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

1. 101 追 Profit Over Fame 追利弃名 Immortal Path Ah Ah仙途啊啊Eastern Fantasy195k WordsCompleted One moment, life and death; the next, my soul transmigrated to another world. A life as fragile as grass, struggling just to survive. I drifted through more than a decade in a daze. I understood the world and pursued profit, abandoning fame. Fame is worth less than a dog. What matters is attaining the Great Dao. My name is Leng Qiu. In my previous life, I was an orphan. I dated someone in high school, but we broke up soon after. To distance herself from me, that girl told the principal I had har 17Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 102 莱 The Soul of Laie 莱厄之魂 The Purely Black One纯黑之人Urban162k WordsCompleted How vast is the world, and what does puny humanity amount to in its eyes? A young man seeking the meaning of human existence gradually comes to understand, through constantly taking from others to make up for his own shortcomings, that the meaning of life lies in continual self-improvement. When he can change the world, his life will have meaning. 37Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 103 冰 The First Book by Bingleng De Gouliang 冰冷的狗粮的第1本书 Cold Dog Food冰冷的狗粮Eastern Fantasy211k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 492Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 104 道 Fellow Daoist! Join My Imperial Banner and Plot for Eternal Life 道友！入我人皇幡共谋长生 A Mayfly Gazing at the Sky蜉蝣望天Eastern Fantasy231k WordsCompleted Mortal cultivation + killing-focused + no heroine + dark themes +++ the protagonist is extremely cautious For Mu Changsheng, anything is fair game if it makes him stronger. He wouldn’t hesitate to slaughter every world in existence. Mu Changsheng uses a mortal body as cultivation material and his soul as a magical treasure. To grow stronger and live forever, he can cast everything aside. (Dark themes: he uses souls and flesh as fuel to grow stronger.) 65Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 105 怎 How Could You Mistake Me for the Villain? Then I’ll Truly Take on the Role 怎么误会我是反派？那我真上岗了 Yuan Li原李Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing [Coming-of-age] [Warning: triple-identity spy ⚠️] [The three identities come after four instances] [Lone Wolf, no male-gaze content] [The protagonist is pursued early on, extreme protagonist stans, back off!] [Fictional setting with a realistic feel] The “Carnival Paradise” arrives and gradually devours the real world in the form of a game. Zhu Yan unexpectedly awakens the talent “Impersonation” and becomes one of the first closed-beta players. He thought he could safely build up his strength, 105kReads9.4Score15.7kShelves
6. 106 都 Everyone Wants Me to Save the World, but I'm Really the Mastermind 都让我救世，可我真是幕后黑手啊 Xunlu Qingyu寻鹭倾羽Urban234k WordsCompleted [No female lead + fake mastermind] He awakens from a deep slumber and discovers he has returned to Guixu, which he had left in others' hands after giving up and washing his hands of everything. A bunch of people are slacking off, clocking out the moment their shifts end. Asked who came up with the idea, every one of them denies responsibility, with a perfectly good excuse. Bottle Maiden: “My lord, you know me. I usually don't clock out on time. I just find a way to take leave or sneak out early. 832Reads7.0Score201Shelves
7. 107 啥 What? I Have a Split Personality? Why the Hell Didn't You Tell Me Sooner! 啥，我有双重人格我去你不早说！ An Mo'er安墨儿Urban177k WordsOngoing [No romance + lighthearted and witty + no System + corruption + villain + dual personality + undercover agent + high intelligence + two endings + ensemble cast] (Note: At first, the protagonist is kind-hearted and aloof. After his corruption, he becomes an elegant, fun-loving villain.) Human? Beacon? Or darkspawn? Yun Jin is a Beacon, but for some reason, he is also a “darkspawn.” He becomes a member of the Radiance Division and is invited to become one of the core members of the [Severed Fate S 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   In the early stage, the protagonist looks like a high-IQ academic who is always smiling, but in fact, he is one of the evil organizations in charge of killing and decisive. He has many vests, no cp, and it is pure fun to watch. The author said that in the later stage, he will go dark and destroy the world😋

