Looking for Dark Stories With Characters Who Actually Have Brains 求有脑子正常黑暗文

1. 1 吾 I Am the Blood Lord, and All Living Beings Are My Blood Slaves 吾为血主，众生皆为血奴 Paper Ash Official纸灰官Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing [Slaughter] [Blood Princess] [Tentacles] [Corpse Refining] [Devouring] [No System] Fang Mo, the eldest young master of the Fang family, was the best cultivator among his peers and a widely acclaimed genius in Luoyun City, the focus of everyone’s attention. Unexpectedly, on the day the Heavenly Sword Sect came to recruit disciples, his family treated him as a pawn and discarded him. He was left gravely wounded and crippled. A few days later, news spread that Fang Mo had been poisoned to death. Th 11kReads8.5Score754Shelves

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   ✨I'm recommending two absolutely amazing dark fantasy novels to everyone. They're top-notch on Tomato Books, far surpassing most other dark fantasy novels. Don't be fooled by their low ratings; they're slightly downgraded to avoid being banned, but that doesn't diminish their brilliance at all! These two books have undergone significant revisions before being released, but I still think they're quite good. I recommend them to anyone looking for something to read. 😏😏😏

2. 2 别 Others Struggle Through the Apocalypse, but I'm Invincible 别人过末世，我无敌 The Whole Family's Hope全家的希望Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.7M WordsCompleted [Decisive and ruthless + no saintly heroine + plenty of beautiful women + cold and merciless] Stocking up on supplies when the apocalypse hits? No way. I have an unlimited supply of everything. One biscuit makes the campus belle of old bow her proud head; one loaf of bread makes a once-famous star bend the knee. The world's ended. Who's got time for romance, bro? 56.1kReads8.3Score3.9kShelves
3. 3 调 Training the Apocalypse: No Morals, I Do Whatever I Want 调教末世：没有道德，我为所欲为 Old Streets of the Old City旧城老巷Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.9M WordsCompleted [Dark Summoning + Decisive Killing + Self-Interest + Absolutely No Saintly Heroics + Pure Darkness + Violent Aesthetics] After enduring countless hardships in the apocalypse, Gu Cheng was reborn. More valuable than his memories of the future and his survival experience was what he had learned about embracing the darkness! “Weakness is a sin. In this world, only killing and strength can rule over everything!” Just as in his previous life, Gu Cheng awakened as a Dark Summoner. With blood sacrifice 2.4kReads7.7Score195Shelves

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   A dark post-apocalyptic story where the human heart cannot withstand the test; the apocalypse best embodies the dark law of the jungle, where the strong prey on the weak.

4. 4 重 Reborn to Steal Heaven's Inheritance, I Use Daoist Arts to Conquer the Doomsday 重生窃取天道传承，道法杀穿末世 Burning Bamboo, Warming Wine焚竹温酒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.2M WordsCompleted [A Fresh New Premise] [Apocalyptic Imagination] [An Unmissable Read] [Apocalypse + Rebirth + Invincible + A Huge Harem + 100 Illustrations + Ruthless + Mythology Returns + Taoist Arts + Superpowers + Inheritances from Gods and Demons + Inheritances from the Hundred Schools of Thought] The apocalypse arrives, zombies run rampant, and mutated beasts are everywhere. Jiang Yu, a young Taoist priest, is betrayed and brutally murdered by his brothers. Reborn before the apocalypse, he steals the inheri 13.7kReads7.8Score1kShelves
5. 5 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

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   Dark fiction, I guess this counts?

