No Female Lead, Orphan From the Start, Ruthless, Gender-Equal, No Simping, and No Playing Weak 无女主，孤儿开局杀伐果断男女平等不舔狗拒绝扮猪

1. 1 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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   No female lead, no parents, ruthless and decisive.

2. 2 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

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   The first two are orphan novels, no female lead, decisive in killing, but not a lone wolf, not unintelligent, and not a burden (mostly male). The third is a lone wolf novel without a female lead. The fourth is a lone wolf novel without a female lead. The fifth has a mentally ill protagonist. The sixth has no female lead, but has a grandfather. The seventh has no female lead and doesn't value relationships. The eighth has parents and a younger sister, but the sister isn't treated specially. The ninth has a family. The tenth has a protagonist without emotions, is set in an urban setting, and lacks decisive killing.

3. 3 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 555Reads9.3Score103Shelves
4. 4 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
5. 5 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.] 46Reads8.8Score—Shelves
6. 6 恐 Horror: From Puppet to Demon God of Fear! 恐怖：从木偶到恐惧魔神！ Wenzhi Tianya文之天涯Mystery379k WordsCompleted When Lin Qi opened his eyes, he had become a puppet of the “paranormal” type. All he had to do was earn fear points to grow stronger and stronger. “When you see me, it means fear has arrived!” “Struggle! Scream!” “I am the Demon God of Fear!” An era of resurgent terror, an era when ghosts roam the night. Lin Qi commands fear! 1.8kReads8.5Score192Shelves
7. 7 规 Rule Horror: I Crush You in the Name of Dragon Country 规则怪谈：代表龙国碾压你 Duanmu Kuai Zi端木筷子Mystery765k WordsOngoing [No Romance + No System + A Little Backrooms + Foundation Universe + Packed with Memes] But note that this story takes plenty of liberties ⚠️⚠️ [Current progress: The eighth dungeon, Xiaojing Town, is complete. The ninth dungeon, “Nian,” is currently updating.] Rule-based horror descends upon Blue Star. Each country has one chosen person selected at random to fight in a horror world on another plane, representing their nation! Victory strengthens their National Fate; defeat means death and a dec 2.3kReads9.4Score290Shelves
8. 8 我 I'm the Invincible Big Bad: From the Start, I Ruthlessly Crush the Chosen One! 我，无敌大反派，开局狂虐气运之子！ A Lifetime一世Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted (Readers with fragile hearts, and holier-than-thou types, stay away) The chosen one, blessed with immense fortune, wants to kill me. The embodiment of Heavenly Law regards me as an aberration from the Great Dao. And the sword saint, whose life is a glorious tale of effortless success, declares me a demon… Should I just accept my fate? No. Never! How could I, Jiang Heng, let you kill me and walk all over me? You think you're the chosen one? I'll take your fortune. You want to kill me? I'll k 3.3kReads7.4Score146Shelves
9. 9 都 The Urban Villain Starts Out Penniless 都市反派从一贫如洗开始 A Fish Called Nan Feng叫南锋的鱼Urban848k WordsCompleted After transmigrating, Mu Han, whose origins were shrouded in mystery, obtained the Villain System. With negative emotions as his foundation, Mu Han embarked on a path of overwhelming strength, crushing everything in his way until he reached the summit, stepping on every protagonist's head along the way. Mountains reach their peak, but I am the sky above the peaks. Lin Dong, who cultivated both medicine and martial arts, looked up at the sky. “Am I even the protagonist?” The Poison Lady of Yunjia 185Reads7.7Score—Shelves
10. 10 我 I, Su Wuxie, the Villainous Demon Emperor! 我，反派魔皇，苏无邪！ Half a Life, Halfway Down半生半下Eastern Fantasy266k WordsCompleted An invincible story + System story + pure wish fulfillment! The young master of an ancient clan and the leader of a superpower. Su Wuxie has just transmigrated and obtained an Invincible Villain System. Su Wuxie believes that, as a villain, he should crush the chosen ones without mercy and squeeze every last bit of their fortune points out of them. What’s it like to have a System that isn’t afraid of Heaven’s backlash? It’s such a rush… 1.3kReads8.4Score100Shelves
11. 11 我 I Was Raised by Monsters 我被怪物养大 Uncle Nan Yao南妖叔Urban769k WordsCompleted The story is set in a modern city in a parallel world. Legend has it that City A is home to an urban myth called the White Cat Agency. The agency is run by a group of monsters and demons. As long as you pay the appropriate price, they'll fulfill any request you make. Money, organs, emotions, memories, years of life... Anything could become a bargaining chip. Seventeen years ago, an infant boy of unknown origins was found by the agency's owner and raised by a group of monsters. Seventeen years l 2kReads9.6Score379Shelves
12. 12 玄 Xuanhuan: Summon Five Thousand Sword Emperors from the Start 玄幻：开局召唤五千名剑皇 The Pig Who Talks Big会吹牛的猪Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing (Factions + summoning + high-spirited action + partly a power fantasy + partly invincible) Li Feng transmigrates to the True Martial Continent, where humanity is in decline and the demon race rules. On the verge of death, Li Feng activates the System and summons five thousand Sword Emperors, who appear out of nowhere and establish a Domain Lord’s territory. He reforges his sword body, gains a Transcendent Saint Physique, cultivates heavenly fire, quells the chaos across the four seas, slays the 561Reads8.8Score102Shelves

