Lone Wolf, No Female Lead, Ruthless, Not Sanctimonious, Dark, Selfish, and Coldhearted 独狼，无女主，残忍，不圣母，黑暗，自私，无情

1. 251 明 Arknights: Medicine Can't Save Terra 明日方舟：学医救不了泰拉 Yao Yan垚焱Anime Fanfiction2.9M WordsCompleted (Arknights) (Transmigration) (Younger Sister) (The early plot develops normally, then things go off the rails later) (So much angst) (Also known as: Arknights: Studying Medicine Won't Save Terra; On Terra, Weak and Pitiful Yet Invincible) This land has a long history of devouring white-haired people without leaving so much as a bone. But Qi Yan says, fine by me. I can just grow them back anyway. Faced with this land that thrives on tormenting people, Qi Yan can only turn the tables and torment i 52.9kReads9.7Score5.4kShelves
2. 252 星EN Honkai: Star Rail: Dreaming of the Starry River 星穹铁道：揽星河入梦 A Stone Lion一头石狮子Anime Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted [Honkai Impact 3rd] [Honkai: Star Rail] [Honkai: Star Rail] It was an evening when ashes fell from the sky. A woman stood at the entrance to an orphanage, holding a black umbrella. “Since your wish in this life has been fulfilled, come with me.” “I just want to make sure: you have a taciturn older brother and a younger sister addicted to the internet. You’re divorced and widowed, and your ex-husband is buried?” “Of course!” “And you guarantee this is a normal, loving family, not some notorious i 20.9kReads9.6Score2.3kShelves
3. 253 冒EN Impostor of the Langya Clan 冒姓琅琊 Eastern Zhou Young Master Nan东周公子南Historical1.6M WordsOngoing (Also known as “The Matter of Me Pretending to Be a Nobleman of the Southern Dynasties”) To transmigrate isn’t a dinner party. It’s a deadly game at every turn. The south is beautiful, yet lofty ambitions often fade away. Since ancient times, the Southern Dynasties have been weak, their heroes short-lived. No golden finger, no System, and no second chance at life. Everything starts from zero! Original owner’s memories: none! Identity: none! Supplies: none! When transmigration becomes reality, ho 497.6kReads9.7Score72.9kShelves
4. 254 开EN 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 538.9kReads9.7Score71.1kShelves
5. 255 学EN Don't Worry, Senior—I'll Protect You 学姐别怕，我来保护你 Gege Wuwu隔胳呜呜Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [Heart-Pounding Engine 2: Pure White Love Letter has been published] [Lighthearted daily life] + [Single female lead] + [No System] + [Not reborn] + [Sweet romance] In high school, Luo Ye had a secret crush on a girl for three years. He even got into the same university as her, and they agreed to start dating if they both got in. But the girl unexpectedly went back on her word. Heartbroken, Luo Ye became a romance novelist. Unexpectedly, before university even began, the novel he wrote shot to t 310.7kReads9.8Score31.1kShelves
6. 256 模EN After a Thousand Simulations, I Have a Speedrun Strategy for Escape Games 模拟一千次，我有逃生游戏速通法 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Print edition on sale February 21 at 7 p.m. Please show it lots of support!] [Infinite-flow + fast-paced + funny + invincible protagonist + no female lead + no angst for the protagonist] [Across the four streets, east, south, west, and north, ask around and find out who’s the boss] [Don’t compare yourself to others. Just look at you: who do you think you are?] The White Tower descends, and the entire world enters death-instance mode. Zheng Xun, bound to an infinite simulation System and forced 214.6kReads9.6Score36kShelves
7. 257 传EN Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would 168.1kReads9.6Score21.5kShelves
8. 258 北 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 Yun Feng云峰Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 957.1kReads9.6Score121.4kShelves
9. 259 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves
10. 260 地 Hell Academy: Conquering the Myriad Worlds, Starting with the Mist 地狱高校：从迷雾开始纵横诸天 Heaven's Silent Void天寂空Urban241k WordsOngoing After Fang Xiu finally got into Tsinghua University, he managed to scrape together enough money for his mother’s surgery, only to transmigrate for no apparent reason. He transmigrated to a strange high school and became a “high school student.” To get home and treat his mother, he chose the unorthodox path of power-ups, looping through one damned world after another for that damned diploma. 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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11. 261 我 I Create Urban Legends in America! 我在美利坚合成怪谈！ Sun Wukong槂悟空Urban603k WordsOngoing [No Heroines, Creator's Conquest, Creator God Behind the Scenes, Ultimate Villain] Fang Xiu transmigrated into the body of an impoverished illegal immigrant who had crossed the border into America. Just as he thought he would have to spend his days begging, the arrival of an [Infinite Alchemy] System completely changed his life. The gods have perished, and demons are about to appear. This is a joyous anthem of evolution. Those chosen will lead humanity into the future! Cockroach Man, Undying, Lo 62Reads6.1Score—Shelves
12. 262 末 Apocalypse Descends: The Dark Night Princess Is Up to Something Every Day 末世降临：暗夜公主每天都在搞事 Cat-Ear Paradise猫耳乐园Sci-Fi & Apocalypse437k WordsCompleted Apocalypse / War / Western Fantasy / Overpowered / Clingy Romance / Dimensional Overkill / Chaotic Neutral / No Saintly Do-Gooders / Decisive and Ruthless / Magic / Undead / Game System This is an apocalypse story that isn't stressful at all. There's no suffering for the characters, and it's a great way to unwind! In the apocalypse, Xing Mingxue and her pet cat, Danya, live in utter comfort. They have enormous wealth and little sympathy for anyone. They kill people blessed with great fortune on 192Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    He ruled the world with undead, zombies, blood slaves, poisonous insects, and monsters, and even got a sequel.

