Male Protagonist, No Romance but Ambiguous Tension, Popular With Everyone, No Cliched Old-School Tropes 主角男，无CP暧昧向，男女通杀/不要古早套路文

1. 1 小 How Can My Junior Brother Be Everyone's Favorite?! 小师弟是万人迷怎么破！ Saigyouji Tsukiko西行寺月月子Two Male Leads730k WordsOngoing [Cultivation fantasy + male protagonist's perspective + no CP + ensemble cast + not a power fantasy] *Female-oriented, fond of writing love and heartbreak To secure a happy ending, the Ghost King [in the future] schemed at every turn until Heaven willingly restarted the world, sending everyone back to the beginning. - - - Chen Shishi, universally agreed to be thoroughly ordinary-looking, was an awkward, unmotivated sword cultivator at Qingshan Sect. One day, he read a storybook called "Tales o 458Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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   The preface shocked me a lot. The passion and reluctance of the characters can be written at the beginning, which made me deeply feel the fullness of the characters. It has a great impact, just like the music without the pre-swing, I was caught off guard and almost cried. As you read on, as the plot gradually unfolds, the characteristics of the characters become more three-dimensional, and the author's writing is really great. I feel It always touches my mood, sometimes it feels light and funny, sometimes it makes me drop a few cat pee, hehe, sometimes it makes me fly up, and the corners of my mouth are side by side with the sun [cool], ah ah ah, anyway, it is very good, very to my taste, hahaha, and the author is very active, and will often interact with readers [sending heart] [sending heart] [sending heart], , boss, I will follow you to death!!! [Almost crying]

2. 2 重 Reborn, and the Yandere Loves Me Even More 重生后病娇更爱了 A Little Tail一点点尾巴Two Male Leads122k WordsOngoing Male lead focused on pursuing his goals + fanatical careerist + a harem-like battlefield of admirers + no conventional System + somewhat comedic The protagonist is level-headed and good at controlling a situation, though he can be a bit unhinged. The male lead is reborn and attracts yanderes in droves. What happens when some yanderes are reborn after losing the male lead? They become even more yandere. Our clever male lead, meanwhile, is both a hopeless romantic and a career fanatic. He loves fr 298Reads—Score—Shelves

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   No tricks, all men and women can take advantage of it

3. 3 主 The Lord God Is Everyone's Dream Lover 主神他是万人迷 I'm a Salted Fish, but the Plot Takes Off我是咸鱼剧情起飞Two Male Leads145k WordsOngoing [No Romance + Everyone’s Favorite + Plot Takes Off + Ship Whoever You Like + Plot Is Not the Focus] [This is a writing exercise. There’s no outline; I’ll write whatever comes to mind.] As a new Lord God, Lin Yin was frustrated. In the cultivation world, he outshone the young prodigies of a hundred nations, leaving every beauty looking dull beside him. “I like you…” “Sorry, romance would slow down my cultivation.” In the world of mythology, he was the embodiment of beauty and evil, driving a 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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   No cp…

4. 4 高 High Martial: I Became a Warrior of All Elements 高武：我成为了全系武者 Fei'er Catches Loaches飞儿捉泥鳅Urban2.6M WordsCompleted [Elements + Devouring + Cosmos + Steady Protagonist + Ruthless Combat] In a parallel universe, cultivation depends on the elements. The more types of elements you master, the stronger you become. Qin Chen transmigrates to a parallel world, gets the All-Element System from the start, and awakens a devouring talent. Cultivation? Devour things to advance. Elements? Complete missions to gain more. Talent? Top-tier from the get-go. Body? Sorry, my cells are stars, and my body is the universe. 85.6kReads9.0Score6.7kShelves

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   Anyway, I watch so many movies, usually without female protagonists. There shouldn't be a female protagonist in the later stages either.

