A Lone Strongman, a Darling of the Darkness 孤独的强者，黑暗的宠儿。

1. 1 元 The Elements Descend: I’m the Dark-Type Spokesperson 元素降临：我为暗黑系代言 The Monk Who Never Bathes不洗澡的和尚Urban847k WordsCompleted [Comedy + Academy + Elemental Powers + Awakening for All + Dark Style!] Ten mysterious elements have descended upon the world, and every species has the chance to awaken its own elemental powers. To resist the invasion of ferocious beasts, the world of supernatural abilities has established six Super God Academies, twenty-four major ability guilds, and countless small and medium-sized organizations. Lin Li had already given up hope of awakening elemental powers, but on his eighteenth birthday, h 2.7kReads8.4Score271Shelves

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   The first scenario involves a protagonist who is a dark elementalist, constantly targeted, suppressed, and treated as an outcast. Eventually, the protagonist succumbs to darkness and becomes invincible as a darling of the underworld. The second scenario involves a protagonist who falls into hell, but hell protects him. While seemingly weak, he is surrounded by powerful figures who can command his every command. Returning to Earth, he becomes truly invincible because hell is far more powerful. The third scenario involves a protagonist who transforms into a black dragon. Driven away by humans after his mother's death, he is forced to flee to a remote mountain range to establish his own kingdom. However, another soul, a mad dragon god, slumbers within him. This dragon god once single-handedly defeated all the gods and was only barely subdued by them. Therefore, the protagonist also possesses the power of a dragon god.

2. 2 异EN Another World: My Life Has Cheat Codes! 异世界：我的人生开了挂！ A Salty Fish c一条咸鱼cEastern Fantasy5.9M WordsCompleted [Vampires, werewolves, technology, potions, ghosts, biohumans, divination, puppets, and every terrifying element you can imagine: this world has them all.] Lin En transmigrated into such a bizarre otherworld and became an apprentice at a potion shop. "Something is wrong with that man! He never uses anesthetic when performing surgery!" "That shop is a scam! The moment you go in, they find a pile of illnesses even if you are perfectly healthy!" "But wait, isn't that shop supposed to be the bes 138.3kReads9.6Score16.9kShelves
3. 3 转 Reincarnated as a Black Dragon in Another World 转生成为异世界黑龙怎么办 Hard to Worry难愁Eastern Fantasy691k WordsCompleted Five black dragon hatchlings emerged one after another. “Christopher Castropp.” “Randy J. Castropp.” “Angel Qins Castropp.” “Navi Pague Castropp.” Allen thought, Your names are all so impressive. If I don’t pick a good-sounding name, won’t I lose face? “Allen Stark Bellamond Angkris Nidhogg Castropp.” The little black dragons: We’re all little black dragons, so why is your true name the only one this flashy? And so, Allen, who had transmigrated into a little black dragon, began his new life on t 2.3kReads8.6Score211Shelves
4. 4 末EN Apocalypse Game: Killing My Girlfriend on Day One 末日游戏：开局手刃校花女友 Green Plums Fade Easily青梅易逝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.1M WordsCompleted [Game Stats] [No Romance] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Invincible Protagonist] [Absolute Egoism] [Pure Wish Fulfillment] No saintly heroes allowed!!! After surviving ten years of the apocalypse, Lin Ziluo was reborn on the day the apocalypse game arrived. When he came to, the first thing he did was kill his campus crush, the girlfriend who had betrayed him and ruined his life for ten years. Unexpectedly, he activated a System that could grant him countless golden fingers. His first golden finger: Ab 131.1kReads9.4Score10.8kShelves

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   The first book isn't a saintly tale; the protagonist is ruthless and decisive, a semi-feel-good story, and has the resources of a capitalist. The second book, as the title suggests, also features an interesting author's life, and the protagonist might be the real big boss. The third book feels strangely realistic; you need to read it carefully.

