Ruthless, Decisive, Cunning, Self-Serving, Brilliant Strategist 不择手段 杀伐果断 阴险狡诈 利益至上 智商谋略

1. 251 穿 Transmigrated Into a Book as the Villain: How Much Longer Can I Live? 穿书反派：我究竟还能活多久 Hahaha Not Happy哈哈哈不开心Eastern Fantasy145k WordsOngoing Self-insert + Multiple heroines + Slow burn I transmigrate into a heroine-focused game for women and become a minor villain from the early chapters. To avoid my destined death, I plan to lay low until the ending and have nothing to do with the heroine. But why does my usually indifferent junior sister look at me with such a faint murderous glint? Am I imagining it? My usually gentle and sensible master wants me to practice the Sunflower Manual. Is that even something I can practice? I just want 18Reads6.2Score—Shelves
2. 252 算 The Art of Strategy 算谋局 Ordinary Old Yang平凡老杨Eastern Fantasy317k WordsOngoing What? The Heavenly Dao is actually my master's clone! My sword spirit can chop the Heavenly Dao down like a chicken. No, no, no, I can do more than that: I can calculate the fate of people, demons, and all living beings. I have another scheme, too: plotting against heaven, earth, and the world. And I have a game to play: the chessboard of heaven and earth, the game of life. Once the piece is down, there's no taking it back. Come play with Daji? Fellow cultivators, please add this to your booksh 1Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 253 献 Lord of Sacrifice 献祭之主 Wang Xin王信Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [A new book from a veteran author, guaranteed quality and regular updates.] [No System, beast taming, high martial arts, fantasy] Chen Gu transmigrates into a fantasy world where martial artists reign supreme and strength is everything. However, most people have no talent for martial arts. For ordinary people, the only way to reach the top is to spend nine years studying beast-taming theory and become a... Beast Tamer! While others cautiously spend their few spirit stones at the beast market, ch 2.9kReads8.6Score311Shelves
4. 254 穿 Transmigrated as a Villainous Cannon Fodder? So You're Long Aotian! 穿反派炮灰？就你叫龙傲天是吧！ Raw Howl生嚎Eastern Fantasy464k WordsCompleted [Villain] + [Transmigration] + [Cultivation] + [keeping a low profile] + [lighthearted] + [satisfying power fantasy]. Han Ye was a cannon-fodder Villain and senior disciple in the early stages of the story. He was the right-hand man of his scheming, evil master. He had low cultivation, poor talent, and a reputation for wickedness. Everyone hated him. A small-time Villain with no sense who dared to ruin the male lead's plans, he was bound to be farmed for beginner experience by the pig-playing-ti 341Reads6.5Score—Shelves
5. 255 骑 Mount & Blade: The Ambitious Hero of the Great Jin 骑砍：大晋枭雄 The Roadside Bandit剪径蟊贼Anime Fanfiction764k WordsCompleted [Power Struggle] [System] [Political Intrigue] [Mount & Blade: Dynasty Warriors] Waking up one day, Wang Jin discovers that he has arrived in a country called Great Jin. The dynasty is nearing its end, with powerful ministers ruling the court, aristocratic clans carving up the land, and local gentry seizing farmland. The people are destitute, while foreign tribes wait like vultures for Great Jin to fall so they can devour its remains. Watch as Wang Jin climbs step by step to the top of Great Jin 1.8kReads8.4Score102Shelves

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   Just from a random chapter, you can tell how good this book is. Everyone's intelligence is on point; it's neither biased nor overly praising, and it writes things vividly and thoroughly, getting to the heart of the matter. It's much better than any recommendation that rambles on and on without getting to the point. This author is clear-headed, and the book is good. The protagonist's character is a perfectly competent "ancient emperor," and the character has never faltered! I only have two complaints: 1. The plot twists are too overpowered [laughing]. It's impressive that the author could have easily pushed things forward, yet still managed to come up with a good plot. 2. The protagonist is almost emperor in a year; the pacing is too fast, and the updates are too slow. However, considering the plot, character development, and the author's writing style, all of the above can be overlooked.

6. 256 唐 Tang Yin in Another World 唐寅在异界 Six Paths六道Eastern Fantasy6.2M WordsCompleted He possesses exceptional martial arts skills, but they are useless in the real world, where he can only work as a killer who must remain in the shadows. But in a chaotic otherworld, his abilities reach their full potential on a battlefield where life and death hang in the balance. Here, he can wield his weapons without restraint. Here, survival leaves him no choice but to embark on his own path to kingship. His name is Tang Yin, and everything about him exists only in legend… 11.5kReads8.9Score6.3kShelves

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   This book is ruthless and decisive. The only slight drawback is that the protagonist's feelings for the female lead are a bit unsettling, but it doesn't affect the overall plot. There aren't too many romantic scenes, but the protagonist's ruthlessness reveals a true reflection of human nature.