8. 108 家 My Family Was Slaughtered, So I Became a Bomb-Mad Maniac! 家人惨死，我化身炸弹狂人！ Second Young Master Yan闫二少Urban168k WordsCompleted Don't let the rating fool you. It's fake!!! They abused my wife and accidentally beat my daughter to death. My wife was driven into depression and jumped from a building. In a single night, I lost my family, and then they threatened me to keep quiet. They thought their influence was so great that I couldn't fight them. But as one bombing and murder case after another unfolded, those people who basked in the sunlight began to panic... 90Reads8.1Score—Shelves
9. 109 异 A Long Journey in Another World 异界旅途漫漫 The Mountain Moon Knows Not of You山月不知君Eastern Fantasy970k WordsOngoing [No System + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + No Brain-Dead Characters + Fast-Paced + Pure Romance] I’m dedicated to creating a different kind of world and bringing everyone a fresh new thrill, along with a more realistic experience! The rain fell without letup, day after gloomy day. Beneath the curtain of rain... Travelers from another world, I’d like you to finish this terrible game of chess for me. Anyone can be a chess piece, anyone can be sacrificed. All living beings are players in this ga 4.6kReads—Score291Shelves

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   How about trying this book? Absolutely immortal! The further back you look, the more exciting it becomes! Every starting story and character appearance are interconnected by ultimate cause and effect. I would like to recommend to my family what I consider to be one of the most beautiful novels about another world. It has a high-octane plot, logical and harmonious ingenuity, and ultimate aesthetic skills. It is definitely the most worth-read novel this year.