5. 5 只 Live Long Enough, and No One Can Beat Me 只要活的够久，就没人是我对手 The Day I Ascended to Godhood成神这天Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [System]+ [Transmigration]+ [Playing It Safe] Xu Fan transmigrates to a fantasy world and obtains an Immortality System. The System’s only function is to extend his lifespan. Today’s run: lifespan +2 days Today’s boxing practice: lifespan +3 days Today’s kicking practice: lifespan +5 days “A gentleman’s revenge can wait five hundred years.” After Xu Fan waited five hundred years and finally found his enemy again, the only thing he could do was dance on his enemy’s grave. Question: What 9.7kReads9.0Score797Shelves
6. 6 长 The Long Night’s Journey 长夜行 Ge Zhao格照Mystery299k WordsCompleted The eyes are the angle observers most often scrutinize, so you must learn to disguise your own., Li Mu. From making up his mind to carrying out his plan, he spent a full three years. His first murder, his second, his third... Even when he was teetering on the brink of death, he would take a gamble if it meant he might escape. To everyone else, he was merely a weakling, not even as capable as an ordinary person... 254Reads9.4Score—Shelves
7. 7 只 As Long as They Have Health Bars, I'll Kill Even the Gods 只要有血条，神明也杀给你看 Don't Eat Fish Porridge不吃鱼粥Urban3.2M WordsCompleted [Hunter: You can see the health bars of all things, and every attack is guaranteed to deal damage, even to gods!] [Stalker: Stealth through the darkness, hunt beneath the light!] [Executioner: The time for your sentence has come!] “Come on, come on, take a blade!” “Immortal? Once your health bar hits zero, you die!” “As long as it has a health bar, I can kill it, even if it’s a god!” The dark side of the world, a shattered map, strange creatures from the abyss... There is no light behind them, 130.1kReads9.3Score14.6kShelves

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   That felt so good, that the team was so united!

8. 8 灵 Spiritual Qi Revival: My Little Sister Is Actually the Dark Empress! 灵气复苏：我妹妹竟是黑暗女帝！ A Little Beast一只小野兽Urban550k WordsOngoing Traveling Frog System + campus life + lighthearted, not sanctimonious + doting on his little sister + SSS talent + campus belle empress + sweet romance + manga-style Also known as “Traveling Frog: My Yandere Little Sister Is Actually the Dark Empress!” “Ding! Your frog has returned and brought back the Sharingan.” Lin You transmigrates to another world and finds a white-haired girl named Xi Qiong among the ruins. Other people have to survive while looking after their little sisters. He has 2.8kReads9.1Score227Shelves

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   It's really good!

9. 9 从EN Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year. 160.1kReads9.6Score18.1kShelves

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   The male lead in the first book has feelings for the female lead, but not many; the plot of the second book is smooth.

10. 10 我 I Have 99 Kinds of Twisted Personalities 我有99种变态人格 Little Half-Immortal of Shu Mountain蜀山小半仙Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted What would you do if one day 99 different psychopaths appeared in your mind, and you could return to normal only by perfectly acting out each and every one of their personalities? Su Mo smiled wickedly. “This sounds fun.” The cases in this book are based on real events, taking you into the strange world of psychopathic personalities. 419Reads9.2Score107Shelves

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    These are all dark literature.

