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. 151 苟 The Long Road to Immortality: Starting by Joining the White Lotus Sect 苟道长生：从加入白莲教开始 Fish Farming in a Sea of Clouds云海养鱼Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsOngoing [No System + cautious cultivation + immortality + no heroine + decisive and ruthless] The Great Qi Kingdom has stood for two hundred years and is now on the verge of collapse. Natural disasters strike, the nation falls into turmoil, and the people are left homeless. Zhou Ming transmigrates into this world and becomes a refugee in a camp. His chest has been stabbed through, and he is on the verge of death. Even the System finds him a lost cause and runs off! Fortunately, he still has an innate ta 2.6kReads8.0Score224Shelves
2. 152 我 I Am the Master of Destiny, Proving the Dao Across the Heavens 我，气运之主，证道诸天 Boiling Water Diary开水日记Urban528k WordsCompleted [Myriad Worlds, Transmigration, No Female Lead] “Gu Chuan, if you give me your sports car, I might consider letting you keep being my simp.” “Gu Chuan, I gave your spot in the competition to that young man I met once. He’s more talented than you, and his potential shouldn’t go to waste.” “Hey, old man, open the door! I parked my motorcycle downstairs. Keep an eye on it for me.” “Gu Chuan, I’m the child of destiny. You were born to be my stepping stone.” Gu Chuan transmigrates through differe 678Reads9.0Score100Shelves
3. 153 满 The Whole Sect Has Turned Evil, and Only the Eldest Senior Brother Is Righteous to an Extreme 满门黑化，唯有大师兄正的极端 Huan Buyu欢不语Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Reborn + lighthearted comedy + righteous to a wicked degree + cautious + no romance + anti-cliché] In his previous life, Lin Li discovered that his master had turned into a demonic fiend, his junior brother into a ghost cultivator, and his junior sister into an evil spirit in a cultivation game's instance. He raised his butcher's knife and slaughtered them all. By the end, Lin Li discovered that he, too, had been corrupted into a Heavenly Demon. He gave a cold laugh and immediately drew his swo 16.9kReads8.9Score2.4kShelves

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   An unconventional fantasy story where the eldest disciple is righteous yet turns evil, even killing himself when he's being righteous. There's no romantic pairing, it's very funny, and not mindless.

4. 154 重 Back Before the Apocalypse, I Claimed the Spatial Realm from the Start 重回末世前，开局认主空间 Zhaoyang Breaks Through the Clouds昭阳破云Sci-Fi & Apocalypse823k WordsOngoing The path of evolution in the apocalypse. Natural disasters, the supernatural, paranormal phenomena, alien planets... everything exists to serve evolution! Working with Blue Star, Hang Yuanzhao opens a path to invading alien planets amid the apocalypse. 10Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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   A post-apocalyptic story with no female lead, no base building, no henchmen, the male lead grows slowly, definitely worth watching! [Sends heart]

5. 155 无 With No One to Help Me Reach the Clouds, I Climb to the Peak with the System 无人扶我青云志，我靠系统登巅峰 Fist Power Is Power拳力即是权力Eastern Fantasy335k WordsCompleted [Killing enemies grants experience + decisive and ruthless] An ordinary man suddenly transmigrated into a high-martial fantasy world. The strong prey on the weak, and human life is as worthless as grass? Fortunately, he had a Slaughter Point-Allocation System to rely on. Slay demons and slaughter enemies, proving the Dao through killing! Carve out a path to invincibility! 931Reads8.1Score122Shelves

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   Take a look at this book.

6. 156 狂 The Knockout: Gao Qiqiang Calls Me the Godfather of Jinghai 狂飙：高启强叫我京海教父 Shaking the Heavens撼天阙Male-Channel Fanfiction3.2M WordsOngoing [A dark, satisfying story with a decisive lead and no tormenting the protagonist] Also known as [Godfather of Jinghai: Killing An Xin from the Start] Zhang Yaoyang is reborn into the world of The Knockout. Armed with his knowledge of the plot, he snatches Chen Shuting from under An Xin's nose from the start, kills An Xin, poaches Meng Yu, and makes full use of every resource in Jinghai. Using Jinghai as his base, he sets his sights on the whole world. PS1: Readers who favor saintly protagonists —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This awesome book...

