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. 101 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... 30.4kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves
2. 102 高 High Martial: This Sword Cultivator Is Not to Be Messed With 高武：这个剑修不好惹 Jing Mo Ran Xia璟墨染夏Urban842k WordsOngoing Neighbor A: “Look at yourself, then look at Lin Xiu...” Classmate B: “Stop competing so hard. Please, just stop...” Teacher C: “Lin Xiu is the most hardworking student I’ve ever met. It’s just... *sigh*.” Lin Xiu says: “I really don’t want to compete so hard, but...” The System says: “Host, your strength is insufficient. Please train harder.” The serious version: This is an age when prodigies rise and countless races vie for supremacy. A hundred years after martial arts began to flourish on Blu 2.3kReads8.7Score151Shelves

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   No female lead [laughing] Highly recommend the last one

3. 103 重 Reborn as a Max-Level Genius 重生后我成了满级天才 Moro Herbal Tea莫罗凉茶Urban533k WordsCompleted (Rebirth + golden finger + no System + everyone dotes on the protagonist) This is an age of flourishing diversity. After Jiang Shen jumped into a river to kill himself, he unexpectedly went from being an overworked corporate drone to being reborn as a fresh-faced teenager. Jiang Shen discovered that people who had been reborn could now conjure fire and water, animals could fly through the sky, and superheroes had been legalized. But there was no need to panic: he was still a normal person. Then 594Reads9.0Score113Shelves
4. 104 高 High Martial: My Interface Lets Me Harvest Floating Fortune and Gain Stats 高武：我有面板收割浮运能加点 Seeing Shapes Through a Borrowed Mirror借镜观形Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [No heroine] [Devoted to the Dao] [Decisive and ruthless] [No one gets whitewashed] Also known as: High Martial Arts: Who's Temperamental? I Just Get Stronger by Beating You Up The moment spiritual energy entered Jiang Yi's body, he awakened a status panel. From then on, every achievement he made became permanent. He could also spend the 'Fortune Points' he gained from harvesting others to add points, break through, and gain cultivation progress and talent traits. At first, all he wanted was to 1.8kReads6.6Score187Shelves

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   Male-oriented, no female lead, no ambiguity (basically no flirting). 1. Absolutely no flirting whatsoever. There are fans, but absolutely no flirting. It feels like there are men, women, young and old. 2. Quite enjoyable. A few flaws, but no flirting. 3. I feel it's very well written and I quite like reading it. I haven't seen the ending, but there are only a few female supporting characters. The protagonist has no flirting with anyone. 4. Nothing much to say. There's no possibility of flirting. It's a pure enjoyment story. I don't remember any female supporting characters. There were no flirting jokes or flirting. (It's quite annoying when there's no romance and they use flirting jokes, introduce a female supporting character with a one-sided crush, and then describe her figure and how the protagonist is moved but rejects her or how indifferent she is. If she's really indifferent, she won't deliberately describe it as flirtatious.) 5. Not finished yet, no romance. Judging from the looks of it, there won't be any flirting. The author wrote it very seriously and it's worth reading. 6. Very good. The writing is very refined, and the plot is not cliché. It's a rare good book. Overall, it respects the reader's intelligence and is logically consistent. The world-building unfolds slowly, and the supporting characters are all intelligent. There's absolutely no flirting, and it's written very seriously. (Well-written and serious novels with no romance generally don't have flirting, flirting jokes, or disgusting the reader.)

5. 105 阳 Getting Roasted in the Living World, My Fans in the Underworld Help Me Get Even 阳间被喷，阴间粉丝帮我找场子 Rehab Expert复健达人Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Funny and lighthearted + playing a ghost + scaring people and ghosts alike + horror livestream + no female lead + top-tier star of the underworld + reverse brainwashing + misunderstandings + ghostly illusions] Shen Si is an obscure actor who loves performing but has mediocre acting skills. In other people’s eyes, he’s a strange, awkward speaker with stiff limbs who crawls faster than he runs. One day, he receives a script and enters a supernatural film set. Here, his awkwardness is because he’s 14.4kReads9.3Score2kShelves
6. 106 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! 81.4kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves

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   No female lead, no ambiguous relationships, almost invincible

7. 107 诸 Reincarnating Through the Heavens, I Bloom Amid Slaughter 诸天轮回，我于杀戮中绽放 A Heart of Roses, Fierce as a Tiger心有蔷薇如虎Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsCompleted [Infinite flow, the Myriad Worlds, original worlds, decisive killing, no female lead] After Chu Yunhan was chosen by the Tower of Guixu, which governs the infinite multiverse, to become a hunter, his talent, Spirit-Slaying, granted him the ability to absorb the power of souls through killing, strengthening himself and deducing cultivation techniques. To survive, he had no choice but to descend into one terrifying world after another and face endless slaughter. When his presence spread across the 86.8kReads8.5Score11.1kShelves

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   No female lead, no ambiguity, no female supporting characters, just pure pure enjoyment!! Super good, I've been saving this for ages! If you don't like it, come back and yell at me!

