Looking for Dark Fiction: Cruel, Ruthless, Unfazed by Killing, and Utterly Inhuman 求暗黑残忍，杀伐果断，湮灭人性，黑暗流小说

1. 1 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 53.3kReads8.0Score5.6k14d adds

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   Those must be the books, especially the first one, which I won't introduce. Just read it yourself.

2. 2 我 Seeking Longevity in a Low-Martial World 我在低武世界求长生 Glutinous Rice Pig Soup糯米猪比汤Historical408k WordsCompleted Power struggles and turbulent times are often accompanied by unrest! When a frontier commander holds immense military power, it is bound to arouse the suspicions of those in power. Will he march south to capture the dragon, or earn the title of Wolf of Langjuxu? Chen Zhi Mu. A mad scientist whose life was cut short by old age in the future is unexpectedly reborn in the body of a frontier commander in ancient times. By a chance coincidence, he seems to discover that this world is not as simple 2.6kReads8.5Score10814d adds
3. 3 破 Financial Ruin 破財 A Lowly, Taciturn Scholar鲰生寡言Xianxia160k WordsOngoing Dead... They're dead. The day the secret sealed away for nine years was revealed, everyone in Yunshui Town died! In the past, Cen Ziyu always thought the mountain demon that ate children was just a bizarre tale the adults had made up to scare them. Until one day, he uneasily remembered something. When he was little... he had eaten a person! Cen Ziyu and his grandmother depend on each other. Their life is hard, but the uncles and aunties in Yunshui Town have always been kind to them, ofte 276Reads—Score4714d adds

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   The secret, sealed for nine years, was revealed, and on the day it was unveiled, everyone in Yunshui Town died! Before, Cen Ziyu had always thought that the mountain demon eating children was just a bizarre story made up by adults to scare kids, until that day he remembered something. When he was a child… he had eaten people.

4. 4 修 Cultivating Immortality in the Hehuan Sect: They Treat Me Like a Magical Artifact 修仙合欢宗，她们把我当法器 Little Peanut's Great Adventure小花生大冒险Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted He is the top male model at a club in the mortal realm, and a reincarnated Immortal Emperor. She is a low-ranking elder of the Hehuan Sect in the cultivation world, a bewitching demoness. He plays among the flowers, indulging in the pleasures of the world without ever getting attached. She exhausts every scheme, deceives the world, and traps him in the palm of her hand. He uses her as a chess piece, slaughters his way through the immortal realm, and reshapes the Heavenly Dao. She wields him as a 7kReads9.1Score67114d adds

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   This dark ensemble piece was locked up for another month, just got out [staring emoji]. The writing and details are superb, the character portrayals and inner monologues are really strong [OK emoji]. There's even a live narrator, making it very fun and exciting [thumbs up emoji].

5. 5 末 Apocalypse Villain: Reborn, I Infiltrate the Protagonist's Crew 末世反派：重生后，我混入主角团 Room-Temperature Sugar-Free Soda常温无糖汽水Sci-Fi & Apocalypse683k WordsCompleted [Zombies + post-apocalypse + doomsday + self-interest + decisive and ruthless + villain] Important: The protagonist is neutral evil when he’s in a good mood and chaotic evil when he’s not. He has almost no humanity. Don’t read if that’s not your thing. Only after Chi You dies does he learn that the hotheaded boy who’s always going on about love and peace is the chosen protagonist, destined to save the world, while he himself is merely a villain serving as a stepping stone along the protagonist 37.4kReads9.2Score3.5k14d adds

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   These people are promoting some kind of garbage, overly sanctimonious book. The books they recommend are supposed to ensure the protagonist is safe as long as no one bothers them. Even if the protagonist actively goes to the Sand People, they'll go on and on about how evil and wicked the Sand People are, so the protagonist feels no guilt whatsoever. They're practically gods! In my opinion, anyone who doesn't actively go to the Sand People (regardless of whether they're good or bad) for personal gain is a sanctimonious saint.

6. 6 仙EN The Harsh Road to Immortality: Built on White Bones 仙路难行，白骨筑长生 Octopus Who Loves Watermelon爱吃西瓜的章鱼Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsOngoing “Rules? On the road to immortality, my rules are the only rules!” [Mortal Cultivation of Demonic Arts] [Founding a Demonic Cult] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Profit Above All] (Already at the Nascent Soul stage, with plenty of content to enjoy) Protagonist Qing Chen: He knows when to yield and when to stand firm, is utterly self-serving, greedy for money and women, and will stop at nothing to achieve immortality! He will found a demonic cult, dominate the world, and climb step by step to the very to 81.5kReads9.1Score7.5k14d adds

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   The mortal-to-demonic path is extremely ruthless, resulting in countless deaths.

