No Female Lead, Male Lead Is a Lone Wolf, Decisive and Ruthless, No Saintly Tendencies, Cold-Blooded and Heartless 无女主，男主是独行侠，杀伐果断无圣母，冷血无情

1. 1 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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   These two books are so good, I'm totally hooked! The first one features a protagonist who's incredibly intelligent, decisive, and knows how to seize opportunities. He infiltrates the protagonist's group—it's incredibly satisfying, and he's also a gentle (just kidding) long-haired housewife. The second one features an adorable kitten who's a master of the banquet, intelligent but selfish—everyone is just food for him 😋 Super, super, super good! ദ്ദി˶•̀֊•́)✧

2. 2 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
3. 3 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 15.7kReads8.3Score1.3kShelves

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   The book I wrote features a thief as the protagonist, an SSS-level talent, with no female lead or younger sister. He's a lone wolf among wolves, rising to power through theft, killing anyone who stands in his way, and even gods if they are in his way.

4. 4 开 Transmigrate to the Apocalypse from the Start: I Can Stop Time and Make Copies 开局穿越末世：我能时停和复制 Xi Liang Is a Sneaky One兮凉是个老六Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted [No heroine] [Lone wolf] [Decisive and ruthless] [No saintly protagonist] [Smart protagonist] [Data-driven] [Character growth] Zhang Yang transmigrates into the apocalypse and awakens the unique SSS-grade talent. He can simulate and copy abilities, gaining talent cards and making them permanent. He can stop time and kill with a thought. While everyone else can only have one talent, he commands an unlimited number. Talents in this world come in all shapes and forms: Time, space, fate, creation, c 3.3kReads6.1Score280Shelves

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   My number one pick!! No female lead, the protagonist is a lone wolf, decisive and ruthless, selfish. This book can be summed up in two words: killing and plundering.

5. 5 凡 A Mortal’s Demonic Cultivation: The Profound Yin Chronicles 凡人修魔：玄阴传 One Big White一只肥大白Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [Mortal-world setting + satisfying read but no overpowered, arrogant hero + genius protagonist + decisive and ruthless + demonic cultivation + technical approach to cultivation + creates his own techniques and secret arts later on + slow burn + Xuanguxian template + skips the mortal-world opening] Xiao Qing is reborn in the cultivation world carrying a mysterious jade pendant. After testing as a three-element spiritual root, he unexpectedly joins a demonic sect. Once there, Xiao Qing relies on h 49.7kReads8.6Score4.9kShelves

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   Choose one; some are ongoing, some are finished. 😁

