Recommend Dark Fiction with Smart Characters, No Sentimentality, and Profit Above All 黑暗流，智商在线，灭情绝性，利益至上来推荐

1. 1 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. 11.3kReads8.9Score852Shelves

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   Look at my bookshelf. These are truly dark and villainous novels. Once you start reading dark novels, it's hard to read anything else. 1. The protagonist is driven by self-interest. He starts by using mortals to refine pills. 2. The protagonist begins as a bandit. He commits all sorts of evil deeds to cultivate immortality. He also sleeps around with women. He only wants to sleep with pretty women and doesn't care about feelings. Very well written. 3. The protagonist enjoys cannibalism. He eats several villages at the beginning and keeps sneaking into human cities to kill people. He eats thousands or even tens of thousands of people at a time. 4. The protagonist is a great demon. Very realistically written. He will kneel and beg for mercy, then turn around and ambush and kill. He often repays kindness with enmity.

2. 2 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 21.3kReads8.7Score1.6kShelves
3. 3 重 Reborn as a Monster: I Am the Black-Mane Wild Boar King 重生妖魔：吾乃黑鬃野猪王 Invincible Starting with a Wild Boar无敌从野猪开始Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Wild boar, exotic beast, gigantic, villain, gains cultivation by eating humans, not a bleeding heart, decisive and ruthless] Reborn as a wild boar, I can increase my cultivation by eating people. But they won’t let me eat them, and they even want to kill me. Fine, I’ll eat them all!!! 2.7kReads7.5Score190Shelves
4. 4 修 Cultivation: I Join the Demonic Path from the Start 修仙：开局入了魔道 Singer of Praises颂歌者Eastern Fantasy524k WordsCompleted [System] + [Decisive and ruthless] + [No female lead] + [Violence] The path to immortality is paved with mountains of corpses and seas of blood. For one general's success, ten thousand bones lie rotting. If Heaven has destined me to become a demon, then I shall become the mightiest demon, lord of all demons. At the end of the demonic path, who stands supreme? The Asura Heavenly Demon slays all immortals. 1kReads7.5Score105Shelves
5. 5 卡 Card Apocalypse: The Madman’s Revenge 卡牌末世之复仇的疯子 Mu Zixun木子勋Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.7M WordsCompleted [Mildly dark tone]+ [Self-redemption]+ [No female lead] A once-kind-hearted boy was abused for years by his adoptive father, a high-ranking official. After enduring such prolonged torment, his mind gradually twisted and turned extreme. He came to believe the world was full of malice. Then, on the brink of death, cards descended upon the entire world! Countless monsters flooded the land, and humanity struggled in agony through the apocalypse. Tao Qian also embarked on a path of revenge. Anger, 121Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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   1. The protagonist was abused as a child (tied up, beaten, and injected with needles), resulting in a twisted mentality. He believes the whole world is guilty and seeks revenge against the world's darkness and suffering. There is no female lead in this post-apocalyptic world with card-based elements. 2. The protagonist was used as an experimental subject from a young age, tortured by a group of mad scientists in a laboratory. He later killed everyone in the lab and blew it up. He awakens in another world and can turn living people or inanimate objects into puppets. 3. This author specializes in dark fantasy novels; you can check out his homepage. 4. A human is reborn as a zombie, gradually growing into a zombie king. The story combines post-apocalyptic elements with darkness and a focus on self-interest. 5. I'm not entirely sure if this qualifies as a dark fantasy, but the protagonist prioritizes self-interest, whether saving or killing people, it's all for his own purposes. He's a villain with a life script, prioritizes self-interest, and has a single female lead.