7. 7 正 I Was a Righteous Cultivator, Until One Day I Became a Demon God 正道修士的我，某天成为魔神 Late Autumn in Jiangnan九月江南晚Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Immortal cultivation + fantasy + supreme demonic cultivator + reborn in another body + no System + decisive and ruthless + heartless demon + fictional universe] For eighteen years, Gu Yuan was a direct disciple of the Sword Venerable of the Heavenly Sword Sect. Blessed with outstanding talent, he devoted himself to guarding the Demon Cave for his sect for years. Time passed, and when he finally returned, everything had changed. His master abandoned him, his senior and junior sisters despised hi 1.1kReads7.3Score10114d adds

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   Dark fantasy, ruthless, cold-blooded, and without a female lead.

8. 8 鬼 Master of Ghostly Fate 鬼命之主 White Little White Cloud白小白云Eastern Fantasy889k WordsOngoing With a useless System and a ruthless Host, Mo Li, born a villain, will stop at nothing to achieve his goals. He has always believed in one creed: either be forsaken by everyone or ascend to the very top. 3.2kReads6.7Score25514d adds
9. 9 绝 The Ultimate Gourmet 绝对美食家 Li Xiaojiàn理小贱Eastern Fantasy252k WordsOngoing (No harem, no naive do-gooder, no System, partly feel-good, dark story! Read at your own discretion. The protagonist is extremely twisted.) As the saying goes, food is the people’s first necessity. I used to think so too. Food was a gift from heaven! Until one day, I had tasted everything in sight... And so, I raised my head and looked up at the heavens... 120Reads—Score—14d adds
10. 10 我 Ten Thousand Years After My Death, I Inherited the Legacy of the Supreme Demon God 我死后万年获得了极道魔神的传承 My Name Is An Tusheng我叫安屠生Eastern Fantasy597k WordsCompleted [No female lead] [Profit above all] [Do not read if you like saintly do-gooders] [Ruthless] [Dark fantasy] [Ensemble cast] [Lots of fighting] [The Myriad Worlds in the later chapters] The Xuantian Dao Realm is a world where the strong prey on the weak. Might makes right, and the weak are no more than ants. The path to the Dao demands a heart of stone: one general's success is built on the bones of ten thousand soldiers! Ten thousand years ago, the Demon Venerable angered heaven and earth by taki 399Reads8.0Score10914d adds
11. 11 玄 Xuanhuan: After My Death, I Became the Primordial True Demon 玄幻：我死后，化身原始真魔 Journeying to the Mortal World远赴人间Eastern Fantasy442k WordsCompleted [Ultimate villain + dark + ruthless + nearly invincible + slaughters his way through the world + no female lead] My name is Zhao Wumian. I'm an ordinary person with little cultivation, yet a lofty divine son falsely accuses me of being a fiend who slaughtered hundreds of millions. Before long, my body will be crushed, my three souls and seven spirits ripped out, and I'll suffer in a soul lamp until I die. My name is Ye Baiwei. I'm the Holy Maiden of Qixia Sacred Land, and I have another i 3.1kReads7.7Score18614d adds
12. 12 从 A Wildly Reimagined Crossover Starting with Pokemon 从宝可梦开始的魔改综漫 G, Beyond Forgiveness罪无可恕的GAnime Fanfiction726k WordsCompleted [Evil Villain Protagonist] + [Pokemon (Beast-Taming Story in Disguise)] + [Endless Destruction] + [True Demon King] + [Digimon] This isn't a dumb, dark story. Don't complain that people can't be saved in the early chapters or whatever. The protagonist acts with cost-effectiveness in mind and wants a comfortable life. He's not some masochistic idiot who goes looking for trouble. Hypocrisy is part of evil. A weakling who acts arrogant isn't evil, just an idiot. If you want something mindless, don' 88Reads5.9Score—14d adds
13. 13 高 High Martial: I'm a Noble Gentleman, Righteous to the Point of Evil 高武：我是正人君子，正的发邪 I Love Getting Nosebleeds我爱淌鼻血Urban178k WordsOngoing (Unhinged + villainous + ruthless + self-serving) While other people transmigrate into lives of wealth and privilege, Gu Shan has the worst luck imaginable: his soul transmigrates straight into a cold corpse. Fortunately, fate leaves him a glimmer of hope. He unexpectedly awakens the [Model Gentleman] System. As long as he completes good deeds recognized by the System, he can rapidly increase his power. The only problem is that the System’s definition of a “good deed” is utterly baffling. System —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Villain. Has no moral bottom line.

