A Decisive Male Lead, No Heroines, Going It Alone, and a Smart Plot 主角杀伐果断 无女主 ！单干的！剧情有脑

1. 1 当 After the Villain Stops Slacking Off, the Chosen One Panics 当反派不在摆烂后，气运之子慌了 City Madman都市狂人Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [System + domineering + not a saint + villain + scheming + ruthless] Gu Qingxiao transmigrated into a fantasy world and became the Gu family’s divine son. With his talent and status, wasn’t he set to win at life? He chose to give up and coast instead! Unexpectedly, a villain System awakened. Gu Qingxiao ignored it. Who cared about being a villain? Let someone else do it! But when he watched his followers die, and saw his family get entangled with chosen ones for all sorts of bizarre reasons, Gu 24.3kReads8.9Score2kShelves

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   This is my first book recommendation. This book will show you what decisiveness and ruthlessness really mean. Women? They're just tools to be used, and once they're done, they're treated like chickens.

2. 2 从 The Man Who Walked Out of the Heavenly Prison 从天牢走出来的男人 Rogue Lao Wang流氓老王Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Chu Ye, heir to the Chu family, is the number one wastrel in the Great Zhou Dynasty, with countless heinous crimes to his name. In just four years, he was thrown into the imperial prison eleven times, yet walked out unscathed every time. The reason was his grandfather, the fearsome Northern Frontier Prince, who commanded a million troops. But this time, Chu Ye crossed the emperor’s bottom line. Imprisoned for the twelfth time, he was exiled to the perilous Abyssal Reach. Countless factions and i 11.1kReads8.9Score893Shelves

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   Synopsis: All three books feature no female lead, solo action, and decisive ruthlessness. The first one, in particular, emphasizes the ruthless pursuit of personal goals, even prioritizing the safety of family members above all else. The second one is quite humorous and interesting, and I recommend it. The third one, in my opinion, is the pinnacle of the prehistoric fantasy genre; the protagonist, Hongjun, embodies a strong sense of righteousness, making it a very enjoyable read. The only downside is the slow update speed of all three. Rating: 4.5 Stars

3. 3 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
4. 4 我EN I, Laying Low from the Primordial World to Journey to the West 我，从洪荒苟到西游 Keyboard's Ninth God键盘九神Eastern Fantasy914k WordsCompleted Mu Chen transmigrates to the Primordial World, becoming an ethereal spirit with no fixed form. He starts out utterly weak, but unexpectedly awakens the Starsea Fishing Choice System. “Congratulations, Host! After fishing for a hundred years, you've obtained a replica of the Four Swords of Zhu Xian!” “Congratulations, Host! After fishing for a thousand years, you've become a Taiyi Mystic Immortal!” “Congratulations, Host! After fishing for ten thousand years, you've attained the rank of Great Luo 35.2kReads9.2Score3.2kShelves
5. 5 吾 I Am the Evil God, and This World Will Treat Me as a Forbidden Taboo for All Eternity 吾为邪神，此世当做万古禁忌 Yu Mulinlin雨木霖霖Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted “I want you to cast aside every last bit of kindness and sink completely into the swamp of evil!” Amid a field of ruins, a boy reborn from death, a coffin bearer above the stars, a supreme body of gods and demons! A strange mask of gods and demons, a mysterious broken black sword, a person reborn with a burden of sin! Only after enduring every evil the world has to offer does one realize how many sinners there are! After countless trials, the boy takes up his sword, sees through the mortal world 3.6kReads9.0Score327Shelves

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   The main characters are all decisive and ruthless; it's a very good watch without a female lead.

