No Female Lead, No Romantic Tension, Few Female Side Characters. Don't Make Random Recommendations, I Really Will Tear Into You 无女主，无暧昧，女配少，别乱推书，我真的会喷人

1. 851 妖EN Demon World: I Become a Martial Saint with the System! 妖魔世界：我以系统成武圣！ The Merciful Lion仁慈的狮子Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Muscles + body-tempering martial arts + stat points + slaying demons and monsters + ruthless action! In a world of demons and monsters, human lives are as worthless as grass! Lu Shaolin is reborn in this world. Starting from the bottom, he uses the power of the System to smash through every obstacle, become a Martial Saint, and turn the tide! In truth, even the tiniest spark can set the grassland ablaze and burn away all corruption! 20.8kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves
2. 852 鄱 The Tale of the Lord of Poyang Lake 鄱阳湖君传 Left-Handed One-Armed Man左断手Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted This book has been published. After an unexpected transmigration, Chen Qinghe became a blackfish spirit in Poyang Lake. Though transformed into a demon, Chen Qinghe never forgot his humanity. He rescued people from drowning, gave aid to those in danger, and lived peacefully alongside humans, who came to revere him as the Great King Wuli. But people have their fortunes and misfortunes, and demons have their tribulations. As various factions schemed over Poyang Lake, Chen Qinghe became the first s 22.3kReads9.1Score2kShelves
3. 853 山 Shanhai Academy: The Age of Awakening 山海学院：觉醒时代 Moon Over Wind City风城月下Urban270k WordsCompleted [No female lead + no System + thrilling read + academy setting + ensemble cast] Every year, some people in this ordinary world awaken to the “power of the mountains and seas” within them. After a mysterious exam, Fang Shijin is invited to enter the mysterious Shanhai Academy. Other people can wield elemental powers. But I have an affinity for every element and can command them all! Other people can summon weapons. But I can summon twelve legendary weapons! Watch as I, Fang Shijin, rise in this a 607Reads6.3Score100Shelves

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   Check out this one; the male lead is a total straight man, obsessed with improving his practical skills.

4. 854 震 Shocking! Is My Family Going to Tear Me Apart and Eat Me? 震惊！我的家人要把我分而食之？ Throne of Fear恐惧王座Urban673k WordsCompleted [One Man’s High Martial Arts]+ [Brute]+ [Original Sin Abomination]+ [Survival]+ [No Female Lead]+ [Extreme Martial Arts] Gu Qing stared at the notebook on the desk, stunned by what it contained. “My father looks at me like I’m a delicious piece of meat…” “My mother often wipes the corners of her mouth when I turn back after leaving the house…” “Three days ago, senior year of high school began. On my way home, I heard what my parents were thinking.” “Yes, they really do plan to, on the day I tur 1.4kReads8.7Score100Shelves
5. 855 不 I'm Immortal, Yet Even More Eerie Than the Strange 不死的我，比诡异还诡异 Wu Wuwu吾舞舞吾Eastern Fantasy594k WordsCompleted Invincible + immortal + perseverance + success through sheer hard work Li Tianzhen, a young man of the new era, is immortal and trains in martial arts to strengthen his body. In this world, endless strange horrors roam, and people are helpless as fish on a chopping board. Li Tianzhen grabs fierce ghosts with his bare hands and captures evil demons, letting them tear into him. He looks righteous, yet behind him his blood qi surges like something emerging from the primeval wilderness. “I cultivate 500Reads7.6Score—Shelves
6. 856 从 Infinite Evolution, Starting as a Mosquito 从蚊子开始无限进化 Sliced Bitter Melon苦瓜切片Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [No human transformation, do-gooders beware, no heroine] Chen Feng transmigrates to another world with an Infinite Evolution System and becomes the most ordinary mosquito imaginable. As long as he drinks blood, he can evolve. From then on, Chen Feng embarks on a journey of endless evolution. Powerful sect leaders, ancient divine beasts, mighty dragons: they’re all just experience points. Leading an army of mosquitoes, Chen Feng conquers the world and makes it tremble beneath his wings. 2.3kReads8.5Score220Shelves
7. 857 灵 Spiritual Qi Revival: I Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger 灵气复苏：我在扮猪吃虎 Slaughterer of All Living Things屠戮苍生Urban2.5M WordsCompleted Lin Chen transmigrates into a world where spiritual qi has revived. Since he didn't awaken a talent, his teachers, classmates, and family see him as a complete good-for-nothing, and even his girlfriend breaks up with him. Awakened ones? What's that? I'm an unparalleled cultivator! Across the Myriad Worlds, no matter how peerless or brilliant you are, no matter how you shake the ages, I can suppress you with a wave of my hand. I have enemies in every direction and factions all around me. No matte 76.1kReads8.6Score8.7kShelves

