Dark Xianxia: No Heroine, Cunning, Cold-Blooded, and Ruthless 玄幻修仙，黑暗文，无女主，喜欢算计，冷血无情

1. 1 何 What Is an Immortal? What Is a Demon? 何为仙！何为魔！ Beyond the Mortal World逸于凡尘Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing In the shadowy reaches of the demonic path, he cultivated for thousands of years. At last, hunted by the Immortal Realm, he had no choice but to open a secret realm: the Heavenly River Pavilion. He returns to the past! Schemes against all heroes! Decisive and ruthless! Profit above all else!!! All to find the Dao he seeks. The world may seem ever-shifting, but it is your own heart that lacks resolve. This world changes endlessly and without warning. How can you know whether what lies ahead is 2.3kReads9.3Score22214d adds

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   He's ruthless and decisive, and considering the lack of a female lead so far, and his personality, it's highly likely there isn't one. He's cunning, adept at disguise, and knows how to be patient and leverage others' strengths.

2. 2 修 Cultivating Immortality in the Hehuan Sect: They Treat Me Like a Magical Artifact 修仙合欢宗，她们把我当法器 Little Peanut's Great Adventure小花生大冒险Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted He is the top male model at a club in the mortal realm, and a reincarnated Immortal Emperor. She is a low-ranking elder of the Hehuan Sect in the cultivation world, a bewitching demoness. He plays among the flowers, indulging in the pleasures of the world without ever getting attached. She exhausts every scheme, deceives the world, and traps him in the palm of her hand. He uses her as a chess piece, slaughters his way through the immortal realm, and reshapes the Heavenly Dao. She wields him as a 6.9kReads9.1Score67114d adds

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   He, a male model at a nightclub. She, a low-ranking member of the Hehuan Sect. [Heart] He, a playboy. She, a con artist who deceives the world. [Heart] They exploit each other, plotting step by step, wreaking havoc on the world, their paths intertwined. The plot is full of twists and turns, the writing is excellent, and it's impossible to put down. [Got it][Got it][Got it]

3. 3 魔 Immortal Disciple of the Demonic Path 魔道仙徒 Moonlit Daoist Acolyte明月道童Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [No cheat, no transmigration, exceptional comprehension + Genius + Cunning + One female lead + Highly intelligent + Ruthless] If the earlier chapters feel too frustrating, start reading from Chapter 162, Dream 1. (This is not a wish-fulfillment novel, not a harem, not an invincible protagonist story, and is somewhat dark. The leads love and kill each other. The romance isn't particularly exciting, either. If you prefer sweet romance, multiple heroines, or no heroine, please go easy on me.) [Also 5.7kReads8.5Score45314d adds

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   I've been reading for over four years, and I'm quite selective. But this is truly the first time I've recommended a book. The author's writing is incredibly detailed. It's about climbing step by step, slowly but surely, steadily ascending higher and higher. This is the first book I've recommended in four years; it's truly excellent. It teaches you to rely on yourself, not anyone else, to stand at the summit.

4. 4 丫 You're Obviously a Demonic Cultivator! 丫就是魔修！ The Mushroom King Is a Fungus蘑菇王是菌Eastern Fantasy240k WordsOngoing In an age of the Five Turbidities, the demonic sects flourish. Ji Chuan transmigrated into this world as a wandering rogue cultivator and acquired a broken notebook. Ji Chuan discovered that whenever he recorded his "good deeds" in the notebook, vermilion characters would appear and reward him. "Third month, seventh day. A light breeze. This seat arrived at Liu Family Hollow and saw the village bully abducting a maiden. I could not bear to see a virtuous girl defiled, but neither did I wish to r 13kReads6.0Score1.2k14d adds

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   Having read novels for over ten years, these few are still somewhat readable.