6. 6 反 Villain: From the Start, Give the Child of Fortune Two Choices 反派：开局给气运之子两条路选择 City Madman都市狂人Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Destined villain + domineering + scheming + System + ruthless] Di Juetian transmigrated into the Divine Son of the Di family in the Immortal Realm. He had a noble status, like a true dragon from the highest heavens. He'd thought fate itself favored him, and that he would ascend to the heavens, crush all beneath him through the ages, and rule for eternity! Then the Destined Villain System successfully loaded, shattering Di Juetian's fantasies. At that moment, the fated heroine he'd raised like a 19kReads8.6Score1.8kShelves
7. 7 全EN Global Death Exam: Straight from the Execution Grounds to the Test Room 全球死考：刚下刑场你让我去考试 I Love Eating Cat Chips我爱吃猫片哇Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [Tactical battles + mild horror + infinite-world adventure] The Deadly College Entrance Exam has arrived, dragging thirty million candidates into hell. The exam questions have been replaced with scenes from horror movies and disasters. Even staying alive is a pipe dream. Pass and earn rewards. Fail and be erased! Ten points earn ten million. One hundred points earn Tyrant genes. One thousand points earn the Apocalypse. Only ??? can make it out of this exam. To investigate, the military “ 1.7MReads9.3Score344.4kShelves
8. 8 重 Reborn in a World of the Paranormal, and You Want Me to Join Bureau 749? 重生诡异，你让我加入749局？ Fire Beast火暴兽Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Devouring Evolution]+ [Self-Interest]+ [Humanity’s Natural Enemy]+ [Nemesis of Its Own Kind]+ [Kills Men and Women Alike]+ [Plot-Driven]+ [Undercover]+ [Villain]+ [Eerie] "No female lead!!! No harem!!! No romance!!!" (Not Eerie in the traditional sense. The protagonist is undercover in the human camp and kills both humans and Eerie, men and women alike. This story is plot-driven, so readers looking for a feel-good monster-grinding power fantasy should think twice.) (The rating has already been 59.3kReads8.9Score8.6kShelves
9. 9 星EN Star Martial Pinnacle 星武绝巅 Catfish Book猫鱼书Urban863k WordsOngoing [Stellar-Era Martial Arts] [No Female Lead, No Romance, Just the Thrill of Battle!] [Talent Copying] [The Author Has Already Completed a High-Martial-Arts Novel Nearly Two Million Words Long, So Read with Confidence] In the interstellar era, humanity has spread across the cosmos. Interstellar colonization, spaceships, alien races, and eldritch gods from beyond the boundaries of the universe... They arrive one after another. Chen Yu comes bearing a golden finger that lets him copy talents. All he 288kReads9.1Score32.2kShelves
10. 10 我 I Use Illusions to Control the World 我用幻术控制全世界 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [A rare illusion-based novel featuring a villain protagonist, nightmare invasions, and original instances] Su Mu has the same dream every night. Each time he wakes, his mental strength has increased by one percent. He grows stronger just by sleeping. In the first year, hypnosis. He discovers his mental strength is already powerful enough to hypnotize others, and soon gang bosses, the campus belle, beautiful CEOs, and more have all become his slaves. In the second year, control over the five sens 68.2kReads9.4Score7.5kShelves
11. 11 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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    After the apocalypse, the protagonist has a clone who opposes the original protagonist group, while the original protagonist infiltrates the group to act (forgive me for not being good at recommending books, but it's really good).

12. 12 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 518.8kReads9.7Score68.3kShelves

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    The protagonist, a conman, plays tricks in a world of gods, with everyone's intelligence on full display and constant plot twists. The story is full of mystery and excitement, with a tight plot and plenty of satisfying moments.

13. 13 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
14. 14 太 The Realm Beyond the Supreme 太上之境 In the End, Just One Person终究只是一人Eastern Fantasy582k WordsCompleted No female lead. Sword cultivator. A natural-born genius, ruthless and decisive. For the Great Dao, for eternal life, all else is an illusion. Wan Daoyi stood alone above the river of time. He looked around. All his old friends had been left behind. Fortunately, the Great Dao he yearned for still lay ahead. 175Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    No female lead, no romantic pairing, no love story. The protagonist starts out as the sole survivor of a blood sacrifice in his small town. He possesses a lightning-attribute celestial spiritual root, is a genius, emotionally detached, obsessed with cultivation, decisive in killing, low-key, and averse to trouble. There are no scenes of him picking fights for no reason. The sect members are mostly good people who won't try to kill the protagonist or steal his belongings. The protagonist only cares about himself and his sect. It's 500,000 words long, over 200 chapters. You can spend a few minutes reading it.

