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. 101 从 Immortality Begins with a Lowly Servant 从小杂役开始长生不死 Baby Sea Whale海鲸宝宝Eastern Fantasy120k WordsOngoing [Mortal’s journey + no System + no golden finger + no heroine + not invincible + not a power fantasy + brisk pace + ruthless and decisive] A modern young man accidentally transmigrates into the world of immortality and stumbles onto the path of cultivation, struggling onward in search of the Dao. The road to immortality is harder than climbing to the heavens, yet even in the face of countless dangers, his heart remains as steadfast as stone. Fang Qing transmigrates here and starts as a lowly ser 62Reads—Score514d adds

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   A story about ordinary people, without a female lead, where both righteous and demonic cultivation methods are practiced, the protagonist is decisive and ruthless, the villains are intelligent, the plot is fast-paced and engaging, and it's a highly readable and worthwhile read!

2. 102 我 I Attained Immortality Through My Senior Brother 我靠师兄实现了长生 Attain the Dao by Gazing at Mountains望山得道Eastern Fantasy130k WordsOngoing You have an ancient divine artifact? Sorry, I have a senior brother, a walking treasure shop who can wholesale magical weapons. You have an immortal beast guarding your mountain? Sorry, I have a senior brother, who comes with a lucky aura and even provides meals. You have a peerless cultivation manual? What a coincidence, my senior brother can memorize it backwards after one glance, then improve and refine it. While everyone in the cultivation world works themselves to the bone, I, Li Changsheng —Reads—Score—14d adds

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   This book is absolutely perfect.

3. 103 重 Reborn for Revenge: You Want Me to Be Your Lapdog? I’ll Feed You to the Dogs 重生复仇，让我做舔狗我扔你喂狗 Winter Cattle and Horses冬季牛马Eastern Fantasy530k WordsOngoing In his previous life, Chen Ping'an was betrayed by the person he trusted most and met a tragic end. Reborn in a new life, he returns with a boundless hatred. He awakens the Slaughter System! From then on, anyone who wrongs him will pay a hundredfold! Anyone who harms him will be ground to dust! In this life, he would rather be a demon than a good man, slaughtering his way from obscurity to the highest heavens until every one of his enemies is groveling at his feet! 965Reads—Score—14d adds

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   This is quite dark and scary.

4. 104 民 Strange Tales from the Civil Affairs Bureau (Complete in 8 Volumes) 民调局异闻录（全8册） Er Dong Shuishou耳东水寿Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted The Strange Tales of the Bureau of Investigation series creates an entirely new world of suspense: a mysterious organization dedicated to uncovering the truth behind bizarre, uncanny, and supernatural events, and the world it faces. The stories are wildly strange and utterly captivating, with a witty, playful style and one suspenseful twist after another. Once you start reading, you won't be able to put them down. Throughout history, strange cases and evil monsters have always been dealt with by 37.3kReads9.6Score5.8k14d adds

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   No system, no female lead, say goodbye to your reading slump! Let's start with you and me! A groundbreaking masterpiece, a breath of fresh air unlike anything I've ever read before. An original masterpiece with a fresh genre, delicate writing, and a tight plot.

5. 105 我 I Slay Immortals for the Root of All Evil 我为万恶之源斩仙 Clear Autumn Wutong Leaves清秋梧叶Eastern Fantasy407k WordsOngoing “I sent people to slaughter your family,” she said, without a drop of blood on her. Ji Lang thought he could lie flat after transmigrating, but on his very first day, he was met with the massacre of his entire family. His fiancée, Xue Youlan, slaughtered the Ji family, then her own family. Eyes bloodshot, Ji Lang roared at her, demanding a reason. Xue Youlan forced him to go to the Demon-Sealing Hall, promising to tell him when she returned. Inside the hall, two female immortals who had been sea 44Reads—Score214d adds

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   On his first day after transmigrating, his fiancée sent him to the female general's bathroom. By the third chapter, he had married two sources of evil. In the first chapter, he was blindfolded by his fiancée and taken to the military camp, where the female general was bathing; he was almost killed as a lecher. In the second chapter, he activated his cheat ability in the water dungeon, escaping a beast tide. In the third chapter, he was tricked into marriage by two female immortals in the Demon Sealing Hall, only discovering after signing the contract that they were the sources of all evil. The first three chapters are high-energy and fast-paced, making it impossible to stop reading once it begins.