6. 6 开 SSS-Rank Talent from the Start: Turning the School Belle into a Puppet 开局SSS天赋：把校花做成傀偶 Gu Li Yunzhi故里允之Urban612k WordsCompleted [Spiritual qi revival + ruthless and decisive + urban + supernatural abilities + no female lead] After experiencing life and death, Qi Yan awoke again in a completely new world. This place was filled with all kinds of innate abilities and bizarre beasts. From the start, Qi Yan awakened a top-tier talent: an SSS-rank Puppet Master. Before he could even take it all in, his awakening brought a constant stream of assassinations, domestic scheming, and more... Qi Yan: ...What a pain. His hands were s 2.6kReads8.3Score390Shelves
7. 7 我 I, the Undying Demon Emperor, Bury All Living Beings Across the Ages! 我，不死魔帝，葬尽诸世万灵！ Jiang Yu Wei Han江余未寒Eastern Fantasy160k WordsOngoing [Dark] [Villain] [Invincible] [No Female Lead] Su Ming was reborn in a fantasy world. He had only wanted to live out a peaceful life, but his entire family was brutally wiped out. Fortunately, he awakened a Godslayer System. By slaughtering living beings, he could gain power. If burying all creation could grant him the power to suppress everything, then why not?! 3Reads7.0Score—Shelves
8. 8 重 Reborn as a Zombie King: Keeping All of Humanity in Captivity 重生尸王：圈养全人类 Lazy Caterpillar慵懒的猪儿虫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse580k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse][Killing and evolution][Dark tone] The red moon hangs overhead, and the Apocalypse descends from the sky! In this world, where human lives are as worthless as blades of grass, compassion, kindness, and innocence have become the greatest jokes. The darkest side of human nature is magnified beyond all limits! When Wang Jun returns to the beginning of the Apocalypse, he discovers that he has become a zombie and gained the Zombie King Evolution System! From then on, a Zombie King named W 1.6kReads8.5Score123Shelves
9. 9 天EN Heaven's Chosen Villain: I Can See People's Life Scripts! 天命大反派：我能查看人生剧本！ Who's the Little Star谁是小星Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsOngoing Villain + Script + Destiny + Decisive and Ruthless + One Female Lead + Adrenaline-Fueled Wish Fulfillment + Martial Arts + Fantasy Su Changqing transmigrates into a mixed martial arts world, proves himself the supreme martial arts saint, and starts out with the Tyrant Saber, the Indestructible Vajra Divine Art, and the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Skill, sweeping through the martial world! Hulong Manor! The Best in the World! Embroidered Spring Blades! A Chinese Ghost Story! Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils! 16.1kReads8.6Score879Shelves
10. 10 全 Global Mutation: The Mutant Frenzy of Trillions of Lives 全球畸变：亿兆生命的变异狂潮 Turbid One浊人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted Meat blossoms sprout from the soil, and fangs grow from the flowers. The old order awakens all around them. To it, humble humanity is nothing but vermin to be exterminated. Mount Fuji erupts, and the entire Sakura Isles are ripped up and hurled at Huaxia. The magnetic poles flip, super-earthquakes strike, towering tsunamis rise, and the seven continents are squeezed together by a giant hand. Abnormal memes, twisted reality, and layers of overlapping worlds: as the boundary between physics and co 14.1kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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    Highly recommended!!! The author has practically included every element I could imagine that I'd love: organ mutations, physical evolution, a zombie apocalypse, a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a mind prison, a soul prison, metamorphosis, and more! It's so good!! Absolutely ruthless and decisive, a true "cool" novel, truly self-centered, and unlike other novels where the protagonist's party is always full, this protagonist completely exploits his teammates for personal gain, disregarding the lives of others. He's selfish, cold-blooded, and ruthless—a truly satisfying read from beginning to end. In all my years of reading "cool" novels, I've never seen such complete selfishness, such undisguised power, and such dominance from start to finish. Highly recommended!!!

11. 11 白 White Noise: The All-Seeing Eye 白噪音：全视之眼 Kantuoer康托尔Urban490k WordsOngoing (Science Fiction / Wuxia / Mystery / Two Powerhouses / Battle of Wits) Shen Ji, chief architect of the All-Seeing Eye, has been executed. No one knows the charge. Before she died, she tore most of her memories into fragments and hid them away. Since then, the world has had a woman with no body. Every faction wants to control her, because she is an Awakened One. Lu Ran, the spokesperson chosen by the Awakened Ones. His body was transformed by black enzyme catalysts, and every faction wants to c 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is the book I'm talking about! It's incredibly enjoyable from beginning to end, full of high-octane action and excitement!

12. 12 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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    🔥🍃🍃The first book is about raising a human-eating Gu, a dark cultivation novel where everyone is evil, and those with high cultivation eat those with low cultivation—it has a Cthulhu vibe and is very addictive. The second book is bizarre; the protagonist is immortal and specializes in demonic arts, crushing everything in his path—it's incredibly good. The third book involves the protagonist traveling between two worlds, cultivating demonic arts and then cultivating immortality on a zombie planet. The fourth book is about unorthodox methods leading to enlightenment; the protagonist cultivates demonic arts, seeking only the ultimate clarity of mind. Known as the Flower-Supporting Daoist, he carries a Human Emperor Banner that can be used to collect things wherever he goes. Fellow Daoist, may I enter my Human Emperor Banner for a chat?