15. 15 浮 Immortal Floating Decree 浮仙令 Faint Crescent Moon浅淡的月牙Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Immortals distinguish neither good from evil nor black from white, and ask no questions of right or wrong. They treat all living beings as dogs of straw, bitterly seeking the Great Dao. Whoever unsettles my Dao heart, be they good or evil, shall have their karma fulfilled, then be reduced to ashes. 284Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    (˵¯͒¯͒˵) This first book was very difficult to write [shy]. The author created a character who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals, ruthless and merciless [shy]. There's no female lead, making it arguably the most brutal cultivation novel. (˃ ⌑ ˂ഃ ) You can tell from the title [please follow]. The protagonist is immortal, so naturally there's no female lead, and he's ruthless and merciless. His presence has been felt throughout history [shocked]. He has hundreds of different names. ⌓‿⌓ This is a cultivation novel about immortality [please update frequently]. Naturally, it's also profit-driven, with no female lead [what?]. It's interesting, and viewing the cultivation world is like watching a story [cool].

16. 16 我 I Live Forever Through History 我在历史中长生不死 Pei Ergou裴贰狗Eastern Fantasy260k WordsOngoing Li Ping’an transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation and gains the ability to live forever. He watches dynasties rise and fall, and rules the martial world for centuries. He experiences the tumult of mortal life and witnesses the rise and decline of spiritual energy. He roams the Myriad Worlds, eventually becoming an Immortal Venerable of his generation... “My name is Li Ping’an. All I want is to live in peace!” 170Reads9.4Score—Shelves
17. 17 开EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 538.9kReads9.7Score71.1kShelves
18. 18 长 Longevity: Cultivating Through Martial Arts Until the Immortals Die of Old Age 长生：以武入道熬死修仙者 New Leaves in Spring春上新叶Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted The System is unreliable. The moment he transmigrated, the Heavenly Dao killed him. Luckily, the beginner's gift pack he'd received beforehand had already made Li Yuanchang immortal. And so, an ultimate survivor was born. What are peerless prodigies and undefeated emperors? Under the erosion of time, they're all fleeting illusions. No matter how dazzling you are, in the end, you can't withstand the merciless passage of time. He lived through the rise of technology. He also witnessed the sp 24.6kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves

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    These are all good-looking shows without a female lead, and they all have high ratings. You can check the endings of unfinished series to see if there's a female lead; I don't know about those, but the ones I've seen don't.

19. 19 我 I'm the Boss of a Chaotic World, So Having a Few Billion Underlings Is Only Reasonable 我，乱世帮主，有亿点小弟合理吧 Bored Little Bai无聊小白啊Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Reborn in troubled times + villainous gang leader + high martial arts + no female lead + ruthless and decisive + rivalry between the martial world and the imperial court + domineering] Reborn as a gang leader in troubled times, he recruits a million disciples! Ruthless and decisive, he rises to power, unbeatable and without a love interest: Ying Xiu! Ying Xiu is reborn in troubled times. With supreme ruthlessness, he rises to power, establishes a gang, and dominates everything. “Damn it, how m 14kReads8.4Score851Shelves
20. 20 凡EN Mortal Cultivation: Ten Thousand Corpses Forge an Immortal Bone 凡人修仙，万尸铸仙骨 Swimming Champion游泳冠军Eastern Fantasy4.8M WordsOngoing Demonic cultivation + no System + scheming underdog + decisive and ruthless. This book is dark, so don't read it if that's not your thing. The moment Song Wen kills the frail little beggar and seizes his blood and soul, every cell in his body cheers and leaps with excitement. His mind races, and he knows that killing will be part of his life from now on. For survival and immortality, he'll stop at nothing: petty schemes, conspiracies, and ruthless slaughter. On the road to immortality, bones are 96kReads8.9Score8.2kShelves

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    The only downside to "Nanbowan" is that it's still being serialized. Could the author please release 1000 chapters at once?

