High-Quality Stories with a Ruthless, Decisive, Highly Intelligent Protagonist Who Isn't a Goody-Two-Shoes 杀伐果断，心狠手辣，高智商，不圣母的高质量文

1. 151 带 The Dog-Walking Judge: Money Makes the World Go Round! 带狗判官，有钱能使我推磨！ Minotaur Knight牛头人骑士Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [The rating has been deliberately pushed extremely low, rock-solid and steady!] [The Douyin comic adaptation has over 100 million views and ranks 31st in Hongguo’s comic history. The quality speaks for itself, so enjoy with confidence!] (Villains, bandits, human nature, and a realistic writing style. Saints are welcome.) God created light, and you insist on picking a fight with Him? If you’re wondering who God is, then whoever has the biggest fist is God, damn it! Shu Yinghui: A man with flexibl 61.5kReads7.2Score5.3kShelves

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   Both of these are good.

2. 152 时EN Time Stop from the Start, Even Evil Gods Have to Kneel Before Me! 时停起手，邪神也得给我跪下！ Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [Time Stop + Apocalypse + Superpowers + Arrogance + Forgetting Your Roots + Rejecting Inner Turmoil] Bai Ye transmigrated to the age of the Great Cataclysm, two hundred years in the future. This world was full of danger, its people were honest and simple, and mutated beasts ran rampant. But he wasn't worried. Because he could stop time for one minute every day. If he didn't use it today, he could save it up for tomorrow. When time across the world hit zero, he would be the only one who could mov 707kReads9.4Score51.8kShelves

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   Traveling 200 years into the future, this story is ruthless and decisive, killing whenever the mood strikes. It emphasizes forgetting one's roots, leading to a carefree and fulfilling life with a bunch of great companions! Highly recommended.

3. 153 仙 Immortal Destiny: Entering the Dao Through the Furnace 仙缘，以炉入道 Three Cigars三支雪茄Eastern Fantasy590k WordsOngoing [Cold and Ruthless] + [Intelligence] + [Emotional Intelligence] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Beautiful Prose] + [Astonishing] + [No Clear-Cut Good or Evil] A good book deserves to be savored. This is a gradual, slow-burning story. First appreciate the prose, then absorb the atmosphere, feel the emotions, and grasp the wisdom. Only then will the story truly begin to shine. He arrives riding a seven-colored auspicious cloud, and you may think you have glimpsed the beginning of the plot. The initial charac 741Reads9.2Score106Shelves

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   With you, this year's masterpiece has arrived. Decisive in major matters, yet wisely oblivious in minor ones. A thousand faces in a single moment, employing strategic retreat and feigned indifference, a blend of passion and composure, ice and fire. This great book has a lot of build-up in the beginning; the real excitement comes after the prelude... You know what I mean! Make yourself a cup of tea, savor it slowly, and after about twenty chapters, you'll fall in love with him—Bai Ye, the Night Demon...

4. 154 末 Apocalypse Beast Taming: Beautiful Women Help Me Give Birth to Aliens 末世御兽：美女帮我生异形 Lingtai Fangcun灵台方寸Sci-Fi & Apocalypse516k WordsOngoing Doomsday + Zombies + Spatial Ability + Multiple Heroines + Xenomorphs + Ruthless Combat How do you live well in the apocalypse? A storage space, a powerful physique, fine wine and beautiful women, and a tide of xenomorph armies. Survive by any means necessary! 186Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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   He was ruthless and decisive, killing women without hesitation, whether in bed or out of bed.

5. 155 宝 Pagoda Immortal Fate 宝塔仙缘 Xiao Bu Yu箫不语Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation, no System, pocket dimension, medicinal garden, immortal pets] Even an ordinary person can encounter great opportunities. A country boy carrying the Three Treasures Glazed Pagoda is captured by an evil cultivator and forced to serve as a test subject. But a misfortune turns into a blessing, setting him on a bizarre and arduous path to immortality. From then on, he uses the pagoda to grow spirit herbs, raise immortal beasts, refine pills, craft talismans, and cultivate forbidd 125.9kReads9.2Score14.5kShelves
6. 156 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Urban6.1M 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 20.2kReads6.5Score1.6kShelves

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   [Six million words, it's really readable!] [Decisive and ruthless + dark revenge + invincible protagonist] [Killing grants energy, breaking through realms is as easy as drinking water, this is the invincible protagonist!] 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!!!

