Novels With Protagonists Who Have Eerie, Dark-Leaning Powers and Cool, Mysterious, Brainy Personalities 主角的能力诡异偏向黑暗，性格冷静神秘烧脑的小说

1. 101 病 The Yandere Princess's Tutor Is a Fate-Binding Pactkeeper 病娇公主的家庭教师是缚命司契 ElicaEastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing Fatebinding Contract Keeper. Doesn’t that sound like an impressive class? But only Cangqi Chengsi, who is preparing to flee the empire, knows how bitter it really is… As a transmigrator who awakened an exceptionally rare class, he has no idea how he ended up in this predicament. ---- Having an imperial princess with an extremely possessive streak to deal with is already more than enough. While fleeing toward the principality, he decides he absolutely cannot make the same mistake again… 306Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 102 降 After My Arrival, I Turned Out to Be the Hope Against Calamity and the Guardian 降临后，我竟是灾厄与守护的希望 ElicaSports544k WordsCompleted Just after gaming otaku Chen Jie got obliterated by the final boss of Ashen Era, he opened his eyes and found himself transmigrated into this soul-like hell! (A University's character will play a major role later, so stay tuned.) From the start, all he had was a broken coffin, and his stats were unbelievably terrible: high attack, low health, the classic glass cannon. The only thing he could count on was the junk gear in the coffin that he had dismissed: the Nameless Mask. Its special effect co 18Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 103 我 I Am the Concept God! I Suppress Eternal Wonders! 我！概念神！镇压万古奇迹！ Potato and Tomato马铃薯与番茄Urban1.6M WordsOngoing [Miracles Awaken]+ [High-Energy Action]+ [Sequence Containment]+ [Superpower Academy]+ [Plot-Focused]+ [Character Growth]+ [Slow Burn] Fifty years ago, people discovered a colossal angel statue on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. Its face was twisted in a fierce grimace, and it stood guard over a massive bronze gate behind it. Seven days later, the angel vanished without a trace, and the bronze gate was opened. From that moment on, the world entered the “Age of Miracles,” when spiritual qi reviv 35.1kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves
4. 104 我EN With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.3M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 748.4kReads9.4Score43kShelves

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5. 105 第 The Ninth Secret Bureau 第九守秘局 The One Surnamed Yi姓易的Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted “If we want the people of this world to live in the sunlight and keep their sanity, then we must keep secret the things they were never meant to know.” “Because the moment they see those terrifying beings that defy all known science and truly discover how horrifying this world is... believe me, Earth will become the biggest asylum in the universe.” Chen Xian, Ninth Secret Bureau 3.2kReads9.2Score470Shelves
6. 106 至 The Darkest Hour Before Dawn 至暗凌晨 Coriander Buyer香菜采购员Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Set in an alternate world. Everything in this story is fictional. One female lead. No one remembers who was the first person to question whether this world was real. To the humans still living on Earth, the world is made up of nothing more than a vast expanse of water called the ocean and stretches of solid ground called continents. When creatures of legend force their way into the familiar yet unfamiliar world of humankind, terrifying the foolish, when beings from another world stain the azure 2kReads9.0Score186Shelves
7. 107 末 Apocalypse Shelter: All My Rivals Are Me 末世避难所：我的对手全是我自己 Gathering Shells at Qianhai前海拾贝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse183k WordsCompleted The Apocalypse arrived, and the Dark Realm invaded. Lin Jin awakened the Shelter System and swept through everything in his path. While others fought over bread, he built an SSS-grade fortress deep in the Dark Realm. While others fought mutated beasts, he crushed the major factions underfoot. Until that day. The man from sixty thousand years ago took off his mask. Lin Jin's pupils contracted. That face was exactly like his own. [Why do all three female leads say it feels like they've kno —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Is this the one you're talking about? It's a suspenseful, superpowered, system-based, post-apocalyptic, and infinite flow novel.

8. 108 诡 Creating the Uncanny: My Creations Throw the World into Chaos 诡异创造，我的造物们霍乱世界 January Wind and Snow一月风雪Mystery631k WordsCompleted [Superpowers + Supernatural Horror + Lovecraftian + Contamination + No Female Lead + Behind the Scenes + Natural Disasters] Mysterious myths awaken amid natural disasters, while an unknown corruption quietly takes over the world. Abominable creations howl, and contamination continues to spread. Distortion returns alongside the supernatural: eyes that target human nature, domains that twist it, and strange shackles that cannot be broken. Destruction and rebirth intertwine to create a new mytholog 2kReads—Score150Shelves

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   [Original work enthusiast]