14. 14 凡EN Mortal Cultivation: Ten Thousand Corpses Forge an Immortal Bone 凡人修仙，万尸铸仙骨 Swimming Champion游泳冠军Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsOngoing Demonic cultivation + no System + scheming underdog + decisive and ruthless. This book is dark, so don't read it if that's not your thing. The moment Song Wen kills the frail little beggar and seizes his blood and soul, every cell in his body cheers and leaps with excitement. His mind races, and he knows that killing will be part of his life from now on. For survival and immortality, he'll stop at nothing: petty schemes, conspiracies, and ruthless slaughter. On the road to immortality, bones are 94.7kReads8.9Score7.9k14d adds
15. 15 魔 The Reborn Demon Lord Becomes the Ninth Prince and Is Forced to Be a Good Person 魔尊重生为九皇子，被迫当好人 No Pearl Is Lost in the Vast Sea沧海不遗珠Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing “Hypocrisy + training + multiple heroines + political scheming + darkness + yandere” (If you don't like it, don't read!) In his previous life, he slaughtered cities and destroyed kingdoms in pursuit of eternal life. In this life, the System forces him to become “the world's greatest good person.” Within the imperial palace, the crown prince is ruthless, the other princes circle like wolves, and the consort watches him like a hawk. He must play the harmless, benevolent Ninth Prince while wield 9.7kReads9.0Score1k14d adds

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    "Domination + Hypocrisy + Multiple Women + PUA + A combination of kindness and coercion + Power scheming + Thrilling story + Darkness + Intellectual battle"

16. 16 序 Fate Sequence, Yet They Call Me the Primordial Calamity 序列命运，可他们叫我最初灾厄 Cyberpunk Old Spring赛博朋克老泉水Urban911k WordsOngoing [Creating Monsters] [Creating the Supernatural] [No female lead] They all say I am calamity itself. My name is Zhao Jin. What I love most is rummaging through the piles of discarded history for strange, forgotten legends, then bringing them to life. An age without the supernatural? Then I'll create it myself. When the first monster burst from the ground, the world thought it was a natural disaster. When the second arrived, they began to panic. By the time the seventh and eighth swept across t 142.6kReads8.6Score19.5k14d adds

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    I'm here again.

17. 17 序 Sequence Survival: I'm the Convoy Captain 序列求生：我，车队队长 Salted Corn咸玉米Sci-Fi & Apocalypse431k WordsOngoing [Ruthless and decisive, convoy leader, sequences, the uncanny, highway survival, ruthless, fused sequences, perception sequences, a touch of ensemble cast] Su Bai was jolted awake by a tremor and realized he couldn’t see. Thankfully, it turned out he had gone blind because his sequence had awakened. At the same time, the world outside underwent a dramatic transformation. The uncanny arrived, filling the cities with strange horrors. Fortunately, Su Bai awakened two sequences from the start. Howev 128kReads8.2Score16.6k14d adds
18. 18 虫 Zerg Hive: Empresses and Saintesses Beneath My Heel 虫族母巢：女帝圣女皆踩脚下 Wooden Horse Bun木马包子Eastern Fantasy441k WordsOngoing Ma Yang was initially against transmigrating into a Zerg hive mother. But after giving it a try, he realized it was awesome! So damn fun! Turn all the finest humans into Zerg warriors. Lead billions of Zerg and overwhelm the entire otherworld! From then on, the continent has no more sects or orthodox traditions, only the iron hooves of the Zerg! [Transforming women + Conquering the world + Villain protagonist + Zerg swarm expansion] (The synopsis doesn't do it justice. Swipe left to enter the em 2.7kReads—Score27514d adds

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    The Tomato Zerg Mother Nest is one of the top three books, absolutely amazing!