21. 21 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
22. 22 幽 Netherworld Immortality 幽冥长生 Vast Qin 1泱泱大秦1Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [No Saintly Protagonist] [No Harem] [No System] “My name is Li Changsheng. I seek the Immortal Dao in pursuit of eternal life!” Will he become an immortal or a demon? So what if he becomes an immortal? So what if he becomes a demon? I seek only eternal life. I seek only supreme strength. Beneath the Nine Hells lies the Netherworld. In this cruel cultivation world, there is no simple division between black and white. Strength is everything: the strong rule, and the weak are ants. With the Netherw 9.1kReads8.7Score674Shelves
23. 23 修 A Year of Cultivation, Unnoticed by All; One Month of Mining, Known Across the World 修真一年无人问，挖矿一月天下知 Mu Feng Feng木风峰Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [No female lead + Not invincible + Lighthearted + Farming + Mining + Fishing + Nothing else to add] He transmigrates to a cultivation world, awakens a heaven-jealous talent, and becomes a sect prodigy. Several years later: Outer disciple: “Senior Brother Ji is a paragon of virtue and martial prowess. The sect leader's seat should be his!” Inner disciple: “Senior Brother Ji has everyone's support. Sect Leader, please step aside and make way for him!” True disciple: “I'm no match for Senior Brothe 6.8kReads8.3Score494Shelves
24. 24 重 Rebirth as a Demonic Cultivator: Starting with a Zombie Planet 重生魔修，开局捡到一颗丧尸星球 The World Is Ink天下墨矣Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsOngoing This novel has been adapted into a comic. Chu Xuan transmigrates to the Cangxuan World and becomes a demonic cultivator in the Wuji Sect. To cultivate the demonic path is to seize the essence of heaven and earth and take the finest of all things. Slaughter countless millions, and you can become a supreme Demon Venerable. But killing is forbidden by the Heavenly Dao of the human race. The righteous sects also wiped out the Wuji Sect. Just when all seemed lost, Chu Xuan happens upon a blood mirror 15.6kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
25. 25 诸 Reincarnating Through the Heavens, I Bloom Amid Slaughter 诸天轮回，我于杀戮中绽放 A Heart of Roses, Fierce as a Tiger心有蔷薇如虎Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsCompleted [Infinite flow, the Myriad Worlds, original worlds, decisive killing, no female lead] After Chu Yunhan was chosen by the Tower of Guixu, which governs the infinite multiverse, to become a hunter, his talent, Spirit-Slaying, granted him the ability to absorb the power of souls through killing, strengthening himself and deducing cultivation techniques. To survive, he had no choice but to descend into one terrifying world after another and face endless slaughter. When his presence spread across the 84.7kReads8.5Score10.5kShelves

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    Absolutely no female lead. The last two of the three books are fast-paced, enjoyable reads, while the first book is a developmental novel.

26. 26 我 Seeking Immortality Across the Myriad Worlds 我在诸天寻长生 Imperially Appointed钦定Eastern Fantasy349k WordsOngoing [Dark Story + No Female Lead + Ruthless and Decisive + Utterly Self-Interested] Drifting through countless worlds, I pursued the eternity all living beings longed for. At the moment I reached the end, I looked back and saw nothing but a shattered starry sky. Family, love, friendship: it was all nothing more than stepping stones on the path to immortality. No matter how many karmic ties bind me, I need only sever them with a single sword. In this life, I bow to neither Heaven’s will nor gods and 2Reads5.7Score—Shelves

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    Here are a few recent dark fantasy novels. The first one, "Infinite Weird Game," has already been banned. The protagonist is a specimen maker who prioritizes profit and is willing to scheme against everything, including himself, to achieve his goals. The second is a fantasy novel where the protagonist is ruthless and has a clear goal: to achieve immortality, treating all things as worthless. The third is a supernatural novel where the protagonist is a ghost who dies tragically at the beginning and loses his memory; the overall style is heavy and oppressive.