5. 5 开 From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 792.5kReads9.7Score93.8kShelves
6. 6 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. 11.3kReads8.9Score850Shelves
7. 7 开 How Do I Survive After Becoming the Villain in a Formulaic Novel from the Start? 开局穿成了套路文的反派怎么破 Meow Nineteen喵十九Eastern Fantasy627k WordsCompleted The sequel is underway and can be found in the author’s works. This leans toward the female-audience genre. If that’s not your thing, please don’t read. Lighthearted and funny, an irreverent fantasy story. The protagonist is adored by everyone, men and women alike. All flirtation, no CP. After transmigrating, Cang Yu finds himself cast as the villain in three different books! Even though he’s the villain, he’s stuck with the job of saving the world! He decides he’d better save himself first. 007 4kReads9.2Score378Shelves
8. 8 无 Endless Killing Intent: At Midnight, the God of Death Passes Judgment 无尽杀机：午夜12点，死神断罪 Snow Flying over the Cold River寒江飞雪Urban354k WordsCompleted [Do-gooders, stay away] [Does not join any organization] [No female lead] [Ruler of the myriad worlds] A mysterious Reaper's Judgment System can drag evil people into illusory worlds and make them face terrifying trials and judgment! “At midnight, the Reaper judges. Justice and fairness prevail. Life and death are left to fate!” [Within China's borders, evil will find no quarter] Whoever you are, don't commit evil, or you'll be the next to face judgment! Illusory worlds: Buried, Wrong Turn, Saw. 1.1kReads8.7Score101Shelves
9. 9 直 Livestream: I Can Issue Death Notices 直播：我能发出死亡通告 Mr. South Wall Crashes Into the South Wall南墙先生撞南墙Mystery625k WordsCompleted [Behind the scenes + punishing evil] Li Xiao transmigrates to a parallel world and obtains a Death Notice System. He exposes evil people to the public, making ordinary people cheer and leaving the Security Bureau at its wits’ end. When he finally looks back, Li Xiao realizes he is covered in blood. I only kill those who deserve to die!!! 70Reads6.8Score—Shelves
10. 10 无 Endless Killing Intent: The Grim Reaper's Judgment in a Horror Loop 无尽杀机：死神审判惊悚轮回 Radish and Melon萝卜瓜Mystery317k WordsCompleted [Horror + thrills + wish fulfillment + no female lead] Qin Ye transmigrates to a parallel world teeming with criminals and obtains a miraculous Death God Judgment System. It can pull evildoers into illusory worlds of horror, where they must endure terrifying cycles of judgment! The Death God delivers judgment as a warning to all: make them suffer by their own methods! Good is rewarded with good, and evil with evil. If retribution has not come, its time has simply not yet arrived! Over time, Qin 1.7kReads9.1Score165Shelves
11. 11 颠 Turning the World Upside Down: Playing the Villain from the Start 颠覆全球：开局扮演反派大佬 Blazing Heavenly Inquiry炽生天问Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Shen Yan transmigrates to a parallel world. As soon as he arrives, he falls into a strange dimension. Everyone who falls in here is slaughtered by alien creatures, dying in despair! Luckily, at this moment, Shen Yan obtains the Super Big Shot Role-Playing System. “Ding! Randomly drawing a big shot template. Big Shot Role-Playing Mode activated. The closer you are to the character, the more abilities you can unlock.” Make people believe the character is real, and you’ll earn Subversion Points. Th 28.4kReads9.4Score2.9kShelves
12. 12 惊 Thriller Game: I Split the Terrifying Clown in Two from the Start 惊悚游戏：开局一刀劈了恐怖小丑 I'll Eat the Sun Tomorrow Morning明天早上吃太阳Mystery163k WordsCompleted [Horror + Game + Instances + System + Invincible] A bizarre horror game descends upon the world. Xiao Ran, a psychiatric patient, is unexpectedly chosen to enter the game. Inside, Xiao Ran does his best to stay calm, but his actions leave all the horror NPCs utterly terrified! Horror Clown: I still can't forget that person smiling at me like a spring breeze while carrying my companion's head. Horror Werewolf: Who the hell has ever seen a villager in Werewolf Game grab an AK in the middle of the 64Reads6.5Score—Shelves
13. 13 惊 Thriller Game: From the Start, I Scared the System to Tears 惊悚游戏：开局吓哭系统 Sweet Tea甘茶Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [Invincible protagonist, infinite worlds, lighthearted] [There are livestreams, but they don't get much focus. Take your time and enjoy the read.] Zhang Xun is a nearly adult, almost legally grown boy with a mountain of secrets. Ever since he became conscious, he has possessed superhuman strength and a jumble of fragmented memories. After living an ordinary life for sixteen years, Zhang Xun was finally chosen by the horror game he'd been eagerly anticipating, which had taken the world by storm i 1.2kReads8.9Score166Shelves
14. 14 惊 Horror Game: My Second Personality Is an Evil God 惊悚游戏，我的第二人格是邪神 Call Me Great Lord叫我大官人Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted [No Female Lead] [Madman] [Dark Humor] [Mind Games] [Thriller] A Thriller game descends, and Chen Xie, a patient at a psychiatric hospital, is dragged into it. With an evil god living inside him, he possesses both absolute rationality and absolute madness. Evil God: I’m the absolutely rational one. You’re the absolutely insane one! Mutant Doctor: This guy chopped me to death, then went off to make mutants himself! Ghost Teacher: He doesn’t just break the school rules, he straight-up blows the pr 5.1kReads9.3Score630Shelves