5. 5 从 I Started Cultivating as a Cockroach and Became the Insect Ancestor 从蟑螂开始修仙，我成了虫祖 A Hui'an Native Who Raises an Orange Cat养橘猫的惠安人Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted [Evil Demons] [Ensemble Cast] [Factions] [Scheming] [Plot-Driven] [Plenty to Binge] Take a shell, lie low and stay hidden, counting the long years, day after day. Become a cockroach, drift through dusty alleys, conceal your true form and blend into the eight wastelands. Crawl through cracks in the bricks, hide in the dust, Year after year, nobody suspects a thing. The Demon Ancestor’s Heaven-Connecting token is gone, So become a cockroach and blend in with mortal flesh. Some soar to the heavens 18.7kReads8.7Score1.9k14d adds
6. 6 穿 I Transmigrated Between Two Worlds, but I Just Want to Be a Good Person 穿越两界，我只想做个好人 Chang'an Roujiamo长安肉夹馍Eastern Fantasy250k WordsOngoing [Entirely Handcrafted, No AI] [Absolutely No Filler] [Slow Burn] [Transmigration Between Two Worlds] [Cultivation] [Western Fantasy] [Demonic Sect] [Adventure] [Evil Gods] [Merchant Between Two Worlds] The plan was to act meek and submissive in the Demonic Sect and throw his weight around in the Western Fantasy world. So why is the Western Fantasy world so dangerous? I want to go back to the Demonic Sect! Watch how Zhang Kuang turns the Demonic Sect into a retirement home and the Western Fantasy 1.4kReads—Score16014d adds
7. 7 被 After My Golden Core Was Stolen, I Awakened the Spiritual Root of Heaven and Earth 被夺了金丹后，我激活了天地灵根 Trouble at Chize池泽生变Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted Sequel: Bad News! My Dad Married Into Another Family, and I Became a Carefree Rogue Cultivator [Survivalist Cultivation + Not a Power Fantasy + Daily Life + Farming + No Female Lead + Ruthless + Old Schemer + System + Dark + Lone Wolf + Rogue Cultivator] Chen Si had a single Wood Spiritual Root, and his master, Daoist Changsheng, poured everything into cultivating him as a supreme elixir. On the day Chen Si formed his Golden Core, his master took it for himself. After escaping with a Void-Evasio 18.2kReads8.1Score1.1k14d adds

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   This book is a bit dark, with a dark inner world, no female lead, no romantic pairing, and a path of survival and cultivation.

8. 8 惊 The Horror Realm: Entering the Strange World from a Psychiatric Hospital 惊悚领域：从精神病院进入诡世界 Tender Little Puppy香嫩的小狗Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing (The hardcover edition has been published!) [Infinite Flow] [Original Horror Instances] [Mild Horror] “Chen Ji murdered his mother a week ago and spent three days with her corpse before he was arrested.” “You have been diagnosed with schizophrenia and are about to be transferred to a psychiatric hospital for supervision.” “Do you have anything to say?” The black-haired boy before them slowly raised his head, his expression calm. “I’ll say it again.” “The thing I killed wasn’t my mother...” “It w 365.8kReads9.5Score75.7k14d adds
9. 9 黑 Darkness: I'll Stop at Nothing to Live Forever 黑暗：我不择手段只为永生 Lin Qianye林千也Eastern Fantasy177k WordsCompleted [Dark Style + Cold-Blooded Protagonist + No Female Lead + Profit Above All + No Goody-Two-Shoes] How does one rise above the mortal world? The sky is high, the land vast, and the road stretches far. Sects stand everywhere, myriad races run rampant, and across billions of miles, who will rule over all? Through the ages, kings have vied for supremacy, and with a mere gesture they blot out the sky, proving the eternal Dao. In a chaotic age, he carves a path through bloodshed and wipes out all trace 604Reads5.1Score—14d adds

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   These are all novels without a female lead. ① Extremely dark, cold-blooded, profit-driven, and cruelly inhumane. ② Lighthearted and humorous novels with heavy themes. ③ A horror story with a unique talent: a kidney collector. The others are more unusual, not typical cultivation novels; they're all chaotic and unconventional, each with its own set of values. I hope you enjoy them.