13. 13 列 Above the Immortals 列仙之上 The Orange in the Sky天上的橙子Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing The Undying Disease is a curse that makes a person's lifespan burn away twenty times faster after infection. One year alive means twenty years of aging. But until their lifespan runs out, their body cannot die and their soul cannot perish! No matter how grave the injury, they recover completely! After Li Jiu contracted the Undying Disease, he had no choice but to cultivate the quick-path demonic arts that everyone else considered tantamount to suicide if he wanted to survive! Gold-Eating Magneti 6.3kReads8.6Score442Shelves
14. 14 重 Rebirth as a Demonic Cultivator: Starting with a Zombie Planet 重生魔修，开局捡到一颗丧尸星球 The World Is Ink天下墨矣Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsOngoing This novel has been adapted into a comic. Chu Xuan transmigrates to the Cangxuan World and becomes a demonic cultivator in the Wuji Sect. To cultivate the demonic path is to seize the essence of heaven and earth and take the finest of all things. Slaughter countless millions, and you can become a supreme Demon Venerable. But killing is forbidden by the Heavenly Dao of the human race. The righteous sects also wiped out the Wuji Sect. Just when all seemed lost, Chu Xuan happens upon a blood mirror 15.6kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
15. 15 道 Fellow Daoist, Why Is Your Human Emperor Banner Belching Black Smoke? 道友，你这人皇幡怎么冒黑烟啊？ He An Is Simple贺安很简单Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Even unorthodox paths can lead to Heaven! This poor Daoist has always been a bit timid. If I don’t pull up the roots after cutting the grass, I won’t be able to sleep at night! Heh heh heh... I, He An, am your great calamity! 81.3kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves
16. 16 诡 The Eerie Spirit Medium: My Doll Can Really Manifest Spirits 诡异降神师：我的娃娃真能显灵 Clouds Can Smile云会笑Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Ghosts in the Book!] [Dark Tone!] [Villain Protagonist!] [Urban Supernatural!] [Horror Aesthetic!] [Invincible from the Start!] A sinister doll saws someone to pieces, a red-clad vengeful ghost claims lives at the airport, a hundred ghosts hunt people down along a ten-mile street, the dead rise again in a crematorium, and corpses dance wildly in an abandoned hospital... None of these things happened to me. They are all stories I wrote. My name is Yang Ning. I am an heir to the Ling Men, a profe 131.2kReads9.5Score11.5kShelves
17. 17 精EN Pokémon: I Am Giovanni 精灵之我是坂木老大 A Chubby Mocha一只胖摩卡Anime Fanfiction3.0M WordsCompleted [Pokemon + Team Rocket + Giovanni + A Dark, Gritty Take] Do you think every Bug Catcher is named Giovanni? Not just anyone can take on a legendary Pokemon head-on with a Beedrill! Transmigrating into the role of Giovanni, the boss, he rises from a dying boy in Viridian Forest to the throne of the underworld, builds Team Rainbow Rocket, and conquers the world! This time, there'll be no Giovanni of the Earth brought down by a few kids. This is a crime lord who rules over everything! 26.2kReads9.0Score2.6kShelves

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    All three main characters are ruthless, decisive, and intelligent.

18. 18 末 Apocalypse Villain: Reborn, I Infiltrate the Protagonist's Crew 末世反派：重生后，我混入主角团 Room-Temperature Sugar-Free Soda常温无糖汽水Sci-Fi & Apocalypse683k WordsCompleted [Zombies + post-apocalypse + doomsday + self-interest + decisive and ruthless + villain] Important: The protagonist is neutral evil when he’s in a good mood and chaotic evil when he’s not. He has almost no humanity. Don’t read if that’s not your thing. Only after Chi You dies does he learn that the hotheaded boy who’s always going on about love and peace is the chosen protagonist, destined to save the world, while he himself is merely a villain serving as a stepping stone along the protagonist 37.5kReads9.2Score3.5kShelves
19. 19 反EN Villain: My Little Brother is the Chosen One 反派：我的弟弟是天选之子 I Keep a Fat Rabbit家养了只肥兔Eastern Fantasy4.3M WordsCompleted "Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain 342.6kReads9.5Score38.8kShelves
20. 20 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Slaughtered the Universe to Cultivate 穿越后为了修炼我屠杀宇宙 Daluo Village Official大罗村干部Male-Channel Fanfiction891k WordsCompleted A chosen wage slave from modern-day Blue Star receives a cultivation technique during a world-changing upheaval and transmigrates into a world combining various American TV shows. To survive the major events that will unfold in this world, and to achieve invincible immortality, he uses every means at his disposal, even if it means falling into the demonic path! Iron Man: “Damn it! Which demon sacrificed the lives of an entire city!” Superman Clark: “Who was it? Who used my genes to destroy count 1.9kReads6.7Score152Shelves

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    This was acceptable, but I don't know why the rating is so low. To increase strength, he disregards all means and has no psychological burden. He kills when he should and uses all means to improve his strength. Even if it means sacrificing the entire universe and the lives of all the people on Earth, he won't even bat an eye.