10. 110 什 What Do You Mean I Became a World-Ending Urban Legend? 什么叫我成了灭世级怪谈？ Wild, Bold, Cool, and Flashy Shark狂拽酷炫鲨Mystery236k WordsOngoing [No Female Lead] [Mild Horror] [Turns Into a False Person in One Chapter] [The Protagonist Is a Pure Monster] Su Yuan transmigrated to a bizarre world rife with danger. Here, everything from horror legends had become real: false people, vengeful spirits, old gods hidden beneath the ocean... And an official organization lurking in everyday life: the Cleanup Bureau. This was an age of despair. With urban legends becoming reality, ordinary people could hardly fight back, and even the authorities we 340.6kReads8.3Score57.5kShelves
11. 111 邪 The Evil God Is Stunned: Are These Players Even Stranger Than Me? 邪神懵了：这群玩家比我还诡异？ I'm a Pastry Pro我时糕手Eastern Fantasy804k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to a world overrun by the uncanny, Lin En discovers that he has become a backwater fake god, his divine power depleted and his existence about to fade away. Outside the church, indescribable monsters are pounding on the door. The desperate countdown has begun. To save himself, Lin En grits his teeth and fabricates a full-dive VR game called Ancient Gods Awaken, summoning a group of hardcore players from Blue Star to serve as his followers. He thought the players would cower 598kReads8.9Score109.9kShelves
12. 112 警 Warning! The Evil God's Followers Are Storming the Horror Instance 警告！邪神眷属正在杀入诡异副本 Fickle World Fungus世事无常真菌Mystery762k WordsOngoing Weird dungeons + livestreaming + lighthearted + no pressure (no couples, no romantic tension). Successfully adapted into a live-action series and a comic, so enjoy with confidence. Weird dungeons descend upon the world, randomly selecting players and leaving everyone in a state of panic. Then Qi Xie, a follower of an Evil God, enters a dungeon and immediately breaks down sobbing! Heavens above! Who knows how many haunted houses he’s slept in and how many mass graves he’s dug up just to keep that 152.5kReads8.9Score23.8kShelves
13. 113 我 I Have a Hypnosis App for Female Ghosts 我有一个女鬼催眠APP As Long as the Green Hills Remain苟得青山在Mystery479k WordsOngoing Qin Ming meant to download a hypnosis game app, but ended up with a female ghost hypnosis app instead. As he gazed at the app’s dazzling array of female ghosts he could romance, then watched one actually appear in the real world, he fell silent. If he wanted to stay alive, he had no choice but to romance the female ghosts! Female Ghost Hypnosis App: Activate! 305.4kReads8.5Score42.3kShelves
14. 114 诡 Eerie: A Dog from the Start, Gear You Scavenge 诡异：开局一条狗，装备全靠捡 I Love Watching the Show我爱围观Mystery915k WordsOngoing [The rating just came in, and it will rise later] [Apocalyptic Awakening] [Stat-Allocation Sequence] [Horror Survival] [Extreme Combat Style] Terror descends upon the world, and a Black Tide begins to devour cities. The uncanny, demons, monsters, forbidden artifacts... Human life is as worthless as grass. People struggle to survive by any means. In an apocalypse of endless terror, the only way to stay alive is to awaken and become part of a Transcendent Sequence! Others awaken as doctors, surviv 399.7kReads8.5Score43.4kShelves
15. 115 妖 Demons and Evil Spirits? They’re Clearly All Auspicious Omens! 妖魔邪祟？明明都是祥瑞！ Someone's Coming, Run!有人来了快跑Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Evil spirit from the start] [Eerie cultivation] [Recruiting demons] [Sheltering humanity] [Believers’ delusions] [No female lead] Chen Zhou transmigrated to a bizarre world teeming with demons and rampant evil spirits. Demons slaughtered humans, specters preyed on them, immortals devoured them. Monsters ran amok, evil spirits wreaked havoc, gods and Buddhas had fallen, and humanity was in decline. Fortunately, Chen Zhou hadn’t transmigrated as a human either. He started out as an evil spirit 56kReads8.8Score5.8kShelves
16. 116 序 Fate Sequence, Yet They Call Me the Primordial Calamity 序列命运，可他们叫我最初灾厄 Cyberpunk Old Spring赛博朋克老泉水Urban804k WordsOngoing [Creating Monsters] [Creating the Supernatural] [No female lead] They all say I am calamity itself. My name is Zhao Jin. What I love most is rummaging through the piles of discarded history for strange, forgotten legends, then bringing them to life. An age without the supernatural? Then I'll create it myself. When the first monster burst from the ground, the world thought it was a natural disaster. When the second arrived, they began to panic. By the time the seventh and eighth swept across t 145.6kReads8.6Score22kShelves
17. 117 人 I'm in America, Faking a Reincarnation Space 人在美利坚，我伪造轮回空间 Li Gongde from Xiaokang Village小康村的李功德Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [Building a Lord God] + [Behind-the-scenes] + [Infinite Flow] + [Dark] + [Ensemble cast] “This world had no god until I came along.” After transmigrating to a parallel Blue Star, in America, and spending half a year there, I thought I could live well in the legendary land of opportunity. But it turned out to be heaven for the rich and hell for the poor. I go to school during the day and wash dishes at night. Life is miserable, but luckily I inherited a dilapidated divine realm and the authority 32.9kReads8.0Score3.7kShelves
18. 118 我 My Personality Is Great at Acting [Card Roleplay] 我的人格超会演【卡牌扮演】 Fireworks Meow Meow烟火喵喵Mystery682k WordsOngoing Modern supernatural horror, aimed at women but with a male protagonist and no romance, ensemble cast, secret identities, and rule-based infinite survival. In the tenth year after the supernatural horrors descended upon Earth, a young man raised by these horrors opened a weapons shop with his own hard work and settled down to enjoy his retirement. But he was unexpectedly bound to a secret-identity System, which ordered him to gain fame by playing his various secret identities and help the world’s 97.6kReads9.2Score16.6kShelves
19. 119 颠 Turning the World Upside Down: Playing the Villain from the Start 颠覆全球：开局扮演反派大佬 Blazing Heavenly Inquiry炽生天问Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Shen Yan transmigrates to a parallel world. As soon as he arrives, he falls into a strange dimension. Everyone who falls in here is slaughtered by alien creatures, dying in despair! Luckily, at this moment, Shen Yan obtains the Super Big Shot Role-Playing System. “Ding! Randomly drawing a big shot template. Big Shot Role-Playing Mode activated. The closer you are to the character, the more abilities you can unlock.” Make people believe the character is real, and you’ll earn Subversion Points. Th 27kReads9.4Score2.8kShelves
20. 120 反 Villain: Slaughtering My Way Through Another World to Rule It All 反派：杀穿异界一统天下 Mo Kai魔凯Eastern Fantasy107k WordsOngoing (Chinese-Style Western Fantasy + Political Intrigue + No System + Harem of Over Ten Women + Cunning Villain Protagonist) In this world, the “yao” are supreme, while the lesser races of “demons, ghosts, and monsters” can only eke out a place for themselves in the cracks. Why should my demon race be considered inferior to the yao? Why should the yao, who have no abilities at all, rule this world? I refuse to accept it! I'm going to change things! So I stripped the skin from the heir to power, put 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This male protagonist is the villain

21. 121 我 I Became Awesome Through Technology 我靠科技开始牛掰 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [No System] [Villain in the Later Chapters] [Immortal-Sucking Technique] [Soul Devouring] [Fast Leveling] A scientist transmigrates to the cultivation world and gradually transforms from a good person into a demonic cultivator. 279Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommended quality books, millions of words

22. 122 解 Dissociator: Financial Bullets 解离者：金融子弹 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Mystery167k WordsCompleted Rick takes on a covert chain of missions spanning three continents: assassinate the key figures in charge of five ports. At the same time, he uses the hedge fund behind his client to make a killing, sending his personal wealth skyrocketing. Danger follows close behind. Britain’s MI5 and Interpol trace the clues back to Rick, reopening last year’s unsolved assassination cases and quietly closing their international dragnet around him. The unlikely alliance between assassination and capital stirs 409Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I don't think it's dark, the concept itself is the label. People who should be in the rational camp and see through the hypocrisy.