11. 11 一 I Woke Up with 40 Murder Cases on My Hands 一觉醒来：我背上了40起命案 No Joy无喜Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Chen Xiao wakes up to find everything around him strangely unfamiliar. The only thing beside him is a diary. He thinks it might explain his current predicament, but as he reads, he begins to doubt whether its contents are real. It is clearly a record of crimes committed by “himself.” Just as Chen Xiao is about to read on, the piercing wail of police sirens downstairs jolts him awake, and he can't help imagining the worst... 29.8kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves
12. 12 无EN Infinite Horror Game 无限诡异游戏 Mocking Laughter笑讽嘲Mystery245k WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + horror game + dark fiction + no female lead + ruthless protagonist] This book was originally titled Infinite Strange Games, and is also known as As Long As I'm Twisted Enough, Even Ghosts Fear Me and I Will Rule the Bizarre. Thirty-six years after the Bizarre Game descended upon the world, it continues to select players and send them into instances full of horrors and strange tales, where they struggle to survive. Specimen maker Si Qi enters the game of his own accord. From that 331Reads8.9Score135Shelves
13. 13 杀 Bai Quan, the God of Slaughter 杀神白权 Snow Woman雪女Urban314k WordsCompleted [Suit-wearing thug + no saintly heroine + no protagonist suffering] Starting out as a transcendent force disguised as a company, he grips a long sword with a black hilt and black scabbard and barges headlong into the supernatural world. Beneath his refined, courteous appearance in suit and tie lies a cold, sinister heart that stops at nothing. Behind his enviable success and dazzling life in public lies a path built on mountains of bones and rivers of blood. He rises from humble beginnings and f 1.8kReads9.1Score116Shelves
14. 14 惊 Thriller: The Little Ancestor’s Grudge Runs Deep, and a Hundred Ghosts Dote on Her 惊悚：小祖宗怨念大，百鬼手心捧 Rein In at the Cliff’s Edge悬崖勒马Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Funny + Dark + Redemption + Strong Heroine] The arrival of the Horror World turns humanity from the top predator into meat for monsters. Everyone fears entering the Horror World and meeting a gruesome death. Then one day, a little girl jumps from a building and enters the Horror World. The terrifying, bloody atmosphere takes a turn... The murderous Death Clown personally makes the little girl the braised chicken drumsticks she loves. The chainsaw-wielding soul butcher, a madman who dismembers p 9.3kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves
15. 15 通EN The Netherworld Scholar Immortal 通幽小儒仙 You Zi Yin油子吟Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted “Where is this?” “Perhaps... the River of Forgetfulness...” “Who are you?” “Wuchang...” “I've never heard of anyone called Wuchang in this world.” “From now on... that's who I'll be!” The soul crosses the River of Forgetfulness, while its thoughts remain on the other shore. What is gained from all beings must be returned to all beings. When Su Mo woke up, he was no longer in his former life. He went to the capital to sit the imperial examinations, but accidentally stumbled into an immortal schem 63.7kReads9.4Score6.7kShelves

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    Book 1: Su Mo accidentally enters a celestial game on his way to the capital for the imperial examination, gaining the power of spiritual insight. He uses books to prove his Dao, aiming to transform from a pawn into a player, and uses his spiritual insight to orchestrate his path to immortality. Book 2: Using his intellect to avenge his best friend, it took him three whole years from making up his mind to taking action, during which he self-studied psychology.

16. 16 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8kShelves

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    These books are all really good, you should definitely read them all. "The Lonely Strongman" and "The Darling of Darkness" are definitely referring to these books.

17. 17 人 I'm in a Rule Horror Game, and I'm the Chosen Villain 人在规则怪谈，我是天命大反派 Duanmu Kuai Zi端木筷子Mystery284k WordsCompleted [Subverting expectations + horror administrator + creating rules + no romance, no female lead + invincible] Chen Fan woke up inside a rule-based horror scenario and discovered that everyone else had drawn powerful SSS-rank talents. He alone had no talent and no System. And wasn’t this task a little strange? “Kill the Chosen Ones in the scenario? Am I supposed to kill myself?” “Wait, I’m not a Chosen One. I’m the horror administrator?” “So I don’t have a talent or a System, but I do have all kind 6.1kReads9.0Score779Shelves
18. 18 鬼 The Ghost King’s Self-Cultivation 鬼王的自我修养 Bitter Days Are Short苦昼短Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted “I'm Li Jiong. I'm still alive.” “I have no memories. I know nothing about this world.” “Something seems wrong here. How strange.” “I remember a little now. This world really is wrong.” “It's me. How could the world be wrong?” “I'm the one who's wrong.” Li Jiong sways his head and hums an unknown tune as he tears through layers of unfamiliar fog in the game. He witnesses the strange things around him and records them in his diary. As he investigates, his memories slowly begin to unfold, and he s 5.2kReads8.3Score563Shelves
19. 19 诡 Lord of Strange Tales 诡谈之主 Mr. Three Lines三行先生Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted The slit-mouthed woman appears, ready to give people a full makeover with her scissors. A raging fire burns inside the classroom as a pair of hands quietly lock the door. At the crossroads, a curious girl begins to summon spirits. In an abandoned mountain cabin, a head crawls across the floor. In the church, a demon sealed inside an angel statue opens its eyes. A greedy deal draws an extraordinary merchant into the world. In a peaceful and tranquil world, a pair of hands quietly stir 759Reads8.1Score108Shelves
20. 20 恐 Horror Descends: My Students Are All Adorable Little Cuties 恐怖降临：我的学生都是小可爱 Zuo Mo左莫Mystery331k WordsCompleted [Supernatural resurgence + horror + heartwarming in the extreme + a loving family] Yin Jian has a group of exceptionally adorable students. There's the butcher, who loves to chop meat in the corner with a boning knife. The blood corpse, whose skin has been peeled off, leaving its entire body crimson, with its muscles and veins clearly visible. The dried corpse, pierced through the chest by two iron chains, its whole body shriveled. The eerie bride, dressed in wedding red and wearing a red veil. 3.4kReads9.3Score387Shelves
21. 21 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! 303.2kReads9.1Score32.2kShelves
22. 22 诡EN The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 231.9kReads9.5Score28.4kShelves

