Despair, Utter Despair! The Protagonist Joins the Dark Side in the End 绝望，极致的绝望！最后主角加入黑暗。

1. 351 末 Apocalypse Tower Climb: I'm the World's Strongest Demon Lord! 末日爬塔：我是全球最强魔头！ It's Adam是亚当呀Urban229k WordsCompleted [Invincible Power Fantasy + Reborn at the End of the World + Ruthless + Aesthetic Violence] A mysterious Demon Tower has appeared across Earth! The apocalypse is here! The whole world must conquer the Demon Tower. The victors become invincible, while the losers die! Some have conquered the tower and gained countless resources, becoming some of the strongest people in the world! Some have conquered the tower and won the favor of beautiful women, surrounding themselves with partners and starting f 177Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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   In the first book, he saved someone, and then got cursed at. In the second book, his girlfriend framed him to death for wanting more, and he continued to be framed even after death. 😭😭😭

2. 352 火 Naruto: After Turning Dark, I Awaken a Hunting System 火影：黑化后的我觉醒了猎杀系统 A Dream Like Floating Clouds浮云般的梦Anime Fanfiction178k WordsCompleted I transmigrated to the world of Hokage, and somehow I was the protagonist... Bruised and battered, Naruto lay in the freezing snow, suddenly doubting his own ninja way... Should he still choose to save this shinobi world and become the prophesied Child of Destiny, or take a completely different path...? Fate toys with us all. Is it redemption, or an even deeper despair spreading through our hearts...? The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it. Who will ultimately emerge 56Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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   Naruto fanfiction: Naruto starts out with a heart turned towards the light, but gradually falls into darkness.

3. 353 自 After Five Hundred Years Bound in a Forbidden Land, You Cry When I Become a Rogue Cultivator 自缚禁地五百年，我当散修你哭啥 Carrot-Flavored Mint Candy萝卜味薄荷糖Eastern Fantasy5.3M WordsOngoing [Published] [Immortal Cultivation + Traditional Fantasy + Invincible + No System + Unrelentingly Satisfying + Decisive and Ruthless + Rogue Cultivator] Five hundred years ago, Gu Xiu bound himself to a forbidden sect ground for five hundred years, offering himself as a source of fortune for the sect. Returning at last, he should have been welcomed home in glory. But the world had changed beyond recognition in those five hundred years. His master abandoned him, his senior sisters despised him, an 134.9kReads7.9Score13.2kShelves
4. 354 被 Forced to Register Our Marriage, the Campus Beauty Senior Keeps Playing Me 被迫领证后，校花学姐反复拿捏我 Drunk on Dreams in Chang'an梦醉长安Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Campus Life] + [One Love Interest] + [No System] + [Sweet Romance] + [Contrasting Ice-Cold Campus Beauty] + [Sweet from Start to Finish] When the girl he had secretly loved for three years said she would date him if he got into the same university as her, Fang Haoyu chose to retake his entrance exams. He spent a whole year studying day and night just to be with her. But when he finally got into the same university, the girl he'd loved from afar suddenly changed her mind! It hurt! It hurt so muc 50kReads9.3Score5.8kShelves
5. 355 都 You’ve All Left the Sect. Who’s Going to Put Up with You Now? 都叛出宗门了，谁还惯着你啊 Yogurt Ice Cream酸奶冰激凌Eastern Fantasy3.7M WordsCompleted [Reborn]+ [Begging Her Younger Brother to Return]+ [Never Forgiven]+ [Regret That Tears at Her Heart]+ [Utterly Satisfying] In his previous life, Jiang Han possessed peerless talent. He should have become an unrivaled true dragon soaring through the nine heavens, enjoying eternal freedom and receiving the worship of countless worlds. Who could have known that he would be treated unfairly by his sect? His beloved junior brother falsely accused him, the senior sister he had risked his life to s 14.1kReads6.5Score1.2kShelves
6. 356 让 I’ll Show the Cultivation World How to Spell Invincible! 让修仙界知道无敌怎么写！ I'm an Expert我是高人Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Invincible from the start + easy, exhilarating fun + fiercely protective + venerable patriarch master + crushing all opposition] Qin Yuan transmigrates into a powerful secret realm in a fantasy world. His very first task is to take on disciples for a million years! He has taken on hundreds, if not a thousand, and each was carefully selected by the System. He has repaired a disciple’s Supreme Bone, enhanced another’s Double Pupils, and given them the Emperor’s cultivation manual, the Origin of P 15kReads8.8Score1kShelves
7. 357 铠 Armor Hero: Now That I'm Reborn, Who'd Still Want to Be a Good Person? 铠甲：都重生了，谁还愿意当好人 Martial Way Zuo Qianhu武道左千户Anime Fanfiction623k WordsCompleted [Armor Heroes 1 + Armor Heroes 2 + Armor Heroes 3]+ [Revenge + Villainous Thrills!] Li Xiangnan transmigrates into the Armor Heroes world, where the will of heaven rejects him. A curse clings to him. His once-happy family is struck by the spreading curse because of his existence. His parents die in a car accident while out one day. At five years old, he and his younger sister are sent to live in an orphanage. Before long, his sister is diagnosed with congenital heart disease. Li Xiangnan knows t 6.8kReads6.5Score497Shelves