6. 6 全 Global: From the Start, I Awakened the Original Sin of Greed 全民：开局觉醒原罪贪婪 Painting Stars.画星.Eastern Fantasy887k WordsCompleted [Online Game + Not a Doormat + Infinite Worlds + Self-Interest + Decisive and Ruthless + the Myriad Worlds] The Tower of Eternity descended upon Blue Star five years ago. Anyone on Blue Star who is at least eighteen may be chosen as a player at any moment. Players travel to one world after another within the Tower of Eternity, growing stronger and taking control of their own fates. On the very day Nan Cheng came of age, he was lucky enough to be chosen as a player in the Tower of Eternity. From 760Reads8.1Score—Shelves
7. 7 妖 The Demon Path to Immortality: Beginning as a Blood-Eyed Black Crow 妖路长生：从血瞳玄鸦开始 Golden Koi金鲤鱼Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [The Demon Clan's Perspective] [No Female Lead] [No System] [Blood-Eyed Black Crow] [Not a Goody-Two-Shoes] [Blood Arts] [Steady Progress] In the Age of Declining Dharma, the crooked cultivator Wu Li pursued immortality by practicing the forbidden Blood-Eyed Pagoda Sutra. Obsessed with eternal life, he committed a grave sin, then failed his tribulation and had his soul scattered. When he opened his eyes again, he was a dying old crow on Withered Ridge. No System. No old master living inside him. 3.9kReads6.6Score370Shelves
8. 8 反 Reverse Transmigration: The Old Demon Farms Infinite Flow Backward 反向穿越：老魔倒刷无限流 Zhuo Buyu拙不语Mystery718k WordsOngoing [This is a cultivation-and-dungeon novel, with no heroine, a purely profit-driven protagonist, and no invincibility trope!] [All dungeon plots are original] “You have entered a dungeon: Azure Sea.” “You have entered a dungeon: The Haunted Building.” While those around him looked confused or afraid, Qin Chuan was laughing wildly to himself. When a demonic cultivator transmigrates to a modern city, loses all his cultivation, and then gets dragged into an infinite-flow dungeon... The way hom 494Reads6.2Score107Shelves
9. 9 死 Death Save: I Have the All-Powerful Sharingan 死亡回档：我有一双神威写轮眼 Origin Demon God起源魔神Mystery327k WordsOngoing [Death Rewind + Supernatural Revival + Ruthless Protagonist + Dark Tone + No Heroine + No Romance] Zhang Ci thought he was just an ordinary high school student. That was until his future self suddenly appeared in the mirror, foretold his death, and exposed the truth about the world. The supernatural was returning, and awakened people walked through the darkness. He had the ability to rewind after death, returning to a crucial moment every time he died. A massacre at school, plots and assassinati 18.6kReads7.0Score2.2kShelves
10. 10 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 94.7kReads8.9Score7.9kShelves
11. 11 木 Naruto: My Kindness Is Just an Act 木叶：我的善良是装的 All My Readers Are My Disciples读者都是我徒弟Anime Fanfiction1.6M WordsOngoing [Hokage + False Virtue + Dark Leanings + No Holds Barred + No Heroine] I transmigrated into Naruto as a Uchiha and acquired the [Legacy Inheritance System]. As long as I earn a dead person’s recognition, I can perfectly inherit all of their abilities. So I became Konoha’s gentlest ray of sunshine, its kindest genius. I told Kakashi, “Sakumo was a true hero.” I told Obito, “Your dream of protecting your comrades is truly noble.” I told Itachi, “I understand your pain.” Everyone thought I was the 1.5kReads5.7Score110Shelves
12. 12 诡 Eerie: I Can Devour Without Limit 诡异：我能无限吞噬 Origin Demon God起源魔神Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [Eldritch Horror] [Supernatural Powers] [No Romance] [No Morals] [No Limits] [Cruel and Vicious] [Selfish and Self-Serving] In a world overrun by the uncanny, I accidentally reveal that I transmigrated here. Barely escaping with my life, I manage to get away. The flames of resentment bloom. My long-awaited golden finger finally arrives: a mysterious stone tablet on the dark side of the moon, capable of endlessly devouring the uncanny’s source. After years of building strength, I unleash a massa 16.2kReads8.2Score1.6kShelves
13. 13 不 Leave No Survivors, and No One Will Know I'm the Villain 不留活口，就没人知道我是反派 A Hundred Lamps百盏灯Eastern Fantasy505k WordsCompleted A night of murder and arson, the Asura of the underworld; all living beings revere Immortal Venerable Chen. In this treacherous world, full of scheming and deceit, Chen Luo knows that only the clever and ruthless can survive. By day, I’ll smile and joke with you. By night, I’ll hack you to death. As long as I leave no survivors, no one will know I’m the villain. 548Reads7.1Score100Shelves
14. 14 全 Gu World for All: From the Start, I Skin People to Refine Gu 全民蛊游：开局剥皮炼蛊 Master Qingxiao青霄先生Urban1.8M WordsOngoing [No Female Lead] + [Ruthless and Cruel] + [Villain] + [Gu Insects] Today marks the eighteenth year since the game of Gu descended upon the world, and the second day since Fang Han used the [Primordial Gu] to be reborn. Looking at the familiar blackboard and classroom before him, Fang Han finally understood: in his previous life, his teammates and the major factions had forced him to his death. In a world that devours people like this, with no connections, no resources, no friends, and no one he 18.1kReads7.7Score2kShelves