7. 257 穿 Transmigrate into a Book as the Villain: My Cultivation Is Gone, and the Female Lead Turns the Tables on Me 穿书反派：修为尽失，女主逆推 Crossing the River on a Reed一苇渡江Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing Xu Yang transmigrates into the world of a novel and becomes its villain, the master of Purple Cloud Peak, one of the six peaks of the Qingming Sect. Once he figures out his situation, Xu Yang panics and immediately wants to grab his things and run. The one thing he can be grateful for is that The story hasn't started yet, so there's still room to change his fate. After awakening the Ten-Thousandfold Return System, all he has to do is accept a gift from one of the novel's heroines for a chance to 56.2kReads8.9Score5.7kShelves
8. 258 开 Death Sentence from the Start: How Can I Survive Without a Heart of Stone? 开局死刑：我不心狠怎么活？ When the Brush Falls, the Wind Runs Wild笔落风荒Urban6.2M WordsOngoing [Six million words, it's ready to binge!] [Decisive and ruthless + dark revenge + invincible protagonist] [Killing grants energy, breaking through realms is as easy as drinking water! That's what it means to be invincible!] Long Kai transmigrates into the body of a death-row prisoner, and starts out in prison! The System awakens: Kill! Kill! Kill! He kills his way from prison to the stars, from mortal to Dao Lord. He kills until his power runs wild, until he stands invincible beneath the heavens 20.6kReads6.6Score1.6kShelves

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   [5.5 Million+, time to slaughter!] [Decisive killing + dark revenge + invincible style] [Killing grants energy, breaking through realms is like drinking water! This is the invincible style!] Long Kai transmigrates into a death row inmate, starting in prison! System awakens: Kill! Kill! Kill! From prison to the starry sky, from mortal to Dao Lord. Kill until power goes berserk, kill until invincible. Treading on the corpses of the royal court, pointing his sword at the source of the starry sea. The so-called geniuses and prodigies are nothing but a bunch of chickens and dogs!! Kill! Kill! Kill!!!

9. 259 穿 Book Transmigration: I'm the Villain, So Why Are You All Crowding Around Me? 穿书：我一反派，你围着我干嘛？ Unfamiliar Boiled Water不熟的白开水Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted After a car accident, Jiang Lin transmigrates into the world of a wish-fulfillment novel as the villain. If he can keep his head down until the end, he’ll be reborn in the real world with a lavish reward. But for nine lives in a row, no matter what Jiang Lin tries, the protagonist always finds a way to torture him to death. Then, on his final chance, Jiang Lin draws the Peerless Charisma Physique from the start, and everything changes. The beauties who were supposed to belong to the protagonist 17.4kReads8.0Score1.9kShelves
10. 260 先 Married First, Love Later: The Passionate Soldier Devotes Himself to Her Alone 先婚后爱，烈爱兵锋独宠她一人 Old Zhu老朱Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [Top-Tier Wealthy Family + Both Leads Are Inexperienced + Marriage First, Love Later + Intense Push and Pull + Ruthless and Decisive] What Qin Huanhuan regrets most is giving herself to Xiao Zhan when she was left with no other choice. They spent one night together, each getting what they wanted. She thought they would never have anything to do with each other again, but fate brought them together once more. One wants money, the other craves beauty, and so the two become entangled again. Their r 12.1kReads8.1Score1.5kShelves
11. 261 道 Fellow Daoist, Lend Me Some Spirit Stones to Spend 道友借点灵石花花 Thousand-Year Crane千年鹤Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Villain] [Demonic Path] [No Saintly Goodness] [No Golden Finger] [Establishing a Dark Forbidden Zone] Fellow cultivators stockpile food, while I stockpile guns. My fellow cultivators are my granary. In this cultivation world where human lives are as worthless as grass, Lu Ji happened upon demonic cultivation techniques and became a demonic cultivator hated by all. He betrayed his master and ancestors, slaughtering living beings to break through to the next realm. To survive in this world of the 1.7kReads7.0Score117Shelves

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    Lu Ji chuckled and said, "Perhaps it can provide me with the power of plague, allowing me to comprehend the Great Dao of Plague. Even after death, it can enhance my Great Dao of Slaughter, so it can be considered a worthy death!" He opened his mouth and inhaled, devouring the remaining blood essence of the living beings. He threw the corpses into the burial ground, and in this way, the harvest was completed without any waste!

