Darkness, the Darkest Novels Imaginable!!! 黑暗，极致的黑暗文！！！

1. 1 人 A Human Cage 人间囚笼 Yan Yizhi言一知Urban538k WordsCompleted [Not a wish-fulfillment story + extremely dark + oppressive and suffocating. Don’t read if you’re faint of heart.] When you’re nearing the end of your life, you can actually feel it coming. Just like right now. The closer that moment gets, the more you want to leave something behind in this world. But what should I leave? Assets lose value, and houses change hands. Nothing material can last forever. So perhaps I should tell everyone my story instead. I’m no good person. I just occasionally feel 117.1kReads9.5Score16.4kShelves

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   Sometimes I worry it's been blocked.

2. 2 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 extremely yin old demon, a truly pure dark story, selfish and self-serving. When his cultivation couldn't improve, he'd use the entire city's population to refine pills; if he saw a treasure, he'd sneak up and steal it like a thief; he changed names in every place, always using the names of his enemies, his real name unknown to anyone!

3. 3 开 From the Start, I Transmigrated into a Book and Turned Out to Be the Villainous Rich Heartthrob 开局穿书：我竟是反派高富帅 A Gentleman Never Fights君子无争Urban1.1M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the world of an urban novel, Zhao Qian discovers that he has become the legitimate son of the Zhao family, a thousand-year-old clan in the imperial capital. He is also devastatingly handsome, exceptionally talented, and born into immense wealth and power. With the Zhao family behind him and a silver spoon in his mouth, he has the perfect start. But to his shock, this rich, handsome heir is actually a villain. At a lavish banquet from the start, the heroine's father offe 13.3kReads8.4Score773Shelves

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   The first book is poised to become the pinnacle of urban dark fantasy. The second is the pinnacle of fantasy villains. The third is the pinnacle of Ultraman-themed dark fantasy. The fourth is a mid-tier pinnacle of dark fantasy.

4. 4 我 I, Su Wuxie, the Villainous Demon Emperor! 我，反派魔皇，苏无邪！ Half a Life, Halfway Down半生半下Eastern Fantasy266k WordsCompleted An invincible story + System story + pure wish fulfillment! The young master of an ancient clan and the leader of a superpower. Su Wuxie has just transmigrated and obtained an Invincible Villain System. Su Wuxie believes that, as a villain, he should crush the chosen ones without mercy and squeeze every last bit of their fortune points out of them. What’s it like to have a System that isn’t afraid of Heaven’s backlash? It’s such a rush… 1.3kReads8.4Score100Shelves
5. 5 奥 Ultraman: I Got Dark Zagi’s Body from the Start! 奥特曼：开局获得黑暗扎基躯体！ West Lake Water Carrier西湖打水人Anime Fanfiction287k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the M78 Nebula, Shi Qian got the body of Dark Zagi from the start. To gain the ultimate power, he began walking the path of darkness. He rescued Belial and laid his plans across the entire universe! Hundreds of years later, Shi Qian, master of countless dark monsters, descended upon the Land of Light! Standing amid the cosmic firmament, Shi Qian had an endless horde of roaring monsters behind him! “From this day forth, I am the one and only darkness!” Shi Qian’s cold voic 959Reads8.3Score101Shelves
6. 6 反EN The Villain Should Be Invincible 反派就应该无敌 Bored Little Bai无聊小白啊Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted The animated adaptation is now streaming: The Lord Who Suppresses the Nine Heavens: The Protagonist Should Be Invincible Reborn as the leader of a demonic cult, he obtains the Villain Invincibility System and from then on makes the cult invincible. I am Zhou Qiong, leader of the demonic cult. No one is allowed to contradict what I say. Even while protecting the cult with one hand, I remain invincible in the world. 33.8kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves
7. 7 修 Cultivating in America: A Life of Romance 修仙美利坚，风流每一天 Bookworm, Don't Rush书虫莫急Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [The Only One with Supernatural Powers + Abroad + Slice of Life + Tycoon + Horse Racing + Farm + Foreign Flair + Blonde Beauties + Living as He Pleases] Also known as: You Asked Me to Cultivate Immortality, But I Fall for Every Tall, Beautiful Foreign Woman I Meet When a cultivator meets a Texas cowboy, is it a clash of civilizations or a crushing technological advantage? Witness how an Eastern cultivator uses immortal arts to conquer America, carving out a path to greatness through gunfire, mon 30.2kReads8.7Score2.6kShelves

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   These are some highly-rated dark fantasy novels; you're sure to find one you like.