9. 109 无 Infinite Rebirth: Conquering Another World from Scratch 无限重生：从零开始的异世界攻略 Old Gentleman of the Tavern酒馆老绅Mystery450k WordsOngoing [Brain-Burning + Mind-Blowing Ideas + A Fresh New Genre + Wild and Unrestrained + Utterly Rebellious] Psionic ascension, mechanical ascension, genetic ascension: which is the strongest? Bah! Only kids have to choose. I want them all! What a disaster! Heaven gave Zhang Haoran the ability to reload infinitely, but who could have guessed that transmigrating would be set to hellish difficulty? Even worse, he had absolutely no control over his save points. Every reload was a new opportunity. His main 237Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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   I highly recommend this suspenseful and mind-bending novel. It's full of twists and turns, suspenseful and thought-provoking, with a humorous writing style and a tightly woven plot. Zhang Haoran is initially bewildered when he's transported to another world. From a life-or-death escape, he gradually enters an extremely complex mystery, uncovering the secrets hidden behind everything. Like a fog, the plot is intricately interconnected, with subtle clues and no disjointed narrative. Every character, even every antagonist, is closely linked to the main storyline. It's a game of intrigue within intrigue, a mystery within a mystery, and each twist further propels the exploration of the plot. This intricate, multi-layered, reasoning-based narrative is a truly captivating read—a rare gem!

10. 110 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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    The protagonist's "awakeness" is a kind of pain. He knows that everything may be an illusion, but he still chooses to take on the responsibility within this illusion.

11. 111 尸 Born of a Corpse, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 尸生子，鬼抬棺 Jie Yu界玉Mystery3.3M WordsCompleted In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse! 212.8kReads9.6Score25.1kShelves

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    This is truly a masterpiece of Eastern horror. The protagonist uses Taoist magic to outwit demons. The atmosphere is eerie and full of details. There are so many foreshadowing elements that you can't guess what will happen. The plot gets more and more explosive as you read on.

12. 112 聊 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: I Asked You to Repay Your Debt, Not Paint Skins and Ghosts 聊斋：让你还债，没让你画皮画鬼 On Jiufeng Mountain九峰山上Eastern Fantasy125k WordsOngoing [Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio + Bizarre Cultivation + No System + Subverting Expectations + Folk Supernatural Tales + Becoming a God Through Painting + Dark Tone + Lovecraftian Horror + Clever Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] Transmigrating into Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, I find myself trapped in the deadly predicament of The Painted Skin from the start, and saddled with an unpayable debt to the dead? Don't panic. I have a White Bone Brush tha 817Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 113 接 Ascension Through Grafting: From the Start, I Obtain the Arm of a Divine Corpse 接肢登神：开局获得神尸手臂 Peerless Genius Sauce绝代智酱Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted [Western Fantasy + Lovecraftian Horror + Occult Weirdness + Forbidden Artifacts + Multiple Heroines + All Kinds of Strange Arms] I awaken inside the body of a dead noble and look up at a sky overshadowed by a colossal planet. Steam rifles clash with supernatural blades; evil rituals and mysterious paths abound. To survive, I graft on the arm of an evil god. Countless limbs become part of me, and divine abominations and cursed spirits accompany me. A monster’s claw? Graft it on! A dead person’s l 10.1kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves

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    They'll behave after watching this.

14. 114 大EN The Great Emperors' Forbidden Zone: After My Master Died, I Went Mad 大帝禁区：师傅死后，我疯了 Bashu Red Bean巴蜀红豆Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted [At the end of the immortal path, who stands supreme? One glimpse of red hair, and the Dao is lost.] (Not a wish-fulfillment novel. A brain-teasing, increasingly captivating long story.) “My eldest senior brother is reborn. In his previous life, he was an ancient-era Great Emperor.” “My second senior brother transmigrated from another world, one where technology and shady shortcuts coexist.” “Our junior sister is the little princess of the Ji family, peerless in swordsmanship and unrivaled in ta 36.4kReads9.3Score3.3kShelves
15. 115 哎 Oh No! I’m One of the Seven Deadly Sins, and I Got MVP! 哎呀！我七原罪，得了MVP！ Captain of the Trapping Camp陷阵营营长Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Dark comedy + hilarious + ruthless action + global setting + unconventional ideas + one heroine + near-invincible protagonist + power fantasy with a brain (or without one)] Horror games descend upon the world. Those chosen to participate must face challenges of inhuman difficulty. Though the games are full of torment, they also offer people a chance to gain supernatural powers. Life or death. A meteoric rise, or losing everything. But Lu Ce, who has been unable to feel pain since childhood, fee 142.6kReads9.3Score16.9kShelves
16. 116 人 A Human Cage 人间囚笼 Yan Yizhi言一知Urban538k WordsCompleted [Not a wish-fulfillment story + extremely dark + oppressive and suffocating. Don’t read if you’re faint of heart.] When you’re nearing the end of your life, you can actually feel it coming. Just like right now. The closer that moment gets, the more you want to leave something behind in this world. But what should I leave? Assets lose value, and houses change hands. Nothing material can last forever. So perhaps I should tell everyone my story instead. I’m no good person. I just occasionally feel 117.1kReads9.5Score16.4kShelves
17. 117 日 Japan's Warring States: The Ambitions of the Man Who Would Rule the World 日本战国：天下人的野望 Lan Bingche岚冰澈Historical278k WordsOngoing Reborn after death, he transmigrated to Japan’s Sengoku era, right at the time of the Incident at Honnoji. The Sixth Heaven’s Demon King, Oda Nobunaga, was destined to die. Japan, on the verge of unification, would once again fall into a patchwork of warring powers. As the saying goes, heroes are made by their times, and heroes also emerge from their times. Now, the times belong to me. The ambition to rewrite the history of Sengoku Japan and rise to the pinnacle of power as the ruler of the real 165Reads—Score102Shelves