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    These books are all good, incredibly satisfying reads, not mindless, no female lead, and the characters are all intelligent. Highly recommended.

13. 13 我 I Bring the Underworld into the World 我，让地府降临 Ten Thousand Meters万米Urban4.0M WordsCompleted [Alternate world] [Behind-the-scenes style] [No heroine] A blood moon hangs in the sky, and daylight suddenly breaks! The world changes, and spiritual energy surges forth! Beneath the daylight and blood moon, blood rains down without warning. Living beings wail, demons emerge, and ghosts run rampant. Deep Blue Star has become utterly unfamiliar to Meng Zhou. I, Meng Zhou, hold the Jade Edict of the Son of Heaven! I command ten thousand ghosts! I shall be lord of monsters and demons, ruler of the 7.7kReads7.9Score741Shelves
14. 14 反 Villain: One Thought Turns Me into a Demon, Slaughtering All Living Beings! 反派：一念为魔，屠戮天下万灵！ Jiang Yu Wei Han江余未寒Eastern Fantasy327k WordsCompleted [Dark] [Invincible] [No Female Lead] Chu Han was reborn in a fantastical otherworld, only to suffer the massacre of his entire family and endure every kind of torture. Fortunately, he awakened the Godslayer System. Every person he killed earned him attribute points. Morality? Principles? Compassion? In this dog-eat-dog, dark world, they were nothing but tools for digging your own grave! If Heaven has forsaken me, then I shall destroy Heaven! 23Reads8.6Score—Shelves
15. 15 灵 Supernatural Revival: Traveling the Heavens and Selling Coffins 灵异复苏：行走诸天卖棺材 Stone in the Tea茶中石头Male-Channel Fanfiction829k WordsCompleted Liu An is reborn before the supernatural resurgence and activates the Myriad Worlds Coffin-Selling System. He can transmigrate to countless worlds and grow stronger by selling coffins. Mr. Vampire: “This crystal coffin is meant for you. Uncle Jiu, why not try it out?” A Chinese Ghost Story: “Yan Chixia, your forehead looks dark. I'm afraid a bloody disaster is coming. Why not try this coffin? You might need it tonight!” The Legend of the White Snake: “Fahai, look at my coffin. Its quality is far 1.3kReads8.6Score103Shelves

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    Fellow Daoists, we are all free of female leads and ambiguous relationships, focused solely on the Dao. Women only hinder the protagonist's speed in drawing his sword; the protagonist's revenge is never delayed.

