There Aren't Any More Dark, Ruthless Novels on Tomato Reading with Smart Protagonists Who Never Hold Back 番茄己经没有了黑暗流杀伐果断主角智商在线的书了

1. 101 末 Doomsday: The Road to Ruin 末日绝途 Mayfly Spring and Autumn蜉蝣春秋Sci-Fi & Apocalypse4.5M WordsOngoing Blue rain began to fall from the sky. Unknown monsters suddenly descended upon this world. Human society collapsed in an instant. No cheats, no protagonist's halo, no spiritual qi revival! Every step we take leads us closer to despair! To those who died at the very beginning of the apocalypse, I envy you, because you never had to experience a despair more despairing than death. My name is Chen Ge. I will witness the coming of the apocalypse. 60.4kReads8.9Score4kShelves
2. 102 诡 Proving Immortality in a Bizarre Apocalypse 诡谲末世证长生 Mozi Wan莫子丸Sci-Fi & Apocalypse459k WordsOngoing (Lone-wolf cultivation + no female lead + decisive and ruthless + Chinese-style Cthulhu + original Backrooms-like dungeons + myriad realms) “The moon” “impostors” “animated ██████”... The spiritual energy in this world is actually self-aware!??? Rules twist, the uncanny pours in... Look! The things in the sky... they're all alive, hahahahahahaha!! memetic contamination ███████? I don't want to save ███... I just want to... survive.!! Escape this! Damn! cage!! ? (Note: The overa 917Reads6.5Score—Shelves

   Reader note

   Anti-human, solo cultivation, breaking through realms to survive, apocalypse of various worlds + original harem-like dungeon.

3. 103 死 A Death Game? How Interesting! How Very Interesting! 死亡游戏？有趣！有趣啊！ Coffee Pigeon咖啡鸽鸽Sci-Fi & Apocalypse189k WordsOngoing (Neither kind nor evil) (Apocalypse + game + gods + darkness + somewhat slow pacing + self-serving protagonist, no female lead + the protagonist is bizarre. What kind of egg are you, Xie Linyuan? (Important) The author hadn't found their footing in the first thirty-plus chapters, so the writing is rather rough. You can skip them if you like. If you don't enjoy the fairy-tale arc, you can jump straight to Chapter 63.) On December 6, 3055, perhaps by the will of the gods, an apocalypse descended w 19Reads—Score—Shelves

   Reader note

   "My name is Xie Linyuan, and I'm a madman." If you like post-apocalyptic themes and games, check this out; the quality speaks for itself. [Shy]

4. 104 万 The Record of Ten Thousand Souls 万华百魂录 Just Keep Living只要活下去Eastern Fantasy244k WordsOngoing Transmigration from birth, no System, high martial arts, fantasy, fairly brutal, and the protagonist is a little unhinged! A fellow transmigrator looked at the exceedingly polite Gu Yun and asked in confusion: “System, is this guy the Child of Destiny? Why does he look like a villain?” “Ding! System scan in progress!” A moment later, Gu Yun’s status panel appeared! Name: Gu Yun Titles: Kin-Eater / Schizophrenic! Transmigrator (unconfirmed), master alchemist, personal disciple of the Wanhua Sect 22Reads—Score—Shelves

   Reader note

   Absolutely ruthless and decisive

5. 105 港 Hong Kong Crime Saga: Dark Refinement of the Heavens from the Start 港综开局，邪炼诸天 Resonating with Birds与鸟共鸣Mystery891k WordsOngoing Meng Chuxing gazes into the heavens, searching for his own path to destruction. But the Great Dao stretches on endlessly. When will he ever reach the end? As for his own creed, it goes like this: Within the Myriad Souls Banner, ten thousand ghosts wail in sorrow. Passersby hear them in terror. Go forth to exorcise demons, and return from death with your life restored. With an evil treasure in hand, I wield its fearsome power. Fellow Daoists, do not rush. I shall ensure you all come here for a li 3.1kReads5.6Score199Shelves

   Reader note

   Is there any Shennong (a legendary figure known for his insightful commentary) who could offer their opinion? I'd love to read it and leave a review. [Smirking emoji]

6. 106 都 The Ruler of the City 都市君临天下 A Sprig of Xuan一枝轩Urban2.6M WordsCompleted That year, snow fell across the world. Just as she was at the height of her beauty and renown, she faded away. He went on to become an unrivaled general! He remembered saying he would marry her. In life or in death! 1.5kReads7.9Score—Shelves

   Reader note

   The ultimate urban fantasy novel, no harem, no playing the fool to outsmart others, read it three times.

