Dark Fiction With a Ruthless, Self-Serving Protagonist 黑暗文，主角心狠手辣，利益至上

1. 51 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 2.9kReads5.6Score184Shelves

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   If you're interested, take a look and give me some suggestions. [Smirk]

2. 52 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 8kReads6.8Score528Shelves

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   Dark cultivation, ruthless and heartless, devoid of any saintly qualities, decisive in killing and devoid of morality! Self-interest above all else.

3. 53 因 A Tragedy Caused by Hemorrhoids 因痔疮而引发的惨案 Lord Xianyue仙月大人Eastern Fantasy741k WordsOngoing [Transmigration] [Magic] [Supernatural powers] [Bizarre] [Farming] [Mechanical energy] [Ensemble cast] [Western fantasy] [Elf knights, angels] [Warriors and battle aura] [Planetary continents] [Bloodline evolution] [Cautious, semi-behind-the-scenes protagonist] [Research institute] [Study and critical thinking] [Dark] [Healing and heartwarming] [Unrestrained imagination] [No golden finger] [Fate] [Uniqueness] [Sequence pathways] [Magical civilization] He gets treated like research material the m 540Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The protagonist respects every life.

4. 54 魔 The Demonic Sect’s Path to Enlightenment: I Discovered the Theory of Relativity for Sneak Attacks! 魔门悟道，我悟出偷袭相对论！ Tan Wenqing檀文清Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing The manhua series [I Comprehended the Dao in the Demon Sect and Discovered the Theory of Relativity for Sneak Attacks] is now available. [Everyone is intelligent, no female lead, slow-paced, with detailed worldbuilding] [The protagonist has a top-grade spiritual root, not a useless-protagonist type, and won't get any blatantly overpowered cheats] [Tight logic, comprehensive worldbuilding, and a newly reimagined cultivation world] Senior Brother, you're way too cautious! Aren't we a demonic sect? 96.2kReads8.4Score10.7kShelves

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   Traditional fantasy cultivation novels are all highly rated works, not particularly bad, and worth reading.

5. 55 凡EN Mortal Cultivation: Ten Thousand Corpses Forge an Immortal Bone 凡人修仙，万尸铸仙骨 Swimming Champion游泳冠军Eastern Fantasy4.8M WordsOngoing Demonic cultivation + no System + scheming underdog + decisive and ruthless. This book is dark, so don't read it if that's not your thing. The moment Song Wen kills the frail little beggar and seizes his blood and soul, every cell in his body cheers and leaps with excitement. His mind races, and he knows that killing will be part of his life from now on. For survival and immortality, he'll stop at nothing: petty schemes, conspiracies, and ruthless slaughter. On the road to immortality, bones are 96kReads8.9Score8.2kShelves
6. 56 从 From Slaying Men to Slaying Gods, I Cut My Way to Eternal Prosperity! 从斩人到屠神，砍出个既寿永昌！ Lu Ershi San陆贰拾叁Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [Post-Apocalyptic High Martial Arts] [Infinite Flow] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Dark Writing Style] The powerful and privileged of the mortal world say he's beyond redemption. What does he care about justice or the law? He believes only in the victor taking all! The gods and Buddhas across the heavens say he's steeped in evil. What does he care about fate? He kills any god who stands in his way and never backs down! Preying on the weak is the way of bandits. The blade in his hand has only ever bee 97.9kReads7.5Score10.2kShelves
7. 57 旁 Unorthodox Cultivation: Borrowing Luck to Become an Immortal 旁门左道，借运修仙 Clouds Flowing Among the Five Animals五禽流云Urban426k WordsOngoing [System with No Romance] [Ordinary Protagonist] [Unorthodox Cultivation] [Farming] Reborn for a second life, he finds himself in the world of the game Ascension to Immortality. How could he not soar above the nine heavens and witness the vicissitudes of the world? What if he can't obtain a proper cultivation method, or win the favor of gods and Buddhas? So what if he takes an unorthodox path? Build up a solid foundation. With a million points of providential luck at my disposal, I can pluck the 344Reads6.2Score100Shelves
8. 58 我 I Smell a Ghost! 我嗅到了鬼味！ My Conscience Is Clear我心有无愧Mystery2.0M WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow]+ [Mild Horror]+ [No Romance]+ [Despairing Tone] One night, Gu Quan walks out of the funeral home carrying two memorial portraits, having just attended a funeral. His father calls to tell him that his mother has been in a car accident and is at death's door. In a panic, Gu Quan heads to the underground garage, hoping to drive over and see his mother one last time. On the way, he unexpectedly catches the scent of his natural enemy! Terrified, he gets into a car without thinking, un 195.3kReads8.6Score13.8kShelves
9. 59 无 The Road to Immortality Is the Cruelest 无情最是长生路 Beyond the Heavenszz天外天zzEastern Fantasy293k WordsCompleted [Dark fantasy] [No female lead] [No System] [Cultivation] Only the merciless can attain immortality. That is Li Yuan’s ironclad rule. Sects, clans, and geniuses are all disposable pieces in his hands. Even his junior brother Li Zhancheng’s growth is merely part of a game he can control. But when the pieces awaken, who will make it out of this game unscathed? Li Zhancheng is doomed to die. 38Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 60 诀 The Dao-Cutting Art 诀天道 Yue Xin Hengtian月信恒天Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing (No mindless protagonist, no clichéd plot, a cunning lead, fully realized characters, no System, twin swords) The twin swords ring out, cleaving the heavens. Let souls be severed and bones torn out as you will. The world shall know no more bloody storms. I am both demon and god! With everything shattered, can it be made whole again? Faced with the shackles of fate, he will cut them apart with his twin swords! The gods and demons wage war for a hundred years. The Heavenly Dao is merciless, treati 3.2kReads—Score261Shelves

