Darkness Taken to the Extreme. True Darkness. The Protagonist Is Cold, Dashing, and Ruthless 黑暗为极致的黑暗。是真正的黑暗。主角是冷炫无情

1. 51 黑 Darkness Invades: I Can Only Summon Myself! 黑暗入侵：我只能召唤我自己！ Love-Chan Doesn't Want to Work恋酱才不要工作Urban590k WordsCompleted [Darkness Invasion] [No female lead] Darkness descended, and countless evil gods set their sights on Blue Star, known as the Origin Star. At this critical moment, Blue Star's consciousness awakened, granting humanity the power to repel foreign enemies. Talents were the power humanity relied on to survive. Su Yuan, who had transmigrated here for reasons unknown, had no ties to hold him back, so he decided to go home! However, his talent was Heroic Spirit Summoning, and the heroic spirits of this 3.1kReads8.4Score32114d adds
2. 52 杀 Killing Game: I Can Strengthen Myself Through Slaughter 杀戮游戏：我可以靠杀戮强化自身 Throne of Fear恐惧王座Urban2.2M WordsCompleted [Switch the roles, and you'll learn what cruelty really means] + [No heroine] As monsters infiltrate the human world and humanity has no way to fight back, a game called Nighttime Paradise suddenly appears. In this game, humans become the Killers, while monsters become the Survivors. After being reborn, Lin Yuan enters the game and draws an X-rank talent: Slaughter Abyss. Its effect is: Every time you perfectly kill a Survivor, you gain 2 points of Brutality, 1 point of Agility, and 1 point of P 12.6kReads7.8Score1.2k14d adds
3. 53 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 335Reads7.3Score4614d adds
4. 54 狩 Hunting Talent: I Can Level Up Skills Fast 狩猎天赋：我能快速升级技能 Dreams Among the Clouds云间梦境Eastern Fantasy702k WordsCompleted [Cold-blooded]+ [No female lead]+ [Decisive and ruthless]+ [Dark]+ [A magnet for trouble] In a fantasy world, Jiang Ya awakens a hunting talent. While everyone else is still slowly leveling up their skills, he has already maxed them out. 1.1kReads6.9Score10014d adds
5. 55 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—14d adds
6. 56 长 The Immortal Demon 长生魔 Seeking Only Immortality只求长生Eastern Fantasy261k WordsOngoing [Invincible] [No saintly do-gooder] [Decisive and ruthless] [Fast-paced] [Love buries the path to immortality. Don’t sever your immortal bones for worldly romance!] From the start, he cultivates his senior sister into a cultivation cauldron and uses Heaven and Earth as his chessboard. Whether you’re a peerless genius or a child of fortune, you’re nothing but a piece on the board. A thousand years of cultivation forged the supreme immortal. I, the Demon Venerable, sweep across the world. One day, 30Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The gold content that has been blocked three times

7. 57 宣 I Declare War on the World: I Am the Spider Nest of the Doomsday Sequence! 宣战全世界：我是末日序列蛛巢！ Shadow Lurking in the Dark潜伏于黑暗中的影子Urban150k WordsCompleted [Exotic Beasts + Dark Fantasy + Management Sim + Villain Protagonist + Ruthless] Wang Zhu transmigrates to a parallel world, only to discover that he is a spider web! Fortunately, he binds to the System, Spider Nest Management Simulator. By constantly hunting creatures, he can obtain biological essence and unlock more nest technologies! He grows from a mere 0.2 meters at the start to 10 meters, 100 meters, 1,000 meters, and then 10,000 meters! Humanity gradually notices something is wrong, b 26Reads6.3Score—14d adds

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   Based on my 6000 hours of reading, I guarantee the protagonist will be absolutely ruthless. Decisive.

8. 58 我 My Demonic Path Has No Mercy Option 我的魔道没有慈悲选项 I'm Not a Hotchpotch我不是大杂烩Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing (New book setting sail!) [Dark story] [Demonic cultivation] [No saintly heroics] [No female lead] [Women appear, but he kills them after using them, without exception] [Self-serving] [Ruthless and decisive] • I broke through to Nascent Soul, killed my benefactor-master, and stole the Immortal Key. The entire cultivation world once called me the “Blood Demon Child.” • On the banks of Eagle Sorrow Gorge, the sects joined forces to hunt me down. Everyone said my soul had been utterly destroyed. • B 5kReads5.5Score37314d adds

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   Recommended, it's quite dark.