8. 108 治 The Healing-Type Carry 治疗系大爹 Little Li Li小李李Urban657k WordsCompleted After Li Xuan awakens a healing-type power, every major faction fights to recruit him. But can someone explain why this healer is surrounded by so many big shots? I can’t afford to offend any of them. This is the story of the military academy’s only frail healer, as everyone else sees him, who meets a group of dependable companions and leads the Huaxia Alliance in carving out a path to survival. 7.6kReads8.2Score639Shelves
9. 109 大 Great Qin: The Ruthless Chancellor, Whom the First Emperor Begs Not to Kill 大秦：最狠丞相，始皇求我别杀了 Never Saw the Moon of Qin不曾见秦时月Historical2.5M WordsCompleted [Decisive and Ruthless + The Protagonist Is a Master Schemer + No Romance + Career-Focused Protagonist] After transmigrating into the Great Qin dynasty, Liu Bai rose straight to the position of Great Qin's Left Chancellor. From the start, he had seven thousand surrendered rebels buried alive. When he returned to Xianyang, everyone was sharpening their knives, ready to impeach the chancellor. Only then did they realize it was all just the beginning. “Your Majesty, Left Chancellor Liu Bai beat Zha 32.1kReads9.4Score3.7kShelves
10. 110 高 High Martial: Dreamcraft Takes the Sword Dao 高武：造梦入主剑道 Long-Separated and Nameless阔别无名Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [No heroine + decisive and ruthless + smart protagonist + prodigy who doesn’t hide his abilities + nearly invincible + swordsmanship + dreams] In the continent of Jiuzhou, secret realms appeared one after another, turning it into a battlefield between two worlds. From then on, powerful cultivators rose in Jiuzhou, as swordsmen, Confucians, Buddhists, Daoists, martial artists, and others fought to defend their homeland! Lu Tianxing rose from humble beginnings. After ten years of hardship, he brok 131Reads7.2Score277Shelves
11. 111 当 After the Villain Stops Slacking Off, the Chosen One Panics 当反派不在摆烂后，气运之子慌了 City Madman都市狂人Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [System + domineering + not a saint + villain + scheming + ruthless] Gu Qingxiao transmigrated into a fantasy world and became the Gu family’s divine son. With his talent and status, wasn’t he set to win at life? He chose to give up and coast instead! Unexpectedly, a villain System awakened. Gu Qingxiao ignored it. Who cared about being a villain? Let someone else do it! But when he watched his followers die, and saw his family get entangled with chosen ones for all sorts of bizarre reasons, Gu 24.6kReads8.9Score2kShelves
12. 112 超 God-Tier Beast Tamer: An S-Rank Superpower from the Start 超神御兽：开局奖励S级异能 Fragrance Collector揽香客Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Beast Taming] [System] [Lighthearted] A hundred years ago, solar storms swept across Blue Star, triggering a global catastrophe. Gigantic beasts from the stars descended upon the world, awakening seventeen ancient Titan-class beasts that had slumbered for billions of years. They opened the Gate to the Stars and summoned endless soul beasts to invade Blue Star. As the world faced its final apocalypse, a Soul Ranking descended from the heavens. All of humanity awakened soul contracts, formed bloo 4.4kReads8.2Score342Shelves