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    After seeing the wickedness of the world, the protagonist's heart begins to twist and become unbalanced. Later on, the male protagonist becomes more cunning than a sieve, wielding two swords and neither worshipping gods nor kneeling before demons, fighting his way out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood in the war between gods and demons.

11. 61 族 My Entire Clan Was Possessed by Transmigrators, So I Went on a Killing Spree! 族人全被穿越者夺舍，我杀疯了！ The Second Answer Sheet第二张答题卡Eastern Fantasy132k WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless + anti-cliché + not a mindless power fantasy + no heroine + dark story + proactive protagonist] After three hundred years of slaughter in Qian Cun, he reached the pinnacle of the demonic path. Using a wandering traveler to suppress the source of a divine-grade totem, he reversed time and was reborn. He returns to a hopeless situation from the start: his aptitude is even worse, and the soul-summoning ritual brings a horde of transmigrators from his own clan. Everyone is an 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Other books: The protagonist transmigrates to another world, awakens a cheat-like ability, and proves that youth is not to be underestimated. This book: The natives of another world hold a grand meeting and conduct a "soul-summoning ceremony"—sounds like an awakening, right? Actually, it's a mass summoning of transmigrators to possess their bodies! All the young people of the tribe become vessels for wandering spirits, while the original owners are completely annihilated. Our protagonist, Zhao Riqiancun, is reborn. In his previous life, he was hunted by transmigrators for 300 years. In this life, he returns to the eve of the soul-summoning ceremony, watching his tribesmen being possessed one by one. He's not only unfazed, but even a little amused—because this is the moment he's been waiting for, the hunt. The most amazing thing is that his genius brother, with "seven-star full aptitude," is also possessed by a transmigrator after the ceremony. The two brothers, one a reborn demon, the other a wandering spirit, put on a show of acting face-to-face, calling each other "brother" and "younger brother," but actually wanting to smash each other's brains out. This fake brotherhood, I really want to laugh! Traditional fantasy: A useless person endures hardship, aptitude tests, and being slapped in the face at the academy... This book features a protagonist with only one-star talent, yet he completely disregards cultivation. In his past life, he was a powerful figure in the demonic path, and in this life, he relies on 300 years of killing experience to single-handedly dominate the entire scene. Encountering an insider at the blacksmith shop? He silences them with a single sword strike. Surrounded by people at the academy? He clears them out. Pretending to be his brother to deceive the Zuo family patriarch? His cunning schemes are masterful! No system! No powerful grandfather! No twists of fate! The protagonist's motto is: Kill. He treats the entire town like lambs to the slaughter; anyone who stands in his way home dies.

12. 62 大 The Chronicle of Righteousness Sealing the Heavens 大义封天录 Sweet Dali甜大力Eastern Fantasy596k WordsCompleted [Dark wuxia + no female lead + eunuch villain protagonist + clever scheming and intrigue + political power plays] Also known as: The Record of the Great Righteousness Sealing Heaven I was once a mere nobody, but with one hand I shall command the world! After his parents and blood kin are wrongfully killed in prison, Wang Qing weeps blood and swears to Heaven that he will never again live as a lowly commoner, no better than an insect. Watch how Wang Qing obtains secret manuals, cultivates wicked 1kReads8.0Score102Shelves

