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. 401 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
2. 402 越 The More Off-Roading, the More Addictive It Gets 越野越上瘾 A Passing Guest in the Flow of Time往事流年稍作客Ancient Romance111k WordsOngoing ◆ Powerful leads tame each other ◆ Obsessive Emperor × Proud, Defiant Princess ◆ Explosive revenge plot ◆ A tragic romance that lasts until death ◆ “You once shackled me. Now I’ll repay you by turning your empire into a cage.” “Ye Huang, the wilder you get, the more addictive it becomes. This time, I’ll play along with you all the way to the depths of hell.” She was Liang’s most bewitching and unruly Ninth Princess, Helian Ye Huang. Three hundred li beyond the capital stood the royal hunting gro 2Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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   [Pouting][Pouting][Feeling wronged][Sending a heart][Sending a heart][Shocked]

3. 403 蛊 Gu Master: Starting with the Dreamweaver Gu 蛊师：从获得衍梦蛊开始 A Cup of Chubby-Chaser Soda一杯肥宅水Male-Channel Fanfiction469k WordsOngoing Huang Ting was traveling through Miaojiang, exploring secluded places, when one misstep sent him tumbling off a cliff. He transmigrated into the Gu World. (You can follow the story without reading the original; the setting is gradually introduced.) Here, the Gu path flourishes, with countless wondrous and bizarre uses. Here, people are treacherous and scheme against one another... Here, clans and sects hold sway, making it hard for those at the bottom to rise. Here, no one is free; all living be 223Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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   The Demon Lord of Refining Heaven is a must!

4. 404 魔 The Demon Venerable's Eternal Life: A Sequel 魔尊永生：续写 Ink on Shallow Pages墨水文浅Eastern Fantasy521k WordsOngoing My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what drives me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 671Reads9.2Score124Shelves
5. 405 永 Eternal Life: Beginning as a Demonic Fiend 永生：从魔头开始 Fried Noodles Conquer the Earth炒拉面占领地球Eastern Fantasy244k WordsOngoing [Major villain + no heroine + no System + decisive and ruthless + not a pushover + object manipulation] Xu Qing sneers. “Anyone who stands in my way dies!” “What? You say you were just passing by? Sorry, I only know you have something I want.” “What? You want to know why I’m killing you? Obviously, your head is useful to me!” Xu Qing looks at the treasure he has refined and laughs aloud “Your soul is mine, too!” Reborn at the beginning of the story, he plans his every move. If it can help me cul —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Completely consistent.

6. 406 下 Is It Quieter After the Rain? 下雨后是否更寂静 User26076746用户26076746Mystery123k WordsCompleted After the rain came endless helplessness. Late at night, notes of silence tapped against the tightly closed blinds as Wu Qian sank into quiet contemplation. “My friend's death has come back to haunt me like a ringing bell.” “Is this Wu Qian? It's Xiao Ling. We haven't been in touch for ages. I've been so busy with work lately. Are you free this weekend? Let's meet. There's something I need to tell you. Let's meet outside the Chongguang Huan Center!” Xiao Ling's soft, halting voice pierced Wu Qia 46Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A perfectly logical and intricate plot, featuring several bloody murder cases that are constantly twisting and turning.

7. 407 诡 Creating the Uncanny: My Creations Throw the World into Chaos 诡异创造，我的造物们霍乱世界 January Wind and Snow一月风雪Mystery631k WordsCompleted [Superpowers + Supernatural Horror + Lovecraftian + Contamination + No Female Lead + Behind the Scenes + Natural Disasters] Mysterious myths awaken amid natural disasters, while an unknown corruption quietly takes over the world. Abominable creations howl, and contamination continues to spread. Distortion returns alongside the supernatural: eyes that target human nature, domains that twist it, and strange shackles that cannot be broken. Destruction and rebirth intertwine to create a new mytholog 2kReads—Score150Shelves

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   [Add one to your bookshelf]

8. 408 玄 The Mystic Game 玄门游戏 Straw Ash稻草灰Mystery226k WordsOngoing Beneath the azure sky, the Gate of the Mysteries stands tall. Twelve enormous, wondrous gates randomly select humans to take part in the gods’ games. Are we playing the game, or are we being played? Why is all of this happening? Is it the gods’ entertainment? Or their salvation? Will these games of the gods lead to evolution or extinction? How will a mentally unstable protagonist use his extraordinary intelligence and terrifying abilities to outwit his opponents in the games? 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This one absolutely fits the bill!