13. 113 御 Beast Tamer: My Battle Beasts All Have Imperial Bloodlines 御兽，我的战兽都是帝王血脉 Three Thousand Regrets三千遗憾Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsCompleted This is a world of beast tamers. Countless demons roam, and bloodlines reign supreme! The golden dragon roars proudly across the heavens, its fury shaking the sky! The blue demon blood turtle stands as steady as a mountain, its presence deep and imposing! The blood-winged demon bat rampages in a blood frenzy, a ghostly force no one can defeat! The Gengjin Sword Puppet is cold and merciless, each sword strike claiming a life! A young man awakens his talent and steps out of Black Dragon City. From 33.8kReads9.0Score3.2kShelves
14. 114 我 I'm the Boss of a Chaotic World, So Having a Few Billion Underlings Is Only Reasonable 我，乱世帮主，有亿点小弟合理吧 Bored Little Bai无聊小白啊Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Reborn in troubled times + villainous gang leader + high martial arts + no female lead + ruthless and decisive + rivalry between the martial world and the imperial court + domineering] Reborn as a gang leader in troubled times, he recruits a million disciples! Ruthless and decisive, he rises to power, unbeatable and without a love interest: Ying Xiu! Ying Xiu is reborn in troubled times. With supreme ruthlessness, he rises to power, establishes a gang, and dominates everything. “Damn it, how m 13.8kReads8.4Score839Shelves
15. 115 投 Investing in Destiny-Blessed Clan Members, My Power Equals the Entire Clan Combined 投资天命族人，我实力是全族总和 Sleepy Cat 9睡不醒的猫9Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing [Invincible + Clan + Ensemble Cast + Behind the Scenes + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Dominant + No Female Lead + No Romantic Tension + No Simping + No Holding Back + Decisive and Ruthless + Even More Exciting Later] Jiang Daoxuan transmigrates into a fantasy world and becomes the head of the Jiang clan. He obtains the Strongest Clan System. His strength is tied to the combined strength of the entire clan: the stronger his clan members, the stronger the Host! What's more, investing in clan members 128.5kReads9.1Score10kShelves
16. 116 全 Global Beast Taming: I Can See Every Evolutionary Path 全民御兽：我，洞察所有进化路线 Liu Yingxin流影心Urban506k WordsCompleted Xu Changsheng transmigrated into a world of spirit beasts, where he unexpectedly awakened the SSS-rank talent [Eye of the World], allowing him to see through all things and understand every hidden evolutionary path. At the same time, Xu Changsheng activated an achievement System, and his personal space received a divine upgrade! All spirit beasts that enter his personal space gain a trace of mythic bloodline! [After its final evolution, the Shadow Wolf can advance into the mythic spirit beast Ni 2.5kReads8.8Score228Shelves
17. 117 武EN This Is a Martial Arts World—Why Are You Teaching Immortal Cultivation? 武者世界，你怎么教人修仙 Fast Blade for Feel-Good Stories爽文快刀手Martial Arts2.5M WordsCompleted This is a world where martial strength reigns supreme. Lin Bei transmigrates into a small mountain village. Using the tai chi practiced by an old man in the park, he tricks children who can't train in martial arts into believing it's a cultivation method even more powerful than martial arts. Then a martial artist whose dantian has been crippled happens to hear of Lin Bei's reputation. With the attitude of giving it a try, he asks to become Lin Bei's disciple, saying that if Lin Bei is a fraud, h 4.6kReads8.5Score574Shelves