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    History has no systematic power struggles

18. 118 犯 The Usurper 犯上者 Li Ma李马Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [The print edition has been signed, so read with confidence] (No System, no invincibility, plot-focused, explores human nature, not a formulaic power fantasy) (The protagonist grows and changes as the story unfolds) (An ensemble cast: supporting characters aren't one-dimensional, and respond with genuine emotions to the changes around them) No one knows when this world began to split in two. 218.8kReads9.4Score35.1kShelves

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    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 This is a newly released book, high-energy throughout. In this world oppressed by the upper city, the stray dogs huddle together for warmth. The protagonist scores full marks in all nine assessments, and his thinking ability rivals Qi Xia and Gao Yang. Not everyone is born evil; it's just that if they aren't ruthless and become butchers, they'll only be prey for others. If I were to evaluate it myself, I think it will be the next "Ten Days to End," which is what I've seen so far. I hope the author can maintain this momentum. However, I can roughly tell that the author probably already wrote the outline before finishing the book, otherwise, so many plot twists would be impossible to write.

19. 119 八 The Wrath of the Eight-Star Heavens 八星天之怒 Surfing Panda冲浪熊猫Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted [Underworld King] [Dragon Ball] [Slay the Gods] [Body Cultivation] [Invincible Physique] [Fists That Shatter Everything] I, originally a commoner, farmed in an ancient city, scraping by to stay alive in the Eight-Star Heavens. I never sought fame among the mighty of the myriad heavens, but this world is seriously messed up, so I have no choice but to smash it to pieces! This book draws inspiration from the solar system as its blueprint, crafting an entirely new world. The protagonist achieves on 1.2kReads9.3Score108Shelves

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    This book features a protagonist named Black Star, the reincarnation of the Grim Reaper. In his darkest state, he is invincible, and his dark language is explosive, such as: "Human flesh is worth 500 grams per pound," "Taking over to the capital is easier than passing the imperial examination," and "My knife will leave no regrets..."

20. 120 反 The Villains Are Absurdly Powerful, but I Play Dirty 反派强度逆天，但我阴的没边 Dragging Water, Bai Cai拖水白蔡Urban122k WordsCompleted [Healing, No NTR or Angst, Comedy, Everything Goes According to Plan, Smart Characters, Fake System, Lovecraftian, Light Novel, Mildly Macabre, Urban Legends] A seemingly normal city has long been surrounded by horrors beyond human comprehension. After being reborn, Wo Er activates a war ritual. He can fuse with the power of war by experiencing battles or completing missions. The stats, abilities, and possessions of the fallen, everything destroyed by war, all become his. [Conquest: Successfully 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This perfectly matches the description of this book. It's probably the biggest dark horse of the series; it's incredibly good. The protagonist has a high IQ, and his abilities develop to an almost superhuman level.

21. 121 天 A Lin Daiyu with Eyeballs for Eyes Fell from the Sky 天上掉下个眼珠般的林妹妹 Blind Grandpa's Jianghu瞎爷的江湖Urban1.9M WordsOngoing The spiritual energy in the cultivation world was on the verge of drying up. To preserve their civilization, the forces of evil turned their attention to a new world in a distant universe, intending to make it their resource colony. They colluded with the dark forces of the new world and jointly created a virtual reality game called Destiny Summoning. Their mission was to find the Chosen One of the new world through the game and kill him within it, preventing the new world from earning the recog 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Cherish every moment.