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   These are all novels without a female lead, but some of the male leads have female junior sisters. Their interactions are normal, without any complicated relationships; they're treated as senior and junior siblings. I've read some, and some I haven't. If anyone finds any novels with female leads, please let me know. Perhaps my tastes are unique, but I particularly like the third book, and I quite like the second one too. Speaking of which, I used to enjoy novels with female leads, but I prefer single-female-lead stories. I don't know when it started, but I read a harem novel with a bunch of messy relationships, and it made me afraid to read anything with a female lead; it left me with a phobia. Also, some novels have a "sex first, love later" dynamic, where the protagonist has sex but then doesn't take responsibility, and remains ambiguous with other girls. I really dislike this kind of thing; it feels cheap. Whenever there's a female lead, I feel inexplicably uncomfortable.

8. 858 理 A Top Science Student Takes the Imperial Exams? His Majesty Is Stunned by His Brilliance 理科状元考科举？强到朕傻眼 Lucky Lin招财林Historical2.2M WordsOngoing [Imperial examinations + court politics + farming + alternate history + daily life + lighthearted + no romance] Li Su had barely had time to savor becoming the top scorer in the national college entrance exam when he transmigrated as the youngest son of the Li family. His whole family doted on him, even though they lived on coarse grain and vegetables, and supported his studies. The original owner had been led astray by his classmates. Selfish and only interested in having fun, he had ruined him 91.8kReads8.9Score9.1kShelves

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   This is good, female lead, no romantic subplots.

9. 859 天 Talent Plunder: I Transform My Martial Body into the Great Sun 天赋掠夺：我以武道身化大日 This Username Is Already Taken该用户名已存在Eastern Fantasy589k WordsCompleted [Fast-Paced Wish Fulfillment] [No Female Lead] [Martial Arts] [Grow Stronger by Slaying Monsters!] After transmigrating into a chaotic age overrun by monsters, Yi Yan thought he had no way forward. He had no bloodline from a powerful clan, and martial arts were in decline across the land. But who could have guessed that after killing a monster in self-defense, he would plunder its talent! Kill a female ghost to gain [Moonlit Ghost Physique] Slay an Earth Fiend Dragon to gain [Undying Earth Fiend 4kReads8.5Score263Shelves
10. 860 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 98kReads8.9Score8.5kShelves
11. 861 别 While Everyone Else Is in the Beginner’s Village, I’ve Already Destroyed the World 别人新手村，我已毁灭世界 Dumplings for Breakfast Today今天早上吃饺子Urban618k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the parallel world of Blue Star, Lu Ming discovers that people can freely travel between reality and games, and that everyone on Earth is a gamer! Most importantly, the powers they gain in games can be brought back into the real world! Lu Ming is different from other players. Not only can he bring his in-game powers back to reality, they aren’t weakened at all. However strong he is in the game, that’s how strong he is in real life! [Entering game: Evolution Battle] [Game 12.5kReads9.0Score785Shelves
12. 862 仙 The Immortal Emperor Is Reborn, Posing as a Newbie and Lurking in a Cultivation Chat Group 仙帝重生，我在修仙群装萌新吃瓜 September Longbow九月长弓Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Mu Yuanxiu, the number one Immortal Venerable of the Nine Provinces Continent, is annihilated by the tribulation lightning of an Immortal Emperor… He thinks his soul has been obliterated, but when he wakes, he finds himself back on Blue Star, eighteen thousand years in the past, in the life he once regretted… Returned from the world of immortal cultivation, he vows to follow his heart and live freely in this life! But why is this ordinary world from his memories growing stranger by the day? What 660Reads8.5Score100Shelves

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    I've finished all the books except for the third one, which I haven't finished yet. There are very few female leads or supporting female characters.