19. 19 创 Creating a Monster Association? I'm Building a New Humanity 创造怪人协会？我这是缔造新人类 Cyberpunk Old Spring赛博朋克老泉水Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Villain] [Human Evolution Path] [Monster Creation] [Also Known As: The Monster-Making Association] [No Heroine] [Ruthless and Decisive] [Fantasy Supernatural World] A car accident shattered Jiang Yan’s life. His mother’s and younger sister’s mangled bodies lay beside him. Humanity took away his light through an accident. Now he will reshape the rules in the darkest way possible. “How many lives will it take to bring them back? A hundred million? A billion?” In the laboratory at midnight, the s 29.2kReads7.8Score4k14d adds
20. 20 极 The Extreme Path to Immortality 极道仙路 Vast Qin 1泱泱大秦1Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted [No Goody-Two-Shoes Heroine, No Female Lead, No System, No Transmigration.] Follow your heart and pursue what you desire: that is the path to the ultimate immortal way. The Heavenly Dao? It is dead. The Demonic Heaven shall rise. This is an utterly brutal cultivation world where the strong rule and the weak are ants. My name is Zhao Wuji. In pursuit of the immortal path, I have no taboos. 11.4kReads8.9Score85114d adds
21. 21 吾 I Am the Evil God, and This World Will Treat Me as a Forbidden Taboo for All Eternity 吾为邪神，此世当做万古禁忌 Yu Mulinlin雨木霖霖Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted “I want you to cast aside every last bit of kindness and sink completely into the swamp of evil!” Amid a field of ruins, a boy reborn from death, a coffin bearer above the stars, a supreme body of gods and demons! A strange mask of gods and demons, a mysterious broken black sword, a person reborn with a burden of sin! Only after enduring every evil the world has to offer does one realize how many sinners there are! After countless trials, the boy takes up his sword, sees through the mortal world 3.5kReads9.0Score31814d adds
22. 22 屠 I Slaughtered Countless Billions, for I Am the Demon King Chen Di 屠戮苍生亿万万，我乃魔王陈帝 Swordsman of Beizhou北州剑客Eastern Fantasy792k WordsCompleted [Dark + Invincible + Cold-Blooded] In a fantasy world, the strong only grow stronger, while the weak remain weak. Human nature is dark, and self-interest comes first. Everyone lives in this cruel world, and everyone wants to climb higher, willing to risk their lives for even the smallest chance. Chen Di transmigrated here and gained a System that made him stronger every time he killed someone. And so Chen Di turned dark, setting out on an invincible path with both hands soaked in blood! “Do I ne 3.9kReads8.9Score22114d adds

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    [Dark humor + comedy + ruthless and decisive + global flow + unique ideas + single female lead + semi-invincible + brainy and satisfying novel (brainless is also acceptable)] A global horror game has arrived. Those chosen can participate in various challenges of inhuman difficulty. In the game full of torment, people also have the opportunity to gain extraordinary powers.

23. 23 幽 Netherworld Immortality 幽冥长生 Vast Qin 1泱泱大秦1Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [No Saintly Protagonist] [No Harem] [No System] “My name is Li Changsheng. I seek the Immortal Dao in pursuit of eternal life!” Will he become an immortal or a demon? So what if he becomes an immortal? So what if he becomes a demon? I seek only eternal life. I seek only supreme strength. Beneath the Nine Hells lies the Netherworld. In this cruel cultivation world, there is no simple division between black and white. Strength is everything: the strong rule, and the weak are ants. With the Netherw 9.4kReads8.7Score68614d adds
24. 24 末 The Apocalypse, History, and the Eldritch Gods 末日，历史与诡异诸神 Moonlight, Dust, and Feathers月亮尘埃与羽毛Historical228k WordsOngoing [Chaotic evil protagonist + violent aesthetics + Lovecraftian horror + historical Infinite Flow + apocalypse] (The protagonist is pure evil, so don’t read this while applying your own moral standards or expecting him to act sensibly. Go elsewhere if you’re a bleeding heart. The story’s core isn’t evil chaos; it’s the protagonist who’s chaotic.) After the cataclysm, the apocalypse arrived. Han Zhe, a deranged mercenary severely contaminated by radiation, accepted a bounty to launch an armed attac 14Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The male protagonist is a pure villain; all he needs to do is kill and set fires. Everything else is for the NPCs to worry about.