10. 10 开 Two Systems From the Start, I Take One Out on the Spot! 开局俩系统，当场干掉一个！ Meaning in the Lyrics词中意Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted [System + no romance + comedy + immortality + shameless antics] At the peak of madness lies pure lunacy. With me, Tan Feng, around, the whole world can go crazy! After transmigrating into the cultivation world, he gains two Systems. Not only can he come back to life, he also earns rewards for causing trouble and making a getaway. Tan Feng decides to take shamelessness to the extreme. When his enemies pay respects to their ancestors, he slams his head into a tombstone and shouts, “From now on, I 19kReads8.7Score1.8k14d adds
11. 11 我 I'm a Sneaky Sixth, and Everyone Wants to Kill Me 我是个老六，所有人都想刀了我 Could You Stop Rushing Me?别催行不行Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Decisive killing + no female lead + satisfying read + System] After Lin Jiu entered the Horror World, he acquired an evolvable talent: Kidney Collector. From then on, he never looked back from the path of being a sneaky bastard. “You collected a pair of kidneys and mastered the S-rank skill Kidney Strike!” “You collected a pair of kidneys and mastered the S-rank skill Warp!” “You collected a kidney and mastered the S-rank skill Chaotic Calculation!” Miss Cannibal, please be careful. I only 8kReads9.3Score69914d adds
12. 12 本 I’m Already Invincible, So Why Bother Leveling Up? 本尊都无敌了，还升什么级？ Wine Without Desire无欲的酒Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Originally titled “The Supreme Great Venerable” Ten thousand years ago, the Otherworldly Demon Clan invaded the Tianqi Continent. Lu Nanzhuo, the supreme human, led the myriad races against them, then vanished during the great battle. Ten thousand years later, a figure dressed in white emerges from Beixuan Province and wanders the world, invincible every step of the way! He is calm, carefree, and domineering! He roams freely between heaven and earth, invincible throughout the cosmos! He sta 27.9kReads9.0Score1.9k14d adds
13. 13 怪 Monsters Run Amok: I Sweep This World with Laughter 怪物横行：我以笑声横扫此界 Hardworking Goldfish努力的金鱼Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [No female lead + System + transmigration + demon beasts + undead + artificial intelligence] Lu Yu transmigrates to a strange world of spirit and martial arts, where technology and cultivation, demon beasts and the undead overturn everything he thought he knew. Luckily, a golden finger is essential for anyone who transmigrates. But after reading the System’s introduction, he decides he’d be better off without this ridiculous thing. He’s a man through and through, not some peerless beauty, so why 2.7kReads8.9Score24614d adds
14. 14 功 After 10,000 Martial Art Deductions, I Became the Supreme Origin of Chaos 功法推演一万次，我身成混源至高 Breeze Teahouse清风茶楼Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [No Heroine] + [Decisive and Ruthless] Zhao Ping'an, a freshly graduated “coding ape,” worked overtime for seven straight days at his new job and dropped dead in front of his computer! Taking the game interface from a simple game he'd just developed with him, he transmigrated to a world ruled by martial artists! Tortoise Shell Technique mastered, deducing... Tortoise Shell Technique advanced to Iron Shell Technique! Blade-Drawing Technique mastered, deducing... Blade-Drawing Technique advanced t 4.8kReads8.2Score31014d adds
15. 15 九 I Was a Villain for Nine Lives, Now I’m Charging Through Horror Games 九世恶人的我，莽穿惊悚游戏 Borrow an Axe借把斧头Mystery147k WordsCompleted [No Female Lead + Infinite Flow + Horror Game + Livestreaming + The Protagonist Is No Human Being + Everyone Is a Villain] Chen Jiusha, the most hated bastard on the block, finally kicked the bucket. But though he was dead, he wasn’t quite dead, and ended up stumbling into a horror game, charging his way through the whole thing with a uniquely brutal strategy. “This guy’s a complete psycho. He didn’t just rip my daughter’s arm off, he also hit on my wife,” complained one cuckolded ghost. “I have 5Reads—Score—14d adds
16. 16 修 Cultivating the Demonic Path, Building My Foundation Through Slaughter 修魔成道，杀生筑基 Jia Chou Mo Hai甲丑末亥Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Demonic Cultivation] [Cold-Blooded and Ruthless] [Decisive and Merciless] [The Dark Side of Human Nature] [The male lead is an ordinary man. There are women, but no female lead.] Consume treasured elixirs to gather qi and improve your cultivation and spells. Xu Sanyan was born among bandits and knows that human life is as worthless as grass: if you don't kill, you'll be killed. To stay alive, he severs the compassion in his heart and unleashes the evil within. To obtain a cultivation manual 21.3kReads8.7Score1.6k14d adds
17. 17 灰 The Gray Fog World: My Enhancement Panel 灰雾世界：我的强化面板 Qian Ruo Jieshi阡若杰士Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Stat upgrades + ruthless combat + no female lead + power fantasy] Goody-two-shoes, stay away. [Note: This is a multiverse story, not a single world.] This is a broken martial world, blanketed in gray mist. The mist is teeming with all kinds of deadly dangers that can claim your life, but it also holds opportunities. There are countless inheritances here. If you have what it takes to kill those things that can barely be called living creatures, their precious memories are yours for the taking. H 9.7kReads8.3Score73314d adds
18. 18 大EN The Great Emperor Is Stunned! You Call This a Demon-Suppression Guard? 大帝惊了！你管这个叫镇魔卫？ Bored Little Bai无聊小白啊Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted [Grow stronger by slaying demons + System + transmigrate + double agent + invincible + no female lead + Demon Suppression Office] From the start, Chu He joins the Demon Suppression Office and awakens the Super Stat-Boosting System! With peerless talent, he rises at an astonishing pace and quickly takes control of the Demon Suppression Office! “Chu He, you lackey of the imperial court! You dared wipe out my entire sect. May you die a miserable death!” “Chu He, you actually colluded with demons 50.8kReads9.0Score4.2k14d adds
19. 19 那 That Tree Ran Away from Home Again 那树又离家出走了 Take Your Paws Off把你爪子拿开Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted I am a tree, battered by wind and rain for five hundred years. I am a tree, battered by wind and rain for five thousand years. I am a tree, battered by wind and rain for fifty thousand years. I am... Wait, wait, wait! Something’s wrong. I’ve lived this long, so why haven’t I become a spirit yet?! The next day... “Something terrible has happened, Sect Master! The ten-thousand-year-old tree in the forbidden area behind the mountain has been stolen. There’s nothing left but a huge hole!” “You! What 1.1kReads7.0Score15214d adds
20. 20 极 The Extreme Path to Immortality 极道仙路 Vast Qin 1泱泱大秦1Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted [No Goody-Two-Shoes Heroine, No Female Lead, No System, No Transmigration.] Follow your heart and pursue what you desire: that is the path to the ultimate immortal way. The Heavenly Dao? It is dead. The Demonic Heaven shall rise. This is an utterly brutal cultivation world where the strong rule and the weak are ants. My name is Zhao Wuji. In pursuit of the immortal path, I have no taboos. 11.4kReads8.9Score85114d adds
21. 21 天 A Dying Immortal Falls from the Sky? I'll Slay Him and Take His Treasure! 天降残血仙人？我直接弑仙夺宝！ Bro, I'll Change, Okay?大哥我改还不行吗Eastern Fantasy208k WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless] [Not a bleeding heart] [Smart and capable] [Thunder spirit root] In a forest on the outskirts of Yunjin City, a tremendous crash rang out, leaving a huge crater in the ground. A young man in a blue robe, with a small yellow pouch at his waist, clutched a long sword whose spiritual light was fading. Blood spilled from his mouth as he lay there, utterly frail. A youth dressed in a black-and-gold robe arrived with two servants, following the sound. “Young master, there's som 20Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The protagonist of this book is not a saint; he is ruthless, decisive, highly talented, and has a strong background.