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    I don't read harem novels, and there are very few well-written male-oriented novels with a single female lead. So, among the novels I've read, those without a female lead are the mainstream. These four books are actually quite good; they can keep a fifteen-year veteran reader entertained.

18. 118 精EN Pokémon: My Starting Carbink Mutated into Diancie! 精灵：开局小碎钻，突变蒂安希！ Guleton故勒顿Anime Fanfiction3.5M WordsOngoing This is a world where Pokemon and reality have merged! Su Hao, son of the Fire-type Gym Leader of the Shenzhou League and a Pokemon professor, chooses a Carbink that is in the middle of a mutation from the Starter Pokémon issued by the League! No one knows that Carbink can also evolve into Diancie. Not long after A radiant aura, a Mega Diancie that has forged its own path! Magnetic fields in motion, an Incineroar whose blazing red lotus flames scorch everything! A limitless source, a Milotic ad 37.9kReads9.2Score3kShelves
19. 119 我 I Can Decipher All Things After I Die 我死后破解万物 Die and Wine骰子载酒Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted In his third year of the apocalypse, Chen Bugu finally used his myth-class ability, [Resurrection], for the first time. Yes, he died. But something went wrong. Instead of coming back to life, he was reborn before it all began. When he awakened the [Resurrection] ability again, he was forbidden from using it to resurrect himself repeatedly. This time, the ability he awakened was the unheard-of virus-class ability, [Crack]. “A thief stole a divine power and secretly forged it into the seed of a vi 6.1kReads8.3Score583Shelves
20. 120 出 Born in Rome, I Got a Giant Tyranitar from the Start 出生就在罗马，开局获巨魔班吉拉 Beiba北八Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [Urban action] + [Parallel world] + [From the start] + [Pokémon] + [Invincible] + [Pure wish fulfillment, no angst] Lin Heng transmigrates into a world where Pokémon and reality have merged. He starts off with the perfect hand, born way ahead of the starting line! His father is an Alliance Champion, and his mother is a billionaire! Just as he hatches a Larvitar, he awakens the Destiny System, making everyone’s fate visible at a glance! He discovers he’s the protagonist’s foil, destined to be har 8.4kReads8.7Score749Shelves
21. 121 人EN Rise of Humanity: My Players Are Super Fierce! 人族崛起，我的玩家超凶猛！ I Want to Become a God with One Book我要一书封神Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted The animated series "The Stars Descend: I Summon Players to Conquer the Wilderness" is now streaming on Hongguo. If you enjoy animated series, please go check it out and show your support. The Wilds Continent is home to countless races, where the strong prey on the weak. After transmigrating to the Wilds Continent, Lin Feng discovers that the human race is one of the weakest species there. Though they have many people, other races keep them penned up and enslaved. At this critical moment, Lin Fe 36kReads9.1Score3.4kShelves
22. 122 卷 King of the Grind: I Worked My Way to Tears, Along with Countless Prodigies 卷王之王，从肝哭亿万天骄开始 Tian Hong Zimu天鸿子木Urban1.5M WordsCompleted In a world where the Age of Cultivation has begun, he gains the talent to make up for shortcomings through hard work. Fang Che discovers that his talent seems to have a tiny little problem. … Talent: Make Up for Shortcomings Through Hard Work Cultivation: Third Qi Refining Level Diligence: 1000 Shortcomings to Make Up For: [Spiritual Root], [Spiritual Sense], [Alchemy], [Talismans], [Formations], [Combat] … As long as he cultivates diligently, he can earn [Diligence] to make up for the areas whe 17.4kReads8.8Score2kShelves
23. 123 左 Two Mouths, One on Each Side: I Am the Immortal Who Devours Demons 左右两张口，我乃食妖仙人 Yu Tang 13鱼棠13Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Unorthodox cultivation + no female lead + xianxia treasures] I may be a transmigrator, and before I transmigrated, I might even have been descended from an immortal or a god. I was born with a supernatural gift, but my natural talent is mediocre. So I resolve to hunt demons. In doing so, I lose an eye and an ear. A left-handed cultivator saves me and takes me on as his disciple. Later, he dies... upholding the principles he believes in. As he lies dying, I ask, “Could you just not save people?” 2.8kReads8.5Score241Shelves

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    Ruthless and decisive, no female lead

24. 124 我 I Slay Gods With Incense Offerings 我以香火弑神 The One Who Holds the Brush执笔之人Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [System Novel + No Female Lead] This is a land abandoned by the gods, a place where the gods cannot tread. Every human here has become livestock for demons and monsters to raise as food. The people here don't worship gods. They worship demons and monsters. They are called meat livestock and blood offerings. Their world is full of darkness and bloodshed. Lin Qing's soul accidentally transmigrates into an abandoned idol, becoming a local wild god. Thanks to his incense System, he collects protecti 124.2kReads8.8Score12.3kShelves
25. 125 修 Cultivation: From the Start, I'm a Blind Beggar 修仙：开局是个瞎眼乞丐 Old Fish in the Pit坑中的老鱼Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted Chen Xia had it rough from the start: he was a blind, lame, hunchbacked old beggar. At sixty, he broke free of the mystery of his previous life and embarked on the path of cultivation. Nothing went his way, and after using an evil technique to return to infancy, he finally saw a glimmer of hope. He thought he was following the righteous path of an immortal sect, but he had become entangled in many karmic debts tied to the demonic path. It’s truly hard to say how things will end. 44.3kReads8.2Score5.7kShelves
26. 126 诡 The Real Liquor in a Strange World 诡异世界的真酒 Mr. Z of the Aurora Society极光会Z先生Mystery771k WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow + Instances + Supernatural Horror + No CP. Tomato keeps messing up my tags, so I can only clarify here.] A hotel built on human stakes, villagers frozen to death, a school where students were bullied to death, a village deep in the mountains, a cruise ship at sea, an uncharted island... It doesn't matter whether this strange world is invading or merging with ours. Power is the only goal. Lin Bai is a two-time transmigrator. On his first trip, he transmigrated to Fuso and worked hi 3.7kReads8.9Score326Shelves

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    These are all stories where the author has explicitly stated that there is no female lead, and there is nothing ambiguous about them (I have a male-oriented category on my bookshelf that is all without a female lead, but the authors haven't explicitly stated it, so I haven't recommended them, for fear that they might suddenly introduce a female lead one day).