12. 262 都 They All Transmigrated into Books as Villains, but I Landed in the Ending 都是穿书当反派，就我穿到大结局 Prince Langya琅邪王Historical177k WordsOngoing [Two people transmigrate + two Systems + subverting the powerful female lead + an alternate Northern and Southern Dynasties] These days, everyone’s transmigrating into books as villains to crush the chosen sons of fortune. Xiao Yi has just caught the wave himself. But perhaps he got the transmigration technique wrong. While most people transmigrate into urban novels to take down Dragon Kings, he’s the only one who’s ended up inside a novel with a powerful female lead... It’s not a big deal for a 2Reads6.0Score—Shelves
13. 263 反 The Villain Goes Wild, and the Male Leads Fall Apart 反派玩到飞起，男主们崩溃了 Charging Black Stallion狂飙的黑马Urban3.2M WordsOngoing [Villain protagonist + invincible + scheming + ruthless + lighthearted power fantasy] Shen Anyu is reborn into a world combining several novels and awakens memories of his past life in the womb. The rich, handsome villain? That's me? Just as his family is about to be destroyed, the Fate-Stealing System activates. Steal the protagonists' fates, and he can defy destiny and change his own, while earning generous rewards! Enjoy life as a rich, handsome villain. No angst, no toxicity, no self-righteo 32.9kReads8.2Score2.6kShelves
14. 264 我 My Demonic Path Has No Mercy Option 我的魔道没有慈悲选项 I'm Not a Hotchpotch我不是大杂烩Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing (New book setting sail!) [Dark story] [Demonic cultivation] [No saintly heroics] [No female lead] [Women appear, but he kills them after using them, without exception] [Self-serving] [Ruthless and decisive] • I broke through to Nascent Soul, killed my benefactor-master, and stole the Immortal Key. The entire cultivation world once called me the “Blood Demon Child.” • On the banks of Eagle Sorrow Gorge, the sects joined forces to hunt me down. Everyone said my soul had been utterly destroyed. • B 4.9kReads5.5Score370Shelves
15. 265 反 Villain: Flip the Table, I'm Done Playing! 反派：掀桌子，不玩了！ The Red Villain反派红色儿Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Comedy, Transmigrator Mindset, Villain, Plot, The Fun Starts After He Leaves the Sect at 25. Skip the Early Chapters If You Don't Like Them. Thanks for Your Support!] From the start, he transmigrates into a book and learns that he's the villain. Sure enough, a System appears too. So what? Whoever wants to be the villain can do it. I'm not playing that role. But even if he becomes an exemplary senior brother, the Heavenly Dao still tries to force the plot back on track! The Chosen One brings 373Reads8.3Score—Shelves
16. 266 我 I'm a Demon God, So Why Did You Add Me to a Saintly Chat Group? 我一魔神，你拉我进圣母聊天群？ Decay Becomes a Song腐朽成歌Eastern Fantasy371k WordsOngoing [Invincible + Invincible + Invincible + Invincible + Chat group + Overwhelming power] Ye Lin transmigrates to a fantasy world and cultivates for ten thousand years, only to stall at the Great Emperor realm. With his lifespan nearly spent, he searches everywhere for a way to become an immortal. Just as he begins to doubt whether immortals even exist, he is suddenly pulled into the Saintly Mother chat group, whose members are all top-tier saintly mothers from the Myriad Worlds. [“To help my master 18Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    Ruthless and cruel, evil turning into good

17. 267 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
18. 268 别EN You're Speedrunning High-Level Martial Arts While Others Suffer? 别人练功吃苦，你直接速通高武？ Changshou Can't Fly长寿不会飞Urban3.5M WordsOngoing [Signed for publication] [High martial arts + wish fulfillment + total domination + fast-paced + ruthless] “Ye Li, your opponent this time is my boyfriend. You’re no match for him, so hurry up and forfeit...” “You knocked him to his knees?!” “Ye Li, why did you apply to the top of the five great academies? Didn’t your teacher tell you not to get complacent and to keep your feet on the ground... You’ve already been granted early admission?!” “Ye Li, this strange beast rules the whole region. We’r 142.9kReads9.1Score10.8kShelves