9. 59 怪 Weird Tales Space: Starting with the Creation of Fake Humans 怪谈空间：从制造伪人开始 Yaoguang Ersan San瑶光贰叁叁Mystery704k WordsCompleted [Smart protagonist + villain + infinite flow + mastermind + creating eerie urban legends + no heroine + dark] [Don't judge by the rating. It was lowered by review bombing.] [Author's new book: I Loaded an Urban Legend Game into the World] After being forcibly reincarnated by a dump truck, Feng Hou did not transmigrate to another world. When he opened his eyes again, he had become a lightless black sphere: an eerie space capable of creating all kinds of urban legends and absorbing humanity's ne 279Reads8.6Score10114d adds

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   The protagonist is truly cold-blooded and selfish, resorting to any means to achieve his goals. He is ruthless and heartless, making this a dark story. "I love myself more than anything else. Regaining my memories, manipulating humanity, killing humanity—I will manipulate the world's rules. The game is my ultimate feast."

10. 60 绝 The Ultimate Gourmet 绝对美食家 Li Xiaojiàn理小贱Eastern Fantasy252k WordsOngoing (No harem, no naive do-gooder, no System, partly feel-good, dark story! Read at your own discretion. The protagonist is extremely twisted.) As the saying goes, food is the people’s first necessity. I used to think so too. Food was a gift from heaven! Until one day, I had tasted everything in sight... And so, I raised my head and looked up at the heavens... 122Reads—Score—14d adds
11. 61 厄 The Patient of Ill Fate 厄命病人 Thirty, Cleansed of Filth垢净三十Mystery535k WordsCompleted Greed, deceit, sophistry, argument, a need to perform: I possess every weakness in the world. The self-serving man who crawled out of a heap of corpses is using a hundred people’s bodies to piece together a Mother Goddess of his own. | Ensemble cast | Infinite-flow | Performative villain protagonist | Dark and twisted instances | Some manipulative, heavy material | | The protagonist’s values!!! His values are messed up!! Proceed with caution! | “Hello, my name is Zhou Ni.” As green trees wither 475Reads8.2Score10914d adds
12. 62 我 Ten Thousand Years After My Death, I Inherited the Legacy of the Supreme Demon God 我死后万年获得了极道魔神的传承 My Name Is An Tusheng我叫安屠生Eastern Fantasy597k WordsCompleted [No female lead] [Profit above all] [Do not read if you like saintly do-gooders] [Ruthless] [Dark fantasy] [Ensemble cast] [Lots of fighting] [The Myriad Worlds in the later chapters] The Xuantian Dao Realm is a world where the strong prey on the weak. Might makes right, and the weak are no more than ants. The path to the Dao demands a heart of stone: one general's success is built on the bones of ten thousand soldiers! Ten thousand years ago, the Demon Venerable angered heaven and earth by taki 399Reads8.0Score10914d adds
13. 63 开 Everything Went Wrong from the Start, and I Lost Three Legs 开局全错，害我断了三条腿 My Sunglasses Look Good我墨镜好看Eastern Fantasy98k WordsOngoing Wu Liang died, then came back to life... He transmigrated into a cultivation world and became a nine-year-old beggar, clutching a eunuch's manual for castrating oneself. In his previous life, he was betrayed and killed by his closest loved ones. In this life, he had already seen through human nature... Goodness is like a candle flame, beautiful but easily snuffed out; evil is like a rusty blade, dull but deadly. He chose the latter without hesitation. He makes no attempt to dress up his actions. —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    He doesn't kill indiscriminately, but only for profit; he's ruthless, even to himself.