15. 15 惊 Thriller Survival: Beating Up a Clown at the Amusement Park from the Start! 惊悚求生：开局游乐场暴揍小丑！ Lamplight Beneath the Moths飞蛾下的灯火Mystery521k WordsCompleted [Wish-Fulfillment]+ [No Simping]+ [System]+ [Hilarious] A mysterious force descended upon Blue Star, periodically choosing lucky people to enter a terrifying survival game! A mysterious livestreaming app let people everywhere watch the livestreams and recordings of those trapped in the game. Li Xiao, a man incapable of fear who looked downright terrifying when he smiled, entered the survival game. The clown was crazy, but he was even crazier! The evil spirits were terrifying, but he was even mor 3.1kReads9.2Score361Shelves
16. 16 惊 Thriller Game: I Livestream as a Model Student for the Whole World 惊悚游戏：全球直播我做三好学生 Composed Brush and Ink笔墨从容Mystery465k WordsCompleted [Horror Game + Supernatural + System + Invincible + Livestream] Horror games descended upon the world. The paranormal returned, and terrifying livestreams began. Those chosen were forced to endure one hellish ordeal after another. Here, only those who met the requirements could clear a game and return to the real world. From then on, humanity lived in constant fear and misery. Then one day, the tone of the horror-game forum, where people discussed strategies for clearing games, suddenly changed. 116Reads8.9Score—Shelves
17. 17 诡 The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 312.8kReads9.5Score37.6kShelves
18. 18 我 I Have the Hand of God: From the Start, I Stole the Complete Nine-Tails 我有神之手，开局偷取完全体九尾 Red-Braised Soft-Shelled Turtle红烧甲鱼Urban4.6M WordsCompleted [Passionate, cathartic action + decisive and ruthless + striking out on his own + cold-hearted, not a bleeding heart + women, what are those? Safe to read!] [The early chapters expose the darkness of the world as the protagonist rebels again and again, eventually annihilating his foes and leaving humanity behind. It’s a truly passionate story. Many readers have commented that it made them cry. Definitely worth reading!] Su Yun transmigrated into a high-martial-arts world and awakened the Myriad 15.5kReads8.7Score1.4kShelves
19. 19 通 A Wanted Criminal Sneaks into My House, Then Gets So Scared He Calls the Police 通缉犯潜入我家，却被吓到报警 George Talks a Big Game乔治侃大山Urban534k WordsCompleted [High-IQ plots: staged accidental killings and locked-room murders] [A satisfying high-IQ story with logical twists] Ye Chen transmigrated to Blue Star and obtained a Screenwriter System. And so, one screenplay after another became reality: “Headless Yaksha Serial Murders,” “The Butterfly Effect: Staging Accidental Killings,” “The Fourteenth Perfect Locked-Room Murder,” “Using Natural Phenomena to Design the Perfect Accidental Killing”… Every one of these was a high-IQ perfect crime, imposs 1.8kReads8.5Score203Shelves
20. 20 我 I Survived from the Primordial Era to the Journey to the West 我，从洪荒苟到西游 Keyboard's Ninth God键盘九神Eastern Fantasy914k WordsCompleted Mu Chen transmigrates to the Primordial World, becoming an ethereal spirit with no fixed form. He starts out utterly weak, but unexpectedly awakens the Starsea Fishing Choice System. “Congratulations, Host! After fishing for a hundred years, you've obtained a replica of the Four Swords of Zhu Xian!” “Congratulations, Host! After fishing for a thousand years, you've become a Taiyi Mystic Immortal!” “Congratulations, Host! After fishing for ten thousand years, you've attained the rank of Great Luo 38.7kReads9.2Score3.5kShelves
21. 21 黑 The Dark Movie Emperor 黑暗影帝 Forget the Sorrow of Parting忘记离愁Mystery3.9M WordsCompleted After his parents mysteriously disappeared, Yao Tianjun went looking for them and stumbled into the Yellow Springs Show. It's a bizarre reality show. You have to play one of its characters and improvise. As the plot unfolds, chilling curses and ever-present terrors will descend upon you. Wandering among the dead, I am the movie star of the darkness. 678Reads7.8Score—Shelves
22. 22 全 Global Manhunt: Playing the Ultimate Villain from the Start 全球通缉：开局扮演最强反派 Perplexed Muzi纳闷的木子Urban661k WordsCompleted [Urban] [Scheming] [System] [Livestream] The world’s ten biggest security firms, a billion-dollar reward, and elite contestants from every walk of life playing villains in a crime drama! High-speed chases, intense firefights, and desperate escapes! With crime rates rising around the world, this hugely popular livestream show simulates the methods and psychology behind all kinds of crimes, allowing authorities to predict and prevent them. The refined but ruthless Xiao Wuye starts out playing the 1.1kReads8.5Score147Shelves
23. 23 全 Global Cataclysm: Building an Underground City from the Start 全球灾变：开局建设地下城 Tenth Day of the Month月初十Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse vacation + lighthearted + funny + humblebragging] The apocalypse has begun. Ye Liangren uses his System to upgrade every part of his shelter. The faucet can automatically switch to cold water, hot water, soft drinks, coffee, milk, or even 1982 Château Lafite, depending on the Host’s needs! The clothes it makes are fireproof and can withstand temperatures below minus 150 degrees! The upgraded internet boasts ten-gigabit fiber speeds! He has also built an ecological ranch and a large-s 437Reads7.9Score107Shelves
24. 24 一 I Woke Up with 40 Murder Cases on My Hands 一觉醒来：我背上了40起命案 No Joy无喜Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Chen Xiao wakes up to find everything around him strangely unfamiliar. The only thing beside him is a diary. He thinks it might explain his current predicament, but as he reads, he begins to doubt whether its contents are real. It is clearly a record of crimes committed by “himself.” Just as Chen Xiao is about to read on, the piercing wail of police sirens downstairs jolts him awake, and he can't help imagining the worst... 37.8kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves

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    The second book changed by real events

25. 25 十 Fourteen Years of Hunting Ghosts (Complete in Five Volumes) 十四年猎诡人（全五册） Li Yifan李诣凡Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [The full-cast audio drama is now available. Give it a listen!] Li Yifan’s spine-chilling ghost-hunting chronicles! A contemporary Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! A spine-chilling record of ghost hunts! First posted on Tieba, it topped 100 million views within three months! The acclaimed mystery writer Li Yifan’s breakthrough work, now with the unpublished continuation added! Every ghost was once a living person. I’m a professional ghost hunter. I turn the compass, circle the place with red 14kReads9.6Score3.2kShelves
26. 26 规 Rule Horror: Klee Wants to Blow Up Fish in the Horror World Too 规则怪谈：可莉也想在怪谈里炸鱼 The Wayfarer Has a Cloud行者有云Mystery509k WordsCompleted [Transformation + lighthearted comedy + not scary, suitable for readers of all ages + half power fantasy, half mystery + gradually becomes more like Klee + male-to-female] Rule Horror descended upon Blue Star. Every country would randomly select a Chosen One to enter the horror world. The chosen person bears the fate of their country. If they die, their country falls. When Chu Bai woke up, he discovered that he had turned into Klee and was representing the Dragon Country in the horror world. And 5kReads9.5Score728Shelves