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    There are probably more people who have read this much longer than me, within a handful. 💥 With witnesses, the male protagonist [laughing and crying] thinks [laughing and crying] that he also needs to get the physical evidence [you think about it] quickly [almost crying]. When the time comes to report, before [fear] 74 [rolling eyes] 9 [rolling eyes] can intervene, the male protagonist [petrified] will rush forward [heart], taking advantage of the proximity to [rush to finish the manuscript] deal with the vampire, dragging [you think about it] Cao Yuan's mother to find Cao Yuan, see what his expression is like, if something's wrong, take down the mother and son together, and deal with them on the spot! [Smiling] He's already thought of all the charges [what] thoroughly. [Shy][stunned]

19. 269 我 I Burn Corpses to Become a Saint in a High Martial World 我在高武世界焚尸成圣 I Love the Mortal World我爱红尘Urban431k WordsCompleted On the eve of the college entrance exam's martial arts test, Qin Fangtong becomes the laughingstock of the school. The martial arts prodigy of yesterday sees his grades plummet, and his own parents send him to work at a funeral home, all under the pretext of “making way for his younger sister.” Until the day he cremates his first corpse [Ding! Cremation successful. You have obtained the Endocrine Tempering Method!] […] The mental realm, Zhuangzi's Butterfly Dream, sanctifying the flesh, b 3.5kReads7.7Score235Shelves
20. 270 重 Reborn in the 1980s 重生于80年代 The Hardheaded Old Man头铁老汉Urban12.9M WordsOngoing (Period drama, no System, no golden finger, an alternate modern history, revelations drawn from authentic historical records and events) Moral standards vary with money! If you’re already this rich, why repeat the miserable life you had in your previous one? Every regret must be made right! Following the passage of time and based on the facts, the story looks back at this period of history through the protagonist’s eyes. The reborn story of an ordinary man, rising from humble beginnings to becom 39.5kReads8.8Score2.3kShelves

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    Highly recommended. Hong Kong Island is now his, and he's also the son-in-law of the "Goose President." He's updated over 9.5 Million words.

21. 271 我 Am I Really That Bad for Being Just a Little Evil? 我一个反派坏亿点很合理吧？ Luo Xiaobai洛小白Urban200k WordsCompleted Qin Changfeng transmigrates into a war-god novel as a minor villain. Unwilling to become a stepping stone for the male lead, he unexpectedly activates the Supervillain System. Every time he does something in keeping with his villainous persona, he earns a random number of enhancement points, which he can use to strengthen any part of his body. And so... The world gains a supervillain who steps on kids’ balls and grabs the female lead by her twin ponytails! Years later, everyone under heaven trem 111Reads6.7Score—Shelves
22. 272 大 Great Tang: If You Won’t Rebel, Father, Then I Will! 大唐：父亲您不造反，我造反！ Darn Spider扑街蜘蛛呀Historical2.5M WordsOngoing [Ruthless and decisive]+ [Golden finger]+ [Conquest and expansion]+ [Industrial Revolution]+ [Age of Discovery] Also known as The Crown Prince Should Stop Competing, the Tang Dynasty Already Has Nine Dragons in One Court, Tang Dynasty: Father, You’re This Old, How Can You Still Sleep?, and I, Li Chengqian, the Steadiest Crown Prince in History. He transmigrates to a parallel Tang Dynasty and becomes Li Chengqian, still the heir of the Prince of Qin’s household. Faced with Li Shimin’s indecision, 12.7kReads8.6Score782Shelves

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    Political intrigue, ruthless decisiveness, territorial expansion, and unparalleled power!

23. 273 神 The Gods Devour Earth 神噬地球 The Old Donkey Keeps Braying驴子老叫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse536k WordsOngoing [Ensemble cast] + [No overpowered cheats] + [Power struggles] + [Slow burn, not a power fantasy] + [No stereotypical characters] + [Wits and strategy] + [A blend of classical and modern prose, not for everyone] (Revised through Chapter 37 of Volume Two. Later chapters will be updated gradually.) Thermodynamics applies in this book. You cannot replenish your mana forever. Any method of gaining power will gradually be discovered by others over time, causing its benefits to diminish until they even 48.6kReads9.5Score8.9kShelves

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    A passerby brutally beats up a cheat-like cheat system; an atheist battles Cthulhu. A new genre: the anti-cheat system. When all characters have normal intelligence, without the intelligence-lowering aura, the cheat system becomes a death knell for possessing a treasure. [Thumbs up]