7. 157 学 Expelled from the Academy, My Mom Signs Me into Servitude 学院开除，被老妈签了卖身契 Blue Wind蓝色的风Urban1.6M WordsCompleted A black-market hitman unexpectedly enters the arena of an elite academy competition, leading an ordinary team to compete for the continental championship and then take on the world tournament. When his childhood sweetheart dies a tragic death because of him, Wang Ning’s hidden talent awakens. He transforms into a ruthless avenger, unafraid to take on the entire world. 810Reads8.4Score100Shelves

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   Assassin, ruthless, calm, and never a saint.

8. 158 虫 The Immortal Path of the Insect Emperor 虫皇仙途 The Wind Rises in Chang'an风起长安Eastern Fantasy4.3M WordsOngoing [Entire novel written by hand, no AI + spirit insect pets + beast taming + traditional cultivation + no transmigration + no System + lighthearted comedy + richly developed characters + survival through caution] The lowly servant Ye Lin accidentally awakens the Insect Emperor bloodline and opens the Ancient Insect Emperor Ring. From then on, he has a whole swarm of strange spirit insects at his side. An unfathomable number of ants devour the heavens and consume the earth. A tiny white snake beats 46.7kReads9.2Score4.2kShelves
9. 159 谁 Who Says These Evil Spirits Are Fierce? I Specialize in Taking Down the Worst! 谁说这邪祟凶？我专治大凶之物！ He An Is Simple贺安很简单Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [No female lead] [Decisive and ruthless] [Unlimited growth] [Slow burn] “You all call it an evil spirit, but I say it's clearly a good omen!” “Do you really think I don't know whether it can help me cultivate?” “Hand it over to me!!!” Shan Liang wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth and strode forward with a knife... Evil spirit: “Don't come any closer!!!” 42.1kReads9.1Score3.7kShelves

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   Decisive and ruthless, protective of his own, never suppressing combat strength; either progressing through the story or on the way to a climax.

10. 160 神 Chronicles of the Cataclysm in Shenzhou 神州浩劫录 Gu Taiyan古太研Eastern Fantasy791k WordsOngoing The boy who left the mountains, Jiang Hen, searches for and joins a cultivation sect, one step at a time… He initially thinks he's a good-for-nothing with five-element spiritual roots, but his cultivation speed is astonishingly fast… What's more, the protagonist comprehends the laws of space while still in the Qi Refining stage… From there, he rises step by step from menial disciple to personal disciple, then from personal disciple to the sect's holy son… 1.3kReads8.2Score107Shelves

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    I saw a line: "A divine sword forged by the Divine Sword Sect. A divine weapon without a master, it should be worthy of a young man!"

11. 161 行 Journey to Fengdu 行至酆都 Flame Sparrow焰雀Mystery536k WordsCompleted [Mythology Turned Upside Down] [Everyone Is Clever] [Tomb Raiding] [Strong Female Lead] (A little spoiler: the male lead is not Japanese.) The Gate of Hell, the Road to the Underworld: once you enter Fengdu, life and death are beyond prediction. At eleven, Huo Wu enters Fengdu for the first time and leaves both her memories and her clan behind. At twenty-eight, she enters Fengdu again. As her memories return, more than twenty years of everything she thought she knew are overturned in an instant. 157Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    What's the best way to get revenge on someone? It's to drag them down into a tomb, take their lives to pave the way for yourself. If possible, you wouldn't mind making them food for the demons and monsters in the tomb.

12. 162 贪 Charge One Silver Coin More, and Even the Great Emperor Has to Pay 贪一银加一点大帝来了也得交银子 A Thousand Paths Through the Mortal World千道红尘Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted The Red Fruit short drama is now available: As a Brocade Guard, I Hold All the Power. Is That a Problem? (Ruthless and decisive + no distinction between good and evil, only different sides + clear-headed. In short, rest assured and enjoy the read. Go away if you're a bleeding heart.) On the Xuanqing Continent, people revered the martial path to its very limits, even seeking immortality and the Dao. Li Hanjiang transmigrated to this continent, into the territory of an empire called Chiyan. Perhap 24.4kReads8.7Score2kShelves

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    All three are fine; they're all similar in style, as long as they don't portray the protagonist as a saint.