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   ⭐🌱The protagonist, driven to desperation, turns to the depths of darkness.🐺 Seven-year-old Li Xiangnan transmigrates to the world of Armor Hero, rejected by fate, plagued by misfortune, and his family is targeted and killed.🌿 The protagonist wanders the streets with his sickly younger sister. In a garbage dump, he discovers a Demon-Sealing Box, where the Shadow Guardian promises to grant any wish. He opens the box, transforming into the Dark Armor👑, vowing to repay the injustices the world has inflicted upon him a thousandfold.

8. 358 我 I’m a Human-Shaped Containment Object, Not the Savior! 我，人形收容物，才不当救世主！ Swordsman with Warm Wine温酒剑客Urban320k WordsOngoing [My name is Luo Bingning. By the time you read this diary, I will be dead...] [Ten years from now, while carrying out a containment mission, I will accidentally be killed by an extremely powerful and bizarre contained object.] [Though I am dead, I have found humanity's hope!] [Me, ten years ago: if you don't want to die ten years from now, go to Building 4, Apartment 404, Fandou Garden, Donghai City, and find an eighteen-year-old boy named Shen Yuan!] [He is humanity's future savior! Our hope!] 324Reads6.3Score—Shelves
9. 359 柯 The World of Detective Conan: A Clash of Black and Red 柯学世界：黑与红的交锋 Twelve Towers in a Dream梦中十二楼Anime Fanfiction1.8M WordsCompleted Whiskey always thought this world was shrouded in darkness, with only a few points of starlight flickering in secret. It wasn't until the day the organization fell that he saw those people shining in the sunlight. Only then did he realize that the world was actually full of light; he'd simply been unlucky. PS: 1. The protagonist is a genuine whiskey and won't be whitewashed. The reawakened Furuya Rei saves the police academy group himself. 2. The distillery has a formidable lineup, the balance b 2.5kReads9.2Score234Shelves

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   The protagonist is forced to join Dark Conan (no romantic pairing)

10. 360 这 He’s Clearly Powerful, Yet He Insists on Messing with His Loli Master 这个人明明很强却偏要坑萝莉师傅 A Salty Fish c一条咸鱼cEastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Archmage Lin En transmigrated to another world. To keep the gods from treating him like a crop to be harvested, he disguised himself as a mage apprentice in Winter Spring Valley and decided to stay under the radar until he reached max level. But who could have guessed that his loli master could hear his thoughts? “Disciple, what do you think of this forbidden spell of mine?” [Kindergarten-level stuff. I don't even know if one splash of water could hurt anyone.] “Disciple, with five hundred more 30.9kReads9.6Score3.4kShelves
11. 361 蝉 The Cicada Project 蝉计划 Moonlight Old Rascal明月老贼Urban4.7M WordsCompleted [Spiritual qi revival + crafty schemer + comedy + meme references + one heroine] As spiritual qi revived, Jiang Bai unexpectedly arrived in the age of the fifth mysterious tide. Everything he knew had faded with the passage of time. The world had been utterly transformed, familiar places and people were gone, and the career he had once fought for had turned to dust. The past was beyond recall. In this chaotic, dark age, order had long since collapsed, civilization was no more, and the shadow of 70kReads9.3Score7.2kShelves

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    💥💥Perfectly matched! This gem of a novel by Tomato Book🌿 features a protagonist surrounded by beasts in human form, while humans are few and far between—a game of lambs and wolves. ✨No low intelligence✨No mindless plot✨High quality✨

12. 362 逆 The World Turns Upside Down! 逆反世界！ Coffee Pigeon咖啡鸽鸽Eastern Fantasy305k WordsOngoing I don’t know how to judge this work, nor do I know whether “Zhang Chenxi,” the man portrayed in the book, is in the right. In our eyes, he is simply an extremely selfish and obsessive man who has sacrificed almost everything for his ideals. He hates the pain of parting and the slaughter and plunder, yet he commits them with his own hands, continually creating more grief and heartbreak. And this is the story I’m telling: the story of a contradictory, selfish man. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    He was an outcast of his family and a man abandoned by the world. He had nothing and was considered trash in the eyes of others. Yet, this very trash sacrificed his soul to gain hope. He constantly betrayed and killed, and in the end, he became the world's nightmare and its end.