6. 6 我EN The Monsters I Created! 我创造的怪物！ No One in the World Will Ever Meet Me Again世人千万再难遇我Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Behind the Scenes + Ensemble Cast + Cosmic Horror + No System + No Romance] Also known as: Dark Revelation Gods and demons, dragons, and the apocalypse were once fairy tales. The mysteries of this world have faded from sight, yet someone has brought those long-lost things back into the public eye. And every clue, every lead, points to a man named Chen Ye. “Friends, would you cast off this flesh and join us in embracing evolution?” Extended blurb: Sequence 001: The Mimic Sequence 002: The Deep O 65.6kReads9.2Score6.1kShelves

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   Hello, welcome to today's book recommendations 😘 🍂① Chen Ye obtained a cauldron capable of refining all things. He created monsters loyal to him by giving ordinary people potions refined from the cauldron, while he himself went into hiding after his original identity died. 🍂② Hu Peng was imprisoned for five years for carrying divine blood. During those five years, his blood was constantly being drawn for his own use. He saw reality clearly and has now escaped, taking revenge on all those who used his divine blood. 🍂③ Yang Feng was betrayed by his brothers and reborn before the apocalypse. In this life, he chooses to become a tyrant. Those who follow him are just cannon fodder to him; if they die, he simply replaces them with another batch. 🍂 ④ The protagonist escapes from the mental hospital again. In order to awaken more personalities, they kill many guilty people, and even the authorities are helpless and have to help him. 🍂 ⑤ Bai Xiao is a businessman. As long as you have an equal price, you can get anything from him, but a businessman's rights cannot be violated. If you break the contract, you will be severely punished. 🍂 ⑥ Yan Wudao was supposed to be the villain killed by the protagonist, but he unexpectedly awakens a system. As long as he opposes the protagonist, he can obtain destiny points and exchange them for treasures. Thus, he travels through the myriad worlds, killing enemies of the righteous path.

7. 7 走 I Walked Out of the Abyss, Now I Am the Abyss 走出深渊，我即是深渊 Colorful Black多彩的黑Urban343k WordsOngoing [Villain Protagonist] [Not Dark] [Revenge] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Clever Protagonist] [No System, but Has a Golden Finger] [No School Belle] [No Female Lead] He carries a rare, pale-gold divine bloodline that can heal anyone, and he dreams of becoming a hero to humanity. But what a thousand-year-old clan needs is not a divine-blood carrier with a mind of his own who wanders wherever he pleases. Rather than pander to a child, they would rather lock him underground and draw his blood whenever —Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 8 全 Global Mutation: The Mutant Frenzy of Trillions of Lives 全球畸变：亿兆生命的变异狂潮 Turbid One浊人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted Meat blossoms sprout from the soil, and fangs grow from the flowers. The old order awakens all around them. To it, humble humanity is nothing but vermin to be exterminated. Mount Fuji erupts, and the entire Sakura Isles are ripped up and hurled at Huaxia. The magnetic poles flip, super-earthquakes strike, towering tsunamis rise, and the seven continents are squeezed together by a giant hand. Abnormal memes, twisted reality, and layers of overlapping worlds: as the boundary between physics and co 14.1kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
9. 9 离 I Left the Mental Hospital and Became Criminals’ Worst Nightmare 离开精神病院，成了罪犯的噩梦 Rabbit Ying兔子莹Urban519k WordsCompleted [Villain] [Dark] [Unhinged] [Semi-invincible] “The dying screams of my victims are the most beautiful music I've ever heard.” “Blood is the most beautiful color, and killing is the finest art.” “What I'm best at is making people wish they were dead. I hope you can hold out a little longer.” “A detective? Can you stop a lunatic from killing?” “Hahahahahaha!!!” “Why?” “We personalities exist solely to save Gongyang Xuanzhi...” “Have you ever heard of the Lovecraftian variant study...” 2.4kReads8.9Score380Shelves
10. 10 我 I'm a Merchant, and I Buy and Sell Anything 我是一名商人，万物皆可收售 Loves Strawberry Pie爱吃草莓派Sci-Fi & Apocalypse214k WordsOngoing [Feel-good power fantasy + invincible protagonist + wasteland world + trading everything] Some say: An inch of time is worth an inch of gold, yet an inch of gold can't buy an inch of time. Some say: True love is priceless, and no amount of gold can buy it. Others say: Life is worth more than anything, and we only get one! The merchant Bai Xiao shook his head and said, “There's nothing that can't be traded!” As long as my dear customers make a request and offer a price that satisfies the mer 7Reads6.6Score—Shelves
11. 11 天 Destined Villain: The Fates of the Myriad Worlds Aid My Cultivation 天命反派：诸天气运助我修行 Clingy Grain穗穗黏黏Eastern Fantasy360k WordsOngoing “No CP” + “Major villain” + “Kill the goody-two-shoes first” + “quick transmigration through the Myriad Worlds” + “decisive and ruthless” Yan Wudao spent his life steeped in evil, scheming at every turn. He was the major villain the “protagonist” had to kill to achieve success. After killing protagonists and seizing their fortune, he was unexpectedly bound to a System and became an evil villain across the Myriad Worlds. As long as he opposed the “protagonist,” he could earn “Heaven's Mandate Poi 21Reads8.7Score—Shelves
12. 12 凶 The Vengeful Ghost Comes for Your Life: First Kill Your Brothers, Then Shatter Your Beloved 凶鬼索命：先杀兄弟，再碎白月光 Tomorrow Tian Ming明天天鸣Mystery138k WordsOngoing I died! Then the System showed up! "Host has died. Beginner's gift pack delivered." I looked at the virtual panel in front of me and cursed from inside my coffin: "Where the hell were you before?" System: "Host has been detected as deceased. 'Return to the Living' mode can now be activated. Choose your return route: A. Ascend straight to heaven B. Fulfill your final wish C. Take all your enemies with you." C! I choose C! (Note: Dark themes. The protagonist is not human, is not saintly, and kills 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is quite good, you can read it.