13. 163 我EN The Monsters I Created! 我创造的怪物！ No One in the World Will Ever Meet Me Again世人千万再难遇我Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Behind the Scenes + Ensemble Cast + Cosmic Horror + No System + No Romance] Also known as: Dark Revelation Gods and demons, dragons, and the apocalypse were once fairy tales. The mysteries of this world have faded from sight, yet someone has brought those long-lost things back into the public eye. And every clue, every lead, points to a man named Chen Ye. “Friends, would you cast off this flesh and join us in embracing evolution?” Extended blurb: Sequence 001: The Mimic Sequence 002: The Deep O 66.7kReads9.2Score6.2kShelves
14. 164 棺 The Coffin God 棺神 Shang Wujiu赏无咎Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Fantasy + Xianxia + Myriad Worlds + play the pig to eat the tiger + Eastern Fantasy + Multiple Heroines + Multiple Characters + Cultivation + Sects + reborn When I return from becoming a demon, I will stain the Xuan Pavilion with blood. Five thousand years ago, Wang Xianwei shot a scornful glance at Nan Jinguang, who was looking at him with disdain. He sneered several times at the group of immortal officials behind Nan Jinguang, who were all gloating, then leaped into the Reincarnation Cliff. Fi 1.3kReads9.2Score111Shelves
15. 165 说 You Said She’d Become an Empress, So Why Did You Turn Her into a Demoness? 说好女帝，你把她黑化成女魔头？ Across the River隔江Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing [One Female Lead + Raising a Wife + Two Souls in One Body + Corrupted Heroine + Bandit Hero + Power Fantasy + Sweet Romance] Su Ye transmigrates into the body of Luo Qinghuan, the heroine of a female-oriented novel he read, and binds himself to the Corruption Investment System. Under his influence, every time Luo Qinghuan turns evil, he receives a reward. He can choose whether or not to invest that reward, but investing in the corrupted heroine earns him even greater rewards! So Su Ye corrupts h 47.6kReads9.4Score6.6kShelves
16. 166 我 I'm Already Invincible Under Heaven, and Only Now I'm Supposed to Fight for the Throne? 我都天下无敌了，才开始夺嫡？ Waist Yodeler腰德尔人Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Invincible + never hides his strength + no System + nine princes vie for the throne + steamrolling everything + instant attacks + kills everyone on sight + conceptual powers] Jiang Ning transmigrates into the Great Xia Dynasty as its Ninth Prince, blessed with heaven-defying talent. After ten years of traveling the martial world, he returns with the potential to stand unrivaled beneath the heavens. Before Jiang Ning's absolute might, every scheme and plot falls apart in an instant. During the s 23kReads7.2Score1.6kShelves

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    Invincible + Unhidden Strength + No System + Nine Princes' Succession Struggle + Unstoppable Force + Instant Kill Upon Showing Up: Jiang Ning transmigrates into the body of the ninth prince of the Great Xia Dynasty, possessing heaven-defying talent. Ten years after his return, he is already invincible. In the Xuanwu Gate Succession Struggle, he suppresses all competitors in one fell swoop, entering the Eastern Palace with an absolute advantage. [Sparrow's Divine Work]

17. 167 别 Don't Call Me a Demon 别叫我恶魔 Yi Qingfeng弈青锋Urban5.7M WordsCompleted [Qing Feng's new novel, This Player Has Something Wrong with His Head, is now serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] The sacred heavenly gates stand across the sky, while the demonic abyss of time and space lays waste to the human world. When twelve spirit springs burst from the earth, when the moon no longer belongs to humanity... Where will we go from here? A world of gods? A world of demons? No. This is a world that belongs to humanity! I will take up the crown no one else wou 181.8kReads9.4Score16.6kShelves
18. 168 什 So What If I Lack Morals? I’m Already Number One in All of Jiuzhou 什么仙道天道？呵！我修的是杀道 Jiang Xiaoyan姜小言Ancient Romance3.4M WordsOngoing [Print edition out September 12 + refuses to look back + satisfying growth story + ensemble cast] In her past life, Wanwan died at the hands of her master and six senior brothers, pierced through the heart by seven swords and left without a whole body. Her master only loved her little junior sister, and her senior brothers only doted on her. When the little junior sister lost her Golden Core, they dug out Wanwan's to replace it. When the little junior sister was wronged, Ye Wanwan was made to su 156.4kReads9.4Score12.5kShelves

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    In her past life, her masters and fellow disciples at the Supreme Sect taught her how to be cold-blooded and ruthless. In this life, she has no attachment to the sect whatsoever, and jumped off the icy cliff to seek a sliver of survival. She no longer wants any connection with them.