13. 863 穿 I Transmigrated and Inherited an Auction House: You’re Selling Mystery Boxes in Shipping Containers? 穿越继承拍卖行，你整盲盒集装箱 Qujiang Xiaobai渠江小白Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Cultivation-World Auction House + Mystery-Box Shipping Containers + Mostly Slice of Life] [This isn't just one auction after another. It's a series of stories centered around the auction house. If that's not your thing, proceed with caution.] “Manager Su! It's over! Our auction house is really finished!” A rather portly man was sobbing and sniveling as he threw himself in front of another man. “Stop making such a racket. You're crying away all the good fortune our auction house has,” Su Ran sai 5.5kReads8.2Score577Shelves

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    Blind Box Auction House

14. 864 我 I Was Raised by Monsters 我被怪物养大 Uncle Nan Yao南妖叔Urban769k WordsCompleted The story is set in a modern city in a parallel world. Legend has it that City A is home to an urban myth called the White Cat Agency. The agency is run by a group of monsters and demons. As long as you pay the appropriate price, they'll fulfill any request you make. Money, organs, emotions, memories, years of life... Anything could become a bargaining chip. Seventeen years ago, an infant boy of unknown origins was found by the agency's owner and raised by a group of monsters. Seventeen years l 2kReads9.6Score379Shelves
15. 865 一 One Shot of Beast Medicine a Day, and Even Martial Gods Wet Themselves at the Sight of Me 一天一针兽药，武神见我也要吓尿 Little Rabbit Gaba Silver小兔嘎嘣银Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Interstellar martial arts] [Evolution and modification] [Fake System] [Decisive and ruthless] [Human-shaped Gundam] [Unfathomable in the later stages] Su Chen transmigrated, into the body of a dying boy. From the start, he was covered in tumors. A young lady mocked him, and the hospital gave him a death sentence outright. Just when he was at his most desperate, he suddenly realized that his tumor-filled body seemed to have an absurdly high tolerance for drugs! Could taking veterinary drugs help 2kReads8.2Score204Shelves
16. 866 灰 The Gray Fog World: My Enhancement Panel 灰雾世界：我的强化面板 Qian Ruo Jieshi阡若杰士Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Stat upgrades + ruthless combat + no female lead + power fantasy] Goody-two-shoes, stay away. [Note: This is a multiverse story, not a single world.] This is a broken martial world, blanketed in gray mist. The mist is teeming with all kinds of deadly dangers that can claim your life, but it also holds opportunities. There are countless inheritances here. If you have what it takes to kill those things that can barely be called living creatures, their precious memories are yours for the taking. H 9.3kReads8.3Score693Shelves
17. 867 重 Reborn as a Mantis: I Begin Endless Evolution by Devouring Flesh and Blood 重生螳螂，吞噬血肉开始无限进化 Rabbits Are So Cute兔兔那么可爱Eastern Fantasy720k WordsCompleted Lu Qing was ambushed and reborn in another world as a mantis. Here, there were primordial beasts, insect overlords, colossal creatures of the deep, and more. They were everywhere, and danger lurked at every turn. Fortunately, Lu Qing could evolve by devouring flesh and blood. So no matter what the species, anything that crossed his path became a meal for him. Just as Lu Qing grew stronger and stronger on the path of evolution, the divine formation activated! When he stepped out of the formation, 161.7kReads8.7Score16.6kShelves
18. 868 家 Clan Cultivation: From the Start, I Transmigrate into a Demonic Rope 家族修仙：开局穿越成了魔绳 I Pick Up Stars in the Milky Way我在银河捡星星Xianxia304k WordsOngoing #Cultivation Clan#Slow-Burn Ordinary-Mortal Story#No Female Lead#Decisive and Ruthless... Shen Mo transmigrates into a demon god sealed by a rope of Immortal King rank. A cultivation clan on the brink of destruction finds him. He can communicate with its members and lend them his power for a short time, but the price is their lives, essentially a sacrificial possession. He can also briefly possess outsiders, grow stronger, and clear away obstacles. From then on, he dwells within the demonic rope —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No female lead, no romantic subplots, family-based cultivation, mortal cultivation, slow-burn progression, pseudo-ensemble cast, decisive and ruthless, the protagonist has a family cheat ability, can briefly possess others for help, and his cultivation level is similar to Qi Refining or Nascent Soul.

