Dark Stories with an Utterly Self-Serving Protagonist Who Isn't a Do-Gooder 黑暗文，主角绝对的利己主义者，不圣母

1. 1 极 The Extreme Path to Immortality 极道仙路 Vast Qin 1泱泱大秦1Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted [No Goody-Two-Shoes Heroine, No Female Lead, No System, No Transmigration.] Follow your heart and pursue what you desire: that is the path to the ultimate immortal way. The Heavenly Dao? It is dead. The Demonic Heaven shall rise. This is an utterly brutal cultivation world where the strong rule and the weak are ants. My name is Zhao Wuji. In pursuit of the immortal path, I have no taboos. 11.3kReads8.9Score852Shelves

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   Look at how long I've spent reading this book. It's truly a dark and villainous story. 1. The protagonist is driven by self-interest. He starts by using mortals to refine pills. 2. The protagonist begins as a bandit. He commits all sorts of evil deeds to cultivate immortality. He also sleeps around with women. He only wants to sleep with pretty women and doesn't care about feelings. It's very well written. 3. The protagonist enjoys cannibalism. He eats several villages at the beginning and keeps sneaking into human cities to kill people. He eats thousands or even tens of thousands of people at a time. 4. The protagonist is a great demon. He's written very realistically. He'll kneel and beg for mercy, then turn around and ambush and kill. He often repays kindness with enmity.

2. 2 修 Cultivating the Demonic Path, Building My Foundation Through Slaughter 修魔成道，杀生筑基 Jia Chou Mo Hai甲丑末亥Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Demonic Cultivation] [Cold-Blooded and Ruthless] [Decisive and Merciless] [The Dark Side of Human Nature] [The male lead is an ordinary man. There are women, but no female lead.] Consume treasured elixirs to gather qi and improve your cultivation and spells. Xu Sanyan was born among bandits and knows that human life is as worthless as grass: if you don't kill, you'll be killed. To stay alive, he severs the compassion in his heart and unleashes the evil within. To obtain a cultivation manual 21.3kReads8.7Score1.6kShelves
3. 3 重 Reborn as a Monster: I Am the Black-Mane Wild Boar King 重生妖魔：吾乃黑鬃野猪王 Invincible Starting with a Wild Boar无敌从野猪开始Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Wild boar, exotic beast, gigantic, villain, gains cultivation by eating humans, not a bleeding heart, decisive and ruthless] Reborn as a wild boar, I can increase my cultivation by eating people. But they won’t let me eat them, and they even want to kill me. Fine, I’ll eat them all!!! 2.7kReads7.5Score190Shelves
4. 4 修 Cultivation: I Join the Demonic Path from the Start 修仙：开局入了魔道 Singer of Praises颂歌者Eastern Fantasy524k WordsCompleted [System] + [Decisive and ruthless] + [No female lead] + [Violence] The path to immortality is paved with mountains of corpses and seas of blood. For one general's success, ten thousand bones lie rotting. If Heaven has destined me to become a demon, then I shall become the mightiest demon, lord of all demons. At the end of the demonic path, who stands supreme? The Asura Heavenly Demon slays all immortals. 1kReads7.5Score105Shelves
5. 5 全 Global Mutation: The Mutant Frenzy of Trillions of Lives 全球畸变：亿兆生命的变异狂潮 Turbid One浊人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted Meat blossoms sprout from the soil, and fangs grow from the flowers. The old order awakens all around them. To it, humble humanity is nothing but vermin to be exterminated. Mount Fuji erupts, and the entire Sakura Isles are ripped up and hurled at Huaxia. The magnetic poles flip, super-earthquakes strike, towering tsunamis rise, and the seven continents are squeezed together by a giant hand. Abnormal memes, twisted reality, and layers of overlapping worlds: as the boundary between physics and co 14.1kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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   Selfish, ruthless, and decisive.

6. 6 带 The Dog-Walking Judge: Money Makes the World Go Round! 带狗判官，有钱能使我推磨！ Minotaur Knight牛头人骑士Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [The rating has been deliberately pushed extremely low, rock-solid and steady!] [The Douyin comic adaptation has over 100 million views and ranks 31st in Hongguo’s comic history. The quality speaks for itself, so enjoy with confidence!] (Villains, bandits, human nature, and a realistic writing style. Saints are welcome.) God created light, and you insist on picking a fight with Him? If you’re wondering who God is, then whoever has the biggest fist is God, damn it! Shu Yinghui: A man with flexibl 60.1kReads7.2Score5.2kShelves

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   Here you go, you're welcome! [Smirking]