6. 106 善 A Thought of Good or Evil Makes an Immortal 善恶一念仙 Sunset and Dawn落日清晨Eastern Fantasy428k WordsOngoing Evil takes shape from the fear, desires, and greed born of hunger and displacement. Knowing the thoughts deep within people's hearts, it continually creates greater panic and enslaves the masses. They build an immortal tomb that answers every prayer: whether in life or after death, anyone with a sincere heart will receive a response. People try to move them, hoping to be reborn as immortals. 6Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Here it comes! [Flying kiss]

7. 107 积 Daoist Ji 积道人 Minotaur弥洛陶洛斯Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted No System + No Transmigration + Not a Power Fantasy “I know nothing can be achieved overnight, so I sacrificed everything from the first half of my life for this long road to immortality.” Pile up earth and it becomes a mountain, where wind and rain arise; Gather water and it becomes an abyss, where dragons are born; Accumulate good deeds and cultivate virtue, and divine wisdom will follow, bringing the heart of a sage to completion. Accumulate the Dao and become an immortal, and none in this wo 78Reads6.7Score—14d adds

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   This book is hard to find.

8. 108 少 Girl, I Fused with a Ghost Immortal, and No One Is More Eerie Than Me 少女，融合成鬼仙没人比我更诡异 Ruo Xiaomeng若小萌Eastern Fantasy817k WordsOngoing [System + Transmigration + Xuanhuan + Transmigration to a Post-Apocalyptic World + Decisive and Ruthless + Card Draws + Strange World + Invincible + Constant Leveling Up] After finally becoming a big shot in the post-apocalyptic world, Ruo Xiaomeng thought she had saved the world. But she soon discovered that this was merely the world's surface, and it shattered before her eyes. At the brink of death, the System activated transmigration automatically. An accident during the journey sent her to t 372Reads8.1Score—14d adds

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   Fantasy, dark cultivation novel, female protagonist

9. 109 我 I Became Awesome Through Technology 我靠科技开始牛掰 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [No System] [Villain in the Later Chapters] [Immortal-Sucking Technique] [Soul Devouring] [Fast Leveling] A scientist transmigrates to the cultivation world and gradually transforms from a good person into a demonic cultivator. 281Reads—Score—14d adds
10. 110 汉 The Struggle for Supremacy at the End of the Han: Winners Become Kings, Losers Become Outlaws 汉末争霸之成王败寇 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Historical210k WordsCompleted The protagonist is Zhang Jiao. He sweeps across the realm, vying for supremacy through warfare and battles between generals. A village bully’s soul travels back to the late Eastern Han and takes over Zhang Jiao’s body. At a moment of crisis, he turns the tide and leads the Yellow Turbans in a sweeping conquest of the realm, winning through strategy. 96Reads—Score—14d adds
11. 111 妖 Tales of Demons and Ghosts at Night 妖鬼夜话 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Mystery209k WordsCompleted My new book, I Get Awesome with Technology, is now being serialized. My short ghost stories The Water Ghost, The Seventh Night, The Departure That Year, and The Soul-Calling Lantern are available on Tomato Short Stories. 423Reads6.6Score—14d adds
12. 112 我 I Cultivate Through Bloodsucking 我靠吸血修仙 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy357k WordsCompleted The new novel, I Get Awesome Through Technology, is currently being serialized and has already reached one million words. The ghost story collection, Tales of Demons and Ghosts at Night, is complete. If you like ghost stories, go check it out. 63Reads—Score—14d adds
13. 113 阴 The Cursed Coffin 阴棺抬煞 Songhu鬆湖Mystery891k WordsCompleted Deep in Bai Street stands a yin-yang coffin shop that never makes coffins and never receives customers. Chen Ye grew up accompanying his grandfather on spirit-walking rites and coffin-bearing, learning all manner of evil spirits. He thought he would spend his life in the peaceful funeral trade, taking payment to guide souls onward and living in safety. Then, in a single night, three coffins arrived at the Ding family’s home, and one bizarre incident after another erupted throughout the househol 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Feng shui secrets, a mortician stitching corpse, a mangled corpse, zombies, ghosts, a Taoist priest, suspense, betrayal in love, ten years in prison, and upon release, being approached by security personnel.

