Stories with a Male Lead on the Dark Side 有没有男主是黑暗阵营的，

1. 1 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

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   These are the four bags! The first one is "The Demonic Cult Leader, Zhou the Cult Leader"! It's incredibly good, absolutely amazing! I can only say it's incredibly good, trust me, you won't regret it.

2. 2 重 Reborn in a World of the Paranormal, and You Want Me to Join Bureau 749? 重生诡异，你让我加入749局？ Fire Beast火暴兽Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Devouring Evolution]+ [Self-Interest]+ [Humanity’s Natural Enemy]+ [Nemesis of Its Own Kind]+ [Kills Men and Women Alike]+ [Plot-Driven]+ [Undercover]+ [Villain]+ [Eerie] "No female lead!!! No harem!!! No romance!!!" (Not Eerie in the traditional sense. The protagonist is undercover in the human camp and kills both humans and Eerie, men and women alike. This story is plot-driven, so readers looking for a feel-good monster-grinding power fantasy should think twice.) (The rating has already been 59.3kReads8.9Score8.6kShelves
3. 3 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
4. 4 诡 In a Bizarre World, My Whole Family Is Bizarre 诡异世界，我们一家诡异 Lettuce to Those Who See Me见者生菜Mystery2.0M WordsOngoing When Su Mo was eighteen, his older brother died saving someone, and his father was killed in a workplace accident. When Su Mo received his college acceptance letter, his mother passed away from overwhelming grief. On his eighteenth birthday, Su Mo was the only one left in his family of four. He died of illness at twenty-four, only to be reborn as a ghost. That was when he discovered that this world had a realm of ghosts, where his parents and older brother were waiting. His family had become a n 29.3kReads8.6Score1.9kShelves
5. 5 全 Global Divine Awakening: Sorry, I’m the One Who Granted the Supernatural 全球神启：抱歉，超凡是我赐予的 Nothing to Do with Wind, Wind, Wind, and Moon无关风风风月Urban660k WordsCompleted [Behind-the-Scenes]+ [Ensemble Cast]+ [Creating the Supernatural]+ [Do Not Enter If You Want a Saintly Protagonist]+ [The Protagonist Has Little Screen Time and No Fixed Allegiance] The world was beginning to feel wrong. When the first Apostle breathing flames walked the streets, when the first hero soared across the sky and tore open the heavens... The whole world was swept up in a frenzy of excitement and panic at this sudden upheaval. Governments scrambled to establish secret agencies, classi 2kReads7.1Score188Shelves

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   Dark faction? Aren't all male protagonists in dark fantasy novels supposed to be in the dark faction? Then recommending 20 dark fantasy novels would fit the topic, right? [Laughs]

