Please Recommend Dark Novels With an Unsympathetic Protagonist! 本人跪求黑暗流小说，主角不圣母的！

1. 201 神 The Divine Cage Game 神笼游戏 AshzzoieUrban2.2M WordsOngoing In a dazzling technological future, a powerful being descends, calling itself a god and ruling over all. Everything becomes a game for the gods. The gods become humanity’s sole objects of faith. Above all faith, humans are the pieces and the gods move them. The world is a cage, and this is a game ruled by the gods. The gods rule everything! The gods create the games! The gods make the rules! Rule One: Every human must take part in the game. You need a ticket to compete, but the winner takes all, 25.9kReads9.3Score2kShelves
2. 202 从EN Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year. 160.1kReads9.6Score18.1kShelves

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   Although Yu Sheng grew up in the City of Sin, he was different. He had a pure and kind heart, a heart full of warmth, and his awakened supernatural abilities were invincible. He guarded that pass, that demon-suppressing pass.

3. 203 蛊 Gu King Ajie 蛊王阿杰 Little Sheep That Can Fly Every Day每天会飞的小羊Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [Fantasy + Gu Arts + Comedy + Rebirth + Hidden Identity + Mystery + Feuds + First Person] “Reborn to defy fate and slay the Blood Demon, break the curse and ascend to Emperor, unrivaled among the gods!” [Laughing out loud! Can Gu King A Jie cut his way through a fantasy world with this trick?] Miao Awei (roaring): Miao A Jie, prepare to die! He kicked me off a cliff in the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons. When I opened my eyes again, I had been reborn three years in the past. Miao Cuihua (poundi 109Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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   This is practically unbeatable!! [Traditional Fantasy] [First-Person Perspective] [Top Choice for Adding to Your Bookshelf] This book is truly excellent!! The plot is tight and fast-paced, with twists and turns that keep you on the edge of your seat! This book about Gu (a type of supernatural creature) is one of the best! Every chapter is great; it makes you want to finish it! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Admiration][Smirk]

4. 204 修 Cultivation Begins with Slaying Immortals 修行从斩仙开始 The Big Orange Scoundrel香橙大坏蛋Eastern Fantasy413k WordsOngoing [Decisive Killer]+ [No System]+ [No Saintly Do-Gooder]+ [Conquest]+ [Passionate]+ [Villain] I wield a blade and forge my path through slaughter, cutting down myriad immortals and severing immortal bonds! I command three thousand thunders. Heaven and earth tremble, the Buddhas flee, and all races unite! 66Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Traditional fantasy, protagonist with lightning-based spiritual root, decisive in killing, intelligent, not a saint, driven by self-interest, driven to madness by revenge, plot is fast-paced and doesn't drag.

5. 205 八 Eight Adorable Babies: Mommy Is So Popular 八胎萌宝：妈咪太受宠 Fallen Cherry Blossoms in the Empty Sky落樱空Modern Romance2.9M WordsCompleted After an accident, Xia Zhu spent a passionate night with a mysterious man. She gave birth to eight babies and became the laughingstock of the entire Imperial City! Four years later, her adorable genius children shocked the world. The most powerful man in the Imperial City was cold and ruthless, yet he doted on her above all others. She became the most envied woman in the world. 5.7kReads9.2Score6.3kShelves

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   Aren't you curious about having eight children? Two in a year or five in three years? Story Summary:

6. 206 转 Reincarnated as a Goblin: Ruling the Otherworld 转生哥布林之异界纵横 Happy Nail快乐的钉子Eastern Fantasy424k WordsCompleted This story draws inspiration from Monster Hunter: World, Star Wars, and Goblin Slayer. Extremely dark, values turned upside down, nonhuman thought, extreme violence, an ever-growing number of maids, all kinds of detail, and the maids winning over others and themselves. Allen transmigrates to another world and becomes a goblin hatchling. By chance, he awakens the Force, a supernatural yet omnipresent mysterious power that grows stronger as he does. Other goblins are filthy, stupid, weak... But Al 7Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 207 觉 I Poisoned the World After Awakening My Past-Life Memories 觉醒前世记忆后荼毒世界 Painting Stars.画星.Eastern Fantasy217k WordsOngoing [Building a faction + working behind the scenes + no bleeding-heart heroics + ruthless] Xing Mu: “Youthful arrogance, defiance, irreverence... I don't understand any of that. All I know is that in this cruel, dog-eat-dog world, the only way is to become the strongest and rule over everything!” —Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 208 反 A Villainous Rich Second-Generation Heir, and the Campus Belle Wants to Kill Me from the Start! 反派富二代，校花开局要弄死我！ Spring by Daming Lake大明湖畔的春天Urban289k WordsOngoing Other titles: [The Rise of Yan Nation: With the Heavenly Emperor Martial Spirit, I Rule the World] [The Fated Villain: Seizing Every Opportunity Meant for the Protagonists]… The wickedly intelligent big shot Situ Xin transmigrated, but unlike others who transmigrated as the chosen one, he became a rich second-generation villain and simp from a novel! In the original story, the villain’s father was one of Yan Nation’s Five Grandmasters, while his mother was the eldest legitimate daughter of 60Reads5.4Score—Shelves

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   Villainous rich second generation

9. 209 种 Farming: From Sect Tenant Farmer to Supreme Across the Myriad Worlds 种田：从宗门佃户到万界独尊 Foolish Zhi傻志Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing [Farming] + [Ensemble cast] + [Lord] + [Conquest] + [System] + [Satisfying wish fulfillment] Zhang Guiyuan transmigrates to a parallel world at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, where he becomes a tenant farmer growing spiritual plants for a sect. He awakens the strongest Lord System and obtains an unparalleled book: Postpartum Care for Sows He settles into a fine life of farming, raising pigs, and teasing his wicked sword cultivator little sister. But then a calamity that comes once every tho 3.1kReads5.7Score181Shelves

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   [Farming] + [Ensemble Characters] + [Lord] + [Conquest] + [System] + [Mindless Thriller] Set in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, this fictional Xianxia world begins with building power from Lake Baikal. The protagonist is decisive and ruthless.

10. 210 末 The Eighth Book of the Apocalypse's Superpowers 末世的异能的第8本书 Esper of the Apocalypse末世的异能者Eastern Fantasy211k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 346Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    The art of controlling Gu poison is evil and has a villainous style.

11. 211 我 Where I Am Is Where the Jianghu Is 我所在之地，便是江湖 Wang Xin王信Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted “Cultivators are people too, and people die.” Chen Dao sits at the table, staring at the calligraphy and painting before him. After a moment of silence, he says softly, “Pass down the order. Tell our Dao Gang brothers to get ready for tonight’s operation. The target is the Tianxian Restaurant.” “Keep it quiet. I don’t want my father finding out that there’s a band of bandits outside the city who belong to his precious son.” In a secret chamber somewhere in the Chen residence. Chen Dao’s 1.8kReads8.9Score672Shelves

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    A seasoned bookworm's high-quality, unbiased writing style delves into darkness, sending chills down your spine. In that endless darkness, humanity is twisted, and fear is ever-present. With his unique touch, he paints a picture of a world filled with despair and the bizarre. Every character struggles in the mire of darkness, their fates as precarious as a candle flickering in the wind. It's like embarking on a thrilling, dark journey that challenges your psychological limits, leading you to experience the unique charm of dark fiction, leaving you trembling and unable to extricate yourself from this wondrous, darkly woven wonderland.