9. 409 诸 The Homelander of the Myriad Worlds 诸天万界的祖国人 Moonlight Shines at the Edge of the World天涯月明Male-Channel Fanfiction954k WordsOngoing [Dark story, not for readers who aren't into it] After obtaining the Homelander System, Wang Yuan gradually takes to helping people. In The Boys, he refuses to eat beef and becomes a dedicated animal-rights activist. In Resident Evil, he lends people a hand and earns a reputation as a five-star good citizen. In the DC universe, he poses as Superman's brother and saves the world alongside him. In the Avengers, he teams up with every superhero to set Thanos up. Little by little, he leaves his mark 47Reads7.8Score—Shelves

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   Let me see, I don't know if it fits.

10. 410 一 I Woke Up with 40 Murder Cases on My Hands 一觉醒来：我背上了40起命案 No Joy无喜Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Chen Xiao wakes up to find everything around him strangely unfamiliar. The only thing beside him is a diary. He thinks it might explain his current predicament, but as he reads, he begins to doubt whether its contents are real. It is clearly a record of crimes committed by “himself.” Just as Chen Xiao is about to read on, the piercing wail of police sirens downstairs jolts him awake, and he can't help imagining the worst... 29.8kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves
11. 411 开 From the Start, I Became a Planet on a Collision Course with Earth 开局，成为行星撞地球 Chen Wunian陈无念Sci-Fi & Apocalypse365k WordsCompleted What?! I was reincarnated as an asteroid?! What?! Now that I’m an asteroid, I’m going to crash into Earth?! 3.8kReads9.3Score325Shelves
12. 412 我 I Became a Velociraptor in Ancient Times 我在古代当迅猛龙 Zuo Xie左邪Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted (Illustrated throughout.) Zhang Yuelu is unexpectedly reborn as a velociraptor. Starting as a tiny hatchling, she struggles to survive in the age of the dinosaurs. Other people who transmigrate get a System, a livestream, or even humans for company. Zhang Yuelu gets nothing. She's surrounded by dinosaurs that can't talk, and in this prehistoric age, the only things she can rely on are her teeth and claws. (The dinosaurs' sizes and the velociraptors' appearance have been tweaked a little, so the 1.3kReads8.7Score115Shelves
13. 413 狱 Prison Beast 狱兽 I Just Want to Eat我只想干饭Eastern Fantasy626k WordsCompleted After the spiritual qi revival, all things evolved, but humans alone could not absorb spiritual qi. Then, by a twist of fate, God opened the door to beast taming! Over the centuries, humanity, driven to the brink of extinction, built twenty sanctuaries to fend off demonic beasts! In this age of beast taming, beasts represent honor, wealth, and power... With no talent for beast taming, Qin Yu decided to forge a path unlike any other, a path that belonged only to him! Lose your humanity, and you l 40Reads5.9Score—Shelves
14. 414 乌 Ura! Mercenary 乌拉！雇佣兵 Mountain Monster山里的妖怪Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Tang Qing was a backpacker until an extraordinary experience turned him into a Dog of War. From then on, a mysterious special operations force appeared in Blue Star’s major hotspots. They were rule-breakers, war monsters who charged forward, killing without pause! Major PMC firms such as De Yang International, Military Professional Resources Inc. (MPRI), and Three Leaf Jungle trembled at the mention of them. Elite special forces such as the CPA10 Special Airborne Assault Team, the 22nd Special A 535Reads9.6Score—Shelves
15. 415 人 In Journey to the West: Bringing My Brothers to Make the Buddha Step Down 人在西游：带兄弟们请佛祖退位 Money Leopard, Leopard, Leopard金钱豹豹豹Eastern Fantasy676k WordsCompleted I’ve got a business opportunity in the Western Heaven. It’s a little risky, but the returns are pretty good. After accidentally transmigrating into the world of Journey to the West, I become Tang Sanzang, who is about to set off for the Western Heaven to obtain the scriptures. Luckily, I awaken a System just in time. As long as I keep causing trouble, I can get stronger! Sun Wukong: You’re the coward here, Jade Emperor! Trying to scare me on the Journey to the West? You think you can? You couldn 98Reads8.9Score—Shelves
16. 416 我 I, Ghost Cicada, Sweeping Through the Cultivation World Is Perfectly Reasonable 我，鬼蝉，杀穿修真界很合理吧 Sliced Bitter Melon苦瓜切片Eastern Fantasy615k WordsCompleted [Villain Protagonist + Never Takes Human Form + No Female Lead + Not a Do-Gooder] After transmigrating into a cicada, Chen Yun will stop at nothing to collect evolution items, committing every manner of evil and using any means necessary. The reverse scale of a waning-moon wind dragon + the soul of a Tribulation Realm cultivator = ??? From then on, the cultivation world gained a cicada that slaughtered countless people. Since this world has no place for me, I’ll carve a path through it with bloo 1.1kReads8.4Score109Shelves
17. 417 横 I Conquer Another World with Nothing but My Own Talent 横推异界，我全靠自身天赋 Mr. One Leaf一叶先生Eastern Fantasy395k WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless, multiple women, invincible protagonist, self-interest above all] In a high-martial world, prodigies rise everywhere. Yang Feng transmigrates here, relying solely on his own talent. One day, he throws a punch, and the sky is stained with blood. Only then do people realize in terror that he has long since become the highest peak in the world. Yang Feng’s life story: sweeping aside all challengers and, before he knows it, becoming the supreme ruler. 350Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist prioritizes personal gain and will stop at nothing to achieve his goals.