13. 363 背EN My Family Is So Ridiculously Powerful, My System Broke 背景有亿亿亿亿亿点大，系统崩了 Ye Huohuo叶火火Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted A System that makes you invincible from the start? Chen Mu asked, “What can you do?” System: [Complete missions to earn massive rewards: cultivation techniques, money, divine weapons… Everything you need to make the Host invincible!] Cultivation techniques? My uncle is the foremost creator of them. A few casual strokes from him are enough to produce the finest technique in the world! Money? My older sister’s trading company does business throughout the entire Great Azure World. It’s richer than 48.1kReads9.1Score5.1kShelves

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    🍃🌿🍃"This novel is a masterpiece in my opinion! Highly recommended. It's a top-tier work on Tomato, extremely good, with a captivating plot, vivid content, and high-energy moments throughout, making it a truly enjoyable read!"

14. 364 校 The Campus Belle Stole My Device and Cried When Her Transformation Failed 校花偷我驱动器，变身失败吓哭了 Zhou Zhou Meow周周喵Urban480k WordsCompleted In the Global Class Change era, monsters run rampant, and only the strong can survive. Lin Ye awakened the most useless class, Armor Smith, but unexpectedly activated the [Kamen Rider Creation System]. Malicious data + AI core + demon blood = Ark-One Driver! While other armor smiths were still making clunky armor, Lin Ye had already built a Dark Rider belt capable of devouring human hearts! However, on the eve of the academy exams, the campus beauty Su Muqing stole his prototype. “An Armor Smith 10.9kReads8.3Score1.1kShelves
15. 365 人 A Brief History of Human Torture 人类酷刑简史 Mark P. Donnelly马克·P.唐纳利Historical151k WordsCompleted For thousands of years, humanity has devised many ingenious and cruel ways to inflict pain on its own kind. This tragic yet seemingly universal trait has corroded the civilization humanity strives to achieve. Though we now seem to detest torture, for more than 3,000 years it was part of the laws of all Europe and much of the Far East. A Brief History of Human Torture explores the many forms of punishment, torture, coercion, and torment. It takes readers into the arenas of ancient Rome, medieval 7.6kReads9.6Score1.1kShelves

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    This is truly despairing. I wonder what those lab rats felt back then [smirk]

16. 366 反 Villain: One Thought Turns Me into a Demon, Slaughtering All Living Beings! 反派：一念为魔，屠戮天下万灵！ Jiang Yu Wei Han江余未寒Eastern Fantasy327k WordsCompleted [Dark] [Invincible] [No Female Lead] Chu Han was reborn in a fantastical otherworld, only to suffer the massacre of his entire family and endure every kind of torture. Fortunately, he awakened the Godslayer System. Every person he killed earned him attribute points. Morality? Principles? Compassion? In this dog-eat-dog, dark world, they were nothing but tools for digging your own grave! If Heaven has forsaken me, then I shall destroy Heaven! 26Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    This is about a protagonist whose parents are murdered, his sister is raped and killed, and then he unleashes a powerful attack and kills everyone. It's very satisfying to watch, and there's no female lead. Dark Literature basically kills anyone he sees.

17. 367 转EN Job Class: Boss – The Nation’s Geniuses Work for Me 转职老板，全国天才替我打工 Mo Congwen莫从文Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Global Class Change] [Cooperating with the Nation] [Ensemble Cast] [New Classes] What’s it like to be a boss in a world where everyone changes classes? Yi Tian transmigrates to a world of Global Class Change on the day of the class change ceremony. In this era, the ceremony isn’t a celebration, but a gamble. Class awakenings are entirely random. Some good-for-nothings rise to the top overnight, while even geniuses can plunge into the abyss. And Yi Tian awakens the class [Boss]! Recruit employe 63.6kReads8.9Score8kShelves
18. 368 因 A Tragedy Caused by Hemorrhoids 因痔疮而引发的惨案 Lord Xianyue仙月大人Eastern Fantasy741k WordsOngoing [Transmigration] [Magic] [Supernatural powers] [Bizarre] [Farming] [Mechanical energy] [Ensemble cast] [Western fantasy] [Elf knights, angels] [Warriors and battle aura] [Planetary continents] [Bloodline evolution] [Cautious, semi-behind-the-scenes protagonist] [Research institute] [Study and critical thinking] [Dark] [Healing and heartwarming] [Unrestrained imagination] [No golden finger] [Fate] [Uniqueness] [Sequence pathways] [Magical civilization] He gets treated like research material the m 532Reads—Score—Shelves

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    He was used as experimental material at the beginning and lost everything, including his identity as a transmigrator and his memories. Having experienced it, he will not repeat the same mistake.

19. 369 铠 Armor Hero: I Have Two Suits of Armor from the Start! 铠甲勇士：我开局拥有双铠甲！ Fruit and Veggie Dog果菜狗Anime Fanfiction241k WordsCompleted What would it be like if the world changed? In 2033, an emergency struck Earth. Oksers and alien beasts appeared, and all the armor suits came into being as well. But as the numbers of Oksers and alien beasts grew, the existing armor suits were no longer enough to provide support. So the government decided to mass-produce Four-Element Armor and Tru Armor. Anyone might awaken a talent, and those who did could summon armor suited to them. Han Ye, however, was an utter good-for-nothing. But one day 2kReads8.6Score143Shelves

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    Although despair has reached its limit, it has not yet reached its extreme.

