Villain Stories About Refining Corpses and Raising Ghosts, Preferably With Lots of Both and a Slow Pace 反派炼尸养鬼文，最好有很多尸鬼，节奏慢

1. 1 从 I Start with Gu Refining and Grind My Way to the Dao of Ten Thousand Arts 从炼蛊开始肝成万法道尊 Gongsun Lizi Hotpot公孙离子烫Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsOngoing [Gu cultivation] [Decisive and ruthless] [Invincible] [Demonic cultivator] On the Eternal Continent, demonic cultivators rip out souls to make banners and use young girls as furnaces. The righteous sects may seem noble and upright, but in truth they refine the common people into powerful medicines in hopes of ascending to immortality. Reborn in a cultivation world where mountain foraging is the foundation of training, Bai Yu unexpectedly becomes an errand disciple at the Gu Refining Peak of the 35.9kReads8.1Score3.1kShelves

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   Recommended by a 20-year veteran bookworm, this is a must-read, a gem.

2. 2 长 Immortal Cultivation: From the Start, I Ran a Coffin Shop and Refined Zombies 长生修仙：开局棺材铺炼僵尸 Jiang Yinglong姜应龙Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Long-life cultivation + time-rewinding cloth + zombie refinement + unorthodox cultivation] After transmigrating to a vast world of immortal cultivation, Ji Changqing uses a time-rewinding cloth to repeatedly return to his youth, improve his aptitude, and make up for his shortcomings. He refines numerous zombies to protect his path, and ultimately becomes an immortal ancestor. “This spirit herb hasn’t been growing long enough... Time-Rewinding Cloth, speed it up by a hundred years...” “Why is th 13.7kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves
3. 3 仙EN The Harsh Road to Immortality: Built on White Bones 仙路难行，白骨筑长生 Octopus Who Loves Watermelon爱吃西瓜的章鱼Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsOngoing “Rules? On the road to immortality, my rules are the only rules!” [Mortal Cultivation of Demonic Arts] [Founding a Demonic Cult] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Profit Above All] (Already at the Nascent Soul stage, with plenty of content to enjoy) Protagonist Qing Chen: He knows when to yield and when to stand firm, is utterly self-serving, greedy for money and women, and will stop at nothing to achieve immortality! He will found a demonic cult, dominate the world, and climb step by step to the very to 80.9kReads9.1Score7.5kShelves

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   A mortal cultivating demonic arts, ruthless and vicious, practicing ghost cultivation, raising corpses, and summoning demons.

4. 4 玄 Fantasy World: The Eternal First Zombie 玄幻之万古第一僵尸 12 Hours of Sleep12小时睡眠Eastern Fantasy4.8M WordsCompleted In every age, from Honghuang to antiquity and the medieval era, the powerful roamed heaven and earth, enduring throughout the myriad realms. Yet the undying Zombie Ancestor fell. The moment a weak creature became a zombie, the secrets of the ages were unlocked, and everything else followed. Heaven and earth, dark and yellow: if you refuse to submit, fight! 7.4kReads8.1Score740Shelves

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   "Corpse Torture" is not available on Tomato (a Chinese online literature platform). It's a novel from over a decade ago, considered the progenitor of corpse-refining, and to this day, I believe no one has surpassed it. I recommend it to recent readers who are new to the genre. You can find it on Baidu.

5. 5 僵 The Jiang Family's Haunted House and Corpse Marriage Pact 僵家尸宅冥尸婚契 Floating0Life浮0生Mystery329k WordsOngoing Jiang Si, who was there to watch the show, nearly gets crushed to death. On the brink of life and death, he is sucked into the core of the Nine Dragons Feng Shui Formation and accidentally gains a pair of all-seeing eyes... Before he can even celebrate, a drought demon sets its sights on him... Luckily, at the crucial moment, he is summoned to a bizarre world by an ancient zombie patriarch who has lived for a thousand years... After being welcomed back into the family, he hears, "What! You want 7.5kReads8.3Score908Shelves

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6. 6 捡 I Found a Manual for Evil Cultivation, and Now I Draw Talismans and Refine Corpse Puppets in the City 捡到邪修手册，我在都市画符炼尸 Four Ounces Move a Thousand Pounds千钧四两Mystery1.9M WordsOngoing [Raising Corpses and Ghosts] [Urban Cultivation] [Unorthodox Cultivator] [Ordinary Protagonist] [Read It as Cultivation, Not the Supernatural] Dissect a ghost mother, use forbidden arts to seek wealth! Down on his luck, Feng Jie taught himself forbidden arts using a notebook left behind by an unorthodox cultivator. After capturing a "ghost mother" alive, he became a ghost dissector! He used ghost blood to draw a wealth-attracting talisman, but accidentally stumbled into a ghost market and embark 34.7kReads8.0Score3.9kShelves

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   This refreshing corpse-raising ghost-cursing technique even has villains who are decisive and ruthless, not naive at all.