22. 122 三 The Demon Venerable of Three Thousand Years Is Writing a Thesis at the Academy? 三千载魔尊竟在学府写论文？ Mysteries of the Stars星辰玄妙Urban2.9M WordsCompleted Urban cultivation + subverting tropes + invincible protagonist + hilarious comedy + the Myriad Worlds The Eternal Night Demon Venerable wakes from a three-thousand-year slumber during an archaeological livestream. His first words: "What's the Wi-Fi password?" He's shoved into a university for "reeducation." The professor's laws of the universe are just his old drafts. He gets reported for cheating after taking on five players in an esports match, and draws a circle on a soda can to seal a camp 95Reads—Score—Shelves

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    With its wildly imaginative plot and hilariously contrasting elements, the ancient demon lord Chonglou awakens after a three-thousand-year slumber, only to be reduced to an "ancient artifact." Forced to attend school and write papers, he effortlessly solves scientific puzzles and seals rifts in other worlds—a truly exhilarating story. The invincible protagonist setting subtly masks a core of loneliness and responsibility. The clash between cultivation and technology, along with the conspiracies and plot twists spanning millennia, makes this story utterly captivating and addictive!

23. 123 都 Urban Cultivation: Invincible After Coming Down the Mountain 都市修仙：下山无敌万万年 Uncle Chen辰叔叔Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Urban Cultivation + Swordsmanship + Invincible Power Fantasy + Decisive and Ruthless + Infinite-Level] Before he turned eighteen, he never wanted for food or clothing. After he turned eighteen, he went hungry nine days out of every three. “Xiao Chen was abducted by a blind Taoist priest and taken to a remote mountain to cultivate immortality for eight years!” Eight years later, he descended the mountain on his sword, and his path to invincibility officially began… Heaven and earth are impartial 20.6kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves

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    Fang Xiu unexpectedly transmigrates to a post-apocalyptic world invaded by a bizarre force, awakening the incredible ability to rewind time after death. Each time he dies, time reverses, allowing him to re-examine his past mistakes and oversights. Now...

24. 124 神 The Disciple's Game 神徒游戏 Hu Qiuqiu胡球球Mystery3.4M WordsOngoing The entire world is plunged into a terrifying death game, with 8 billion people taking part! A global battle royale for survival has begun! Only 12 of the 8 billion will survive! The survival rate is less than 0.00000000015%! Hospitals, schools, prisons... Any location anywhere in the world could become a death-game arena! Terrifying ghosts and monsters take part in the game alongside humanity! [Welcome to the Disciple Game] [Light horror + mind games + games + infinite-world adventure] (This no 75.8kReads8.3Score6.9kShelves
25. 125 地 Invitation from Hell 地狱邀请函 Midnight Nightmare午夜梦魇Mystery601k WordsCompleted [Ghost Escape + Supernatural Horror + Infinite Flow + A Clever Protagonist] An invitation and an abandoned bus drag a group of people into a haunted realm… Lin Mo barely makes it back to the real world alive, only to discover that the horror has just begun. One invitation after another arrives before him, and one eerie world after another comes calling… The Dusk Spirit Hotel, the Dead Return, Vengeful Ghosts Invade: what is the truth behind it all? Who is a friend? And who is an enemy? Shh… Watc 18.2kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves
26. 126 女EN My Daughter Plays a Horror Game—and Exposes Me as the Ghost Emperor 女儿玩惊悚游戏，我鬼帝被曝光 I Want to Become a God我欲成神Mystery728k WordsCompleted A game of evil spirits has descended upon the world. People are randomly chosen to become playthings for evil spirits, struggling in agony! Even four-year-old Tang Xiaoling is selected! The youngest player in history, she enters the game of evil spirits! The livestream explodes with comments from viewers across the internet! A four-year-old toddler? That's just a snack for the evil spirits! But what shocks everyone is that Tang Xiaoling's father, Tang Long, tells her to treat it like a playgroun 4.3kReads7.6Score248Shelves
27. 127 逃 Escape from Hell's Apartment 逃离地狱公寓 Super Clever Like Me超级机智如我Mystery501k WordsCompleted [Pure Deduction and Escape]+ [Infinite Flow]+ [No Golden Finger]+ [Mild Horror]+ [Two Male Leads] No female lead, no items, no cheats, just pure adventure and survival. If that’s not your thing, please don’t read. Ever since Lu Chao accidentally stumbled into this apartment building, he has been on the run. Every so often, the residents have to go out to designated locations to complete missions. Their targets are all ghosts, and they can only survive by carefully following the rules of each mis 4.8kReads6.8Score521Shelves
28. 128 无 Infinite: People Can Die, but You Must Never Lose the Game 无限：人可以死游戏绝不能输 Ran Tu染途Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted (Completed) [Infinite Flow + Logical Deduction + Death Games + Brain-Burning + Slightly Unhinged Female Lead + Strong Leads] (Content warnings at the end of Chapter 1) After her parents died, Xin Zhixia witnessed the ugly faces of her relatives during a dispute over the inheritance and grew disgusted with the world. She devoted herself to the games she loved and drifted through life in a daze. Finding life pointless, she decided to jump off a building and kill herself. A man appeared beside her. 12.7kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
29. 129 我 I'm Not Actually Mentally Ill 我不是真的精神病 Chatting with a Nephalem对话奈非天Urban3.8M WordsCompleted If you don’t have ten years of brain thrombosis, twenty years of mental illness, and thirty years of depression, you won’t understand this book. Normal people, stay away. This book is titled I’m Not Really Mentally Ill. Also known as Sequence: The Rebellious Heart Ape. [Rituals]+ [Sequences]+ [Professions]+ [Apocalypse]+ [Mystery]+ [Slow Burn]+ [Humanity]+ [Family Bonds]+ [Journey to the West]+ [Mythology]+ [Reborn]+ [Transmigration]+ [No Female Lead]+ [One Origin, Many Threads, Cyclical Worlds] 844Reads8.7Score114Shelves