6. 6 老 My Dad Is Homelander, and He Thinks I'm Too Evil! 老爹祖国人，他觉得我太邪恶了！ Happy-Go-Lucky Money Maker嘻嘻哈哈赚钱花Male-Channel Fanfiction461k WordsCompleted [Villain + no heroine + mixed comic-book universe + power fantasy + ruthless action + fast updates!] My name is Ryan, and my father is Homelander. I also have an “Evil Plunder System”: kill someone, and I can take everything they have! Invisible Man, Starlight, Deep... I'll take your powers. The Boys, Marvel, and DC universes will all be under my rule. They call me a monster, a devil, the ultimate terror walking among them! Even my scumbag father, Homelander, trembles and says I'm too evil! 38Reads5.8Score—Shelves
7. 7 我 I’m the Villain System: Turning Boiling Sheep Evil from the Start 我，反派系统，开局黑化沸羊羊 Minotaur Warrior牛头人战士Anime Fanfiction444k WordsCompleted Bai An is troubled. Why is it that other protagonists can rely on a System to reach the pinnacle of life after transmigrating, while he’s ended up with a villain System that only has basic functions? But what can he do? Since he can’t be human, Bai An will strive to become the strongest System there is! Bai An looks at a certain sheep being mocked for its crude manners and extends a friendly invitation. “Little sheep, are you content to be a simp... I mean, a licking sheep?” This book is 1.5kReads9.2Score106Shelves
8. 8 我 I Quit School to Become a Lone Cultivator, So What Do Beast Tides Have to Do with Me? 我已弃校当散修，兽潮与我何干 Wei Wei Qing Shan魏巍青山Urban434k WordsOngoing A cataclysm struck, and demons invaded Blue Star. Jiang Li was an outstanding student at his academy, working like a beast of burden for the school, only to be repaid with false accusations and slander. Jiang Li was utterly disheartened. Then he unexpectedly bound himself to the Absorption System, which could extract any talent. [Acquired the mysterious-grade talent: Diligence!] [Acquired the mysterious-grade talent: Devouring!] [Acquired the mysterious-grade talent: Healing!] Just as Jiang Li g 2.4kReads8.0Score103Shelves
9. 9 杀 Kill or Be Killed: But I Start with a Conceptual Ability 杀戮求生：但开局概念级能力 Unorthodox非道Urban454k WordsCompleted [Villain Protagonist + Evil Path + Kill, Kill, Kill + Eat, Eat, Eat + Monster Girls] [From the start, I got a conceptual ability that lets me replenish myself by consuming things. I’m just going to eat, eat, eat!!!] I transmigrated, but my identity was exposed, and I even died. Well, not completely. So I was drafted into a world of slaughter, where I had to fight monsters for extra time to live. I thought life would be rough, but who knew I’d get a conceptual ability from the start? What more is 1.6kReads6.7Score118Shelves
10. 10 诡 The Supernatural Returns, and I Am the Greatest Fear in the World 诡异复苏，我是世间最大的恐惧 Evil Clown恶魔小丑Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Villain] [Dark] [Invincible] [No female lead] Qin Yu died, and his soul arrived in another world, merging with a haunted house. In this age of supernatural resurgence, he continually grew stronger and evolved, creating his own kingdom of terror. Whether human or supernatural, everyone saw him as their greatest fear. 13.8kReads8.4Score928Shelves
11. 11 灵 Supernatural Revival: Wielding a Mirage from the Start 灵异复苏：开局驾驭海市蜃楼 Origin Demon God起源魔神Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted (No female lead, no CP, no morals, no limits, hypocrite, dark and self-serving) The supernatural returns, and vengeful ghosts run rampant. The human world is a living hell, with suffering everywhere. Ghosts cannot be destroyed! Only ghosts can fight ghosts! Order is on the verge of collapse, and truth is about to crumble. Reborn amid taboos, I cast aside my conscience and let my humanity die. “Anyone who makes me unhappy for even a moment will be unhappy for the rest of their life!” “Why stop at 15.2kReads8.2Score1.3kShelves
12. 12 我 I Am the Zombie Source, Poisoning the Ocean from the Start 我，丧尸源体，开局投毒海洋 Unorthodox非道Sci-Fi & Apocalypse487k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse]+ [Zombies]+ [Zombie Beasts]+ [Zombie Plants]+ [Darkness]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [Cautious]+ [Laying Low and Growing Strong]= This Novel Shi Fang has had the zombie source virus dormant inside him for twenty years! When the virus finally matures, he transforms into the zombie source and heads straight for the ocean to lay the groundwork by poisoning it! From then on, zombies spread across the globe. Deadly zombie plants silently spread viral pollen that turns people into zombies, 4.5kReads7.8Score371Shelves
13. 13 你 Your Wish Came True. What Are You Afraid Of? 你许的愿，成真了，你怕什么？ Evil Clown恶魔小丑Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted Lin Yuan died in an accident and became a ghost, but gained powerful abilities. He can grant humans any wish, but they must trade an equivalent amount of "luck" to make it happen. As long as they can pay the price, every request will be answered. People came to call him the "Wish-Granting Ghost Immortal." Some fell into the abyss because of their wishes, while others rose to great heights. Some called him a merciful Bodhisattva, while others called him an evil demon. But they never realized that 11.2kReads7.1Score872Shelves
14. 14 人 In a High-Martial World, My Talent Is Cultivating Demonic Word Traits 人在高武，天赋却是词条魔修 Grayish White Rain灰白色的雨Urban264k WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless + no heroine + self-interest + lone wolf + high martial arts + demonic cultivator + infinite worlds + trait system] Gu Bai transmigrates to a prison in a high-martial-arts world. The crimes committed by the original owner earn Gu Bai a hefty thousand-year sentence. But there is always a way out. In prison, Gu Bai awakens a second talent: cultivating immortality through traits. Every time he breaks through a major realm or fulfills a special condition, he can choose one of 15Reads7.0Score—Shelves