7. 7 直 Only After the Divorce Did I Discover My Wife Wasn’t Human 直到离婚，才发现我老婆不是人 Three Big Steps, Leave a Few Pits三大步留点坑Urban254k WordsCompleted [Protagonist Wei Kun + All Heroines Are Ghosts + Defying the Righteous World to the End] (No NTR, no NTR, no NTR. We’re saying it three times because it’s important!) Wei Kun was a burly, muscular butcher, yet he had married a beautiful wife. Three months later, Wei Kun lay emaciated in a hospital bed. As he stared at the divorce papers in his hands, consumed by grief, the System mistakenly identified him as a ghost, allowing him to awaken the Ghost Cultivation System ahead of time. Only after a 192Reads—Score—Shelves

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   He raised a bunch of ghosts and became an enemy of the righteous path.

8. 8 我 I’m the Zombie Mother: From the Start, I Assimilate a Hundred Million 我，丧尸母体，开局先同化一个亿 Half the City Unseen不见半城Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.6M WordsOngoing A sudden zombie crisis in Qingzhou sent shockwaves around the world and sparked widespread panic. To protect the bigger picture, the authorities chose not to send help. Instead, they sealed off Qingzhou and killed countless survivors trying to flee. To put an end to the crisis once and for all, they even planned to destroy Qingzhou, stripping every survivor of their right to live. All the survivors fell into utter despair... But at that moment, Lin Chuan smiled. Because he was the zombie progeni 4.7kReads7.8Score414Shelves

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   Help me, you little demon girl!

9. 9 凡EN Mortal Cultivation: Ten Thousand Corpses Forge an Immortal Bone 凡人修仙，万尸铸仙骨 Swimming Champion游泳冠军Eastern Fantasy4.8M WordsOngoing Demonic cultivation + no System + scheming underdog + decisive and ruthless. This book is dark, so don't read it if that's not your thing. The moment Song Wen kills the frail little beggar and seizes his blood and soul, every cell in his body cheers and leaps with excitement. His mind races, and he knows that killing will be part of his life from now on. For survival and immortality, he'll stop at nothing: petty schemes, conspiracies, and ruthless slaughter. On the road to immortality, bones are 96kReads8.9Score8.2kShelves

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   The low ratings are due to low readership and biased scoring. The first book is a heavily edited selection from Black Room. All three books feature protagonists who are the most cunning and ruthless, and even the supporting characters are intelligent. Just read them and you're done.

10. 10 重 Rebirth as a Demonic Cultivator: Starting with a Zombie Planet 重生魔修，开局捡到一颗丧尸星球 The World Is Ink天下墨矣Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsOngoing This novel has been adapted into a comic. Chu Xuan transmigrates to the Cangxuan World and becomes a demonic cultivator in the Wuji Sect. To cultivate the demonic path is to seize the essence of heaven and earth and take the finest of all things. Slaughter countless millions, and you can become a supreme Demon Venerable. But killing is forbidden by the Heavenly Dao of the human race. The righteous sects also wiped out the Wuji Sect. Just when all seemed lost, Chu Xuan happens upon a blood mirror 15.6kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
11. 11 兄 My Brother Refines Corpses, I Cultivate Ghosts, and We Slaughter a City from the Start 兄弟炼尸我修鬼，开局屠城 Duo Ti多涕Eastern Fantasy141k WordsOngoing Coming from Blue Star to the world of cultivation, Sun Mu and Feng Chuan, brothers who would lay down their lives for each other, plunge headfirst into a world ruled by immortals and demons, where the strong prey on the weak. While others seek immortality by joining prestigious sects and mastering orthodox techniques, the two take the darkest and most sinister path of all. Sun Mu cultivates the lost forbidden art, the Ghost Fiend Scripture, feeding ghosts with his soul and flesh. At a grand cere 69Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A new book where the protagonist raises various ghosts, and his brothers refine corpses.

12. 12 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

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    Cultivating immortality in the Dharma-ending Age is accompanied by the presence of unrepairable bones.

13. 13 末 The Age of Declining Dharma: From the Start, I Blood-Sacrifice and Refine Corpses on Hong Kong Island! 末法时代：开局在港岛血祭炼尸！ Salty Fish Only Know How to Be Salty咸鱼只会咸Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing In the age of declining magic, all arts have vanished, and cultivating the Dao is harder than reaching the heavens! In his previous life, Zhao Shan was a great demon of the unorthodox path. Reborn in 1990s Hong Kong, he discovers that this is still an age of declining magic. The orthodox sects are a dead end, and the unorthodox schools are no better, so he has no choice but to keep following his own wicked path. But gradually, he realizes that something about this world seems a little off. On Do 64.6kReads8.6Score5.7kShelves

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    👆Super good-looking, highly recommended!!! It's a story about unorthodox methods, cultivating demonic arts, all for the sake of achieving enlightenment. [Angry]