7. 107 傀 Puppet Slander: Can I Still Become a Person in This Life? 傀谤【此生我还能做成一个人吗】 Ke Ma珂码Eastern Fantasy80k WordsOngoing This book opens with an intense sense of crisis and dread. [Not mindless + dark and oppressive themes + a somewhat slow start + not mindless power fantasy + no invincible protagonist + an ensemble cast + intense conflict] (Also known as Can I Be Human Again in This Life? I’m not even sure whether the protagonist is human at the beginning. That depends on how you look at it.) My soul inhabits a corpse, and I awaken in the Yin Realm. The original owner was ambushed on his wedding day, and died wit 2Reads—Score—Shelves

   Reader note

   The opening is intense, but is the protagonist even human?

8. 108 狂 The Knockout: Gao Qiqiang Calls Me the Godfather of Jinghai 狂飙：高启强叫我京海教父 Shaking the Heavens撼天阙Male-Channel Fanfiction3.2M WordsOngoing [A dark, satisfying story with a decisive lead and no tormenting the protagonist] Also known as [Godfather of Jinghai: Killing An Xin from the Start] Zhang Yaoyang is reborn into the world of The Knockout. Armed with his knowledge of the plot, he snatches Chen Shuting from under An Xin's nose from the start, kills An Xin, poaches Meng Yu, and makes full use of every resource in Jinghai. Using Jinghai as his base, he sets his sights on the whole world. PS1: Readers who favor saintly protagonists —Reads—Score—Shelves

   Reader note

   You can't possibly get out of here. I guarantee that once you slip into this novel, you're not going anywhere. It's absolutely super, incredibly, explosively good!

9. 109 末EN King of the Apocalypse! 末世之王！ Two Taels of Wine a Day一天二两酒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.8M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Rebirth + Stockpiling Supplies + Evolving Zombies + Violent Aesthetics] Lin Dong is reborn on the eve of a terrifying apocalypse, and gains a storage space. A normal person would stockpile huge amounts of supplies, food, and water. But Lin Dong buys vast quantities of raw meat and fresh blood. Because... he is about to become a zombie! Flesh and blood are the source of a zombie's power. As long as it eats meat, it can keep evolving. A zombie fed on plenty of flesh grows at a terrif 77kReads9.3Score6.4kShelves
10. 110 我 I Practice the Devouring Method in One Piece, Sacrificing the Myriad Heavens to Grow Stronger 我在海贼修吞噬法，献祭诸天变强 Unrivaled in Calamity杀劫无双Anime Fanfiction214k WordsCompleted [Cultivating the Swallowed Star method from the start] [Ruthless] [No saintly heroics] [Will do anything to grow stronger] [Otherworldly Demon] [Slaughtering the Myriad Worlds] Wei Yuan begins by cultivating the Swallowed Star method. He can grow stronger by sacrificing the origins of worlds throughout the heavens. Taking on the form of an Otherworldly Demon, he begins his journey of sacrificing worlds across the myriad realms. Sacrifice the Pirate King world and gain the Clone Talent and the re 546Reads6.9Score108Shelves