19. 869 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 1MReads9.9Score162.2kShelves
20. 870 开 An Old Master from the Start, Forced to Become a Cultivation Maniac 开局老爷爷，我被迫成了传功狂魔 An Idle Wanderer一个闲客Eastern Fantasy246k WordsCompleted This book has no female lead. It's lighthearted, funny, and cheerful, with no angst at all, and follows a comedic route. The old man will never become younger. The plot moves at a moderate pace, neither too fast nor too slow. Since the protagonist starts out at a high level, his cultivation will advance somewhat quickly in the early stages. 147Reads8.2Score—Shelves
21. 871 我 I, Ghost Cicada, Sweeping Through the Cultivation World Is Perfectly Reasonable 我，鬼蝉，杀穿修真界很合理吧 Sliced Bitter Melon苦瓜切片Eastern Fantasy615k WordsCompleted [Villain Protagonist + Never Takes Human Form + No Female Lead + Not a Do-Gooder] After transmigrating into a cicada, Chen Yun will stop at nothing to collect evolution items, committing every manner of evil and using any means necessary. The reverse scale of a waning-moon wind dragon + the soul of a Tribulation Realm cultivator = ??? From then on, the cultivation world gained a cicada that slaughtered countless people. Since this world has no place for me, I’ll carve a path through it with bloo 1.1kReads8.4Score109Shelves

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    No female lead, dark fantasy. The protagonist is a cicada.

22. 872 杀 Murderous Intent Profiling 杀意侧写 Northern Land 661北陆661Sci-Fi & Apocalypse918k WordsCompleted [Sci-Fi/Crime Solving/Psychological Infinite Flow/Brain-Bending, with Many Foreshadowing Clues/Unique Worldbuilding/No Female Lead, No Formulaic Tropes, Not a Power Fantasy] “The people who sell bullets will never hope for peace.” “Groups that profit from crime will never maintain social order.” Three years ago, after learning of the Nova Group’s Totem Project, Yu Bai laid out his plans, decided to forget everything, and turned himself in. Three years later, during a rooftop hostage crisis, he b 80Reads8.1Score—Shelves
23. 873 物 The Material World: Outward from Xierzhuo 物质世界：从希尔佐向外 It's Heterochromia-Chan是异色眼酱哦Eastern Fantasy121k WordsOngoing A solitary adventure, a savage world, and rival forces intertwining. Starting after losing everything, survive on the continent of Oulura, using everything at your disposal to stay alive and make your story your own. 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No female lead, no romantic subplots, practically no female supporting characters; just a simple adventure story I wrote myself.

24. 874 病 A Sickly Powerful Official's Guide to Lying Flat 病弱权臣的躺平指南 Socially Anxious Bandit Chief社恐悍匪头目Historical2.0M WordsOngoing [Transmigration] + [Alternate History] + [Imperial Court] + [Wits and Strategy] + [Imperial Examinations] My name is Xiao Yi, and my dream is to be a lazybones who can lie flat. I just want to take it easy. I have only one annual KPI: sleep a total of 8,760 hours. So I can sleep in peace, I plan to give the family ledgers a quick once-over. I casually point out three loopholes, hoping they'll leave me alone. The result: the old bookkeeper falls to his knees and begs for mercy, and I'm forced to 11.5kReads7.7Score1.3kShelves

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    These few are pretty good.

25. 875 寻 Searching for Serenity 寻找安宁 Wolves Climb Down the Mountain狼爬山下Eastern Fantasy439k WordsOngoing Zhao Xiangping transmigrates to an era where might makes right. The System grants him tremendous strength, then takes off, leaving him to survive alone in this world. In the end, he carves out a place of peace with the sword in his hand. No heroine. He kills only so he can retire. 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Completely no female lead, no female supporting characters, no saintly figures, and no dragging things out.