14. 14 他 While Others Command Ghosts, I Cultivate Immortality; While Others Fear, I Covet 他人驭鬼我修仙，他人恐惧我贪婪 Soda Sea Salt Crackers苏打海盐饼干Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Highly recommend this divine novel: The Strange Resurgence: I Can Transform into a Great Demon] [Not invincible, clever protagonist, focused on leveling up, horror, hilarious, dark worldview, a high-dimensional golden finger crushing a lower-dimensional world] Nightmares erode reality. Cities and skyscrapers that once disappeared return, now filled with terrifying high-level supernatural beings. When the final day arrives, the whole world falls into darkness, and one strange god after another 32.5kReads7.7Score2.7kShelves

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    This book is related to ghosts; the protagonist cultivates immortality, and ghosts are the protagonist's cultivation resources.

15. 15 我 Even Ghost Messengers Say the Hotpot at My Restaurant Is Delicious 我开的火锅店，鬼差吃了都说好 Lone Lord孤爷Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Low-key version She dropped out of school at thirteen and worked as a chef until she was nineteen. With the savings Lin Ye had scraped together over those six years, he opened a hot pot restaurant. Who could have guessed his venture would get off to such a poor start, with business so slow the place was about to close? Just as he was wondering what to do next, two customers showed up on the restaurant's final night and changed his life... Grim Reaper: “Boss Lin, your hot pot is so spicy. It 31.8kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves

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    It looks good; I used someone else's 20-year life insurance policy.

16. 16 修 Immortal Cultivation: I Have a Heart for Refining Corpses 修仙，我有一个炼尸之心 Five-Fingered Green Mountain五指青山Eastern Fantasy350k WordsOngoing By a twist of fate, a young man joins a sect of immortal cultivators and steps into the mysterious, cruel world of cultivation. Just as he’s at a loss, he awakens the Heart of Corpse Refining. Not only does it grant him far greater vitality than ordinary people, it also lets his refined corpses advance in cultivation alongside him! 327Reads—Score—Shelves

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    300,000 Words, already quite substantial and ready to be devoured [laughs]. A cultivation novel in the "corpse refining" genre, the protagonist cultivates a corpse refining technique. His internal energy and blood are enhanced by the corpse refining process, growing together. Each advancement in his cultivation level brings new changes. Welcome everyone to read!

17. 17 我 I Use My Zombie Might to Subdue the Three Realms 我以僵尸威压三界 Huan Xizi浣溪紫Eastern Fantasy597k WordsCompleted Demonic Cultivation + Corpse Control + No System + Decisive and Ruthless + No Female Lead The protagonist’s mindset gradually changes from that of an ordinary person into a demon who kills without batting an eye. It’s a gradual process: he doesn’t start killing the moment he transmigrates. In the early stages, he is infected while still human; later, he becomes a zombie who pursues nothing but power. On the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, the gates of the underworld swing open. His sou 240Reads5.9Score—Shelves

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    Zombie novels, Corpse Control, the last three are good, Zombie Army