13. 13 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 1.7MReads9.9Score181.2kShelves

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    The first book, while seemingly lighthearted, realistically portrays human nature, depicting the helplessness and despair of humanity in times of crisis, and the different reactions people have to disasters (the ugly faces of capitalists, corrupt law enforcement officers, and ordinary people powerless to protect their families). The second book... (I haven't read it, but many reviews say it's terrifying; I wonder if that's accurate?)

14. 14 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 1.7MReads9.9Score207.7kShelves
15. 15 怪 Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间！ Stone Giant Monster石头巨怪Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Welcome to the Rules of the Strange. This is a battle of blood and fire, a test of wit and courage. The power of words cannot be resisted, and the eerie rules must not be broken. In a seemingly hopeless situation, find the one correct answer, break free of your constraints, and search for a way to survive. 173.8kReads9.7Score17.7kShelves

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    Hey, I recommend it.

16. 16 规 Rule Horror: My Family Isn't Normal 规则怪谈：我的家人不正常 White Beard白胡子Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Horror + mystery + livestream + national fate + System] The supernatural returns, and rule-based horror games invade countries around the world. As one chosen by fate, Zhou Bai represents the Great Xia Kingdom in a horror game. The first scenario is a family of four. [You live with your wife and your parents. But remember, there are only three people in your home.] [You can trust your wife, unless she takes off her red hair clip.] [You and your wife have never had a child. If you hear a baby cr 46.1kReads9.4Score5.7kShelves
17. 17 奥 Ultraman: Dark Tiga Goes on a Rampage 奥特曼：黑暗迪迦杀疯了 Ka En卡恩Anime Fanfiction2.2M WordsCompleted I never expected this book’s reputation to take such a nosedive three years after it ended, but I still have to say: those brats on that site are making a ridiculous fuss. They don’t read the book, but they always have to follow the latest trend. The saddest ones are those who once spent dozens, even over a hundred hours reading it, only to come back and give it one star. What, you thought it was good back then, but now you think it’s no good? You haven’t grown up. You’ve lost the ability to thi 30.2kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves

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    These five novels can

18. 18 重 Reborn as a Zombie King: Keeping All of Humanity in Captivity 重生尸王：圈养全人类 Lazy Caterpillar慵懒的猪儿虫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse580k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse][Killing and evolution][Dark tone] The red moon hangs overhead, and the Apocalypse descends from the sky! In this world, where human lives are as worthless as blades of grass, compassion, kindness, and innocence have become the greatest jokes. The darkest side of human nature is magnified beyond all limits! When Wang Jun returns to the beginning of the Apocalypse, he discovers that he has become a zombie and gained the Zombie King Evolution System! From then on, a Zombie King named W 1.6kReads8.5Score123Shelves
19. 19 梦 Nightmare Game: This Hunter Is Way Too Terrifying 梦魇游戏：这个狩猎者也太吓人了 Armed Swimming Across the River of Forgetfulness忘川河里武装泅渡Mystery1.6M WordsOngoing [1v4 Mode + Horror Worlds + Fusion with Dangerous Personalities + No Female Lead (Though if there has to be one, it's the Evil God Cthulhu)] The mysterious online game Midnight Nightmare was released. Players could enter horror worlds and tackle dungeons, or choose between the Hunter and Runner factions for an asymmetric 1v4 showdown. Ling Yichuan awakened the Character Template Fusion System. From then on, he fused with one terrifying boss after another, becoming the nightmare of every player! 1.6kReads9.4Score189Shelves
20. 20 异EN Another World: My Life Has Cheat Codes! 异世界：我的人生开了挂！ A Salty Fish c一条咸鱼cEastern Fantasy5.9M WordsCompleted [Vampires, werewolves, technology, potions, ghosts, biohumans, divination, puppets, and every terrifying element you can imagine: this world has them all.] Lin En transmigrated into such a bizarre otherworld and became an apprentice at a potion shop. "Something is wrong with that man! He never uses anesthetic when performing surgery!" "That shop is a scam! The moment you go in, they find a pile of illnesses even if you are perfectly healthy!" "But wait, isn't that shop supposed to be the bes 138.3kReads9.6Score16.9kShelves
21. 21 大 The Big Shot Is a Little Twisted Because He's Too Refined 大佬因太过斯文而有些变态 Clingy Grain穗穗黏黏Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Decisive and Ruthless] x [No Romance] x [Ridiculous Power Fantasy] x [Unhinged but Handsome Male Lead] x [Refined Pervert] “Executioner No. 001, mission completed perfectly.” After dying, Yan Wugui, who had spent ten years in a psychiatric hospital, became an executioner for the Myriad Worlds System. He travels across the heavens and countless realms to hunt down rule-breakers and keep the worlds running as they should. An executioner? Call me the Reaper. [System] Executioner No. 001. Assassina 19.5kReads9.4Score3.9kShelves

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    @SuiSuiSticky "The Boss Has a Little Conscience, But Not Much" is my favorite. Gui Gui is a good person. Both books feature red eyes, sob sob. Author, please update soon!

22. 22 我 I Use Illusions to Control the World 我用幻术控制全世界 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [A rare illusion-based novel featuring a villain protagonist, nightmare invasions, and original instances] Su Mu has the same dream every night. Each time he wakes, his mental strength has increased by one percent. He grows stronger just by sleeping. In the first year, hypnosis. He discovers his mental strength is already powerful enough to hypnotize others, and soon gang bosses, the campus belle, beautiful CEOs, and more have all become his slaves. In the second year, control over the five sens 68.2kReads9.4Score7.5kShelves

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    Hulu's book is a villainous novel. The author says it's a rare combination of illusion magic, villains, nightmare invasion, and original side stories.

23. 23 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! 81.3kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves

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    Definitely worth watching

24. 24 高 High Martial: The Young Demon King 高武：少年魔王 Giant-Horned Fantastical Beast巨角幻兽Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Years ago, a New World arrived, connecting Earth to millions of different Earths. The rifts hanging high in the sky became a paradise where people could pursue their dreams. Born without emotions, the monster Zhang You set out for the New World in hopes of becoming an ordinary person. Was his unmatched talent a blessing or a curse? 8.3kReads8.1Score472Shelves
25. 25 污EN I’ll Own Every Accusation, But Don’t Cry When I Wipe Out Your Whole Clan! 污蔑我全认，灭你全族可别哭！ Tipsy Chick微醺的鸡仔Eastern Fantasy4.2M WordsCompleted [Fantasy premise + System + villain + no saintly behavior + ruthless and decisive] Qin Luo transmigrates to another world and becomes the Holy Son of the Taixu Sacred Land, standing trial. His unrequited love, his fiancée, and the protagonist accuse him of being a spy for the Heavenly Demon Sect. Every disciple of the Sacred Land denounces him. “Qin Luo murdered his fellow disciples to cultivate demonic arts, the legendary Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art!” “Qin Luo isn't an orphan. He must have joi 87.7kReads8.4Score9.9kShelves