25. 25 诡EN The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 232kReads9.5Score28.6k14d adds
26. 26 他 They Call Me a Demonic Taoist 他们喊我妖道 Upholding the Three Views秉持三观Eastern Fantasy399k WordsCompleted [Lovecraftian Cultivation + Utterly Wicked Unorthodox Path + No Heroine + Light Ensemble Cast + Born Human + Great Goodness, Utter Darkness + All Living Beings as “Foundation”] In an age of the Five Turbidities, bizarre cultivation, and the end of the Dharma... “I, Zhu Ping'an, was just a boy scraping by in a borderland. At first, I only wanted to survive...” Yet as he journeyed on, he discovered that everywhere he looked, this world was written with just two words: “devouring people”! If that's 178Reads5.9Score—14d adds

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    Born into a chaotic world where demons and monsters abound, the protagonist feeds on humans and ascends to the heavens.

27. 27 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Kill Banggeng and the Deaf Old Lady! 四合院：开局宰棒梗，杀聋老太！ Azure Dragon on the Left左青龙Urban315k WordsCompleted [Pure malice]+ [Decisive and ruthless]+ [Leave no one alive]+ [No System]+ [No drawn-out push and pull]+ [Suspense and espionage] Lin Feng transmigrates into the world of The Full Courtyard, and has no intention of showing mercy from the start. Bang Geng steals chickens and causes trouble? He breaks his hands first, then makes him disappear for good! Granny Deaf is an enemy agent? He tears off her hypocritical mask and sends her to her grave! This time, Lin Feng will make sure this filthy 3.3kReads5.4Score10014d adds

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    You guys definitely haven't read this one.

28. 28 女 After My Girlfriend Betrayed Me, Revenge Was a Long Road 女友背叛后，报复路漫漫 A Breeze Rising Again再起的微风Marriage & Romance13k WordsCompleted After My Girlfriend Betrayed Me, the Road to Revenge Was Long 328Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A short, satisfying story about desire and revenge, written in one go. No bloody revenge, just unwavering self-protection; a dark and satisfying read.