21. 21 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 Fantasy4.8M 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 96kReads8.9Score8.2kShelves

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    That must be the Extreme Yin Demon Lord, a truly pure dark character, selfish and self-serving. If his cultivation can't improve, he'll just use all the city's resources to refine pills; if he sees a treasure, he'll sneak up and become a thief, killing and stealing resources. He changes his name in every place, always using the names of his enemies; nobody knows his real name.

22. 22 身 As a God of Slaughter, What's Wrong with Having a Slightly Stronger Bloodlust? 身为杀神，我杀心强亿点怎么了 Yu Ni Cheng Shuo宇你成说Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing [No System, decisive and ruthless, unwavering Daoist heart, traditional fantasy, on the dark side. If that’s not for you, don’t read!] In ancient times, everyone was a dragon. The Three Sovereigns ruled heaven and earth, divided the Three Realms and Six Paths, and cast their light across the myriad worlds. After the great calamity, the Three Sovereigns fell, the Heavenly Dao collapsed, and both Heaven’s Court and the underworld were reduced to dust. In the chaotic modern era, the laws had grown 28.8kReads7.9Score2.4kShelves

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    Matches the title.

23. 23 自 Choose Your Talent? Why Do They All Turn Me into a Monster? 自选天赋？为什么都是让我成怪物 Little Chenchen小臣臣Anime Fanfiction660k WordsCompleted [Infinite] [No Female Lead] [Flesh Ascension] We came from the apartment, and we came to kill. … When Bai Mo opens his eyes, he finds himself in an old, shabby room, with a blood-red screen appearing before him. [Welcome to the Murder Apartment] [Don't think about escaping. The walls here might be harder than your bones] [Complete as many missions as you can. That's the only way to become a qualified resident] [Improve yourself by any means necessary. We look forward to seeing you struggle] [Th 8.4kReads6.9Score772Shelves
24. 24 灭 Extinction: From Beginner to Expert 灭绝世界从入门到精通 An Elementary Schooler's Keyboard小学生的键盘Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Villain + villain + villain + no female lead + ruthless and decisive] “Li Yuan, you’re a madman! I can’t comprehend your malice toward life. I can’t even imagine how cold and dark your heart must be. Your actions are appalling. I simply believe that killing you is more urgent than killing any other enemy.” “Li Yuan, are you trying to play God? You want to turn the world into hell, etching your crimes into every corner. You want to make life your plaything, with everyone’s survival hanging on yo 6.1kReads7.5Score493Shelves
25. 25 全 Global Divine Awakening: Sorry, I’m the One Who Granted the Supernatural 全球神启：抱歉，超凡是我赐予的 Nothing to Do with Wind, Wind, Wind, and Moon无关风风风月Urban660k WordsCompleted [Behind-the-Scenes]+ [Ensemble Cast]+ [Creating the Supernatural]+ [Do Not Enter If You Want a Saintly Protagonist]+ [The Protagonist Has Little Screen Time and No Fixed Allegiance] The world was beginning to feel wrong. When the first Apostle breathing flames walked the streets, when the first hero soared across the sky and tore open the heavens... The whole world was swept up in a frenzy of excitement and panic at this sudden upheaval. Governments scrambled to establish secret agencies, classi 2kReads7.1Score188Shelves
26. 26 诡 The Supernatural Returns, and I Am the Greatest Fear in the World 诡异复苏，我是世间最大的恐惧 Evil Clown恶魔小丑Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Villain] [Dark] [Invincible] [No female lead] Qin Yu died, and his soul arrived in another world, merging with a haunted house. In this age of supernatural resurgence, he continually grew stronger and evolved, creating his own kingdom of terror. Whether human or supernatural, everyone saw him as their greatest fear. 13.8kReads8.4Score928Shelves
27. 27 杀 Kill or Be Killed: But I Start with a Conceptual Ability 杀戮求生：但开局概念级能力 Unorthodox非道Urban454k WordsCompleted [Villain Protagonist + Evil Path + Kill, Kill, Kill + Eat, Eat, Eat + Monster Girls] [From the start, I got a conceptual ability that lets me replenish myself by consuming things. I’m just going to eat, eat, eat!!!] I transmigrated, but my identity was exposed, and I even died. Well, not completely. So I was drafted into a world of slaughter, where I had to fight monsters for extra time to live. I thought life would be rough, but who knew I’d get a conceptual ability from the start? What more is 1.6kReads6.7Score118Shelves
28. 28 弃 Abandon the Gods 弃神。 Fish Don't Speak of Fishing鱼不语渔Urban2.5M WordsOngoing [No System + not a saint + self-interest above all + satisfying read + invincible protagonist] Spiritual qi revival. Alien races invade the world, and the skies are about to collapse. This is an age of opportunity, because everyone has a chance to enter the realm of the extraordinary and gain power to rival the gods. But it’s also an age of despair, because human life is worth less than grass, and one misstep can mean falling into eternal darkness… Ning Yuan once saved hundreds of thousands of 171kReads7.2Score22.1kShelves
29. 29 灵 Supernatural Revival: Wielding a Mirage from the Start 灵异复苏：开局驾驭海市蜃楼 Origin Demon God起源魔神Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted (No female lead, no CP, no morals, no limits, hypocrite, dark and self-serving) The supernatural returns, and vengeful ghosts run rampant. The human world is a living hell, with suffering everywhere. Ghosts cannot be destroyed! Only ghosts can fight ghosts! Order is on the verge of collapse, and truth is about to crumble. Reborn amid taboos, I cast aside my conscience and let my humanity die. “Anyone who makes me unhappy for even a moment will be unhappy for the rest of their life!” “Why stop at 15.2kReads8.2Score1.3kShelves
30. 30 我 I Am the Zombie Source, Poisoning the Ocean from the Start 我，丧尸源体，开局投毒海洋 Unorthodox非道Sci-Fi & Apocalypse487k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse]+ [Zombies]+ [Zombie Beasts]+ [Zombie Plants]+ [Darkness]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [Cautious]+ [Laying Low and Growing Strong]= This Novel Shi Fang has had the zombie source virus dormant inside him for twenty years! When the virus finally matures, he transforms into the zombie source and heads straight for the ocean to lay the groundwork by poisoning it! From then on, zombies spread across the globe. Deadly zombie plants silently spread viral pollen that turns people into zombies, 4.5kReads7.8Score371Shelves
