I Want to Read an Angst Novel Lately, One With Lots of Pain 我最近想看刀子文，要很多刀子的

1. 1 奇 Beyond the Extraordinary 奇人之上 Liu Bai流百Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Not a power fantasy] [Comeback] [Carefully laid groundwork] [Schemes within schemes] [Mystery] [Growing protagonist] [Ensemble cast] [High martial arts] [Transmigration] [Play the pig to eat the tiger] [Devouring and sacrifice] [Alternate world] [Technology] [No limits] [Everyone is unhinged] [Heartbreak after heartbreak] What exactly is up there? Lu Lin was blind for half his life, then got lucky and regained his sight. The world lit up, and he was left numb. From then on, ghosts and spirits o 1.7kReads9.3Score15114d adds

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   Knife, knife, knife!

2. 2 你 Hello, Ghost Bride. I Think We've Met Somewhere Before 你好阴婚娘子，我好像在哪见过你 Spear Through the Mist雾渡长枪Mystery21k WordsCompleted [White Moonlight + Local Legends + A Dream of Yellow Millet] Jiang Chen was born in the yin year, on the Ghost Festival, at the yin hour. He was born with an ill-fated destiny and a heavy yin aura. Rumor had it that he had caused his parents' deaths. To ward off the calamity fated to befall him when he came of age, he had no choice but to enter into a ghost marriage. But the bride from this ghost marriage looked more and more familiar to him. It was as if he'd seen her somewhere before. 2.4kReads—Score17214d adds

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   Love can overcome everything [crying]

3. 3 合 Roommates: I Have Two Months to Live, So Don't Fall for Me 合租：还剩两个月命，不要爱上我 A Song of the Starry Han一曲星汉Urban174k WordsCompleted At twenty-six, Xia Xing was diagnosed with a terminal illness in the prime of his life. He had only two months left... After quitting his job, he moved out of the dorm and rented a place elsewhere. His roommate was Qin Ziyue, the beautiful teacher from his university. Under the same roof, the wheels of fate began to turn... A sweet little treat, safe to enjoy. 767Reads8.7Score—14d adds

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   Come at me, you can't just ignore me. The male and female leads both suffer from terminal illnesses, stumble together, and are ultimately forced to accept their fate.

4. 4 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 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5k14d adds

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   If wrinkles will eventually etch themselves on your forehead, the only thing you can do is prevent them from etching themselves on your heart.

5. 5 心 Darling, Please Don't Leave Me, Okay? 心肝，别不要我了好不好 Wendy温迪大大Modern Romance664k WordsCompleted [The print edition of "Blazing Love" is now available] [Reborn + Obsessive Devotion + Healing] When we first met, you were a song of warmth in the southern cold, healing me night after night as I languished in hell. On a cold night, seven-year-old Nan Sheng found Yin Han huddled in a corner of an alley and held out her warm, pale hand. Her first words to him were, "Hey, big brother, you're so handsome! Would you come home with me and be my husband?" Yin Han didn't know that the moment he took th 18.4kReads9.3Score2k14d adds
6. 6 众 Betrayed by Every Woman, He Reveals His Memories and the World Weeps 众女背叛，记忆曝光后世人哭泣 Yi Lin忆临Eastern Fantasy734k WordsCompleted Ye Changge, the most powerful villain across the Three Realms, Six Paths, and countless planes. He betrayed his word and killed his mentor. He subdued the Buddha, slaughtered monks across the land, and committed every imaginable evil. With a wave of his hand, he wiped out countless lives and plunged the world into chaos. At last, just as Ye Changge was about to break through, the ten heroines turned against him at the last moment. They joined forces with the Chosen One and powerful figures from 9.5kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
7. 7 予 You Gave Me Deep Love and Turned My Life Upside Down 予你情深，乱我一生 Su Ziyao苏子遥Two Male Leads50k WordsCompleted Eighteen years ago, Wen Ziyu was the person He Jingyang promised to stay with forever. Eighteen years later, Wen Ziyu was locked in an attic by He Jingyang and cruelly abused. He Jingyang always said Wen Ziyu owed him and that he'd make him pay little by little. But in the end, it was He Jingyang who owed Wen Ziyu a pair of eyes, a life, and a lifetime of love and devotion. 287Reads6.8Score10014d adds
8. 8 重 Reborn, I Return to My Female Emperor Mother 重生归来，我的女帝母亲 Qin Yunshu's Cat秦云姝的猫Eastern Fantasy569k WordsOngoing In the Central Continent, Longyang, son of the empress of the Longyang Kingdom, concealed his identity and infiltrated an enemy nation for the sake of his mother and his country. But an accident led to his capture. He was tortured and used in experiments involving dark sorcery. Believed to be a failure and dead, he was ultimately thrown into a mass grave. Yet no one expected Longyang to come back to life with the power to control corpses. With his army of Corpse Soul warriors, he defeated the en 20Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Twenty years after the protagonist's death, everything has changed, the person he loved has long since left, and he will regret it for the rest of his life.