18. 418 魂 Soul Cultivator 魂修士 Three Leaves333三叶333Eastern Fantasy58k WordsOngoing [No Heroines] [Ruthless] [No System] [Slow Updates] [Only Seeking Immortality] [Slow Burn] On this continent of cultivators, sword cultivators, ghost cultivators, Gu cultivators, demonic cultivators, and more, Li Wudao is nothing more than an ordinary man who was lucky enough to survive. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Good…

19. 419 从 From the Desolate Realm, I Begin My Rise to Godhood 从天荒界开始成神做祖 Mr. One Leaf一叶先生Eastern Fantasy686k WordsCompleted A single general's success is built on the bones of countless fallen soldiers. The road to an immortal throne must be paved with the flesh and blood of the masses. Yang Yue transmigrates to the Tianhuang Realm and rises from a mere gang disciple, sweeping across the world to attain immortality. (An overpowered, easy-to-read power fantasy with decisive, ruthless action.) 310Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 420 血 Blood Blade Beneath the Azure Heavens 血刃青霄 Little Mountain and River Hermit小小山水居士Eastern Fantasy414k WordsOngoing The blood is still warm, and the blade already sings! After losing his loved ones in an instant, Yan Mingqiu, a young fisherman, enters the Xuanxiao Sect, carrying within him the thousand-year-old calamity known as the “Heavenfire Spirit Root.” In a makeshift hut among the outer disciples, he burns his vital blood as fuel and forges his innate divine ability, the Heartburning Blade. Every strike draws blood, and every wound he inflicts wounds him first! But the immortal sect is no pure l —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    > Birthmark Devouring Spirit Liquid, Rust Code Devouring Silver Law

21. 421 应 I Don't Think I'll Regret It 应该不会后悔 Hu Jieli胡杰力Eastern Fantasy200k WordsCompleted A vast cultivation world, ruthless and decisive, with no saintly do-gooders: a longtime reader's dream. Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and a plot that explodes with twists. No harem, no endless rambling, no spending several chapters on a single fight or dragging out the Qi Refining stage for chapter after chapter before reaching Foundation Establishment. No taunting. You'll love it. 19Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    One episode for Qi Refining, ten for Foundation Establishment, twenty for Nascent Soul. No saintly sentimentality, decisive and ruthless, no nonsense, no sarcasm, 100% captivating. Watch thirty episodes and you'll know it's about cultivating immortality, demonic cultivation, and monster cultivation!!?

22. 422 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. 293Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend a good book.

23. 423 神 Above the Divine Dynasty 神朝之上 Boundary畛域Eastern Fantasy732k WordsCompleted The Boundless Continent stretches on without end, vast and boundless, home to countless races where the strong rule. In the Moonsea region, the Li family was one of only two imperial clans among humankind. Once incomparably glorious, it founded the ancient Tang Empire, which flourished for a time before collapsing in a single day. The clan’s fortunes dwindled, and it later hid away in the shattered starfield of the Boundless Sea for three entire eras. Three eras later, a prodigy was born into th 1.3kReads8.1Score—Shelves

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    [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