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    The protagonist's abilities are bizarre and lean towards darkness: [Listener Path] [Listener] - [Dream Master] - [Nightmare] - [Puppeteer]

30. 130 诡 The Haunted Tomb 诡坟 Sugar Quixote糖吉柯德Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted [This is no ordinary paranormal story. It's all about horror and suspense: no mindless wish fulfillment, forbidden yin-yang lore, no cultivation, and a ghost wife. If it's not good, you can break my legs.] People laugh at my family's poverty and say that all my blood relatives have died, so there must be a ghost in our house. I don't dare argue... because there really is a ghost buried in our ancestral grave! ...My name is Zhang Asi... I was born at four in the morning on the fourteenth day of t 40.2kReads8.8Score3.7kShelves
31. 131 死 After Death, My Wife Preserved My Corpse, and I Evolved from a Zombie 死后被妻子养尸，我从僵尸进化 The Classic of Mountains and Seas Courier山海经搬运工Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Zombies + Corpse-Raising + Corpse-Driving + Body Retrieval + Folk Customs + Romance + Ancient Mythology + Classic of Mountains and Seas] (Volumes 1–7: After I died, my wife raised my corpse, transforming me from a zombie into the Ancestral Corpse.) (Volume 8: After my wife died, I raised her corpse, transforming her from a zombie into a female drought demon.) In my previous life, my wife was the Yellow Emperor's daughter. She died after being sacrificed to the gods, and I raised her corpse unti 31.9kReads9.1Score3.3kShelves
32. 132 骷 The Skeleton Lord's Growth Journal 骷髅领主的成长日记 Even a Prawn Can Be a Hero大虾也是侠Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted I unexpectedly transmigrated to another world. Others became immortals or Buddhas, while even the less fortunate got to rise from being nobodies. But when Gu Erdan got here, he realized he had nothing to look forward to. Because this guy had become a skeleton soldier! And not just any skeleton soldier, but a low-grade, headless, battle-damaged wreck of one! Life is hard, so the skeleton sighed. Looking at his body, without an ounce of flesh on it, Gu Erdan decided he would show everyone how to m 3.6kReads9.1Score461Shelves
33. 133 末EN King of the Apocalypse! 末世之王！ Two Taels of Wine a Day一天二两酒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.8M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Rebirth + Stockpiling Supplies + Evolving Zombies + Violent Aesthetics] Lin Dong is reborn on the eve of a terrifying apocalypse, and gains a storage space. A normal person would stockpile huge amounts of supplies, food, and water. But Lin Dong buys vast quantities of raw meat and fresh blood. Because... he is about to become a zombie! Flesh and blood are the source of a zombie's power. As long as it eats meat, it can keep evolving. A zombie fed on plenty of flesh grows at a terrif 76.5kReads9.3Score6.3kShelves
34. 134 午 Midnight Terror: The Strange Radio Broadcast 午夜惊魂之电波诡事 Half a Feather半面羽毛Mystery354k WordsOngoing In the winter of 1998, Liu Siyang, a broadcasting college graduate, was assigned to Shengjing Radio. He took over a long-dormant late-night program, named it Midnight Frights, and set out to tell the insomniacs of this old industrial city some unusual stories over the midnight airwaves. He unearthed three bizarre cases from the radio station’s archives and old police files: the sweeping sounds that never ceased after the death of “Big Black Tooth,” the library’s caretaker; the green powder stuff 35Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Late at night, I'd be tuning a radio, and amidst the static, occasionally a voice would peek in from an unfamiliar channel. I turned this idea into a novel. The protagonist, Liu Siyang, takes over a midnight radio program called "Midnight Horror." On its opening night, a strange, unexplained phone call comes into the studio. Radio waves connect the past and present; behind each strange tale lies a long-buried secret of Shengjing City… A collection of short stories and a long main plot, updated daily at 00:05, perfect for late-night reading. Fans of urban radio ghost stories, suspense, and the supernatural can search for the title "Midnight Horror: Radio Tales."