20. 370 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.5kReads9.7Score69kShelves

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    The despair is so great that even the protagonist turns to the dark side! The ensemble cast is intelligent, the plot twists are outrageous, the Cynical and eerie atmosphere is off the charts, and the sheer number of satisfying moments makes for a mind-blowing spectacle.

21. 371 先 Pregnant Before Marriage, the Abstinent Big Shot Keeps Stealing Kisses from His Pregnant Wife 先孕后婚，禁欲大佬又在偷吻孕妻 Sweet Xiaobei甜小贝Modern Romance996k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance between two virgins + married first, fall in love later + pregnancy; gentle, sweet-natured designer x abstinent, protective, powerful man] Ji Mingyan is a gentle, alluring jewelry designer who has just graduated from college. Jiang Ting wears prayer beads and is a sinister, volatile “devil” feared by countless people. Even his relatives avoid him like the plague. A marriage contract binds them together, and everyone advises Ji Mingyan to take what she can get and leave. But when h 55.5kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves
22. 372 神 Magic Huggies: The Alliance Master of Heaven and Earth Is My Dad 神兵小将：天地盟主是我爹 Clouds Over an Empty City云空城Anime Fanfiction701k WordsCompleted As the son of the Lord of Heaven and Earth, Dugu Xin had never been able to obtain a demonic weapon of his own. His father’s subordinates mocked him mercilessly, and his standing in the Heaven and Earth Alliance was even lower than that of a common soldier. One day, during a martial arts demonstration on the training grounds, Dugu Xin was defeated by one of the King of Cruelty’s men. The Lord of Heaven and Earth flew into a rage and threw him into the Dark Forest, where miasma filled every corne 718Reads7.5Score103Shelves
23. 373 中 I Have Chuunibyou: Every Fantasy Came True 中二病的我：一切幻想都成真了 Wukong Who Knows How to Eat会吃饭的悟空Urban450k WordsCompleted [Behind-the-Scenes Protagonist + Infinite-Flow + Comedy + Plot-Focused + Chuunibyou + Lighthearted + No System] My name is Lu Jing. For certain reasons, I can’t take off the eyepatch covering my left eye. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be able to handle my golden eyes. Shatter, reality! Crumble, mind! Cast this world into exile!!! Portals appear, and monsters return. Lu Jing has a severe case of chuunibyou, but he’s just an ordinary person who can’t awaken. As he grows older, Lu Jing graduall 9kReads8.8Score959Shelves

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    [Smirking][Eye-rolling][Making a face] My name is Lu Jing, and I wear an eyepatch over my left eye because the golden pupil inside is too bright. I used to fantasize about a shattered reality where monsters roamed, but I'm just an ordinary person and can't awaken superpowers. Later, I grew up and felt pretty useless, so I wanted to start over at a new school. Unexpectedly, during the opening ceremony, the sky cracked open, and monsters ran out. I stepped forward, thinking that since I was going to die anyway, I might as well look cool. As a result, my fantasy actually came true, and I even picked up something that symbolized power, smiling and saying, "Everyone, the new world has arrived!" [Evil laugh][Evil laugh][Evil laugh]

24. 374 功 My Achievements Made the Emperor Fear Me, So He Tried to Kill Me. Why Regret It Now That I’m Gone? 功高震主要杀我，我走了你后悔啥 Premium Peanut Butter极品花生酱Historical588k WordsCompleted Ten years ago, Han Zi'an transmigrated into a time of chaos. He defended the borders, expanded the realm, and reformed the government at home. Over the course of ten years, he not only helped Ye Li ascend the throne, but also brought Qi back to the glory of its golden age. But Han Zi'an's outstanding achievements made the ruler feel threatened, bringing him a death sentence. With no other choice, he could only retreat into the mountains. Empress Ye Li thought that without a powerful minister hol 2.7kReads7.7Score236Shelves

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    💥Highly recommended [thumbs up]: A new book with 800,000 readers. The male protagonist transmigrates to a chaotic world, manages the imperial court, and sweeps away external turmoil. He diligently assists the empress in ascending the throne, but the empress wants to kill him. In utter despair, the male protagonist leaves and joins the opposing force.

25. 375 捞 Making Money on the Side! 捞偏门！ Li Er Bu Ha李二不哈Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [After graduating from college, I went from a shady fortune-teller to a political fixer] This book pulls back the curtain on political fixers, giving you an in-depth look at the scams hidden from view in both the underworld and the corridors of power. “Do you think officials are all fools? They know I’m a con artist. They just happen to need a con artist like me to do things for them.” 10.9kReads8.9Score1.9kShelves

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    A child who was led astray into the underworld because his parents were sick.