31. 31 你 Your Wish Came True. What Are You Afraid Of? 你许的愿，成真了，你怕什么？ Evil Clown恶魔小丑Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted Lin Yuan died in an accident and became a ghost, but gained powerful abilities. He can grant humans any wish, but they must trade an equivalent amount of "luck" to make it happen. As long as they can pay the price, every request will be answered. People came to call him the "Wish-Granting Ghost Immortal." Some fell into the abyss because of their wishes, while others rose to great heights. Some called him a merciful Bodhisattva, while others called him an evil demon. But they never realized that 11.2kReads7.1Score872Shelves
32. 32 被 Betrayed by My Ex, I Became the Zerg Overlord 被前女友背叛的我成了虫族主宰 A Downcast Tea Egg颓然的茶叶蛋Sci-Fi & Apocalypse357k WordsCompleted Hauling bricks, delivering food, handing out flyers, washing dishes… After working himself to the bone to put his childhood sweetheart through college, Chen Mo is dumped as soon as she graduates. Heartbroken, he begins to give up on himself. When he wakes from a deep sleep, he finds a building called the Zerg Base before him. Will he keep giving up on himself, or… become the king of the universe? The Earth arc is complete. The Star System arc has begun. The War of the Universe arc is to be annou 1.8kReads8.0Score125Shelves
33. 33 我 Behind the Scenes, I Become the Source of Calamity 我在幕后，成就灾厄之源 A Thought of Emptiness一念之空Urban603k WordsOngoing A million-character novel on this site, with a steady, guaranteed update schedule Mastermind behind the scenes + creating the uncanny + decisive male lead Terminally ill, Bai Ye tries every possible way to save his life. A single sacrifice grants him the power to create the uncanny. “Creating the uncanny and bringing fear and disaster can prolong my life and give me supernatural power? What is there to think about? To me, life matters more than anything!” A being of absolute darkness, he gains t 2.3kReads7.4Score162Shelves
34. 34 身 As a Transmigrator, I Choose to Be a Lone Star of Misfortune 身为穿越者，我选择天煞孤星 Grayish White Rain灰白色的雨Sports297k WordsCompleted [Self-Interest + Decisive and Ruthless + No Heroine + Lone Wolf + Cards + Infinite Flow] Zhou Yao wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the game [Gate of Original Cards], where he has become an ordinary NPC not even worthy of a name. This world is full of original cards that grant strange powers, bizarre game instances, and endless possibilities. Original cards can continually evolve and fuse, gaining all sorts of strange and powerful effects. [Fireball] → [Heaven-Burning Inferno] [Fir 480Reads6.6Score—Shelves
35. 35 我 I’m the Boss in a Horror Game 我在惊悚游戏当BOSS Evil Clown恶魔小丑Mystery526k WordsCompleted Name: Shen Hao. Occupation: Demon (You are the most evil, most cruel, and most terrifying great, great, great Demon King!) Innate Talents: 1. Calamity from the Heavens (When you enter an instance, you will take the place of the original boss in that world, inheriting all their attributes, abilities, and items. When the mission ends, you will permanently gain their attributes, one of their abilities, or an item.) 2. The Demon’s Legend (Demons may leave survivors, but never out of mercy. Those you 5.2kReads8.3Score529Shelves
36. 36 黑 Darkness Invades: I Can Only Summon Myself! 黑暗入侵：我只能召唤我自己！ Love-Chan Doesn't Want to Work恋酱才不要工作Urban590k WordsCompleted [Darkness Invasion] [No female lead] Darkness descended, and countless evil gods set their sights on Blue Star, known as the Origin Star. At this critical moment, Blue Star's consciousness awakened, granting humanity the power to repel foreign enemies. Talents were the power humanity relied on to survive. Su Yuan, who had transmigrated here for reasons unknown, had no ties to hold him back, so he decided to go home! However, his talent was Heroic Spirit Summoning, and the heroic spirits of this 3.2kReads8.4Score337Shelves
37. 37 我 I Quit School to Become a Lone Cultivator, So What Do Beast Tides Have to Do with Me? 我已弃校当散修，兽潮与我何干 Wei Wei Qing Shan魏巍青山Urban434k WordsOngoing A cataclysm struck, and demons invaded Blue Star. Jiang Li was an outstanding student at his academy, working like a beast of burden for the school, only to be repaid with false accusations and slander. Jiang Li was utterly disheartened. Then he unexpectedly bound himself to the Absorption System, which could extract any talent. [Acquired the mysterious-grade talent: Diligence!] [Acquired the mysterious-grade talent: Devouring!] [Acquired the mysterious-grade talent: Healing!] Just as Jiang Li g 2.4kReads8.0Score103Shelves
38. 38 我 I’m the Villain System: Turning Boiling Sheep Evil from the Start 我，反派系统，开局黑化沸羊羊 Minotaur Warrior牛头人战士Anime Fanfiction444k WordsCompleted Bai An is troubled. Why is it that other protagonists can rely on a System to reach the pinnacle of life after transmigrating, while he’s ended up with a villain System that only has basic functions? But what can he do? Since he can’t be human, Bai An will strive to become the strongest System there is! Bai An looks at a certain sheep being mocked for its crude manners and extends a friendly invitation. “Little sheep, are you content to be a simp... I mean, a licking sheep?” This book is 1.5kReads9.2Score106Shelves
39. 39 杀 Killing Game: I Can Strengthen Myself Through Slaughter 杀戮游戏：我可以靠杀戮强化自身 Throne of Fear恐惧王座Urban2.2M WordsCompleted [Switch the roles, and you'll learn what cruelty really means] + [No heroine] As monsters infiltrate the human world and humanity has no way to fight back, a game called Nighttime Paradise suddenly appears. In this game, humans become the Killers, while monsters become the Survivors. After being reborn, Lin Yuan enters the game and draws an X-rank talent: Slaughter Abyss. Its effect is: Every time you perfectly kill a Survivor, you gain 2 points of Brutality, 1 point of Agility, and 1 point of P 12.9kReads7.8Score1.2kShelves
40. 40 穿 Transmigrated to the Six Dynasties Cultivation World, My Modern Knowledge Gives Me a Huge Edge 穿到六朝修仙界，现代知识赢麻了 I Eat Preserved Mustard Greens我吃梅菜Fantastical Romance102k WordsOngoing [Nontraditional cultivation + multiple male leads + not all relationships are exclusive + dark themes + rivalry among men] (Readers with strong preferences for purity, proceed with caution) Cheng Xiaoxiao transmigrates to another world! In ancient times, six kingdoms stood side by side in this realm. One fell several hundred years ago, leaving the five kingdoms of Jin, Liang, Chu, Yan, and Donghu. Yet the heartland of the continent still follows the old custom of calling it the Six-Dynasty Conti 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you're into dark films, this shouldn't disappoint. [Laughs]