9. 9 要 Good Grief, Mr. Cen! 要命呢！岑先生 Fu Family Seventeen1傅家十七16k WordsCompleted Oh, Mr. Cen! 28Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Knife recommendations

10. 10 只 I'm the Only One Who Stayed Behind 只有我停留在了原地 Fu Family Seventeen1傅家十七16k WordsCompleted Only I remained where I was 12Reads—Score—14d adds
11. 11 变 I Transformed into a Pink Sprite and Made Every Player Cry with My Blade 变身粉色妖精，我刀哭所有玩家 Moonlight Before My Bed, Frost Upon the Ground床前明月地上霜Sports4.0M WordsOngoing [Love and Justice + Pink-Haired Characters Turn Dark + Players Regret It] When she woke up, she discovered she had transmigrated! And not only had she transmigrated into a game world, she had become Taoyao, the female antagonist in the story! What awaited her was not only getting crushed by the protagonist’s party, but also becoming a permanent weekly boss for players to farm breakthrough materials from? Luckily, she awakened a Popularity System! As long as she raked in popularity, she could inf 13.8kReads9.1Score1.2k14d adds
12. 12 一 Just a Broken Blade? Ever Heard of the Thousand-Edged Demon Blade? 一把破刀？可曾听闻魔刀千刃 Two and a Half Jin of Fish大鱼两斤半Urban285k WordsCompleted [No showing off and face-slapping! No showing off and face-slapping! Don't come in if that's what you're looking for. This story has none. Plot-driven + ruthless and decisive + no female lead] Feiyu's soul transmigrates into the darkest place in the world: the Eternal Night Path. When he is ten, his father throws him among the criminals. Three days later, he crawls out of a pile of corpses. At thirteen, he's already made a small name for himself on the Path of Greed in the Eternal Night Path. At 2.4kReads8.9Score34514d adds
13. 13 哎 Oh No! I’m One of the Seven Deadly Sins, and I Got MVP! 哎呀！我七原罪，得了MVP！ Captain of the Trapping Camp陷阵营营长Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Dark comedy + hilarious + ruthless action + global setting + unconventional ideas + one heroine + near-invincible protagonist + power fantasy with a brain (or without one)] Horror games descend upon the world. Those chosen to participate must face challenges of inhuman difficulty. Though the games are full of torment, they also offer people a chance to gain supernatural powers. Life or death. A meteoric rise, or losing everything. But Lu Ce, who has been unable to feel pain since childhood, fee 142.3kReads9.3Score16.9k14d adds
14. 14 别 Don't Look! It's All Heartbreak 别看！都是刀子 XJ XingXJ瑆Eastern Fantasy166k WordsOngoing Perhaps... Perhaps this blade still can’t protect you. But... But, Atong, I’ll come find you. I promise. The man leaned against the corner of a wall. The faint beat of his heart showed that he was at the end of his strength. The armored knights surrounding him had slowly aimed their spears at him, as if they were about to pierce his body the next instant. Hahaha! The man’s hands, gripping his twin blades, had quietly loosened. Hah! The armored knights hurled their spears! Using the wall for supp 9Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 15 喜 Surely Not Every Girl Who Likes Me Is a Psychopath? 喜欢我的女孩总不能全是变态吧？ Boiling Sweet Potatoes in the Shower淋浴煮地瓜Urban474k WordsCompleted [Multiple Heroines]+ [Not Reborn]+ [No System]+ [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story]+ [Light Novel] Xinzhi Xia Private Academy is a school that cultivates [talent]. It’s said that every student who graduates successfully goes on to become an elite in some field of society. Bai Yuan, who has a knack for getting into trouble, transfers to this unusual school at the principal’s request. Painting, music, analysis, leadership… Every student here is a world-class prodigy. He alone will be the school’s “tale 2.9kReads8.9Score29114d adds
16. 16 修 Cultivation Simulator: Making My Stunning Master Long for Me for Ten Thousand Years 修仙模拟器：让绝美师尊思念万年 Ark AnshenArk安神Eastern Fantasy232k WordsCompleted In the end-times era, countless mushroom clouds rise as spiritual qi begins to revive and the earth starts anew. Ye Lingxiao thinks he’ll become one of the cultivators. But he soon realizes that what he sees is only the tip of the iceberg. The cultivation of the rich is full of magical treasures and pills, while people at the bottom like him will probably spend their whole lives amounting to nothing. One day, he risks everything to save a young woman who has thrown herself into the sea. He crash 198Reads—Score—14d adds