29. 29 娇 After My Wife Cheated, I Began My Hunt and Revenge 娇妻出轨后，我的狩猎和报复 A Breeze Rising Again再起的微风7k WordsCompleted After My Wife Cheated, I Began My Hunt for Revenge 4.3kReads—Score—14d adds
30. 30 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, 4.4kReads7.8Score36214d adds
31. 31 杀 Being a Murderer Is Just a Side Hustle 杀人魔什么的只是副业而已 Why Not Eat It?为什么不吃呢Mystery144k WordsOngoing [Amoral thrill-seeker, no female lead, no System, the male lead is a criminal, villain protagonist, ruthless, not for the faint-hearted] What kind of impact will a [monster's] escape have on the world? Watching his pawns offer him a grand blood-soaked revel, or taking the stage himself to create exquisite works of art... Nothing could be more thrilling, could it? Blame that dreadful place for letting him escape and become human again. 1.3kReads—Score19314d adds
32. 32 苟 A Survival Expert's Guide to Self-Cultivation 苟命专家的自我修养 Mr. Z of the Aurora Society极光会Z先生Urban1.0M WordsCompleted No CP, no female lead. Three updates a night, usually around six o'clock. A strange photograph dispels the veil over his memories and restores what he had lost. Strange incidents drive him onward, and as one event after another fans the flames, Lin Han is forced onto the path of pursuing knowledge. The divine follow the gods, the apostles follow the truth, the contracted are bound by their contracts, and the god-blessed draw the gods' gaze. And they push Lin Han toward the future. 8.6kReads8.3Score1.1k14d adds
33. 33 人 The Human Realm’s One and Only White Moonlight Is Actually a Master of Dual Cultivation 人界第一白月光，竟是双修老手 Si Mingqing死鸣卿Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Gender-Bender] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Good Girl] [Stinky Mark] After transforming into a demonic seductress, I can seduce every cultivation prodigy in the realm, then reset everything with one click at midnight. Cultivation has never been this comfortable! 15kReads8.4Score1.1k14d adds
34. 34 鬼 The Ghost King’s Self-Cultivation 鬼王的自我修养 Bitter Days Are Short苦昼短Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted “I'm Li Jiong. I'm still alive.” “I have no memories. I know nothing about this world.” “Something seems wrong here. How strange.” “I remember a little now. This world really is wrong.” “It's me. How could the world be wrong?” “I'm the one who's wrong.” Li Jiong sways his head and hums an unknown tune as he tears through layers of unfamiliar fog in the game. He witnesses the strange things around him and records them in his diary. As he investigates, his memories slowly begin to unfold, and he s 5.2kReads8.3Score56614d adds
35. 35 恐 Horror Descends: My Students Are All Adorable Little Cuties 恐怖降临：我的学生都是小可爱 Zuo Mo左莫Mystery331k WordsCompleted [Supernatural resurgence + horror + heartwarming in the extreme + a loving family] Yin Jian has a group of exceptionally adorable students. There's the butcher, who loves to chop meat in the corner with a boning knife. The blood corpse, whose skin has been peeled off, leaving its entire body crimson, with its muscles and veins clearly visible. The dried corpse, pierced through the chest by two iron chains, its whole body shriveled. The eerie bride, dressed in wedding red and wearing a red veil. 3.6kReads9.3Score38714d adds
36. 36 世 The Heretic of the World 世界的异端 castle Kasuocastle卡索Urban239k WordsCompleted [Dual protagonists + no System + no female lead + no making characters stupid + no formulaic plot + somewhat dark] After that incident, Zhong Qi became a child pitied by the media and the public. He could have become an excellent doctor, but ultimately turned into an infamous serial criminal. Lü Fangxu was a boy-band idol. Because his father was mentally ill, he suffered countless instances of bullying as a child. He gritted his teeth and left the countryside, hoping to make something of himself 137Reads8.1Score2814d adds
37. 37 黑 The Black Suit 黑西装 A Que阿缺Mystery22k WordsCompleted Mr. Brown was visited by a long-forgotten nightmare. It was night in the dream, but even the darkness of the entire night could not compare to the clothes worn by that person. His smile was gentle and refined, yet his hands were covered in blood, which dripped to the ground one drop at a time. He walked over and murmured, “Father, I’m your finest creation, aren’t I?” 326Reads9.5Score10514d adds
38. 38 匍 Bow Beneath the Cat’s Paw! 匍匐在猫咪的爪下吧！ Xueman3270雪曼3270Urban140k WordsOngoing The cover was drawn and made by the author, with no AI involved. [No romance + Very cautious early on + Slice of life + Selfish + Young boy + Cruel + Inhuman + Nearly invincible in the middle and later stages] (If your values are too upright, you might as well skip this. You'll definitely flame me.) Jing Li, a gloomy high school girl, dies from staying up too late and is reborn inside the body of a cat in another world, and a male cat at that! She doesn't care about her new gender, though. After 31Reads—Score314d adds
39. 39 灭 Extinction: From Beginner to Expert 灭绝世界从入门到精通 An Elementary Schooler's Keyboard小学生的键盘Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Villain + villain + villain + no female lead + ruthless and decisive] “Li Yuan, you’re a madman! I can’t comprehend your malice toward life. I can’t even imagine how cold and dark your heart must be. Your actions are appalling. I simply believe that killing you is more urgent than killing any other enemy.” “Li Yuan, are you trying to play God? You want to turn the world into hell, etching your crimes into every corner. You want to make life your plaything, with everyone’s survival hanging on yo 6kReads7.5Score49314d adds
40. 40 从 I Began Immortality by Using My Disciples as Corpse-Refining Fodder 从把徒弟当做练尸耗材开始长生 May It Always Be This Way愿得长如此Xianxia272k WordsOngoing [Handcrafted from scratch + self-interest + no brainless protagonist + definitely not abandoned midway + decisive and ruthless + no saintly heroine + dark style + multiple female cultivators as pawns] Qin Yu transmigrates to the cultivation world and becomes a rogue cultivator who barely survived a body-snatching attempt. But this is a world that devours people. As long as saints live, thieves will thrive; mortals are like grass, and cultivators are no different. Fortunately, he has an Eight Tri 1.5kReads6.0Score11614d adds

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    A dark fantasy story. The protagonist is born with nothing but a pure heart. At the beginning, he leads his teammates to their deaths for a chance encounter. Later, wanting to keep the treasure for himself, he burns his teammates like firewood. He doesn't even waste the dead enemies, using them to make the White Bone Pill. [Licking screen]

41. 41 我 My Demonic Path Has No Mercy Option 我的魔道没有慈悲选项 I'm Not a Hotchpotch我不是大杂烩Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing (New book setting sail!) [Dark story] [Demonic cultivation] [No saintly heroics] [No female lead] [Women appear, but he kills them after using them, without exception] [Self-serving] [Ruthless and decisive] • I broke through to Nascent Soul, killed my benefactor-master, and stole the Immortal Key. The entire cultivation world once called me the “Blood Demon Child.” • On the banks of Eagle Sorrow Gorge, the sects joined forces to hunt me down. Everyone said my soul had been utterly destroyed. • B 5kReads5.5Score37314d adds
42. 42 从 Cultivating Immortality as an Outer-Door Servant 从外门杂役开始修仙 Baby Sea Whale海鲸宝宝Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Mortal's Journey + No System + No Golden Finger + No Female Lead + Not Invincible + Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story + Fast-Paced + Decisive and Ruthless] A young man from the modern world accidentally transmigrated and stumbled into the path of immortality, struggling onward in his quest to become an immortal. The road to immortality was harder than ascending to heaven. Faced with countless dangers, his resolve to seek the Dao remained as solid as stone. Fang Qing transmigrated here and started ou 2.3kReads6.2Score10614d adds