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    I recommend these books~ They're definitely worth reading!!! [Thumbs up]

23. 23 梦 Nightmare Game: This Hunter Is Way Too Terrifying 梦魇游戏：这个狩猎者也太吓人了 Armed Swimming Across the River of Forgetfulness忘川河里武装泅渡Mystery1.6M WordsOngoing [1v4 Mode + Horror Worlds + Fusion with Dangerous Personalities + No Female Lead (Though if there has to be one, it's the Evil God Cthulhu)] The mysterious online game Midnight Nightmare was released. Players could enter horror worlds and tackle dungeons, or choose between the Hunter and Runner factions for an asymmetric 1v4 showdown. Ling Yichuan awakened the Character Template Fusion System. From then on, he fused with one terrifying boss after another, becoming the nightmare of every player! 1.6kReads9.4Score189Shelves
24. 24 终 Tower of the End: The Supreme Climber 终焉塔：至高无上的攀登者 Li Wuzai李无灾Anime Fanfiction152k WordsCompleted [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Infinite Flow] + [No Female Lead] + [Despair] + [Apocalypse] + [Utterly Brutal] + [Sacrifice Yourself for the Greater Good] + [High-Level Narrative] + [Low-Level Narrative] Climber, welcome to the Tower of the End. Choose your faction. This decision is extremely important. Please consider it carefully. The White King asks three questions of life. Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going? Before finding out who he was, the White King set out on the path of asce 30Reads—Score—Shelves

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25. 25 从 Starting with an F-Rank Ability, I Rise Step by Step to the Top 从F级异能开始一步一步走向最强 Dreams Among the Clouds云间梦境Urban1.9M WordsOngoing (A slow-burn, dark story. Things develop slowly at first, and the protagonist goes a little crazy now and then. This is not a power fantasy, so don't read if that's not your thing.) In an instant, the world was suddenly destroyed, and Han Yang died with it. Bad news: The world is destroyed, and Han Yang is about to die. Good news: He transmigrated, and it's a supernatural world. Bad news: He's got an F-rank ability and was just kicked out of his home. Good news: He has a golden finger, plus a se 2.6kReads7.0Score210Shelves

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    A masterpiece without a doubt

26. 26 万 God King of Myriad Worlds: Starting with Summoning Angels 万界神王：从召唤天使开始 Sister Seven Emotions七情菜姐Sports1.5M WordsCompleted [Myriad worlds + lordly conquest + godhood through faith + summoning massive armies + thrilling battles and slaughter + overwhelmingly satisfying power fantasy + angels] One day, Blue Star entered an age of conquest between myriad worlds. The humans chosen to participate would ascend to floating islands as class holders, hunting monsters and leveling up until they became gods. Of all the classes, the Lord class was the most prestigious! Lin Yu was lucky enough to obtain the Lord class, along 189.7kReads8.7Score23.9kShelves
27. 27 神 The Divine Cage Game 神笼游戏 AshzzoieUrban2.2M WordsOngoing In a dazzling technological future, a powerful being descends, calling itself a god and ruling over all. Everything becomes a game for the gods. The gods become humanity’s sole objects of faith. Above all faith, humans are the pieces and the gods move them. The world is a cage, and this is a game ruled by the gods. The gods rule everything! The gods create the games! The gods make the rules! Rule One: Every human must take part in the game. You need a ticket to compete, but the winner takes all, 25.9kReads9.3Score2kShelves
28. 28 我EN Achieving Transcendence Through Corpse Burning 我靠焚尸超凡入圣 Ye Tiannan夜天南Mystery2.7M WordsOngoing Since ancient times, people have believed the dead should be buried whole. Cremation is deeply disrespectful to the deceased, and only corpses that have undergone an uncanny transformation are burned. Those who cremate corpses are known as corpse burners. It is an extremely dangerous line of work. At midnight, one room, one corpse burner. Once the doors are shut and locked, if the corpse turns vicious, the corpse burner is as good as dead. Qin He makes his living this way at a canal wharf in the 124.1kReads9.2Score14.9kShelves

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    These books are all quite good.