18. 18 你 You Call Zombies Summoned Beasts? 你管僵尸叫召唤兽？ Jiang Xie将邪Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted (Completed) The new book, Dao Dao Dao, is ready to read. [Daoist magic + magic + zombies + farming + fantasy] Wang Nuo, a young Taoist priest, accidentally wanders into an ancient tomb. While fighting zombies, he activates an ancient formation. When he wakes up, he finds himself in a world of magic. To fit in, Wang Nuo disguises himself as a summoner. Your dragon can breathe fire and spit ice? Sorry, my zombies aren't bound by the Five Elements. A grand mage can summon heavenly thunder? Then I'm 24.2kReads8.4Score2.7kShelves
19. 19 我 I, Ancestor of the Jiangshi, Am Invincible 我，僵尸之祖，所向无敌 Mo Ming莫溟Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted Humans have their Human Ancestor, and demons have their Demon Ancestor! So do zombies, who exist beyond the Three Realms and outside the Five Elements, have an ancestor of their own? When heaven and earth first emerged from chaos, there were four progenitors of the zombies, known as the Heavenly and Earthly Corpse Venerables. Head tilted, eyes askew, limbs stiff: is that what a zombie is? That couldn't be more wrong! True zombies are invincible and unstoppable across the world! Watch as a little 2.3kReads5.6Score210Shelves
20. 20 僵 Jiangshi: With Heaven-Defying Comprehension, I Grind My Way to Becoming a Dao Lord of Ten Thousand Techniques 僵尸：悟性逆天，肝出个万法道君 Bell Number Three三号铃铛Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [Heaven-Defying Comprehension] + [Jiangshi World] + [Hong Kong Cinema Era] Transported into the Jiangshi World, he gains Heaven-Defying Comprehension. Watching a beggar sleep, he comprehends the Sun-Gazing Breathing Technique. Watching a dragonfly skim the water, he comprehends the Nine Yin Corpse-Refining Art. Watching Maoshan's Health-Nourishing Fist, he comprehends the Immortal Green Pine Divine Art. Watching a spirit crane track its prey, he comprehends the Heavenly Talisman. Watching the Li 10.5kReads7.9Score586Shelves
21. 21 吞 Devouring Zombies in Another World 吞噬僵尸异界行 Zi Mu Wanjun紫木万军Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted The Divine Land is vast and boundless. Above, imperial power reigns supreme; below, a hundred schools contend. There are also immortals seeking eternal life, and demons wreaking havoc. In this age of fierce contention, the soul of an ancient cultivator crosses into another world and becomes the heir of the Prince of Northern Yan. This heir has just been turned into a zombie by someone. Cultivators temper their acupoints with the stars, thread the Great Dao through their meridians, and refine the 7.9kReads8.6Score616Shelves
22. 22 领 Lord: My Jiangshi Army Can Evolve Without Limits! 领主：我的僵尸大军能无限进化！ Wu Zhi无至Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted In 2023, a mysterious force chooses Blue Star, sending five billion people to a war continent to become lords. Power, status, wealth, slaves… even immortality are all within reach here. It’s a world full of ambition and conflict. Everyone is randomly assigned troops of different ranks, but their ranks are fixed. There are always exceptions, and Wang Su happens to draw the only unit on the entire server that can evolve: zombies! 1.3kReads—Score125Shelves
23. 23 我 My Zombie Army 我的僵尸大军 Recluse Liu六散人Eastern Fantasy895k WordsCompleted Chen Sheng, a direct descendant of the Chen family, was ostracized by his clan after his parents passed away, leaving him frustrated and unfulfilled. A soul from another space-time transmigrates into his body, bringing a mysterious treasure that changes Chen Sheng's fate! 408Reads6.0Score108Shelves
24. 24 死 After Death, My Wife Preserved My Corpse, and I Evolved from a Zombie 死后被妻子养尸，我从僵尸进化 The Classic of Mountains and Seas Courier山海经搬运工Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Zombies + Corpse-Raising + Corpse-Driving + Body Retrieval + Folk Customs + Romance + Ancient Mythology + Classic of Mountains and Seas] (Volumes 1–7: After I died, my wife raised my corpse, transforming me from a zombie into the Ancestral Corpse.) (Volume 8: After my wife died, I raised her corpse, transforming her from a zombie into a female drought demon.) In my previous life, my wife was the Yellow Emperor's daughter. She died after being sacrificed to the gods, and I raised her corpse unti 31.9kReads9.1Score3.3kShelves
25. 25 妖 Demon Corpses Aren't Edible? Quick, Send It to My Family's Crematorium While It's Still Warm 妖尸不可食？快，趁热送我家火葬 Sallow Little Face小脸蜡黄Urban2.9M WordsCompleted [High Martial] [Passionate] [Demonic beasts invade] [Not reborn] [Funny] If you want a lone-wolf protagonist, you can swipe away. The protagonist, Jiang Ping, is a passionate young man. He can be calculating, and he can be moved. He’s a real person, with classmates, friends, parents, and teachers. Spatial rifts opened, and demonic beasts invaded the land. Everyone knew that demonic beast corpses were inedible, and eating them would turn you into a contaminated being. By chance, Jiang Ping obtain 111.1kReads8.8Score15.8kShelves

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    [Admiration][Top Post][Request for More Updates] Those who want to read about a lone wolf can scroll away. The protagonist is the passionate young man Jiang Ping, who can be cunning yet also sentimental; he's a flesh-and-blood person. He has classmates, friends, parents, and teachers. A spatial rift opens, and demonic beasts invade the land. The world agrees that demonic corpses are inedible, as they become pollutants. Jiang Ping accidentally obtains an ancient manual that records various cooking methods for demonic corpses.

26. 26 诡EN Supernatural Awakening: I Can Become a Demon King 诡异复苏：我能化身大妖 Fallen Leaves Return to the Earth叶落归泥Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Ghost Stories + Journey to the West + Hilarious Comedy + Sunny Boy + Mental Illness + Positive-Energy Sayings] As the supernatural revived and the uncanny world fell into chaos, Jiang Chen awakened the Demon Transformation System. By provoking emotional fluctuations in ghosts and monsters, he could absorb ghost energy and use it to draw Demon Transformation Cards, taking on the forms of great demons from Journey to the West. Faced with all kinds of violent, savage, strange, and sinister ghost 173kReads9.5Score17.7kShelves

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    It's very good and laughs non-stop.