7. 7 重 Reborn for Revenge: Sending My Betraying Wife into the Abyss 重生复仇录：将背叛娇妻打入深渊 A Breeze Rising Again再起的微风Urban787k WordsCompleted In his previous life, his beloved wife and her lover conspired against him, while his in-laws kicked him when he was down. In the end, his family was destroyed, and he died violently in the street. Heaven had shown him mercy: he had returned to a time before any of it happened. In this life, he was no longer the fool blinded by love. Once his tenderness faded, he became a cold-blooded avenger. The lover’s closest family and his greedy in-laws would all become pawns in his revenge. As for the adu 6.4kReads6.9Score17.7kShelves

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   After his wife's betrayal, he became completely corrupted. His frenzied revenge revealed his ruthlessness and willingness to stop at nothing.

8. 8 七 In the Seventies, She Marries a Rugged Man Who Can’t Have Children, but the Spoiled Female Lead Sleeps In Again 七零嫁绝嗣糙汉，娇纵女配又起晚 Following Thoughts随念Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Wild Plot] [1970s] [Everyone's Darling] [Marriage Before Love] [Redemption] Jiang Nanxi grew up pampered and couldn't endure hardship. Who would have thought that when she opened her eyes, she would transmigrate into a book, becoming a vain, troublesome supporting character in a novel set in an era of poverty, beautiful but utterly stupid? In the original story, a forty-two-year-old woman stole her twenty-year-old fiancé, the male lead. In a fit of madness, she married Zhou Ji, the 3.6kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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   🍒✨The female protagonist transmigrates into a book. She's sophisticated and self-interested, but not a saint. Her "golden finger" is her tears, which she keeps secret from everyone, secretly working up her physique. She's focused on being a good first wife and inheriting her deceased husband's estate, but seeing her husband getting stronger and stronger, she starts to question her life.

9. 9 序 Sequence: Sacrifice 序列：祭品 He An Is Simple贺安很简单Urban1.4M WordsOngoing The rating is being suppressed during the new-book period, so feel free to dive in! [Sequence-based growth + He An's new novel + the usual promise: no frustrating setbacks] Sold by his parents to be a human sacrifice, he returns with the Five Ghosts in place of his organs and the Six Demons transformed into his viscera! Mom, Dad, why aren't you smiling anymore? Those people and gods who took my organs, are you ready? I've come to collect what you owe me! 292.7kReads9.1Score32.5kShelves

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   This one needs to be very dark. But also very friendly to darkness.

10. 10 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... 5.8kReads9.2Score527Shelves
11. 11 漂 A Stunning Beauty Hounded by an Obsessive Mad Dog in a Period Novel 漂亮美人在年代文被偏执疯狗缠上 Sanda Biscuit散打饼干Modern Romance323k WordsCompleted [A calculating, self-serving heroine + an obsessive, possessive hero] Selfish, vain, materialistic, and always looking out for herself. And yet, countless people love her. In the original novel, Lin Luoxue is the heroine's sister, a cannon-fodder character who despises the poor and loves the rich, and juggles three men at once. Even after getting married, she's still unfaithful, and in the end, she dies while eloping with her lover. She's nasty, selfish, and plays with people's feelings while mo 57.5kReads8.8Score3.4kShelves

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    ❣️❣️The male lead is ruthless and cunning. On the surface, he's a truck driver, but in reality, he's a black market boss. He fell in love with the female lead at first sight and forcibly took her. He knows she's vain and materialistic, but he can afford it; he only wants her, regardless of her character. Both characters are very well-developed, making for a very enjoyable read.

12. 12 重 Reborn in the Hehuan Sect, I Refine My Master into a Slave 重生合欢宗，师尊被我炼化成奴隶 Lone Smoke over the Long River长河孤烟Eastern Fantasy3.6M WordsOngoing [No System + no clichés + villain protagonist + multiple female leads + bizarre + ruthless and decisive, no saintly behavior] “Would you pick the Seven Fairies or the Seven Spider Demons?” “Only kids pick the fairies. Those who know, know.” “What if you really transmigrated to the Joyful Union Sect, where there are only female demons? They're fanatically devoted to the male body and worship you as a god?” “Wouldn't that be heaven on earth?” “Heh.” The young man smiled faintly. “I'm afraid it wou 86.8kReads9.4Score10.1kShelves

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    The protagonist is ruthless and decisive in achieving his goals, always holding firm to his principles. Keep it up! While the protagonist, Changqing, is cautious and plans three steps ahead, the world is full of heroes. A single misstep can push him into a desperate situation, so he'll fight tooth and nail for a chance to survive, regardless of the cost. [Angry][Angry]