29. 29 灰EN Above the Gray Fog 灰雾之上 Anti-Static防静电Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsCompleted [Lord of the Mysteries]+ [Potions]+ [Races]+ [Civilization] A hundred years from now, I am a hero. My deeds become stories, praised by all. A thousand years from now, I am a legend. Stories become epics, passed down through generations. Ten thousand years from now, I am a faith. Epics become myths, and the incense offered to me never ceases. P.S. This book is also known as Above the Gray Mist. P.S. The development of the human race provides the backdrop. The focus is on an individual's epic, no 89.3kReads9.3Score7.8kShelves
30. 30 超 The Overpowered Baby-Making System Makes Me the Strongest Overlord Across All Worlds 超量级产崽系统成就万界最强霸主 Shepherd Dog牧羊狗Male-Channel Fanfiction510k WordsOngoing [Zerg-style army building + anime fanfiction + transformation + genetic fusion] (Viewers under eighteen should watch with their parents.) (Eats a harpy alive from the start.) When Shen Yun wakes up, he discovers that his consciousness has split in two, with one half existing in each of two different worlds. In the other world, he is a plump, hundred-meter-long mealworm, furiously laying eggs and building an army. Countless spatial rifts surround him, connecting to countless other worlds. To surv 109Reads8.5Score—Shelves
31. 31 民 The Folk Feng Shui Master 民间风水之王 Miao Qimiao苗棋淼Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted The Nine Cauldrons Dragon Palace, the Secret Files of the Yellow Springs, the Snow Mountain Corpse Demon, the Yin-Yang Inn... Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I have known no peace. Every time I borrow a life, it becomes a deadly game. After each desperate struggle and narrow escape, I wait for the next secret order from the underworld so I can keep living. Just when I thought I'd escaped the clutches of fate, I discovered that Heaven had prepared a coffin for me too! 52.2kReads9.4Score6kShelves
32. 32 植 Plant Zombies: Lord of National Destiny 植僵国运领主 Distant Galaxy遥远星系Urban1.5M WordsCompleted One contestant from each country is randomly chosen and bound to it, then sent into a realm for a battle royale. The countries behind the contestants can gain anything they can imagine through their chosen players. Average lifespan, physical fitness, natural resources, cutting-edge technology… Jiang Lianshan is bound to his country's fate and dragged into the realm, where wave after wave of monsters await him. At the brink of life and death, Jiang Lianshan calmly hefts his shovel. “Don't rush. L 1.3kReads9.0Score169Shelves
33. 33 黑 Crowned Beneath the Dark Fog, I Became the King of Young Gods 黑雾之下加冕，我成了幼神君王 Twenty-Fifth-Tier Writer二十五线写手Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Killer Instinct] [Slay the Gods] [Darkness] [Nearly Invincible] [Authority Rankings] Black mist descended over the world. The Seven Supreme Lords of the Darkest Night wielded the Cthulhu pantheon to infest Blue Star. The gods appeared and fought to the death. Countless gods fell, and their war reduced most of the world to a wasteland. The gods burned their origins and divine bodies, transforming themselves into a radiant barrier. The gravely wounded forces of darkness were sealed away in the de 2.8kReads8.2Score472Shelves

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    The gods bestowed their heads.