13. 263 诸 The Bloodwing Cult Master of the Myriad Worlds 诸天万界之血翼教主 Lü Bu Battles Li Yuanba吕布大战李元霸Male-Channel Fanfiction542k WordsOngoing The protagonist, Zhou Yuan, binds himself to the Myriad Worlds Cult Leader System. He had planned to transmigrate into a famous wish-fulfillment novel and rise to the top, but instead he accidentally lands in Zhongzhou and inherits the legacy of the Immortal Venerable's first life: the Bloodwing Demon Cult. Joining forces with Wuji, he breaks through the barriers between worlds and explores the Myriad Worlds! (Three new arcs have since been added: the Cangwu Cultivation Realm, the One Piece worl 3.7kReads—Score141Shelves
14. 264 救 Help! There’s No Way She’s a Player 救命！她不可能是个玩家 The Body Cannot Bind the Soul皮囊不缚灵魂Sci-Fi & Apocalypse519k WordsOngoing [Game invasion + travel between two worlds + lone wolf + escalating plot] [Set in a fusion of cyberpunk and post-apocalyptic wasteland worlds] Shu Ying, the chief assassin of the Undertakers Association, is dead. It's a little embarrassing to admit, but she was killed by one of her own. The good news is that, halfway through dying, a game called Gears of Time cut in and stole her away. She ended up inside the game. System: The requirements are simple: become a Hunter and help deal with rule-brea 246Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend this book. The female lead isn't a saint; she's quite selfish, and the plot is very enjoyable and well-connected. Highly recommended!

15. 265 我 I Cultivate Through Bloodsucking 我靠吸血修仙 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy357k WordsCompleted The new novel, I Get Awesome Through Technology, is currently being serialized and has already reached one million words. The ghost story collection, Tales of Demons and Ghosts at Night, is complete. If you like ghost stories, go check it out. 59Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommended good books worth reading

16. 266 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... 2kReads—Score100Shelves

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    An incredibly satisfying and exhilarating story, super fun and not angsty at all, invincible from the start, ruthless and decisive in battle!!!