    Reader note

    Absolutely matches the title

11. 111 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
12. 112 以 With the Power of AI, I Become a Demonic Path Tycoon! 以AI之力，化身魔道巨擘！ Saturn's Rings Will Fall土星环会坠落Eastern Fantasy905k WordsOngoing [No Female Lead + Not a Do-Gooder + Invincible Among His Peers + Self-Serving + Decisive and Ruthless + Unpredictably Unhinged + Flexible Moral Boundaries] The Way of Heaven takes from those who have too much and gives to those who have too little. The way of man takes from those who have too little and gives to those who have too much. The way of Gu Xia takes what others lack or have in excess and gives it to himself, whether he has enough or not. Gu Xia transmigrates into the body of a poo 7.3kReads8.0Score738Shelves
13. 113 开 Ten Thousand Deaths from the Start, and My Little Paper Doll Turns into a Blood Paper Doll 开局死亡一万次，小纸人变血纸人 Immortal of Erxian Bridge二仙桥仙人Urban386k WordsCompleted [Reborn + Simulator + Corruption-Style Evolution + Antagonist Side Character + No Female Lead] (There are a few female side characters, but they're all just plot devices. If that bothers you, don't read.) This is another world where beast taming is paramount. Ordinary people with “no talent,” “no blessing,” and “no team” are destined to remain ordinary their whole lives. Xide was one such ordinary passerby. In his previous life, he went to unimaginable lengths to gain powerful abilities, eve 121Reads8.2Score—Shelves
14. 114 正 I Was a Righteous Cultivator, Until One Day I Became a Demon God 正道修士的我，某天成为魔神 Late Autumn in Jiangnan九月江南晚Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Immortal cultivation + fantasy + supreme demonic cultivator + reborn in another body + no System + decisive and ruthless + heartless demon + fictional universe] For eighteen years, Gu Yuan was a direct disciple of the Sword Venerable of the Heavenly Sword Sect. Blessed with outstanding talent, he devoted himself to guarding the Demon Cave for his sect for years. Time passed, and when he finally returned, everything had changed. His master abandoned him, his senior and junior sisters despised hi 1.1kReads7.3Score101Shelves
15. 115 人 Human Emperor Banner: Fellow Daoists, Help Me Become an Immortal 人皇幡：请道友助我成仙 Onion-Skin Yazi洋葱皮牙子Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless + insect control + soul refinement + cultivation + no female lead] Volume One, Li Yi: “Since leaving the mountain, I have slain tiger demons, taken in refugees, established a source base, aided Qingmu, slain fox demons, and saved hundreds of thousands of people.” “I campaigned across foreign lands, wiped out a million of another race, expanded our territory, and stepped over piles of corpses to establish my foundation. Ten thousand cultivators came to congratulate me.” Vol 1.2kReads7.3Score105Shelves
16. 116 天 The Fated Villain: Born to Be the Taboo of All Heavens 天命反派：我生来就是诸天禁忌 Mr. Liu, the Epitome of Refinement温文尔雅刘先生Eastern Fantasy598k WordsOngoing In the final great calamity, three thousand people chosen by fate were trapped with no way out. Shen Changsheng escaped against all odds with the Supreme Cauldron, crossed the river of time, and returned to eight hundred years earlier. Reborn, he began as the eldest son of a tiny fourth-rate family in the lower realm, becoming an outcast who swam against the current. With the reason and determination of a true demon, along with confidence and self-awareness, he rose to power by force. He lived f 279Reads5.8Score—Shelves
17. 117 不 Bro, You Call This Grinding Proficiency? 不是哥们，你管这叫刷熟练度？ Something Easy to Remember好记一点Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [No heroine] [No romance] [Decisive killer] [Slow burn] He is the destroyer of races, the breaker of organizations, the nightmare of major institutions, the destroyer of the world... Lu Hao. Lu Hao: I’m not. I didn’t. I’m just grinding proficiency. You call that grinding proficiency? Lu Hao sighed. They had touched my one sore spot. What’s your sore spot? Myself. 692Reads6.0Score106Shelves
18. 118 我 I Became an Immortal Through Slaughter 我以杀戮成仙 Thunder Today, No Rain今天打雷不下雨Eastern Fantasy205k WordsOngoing [Villain + ruthless and decisive + no female lead + no humanity + selfish and self-serving] The line between the righteous path and the demonic path is only a single thought. In his previous life, Lin Shi slaughtered the people of the Southern Region. He fused his own killing intent with their resentment to forge a strange weapon: the Asura. But in the end, the righteous factions joined forces to hunt him down, and he died with bitter regrets. Fortunately, he got another chance at life, and the —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 119 无 Infinite Divine Tower: I Can Get Hints 无限神塔之我能获得提示 Hao Bu Lie好不咧Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [Decisive and Ruthless, Not a Do-Gooder + No Heroine, No Romance + Infinite Flow + Entirely Original Dungeons + No Deadweight] A pure Infinite Flow story, with carefully written dungeons. The early chapters have a few flaws, and the cheat doesn't play a very prominent role. He once unearthed a hidden secret in a medieval castle, He once searched for his true self in a hostile world, He once stood atop a mountain of swords and swung his blade at the Sword God, He once embraced the unspeakable in 481Reads6.5Score—Shelves
20. 120 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
21. 121 别 Everyone Else Gets Reborn in the City, While You Want to Speedrun the Evil Path? 别人都市重生，你要邪道速通？ Peace and Lasting Joy独安长乐Urban133k WordsOngoing [Modern high martial arts + pure wish fulfillment + ruthless and decisive + starts off killing + Villain + leveling up + System + heretical path + invincible + no female lead, just Palus] Zhong Gu transmigrates into a high martial arts world and becomes the bottom-ranked student at Star Ring Academy. The martial path is governed by fate, and Zhong Gu’s destiny is to be a Villain! As a Villain by destiny, his former self was bullied by the male lead and tricked by the female lead. They were even 7Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 122 无 The Ruthless Seeker of the Dao 无情寻道者 Immortal of Eternal Life永生仙Eastern Fantasy121k WordsOngoing (No female lead!) (Scheming) (Ruthless) (Dark) (Partly wish-fulfillment) (If it's not your thing, please don't flame me) In this dark world, the strong survive while the weak can only crawl along at the bottom. Every choice is driven by self-interest. After a young man happens upon a mysterious book, he becomes a cultivator and sets out from a small village, stopping at nothing and casting aside all principles in pursuit of an endless path to the Dao. (The first few chapters are slow, then thing 1Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 123 究 The Ultimate Guide to Biological Evolution 究极生物进化指南 Tadpole Mouse No. 11号蝌蚪鼠Male-Channel Fanfiction845k WordsCompleted Natural evolution can be summed up in one word: failure. Now, I’m going to redefine success! Reborn into a new life as an alien creature, Fan Yiming declares that he won’t be human this time. He’ll transmigrate between worlds, plundering everything and evolving into the ultimate being. The Water Monster: Gains [Titanium Mesh Muscles] [Crystalline Composite Skeleton] [Amphibious Lungs] The Eight-Legged Monster: Gains [Specialized Fiber Jumping Legs] [Vibration-Sensing Cilia] [High-Pressure Jet Sa 791Reads7.3Score102Shelves
24. 124 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