15. 15 被 Betrayed by My Ex, I Became the Zerg Overlord 被前女友背叛的我成了虫族主宰 A Downcast Tea Egg颓然的茶叶蛋Sci-Fi & Apocalypse357k WordsCompleted Hauling bricks, delivering food, handing out flyers, washing dishes… After working himself to the bone to put his childhood sweetheart through college, Chen Mo is dumped as soon as she graduates. Heartbroken, he begins to give up on himself. When he wakes from a deep sleep, he finds a building called the Zerg Base before him. Will he keep giving up on himself, or… become the king of the universe? The Earth arc is complete. The Star System arc has begun. The War of the Universe arc is to be annou 1.8kReads8.0Score125Shelves
16. 16 我 Behind the Scenes, I Become the Source of Calamity 我在幕后，成就灾厄之源 A Thought of Emptiness一念之空Urban603k WordsOngoing A million-character novel on this site, with a steady, guaranteed update schedule Mastermind behind the scenes + creating the uncanny + decisive male lead Terminally ill, Bai Ye tries every possible way to save his life. A single sacrifice grants him the power to create the uncanny. “Creating the uncanny and bringing fear and disaster can prolong my life and give me supernatural power? What is there to think about? To me, life matters more than anything!” A being of absolute darkness, he gains t 2.3kReads7.4Score162Shelves
17. 17 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
18. 18 星 The Stars: From Human to God 星空：从人蜕变为神 Ten Thousand a Day一天一万Sci-Fi & Apocalypse754k WordsCompleted At the age of 22, Lin Dao suddenly awakened two abilities. Anyone who had heard his name, seen his face, had any direct or indirect contact with him, or knew he existed would become completely loyal to him. And no matter how he died, he could resurrect in the body of any human being. In the early days after his abilities awakened, he did nothing at all. Yet a “god” quickly came into being upon the earth. 4kReads9.0Score267Shelves
19. 19 我EN I'm the Boss in a Horror Game 我在惊悚游戏当BOSS Evil Clown恶魔小丑Mystery526k WordsCompleted Name: Shen Hao. Occupation: Demon (You are the most evil, most cruel, and most terrifying great, great, great Demon King!) Innate Talents: 1. Calamity from the Heavens (When you enter an instance, you will take the place of the original boss in that world, inheriting all their attributes, abilities, and items. When the mission ends, you will permanently gain their attributes, one of their abilities, or an item.) 2. The Demon’s Legend (Demons may leave survivors, but never out of mercy. Those you 5.2kReads8.3Score529Shelves
20. 20 觉 Awakened the Worst Talent? My Clones Can Simulate! 觉醒最烂天赋？我的分身能模拟！ Who Says I Can't Do It?谁说我不行Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Wish fulfillment + mastermind behind the scenes + thrilling!] What would it be like if you awakened a clone talent, and your clones were bound to a simulation System that could give them the strength an ordinary person would gain over a lifetime, all in just a few minutes inside a simulated world? Lin Ke glanced at his pitifully weak stats panel. Then he looked at the dazzling figures before him, his clones who had already become the Grand Marshal, Prime Minister, and Great General of the Human 586Reads8.8Score104Shelves
21. 21 黑 Darkness Invades: I Can Only Summon Myself! 黑暗入侵：我只能召唤我自己！ Love-Chan Doesn't Want to Work恋酱才不要工作Urban590k WordsCompleted [Darkness Invasion] [No female lead] Darkness descended, and countless evil gods set their sights on Blue Star, known as the Origin Star. At this critical moment, Blue Star's consciousness awakened, granting humanity the power to repel foreign enemies. Talents were the power humanity relied on to survive. Su Yuan, who had transmigrated here for reasons unknown, had no ties to hold him back, so he decided to go home! However, his talent was Heroic Spirit Summoning, and the heroic spirits of this 3.2kReads8.4Score337Shelves
22. 22 杀 Killing Game: I Can Strengthen Myself Through Slaughter 杀戮游戏：我可以靠杀戮强化自身 Throne of Fear恐惧王座Urban2.2M WordsCompleted [Switch the roles, and you'll learn what cruelty really means] + [No heroine] As monsters infiltrate the human world and humanity has no way to fight back, a game called Nighttime Paradise suddenly appears. In this game, humans become the Killers, while monsters become the Survivors. After being reborn, Lin Yuan enters the game and draws an X-rank talent: Slaughter Abyss. Its effect is: Every time you perfectly kill a Survivor, you gain 2 points of Brutality, 1 point of Agility, and 1 point of P 12.9kReads7.8Score1.2kShelves
23. 23 异EN Anomalies Descend, My Right Hand Strips All Things 异常降临，我右手剥离万物 I Don't Eat Sashimi我不吃鱼生Urban1.0M WordsOngoing [Pure villain] [Anomaly containment] [Ensemble cast] [No heroine] [Not brainless] [Cautious protagonist] It all begins with a dream of a god's fall. Anomalous creatures and objects start appearing all over the world. He obtains the god's right hand, which can randomly strip anything of its properties. Endless experiments, a growing number of anomalies, and others who possess the god's body parts: the world is going mad! Whether to become an omniscient, omnipotent god or to crush his hidden enemi 52Reads7.3Score—Shelves
24. 24 秩 Order Paradise: I Can Add Points Without Limit 秩序乐园，我无限加点 Ruler of the Ancient Gods古神支配者Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.9M WordsCompleted [Nonhuman Protagonist + Infinite Flow + Data-Based + Logic-Focused + Utterly Dark + Anti-Human Nature + Decisive and Ruthless + No Female Lead] Mu Bei is a cause without origin, with no biological father. After spending eighteen years in a sterile hospital ward, Mu Bei signs a contract with the Paradise of Order. And so begins a story full of slaughter and destruction, devoid of love and mercy, one that feeds on all living beings... (Reader advisory 1: After the first volume, the protagonist bec 346Reads7.3Score113Shelves
25. 25 诡 Eerie: I Can Devour Without Limit 诡异：我能无限吞噬 Origin Demon God起源魔神Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [Eldritch Horror] [Supernatural Powers] [No Romance] [No Morals] [No Limits] [Cruel and Vicious] [Selfish and Self-Serving] In a world overrun by the uncanny, I accidentally reveal that I transmigrated here. Barely escaping with my life, I manage to get away. The flames of resentment bloom. My long-awaited golden finger finally arrives: a mysterious stone tablet on the dark side of the moon, capable of endlessly devouring the uncanny’s source. After years of building strength, I unleash a massa 15.9kReads8.2Score1.6kShelves