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    The protagonist is put on trial at the beginning, with constant plot twists. It's a villain story, not a Mary Sue story. I've already read it, so you can read it with confidence.

26. 26 我 I’m the Boss in a Horror Game 我在惊悚游戏当BOSS Evil Clown恶魔小丑Mystery526k WordsCompleted Name: Shen Hao. Occupation: Demon (You are the most evil, most cruel, and most terrifying great, great, great Demon King!) Innate Talents: 1. Calamity from the Heavens (When you enter an instance, you will take the place of the original boss in that world, inheriting all their attributes, abilities, and items. When the mission ends, you will permanently gain their attributes, one of their abilities, or an item.) 2. The Demon’s Legend (Demons may leave survivors, but never out of mercy. Those you 5.2kReads8.3Score529Shelves

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    Dark, take it and let me know.

27. 27 人 In a High-Martial World, My Talent Is Cultivating Demonic Word Traits 人在高武，天赋却是词条魔修 Grayish White Rain灰白色的雨Urban264k WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless + no heroine + self-interest + lone wolf + high martial arts + demonic cultivator + infinite worlds + trait system] Gu Bai transmigrates to a prison in a high-martial-arts world. The crimes committed by the original owner earn Gu Bai a hefty thousand-year sentence. But there is always a way out. In prison, Gu Bai awakens a second talent: cultivating immortality through traits. Every time he breaks through a major realm or fulfills a special condition, he can choose one of 16Reads7.0Score—Shelves
28. 28 星 The Stars: From Human to God 星空：从人蜕变为神 Ten Thousand a Day一天一万Sci-Fi & Apocalypse754k WordsCompleted At the age of 22, Lin Dao suddenly awakened two abilities. Anyone who had heard his name, seen his face, had any direct or indirect contact with him, or knew he existed would become completely loyal to him. And no matter how he died, he could resurrect in the body of any human being. In the early days after his abilities awakened, he did nothing at all. Yet a “god” quickly came into being upon the earth. 4kReads9.0Score267Shelves
29. 29 灵 Supernatural Revival: Wielding a Mirage from the Start 灵异复苏：开局驾驭海市蜃楼 Origin Demon God起源魔神Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted (No female lead, no CP, no morals, no limits, hypocrite, dark and self-serving) The supernatural returns, and vengeful ghosts run rampant. The human world is a living hell, with suffering everywhere. Ghosts cannot be destroyed! Only ghosts can fight ghosts! Order is on the verge of collapse, and truth is about to crumble. Reborn amid taboos, I cast aside my conscience and let my humanity die. “Anyone who makes me unhappy for even a moment will be unhappy for the rest of their life!” “Why stop at 15.2kReads8.2Score1.3kShelves
30. 30 杀 Kill or Be Killed: But I Start with a Conceptual Ability 杀戮求生：但开局概念级能力 Unorthodox非道Urban454k WordsCompleted [Villain Protagonist + Evil Path + Kill, Kill, Kill + Eat, Eat, Eat + Monster Girls] [From the start, I got a conceptual ability that lets me replenish myself by consuming things. I’m just going to eat, eat, eat!!!] I transmigrated, but my identity was exposed, and I even died. Well, not completely. So I was drafted into a world of slaughter, where I had to fight monsters for extra time to live. I thought life would be rough, but who knew I’d get a conceptual ability from the start? What more is 1.6kReads6.7Score118Shelves
31. 31 诡 The Supernatural Returns, and I Am the Greatest Fear in the World 诡异复苏，我是世间最大的恐惧 Evil Clown恶魔小丑Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Villain] [Dark] [Invincible] [No female lead] Qin Yu died, and his soul arrived in another world, merging with a haunted house. In this age of supernatural resurgence, he continually grew stronger and evolved, creating his own kingdom of terror. Whether human or supernatural, everyone saw him as their greatest fear. 13.8kReads8.4Score928Shelves
32. 32 被 Betrayed by My Ex, I Became the Zerg Overlord 被前女友背叛的我成了虫族主宰 A Downcast Tea Egg颓然的茶叶蛋Sci-Fi & Apocalypse357k WordsCompleted Hauling bricks, delivering food, handing out flyers, washing dishes… After working himself to the bone to put his childhood sweetheart through college, Chen Mo is dumped as soon as she graduates. Heartbroken, he begins to give up on himself. When he wakes from a deep sleep, he finds a building called the Zerg Base before him. Will he keep giving up on himself, or… become the king of the universe? The Earth arc is complete. The Star System arc has begun. The War of the Universe arc is to be annou 1.8kReads8.0Score125Shelves