15. 15 我 I Have a Book That Steals the Dao 我有一本夺道经 Hot Pot Must Be Tomato Broth火锅只要番茄锅Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Demonic Cultivator] [Pseudo-Ensemble Cast] [Genius Protagonist] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Traits] Hu Wei transmigrates to a cultivation world and becomes the good-for-nothing young master of a Golden Core clan. His servant is unexpectedly found to have a Heavenly Spiritual Root and rises up overnight, trampling him underfoot. On the day his spiritual root is crippled and his life comes to an end, a scroll called the Scripture of Seizing the Dao falls into his sea of consciousness, making him the 29.7kReads7.9Score3.7kShelves
16. 16 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
17. 17 全 Everyone's Playing a Doomsday Game: I'm Actually Still an NPC 全民末日游戏：其实我还是npc Flying Snow Meow飞雪喵Sports302k WordsCompleted [Zombie Apocalypse + Game + No Romance + Overpowered + Identity Play + Ruthless] Chen Tian transmigrates into Everybody's Doomsday Game and gains a dual identity. As a player, he's a powerful lone wolf. Anyone who gets in his way ends up beneath his blade! As an NPC, he's a smooth-talking con artist, the “big liar” players hate with every fiber of their being! He switches between his two identities. He posts quests, builds a base, recruits guards, and clears out a peaceful place to live... As th 60Reads8.4Score—Shelves
18. 18 我 I’m the Villain System: Turning Boiling Sheep Evil from the Start 我，反派系统，开局黑化沸羊羊 Minotaur Warrior牛头人战士Anime Fanfiction444k WordsCompleted Bai An is troubled. Why is it that other protagonists can rely on a System to reach the pinnacle of life after transmigrating, while he’s ended up with a villain System that only has basic functions? But what can he do? Since he can’t be human, Bai An will strive to become the strongest System there is! Bai An looks at a certain sheep being mocked for its crude manners and extends a friendly invitation. “Little sheep, are you content to be a simp... I mean, a licking sheep?” This book is 1.5kReads9.2Score115Shelves
19. 19 杀 The Killing Game: I'm Really Done Being Human 杀戮游戏：我真的不做人了 Could You Stop Rushing Me?别催行不行Urban321k WordsCompleted [Violent aesthetics + decisive killing + wild imagination] A killing game swept across the world. Lin Jiu gained a special talent: Corpse Sacrifice. From then on, he went completely off the rails on the path to becoming a monster! [Sacrifice successful. You have gained the skill: Blink] [Sacrifice successful. You have gained the skill: Freakish Hand] [Sacrifice successful. You have gained the skill: Kidney Punch] Hey, beauty, don’t run! Let me stab you once! Hey, catgirl, slow down. It’d be such 456Reads8.9Score101Shelves
20. 20 火 Naruto: Is Selling Bread for 800,000 Really That Normal? 火影：面包卖80万很正常吧？ Minotaur Warrior牛头人战士Anime Fanfiction418k WordsCompleted Su Yun is a businessman. He likes money. When he learned that he had transmigrated, he stayed calm. In this world, the only thing that could ever be a big deal to him was losing money. It was just that the point in the Hokage timeline he’d transmigrated into was far from ideal. “Su Yun… are you all right?” He looked at Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru, who were watching him with concern. He put on a fake smile. “I’m fine.” Still, it wasn’t a big problem. … … After obtaining the Strongest Merchan 498Reads8.4Score—Shelves
21. 21 开 Villain: Slaughter the Male Lead’s Entire Clan from the Start! 【反派】开局屠杀男主全族！ Chu Liuxiang Loves Bone Broth爱喝骨头汤的楚留香Eastern Fantasy107k WordsCompleted Synopsis: A true Villain, ruthless and decisive, no bleeding-heart do-gooders, please stay away! No heroine. Ye You transmigrated four times into the bodies of cannon-fodder villains in wish-fulfillment novels. The first three times, he died for all sorts of reasons. Now this fourth time is Ye You’s last chance. If he dies this time, his soul will be annihilated, never to be reborn. So he finally understood: there are no righteous or evil sides, just a world where people prey on one another. “I' 131Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 被 After My Golden Core Was Stolen, I Awakened the Spiritual Root of Heaven and Earth 被夺了金丹后，我激活了天地灵根 Trouble at Chize池泽生变Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted Sequel: Bad News! My Dad Married Into Another Family, and I Became a Carefree Rogue Cultivator [Survivalist Cultivation + Not a Power Fantasy + Daily Life + Farming + No Female Lead + Ruthless + Old Schemer + System + Dark + Lone Wolf + Rogue Cultivator] Chen Si had a single Wood Spiritual Root, and his master, Daoist Changsheng, poured everything into cultivating him as a supreme elixir. On the day Chen Si formed his Golden Core, his master took it for himself. After escaping with a Void-Evasio 18.2kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves

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    You could check out this one; it has no female lead, and the male lead is a lone wolf.

23. 23 开 After Awakening the Ghostly Back, I Choose to Roam the World 开鬼背后，我选择游玩天下 A 360-Month-Old Baby三百六十个月的宝宝Urban625k WordsOngoing Part-apocalypse + Spiritual Qi Revival + Urban High Martial + Portable Space Two meters ten tall, four hundred jin, showing off a massive back, and no beef. The Spiritual Qi Revival brought by a meteorite has caused all living things to begin evolving. 10.8kReads6.5Score700Shelves

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    This book features a lone wolf as the main character, who has a pet and later goes on a killing spree.

24. 24 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 2.2kReads8.2Score125Shelves

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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.

25. 25 双 Two Souls, Two Lives: I'm Invincible on the Path to Immortality! 双魂双命：修仙路上我无敌！ In the End, Just One Person终究只是一人Eastern Fantasy758k WordsOngoing [No female lead, genius ice-attribute sword cultivator, character growth, decisive and ruthless] “Death Dao Intent, manifest!” A black yin fish appeared before Gu Jianqiu. “I myself have not comprehended the Dao Intent of Life.” “Yet the Dao has myriad paths.” “Killing... can also be the ultimate realm of ‘death’!” At a thought, the baleful aura around him spread, and the Dao Intent of Slaughter bloomed like thorns. “Without life, I shall prove death through slaughter, and use death... to perpet 930Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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    A sword cultivator with an ice-attribute celestial spiritual root and a special physique. Early on, he killed a Void Beast cub and seized the Void Stone, later mastering spatial power. Decisive in killing but not indiscriminate, no female lead. Cultivates the Killing Sword Intent and the Death Sword Intent, and possesses the Human Emperor Banner. Only acts in good faith towards his sect, maintaining harmony within the sect; there is no one who looks down on him or seeks harm from elders.

26. 26 高 High Martial: My Cultivation Depends Entirely on Everyone Breaking My Defense 高武：我的修炼全靠诸位破防 Six Fires六火Urban364k WordsCompleted [High Martial] + [No Female Lead] + [System] + [Invincible] + [The Stars and the Sea] After transmigrating into a High Martial city, Chu Ping awakens the Despair-Inducing System. I can get stronger just by making other people lose it? Divine-grade martial arts! Training speed faster than a rocket! Power that crushes everything! The campus belle wants me to be her simp? I’ll slap her until her martial resolve crumbles, then use her as a stepping stone to godhood! So you’re the genius around here? 382Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There is no female lead; the male lead is always a loner; all supporting characters are only there for a certain period, used to allow the protagonist to show off.

27. 27 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 513.4kReads9.5Score39.7kShelves

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    This is the only book on my reading list that's both good and fits my list!

28. 28 诡 Proving Immortality in a Bizarre Apocalypse 诡谲末世证长生 Mozi Wan莫子丸Sci-Fi & Apocalypse459k WordsOngoing (Lone-wolf cultivation + no female lead + decisive and ruthless + Chinese-style Cthulhu + original Backrooms-like dungeons + myriad realms) “The moon” “impostors” “animated ██████”... The spiritual energy in this world is actually self-aware!??? Rules twist, the uncanny pours in... Look! The things in the sky... they're all alive, hahahahahahaha!! memetic contamination ███████? I don't want to save ███... I just want to... survive.!! Escape this! Damn! cage!! ? (Note: The overa 917Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    Solitary cultivation, Chinese Cthulhu apocalypse