7. 157 都 Urban: From the Start, I Transmigrated into a Villainous Tycoon 都市：开局穿越成反派神豪 Wandering Hamster流浪的仓鼠Urban762k WordsCompleted “Ding! The Strongest Villain System has been bound!” He transmigrates into a world where multiple novels have fused together, becoming a villainous tycoon. And his fiancée is actually the biggest villain of them all! To survive, Fang Yu chooses to become a villain through and through! He plunders the protagonists’ fortune and converts it into villain points. Ding! Physique +50! Ding! Charm +30! Ding! Skill acquired: “Mind Reading!” Fang Yu: “Protagonist aura? What’s that supposed to be? W 5.7kReads8.8Score302Shelves

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   These books feature decisive yet not mindless characters, and no female lead. Don't read them and then come back complaining that the protagonist has no conscience whatsoever.

8. 158 逻 Logical Trap: Extending My Life in a Game of Human Nature 逻辑陷阱：我在人性游戏中续命 Bamboo Leaf Brew竹叶酿Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted Also known as: Logic Trap: I Keep Myself Alive in a Game of Human Nature [No humanity + original game scenarios + mind-bending games + survival through non-horror psychological battles] Human nature? Sorry, I don’t have any! I just want to survive! Yu Tu, who has terminal cancer, unexpectedly enters the mysterious Divine Cage: a ball-splitting game, the prisoner’s dilemma, Mafia… Clear the games, and you can extend your life! To stay alive, to hell with human nature! Gradually, even Yu Tu can’t 433Reads8.3Score—Shelves
9. 159 人 Invincible in This World: Rising from Prison 人间无敌：从监狱开始崛起 Blue Smoke Between the Fingers指间青烟Urban1.5M WordsOngoing This story takes place in a technological age when humanity can travel to the moon and gaze out at Mars. What happens when a man who walks in darkness pushes his body and mind to their absolute limits, and clashes with the forces that already govern this world? Will he become a god? Or the enemy of the entire world? No one knows. But this story begins with the most notorious gangster in the district, sentenced to seven years in prison. 63.9kReads8.8Score4.6kShelves
10. 160 欺 You Think I Have No Power or Influence? Why Are You Crying Now That I’m Raiding Your Estate? 欺我无权无势？我来抄家你哭什么 Mr. Xin Yu辛雨先生Eastern Fantasy468k WordsOngoing [Jinyiwei + Ming Dynasty martial world + political intrigue and comeback + iron-body demonic blade + building a faction] The dynasty is in its final days. The court is in turmoil, and sects rise up everywhere. Evil cults plot to overthrow the dynasty, while demons and monsters from Buddhism and Taoism wreak havoc among the people! Warriors from Japan trample the Central Plains, and warlords across the land raise armies in rebellion! Lu Bing transmigrates into this world and inherits his father's 338Reads5.5Score—Shelves

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    Ruthless and decisive, no female lead, a relentless hack-and-slashing adventure as the Imperial Guard builds its power.

11. 161 全 The World Has Expanded Ten Thousandfold, and I Fight My Way Out with Force 全球膨胀万倍，我靠武力突围 Ten Years of Exaggeration浮夸十年Urban2.9M WordsCompleted [No System + High Martial Arts + Leveling Up + No Romance + Decisive and Ruthless + No Academy Tournaments] In 2024, singularities appeared on Earth. Centered on these singularities, the land began expanding at an astonishing rate. Over the next 43 years, the planet grew to ten thousand times its original volume! Transportation and communications collapsed. Countless regions and even entire countries lost contact with the rest of the world. All kinds of beasts and plants began evolving at a terr 48.9kReads8.7Score3.9kShelves

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    No romantic pairing, decisive and entertaining.

12. 162 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'll stock up on the first new book to read, the next two are unbeatable.

13. 163 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

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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.

