17. 317 异 Alien Star: Let the Galaxy Feel the Steel Tide! 异星歧途：让群星感受钢铁洪流！ Type 95 Bullets九五式的子弹Sci-Fi & Apocalypse209k WordsOngoing [Science fiction] + [No power-level nerfs] + [Wish fulfillment] + [Natural disasters strike] The Maya lacked iron ore, so they had no choice but to carve tools from stone. The Chinese lacked glass, and their medicine remained stuck at the level of herbal remedies. So is it possible that the Solar System, an unusual single-star system in the universe, is missing a resource too, one that has trapped humanity in its cradle? That’s exactly right. Earth, or rather the entire Solar System, lacks a spe 191Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    Do you feel that no book can match your loneliness/happiness/confusion at the moment? It probably can.

18. 318 京 Strange Clouds over Beijing and Hong Kong: Special Case Squad 京港奇云：特殊专案组 Quiet Night, No Noise宵安勿噪Mystery225k WordsOngoing Beneath the sunlit skyscrapers of Jingang City, the prosperous yet dazzlingly chaotic capital of Yangguo, lurk currents of evil unknown to the public. When the bizarre case of Luo Ke, a top-tier star who falls to his death, comes to light, the scene is riddled with clues that go far beyond an ordinary suicide: a deadly new drug is found in his body, yet the scene bears signs of an impossible suicide. The baffling case is swiftly handed over to a mysterious, elite department: the Special Cases Ta 6Reads8.1Score—Shelves
19. 319 重 Back to the Carboniferous Period 重回石炭纪 Golden Leaf Ground金叶地Sci-Fi & Apocalypse352k WordsCompleted The doomsday countdown begins. In the depths of winter in Guang City, Nanshan Province, Xin You nervously paced along the street on his way to a blind date. A jumble of fakes filled the antiques stall. He spotted a woman in red being harassed by an old woman trying to scam her. It was Lin Xi, his secret crush from high school. “That's a family heirloom vase worth three hundred thousand!” the old woman wailed. Xin You snatched up a replica from the stall and smashed it in front of everyone. “If t —Reads6.6Score—Shelves
20. 320 请 Please Kill Me Before I Wither 请在我凋零前杀了我 Ji Nongdong季浓冬Mystery455k WordsCompleted A series of bloody cases unfolds around the struggles of three women from the lowest rungs of society. Poverty-stricken families are like a curse, twisting into a cold, terrifying chain that follows them like a shadow and weighs heavily on the whole family. Will fate offer them a key to break the code? Can Shu Yunyan, Chen Xuanlan, and Chen Jingyun break the chain that passes misfortune down through generations, find redemption, and escape the tragic paths laid out for them? “Officer Peng, this 40Reads9.3Score—Shelves
21. 321 慕 The Murong Clan: A Legend of Yan 慕容世家之燕国传奇 Moon Over the Northern Qinling Mountains秦岭北山月Historical552k WordsCompleted Drawing on the historical legacy of the five Yan states of Former Yan, Later Yan, Western Yan, Southern Yan, and Northern Yan during the era of the Five Barbarians ravaging China, this epic tells the story of Murong Xuan, a descendant of the Yan people, and Lin Wanqing as they work together to promote peace and trade. The story begins in the northern deserts, where the two lead a Eurasian alliance to pacify the Hephthalite wars and break up an encirclement by Central Asian tribes. Throughout, th 59Reads9.1Score—Shelves
22. 322 带 Leading Southern Tang to Conquer the Realm 带领南唐去争霸 Azure Eagle in a Clear Sky晴空苍鹰Historical2.8M WordsCompleted [Ensemble Cast + No System + Ruthless Battles + Contest for Supremacy + Historical Figures] Zhou Lei transmigrates to the Southern Tang during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, becoming its sixth prince: Li Yu, the legendary poet-emperor. Knowing that Li Yu will one day lose his kingdom and family, endure humiliation to survive, and see his wife violated, he is determined to change his fate! The chaotic final years of the Tang dynasty are filled with heroes vying to rule the land. The 443Reads8.6Score—Shelves
23. 323 浪 Starlight on the Crest of the Wave 浪尖上的星光 Meow Won't Share the Milk Candy喵不理奶糖Mystery343k WordsCompleted [Genres] Coming-of-age × ocean fiction × mystery × fantasy × healing romance [Theme] Light on the Waves: Dedicated to everyone who nurtures starlight through their tears. “This is a philosophical dialogue about life, death, and being reborn.” “The ocean in this book isn't just a backdrop. It's a living being, with breath and a heartbeat. Every cresting wave tells of the bond between brothers, and every shimmer of light bears witness to love's eternity.” On a typhoon-lashed day, a giant wave s 3Reads9.1Score—Shelves
24. 324 意 Artistic Conception Fusion Master 意境融合师 Kong Xiaoye孔晓晔Urban877k WordsOngoing A hundred years ago, blood and fire filled the sky during the Battle at the Summit. The Master of Merging Artistic Realms sacrificed their soul to protect the boundary between stories and the human world. A hundred years later, three boys step into a book-realm teeming with countless worlds. They are the sparks their ancestors hid among ordinary people: Zhao Yebai, who can mirror myriad worlds; Su Tuy a, who can paint all things into life; and Duan Mingchen, who can experience a hundred lifetime 7Reads8.8Score—Shelves
25. 325 系 My System's First Mission Is Actually to Set Up a Street Stall 系统给我第一个任务居然是摆摊 A Person Looking at the Sky一个人看着天Urban187k WordsOngoing Modern Earth, where spiritual qi revival has begun and global martial arts are flourishing. Ferocious beasts roam unchecked, humanity awakens supernatural abilities, and strength is everything. A transmigrator born with a “bad-luck” constitution can only give people massages from the start? And he’s bound to the most infuriating System in history. At the school martial arts tournament, his opponents are either sinister schemers or a goddess of wind magic. When he can’t win and admits defeat, the 2Reads7.6Score—Shelves
26. 326 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
27. 327 震 Shocking! The Dao Sect's Top Prodigy Is Actually a Demonic Cultivator 震惊，道门第一天骄竟然是魔修 Ink and Bamboo in the Wind墨语竹风Eastern Fantasy454k WordsOngoing A new work is here! You can read my novels on Fanqie Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    That must be consistent