8. 8 名 The Righteous and Upright Hehuan Sect: Fairies, Please Surrender 名门正派合欢宗：仙子仙子请臣服 Do You Regret the Missed Chance遗憾后悔吗Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing [Hehuan Sect + multiple heroines + everyday cultivation] Cao Kun transmigrates to the Tianyuan Continent's Hehuan Sect and awakens a System through a stroke of fate. From then on, fairies start showing up at his door… Cao Kun: Don't come any closer! Fairy Master: You little brat, stop right there! Cao Kun: This is actually pretty great! 14.1kReads8.6Score1.6kShelves
9. 9 晚 Wan Ruo Shen Qiu's 11th Book 晚若深秋第11本书 Late Autumn晚若深秋Urban1.9M WordsOngoing [001: Pingchuan Huimeizi] [Age: 38] [Affection: 10] [Female lead’s wish list:] [1. Hopes her son can rank among the top students (X)] [2. Hopes to find someone she can rely on in Tokyo (X)] [3. Hopes to find a stable job in Tokyo (X)] Years later, a journalist from World Media conducts a live interview with Takagi Gokudo: “Today, we’ve invited the world’s number-one entrepreneur and philanthropist. What would you say is the key to your great success?” Facing an online audience of hundreds of mil 1.9kReads6.1Score196Shelves
10. 10 多 More Children, More Blessings: A Busty Goddess Seeks a Shared Boyfriend 多子多福，丰满女神物色共享男友 I'm Yuanyuan我是园园Urban514k WordsCompleted [Are you still fretting about spending the holidays single? Do you envy your friends as they come and go in pairs?] [Are you still troubled by your elders’ endless nagging?] [Order your perfect dream man now. We specialize in solving your most private problems.] [Guaranteed good looks, great quality at a low price, and excellent value for money.] [You won’t lose out, get swindled, or be deceived.] [You can use him this way, that way, or even that way. With so many options and endless ways t 1.5kReads6.8Score134Shelves
11. 11 人 A Pastor in North America: Exorcising My Wife from the Start 人在北美做牧师，开局给太太驱魔 No Vegetables If There's Meat有肉就不吃菜Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Stat-Boosting Progression + Feel-Good Power Fantasy] He transmigrates to the beautiful country of North America and inherits a church from the start. He activates the System and boosts his stats! Ordinary doctrine is upgraded into an inherited Holy Bible. Recite the Bible to drive out evil and vanquish demons. A simple cross is upgraded into a truly indestructible holy relic, firm and unbreakable. Powerful demons... “Come on, come on! Let me exorcise you!” Dear readers, if you enjoy Being a Pas 666Reads7.9Score—Shelves
12. 12 在 Becoming an Emperor in The Deer and the Cauldron, with a Harem of Thousands 在鹿鼎记成大帝，后宫佳丽万千 Antlike Divine Strength蚂蚁神力Male-Channel Fanfiction2.7M WordsOngoing Wei Xiaobao transmigrated into Wei Xiaobao. Watch me take on The Deer and the Cauldron and every martial arts world penned by the great Jin Yong! The original story is completely turned on its head, with a harem of countless beauties! Come on in and enjoy the story! 23.5kReads8.0Score2.6kShelves
13. 13 上 The Nine Great Goddesses of Antiquity 上古九大美神 A Cat from Gusu姑苏一只猫Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Villain]+ [System]+ [Not Invincible]+ [No Shame]+ [Harem]… Original title: Let You Go Undercover, Not Start a Family Among the Humans Ye Ming had just transmigrated to a fantasy world when the fiancée of the Chosen One came to beg him for help. Bing Ning: “Ninth Prince, please save my father! If you’re willing to save him, I’ll do anything!” Ye Ming was only a stand-in for the Ninth Prince. How was he supposed to save anyone? Just then, the Villain of Destiny Script System successfully bound i 16kReads8.2Score2.2kShelves