16. 16 开 From the Start, I Signed In for a Golden Dharma Body and Refused to Be a Puppet Emperor 开局签到法相金身，不做傀儡皇帝 Wind Whisperer风语者Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [No Female Lead] [Fantasy] [Emperor] [Invincible] [Sign-In] [System] [Dynastic Power Struggle] The day I transmigrated into a fantasy world, I was appointed crown prince. I planned to spend decades indulging in wine and women, then take the throne after my old man kicked the bucket. But before I could enjoy even a single day of life as a second-generation heir, my emperor father passed away, and Li Yun somehow ended up wearing the imperial robes. I thought the next step would be to straighten my 17.5kReads8.2Score926Shelves
17. 17 洪 Honghuang: I Am the Second Demon Ancestor, and I Keep a Low Profile 洪荒：吾为第二魔祖，稳健不出 Little Nian Is Here小年在这里Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Just after the college entrance exam, Ling Yun accidentally transmigrated to the Primordial World and activated a god-tier choice System... [Choice One: Become Ancestral Dragon’s Dao Companion.] [Choice Two: Become Yuan Feng’s sibling.] [Choice Four: Become Demon Ancestor Luohu’s sibling.] Ling Yun chose to become Demon Ancestor Luohu’s sibling and stayed safely hidden on Mount Sumeru. Until the final years of the Dragon-Han Tribulation. When Hongjun used the momentum of the Primordial Wo 19.2kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
18. 18 万 The Eternal Demon Emperor! 万古魔帝！ San Zui三最Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Villain + invincible domination + System + three emperors from one family + building a faction + ruthless decisiveness + ultimate power fantasy + the plot becomes legendary in the middle and later stages] Gu Changge transmigrates into a fantasy world and binds himself to the Demon God System. As long as he keeps killing, he can quickly and easily increase his demonic cultivation and obtain all kinds of heavenly treasures! From there, he rises against all odds, founds the Heavenly Demon Cult, an 22.8kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves
19. 19 穿 I Was Reborn in a Farming Novel, but I Don't Want to Pass the Imperial Exams on Talent 穿进种田文里，我不想靠才华科举 Autumn Has Always Been Here丛来是秋Historical1.6M WordsCompleted Su Congli transmigrated. To stay alive, he studied day and night and threw himself into the imperial examinations. Who could have guessed? At the provincial exam: “What are you staring at, chief examiner?” At the metropolitan exam: “Why do these examiners all seem so strange?” At the palace exam: “Oh! Isn’t that guy sitting in the throne hall the one who stares at me every night?” Emperor Qiyuan prided himself on being a wise ruler of his age, blessed with extraordinary fortune. Who knew he’d ru 11.3kReads8.9Score949Shelves
20. 20 葬 Burial of the Heavens: I Am the Forbidden One Who Fell with the Emperor, Returning to All the Heavens 葬天：吾为帝落禁忌，重临诸天 Muttering Bear喃喃呓语的熊Eastern Fantasy455k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Villain + no heroine + decisive and ruthless + forbidden existence returns + do not read if you like saintly protagonists] In the Age of the Fallen Emperors, during an age of great prosperity, the Heavenly Dao of Hongmeng controlled the Three Thousand Great Daos. Beneath those Three Thousand Great Daos, three thousand Immortal Emperors stood side by side, their names shaking the past and present. The Buried Emperor Mu Changqing rose from humble beginnings, forged his way through slaug 4kReads8.4Score217Shelves
21. 21 大EN A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 Gaara's Sand我爱罗的沙Urban4.0M WordsOngoing [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 525.3kReads9.5Score41.9kShelves
22. 22 我 I Wasn't Born to Be the Protagonist 我没有主角的命 Boiling Water Diary开水日记Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [No female lead] [Cringe points? Toxic points? This book has them all. Enter at your own risk, and be prepared. I’m afraid it might poison you.] In a martial arts world, he’s the miserable guy whose engagement is broken off by the protagonist’s love interest. In an immortal cultivation world, he’s the stepping stone crushed beneath the Holy Son’s foot. In a terrifying game full of demons and strange horrors, he’s the unfortunate person chosen to play. Gu Chuan transmigrates through the myri 3kReads8.5Score232Shelves
23. 23 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
24. 24 诡 Strange Phenomena Run Rampant: I Investiture the Gods in Another World 诡异横行：我在异世敕封神明 Long Ge龙戈Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsOngoing [No System] [No Female Lead] [Relatively Slow-Burn] [Character Growth] Zhang Xuan is from Jibei Province. According to his grandfather, their family is a direct descendant of the Jiangxi Longhu Mountain lineage. His grandfather named him Zhang Xuan, saying he had the talent to attain the Dao. He hoped Zhang Xuan would become a figure like the Celestial Master Zhang Daoling, and that future generations would call him Zhang Daoxuan. But Zhang Xuan scoffed at the idea and didn’t believe a word of i 20.8kReads8.3Score1.6kShelves
25. 25 无 Infinite Planes: Starting with Final Destination 无限位面：从死神来了开始 Madman of the Mohist School墨家狂人Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted I battle wits with the invisible Reaper in the world of Final Destination. In the Three Kingdoms, where eunuchs hold sway, I bide my time and become sworn kin to the Ten Attendants, changing the course of history. In A Chinese Ghost Story, I dance with beautiful female ghosts... I don't know why I'm alive, or what keeps me going. Maybe I'm chasing the thrill of life and death in an instant. Maybe I'm searching for something exciting enough to make my frozen heart beat again... 4.9kReads8.9Score359Shelves
26. 26 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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    Orphan at the start + no female lead + ruthless and decisive – these are exactly the three books I've read! Among the books I've read so far, these perfectly meet all your requirements. I highly recommend the first one; the protagonist is ruthless, doesn't talk much, and is cold-blooded – it's incredibly satisfying.