13. 13 清 Cold, Untouchable Moonlight? No! I'm the Villain Chosen by Fate 清冷白月光？不！我是天命大反派 A Clear Song by the Pool一曲潭清Ancient Romance578k WordsCompleted [System-driven + villainess protagonist + egoist + top prodigy + near-invincible power fantasy + no romance (no male consorts)] After transmigrating, Nan Xian becomes a fake prodigy used by a top family to save face. She is about to fight the real prodigy. Should she just wait to die? No rush, the System is here to help. [Ding! The Ultimate Villain System is at your service.] [Humiliate your arrogant fiancé and get a divine beast mount as a reward.] Nan Xian: Kill him. Her younger siblings are d 37.6kReads9.5Score6.4kShelves

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    An absolutely self-serving and satisfying novel, without a single unpleasant moment; anyone who dislikes you won't survive a single chapter.

14. 14 无 The Road to Immortality Is the Cruelest 无情最是长生路 Beyond the Heavenszz天外天zzEastern Fantasy293k WordsCompleted [Dark fantasy] [No female lead] [No System] [Cultivation] Only the merciless can attain immortality. That is Li Yuan’s ironclad rule. Sects, clans, and geniuses are all disposable pieces in his hands. Even his junior brother Li Zhancheng’s growth is merely part of a game he can control. But when the pieces awaken, who will make it out of this game unscathed? Li Zhancheng is doomed to die. 38Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Dark novel with no female lead

15. 15 西 Western Fantasy: The Blood Demon of Another World Evolves 西幻：异界血魔进化录 Cool-Off Period清冷期Eastern Fantasy370k WordsOngoing [Western Fantasy] [Sword and Sorcery] [Alternate World] [Ensemble Cast] [Conquest] The protagonist, Teddy, is transported into another world and becomes the son of a blacksmith. He gets a frail body and earns the title of useless son. At first, he thinks he has anemia. Who would have guessed it was actually a bloodline mutation that makes him addicted to drinking blood? In this other world, he is absolutely considered a heretic. In this impoverished countryside, all he can do is keep his head do 3.8kReads7.3Score495Shelves

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    [Western Fantasy + Conquest + Dual Protagonist Storyline + Sword and Magic + Fictional World] — A bloodthirsty youth, a youth imbued with holy light. Their intertwined fates become the core of power struggles and conquests. There is no absolute justice, nor absolute evil; they confront the greed and hypocrisy of human nature. Holy light does not necessarily represent salvation, and bloodlust is not merely destruction.

16. 16 序EN Sequence Highway: Don't Fall Behind! 序列公路：不要掉队！ Roaring Mountains and Seas山海呼啸Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing [Fresh Premise + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment + Not Invincible + Sequence Potions + The Supernatural + Road Survival + Upgrading Supplies + Ruthless Protagonist] The supernatural descended, turning cities into forbidden zones for humanity. People had to rely on Sequence Awakened to keep migrating. Settled life gave way to a nomadic existence. During one such migration, Chen Ye awakened an upgrade System. In his hands, a rusty bicycle transformed into an armored battle vehicle. A tattered tent e 624.8kReads8.5Score42.5kShelves

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    The main character is quite selfish [smirk]

17. 17 从 A Dark Fairy-Tale World from Scratch 从零开始的黑暗童话世界 Harvard Rain, What a Heavy Rain哈佛雨好大的雨Eastern Fantasy998k WordsOngoing When a foul-mouthed soul with few morals and a hunting instinct etched into its very bones transmigrates into a dark world utterly consumed by “indescribable evil,” where every fairy tale has been twisted in the worst possible way, it discovers that it has become the legendary “Fairy Tale Hunter.” Its task is not to weave beautiful dreams, but to carry out the most brutal “purge” with hands stained by the blood of fairy-tale characters. 47.1kReads9.1Score5.6kShelves

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    Both of these books were carefully selected. The first, "The Hunter," and the second, "The Immortal Venerable," both involve ruthless methods that push the boundaries of human capability.