27. 127 开 Innkeeper from the Start, Gathering Information by Grinding 开局店小二，信息全靠刷 Hometown Among the Stars星辰故里Eastern Fantasy658k WordsOngoing 90Reads6.8Score—Shelves
28. 128 列 Above the Immortals 列仙之上 The Orange in the Sky天上的橙子Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing The Undying Disease is a curse that makes a person's lifespan burn away twenty times faster after infection. One year alive means twenty years of aging. But until their lifespan runs out, their body cannot die and their soul cannot perish! No matter how grave the injury, they recover completely! After Li Jiu contracted the Undying Disease, he had no choice but to cultivate the quick-path demonic arts that everyone else considered tantamount to suicide if he wanted to survive! Gold-Eating Magneti 6.4kReads8.6Score449Shelves
29. 129 你 Do You Even Know How to Be a Special Forces Soldier? 你当的明白特种兵吗 Sweet and Sour Little Pineapple酸辣小菠萝Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [No System, No Female Lead, No Cheats] Lin Tian sets off to travel around the country after graduating from college, but who could have guessed that an accident would leave him stuck in a tree! He calls for help for ages, but no rescue team shows up. Instead, a group of fully armed soldiers arrives. "Help! I'm freezing into a popsicle!" "We can help you. How about joining the army?" "I'm willing to give my life for my country!" But after joining the army, he discovers that things here are deeper 32.1kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves
30. 130 重 Reborn as a Dog: A Sacred Duty to Protect the Farms 重生成狗之护农重托 Cold Front Moving South寒潮南下Urban625k WordsCompleted [Modern Hunting] [Life with Pets] [Hunting Dogs] “Being human is exhausting. In my next life, I’d rather be a dog than a person.” Xu Wei’s dying complaint becomes a prophecy, and he is reborn as a dog. After escaping from a dog dealer, he survives in the wild and masters the art of hunting. Health problems eventually force him back into human society, where he joins a rural protection hunting team. Together with Brother Yu, Old Wu, and a pack of lovable, courageous dogs, he protects farmers’ cro 2.6kReads9.1Score220Shelves
31. 131 高 High Martial: Who Still Plays with Fire? I Want to Play with Lightning! 高武：现在谁还玩火啊我要玩雷！ Run, There's Poison Gas!快跑毒Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Genius] [Multiple Superpowers] [Mutant Beasts] [Demons] [Myriad Races] [Lightning Superpower from the Start] [Humanity Doesn’t Fight Among Itself, It’s More United Than Ever!] [No Heroine, No Harem, No Romantic Subplots, So Don’t Make Things Up.] (The opening pace is a little slow, so please bear with it.) (The audiobook is out, so enjoy without worry.) After an accident, Ji Churen transmigrated to a high-martial world where everyone could awaken superpowers. Mutant beasts invaded, demons ran r 36.1kReads8.4Score3.3kShelves

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    No female lead, female supporting character... I don't remember, but I do remember the male supporting character and elders (I have some impression of the women, but not many). So it should meet the requirements. It's a lighthearted story, but there will be some sacrifices in it, as the author puts it: some sacrifices are inevitable (in the plot).