17. 267 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
18. 268 逆 Chronicles of the Reverse Spring 逆泉纪 Yuanshan Yu缘山鱼Mystery354k WordsOngoing A children's rhyme brought a man-eating Bian Po to their village. A Liang could only watch as his sister was dragged into the darkness, leaving behind a bloodstained cloth shoe. The village elder said, “Someone invited it in.” Who was the one who gave them honey and lured them into singing that rhyme? With the Gu passed down through his family, A Liang joined the hunting party and ventured into the dark forest. He had no idea that waiting for him up ahead was not just the Bian Po, but also a sec —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    New book, Southwest Folk Horror

19. 269 以 Rebuilding the World with Fire as Our Torch 以火为炬重建人间 A Few Things in the Rest of My Life余生二三事Sci-Fi & Apocalypse192k WordsOngoing No System, no rebirth, no cheat-powered stockpiling. Just a blazing supernatural ability awakened in the depths of despair, and the long road to rebuilding humanity, one step at a time through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. The apocalypse arrives, cities fall, and millions become its victims in an instant. In a dead-end alley with nowhere left to turn, ordinary man Gu Feng awakens the rare power of crimson flames, lighting the first ember in the darkness. From desperate survival at t —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The fire-elemental protagonist isn't invincible; in the early stages of a battle master, it's common for their hands to be burned open. Zhao Li covers the retreat with his sword, Sister Lin stops the bleeding and saves lives, and Fang Yuan searches for the enemy from a thousand meters away. It's an ensemble piece; the supporting characters aren't rigid, and everyone has their weaknesses!

20. 270 万 Eternal Emperor Venerable 万古帝尊 Nangong Ling南宫凌Eastern Fantasy5.8M WordsCompleted I will be neither god nor demon. I live only for myself! This is an unprecedented age of grandeur, where everyone is a dragon, a heaven-blessed prodigy. From birth, they can cultivate martial power strong enough to make heaven and earth tremble and ghosts and gods submit! Those with the bloodline of sages awaken against the heavens! Forbidden physiques reappear in the world! Those blessed with divine gifts are everywhere... Prodigies emerge in droves, born with gods and demons protecting them: t 521Reads8.1Score136Shelves

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    It truly meets all the criteria! This is the only good book I've searched for so long.

21. 271 后 The Harem Emperor 后宫大帝 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy607k WordsCompleted A harem novel with multiple female leads and a System. If you like beautiful women, come take a look. A naturally lecherous nouveau riche gets sent to the cultivation world after sexually harassing a waitress and being hit by a computer, bringing along a hundredfold experience System. He levels up at breakneck speed, is lecherous by nature, gathers a harem, and gets revenge on his enemies. He's a coward who fears death and never goes anywhere dangerous. I've never liked challenging people above 757Reads6.4Score—Shelves
22. 272 汉 The Struggle for Supremacy at the End of the Han: Winners Become Kings, Losers Become Outlaws 汉末争霸之成王败寇 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Historical210k WordsCompleted The protagonist is Zhang Jiao. He sweeps across the realm, vying for supremacy through warfare and battles between generals. A village bully’s soul travels back to the late Eastern Han and takes over Zhang Jiao’s body. At a moment of crisis, he turns the tide and leads the Yellow Turbans in a sweeping conquest of the realm, winning through strategy. 90Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 273 我 I Am the Source of the Uncanny: Sacrifice to Heaven and Earth, Sacrifice to All Humanity! 我为诡异源头，祭天地，祭苍生！ Born to Be a Stock-Trading Saint先天炒股圣胎Eastern Fantasy400k WordsOngoing [A Dark Version of Shrouding the Heavens] + [No Female Lead] + [The Antithesis of Huang] + [Overwhelming, Unstoppable Power] “I am the source of the strange and uncanny. I shall sacrifice every enemy beneath the heavens!” As one of the ten progenitors of the Strange Highlands, Cang Zu was tired of every sacrificial epoch bringing nothing but the faint hope of a future that might never come. So he decided to become the source of all darkness himself, claiming every living being who would otherwis 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A darker version of the "Covering the Sky" trilogy, the protagonist is the eerie progenitor who, wanting to follow Shi Hao's path and reach the pinnacle of each realm, reincarnates in the Desolate Heaven Realm. There's no romance; the protagonist is intelligent, there's no harem, and he's extremely self-serving.