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    One cut, two cuts, three cuts, four cuts

17. 17 三 Three Lives in One Coffin 三世同棺 Listening to the Night听聆夜Eastern Fantasy124k WordsOngoing (No harem, no invincible protagonist, no System) At the end of the Anping era, Emperor Suihe passed away. His second son, Min Yuexing, seized sole control of the government, allied with the barbarians, and drenched the dynasty in blood. After purging the old guard in a single year, he immediately began a relentless hunt for the Jiang clan. Jiang Zhou was still a child, but his parents fought to protect him and get him out... On the verge of death, he grasped the only lifeline he could find. He d 40Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Come, come quickly, we're waiting for you. The sky is clear and foggy, but the children on their way home won't get lost. Three lifetimes in the human world, a single bronze coffin, burying all love, hate, and the world. Tears well up in my eyes, but my heart is not bitter.

18. 18 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8k14d adds
19. 19 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds
20. 20 炮 The Cannon Fodder’s Handbook: Offering the Author an HE Script! 炮灰手册：向作者献上HE剧本！ Three Lives in Vain枉三生Modern Romance338k WordsCompleted (If you’re uncomfortable with a 1vN story, enter at your own risk.) After Yuan Ning was hit by a car, she discovered she was a disposable character in a novel who had gone mad over unrequited love. How could that be allowed? She could live without a man, but she couldn’t go to prison! Terrified, Yuan Ning immediately steered clear of the man she secretly adored. She could live without a man in this life, but not without her freedom! She tried everything from street vending to part-time jobs, but 80Reads6.8Score—14d adds

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    This is a tragic story. The female supporting character awakens to her true nature and distances herself from the male lead. Knowing it's a fictional world, she patiently struggles to survive.

21. 21 你 Hello, Mr. Doraemon 你好，哆啦A梦先生 Pork Head Is Delicious猪头肉很好吃Urban529k WordsCompleted I had only wanted to live an easy, carefree life as an ordinary person. But when my childhood sweetheart and first CEO girlfriend married someone else for the sake of profit, and my beautiful second girlfriend, a painter, sacrificed herself for power, I realized I couldn't keep being a pushover. I had to fight back! When I finally stood at the top of the pyramid, I gave life a resounding shout... 1.8kReads8.7Score19914d adds

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    My main concern is that you might not be able to handle it.