41. 41 我 I’m a Nascent Soul Patriarch of the Demonic Path, and I Seize the Golden Finger from the Start 我魔道元婴老祖，开局抢夺金手指 Just Here for the Show看看热闹Eastern Fantasy636k WordsCompleted Jiuyou transmigrated to the cultivation world eight hundred years ago. Born with dual ice-and-fire spiritual roots, he struggled his way through countless hardships, eventually becoming a Nascent Soul Ancestor and founding Soul Isle, where he ruled over the surrounding lands. But no one knew that he had been stuck in the early Nascent Soul stage for centuries. His lifespan was nearly spent, and he could no longer make any progress. Then he discovered that one of the island’s servant disciples po 29.4kReads7.6Score2.3kShelves
42. 42 创 Creating a Monster Association? I'm Building a New Humanity 创造怪人协会？我这是缔造新人类 Cyberpunk Old Spring赛博朋克老泉水Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Villain] [Human Evolution Path] [Monster Creation] [Also Known As: The Monster-Making Association] [No Heroine] [Ruthless and Decisive] [Fantasy Supernatural World] A car accident shattered Jiang Yan’s life. His mother’s and younger sister’s mangled bodies lay beside him. Humanity took away his light through an accident. Now he will reshape the rules in the darkest way possible. “How many lives will it take to bring them back? A hundred million? A billion?” In the laboratory at midnight, the s 29.2kReads7.8Score4kShelves
43. 43 人 I Have Dissociative Identity Disorder, and I Awaken an Unknown Sequence 人格分裂的我，觉醒未知序列 Bearing Guilt负辜Urban1.5M WordsCompleted (No harem, no female lead, no formulaic tropes, no System, no brainless decisions, twists, slow burn, sequences, ensemble cast, passionate, elegant high-IQ madman) [I think this world is fake. I want to witness the real world.] [By the time you read this, I'll be dead. But I will keep watching you from wherever I am!] [My name is Yang Feng. Feng as in maple, not as in crazy.] 16.8kReads8.4Score1.6kShelves