18. 18 r Re: Fang Yuan's Life in Another World, Starting from Zero re：方猿从零开始的异世界生活 Rem's Kidnapper 318蕾姆绑架犯318Anime Fanfiction747k WordsOngoing “They said that if I couldn’t be reborn, I’d be nothing.” “Well, obviously. If you have a cheat ability and don’t use it, aren’t you throwing away a winning hand?” “But, oh man, being reborn isn’t exactly reliable either. Where the hell have I ended up? Is this still the Gu world?” “Wait, what do you mean the oldest person in this world only lived to be four hundred?” “What do you mean most people are either crazy or stupid?” [No System, no golden finger, no bugs, no harem, no female lead, 4.1kReads8.6Score211Shelves
19. 19 甄 Empresses in the Palace: How to Milk the System and Become Emperor 甄嬛传：论如何薅系统羊毛当皇帝 Cloudy Mountains, Distant Mist云山雾远Female-Channel Fanfiction583k WordsCompleted [The new Landis quick transmigration series is out!] Landis, a male succubus from a Western fantasy world and a chaotic troublemaker, discovered a fanfiction System capable of traveling through time on a bizarre maid. He arrived in the world of Empresses in the Palace... On the day he first met Chun Yuan, he replaced Yongzheng and captured a Character System from him as well. From then on, as he kept exploiting the two Systems, one outrageous move after another turned a palace drama about the so 9.6kReads9.3Score493Shelves

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    They're all selfish, and they have superb acting skills.

20. 20 红 Dream of the Red Chamber: I Became Everyone's Favorite After Letting Them Hear My Thoughts 红楼之我让大家听心声后成团宠了 Early Architect早期建筑学家Female-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted A chuunibyou young man who loves crafting an image transmigrates into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber as the legitimate son of Jia She and Lady Xing. Having only watched bits and pieces of the TV adaptation, he knows the Jia family is doomed. Determined to hold on to his wealth and privilege, Jia Cheng, with his mischievous scheming and green-tea charm, uses his golden finger to let other people hear his thoughts. He goes on to win over one man and woman after another, becoming everyone's 1.3kReads8.0Score100Shelves
21. 21 综 Film and TV Crossover: The Succubus Stirs Up Trouble in Small Worlds 综影视之魅魔在小世界搅风弄雨 Cloudy Mountains, Distant Mist云山雾远Female-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration + Male Lead's Perspective + No Romance + One-Sided Love from Everyone + Ever-Changing Personas] The chaotic fun-loving incubus Landis is back for another round! He plays different characters in one little world after another, having the time of his life~ 1. Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Hongli, the irresistible heartthrob (incubus traits + universally adored persona, all the buffs stacked, charm maxed out~) [Complete] 2. The Myth: Gao Yao, the male god (If you've got an 13.6kReads9.1Score643Shelves
22. 22 仙EN The Harsh Road to Immortality: Built on White Bones 仙路难行，白骨筑长生 Octopus Who Loves Watermelon爱吃西瓜的章鱼Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsOngoing “Rules? On the road to immortality, my rules are the only rules!” [Mortal Cultivation of Demonic Arts] [Founding a Demonic Cult] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Profit Above All] (Already at the Nascent Soul stage, with plenty of content to enjoy) Protagonist Qing Chen: He knows when to yield and when to stand firm, is utterly self-serving, greedy for money and women, and will stop at nothing to achieve immortality! He will found a demonic cult, dominate the world, and climb step by step to the very to 80.9kReads9.1Score7.5kShelves

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    The Demon Cultivation School is comprised of absolute egoists and ruthless individuals.

23. 23 屠 You Slaughtered My Whole Family, and Now You Want Me to Be the Righteous Path's Dog? 屠我全家，还想让我当正道的狗？ Big Fish Juice大鱼汁水Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Cultivation] + [Decisive and ruthless] + [Do as he pleases] + [Genius protagonist] + [No level suppression] + [Multiple female leads] This is the story of an undercover agent who grows into a Demon Lord. Mu Fan has a supreme spiritual root and a pure Yang physique. Practicing swordsmanship makes him stronger, yet a so-called righteous immortal maiden plots to slaughter his entire family and sends him undercover to the demonic sect. The demonic sect? Here, you can grab whatever resources you wan 4kReads7.0Score454Shelves

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    This book is pretty good, but it gets a bit harem-ish and purely about killing in the later stages. It's okay to read if you have some free time. Aside from the initial transition, it's all about brute force and doesn't feel frustrating, but the later parts can get a bit tiresome. I only recommend it to those who are looking for something to read, so they won't complain that I'm taking advantage of their money.