24. 274 守 On the Day of the Wake, My Sisters-in-Law Put Me on the Throne 守灵当天，我被众嫂嫂推上皇位 Kitchen God of the Wood Stove柴火灶王爷Historical724k WordsOngoing [Alternate Dynasty + Transmigration + War + Political Intrigue + Ensemble Cast + The Golden Finger Has Been Cut in Half] A high school boy named Tian Shu wakes up one morning in an ancient funeral hall. His widowed sisters-in-law swarm around him, showering him with care. In a feudal age of chaos, the powerful clans hold sway. The System is practically useless, and each sister-in-law has her own agenda. Born into a poor family, can he defy fate, change his destiny, command a vast empire, and mak 4.6kReads8.8Score183Shelves

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    [Alternate Dynasty + Time Travel + War + Political Intrigue + Ensemble Cast + Crippled Claw] High school student Tian Shu wakes up to find himself transported to an ancient funeral hall. His widowed sisters-in-law swarm around him, showering him with concern. In this chaotic feudal era, powerful families hold sway. The system is practically useless, and his sisters-in-law each harbor their own agendas. Born into poverty, can he defy fate and ascend to a vast empire, leaving his mark on history? [Fear] Or will he be unable to escape his destiny, becoming a pathetic cannon fodder, a sacrifice for someone else?

25. 275 领 Lord: The Villainous Noble's Beastgirl Sanctuary 领主：恶役贵族的兽耳娘收容所 Cat-Ear Paradise猫耳乐园Eastern Fantasy159k WordsOngoing [Western fantasy + lord + adventure + villain protagonist + slaves + beast-eared girls + multiple heroines] Sean transmigrates into a sword-and-magic game world, becoming a puppet born of a political marriage between two great families. Knowing the future milestones, he understands that humanity and the demihumans stand on the brink of annihilation. As the many game protagonists stir up one upheaval after another, the human and demihuman nations fight among themselves. By the time the expansion 259Reads—Score—Shelves

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    An evil lord, driven by self-interest, not a saint, unlike those who constantly think about improving people's lives, this book is all about consolidating power and conquering. A saint might not appreciate it, but watching someone who isn't a saint is really satisfying.

26. 276 当 An Eighty-Year Servant? I’ll Smash Everything! 当80年仆从？我打爆一切！ Could You Please Defend the Tower?防下塔好吗Urban417k WordsCompleted [Talent Plundering + Villain Protagonist + Evil Harem] Why did you send me an eighteen-year-old pregnant woman? Li Si stakes his entire family’s freedom. All four siblings become servants, just so he can get one chance to awaken. And then he successfully awakens the one and only psychic talent! “Oh? Your Body-Strengthening talent? I’ll take that!” “Oh, this technique is pretty good. I’ll inherit it!” “Wow, more children, more blessings! Let me have that!” When Li Si reaches the ninth rank 6.3kReads5.6Score300Shelves

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    Pregnant woman...

27. 277 玄 Fantasy: How Can I Play This Villain Without a System? 玄幻，我这反派没系统怎么玩 Li Xiaomu李晓暮Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted The animated series is now streaming on Fanqie. Search for it. (Villain + domineering + ruthless + invincible + scheming + no System) I, Gu Tianxing, am the fated Great Villain. In this world, there has never been any right or wrong, no absolute evil, and no false goodness. Those protagonists who rise to the heavens with a System and a golden finger: which of them hasn't broken the rules of heaven and earth? "Gu Tianxing, you devil! We're from the same hometown, both of us came from Blue Star, a 21.8kReads8.7Score3.4kShelves

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    These few books represent the pinnacle of Tomato's fantasy villains.

28. 278 谋 Scheming in the Three Kingdoms 谋算三国 Arrow Rain, Plum Fragrance箭雨梅香Historical358k WordsOngoing [Political Intrigue] + [Passionate Action] + [No System] In a chaotic age, the world is a game of chess, and every move hides a blade! The battlefield runs red with blood while schemes churn behind the scenes. From within the command tent, strategies unfold, and with a laugh, enemy ships are reduced to ashes. The highest form of warfare is to defeat an enemy through strategy, without spilling blood. But if anyone dares defy me, I’ll leave them strewn across the land, with rivers of blood flowing 1kReads8.6Score—Shelves

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    This is a Three Kingdoms historical novel about political intrigue that I'd stay up all night to finish; I give it a 9.9 Out of 10! [Cool]