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    Chapters 11 onwards are basically the entire story, and the title, "My name is Yang Feng, Feng as in maple leaf, not 'mad' as in 'mad'," is a high-martial arts story, not an infinite flow novel. After interviewing people around him, I came to this conclusion: He's not like a human being, but rather like a god with a touch of humanity. He prioritizes profit above all else, and possesses extremely high intelligence. (Someone provided the material; it's not my fault.) (Please don't criticize.)

44. 44 港 Hong Kong Crossover: Good Can't Overcome Evil 港综：正不胜邪 Uncle Cliffhanger烂尾大叔Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing How can an ordinary human survive after transmigrating to a supernatural anthology world? There is no System in this story. If that's not your thing, please move along! Uncle Jiu: You evil creature! I could tell at a glance that you're not human! Qianhe: Fellow Daoist? Daoist my foot! Simu: Good heavens, why is this monster so powerful? Ma Danna: Pah! Who are you calling Miss Ma? Jiang Chen: What in the world is this thing? 17Reads5.7Score—Shelves

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    This book has a low rating because the protagonist is ridiculously evil. I'm not sure if it counts as having a female lead, because everything is forced upon him, and after using him for a while, he's immediately trained—a soul-eating cultivation technique. It's purely evil; don't harbor any illusions that the protagonist will do anything good. Basically, after using him for a while, he'll be completely devoured.

45. 45 从 Starting with an F-Rank Ability, I Rise Step by Step to the Top 从F级异能开始一步一步走向最强 Dreams Among the Clouds云间梦境Urban1.9M WordsOngoing (A slow-burn, dark story. Things develop slowly at first, and the protagonist goes a little crazy now and then. This is not a power fantasy, so don't read if that's not your thing.) In an instant, the world was suddenly destroyed, and Han Yang died with it. Bad news: The world is destroyed, and Han Yang is about to die. Good news: He transmigrated, and it's a supernatural world. Bad news: He's got an F-rank ability and was just kicked out of his home. Good news: He has a golden finger, plus a se 2.6kReads7.0Score210Shelves

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    The most resilient protagonist I've ever seen, a pure dark fantasy, refining people and all things, living a life of constant danger.