22. 22 仙EN The Harsh Road to Immortality: Built on White Bones 仙路难行，白骨筑长生 Octopus Who Loves Watermelon爱吃西瓜的章鱼Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsOngoing “Rules? On the road to immortality, my rules are the only rules!” [Mortal Cultivation of Demonic Arts] [Founding a Demonic Cult] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Profit Above All] (Already at the Nascent Soul stage, with plenty of content to enjoy) Protagonist Qing Chen: He knows when to yield and when to stand firm, is utterly self-serving, greedy for money and women, and will stop at nothing to achieve immortality! He will found a demonic cult, dominate the world, and climb step by step to the very to 81.3kReads9.1Score7.5k14d adds

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    Cultivating demonic arts, following the path of blood, bones, and corpse refining; ruthless and vicious.

23. 23 每 Intelligence Updates Every Day: I Quietly Become an Immortal Emperor 每天刷新情报，我悄悄修成仙帝了 I Really Don't Eat Watermelon我真不吃西瓜Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [The motion comic is now available] My name is Gu Changsheng. I finally escaped the 996 grind after a stroke of incredible luck, but who could have guessed I’d transmigrate into the son of a mine slave raised by a cultivation sect? Am I destined to spend my life as a wage slave after all? Good news: At eight years old, I awakened my golden finger, the Daily Intelligence System! [Ding! Today’s intelligence has been refreshed] [Opportunity · Marrow-Cleansing Grass: Beneath the waterfall. No risk. 29.7kReads6.7Score2.5k14d adds

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    This one's pretty good! It's about building a foundation for immortality, cultivating supernatural powers, and seeking the metal element! It has the same premise as "Stealing in the Initial Saint Demon Sect" and "Mysterious Mirror"! [Kiss][Laugh]

24. 24 幽 Netherworld Immortality 幽冥长生 Vast Qin 1泱泱大秦1Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [No Saintly Protagonist] [No Harem] [No System] “My name is Li Changsheng. I seek the Immortal Dao in pursuit of eternal life!” Will he become an immortal or a demon? So what if he becomes an immortal? So what if he becomes a demon? I seek only eternal life. I seek only supreme strength. Beneath the Nine Hells lies the Netherworld. In this cruel cultivation world, there is no simple division between black and white. Strength is everything: the strong rule, and the weak are ants. With the Netherw 9.4kReads8.7Score68614d adds

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    This book is based on self-interest. If his interests are harmed, he will kill; if his strength is insufficient, he will tolerate; if his strength is too great, he will kill. He cultivates all the way to seek immortality.

