Wuxia Novels with a Male Lead Who's the Demonic Cult's Leader or on the Side of Darkness 男主是魔教教主或是黑暗阵营那一类的江湖文。

1. 1 无 The Invincible Great Demon Lord 无敌大魔主 Qiao Ji乔吉Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted The daily life of the invincible villainous Demon King... A bored Demon King and a fallen, heroic beauty. Tired of the usual leveling-up story? Try something different for a change. 160Reads—Score10014d adds

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2. 2 穿 Transmigrated into a Book: The Villain Is Always Pretending to Be Good 穿书之反派总是在装乖 Wen Bancheng温半尘Ancient Romance596k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance] + [Mutual Devotion] + [A Demon Lord with a Surprising Side] + [Kindhearted, Not Sanctimonious Female Lead] + [Happy Ending] + [Everyday Life] Song Yu transmigrates to another world, unaware that she has entered a novel. She happens to save a handsome young man who is gravely injured, not knowing that he is actually the leader of the Demon Cult. The young man is handsome and obedient. It’s hard for Song Yu not to fall for him. Later, his identity is exposed, and Song Yu learns who 1kReads8.4Score10214d adds

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   It's so good! It's really interesting.

3. 3 尘 No Life in the Mortal World 尘间无生 A Sword in Ink and Water水墨一剑Eastern Fantasy839k WordsOngoing [Sword cultivator + genius + dual bloodlines of demon and immortal + ruthless + no transmigration + no System + not a saint] One man, one sword, roaming a world of dust for ten thousand miles. Amid broken walls and ruins, he beholds all the suffering beneath the sun. May there be no frost and wind to silver our hair, no sorrow to weigh on our hearts, and may every year bring peace and warmth. Life is fleeting, its meetings and partings like smoke, its fortunes and declines ever-changing. May eve 2.3kReads—Score11114d adds

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   I am a righteous holy son, but also a young master of the demonic path.

4. 4 武 Martial World, Don't Bully Me: I Have a Demon Blade 武侠，休要欺负我，我有一把魔刀 Huang Xiaozhao0黄小招0Martial Arts216k WordsOngoing The martial world was never a place for settling scores with satisfying vengeance. It was a place filled with deceit, coldness, and hurt... Yan Xiaoxiang watched his family home destroyed and his loved ones die with his own eyes. His young heart was burdened with the pain of the world. A demonic blade fell into his hands. It could kill, and it could ensnare the mind... In the end, he chose to kill! 1.8kReads—Score—14d adds

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   This was originally the leader of a demonic sect.

5. 5 爷 I, the Grandmaster of the Demonic Cult in Dream of the Red Chamber 爷在红楼当魔教教主 Confused Bread不知所措的面包Mystery273k WordsOngoing [Wuxia] [Dream of the Red Chamber] [World War I] Across the sea... lie our enemies. At the end of the Ming dynasty, an immortal descended outside Yangzhou and wiped out a hundred thousand Qing cavalry with a single sword strike. From then on, the Great Qian replaced the Great Qing. For more than two hundred years, the weather was favorable and the people lived in peace and prosperity. But the tide of history could not be turned. After five thousand years of change, the last feudal dynasty on thi 86Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Smiling on the surface, plotting assassination behind the scenes, thus igniting World War I.

6. 6 魔 A Demon’s Days Working at the Escort Agency 魔在镖局打工的日子 Lin Xiaohan林小翰Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing [Traditional xianxia + no System + multiple characters + growth] Twenty years ago, humans, ghosts, immortals, and demons defeated the Demon Lord and restored peace to the Three Realms: The elite of the four races: “What happened to the Demon Lord?” “Probably turned to ashes.” “And his sword?” “Smashed to bits, probably.” “Quit messing around! Hurry up and look!” The escaped Demon Lord: “I’m looking too!” For twenty years, the demonic sword has remained nowhere to be found. The four races hear th 3.3kReads9.5Score31314d adds

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   Yes, that's right. The protagonist is a demon, but he didn't know his origins at first. He was adopted by his master on a mountain and learned skills for many years before returning to the Central Plains to find out about his past. That's when he discovered all this.

7. 7 杀 The Kill Order Has Been Issued 杀令已下 Cold Weather, Rain天寒雨Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing Three underworld bosses join forces to put out a contract, offering a million in gold to kill the mysterious assassin "Heavenly Shadow." The Killing Prison accepts the contract. The kill order is issued, and the plot is set in motion! But no one expected that when the contract arrived at the Killing Prison, the target's name would have been changed to... him! He had signed the kill order with his own hand, only to send himself into a deadly trap. Poisoned, surrounded, betrayed, and hunted, h 7.7kReads7.3Score40214d adds

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   Wuxia (martial arts) is pretty good.

8. 8 教 The Cult Leader Is a Serious X 教主是个一本正经的X人 w Ziwuw子乌Ancient Romance646k WordsCompleted [One-on-one sweet romance + goofy comedy + everyday ensemble] Xia Sha transmigrates, and the good news is that she’s become a rich young lady! The bad news: her unscrupulous father has handed her over to Jiang Zimo, the notorious leader of the Nether Cult... The good news: thanks to a series of “clever” moves, she manages to stay alive in the Nether Cult! The bad news: the cult leader is a dead-serious, X-type man!!! 863Reads8.2Score10414d adds
9. 9 穿 Reborn as Fang La, I’m Giving the Great Song a New Backbone 穿成方腊，我给大宋换副骨头 Dewdrop Grass露水草Historical313k WordsCompleted [Ming Cult, Liangshan, struggle for supremacy, farming, infrastructure, political intrigue, technology] He wakes up as Fang La, leader of the Ming Cult, on the night before the oath-taking at Qiyuan. He sees the snow on the day Bianjing falls, the humiliation of Jingkang: three thousand members of the imperial clan kneeling in the snow, an event destined to happen seven years later. Yet in this Song dynasty, the compass is used for feng shui, paper is used as funeral money, and gunpowder is made 19Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Fang La, leader of the Ming Cult, known in the martial arts world as the Demonic Cult Leader, started by recruiting the Liangshan heroes, overthrowing the Southern Song Dynasty, and establishing the iron-fisted Ming Empire!

10. 10 九 Nine Nether Heavenswallowing Art 九幽吞天决 Laughing, Leaving Dust Behind笑留尘Eastern Fantasy810k WordsCompleted Once a peerless prodigy, Chu Yuan was betrayed by his closest friend, had his spiritual roots crippled, and fell into the mortal world. On the brink of certain death, he encountered the supreme ancient demonic manual, the Nine Nether Heaven-Devouring Art. This art is incredibly domineering: it can devour the spiritual energy and bloodlines of all things, even the cultivation and Dao fruits of others, and turn them into nourishment for its user. From then on, Chu Yuan embarked on an heaven-defyin 6Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I will establish the Nine Nether Palace; those who obey me will live, and those who defy me will perish.

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