46. 46 没 Are You Sick? Why Talk About Kindness with a Man-Eating Demon? 没病吧？你和食人魔谈什么善良？ Wang Wugen王五棍Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + invincible hero + food + farming + keeps his distance from humans + no do-gooder heroine + survival + everyone] How does an ogre usually eat? Step one: Find a desert monster. Step two: Hit it. Step three: Beat it up. Step four: Throw it into a pot. Step five: Simmer it over low heat for two hours. Gorkin had transmigrated to this endless desert world twenty years ago, but he was an ogre with a huge, burly build. He had finally become a chief, and now all the people of Blue Star 31.7kReads9.1Score3.5kShelves

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    🔥A captivating fantasy setting with a soul-transmigration element! The protagonist doesn't resort to any saintly tactics when facing humans; he's intelligent, prioritizes self-interest and survival, and is ruthless and decisive, cutting off all emotions and human nature. He fights his way through the fantasy world, breaking free from the constraints of warmth. It's dark and exciting, so don't miss it if you like this style. With 42,000 readers, it's definitely worth checking out.

47. 47 全 Global Game: Invincible from the Closed Beta 全民游戏：从内测服开始无敌 Grey Wolf, Charge!灰太狼冲Sports479k WordsCompleted [Game Invasion] + [Invincible] + [Data-driven] + [The Fourth Calamity] + [Ruthless] + [Cheat]… Su Ming transmigrates to Blue Star by accident. He thinks he will spend the rest of his life enjoying the easygoing existence of a landlord, but six months later, a vast voice shatters the rules of the peaceful world. From then on, he switches to a mode where he stops acting human. Hundred-Soul Banner Centurion: [At eighteen, I stood in the Hundred-Soul Banner, small as an ant.] Demon Soldier No. 3.9kReads8.3Score159Shelves

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    The first book features a protagonist who is selfish and destroys worlds one by one. The second book features a protagonist who can be described as a combination of desires, and later kills his wife to prove his enlightenment.

48. 48 我 Seeking Longevity in a Low-Martial World 我在低武世界求长生 Glutinous Rice Pig Soup糯米猪比汤Historical408k WordsCompleted Power struggles and turbulent times are often accompanied by unrest! When a frontier commander holds immense military power, it is bound to arouse the suspicions of those in power. Will he march south to capture the dragon, or earn the title of Wolf of Langjuxu? Chen Zhi Mu. A mad scientist whose life was cut short by old age in the future is unexpectedly reborn in the body of a frontier commander in ancient times. By a chance coincidence, he seems to discover that this world is not as simple 2.6kReads8.5Score108Shelves
49. 49 地 Laugh at Any Dark Joke You Like, I'll Pay the Merit Penalty 地狱笑话随便笑，扣功德算我的 Xia Shiqi夏士奇Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Wei Lai, who loves telling dark jokes, is slapped straight into a wasteland apocalypse 300 years in the future. The Four Pillar Evil Gods from the Chaos Universe are constantly corrupting the entire world. All the technology and knowledge of the old era have been tainted, and only those who hold fast to their sacred faith can weather the storm. Do a good deed each day and earn Merit Points, unlocking an angel's blessing. Commit an evil deed and earn Depravity Points, receiving a demon's blessing 12.8kReads8.6Score1.3kShelves

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    Xia Shiqi is undoubtedly the top author for his dark, inhuman intelligence. This book is his fourth, published on Tomato Bookstore, and has a huge following. Come check it out; you won't be disappointed. In terms of its bizarre and ingenious elements, it rivals "The Lord of Mysteries," provided, of course, he doesn't suffer a bloodbath. Set in a world of demons 300 years later, where the heart of a pure and abstinent demon is replaced by a demonic heart, where the demon's power is ever-present, requiring merit. A joke, a succubus, human suffering—a time of great change. Have a laugh, and earn some sin points!

50. 50 漫 Marvel: I Traded Uncle Ben for the Punisher Spider's Debut! 漫威：我拿本叔换惩戒蜘蛛登场！ Sword Tassel Swaying in the Locust Tree槐上剑穗扬Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted [Dark Spider-Man] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Obsessed with Physical Enhancement] + [Endless] + [No Female Lead] After transmigrating into Endless, Luo Mang got his hands on NTZ-48. He permanently unlocked NTZ-48 and thought he was on his way to the top, but an accident sent him to the Marvel Universe instead. This time, Luo Mang is willing to pay any price to survive! He helps bring about Uncle Ben's death, pushing Spider-Man to break his no-kill rule! He plunders and assimilates mutant modif 8.6kReads8.3Score463Shelves

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    🔥🔥🔥Dark fantasy, intelligent characters, devoid of emotion and humanity, prioritizing self-interest, and physically invincible—incredibly satisfying! Don't be fooled by the title, it's truly excellent!!

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