26. 876 终 Endless Haunting: Reading Minds from the Start, My Whole Family Wants Me Dead 终诡游戏：开局读心，全家想杀我 My Name Is Wang Tugou我叫王土狗Mystery2.7M WordsOngoing [Warning!!! Not traditional horror! Unconventional! Emotion-driven, plot-focused, not a power fantasy!] [Horror game + lighthearted comedy? + ultra-healing + not a mindless power fantasy + male lead starts out normal, then turns unhinged and inhuman + no romance + intelligent System + author is in a good state of mind = ???] [Welcome to the Ultimate Horror Game!!!] Zhao Ping'an became a player in the [Ultimate Horror Game] and entered its world. From the start, he had to choose his family. Who s 2.7kReads9.1Score311Shelves

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    I've read most of them, they're good. The fourth book, "Monster Slayer," is incredibly satisfying to read, highly recommended. The thirteenth book is also quite good. I won't say much about the third book, let's welcome the Dragon King back to the throne! [Smirk]

27. 877 谍 Espionage: I Got the Living Yama System from the Start 谍战：开局获得活阎王系统 Noodles with Gravy, but No Gravy打卤面没有打卤Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Upright values➕decisive and ruthless➕no female lead] In a parallel world, Su Mingzhe transmigrates to 1936 and becomes a second lieutenant in the Military Statistics Bureau, where he awakens the Living Yama System. As long as he inflicts both physical and psychological torment on the Japanese and their Chinese collaborators, he can obtain intelligence. Su Mingzhe skips the interrogation and starts with a one-two punch: the tiger bench and pepper water! “Ding! Reward: or 13.3kReads8.7Score1kShelves
28. 878 大 Great Qin: From the Start, I Open a Clinic in Xianyang to Heal the World 大秦：开局在咸阳开医馆治天下 Begonia on Snowy Mountain雪上山海棠Historical329k WordsCompleted What can a medical student trained in traditional Chinese medicine do in Qin? Naturally, treat the nobility and meet Ying Zheng. He will help Ying Zheng claim the title of the greatest emperor of all time, while becoming the one and only physician-chancellor in history. Treating the sick and saving lives is only the bare minimum. Saving the nation and its people is an intermediate goal. Governing the world and claiming it for himself are what a transmigrator ought to do. 488Reads6.2Score—Shelves
29. 879 大 Great Qin: Who Upset My Frail, Ailing Worthy Minister? 大秦：谁惹我那体弱多病的贤卿了 Leisurely Clouds Borrow Rain Ink闲云借雨墨Ancient Romance1.1M WordsOngoing Transmigration + no romance + mostly daily life + a System (but it doesn’t feature much) Zhou Wenqing unexpectedly transmigrated into the chaotic Warring States period. That was bad enough, but when she opened her eyes, she discovered she was gravely wounded. A moment later, she remembered that her original self had been sent by the state of Han to Qin as a “spy,” and she was completely at a loss. Zhou Wenqing had no intention of flapping her little butterfly wings. Time and again, she tried to 26kReads9.1Score2.2kShelves
30. 880 开EN From the Start, I Sign In for the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits Transformations 开局签到天罡三十六变 Zhuang Shisan庄十三Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted Chen Qingyu transmigrated to the Desolate Ancient Realm and became the legitimate heir of an eternal Saint King clan. From the start, he signed in to receive the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits Divine Ability, along with peerless talent for cultivation! But that was only the beginning: Sign in to receive a Nine-Revolution Golden Pill, a Chaos Green Lotus Seed, and a Primordial Spirit Root. Swallow them, and his cultivation and realm would soar! Sign in to receive the Jade Disc of Creation, the Yin-Y 18.9kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves
31. 881 开 Exiled from the Start, I Became the Biggest Menace 开局流放，我成了祸害头子 Bone-Leak Gua Wen骨漏呱闻Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsOngoing [No heroine] Everyone in the Tamor Desert Exile Zone knew that Shi Sun was a miserable, foul-mouthed bastard. His daily routine went like this: When danger struck, Shi Sun: Might as well die. When faced with a problem, Shi Sun: How come I haven't died yet? When someone spoke to him, Shi Sun: Just pretend I'm dead. When someone doubted him, Shi Sun: Believe it or don't. If you don't, go die. When someone asked him for help, Shi Sun: What can I do? Want me to go die? The criminals in the Exile Zon 2.4kReads9.1Score209Shelves
32. 882 长 Eternal Immortality: A Jailor Hiding Out in the Heavenly Prison 长生万古：苟在天牢做狱卒 Qingfeng Riverside青峰浦上Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Smart characters, no brainless plotlines]+ [No System]+ [Cautious survival]+ [Immortality]+ [No heroine]+ [A sly schemer]+ [Political intrigue]+ [Prudent and cautious] Zhang Wu transmigrates to a cultivation world and becomes a jailer in the Imperial Prison from the start. For officials, the end of the road is the Imperial Prison. For soldiers, it is dying on the battlefield. For those in the martial world, it is getting killed in a vendetta. None of them meet a good end. If he wants to survive 37.4kReads9.1Score3.1kShelves
33. 883 一 One Merit Per Second: The Two Buddhist Saints Are Drooling with Envy 一秒一功德，佛门二圣见我馋哭了 The Person Eating Melon Beneath the Moon月下吃瓜的人Eastern Fantasy466k WordsCompleted Reborn in a vast martial arts world, he becomes a novice monk-in-training at Futu Temple. The moment his head is shaved, he awakens a Merit System. He can spend merit points to instantly level up Buddhist scriptures and martial arts. He thought he would spend the rest of his life as a virtuous, benevolent monk. But then he heard the sound of a wooden fish being struck in his mind. The electronic wooden fish he had used to relieve stress in his previous life had somehow come with him when he tran 2.7kReads7.0Score137Shelves
34. 884 大 Great Qin: My Frail and Delicate Worthy Minister 大秦：我那身娇体弱的贤臣 White Clouds, White Clouds白云朵朵白Ancient Romance460k WordsCompleted Female transmigrates as a man + no romance + focused on building a career Zhang Yuanqing transmigrates into the body of a down-on-his-luck noble from the State of Chu during the Warring States period. “System for Great Ministers of the Ages activated. Host, work hard to become one of history's greatest ministers!” Wait, wait, wait. Having a System is a good thing, but what does it mean to become one of history's greatest ministers? It's a given that King Zheng of Qin will unite the six states. A 14.2kReads9.5Score1.6kShelves
35. 885 支EN The Pillar Project 支柱计划 The Universe Is Gaining Entropy宇宙在熵增Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.9M WordsOngoing [Eerie] [Cthulhu] [Doomsday Descends] [Rebuilding Civilization] [Cultural Relics] [Culture] Xu Chen felt that studying history in this parallel universe had no real prospects, so after some maneuvering, he switched to medicine. He never expected that he had just jumped straight into the fire. What awaited him was fear in its most direct form. After a certain island nation dumped wastewater into the sea, unspeakable horrors arose from the depths. Eerie symptoms began appearing one after another, 39.2kReads9.2Score3.1kShelves