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    (Over a million words, already quite long and ready to be read!) A story of Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, and Nascent Soul cultivation, a mortal cultivation novel with no female lead. The protagonist rises step by step from a lowly servant, decisive and ruthless, while the villains are intelligent. The plot is fast-paced and engaging, with no dull moments. Highly readable and worth reading!

43. 43 穿 Transmigrate to Yunnan Worm Valley: A Survival Guide for the Consort of King Xian 穿越云南虫谷：献王妃求生指南 Like Snow, Remembering the Passing Years似雪忆流年Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing [Ghost Blows Out the Light] + [yandere] + [King Xian is a straight-up tyrant, no redemption arc] The rating has just been posted, so it’ll go up. Updates are steady, so you can’t go wrong giving this a try! I transmigrated, but instead of getting a comeback story, I landed straight in the palace of King Xian of the ancient Dian Kingdom! All around me, women wailed in agony. Before me stood a mad tyrant with a bronze sword in hand and a sinister look in his eyes. No System! No supernatural abilit 57.3kReads9.4Score5.7k14d adds

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    Recommended for female readers: The male lead is a madman who criticizes a tyrant and doesn't try to redeem himself. He's obsessed with ascending to immortality and kills indiscriminately; the female lead can only barely survive.

44. 44 暴 Dong Mo, the Brutal Tyrant: Wiping Out a Clan Makes Me Stronger from the Start 暴极董魔：开局灭门就变强 Tomato Alligator Turtle番茄鳄鱼龟Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted A complete newcomer: writing on a whim, just for fun. Volume One: Rising in Xiliang, Forging a Fearsome Name in Demon Blood (I write whatever comes to mind, just trying to keep the creative spark alive.) Volume Two: The Heavens Collapse at Hulao Pass, Heroes Bleed (Endless revisions, deleted drafts, rewritten settings. The process is torture.) Volume Three: Marching East Without Mercy, Blood Staining the Land (I’ve found my direction. This is starting to feel pretty good.) Volume Four: The Great 685Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The protagonist's creed: Discontent? Kill! Angered? Kill! Disliked? Kill! One person not enough? Exterminate the entire clan! Maximize profit, maximize satisfaction. From personal revenge (annihilating powerful clans) to battlefield dominance (killing the Qiang King), from court control (bloodbath in Luoyang) to world supremacy (annihilating all heroes), then to defying the heavens (annihilating sects), and finally reaching the pinnacle (shattering the void). The goals constantly escalate, the scale of slaughter expands, and the sense of crushing power intensifies. Every major breakthrough (body tempering → qi condensation → true essence → qi transformation → supernatural powers → domain → dharma form → shattering the void) is accompanied by slaughter (annihilating clans, killing chieftains, tearing apart Lu Bu, burning Luoyang, destroying feudal lords, slaughtering sects, sacrificing the world). Every character is a dark version; civilians and soldiers are merely fodder for his advancement. If the protagonist didn't have the system, he would have long been trampled underfoot and used as a stepping stone by the heroes of this world. "The mind is reason"—"Where my heart leads is the reason, is the law! If I believe a path should be open, it must be open! If I believe an obstacle should be broken, it must be broken! All things in the world exist and have meaning because of my will! I don't need to follow any established rules; I am the rule-maker and rule-breaker!" This is no longer simply self-centeredness, but a domineering cognition that places one's own will above objective reality! It is the ultimate manifestation of "tyranny"! "Fulfilling one's desires"—"Satisfying one's own desires is fulfilling one's conscience! Killing is desire, destruction is desire, conquest is desire, exploration is desire! Whatever brings me pleasure and helps me become stronger is the reason, and should be carried out without hesitation! Sacrifice? Cost? Those are merely necessary steps in the process of satisfying greater desires."