14. 64 玄EN Fantasy: Starting Blind, I Cultivate with an Erhu 玄幻：开局瞎子，从拉二胡开始 Howling Gale哀嚎的狂风Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted (The short drama is now streaming: Fantasy: Beginning with Two Springs Reflect the Moon) [Spending Life + Grinding and Lying Low] "Once a song breaks the heart, where in all the world can one find a kindred soul?" From the start, he transmigrated as a blind man and became a street musician. [Two Springs Reflect the Moon: LV2 (1/10000) Effect: Unblocks qi and blood, opens the meridians, dispels dampness, and warms the body] He is a blind street musician who wipes out an entire gang for 141.6kReads9.6Score14.7k14d adds
15. 65 凡EN Mortal Cultivation: Ten Thousand Corpses Forge an Immortal Bone 凡人修仙，万尸铸仙骨 Swimming Champion游泳冠军Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsOngoing Demonic cultivation + no System + scheming underdog + decisive and ruthless. This book is dark, so don't read it if that's not your thing. The moment Song Wen kills the frail little beggar and seizes his blood and soul, every cell in his body cheers and leaps with excitement. His mind races, and he knows that killing will be part of his life from now on. For survival and immortality, he'll stop at nothing: petty schemes, conspiracies, and ruthless slaughter. On the road to immortality, bones are 94.7kReads8.9Score7.9k14d adds
16. 66 我 I'm a Rune Engraver. Isn't It Reasonable to Carry a Blade? 我是刻纹师，随身带把刀很合理吧 Wu Yue乌月Urban5.3M WordsCompleted [Ruthless male lead + one female lead + myths and legends + not a lighthearted leveling story + not an invincible System; new author, enter at your own risk] Years sank into the dark waters; the Great Dao was buried beneath the dust. The vast world changed, and all living things became corpses. The myths of old lay buried in the passage of time. The Great Dao of this world imposed its limits, leaving humanity's path of cultivation arduous and without a way forward. First, the sages gave their li 124kReads9.2Score17.8k14d adds

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    I highly recommend a book whose title doesn't do it justice.

17. 67 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—14d adds

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    The first book is about raising a human-eating Gu (a type of poisonous insect), a dark cultivation novel where everyone is evil, and those with high cultivation levels eat those with lower levels—it has a Cthulhu vibe and is very addictive. The second book is bizarre; the protagonist is immortal and specializes in demonic arts, crushing everything in his path—it's incredibly good. The third book involves the protagonist traveling between two worlds, cultivating demonic arts and then cultivating immortality on a zombie planet. The fourth book is a heretical path to enlightenment; the protagonist cultivates demonic arts, seeking only the ultimate clarity of mind. Known as the Flower-Supporting Daoist, he carries a Human Emperor Banner that can collect whatever he wants. Fellow Daoist, may I enter my Human Emperor Banner for a chat?

18. 68 列 Above the Immortals 列仙之上 The Orange in the Sky天上的橙子Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing The Undying Disease is a curse that makes a person's lifespan burn away twenty times faster after infection. One year alive means twenty years of aging. But until their lifespan runs out, their body cannot die and their soul cannot perish! No matter how grave the injury, they recover completely! After Li Jiu contracted the Undying Disease, he had no choice but to cultivate the quick-path demonic arts that everyone else considered tantamount to suicide if he wanted to survive! Gold-Eating Magneti 6.2kReads8.6Score42814d adds
19. 69 重 Rebirth as a Demonic Cultivator: Starting with a Zombie Planet 重生魔修，开局捡到一颗丧尸星球 The World Is Ink天下墨矣Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsOngoing This novel has been adapted into a comic. Chu Xuan transmigrates to the Cangxuan World and becomes a demonic cultivator in the Wuji Sect. To cultivate the demonic path is to seize the essence of heaven and earth and take the finest of all things. Slaughter countless millions, and you can become a supreme Demon Venerable. But killing is forbidden by the Heavenly Dao of the human race. The righteous sects also wiped out the Wuji Sect. Just when all seemed lost, Chu Xuan happens upon a blood mirror 15.6kReads9.1Score1.2k14d adds
20. 70 我 I Returned from Hell to Plan the Perfect String of Revenge 我从地狱归来，策划连环完美复仇 Leaves Can't Predict Autumn叶难知秋Mystery525k WordsCompleted [No Female Lead] [Mad Protagonist] [Elegant] [High-IQ Crimes] [No System] Ten years ago, the Shen family was wiped out by a mysterious organization known as the Alliance. Shen Feng was beaten to death and left in the wilderness. Now, Shen Feng’s soul has returned from hell. That day, the criminal investigation squad received a call from a mysterious person claiming he would kill the famous CEO Liu Ruxu at a shareholders’ meeting. The nightmare began at that very moment. Shen Feng planned one per 119.4kReads9.5Score12.9k14d adds
21. 71 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—14d adds