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    I feel these are all

36. 886 末 Apocalypse Snail: A Little Conscience, but Not Much 末世蜗牛：有点良心，但不多 Uncultured, zz有辱斯文zzSci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [No System or Superpowers] [Comedy] [Wild Ideas] [Plot Twists] [Light Novel] [Protagonist Fans, Read at Your Own Risk] [Bizarre and Explosive] [Not for the Straight-Laced] One day, snails poured from the sky in place of rain. Anyone bitten turned into a monster, and resources became scarce… You'll see a protagonist group that is selfish and self-serving, lacking in empathy, hypocritical, vindictive, fake do-gooders, arrogant, two-faced, all pretenses, and downright crazy... Every las 9.1kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
37. 887 穿 I Transmigrated to a World of Superpowers, and I Can Live Until I Die 穿越到异能世界之我能活到死 Others Feast While I Take the Hits别人吃肉我挨打Urban85k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse] + [Superpowers] + [Urban] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Absurd Comedy] This novel has no female lead! No female lead! No female lead! Other people’s superpowers: immortality and omnipotence. Chun Zhu’s superpower: staying alive. [Synopsis] Chun Zhu transmigrates into a doomed apocalyptic world where superpowers are everywhere and strong fighters are as common as dogs. When other people awaken their superpowers, they can destroy the world. His only lets him “live until he dies.” The villai —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There are virtually no female characters throughout the entire series.