25. 25 百 A Hundred Lifetimes of Reincarnation: I Will Become an Immortal 百世轮回：我终将成仙 Situ Liu司徒流Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Warning: the protagonist has no moral limits] [Dark story] [Not a saintly protagonist] [No heroine] [Decisive and ruthless] [Intelligent protagonist] This is the story of a despicable man who reincarnates a hundred times and seeks the path to immortality in the cracks between worlds. 6.2kReads6.9Score37114d adds

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    Dark fantasy novel. The protagonist is born a servant, ruthless and merciless, driven by self-interest, and will stop at nothing to achieve his goals.

26. 26 永 Eternal Demon 永魔 Adding Ink to Continue the Story点墨续作Eastern Fantasy765k WordsOngoing Traditional cultivation. The protagonist is ruthless and merciless, no holier-than-thou hero, no heroine, dark fiction! No System!! If you want to become an immortal in the heavens, you must climb the road to immortality over the bones of others. This isn't AI-generated. I wrote it by hand!!! 3.5kReads5.4Score32714d adds

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    A traditional cultivation story, progressing through Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, and Deity Transformation. The protagonist is decisive, ruthless, cunning, and cold-blooded, willing to use any means to achieve his goals. There is no system, no female lead, and it's not a brainless or dark story. [Sending Heart]

27. 27 散 Chen Yeqiu, Rogue Cultivator 散修陈叶秋 Where Is Dongshan?东山在几Eastern Fantasy262k WordsOngoing He is Chen Yeqiu, a rogue cultivator who has believed in only one thing all his life: if Heaven and Earth are cruel, take what you need from them. At seventeen, his family was destroyed, and he crawled out of a blood-soaked mine. Seventy years later, he killed his enemy with his own hands, his blade never wavering. But there were things even he could not take. On an ice cliff in the far north, he held the Nine Heavens Breath Soil that could save the woman he loved. Beneath him lay the lives of a 4Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A traditional cultivation novel to read slowly, without a female lead, without a system, and not a satisfying read.

28. 28 重 Reborn to Crush the Immortal and Demon Realms for Revenge 重生后踏平仙魔两道只为复仇 Where Is Dongshan?东山在几Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted (No System, not a wish-fulfillment story, traditional cultivation, quiet daily life, the blurb does it no justice) Betrayed, I watched the two of them whispering sweet nothings to each other, powerless to do anything. With a mere lift of a hand, a life ended in a choking gasp. Yet fate had other plans: by some miracle, I was reborn! Returning to life, I swore that the treacherous pair would pay for their blood debt! The long road of cultivation lay ahead. I would retrace my steps, cross ten thou 2Reads—Score—14d adds
29. 29 杂 No Future as a Servant Disciple? I’ll Master Pills and Artifacts to Seek Immortality 杂役弟子没出路？丹器双修谋长生 Helping Elderly Ladies Every Day天天扶老奶奶Eastern Fantasy3.7M WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation, no System, decisive and ruthless, no saintly heroics, cautious, a nobody rising to power] Ye Feng transmigrates to another world and fights his way up to become the bandit chief of Black Wind Stronghold. From the start, he kills Duan Shui Liu, an inner disciple of the Xuantian Sect, and obtains a Bagua Furnace that enhances alchemy and artifact forging. After bribing the gatekeeper, he enters the Xuantian Sect to cultivate and begins his adventures in the world of cultivatio 21kReads8.1Score2k14d adds