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    Dark Flow Ruthless Recommendation

22. 72 吾 I Am the Blood Lord, and All Living Beings Are My Blood Slaves 吾为血主，众生皆为血奴 Paper Ash Official纸灰官Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing [Slaughter] [Blood Princess] [Tentacles] [Corpse Refining] [Devouring] [No System] Fang Mo, the eldest young master of the Fang family, was the best cultivator among his peers and a widely acclaimed genius in Luoyun City, the focus of everyone’s attention. Unexpectedly, on the day the Heavenly Sword Sect came to recruit disciples, his family treated him as a pawn and discarded him. He was left gravely wounded and crippled. A few days later, news spread that Fang Mo had been poisoned to death. Th 11kReads8.5Score74214d adds
23. 73 无 Infinite Reincarnation: From the Start, I Defeat the Underworld King with a Peachwood Sword 无限轮回，开局用桃木剑打败冥王 Black Tower's Last Ark黑塔末舟Eastern Fantasy334k WordsOngoing When his home turns into a living hell, Lin Ye, an ordinary young man, falls into the despairing Underworld to protect his childhood sweetheart. His only way to survive points toward an unimaginable goal: kill Hades, the maddened lord of the Underworld. Ragnarok has arrived. Zeus has abandoned humanity, Poseidon has gone into hiding, Ares thirsts for blood, and Dionysus is brewing poisoned wine... Order has collapsed, and only strength can offer salvation. At death's door, the System becomes his 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The background is already desperate enough, leaving the protagonist no room for maneuver whatsoever.

24. 74 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 1.1kReads7.3Score10114d adds

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    Dark fantasy, where the protagonists are all absolutely self-serving, ruthless, cold-blooded, and merciless, and there are no female leads.