38. 888 人 The Immortal Food of Mankind 人种仙食 Big-Headed T头很大的T君Eastern Fantasy6.5M WordsOngoing "Weird Cultivation, Behind-the-Scenes Story" The Tang Dynasty: strange things are coming. When Li Qing transmigrated here, he thought Mr. Huayue had kindly taken him in. Little did he know that the man saw him only as livestock to be raised for food. At the brink of life and death, the jade tablet on Li Qing revealed its power, gravely wounding Mr. Huayue and allowing him to escape. But the danger was far from over. The scheme of the Six Paths and Eight Immortals to devour all living beings had 37.7kReads8.8Score3.3kShelves
39. 889 克 Call of Cthulhu Roleplaying: I Have Extraordinary Wisdom 克苏鲁跑团：我有极致的智慧 Silver MoonLilith银月LilithMystery1.0M WordsOngoing [Cthulhu Roleplaying] [Mystery] [Infinite Flow] [Plot Twists] [No Golden Finger] [No Female Lead] What matters most in a roleplaying game? The strength to take on ten opponents at once? The wisdom to notice the smallest details? The determination to never give up? Or the luck to always escape danger? When Lu Nanke woke up, he found himself inside a roleplaying game world with 500 attribute points to distribute among his eight stats. After a brief moment of thought, Lu Nanke resolutely put ev 15.9kReads9.4Score2.4kShelves
40. 890 大EN Demon Exorcist of Great Yin: Even a Passing Dog Gets Slapped Twice 大殷司妖人，狗路过都得挨两巴掌 Endless Life+生生不息+Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted One day, Lin Jun wakes up in a world where demons devour people. Fortunately, killing demons grants experience, which he can spend to deduce and simulate martial arts. To avoid being swallowed and ending up in a demon’s belly for no apparent reason, Lin Jun has no choice but to raise his butcher’s blade against the hordes of demons. Whatever kind of Mountain-Suppressing Demon King or Great Sage Who Floods the Seas you are, I’ll knock your head off and raze your home to the ground. I’ll chop up e 51.9kReads8.7Score4.4kShelves
41. 891 规 Rule Horror: I Heard the Path to Godhood! 规则怪谈：我听到了成神之路！ Wenzhi Tianya文之天涯Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted “You might not believe me, but being chosen by a rules-based horror story isn’t something to be afraid of.” “Then what would you call it?” “A blessing!” Facing a reporter’s questions, Ye Ling says calmly, “Rules-based horror is the grave of the mediocre, the doom of the timid, and the executioner’s blade for the arrogant.” “But more than that, it is…” “The path to godhood for the strong!” … From “A Family of Three” to “The True Immortal of Ancient Jiang,” from an ordinary nobody to ascending to 9.5kReads8.4Score763Shelves
42. 892 规 Rule Horror: The Haunted School 规则怪谈：诡异学校 Seventh Month July柒月JulyMystery580k WordsCompleted [System + Mystery + Deduction] I grew up in an ordinary family. To broaden my horizons in another city, I deliberately applied to a university far from home. But then strange things began happening one after another: bizarre campus rules, a mysterious countdown, and the secrets hidden behind the school slowly coming to light... 40.4kReads9.3Score4kShelves
43. 893 开 Going Wild with Misinterpretations from the Start, I Turn Out to Be the Evil God 开局疯狂迪化，结尾邪神本人 Dreaming of Dreams戏梦梦Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing [Western fantasy + mass misinterpretation + no female lead + a few secret identities + a touch of cosmic horror] [The first two chapters set things up; the misinterpretations begin in Chapter Three] Ji Ping sometimes reflects on the past few years of his life. His routine is simple: go home, eat, study books, then take on commissions to make ends meet. Nothing seems particularly wrong with that. At most, he worships a sufficiently benevolent evil god, and as a result, keeps running into all sort 17.5kReads8.8Score1.9kShelves
44. 894 双 I Travel Between Two Strange Worlds, But I'm a Ghost Cultivator! 双穿诡异世界，可我是鬼修啊！ A Xing Zai阿星仔Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted Jiang Zhao transmigrated into a cultivation world and accidentally joined a sect of ghost cultivators. Everyone in the sect was wicked. Jiang Zhao spent every day treading carefully, as if walking on thin ice. Fortunately, at a critical moment, he awakened his golden finger. He obtained a portal that let him travel between worlds, linking his own to one where the paranormal was running rampant. That world was crawling with supernatural entities. Refine one D-rank entity, and your cultivation bre 19.9kReads8.3Score2.1kShelves
45. 895 星 Conquest of the Star Sea: Am I the Only One Choosing to Ascend Through Natural Disasters? 星海争霸，只有我选择天灾飞升？ Red Ram红羊Sci-Fi & Apocalypse877k WordsCompleted [This book is the sequel to "Cultivating Immortality Is Hard? I Can Just Rewind Infinitely"!] [StarCraft + Warhammer + Fourth Calamity + Scheming and Hilarious + Rivers of Blood + No Female Lead] When human civilization broke free of gravity and reached the sea of stars, a brutal yet dazzling game of war began. Every powerful lord was a precious beacon of hope for all of human civilization, bringing blessings that would lead it forward. Just as civilization was flourishing in every direction, te 8.7kReads9.2Score696Shelves
46. 896 高 High Martial Arts Teacher: I’m Always Just a Little Bit Stronger Than My Students! 高武老师：我永远比学生强亿点！ Chu Ge79楚歌79Urban502k WordsCompleted [No Female Lead] [Invincible] [Skill Development] [A Mashup of Web-Novel and Anime Skills] In this world, everyone has to create their own skills and techniques. And there are no novels, online games, or movies. As a result, people have very little imagination when it comes to skills. Lin Mo transmigrated here and awakened the Strongest Teacher System. He can use any skill his students develop perfectly, and is guaranteed to execute it flawlessly. And so... What do you mean your student dodged 25.2kReads8.5Score3.8kShelves