28. 328 史 I'm a Slime, Yet the Righteous Path's Holy Son 史莱姆的我是正道圣子 Long Song of the State's Moon州月长歌Eastern Fantasy165k WordsOngoing [Villain] [World-Destroying] [Nonhuman Protagonist] Hua Yunxiu was the young grandson of the Star Peak Master, one of the thirteen peaks of Taixu Sect. By all accounts, he was a refined and elegant gentleman, graceful as a tree in the breeze. He was gifted in music and a rare handsome man across the Eastern Wilderness. In truth, the holy son of the righteous path had a side no one knew about. He was one of the world's greatest devourers, a practitioner of demonic arts. "Senior Brother, what are —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I have to take out my new book [cool]

29. 329 阴 Yin-Yang Bell: My Sword Immortal Girlfriend Comes From Three Thousand Years Ago 阴阳铃：剑仙女友来自三千年前 Green Leaves Under Heaven苍天绿叶Eastern Fantasy199k WordsOngoing [Super sweet! Traditional fantasy + level-up progression + multiple heroines + schemer + male heartthrob + slow burn + a touch of ensemble cast] “Junior Brother, you smell so good~” “Sister Shi, please behave yourself.” “Open your eyes and take a look... You damn well joined the Hehuan Sect, so quit pretending to be a prude! We're demonic cultivators!” Han Feng is on the verge of tears. Born with the bearing of a dragon and phoenix, and blessed with an extraordinary appearance, he arrives in the —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    All kinds of unbelievable operations, funny and unbeatable, immoral and smoking, nothing is wasted!

30. 330 成 I Begin My Path to Immortality with a Whipping! 成仙从鞭笞开始！ Admiring Flowers in a Dream梦中看花Eastern Fantasy144k WordsOngoing [Ruthless and Decisive + No Female Lead + Sacrificing the Entire Clan + Blood Sacrifice + Efficiency Above All + Utterly Inhuman] The day he turned eighteen and awakened his power marked the start of Zhang Fan’s countdown: he had only thirteen years left to live, and his path toward immortality began in a blood-soaked hell. From then on, he became a brutal farm owner. Everything he did was for efficiency and profit. Spiritual energy was limited, and resources were limited. But the life and power 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Comparing with the evil cultivators, he is on the right path, but he is born with no humanity and is absolutely self-interested. If you don't like it, don't join.

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