14. 14 皇 The Empress Has Fallen from Favor, and the Fake Eunuch Is in Luck! 皇后失宠，假太监有福了！ Blushing Fourth Master脸红的四爷Historical597k WordsOngoing Lin Yi transmigrated into a parallel-world Han dynasty and became the emperor's most favored fake eunuch. Emperor: “You can handle state affairs for me, Xiao Yizi. Now hurry up and come entertain me!” Empress: “Xiao Yizi, visit Kunning Palace often. I have something important to discuss with you...” Consort Wan: “Xiao Yizi, if you can help me depose the empress, I’ll make it worth your while...” 1.8kReads8.6Score127Shelves
15. 15 给 Inscribing Runes on Fairies Makes Them Faster! 给仙子铭纹，可以加速！ Ah, Summer Flowers夏花啊Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsOngoing Multiple heroines + no scruples + extreme self-interest. Inscribed bonds can grant power boosts! Huang Yuyang has set out on a path of continually forming inscribed bonds with the immortals! The immortals just love inscribed patterns! 2.8kReads6.2Score291Shelves
16. 16 长 Longevity: Days of Splendor in the Ye You Court 长生：我在掖幽庭风华日月 The Breeze Comes Quietly清风静来Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Xing Bang transmigrates into the palace as a fake eunuch. From the start, he is sent to the Cold Palace, where he finds not only deposed consorts but also the families of disgraced officials. Even the stunningly beautiful birth mother of the Crown Prince has been imprisoned there. Xing Bang’s eyes light up, and he activates the System... (The synopsis doesn’t do it justice. Please read the story.) 37.7kReads8.8Score4kShelves
17. 17 领 Lord: Make Them Obey 领主：让她们服从 Rivers Pour into the Sea, Tides Rise at the Headland江奔海聚潮头立Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Western fantasy + multiple female leads + lordship + farming + dark + satisfying story + little girls + noblewomen + multiple races + decisive and ruthless] People may be far more obedient to power than you could ever imagine! As a noble of the empire, Yinan uses all kinds of PUA tactics to keep the beauties wrapped around his finger. This demon is not only a lecherous glutton, but also holds life in utter contempt! To gain even greater power, Yinan decides to use his golden finger to keep find 725Reads8.4Score101Shelves
18. 18 港 Hong Kong Island's Turmoil: First, I Made a Killing in U.S. Stocks and Raked in Billions 港岛风云，先爆美股狂刮百亿 Baozi Shima宝子石马Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Satisfying read + business battles and getting rich] Xu Li transmigrates to Hong Kong Island in 1987! He opens his eyes in the middle of a gangland vendetta, then earns his first fortune through a pig-butchering scam and rakes in tens of billions. From there, he can't stop, building a trillion-dollar fortune. Buying handbags, buying jewelry, buying mansions, investing in movies: the entertainment industry is his own backyard. Shorting stocks and trading futures: the financial markets are his pe 8.5kReads6.2Score407Shelves
19. 19 等 Wait, I Don't Think This Is the Script I Was Given 等等，我拿的剧本好像不对吧 Qixi Bluebird七夕青鸟Urban401k WordsCompleted Jiang Li unexpectedly obtained a script System that lets him load any script he wants. All he has to do is steal the script’s protagonist’s opportunities, women, wealth, and other possessions to gain destiny points and earn System rewards. So whether a script’s protagonist is a Dragon King returning home, a divine doctor descending from the mountains, or an assassin king retiring to the city, the moment they meet Jiang Li, their stories get turned upside down. He puts his arms around the prota 684Reads7.1Score100Shelves
