Eerie, Dark, Cold-Blooded, Ruthless, Not a Goody-Two-Shoes: A Cruel, Decisive, Unhinged Killer 诡异+黑暗+冷血+无情+不圣母+残酷杀伐果断疯子

1. 51 恐 Horror Revival: Starting with My Girlfriend's Resurrection 恐怖复苏：从女友复活开始 White Bones, Ashen Gray白骨青灰Urban339k WordsCompleted [One Heroine + Supernatural Horror + Silly Comedy + Cozy Daily Life + Sweet Romance + System] Also known as My Girlfriend Really Came Back as a Ghost, My Girlfriend Was Resurrected, and Now I'm a God in the Supernatural World, and Supernatural Horror Descends: My Girlfriend Becomes an S-Rank Taboo from the Start When his girlfriend dies in an accident, Shen Cifeng is devastated. Then a supernatural revival suddenly sweeps the world, bringing great change as ghosts and monsters rise and demons ru 1.2kReads9.1Score157Shelves
2. 52 呵 Just Kill Him While He’s Young, Bro. Sorry to Bother You 呵灭幼年他不就是了，打扰了哥 Xiao Le小乐Eastern Fantasy446k WordsOngoing An Immortal Emperor has had his eye on me from the start? Are you scared? I know I'm not. You've got to be kidding. I come back to life when I die, and I have a hundredfold backpack. What have I got to be afraid of? I'm not just unafraid! I'll go right up and take whatever I want! What can some mere Immortal Emperor do to me? But then... 1: "You're still the same." 2: "I know you're not really happy. I understand you better than you understand yourself." 3: "Will you become an immortal?" She sho 2.8kReads7.6Score315Shelves
3. 53 开 From the Start, I’m a Nobody in the Ghost Realm, but the System Makes Me Invincible 开局鬼界小透明，系统降临我无敌 Blood God August血神八月Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Death is not the end! Reincarnation is the real deception! When science collides with the supernatural, above the heavens, a gaze from a higher dimension looks down upon us! Behind the chaos of disorder lies a cosmic game of chess, laid out long ago. After dying in an accident, Wang Xiao awakens the [Revenant Comeback System]. Feeding on the fear of humanity, he evolves from the lowest rank of ghost spirit. The dragon veins stir, and the boundary between yin and yang breaks! Countless vengeful g 64Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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   A 9.9-Star book, feel free to criticize! [Feeling wronged][Almost crying][Feeling wronged][Almost crying]

4. 54 从 Journey Through the Heavens, Starting with One Piece 从海贼开始诸天 Trouble3麻烦3Anime Fanfiction104k WordsOngoing (Profit above all) (Ruthless) (Dark) (Never hold the protagonist back) He transmigrates into Blackbeard's body and takes the name Teach, but doesn't eat the Yami Yami no Mi as in the original story. From the start, he sets his sights on the Time-Time Fruit and successfully eats it. Tenfold, hundredfold, ten-thousandfold time acceleration 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Darkness, ruthlessness, and absolute self-interest.

5. 55 傲 The Peerless Esper King: Beneath the Extraordinary 傲世异能王之异人之下 Yongsheng Aiwuyaya永晟爱无涯Sci-Fi & Apocalypse275k WordsOngoing Which of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits’ divine skills would you want to gain? A secret buried for a hundred years. What happened to a mysterious girl, and what made her lose her memories? How did she gain such powerful abilities? The story’s prologue reveals the heroine’s difficult birth, and how, through a twist of fate, she gained powerful abilities. The later story explores school conflicts before the apocalypse, then reveals the darkness of human nature after it begins. This novel follows 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The project is planned for 1 million words, but it's only at 200,000 words so far, just reaching the pre-launch stage [laughing emoji]. It features a gathering of superhumans, including humanoids, mutated golden retrievers, exotic beasts, zombies, monsters, sect cultivators, martial arts competitions, factional struggles, and more. Looking forward to reading! No high-energy moments in the early stages, and no filler later on. [Laughing emoji][laughing emoji][laughing emoji]