26. 376 开 From the Start, I Wielded the Power of Space and Stood Above the Rest! 开局执掌空间权柄，我独领风骚！ The Seamless Akane Saiko浑然一体的赤岭彩子Urban243k WordsOngoing [Modern Urban High Martial Arts] + [Invincible] + [Spatial Powers] + [Power] + [System] Xia Shi has spatial talent maxed out from the start. Not only is his aptitude unrivaled in this era, but he's also a council member of the Mages' Association, with power to spare. Unfortunately, the damn System insists that “a life without college is incomplete” and makes Xia Shi take the national college entrance exam and get into a prestigious university. Embracing the idea that if you can't fight it, you m 14Reads8.0Score—Shelves
27. 377 求 Rejected 99 Times for Proposing, I Get Aggressively Pursued by the Aloof Campus Belle 求婚99次被拒，高冷校花强撩我 Big Boss, Cute Girl大佬萌妹Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Campus beauty + sweet romance + System + urban wish-fulfillment] After Jiang Muye was rejected 99 times while proposing to the campus beauty, he received the Anti-Freeloading System. “Ding! Congratulations, Host! You've gained +99 Charisma and a reward of ten million yuan!” Everyone at school was waiting for Jiang Muye to propose to his fiancee for the hundredth time. Instead, she showed up wearing a ring and proposed to him. “Jiang Muye, I'll bring a 300,000-yuan dowry and a Maserati. All you 8.6kReads9.0Score874Shelves
28. 378 我 I've Become the Ancestral Dragon, and Spiritual Qi Is Only Just Beginning to Revive? 我都成祖龙了，灵气才开始复苏？ Cold-Faced but Not Cold冷面不冷Urban434k WordsOngoing When Fang Mu opened his eyes, he discovered that he had become an animal and was inside the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang. The moment the archaeological team opened the coffin, a supreme, mysterious light illuminated the entire magnificent tomb chamber! A black young dragon slowly opened its pair of crystal-clear eyes. The entire internet erupted, and the world was stunned! “It's really a dragon! We truly are descendants of the dragon!” “Could it be that Brother Zheng really didn't die, but turned 511Reads6.8Score100Shelves

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    💦💦💦These are truly amazing reads, incredibly satisfying, super satisfying, the kind of exhilarating read that's the ultimate thrill!🔥 They're absolutely fantastic! Every chapter is incredibly exciting!💥 If you love fast-paced, enjoy these! 🎉🎉🎉

29. 379 我 I Feed Demons with My Own Body in the Demon Suppression Bureau 我在镇魔司以身饲魔 Six Gourds六个葫芦Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Get stronger when attacked by monsters + Transmigration + System + Invincible + Comedy + Villain + Demon Suppression Bureau] After transmigrating to a fantasy world overrun by monsters, Gu Qingfeng becomes a prison guard in the Demon Suppression Prison of the Great Yan Dynasty’s Demon Suppression Bureau. From that day on, strange cases begin piling up in the prison, once known as a living hell and feared for its eerie, terrifying atmosphere! Why do the monsters in the prison scream every night? 69.1kReads9.3Score6.8kShelves

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    Having died young and miserable in his previous life, he is reborn with the power of a prophet! Watch as the commoner Zhou Yang uses his memories of his past life to break through the bureaucracy, rising from a low-level clerk to a powerful regional official, outwitting his superiors and scheming to crush his opponents – it's incredibly exciting! A single female lead, no melodramatic clichés, every step is strategically placed at historical junctures, a smart and intelligent rebirth story of a triumphant comeback – you'll be hooked after reading!

30. 380 心 After Her Heart Dies and She Leaves Home, They Regret It 心死离家后，她们却后悔了 Nine Heavens Bright Moon九天明月Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Sweet romance] + [Gentle, understanding big sister] + [Regret] + [Redemption] + [A remorseful family chasing after the younger brother] In his previous life, Qin Yi was the lost child of a prominent family. He endured years of abuse outside the family, but after being found, he was still unwanted by his relatives. A replacement mercilessly stole the life that should have been his. In the end, he died a lonely and tragic death after undergoing surgery. In this life, Qin Yi no longer expects anyt 3.2kReads8.8Score197Shelves

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    🔥🔥In his previous life, Qin Yi was a lost child of a prestigious family, suffering endless abuse outside, and even after being found, he was not welcomed by his relatives. 🍁🍁🍁His life was ruthlessly stolen by a substitute. 🔥🔥🔥Reborn, he only wants to stay away from these so-called family ties; he's better off without them! 🔥🔥🔥🔥And it is precisely this choice that allows him to encounter a precious glimmer of hope in his life.

31. 381 仙 The Immortal Path? The Path of Death! 仙道？死道！ Jue Love ScarJue恋殇Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted [Horror Cultivation] + [Survival at All Costs] You are what you eat, so eating bitterness won't make you a better person. Only eating people will. An immortal once said, “If you're not at the table, you're on the menu.” Humans are the spirit of all things, born with immortal bodies and prized as heavenly medicine. In the cultivation world, the only way to cultivate is to absorb the power and fortune of others! That's why ordinary people are kept as living cauldrons. If you don't consume others, —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Extreme darkness, utter despair, a savior from book drought! I bet you half a spicy snack that you've been reading my work for two and a half years. If it's longer than me, I'll admit defeat. I refuse to believe it!