20. 20 开EN I Threaten the Female Lead from the Start, and I'm Set on Being the Villain 开局威胁女主，这个反派我当定了 A Hundred Years of Nurturing Benevolence百年树仁Urban2.2M WordsCompleted [Scheming, shameless, hilarious. Pure-love fans, beware] Jiang Che transmigrated into the role of a rich second-generation villain in a modern wish-fulfillment novel, and was bound to a God-Tier Choice System. From the start, he happened to catch the heroine trying to sneak a peek at the exam papers. A villain’s choice was triggered! [Choice One: Pretend you saw nothing] [Choice Two: Shout at her, drawing a crowd] [Choice Three: ...] And so, a perverted supervillain was born. To avoid being 79.6kReads8.9Score6.6kShelves
21. 21 贾 Jia Erhu's Extraordinary Life 贾二虎的妖孽人生 Fate Already Known已知天命Urban7.6M WordsCompleted The original story of The Invincible Jia Erhu: Abandoned as a baby 24 years ago, he grew up tough, struggling at the bottom of society. Now he has returned as a king, entering the world that once abandoned him with a towering rage. He shows no mercy to his enemies, killing any god or demon that stands in his way. Powerful figures beg for mercy, while his enemies tremble at his name. In the end, he stands at the pinnacle of power, becoming a legendary warlord! 45.9kReads9.2Score4.6kShelves
22. 22 人 In Tokyo, Someone Like Me Has Come to the Right Place 人在东京，我这样的人来对地方了 Laugh Laugh Laugh Laugh笑笑笑笑Urban862k WordsCompleted Ling Le was a mischievous troublemaker from a young age, and the lady of his household had no idea how to teach him any better. So she sent him to stay with her best friend in Tokyo, hoping the woman could help him get rid of some of his bad habits. After all, her friend's daughter had turned out wonderfully well-behaved!!! Little did she know that Ling Le, having awakened his System, immediately realized that Tokyo was exactly the right place for him!!! 3.7kReads8.1Score334Shelves
23. 23 太 Crown Princess, Please Behave. I'm a Eunuch! 太子妃请自重，我是太监啊！ Saga of Aquarius水瓶座撒加Historical1.5M WordsCompleted After his soul enters the body of a lowly eunuch in the Eastern Palace, he saves the Crown Princess from the start. I, Xu Fan, will become the next Lu Buwei! Consort Xiao: “Have you mastered the Lotus Codex? Getting close to women will shatter your meridians and make your body explode.” Imperial Preceptor Luo Yuzhi: “Don’t worry, my good disciple! I’m an Earthly Immortal. Saving you will be as easy as turning over my hand.” Princess Anlan: “Didn’t you promise to help me become the Empress of Gre 4.6kReads8.6Score460Shelves
24. 24 垂 On the Brink of Death, the System Tells Me to Grow My Family 垂死病中，系统让我开枝散叶 What a Cold Winter多冷的隆冬Eastern Fantasy8.2M WordsOngoing [Invincible + Comedy + Multiple Heroines] If the food's no good, don't read this. We're worried you won't get enough nutrition. Li Changsheng transmigrates to another world and awakens the More Children, More Blessings System on his deathbed. To grow stronger, he has to marry and have children. Li Changsheng is delighted. “In that case, I won't hold back.” Years later, the entire continent is full of his own people. Then Li Changsheng suddenly discovers that the Heavenly Dao is a beautiful young 11.1kReads7.9Score829Shelves
25. 25 魔 Immortal Disciple of the Demonic Path 魔道仙徒 Moonlit Daoist Acolyte明月道童Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [No cheat, no transmigration, exceptional comprehension + Genius + Cunning + One female lead + Highly intelligent + Ruthless] If the earlier chapters feel too frustrating, start reading from Chapter 162, Dream 1. (This is not a wish-fulfillment novel, not a harem, not an invincible protagonist story, and is somewhat dark. The leads love and kill each other. The romance isn't particularly exciting, either. If you prefer sweet romance, multiple heroines, or no heroine, please go easy on me.) [Also 6.3kReads8.5Score501Shelves