    Reader note

    These books are all very good.

25. 125 善 I'm So Kind, Yet Somehow I Evolved into the Very Opposite of Everything 善良如我，竟进化成了一切的反面 True Lord of Benevolence, Filial Piety, Kindness, and Virtue至仁至孝至善至德真君Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsOngoing Guess which one on the cover is the protagonist? [Devouring Evolution + Ruthless + No Romance] “Bastard! I’ll never forgive the one who made this world weep!” 1.1kReads6.6Score110Shelves

    Reader note

    This book might be able to

26. 126 序EN Sequence: God Eater 序列：吃神者 No Brain, Just Cerebellum不要大脑要小脑Urban4.3M WordsOngoing [Tomato 2026 Male-Focused Fiction Most Popular Author, Ranked Number One] Published in print, quality guaranteed. An alternate high-martial world, ensemble cast and political intrigue, no nested plot twists, a slow-paced story with a grand setting. Readers all say it gets better the further you read. Giant birds swallow the sun, and all things undergo dramatic change. Strange, immortal gods, and humanity's superpowered sequences. Everyone wants to become a god in this world, but they have no ide 1MReads9.3Score123.9kShelves

    Reader note

    🌟🌟🌟Over 426,000 readers! 🌟🌟🌟A Cthulhu novel set in a post-apocalyptic world. The author's humorous writing style creates a striking contrast against the dark backdrop, making it engaging without being overly bleak. 💫💫💫Moreover, the characters are vividly portrayed, and the novel is filled with high-stakes intellectual battles, making it a rare and intellectually stimulating read. 💫💫💫

27. 127 这 This Cultivator Is Rather Cunning 这个修士有点心计 Cigarette Between the Fingers指间香烟Eastern Fantasy421k WordsOngoing This story focuses on schemes, suspense, and plot twists. If you enjoy this style, dive right in with confidence. Her family is wiped out, a bounty is placed on her head, and she is hunted down. She moves among the great clans, repeatedly teetering between life and death. When talent falls short, cunning makes up the difference. So what if I’m only at the Qi Refining stage? I can still scheme a Golden Core cultivator to death. So what if I have a crippled spiritual root? I can still join a major 103Reads6.9Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    A fantasy drama of wits and strategy, plotting and breaking through stalemates, no female lead, decisive and ruthless, no filler or overly sentimental characters.