27. 27 空 Hollow Body 空躯 Chuunibyou Dreams中二之想Mystery865k WordsCompleted “Where's my heart? Have you seen my heart?” “My heart! That's mine!” “Ha ha ha ha ha!!!” This supernatural being will not give up until it is made whole. Only when it is truly complete can it become human again. Its heart, brain, kidneys, and all its other organs have been ripped out. Jiang Feng returns in a supernatural form to reclaim the organs now inside other people. Having lost his brain, he has lost his memories and everything else. He can only live under someone else's identity. The prot 1.5kReads8.6Score162Shelves
28. 28 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
29. 29 网EN Online Gaming: Lord of Boundless Infinity 网游：无垠无尽之主 The Easygoing One随性之人Sports3.9M WordsOngoing [Elegant + epic + expansive worldbuilding + lone wolf + plot-driven + solo domination] [Transmigrator Application Form] [You have chosen to tackle: Boundless Infinity (a despair-level online game world)] [Enemies: The Curse of Immortality, Eternal Aberrations, the End] [Golden finger: Fate's Guidance (Boundless Infinity, all-knowing and all-seeing edition)] [Transmigration point: Year 10,000 of the Online Gaming Era] [Transmigration method: Hit by a speeding truck] [Partner: None] [Application a 74.7kReads8.8Score4.5kShelves

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    This is absolutely amazing. I've never seen a female lead before; the protagonist does everything alone, and she's an orphan.

30. 30 灵 Spiritual Qi Revival: I Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger 灵气复苏：我在扮猪吃虎 Slaughterer of All Living Things屠戮苍生Urban2.5M WordsCompleted Lin Chen transmigrates into a world where spiritual qi has revived. Since he didn't awaken a talent, his teachers, classmates, and family see him as a complete good-for-nothing, and even his girlfriend breaks up with him. Awakened ones? What's that? I'm an unparalleled cultivator! Across the Myriad Worlds, no matter how peerless or brilliant you are, no matter how you shake the ages, I can suppress you with a wave of my hand. I have enemies in every direction and factions all around me. No matte 73.7kReads8.6Score8.1kShelves

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    Solo, no female lead, just mindless killing. No character in the entire book survives with a complete corpse. Currently at 900 chapters.

31. 31 诡 The Supernatural Has Returned? Sorry, I’m the Supernatural 诡异复苏？不好意思我就是诡异 Inspiration Brainstorm Explosion灵感脑洞大爆炸Mystery1.9M WordsOngoing Not an invincible power fantasy, not a dark story. Read with caution if these aren't your thing. [No Female Lead] [Wasteland Horror] [Infinite Fusion] [Doomsday] [Not a Dark Story] The whole world fears the supernatural. I'm the only one who sees it as a puzzle piece in my evolution. Thirty years after the Great Rift, supernatural tales run rampant, folk customs are revived, and indescribable calamities roam the wasteland. Gu Yi wakes up to find himself the lowest-ranking pollution cleaner outsi 68.6kReads8.6Score7.4kShelves
32. 32 网EN Online Game: God-Tier Assassin—I Am the Shadow! 网游：神级刺客，我即是暗影！ One for Three Yuan三元一只Sports5.3M WordsOngoing [Online game, assassin, game merges with reality, stats-focused] The mysterious game Godforsaken arrives. Players can kill monsters to gain lifespan, then spend that lifespan to bring their in-game abilities into reality! And so the supernatural descends, and disaster spreads across Blue Star! In his previous life, Qin Feng and his younger sister, Qin Xiaoyou, grew stronger until they were among the world’s top hundred. In the end, though, his star-chasing sister gouged out his eyes to give his 257.2kReads9.1Score30kShelves
33. 33 末EN Surviving the Apocalypse: Stock Up on Food and Weapons 末世降临不要慌，先囤粮食后囤枪 Black-and-White Octopus黑白色章鱼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.1M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse rebirth + stockpiling supplies + space + no romance + infrastructure building + ruthless heroine] Jiang You never dreamed that she would evade the zombies’ claws only to be betrayed by the very family she had protected. Years later, she destroyed the research center where she’d been imprisoned. Everyone who betrayed her? Dead! The base that turned against her? Wiped out! Who waits until the next life to get revenge?! With her revenge complete, Jiang You ran out of her supernatu 59.5kReads9.2Score6.3kShelves

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    There's no female lead because she's killed off by the protagonist in less than three episodes. Also, like all books, there aren't many that will make you want to read endlessly from the very beginning; it all comes down to whether it suits your taste.