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    I've been reading for over four years, and I'm quite selective. But this is truly the first time I've recommended a book like this. The author's writing is incredibly detailed. It's about climbing step by step, slowly but surely, steadily ascending higher and higher. This is the first book I've recommended in four years; it's truly excellent. It teaches you to rely on yourself, not anyone else, to stand at the summit. [Cool][Cool][Cool]

26. 26 玄 Xuanhuan: I, the Eternal Immortal Emperor, Have Fallen into Darkness! 玄幻：我，万古仙帝，堕入黑暗！ Heartbreaker可破心Eastern Fantasy252k WordsCompleted [Furnace Cauldron + Mastermind Villain + reborn + Scheming + System] [This isn't a story about falling into demonic cultivation, but about descending into darkness. Do not read if you favor saintly protagonists.] I, Huang Daotian, cultivated for countless years and eventually became the Immortal Emperor of the Eternal Ages. I sensed that my path ahead was not yet at an end. After countless eras, I obtained the method to shatter the shackles of the Heavenly Dao: the Divine Art of Gods and Demons 645Reads7.0Score102Shelves

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    Betrayed, reborn into an ancient royal family, choosing darkness, and plunging people into darkness.

27. 27 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

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    Millions, extreme darkness, demonic path, extremely twisted, ruthlessly evil protagonist.

28. 28 烂 The Rotten-Flesh Buddha 烂肉佛 Romance of Dry Bones枯骨浪漫Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Things get interesting when all the good people receive the punishment they deserve. A mass of rotting flesh crawls with maggots. The maggots raise their heads and look at Chou Zhengchu. “Chou Zhengchu, what do we look like to you?” “You look like Buddha to me!” 2.1kReads8.2Score279Shelves

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    Darkness, utter darkness.

29. 29 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
30. 30 黑 Darkness Descends Across the Heavens 黑暗降临诸天 The Dark Ages黑暗时代Urban187k WordsOngoing [No female lead + Cthulhu Mythos series + invasion of myriad worlds] Born from the primordial chaos, the darkness is twisted, greedy, and blind. It is the evil in all things, and the shadow cast over all creation. When the shattered darkness fuses with a dead man from a parallel world, he will become the purest evil, a tumor upon the world. His arrival will be heralded by obscure whispers, and by the end of the world. [Dark story. Easily offended do-gooders, stay away.] 2Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    Absolutely dark literature

31. 31 吾 I Am the Evil God, and This World Will Treat Me as a Forbidden Taboo for All Eternity 吾为邪神，此世当做万古禁忌 Yu Mulinlin雨木霖霖Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted “I want you to cast aside every last bit of kindness and sink completely into the swamp of evil!” Amid a field of ruins, a boy reborn from death, a coffin bearer above the stars, a supreme body of gods and demons! A strange mask of gods and demons, a mysterious broken black sword, a person reborn with a burden of sin! Only after enduring every evil the world has to offer does one realize how many sinners there are! After countless trials, the boy takes up his sword, sees through the mortal world 3.6kReads9.0Score327Shelves
32. 32 末EN Apocalypse Game: Killing My Girlfriend on Day One 末日游戏：开局手刃校花女友 Green Plums Fade Easily青梅易逝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.1M WordsCompleted [Game Stats] [No Romance] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Invincible Protagonist] [Absolute Egoism] [Pure Wish Fulfillment] No saintly heroes allowed!!! After surviving ten years of the apocalypse, Lin Ziluo was reborn on the day the apocalypse game arrived. When he came to, the first thing he did was kill his campus crush, the girlfriend who had betrayed him and ruined his life for ten years. Unexpectedly, he activated a System that could grant him countless golden fingers. His first golden finger: Ab 130.9kReads9.4Score10.8kShelves
33. 33 正 I Was a Righteous Cultivator, Until One Day I Became a Demon God 正道修士的我，某天成为魔神 Late Autumn in Jiangnan九月江南晚Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Immortal cultivation + fantasy + supreme demonic cultivator + reborn in another body + no System + decisive and ruthless + heartless demon + fictional universe] For eighteen years, Gu Yuan was a direct disciple of the Sword Venerable of the Heavenly Sword Sect. Blessed with outstanding talent, he devoted himself to guarding the Demon Cave for his sect for years. Time passed, and when he finally returned, everything had changed. His master abandoned him, his senior and junior sisters despised hi 1.2kReads7.3Score101Shelves

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    Dark fantasy, absolutely self-serving, ruthless, cold-blooded, and without a female lead.