28. 128 魔 The Demonic Cultivator Sacrifices All Living Beings 魔修祭众生 Half-Mad Drunkard半疯的酒鬼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse227k WordsOngoing [Dark story + blood-path demonic cultivator + no female lead + modern technology combined with demonic cultivation + not mindless + pursues eternal life by any means necessary + everyone is smart] In troubled times, heroes rise up everywhere. I had no intention of fighting for dominion over the world, but the people are suffering. So when the realm descends into chaos, a demonic cultivator emerges. 25Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    Even more monstrous than the Great Love Immortal Venerable, the protagonist is a pure dark demonic cultivator. On the surface, he's a hero who saves a wealthy heiress, but in reality, he uses a mind-altering drug to take her virginity, erase her memories, and manipulates her, all to seize her resources. On the surface, he's the husband of a pregnant widow and a comrade-in-arms of a girl's deceased father, wanting to care for them and sacrificing precious elixirs and cultivation for the sake of the unborn child, but in reality, he needs to cultivate the pregnant woman into a mother-child blood fetus, intending to use the girl as a furnace. On the surface, he's his master's disciple, talented and persevering, able to unite his disciples and save the world, but in reality, he kills his master and slaughters his fellow disciples for the sake of inheritance and improving his own aptitude.

29. 129 最 The Retired Life of the World's Strongest Assassin 最强杀手的退休生活 Qin Yun, Who Loves Blue Hyssop喜欢蓝香芥的秦允Urban140k WordsOngoing Once the world’s number-one assassin, a god of slaughter whose name struck terror into everyone’s heart, he suddenly chose to retire for reasons unknown. He went into hiding in a small city and became an ordinary man, but after more than a decade as an assassin, he found it hard to fit into society. What was he supposed to do now??? 731Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    It's a dark urban novel featuring assassins; they're cold-blooded, not saintly, and start with an invincible character, without forced displays of power or face-slapping.

30. 130 玄 Xuanhuan: My More Children, More Blessings Are Different 玄幻：我的多子多福不一样 Homebody宅人Eastern Fantasy332k WordsOngoing [Lawless] [Utterly cold-blooded] [Decisive and ruthless] [Selfish] [System] Transmigrating with a System is practically standard. Wu Dao gazed at his More Children, More Blessings System, lost in thought. Tender concern? Deep devotion? A love shared by two? No. Wu Dao had a different idea of what more children, more blessings meant. “Too much trouble. I have a quicker, more convenient way.” Wu Dao murmured to himself. 371Reads5.7Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    Yes, brother, yes, that's it.

31. 131 仙 Chronicles of an Immortal Journey 仙游纪 Late Autumn Night清秋夜阑Eastern Fantasy728k WordsOngoing [Mortal’s Journey] [No System] [Slow Burn] By chance, he enters the world of cultivation, practices demonic arts, and follows the path of ghosts! He travels through myriad worlds, slays demons, and crushes evil, all to find his opportunities and attain carefree immortality! He walks the lonely road of cultivation. Looking back, he has trampled every cultivation method beneath his feet! 11Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 132 孤 A Solitary Seeker of the Dao 孤独的寻道 Egg Fried Rice Fried Rice Egg蛋炒饭炒饭蛋Urban3.3M WordsCompleted The Dao has died! The laws have begun to fade! Only techniques remain, reaching into every corner of the world. Ye Ming, the hated, ill-fated loner, suddenly discovers he has a grandfather. Then his grandfather takes him to a new world. His new book, Envying the Dao, is now online. 38.1kReads9.0Score3.1kShelves

    Reader note

    In the world of cultivation, the protagonist is decisive and ruthless, with his intelligence always on point. He doesn't follow the usual path and breaks the norm, sweeping away the dullness of Tomato's cultivation novels. It's so exciting to read, I highly recommend it!