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    The protagonist of this book belongs to the dark faction. Initially, he joins the official faction, but later he directly reveals his true strength.

26. 26 蓝 After All Life on Blue Star Was Wiped Out, I Created Urban Legends to Invade the World 蓝星死绝后，我创造怪谈入侵全球 Seriously, I'm Done with This Tomato真是服了tomatoMystery782k WordsOngoing [Power fantasy + behind-the-scenes mastermind + rule-based horror + ensemble cast + revenge + ruthless protagonist + no female lead] The rating has just come in. Blue Star fell five years ago. The foreigners slaughtered the last of its original inhabitants. He is Chen Mo, and he died three minutes before the war ended. But now, he has returned. He is neither a ghost nor a god. He is the blade hanging over the invaders' heads, the purest form of fear that haunts their midnight dreams. That night 3.6kReads6.3Score412Shelves

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    1. The protagonist, Chen Mo, creates supernatural tales, slaughters new humans, and is a source of ecstasy for those who control non-humans 😋 2. After the protagonist, Jiang He, dies, he becomes a living dead. 3. Chi Ge, disguised as a good guy, joins the protagonist's group, but later wipes them all out.

27. 27 我 I Became a Living Corpse and Went on a Hundred-Day Killing Spree for Revenge 我化身活死人，百日复仇杀疯了 Leaves Can't Predict Autumn叶难知秋Mystery571k WordsCompleted [Revenge] [No female lead] [Suspenseful pacing] The protagonist's entire family was slaughtered by a “mysterious organization,” and he himself was stabbed to death in a frenzy of knife blows. Yet he returned to the world as a living corpse. He feels no pain or cold, doesn't need to breathe or eat... He has nothing left but revenge. He will send every one of his enemies to hell in the most brutal way possible. One hundred days remain, and his body is slowly rotting away. Each time he deals with a 57.8kReads9.1Score6.2kShelves
28. 28 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
29. 29 万 The Eternal Demon Emperor! 万古魔帝！ San Zui三最Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Villain + invincible domination + System + three emperors from one family + building a faction + ruthless decisiveness + ultimate power fantasy + the plot becomes legendary in the middle and later stages] Gu Changge transmigrates into a fantasy world and binds himself to the Demon God System. As long as he keeps killing, he can quickly and easily increase his demonic cultivation and obtain all kinds of heavenly treasures! From there, he rises against all odds, founds the Heavenly Demon Cult, an 22.8kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves

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    He was a demonic cultivator, ostracized and hunted by everyone, yet he remained invincible and annihilated those who came to kill him.

30. 30 开EN A Demon Heart at Birth: The Rise of an Unrivaled Monster 开局移植妖魔心脏，成为绝世凶物 Shacha Noodles沙茶面Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsCompleted (No System, multiple female leads, neither wholly good nor wholly evil) Fang Ling possesses a Chaos Sacred Body. From the moment he was born, various factions fought to seize him. His heart, right eye, and precious bone were successively cut out… After being passed from hand to hand, Fang Ling was left on the steps of an ancient temple, barely clinging to life, by a kind-hearted stranger. No one knew that five peerless experts were secretly living in seclusion inside the temple. They had hidden 163.7kReads9.1Score17.4kShelves
31. 31 奥 Ultraman: Dark Tiga Goes on a Rampage 奥特曼：黑暗迪迦杀疯了 Ka En卡恩Anime Fanfiction2.2M WordsCompleted I never expected this book’s reputation to take such a nosedive three years after it ended, but I still have to say: those brats on that site are making a ridiculous fuss. They don’t read the book, but they always have to follow the latest trend. The saddest ones are those who once spent dozens, even over a hundred hours reading it, only to come back and give it one star. What, you thought it was good back then, but now you think it’s no good? You haven’t grown up. You’ve lost the ability to thi 30.2kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves
32. 32 末 Doomsday: The Tycoon's Heir Reaches Villainous Peak from the Start! 末日：财阀太子，开局反派巅峰！ Yuzu, Yuzu With Seeds柚子柚子有籽Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Doomsday] + [Zombies] + [Superpowers] + [Wealthy Family] + [Invincible] After transmigrating into a world on the brink of Doomsday, Jiang Chen becomes the eldest son of the Jiang family, one of Longguo’s most powerful dynasties. And that’s not all: he also awakens the Doomsday Villain System! The Villain’s Code of Conduct: 1. As a villain, you need a solid background. Help the Jiang family become the number one family of Doomsday! 2. As a villain, you must live better than everyone else! 3. As 14kReads7.4Score1.2kShelves
33. 33 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
34. 34 末 Apocalypse Star Crystals: I Have an Army of Contract Beasts 末日星晶：我有一个契约兽军团 Heaven-Sent 123天降123Sci-Fi & Apocalypse5.9M WordsOngoing [Superpower Evolution] [Egoism] [Reborn] [Dark Humor] [Early Development, Lone Wolf] [Multiple Heroines, Skip if You Mind] A meteor shower descended, and the whole world collapsed into ruin. Most people turned into terrifying monsters, while animals and plants ceased to be resources for the survivors and became hunters instead. The meteor shower also brought star crystals, which could yield extraordinary food, weapons and equipment, evolution potions, and bloodlines with supernatural abilities.. 147.9kReads8.2Score11.7kShelves

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    * **Apocalypse: Starting with SSS-Level Superpowers:** Transmigrating to before the apocalypse, stealing the superpowers of your enemies, using evolution potions, and commanding countless superpowered beasts… * **After Being Abandoned, Driven Mad by the Apocalypse:** In the apocalypse, humans and animals mutate wildly. Wen Yao never understood what she loved about Shen Yichuan until her death. After seven years of life-and-death struggles, she was abandoned to save her lover. He said, "You're infected with the zombie virus; you can't stay on the train anymore. I thought you were sensible." After being thrown off the train, she awakens her superpowers. The scumbag begs to come back. * **I Am the Ultimate Zombie King:** A tiny zombie commands trillions of zombies, battling wits and courage against an unknown civilization. * **Ten Days to End:** A 9.9-Point novel. The protagonist thought he could escape by constantly participating in death games, but discovers that everyone is awakening superpowers…