12. 212 玄 Xuanhuan: Picking Up Lucky Bags in an Immortal's Livestream 玄幻：我在仙人的直播间捡福袋 Northern Man Nongzai Zuo Qiang北人弄仔佐强Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted [Traditional xuanhuan, plot-driven, not an invincible protagonist story. He faces trouble head-on, acts logically, doesn’t kill indiscriminately, grows stronger, and has no harem. Comedy + Passion] Alternate title: Xuanhuan: I Pick Up Lucky Bags in an Immortal’s Livestream After transmigrating to a small world of immortal cultivation and waiting twenty long years, Lu Fan finally receives his golden finger. It’s a Myriad Worlds Disc where he can watch the livestreams of geniuses from countless wo 7kReads7.8Score781Shelves
13. 213 迟 Late Concern Is Worth Less Than Grass. I'm the Demon Emperor Now, So Why Are You Crying? 迟来的关心比草贱，我成魔帝你哭啥？ Nine Heavens九天Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [No System]+ [One Female Lead]+ [Decisive and Ruthless] He was once a heaven-blessed prodigy, the future ruler of the Northern Frontier and the future successor to the Sword God. But at the age of eight, he was thrown into a pit of corpses. He survived and grew up by eating the dead. He found an ancient demonic artifact, the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls. But for the sake of his family’s reputation, he swore he would never fall to demonic ways. He endured for ten years, and at last escaped his pr 107Reads6.2Score123Shelves
14. 214 灵EN A Blind Swordsman's Sword Coffin 灵墟，剑棺，瞎剑客 Cooked Laifu Pigeon煮熟的来福鸽Eastern Fantasy8.8M WordsOngoing [No System] [Genius Swordsmanship] [Passionate] [Decisive and Ruthless] He is blind, carries a coffin on his back, and has a tragic past. The sect says: "We'll protect you." His brothers say: "We'll stay by your side." The sword spirit says: "I... will wait for you." Later, he becomes the ruler of the Immortal Realm, and his eyes regain their sight. Looking back on the road behind him, all that remains is one sentence: "When the wind blows, I'll walk slowly. When it rains, I'll keep to the side. 439.8kReads9.2Score45.7kShelves
15. 215 我 I Have the Hand of God: From the Start, I Stole the Complete Nine-Tails 我有神之手，开局偷取完全体九尾 Red-Braised Soft-Shelled Turtle红烧甲鱼Urban4.6M WordsCompleted [Passionate, cathartic action + decisive and ruthless + striking out on his own + cold-hearted, not a bleeding heart + women, what are those? Safe to read!] [The early chapters expose the darkness of the world as the protagonist rebels again and again, eventually annihilating his foes and leaving humanity behind. It’s a truly passionate story. Many readers have commented that it made them cry. Definitely worth reading!] Su Yun transmigrated into a high-martial-arts world and awakened the Myriad 10.3kReads8.7Score904Shelves
16. 216 全 Global Military Talismans: Invincible from the Heirloom Imperial Jade Seal 全球兵符：从传国玉玺开始无敌 Su Xiaojin苏小衿Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Lu Yun transmigrates to a world where everyone uses military talismans to summon troops and fight. His military talisman is the Imperial Jade Seal, engraved with the words, “By Heaven’s Mandate, may its reign endure forever.” But then he discovers he’s about to be expelled from school! Even the Imperial Jade Seal is dismissed as a useless military talisman, so Lu Yun summons the ancient people of the Nine Provinces’ elite Qin warriors right from the start! “Fearless Qin, reclaim our rivers and m 10.7kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves
17. 217 我 My Beautiful, Wealthy Wife 我的白富美老婆 A Dream South of the City城南一梦Urban9.1M WordsCompleted After being insulted one more time, Qin Cheng finally awakened. Everything he never got before, he would take into his own hands this time. This is a feel-good novel with no angst. It’s an absolute delight to read. 588Reads8.9Score103Shelves

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    My beautiful and wealthy wife

18. 218 超 The Super Son-in-Law 超级上门女婿 Success Together一起成功Urban10.8M WordsOngoing Ye Fan, a useless live-in son-in-law, accidentally inherits the Taiji Scripture and the Stone of Life and Death, setting him on a very different path in life. He saves beautiful women with his medical skills and slays enemies with his martial arts. Not only does he overcome the scorn and ridicule of others and win his wife's heart, he also rises to the pinnacle of the world, looking down on all creation. 180.1kReads9.1Score8.6kShelves
19. 219 亲 Building a Wealthy Family with My Own Hands 亲手打造一个豪门 TV Emperor,TV帝、Urban2.3M WordsCompleted Huo Bufan, heir to the Huo family with assets worth hundreds of billions, was murdered and reborn in the body of an ordinary man. While struggling to figure out how to face the mother and daughter who knew nothing of the truth, Huo Bufan discovered that the real culprit had already put his stand-in in the spotlight, intending to steal the Huo family's assets. His only option was to put down roots in this nearly broken family, start from scratch, rise quickly, and race against the mastermind. But 1kReads8.5Score100Shelves

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20. 220 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. 421Reads6.6Score—Shelves
21. 221 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. 59Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 222 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—Shelves

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    Fantasy, villains, darkness, cold-bloodedness, scheming—you name it, it's all here.