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    Dark cultivation novel

30. 30 穿 I Transmigrated to the Cultivation World: Rising to the Top by Selling Fish 穿越修仙界：从卖鱼开始崛起 Helping Elderly Ladies Every Day天天扶老奶奶Eastern Fantasy4.7M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation, no System, rise from the bottom] After transmigrating, Ye Yu is kicked out of his family from the start. He has no choice but to scrape by as a fishmonger, until he offends a sect's holy maiden at the Yihong Brothel and has to flee to another city. In his new cultivation city, Ye Yu first buys two maids to calm his nerves, then invents a seal-based talisman-making technique, opening the floodgates to wealth. To keep growing stronger, Ye Yu builds airplanes and cannons. He’s 10.2kReads8.6Score80114d adds
31. 31 药EN Cauldron of the Medicine God 药神鼎 Chubby Radish胖胖的萝卜Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsCompleted (Mortal cultivation + no System + lighthearted + not a saint + multiple female leads + fast-paced) At the Foundation Establishment stage, he wins over a Nascent Soul uncle-master and a Core Formation senior sister; at the Deity Transformation stage, a Mahayana saintess. See how Ye Fei, an ordinary mortal, encounters one lucky opportunity after another and joyfully cultivates toward immortality. It starts slowly, but gets better and better as it goes. If something doesn't make sense at first, try 76.2kReads9.0Score8.2k14d adds
32. 32 真 True Mortal Cultivation: Forging a True Demon in a Sea of Blood 真凡人修仙：血海塑真魔 Extra-Sweet Iced Coffee全糖冰咖啡Eastern Fantasy61k WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless] + [Sinister schemer] + [No cheats] + [Utterly self-serving] + [Dark cultivation] + [Don't read if you dislike this] No System, no old man in a ring, not even a golden finger. Li Lin was born a mortal. He can rely on no one but himself, and that is all he has. In this world that devours people, he willingly grovels and offers himself as someone else's dog. Others laugh at him for having no backbone, but he uses his master's blade to slowly sharpen his own fangs. Schemin 5Reads—Score—14d adds
33. 33 万 Ten Thousand Lifetimes of Reincarnation: Immortals Like Abysses, the Dao Dust 万世轮回：仙如渊，道为尘 One-Man Show Ultra独角戏ultraEastern Fantasy2.8M WordsOngoing Chen Yan has died countless times. Every time he breathes his last, he is reborn on some day in his long life, bringing his cultivation with him. His cultivation stacks, and so do his memories. But reincarnation is no salvation. Instead, it drives him into an even deeper despair. “Senior Brother, what lies at the end of the Immortal Dao?” Chen Yan has lost count of how many times he has answered this question, and he has never given the same answer twice: “It is a prison, an abyss of reincarnati 66.6kReads8.7Score3.6k14d adds

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    Chen Yan has died countless times. [Cool][Cool][Cool] Each time he breaths his last, he is reborn with his cultivation level, arriving at a certain day in his long life. He carries with him accumulated cultivation and memories. However, reincarnation is not salvation; instead, it pushes him into deeper despair.

34. 34 我 I Cultivate Immortality by Raising Corpses and Farming 我靠炼尸种地成仙 Doesn't Eat Little Piggies不吃小猪猪Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Corpse Refining]+ [Beast Taming]+ [Cultivation] The world of cultivation is perilous day and night. The four seasons have vanished, and calamities run rampant. Cultivators harbor spiritual energy within their bodies. If buried, their remains may be absorbed by plants and give rise to spiritual fruit; if eaten by beasts, they may give rise to strange creatures. And if a corpse is not handled properly, the erosion of the [Solar Eclipse] and [Lunar Eclipse] may even cause a terrifying anomaly to e 4kReads7.7Score34614d adds
35. 35 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 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8k14d adds

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    They're all super good-looking without a female lead! [Laughing][laughing]

