No Female Lead, No Romance, No Harem, and No Brain-Dead Plotting, Please!! 无女主，无cp，无后宫，不无脑，谢谢！！

1. 251 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. 6Reads5.3Score—14d adds

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   This is a good book, worth recommending. It has no female lead; the protagonist is cold and ruthless.

2. 252 龙 A Dragon Kingdom Police Cadet Charges Into Maitira 龙国警校生，勇闯迈提拉 Thousand-Year-Old Stone Monkey千年老石猴Urban137k WordsOngoing [Decisive, not a bleeding heart, self-serving, scheming, highly intelligent, always planning several steps ahead]+ [Everyone is ruthless]+ [No System, no golden finger]+ [No characters acting stupidly, logical]+ [No heroine, female supporting character] Ye Zilu plays by his own rules! This is a logically consistent power fantasy: With his options exhausted in Longguo, Ye Zilu, a graduate of the Longguo Police Academy, ventures into Maitila to survive. After joining the police force, he uses ever 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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   No female lead, no saintly figures; everyone is ruthless, self-serving, intelligent, and strategic, meticulously planning and building their own business empire step by step.

3. 253 道 The Taoist Exorcist 道门驱邪人 Peeing into the Wind and Soaking Myself迎风尿一身Mystery768k WordsCompleted Where there is evil under heaven, there are all manner of wicked things, and so there are Daoist exorcists. He travels between heaven and earth, yin and yang. He ventures deep into the hundred thousand mountains of Miao territory and far away to the borders of the southern seas. Head-dropping curses, gu raising, black magic, and all the world's fiends and spirits of darkness. He has exorcised countless demons and ghosts, only to discover in the end that nothing is more evil than the human heart. 2.6kReads9.1Score39514d adds

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   Then I have to mention this book.

4. 254 桑 Sang Sang and Xing 桑桑与行 Zhi Li知棃Ancient Romance555k WordsOngoing [Ancient-Style Business and Prosperity] + [Everyday Life and Business] + [Heartwarming and Joyful] + [Slow-Burn, Relaxing] Qin Mianmian, a 32-year-old modern office worker with a calm disposition, inexplicably transmigrates into the body of Qin Nansang, a 12-year-old girl in an alternate historical era. A peaceful and prosperous age, a harmonious family. Starting with a journey to the capital to find her father, she grows step by step and lives each day as it comes. Stay true to herself, avoid w 5Reads—Score114d adds

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   No romantic pairings, no harem, no domestic power struggles, no awful characters, no female rivalry, no idiocy; in short, the female lead's career is just a pretext for her to retire early.

5. 255 模 Life Simulation: Speedrunning the Cultivation World 模拟人生：速通修仙世界 The Ultimate Wolf极致的狼Eastern Fantasy487k WordsCompleted [Simulator] + [No Heroine] + [Cultivation] + [System] Chu Ci happens upon a simulator and begins his ascent. Building on magnificent poetry and prose, he harnesses the power of simulation to explore countless worlds, step by step. From the mournful song of the Miluo River to a long cry across the galaxy, he eventually uses the simulator to unravel the myriad paths, stand atop all the heavens, and make the Chu style the highest expression of all. 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Completely matches the title

6. 256 绝 Zenless Zone Zero: Parallel Universe 绝区零平行宇宙 Daydreams in the Daylight白日的幻梦Anime Fanfiction560k WordsOngoing One of countless similar worlds. The story that unfolds here is one person's simple idea, and the lives of many characters. "I'm old now. You young people will have to create a beautiful world.", "In the end, I still couldn't catch up with you." "My knowledge is for the sake of this world. It always has been.", "And yet I put it to the wrong use." "Disaster, hope, rebirth, and finally, happiness.", "I... got lost." "I can't go on like this, when I've let my wife and daughter down.", "I'm coming 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Your request will be met.

7. 257 无EN Infinite Horror Game 无限诡异游戏 Mocking Laughter笑讽嘲Mystery245k WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + horror game + dark fiction + no female lead + ruthless protagonist] This book was originally titled Infinite Strange Games, and is also known as As Long As I'm Twisted Enough, Even Ghosts Fear Me and I Will Rule the Bizarre. Thirty-six years after the Bizarre Game descended upon the world, it continues to select players and send them into instances full of horrors and strange tales, where they struggle to survive. Specimen maker Si Qi enters the game of his own accord. From that 346Reads8.9Score13514d adds

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   The protagonist loves bones as much as he loves a beautiful woman, and even more so, his own bones. The knife pierces flesh but not bone. Flesh and blood emerge, revealing bones.

8. 258 穿 Transmigrated as an Abandoned Heir, I Awakened a Talent Conquest Book 穿越成弃子，觉醒天赋攻略书 General Serpent大蛇将军Eastern Fantasy213k WordsOngoing [Decisive] [No romance] [Fast-paced] [No frustrating setbacks] [No dragging things out] After transmigrating into a fictional high-martial dynasty, Mu Xiao awakens as a Demon-Slaying Guard and obtains the Talent Guidebook. From then on, she defies fate! No pointless chatter, no frustrating setbacks. She never lets evil go unpunished, and slays demons with a single blade! With the guidebook in hand, she unlocks countless talents at will: the strength to uproot mountains, fiery eyes that see throu 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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   No romantic pairing, no playing dumb to fool others, no feeling of being stifled, no dragging things out.

9. 259 樊 Dawn Within the Cage 樊笼内的破晓 Old Qinggan老青柑Modern Romance350k WordsCompleted Some people are born trapped in a cage. Invisible barriers, woven from the soil of one’s upbringing, the path laid out in advance, the constraints of one’s surroundings, the cocoon of one’s perceptions, and the shackles of morality, build a cold, solid cage that holds her captive. She is raised within it, as if this were all life could ever be. If she does not awaken, if she does not save herself, the ending is clear: the cage will silently devour her, and she will vanish in a slow death. Yet de 3Reads9.3Score—14d adds

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   Highly recommended for those who don't have a romantic pairing; it's very good, and the female lead gradually grows stronger.

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