23. 223 功 Executed for Being Too Powerful, I Go on a Rampage, So Why Are You Crying? 功高震主被赐死，我杀疯了你哭啥 I Am a Man Like a God朕是神一般的男人Urban217k WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless, pure wish fulfillment, the protagonist steamrolls everyone and remains invincible] Five years ago, Jun Moxie was the nation’s guardian war god, who single-handedly suppressed the Demon Abyss and stood on equal footing with the Demon King. Five years later, the Empress of the Great Xuan Empire seized power, discarded him after he had served his purpose, and personally sent Jun Moxie to trial, falsely accusing him of colluding with demons and betraying his country. In an in 211Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 224 八 Cultivating Immortality at Eight: My Disciples Beat Up the Whole World 八岁修仙，我的徒弟暴打全世界 I Am a Man Like a God朕是神一般的男人Urban285k WordsCompleted [A genius doctor, a master descending from the mountains, an invincible and outrageously satisfying novel. The male lead is decisive and merciless, wildly cocky, dazzling, and unbelievably badass. Please give it five chapters. If it isn’t good, come after me.] Ten years ago, Ye Xiaoyao’s parents were brutally killed and his siblings disappeared. An old man rescued him and taught him extraordinary cultivation techniques. Now he has returned in force, determined to cut down every enemy! “You’re th 103Reads6.5Score—Shelves
25. 225 确 After Confirming I’m Immortal, I Started Living a Cautious Life 确定自己长生后，我开始苟道生涯 Longgu204龙谷204Eastern Fantasy244k WordsOngoing [Eternal life + ordinary-person cultivation + demonic cultivator + sinister schemer + ruthless and decisive + slow-paced] Bai Yunfeng was raised from childhood by the master of a martial arts school. He thought he was in a martial arts world, until he witnessed cultivators fighting in the sky and realized he had transmigrated to a world of cultivation. He wondered if the mysterious bead that had brought him here might be connected to cultivators. So he set out in search of immortals. But before —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 226 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—Score141Shelves
27. 227 罪 Crime and Reflection 罪照 Abyss Envoy冥渊使Mystery219k WordsCompleted Those who commit evil must be punished. Will you be the sinner, or the judge? “Sinner” and “Judge” can switch places at any moment, so be careful. Don't become a “sinner.” —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In this dark fantasy novel, the protagonist begins to eat people after chapter five. The first five chapters are the catalyst for his descent into darkness, specifically the chapter about death and rebirth. He gradually becomes a true sinner, a paragon of humanity.

28. 228 证 Attain the Dao! All for Immortality 证道！只为长生 Cola Pu'er可乐普洱Eastern Fantasy586k WordsOngoing A coming-of-age story, not a power fantasy: decisive, not brainless, with no dumbing down of characters. Zhou Hao knows he is a bandit with no backing. No matter how high his cultivation becomes, he can never change what he is. Before he began cultivating, the common folk despised him. Once he started cultivating immortality, the great clans and sects would not accept him either. People first branded him a bandit, then called him an evil demon. He knows he will never be accepted into the orthodo —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It feels okay, but it's a bit slow to warm up.