6. 56 苟 Keeping a Low Profile as a Martial God in a World of Gods and Ghosts 苟在神鬼世界当武神 The Young Master Is Here公子在这里Eastern Fantasy3.3M WordsCompleted There are no supernatural beings in this world! Yet countless people die in sinister cases that defy explanation. After transmigrating here, the protagonist discovers that this world is practically overrun by ghosts. Ordinary people have no power to resist them. Only the Taoists can barely rely on their arts to drive out evil and keep the people safe. The imperial court and the great clans, meanwhile, are monstrous forces that devour people, much like the evil spirits themselves. Yet they posses 171Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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   🍓🍓 Rated 6.8, This novel focuses on contrast, the author is a beautiful woman, it's a creepy story that gets more exciting as you read on, definitely worth checking out.

7. 57 玄 Xuanhuan: Burning Bright to Slay the Gods, Starting with Sacrificing Pain 玄幻：火旺斩神！从献祭痛苦开始 Little Bear Felt the Spring Breeze Again Last Night小熊昨夜又春风Eastern Fantasy588k WordsCompleted A mad genius slaughters his way through the Three Realms! The more it hurts, the more berserk his combat power becomes! [Madness from the start] He is Patient 07 at a psychiatric hospital, and also the “mad dog” outer disciple of the Cangyang Sect in another world! When the red fog infects Earth, he tears through space and time amid the smell of disinfectant and rust. With his left hand, he subdues Elder Deadwood and makes him bark like a dog; with his right, he snuffs out the Purple Moon Phoeni 204Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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   Yes, yes! [Bump][Please follow][Awkward laugh]

8. 58 墓 Reborn in the Graveyard, I Go on a Rampage with the “Am I Dead?” System 墓地重生，我靠死了吗系统杀疯了 Wan Hua琬华Mystery890k WordsOngoing [Reborn in a graveyard + Death System + mystery and crime-solving + powerful heroine seeking revenge] [Nonstop thrills + a badass heroine + lots of twists + crushing scumbags every step of the way] ⊗ Orphan Qin Mo is kidnapped and thrown into a mass grave. After crawling out of a coffin, she unexpectedly binds herself to the [Are You Dead Yet] System. ⊗ Fail six missions in a row, and the System will erase you! ⊗ Watch Qin Mo plan each move carefully, turn the tables against all odds, and make h 1.2kReads9.2Score102Shelves

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   Awakening from a cold tomb, burdened with a blood feud, she journeys on. Bizarre cases unfold one after another, hidden evils surface, and the heroine, holding a trump card, overturns the darkness and punishes the world's villains.

9. 59 诡 The Strange Immortal Judge’s Record 诡仙判官录 Linchuan's Sandwich临川的三明治Eastern Fantasy552k WordsOngoing [Dark + Unhinged + Lovecraftian Cultivation + Judge of the Underworld] The Heavenly Dao has come alive. The gods feast on incense offerings, while the court runs the human world like a pasture. And I, keeper of the Book of Life and Death, was torn apart, soul and all, and sent back to the Three Realms for declaring the Heavenly Dao unjust a thousand years ago. I have seen: The souls of loyal subjects nailed into ancestral shrines to serve as lamp oil, chaste women turned into frost on the tiles 24Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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   This world needs a new judge. And he, with the Book of Life and Death in his left hand and the Soul-Snatching Pen in his right, judges not only people, but also those unspeakable horrors!