24. 24 黑 Black Otherworldly Immortal 黑异恒者 Former Lord of Chaos昔日混君Urban1.3M WordsOngoing Across countless universes, gods run rampant and overlords clash for supremacy. The Black Prison finally erupts. … Lu Jun, male, twenty-six, single, with no home or savings. A ruthless Black Adept who cares only about profit. One day, a white-haired girl suddenly appears out of nowhere in his shop. “Miss, what do you want?” “This humble one wishes to experience the most complex emotion in the world… love.” “Any special requirements?” “The love I desire must be pure as a lily.” Lu Jun understood 2.5kReads8.2Score166Shelves

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    The male protagonist is driven by profit, resorting to any means necessary, and killing without reason.

25. 25 无 Endless Slaughter Game: Unlimited Skill Upgrades 无尽杀戮游戏，技能无限升级 Zi Fei Yu子蜚语Sports739k WordsCompleted [No female lead + decisive and ruthless + survival + no saintly protagonist + massive stats in the later stages] Just after transmigrating, Luo Chen was invited, along with all of humanity on Blue Star, to an endless slaughter game and dropped into the Land of Slaughter, where they had to fight to survive! While everyone else was still gloating over their S-rank talents, Luo Chen looked at his own talent, marked with three question marks. [Endless (???): Removes the level cap on skills. You can 5.2kReads6.7Score362Shelves

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    The protagonist in this book kills for any benefit he can get, and even actively robs others. The key is that the protagonist isn't cowardly.

26. 26 末 Apocalypse Villain: Reborn, I Infiltrate the Protagonist's Crew 末世反派：重生后，我混入主角团 Room-Temperature Sugar-Free Soda常温无糖汽水Sci-Fi & Apocalypse683k WordsCompleted [Zombies + post-apocalypse + doomsday + self-interest + decisive and ruthless + villain] Important: The protagonist is neutral evil when he’s in a good mood and chaotic evil when he’s not. He has almost no humanity. Don’t read if that’s not your thing. Only after Chi You dies does he learn that the hotheaded boy who’s always going on about love and peace is the chosen protagonist, destined to save the world, while he himself is merely a villain serving as a stepping stone along the protagonist 37.5kReads9.2Score3.5kShelves

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    This one has to be it. It's extremely dark, the protagonist is ruthless and cunning, meticulously self-serving, and has almost no emotions.

27. 27 末 Scum of the Apocalypse 末世渣滓 Flying Claw Fish会飞的爪巴鱼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Rebirth in the apocalypse + alternate world + ruthless, not a saint + evolving zombies + special powers + self-interest] Whether stars fell or a virus broke out, no one knew. Zombies and a world-ending nuclear weapons system brought about the world’s destruction all the same. Sunlight streamed in through the window, seeming to shine into the dumplings in his memory. “Little sister, is it snowing?” The man looked up at the window. The cold seeped into his bones. This winter seemed a little c 5.6kReads8.5Score413Shelves

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    I finished reading Tomato's first book in its entirety, but unfortunately, I progressed too quickly in the later parts. However, it doesn't detract from the fact that it's a good book. [Thumbs up]

28. 28 魔 The Reborn Demon Lord Becomes the Ninth Prince and Is Forced to Be a Good Person 魔尊重生为九皇子，被迫当好人 No Pearl Is Lost in the Vast Sea沧海不遗珠Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing “Hypocrisy + training + multiple heroines + political scheming + darkness + yandere” (If you don't like it, don't read!) In his previous life, he slaughtered cities and destroyed kingdoms in pursuit of eternal life. In this life, the System forces him to become “the world's greatest good person.” Within the imperial palace, the crown prince is ruthless, the other princes circle like wolves, and the consort watches him like a hawk. He must play the harmless, benevolent Ninth Prince while wield 9.7kReads9.0Score992Shelves

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    Hypocrisy + multiple women + PUA + a combination of kindness and coercion + political intrigue + feel-good story + darkness + intellectual battles.