35. 135 寿 The Immortal’s Path of a Funeral Garment Shop Owner 寿衣店老板的修仙路 Half a Feather半面羽毛Mystery687k WordsOngoing An Accidental Ghost Cultivator Begins His Path to Immortality Luo Ze is an art teacher at an art training school. After 30 years of teaching, he has become a renowned teacher with students all over the place. After a car accident, he unexpectedly transmigrates 20 years into the past, only to find himself possessing the body of a 19-year-old who runs a funeral clothing shop. While providing someone with a complete funeral service, he unexpectedly acquires an ancient bronze mirror of unknown origi 21Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 136 聊 Chat Group: So What If My Tiga Is an Evil God? 聊天群：我迪迦当邪神怎么了？ Song of Abandoned Words弃言歌Anime Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted After Shen Yun dreams of a Cthulhu-like monster resembling Ultraman Tiga, he realizes the world is no longer ordinary. A corrupt organization that worships the Outer Gods is plotting to summon one through a massive sacrifice of ten million people. With no other choice, Shen Yun has to call on Black Myth Nezha, Da Gu, and the others for help! Nezha: I want the heavens to never again blind my eyes, and all living beings to be free! Da Gu: Want to see how powerful Limit-Breaking Tiga is? Wang Dachu 2.9kReads8.2Score228Shelves

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    I won't read any tight-paced novels 🙈

37. 137 我 I, Dark Tiga, Have Been Asleep for Thirty Million Years from the Start 我，黑暗迪迦，开局沉睡三千万年 I'm Not Wrong About Being Bad at This我菜的没错Anime Fanfiction2.1M WordsCompleted From the start, I transmigrated into a soul, accompanied by a half-baked System that hadn't finished upgrading. I witnessed an earth-shattering battle and could only huddle in a corner, trembling. But something seemed off about Noah and the others here. They seemed far too weak. 8.9kReads8.7Score610Shelves
38. 138 邪EN An Eldritch God Takes Me Across the Multiverse 邪神大佬带我闯诸天 Three Tai Brothers三只泰哥Male-Channel Fanfiction2.1M WordsOngoing Not long after Cheng Yu transmigrated into an urban world, an unremarkable-looking man appeared before him and told him that Cheng Yu's System was a fragment of his authority. Oh, and he said his name was Yog, as in Yog-Sothoth's Yog... Cheng Yu: After becoming the mighty Yog's apostle, I matched wits with the protagonists of traditional urban stories in the urban world. In the fantasy world, I unleashed the Third Cataclysm. A mechanical tide swept across everything: flesh is weak, machines are 646Reads9.0Score100Shelves
39. 139 我 I Really Don't Want to Be the Dark Ancestor 我真的不想当黑暗老祖 Fish Don't Speak of Fishing鱼不语渔Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [No System + Invincible + Villain] After Ye Feng, who died suddenly, wakes up again, he discovers that he has become the patriarch of a top-tier immortal clan. He thinks his luck has finally changed and that he can enjoy a carefree life at last, but memories surfacing in his mind reveal that something is wrong. The beings of countless worlds regard his clan as taboo. He himself is known to all the worlds as the source of darkness. Every living being hates him, fears him, and wants to tear him ap 13.3kReads8.4Score909Shelves
40. 140 种 Farming: From Sect Tenant Farmer to Supreme Across the Myriad Worlds 种田：从宗门佃户到万界独尊 Foolish Zhi傻志Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing [Farming] + [Ensemble cast] + [Lord] + [Conquest] + [System] + [Satisfying wish fulfillment] Zhang Guiyuan transmigrates to a parallel world at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, where he becomes a tenant farmer growing spiritual plants for a sect. He awakens the strongest Lord System and obtains an unparalleled book: Postpartum Care for Sows He settles into a fine life of farming, raising pigs, and teasing his wicked sword cultivator little sister. But then a calamity that comes once every tho 3.1kReads5.7Score181Shelves

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    [Conquest] + [Territorial Expansion] + [Lord] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Refreshing Read] The protagonist possesses the strongest lord system; the more land he owns, the stronger he becomes.