27. 27 我 I've Become a God, and You're Still Leveling Up? 我都成神了，你们还在升级？ Chen Shenjing陈神精Sports1.4M WordsCompleted (A game-world novel with no female lead, satisfying wish fulfillment, infinite skills, and an expansive world) The game became reality, and Su Mu had unlimited skill points from the start! He also became a full-time mage! While everyone else was still leveling up, he had already become a god! “Isn't he just a mage? What? I can't even break through his defense?” “This is insane! He took us all out with one skill?” “Great Mage, please, leave us a way to survive!” As countless planes manifested in 17.6kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
28. 28 一 One-Click Decomposition System 一键分解系统 A Soul's Empty Dream魂空幽梦Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Break down an Ancient True Dragon. Gain one hundred billion spirit energy and the True Dragon Art! Break down an Ancient Phoenix. Gain one hundred billion spirit energy and an Immortal Physique! Break down an Immortal Divine Herb. Gain a Nine-Turn Resurrection Pill! After transmigrating to the True Martial Continent, Lu Li awakens the One-Click Decomposition System. Whether you're descended from an Emperor or heir to a Sacred Land, I fear no one. Countless great paths, countless arts. I have 5.5kReads8.8Score425Shelves
29. 29 以 Defying Heaven with a Demon Blade 以魔刀捍天 Eyes Filled with You眼眸含汝Eastern Fantasy82k WordsOngoing A reclusive young man lets his true nature run wild, doing whatever he pleases in the world of cultivation. With his bloodthirsty demonic blade, he slaughters all under heaven. Humans and beasts alike, all living things become fuel for me. I need no feelings. The demonic blade is everything to me. As long as the blade survives, I live; when it is destroyed, I die. Before the masses, I heal the sick, save lives, and spread salvation, earning their respect and affection. In secret, I kill and plun 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The novel *Mo Dao Zu Shi* is really hard to write. As a newbie, I just killed my way through a few chapters and became invincible. My writing is a bit poor, so please don't criticize if you don't like it.