27. 27 控 The Immortal Dynasty of Corpse Controllers 控尸仙朝 Thirty-Eight Leaves三十八叶Eastern Fantasy702k WordsOngoing [Fantasy + power struggles + corpse control and leveling up + corpse refining + patience + dark fantasy] Legend has it that in ancient times, there was once a Corpse Emperor. He commanded a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, with a million corpse soldiers under his banner. Wherever they went, no living thing remained. The Heavenly Dao punished him, and the art was erased completely, vanishing for ten thousand years. No one could have imagined that it would return to the world. Fewer still c 2.3kReads—Score353Shelves

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    A fantastic fantasy novel set in the world of corpses! The writing is exquisite, the imagery is incredibly vivid, and the settings of the Ice Abyss, the Mortuary, and the Ancient Corpse Emperor are so captivating. It's full of foreshadowing and so addictive that you won't be able to stop reading!

28. 28 邪 Starting as an Evil Cultivator, I Refine Corpse Puppets and Drive Away Evil Spirits to Become a Sword Immortal 邪修开局炼尸傀驱煞鬼想成为剑仙 Offense and Defense攻防Eastern Fantasy681k WordsOngoing After transmigrating into a cultivation world, Wang Huan became an abandoned baby. Fortunately, he was taken in by the Corpse Soul Sect. Here, people get along wonderfully. We’re as close as blood mingling in the Blood Refining Pool, as loving as souls bound together to command fierce ghosts, and as good brothers who fight side by side as we’re refined into corpse puppets. In this loving big family, Wang Huan works hard so he won’t become cultivation material. Poor and honest, he even refuses hi 954Reads5.4Score—Shelves

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    Corpse refining and ghost raising, slow-paced, worth checking out.

29. 29 开 From the Start, I Refined Corpses and Turned Myself Into an Unrivaled Jiangshi 开局炼尸，把自己炼成了绝世僵尸 Titan Cat泰坦巨猫Eastern Fantasy302k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a terrifying immortal-fantasy world overrun with monsters and demons, Ye Xiao discovered on his very first day as a member of the Corpse Soul Sect that he’d been set up. A strange Corpse Refining System appeared! In a moment of crisis, Ye Xiao activated its corpse-refining function! As it turned out, the System was updating and its interface was garbled, so Ye Xiao had no choice but to try refining blindly. When he saw the result, Ye Xiao was thrilled! Not only had the 1.4kReads8.5Score105Shelves

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    "Starting with Corpse Refining, I Became a Peerless Zombie" Recommendation 😎 Book lovers, this book has a super bizarre opening! The protagonist doesn't follow the usual path, starting with corpse refining but ending up becoming a peerless zombie. From then on, he rampages through the cultivation world, his bloodthirsty aura shaking all sides, breaking the conventional growth system, and achieving a series of comebacks. It's thrilling, exciting, and full of intense battles, with a mind-blowing concept that makes it super exciting to read! "A Mortal's Journey to Demonic Cultivation: I Will Reach the Pinnacle Step by Step" Recommendation, my darlings 😏 An ordinary young man, unwilling to be mediocre, resolutely embarks on the path of demonic cultivation. In this thorny journey, the protagonist doesn't have any cheat codes, relying entirely on his unwavering will to climb from the bottom. He fights against people, battles against heaven, absorbs demonic energy, comprehends demonic arts, and gradually climbs to the peak. Watch his comeback and feel the thrill of struggle—don't miss it! "I Want to Cultivate Demonic Power, Poisoned by Greed, Anger, Ignorance, Wealth, and Lust (Seizing the Dao Scripture)" Recommendation 😜 Hey 😜, I highly recommend this one! The protagonist's path to demonic cultivation is unconventional. Driven by greed, anger, ignorance, wealth, and lust, he manipulates power and intrigue, creating a turbulent storm in the demonic world. He cleverly seizes the "Seizing the Dao Scripture," engaging in battles of wits and courage with various powerful figures in the demonic path. The book is permeated with an aura of evil, its plot full of twists and turns, showcasing the darkness and struggles of human nature. Immerse yourself in its captivating charm and experience a unique kind of demonic allure.

30. 30 修 Cultivating the Demonic Path, Building My Foundation Through Slaughter 修魔成道，杀生筑基 Jia Chou Mo Hai甲丑末亥Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Demonic Cultivation] [Cold-Blooded and Ruthless] [Decisive and Merciless] [The Dark Side of Human Nature] [The male lead is an ordinary man. There are women, but no female lead.] Consume treasured elixirs to gather qi and improve your cultivation and spells. Xu Sanyan was born among bandits and knows that human life is as worthless as grass: if you don't kill, you'll be killed. To stay alive, he severs the compassion in his heart and unleashes the evil within. To obtain a cultivation manual 21.3kReads8.7Score1.6kShelves
31. 31 魔 The Demon Returns 魔归 Li Han厉寒Eastern Fantasy546k WordsOngoing Mortal + No System + No Golden Finger + No Female Lead (but there are women) + Corpse Refining + Ghost Commanding + Demonic Cultivation … How does human nature change, and how is it preserved, in a cruel environment? Does the distinction between good and evil lie in power itself, or in the purpose of those who wield it? The conflict between survival and morality, and the choices it demands; the journey of revenge and the struggle to move beyond hatred. … All to recreate the cultivation world i 103Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "The Representative of the Mortal Flow" is a novel that breaks away from the old formula and is extremely novel, but it is logically rigorous. The keywords are "high IQ + amazing + no system + corpse refining + ghost control". It is by no means an ordinary pleasure novel. While it is exciting, be careful not to get your head spinning, especially after the tenth chapter. It is amazing, with all kinds of unexpected twists that will make your jaw drop!