41. 141 元 The Nascent Soul Ancestor Becomes a Security Guard 元婴老祖当保安 Mysteries of the Stars星辰玄妙Urban2.3M WordsCompleted He is the only Nascent Soul Ancestor in the Age of Declining Dharma, yet he chose to seal his cultivation and become a lowly security guard in a bustling city. Li Qingfeng had stood at the pinnacle of the cultivation world a thousand years ago. To break through to the Deity Transformation realm, he sealed his cultivation and plunged into the mortal world. By day, he is "Old Li," the cheerful security guard at the Shengshi Huating residential complex. He patrols, watches the gates, settles disput 417Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A Nascent Soul cultivator disguised as a neighborhood security guard finds enlightenment amidst the mundane world – this contrasting setting is incredibly satisfying! Li Qingfeng appears ordinary, but his daily routine of mediating neighborhood disputes and catching thieves is filled with moments of effortless skill, effortlessly breaking formations and defeating enemies with a flick of his finger – a classic example of playing dumb to outwit his opponent. The novel cleverly blends urban life with the undercurrents of cultivation, featuring vivid and lively supporting characters and a layered foreshadowing system. It offers both humorous and relatable daily interactions and a grander scope encompassing the resurgence of spiritual energy and crises in other worlds. The clash between the patriarch's transcendent mindset and ordinary life perfectly embodies the profound wisdom of "great seclusion in the city," making it an irresistible urban cultivation masterpiece.

42. 142 双 Two Souls, Two Lives: I'm Invincible on the Path to Immortality! 双魂双命：修仙路上我无敌！ In the End, Just One Person终究只是一人Eastern Fantasy758k WordsOngoing [No female lead, genius ice-attribute sword cultivator, character growth, decisive and ruthless] “Death Dao Intent, manifest!” A black yin fish appeared before Gu Jianqiu. “I myself have not comprehended the Dao Intent of Life.” “Yet the Dao has myriad paths.” “Killing... can also be the ultimate realm of ‘death’!” At a thought, the baleful aura around him spread, and the Dao Intent of Slaughter bloomed like thorns. “Without life, I shall prove death through slaughter, and use death... to perpet 881Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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    A sword cultivator with an ice-attribute celestial spiritual root and a special physique. He cultivates the Sword Intent of Slaughter and the Sword Intent of Death… In the early stages, he kills Void Beast cubs to obtain Void Stones, and later comprehends the power of space. He is decisive in killing but not indiscriminate, and there is no female lead. The sect is harmonious with no internal strife.

43. 143 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 208Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    It fits! It fits! 🔥Fantasy: Fire Slays Gods! Starting with Sacrificial Pain🔥 —A mad genius slaughters his way through the three realms! The more intense the pain, the more insane his combat power! 📌 [A Mad Start] He is patient number 07 in a mental hospital, and also the "mad dog" outer disciple of the Cangyang Sect in another world! When the red mist erodes the earth, amidst the smell of disinfectant and rust, he tears through space and time—suppressing Elder Kumu's barking with his left hand, and extinguishing the Purple Moon Phoenix's Heaven-Burning Flame with his right! Others cultivate by relying on spiritual energy, he relies on self-harm to gain combat power! Broken bones, soul devouring, heavenly lightning pouring into his body… every inch of flesh and blood in excruciating pain is fuel for the system's explosion! ⚡ [Ultimate Reversal] "Hit me? Thanks for the experience pack!" In the outer sect competition, he took a poisoned dagger piercing his heart head-on, and with a backhand lightning strike, he crushed the dantian of an inner sect prodigy; in the martial arts arena, he swallowed a Gu pill, forcing Elder Kumu to bark like a dog in public, and his bone chains shattered the thousand-year-old Soul-Devouring Vine! When he laughed maniacally and pushed the sect leader's daughter onto the stage, his Samsara Eye Technique saw through more than just the Phoenix's destiny... 🌌 [Dual Realm Collapse] A modern hospital ward was covered with the "Eight Parts of Thunder Sound" mental cultivation manual, and scratch marks appeared on the anti-collision wall of the sword tomb in another world! The moment the Dragon Transformation Divine Sword awakened, the monitoring devices in reality collectively exceeded their limits, and a blood moon hung in the sky above the mental hospital! His white hair was tinged with lightning patterns, and with a single finger, he tore apart two worlds: "Who says a madman can't become a god? I will sacrifice the pain of the heavens, slay all false gods, and restore order!" 💥 Trending Tags #DeeperPainTheMoreExplosiveThePower #CrazyAestheticsTheCeiling #DualWorldTraversalGoingMad #OneHundredWaysToSlapTheVillains #IDominateTheThreeRealmsThroughSelf-Harm #ThunderMagicCuresTheDisobedience ⚠ High-Energy Warning: When you open the first chapter, you will witness: • A fatal intersection of a mental hospital and a fantasy sect • A rampage upgrade of the pain value exchange system • The unorthodox art of the Dao of Forgetfulness subverting the laws of heaven • The forbidden fusion of the Purple Moon Phoenix and the Dragon Transformation Divine Sword "Fellow false gods, are you ready to listen to—my mad ramblings?" (Click to witness how a mental patient tears apart a divine throne with madness!)