32. 132 一 One Wanted Criminal a Day. Classmate, Don't You Ever Take a Day Off? 一天一个通缉犯，同学你不休假吗 A Chick Crashes into an Eagle for Compensation小鸡碰瓷老鹰Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Catching criminals + criminal bait + everyday life + no romance] After the college entrance exams, Gao Ye stunned the nation with a perfect score. Reporters flocked to interview him, only to discover that he had vanished. When Gao Ye reappeared at the police academy's freshman opening ceremony, countless reporters rushed over. Reporter: Gao Ye, could you tell us what you did over the break? Gao Ye: Just a few little things. I caught a pickpocket, robbed a bank, spent a few days in prison, and b 29.8kReads9.0Score2.9kShelves
33. 133 职 Professional Game NPC: Players Cry After I Beat Them 职业游戏NPC：玩家被我虐哭了 Lettuce Egg生菜蛋子Sports1.5M WordsCompleted [No female lead + lone wolf + ruthless and decisive + video game NPC + multiple worlds + players + light comedy + a bit absurd] [The protagonist never lets lust override reason] [The protagonist only wants to grow stronger] Gu Yeming transmigrates into a game and becomes an NPC, specifically Subject 1145 of the Moreid Corporation. A disastrous start! Wait, why are his combat talents maxed out from the start? What? He can choose an unlimited number of classes, too? Years later, when Gu Yeming ap 7.8kReads8.8Score846Shelves
34. 134 小 Survival in the Residential Complex, but I Was Pulled into the Management Group 小区求生，但我被拉入了管理群 Nazgar纳兹嘉尔Mystery784k WordsCompleted [Infinite horror + no female lead + cold-blooded male lead + split personality + author’s mental state is questionable + kill, kill, kill!] When everyone is unexpectedly dragged into a survival game, Cheng Xu discovers that his name appears in the administrators’ group. By day, the survivors search for resources and strengthen themselves and their shelters. At night, ghosts run rampant and disasters erupt. Only those who rely on their shelters can survive. One deadly trial follows another, and b 6.1kReads9.2Score837Shelves
35. 135 直 Livestream: Taking Giant Pandas Around the World and Pulling the Wool Over Everyone's Eyes 直播：带着大熊猫忽悠全世界 Let's Talk About the Records of the Grand Historian话说史记Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Livestream + zoo + no female lead + everyday life] A zoo from the start, and every animal is recruited with a good sales pitch! Xu Xia is even more convincing than a con artist. By chance, he inherits an estate from a distant relative: a zoo deep in the mountains. He also accidentally activates the zoo card-collecting System. What he never expected was that the first animal card he got would be a five-star-plus giant panda! Xu Xia: “I’ll provide room and board, and the job even comes with a gov 2.5kReads9.4Score310Shelves
36. 136 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 509Reads7.9Score100Shelves

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    All the completed novels are without female leads or romantic pairings, and I read them all chapter by chapter. I've read the 3rd and 5th books countless times. Don't worry, my recommendations are guaranteed to be good. I'm very picky and have extremely little patience, so you can probably guess the level of any novel I've read chapter by chapter. Some of them even seem to have very few female characters. I'm still reading the first one; I'll catch up after I finish it. I've read all the other ongoing novels up to their current chapters, and so far, there's no female lead. They're all very good, but I suggest you read the completed ones first. Only read the ongoing ones if you're really out of books to read, otherwise, you'll be devastated if they stop updating. Because I have a few like that 😭. So it's best to let the ongoing ones wait a bit before reading them. Oh, and by the way, the fourth book by Yin Shen does have a female character, and she's part of the main cast. If you can't accept that, you don't have to read it. The last one is on hiatus; if you can't accept that, you don't have to read it either.

37. 137 全 Global Game: I Just Want to Quietly Grind Achievements 全球游戏：我只想静静的刷成就 The Wind Has Risen Again in Luoyang洛阳又起风了Sports1.3M WordsOngoing (No female lead + decisive and ruthless + infinite-flow + the protagonist is no saint, read with caution) “Are you tired of an ordinary life? Do you yearn for power? If you want to escape the ordinary and gain power beyond all living beings, come join this game.” Ye Shuangluo is chosen by a mysterious game to become a reserve player. As a player, he must face players from other parallel timelines and multiverses. Fortunately, Ye Shuangluo awakens the exclusive talent “Achievement Master.” By com 36.4kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves

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    Book 1: The protagonist is incredibly powerful. While others worship gods, the protagonist himself is a god. He embarks on a journey of revenge, preaching, recruiting followers, and ruthlessly eliminating his enemies, wiping out entire families. Book 2: Offers a mildly satisfying experience. The protagonist encounters a multitude of people whenever he goes abroad to solve a case. Due to his exceptional beauty and dangerous profession, he remains single. Book 3: Just kill! Book 4: I read this a long time ago. The protagonist is extremely intelligent, and there seems to be no female lead. Book 5: You can read this if you're really bored. The protagonist in the Earth dimension has many female supporting characters, so you can skip to the later plot. It's probably considered a no-female-lead story. Book 6: The protagonist has a female agent, but their relationship is very platonic, almost like family. It also offers a mildly satisfying experience. Book 7: No face-slapping plots, but incredibly satisfying. He's invincible from the start, avenging his underlings. Book 8: Whether you're male or female, beautiful or ugly, if you dare to harm the protagonist, just kill!