24. 424 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
25. 425 祖 The Ancestral Dragon Reincarnates: I Use Dragon Qi to Subdue All Heavens for Eternity 祖龙轮回朕以龙气镇万古诸天 True Lord of the Barren Ridge荒岭真君Eastern Fantasy678k WordsOngoing [Ancestral Dragon Ying Zheng] + [slow burn] + [a touch of dragon qi as a golden finger] + [no female lead] + [decisive and ruthless] + [scheming] Humans are the spirit of all things; souls are the essence of heaven and earth. I am Ying Zheng. I died from an elixir of immortality presented by an alchemist, and my soul transmigrated into the body of Lin Yuan, a sixteen-year-old boy in another world. A poor spiritual sea. Betrayed by my elder brother. Barely scraping by. But in this world, wher 37Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm promoting my own light novel, and I humbly request that you, my heroes and valiant readers, lend me your support. It's a purely dark story with no idiotic plot twists. Countless heroes grace this world, and the protagonist is none other than the First Emperor, a man of profound cunning and ruthless indifference, who transmigrates to another world. There is no female lead. The world-building is vast, and his sole goal is to reclaim the lost Qin Dynasty, rebuild it, become emperor once more, and grant all his people immortality. There are no cheat codes; any so-called cheat codes are merely deceptions. One wrong step leads to utter ruin; one miscalculation means death.

26. 426 武 Martial Arts: Give Me a Boost 武道：给爷加点 Wan Fu Who Loves Osmanthus Fish Strips爱吃桂花鱼条的万夫Urban188k WordsOngoing No female lead. Extreme martial arts, stat-point allocation, myriad worlds, eerie phenomena, and a bit of everything. A car sent Ni Yu flying, but the accident awakened his talent. Day One: Tread carefully. Day Two: Punish evil and promote good. Day Three: Become a god among men. Day Four: Become Homelander. Day Five: Become the ancestral Homelander. Endless martial arts, eerie creatures, and shattered worlds. Can Ni Yu protect his toy, the world, and become a proper ancestral Homelander...? —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm giving this a thumbs up [eating melon seeds].

27. 427 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
28. 428 我 I’m the Boss of All Humanity 我是全人类boss Gather Round聚吧Urban248k WordsOngoing [Dark Fantasy] [Not a Doormat] [Behind-the-Scenes] [Overpowered] The whole world joins forces to take down the Demon King. Gu Cheng is a good person, but he hates this world to the core. No one is born a protagonist, and no one is born a side character. He unleashes the Demon God, brings the Blood Clan to heel, and establishes a religion that worships him. Step by step, he becomes the final boss! Only then do people around the world realize they have to unite and fight the big boss, or they’r —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    That's the book. The protagonist wants to wipe out all of humanity. He kills women after he's had his fun, uses them, and then kills them all. He even uses humans to feed zombies. At the same time, he summons monsters to kill humans. No dragging or filler words.

29. 429 左 Left Means Life, Right Means Death: I Control My Own Fate 左生右死：命运由自己来掌握 Daoist Cheng程道长Eastern Fantasy90k WordsOngoing [Dark Cultivation] [No Harem] The illusion shatters, and the blood pill is revealed! After his soul transmigrates into a young Daoist, he discovers that his “kind master” is actually an evil cultivator who makes blood pills! With his left hand, he seeks life; with his right, he evades death. He risks all in a poisonous ravine to seize herbs, and lets the fire of hatred consume his vengeance. Only when the evil master is finally slain does he learn that these two talismans lead to an endless path —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is quite suitable, it's just a new book.

30. 430 仙 Jade Radiance of the Immortal Path 仙道玲珑 Flowerfall Night Whispers漫花夜语Eastern Fantasy607k WordsCompleted (Xianxia novel, no System, no brainless power-ups) (Cultivation stages: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Illumination Realm, Heartbeat Realm, and Immortal Realm) Everyone says the path to immortality means refining qi, building a foundation, forming a golden core, reaching illumination, stirring the heart, and entering the immortal realm! But my master told me that these so-called cultivation stages are nothing but a scam invented by self-proclaimed cultivators to inflate thei 160Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Whether it's good or not, you'll only know after you see it!

31. 431 争 The Fight for God's Body 争夺神的躯体 The Ghost-Eyed Butcher鬼眼屠夫Urban241k WordsOngoing (Tags: An entire cast of villains, no idiotic plotlines, tightly woven logic, distinctive characters, and a male lead who uses strategy to dominate his corner of the world.) After Lu Si gains a divine arm, factions possessing divine bodies begin to emerge one after another. They scheme and clash in a struggle to claim the body of a god, all for the power of immortality it holds. 4Reads5.5Score—Shelves

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    I think this is okay.

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