44. 144 饮 Singing While Drinking Sin 饮罪而歌 XueGGUrban513k WordsOngoing [Urban Supernatural Powers] + [Dark Fantasy] + [Battle of Wits] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Mystery] When the balance between good and evil is broken, shadows stir beneath the light, and the bells of the end times begin to toll. The Seven Sinners, lost in the deepest darkness, are burdened with the responsibility of saving the world... The person of lust is lost in dreams; The person of wrath is trapped in a mire; The person of greed chooses to fall; The person of gluttony devours flesh and blo 15Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 145 你 Do You Believe There Are Ghosts in This World? 你相信，这个世界上有鬼吗？ Building BB楼Mystery896k WordsOngoing [Mind-bending] + [Slow-paced] + [Not for the faint-hearted] Thirty-six years ago, deep in the Tibetan grasslands, a secret research base studying the paranormal was rocked by a massive explosion. Only one person managed to escape alive. The male survivor not only made it out, but also brought a pair of pitch-black eyes from the secret base. Even after being removed from their body, they seemed alive. After this devastating disaster, the man deliberately avoided a mysterious organization and went 61Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Horror, suspense, and eeriness; not for the faint of heart. No wish-fulfillment stories, no cultivation, no harem, no saintly figures, no system, no clichés, high intelligence, extreme plot twists; easily missed if skimmed.

46. 146 半 Banxia and Qiao An 半夏和乔安 The Woman Who Plays Chess下棋的女子Mystery107k WordsOngoing Jiang Banxia won her company a project to renovate a detached villa in the suburbs. She brought her assistant Qin Chao to survey the site. Though the villa was almost abandoned, traces of its former splendor and luxury remained. Jiang Banxia went up to the third floor alone. A room with a broken doorknob inexplicably piqued her curiosity. Just as she was about to push the door open, a cool, unfamiliar male voice sounded behind her: “Who are you?” 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    An ensemble crime thriller featuring a female protagonist who plots a murder, a cunning male protagonist with whom she has a love-hate relationship, and the police closing in. If you could go back in time, would you kill your past self and take her place? Did you know that scent genes can alter a person's memories?

47. 147 蒸 The Steam Age: My Anchor Is a Flood of Gold Pounds 蒸汽纪元：我的锚点是金镑洪流 User10857711用户10857711Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted Life in steam-era Britain, in a mysterious world of sequence potions. As Rain explores this world, he discovers that elves exist here too, and that a nation of Han Chinese lies to the east. To find his way home, Rain uses money to weave a path toward greater heights. 4kReads6.6Score350Shelves

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    Sequence Potion, Extraordinary Squad, Steampunk

48. 148 人 The Immortal Food of Mankind 人种仙食 Big-Headed T头很大的T君Eastern Fantasy6.5M WordsOngoing "Weird Cultivation, Behind-the-Scenes Story" The Tang Dynasty: strange things are coming. When Li Qing transmigrated here, he thought Mr. Huayue had kindly taken him in. Little did he know that the man saw him only as livestock to be raised for food. At the brink of life and death, the jade tablet on Li Qing revealed its power, gravely wounding Mr. Huayue and allowing him to escape. But the danger was far from over. The scheme of the Six Paths and Eight Immortals to devour all living beings had 37.9kReads8.8Score3.4kShelves

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    The dark world of cultivation is chilling!

49. 149 国 National Fate Ghost Story: I Was Chosen to Enter an Infinite Dungeon 国运怪谈：我被选中参加无限副本 Woodenhead's Journal木头的日志Mystery487k WordsCompleted When the whole world is forcibly bound to supernatural scenarios and forced to watch them livestreamed, Longguo sends in three “freaks”: a con artist who exploits every loophole, a brute who believes only in his fists, and a medium who can commune with ghosts. They are thrown into a blood-red school where the rules are warped: arrive three seconds late and you die, run and you trigger a pursuit, while bones in the walls tick away the seconds. As players from other countries struggle to survive, 184Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 150 官 Officially Certified: I Become a God Among Mortals 官方认证，我在人间封神 Today's Affairs今日事Mystery167k WordsCompleted This book is a collection of short stories that you can open to any chapter and read at any time. Ghost stories, fables, folk tales, modern horror, and philosophical musings: there’s something for everyone. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Cloned Boyfriend, Official Tomb Raider, Mountain Spirit's Wedding, Judge of Hell, City God's Night Trial—highly recommended, just your taste!

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