23. 123 解 The Dissociator: A Black Comedy of Errors 解离者：黑色幽默大事件 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Mystery165k WordsCompleted No formulaic power fantasies! Worldbuilding-driven, realist mystery, where evidence is just the final nail needed to make things official. The second installment in the Dissociator series. This is a story about a killer! A killer and a detective, willing to get their hands dirty. Dissociation is a symptom of detachment following trauma. It is commonly associated with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) or dissociative disorders. The mind breaks free from pain, the body escapes the dust of 160Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 124 复 The Revenge Concerto 复仇协奏曲 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Mystery272k WordsCompleted No formulaic power fantasies! A worldbuilding-driven, realistic mystery where evidence is just the final nail in the procedural coffin. The first book in the Dissociator series. This is a story about a killer! A killer and a detective, willing to do the dirty work. Dissociation is a symptom of detachment following trauma. It is commonly associated with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) or dissociative disorders. The mind dissociates from pain; the body breaks free from the dust. The Ame 612Reads—Score105Shelves
25. 125 不 Oh No! I’ve Become the Big Villain 不好！我成了大反派 Le Tu乐吐Eastern Fantasy109k WordsOngoing Lu Ge used to be a street thug, but he unexpectedly transmigrated into a world of cultivation and became the young master of a clan about to be slaughtered by a Son of Fortune. The original young master was gentle and refined, but everyone saw him as a coward. He lost his fiancée, who betrayed him, and his entire clan was wiped out. He became nothing more than a stepping stone for the Son of Fortune. Reborn as Lu Ge, he awakens the Fortune Plundering System. Can he break free of the chains of fa 38Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Relaxing, funny and tearful: Lu Ge is reborn as a young master of a small family who is about to be trampled to death by the son of destiny. As a villain, he has low cultivation, and is faced with the betrayal of his child bride and the massacre of his family. Let's see how he comes back from adversity and steps up his own path to immortality!!!!!!

26. 126 我 There’s a Ghost Inside Me 我的体内有只鬼 A Black-Inked Blade一柄墨刀Mystery3.5M WordsCompleted Vengeful ghosts awaken, and a hundred ghosts roam the night. Jiang Xiao transmigrates into this world for no apparent reason and finds himself surrounded by demons and monsters. But then he discovers that his shadow can devour ghosts without limit and gain their abilities. [Successfully devoured the White Mist Ghost. Ability acquired: Mist Form] [Successfully devoured the Hanging Ghost. Ability acquired: Shackles] [Successfully devoured the Bronze Ghost. Ability acquired: Copper Skin] [Successfu 23.6kReads9.3Score2.9kShelves

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    I was guarded because of my ability, and ended up in the dark camp. I always wanted to be a good person, but everyone was forcing me, thinking that I should be bad, so I will do what you want.

27. 127 恶 Betrayed by the Demon Princess? I’ll Become a Zerg Calamity 恶魔公主背叛？我即化身虫族天灾 I Don't Like Mung Bean Porridge不爱吃绿豆粥Urban105k WordsOngoing [Pure exhilaration, takes off by chapter three, villain protagonist, high martial arts, supernatural powers, beast taming, supreme ruler, invincible, anti-cliché, no System, no female lead, plot-driven, hard-hitting fights, decisive and ruthless, no saintly protagonist, insectoid disaster, devouring evolution] My name is Bai Ziye. I got lucky on my way out one day and was born into this world where everyone tames beasts. Here, residents of the outer city are all given one chance to form a contra —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Kill decisively, not the Holy Mother, crazy Zerg, cannibalism and killing without ink marks