25. 75 玄 Xuanhuan: After My Death, I Became the Primordial True Demon 玄幻：我死后，化身原始真魔 Journeying to the Mortal World远赴人间Eastern Fantasy442k WordsCompleted [Ultimate villain + dark + ruthless + nearly invincible + slaughters his way through the world + no female lead] My name is Zhao Wumian. I'm an ordinary person with little cultivation, yet a lofty divine son falsely accuses me of being a fiend who slaughtered hundreds of millions. Before long, my body will be crushed, my three souls and seven spirits ripped out, and I'll suffer in a soul lamp until I die. My name is Ye Baiwei. I'm the Holy Maiden of Qixia Sacred Land, and I have another i 3.1kReads7.7Score18614d adds
26. 76 从 A Wildly Reimagined Crossover Starting with Pokemon 从宝可梦开始的魔改综漫 G, Beyond Forgiveness罪无可恕的GAnime Fanfiction726k WordsCompleted [Evil Villain Protagonist] + [Pokemon (Beast-Taming Story in Disguise)] + [Endless Destruction] + [True Demon King] + [Digimon] This isn't a dumb, dark story. Don't complain that people can't be saved in the early chapters or whatever. The protagonist acts with cost-effectiveness in mind and wants a comfortable life. He's not some masochistic idiot who goes looking for trouble. Hypocrisy is part of evil. A weakling who acts arrogant isn't evil, just an idiot. If you want something mindless, don' 88Reads5.9Score—14d adds
27. 77 在 Being an Evil God in the Land of Cherry Blossoms Is Just Wonderful! 在樱花国当邪神，真是太棒了！ The Cat with a Cutesy Voice夹子音的猫Urban223k WordsCompleted [Ensemble Cast + Behind the Scenes + Containment + Gu Insects + Dark + No System] This novel is also known as The Lord of the Sequences, Sequence Monsters: Battle Royale, and The Evil God’s Memoirs. When the evil gods descended, the peaceful, boring world changed. Demons and angels danced together; evil and good converged. “If you’re full of resentment, then let it all out!” No. 000: Evil God No. 001: Corpse King No. 002: Swordsman No. 003: Taotie Lin Fan stood high above, looking down at th 72Reads6.0Score—14d adds
28. 78 我 I Use Illusions to Control the World 我用幻术控制全世界 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [A rare illusion-based novel featuring a villain protagonist, nightmare invasions, and original instances] Su Mu has the same dream every night. Each time he wakes, his mental strength has increased by one percent. He grows stronger just by sleeping. In the first year, hypnosis. He discovers his mental strength is already powerful enough to hypnotize others, and soon gang bosses, the campus belle, beautiful CEOs, and more have all become his slaves. In the second year, control over the five sens 67.8kReads9.4Score7.5k14d adds
29. 79 末 Apocalypse Villain: I Become Darkness and Enslave All 末世反派：化身黑暗，奴役众生 Vulgar and Tasteless俗而无味Sci-Fi & Apocalypse270k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + villain + darkness + factions + special abilities] After transmigrating into an apocalyptic world filled with protagonists, he discovers that he has become the ultimate villain, destined to be nothing more than a stepping stone for the heroes. Awaken a System? Time and space abilities? Reborn? Whatever this so-called protagonist's luck is, I'll wipe it all out! The protagonist is noble? How noble? At most, only as high as my knees! That kingly aura of yours? I'll kill you until al 2.7kReads8.2Score13914d adds
30. 80 不 No Need to Wail. When I Ascend, You Will All Live Forever Too 不必哀嚎，我若飞升尔等一同永生 Bright Moon Over the River江下明月Eastern Fantasy495k WordsOngoing [Slow Burn + Ensemble Cast + Immortal Martial Arts + No Goody-Two-Shoes + Ruthless + Buddha and Demon + When All Life Is Extinguished, the World Will Be One.] If your own father puts you up as collateral, kill him. 413Reads6.7Score—14d adds
31. 81 反EN The Villain Should Be Invincible 反派就应该无敌 Bored Little Bai无聊小白啊Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted The animated adaptation is now streaming: The Lord Who Suppresses the Nine Heavens: The Protagonist Should Be Invincible Reborn as the leader of a demonic cult, he obtains the Villain Invincibility System and from then on makes the cult invincible. I am Zhou Qiong, leader of the demonic cult. No one is allowed to contradict what I say. Even while protecting the cult with one hand, I remain invincible in the world. 33kReads9.3Score2.6k14d adds

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    This is my favorite dark fantasy novel so far. It's very good, has no female lead, is ruthless and decisive, and doesn't portray characters as saints.

32. 82 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!” 1.1kReads6.6Score11014d adds

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    This book is truly the epitome of darkness! Cold-blooded and ruthless! The protagonist will stop at nothing to achieve his goals! I won't say anything else, I'll just show you a part of the plot: "I came here mainly to see how you're doing, to see if there's anything I can do to help you. But it seems you've misunderstood me..." Ye Ning'er said fearfully, "I'm already deeply grateful that you're willing to forgive and forget, how could I dare ask for anything more?" Chen De shook his head, "I came to help you. Don't worry, sisters, with me here, peace will be restored, and your good days will begin." "Really?" Hearing Chen De's resolute tone, which didn't seem like a lie, Ye Ning'er and Ye Huai'er asked simultaneously with delight. Chen De said solemnly, "Of course, I keep my word!" "I promise!" "Hmm..." "I swear!" "... In a brightly lit, modern laboratory-style room, two exquisitely beautiful heads were submerged in some unknown colorless, transparent liquid. They were placed in two separate glass containers on either side of a table. Around the table were various glass containers of different sizes, also filled with colorless liquid, containing different parts of the human body: arms, legs, torsos... The torsos occupied the largest volume in their containers. A man in a white coat used a special tool and method to extract something from the container containing the heads. At that moment, a voice rang out in the room: '20ml of brain fluid extracted from Taiyin Body No. 765, Recorded!'"