10. 60 规 Rule Horror: I'm a Scholar!! 规则怪谈：我是读书人啊！！ Yam and Blueberry Don't Go Together山药不搭蓝莓Mystery365k WordsCompleted Guan Ziliang had just passed the written portion of the national civil service exam when he got so excited that he keeled over and died. When he woke again, he was in a strange new world. [Welcome to the Haunted Park] [Loading the Game of Despair…] [Ding! Player Guan Ziliang of the Dragon Kingdom, successfully loaded!] “If you can’t understand reason, this monk knows a few moves with his fists.” “Technically, you’re not allowed to hit the supernatural, but he’s the one who makes the rules.” A hi 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I really love this book! [Laughing and crying emojis]

11. 61 诡 Words of the Eerie: From the Start, I Con the Boss into a Cripple 诡之信言：开局忽悠瘸了Boss Drunk in the Countryside醉卧田园Mystery167k WordsCompleted Strange dungeons are devouring the world, and it’s hell from the start! Lin Yang awakens a divine skill: [Words of Truth for the Strange]. He gets one chance per dungeon to name a target, who must believe whatever he says! One “I’m your daddy!” is enough to scare a vengeful spirit boss to tears; one “Teammates are the most nutritious!” is enough to get the elites of a hundred-player guild killed! While everyone else trembles under the rules, he turns lies into nuclear weapons, teaching every unr 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A lie becomes the BOSS's decree? In dire straits, the words "Trust me" are uttered, and the villain transforms into a henchman, wiping out everyone! Fast-paced dungeons, skillful maneuvers crush the entire field, a sure way to silence any challenger! [Winking face][Smirking][Smirking]

12. 62 诡 Creepy Invasion: Self-Harm Makes Me Stronger 诡异入侵：自残就能变强 Helan Qing贺兰倾Mystery405k WordsCompleted [Strong female lead + 2 male leads + satisfying read + not a saint + System] Overnight, He Qiqi transmigrates to Nether Blue Star, a place crawling with ghosts and monsters. Is this a blessing or a curse? He Qiqi: “What if I told you I went from thirty years old to a three-year-old kid and transmigrated? Would you believe me?” Qiangzai: “...I believe you!” He Qiqi: “The supernatural stuff is terrifying. Sometimes I really want to kill myself and go back to Earth, but why can’t I die?” Qiangzai: 6.8kReads9.2Score514Shelves

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    In "The Mysterious Invasion? The Female Lead is More Terrifying Than the Mysteries," a horde of strange creatures attacks, but the female lead possesses a powerful aura that is even more chilling than the creatures themselves. With her formidable strength, she sweeps away the strange beings and protects the peace of the region.