29. 29 序 Sequence Survival: I'm the Convoy Captain 序列求生：我，车队队长 Salted Corn咸玉米Sci-Fi & Apocalypse430k WordsOngoing [Ruthless and decisive, convoy leader, sequences, the uncanny, highway survival, ruthless, fused sequences, perception sequences, a touch of ensemble cast] Su Bai was jolted awake by a tremor and realized he couldn’t see. Thankfully, it turned out he had gone blind because his sequence had awakened. At the same time, the world outside underwent a dramatic transformation. The uncanny arrived, filling the cities with strange horrors. Fortunately, Su Bai awakened two sequences from the start. Howev 120.6kReads8.0Score15.9kShelves
30. 30 登 Ascend the Throne and Become Emperor: I Shall Build an Empire With All the Worlds! 登基称帝，朕以万界养帝国！ Puk Gai Xiaojie扑该小杰Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Dark Empire] [Myriad Worlds] [Imperial Dynasty] [Warhammer-inspired from the middle onward] He wakes up as the third prince of the Great Qian Dynasty, only to find himself on the throne? He thought he’d spend his whole life as a puppet emperor. But at the crucial moment, he becomes bound to an artifact called the Seal of Civilization. From then on, he is connected to the nation’s destiny and receives cultivation feedback... And so, an immortal emperor is born in a mortal dynasty... An emperor n 52.8kReads8.0Score5.5kShelves
31. 31 公 Highway Survival: A Death Row Inmate Awakens the Dragonkin Sequence from the Start 公路求生：死囚开局觉醒龙裔序列 Misty Rain Over Ice City冰城烟雨Sci-Fi & Apocalypse604k WordsOngoing [Kill-or-be-killed System + Supernatural Horror + Natural Disasters + Crushing Wild Convoy Gangs + Villain Protagonist + Stockpiling Supplies] Death-row inmate Shen Yan binds himself to the [Myriad Worlds Apocalypse] System on the eve of his execution. After clearing two beginner scenarios, The Walking Dead and Resident Evil 2, he is sent straight into the main road-survival scenario, where supernatural horrors have erupted. T-virus modifications send his strength skyrocketing! Dragonkin blood m 4.9kReads6.5Score258Shelves
32. 32 魔 The Most Useless Magician? Faking It with a Desert Eagle and Clinging to the Goddess 魔术师最废？伪造沙鹰女神抱大腿 Salt-and-Pepper Coffee Beans椒盐咖啡豆Mystery649k WordsCompleted [Anything Goes + Horror Game + Battle Royale + Ensemble Cast + Multiple Female Leads + Mind Games + No System] Chu Yun enters a death game and draws the Tarot card everyone agrees is the most useless: The Magician. No attack power? No defense? All he can do is perform magic tricks? Yet as everyone watches in terror, Chu Yun pulls a fake “Desert Eagle” out of his pocket! “In this game, if I say it's a gun, then it's a gun!” Once everyone believes the gun in his hand is real, it can truly kill god 4.6kReads6.7Score447Shelves
33. 33 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. 421Reads6.7Score—Shelves
34. 34 百 A Hundred Lifetimes of Reincarnation: I Will Become an Immortal 百世轮回：我终将成仙 Situ Liu司徒流Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Warning: the protagonist has no moral limits] [Dark story] [Not a saintly protagonist] [No heroine] [Decisive and ruthless] [Intelligent protagonist] This is the story of a despicable man who reincarnates a hundred times and seeks the path to immortality in the cracks between worlds. 6.4kReads6.9Score398Shelves

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    The protagonist is ruthless, self-serving, and will stop at nothing to achieve his goals.

35. 35 碧 Biyang Cultivation Realm 碧阳修仙界 Forest Spirit, No Self森灵无我Eastern Fantasy180k WordsOngoing [Decisive and Ruthless + Profit Above All + No System + No Fortuitous Opportunities + No Cheats + No Heroine + Ensemble Cast + Slow Pacing + If It's Not for You, Please Don't Read. Thanks!] In the Biyang Cultivation World, everyone has their share of hardships, and everyone ends up behind bars. Protagonist Chu Yuanyu: Neither righteous nor demonic, selfish and self-serving. He'll stop at nothing to grow stronger. Warning: The protagonist may not be to your liking. If you're not into this kind of 298Reads—Score101Shelves

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    Dark selfishness is not mindless

36. 36 末 Apocalypse: Slaughtering All of Humanity 末世：斩杀全人类 Hai Guang亥光Sci-Fi & Apocalypse246k WordsOngoing [Apocalyptic Evolution] + [Time-Based Superpower] + [Dark Tone] + [Lone Wolf] + [No Female Lead] + [Communication with His Future Self] + [Villain’s Script] + [Cultivation] + [Academy] The towering Velenby Wall rose from the ground, separating ordinary people from cultivators. Inside the wall was highly advanced technocultivation; outside lay a thriving modern metropolis. The Abyss invaded, and the apocalypse descended upon Blue Star. A voice from Ye Zhen’s future self sounded in his mind: My na 190Reads5.6Score—Shelves

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    Villainous story, no female lead, set in a post-apocalyptic world where spiritual energy is reviving, with elements of cultivation and an academy.