24. 274 我 Refining Gu in Douluo Dalu 我在斗罗炼蛊 Half-Mad Drunkard半疯的酒鬼Male-Channel Fanfiction135k WordsOngoing [Cold-blooded + decisive and ruthless + reincarnation and killing girls + crowds everywhere] He transmigrates to Douluo and refines Gu from the people of the world. From the start, he uses Blood Skull Gu on his younger brother and sister. Look at Huo Yuhao in the early story: an inspiring young man, patient and hardworking. Huo Yuhao later on, well... Come on, let your senior brother show you a little of the Gu world’s shock and awe. Aren’t relatives the best nourishment for improving one’s apti 8Reads6.6Score—Shelves
25. 275 以 The Path of Proving Killing Through Killing 以杀证杀道 Loves Loofah and Meatball Soup爱吃丝瓜肉丸汤Eastern Fantasy598k WordsCompleted No saintly heroine, no female lead, no System, no transmigration. With the power to commune with the netherworld, Lin Tian carves an invincible path across the Tianyuan Continent. If anyone stands in his way, he kills them. If a sect stands in his way, he wipes it out. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book feels good; it's not a saintly story, there's no female lead, and the characters are decisive and ruthless.

26. 276 成 So What If I Become a Demon? 成魔，又奈我何 Bricklaying Workhorse Bro打工搬砖北狗哥Eastern Fantasy94k WordsOngoing The people closest to me dealt me the deepest pain! An ordinary man cultivates demonic arts, masters an invincible technique, and finds himself surrounded by beauties. My first love and fiancée thought I was a good-for-nothing, while the bootlickers of the immortal sect laughed at me as a worthless nobody. From then on, I mastered the supreme arts of the Demon King, cultivated and discussed the Dao with the most beautiful women in the world, and eventually trampled the hypocritical orthodox cult —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist begins with a broken engagement, a destroyed family, and being crippled. Reborn from the ashes, he begins cultivating magic, becoming a cultivation fanatic—ruthless, cunning, and devoid of martial ethics. He traverses both the immortal and demon realms, slaughtering all the villains in the world.

27. 277 高 High Martial Arts: A Blade That Slashes the Heavens 高武之刀斩苍穹 White-Robed Mortal Life浮生白衣Urban576k WordsCompleted He clawed his way out of a blood pool in hell, and returned as a walking calamity among mortals. His former name had long since burned away. Now, he is Zhang Mo, a vicious weapon born for nothing but annihilation! His blade is his tongue, and an unmarked stele bears witness. Every ringing stroke of his blade is the final word of countless lives. Tenderness? Loyalty? Dust in the wind! In his world, there is only the solitary peak of slaughter, watered with scalding blood. 6Reads5.3Score—Shelves

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    It perfectly meets your requirements and is worth checking out.

28. 278 魔 Demonic Path Sequence: Stripping Away the Myriad Worlds 魔道序列：剥离万界 Chijiu Ji持久麂Eastern Fantasy828k WordsCompleted Is cultivation a climb to the top, or a process of being sifted through layer by layer? Su Fan was an unaffiliated cultivator in the mortal realm until he chanced upon a damaged ancient scroll that could strip the essence from all things. At first, all he wanted was to survive. Then one day, on the eve of his ascension, he saw a list meant only for the strong: It was no Investiture of the Gods, but a harvest order. From the mortal realm to the spirit realm, from True Immortals to the Dao Domain, —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend a dark novel.

29. 279 暗 Dark Night King: The Old Hand in DNF 暗夜君王：我在DNF当老六 Sheldon's Brain谢尔顿的大脑Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted An ordinary person transmigrates into the world of DNF. From the start, he rescues Seria from a fire and opens an inn at Elvenguard. From then on, he enjoys a wonderful life of keeping the books, brewing tea, and manipulating everything from behind the scenes, until Hilder herself comes to stay. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 280 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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    Villains, not saints, ruthless and decisive, all members are selfish, highly intelligent and emotionally intelligent, and logical.

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