33. 83 万 The Eternal Demon Emperor! 万古魔帝！ San Zui三最Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Villain + invincible domination + System + three emperors from one family + building a faction + ruthless decisiveness + ultimate power fantasy + the plot becomes legendary in the middle and later stages] Gu Changge transmigrates into a fantasy world and binds himself to the Demon God System. As long as he keeps killing, he can quickly and easily increase his demonic cultivation and obtain all kinds of heavenly treasures! From there, he rises against all odds, founds the Heavenly Demon Cult, an 23.7kReads8.9Score2.6k14d adds

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    Five stars isn't the limit for a book, it's just the limit for reviews!

34. 84 奥 Ultraman: Dark Tiga Goes on a Rampage 奥特曼：黑暗迪迦杀疯了 Ka En卡恩Anime Fanfiction2.2M WordsCompleted I never expected this book’s reputation to take such a nosedive three years after it ended, but I still have to say: those brats on that site are making a ridiculous fuss. They don’t read the book, but they always have to follow the latest trend. The saddest ones are those who once spent dozens, even over a hundred hours reading it, only to come back and give it one star. What, you thought it was good back then, but now you think it’s no good? You haven’t grown up. You’ve lost the ability to thi 31kReads9.2Score1.9k14d adds
35. 85 魔 Demon Emperor, You’re Calling Off the Engagement Too? The Nine Dragons’ Coffin Is Headed to Your Door 魔帝你也退婚？九龙拉棺拉到你家 The Bear Who Loves Lychees爱吃荔枝的熊Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Demonic Path] + [Ruthless] + [No More Simping] + [Revenge and Face-Slapping Without Delay] + [Bronze Sparrow Terrace]!!! Su Mo transmigrated into a fantasy world and became a Demon Emperor from the start, the only son of the Voidless Demon Emperor. Su Mo discovered that, as the Demon Emperor's son, he'd once been a simp. That was just ridiculous. Su Mo: “What an idiot! With a father this powerful, why simp for anyone? If it were me, I'd have thrown my weight around from the start!” Just th 8.5kReads7.9Score67214d adds
36. 86 全 Global Manhunt: You’re Crazy! You Call This an Escape? 全球通缉：疯了！你管这个叫逃亡 Snow at Dusk in the Clouds云中暮雪Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Ten major conglomerates are investing, a hundred billion dollars in prize money is up for grabs, and elites from every field are taking part! Urban parkour, high-altitude skydiving, wingsuit flying. Everything... is for the sake of escape! A global manhunt! This is a show that drives people wild! Its goal is to uncover vulnerabilities in security systems and public safety in today's information age. Su Yu is sent to prison from the start, but no one could have expected what came next. Su Yu brea 42.1kReads9.3Score4.4k14d adds
37. 87 第 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 Wei Jie伪戒Urban6.1M WordsCompleted After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.7kReads9.6Score22.6k14d adds

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    I highly recommend this post-apocalyptic novel! The protagonist is cold and clear-headed, always with his intelligence intact. He doesn't have a system or any cheat codes. The suspense is intricate, and the portrayal of human nature is so realistic it's chilling. The more you read, the more addictive it becomes.

38. 88 末 Apocalypse Cockroach 末日蟑螂 Mighty Cockroach伟岸蟑螂Sci-Fi & Apocalypse6.3M WordsCompleted Zhang Xiaoqiang is an insignificant nobody, a lazy loser who had been content to lounge around and wait to die. Staying at home lets him avoid the first outbreak of the zombie virus. When he sees his neighbors in the same apartment complex turn into zombies, he is overcome with boundless terror. He struggles to survive alone in an Apocalypse where people prey on each other. At last, worn down by loneliness, he picks up his gear and heads out into a world shrouded in smoke and fire. He takes the 26.8kReads8.9Score2.4k14d adds
39. 89 美 American Horror: Evil Descends on America 美恐：邪恶降临美利坚 Li Chade李茶德Mystery693k WordsCompleted [Villain Protagonist] [Dark Fiction] [Hannibal] [No Female Lead] [American Horror and TV Series] People cannot control their inborn desires, just as they cannot stop their fingernails from growing. Some people are born demons. "Joshua" "Hannibal" "The Bad Seed" "Jigsaw" "The Strangers" "The Silence of the Lambs" "The Poughkeepsie Tapes", and various serial killers who really existed in America... 5.8kReads9.2Score51614d adds

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    Brothers, this is really good. The world setting is quite original; various saurus addicts will appear one after another and be hunted down by the protagonist, who is also a complete psychopath.