29. 279 反 Villain: From the Start, I Seize the Loli Sword Spirit 反派：开局夺取萝莉剑灵 Hungry Koala饥饿的考拉Eastern Fantasy664k WordsCompleted Gu Lingxiao transmigrates into a fantasy world, only to find himself cast as the villain. Fine. A villain who doesn't want to defeat the Son of Destiny isn't a proper villain. Supreme Villain System, activate! Change the Son of Destiny's fate and steal the protagonist's opportunities to earn all kinds of rewards! “Villains are stepping stones for protagonists? Then I'll just have to break the blade they're sharpening.” “This leek has been harvested enough. Time to move on to the next one.” “Go i 1.1kReads8.0Score103Shelves
30. 280 大 Plum Blossoms Bloom Brightly Across the Ming Empire 大明天下梅花艳艳开 Sanxiang Daishui三湘带水Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing Wuxia + history + imperial court + bloodshed + political intrigue + multiple female leads + not a harem + not a wish-fulfillment power fantasy. Plum Blossom Manor, the guardians of a village in Huaxia. Nixiào, the ninety-ninth-generation young manor lord, secretly leaves the manor at fourteen, only to encounter an unknown force plotting against the Great Ming... 509Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Wuxia (martial arts) genre, featuring a protagonist who is decisive, ruthless, and merciless. Ancient Chinese style.

31. 281 反 Villain: Forbidden Zone Divine Son! I Hunt the Heavenly Dao 反派：禁区神子！我狩猎天命大道 Heartbreaker可破心Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted Villain protagonist + invincible background + overwhelming power fantasy + no pretending to be weak + battles across the myriad heavens + slightly yandere heroine The Forbidden Zone of Time and Space, a graveyard for time and space. Kong Wudao, divine son of the forbidden zone, was unrivaled among the era’s greatest prodigies. Finding life dull, he willingly sealed himself away in the Heavenly Mountain of Time and Space. Countless years later, the Great Dao changed, and the myriad heavens entere 13.2kReads8.5Score1kShelves
32. 282 貌 Beautiful Saintess, Your Skin Belongs to Me 貌美圣女，你的皮属于我了 A Galaxy Shines in My Heart繁星映我心Eastern Fantasy768k WordsCompleted (Skin-Swapping, Dark Fiction, Earth Technology Versus Otherworldly Fantasy, Awakened Abilities, Empress, Invincible Protagonist, Feminine Man, Multicultural World) A thousand people transmigrated to another world together, and I awakened what seemed like the most useless ability of all: invention. But the brother I had protected since childhood gained the bizarre talent of “skin-swapping,” letting him strip beautiful women of their skin and wear it as his own. It was only when he slipped into th 5.4kReads6.8Score424Shelves

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    Ruthless and decisive

33. 283 司 Commander Si, Why Are You Standing with the Monsters? 司统大人，您怎么站怪物那边了？ Little Black the Firebreather喷火小黑Urban3.7M WordsOngoing [No female lead + no romantic tension + no romance + ruthless and decisive] Amid the crowds beneath the neon-lit cityscape, there are monsters wearing human skin, walking among them just like ordinary people. The news says these people are called the Awakened. They feed on human flesh and are savage monsters. One quiet afternoon, an ordinary high school sophomore undergoes a transformation and becomes one of the Awakened, standing against all of humanity! To survive, he makes a pact with a god a 102.6kReads8.7Score10.4kShelves

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    The protagonist is ruthless and has no bottom line; anyone who stands in his way will die.

34. 284 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

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    It's really very good.

35. 285 重 Back in the Game: Cleaning Up Officialdom 重出江湖之整治官场 Millennium Stone Monkey千年石猴Urban228k WordsCompleted A mob boss shakes up and cleans house in the political arena! [No idiotic characters, no System, light mystery] Black is black, and white is white, but the two can also change places! Even the righteous may do shameful things, while the wicked may do good for the country and its people. What matters is how you see things and what you believe, and whether you can answer to your conscience! 56Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A gangster boss takes over the government! He's intelligent, not brainless, logical, and shrewd.

36. 286 鬼 Psycho Horror: In Front of Scumbags, What’s a Little Supernatural Weirdness? 鬼畜：人渣面前，诡异算个毛！ Sugar Quixote糖吉柯德Urban1.2M WordsOngoing Synopsis: From the start, he blew up the Nogi Demon Shrine and burned down the Yasukuni Demon Shrine. Reborn in a world filled with the supernatural, where gates were scattered across the land, and behind them lay endless horrors and madness. System successfully activated. Binding to the Justice System... Confess your love to a supernatural being? A supernatural being comes asking you to name its true form? “Young master, what do I look like to you?” Chen Si: “You look like a little blonde, blue 1.8kReads9.2Score183Shelves

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    The first book is funny at first, but later he's plotting to kill his father. Anyone who's read this one knows Chen Si is a good guy [smirk]. You can probably guess what the second book is from the title, right?