34. 34 诡 The Eerie Spirit Medium: My Doll Can Really Manifest Spirits 诡异降神师：我的娃娃真能显灵 Clouds Can Smile云会笑Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Ghosts in the Book!] [Dark Tone!] [Villain Protagonist!] [Urban Supernatural!] [Horror Aesthetic!] [Invincible from the Start!] A sinister doll saws someone to pieces, a red-clad vengeful ghost claims lives at the airport, a hundred ghosts hunt people down along a ten-mile street, the dead rise again in a crematorium, and corpses dance wildly in an abandoned hospital... None of these things happened to me. They are all stories I wrote. My name is Yang Ning. I am an heir to the Ling Men, a profe 131.2kReads9.5Score11.5kShelves
35. 35 全 Global High Martial: I Have a Zerg Editor 全球高武：我有虫族编辑器 The Crow Isn't Black鸦不黑Urban3.1M WordsCompleted This isn’t a story about a nanny. Li Mingxuan will play an important role later on, so please don’t complain if you don’t like it! (Behind-the-scenes scheming + pseudo-Lovecraftian + ensemble cast + invincible protagonist + myriad races) Three hundred years after the spiritual qi revival, humanity has mastered cultivation and produced all kinds of powerful warriors. Every country has its own cultivation system to defend against the invasion of demonic beasts. It is an age of glory for the strong 1.1kReads7.8Score101Shelves
36. 36 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
37. 37 分 Clones Are Pointless Unless You Use Them to Stir Up Trouble 分身，不用来搞事情将毫无意义 The Pomegranate Tree Back Home老家的石榴树Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [No Saintly Heroics]+ [No Female Lead]+ [Ensemble Cast]+ [Everyone Is Evil]+ [Stirring Up Trouble]+ [Just Here for the Fun]+ [The Main Body Is a Master at Laying Low] This is a story about someone who uses his clones to stir up trouble, seize resources, and pursue immortality. Being a clone is hard. You're either causing trouble or on your way to cause trouble. A step-by-step guide to destroying a sect, a dynasty, or even... the entire cultivation world. New to the cultivation world, with no con 10kReads8.4Score828Shelves
38. 38 黑 The Black Fog Descends: I Am the Forbidden One 黑雾降临：我为禁忌 A Little Lump of Chenchen一坨小臣臣Urban733k WordsCompleted [Sequences] [Cthulhu] [Slow burn] [No female lead] Sixteen years ago, a blood-red meteor tore across the dawn and descended upon the world. No one knew how terrifyingly strange the world humans knew would become because of its arrival. From that day on, a black fog that engulfed the entire world descended. Among humanity, people with immensely powerful abilities known as Sequence holders began to appear. With a wave of their hands, they could destroy cities and mountains, but the world had alrea 6.1kReads8.9Score835Shelves
39. 39 道 The Taoist Exorcist 道门驱邪人 Peeing into the Wind and Soaking Myself迎风尿一身Mystery768k WordsCompleted Where there is evil under heaven, there are all manner of wicked things, and so there are Daoist exorcists. He travels between heaven and earth, yin and yang. He ventures deep into the hundred thousand mountains of Miao territory and far away to the borders of the southern seas. Head-dropping curses, gu raising, black magic, and all the world's fiends and spirits of darkness. He has exorcised countless demons and ghosts, only to discover in the end that nothing is more evil than the human heart. 2.6kReads9.1Score395Shelves
40. 40 请EN Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 102.6kReads9.5Score9.7kShelves
41. 41 我 I Returned from Hell to Plan the Perfect String of Revenge 我从地狱归来，策划连环完美复仇 Leaves Can't Predict Autumn叶难知秋Mystery525k WordsCompleted [No Female Lead] [Mad Protagonist] [Elegant] [High-IQ Crimes] [No System] Ten years ago, the Shen family was wiped out by a mysterious organization known as the Alliance. Shen Feng was beaten to death and left in the wilderness. Now, Shen Feng’s soul has returned from hell. That day, the criminal investigation squad received a call from a mysterious person claiming he would kill the famous CEO Liu Ruxu at a shareholders’ meeting. The nightmare began at that very moment. Shen Feng planned one per 118kReads9.5Score12.7kShelves
42. 42 半 I Play Rock-Paper-Scissors with the Mirror at Midnight, and I Won't Sleep Until I Win 半夜和镜子猜拳，我赢一把就睡 Mr. Krabs Loves to Eat蟹老板爱吃饭Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted The entire Xie family had a rather spooky air about them. His great-great-grandfather was a mountain wanderer, and his great-great-grandmother sewed up corpses. His great-grandfather was a Maoshan Taoist, and his great-grandmother was a spirit medium from Fengtian. His grandfather made paper offerings, his grandmother prepared bodies for burial, his father drove corpses, and his mother raised poison insects. Some of his ancestors even liked to dig themselves out of their graves… As a result, X 5.8kReads9.0Score578Shelves
43. 43 我 I, the Grim Reaper of the Night, Am Invincible in a World of Demons 我，黑夜死神，于妖魔世界称无敌 Don't Cry, Don't Cry莫哭莫哭Urban503k WordsCompleted Ye Changning, a fifth-tier Skyborne cultivator from the Dragon Kingdom on Blue Star, gave his life to protect an entire city during a mission, falling to the demons. Though his body died, his soul endured, lingering in the mortal world. After his death, Ye Changning watched his family suffer abuse, his achievements in battle get stolen, and the people of the city he had once saved turn against him. His heart finally died. In spirit form, he roamed all of Blue Star for countless years. Demons ran 1.1kReads8.3Score134Shelves
44. 44 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
45. 45 司 Commander Si, Why Are You Standing with the Monsters? 司统大人，您怎么站怪物那边了？ Little Black the Firebreather喷火小黑Urban3.7M WordsOngoing [No female lead + no romantic tension + no romance + ruthless and decisive] Amid the crowds beneath the neon-lit cityscape, there are monsters wearing human skin, walking among them just like ordinary people. The news says these people are called the Awakened. They feed on human flesh and are savage monsters. One quiet afternoon, an ordinary high school sophomore undergoes a transformation and becomes one of the Awakened, standing against all of humanity! To survive, he makes a pact with a god a 102.6kReads8.7Score10.4kShelves
46. 46 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
47. 47 垂 On My Deathbed, I Sat Bolt Upright: The Old Ones Were Me All Along 垂死病中惊坐起，旧日竟是我自己 Ten Tons in Three Days三天吃十吨Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Not an invincible protagonist + progression novel + no System + Lovecraftian horror + not fast-paced wish fulfillment + follows the official route] Lu Ning wandered through the fog for two thousand years. When he finally emerged, he found that the world seemed to be sick. The sun was covered in tentacles, planets were blanketed in flesh, the moon had sprouted countless eyes, and even Earth was groaning and crying for help. The diseased, disaster beasts, and followers of evil gods ran rampant, w 48.8kReads9.1Score5.8kShelves
48. 48 黑 The Dark Gate? 黑暗之门？ Wings That Devour Stars噬星之翼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse138k WordsOngoing On Blue Star, there is a mysterious and powerful organization. Its technology far surpasses that of every superpower, and its strength is beyond ordinary people’s imagination. Its underground military bases are scattered across the globe, and it controls 70 percent of the world’s economic power. It has people in the leadership of every country, yet no one knows it exists. Even the leaders of the superpowers have never heard of it. The organization protects the world, using genetic fusion technol 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist is darkness itself; he is the embodiment of darkness, a god who combines creation and destruction.