32. 382 御 Beast Taming: I Brought Earth’s Divine Beasts Back to the Otherworld 御兽：我让地球神兽重现异界 Yan Bu'er闫不二Urban5.0M WordsOngoing [Beast taming + no System + fantasy + transmigration + power fantasy] After transmigrating to a world where everyone tames beasts, Lin Mo awakens the talent [God-Tier Beast-Taming Space] from the start. Other beast tamers' spaces are merely places for their pets to rest. But Lin Mo's beast-taming space has all kinds of special properties. Instant Summoning: You need to draw a magic circle to summon your pet? Sorry, I can summon mine instantly! Potential Enhancement: Your pet's level is a little 153.1kReads8.5Score20kShelves

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    Let's make a bet! I bet you get a like! Check out my profile! I've spent more time reading on Shang! I refuse to believe any gambler loses every day; there's no one who hasn't lost more than me! (Angry!) And there are so many great books on Shang!! Here they are! I highly recommend the first one! If you've spent more time on it than me, send me a screenshot and I'll give you a treat.

33. 383 超 Superpowers: I Have a Replication Mirror 超能：我有一面复刻镜 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Gods Descend, Calamity Begins] When cultivators from the divine realm invade Earth, superpowers and modern weapons become humanity's last line of defense! Can Gou Chen and Adam, Earth's only two superpower academies, shoulder humanity's future? What kind of hidden strength does Huaxia, hailed as the Chosen Nation, possess? This is a feast for the Godslayers! A young man gains the power to replicate abilities. With a mortal body and the power of the world in his hands, he will ultimately slay th 118.4kReads9.6Score13.5kShelves

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    Highly recommended! It's truly amazing, so amazing that I couldn't stop reading it – it's so enjoyable and captivating! I really regret not reading Sanjiu's books sooner; they're absolutely masterpieces.

34. 384 人 The Immortal Food of Mankind 人种仙食 Big-Headed T头很大的T君Eastern Fantasy6.5M WordsOngoing "Weird Cultivation, Behind-the-Scenes Story" The Tang Dynasty: strange things are coming. When Li Qing transmigrated here, he thought Mr. Huayue had kindly taken him in. Little did he know that the man saw him only as livestock to be raised for food. At the brink of life and death, the jade tablet on Li Qing revealed its power, gravely wounding Mr. Huayue and allowing him to escape. But the danger was far from over. The scheme of the Six Paths and Eight Immortals to devour all living beings had 37.7kReads8.8Score3.3kShelves

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    It has a dark theme, progressing from light to dark; I believe you'll find it irresistible.

35. 385 我 I Just Want to Pull the Strings from Behind the Scenes 我只想在幕后当一只黑手 I Love Snow喜欢下雪Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted In a high-martial world where martial arts flourish, the path of cultivation offers countless roads. [Martial cultivators become gods, Confucian cultivators become sages, Buddhist cultivators become patriarchs, and Daoist cultivators become immortals.] The Qin, Tang, Sui, Ming, Yuan, and other empires are ambitious, while forces at court maneuver in secret. In the martial world are the martial immortal Ling Donglai, the demonic path's leader Pang Ban, the Buddha Emperor Di Rulai, and the peerles 7.3kReads7.8Score313Shelves
36. 386 都 I’ve Been Reborn—Why Would I Still Chase After Her? 都重生了谁还追她啊 A Noble Spirit in My Heart心有浩然气Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Publication rights acquired] [Short drama released] [Comic drama released] One argument made Jiang Feng realize that his life had already been ruined. Just then, he was reborn in the 2014 college entrance exam hall. He was eighteen that year, and he and Gu Mengyao had yet to become a couple… 245.2kReads9.1Score17.7kShelves

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    This is true despair. The male protagonist was deceived by the female protagonist he met before, and he betrayed the female protagonist who had given him the most! This is true despair!

37. 387 背 The Coffin-Bearing Boy 背棺少年 Rascal Dragon混子龙Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Superpowers] + [Apocalypse] + [Twin Protagonists] + [Not Invincible] + [Single Female Lead] + [No System] A natural disaster transformed the human world. Different species began to evolve at a rapid pace, leaving humanity to eke out a desperate existence inside steel fortresses. “Where did I come from?” In a dark city ruled by bloodshed and violence, a twelve-year-old boy walked slowly with a crystal coffin on his back. Inside the coffin lay someone who looked exactly like him! The young boy’s 2.3kReads8.7Score164Shelves
38. 388 表 Rejected After Confessing? I Turn into Ultraman 表白被拒？我转身变成奥特曼 Ten-Degree Boiling Water十度开水Urban809k WordsCompleted [Tragedy + Copycat Nexus + Walking Alone into the Abyss + Rejected from the Start] From the start, he confessed his feelings to the campus belle he'd pursued for five years and was rejected. Then he regained the power of Nexus from his previous life, only to find it was an inferior copy. As darkness descended upon the world, Lin Yuan had to face it alone. After suffering injuries, severe wounds, and near-death experiences, he met a girl he could fall in love with. Her presence soothed his heart, 4kReads9.0Score412Shelves