32. 32 从 I Began Immortality by Using My Disciples as Corpse-Refining Fodder 从把徒弟当做练尸耗材开始长生 May It Always Be This Way愿得长如此Xianxia272k WordsOngoing [Handcrafted from scratch + self-interest + no brainless protagonist + definitely not abandoned midway + decisive and ruthless + no saintly heroine + dark style + multiple female cultivators as pawns] Qin Yu transmigrates to the cultivation world and becomes a rogue cultivator who barely survived a body-snatching attempt. But this is a world that devours people. As long as saints live, thieves will thrive; mortals are like grass, and cultivators are no different. Fortunately, he has an Eight Tri 1.5kReads6.0Score116Shelves

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    The story is a dark fantasy. The protagonist is born with nothing but a pure heart. At the beginning, he leads his teammates to their deaths in pursuit of a fortuitous opportunity. Later, wanting to monopolize the treasure, he burns his teammates like firewood, and even uses the dead enemies to refine the White Bone Pill. Starting from chapter 35, he gains control over the Five Poisons, and later he uses the Dao Heart Demon Seed to control others.

33. 33 万 Prison of Ten Thousand Races: Starting by Awakening a Storage Ring 万族囚笼：从给纳戒启灵开始 Beauty-Stealing Cigar夺美烟枪Eastern Fantasy100k WordsOngoing [Unorthodox Cultivator]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [Corpse Refining and Soul Refining]+ [Overwhelming the World with an Army of Corpses] The supreme will of a certain universe set up cages for all races. In each cage, only one living being could transcend... Relying on the strength of a soul forged over two lifetimes, Wu Cheng became a great leader of the unorthodox path. Just as he forcibly ascended, the righteous factions joined forces to hunt him down. Only a wisp of his soul happened to wand 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist refines corpses and souls, acting decisively and ruthlessly, abandoning any saintly mentality; without value, one doesn't even qualify to become a corpse servant.

34. 34 大 Great Qin: From the Start, the First Emperor Asked Me for the Art of Immortality 大秦：开局始皇向我索要长生术 Mo Chenqiang墨宸强Historical401k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to the Great Qin dynasty, he became a great general who never lost a battle and won countless victories for Qin. Years later, Emperor Qin Shi Huang, Ying Zheng, conquered the six kingdoms and unified the realm. But his health continued to deteriorate. Knowing he had little time left, he finally voiced his lifelong wish: The art of immortality! 95.9kReads6.7Score11.1kShelves

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    These two books are good; you can take a look if you're interested.

35. 35 吾 I Cultivate Immortality Through Unorthodox Ways 吾于旁门，左道成仙 Luo Lan Loves to Cook爱做饭的罗兰Urban726k WordsCompleted Reborn in a parallel world, Chen Feng joins the Daoist sect as a practitioner of the Left Path after catching a dead fish. At a certain gathering, the sect leaders discuss whether to let rogue cultivators leave the assembly. “I am Daoist Fengdu. Who says practitioners of the Left Path cannot ascend to the Heavenly Gate?!” ...The Soul-Taming Umbrella (Merit Umbrella), the Hundred-Soul Banner (Human Emperor Banner), the Gu-Refining Basin (Treasure-Gathering Basin), and the Spine Sword (Xuanyuan Sw 5.6kReads8.9Score415Shelves
36. 36 红 Dream of the Red Chamber: Wielding the Human Emperor's Banner, I Build the Unspeaking Cavalry 红楼：手持人皇幡，打造不言骑 Draw Sword and Laugh at Lords拔剑笑王侯Historical385k WordsOngoing [Human Emperor Banner] + [Invincible] + [Conquest] + [Prince] + [Become Emperor] The modern man Jia Jue transmigrates to a cultivation world and becomes a demonic cultivator because of his poor aptitude. Unexpectedly, when he is forming his Golden Core and undergoing tribulation, righteous cultivators ambush him. As he faces death and the destruction of his cultivation, he transmigrates a second time, this time to the world of Dream of the Red Chamber. He arrives right in the middle of a battlef 1.7kReads7.5Score102Shelves

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    A demonic cultivator who transmigrates into an ordinary Dream of the Red Chamber.