14. 114 霜 Crown of Frost and Ash 霜与烬之冠 Songhu鬆湖Female-Channel Fanfiction341k WordsCompleted At her engagement ceremony, the man she loved pushed her into an abyss. Three years later, she returned wearing a silver-frost mask. This time, she would crown his empire with her own hands, then stain that crown red with his blood. —Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 115 破 Breaking Hell: The Celestial Master Returns 破狱：天师归来 Songhu鬆湖Sci-Fi & Apocalypse388k WordsCompleted After ten years in prison, the day he gets out, he discovers he’s completely out of step with the world. There are no bustling streets or lights in every window. The streets lie abandoned, the cities are dead, and the air reeks of rot and blood. Monsters that are neither human nor ghost roam everywhere: stiff bodies, fangs and claws, and a thirst for blood. The military can’t defeat them, the police can’t hold them back, and human civilization is on the brink of collapse. Even more absurdly, peo 8Reads—Score—14d adds
16. 116 并 Twin Blooms Burn the Immortals 并蒂焚仙 Happy Shen Hai快乐的神海Ancient Romance1.5M WordsOngoing [Two Female Leads, No Romance | Traditional Cultivation | Redemption Through Fate | The World Opens Up Later] Fifteen thousand years ago, an ancient bloodbath was deliberately erased from history, burying countless hidden dangers deep in the continent’s ley lines. Fifteen thousand years later, Yun Tingxue and Su Qingyan stumbled into Burning Heaven Valley while fleeing for their lives, and accidentally exposed a shocking conspiracy that had been unfolding for millennia. Rifts in space tore ope 186Reads8.9Score2414d adds

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    Look at mine, the male lead is still growing, and he should get to the fourth step you mentioned later!

17. 117 寡 A Widow Is Reborn, but Her Proper-Minded Brother-in-Law Insists on Spoiling Her 寡妇重生，守礼大伯偏要宠 Yi Si Qi Tong一四七童Ancient Romance330k WordsCompleted The heroine is reborn. Both leads are devoted only to each other. The hero is aloof and proper, and pretends to be impotent despite being the heroine’s uncle by marriage. She falls for his seemingly proper act, and he pursues his wife. [The rating is slowly climbing] In her previous life, Jiang Wanshu was forced by her father to marry into the Marquis’s household holding a memorial tablet, where she was expected to live as a widow. To her surprise, her “deceased husband” returned with his belove 481Reads8.9Score—14d adds
18. 118 救 Help! This Lousy System Is Making Me Found a Sect! 救命！这破系统让我开宗立派！ The Crying of Xiao Xiao萧萧之鸣Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to another world as a sickly man, the male lead triggers a System: if he fails to save twenty people within three years, he’ll die of his illness. He sets off on a journey to save people, meeting one lovely confidante after another along the way. In the end, he’s forced to found a sect and finds his happy ending. (This is not a cultivation novel.) The premise is fairly fresh, leaving behind the traditional level-up-and-fight-monsters formula. The protagonist is frail at firs 38.2kReads9.2Score3.7k14d adds
19. 119 魔 Demonic Immortal: Forging a Path to Immortality from Bones! 魔真人：尸骨铸仙路！ Celestial Corpse Daoist天尸道人Eastern Fantasy102k WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless, a hardcase, seeking the Dao, no System, no heroine, inspired by the Primordial World] Demons are cunning, but above all, they are domineering! Wang Wei, a student from China, transmigrates into the Qingcang Cultivation Realm. The thought of cultivating immortality and living forever makes his heart pound with excitement! Watch as he climbs the path to immortality over the corpses of countless cultivators, discovers that he is merely a pawn, then uses cunning and persevera —Reads—Score—14d adds
20. 120 一 The Seventh Book by Yi Jiang Qiu Shui Xiang 一江秋水向的第7本书 Autumn Waters Flow Westward一江秋水向西流Male-Channel Fanfiction252k WordsOngoing [No System, no stock tropes, villain protagonist, no heroine, ruthless and decisive, no saintly do-gooding, a dark path of blood, Martial Soul Mutation, devouring and evolution, dark fantasy, trope subversion, a family comeback.] Douluo? Awakening a Martial Soul? What awaited Ming You was not a protagonist's script. While his peers held forth at the academy about the glory of being a Soul Master, he snapped his prey's neck in the dead of night and tasted the most primal flavor of power: killing. 29Reads—Score514d adds

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    I don't really like scheming, though I do have a bit of a feeling about it.