36. 36 第 First Rate! 第一流！ Zhong Jiuling钟九陵Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted [No female lead, no formulaic tropes, not a power fantasy. Excellent writing and a first-rate plot. If that’s not your thing, don’t read.] Year thirty-one of the New Era. Snow fell in the bitter cold of winter. Many things happened that year. The Divine Church gained a new Divine Son, the Buddhist faith saw thirty-six golden lotuses bloom, and a madman emerged from a crumbling Taoist temple. The North Sea churned, threatening to swallow heaven and earth. A tiny blade of grass grew in the De 39.2kReads8.5Score3.6k14d adds
37. 37 大EN A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 Gaara's Sand我爱罗的沙Urban4.0M WordsOngoing [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 503.4kReads9.5Score37.7k14d adds
38. 38 邪 Evil God Moran! 邪神墨然！ Three Winds 11三风11Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted Why does the headless ghost in the hospital keep praying at midnight? Why does the skin-stealing ghost in the desolate mountain village wail without stopping? And why does the long-haired female ghost in the studio apartment shriek in the middle of the night? None of this is a distortion of human nature, much less a collapse of morality. It’s just that… someone’s having an episode! In an age when horror has returned and vengeful ghosts run rampant, Bai Yuan, dressed in a hospital gown, smiled ca 157.8kReads9.3Score16.5k14d adds
39. 39 仙 Immortal Martial Ming: From the Start, I Became a Ghost-Cultivating Brocade Guard 仙武大明，开局成为鬼修锦衣卫 Gray and White Rain灰白雨Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing “Have you ever heard the story of the Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts?” The Brocade Guards walked openly by day, while Yin soldiers commandeered the roads. During the Yongle era, whenever you walked along the streets of the capital, someone would always ask you that question. Ninety-nine vicious ghosts, tens of thousands of ghost spirits. The figure leading them represented a legend. A legend about the Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts. “After that, there were no more ghosts in the Great Ming.” 60.3kReads9.2Score5.2k14d adds
40. 40 邪EN World of Malevolent Spirits: My Flesh Conquers All 邪灵世界：我以肉身横推此世 A Hulking Man一魁梧大汉Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted This is a story about a body that can overpower anything. Darkness descended upon the Great Ye Dynasty, and evil spirits and ghosts lurked everywhere, killing without a trace. Faced with strange demons and sinister spirits, ordinary people could only tremble, cower in a corner, and wait for death. Jiang Dao transmigrated into this world with a Martial Arts Modification System. He could modify any martial art without limit just by looking at it. Mad Demon Staff Technique, Iron Shirt and Eagle Cla 2kReads8.8Score31414d adds
41. 41 系 The System Abandoned Me, So I Took the Heavenly Dao as My Father 系统弃我不顾，我认天道为父 There Are Mountains Beyond the Heavens天外有山Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsCompleted [No female lead + no System + traditional cultivation + comedy + bloody slaughter] Fifteen-year-old Li Chuyi finally awakens a System, only for it to try to run away before the day is out. Fortunately, before leaving, the System tells Li Chuyi to make the Heavenly Dao of this world his godfather. From then on, Li Chuyi becomes the Heavenly Dao’s godson, the darling of the world, blessed with good fortune. He finds money on the road and stumbles across so many senior cultivators’ graves that he c 25.9kReads9.2Score4.2k14d adds
42. 42 双 Two Souls, Two Lives: I'm Invincible on the Path to Immortality! 双魂双命：修仙路上我无敌！ In the End, Just One Person终究只是一人Eastern Fantasy758k WordsOngoing [No female lead, genius ice-attribute sword cultivator, character growth, decisive and ruthless] “Death Dao Intent, manifest!” A black yin fish appeared before Gu Jianqiu. “I myself have not comprehended the Dao Intent of Life.” “Yet the Dao has myriad paths.” “Killing... can also be the ultimate realm of ‘death’!” At a thought, the baleful aura around him spread, and the Dao Intent of Slaughter bloomed like thorns. “Without life, I shall prove death through slaughter, and use death... to perpet 1kReads5.8Score—14d adds

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    A sword cultivator with an ice-attribute celestial spiritual root and a special physique. He killed a Void Beast cub in the early stages, seizing the Void Stone, and later mastered the power of space. He is decisive in killing but not indiscriminate, and there is no female lead. He cultivates the Killing Sword Intent and the Death Sword Intent, and possesses the Human Emperor Banner. He is only good to his own sect, maintaining harmony within the sect, and there are no instances of him looking down on others or being plotted against by elders.

43. 43 从 Starting by Hunting Down the Dao-Provers of This Age 从猎杀当世成道者开始 Just Keep Living只要活下去Eastern Fantasy257k WordsOngoing Hao Chen, a mortal who has cultivated by an unconventional path in a world much like Shrouding the Heavens after being reincarnated, only wants to become an immortal. Is that so wrong? Is slaughtering all living beings wrong? Or is devouring those who have attained the Dao wrong? You say I should go home? What a load of crap. I’m the ancestor around here now! Beauties, come be my collectible figures. I’ll carry you to victory! 462Reads6.0Score—14d adds

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    It's a pity; it only reflects the thinking of a normal person.

44. 44 元 Yuanhuan: A Heartless Road Home 元幻：无情反乡路 Rock Sugar Strawberry冰糖草莓呀Eastern Fantasy122k WordsCompleted [Decisive and ruthless] [Not mindless] [Dark story] [Characters with depth and humanity] The agony of having his spiritual root torn apart had barely faded when Lin Yan was reborn, back at the moment he had first transmigrated into this world. In his previous life, he had treated his hypocritical master like his own father. In return, his spiritual root was ripped out, and his soul scattered. In this life, the Blood-Melding Pill was still hot in his palm, and his master’s “affection” was already —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    🙏Thank you all for your support! This is a dark fantasy novel full of high-energy moments—the protagonist is ruthless and will stop at nothing to achieve his goals; there are no saints or whitewashes; all beings are flesh and blood, each fighting tooth and nail for survival and their obsessions; the protagonist is intelligent and resourceful, and even the villains will scheme against him. There are no easy, wish-fulfillment stories; only a story of iron-blooded revenge and growth through adversity. From an unknown nobody to a powerful figure who can manipulate events, every step is steeped in calculation and sacrifice. In the darkness, only the strong can stand firm! Are you ready to follow the protagonist into this cruel game with no way out?