29. 29 故 The Sweeping Monk of the Forbidden City 故宫扫地僧 Really Tough Just Now刚刚很刚Eastern Fantasy366k WordsOngoing I spent fifty years restoring cultural relics at the Palace Museum. After dying peacefully of old age, I was reborn as a menial servant in a fantasy world, where sword immortals roam and demons lurk everywhere. They mocked me as an ordinary mortal, fit only to sweep the floor. Then one day, the demonic clans breached the sect's protective grand formation, and an utter calamity descended. I silently picked up my broom and drew a line before the skies full of demonic clouds. From this line onward, —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    New book, looks good! 😄

30. 30 一 Heaven-Dominating Sword 一剑霸天 Eternal Night, Starry River永夜星河Eastern Fantasy9.6M WordsOngoing [A great author's alt account, one heroine, ruthless and decisive. Highly recommended!] Legend has it that there is a realm where one can pursue cause and effect, erasing every trace of an opponent across time and space with a mere sliver of divine power. One can command life and death, make countless worlds rise and fall with a single thought, and annihilate all living beings. One can stand level with the Heavenly Dao, harness the order of the universe, and rule supreme throughout eternity. Thi 341.8kReads9.2Score40.2kShelves

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    No pitfalls, absolutely no pitfalls! A traditional fantasy sword cultivator novel with a single female lead and a male lead with the Killing Fruit, a perfect match. The male lead is destined to conquer the heavens, an existence that controls life and death and determines the fate of all realms. The plot is not frustrating, and you'll get more and more addicted as you follow it!

31. 31 神 Mysterious World: Sleep and Die from the Start 神秘世界：开局睡觉就会死 Lin Xiaosanzi林小三子Urban2.2M WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow + Horror + Interstellar + Passionate Growth + Cthulhu] [Former title: Help! The Men Are Going Extinct] Men are on the verge of extinction, and at the same time, a 'mysterious world' capable of saving them has been discovered. Li Xiaoshuai, who chose the 'mentally ill' sequence, gradually encounters everything the universe has to offer during his missions as he prepares for the Human Race's Genius Tournament... 1.7kReads8.3Score172Shelves