22. 22 春 Murder in the Spring Breeze 春风里的杀机 Little Black Pebble黑色小石头6k WordsCompleted Murder in the Spring Breeze —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Short stories to pass the time

23. 23 我 I Repay My Debts in Another World with a Blade 我用刀在异世还债 Web 123网123Eastern Fantasy110k WordsOngoing I transmigrated into a young master? "No, you're a poor boy." Gu Shaoyue: Fine, a poor boy it is. My nine years of compulsory education weren't for nothing. So there are experts here? Watch me dominate the martial world with my Five-Animal Exercises and Miao Dao. But what's with all these ghosts and monsters? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
24. 24 日 Day and Night, Stars and River 日昼星河 Yang Yi杨欹Modern Romance201k WordsCompleted “Qiu Liang, you don’t love me at all!” Qing Yao was the person Qiu Liang loved with all his heart, but those were also the last words Qing Yao ever said to him. The regret in love isn’t that it has something to do with you, but that it has nothing to do with me anymore… 13Reads6.7Score—14d adds

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    It was all knives. [Crying][crying][crying][crying]

25. 25 零 All Things Return to Dust 零落归尘 This Author Has No Pen Name该作家没有笔名Mystery668k WordsCompleted [Fantasy Romance / Tearjerker / Fate / Light Ensemble Cast] This is not a power fantasy, nor does it follow the usual tropes. There is no harem and no mindless heroine. A long-form mystery, with a light ensemble cast in the early chapters and the main plot taking center stage later. The setup takes its time, and the main story is heartbreaking, so reader discretion is advised. When sorrow congeals into an eternal night, and fate is ground to dust by the passage of time, can you still pick up th 58Reads8.8Score—14d adds

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    Extremely heavy, with a strong sense of destiny! An inescapable fate, incredibly oppressive, a tragic ending, getting more and more heartbreaking as it goes on! [Crying] If the price of meeting you is to fall into eternal silence, then I am willing to wither away with this vast expanse of time and space. If we are destined to be unable to keep our promises or be together in this life, then I am willing to sink with you, to perish together for thousands of years, never to be separated.

26. 26 佣 The World of Mercenaries (Complete Five-Volume Edition) 佣兵天下（全五册） Master Can't Say说不得大师Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted One of the ten greatest fantasy works of the past twenty years of online literature! The complete 2.4-million-word commemorative edition! Mercenaries, magic, famed generals, dragons, gods… Does history make heroes, or do heroes make history? Beginning in the year 200 of the Red Moon calendar, the first year of the Magic Era, on this fantastical continent of magic and knights, Amy Haber started out as a lowly mercenary and went on to write a sweeping, epic legend! Mercenaries, magic, famed genera 27kReads9.5Score3.2k14d adds

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    The most ruthless I've ever seen

27. 27 恰 Just Like Your Sorrow 恰似你的忧伤 Fish Lantern Su鱼灯苏Modern Romance55k WordsCompleted Much Like Your Sorrow 14Reads—Score—14d adds

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    When longing becomes an intractable illness, when the time we didn't have time to settle becomes the past, becomes a specimen, after you left, my right hand will ache from time to time, a dull pain, just like your brightness, just like your sorrow.

28. 28 送 A Little Red Flower for You 送你一朵小红花 Fish Lantern Su鱼灯苏13k WordsCompleted A Little Red Flower for You 20Reads—Score—14d adds
29. 29 蝴 The Butterfly Cannot Cross the Vast Sea 蝴蝶飞不过沧海 Miemie咩咩Modern Romance11k WordsCompleted I thought love’s destination was having it all. Who knew that a lovesick fool could give everything and end up with nothing? I was hopelessly lovestruck, and Mu Ge controlled every part of my life. He was my whole world. Mu Ge was lovesick too, but Wu Tong was his entire galaxy. I loved Mu Ge so desperately I’d throw myself into the flames like a moth. Mu Ge let Wu Tong lead him around by the nose, without a single complaint. As Carnation would put it, it was all fate, all debts: debts that coul 38Reads—Score—14d adds

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