33. 33 你 Your Wish Came True. What Are You Afraid Of? 你许的愿，成真了，你怕什么？ Evil Clown恶魔小丑Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted Lin Yuan died in an accident and became a ghost, but gained powerful abilities. He can grant humans any wish, but they must trade an equivalent amount of "luck" to make it happen. As long as they can pay the price, every request will be answered. People came to call him the "Wish-Granting Ghost Immortal." Some fell into the abyss because of their wishes, while others rose to great heights. Some called him a merciful Bodhisattva, while others called him an evil demon. But they never realized that 11.2kReads7.1Score872Shelves
34. 34 我 Behind the Scenes, I Become the Source of Calamity 我在幕后，成就灾厄之源 A Thought of Emptiness一念之空Urban603k WordsOngoing A million-character novel on this site, with a steady, guaranteed update schedule Mastermind behind the scenes + creating the uncanny + decisive male lead Terminally ill, Bai Ye tries every possible way to save his life. A single sacrifice grants him the power to create the uncanny. “Creating the uncanny and bringing fear and disaster can prolong my life and give me supernatural power? What is there to think about? To me, life matters more than anything!” A being of absolute darkness, he gains t 2.3kReads7.4Score162Shelves
35. 35 我 I Am the Zombie Source, Poisoning the Ocean from the Start 我，丧尸源体，开局投毒海洋 Unorthodox非道Sci-Fi & Apocalypse487k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse]+ [Zombies]+ [Zombie Beasts]+ [Zombie Plants]+ [Darkness]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [Cautious]+ [Laying Low and Growing Strong]= This Novel Shi Fang has had the zombie source virus dormant inside him for twenty years! When the virus finally matures, he transforms into the zombie source and heads straight for the ocean to lay the groundwork by poisoning it! From then on, zombies spread across the globe. Deadly zombie plants silently spread viral pollen that turns people into zombies, 4.5kReads7.8Score371Shelves
36. 36 觉 Awakened the Worst Talent? My Clones Can Simulate! 觉醒最烂天赋？我的分身能模拟！ Who Says I Can't Do It?谁说我不行Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Wish fulfillment + mastermind behind the scenes + thrilling!] What would it be like if you awakened a clone talent, and your clones were bound to a simulation System that could give them the strength an ordinary person would gain over a lifetime, all in just a few minutes inside a simulated world? Lin Ke glanced at his pitifully weak stats panel. Then he looked at the dazzling figures before him, his clones who had already become the Grand Marshal, Prime Minister, and Great General of the Human 586Reads8.8Score104Shelves
37. 37 斩 Slay the Gods: The Demon Venerable of Mortal Life 斩神：浮生魔尊 Master Qingxiao青霄先生Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted Have you ever wondered what it would be like to wake up in a world that's both strange and familiar? Have you ever wondered if the friends of old might one day stand before you as enemies? Have you ever wondered which way you'd turn when forced to choose between an old friend and your own life? My name is Fang Sheng. I have a bit of a sweet tooth, especially for cake. 84.2kReads9.1Score9.4kShelves
38. 38 异EN Anomalies Descend, My Right Hand Strips All Things 异常降临，我右手剥离万物 I Don't Eat Sashimi我不吃鱼生Urban1.0M WordsOngoing [Pure villain] [Anomaly containment] [Ensemble cast] [No heroine] [Not brainless] [Cautious protagonist] It all begins with a dream of a god's fall. Anomalous creatures and objects start appearing all over the world. He obtains the god's right hand, which can randomly strip anything of its properties. Endless experiments, a growing number of anomalies, and others who possess the god's body parts: the world is going mad! Whether to become an omniscient, omnipotent god or to crush his hidden enemi 53Reads7.3Score—Shelves
