Kill Humans (and Monsters) to Level Up. No Saintly Protagonists, No Dragging Things Out, No Harem, No Idiots 杀人（怪）升级，不圣母，不磨叽，不后官不脑残

1. 101 高 High Martial Arts: A Blade That Slashes the Heavens 高武之刀斩苍穹 White-Robed Mortal Life浮生白衣Urban576k WordsCompleted He clawed his way out of a blood pool in hell, and returned as a walking calamity among mortals. His former name had long since burned away. Now, he is Zhang Mo, a vicious weapon born for nothing but annihilation! His blade is his tongue, and an unmarked stele bears witness. Every ringing stroke of his blade is the final word of countless lives. Tenderness? Loyalty? Dust in the wind! In his world, there is only the solitary peak of slaughter, watered with scalding blood. 5Reads5.3Score—Shelves

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   This is a good book, worth recommending. The protagonist is decisive in killing.

2. 102 网 Online Game: The Great Treasure 网游：大宝藏 Racing Forward疾风向前Sports301k WordsOngoing An ultra-realistic online game + story-driven plot + multiplayer dungeon exploration + battle-pet raising + world bosses + faction clashes + arena duels + treasure hunting + all kinds of life-skill progression! This book covers an incredibly wide range of elements. Keep reading, and you’re sure to have an amazing experience. If it’s not for you, feel free to complain! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I'd like to recommend one of my own books. The protagonist is a bit of a saint, there are multiple female leads, it's an ensemble piece, and the plot is a bit overpowered—it's all about making the story enjoyable.

3. 103 我 I'm the Real Monster! Why Are You Drooling Over Me? 我才是诡异！你为何对我流口水？ Loves Winter Bamboo Shoots爱吃冬笋Urban118k WordsOngoing (A fast-paced power fantasy, with nonstop killing and leveling up.) Night, a beauty, a little grove, and a lecherous creep cackling away. What should you do when you transmigrate and run into such an exciting scene right away? Luckily, Yan Wang obtained the Lifespan-for-Training System. By killing the supernatural, he could claim their years of life and exchange them for cultivation! “I’m betting all my remaining years. Level me up!!!” Yan Wang activated Lifespan-Burning Mode and shot up nine le —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Slaying demons and monsters grants lifespan, and simulated cultivation techniques grant instant level-ups. The protagonist levels up as he kills his way through. Drinking water and eating grants five levels; joking around grants six; going to the toilet grants eight; sleeping in grants ten... Geniuses are merely foils to the protagonist, and villains are just his experience. If you want to read a leveling-up story, come on in...

4. 104 极 The Ultimate Exorcist 极道诛邪 Pick a Random Name随机抽个名字Eastern Fantasy851k WordsCompleted System + Invincible Protagonist + Passionate Battles + No Female Lead [Ding! You killed a “Low-Level Walking Corpse” and gained 10 Exorcism Points!] [Ding! You killed an “Ironclad Corpse” and gained 100 Exorcism Points!] This is a world where killing is the only way to grow stronger. Wielding a sharp blade, Chen Fan fights his way out of Qingyang County, hunting down yellow hides, slaying Corpse Kings, and crushing the Netherworld Cult. No convoluted schemes, just overwhelming power! If there 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Take a look at this book, it's very well written.

5. 105 吾 I Have a Young Girl Who Can Conquer Ten Thousand Mountains and Seas 吾有一少萝，可破万山海 A Day of Strange Tales一天也异闻录Eastern Fantasy118k WordsOngoing [Rebirth + growth + beast taming + decisive killing + System + fantasy] This is a world where colossal primordial beasts roam. There is no dazzling magic here, only soul power and martial arts honed to the utmost! This is the Great Wilderness! And his identity? “A fallen disciple, falsely accused, stripped of his cultivation, and expelled from his sect”! But the naive Xiao Qi unexpectedly gains a young girl's golden finger and enters Dongling Academy to study. He masters all kinds of martial art —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The plot is fast-paced. [Top post]

6. 106 开 Sect Founder from the Start: Building the Supreme Dao Tradition 开局宗门老祖，打造无上道统 Writing Books to Play the Stock Market写书来炒股Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [System, Sect Ancestor, cultivation, no female lead, no suppression of cultivation, rapid advancement, feel-good] From the start, he is the sect ancestor, forging an unsurpassed Dao lineage. The Profound Realm, Qing Province, the State of Chu. Lin Sui, ancestor of the Dao Xuan Sect, one of the State of Chu’s five great sects, awakens the Unsurpassed Dao Lineage System from the start. Based on Lin Sui’s current cultivation level, it returns cultivation improvements and insights to the sect member 79Reads5.3Score136Shelves

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   Unburdened by realm limitations, decisive in killing.

7. 107 重 The Story of Being Reborn as a Snake 重生为蛇的那档事 Heavenly Stone Cloud Tower天石云楼Eastern Fantasy231k WordsOngoing [Overlapping worlds] [Wildly imaginative demon cultivation] [Programming with spiritual power] [Play the pig to eat the tiger] [Occasional farming] [Friends and family will never stab you in the back] The protagonist transmigrates into the territory of a snake demon, but he is an outsider, shunned at every turn in the snake den and nearly killed in his cradle at birth. Yet fortune favors him, and he evades one crisis after another, eventually becoming a mighty power in his own right. In this wor —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I want a harem! I want a harem! I want a harem! How can I live without a harem? It's not like I'm cultivating the Sunflower Manual. Ah, wrong story, sorry, I'll kick myself out. But you absolutely have to read this harem novel! All sorts of beautiful monsters and beauties are throwing themselves at you.

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