19. 169 诡EN Anomaly Containment Facility, You're Containing Me, a Human? 诡异收容所，你收容我一个人类？ Yi Chen逸臣Urban3.2M WordsCompleted [No System]+ [No Heroine]+ [Cthulhu]+ [No Tired Tropes] (Also known as: Sequence: Ascension to Godhood) The Dark Prison has merged with reality, and bizarre creatures are invading the world through the “Gates.” An organization has quietly emerged, calling themselves the Wardens. They keep the bizarre creatures behind the “Gates,” and capture and contain any that make it into the world. Lu Xiao accidentally fell into the Dark Prison and lived there alone for three years. After the Wardens discove 52.5kReads9.2Score5kShelves
20. 170 全 Global High Martial: The Immeasurable Kalpa 全球高武：无量劫 The Dream Brings the Breeze清风自梦来Urban249k WordsOngoing "Jiang Nan, get out here! To kill you, this whole city will have to be buried with you!" Below, a huge city of a million people was overrun by demons and ravaged by monsters. The entire city was filled with cries of death and despair. Jiang Nan looked down at the land of this tiny country. Its name was the same as in his previous life: Japan! For more than two hundred years, foreign races and Japanese had lived together here, until they were no longer quite human. Jiang Nan would rather call 315Reads—Score—Shelves

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    According to the novel's synopsis, the protagonist is ruthless and decisive, levels up on his own, and there is no female lead. The protagonist was almost tortured to death before he even opened his eyes after transmigrating. The protagonist was even willing to massacre a city in order to kill him. When the protagonist grows up and has the power to overturn everything, the entire world is slaughtered to the point that less than one-tenth of it remains. This is not for the faint of heart!

21. 171 当 When I'm in the Rules Horror Game, Nothing Is Forbidden 当我在规则怪谈百无禁忌 Xu Moqing徐墨卿Mystery542k WordsCompleted [No female lead + supernatural horror + mental illness + comedy + national destiny] My name is Su Ming, and I'm a transmigrator. I currently work at Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital, where I'm in charge of the important project of “being studied.” They keep saying I'm sick, but I know I'm fine. It's the world that's sick. After I escaped from the psychiatric hospital, I was chosen by Rule Horror to become Longguo's chosen participant, representing Longguo in the upcoming horror games. [Ding! The Ho 64.7kReads9.6Score7.4kShelves
22. 172 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Kill Banggeng and the Deaf Old Lady! 四合院：开局宰棒梗，杀聋老太！ Azure Dragon on the Left左青龙Urban315k WordsCompleted [Pure malice]+ [Decisive and ruthless]+ [Leave no one alive]+ [No System]+ [No drawn-out push and pull]+ [Suspense and espionage] Lin Feng transmigrates into the world of The Full Courtyard, and has no intention of showing mercy from the start. Bang Geng steals chickens and causes trouble? He breaks his hands first, then makes him disappear for good! Granny Deaf is an enemy agent? He tears off her hypocritical mask and sends her to her grave! This time, Lin Feng will make sure this filthy 3.1kReads5.4Score100Shelves

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    Perfectly matches your needs

23. 173 家 Family System: I, the Villainous Patriarch, Develop Steadily 家族系统：我，反派家主稳健发育 April Green Gardenia肆月青栀Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsOngoing [Dark Writing, Do Not Read If You're a Goody-Two-Shoes] + [Cautious] + [On the Side of Righteousness, but With a Demonic Heart] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Family Interests Above All] + [Cruel and Merciless] + [No Holds Barred] + [Family Unity] At seventeen, he takes charge of a cultivation clan and forges it into an immortal family through cold-blooded slaughter! “The old family head died suddenly, enemies surround us, and the clan is in panic. I'll take the seat!” Li Xingge was born into a 222.1kReads8.9Score17.2kShelves