    Reader note

    This is really good. I think the low rating is because some people can't accept the presence of other transmigrators, and they want the protagonist to be the only one. But I don't think this trope is necessary, because the protagonist easily defeats the other transmigrators as well, and is the strongest throughout the entire story. I didn't feel any frustration. The character development is excellent, and the plot is quite exciting. I spent the whole morning reading it, and I finished it, only to realize I haven't added it to my bookshelf yet. I think its only drawback is that it's too short; not enough to keep me entertained 😭

47. 897 家 Clan Cultivation: I Am the Clan's Guardian Spirit Beast 家族修仙：我为镇族灵兽 Toward the North Sea朝北海Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Mythical beast story, no human transformation, no romance, ensemble family saga] Reborn as a Blackwater Mystic Serpent named Mo Xuan, he gains a Clan Guardian Spirit Beast System and forms a bond with the Zhou family patriarch. He becomes the Zhou family's guardian spirit beast, and from then on, their fortunes rise and fall together. As the family gradually grows stronger, Mo Xuan also becomes one of the most powerful beings, and the name of the Zhou beast-taming family eventually resounds thr 35.7kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves

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    A snake becomes an immortal without transforming, so how can a female supporting character be paired with him? No female lead, no harem, it's a family ensemble piece, incredibly good! Highly recommended!

48. 898 网 The All-Purpose Summoner in an Online Game 网游之全能召唤师 Ta Mu Bolin塔姆博林Sports2.6M WordsOngoing (Online game + real world + no female lead + not reborn) A groundbreaking online game takes the world by storm, and players from four nations begin competing once more. Then one day, the game collides with the real world... Zhou Mo discovers that he is no longer just the world’s top player. Elemental spirits, treants, and ancient dragons all appear by his side. When the apocalypse arrives and the other three nations descend into chaos, players from Yan Nation ask, “Where are the monsters? Where 7.3kReads8.4Score510Shelves
49. 899 我 I’m Actually a Cultivation Prodigy 我其实是修行天才 Potato and Beef over Rice土豆牛肉盖浇饭Eastern Fantasy446k WordsOngoing [No Female Lead]+ [A Bit Too Invincible Among Peers]+ [Worldbuilding]+ [Peerless Genius] On the Tianyuan Continent, vital energy permeates everything. There are people of extraordinary gifts who absorb qi into their bodies and manifest all kinds of wondrous powers. They are known as cultivators. The five great holy lands each control their own territory, while the demon race watches hungrily from beyond their borders. I, Chen Yi, am the current direct disciple of Qian Academy. I have always beli 63Reads8.0Score—Shelves
50. 900 重 Reborn Tiger King: Devouring My Way to Becoming the Demon Ancestor 重生虎王：吞噬成妖祖 Qian Ci of Anti-Gravity反重力的千慈Urban774k WordsOngoing [Mythical beasts + invincible protagonist + no saintly behavior + spiritual qi revival + no heroine] Mu Yun, one of humanity's Ten Great War Gods, was betrayed by his own people and died a tragic death amid a swarm of void-dwelling bugs. By a miracle, he was reborn as a tiger and gained the Devour talent and the Myriad Demons Codex. In this life, he has decided to settle old scores and live for himself, crushing the calamity of the void with his invincible might. In this life, he fears no enemy. 2.1kReads8.9Score163Shelves

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