33. 133 练 The First Book by Lian Wei Zhan 练为战的第1本书 Train for Battle练为战Eastern Fantasy154k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    [Immortal Venerables Surround and Kill! Demon Lord Falls, Yet Reborn in Another World?] A Xianxia Rebirth: "Demon Lord, Die!" Thunder roared across the sky as a stunningly beautiful immortal venerable hurled a scroll of myriad laws, while a nine-foot-tall strongman delivered a deadly palm strike. The black-robed youth's thousand clones shattered, his soul roaring as his flesh dissipated: "Why did the Spring Cicada Dance fail?!" Opening his eyes, he found himself in a strange world—a withered, wrinkled body, a rotting corpse lying beside him. The former Demon Lord Fang Yuan was now the dying hero Mo Juren! Memories surged: He had poisoned cultivators and suffered a backlash, his forty years old yet his body resembled an eighty-year-old withered tree. "This body… is a new life given to me by the Heavenly Dao!" A sharp light flashed in his cloudy pupils. As he staggered toward the second corpse, the mountain wind abruptly stopped: "Come out!" A cold glint flashed in the shadows... #HighEnergyTwist #DecisiveKilling (Past life Demon Lord x Present life Hero, see how the dual-souled old monster retraces his immortal path in the era of cultivation, click to witness defying fate↓↓)

34. 134 上 Home Massage Comes with a System 上门按摩有系统 Prajna Xiaoguo般若小果Urban261k WordsCompleted After her husband dies unexpectedly, Su Ling discovers a hidden compartment in a drawer while sorting through his belongings. A handgun, a USB drive, a phone... and a photo with a hole burned through it. Conspiracies, suspense, and a System: join the protagonist in solving the mystery. 76Reads7.1Score—Shelves
35. 135 修 Cultivating Immortality Begins as a Laborer 修仙从奴工开始 Prajna Xiaoguo般若小果Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted The path to immortality depends on resources and chance encounters. Liu Yang is a lone cultivator who starts out as a formation slave. How will he fight his way through one difficulty after another, carve out a path to survival, and stand at the pinnacle of cultivation? 800Reads8.4Score—Shelves
36. 136 生 No Hope of Survival 生还无期 Young Master Changle长乐公子Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [No CP, No Female Lead] + [Infinite Deaths and Resurrections] + [Superpower Awakening] + [Mind Games and Strategy] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Life in Review] The keywords of this book are “human nature,” “death games,” and “setting traps.” The thirteen characters who appear from the start all play important roles! Each has a distinct personality, and every one of them will have a major part to play later in the story. This book also features endless deaths, so if that’s not your thing, please read wit 8.1kReads9.3Score840Shelves

    Reader note

    This is amazing! Zuo Tang's scheme deceived and manipulated everyone; he even fooled himself. He's a truly ruthless person! 🔥🔥🔥

37. 137 风 Fortunes Rise in Macau, but the Road to Wealth Is a Little Rocky 风起澳门，暴富的道路有点坑 A Heart of Iron, a Temper Like Water铁心似水Urban1.2M WordsCompleted I was doing all right in the human world. Then, out of nowhere, I was dragged up to heaven, only to be kicked straight down into hell. Now I'm in hell, but my heart is in heaven. Going back to the human world is nothing but a distant dream... Gamblers want to win, but casinos don't want to lose either. In this vast world, people of every kind are busy, all scheming and calculating. A mountain is a mountain, and water is water. Then a mountain is no longer a mountain, and water is no longer water 6.7kReads8.9Score385Shelves
38. 138 入 After Ten Years in Prison, Who'd Still Risk Their Neck to Help a Stranger? 入狱十年，谁还见义勇为啊 Nine-Flower Evaporated Milk九花淡奶Urban3.1M WordsCompleted He’d done the right thing by standing up for someone, yet the school beauty’s family framed him for murder. After ten years in prison, Cao Kun returned to the night that had changed his fate, carrying with him countless secrets about their crimes. When he saw the school beauty’s mother being dragged into an alley again by three thugs, Cao Kun didn’t pick up a brick this time. He quietly pulled out his phone and started recording. “Madam, I wanted to be a good person too. You forced me into this… 113.5kReads8.9Score11.8kShelves

    Reader note

    [Add one to your bookshelf] My fellow readers, I'm totally hooked! I absolutely have to recommend "Reborn, So I'm Going to Have a Wild Time" to you all. The male lead is falsely accused and imprisoned for a hero's act, only to be reborn after ten years in jail—the contrast is off the charts! Carrying secrets from his past life, watch how he stirs up trouble in the city. The plot is fast-paced and exciting; once you start reading, you won't be able to put it down. You simply can't stop following the updates!