34. 34 惊 Terror Descends: This Big Brother Is a Little Too Powerful! 惊悚降临：这个大哥有亿点猛！ Perplexed Muzi纳闷的木子Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Chen Xuanbei, nicknamed Dizang, accidentally transmigrates to a parallel universe where the supernatural has descended. With the Ten Yama Kings tattooed across his body and a massive reaper’s scythe slung over his shoulder, Chen Xuanbei declares, “Sorry, everyone. I’m claiming this territory!” The Slit-Mouthed Woman: “Hello, police? Someone sewed my mouth shut! Yes, they threw away my scissors too!” Sadako: “Hello, city management? Someone blocked up my well with concrete. I can’t get home!” Han 27.7kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves

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    He takes revenge on the spot, never letting it linger overnight; he kills without hesitation.

35. 35 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
36. 36 别 While Everyone Else Is in the Beginner’s Village, I’ve Already Destroyed the World 别人新手村，我已毁灭世界 Dumplings for Breakfast Today今天早上吃饺子Urban618k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the parallel world of Blue Star, Lu Ming discovers that people can freely travel between reality and games, and that everyone on Earth is a gamer! Most importantly, the powers they gain in games can be brought back into the real world! Lu Ming is different from other players. Not only can he bring his in-game powers back to reality, they aren’t weakened at all. However strong he is in the game, that’s how strong he is in real life! [Entering game: Evolution Battle] [Game 12.7kReads9.0Score825Shelves

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    This is an extremely pure and invincible novel. There is no female lead, no emotions, and the protagonist is decisive in killing. He is not a saint either. The male lead is a lone wolf who sweeps away everything and kills all enemies. His leveling speed is faster than a rocket. It's so exciting that you'll feel like you're flying!

37. 37 网 Online Game: Divine Thief, I Am the Lawless One 网游：神级盗贼，我即是无法无天 The Peerless Playboy, Me, Pang Hu绝世骚男我胖虎Sports203k WordsOngoing [Rating just released!] [God-Tier Thief Novel + Game Merges with Reality + One-of-a-Kind Style] [Overpowered Talent + Lone-Wolf Adventures + Hilarious Troll Vibes + Not Reborn + No Annoying Plot Points: No Heroine, No Little Sister, No Feuds from the Start] [Written by the real deal, read with confidence] He's a thief so absurdly powerful that his one skill, stealing, terrifies countless players and NPCs: Shops in small towns are robbed one after another, and the mayor's treasury is ransacked. T 2.2kReads8.2Score122Shelves

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    The two books I wrote are both about thieves, featuring a lone wolf protagonist who is decisive and ruthless. There are no female leads or sisters. The first one is currently being serialized, and the protagonist is a carefree, lawless thief nicknamed "Phantom Thief Shameless," which is kind of fun.

38. 38 我 One More Pickpocketing Spree and You Might End Up Exposed! 我一个偷窃下去，你可能会走光！ The Peerless Playboy, Me, Pang Hu绝世骚男我胖虎Sports684k WordsCompleted [Online Game + SSS-Rank Talent + Lone-Wolf Adventurer + Ruthless + Lawless + Not Reborn + No Female Lead, No Sick and Dying Sister, Read with Confidence] The online game Divine Revelation has taken the world by storm. Tired of grinding for money in games, Zhou Ming decides this time to become a thief, but unexpectedly awakens the SSS-rank talent “Infinite Potential,” which allows a chosen skill to grow without limit. And so, a thief with a ridiculously powerful stealing ability is born! “I admit 15.2kReads8.3Score1.2kShelves
39. 39 你 You’re Already a Great Emperor, and You’re Still Attending Graduation?! 你都大帝了，还来参加毕业典礼？ I'm Not a Cavalryman我不是铁骑Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [High martial arts + stat-point system + martial arts school league + battles in another world + invincible + no heroine] “I long for a worthy opponent...” Jiang Hao, founder of Haotian Martial Arts Academy, Blue Star's strongest councilor, Lord of Calamity, the All-Heavens Fish-Fryer, and Chaos Evil God. (All the iconic scenes have now been revisited.) [Ping! Congratulations, Host! You instantly killed a Tier One opponent and earned 1 point!] [Ping! Congratulations, Host! You instantly killed a 16kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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    Urban martial arts with no female lead, an invincible genius protagonist, decisive in killing without compromising combat power.