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    I'll eat if I don't despair

39. 389 完 Perfect World: The Invincible Ancestor of Stone Village 完美世界：石村的无敌老祖 Tianyuan Who Seeks the Great Dao追求大道的天元Male-Channel Fanfiction80k WordsCompleted Tianyuan, once the strongest being in the Upper Realm, fell victim to the Heavenly Dao’s schemes. At the critical moment, he was saved by the Dao Ancestor and sent to Perfect World. So when Shi Ziling and his wife carried the dying Little One to Stone Village, they not only obtained a sacred medicine, but also gave Little One plenty of powerful allies... Note: The author wrote this book to resolve a lingering regret, so the protagonist has little presence in the early chapters, which mainly focu 3Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 390 废 The Wasteland Era 废土纪元 Lord of the Great White大白之主Urban2.6M WordsOngoing Sixty years ago, a natural disaster changed the human world forever. Species evolved at a breakneck pace, and humanity retreated behind the walls, struggling to survive. Three years ago, his father disappeared and was branded a traitor to humanity. His younger sister became a blood-drinking infected, hunted by everyone. Two young souls struggled to survive in a slum rife with violence and crime. A lockdown put his sister at risk of being exposed. Gu Chen had no choice but to get blood on his han 5.7kReads9.0Score793Shelves
41. 391 别EN You're Speedrunning High-Level Martial Arts While Others Suffer? 别人练功吃苦，你直接速通高武？ Changshou Can't Fly长寿不会飞Urban3.5M WordsOngoing [Signed for publication] [High martial arts + wish fulfillment + total domination + fast-paced + ruthless] “Ye Li, your opponent this time is my boyfriend. You’re no match for him, so hurry up and forfeit...” “You knocked him to his knees?!” “Ye Li, why did you apply to the top of the five great academies? Didn’t your teacher tell you not to get complacent and to keep your feet on the ground... You’ve already been granted early admission?!” “Ye Li, this strange beast rules the whole region. We’r 143.1kReads9.1Score10.8kShelves

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    🔥🔥🔥This book is super good, incredibly exciting, high-level martial arts + fast-paced, decisive killing!🍁🍁🍁On Earth, he awakens a system that adds points to his evil deeds, everyone is terrified. Seeing this, his peers are all dumbfounded. While we're still suffering and diligently training, he's already speed-tracked high-level martial arts.

42. 392 火 The Ruins on Mars Are Revealed: The Thirteen Loyal Sons 火星遗迹曝光，忠烈十三子 Suanni Roars狻猊咆哮Sci-Fi & Apocalypse478k WordsCompleted In 2066, a scientific research base is completed on Mars, and researchers head to Mount Olympus to collect data. On the far side of the mountain, a dust-covered battlefield comes into view. The wreckage of shattered warships. Giant steel mechs. A massive head buried in the dust. And a familiar red flag, standing tall on a platform at the very center of the far side of the mountain. What kind of battle took place here? Blood had congealed into fortresses, shattered, then congealed once more! It w 15.7kReads9.5Score1.3kShelves

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    Despair, utter despair, suffocating, with not a glimmer of hope.

43. 393 无 Infinite Rebirth: Conquering Another World from Scratch 无限重生：从零开始的异世界攻略 Old Gentleman of the Tavern酒馆老绅Mystery450k WordsOngoing [Brain-Burning + Mind-Blowing Ideas + A Fresh New Genre + Wild and Unrestrained + Utterly Rebellious] Psionic ascension, mechanical ascension, genetic ascension: which is the strongest? Bah! Only kids have to choose. I want them all! What a disaster! Heaven gave Zhang Haoran the ability to reload infinitely, but who could have guessed that transmigrating would be set to hellish difficulty? Even worse, he had absolutely no control over his save points. Every reload was a new opportunity. His main 250Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    Psychic ascension, mechanical ascension, genetic ascension—which is more powerful? Pshaw, only children make choices; I want them all! This book ignites imagination, pushes boundaries, and is full of suspense, becoming more exciting with each reading.

44. 394 被 Exiled from the Sect, My Beautiful Master Begs Me to Forgive Her 被逐出师门，美人师尊跪求我原谅 Follow Your Heart y从心yEastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [A remorseful sect + a disciple-chasing road to redemption + leans toward xuanhuan later on] Twenty years ago, Yang Qingliu, heir to the Taiyi Sect, was framed, betrayed by his sect, and cast out of the mountain gate. From then on, he lived in seclusion at a dilapidated Daoist temple, spending his days watering flowers and tending trees. Unexpectedly, he awakened a lie-flat System, and his cultivation grew stronger by the day. Twenty years later, the Taiyi Sect’s leader emerged from seclusion an 5.4kReads6.3Score32.6kShelves