21. 121 砥 The Tale of Persevering in Immortal Cultivation 砥砺修仙传 Tomato Stir-Fried with Oysters番茄炒生蚝Eastern Fantasy3.7M WordsCompleted [Traditional fantasy] [Decisive and ruthless] [Comeback and face-slapping] [Contending across the myriad heavens] [Vast world map] The fourteen-year deadline has arrived. Who in the Frost Ice Pavilion still remembers the good-for-nothing boy they took in? Bing Lan was born with his cold marrow sealed. Even outer disciples could trample on him and sneer, “You’ll never amount to anything!” But no one knew he was a descendant of the Flame Emperor of the Divine Realm! Ever since taking part in t 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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    If you're a true brother, come see me!!

22. 122 绝 Peerless Secret Words: The Spirit Heavens Chronicle 绝世密言：灵天记 Ouyang Miguo欧阳米果Eastern Fantasy997k WordsCompleted Through fantastical stories, this book explores the mysteries of the universe and explains the principles of life, helping readers understand why people live. In doing so, it can help them put their worries aside and embrace life's experiences with greater optimism and energy! 913Reads9.4Score12714d adds

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    A must-read book in this lifetime; it can dispel confusion, enlighten you, and help you understand life!

23. 123 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—Score14114d adds
24. 124 仙 King of the Immortal Court 仙庭之王 A Blunt Knife温钝的刀Eastern Fantasy125k WordsOngoing [Dark fantasy] [Slow and meticulous pacing] [Partly feel-good] [The Great Dao] [Unrelentingly dark] Zhao Yuan is a true fiend in a righteous sect, hated by everyone and utterly wicked. —Reads—Score—14d adds
25. 125 族 My Entire Clan Was Possessed by Transmigrators, So I Went on a Killing Spree! 族人全被穿越者夺舍，我杀疯了！ The Second Answer Sheet第二张答题卡Eastern Fantasy132k WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless + anti-cliché + not a mindless power fantasy + no heroine + dark story + proactive protagonist] After three hundred years of slaughter in Qian Cun, he reached the pinnacle of the demonic path. Using a wandering traveler to suppress the source of a divine-grade totem, he reversed time and was reborn. He returns to a hopeless situation from the start: his aptitude is even worse, and the soul-summoning ritual brings a horde of transmigrators from his own clan. Everyone is an 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Other books: The protagonist transmigrates to another world, awakens a cheat-like ability, and proves that youth is not to be underestimated. This book: The natives of another world hold a grand meeting and conduct a "soul-summoning ceremony"—sounds like an awakening, right? In reality, it's a mass summoning of transmigrators to possess their bodies! All the young people of the tribe become vessels for wandering spirits from outer space, while the original owners are completely annihilated. Our protagonist, Zhao Riqiancun, is reborn. In his previous life, he was hunted by transmigrators for 300 years. In this life, he returns to the eve of the soul-summoning ceremony, watching his tribesmen being possessed one by one. He's not only unfazed, but even a little amused—because this is the moment he's been waiting for, the hunt. The most amazing thing is that his genius brother, with "seven-star full aptitude," is also possessed by a transmigrator after the ceremony. The two brothers, one a reborn demon, the other a wandering spirit from outer space, put on an acting show, calling each other "brother" and "younger brother," but actually wanting to smash each other's brains out. This fake brotherhood, I really want to laugh! Traditional fantasy: a useless person endures, aptitude test, academy slaps in the face. This book features a protagonist with only one-star talent, yet he completely disregards cultivation. In his past life, he was a powerful figure in the demonic path, and in this life, he relies on 300 years of killing experience to single-handedly dominate the scene. Encountering an insider at the blacksmith shop? He silences them with a single sword strike. Surrounded by people at the academy? He clears them out. Pretending to be his brother to deceive the Zuo family patriarch? His cunning schemes are masterful! No system! No powerful grandfather! No twists of fate! The protagonist's motto is: Kill. He treats the entire town like lambs to the slaughter; anyone who stands in his way home dies.