40. 40 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 130.9kReads9.4Score10.8kShelves

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    Decisive and ruthless, no female lead, and a well-developed plot. A perfect match! [Smirk]

41. 41 职 The Twelve Volumes of the Professional Rankings, and My Name Is in Every One 职业天榜十二卷，卷卷有爷名 Six Great Sixes六大六子Sports1.8M WordsCompleted [Full-cast audiobook now available|Class change + clones + no female lead + nonstop laughs + mastermind behind the scenes + explosive plot] Song Gua transmigrated with a whole bunch of fun-loving clones. This was a world where everyone changed classes. Song Gua became a Bondbearer who could borrow power, while his clones took on all kinds of different classes, with every variety imaginable. Their numbers kept growing, and every last one was talented and charming. Under Song Gua’s brilliant l 48.6kReads9.3Score6.5kShelves

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    Laughing Without a Female Lead

42. 42 惊 Thriller: I Became Excessively Twisted for Fear of Looking Ungraceful 惊悚：因为担心不优雅而过度变态 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted [Horror + No Female Lead] A bizarre game descended, pulling all of humanity into a strange world to complete terrifying missions. Fail, and you lose life points. When your points hit zero, you die! Zhao Yi, a renowned psychiatrist, was dragged into the game too, but some unknown glitch appeared in his data source code. And so, an abnormal human emerged, one who made every ghost and monster tremble in fear! The Crybaby Ghost: I just wanted to give him a side quest, but he chopped off my head! The 73.9kReads9.5Score8.4kShelves

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    Absolutely ruthless and decisive, no female lead! First book, Zhao Yi is awesome! Second book, the protagonist is a ghoul (eats corpses, don't read if you can't accept that)! Third book, the author said there would be no female lead in the fifth and sixth books, don't you believe me?