37. 37 港 Hong Kong Crime Saga: Dark Refinement of the Heavens from the Start 港综开局，邪炼诸天 Resonating with Birds与鸟共鸣Mystery891k WordsOngoing Meng Chuxing gazes into the heavens, searching for his own path to destruction. But the Great Dao stretches on endlessly. When will he ever reach the end? As for his own creed, it goes like this: Within the Myriad Souls Banner, ten thousand ghosts wail in sorrow. Passersby hear them in terror. Go forth to exorcise demons, and return from death with your life restored. With an evil treasure in hand, I wield its fearsome power. Fellow Daoists, do not rush. I shall ensure you all come here for a li 2.9kReads5.6Score184Shelves

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    Those interested can give it a try and give me some advice [think about it carefully].

38. 38 末 Apocalypse: The Last Glow of the Dark Path 末世：黑暗流的余晖 Setting Sun and Falling Moon残阳落月Sci-Fi & Apocalypse268k WordsCompleted (The protagonist is ruthless and puts profit first. Do not enter if you want a self-sacrificing heroine.) A strange red fog swept across the globe without warning, plunging bustling cities into the depths of the apocalypse in an instant. The fog not only corrupted everything and rendered conventional weapons useless, but also spawned all kinds of terrifying mutants that squeezed humanity's habitat ever smaller. 180Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Driven by self-interest and ruthless

39. 39 大 The Bearing of a Great Emperor: Does My Birth Mother Want to Take My Bones? 大帝之姿：生母欲摘我骨？ Mohe Zhaoxiao摩诃钊小Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Genius protagonist] [Decisive and ruthless] [Not a goody-goody] [No female lead] The martial path is boundless, and my body knows no restraints! Born with the vicious bones of a cruel beast, one gathers baleful energy and sinister power, corrodes one’s wisdom and destroys one’s goodness, becoming savage and perverse! 1.4kReads7.1Score105Shelves

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    For my taste, it's quite good among tomatoes.

40. 40 开 From the Start, I Slay Cultivators Against All Odds and Build a Peak Immortal Clan 开局逆斩修士，我打造巅峰仙族 Dharma Name: True Water法号真水Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing [Ordinary cultivator's path] [Clan Cultivation] [Ensemble cast] [Farming] [No System] [Decisive and ruthless] [Characters aren't dumbed down] Li Xuan is reborn in the cultivation world as the son of a farming family. He spends fifteen years in a daze, only to find that he hasn't even caught a glimpse of the path to cultivation. After leaving home to escort goods for ten years, he plans to take his silver, marry, have children, and build up his family line. Who could have expected an injured cult 26.3kReads8.1Score2.1kShelves
41. 41 从 From Spider to Ruler of the World 从蜘蛛到世界支配者 Can't Think of a Name, So Anything Goes不会起名随便来Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Behind-the-Scenes Style] [Evolution] [Creating Monsters] At first, he focuses on growing bigger, breaking world records, and collecting powers. Later, he starts creating monsters and takes the behind-the-scenes route. Fang Ming is reborn as a pet spider. All he has to do is keep molting and growing. With a leg span of 26 centimeters, he breaks the world record. With a leg span of 30 centimeters, he sends the scientific community into an uproar. With a leg span of 40 centimeters, he overturns ev 15.9kReads7.8Score1.7kShelves
42. 42 我 Even Ghost Messengers Say the Hotpot at My Restaurant Is Delicious 我开的火锅店，鬼差吃了都说好 Lone Lord孤爷Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Low-key version She dropped out of school at thirteen and worked as a chef until she was nineteen. With the savings Lin Ye had scraped together over those six years, he opened a hot pot restaurant. Who could have guessed his venture would get off to such a poor start, with business so slow the place was about to close? Just as he was wondering what to do next, two customers showed up on the restaurant's final night and changed his life... Grim Reaper: “Boss Lin, your hot pot is so spicy. It 31.8kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves

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    Absolute egoism

43. 43 从 Building a Cultivation Sect from Scratch 从散修开始建立修仙宗门 Three Thousand Sorrows三千忧郁Eastern Fantasy218k WordsOngoing [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [Ensemble cast, sort of] [Blood Dao] [No golden finger] [Local-born protagonist] [Slow-burn farming and development] [Not a power fantasy, mediocre aptitude] Mortal cultivation + sect development + demonic path (with an ancient, demon-cultivator flavor) Yin Yuan and his master make their fortune as rogue cultivators who prey on others, build up their foundations, purchase spirit veins, recruit disciples, establish the Yellow Springs Immortal Sect, 246Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    A ruthless and self-serving protagonist in the blood-path genre, driven by cunning and self-interest. A promising new book. A must-read for fans of dark fantasy and sect-based stories!