45. 45 港 Hong Kong Crime Saga: Dark Refinement of the Heavens from the Start 港综开局，邪炼诸天 Resonating with Birds与鸟共鸣Mystery891k WordsOngoing Meng Chuxing gazes into the heavens, searching for his own path to destruction. But the Great Dao stretches on endlessly. When will he ever reach the end? As for his own creed, it goes like this: Within the Myriad Souls Banner, ten thousand ghosts wail in sorrow. Passersby hear them in terror. Go forth to exorcise demons, and return from death with your life restored. With an evil treasure in hand, I wield its fearsome power. Fellow Daoists, do not rush. I shall ensure you all come here for a li 3.1kReads5.6Score19914d adds

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    Those interested can give it a try and give me some advice. [Understood]

46. 46 从 From Rebel Soldier of the Heavenly Court to the Ultimate Heavenly Demon 从天庭叛兵到极道天魔 North Moon baci北月baciEastern Fantasy115k WordsOngoing [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Goody-Two-Shoes] [No Female Lead] [Extreme Path] [Founding a Demon Sect] After cultivating for hundreds of years, Gao Ming reaches the Heavenly Court only to find he can become nothing more than a low-ranking soldier. He thought he was an unparalleled genius, but what is he supposed to do when everyone in the Heavenly Court is a genius? He defects from the Heavenly Court, only to find he can't even beat a squad leader. Now what? Luckily, Gao Ming has seized the body o 40Reads—Score414d adds

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    The protagonist is ruthless and pure darkness.

47. 47 被 A Life Spurned by Another World 被异世界唾弃的一生 Cool-Off Period清冷期Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Western fantasy + ensemble cast + no cheats + sword and magic + fictional world + some angst] My soul transmigrated to another world. No System, no dazzling start, and this isn’t a power fantasy. Give me a little patience, and I’ll give you a fantasy world unlike any other. This is the story of an ordinary modern office worker who must first survive in a world torn by chaos, then step over heaps of corpses on his way to becoming the Doomsday Demon feared by all. Reader advisory: The first two 4.9kReads9.0Score42214d adds

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    This is an isekai (another world) story. There are no cheat codes, no systems, and no lucky encounters. If you kill one person, you are a criminal; if you kill millions of lives, you are a king. It has a dark style, no saintly hearts, and is ruthless and decisive. There is no right or wrong, no justice or evil, only different perspectives.

48. 48 百 A Hundred Lifetimes of Reincarnation: I Will Become an Immortal 百世轮回：我终将成仙 Situ Liu司徒流Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Warning: the protagonist has no moral limits] [Dark story] [Not a saintly protagonist] [No heroine] [Decisive and ruthless] [Intelligent protagonist] This is the story of a despicable man who reincarnates a hundred times and seeks the path to immortality in the cracks between worlds. 6.4kReads6.9Score39214d adds

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    The protagonist is ruthless and decisive, prioritizes self-interest, and will stop at nothing to achieve his goals.

49. 49 以EN In the Name of Justice: Slaying the High-Martial Multiverse 以正义之名，斩尽高武苍生 Ya Qi鸦栖Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Wish fulfillment + Overwhelming dominance + Ruthless + No female lead] In the interstellar age, martial arts flourish. Chu Sheng binds himself to the Justice System. Every righteous deed earns him a reward. Being timid and submissive is not justice. Justice that comes too late is pure bullshit! Justice means striking hard! Taking the initiative! Evil must be punished! If the wicked don’t die, should I die instead? Evil breeds evil! What do you do when someone frames you? Hit back! What do 42.2kReads8.1Score3.9k14d adds

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    Enough said, let's start with the word "" (shuang, meaning awesome/satisfying).

50. 50 道 Fellow Cultivator! Would You Lend Me a Hand? 道友！可愿助我一臂之力！ A Show-Off Creation of Nuwa女娲炫技产物Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Schemer + Cautious + No Holding Back His Realm + No Heroine + Invincible] [He’s reached Nascent Soul, time to start slaughtering!] Lu Ming accidentally transmigrates to the cultivation world and obtains a volume of the Golden Book of Karma. Taking the essence and discarding the dross, he transfers every side effect of cultivation to his enemies. From then on, Lu Ming lives in comfort while his enemies suffer. What’s that? Using a blood-burning secret art consumes your vital essence and damages 8.1kReads6.8Score53014d adds

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    The cunning and immoral sixth brother is ruthless and decisive, yet not a saint. He cultivates immortality cautiously, avoiding trouble—a refined egoist! [Add one to bookshelf]

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