14. 164 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
15. 165 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
16. 166 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
17. 167 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
18. 168 玄 Xuanhuan: From the Start, I Can Level Up Without Limit 玄幻：开局无限升级 Herding Cows and Eating Melons放牛吃瓜Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [System + Power Fantasy + No Romance + No Saintly Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless + If You Don’t Like It, Fight Me] Lin Xiaofan transmigrated to the Xuantian Continent and obtained a cultivation System. [You’re a martial arts prodigy. A year of training lets you advance one minor realm! Too bad I can level up instantly by spending experience points!] [You’re a peerless genius. Ten years of training lets you break through one major realm! Too bad I can break through instantly by spending expe 25.8kReads8.5Score2.1kShelves

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    The protagonist is neither a saint nor a sycophant; he is decisive and ruthless, sweeping all before him!

19. 169 网 Online Game: The Priest at the Peak 网游之牧师巅峰 A Big Red Flower for You给你一朵大红花Sports1.5M WordsCompleted When the game collides with reality, life turns around from the start. The game brings earth-shaking changes to Blue Star, reorganizing the human order and overturning the planet’s standing. It also completely upends Li Mingzhen’s life. Wielding the power of yin and yang, he becomes the number one player! [No heroine] [No romantic tension] [No harem] [No CP] P.S. The male lead isn’t perfect and isn’t a selfless saint, but this isn’t a dark novel. The gender ratio is 9:1, and any female character 587Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    This is a game about online games invading reality, and I'd give it at least an 8 out of 10. The protagonist is tall, aloof, and handsome; there's no ambiguity whatsoever; he's ruthless, mercenary, and driven solely by self-interest.

20. 170 这 How Is This Protagonist Even More Homelander Than Homelander?! 这主角怎么比祖国人还祖国人！ Puk Gai Xiaojie扑该小杰Urban348k WordsOngoing Good news: I've gained superpowers. Even better news: This power is so overpowered that I seriously suspect I've become a Great Luo. This is the story of an ordinary person gaining power beyond mortal limits, and of a fun-loving troublemaker wreaking havoc across the myriad worlds. “They all call me the Silver Fiend of the Myriad Worlds, the source of chaos, the beginning of gluttony.” “To be honest, I don't like those nicknames. Everyone knows I'm a good person.” “If you don't believe me, ask a 354Reads6.8Score126Shelves

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    These two books are pretty good; both are quite decisive and ruthless. The first one is a tool for venting frustration, so trolls shouldn't argue with it.

21. 171 御 Beast Taming: A Pocket-Sized Post-Apocalyptic World 御兽：随身带着末世小世界 Ninety-Seven九十七Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Signed for a print edition, so enjoy with confidence] [Rotting Slime], [Abomination Giant], [Bloodflame Saint] [Little Ice Dragon], [Frost Lord], [Frostglow Bone Dragon] [Soul-Attracting Banner], [Soul-Summoning Banner], [Human Emperor Banner] Qian Er transmigrates to a world of beast tamers and becomes a dark-type beast tamer, but his progress is slow because he has no resources. Fortunately, he awakens an apocalypse portal that lets him travel to an apocalyptic world. There, he can feed flesh 21.9kReads8.9Score2.1kShelves
22. 172 开 From the Start: Gu Changge Is My Own Big Brother 开局：顾长歌是我亲大哥 Boost Intelligence拉高智商Eastern Fantasy412k WordsCompleted Schemer + villain + smart protagonist + comedy + sound values + no female lead This is not a harem novel!!!! The Chosen Villain, Gu Changge, is my eldest brother! The Chosen One, Gu Changsheng, is my second brother! All Dad gave me was a magical treasure called the “System.” How am I supposed to survive a high-level game like this? The Chosen Protagonist treats me like a villain to make himself look impressive. The villain chops down anyone who acts like the protagonist. After I started slacking 419Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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    No female lead, villainous novel

23. 173 我 I Am the Villain Chosen by Fate: Invincible from the Moment I Crush the Male Lead 我，天命反派，无敌从碾压男主开始 Ou Cong偶葱Urban493k WordsCompleted Every male-oriented novel has a domineering protagonist who relies on forced posturing to pull off face-slapping, along with a crowd of cannon fodder whose intelligence is forcibly lowered by his protagonist aura. Gu Xiao's job is to become a brain-boosting hero in these web novels, raise the intelligence of everyone in each world, and relentlessly rub the male lead's face in the dirt. In a son-in-law story, he's the loyal sidekick who helps the male lead show off, only to have the male lead pat 7.4kReads9.1Score408Shelves

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    It's not good, I won't comment.