39. 139 永 Eternal Demon 永魔 Adding Ink to Continue the Story点墨续作Eastern Fantasy761k WordsOngoing Traditional cultivation. The protagonist is ruthless and merciless, no holier-than-thou hero, no heroine, dark fiction! No System!! If you want to become an immortal in the heavens, you must climb the road to immortality over the bones of others. This isn't AI-generated. I wrote it by hand!!! 3.2kReads5.4Score316Shelves

    Reader note

    A traditional cultivation-themed story, the protagonist is ruthless and decisive, willing to use any means to achieve his goals; he is cold-blooded, cunning, and utterly inhuman. No female lead, no system, and not a brainless or dark novel. [Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

40. 140 我 My Otherworldly Journey: Starting on the Chopping Block 我的异世界之旅：从砧板上开始 San Ran叁然Urban217k WordsOngoing Setting: 1. Core elements: dark fantasy, cloning, mutation, evolution, destruction, life sciences 2. Humans: ordinary people, people with supernatural abilities, and fake humans who are half human and half monster 3. Monsters: Black God monsters, human-faced ants, evil spirits, Enchanting Sky Corpses, corpse demons, and others 4. World setting: After a gamma-ray disaster strikes the otherworldly planet Biling, some people awaken supernatural abilities, some can overcome reproductive barriers 1Reads8.1Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    Dark Wind, Cthulhu, Not a Mother Teresa

41. 141 末 Doomsday Game: I Become a God Alone 末日游戏：我独自封神 In a Sea of Blood血海之中Sports210k WordsCompleted [Dark and ruthless] [No female lead] [Ding! The apocalypse game has arrived worldwide. The world has been digitized...] The gods cast their dice as the deities look down from a higher dimension. The apocalypse sweeps across the world, and humanity destroys itself in a bloodbath. Order crumbles, unleashing the darkness long suppressed within human nature. Xu Yanyuan has no golden finger to rely on. He has only himself, and all he wants is to grow stronger! He revels in slaughter, going on a killi 70Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    Quality not rushed

42. 142 我 I Created the Supernatural Revival 我缔造了灵异复苏 In a Sea of Blood血海之中Mystery49k WordsOngoing [No Female Lead] [Dark] Fu Mo unexpectedly obtains a mysterious ring. All he needs to do is accumulate Yin energy, and he can create evil spirits... The stronger the evil spirits, the stronger he becomes. Having witnessed too many deaths, Fu Mo chooses to create the resurgence of evil spirits in pursuit of immortality! He returns from hell, only to bury all living beings! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 143 我 I Really Don't Want to Be the Dark Ancestor 我真的不想当黑暗老祖 Fish Don't Speak of Fishing鱼不语渔Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [No System + Invincible + Villain] After Ye Feng, who died suddenly, wakes up again, he discovers that he has become the patriarch of a top-tier immortal clan. He thinks his luck has finally changed and that he can enjoy a carefree life at last, but memories surfacing in his mind reveal that something is wrong. The beings of countless worlds regard his clan as taboo. He himself is known to all the worlds as the source of darkness. Every living being hates him, fears him, and wants to tear him ap 13.2kReads8.4Score905Shelves
44. 144 你 Hey, You! Do You Really Have to Be This Low-Key?! 你小子！用不用这么低调！！ Half a Cup of Lingering Sorrow半盏残忧Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsOngoing The immortal, undying ancient dragon left behind only a rotting corpse. The phoenix, unafraid of death, was reduced to a single broken root feather. The auspicious qilin, surrounded by good fortune, could not foresee its own death. The Black Tortoise, master of countless laws, had its shell forcibly stripped away. The cemetery of the gods still stands, watching the ruins endure for millennia, while grass and trees flourish and fade through the seasons. Who dares claim to be immortal… The years t 1.6kReads—Score—Shelves
45. 145 灾 Calamity Gu Master: Starting with Living Human Gu Feed 灾厄蛊师：从活人蛊粮开始 Mighty Beauty Cow Superman大力艳牛超人Eastern Fantasy351k WordsOngoing [Not a saint] + [Decisive and ruthless] Mo Chen claws his way out of the desperate plight of being “food for living Gu.” With cunning and ruthlessness, he advances step by step through the cruel world of cultivation, seizing resources and refining, cultivating, and mutating calamity species, until he becomes the “Calamity Gu Master” who makes the entire Great Calamity Era tremble. 80Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    The name says it all: a completely new Gu style.