44. 44 我 So What If I'm a Demon? What Can You Do About It? 我是魔头又怎样，你能奈我何？ Ji Chengxuan姬承轩Eastern Fantasy105k WordsCompleted My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Dark novel with Gu style

45. 45 神 Lord of the Divine and the Strange: From the Start, I Grew a Scorpion Tail 神诡之主：开局长出一条蝎尾 Lost in the Mist茫茫然归Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing [Multiple transformation forms] + [Friends and family sacrificed to the heavens] + [A brand-new version with no imitators anywhere online] + [No female lead, no harem] “What matters most after you transmigrate? Talent? Background? A golden finger? No, no, no. Friends and family matter most. If you don’t sacrifice them to the heavens, your magic will never know bounds. I’m Gu Xin. Don’t call me a jinx. I’d die for my friends and family.” Gu Xin transmigrates into the body of a lowly knife sla 26.2kReads8.1Score2.9kShelves

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    Absolute Dark Selfishness

46. 46 掠 Plundering the Myriad Worlds: I Will Become a God 掠夺万界：我终将成神 The Lonely Pike寂寞的狗鱼Urban158k WordsOngoing [Dark story] [No female lead] [Infinite Flow] [Decisive and ruthless] After an accident, the utterly ordinary Chen Mo gains the ability to transmigrate between movie worlds: Resident Evil, Fast & Furious, Inception, The Avengers... The Myriad Worlds, an endless journey. On the road to godhood, I have no regrets! 35Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 47 都 Now That I’m Reborn, Who’d Still Run with the Gangsters? 都重生了谁还混社会 Bored Little Bai无聊小白啊Urban3.1M WordsCompleted Short drama: "Loyal to the Skies: Starting Over" is now streaming The novel was originally titled "Now That I've Been Reborn, Who Would Still Run With Gangs?" [Reborn + business + lots of underlings + no groveling + no cowardice + taking the righteous path + law-abiding] A big shot from the underworld returns to 2010. Should he repeat his old mistakes and keep running with gangs, or abandon his underlings and take the road to a brighter future? No! I won't choose! In this life, I, Qin Jiang, wil 140.4kReads9.3Score14.2kShelves

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    The protagonist of this novel is a pure and clear-headed individual! Despite possessing top-tier combat skills, he is framed for murder by the school beauty's family. After being reborn, he encounters them in distress again. While others are rescuing them with bricks, he secretly records their actions to watch the drama unfold! The novel focuses on self-interest and revenge, and his actions are both sarcastic and satisfying, making it a high-energy read that you can't stop reading!

48. 48 入 After Ten Years in Prison, Who'd Still Risk Their Neck to Help a Stranger? 入狱十年，谁还见义勇为啊 Nine-Flower Evaporated Milk九花淡奶Urban3.1M WordsCompleted He’d done the right thing by standing up for someone, yet the school beauty’s family framed him for murder. After ten years in prison, Cao Kun returned to the night that had changed his fate, carrying with him countless secrets about their crimes. When he saw the school beauty’s mother being dragged into an alley again by three thugs, Cao Kun didn’t pick up a brick this time. He quietly pulled out his phone and started recording. “Madam, I wanted to be a good person too. You forced me into this… 111.2kReads8.9Score11.5kShelves
49. 49 奥 Ultraman: I Am Celebro 奥特：我是赛雷布洛 Ye Xiaolin Qin叶筱麟沁Anime Fanfiction1.4M WordsOngoing [Dark story + pure villain protagonist + high intelligence + no female lead + civilization self-destruction game + Ultraman-inspired elements + progenitor of the Space Beasts] (This is a thoroughly dark novel. Readers who are overly compassionate or who embrace the spirit of Ultraman should proceed with caution. No female lead, a pure villain protagonist, and a character growth arc.) He opens his eyes and finds himself transmigrated into Ultraman Z as the highly intelligent villain, the parasiti 8.6kReads8.1Score982Shelves
50. 50 从 Starting by Hunting Down the Dao-Provers of This Age 从猎杀当世成道者开始 Just Keep Living只要活下去Eastern Fantasy257k WordsOngoing Hao Chen, a mortal who has cultivated by an unconventional path in a world much like Shrouding the Heavens after being reincarnated, only wants to become an immortal. Is that so wrong? Is slaughtering all living beings wrong? Or is devouring those who have attained the Dao wrong? You say I should go home? What a load of crap. I’m the ancestor around here now! Beauties, come be my collectible figures. I’ll carry you to victory! 487Reads6.0Score—Shelves

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    At least not a saint

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