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    Just live a hard-working life now, and let time prove what the future will look like. I believe that as long as you put in the effort, you will definitely be rewarded. If you are simple, the world is a fairy tale; if you are complex, the world is a maze. —— Hayao Miyazaki​​​

27. 27 规 Rules of the Paranormal: The Horrors? They're All Family 规则怪谈，诡异？都是一家人 A Slime一只史莱姆Mystery947k WordsCompleted [Rule-based horror + national destiny + no romance + livestream + original scenarios + mild scares + warm and healing] Three years ago, rule-based horror arrived, launching a game that put the fate of nations on the line. Every month, chosen players are randomly selected from various countries to enter the horror world and clear its challenges. Clear a challenge, and you earn generous rewards. Fail, and the chosen player dies, while the horror descends upon their country. The Xia Kingdom has alr 16kReads9.5Score1.9kShelves
28. 28 规 Rule Horror: I Pulled the Old Man's Oxygen Tube from the Start 规则怪谈：开局拔了老头氧气管 One-Sixth六分之一Mystery522k WordsCompleted No female lead + national fate + eerie mysteries + comedy + unconventional ideas Lin Yuan transmigrates to Blue Star, a parallel world, and is chosen to take part in a rules-based horror game. From the start, he activates an SSS-rank talent. [SSS-Rank Talent: Ghostbane] [Talent Effect 1: Rules are completely useless against you. When you break the rules of a horror scenario, the corruption of its world has no effect on you.] [Talent Effect 2: When a creature in a horror scenario feels negative e 53.4kReads9.6Score7.2kShelves
29. 29 从 Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year. 194.5kReads9.6Score23.3kShelves
30. 30 杀 Murder Rules? I'll Take Them On, Crack Them, and Contain Them 杀人规则？我来，我破解，我收容 Stone Giant Monster石头巨怪Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing A piano on the roadside, left untouched. Offerings arranged neatly in a hallway. A creaking rocking chair at the mouth of an alley. A lonely hospital bed. This world is full of all kinds of uncanny objects, and even more uncanny people. Wei Lai has always been an atheist, until the day he receives a prediction of his own death. “Your time is up.” “You have 72 hours left.” 368Reads9.4Score—Shelves
31. 31 开 From the Start, a Failing Student? Hehe, I’m Just Pretending! 开局成学渣？嘿嘿我装哒！ Grass-Head Leaf草头叶子Modern Romance591k WordsCompleted [My Little-Known Secrets Series: Tian Hao] [Traditional + realistic fiction + no fixed couple + chuunibyou + bittersweet] [No fixed couple means you can ship anyone] [Warning: extreme physical and emotional angst] [The physical and emotional angst starts at chapter 100. Read with caution] [Protagonist: Tian Hao] Everyone knows that Bole Middle School has three great things: a huge campus, lots of students, and a genius named Tian Hao. Growing up as the kind of kid other parents point to as an ex 46Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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32. 32 我 My Little-Known Secret 3 我那鲜为人知的秘密3 Grass-Head Leaf草头叶子Two Male Leads368k WordsOngoing [Two Men + Comedy + Plot + Everyone's Favorite + Men Competing + Love Triangle Chaos + Bittersweet] [My Little-Known Secrets series: University Arc] Shi Jun only wanted to live a quiet, steady life, but somehow keeps getting dragged into one chaotic love triangle after another. An innocent younger brother A sweet, clueless employee A fellow disciple who disappeared without a trace A friend who'd stand by him through thick and thin A partner who fights by his side A sinister, evil tycoon A trea 75Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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