13. 63 诡 The Uncanny Descends, So I Passed My Bad Luck to the NPCs 诡异降临，我把霉运分给了NPC If You Become a Demon你若成妖Mystery281k WordsCompleted [Livestream]+ [No Heroine] A silly comedy with absurd, nonsensical events. If this style isn't for you, please don't click in. Thanks~ The evil spirit bares its fangs. “Play a game with me, or I'll eat you!” Meng Fan remains perfectly calm. “I can, but do you have enough money?” As long as you've got enough cash, I don't mind passing all my bad luck on to you... 613Reads9.2Score103Shelves
14. 64 诡 Eerie Revival: My Neighbor Isn't Human 诡异复苏：我的邻居不是人 Offer Flowers, Present Dogs接花献狗Mystery392k WordsCompleted [No female lead, no romance, and the protagonist grows stronger over time. He becomes formidable after death.] Three years ago, the world twisted, and terror returned. As the entire world was shrouded in the shadows of ghosts and monsters, Qi Miao: Thanks for asking. There's the old woman who looks for people to take her place in death, the widowed father raising a daughter, the little kid who likes bouncing a ball, the zombie family that holds spirit-summoning rituals, the ghost in a horse-face 624Reads8.9Score106Shelves
15. 65 诡 Eerie Lord: A Hundred Thousand Starving Ghosts from the Start 诡异领主，开局十万饿死鬼 Losing Money on Cover Art亏钱做封面Urban413k WordsCompleted He transmigrated to a dangerous city rife with secret realms, dungeons, and abysses. Here, those who awakened a planet and became lords could each be a nation, a world, or a war unto themselves! Lords clashed in all-out war! And Xiao Bai awakened a dead planet? Fortunately, he received a second awakening and the exclusive talents [Crazy Troop Production] and [Creepy Transformation]. “Put a bowl of white rice in a mass grave, and [Creepy Transformation] gives you the unit [Starving Ghost].” “Use 1.2kReads9.0Score116Shelves
16. 66 我 I Teach as a Vicious Ghost in a Horror Game 我在惊悚游戏做猛鬼老师 Red Bean and Braised Meat红豆角炖肉Mystery505k WordsCompleted A horror game descends upon the world. Su Yun, the game’s first A-rank player, suddenly vanishes from public view. When he reappears, he is a teacher at a kindergarten for evil spirits. This is an F-rank instance with a death rate as high as ninety percent, but no player believes it. “Little Chubby is so honest. How could he be dangerous?” “The ghost girl is so kawaii. There’s no way she’d hurt the players!” But Su Yun knows that these adorable, good-natured little ones are all evil spirits, 1.4kReads9.1Score130Shelves
17. 67 惊 Horror Story: Breaking the Deadlock from the Plot's Beginning 惊悚故事：从情节开始的破局 Fallen Pavilion落楼阁Mystery97k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow] [Somewhat graphic, horror] [Mystery with a story-driven focus] "Have you heard? Xun Changzhi has gone crazy!" "Really? He's the only college student in the village. How could that happen?" "I killed Wang Mazi..." "I killed Wang Mazi!" In the middle of the night, a madman's cries rang out through the village. The villagers came out to see what was happening, and when they heard what he was saying, they saw a young man dragging a long trail of intestines, with a corpse at the o —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There aren't many madmen, but it's never too late. To achieve their goals, they'll stop at nothing, they'll exploit others, and they'll even harm themselves.

18. 68 诡 Eerie Descent: The Great Sage Taught Me to Draw a Prison, and It Begins 诡异降临：大圣传我画地为牢开始 Hero Kitty大侠喵Mystery208k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to ancient times, Chen Fan opened his eyes to a living hell. The Great Yan dynasty had reached its final days. Strange monsters roamed everywhere, devouring people’s vital energy and turning them into puppets. He became one of countless refugees, struggling to survive in the mud beneath the city walls, living each day with hunger, exhaustion, and the ever-present fear of death. Hope was scarce. His only lifeline was a Journey to the West game interface inside him that charge —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A mysterious fog has spread, threatening the city to the brink of destruction. Officials are indifferent, treating the lives of displaced people like dirt. The protagonist, transmigrated into this predicament, awakens his inherited skill to create his own prison, protecting his small world, restoring order, and resisting the strange and treacherous nature of humanity.

19. 69 我 I Became Awesome Through Technology 我靠科技开始牛掰 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [No System] [Villain in the Later Chapters] [Immortal-Sucking Technique] [Soul Devouring] [Fast Leveling] A scientist transmigrates to the cultivation world and gradually transforms from a good person into a demonic cultivator. 293Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 70 汉 The Struggle for Supremacy at the End of the Han: Winners Become Kings, Losers Become Outlaws 汉末争霸之成王败寇 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Historical210k WordsCompleted The protagonist is Zhang Jiao. He sweeps across the realm, vying for supremacy through warfare and battles between generals. A village bully’s soul travels back to the late Eastern Han and takes over Zhang Jiao’s body. At a moment of crisis, he turns the tide and leads the Yellow Turbans in a sweeping conquest of the realm, winning through strategy. 90Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 71 妖 Tales of Demons and Ghosts at Night 妖鬼夜话 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Mystery209k WordsCompleted My new book, I Get Awesome with Technology, is now being serialized. My short ghost stories The Water Ghost, The Seventh Night, The Departure That Year, and The Soul-Calling Lantern are available on Tomato Short Stories. 423Reads6.6Score—Shelves
22. 72 我 I Cultivate Through Bloodsucking 我靠吸血修仙 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy357k WordsCompleted The new novel, I Get Awesome Through Technology, is currently being serialized and has already reached one million words. The ghost story collection, Tales of Demons and Ghosts at Night, is complete. If you like ghost stories, go check it out. 59Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 73 黑 Dark Academia Life 黑暗系的校园生活 White Night BatX白夜蝙蝠XMystery252k WordsCompleted 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommend this one! It's a dark school novel! Everyone's a villain, and the characters all have twisted minds. The male lead is the manipulative type, and the female lead is innocent (not kind). There's no romantic pairing, and the content is somewhat bizarre. You might want to check it out.