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    Highly recommended

24. 174 道 Fellow Daoist, Why Is Your Human Emperor Banner Belching Black Smoke? 道友，你这人皇幡怎么冒黑烟啊？ He An Is Simple贺安很简单Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Even unorthodox paths can lead to Heaven! This poor Daoist has always been a bit timid. If I don’t pull up the roots after cutting the grass, I won’t be able to sleep at night! Heh heh heh... I, He An, am your great calamity! 81.4kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves

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    No romantic pairing. The male lead is ruthless and decisive, not a saint. Even unorthodox methods can lead to great heights! This humble Taoist priest has always been rather timid; if I don't nip the problem in the bud, I can't sleep at night! Hehehe... This humble Taoist priest, He An, is your great calamity!

25. 175 开EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 563kReads9.7Score72.5kShelves
26. 176 长 The Immortal Clan: Three Generations of Grandfather and Grandson Are All Me! 长生仙族：爷孙三代都是我自己！ Fishing for Likes in the Milky Way在银河里摸鱼Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Martial Arts + Longevity + Fake Family + Hypocritical Schemer + Generations of Accumulation] After transmigrating to another world, Jiang Cang gained a strange ability to live forever: the grandfather, father, and grandson are all him. When his elderly body grows frail and death draws near, he’ll charge into deadly lands and seize miraculous medicines, trading his life to lay an invincible foundation for his descendants! At the peak of his middle years, he’ll build a family and take control of 4kReads8.0Score257Shelves

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    Both are without female leads

27. 177 反 Villain: You Asked to Break Off the Engagement, So Why Are You Crying Now? 反派：退婚你提的，现在你哭什么 A Fleeting Life Like Sand浮生若沙Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [The hottest high-martial-arts villain novel of 2026! Collected by millions! A smash-hit completed book with as many as 2.47 million readers at its peak!] Heir to one of the world’s top martial sage families! His father is the Dragon Kingdom’s strongest fighter, a Ninth-Rank Grandmaster! His grandfather is one of Blue Star’s transcendent martial sages! Su Yu transmigrates into an urban fantasy novel. But instead of becoming the protagonist, he ends up as the female lead’s villainous, groveling c 30.7kReads8.7Score2.5kShelves
28. 178 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 98kReads8.9Score8.5kShelves
29. 179 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... 30.4kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves
30. 180 都 Invincible Family in the City: The System Levels Up Automatically 都市之无敌家族，系统自动升级 Dong Shuangde董双德Urban294k WordsOngoing [No limits, no missions, just pure thrills] With fully automatic upgrades, his luck skyrockets, and the sun and moon shine together in a miraculous sign, as he crushes the heroes of all the heavens. The Great Ways of the myriad worlds surrender of their own accord, auspicious signs fill the skies, and he sweeps aside the strongest of every era! Bound to an invincible System from the start, he is nevertheless disdained by Ye Chen. My family is peerless. What use are you? After learning about Ye C 207Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Domineering yet humorous, witty and funny, decisive on the sofa

31. 181 慈EN Cihang City 慈航市 Mountain-Patrolling Lord God巡山主神Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing At Cihang's grand arena, don't show up without a cheat. Chen Feng transmigrated to another world and discovered that the bosses here were unbelievably sneaky. “Let's go level up in the newbie village first.” “Ha! Got you, transmigrator.” “I'll be reborn and buy a lottery ticket.” “Ha! Got you, regressor.” “Fine, if you're going to play dirty, I don't need to pretend to be a gentleman either.” Chen Feng discovered that every time he died, he could refresh and get a new System. A System's power ha 1.1MReads9.2Score130.5kShelves
32. 182 高 High Martial: The Young Demon King 高武：少年魔王 Giant-Horned Fantastical Beast巨角幻兽Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Years ago, a New World arrived, connecting Earth to millions of different Earths. The rifts hanging high in the sky became a paradise where people could pursue their dreams. Born without emotions, the monster Zhang You set out for the New World in hopes of becoming an ordinary person. Was his unmatched talent a blessing or a curse? 8.6kReads8.1Score471Shelves
33. 183 问 Three Sins Against Heaven 问天三罪 4035Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [No System] + [Demonic cultivator] + [Decisive and ruthless] The gods choose the gifted. The demons choose those who never give up. My name is Chen Ze, and I was chosen by a demon. Of course, you can call me Gui Qing. Speak my name on the road to reincarnation, and Granny Meng will give you free soup. That day, I questioned the heavens three times. The gods and Buddhas across the realms said nothing, and I knew there was no place for me in this world anymore. In that case, I have no choice but t 32.8kReads9.2Score4kShelves

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    Having read novels for seven or eight years, I've reached the stage where I prefer mindless, feel-good stories. But this book brought back the feeling of reading a novel for the first time. The book is summarized in two parts, two different lives. It's about me, yet not me; am I an ant or a god?