43. 43 杀 The Killing Game: The Ghost Who Purifies the World 杀戮游戏：净化世界的鬼 Sailing at Dawn凌晨挂帆Sports416k WordsCompleted [Game + no female lead + dark + cold-blooded, brutal protagonist] In a game of slaughter, kindness is the most laughable joke, and trust is the most foolish thing of all. Yet people trust because of kindness, and unite because of trust. So, you foolish humans, keep that unity alive. Offer me the power of your blood and flesh, and help me become a god! [Warning: The protagonist is a psychopath who kills everyone. Not recommended for readers who are easily disturbed.] 45Reads8.8Score—Shelves
44. 44 诡 The Haunted Garden 诡园 Zuo Fei左绯Mystery5.4M WordsCompleted Xi Chen felt that he had already done everything he wanted to do. The world was so boring that he wanted to end it. But even he thought this boring world didn't deserve to be dragged down with him, so he let it be. He didn't just fail to die, though. He was forced to join a game. Impossible to solve? Impossible! Maybe life wasn't quite so dull after all. No CP 22.9kReads8.4Score2.4kShelves
45. 45 黑 The Black Ring Abyss: Demons Descend on All Worlds 黑环深渊：恶魔降临万界 Crispy Fried Dragonhead Fish酥炸龙头鱼Urban192k WordsCompleted (A dark, selfish, ruthless protagonist with no heroine, no moral limits, no pointless chatter, and no brainless decisions) Li Xiang arrives on Blue Star with the help of a black ring. He devours and evolves, creating a realm of ghosts, and just as he thinks he has reached the pinnacle of the world, he discovers that it was all part of a master strategist's scheme. An “accidental” piece on the board, he relies on his ability to travel between planes in an attempt to break the game. Protagonists, 2Reads6.5Score—Shelves
46. 46 我 I Really Am a Law-Abiding Citizen 我真的是守法公民 Wang Xin王信Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted Twelve years ago, star gates descended from the sky and appeared all over the world. People discovered all kinds of worlds beyond the gates. Thanks to the special game items and technology brought back from them, human technology underwent a massive leap forward. On Block 26, Street 78, Chen Bin, dressed in a fitted black trench coat and a vintage gray tweed English cap, held an AK-47 in one hand. He looked seriously at Old Chicken and said in a low voice, “We are law-abiding citizens. We must n 543Reads9.3Score103Shelves
47. 47 献 Lord of Sacrifice 献祭之主 Wang Xin王信Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [A new book from a veteran author, guaranteed quality and regular updates.] [No System, beast taming, high martial arts, fantasy] Chen Gu transmigrates into a fantasy world where martial artists reign supreme and strength is everything. However, most people have no talent for martial arts. For ordinary people, the only way to reach the top is to spend nine years studying beast-taming theory and become a... Beast Tamer! While others cautiously spend their few spirit stones at the beast market, ch 2.9kReads8.6Score311Shelves
48. 48 从 From Infinite Duplication to Ruling the Ice Age Apocalypse 从无限复制到执掌冰河末世 White Porcelain Listening to Night Rain白瓷听夜雨Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.0M WordsCompleted The novel has surpassed 10 million reads. Its short-drama adaptation, The Awakening Journey in the Extreme Cold Apocalypse, has surpassed 6 million saves, and it has also been adapted into multiple animated dramas. Read with confidence. (Extreme-cold apocalypse, rebirth, genetic locks, comeback and face-slapping, decisive and ruthless, lone wolf plus a Primal Beast army, completed) Also known as: Extreme Cold Apocalypse: I Stockpiled Billions of Supplies with a Treasure Basin In his previous li 66.9kReads8.7Score5.4kShelves

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    (Rebirth + Gene Lock + Spatial Ability + Decisive Action + No Female Lead + One Person and One Dog) Extreme cold descends, species mutate. Lin Shi is reborn three months before the apocalypse, activating his ancestral treasure basin! He gains an upgradeable spatial ability and a treasure basin capable of replicating any item! He hoards massive amounts of resources and builds the ultimate shelter.

49. 49 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

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    As a bookworm of 5-6 years, trust me and read these two books. They're guaranteed to be good, and neither has a female lead. If you disagree, leave a comment below; feel free to criticize. First book: The synopsis tells you who the protagonist is. He's in love with Bai Gu (and almost killed himself), and his story follows a cunning and strategic path. Second book: He starts on a demonic path, even targeting sects, gets schemed against, but improves his strength and fights back.

50. 50 开 Sign-In at the Summit of Mount Tai from the Start, Shocking the World 开局签到泰山之巅，震惊天下 Bored Little Bai无聊小白啊Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Also known as Martial Arts Should Be Invincible Chen Yuan was reborn before spiritual qi revival. In this life, he would lead the Martial Pavilion to the summit! I, Chen Yuan, do as I please. Why should I explain myself to anyone? The age of spiritual qi revival: demons and monsters throw the world into chaos, and Chen Yuan leads the Martial Pavilion in suppressing them all! The age of mythology’s descent: countless worlds merge, and immortals, gods, and Buddhas awaken. Chen Yuan still leads the 13.4kReads8.9Score998Shelves

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    Except for the last two books, none of them have a female lead or any ambiguous romantic relationships. In the second-to-last book, the one about Chen Di, there's a chapter where the protagonist encounters a woman, and he sleeps with her for cultivation purposes—that's the only chapter in the entire book. In the last book, the protagonist is decisive and ruthless, but he has been to brothels and slept with several women without developing any feelings for them. He prioritizes his own safety and interests above all else, acting decisively and leaving no room for future trouble, and always uses a false identity.

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