34. 34 绝 The Ultimate Gourmet 绝对美食家 Li Xiaojiàn理小贱Eastern Fantasy252k WordsOngoing (No harem, no naive do-gooder, no System, partly feel-good, dark story! Read at your own discretion. The protagonist is extremely twisted.) As the saying goes, food is the people’s first necessity. I used to think so too. Food was a gift from heaven! Until one day, I had tasted everything in sight... And so, I raised my head and looked up at the heavens... 122Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 35 我 Ten Thousand Years After My Death, I Inherited the Legacy of the Supreme Demon God 我死后万年获得了极道魔神的传承 My Name Is An Tusheng我叫安屠生Eastern Fantasy597k WordsCompleted [No female lead] [Profit above all] [Do not read if you like saintly do-gooders] [Ruthless] [Dark fantasy] [Ensemble cast] [Lots of fighting] [The Myriad Worlds in the later chapters] The Xuantian Dao Realm is a world where the strong prey on the weak. Might makes right, and the weak are no more than ants. The path to the Dao demands a heart of stone: one general's success is built on the bones of ten thousand soldiers! Ten thousand years ago, the Demon Venerable angered heaven and earth by taki 397Reads8.0Score109Shelves
36. 36 玄 Xuanhuan: After My Death, I Became the Primordial True Demon 玄幻：我死后，化身原始真魔 Journeying to the Mortal World远赴人间Eastern Fantasy442k WordsCompleted [Ultimate villain + dark + ruthless + nearly invincible + slaughters his way through the world + no female lead] My name is Zhao Wumian. I'm an ordinary person with little cultivation, yet a lofty divine son falsely accuses me of being a fiend who slaughtered hundreds of millions. Before long, my body will be crushed, my three souls and seven spirits ripped out, and I'll suffer in a soul lamp until I die. My name is Ye Baiwei. I'm the Holy Maiden of Qixia Sacred Land, and I have another i 3.4kReads7.7Score186Shelves
37. 37 从 A Wildly Reimagined Crossover Starting with Pokemon 从宝可梦开始的魔改综漫 G, Beyond Forgiveness罪无可恕的GAnime Fanfiction726k WordsCompleted [Evil Villain Protagonist] + [Pokemon (Beast-Taming Story in Disguise)] + [Endless Destruction] + [True Demon King] + [Digimon] This isn't a dumb, dark story. Don't complain that people can't be saved in the early chapters or whatever. The protagonist acts with cost-effectiveness in mind and wants a comfortable life. He's not some masochistic idiot who goes looking for trouble. Hypocrisy is part of evil. A weakling who acts arrogant isn't evil, just an idiot. If you want something mindless, don' 87Reads5.9Score—Shelves
38. 38 在 Being an Evil God in the Land of Cherry Blossoms Is Just Wonderful! 在樱花国当邪神，真是太棒了！ The Cat with a Cutesy Voice夹子音的猫Urban223k WordsCompleted [Ensemble Cast + Behind the Scenes + Containment + Gu Insects + Dark + No System] This novel is also known as The Lord of the Sequences, Sequence Monsters: Battle Royale, and The Evil God’s Memoirs. When the evil gods descended, the peaceful, boring world changed. Demons and angels danced together; evil and good converged. “If you’re full of resentment, then let it all out!” No. 000: Evil God No. 001: Corpse King No. 002: Swordsman No. 003: Taotie Lin Fan stood high above, looking down at th 72Reads6.0Score—Shelves
39. 39 我 I Use Illusions to Control the World 我用幻术控制全世界 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [A rare illusion-based novel featuring a villain protagonist, nightmare invasions, and original instances] Su Mu has the same dream every night. Each time he wakes, his mental strength has increased by one percent. He grows stronger just by sleeping. In the first year, hypnosis. He discovers his mental strength is already powerful enough to hypnotize others, and soon gang bosses, the campus belle, beautiful CEOs, and more have all become his slaves. In the second year, control over the five sens 68.2kReads9.4Score7.5kShelves
40. 40 末 Apocalypse Villain: I Become Darkness and Enslave All 末世反派：化身黑暗，奴役众生 Vulgar and Tasteless俗而无味Sci-Fi & Apocalypse270k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + villain + darkness + factions + special abilities] After transmigrating into an apocalyptic world filled with protagonists, he discovers that he has become the ultimate villain, destined to be nothing more than a stepping stone for the heroes. Awaken a System? Time and space abilities? Reborn? Whatever this so-called protagonist's luck is, I'll wipe it all out! The protagonist is noble? How noble? At most, only as high as my knees! That kingly aura of yours? I'll kill you until al 2.7kReads8.2Score139Shelves
41. 41 不 No Need to Wail. When I Ascend, You Will All Live Forever Too 不必哀嚎，我若飞升尔等一同永生 Bright Moon Over the River江下明月Eastern Fantasy495k WordsOngoing [Slow Burn + Ensemble Cast + Immortal Martial Arts + No Goody-Two-Shoes + Ruthless + Buddha and Demon + When All Life Is Extinguished, the World Will Be One.] If your own father puts you up as collateral, kill him. 421Reads6.7Score—Shelves
42. 42 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
43. 43 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
44. 44 气 Child of Destiny? I'll Send You Straight Into the Human Emperor Banner! 气运之子？为师送你进人皇幡！ Pumpkin Pancake Old Pa南瓜饼老paEastern Fantasy285k WordsCompleted The path of cultivation is one of defying Heaven from the very start. And my disciples actually volunteered to sacrifice themselves to help me survive the tribulation! Zhang Changsheng, dressed in red, was moved to tears. So touching! Truly moving! The disciples tied to the lightning rod: Ancestor, you @#!%￥&! Children of fortune? You mean those heaven-blessed prodigies who break through just by drinking water and gain enlightenment just by walking? If they won’t behave, I’ll stuff every last o 47Reads5.3Score—Shelves
45. 45 反 Villain: From the Start, Give the Child of Fortune Two Choices 反派：开局给气运之子两条路选择 City Madman都市狂人Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Destined villain + domineering + scheming + System + ruthless] Di Juetian transmigrated into the Divine Son of the Di family in the Immortal Realm. He had a noble status, like a true dragon from the highest heavens. He'd thought fate itself favored him, and that he would ascend to the heavens, crush all beneath him through the ages, and rule for eternity! Then the Destined Villain System successfully loaded, shattering Di Juetian's fantasies. At that moment, the fated heroine he'd raised like a 19kReads8.6Score1.8kShelves