24. 174 我 I Am the Lord of Heaven’s Secrets, Master of Every Hidden Truth 我，天机之主，掌控众生隐秘 I Can Catch Little Fish我会抓小鱼Eastern Fantasy407k WordsCompleted He transmigrates into a fantasy world and becomes a sinner cursed by Heaven. Xiao Xuan unlocks the Heaven's Secrets Divination System. He can read yin and yang, discern the five elements, calculate the past and present, understand heaven and earth, and see the myriad faces of all living things! And so, a master emerges from nowhere in the Hundred Thousand Mountains. As one Heaven's Secrets ranking after another is revealed, reclusive prodigies and ancient monsters are left reeling. A holy land's 1.3kReads8.5Score111Shelves

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    There are no female leads, some have systems, and some have become satellites. I don't know if that counts, but I think it's quite good.

25. 175 重 Reborn as a Satellite 重生成为卫星 Zhou One大周一号Sci-Fi & Apocalypse506k WordsCompleted Five hundred years after the disaster, Liu Yi was reborn as an artificial satellite. By then, the surface had become a wasteland. Mutated monsters roamed everywhere, and humanity, its civilization in decline, could only huddle behind narrow city walls. Liu Yi had no cheat powers. On the contrary, he had to be someone else's cheat. 3.2kReads9.1Score320Shelves
26. 176 无 Invincible! He Is the Creator of All Things! 无敌！他是万物的创造者！ Rabbit Ying兔子莹Eastern Fantasy251k WordsCompleted An invincible story with no heroine What is the Creator? The one who traces the origins of all things in the universe. The creator of all things is the Creator. And he is Fu Yi. 569Reads8.0Score—Shelves
27. 177 玄 Xuanhuan: I’m Invincible with One Sword, So Do as You Please 玄幻：我，一剑无敌，你们请随意 Loves Doubanjiang爱吃豆瓣酱Eastern Fantasy560k WordsCompleted Synopsis: (Invincible protagonist + no female lead + decisive killing + no System + overwhelming power fantasy) After Qin Yu is trapped in an unknown, pitch-black world for ten thousand years, he finally raises the sword in his hand. A flash of sword light cleaves through the darkness, and he returns to the world! When he looks back, he has already become invincible with a single sword! The synopsis can't do it justice: read the story! (The author is human too. If you don't like it, don't bother 2.2kReads8.6Score125Shelves
28. 178 开 Invincible from the Start: I’m a Billion Times Stronger Than the Creator Gods 开局无敌：我比创世古神强亿点 Muttering Bear喃喃呓语的熊Eastern Fantasy611k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Invincible protagonist + everyday-life style + no female lead] The world has a Creator who made all things and all laws, the heavens and earth, the boundless cosmos, and everything in every world. His name is the Primordial Creator God. Little do people know, however, that this so-called Primordial Creator God is nothing more than an insignificant creature born from the evolution of the master of the Gray Ancestral Origin. Above the Gray Ancestral Origin stands a figure embodying all 6.1kReads8.2Score445Shelves
29. 179 让 I Told You to Comprehend the Dao, Not Carry the Great Dao Into the Sky 让你悟道，没让你扛着大道起飞啊 Three Thousand Years of Bowing Before the Buddha佛前顿首三千年Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [The new book by Laofu, "After the System Ran Away, My Junior Brother Robs People Every Day!", is out! It has a similarly large cast and is lighthearted and hilarious!] Lin Yu transmigrates to the Great Luo World and awakens the Tree of the Great Dao, which can distill the dazzling pasts of all things and living beings to forge Dao Fruits! With one glance at the basic cultivation manual, "Qi Circulation Art," he distills the dazzling past of its founder, the Venerable Three Treasures, who create 29.6kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves
30. 180 开EN From the Start, I Sign In for the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits Transformations 开局签到天罡三十六变 Zhuang Shisan庄十三Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted Chen Qingyu transmigrated to the Desolate Ancient Realm and became the legitimate heir of an eternal Saint King clan. From the start, he signed in to receive the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits Divine Ability, along with peerless talent for cultivation! But that was only the beginning: Sign in to receive a Nine-Revolution Golden Pill, a Chaos Green Lotus Seed, and a Primordial Spirit Root. Swallow them, and his cultivation and realm would soar! Sign in to receive the Jade Disc of Creation, the Yin-Y 19.8kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves
31. 181 开 From the Start, I Became the Temple Master, and Every Disciple Is Terrifying! 开局成为观主，徒弟全是大恐怖！ The Silent Man in Green青衣无言Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Taking Disciples + Invincible + No Female Lead + the Myriad Worlds] He transmigrates into a fantasy world and activates the System, but never expected his disciples to have such terrifying backgrounds. His eldest disciple has an astonishing identity: she's the lord of a forbidden zone, towering above all living beings! His second disciple is the Violet Star Empress, who rules over a vast expanse of stars and commands the star domains of the world! His third disciple is the lord of the extraterr 8.9kReads8.5Score631Shelves
32. 182 玄 Xuanhuan: Quick, Go Get the Ancestor Out of Seclusion 玄幻：快去请老祖出山 A Calm Heart Is Possible清心也可以Eastern Fantasy394k WordsCompleted [No Romance + Sect + Clan + Invincible] Su Mingyun transmigrates to the Immortal Realm and obtains a step-counter System. Knowing how dangerous the Immortal Realm is, he lays low in an unremarkable mountain, quietly building up his strength. [Congratulations, Host. You have reached 10,000 steps and earned the bonus physique: Chaos Immortal Body.] [Congratulations, Host. You have reached...] Gradually, ten thousand years pass, and Su Mingyun finally becomes an Immortal Emperor. At this point, des 246Reads6.1Score—Shelves
33. 183 青 The Little Taoist of Green Mountain 青山小道士 Yan Xinyu严鑫宇Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Taoist priest + supernatural mysteries + technically detailed + magic arts + urban + no power fantasy + slow growth + no heroine] (The central idea of the first book: Heaven and humanity) This novel is told in the first person and explores knowledge and experiences from many perspectives, including Taoist culture, astronomy, feng shui, Qimen Dunjia, physiognomy, palmistry, humanities, society, and science. Everything unknown in the world is like a vast darkness. Science is like a flashlight ill 4.2kReads9.2Score706Shelves

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    This story tells of a Taoist hermit who descends to the mortal world for spiritual cultivation. Upon encountering various supernatural events, he discovers that the complexities of human relationships are a hundred times greater than his spiritual practice. The story incorporates elements of feng shui, folk customs, scientific explanations, Qimen Dunjia (a form of divination), and various principles of the I Ching. It also uses metaphysical and scientific methods to explain some seemingly unscientific and bizarre events.