35. 35 温 A Tender Rose Becomes His Cherished Favorite in the Apocalypse 温软玫瑰沦为他心尖偏宠【末世】 Fallen Today落今朝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse360k WordsCompleted [A post-apocalyptic setting + a trash man’s regret + the arch-enemy villain takes the lead + love triangle drama + mutual salvation + swoony romance + romantic aesthetics + both leads are devoted to each other] [Gentle, steadfast beacon of righteousness x refined, unhinged smiling schemer (irresistibly wicked)] Even as she lay dying, Wen Yao couldn’t understand what she had ever liked about Shen Yichuan. Was it his coldheartedness, or his selfishness? As his partner, she had risked her life for 43.8kReads9.5Score5.1kShelves
36. 36 末 Doomsday Evolution: The Zombie Overlord 末日进化：丧尸大魔王 Three Winds 11三风11Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted A blood-red sun hangs high in the sky, and the world is transformed! An utterly ordinary little zombie faces countless perils in the apocalypse, evolving again and again until it becomes the Zombie Demon King! 7.5kReads8.9Score569Shelves
37. 37 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves
38. 38 元 The Elements Descend: I’m the Dark-Type Spokesperson 元素降临：我为暗黑系代言 The Monk Who Never Bathes不洗澡的和尚Urban847k WordsCompleted [Comedy + Academy + Elemental Powers + Awakening for All + Dark Style!] Ten mysterious elements have descended upon the world, and every species has the chance to awaken its own elemental powers. To resist the invasion of ferocious beasts, the world of supernatural abilities has established six Super God Academies, twenty-four major ability guilds, and countless small and medium-sized organizations. Lin Li had already given up hope of awakening elemental powers, but on his eighteenth birthday, h 2.7kReads8.4Score271Shelves

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    The Dark Faction...

39. 39 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 688.5kReads9.4Score49.1kShelves

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    Hakuno, the god of forgetting his roots, does writing the protagonist as the villain count? [Facepalm][Facepalm]

40. 40 异 Alien Beasts Invade: I've Become the Evil Cult's Boss! 异兽入侵：我成了邪教boss！ 7723 Ah7723啊Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Villain + Gene Fusion + Cult Leader + Behind the Scenes + No Female Lead] Qin Sheng is transmigrated, and though he survives by sheer luck, he has less than a year to live. Luckily, he binds the System carried by the transmigrator. It can extract and fuse alien beast genes to create all kinds of potions. In this era, alien beasts have been invading for a hundred years, and humanity has been forced to establish nine cities. Alien beast genes are considered taboo. But to stay alive, he has no cho 20.5kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves

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    These should be considered part of the dark faction, right?