38. 138 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 563kReads9.7Score72.5kShelves
39. 139 高 High Martial: My Attribute Panel Is All Thanks to Hard Training 高武：我有属性面板全靠苦练 Seeing Shapes Through a Borrowed Mirror借镜观形Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [No Heroine] [The cautious hero pays attention to detail + Slow Timeline + Logical, No Dumbing Down + Not a Fast-Paced, Invincible Power Fantasy] [Not a Playing-It-Safe Story! Not a Playing-It-Safe Story! Not a Playing-It-Safe Story!!!] [The Hero Is a Workaholic and a Competitor, and He’s Got Issues!] Wen Lin transmigrates to a parallel high-martial world of warriors, ferocious beasts, and divine powers, where he discovers he has a stats panel that lets him see his martial arts proficiency. Othe 16.5kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves
40. 140 唯 The One and Only Origami Talent: I Can Fold Anything 唯一折纸天赋，我能折出一切 Su Fifteen宿十五Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted (Apocalypse + Transmigration + No Saintly Savior + No Romance + Leveling + Playing It Safe + Superpowers + Gets Even Better Later) Zhuang Mo transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens the safest wood-type superpower in the apocalypse. His future career is supposed to be farming in a safe zone. Other people grow potatoes with a soft, fluffy texture. His potatoes are as big as soccer balls and rock-hard. Other people grow crisp, juicy, sweet cabbages. His cabbages reach five feet tall and are r 27.4kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves
41. 141 推 Reading the Secrets of Heaven: Releasing the Prodigy Rankings from the Start 推演天机：开局发布天骄榜 Lang Lang Tianming浪浪天铭Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted Xie Chen transmigrated to the Tianchen Continent, became the master of the Heavenly Dao Hall, and awakened the Heavenly Dao System. To make the Heavenly Dao Hall famous in this world, Xie Chen created the Prodigy Rankings from the start. Gu Ling: “What? I’m the esteemed Demon Prince of the Demon Clan, yet I’m only third on the Prodigy Rankings?” Xiao Yan: “How is this possible? I’m recognized as the strongest prodigy in the Eastern Region, yet I’m only fifth on the rankings?” Dao Canghai: “Sigh, 20.9kReads8.0Score1.2kShelves
42. 142 全 Global: Divine-Level Support, Pledging My Allegiance to the Nation from the Start 全民：神级辅助，开局投效国家 Parentheses Laughing括弧笑笑Urban651k WordsOngoing [No romance, rigorous stats, author calculates attributes using self-written C++ programs and Excel spreadsheets. If you like protagonists who keep a low profile, this isn’t for you! No secrets kept!] A young man inexplicably receives the extraordinary talent Heart of Favor. Any skill he learns undergoes a miraculous transformation. He chooses to offer himself to the country and stand alongside it! [Silk of the Wind: Unraveled] Floats above the target, granting immunity to damage and control! Ad 14.2kReads9.4Score936Shelves
43. 143 开 Two Systems From the Start, I Take One Out on the Spot! 开局俩系统，当场干掉一个！ Meaning in the Lyrics词中意Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted [System + no romance + comedy + immortality + shameless antics] At the peak of madness lies pure lunacy. With me, Tan Feng, around, the whole world can go crazy! After transmigrating into the cultivation world, he gains two Systems. Not only can he come back to life, he also earns rewards for causing trouble and making a getaway. Tan Feng decides to take shamelessness to the extreme. When his enemies pay respects to their ancestors, he slams his head into a tombstone and shouts, “From now on, I 19.1kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves

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    The first one is definitely not available. If it were, I'd rip your head off and use it as a football. The second and third ones aren't available yet, and I doubt they ever will.

44. 144 玄 Xuanhuan: The Weakest Sect? Its Disciples Beat Up the Ancestor 玄幻：最弱宗门？徒弟吊打老祖 RT Tobacco Little DonkeyRT烟草小毛驴Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Sign-in System]➕ [Taking disciples]➕ [Lighthearted]➕ [Invincible] Chu Fan is unexpectedly reborn, bound to a sign-in System, and made the peak master of Dao One Sect, a sect full of sly schemers. From the start, he has quasi-emperor cultivation and lives a carefree life on Profound Spirit Peak, only needing to sign in once a month. Who could have guessed the System would suddenly assign him a mission to take disciples? Tempted by the enticing rewards, Chu Fan takes in a first disciple with an E 16.7kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves

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    These books are all great, especially the first one! ^ω^