46. 146 罪 Phantom Echoes of the Sin Bell 罪钟幻响 He Jinke何金珂Mystery430k WordsCompleted The holy sword emerges, its light unseen; a dragon's roar shakes the heavens, heed not the evil. Golden scales sprout wings, a thousand changes unfold; blood stains the bell of sin before its phantom rings. These four lines of prophecy tell the fate of He Xun, the Demon Emperor. I was once the Demon Emperor of Tainted Blood who ruled the world, but after I was betrayed, I was imprisoned upon my throne and subjected to eight hundred years of endless slaughter. The exorcist saint Mo She killed me 106Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    This is still considered pretty dark.

47. 147 魂 Soul Transmigration into Yang Zhi: Losing the Birthday Presents from the Start 魂穿杨志，开局失陷生辰纲 Meditating Tiger打坐的老虎Historical220k WordsOngoing I take over Yang Zhi’s body. When I open my eyes, the sky is falling. On Yellow Mud Ridge, there’s nothing but the unconscious soldiers and the old steward. The hundred thousand strings of birthday tribute meant for Liang Zhongshu have vanished without a trace! If things follow the original story, I’m the perfect scapegoat. Just as I’m at a loss, the “Uphold Heaven’s Justice” System comes online. Killing villains earns me points, and completing designated missions could even expand my influ 295Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    This book perfectly meets your requirements: a dark and satisfying read, with a protagonist who is decisive and intelligent. Chapter 1 involves taking down the old steward; Chapter 2 involves forcing the soldier to pledge allegiance and join the outlaws; and Chapter 4 involves using persuasive tactics to lure Lu Zhishen into joining the group.

48. 148 罗 Roga's Bizarre Adventure 罗伽的奇妙冒险 Flavor Through Cooking因菜入味Eastern Fantasy360k WordsCompleted Passionate revenge | High-stakes mind games | ⚔️ Ruthless and decisive Dark story | Multiple factions vying for power | An ensemble cast in another world 1. Everyone is ruthless. No saintly protagonists! A vast world, absolutely no bleeding hearts, and an eye for an eye! No naïve do-gooders, only interests and survival! 2. The villains are exceptionally twisted and cunning, and the battles are bloody and brutal! ◆ A twisted villain? No, a devil in the grip of utter madness! The villains never lo 1Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    Yes, this one is really good! [Sending heart][Already hooked][You should check it out!] A cast of ruthless characters + dark fantasy + isekai (another world) ensemble cast. The protagonist fights his way from Earth to another world, going on a rampage! The protagonist, Luo Jia, was originally an engineering student on Earth who was dragged into another world right after filling out his college application! He faces spider monsters and a wolf knight order right from the start. While others are still trying to survive, he uses his Earth knowledge and ruthless decisiveness to carve out a path to victory, turning "survival of the fittest" into "I am the hunter!" Who can understand the thrill of that?! Everyone's a villain! There are no saintly figures, only a struggle for survival. [Already hooked] The magic academy appears glamorous on the surface, but secretly conducts human modification experiments; [Already hooked] The Blood King treats civilians as "blood livestock"; [Already hooked] The insectoid kingdom uses living people as incubation containers; [Already hooked] The dragon race sees humans as ants… Every faction is dark to the core. The protagonist group doesn't rely on saintly auras, but relies entirely on intelligence and ruthlessness to fight back. The villains are perverted and cunning, and every confrontation is like walking a tightrope, thrilling to the point of being suffocating! From the Wolf Kingdom to the magic academy, each kingdom's setting is explosive: the Warring States Kingdom ruled by the Knights, where the strong prey on the weak and the victor reigns supreme; the kingdom parasitized by the insectoid swarm, where living people are reduced to incubation containers… The protagonist group slays dragons to prove their path, overthrowing the dark rule. Every chapter unlocks new maps and new exciting moments, making it impossible to stop watching!

49. 149 变 After Transforming, I Began a Slaughter Spree on My Wedding Day 变身从结婚开始屠杀 Electric Light电光灯Eastern Fantasy144k WordsOngoing Reincarnated in another world as a white-haired, purple-eyed girl, she is forced into marriage from the start. On her wedding night, she receives offerings from friends and family from all walks of life, and from then on rises to the peak of success. The protagonist is something of a dark character. (She'll most likely remain single, though there are female characters and hand-holding scenes. The blurb doesn't do it justice, so check out the story.) 3Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 150 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 478Reads6.6Score—Shelves

Other lists with Doomsday: The Road to Ruin