41. 41 我 I'm Almost a Max-Level Evil God, and You Want Me to Switch to Summoning? 我快邪神满级，你劝我转职召唤？ The Sky Isn't Dark Around the Corner转角天不黑Urban2.3M WordsOngoing The animated series is now streaming: Buried Gods! If you can't get enough of the novel, please go show it your support!!! (Story-focused, somewhat dark, with a touch of warmth, no female lead, not invincible, not a System power fantasy, a modest ensemble cast; read with caution if any of that bothers you) On the wasteland, the gods greedily carve up their territories. To survive the beast tide, people can only offer up their humble faith, hoping to earn the gods' mercy and attain the supernatur 35.8kReads8.8Score4.7kShelves
42. 42 求 You Want Me to Spare You? You’re the Ones Who Made Me a Demon 求我饶命？是你们把我逼成恶魔的 May Fortune Come Every Day天天发财Mystery362k WordsCompleted This is a world where the supernatural is returning. Ordinary people can do everything in their power and still win only the slightest hope of surviving the evil spirits. My name is Su Yu, and I was an ordinary survivor. In my past life, I watched helplessly as my grandfather, grandmother, parents, and younger sister were all killed before my eyes. Not long ago, my last remaining family member, my younger brother, died too! At that moment, I completely broke down! And that was when the System ap 120Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 43 我 I Returned from Hell to Plan the Perfect String of Revenge 我从地狱归来，策划连环完美复仇 Leaves Can't Predict Autumn叶难知秋Mystery525k WordsCompleted [No Female Lead] [Mad Protagonist] [Elegant] [High-IQ Crimes] [No System] Ten years ago, the Shen family was wiped out by a mysterious organization known as the Alliance. Shen Feng was beaten to death and left in the wilderness. Now, Shen Feng’s soul has returned from hell. That day, the criminal investigation squad received a call from a mysterious person claiming he would kill the famous CEO Liu Ruxu at a shareholders’ meeting. The nightmare began at that very moment. Shen Feng planned one per 118kReads9.5Score12.7kShelves
44. 44 惊 Survive the Horror: I’m Actually the Hidden Big Boss 惊悚求生，我竟是隐藏大boss Fat Cat Under the Tree肥猫树下Mystery541k WordsCompleted [Mystery and suspense + horror game + System + infinite-world survival + no naive do-gooder] A mysterious realm invades Earth, forcing all of humanity into a deadly horror game! Faced with monsters awakened from the depths of hell, the players can only fight to survive… Break a taboo, and you die! Fail a mission, and you die! Lu Jin arrives in this world by accident. He expects to struggle to survive just like every other player, but when he opens his mission card… Wait, am I the hidden final bo 462Reads6.7Score104Shelves
45. 45 仙EN The Harsh Road to Immortality: Built on White Bones 仙路难行，白骨筑长生 Octopus Who Loves Watermelon爱吃西瓜的章鱼Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsOngoing “Rules? On the road to immortality, my rules are the only rules!” [Mortal Cultivation of Demonic Arts] [Founding a Demonic Cult] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Profit Above All] (Already at the Nascent Soul stage, with plenty of content to enjoy) Protagonist Qing Chen: He knows when to yield and when to stand firm, is utterly self-serving, greedy for money and women, and will stop at nothing to achieve immortality! He will found a demonic cult, dominate the world, and climb step by step to the very to 80.9kReads9.1Score7.5kShelves

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    Mortals cultivate demonic arts, driven by self-interest and ruthlessness.

46. 46 末 Apocalypse: Slaughtering All of Humanity 末世：斩杀全人类 Hai Guang亥光Sci-Fi & Apocalypse246k WordsOngoing [Apocalyptic Evolution] + [Time-Based Superpower] + [Dark Tone] + [Lone Wolf] + [No Female Lead] + [Communication with His Future Self] + [Villain’s Script] + [Cultivation] + [Academy] The towering Velenby Wall rose from the ground, separating ordinary people from cultivators. Inside the wall was highly advanced technocultivation; outside lay a thriving modern metropolis. The Abyss invaded, and the apocalypse descended upon Blue Star. A voice from Ye Zhen’s future self sounded in his mind: My na 190Reads5.6Score—Shelves

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    Dark, protagonist is evil and selfish, no female lead, post-apocalyptic cultivation + academy + superpowers

47. 47 你 You're Supposed to Fight Monsters, So Why Are You Fighting Me! 你们刷怪啊，刷我干嘛！ Likes Eating Tangerines喜欢吃橘子Urban3.3M WordsOngoing [Print edition deal signed: no System, plot-driven, fast-paced from the start, no mindless decisions, thrilling and exciting, hard-hitting fights, told from the monsters' side!] Ever since the words [Divine Order 001: Undercover] appeared in Jiang Xia's mind, he felt that he wasn't normal. No matter what he ate or how much he ate, he never felt the slightest bit full. Hungry. So hungry he was about to lose his mind! Then, at the school beauty's eighteenth birthday party, he smelled the presen 508.7kReads9.1Score41.3kShelves

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    I personally think it's good.

48. 48 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8kShelves
49. 49 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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    Extremely dark, demonic, ruthless, willful, selfish, no female lead, no harem.

50. 50 我 I’m a Monster, So Why Does Everyone Treat Me Like a Teammate? 我一怪物，怎么都把我当队友了？ Explosive Edamame爆炸毛豆Urban910k WordsCompleted [Monster antagonist, one heroine with a mild yandere streak, self-interest, no System, no formulaic tropes, plot-driven, no overpowered leveling and grinding] My name is Shen Shi, and I have a secret. On the eve of the college entrance exam, I became an oddity in my classmates' eyes: a fallen genius, a weirdo who wore a mask in the middle of summer. Stench! Stench! Stench! Everyone gave off the same foul smell! Only my sister, who was with me day and night, smelled sweeter and sweeter. I knew my 18.7kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves

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