40. 90 我 I Am the Ghost God, Slaughterer of the Myriad Worlds 我是诡神，屠尽诸天万界 Rational Big Shot理性大大Eastern Fantasy228k WordsOngoing [No heroine] [Dark story] [Nearly invincible] [Villain] [Traditional fantasy] [Two worlds] [Wish fulfillment] Three years ago, Ye Chen, divine son of the Zixiao Sect, slaughtered the entire Su family to seize their ancestral divine iron. The young Su Bai was impaled through the bones and hung up as a corpse, enduring endless humiliation before his soul was annihilated. Three years later, an evil force from an unknowable dimension enters his remains. He returns from hell, eyes scarlet, bearing th 10Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This book is really good, incredibly exciting! It's about a male protagonist whose entire family is slaughtered, who transforms into a monstrous god and wreaks havoc, killing, and plundering throughout the cultivation world, releasing otherworldly anomalies to corrupt it. The plot is also very gripping; I seriously suspect the author has... [Laughing emoji]

41. 91 被 My Own Father Dug Out My Immortal Bones, So I Slaughtered My Entire Family 被亲爹挖仙骨，我屠了全家满门 Seventh Brother of Blackwind Stronghold黑风寨老七Eastern Fantasy351k WordsOngoing [Satisfying Read] [Fast-Paced] [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Wasting Words, Just Kill] [No Female Lead] [No Goody-Two-Shoes] [Kill to Become a God] The motto: If you strike, leave no survivors! When Chen Fan was born, heaven and earth showed wondrous signs. Cranes cried in delight, and bells tolled. He possessed a congenital Chaotic Spirit Root and supreme immortal bones. But he was born to Chen Xuantian, the family head, and a maid, leaving him with lowly status. While still an infant, his immort 20Reads6.2Score—14d adds