34. 184 道 A Taoist Priest Enters the World 道士入世记 Yan Xinyu严鑫宇Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Professional Taoist + slow burn + folk customs + the supernatural + mild horror + realism + gradual development + no wish fulfillment] (The central theme of this second novel: people and their relationships.) The Taoist's Journey into the Mortal World is a continuation of The Little Taoist of Qingshan. New readers can enjoy it on its own, while returning readers will find it an even richer experience. Do you want to learn about folk spiritual mediums? Curious about spirit mediums? Want to know 486Reads8.7Score—Shelves
35. 185 道 Fellow Daoist, Why Is Your Human Emperor Banner Belching Black Smoke? 道友，你这人皇幡怎么冒黑烟啊？ He An Is Simple贺安很简单Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Even unorthodox paths can lead to Heaven! This poor Daoist has always been a bit timid. If I don’t pull up the roots after cutting the grass, I won’t be able to sleep at night! Heh heh heh... I, He An, am your great calamity! 81.3kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves
36. 186 长 Longevity: I Won't Leave the Mountain Until I'm Invincible 长生：不苟到无敌，绝不出山 A Long Song with One Sword一剑长歌Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing After transmigrating and being reborn, Chu Chen obtained an Immortal Dao Fruit, and from then on, the world had another immortal. He laid low among ordinary people, seeking a way to cultivate immortality and witnessing dynasties rise and fall. He laid low in cultivation sects, witnessing the birth of immortal sects. He laid low in a supreme immortal dynasty, witnessing eras change. Millions of years, billions of years: all for the sake of attaining true immortality. 5kReads8.3Score219Shelves
37. 187 签 Sign-In at Qinglan City: I'm Really Not the White-Robed Sword Immortal 签到青岚城，白衣剑仙真不是我啊 Bu Ai Chi Xiangcai Ne不艾吃香菜讷Eastern Fantasy200k WordsCompleted [System + invincible + swordsmanship + low-key + power fantasy + no heroine] Cang is Heaven, Xuan is the Dao. Heaven and earth are profound and vast; the sword's path shall flourish forever. In the Cangxuan Realm, might makes right. There are nine stages of cultivation, each one a whole new level. Mortal → Spirit Awakening → Profound Mastery → Return to Truth → Enlightened Heart → Seeking the Dao → Knowing Heaven → Shattering the Void → Transcendence. Qi Jin'an transmigrates to the Cangxuan R 238Reads—Score100Shelves

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    This one is alright, I can read it.

38. 188 你 Got a Grudge? I’ll Get Revenge for You! 你有仇吗？我帮你报！ Liu Jiangyan柳江烟Eastern Fantasy126k WordsCompleted [Villain] [No Female Lead] [Ruthless] [System] “Got a grudge? I’ll help you settle it!” “The price? Half the life you have left!” “There’s no one in this world I wouldn’t dare kill, and no one I can’t kill.” 27Reads—Score—Shelves

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    * **Global Martial Arts: Earth Expands Ten Thousand Times at the Start (God of the Star Abyss)** 😮 The era of global martial arts has arrived! The protagonist encounters a cataclysmic change on Earth right from the start, with the map expanding ten thousand times in an instant! Familiar places become mysterious and dangerous domains, where opportunities and dangers coexist. With his unique talent, the protagonist traverses desolate cities, explores ruins, battles alien beasts, and gradually grows into the God of the Star Abyss, embarking on a thrilling and exhilarating interstellar journey. Super exciting! * **Do You Have a Grudge? I'll Avenge You!** 😎 The protagonist is a mysterious swordsman who roams the martial world, asking passersby, "Do you have a grudge? I'll avenge you!" Whether it's a deep-seated hatred or a minor skirmish, he can easily resolve it with his superior martial arts and clever mind. In the process of helping others, he meets heroes from all walks of life, uncovers the secrets of the martial world, and upholds justice along the way, providing a thrilling and righteous reading experience. * **Cultivation: I Can Become Stronger by Killing** 💥 The world of cultivation is cruel, but the protagonist discovers a heaven-defying shortcut—becoming stronger by killing! With each victory, he absorbs the opponent's spiritual energy for his own use, causing his cultivation to skyrocket. In this dog-eat-dog world, he rises from the bottom, using violence to combat violence, breaking conventions, and fearlessly challenging powerful figures from all factions. Experience the protagonist's crazy cultivation journey, with a heart-pounding, super-exciting experience throughout. "Invincible: Specializing in Killing the Chosen Ones, Enjoying Raiding and Exterminating Clans"😏 The protagonist is unconventional; as an invincible powerhouse, he specifically targets those destined for greatness and enjoys raiding and exterminating clans, eradicating his enemies completely. All forces tremble in fear, yet are powerless against him. Wielding divine weapons, he effortlessly annihilates powerful enemies, seeking defeat alone at the pinnacle, exuding unparalleled dominance and experiencing the ultimate thrill of invincibility—super exciting!