29. 229 仙 The Immortal Path? The Path of Death! 仙道？死道！ Jue Love ScarJue恋殇Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted [Horror Cultivation] + [Survival at All Costs] You are what you eat, so eating bitterness won't make you a better person. Only eating people will. An immortal once said, “If you're not at the table, you're on the menu.” Humans are the spirit of all things, born with immortal bodies and prized as heavenly medicine. In the cultivation world, the only way to cultivate is to absorb the power and fortune of others! That's why ordinary people are kept as living cauldrons. If you don't consume others, —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's well-written; at least the plot doesn't drag, and the subject matter is quite novel. This is one of the few books I can stick with without getting bored. [Thinking]

30. 230 从 Everyday Life, Starting with Ode to Joy 从欢乐颂开始的日常 A Galaxy in My Eyes眼中有星河Male-Channel Fanfiction3.0M WordsCompleted My name is Gu Shaoyuan. I'm a tea ceremony master, and my greatest wish in life is to give every beautiful girl a warm home. After the System unexpectedly sent Gu Shaoyuan to a world combining various TV dramas, he began a new life. This is a slow-burn story. 360Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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31. 231 肉 My Physical Body Is Invincible: My Dragon-Slaying Feats Shock the World 肉身无敌，我屠龙勇士天下惊 Midnight深夜十二点Historical75k WordsOngoing [Pure Power Fantasy + Invincible Lead + Martial Arts + Ruthless + War Between Seven Kingdoms + Villain Protagonist + Court and Martial World] Chu Yan transmigrates to the Great Yong Kingdom as its sole prince with a different surname. After five years of conscientious service, the Empress breaks her promise to rule alongside him as one of the two sovereigns. Fine, fine. You’re stripping me of my office? “Smoke drifts by, dust eventually settles. When we meet again someday, the tea will be cold, —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A thrilling and action-packed novel featuring a ruthless and decisive protagonist, an invincible character, an SSS-level system, and a villainous male lead.

32. 232 末 Doomsday: A Survival Manual for Society's Outcasts 末日：社会边缘人的生存手则 Star Words, Stranger Words星言陌言Sci-Fi & Apocalypse357k WordsOngoing (No System, no invincibility, no saintly heroine, no special abilities, no harem, no formulaic plot, not a power fantasy, natural disasters, dark apocalypse) The old order ended with the howls of the undead hordes. Humanity's hope was ground to dust beneath a towering tree of flesh and blood. Among these shattered ruins, struggle and rebirth are the only laws left to all living things. With every rule and shackle rendered meaningless, people on the fringes of society like me no longer have to hi 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    (The protagonist I'm about to write about will be a villain; please don't read if you dislike this.) (No system, no invincibility, no saintly figure, no superpowers, no harem, natural disasters, dark apocalypse) The old order ended with the roar of the zombie horde. Humanity's hope was crushed to dust by the towering flesh and blood mother tree. On this collapsed ruin, struggle and rebirth are the only laws for all living beings. When all rules and shackles become illusions, marginalized people like me no longer need to pretend or be twisted. Under the baptism of the apocalypse, my former confusion was completely torn apart—My name is Wu Xu, and I awaken here. From now on, it is my turn to judge this world.

33. 233 异 Necromancer in a World of Warcraft 异世魔兽之死灵法师 Young Master Chu Liu楚柳公子Anime Fanfiction500k WordsOngoing [Warhammer universe + necromancer + apocalyptic disaster + World of Warcraft + mecha space battles] A young man transmigrates to an alien planet. This is a World of Warcraft where spirit and flesh, virtual and real, blend together: a living hell where artillery, machines, armored vehicles, and Warcraft tribes wage a bloody struggle against one another. The planet is ruled by a group of Warcraft lords, and humans are nothing more than “ants” at the bottom of the food chain! Want to avoid becoming —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The new book has all the elements you're looking for! I also enjoy reading this kind of epic, groundbreaking novel, and I hope it meets your reading expectations!

34. 234 反 Villain: This World Wants Me Dead 反派：这个世界想要杀了我 Grayish White Rain灰白色的雨Urban314k WordsOngoing [Villain Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless + Extreme Egoist + Lone Wolf + No Female Lead + Infinite Flow + Not Invincible] Yun Mo transmigrated, but into the body of a murderer. A young girl’s corpse hidden in the house. A pitch-black book that can devour souls. This world is home to supernatural powers and secret realms where time, space, and reality are all in disarray. These secret realms are like game instances. The only way out is to fulfill specific conditions. They are deadly, but also 13Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    It's really good! [Eating melon seeds][eating melon seeds]

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