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    This perfectly matches

32. 32 以 With the Power of AI, I Become a Demonic Path Tycoon! 以AI之力，化身魔道巨擘！ Saturn's Rings Will Fall土星环会坠落Eastern Fantasy905k WordsOngoing [No Female Lead + Not a Do-Gooder + Invincible Among His Peers + Self-Serving + Decisive and Ruthless + Unpredictably Unhinged + Flexible Moral Boundaries] The Way of Heaven takes from those who have too much and gives to those who have too little. The way of man takes from those who have too little and gives to those who have too much. The way of Gu Xia takes what others lack or have in excess and gives it to himself, whether he has enough or not. Gu Xia transmigrates into the body of a poo 7.3kReads8.0Score738Shelves
33. 33 秩 Order Paradise: I Can Add Points Without Limit 秩序乐园，我无限加点 Ruler of the Ancient Gods古神支配者Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.9M WordsCompleted [Nonhuman Protagonist + Infinite Flow + Data-Based + Logic-Focused + Utterly Dark + Anti-Human Nature + Decisive and Ruthless + No Female Lead] Mu Bei is a cause without origin, with no biological father. After spending eighteen years in a sterile hospital ward, Mu Bei signs a contract with the Paradise of Order. And so begins a story full of slaughter and destruction, devoid of love and mercy, one that feeds on all living beings... (Reader advisory 1: After the first volume, the protagonist bec 346Reads7.3Score113Shelves
34. 34 正 I Was a Righteous Cultivator, Until One Day I Became a Demon God 正道修士的我，某天成为魔神 Late Autumn in Jiangnan九月江南晚Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Immortal cultivation + fantasy + supreme demonic cultivator + reborn in another body + no System + decisive and ruthless + heartless demon + fictional universe] For eighteen years, Gu Yuan was a direct disciple of the Sword Venerable of the Heavenly Sword Sect. Blessed with outstanding talent, he devoted himself to guarding the Demon Cave for his sect for years. Time passed, and when he finally returned, everything had changed. His master abandoned him, his senior and junior sisters despised hi 1.2kReads7.3Score101Shelves
35. 35 无 The Ruthless Seeker of the Dao 无情寻道者 Immortal of Eternal Life永生仙Eastern Fantasy121k WordsOngoing (No female lead!) (Scheming) (Ruthless) (Dark) (Partly wish-fulfillment) (If it's not your thing, please don't flame me) In this dark world, the strong survive while the weak can only crawl along at the bottom. Every choice is driven by self-interest. After a young man happens upon a mysterious book, he becomes a cultivator and sets out from a small village, stopping at nothing and casting aside all principles in pursuit of an endless path to the Dao. (The first few chapters are slow, then thing 1Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 36 灾 Calamity Game: Cleaner? No, I'm the Villain 灾厄游戏：清理人？不，我是反派 Qu Mingfan曲铭凡Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow]+ [Plot-focused]+ [Villain protagonist]+ [Fourth-dimensional disaster] Yan Feichen, who died because of a conspiracy, is chosen by the Calamity Space. To seek revenge and survive, he makes a pact with the Calamity Space and begins a journey transmigrating through countless Calamity Games. In the underground research facility world, terrifying creatures such as zombies, jiangshi, werewolves, and vampires appear, and a secret experiment begins. In the world of dawn and dusk, the spi 2.9kReads7.3Score234Shelves
37. 37 身 As a Transmigrator, I Choose to Be a Lone Star of Misfortune 身为穿越者，我选择天煞孤星 Grayish White Rain灰白色的雨Sports297k WordsCompleted [Self-Interest + Decisive and Ruthless + No Heroine + Lone Wolf + Cards + Infinite Flow] Zhou Yao wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the game [Gate of Original Cards], where he has become an ordinary NPC not even worthy of a name. This world is full of original cards that grant strange powers, bizarre game instances, and endless possibilities. Original cards can continually evolve and fuse, gaining all sorts of strange and powerful effects. [Fireball] → [Heaven-Burning Inferno] [Fir 480Reads6.6Score—Shelves
38. 38 灵 Supernatural Revival: Wielding a Mirage from the Start 灵异复苏：开局驾驭海市蜃楼 Origin Demon God起源魔神Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted (No female lead, no CP, no morals, no limits, hypocrite, dark and self-serving) The supernatural returns, and vengeful ghosts run rampant. The human world is a living hell, with suffering everywhere. Ghosts cannot be destroyed! Only ghosts can fight ghosts! Order is on the verge of collapse, and truth is about to crumble. Reborn amid taboos, I cast aside my conscience and let my humanity die. “Anyone who makes me unhappy for even a moment will be unhappy for the rest of their life!” “Why stop at 15.2kReads8.2Score1.3kShelves

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    I'm not sure if anyone mixed them up, but most should be okay.

39. 39 究 The Ultimate Guide to Biological Evolution 究极生物进化指南 Tadpole Mouse No. 11号蝌蚪鼠Male-Channel Fanfiction845k WordsCompleted Natural evolution can be summed up in one word: failure. Now, I’m going to redefine success! Reborn into a new life as an alien creature, Fan Yiming declares that he won’t be human this time. He’ll transmigrate between worlds, plundering everything and evolving into the ultimate being. The Water Monster: Gains [Titanium Mesh Muscles] [Crystalline Composite Skeleton] [Amphibious Lungs] The Eight-Legged Monster: Gains [Specialized Fiber Jumping Legs] [Vibration-Sensing Cilia] [High-Pressure Jet Sa 791Reads7.3Score102Shelves
40. 40 不 Bro, You Call This Grinding Proficiency? 不是哥们，你管这叫刷熟练度？ Something Easy to Remember好记一点Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [No heroine] [No romance] [Decisive killer] [Slow burn] He is the destroyer of races, the breaker of organizations, the nightmare of major institutions, the destroyer of the world... Lu Hao. Lu Hao: I’m not. I didn’t. I’m just grinding proficiency. You call that grinding proficiency? Lu Hao sighed. They had touched my one sore spot. What’s your sore spot? Myself. 692Reads6.0Score106Shelves
41. 41 无 Infinite Divine Tower: I Can Get Hints 无限神塔之我能获得提示 Hao Bu Lie好不咧Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [Decisive and Ruthless, Not a Do-Gooder + No Heroine, No Romance + Infinite Flow + Entirely Original Dungeons + No Deadweight] A pure Infinite Flow story, with carefully written dungeons. The early chapters have a few flaws, and the cheat doesn't play a very prominent role. He once unearthed a hidden secret in a medieval castle, He once searched for his true self in a hostile world, He once stood atop a mountain of swords and swung his blade at the Sword God, He once embraced the unspeakable in 481Reads6.5Score—Shelves
42. 42 种 Farming: From Sect Tenant Farmer to Supreme Across the Myriad Worlds 种田：从宗门佃户到万界独尊 Foolish Zhi傻志Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing [Farming] + [Ensemble cast] + [Lord] + [Conquest] + [System] + [Satisfying wish fulfillment] Zhang Guiyuan transmigrates to a parallel world at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, where he becomes a tenant farmer growing spiritual plants for a sect. He awakens the strongest Lord System and obtains an unparalleled book: Postpartum Care for Sows He settles into a fine life of farming, raising pigs, and teasing his wicked sword cultivator little sister. But then a calamity that comes once every tho 3.2kReads5.7Score187Shelves