39. 39 黑 Darkness Invades: I Can Only Summon Myself! 黑暗入侵：我只能召唤我自己！ Love-Chan Doesn't Want to Work恋酱才不要工作Urban590k WordsCompleted [Darkness Invasion] [No female lead] Darkness descended, and countless evil gods set their sights on Blue Star, known as the Origin Star. At this critical moment, Blue Star's consciousness awakened, granting humanity the power to repel foreign enemies. Talents were the power humanity relied on to survive. Su Yuan, who had transmigrated here for reasons unknown, had no ties to hold him back, so he decided to go home! However, his talent was Heroic Spirit Summoning, and the heroic spirits of this 3.2kReads8.4Score337Shelves
40. 40 杀 Killing Game: I Can Strengthen Myself Through Slaughter 杀戮游戏：我可以靠杀戮强化自身 Throne of Fear恐惧王座Urban2.2M WordsCompleted [Switch the roles, and you'll learn what cruelty really means] + [No heroine] As monsters infiltrate the human world and humanity has no way to fight back, a game called Nighttime Paradise suddenly appears. In this game, humans become the Killers, while monsters become the Survivors. After being reborn, Lin Yuan enters the game and draws an X-rank talent: Slaughter Abyss. Its effect is: Every time you perfectly kill a Survivor, you gain 2 points of Brutality, 1 point of Agility, and 1 point of P 12.9kReads7.8Score1.2kShelves
41. 41 我 I Created the Committee for the Management of Forbidden Objects! 我创造了禁忌物管理委员会！ Big Shot Yu大佬俞Urban675k WordsCompleted [Ensemble Cast] [Behind the Scenes] [Somewhat Dark] In a bustling city, mysterious items with incredible powers and negative side effects begin to appear. They are called Pandora, also known as Forbidden Objects. 3-001, Marquardt’s Mask. 3-002, Lilith’s Blood Needle. 2-00X, Eris’s Magic Mirror. 0-001, Forbidden Ring. … A mask that lets its wearer become someone else; a silver hairpin that, once driven into a person’s heart, drains every drop of blood from their body and prolongs its owner 7.5kReads8.5Score650Shelves
42. 42 身 As a Transmigrator, I Choose to Be a Lone Star of Misfortune 身为穿越者，我选择天煞孤星 Grayish White Rain灰白色的雨Sports297k WordsCompleted [Self-Interest + Decisive and Ruthless + No Heroine + Lone Wolf + Cards + Infinite Flow] Zhou Yao wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the game [Gate of Original Cards], where he has become an ordinary NPC not even worthy of a name. This world is full of original cards that grant strange powers, bizarre game instances, and endless possibilities. Original cards can continually evolve and fuse, gaining all sorts of strange and powerful effects. [Fireball] → [Heaven-Burning Inferno] [Fir 480Reads6.6Score—Shelves
43. 43 不 Bro, You Call This Grinding Proficiency? 不是哥们，你管这叫刷熟练度？ Something Easy to Remember好记一点Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [No heroine] [No romance] [Decisive killer] [Slow burn] He is the destroyer of races, the breaker of organizations, the nightmare of major institutions, the destroyer of the world... Lu Hao. Lu Hao: I’m not. I didn’t. I’m just grinding proficiency. You call that grinding proficiency? Lu Hao sighed. They had touched my one sore spot. What’s your sore spot? Myself. 690Reads6.0Score106Shelves
44. 44 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 84.7kReads8.5Score10.5kShelves
45. 45 秩 Order Paradise: I Can Add Points Without Limit 秩序乐园，我无限加点 Ruler of the Ancient Gods古神支配者Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.9M WordsCompleted [Nonhuman Protagonist + Infinite Flow + Data-Based + Logic-Focused + Utterly Dark + Anti-Human Nature + Decisive and Ruthless + No Female Lead] Mu Bei is a cause without origin, with no biological father. After spending eighteen years in a sterile hospital ward, Mu Bei signs a contract with the Paradise of Order. And so begins a story full of slaughter and destruction, devoid of love and mercy, one that feeds on all living beings... (Reader advisory 1: After the first volume, the protagonist bec 346Reads7.3Score113Shelves
46. 46 从EN Becoming the Vampire Progenitor, Starting in Central Europe 从中欧开始成为血族始祖 Strawberry-Flavored Little Butt草莓味的小屁股Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted (Immortality + vampires + dark Central Europe + the Church + changing eras) A great vampire novel. - According to the Holy Covenant: [All things reproduce, but none die. Eden grew ever larger, so God created Death and suspended it high above the heavens. God, as the Lord, governed the beginning of life, while Jonah, as the End, oversaw the passing of all living things. Only Kuba displeased Him, and God cast him out. To escape Death, Kuba became immortal and hid from the sunlight.] Norton picked 23.6kReads8.3Score2.1kShelves