39. 189 开 Awaken the Slaughter Path System from the Start 开局觉醒杀道系统 I Have the God of Wealth on My Side我有财神爷Eastern Fantasy244k WordsOngoing [Cultivation with wild ideas, System-based, decisive killing, one heroine, swordsmanship] When Li Nian'an wakes up, he discovers that he has transmigrated to a xianxia world overrun by demons and monsters. Reduced to one of the cultivation world's lowliest commoners, he doesn't aspire to cultivate immortality or reach the pinnacle of life. All he wants is to live in peace. But just as he's about to give up and coast through life, he notices a line of text flashing in his mind: [You have been tar 7Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 190 无 Invincible: I Only Kill the Chosen, and Love Looting Homes and Wiping Out Clans 无敌：专杀天命人，爱好抄家灭族 Situ Qiuya司徒秋雅Eastern Fantasy254k WordsCompleted [No heroine] [Ruthless and merciless] [Kills without needing a reason] [Does whatever he pleases] [Doesn’t play the pig to eat the tiger] Huo Anding transmigrated to the world of immortal cultivation and gained invincible power that let him go toe-to-toe with the Great Dao. He could roam the vast world as he pleased. To him, confiscating property and wiping out entire clans was child’s play. Everywhere he went became a living hell. He thought invincibility meant loneliness, but it turned out the 16Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 191 开 From the Start, I Had a Heavenly Spirit Root: I Can Steal Fortuitous Encounters 开局天灵根：我能掠夺机缘 Ye Mofan叶默凡Eastern Fantasy863k WordsCompleted Chen Yan transmigrates to a cultivation world and obtains the Fortune System. Each day, he can earn Fortune Points and improve his own luck. Low-grade fortune: Give a junior fellow disciple pointers on spell techniques and gain a chance at sudden enlightenment. Mid-grade fortune: Help an elder forge a magical artifact and obtain the Heavenly Earthly Spirit Fire, Glazed Golden Flame. High-grade fortune: Circulate the Qianyuan Art for one cycle and comprehend the secrets of the tenth level of Qi R 2.2kReads6.9Score128Shelves

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    Ruthless and decisive, no female lead, cruel and ruthless.

42. 192 弹 I Slay Immortal Emperors with a Flick of My Finger. Who Dares Claim to Be Invincible? 弹指灭仙帝，谁敢称无敌 A Dream of Vast Blue Waters一梦沧澜Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Immortal Emperor from the Start, Fast-Paced, Invincible, Crushing Everything in His Path] Three years after transmigrating to the Tianyuan Continent, Lu Haoyu had just taken over the declining Haoxuan Sect when his master passed away, leaving behind not even a cultivation manual! Fortunately, ten years later, the System arrived and immediately rewarded him with Immortal Emperor cultivation! [Ding! Congratulations, Host, on completing the disciple-recruitment mission. You have obtained 300 kilog 1.3kReads6.5Score105Shelves

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    Invincible from the start, decisive and ruthless, no dragging things out, absolutely no female lead, no ambiguous relationships [smirk]