34. 184 我 I Smell a Ghost! 我嗅到了鬼味！ My Conscience Is Clear我心有无愧Mystery2.0M WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow]+ [Mild Horror]+ [No Romance]+ [Despairing Tone] One night, Gu Quan walks out of the funeral home carrying two memorial portraits, having just attended a funeral. His father calls to tell him that his mother has been in a car accident and is at death's door. In a panic, Gu Quan heads to the underground garage, hoping to drive over and see his mother one last time. On the way, he unexpectedly catches the scent of his natural enemy! Terrified, he gets into a car without thinking, un 197.6kReads8.6Score14.4kShelves
35. 185 锦 The Embroidered Uniform Guard Solves Cases with Spirit Sight: From the Start, I Get the Lingbo Microstep 锦衣卫通灵破案：开局获凌波微步 Cong, the Twenty-Eighth Day of the Twelfth Month腊月二十八琮Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted 46.5kReads8.7Score4.3kShelves

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    Ceiling, no need to say more

36. 186 诸 Chronicles of the Heavens 诸天纪 Zhuang Bifan庄毕凡Eastern Fantasy5.0M WordsCompleted Between the Myriad Worlds lies a place called Luofu. It exists for one hundred thousand years, then perishes for one hundred thousand years. All things in the world and countless living beings sink into this cycle of life and death, repeating without end. Then, in that year, a young man who had died tens of thousands of years earlier awakens in the Sword Repository... 881Reads7.3Score118Shelves

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    These are all of them!! The first one is a bit different from other rebirth books. The second book vividly depicts the ugliness of human nature.

37. 187 听 Heard His Senior Brother Was Going Down the Mountain, the Demon Ancestor Practiced Buddhist Teachings All Night 听说师兄要下山，魔祖连夜修佛法 I Just Love Bewitching Women就喜欢妖女Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Wang Huitian is a self-conscious man with no spiritual roots, yet his swordsmanship is divine. From the moment he leaves the mountain, the world knows no peace! Demon Ancestor: “What? He’s going down the mountain? Quick, bring me my kasaya!” Demon Clan: “Damn it, my son’s meat is tender. Hurry and hide him!” Forbidden Grounds: “We’re doing a deep clean today. Tomorrow, everyone must stay silent. Anyone who dares disobey will be thrown onto the mountain.” He demands a title from heaven and earth, 12.8kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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    Several of these books have ratings above 9, demonstrating decisive and ruthless tactics! Worth reading.

38. 188 武 Wuxia: Killing Enemies Earns Cultivation, and My Power Is Unfathomable! 武侠：杀敌爆修为，我功力滔天！ The Salted Fish Is Ready to Take Off咸鱼要起飞Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Gain cultivation by killing enemies + ruthless and decisive + level up fast] This is a world full of powerful experts and sects: the Nine Sects and Six Gangs, the Eight Demonic Sects, the Three Daoist Orders, the Two Buddhist Temples, and the Great Qian imperial court, whose might holds the four seas in awe. The powerful see the weak as ants, while princes treat the martial world as a chessboard. Fortunately, Xiao Bieli activated the Kill to Gain Cultivation System. As long as he kills an enemy 88.3kReads8.7Score5.4kShelves
39. 189 漫 Wandering Through the Heavens 漫游诸天 Jin Zi Chen金紫辰Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted Starting in the world of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, he becomes the young master of the Huashan Sect. Yue Yang only wants to lie low, grow stronger, and stay out of worldly affairs. But after being forced to step into the martial world, he discovers that there is nothing under heaven that a single sword cannot solve. He breaks through the shackles of heaven and earth, ascending higher and higher through low martial worlds, middle martial worlds, high martial worlds, immortal realms, Journey to 77.7kReads9.1Score5.2kShelves

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    These books are highly recommended.