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    [Dark Revenge Novel] "I'll admit to all your slander, but don't cry when I wipe out your entire clan!" When Xiao Jinghong, the eldest daughter of the General's Mansion, had her bones ripped out and blood extracted, blood-red lines appeared on her palm: "The Asura Codex has been activated. Start the countdown to extermination?" Reborn before her treasonous crime was announced, she tore up the marriage contract and splashed poisoned wine at the Regent: "This cup of poison is a toast to you on behalf of the two hundred thousand loyal souls of the Xiao family!" The system panel popped up: "Host's hatred value is full, unlocking the extermination permission—activate the 'Blood Sacrifice to the Mountains and Rivers' mode?" (High-octane warning: Every time the female lead is abused, the villain's family's luck value decreases by 100, ultimately triggering divine retribution and world destruction) [I also highly recommend it]

45. 395 系 The System Abandoned Me, So I Took the Heavenly Dao as My Father 系统弃我不顾，我认天道为父 There Are Mountains Beyond the Heavens天外有山Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsCompleted [No female lead + no System + traditional cultivation + comedy + bloody slaughter] Fifteen-year-old Li Chuyi finally awakens a System, only for it to try to run away before the day is out. Fortunately, before leaving, the System tells Li Chuyi to make the Heavenly Dao of this world his godfather. From then on, Li Chuyi becomes the Heavenly Dao’s godson, the darling of the world, blessed with good fortune. He finds money on the road and stumbles across so many senior cultivators’ graves that he c 26.7kReads9.2Score4kShelves

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    From humor to despair, the gifts of fate have always come with a hidden price tag.

46. 396 迟 Your Late Affection Is Worth Less Than Grass. I’m Leaving the Family, So Why Are You Crying? 迟来深情比草贱，我叛出家你哭啥 La La Little Pumpkin啦啦小南瓜Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Xu Mo was reborn, back in the Xu family mansion. In her previous life, she was found and brought home, only to be treated unfairly. Her family hated her, and the fake young master framed her, leaving her to die with grievances unavenged. When she opened her eyes again, she decided to leave home and cut ties with her hypocritical family. But to her surprise, the whole family regretted it and begged her to come home, weeping. But affection that comes too late is worth less than grass. This time, s 158.8kReads8.1Score10.2kShelves

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    The entire process of a kind-hearted person turning evil!

47. 397 记 The Memory Trial: The Moment the Nation Wept for Him 记忆审判：那一刻，全国为他痛哭 Big Fish, Ah大鱼呀Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Narcotics Police] [Anti-Drug Campaign] [Narcotics Officer] [Sacrifice] A scarecrow stands in the wilderness, shielding the endless expanse behind it. In early autumn, ten years after he left home, he asked someone to place his final wish in your hands. The fire he lit never went out. Only the one who kept watch has gone. The national emblem on his cap is like his name: “Please bury it with me.” Birds sweep across the blank spaces of time, like a long story waking from beneath the dust. His eyes 5.1kReads9.2Score707Shelves
48. 398 从EN From Becoming Superman to Invincibility 从成为超人开始走向无敌 Sweet and Sour Fish Is the Best糖醋鱼最好吃Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted Leon transmigrates into Marvel, where Howard Stark adopts him and he becomes Tony’s younger brother. On his eighteenth birthday, he awakens the physique of a Kryptonian and the ability to travel through time and space. From then on, he charges down the path to becoming stronger. Tony: “Good grief, you can get stronger just by sunbathing, and now you’re planning to learn magic? Whoa! What’s this Chinese martial art that grows a planet inside your body?” Superman: “We’re both Kryptonians, but I fe 35.5kReads8.8Score2.9kShelves
49. 399 开 From the Start, I Beg Zhu Yuanzhang for a Mandate, Protecting Great Ming for Three Hundred Years 开局讨封朱元璋，庇护大明三百年 Peaceful as a Distant Mountain安如远山Historical220k WordsOngoing Zhang Chen transmigrates and becomes a snake! Luckily, he's bound to a System that lets him devour things and cultivate! After a hundred years of hard cultivation, he finally reaches the point where he can undergo tribulation and transform into a dragon! But the System warns him that spiritual energy is depleted in this world, and the death rate for those who take human form during the heavenly tribulation is as high as 99%! Zhang Chen grits his teeth and decisively chooses another way to transf 2.3kReads6.2Score103Shelves
50. 400 好 Hey, Buddy, Slow Down! 好兄弟，你慢些走！ Hua Xian花闲Urban397k WordsCompleted [No Romance, No Female Lead + Beloved by All, Brotherly Bonds + Comeback Without a System + From Top Student to School Bully + Everyday Friendship and Redemption + Campus + Entertainment Industry] Xu Cheng is diagnosed with a terminal illness and thinks he doesn't have long to live. He plans to keep a low profile and wait to die, but his abilities won't let him! Seeing how sincere his brothers are and clearing up a misunderstanding with his childhood friend, he gradually reveals his comeback pot 249Reads8.8Score104Shelves

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