37. 37 旁 Heterodox Arts: Beginning My Cultivation by Refining the Entire Village 旁门左道：从炼化全村开始修行 The Yasha Who Loves Meat爱吃肉的夜叉Mystery383k WordsCompleted I'm working on a new novel in the same genre. My grand goal for 2026: finish my first million-word novel. Longtime readers, stay tuned. [Corpse Control, Cursecraft, Raising Little Ghosts]+ [Eight Hundred Schemes Up His Sleeve]+ [Master of Disguise]+ [Sneaky Schemer]+ [Voldemort] My name is Chen Xiu. If you become my enemy, it's to the death. That's why people in the business like to call me “Daoist Wuyou.” I always say: pay me, and I'll solve your problems… A child lights a lamp, a vengefu 3.9kReads7.2Score254Shelves

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    Highly recommend these villainous murder and corpse-training novels! The protagonists are intelligent, decisive, and ruthless. [Murder + Corpse Training + Demonic Cultivation + Ruthless] The protagonists have no saintly hearts; they kill when necessary. Highly recommended for readers who enjoy this type of novel!

38. 38 民 Republic-Era Mysteries: I Rule the Turbulent Times with Dark Arts 民国诡闻：我靠邪术横行乱世 Xuan Jue Yuanxin玄觉缘心Mystery200k WordsCompleted I woke up in the Republican era, branded with the “Three Corpses Curse” of a Nanyang evil god and turned into a living test subject for three dark forces: head curses, poison arts, and vengeful spirits! I thought I was doomed, but then I discovered that the curse mark could absorb the resentment and wicked karma in the world, making me stronger and granting me effortless command of dark arts! Flying-needle curses, Five Poisons Gu, driving out souls and commanding ghosts… The forbidden arts that 17Reads—Score102Shelves
39. 39 港 Hong Kong Crossover: Good Can't Overcome Evil 港综：正不胜邪 Uncle Cliffhanger烂尾大叔Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing How can an ordinary human survive after transmigrating to a supernatural anthology world? There is no System in this story. If that's not your thing, please move along! Uncle Jiu: You evil creature! I could tell at a glance that you're not human! Qianhe: Fellow Daoist? Daoist my foot! Simu: Good heavens, why is this monster so powerful? Ma Danna: Pah! Who are you calling Miss Ma? Jiang Chen: What in the world is this thing? 17Reads5.7Score—Shelves
40. 40 吾 I Am the Blood Lord, and All Living Beings Are My Blood Slaves 吾为血主，众生皆为血奴 Paper Ash Official纸灰官Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing [Slaughter] [Blood Princess] [Tentacles] [Corpse Refining] [Devouring] [No System] Fang Mo, the eldest young master of the Fang family, was the best cultivator among his peers and a widely acclaimed genius in Luoyun City, the focus of everyone’s attention. Unexpectedly, on the day the Heavenly Sword Sect came to recruit disciples, his family treated him as a pawn and discarded him. He was left gravely wounded and crippled. A few days later, news spread that Fang Mo had been poisoned to death. Th 11kReads8.5Score754Shelves
41. 41 末 The Age of Declining Magic: I Become a God by Refining Corpses in the American Supernatural Universe 末法时代：我在美综炼尸成神 Magical Seal神奇海豹Urban405k WordsCompleted In his previous life, Lin Qi picked up a sinister cultivation manual and spent thirteen years killing fish at RT-Mart to enter the Dao. In this life, he was reborn as Alex, an ambitious young man in America. It was still the same age of declining magic, with spiritual energy choked off all around him. Trying to enter the Dao again was harder than climbing to heaven. Fortunately, the Fate-Reversing Compass that transmigrated with him successfully derived an improved technique: “Use a river of blo 3.4kReads7.4Score197Shelves
42. 42 邪 The Evil Cultivator Begins in America 邪修从美利坚开始 Wind and Ninety Thousand Miles风和九万里Urban189k WordsOngoing When the ancient, mysterious Eastern system of cultivation collides with the bold, modern civilization of the West, a thrilling clash begins. A modern soul is forced to inherit the legacy of a demonic cultivator. He travels to America and meets a group of like-minded friends. Beneath the brilliant lights of industry lies a hidden world unknown to most. We are the darkness. I am a demonic cultivator. This book takes you on a journey of cultivation through the eyes of the unique group known as dem 11Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 43 永 Eternal Demon 永魔 Adding Ink to Continue the Story点墨续作Eastern Fantasy761k WordsOngoing Traditional cultivation. The protagonist is ruthless and merciless, no holier-than-thou hero, no heroine, dark fiction! No System!! If you want to become an immortal in the heavens, you must climb the road to immortality over the bones of others. This isn't AI-generated. I wrote it by hand!!! 3.2kReads5.4Score316Shelves

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    A traditional cultivation-themed story, the protagonist is ruthless and decisive, willing to use any means to achieve his goals; he is cold-blooded, cunning, and utterly inhuman. No female lead, no system, and not a brainless or dark novel. [Awkward laugh]