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    [Conquest] + [Territorial Expansion] + [Lord] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Refreshing Read] The protagonist is decisive and ruthless, never a saint, and will stop at nothing to achieve his goals. He is quick to avenge wrongs and settles scores on the spot.

43. 43 高 The Master Sent Me Down the Mountain to Break Off My Engagement and Marry My Senior Sister 高手下山，师父让我退了婚娶师姐 Flying Sword From the West飞剑西来Urban474k WordsOngoing Little Taoist Lu Xuan is ordered by his master to go down the mountain and break off his engagement. His fiancée, the Su family, gives him a hard time, but his senior sisters arrive to help. They also reveal a secret from eighteen years ago: his parents' deaths were no accident. His fiancée's grandfather, Su Zhenhai, was responsible... 2.1kReads—Score100Shelves

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    A refreshing read, super enjoyable and not angsty at all, you'll be satisfied from beginning to end!

44. 44 金 My Golden Finger Awakened, and I Took Revenge as an Unstoppable Force 金手指觉醒，我以无敌之姿复仇 Flying Sword From the West飞剑西来Eastern Fantasy395k WordsOngoing Feel-good power fantasy + no angst + transmigration + revenge + ruthless action + hot-blooded battles + invincibility + ensemble cast + cultivation + pure excitement. A college student transmigrates into the body of the foolish young master of the Chu family. As his clan faces annihilation, he binds himself to the ultimate revenge cultivation System and sets out on a path of cultivation and vengeance. This is a first-person fantasy power fantasy with a breakneck pace and one satisfying moment af 678Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 45 龙 A Dragon Kingdom Police Cadet Charges Into Maitira 龙国警校生，勇闯迈提拉 Thousand-Year-Old Stone Monkey千年老石猴Urban137k WordsOngoing [Decisive, not a bleeding heart, self-serving, scheming, highly intelligent, always planning several steps ahead]+ [Everyone is ruthless]+ [No System, no golden finger]+ [No characters acting stupidly, logical]+ [No heroine, female supporting character] Ye Zilu plays by his own rules! This is a logically consistent power fantasy: With his options exhausted in Longguo, Ye Zilu, a graduate of the Longguo Police Academy, ventures into Maitila to survive. After joining the police force, he uses ever 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No saints here, everyone is ruthless, decisive, selfish, and possesses high emotional and intellectual intelligence. Welcome to the story!

46. 46 穿 Transmigrated as an Abandoned Heir, I Awakened a Talent Conquest Book 穿越成弃子，觉醒天赋攻略书 General Serpent大蛇将军Eastern Fantasy213k WordsOngoing [Decisive] [No romance] [Fast-paced] [No frustrating setbacks] [No dragging things out] After transmigrating into a fictional high-martial dynasty, Mu Xiao awakens as a Demon-Slaying Guard and obtains the Talent Guidebook. From then on, she defies fate! No pointless chatter, no frustrating setbacks. She never lets evil go unpunished, and slays demons with a single blade! With the guidebook in hand, she unlocks countless talents at will: the strength to uproot mountains, fiery eyes that see throu 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No romantic pairings, no toxic elements, ruthless and decisive, no playing dumb to take advantage of others, no frustrating moments, complete domination throughout.

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