49. 49 禁 Forbidden Powers Awaken: I Am the God Who Slays Gods 禁忌复苏，我为斩神之神 Big Mouth, Meat Lover大口痴肉Urban417k WordsCompleted [Invincible, passionate, funny, god-slaying, spiritual qi revival, awakened superpowers, decisive and ruthless, smart protagonist, satisfying action with a dark edge, no female lead. There are occasional dark moments, so don’t read if you’re sensitive.] “If one day...” “Gods descend, slaughter my people, and destroy my home...” “Would you be willing... to fight for Huaxia?” Su Ming’s whole body stiffened. Then he asked himself the question once more in his heart: Would you fight for the home we 1.6kReads8.6Score211Shelves

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    Hey everyone, I'm here! Follow me and let's chat online! Not every book features a dark protagonist, but they all have periods of loneliness and stories of being misunderstood. [Thinking] These are all pretty good! ✨✨✨

50. 50 审 Judgment Livestream: The Whole World Weeps for Me 审判直播：天下人都为我落泪 Civil Engineering 1987土木工程1987Urban139k WordsCompleted Du Hao, a notorious criminal who ran amok across Blue Star, guilty of countless heinous crimes, a devil who personally killed his own wife and comrades, a villain despised by his only son, Du Xiaotian, chose to play the story of his life in court during his trial. As the livestream slowly revealed the footage to everyone, the people of Great Xia, who had hated him to the core and wanted nothing more than to tear him apart and eat his flesh, were left astonished. In the end, their astonishment ga 45Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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