43. 193 武EN Martial Dao Epoch: I Have a Proficiency Panel 武道纪元，我有熟练度面板 Food and Clothing in Five Cities衣食五城Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Swordsmanship] + [Proficiency] The protagonist is cautious and keeps his true strength hidden. Avoid this if that bothers you. After ending the invasion from another world, the True Spirit Continent enters a new era of martial arts. To guard against another invasion, the True Spirit Realm begins vigorously developing martial arts... After witnessing the worlds beyond their own, everyone declares, “If the enemy can go there, so can we!” The True Spirit World gradually enters an age of prosperity 18.2kReads8.7Score1kShelves
44. 194 高 High Martial: Dreamcraft Takes the Sword Dao 高武：造梦入主剑道 Long-Separated and Nameless阔别无名Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [No heroine + decisive and ruthless + smart protagonist + prodigy who doesn’t hide his abilities + nearly invincible + swordsmanship + dreams] In the continent of Jiuzhou, secret realms appeared one after another, turning it into a battlefield between two worlds. From then on, powerful cultivators rose in Jiuzhou, as swordsmen, Confucians, Buddhists, Daoists, martial artists, and others fought to defend their homeland! Lu Tianxing rose from humble beginnings. After ten years of hardship, he brok 131Reads7.2Score277Shelves
45. 195 茅 Thirty Years on Maoshan 茅山三十年 September Stone九月石Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing ♥ Don’t let the rating fool you, my book is top-notch! A feel-good story about a Taoist priest who descends the mountain to catch ghosts and drive out evil. No romance, no saintly do-gooder. Traveling far and wide to vanquish demons and uphold the Dao. No padding, no rambling, no romance. 9.4kReads8.8Score750Shelves
46. 196 天EN Heaven's Chosen? Monster? No, It's the Grind Emperor 天骄？妖孽？不好，是肝帝 That Mountain, That Sea那山那海Urban2.3M WordsCompleted [The top workaholic in high-martial arts fiction] [Panel-based cultivation] [Cosmic setting] [Cultivation and progression, not point allocation or speedrunning; the protagonist is a born grinder] In the interstellar age, alien beasts invade and evil gods lurk all around. Li Qingshan awakens a martial arts panel that can record any technique or martial skill. He needs no insight or talent, and faces no bottlenecks. As long as he trains hard, he can improve, and every breakthrough lasts forever! H 219kReads9.3Score25.7kShelves
47. 197 小 Survival in the Residential Complex, but I Was Pulled into the Management Group 小区求生，但我被拉入了管理群 Nazgar纳兹嘉尔Mystery784k WordsCompleted [Infinite horror + no female lead + cold-blooded male lead + split personality + author’s mental state is questionable + kill, kill, kill!] When everyone is unexpectedly dragged into a survival game, Cheng Xu discovers that his name appears in the administrators’ group. By day, the survivors search for resources and strengthen themselves and their shelters. At night, ghosts run rampant and disasters erupt. Only those who rely on their shelters can survive. One deadly trial follows another, and b 6.1kReads9.2Score837Shelves
48. 198 东 Strange Tales of Northeast China 东北诡异实录 Asking the Cold Wind in a Light Rain微雨问冷风Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The comic adaptation of the same name is now available, also known as Mountain Spirit Lost. The comic Northeast Strange Tales is currently being serialized. Across the vast, boundless black earth of Northeast China, one strange and little-known story after another has unfolded. Now, I’ll tell you these long-buried tales of the supernatural, one by one! 32kReads9.4Score3.3kShelves
49. 199 九 The Ninth-Rank Demon Exorcist 九品驱魔人 Sharp Edge Hidden in Night Eyes夜眸藏锋Eastern Fantasy5.3M WordsCompleted When the sun sets, every door in the city is shut! Evil spirits open their eyes, and monsters run rampant! The Wei Constables mount the city walls, while exorcists draw their swords. An apprentice from a martial arts school stands proudly amid the demons, determined to protect one last sanctuary. 70.1kReads9.1Score7.6kShelves
50. 200 快 Quick Transmigration: The Crazy Host Has a Heart of Stone! 快穿：疯批宿主她铁石心肠！ Spicy Lazy Cat麻辣懒喵Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration / No romance / Punishing scumbags / Feel-good revenge / Unhinged heroine with a touch of goofy humor] As a stone as old as the heavens, Xue Yuke once served as a pillow stone beneath Pangu's head, a candidate stone for repairing the sky, and a stepping stone in the Nine Heavens Profound Palace... But one day, as she underwent tribulation to ascend, a lightning punishment blasted her to pieces. Even her soul was reduced to nothing. At the moment her soul was being annihilate 7.4kReads9.2Score767Shelves

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    🍋🍋It's so good, so good, so good! I can't stress this enough, it's really good. I just randomly picked one to read for fun, but these two things kept me up all night. I was laughing so hard I couldn't sleep, and I couldn't even make a sound, which made my stomach hurt terribly.

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