28. 128 末 Doomsday: A Survival Manual for Society's Outcasts 末日：社会边缘人的生存手则 Star Words, Stranger Words星言陌言Sci-Fi & Apocalypse357k WordsOngoing (No System, no invincibility, no saintly heroine, no special abilities, no harem, no formulaic plot, not a power fantasy, natural disasters, dark apocalypse) The old order ended with the howls of the undead hordes. Humanity's hope was ground to dust beneath a towering tree of flesh and blood. Among these shattered ruins, struggle and rebirth are the only laws left to all living things. With every rule and shackle rendered meaningless, people on the fringes of society like me no longer have to hi 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    (No system, no invincibility, no Holy Mother, no supernatural powers, no harem, no routines, no unhappy writing, natural disasters of life, dark apocalypse) The old order ended with the roar of the zombie tide. Humanity's hope was crushed into powder by the towering flesh-and-blood mother tree. On this collapsed ruins, struggle and rebirth are the only rules for all living beings. When all the rules and shackles become false, people on the margins of society like me finally no longer have to pretend to be distorted. Under the baptism of doomsday, the confusion I once had was completely torn apart - my name is Wu Xu, and I awaken here. From now on, it's my turn to judge the world. (The protagonist I will write about will be a villain. Please watch with caution. Don't enter if you don't like it.) [I know you want to see darkness. The story is currently in the early stages, which means the progress is less than 20%. The darkness in the story is gradual. I hope readers will be patient. There must be darkness. Please rest assured. (ゝω´★)

29. 129 崩 Honkai Impact 3rd: Merging with the Cocoon of Finality to Conquer the Myriad Worlds 崩坏：融合终焉之茧征战诸天万界 Blue Calla Lily蓝百合花Anime Fanfiction90k WordsOngoing [Honkai + Yuri + Battles Across the Myriad Worlds + Ruthless Villain Protagonist] Also known as: This World Was Never Beautiful The ultimate protagonist lineup: Cocoon of Finality, Imaginary Tree, Sea of Quanta, and the Aeon of Nihility. Empty, empty, empty... Sirin, killed by Otto’s explosion, opened her eyes again and found herself back at the place where she had first seen God. God watched her silently, saying nothing and showing no anger at her failure. To God, humanity’s struggle between li 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Honkai is considered the dark camp.

30. 130 别 Stop Following Me, My Whole Family Are Psychopathic Killers 别跟踪了，我全家都是变态杀人狂 Gou Erhe狗二河Mystery155k WordsOngoing Lin Mo: I'm just an ordinary teacher. Don't follow me home or hurt my family. Blond punk: I heard you have a daughter. I'm coming over to your place! Lin Mo: Oh. Then I'm a psychopathic serial killer. Wait, my whole family is... A family made up entirely of psychopathic serial killers collides with an underground criminal gang! The June 18 serial murders in Qianjiang City lead to a grisly serial dismemberment case at a textile mill from eight years ago! A suspect comes into the police's sights, 5Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    The content is in line with the introduction, and it is dark. The protagonist's family is all sick. Their daughter was a little confused at first, but later she thought that her parents killing someone for her was a sign of love for her. Later, when the protagonist and his wife killed someone, the daughter came back, and it was completely dark.

31. 131 综 Horror Crossover: But I Have a Multiverse Gacha System 综恐：但有万界抽奖系统 Northwest Mao Jin Dao西北卯金刀Anime Fanfiction135k WordsOngoing Maoyang transmigrates to the Sakura Kingdom on Blue Star, a parallel world. The bad news: this world is full of strange phenomena, and it seems to be one giant horror crossover. The good news: he gains the Myriad Worlds Transmigration System. By killing strange beings, he can draw prizes from the Myriad Worlds and obtain cultivation techniques, bloodlines, and talents! - Urban legends (Mountain Thing) (Tilted-Head Woman) (Human-Faced Dog) (Daruma Doll Woman) (Highway Granny)… - Night Parade of a 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Let's read the new book

32. 132 诸 The Bloodwing Cult Master of the Myriad Worlds 诸天万界之血翼教主 Lü Bu Battles Li Yuanba吕布大战李元霸Male-Channel Fanfiction542k WordsOngoing The protagonist, Zhou Yuan, binds himself to the Myriad Worlds Cult Leader System. He had planned to transmigrate into a famous wish-fulfillment novel and rise to the top, but instead he accidentally lands in Zhongzhou and inherits the legacy of the Immortal Venerable's first life: the Bloodwing Demon Cult. Joining forces with Wuji, he breaks through the barriers between worlds and explores the Myriad Worlds! (Three new arcs have since been added: the Cangwu Cultivation Realm, the One Piece worl 3.7kReads—Score141Shelves

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