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42. 92 无 Endless Slaughter: I Killed My Way Until the Heavens Fell 无尽杀戮，我一路杀到了诸天沦陷 Bu Du Er Bi不渡二笔Anime Fanfiction213k WordsOngoing [The Myriad Worlds] [Invincible Slaughter] [Do Whatever You Want] Shi Feng enters Slaughter City and begins his path to becoming a god through slaughter. He awakens a personal ability all his own, [Devour]. To grow stronger, he travels through the Myriad Worlds, slaughtering and devouring without restraint. He cares nothing for human kindness. He kills without mercy, cold and bloodthirsty. His eyes hold only slaughter, the power to devour, and the desire to earn slaughter coins. In Twilight, he 9Reads—Score—14d adds
43. 93 洪 Honghuang: Attaining Sainthood Through Slaughter 洪荒：我以杀戮证道成圣 There's No Me in the South南方没有我，Eastern Fantasy154k WordsCompleted As Xiao Cheng slays Zhunti and attains sainthood, he transmigrates back to the very beginning, starting over from the demon race’s slaughter of humanity and walking the path to sainthood once more! This time, he starts with two ultimate skills: Eyes of Death and Heart of Slaughter. He will climb to greater heights, seize every opportunity he missed before, and go further than ever! 16Reads—Score—14d adds
44. 94 黑 Dark Awakening: Invincible After Falling into the Blood Buddha’s Clutches 黑暗觉醒：从堕入血佛开始无敌 Tian Xiao天笑Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Beneath the pavilion, the moon shines; on the far shore, a companion awaits. In the mortal world, all living beings face calamity! The last young man of a fallen sect only wants to live in seclusion and peace. But life is unpredictable, and the sect's enemies eventually find him. Nearly killed in their attack, he clings to his last breath and finds the divine pills treasured by his sect. He swallows hundreds of them in a fit of rage and, by a stroke of fate, awakens an invincible divine physique 988Reads8.2Score11814d adds
45. 95 我 I Am the Void Terror, Devouring the Heavens Starting with Goblin Slayer 我虚空恐怖，从哥杀开始吞噬诸天 Ren Fan忍凡Anime Fanfiction123k WordsOngoing [Myriad Worlds] [Monster Novel] [Never Becomes Human] [Devour to Evolve] Liu Xu, an unemployed young man, dies in an accident while delivering food. His soul plunges into an endless abyss, where he is reincarnated as the lowest kind of insect demon and accidentally enters the Abyss of Final Decay, ruled by female demons. At the brink of despair, he awakens an innate ability: [Feast]. By devouring others, he can not only grow infinitely in size and strength, but also seize their defining traits. —Reads—Score—14d adds
46. 96 我 I Am the Calamity: Starting by Polluting the Whole World 我即天灾：从污染全世界开始 Determined to Start Dieting Tomorrow下定决心明天就减肥Eastern Fantasy280k WordsOngoing [Nonhuman protagonist + concept consumption + mastermind behind the scenes + secret identities + seemingly invincible (truly invincible later)] I am a data "virus" about to be erased, and from the start, I devour the authority over "stories." I twist [Chivalry] into slaughter, turning the revered hero into my rabid dog. I rewrite [Hope] into deadly poison, making the savior bury the one he loves with his own hands at the height of his glory, then fall and become a world-destroying demon! And thi —Reads—Score—14d adds
47. 97 地 Level 999 of Hell: I Am the Strongest Mercenary 地狱999层：我是最强雇佣兵 Turbid One浊人Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Infinite worlds + ruthless and decisive + no female lead + no saintly hero + evolution and mutation + original system] T-virus? Swallowed. G-virus? Swallowed. Blacklight virus? Swallowed. Blackwater Xenomorph? Swallowed. T-Veronica virus? Swallowed. Gamma-ray mutagen? Swallowed. Vibranium skeleton? Swallowed. I don’t care what you call it, if the bloodline looks good, I’ll just swallow it all!! The 999th level of Hell. You’re all earning points to trade for abilities? I have the perfect Gen 10.6kReads8.9Score1k14d adds
48. 98 我 I Created Demons and Became the Strongest Villain 我创造恶魔，成为最强大反派 Can't Lie Flat Properly躺平躺不好Urban695k WordsOngoing [Behind-the-Scenes Style + No System + No Female Lead + Not a Saint] Nie Wudao obtains a Demonic Cauldron and uses it to refine Demon Pills. Anyone other than himself who consumes a Demon Pill, no matter what kind of creature they are, will become a demon and gain a special ability. Want to gain power? Then become a demon! Demon Apocalypse: Sequence 1: Undying Demon Sequence 2: Blazing Blade Demon Sequence 3: Hidden Sword Demon Sequence 4: Spiked Demon 2.8kReads6.9Score14414d adds
49. 99 白 The Gray-Eyed White Cat 白猫传灰瞳 Mr. TT白先生Urban107k WordsOngoing The young heir of a crime family is forced to become a beggar. With nothing but a bowl from the start, he becomes the Zhu Yuanzhang of the underworld. Fresh twists and airtight logic. Italian mixed-race, ruthless, cruel, and realistic. He kills decisively, with every punch landing hard, every blade striking true, and every bullet finding its mark. A slow burn. Trust me, it only gets better as it goes. (No saintly heroine, no System, no harem, pure underworld fiction.) —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This book features a third-generation tycoon who is not a saint, has no system, is decisive and ruthless, cruel and realistic, with innovative plot twists and meticulous logic.

50. 100 杀 Lord of the Path of Slaughter 杀戮道主 Conscienceless Heavenly Spear无良天戈Eastern Fantasy335k WordsCompleted [Dark story + decisive and ruthless + no female lead + protagonist is no saint] As he teeters on the brink of death, Chen Dao activates the Slaughter System. The more he kills, the stronger he becomes. From then on, the world gains a numb, remorseless hunter. He slaughters across the heavens, leaving mountains of corpses and seas of blood in his wake. Countless bones pave his path; all living beings weep blood; Buddhas perish, demons fall, monsters collapse, and immortals mourn. To attain the Da 845Reads5.4Score—14d adds

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    An extremely dark story where the protagonist has no emotions.

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