30. 30 我 I Am Immortal, and I Bide My Time Until I Become an Unrivaled Immortal Emperor 我长生不死，苟成绝世仙帝 Mighty Mr. V威猛先生vEastern Fantasy3.8M WordsCompleted “I, Chen Jing, cultivate immortality. I don’t care about winning today or tomorrow. All I want to know is, after endless ages have passed, which of my enemies will still be alive?” After transmigrating to another world, Chen Jing acquired the Dao Fruit of ‘Longevity.’ It could keep him alive forever, but he had no way to protect himself, so he had no choice but to take up martial arts and the path of immortal cultivation. Poor aptitude? If others cultivate for ten years, I’ll go into seclusion f 17.7kReads7.2Score1.4kShelves

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    Except for the sixth book, the others are all without a female lead. The sixth book is a decent one with a single female lead. The second book has two maids in the early stages, which is a bit quirky. However, they only appear in about 20 chapters and then stop appearing.

31. 31 修 Cultivating Immortality With a Stat Panel 修仙之我有属性面板 Bronze Sweet Potato青铜地瓜Eastern Fantasy246k WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless + no female lead + System] Ye Feng transmigrates to the world of cultivation, where he awakens nothing more than an utterly ordinary attribute panel. Still, it counts as a perk of being someone who transmigrated… —Reads8.2Score—Shelves
32. 32 我 I Have Ten Million Years to Live: Deriving Countless Arts 我有千万年寿元：衍化万般诀 Sui Zhen髓针Eastern Fantasy536k WordsCompleted [Cunning + ruthless protagonist + decisive killing + dark world] Demons wreak havoc in the human realm, and cultivators must pay a “price” to cultivate. But Chu Sanzai can derive new cultivation arts and practice them directly! “The Flesh-Eating Art requires you to eat human flesh while it's still alive? I'll derive the Taotie Art, which lets me increase my cultivation by eating ordinary food!” Derive! The Eight-Nine Arcane Art, Dao Eyes, Corpse-Driving Steps... The Xiangyang Dynasty is corrupt, 697Reads7.7Score—Shelves
33. 33 修 Cultivating Immortality Begins with Eternal Life 修仙从长生不死开始 Little Crispy Veggie小蔬脆Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted A short drama with the same title is now available. If you're interested, go check out Cultivation Begins with Immortality. System + transmigration + keeping a low profile Lin Jiang transmigrates to the world of cultivation and gains a longevity sign-in System. Sign in for one day, gain one year of lifespan. Lin Jiang: “Cultivation doesn't seem all that urgent after all. I'll take my time.” (Not a dark, overpowered power fantasy. If that's not your thing, proceed with caution.) 39.4kReads8.2Score4kShelves
34. 34 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
35. 35 仙 A Mayfly in the Immortal Sea 仙海蜉蝣 Jian Hanshan剑寒衫Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted [Ordinary-mortal cultivation + no System + no harem] A wandering cultivator, a speck of dust. The protagonist, Lu Luan, is a little independent cultivator at the second stage of Qi Refining, wandering among the mountain towns of the mortal world. He is fourteen, and ever since the old master who adopted him died, he has drifted from place to place through this world of cultivation... Note: The protagonist sometimes joins sects, but only as stepping stones, and never stays long. The story focuses 17.3kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves
36. 36 触 Touch Anything, and My Talent Levels Up 触碰万物，我的天赋能升级 Great Sun Kunpeng大日鲲鹏Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Ye Tian transmigrates to a parallel world dominated by people with supernatural talents, but his own ability is an F-rank water talent. He can only cultivate the F-rank Water Sprinkling Technique, and everyone assumes he's destined to become a sanitation worker. But he discovers that simply touching water lets him absorb its power, continually upgrading his F-rank water talent to E-rank, D-rank, C-rank, and even S-rank. He puts his hand on a gas stove and gains a fire talent. He buries himself i 14.4kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves
37. 37 创 Creating the World: Countless Ascenders Work for Me 创世，我有无数飞升者为我打工 Watching Over Time守望时光Eastern Fantasy462k WordsCompleted “Heaven is not benevolent, treating all things like straw dogs! Today, I, Emperor Beichen, shall defy Heaven and strike down the Dao.” Above the boundless expanse, Emperor Beichen finally leads the strongest among all living beings in their assault on the heavens. But after entering the heavenly realm, what he sees leaves him unable to believe his eyes. “Will you strike down the Dao, or ascend?” “Uh... ascend!” “Then fill out this form and sign here!” “What? After ascending, I have to sell mysel 342Reads6.9Score—Shelves
38. 38 邪EN World of Malevolent Spirits: My Flesh Conquers All 邪灵世界：我以肉身横推此世 A Hulking Man一魁梧大汉Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted This is a story about a body that can overpower anything. Darkness descended upon the Great Ye Dynasty, and evil spirits and ghosts lurked everywhere, killing without a trace. Faced with strange demons and sinister spirits, ordinary people could only tremble, cower in a corner, and wait for death. Jiang Dao transmigrated into this world with a Martial Arts Modification System. He could modify any martial art without limit just by looking at it. Mad Demon Staff Technique, Iron Shirt and Eagle Cla 2.1kReads8.8Score325Shelves