37. 287 生 No Hope of Survival 生还无期 Young Master Changle长乐公子Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [No CP, No Female Lead] + [Infinite Deaths and Resurrections] + [Superpower Awakening] + [Mind Games and Strategy] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Life in Review] The keywords of this book are “human nature,” “death games,” and “setting traps.” The thirteen characters who appear from the start all play important roles! Each has a distinct personality, and every one of them will have a major part to play later in the story. This book also features endless deaths, so if that’s not your thing, please read wit 8kReads9.3Score830Shelves

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    He lured his teammates into the dark room right at the start and killed them twice in a row!!! 🔥🔥🔥

38. 288 练 The First Book by Lian Wei Zhan 练为战的第1本书 Train for Battle练为战Eastern Fantasy154k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Immortal Venerables Surround and Kill! Demon Lord Falls and is Reborn in Another World?] #NovelRecommendation #ImmortalRebirth "Demon Lord, Die!" Thunder roared across the sky as a beautiful immortal venerable hurled the Scroll of Myriad Laws, and a nine-foot-tall strong man delivered a killing blow with his palm. The black-robed youth's thousand clones shattered, and as his flesh and blood dissipated, his soul roared: "Why did the Spring Cicada Dance fail?!" Opening his eyes, he found himself in a strange world—a withered body covered in wrinkles, with a rotting corpse lying beside him. The former Demon Lord Fang Yuan was now the dying hero Mo Juren! Memories surged: He had poisoned cultivators and suffered a backlash, his bones turning at forty years old like an eighty-year-old withered tree. "This body... Is a new life given to me by the Heavenly Dao!" His cloudy pupils flashed with a sharp light. As he staggered toward the second corpse, the mountain wind suddenly stopped: "Come out!" A cold glint flashed in the shadows… #High-energy plot twist #Decisive and ruthless (Past life demon lord x present life hero, see how the dual-souled old monster embarks on the path of immortality again in the era of cultivation, click to witness the heaven-defying destiny↓↓)

39. 289 修 Cultivation: Betrayed, I Fell into Evil 修仙：遭人背叛，我入魔了 Tofu and Eggplant豆腐茄子Eastern Fantasy233k WordsCompleted After years of arduous cultivation in his previous life, he finally became a core disciple of his sect and was fawned over by his fellow townspeople. But during a great sect war, he was gravely wounded. Then those people showed their true colors! His beloved, his friends and family, all turned against him! “The one I truly love is Senior Brother Li. What are you to me?” “I'll extract your soul and refine your spirit!” “That's a Foundation Establishment corpse. Don't you dare fight me for it!” In 17Reads6.1Score—Shelves
40. 290 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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    I was completely engrossed in this book after just a few chapters. The protagonist is incredibly intelligent, decisive, and cunning, with a masterful ability to orchestrate events behind the scenes. Highly recommended.

41. 291 重 Reborn for Revenge: You Want Me to Be Your Lapdog? I’ll Feed You to the Dogs 重生复仇，让我做舔狗我扔你喂狗 Winter Cattle and Horses冬季牛马Eastern Fantasy530k WordsOngoing In his previous life, Chen Ping'an was betrayed by the person he trusted most and met a tragic end. Reborn in a new life, he returns with a boundless hatred. He awakens the Slaughter System! From then on, anyone who wrongs him will pay a hundredfold! Anyone who harms him will be ground to dust! In this life, he would rather be a demon than a good man, slaughtering his way from obscurity to the highest heavens until every one of his enemies is groveling at his feet! 912Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is too terrifying; I don't even dare to look at it.