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    This is the second book to get a perfect score since the Kaizhi series.

47. 47 反EN Villain: My Little Brother is the Chosen One 反派：我的弟弟是天选之子 I Keep a Fat Rabbit家养了只肥兔Eastern Fantasy4.3M WordsCompleted "Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain 342.6kReads9.5Score38.8kShelves

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    This should be it.

48. 48 末 Scum of the Apocalypse 末世渣滓 Flying Claw Fish会飞的爪巴鱼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Rebirth in the apocalypse + alternate world + ruthless, not a saint + evolving zombies + special powers + self-interest] Whether stars fell or a virus broke out, no one knew. Zombies and a world-ending nuclear weapons system brought about the world’s destruction all the same. Sunlight streamed in through the window, seeming to shine into the dumplings in his memory. “Little sister, is it snowing?” The man looked up at the window. The cold seeped into his bones. This winter seemed a little c 5.6kReads8.5Score413Shelves
49. 49 重 Rebirth as a Demonic Cultivator: Starting with a Zombie Planet 重生魔修，开局捡到一颗丧尸星球 The World Is Ink天下墨矣Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsOngoing This novel has been adapted into a comic. Chu Xuan transmigrates to the Cangxuan World and becomes a demonic cultivator in the Wuji Sect. To cultivate the demonic path is to seize the essence of heaven and earth and take the finest of all things. Slaughter countless millions, and you can become a supreme Demon Venerable. But killing is forbidden by the Heavenly Dao of the human race. The righteous sects also wiped out the Wuji Sect. Just when all seemed lost, Chu Xuan happens upon a blood mirror 15.6kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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    He's somewhat mentally sound, but a bit cunning.

50. 50 写 I Wrote a Fairy Tale and Forged the Twilight of the Gods 写个童话，铸成诸神黄昏 Milk Tea Cats and Dogs奶茶猫狗Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing One day, countless [Gates] suddenly appeared across the world. At the same time, a power known as [Truth] began to echo through the human realm. Some awakened the Truth of Isaac Newton, father of mechanics, and learned the sky-rending magic of manipulating gravity. Some awakened the Truth of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the nuclear bomb demon, and could turn an entire city to lifeless ruins with a wave of their hand. Some awakened the Truth of Li Bai, the immortal banished from heaven, and could d 62.5kReads9.3Score5.1kShelves

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