    Reader note

    The first 7 books feature ruthless decisiveness, a survival-oriented approach to development, and a mastermind behind the scenes; there is no female lead. The last 3 books feature ruthless cruelty, physical prowess, and no female lead.

39. 39 熬 I Outlasted Everyone, and Finally Became Invincible 熬死所有人，我终于无敌了 Hu Tao Half-Life Cat胡桃半命猫Eastern Fantasy834k WordsCompleted Xia Po spent fifteen years grinding away at a cultivation game. But just as he cleared it, he unexpectedly found himself in the game world, as a servant in a clan. Fortunately, the game gave him his completion reward: the ability to live forever. Having spent fifteen years of his youth there, he knows all too well that this is a dangerous world of treacherous people and rampaging demons. So he decides to keep his head down and cultivate for a few thousand years first. Time flies. After outlastin 36Reads7.7Score—Shelves
40. 40 人 The Immortal Food of Mankind 人种仙食 Big-Headed T头很大的T君Eastern Fantasy6.5M WordsOngoing "Weird Cultivation, Behind-the-Scenes Story" The Tang Dynasty: strange things are coming. When Li Qing transmigrated here, he thought Mr. Huayue had kindly taken him in. Little did he know that the man saw him only as livestock to be raised for food. At the brink of life and death, the jade tablet on Li Qing revealed its power, gravely wounding Mr. Huayue and allowing him to escape. But the danger was far from over. The scheme of the Six Paths and Eight Immortals to devour all living beings had 37.9kReads8.8Score3.4kShelves
41. 41 无 The Immortal Path Without Dao 无道仙路 Big-Headed T头很大的T君Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted [No female lead + ordinary mortal protagonist + brutal cultivation; From the Start: A Broken Piece of Jade Reveals the Secrets of Immortality, The Terrifying Road to Immortality, Mystery, Immortal Paths, and the Angler, The Strange Path to Immortality are updated simultaneously] There was no road in the world to begin with. A road appears when enough people walk it. Wudao found a mysterious piece of fine wood glowing with purple light and arrived in the world of cultivation. It was a brutal plac 18.4kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves
42. 42 傀 Doll God 傀神 Under the Flowering Tree花树下Eastern Fantasy545k WordsOngoing [Puppets] [Master of Weaving Fate] [Cautious] [No System] [Cultivation, Not Chivalry] As a sniper’s bullet pierced Chen Huan’s mind, a godlike tentacle shot through it as well. It left behind a pillar that reached the heavens. The Grand Dao of Puppetry descended from the skies. [Soul of the Divine Puppet] can split into 999,999… divine souls. [Heavenly Artificer’s Puppet-Making Manual] contains an inexhaustible array of puppet designs, materials, formations… [Human Skin Transformation] allows pu 396Reads8.0Score—Shelves
43. 43 修 Is Cultivation Really That Cruel? Do You Know I Can Simulate the Future? 修仙残酷？你可知我能模拟未来 Salty Fish Chen咸鱼晨Eastern Fantasy452k WordsCompleted (Simulator, no female lead, steady progression, cautious protagonist, sly schemer) The moment Tang Ze opened his eyes, he found himself in a brutal world of cultivation. With the Ascension Token he’d received from his father, he planned to enter a cultivation sect and begin his training. But just then, his System awakened and bound him to a “Future Simulator” that could show him the course of his life ahead. [Day One: An elder tricks you, and you lose your Foundation Establishment Pill.] [Day Tw 2.1kReads8.5Score173Shelves