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    The male protagonist is the villain, and his whole family is also villains with powerful backgrounds that no one dares to mess with. There is no female protagonist, and he is constantly slapped in the face, killing countless people, including women. Sometimes he even wipes out entire clans through blood sacrifices.

46. 46 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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    Dark fantasy novel

47. 47 百 A Hundred Lifetimes of Reincarnation: I Will Become an Immortal 百世轮回：我终将成仙 Situ Liu司徒流Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Warning: the protagonist has no moral limits] [Dark story] [Not a saintly protagonist] [No heroine] [Decisive and ruthless] [Intelligent protagonist] This is the story of a despicable man who reincarnates a hundred times and seeks the path to immortality in the cracks between worlds. 6.4kReads6.9Score398Shelves

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    Dark novel, the protagonist is a ruthless and unscrupulous villain, driven by self-interest and willing to do anything to achieve his goals.

48. 48 我 I Feed Demons with My Own Body in the Demon Suppression Bureau 我在镇魔司以身饲魔 Six Gourds六个葫芦Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Get stronger when attacked by monsters + Transmigration + System + Invincible + Comedy + Villain + Demon Suppression Bureau] After transmigrating to a fantasy world overrun by monsters, Gu Qingfeng becomes a prison guard in the Demon Suppression Prison of the Great Yan Dynasty’s Demon Suppression Bureau. From that day on, strange cases begin piling up in the prison, once known as a living hell and feared for its eerie, terrifying atmosphere! Why do the monsters in the prison scream every night? 68.8kReads9.3Score6.8kShelves

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    Want to try this? Hehehehe!

49. 49 从 Evolving From a Axolotl Into a World-Destroying Behemoth 从六角蝾螈进化成灭世巨兽 Planting Melons, Reaping Beans仲瓜得豆Urban283k WordsCompleted [No human transformation + No saintly protagonist + No female lead + Tons of animal illustrations in the comments] (This story is hostile to humanity and doesn't pander to China. Don't read if that bothers you.) Qin Shou is reborn as a palm-sized axolotl and awakens the Infinite Devouring Evolution System. From ten centimeters long, to one meter, ten meters, a hundred meters, a kilometer, ten kilometers... he gradually evolves into the doomsday beast of myth and legend! Evolution path: axolo 232Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    Dark artifacts are nothing but cannibalism, murder, gore, violence, and morally questionable content, hahaha! These novels are exactly that! No female lead, no romance, no humanity, no values, no morals, no bottom line—the protagonist eats people!

50. 50 融 Fusing the Genes of Ten Thousand Races, I Hunt in the Main God Space 融合万族基因，我狩猎主神空间 Fierce in Adversity逆境炽烈Urban671k WordsCompleted [Ruthless + invincible + bloodthirsty + fusion and mutation + giant creatures + infinite worlds + evolves from a snake + transformation + mimics a black-haired loli, later becomes a white-haired loli] Devour a tardigrade, obtain its genes, fuse them, and gain the ability to adapt to extreme environments. Devour a titan beetle, obtain its genes, fuse them, and gain immense strength. Devour a poison dart frog, obtain its genes, fuse them, and gain a poisonous body. Devour an alligator snapping tur 5.4kReads9.2Score702Shelves

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