40. 190 刀 Blade Sovereign 刀尊 The End of the Blade刀之末Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted The path of martial immortality is shrouded in mist, where truth and illusion are impossible to tell apart. I have a blade that can cleave through endless sands, clear the skies for ten thousand miles, and bring every mountain, river, and starry sea into view! 1.5kReads8.2Score119Shelves
41. 191 我 Even the Heavenly Court Fears the Ghosts I Raise 我养的鬼连天庭都忌惮 Cold Words and Leng Words冷言leng语Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Overpowered protagonist] [Satisfying story] [The strongest Celestial Master] Twenty years ago, five-year-old Zhang Ze was taken away by a mysterious old man. When he returned, he brought a host of ghosts with him. He was the strongest Celestial Master, and the only living earthly immortal in the world today. “Zhang Ze, just how strong are you now?” When an elderly Celestial Master from Longhu Mountain asked out of curiosity, Zhang Ze was about to answer when the ghost infant perched on his shou 47.5kReads8.8Score6.9kShelves
42. 192 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 2.9kReads8.6Score310Shelves

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    Ruthless and cruel, without my Gu brother? Sorry! I won't allow it! [Smirk]

43. 193 和 Heshen: Master of Power 和珅：权力的玩家 Good Fortune and Happiness Beijing吉祥如意北京Historical631k WordsCompleted As a miniature reflection of the power structure during the Qianlong era, Heshen's life was forever entangled in the shadow of absolute imperial authority and the deep-rooted ills of the bureaucracy. From a penniless orphan living under another's roof in Lvrou Hutong to rising to the center of power through his gift for languages and financial acumen, his ascent was shaped by both the banner system and the emperor's political machinations. He was once a capable official who cleaned up the Minist 5.2kReads8.7Score414Shelves

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    A captivating historical biography, "Heshen: The Player of Power" [May good fortune come your way!][May good fortune come your way!][May good fortune come your way!][May good fortune come your way!][May good fortune come your way!][May good fortune come your way!][May good fortune come your way!]

44. 194 万 Myriad Races Hunt: I Execute All with the Abyss Ring 万族狩猎：我靠渊戒处刑众生 Xiaoxiang of Shaowu邵武的潇湘Urban224k WordsOngoing [Game Invasion] [No Romance] [Lone Wolf] [Leveling]> The Source Realm suddenly invades reality, and trials quietly begin. Only a fraction of humanity is randomly chosen to enter the game. Those who enter can return to the real world with extraordinary powers from the Source Realm. Delivery driver Xie Yungui survives a deadly beast horde during his trial and unexpectedly obtains a mysterious Abyss Ring. The Abyssal Gaze sees through the flaws of all things, while Executioner's Strike cuts off al 246Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist doesn't have the word "dawdling" in his dictionary. He acts decisively when it's time to act, runs away without lingering, and physically eliminates anyone who tries to steal his belongings. After seeing so many hesitant and indecisive protagonists, watching him act is incredibly clear-headed.

45. 195 开 From the Start, a Brocade-Clad Guard: I Berate My Superior 开局锦衣卫：怒喷上司 Cool Moon Shu Youngster凉月蜀小生Eastern Fantasy422k WordsOngoing When Shen Mo woke up, he discovered he had become a member of the Imperial Guards and acquired a Mind and Body Happiness System. In his past life, he’d spent his days as a workhorse, meek and submissive. This time, he was going to let loose. Whoever messed with him would get what was coming to them! If someone made him miserable, he’d make sure they suffered too! He’d put personal decorum aside and enjoy a life of going wild. Shen Mo: “If someone insults me, I’ll curse their whole family. If som 34.6kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves

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    This is true decisiveness.