44. 44 炼 Turning the False into the Real, I Built a Golden Age of Cultivation! 炼假成真，我打造了修炼盛世！ Money-Making Writing Machine赚钱码字机Urban252k WordsCompleted Invincible + Turning the False into Reality + Building a Faction + Making a Spectacle in Public While Pulling Strings Behind the Scenes + No Heroine [Spirit-Nourishing Grass raises the spiritual energy concentration to the low-martial level. Fortune Points +10,000] [Ye Xuan's strength rises to the Body Tempering stage. Fortune Points +10] [Alchemical skills accelerate everyone's improvement. Fortune Points +100,000] [Successfully created three thousand Dao Provinces. Fortune Points +10,000 trill 1.7kReads8.1Score102Shelves
45. 45 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
46. 46 通 The Immortal-Passing Spirit Diagram 通仙灵图 A Cat Worm一条猫虫Eastern Fantasy4.7M WordsOngoing Without an invincible System or a mysterious little bottle, with demons surrounding them from outside and a weak clan within, how can a small Foundation Establishment clan weather one crisis after another? Gu Changhuan opens the map: spirit treasures, spirit herbs, and mineral veins are all laid out before him. With this golden finger, what is there to fear about the hardships of cultivation? Still, he has to keep a low profile. Lower and lower. After all, playing the pig to eat the tiger and qu 47.6kReads8.7Score3.7kShelves
47. 47 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
48. 48 我 Where I Am Is Where the Jianghu Is 我所在之地，便是江湖 Wang Xin王信Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted “Cultivators are people too, and people die.” Chen Dao sits at the table, staring at the calligraphy and painting before him. After a moment of silence, he says softly, “Pass down the order. Tell our Dao Gang brothers to get ready for tonight’s operation. The target is the Tianxian Restaurant.” “Keep it quiet. I don’t want my father finding out that there’s a band of bandits outside the city who belong to his precious son.” In a secret chamber somewhere in the Chen residence. Chen Dao’s 1.8kReads8.9Score672Shelves
49. 49 练 Once I Reach the Later Stages, I'll Be the Sun 练到后期，我就是太阳 Great Venerable Luo大罗尊Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [Ultimate path]+ [Decisive and ruthless]+ [No female lead] Dynasties fall and a chaotic age descends. Society crumbles, demons run rampant, and ghostly domains spring up everywhere. Shen Yuan transmigrates into this world. He scrapes by at the bottom and unlocks a stat-allocation panel, training in martial arts and cultivating the Dao despite his lowly origins. The blood moon appears, strange ghosts emerge. They awaken, roam by night, then walk by day. The human world becomes a living hell… Wit 3kReads7.7Score179Shelves

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50. 50 斩EN Cleaving Through a Fantasy World, My Sword and I Level Up Together! 斩裂玄幻，我与我剑一同升级！ Happy Little Dong欢乐小东Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing This book is also known as He’s Far Too Cruel, Make Me a Cauldron and I’ll Cut You Down with One Sword!, and A True Villain Slaughters Every Prodigy! Mercenary Lin Tian transmigrates to a fantasy world. From the start, he catches the eye of the Holy Maiden of the Huanxian Sect and is set to become her cultivation cauldron. His life was supposed to be bleak and tragic. Then Lin Tian obtains a sword that levels up alongside him. From that moment on, Lin Tian becomes a god of slaughter. He joins th 3.3kReads8.5Score269Shelves

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    Character traits: Play it safe and don't be reckless; be decisive in battle.

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