44. 44 百 Ghosts in the Apocalypse: I Became the Strongest Ghost Tamer 百鬼末世：我成了最强御鬼师 Yi People's Firelight彝人烟火Mystery2.9M WordsOngoing [A Full 1,000 Types of Ghosts] Mysterious ghosts include Jin Buhuan, the White Bone Bodhisattva, the Earthly Branches War Lord, and the Blood-Drop Plum Blossom. The powerful ones include Asura, Rakshasa, the Butcher, the Martial Champion, and the Emperor. The eerie ones include Painted Skin, the Red Robe, the Chubby Baby, the Coroner, the Flower-Waisted Bride, the Embalmer, and the Ever-Burning Lamp. Every type has its own evolution path: Drowned Ghost → Water Monkey → Kappa → ? (There’s more af 115kReads9.5Score9.8kShelves

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    These are some good books; those who like supernatural stories might want to check them out.

45. 45 我 The Years I Spent Raising Corpses and Nurturing Ghosts in the Graveyard 我在坟场种尸养诡的那些年 I, Too, Am a Dragon Slayer我亦是屠龙客Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted Lin Feng wakes up as a tomb keeper in a world plagued by natural disasters and sinister calamities. The slightest mistake could cost him his life. Fortunately, he can plant corpses to raise ghosts, sowing dead bodies to reap all kinds of skills and ghosts. The Opera Ghost plays the Monkey King, bringing the seventy-two transformations to life and sweeping through the turmoil of the mortal world. The Embroidery Ghost mends everything under the sun, weaving a tragic song of a troubled age and craf 14.1kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
46. 46 劫EN Heavenly Calamity 劫天运 Dreams Adrift Through the Years浮梦流年Mystery21.6M WordsOngoing I was schemed against before I was even born. I was born with all five yin traits and naturally attracted vicious ghosts. A knowledgeable fortune-teller said I wouldn’t live past seven, and that after I died, someone would turn me into a blood-clothed child ghost to harm others. To save me, my grandmother arranged for me to marry a child bride, and I was able to live in peace... I’d been scraping by since childhood, and had long since grown used to enduring whatever came my way. But my grandmoth 12.3kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
47. 47 全 Global Ghostmasters: There Are Hundreds of Millions of Ghosts Inside Me 全球御鬼：我的体内有亿只鬼 Tianzhuo Huazi天卓华子Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted [Looting bamboo shoots + ghostly resurgence + ghost taming + one female lead + comedy = 100,000 new words every week?] The comic of the same name, Global Ghost Tamer: I Have Hundreds of Millions of Ghosts Inside Me, is now available on Fanqie. Lin Mo was playing games in class when he transmigrated to a parallel world overrun by ghosts. With the worst talent of all, he unexpectedly gained the Defense-Breaking System. As long as he could make a ghost lose its composure, he could force it into a c 71.9kReads9.4Score9.8kShelves
48. 48 最 The Last Paper Effigy Maker 最后一个扎纸人 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted The art of paper effigies can bridge the worlds of yin and yang, perform rites for the dead, and summon the King of Hell. Cut yellow paper, weave bamboo strips: paper horses travel a thousand miles, and paper figures summon spirits. With one stroke to paint their eyes, the King of Hell appears, striking terror into all directions and sending ten thousand ghosts into hiding! By the time the art of paper effigies reaches Chen Mo, he is its last practitioner. He assumes this ancient, mysterious cra 16.7kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves
49. 49 我 There’s a Ghost Inside Me 我的体内有只鬼 A Black-Inked Blade一柄墨刀Mystery3.5M WordsCompleted Vengeful ghosts awaken, and a hundred ghosts roam the night. Jiang Xiao transmigrates into this world for no apparent reason and finds himself surrounded by demons and monsters. But then he discovers that his shadow can devour ghosts without limit and gain their abilities. [Successfully devoured the White Mist Ghost. Ability acquired: Mist Form] [Successfully devoured the Hanging Ghost. Ability acquired: Shackles] [Successfully devoured the Bronze Ghost. Ability acquired: Copper Skin] [Successfu 20.7kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves
50. 50 从 Training Begins at Sihang Warehouse 从四行仓库开始的修行 Divine Phoenix神凰Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Wen Sang transmigrates to a world of cultivation. While being hunted, he accidentally breaks through time and space and arrives on the 1937 battlefield at Shanghai. His cultivation begins at the Sihang Warehouse. As an evil cultivator, he looks at the wealth of cultivation materials all around him and falls silent. With a sacred place like this, why didn't he transmigrate here sooner? 4.9kReads6.7Score448Shelves

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    The protagonist is a heretical cultivator who practices zombies and raises ghosts. Most importantly, he kills Japanese soldiers, and one chapter even describes him causing chaos in Tokyo. You dare say that? You haven't read it! [Admiration] It features diverse worldviews, including Yue Qiluo from "My Date with a Zombie" who is captured by the protagonist for experiments, making him practically invincible.

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