24. 74 诸 The Bloodwing Cult Master of the Myriad Worlds 诸天万界之血翼教主 Lü Bu Battles Li Yuanba吕布大战李元霸Male-Channel Fanfiction542k WordsOngoing The protagonist, Zhou Yuan, binds himself to the Myriad Worlds Cult Leader System. He had planned to transmigrate into a famous wish-fulfillment novel and rise to the top, but instead he accidentally lands in Zhongzhou and inherits the legacy of the Immortal Venerable's first life: the Bloodwing Demon Cult. Joining forces with Wuji, he breaks through the barriers between worlds and explores the Myriad Worlds! (Three new arcs have since been added: the Cangwu Cultivation Realm, the One Piece worl 3.7kReads—Score141Shelves
25. 75 全 Global Mutation: Every Throw of My Throwing Knives Is Deadly 全球异变：我的飞刀刀刀致命 In the Name of the Evil God以邪神之名Sci-Fi & Apocalypse125k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse+Reborn+Two Superpowers+No Romance+Decisive and Ruthless+Violent Aesthetics] On May 7, 2026, the sky turned blood red. People thought it was merely a once-in-a-millennium natural spectacle. They never expected it to herald the apocalypse. Ninety percent of humanity became zombies, while animals and plants evolved. Human survivors were no longer the protagonists! But some people awakened powers and became superpowered individuals. Practitioners of ancient martial arts also emerge —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is the most enjoyable post-apocalyptic novel I've read so far. Currently, it's a lone wolf story with no female lead.

26. 76 我 I Slay Monsters and Grow Stronger in the Haunting Apocalypse 我在诡异末世杀怪变强 Qi Wu Is a Foodie柒伍是个吃货Mystery64k WordsOngoing [Eerie Apocalypse] [Multiple Heroines] [No Saintly Naïveté] [Decisive and Ruthless] My name is Wu Feng. When the eerie apocalypse arrived, I worked my way up to become one of the world’s ten strongest fighters. But in the end, I was murdered by my wicked girlfriend. Now I’m reborn, and I’ll fight to grow stronger, make that wicked woman pay dearly, and take back everything I lost! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Needless to say, this is an incredibly good novel. If you don't like it, feel free to criticize the author.

27. 77 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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    🔥Dark cultivation + horror, you are what you eat, so suffering won't make you superior, only eating others will. A sage once said: If you're not at the table, you're definitely at the table.

28. 78 龙 A Dragon Kingdom Police Cadet Charges Into Maitira 龙国警校生，勇闯迈提拉 Thousand-Year-Old Stone Monkey千年老石猴Urban137k WordsOngoing [Decisive, not a bleeding heart, self-serving, scheming, highly intelligent, always planning several steps ahead]+ [Everyone is ruthless]+ [No System, no golden finger]+ [No characters acting stupidly, logical]+ [No heroine, female supporting character] Ye Zilu plays by his own rules! This is a logically consistent power fantasy: With his options exhausted in Longguo, Ye Zilu, a graduate of the Longguo Police Academy, ventures into Maitila to survive. After joining the police force, he uses ever 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Decisive and ruthless, self-serving, not a saint, highly intelligent and emotionally intelligent, good at planning and strategizing, Ye Zilu's path is unconventional!

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