42. 292 七 Seven Days of Possession 七日着魔 Brick Fun砖乐Eastern Fantasy707k WordsOngoing Demons are temptation and desire, chaos and disorder, destruction and upheaval. Demons dwell in the obsessions of all things; anything can become demonic. So long as all things endure, the demonic path will endure. After the protagonist’s corpse lay unclaimed for seven days, he awoke on the seventh day and forged a demonic body. Since Heaven has given me this chance to live again, rather than remain one of the numb masses in this mortal world, I would rather become the one and only primordial de 2.5kReads9.2Score300Shelves

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    "I see all things as straw dogs." Seven Days' voice was cold and calm, yet carried an absolute, overwhelming power. "The justice you uphold, the principles you crave, in my eyes, are essentially no different from Zhang Jue's twisted bloodlust. Both are desires and obsessions." "Standing before you is [the devil], [desire] itself." [Shocked][Already hooked][Already hooked][I also highly recommend it]

43. 293 系 The System Turns Me into a Great Demon 系统把我培养成大魔头 Gale's Return疾风归途Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted A cultivator of the demonic path who grows stronger over time. The protagonist is put through the wringer: abused, greedy, and arrogant. This is not an invincible-protagonist story. It features dark humor, a demonic powerhouse, the Sect Master of the Heaven-Defying Sect, intelligent and thoughtful supporting characters, a small ensemble cast, no female lead, alchemy, sword cultivation, and the creed that a man with no woman in his heart draws his blade with divine power. Also featuring a Soul-Su 114Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist is emotionless, cautious, ruthless, a developing demonic cultivator who seeks fortune through danger, resorting to swindling and deception. He starts with minor henchmen, there's no female lead, he's a demonic cultivator who makes a mental note of anything he can't defeat, indiscriminately slaughters geniuses, uses swindling, extortion, coercion, and bribery, is decisive in killing, and is a genius alchemist. Humorous, logical, ruthless, alchemy, seeking enlightenment, a sword cultivator, arrogant, villain.

44. 294 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
45. 295 皇 The Emperor's Throne Goes Around, and Today It's My Turn 皇帝轮流做，今天该到我了 Daoist Master,道爷，Historical54k WordsOngoing [Get stronger through killing + transmigration + System + semi-invincible protagonist + villain protagonist + no female lead + arrogant + rebellion + infinite flow] After transmigrating to a cultivation world, Lin Feng became a centurion in the Tang Dynasty, with more than fifty soldiers under his command. He had barely transmigrated, and before he could even think, an enemy arrow pierced his ear. Was Lin Feng going to let them get away with that? He immediately ordered his soldiers to charge th —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male lead is ruthless and unscrupulous, there is no female lead or harem, and the villains are invincible!

46. 296 吞 Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor 吞天妖帝 Tomatoes Without Sugar番茄不放糖Eastern Fantasy5.9M WordsOngoing [Monster Cultivation] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Unconventional Xianxia] The same old world of immortals, but a completely different story. A little monster refuses to settle for an ordinary life. Even a toad can dream of devouring the heavens! This is the story of a little monster who refuses to be ordinary and rises against the odds. Mo Fan was reborn, only to become the most ordinary toad. Unwilling to settle for a mundane life, he has no choice but to embark on the path of demon cultivation an 123kReads8.7Score14.2kShelves

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    They're all good. I'm not a fake.

47. 297 修 Cultivating Immortality Begins as a Laborer 修仙从奴工开始 Prajna Xiaoguo般若小果Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted The path to immortality depends on resources and chance encounters. Liu Yang is a lone cultivator who starts out as a formation slave. How will he fight his way through one difficulty after another, carve out a path to survival, and stand at the pinnacle of cultivation? 800Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    The villains are like this, but the heroes are pretty normal.

48. 298 天 Heavenly Abyss 天渊 Mu Xiao Sansheng沐潇三生Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsOngoing (The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw 976.7kReads9.4Score99.9kShelves

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    Sentenced to death by the laws of the universe, interstellar lovers rewrite their fate with a vow of quantum entanglement. Abandoned in a radiation nebula, a boy awakens the power of a star map, fighting his way from the black market arena to the Temple of Creation, only to discover that each victory feeds the beast of destiny. When he detonates the star's core for his lover, billions of their parallel counterparts emerge from a spacetime rift. And that single tear, condensed into a quantum key, has long since reduced the entire universe to ashes of love.

49. 299 白 The White Bone Daoist Court 白骨道庭 Not a Minute to Spare兜里没有一分钟Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted Cultivate true energy, build the foundation of the Dao, and manifest the Yin Spirit. The unorthodox path makes seeking the Dao difficult: refine baleful energy, taint the soul, and seek freedom for a fleeting moment. The heterodox path is arduous too: evade earthfire, dodge astral winds, and give birth to the Yang Spirit. A master of the unorthodox path is reborn. In this life, I will establish a Dao lineage, nurture Dao artifacts, and suppress an entire age. 15.8kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
50. 300 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.2kReads9.6Score68.1kShelves

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