46. 196 修 Cultivation! I Am the Evil Ancestor, Traveling Between Two Apocalyptic Worlds! 修仙！我为邪祖，双穿末日！ Slowly, the Fish慢慢的鱼Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Gu Fan transmigrated into a cultivation world and joined the leading demonic sect, the Heavenly Evil Sect! While cultivating, however, he discovered a bronze door that let him travel to a post-apocalyptic world! Devour zombie souls and turn them into spiritual power to break through realms, then forge combat soul puppets! Absorb crystals to temper your body and unleash the force of ten thousand jun with a single punch! Craft a White Bone Banner and command tens of thousands of skeletons to storm 372Reads5.7Score102Shelves
47. 197 围 Hunting a Movie Star: I Took Down the Underworld 围猎女星：我干翻地下江湖 Upstream Traveler逆游人Urban325k WordsOngoing [A passionate underworld saga set in the jianghu, with female celebrities, a harem, cunning scheming, power struggles, capital, and intricate, brain-burning plotting] [This is not a brainless story. If you like low-quality, mindless fiction, stop after the first three chapters. The underworld is more than gangsters, and the jianghu is more than fighting. The first thirty chapters reveal just a fraction of the picture. I’ll use my own experiences to show you what the underworld really is, and wha 190Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In the 1990s, the world of fame and fortune in southern Guangdong was rife with unseen traps. Female celebrities, seemingly the center of attention, were actually constantly at the mercy of others. A man from humble beginnings unexpectedly stumbled into this grand scheme, learning to leverage power and manipulate the situation.

48. 198 长 Immortal Cultivation: From the Start, I Ran a Coffin Shop and Refined Zombies 长生修仙：开局棺材铺炼僵尸 Jiang Yinglong姜应龙Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Long-life cultivation + time-rewinding cloth + zombie refinement + unorthodox cultivation] After transmigrating to a vast world of immortal cultivation, Ji Changqing uses a time-rewinding cloth to repeatedly return to his youth, improve his aptitude, and make up for his shortcomings. He refines numerous zombies to protect his path, and ultimately becomes an immortal ancestor. “This spirit herb hasn’t been growing long enough... Time-Rewinding Cloth, speed it up by a hundred years...” “Why is th 14.4kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves

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    The protagonist, an orphan raised by a cautious and cunning master (a Foundation Establishment expert), is both cautious and shameless. He stays with his master and senior brothers throughout the early stages, refusing to be left alone at home. His cheat ability allows him to accelerate or rewind time for himself or objects. He cultivates through martial arts, inheriting the Corpse Control Sect's legacy from his master, Xi, and refining zombies. He possesses exceptionally high talent for soul cultivation, even creating clones of Foundation Establishment zombies to protect him during Qi Refining. He has some minor flaws after leaving the starting village, but then joins a sect and grows in hiding!

49. 199 玄EN Fantasy: Simplified Cultivation, From Minion to Overlord 玄幻：简化功法，从喽啰开始成霸主 Di Tian帝天Eastern Fantasy4.7M WordsOngoing [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Level Suppression] [Crush Everything] That year, the nobody Chu Qing refused to stand in the background in a hemp robe and bare feet, waving flags and shouting slogans. Now, a thousand-year empire, sects that dominated their regions, and the heroes of the martial world were all rising at once, like dragons and serpents. Then I, Chu Qing, would trample the streets beneath my feet until the bones of nobles littered them, and burn the imperial treasury until its splen 8.1kReads8.2Score1.1kShelves

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    🔥🔥Book Synopsis: [Decisive and Ruthless + No Level Deprivation + Destroy Everything]🐍In a chaotic world, Chu Qing starts as a lowly henchman in simple clothes and bare feet. Driven by resentment and ambition, he sweeps his way through, crushing the arrogance of nobles and burning away their luxurious lives. 🐍Using simplified cultivation techniques as his blade, he overcomes countless hardships, rising from the shadows of the empire and striding confidently towards the throne of hegemon. 🌈🌈

50. 200 重 Reborn as a Mad Immortal in the City 重生之都市狂仙 Dream Pen梦中笔丶Urban10.0M WordsCompleted I cleave wind and thunder with my sword, blotting out sun and moon; with a single palm, I command the universe and scour the netherworld. There are six billion people in this world, yet I alone dare call myself proud and unrestrained. The Azure Emperor of the Immortal Realm was reborn ten thousand years in the past and descended upon a bustling city, a world of glittering lights and indulgence. Who gets drunk in the embrace of beauties, lost in luxury, and who stays clearheaded, sword in hand, r 8.5kReads8.8Score678Shelves

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    The Primordial Immortal Emperor who slays saints, Qin Changqing, who is not skilled in swordsmanship! The world laughs at my arrogance, the world laughs at my madness, but you shall see, after countless ages, the world will be reborn, and I will still be there, high above, looking down on all living beings.

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