45. 45 凡 Mortal, I Build Immortality on Bones and Ashes! 凡人，尸骸枯骨筑长生！ Guest Beneath the Moon月下客官Xianxia1.0M WordsCompleted Slow-burn mortal cultivation + sword cultivator + both righteous and wicked + one female lead + lightning arts + ruthless and merciless Starting on a small island, he enters a sect and endures humiliation as he schemes to seize his senior brother’s supreme treasure, beginning a new journey of cultivation. Only by struggling against others, demons, and himself can he stand out among countless cultivators and reach a higher realm. 840Reads7.7Score10114d adds

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    Ordinary people, no system

46. 46 凡EN Mortal Cultivation: Ten Thousand Corpses Forge an Immortal Bone 凡人修仙，万尸铸仙骨 Swimming Champion游泳冠军Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsOngoing Demonic cultivation + no System + scheming underdog + decisive and ruthless. This book is dark, so don't read it if that's not your thing. The moment Song Wen kills the frail little beggar and seizes his blood and soul, every cell in his body cheers and leaps with excitement. His mind races, and he knows that killing will be part of his life from now on. For survival and immortality, he'll stop at nothing: petty schemes, conspiracies, and ruthless slaughter. On the road to immortality, bones are 93.9kReads8.9Score7.8k14d adds
47. 47 丹 The Immortal Path of the Pill 丹道仙途 Supreme Daoist Scripture太上道经Eastern Fantasy4.1M WordsOngoing [Mortal Cultivation] [Dual Cultivation of Alchemy and Formations] After transmigrating into the body of an ordinary disciple of an immortal sect, Fang Ping had assumed he had no hope of establishing his foundation. Fortunately, he unexpectedly obtained the Origin Cauldron, which could rewind failed pills into their original ingredients. This allowed him to embark on the path to immortality through alchemy. After ten thousand years of cultivation, he looked back and realized that, without even no 66kReads8.6Score5k14d adds
48. 48 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: From Being Sold to an Evil Sect 凡人修仙：从被卖到邪宗开始 Writing Is So Hard落笔太难啦Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Mortal Cultivation Style, No System, Cautious and Steady, Scheming and Deception] Ye Changqing takes the entrance exam to join an orthodox sect. After failing, he is sold to an evil sect instead. Step by step, Ye Changqing makes his way up from the bottom with the help of a stone bead that has a variety of uses. On the thorny path to immortality, Ye Changqing becomes an elder of the evil sect, a leading figure in the demonic path, and a leader of the orthodox path... (The evil sect is the evil 3.7kReads7.7Score21514d adds
49. 49 分 Clones Are Pointless Unless You Use Them to Stir Up Trouble 分身，不用来搞事情将毫无意义 The Pomegranate Tree Back Home老家的石榴树Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [No Saintly Heroics]+ [No Female Lead]+ [Ensemble Cast]+ [Everyone Is Evil]+ [Stirring Up Trouble]+ [Just Here for the Fun]+ [The Main Body Is a Master at Laying Low] This is a story about someone who uses his clones to stir up trouble, seize resources, and pursue immortality. Being a clone is hard. You're either causing trouble or on your way to cause trouble. A step-by-step guide to destroying a sect, a dynasty, or even... the entire cultivation world. New to the cultivation world, with no con 9.9kReads8.4Score82814d adds
50. 50 凡 A Mortal’s Immortal Destiny 凡人仙命 The City Falls, Yet the Flowers Say Nothing倾城花不语Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Mortal’s journey] [Traditional xianxia] [No System] [No harem] Ding Dali, an orphan from a mountain village, happened to find a white porcelain bottle in a river, and thus began his path to immortality. The white porcelain bottle can refine ordinary things into supreme treasures: Pour river water into it, and it becomes Primordial Jade Liquid; put in weeds, and they become top-grade spirit herbs; keep ordinary iron inside, and it becomes a divine weapon capable of slaying immortals; throw in r 5.2kReads8.1Score60514d adds

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    Ding Dali, an orphan from a mountain village, stumbles upon a white porcelain bottle in a river, thus embarking on his path to immortality. This bottle can transform ordinary objects into supreme treasures. Pour river water into it, and it becomes Primordial Jade Elixir; add weeds, and they become top-grade spiritual herbs; nurture ordinary iron, and it becomes a divine weapon capable of slaying immortals; throw in discarded pills, and they become rare elixirs… A mere mortal, wielding this treasure bottle, ultimately proves his immortality! [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Heart]

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