45. 145 模 After 100,000 Simulations, I’m Invincible Across Past, Present, and Future 模拟十万次，我于古今未来全无敌 Dream Core, Flowing Love梦芯流恋Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Fantasy, simulator, cautious protagonist, power progression, no heroine.] [P.S. He simulates his growth, but acts carefully in real life and shows off with style!] This is a world ruled by demons. Even the exalted sacred lands are nothing but demon lackeys, wicked servants who raise human beings as livestock for them to devour. Chen Yuan transmigrated into this dark world and awakened a Life Simulator that could refresh different talents. Ancient Sacred Body: The strongest physique there is. Ne 16.1kReads8.3Score1.4kShelves
46. 146 登 Ascend the Throne and Become Emperor: I Shall Build an Empire With All the Worlds! 登基称帝，朕以万界养帝国！ Puk Gai Xiaojie扑该小杰Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Dark Empire] [Myriad Worlds] [Imperial Dynasty] [Warhammer-inspired from the middle onward] He wakes up as the third prince of the Great Qian Dynasty, only to find himself on the throne? He thought he’d spend his whole life as a puppet emperor. But at the crucial moment, he becomes bound to an artifact called the Seal of Civilization. From then on, he is connected to the nation’s destiny and receives cultivation feedback... And so, an immortal emperor is born in a mortal dynasty... An emperor n 53.3kReads8.0Score5.5kShelves

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    These are all stories I love to read, and they don't have a female lead. Please, author, update quickly! [Requesting frequent updates][Requesting frequent updates][Requesting frequent updates] Please check if any of these are ones you'd like to read! [Bump][Bump][Bump]

47. 147 全 Global Class Change: I Awakened as the Drunken Sword Immortal from the Start! 全民转职：开局觉醒酒剑仙！ The Macaque Has No Peaches猕猴没有桃Sports1.5M WordsCompleted [Everyone Changes Class + Hidden Class + Leveling Up + Data-Driven + One-Shot Kills] Also known as Holy Crap, Where Did My Health Bar Go? and My Damage Is Only a Tiny Bit Higher... When games merged with reality and the world's rules changed, humanity entered an age where everyone could change class. Dungeons, dark caverns, and battlefields beyond the borders all appeared in the world. Gods looked down upon the mortal realm, amused by the struggles of ants. And powerful class holders stood guard 30.1kReads8.9Score2.9kShelves

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    ✨I've read them all. No female lead, no romantic subplots [Note] ✨Books 1 and 2 are by the same author (ongoing). I wouldn't recommend reading them at night, as they're a little scary, especially the first one [currently being written]. ✨Books 3 and 4 are complete. ✨Book 5 is by Sanjiu (ongoing).

48. 148 直 Live Beast Appraisal: Your Pet Beast Is Way Too Brazen 直播鉴兽：你家宠兽太开门了 Shan Yeh Huan衫叶涣Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Livestreaming + Beast Taming + Everyday Life + Lighthearted Comedy + System + Beast Appraisal] Lu Ye, an antiques-appraisal streamer, woke up one day to discover that the world had entered the Beast-Taming Era. As he wondered whether to keep streaming his antiques appraisals, he unexpectedly awakened a beast-appraisal System and immediately became a proud beast-appraisal streamer. His livestreams soon took a strange turn. “Your two-headed snake's right head doesn't look like its left one. It ha 26.5kReads8.6Score2.7kShelves

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    These are all books I've read the main text of, and I highly recommend them. They're quite good, with no female lead, no ambiguous relationships, no clichéd plots, positive values, and not many female supporting characters, making them enjoyable to read. The third book has a side story set in another world, about the protagonist's experiences in that world. However, I didn't read it because I saw comments saying there's a female lead in the side story, but it doesn't affect the main text.

49. 149 高 High Martial: No Golden Finger, but Success Comes Late 高武：没有金手指，但大器晚成 An Old Man from Tianshan天山一老人Urban807k WordsOngoing [No heroine or one heroine] [High martial arts world] [Invasion by myriad races] [Humanity united] [Decisive and ruthless] [Cautious but not cowardly] [Late bloomer] When Lin Chen was six, he awakened memories of his past life and learned that he was a transmigrator from Earth. He had transmigrated, but had no golden finger: no System, no mysterious treasure, no old man living in a ring, and no great talent for cultivation. Fortunately, although he was an orphan, the family he belonged to was ki 7.2kReads8.5Score464Shelves
50. 150 我 I'm a God? Don't Spread Rumors! You Might Get Banned! 我是神？别造谣！小心封号！ Writing Is Just Going Crazy写文就是发癫Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [No female lead + no harem + unconventional ensemble cast + high-energy growth] The strongest permission-hog is forced to save the world Spiritual qi revival? Superpower awakenings? The world ending? This world has already been shot full of holes by these cheaters! Gu Xing, an utterly ordinary “G-rank loser,” awakens the ultimate cheat: [Administrator Privileges] Skill One: Warning Skill Two: Ban Passive Trait: Succubus Physique (debuff) [Dog-headed emoji for dear life] When a villain uses chea 15.2kReads9.0Score2.2kShelves

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