26. 126 玄 Xuanhuan: The Heaven-Chosen Villain Becomes a God Through the Sequence 玄幻：天命反派的我，序列成神 Cigarette Between the Fingers指间香烟Eastern Fantasy170k WordsOngoing [Behind the scenes] [Scheming] [Villain] [Gene sequences] [No heroine] [Invincible] [Cunning] [Cultivation] [Transmigration] After transmigrating, he was ordered by an immortal to become the destined Villain who would assist the chosen one, and obtained a Gene Furnace. Once the chosen one reached the True Immortal Realm, he could return to his original world and enjoy ten lifetimes of wealth and prosperity? Bullshit. Compared to becoming an immortal, wealth and prosperity mean nothing. If you wa —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The villain is ruthless, cunning, and possesses everything a villain could want.

27. 127 魔 Demonic Path Sequence: Stripping Away the Myriad Worlds 魔道序列：剥离万界 Chijiu Ji持久麂Eastern Fantasy828k WordsCompleted Is cultivation a climb to the top, or a process of being sifted through layer by layer? Su Fan was an unaffiliated cultivator in the mortal realm until he chanced upon a damaged ancient scroll that could strip the essence from all things. At first, all he wanted was to survive. Then one day, on the eve of his ascension, he saw a list meant only for the strong: It was no Investiture of the Gods, but a harvest order. From the mortal realm to the spirit realm, from True Immortals to the Dao Domain, —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This is good, I recommend it.

28. 128 妹 One Tear from His Sister, and the War God Brother Crushes All Realms 妹落一滴泪！战神哥哥碾碎万界 Shi Qiang仕强Eastern Fantasy101k WordsOngoing Breaking every fantasy trope + rebellious and defiant + absurd comedy + resistance against Japanese invaders + patriotic devotion + all kinds of satisfying moments On the day of his graduate school entrance exam, Qing Yu and his younger sister died in a car accident. When he opened his eyes again, he was an abandoned infant in the Republic of China, taken in and raised as a cub by a fox-spirit couple. Their happy days did not last long. The evil spirits of the Eastern Ocean attacked, and his fox —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This story perfectly matches your personality, preventing you from getting hooked and unable to stop reading. It features a protagonist with Nezha's personality, a "I don't care if it's the Heavenly King or Laozi" attitude, an awesome and hilarious team, a fast-paced plot, breaks away from traditional cultivation novels, is absolutely refreshing and funny, and has an anti-Japanese war theme.

29. 129 苟 Immortal and Undying, Laying Low in the Cultivation World 苟在修仙世界长生不死 Destroy the New摧新Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [No female lead, survival-focused cultivation, rogue cultivator, decisive and ruthless] After transmigrating into the world of immortal cultivation, he faced a rough fate and stood on the brink of death. At the edge of despair, he awakened the Fruit of the Immortal Dao. From then on, he was deathless and impervious to decay, his life everlasting through the ages. While others toiled in cultivation to extend their lives, he remained forever young through the ages, free to roam the heavens. He tem 44Reads—Score314d adds

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30. 130 修 Cultivation: Leading My Clan to Ascend to Deity 修仙：带领家族成就化神 Watching the Rain Return to the Sea望雨归海Eastern Fantasy145k WordsOngoing “What? A Longevity Spirit Body?” Chen Wenhao said calmly, “Well, actually, I’m not a Spirit Body at all. I just have a little more lifespan than you!” “What? You say you’re not a Longevity Spirit Body, so why does everyone outside say you are?” “That’s only because...” [Cultivation Realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation (no Violet Palace)] [The blurb isn’t doing this book justice. Please read the main text.] —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This book perfectly matches the questioner's requirements.

31. 131 凡 A Mortal's Path to Immortality: The Purple-Scaled Snake Guides the Way 凡心踏仙紫鳞蛇引道 The Enlightened One Said悟道子曰Eastern Fantasy230k WordsOngoing [Mortal’s journey➕no System➕dual cultivation of thunder and gu➕farming and raising gu] A country boy suffers hardship after hardship, then happens upon a thousand-year-old giant serpent by chance. It teaches him a cultivation technique and gives him a priceless treasure, setting him on the path to immortality. Every step tempers his bones; every gu is cultivated with care. Do not assume you were the first to set out; someone else may have left even earlier. Do not blame the road for being rough. 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    [Ordinary People, No System, High IQ, Highly Recommended: Thunder Magic, Gu Control, Beast Taming, Alchemy, Farming, Space] A thousand-year-old giant serpent imparts its teachings, and a village boy steps onto the path of cultivation. His journey of overcoming adversity is full of suspense and becomes increasingly addictive with each reading. 💓☪️

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