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13. 63 极 Demonic Corpse of the Ultimate Path 极道尸魔 Sweet Dali甜大力Sci-Fi & Apocalypse64k WordsOngoing [Dark post-apocalyptic fiction + no heroine, ruthless action + undead protagonist + evolution and mutation] When a construction laborer at the bottom of society is infected by a virus, what will he choose? Will he treat this world with kindness, or trample it beneath his feet and ravage it without mercy? Fang Yu chooses the latter, making the whole world tremble beneath him. Only the most extreme path can bring the undead race back to life. Humanity must either submit or die. The endless po 89Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 64 蛊 Gu World: Demonic Path Gu Master 蛊界：魔道蛊师 New Moon Blue新月蓝Eastern Fantasy625k WordsOngoing [Note: The protagonist has not read the original novel!] Not a wish-fulfillment story. A Gu-world fanfic, no invincibility, and plenty of setbacks. Man is the spirit of all living things; Gu are the true essence of heaven and earth. Chen Jiedao accidentally transmigrates into the Gu world. 35Reads5.5Score—Shelves
15. 65 独 Unrivaled in Immortal Cultivation 独步修仙 Dreaming of Immortal Heroes梦入仙侠Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted The new novel, Refining Myself into a Corpse, is currently being serialized… Visit the author's homepage to read it. The path of immortal cultivation is about seizing opportunities and fortune, defying yin and yang and life and death, and mastering heaven and earth. Watch as the protagonist, through a twist of fate, enters the path through blood and gradually uncovers the truth about this world. (No heroine, no goody-two-shoes, a dark story with ruthless, decisive violence!) 386Reads6.5Score—Shelves
16. 66 为 To Become an Immortal, I Drove Myself Mad Through Cultivation 为了成仙，我把自己练疯了 White Crane Cloudfield白鹤云野Eastern Fantasy320k WordsOngoing “His form is trained to resemble a crane; beneath a thousand pines lie two scrolls of scripture.” He Quanzhen recited a line of poetry, flapped his wings, and laughed wildly with a series of cackles. “Heh, this Daoist has done it! I’ve done it!” 3.9kReads8.2Score283Shelves
17. 67 末 Apocalypse: Merging Organs, Ascending Through Flesh and Blood 末世：器官融合，血肉登神 Xihu Xieshang锡虎邪伤Sci-Fi & Apocalypse260k WordsOngoing [Ruthless + dark + no heroine + bizarre + mutation and evolution + apocalypse] The moment the Dark Tower descended, an evolutionary frenzy swept across all of Blue Star. Countless worlds arrived and overlapped, creating a true interstellar gladiatorial arena. Zheng Luo is reborn. This time, he'll get everything he wants by the darkest and most ruthless means possible. "Everyone, stop spreading rumors about me. I'm no demon, serial killer, or pervert. I'm a man with a heart full of love." 652Reads6.4Score—Shelves
18. 68 从 Starting with an F-Rank Ability, I Rise Step by Step to the Top 从F级异能开始一步一步走向最强 Dreams Among the Clouds云间梦境Urban1.9M WordsOngoing (A slow-burn, dark story. Things develop slowly at first, and the protagonist goes a little crazy now and then. This is not a power fantasy, so don't read if that's not your thing.) In an instant, the world was suddenly destroyed, and Han Yang died with it. Bad news: The world is destroyed, and Han Yang is about to die. Good news: He transmigrated, and it's a supernatural world. Bad news: He's got an F-rank ability and was just kicked out of his home. Good news: He has a golden finger, plus a se 2.6kReads7.0Score210Shelves
19. 69 高 High Martial: I Can Copy Skills 高武：我能复刻技能 Dreams Among the Clouds云间梦境Urban458k WordsOngoing [Ruthless] + [Decisive] + [No Female Lead] + [Martial Arts Focus in the Early Stages] Lu Qianyuan, a man who beat people up for a living, was sent flying by a dump truck. But instead of entering another world as he'd expected, he drifted for countless years before finally possessing someone else's body. [Copied Basic Physique Enhancement, physical strength increased] [Copied Martial Arts Proficiency, martial arts damage increased] [Copied Infinite Physique, elemental talent lost, martial arts ta 436Reads6.0Score—Shelves
20. 70 末 Doomsday Game: The Beginning 末日游戏：初始 Dao Refining Immortal Venerable, Heh 2炼道仙尊捏2Sports120k WordsOngoing Across the vast sea of stars lie countless civilizations. A doomsday will from beyond the universe turned its gaze upon this cosmos. Terrifying doomsday creatures swept through everything, tearing the universe apart and wiping out all life. Yet a human named Chen Xiao was reborn a thousand years after the apocalypse. Is he a savior, or nothing but a thoroughgoing villain? (A quick warning: This is a dark story, and the protagonist is every bit as depraved as Fang Yuan.) 2Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 71 吾 I Prove My Dao Through Slaughter, Staining the Heavens with Blood 吾以杀证道，血染苍天 Ten Thousand Eclipses万蚀Eastern Fantasy143k WordsCompleted [Decisive and Ruthless + Merciless and Unscrupulous + No Female Lead + No Harem + Villain Protagonist + Cruel and Cunning + Power Fantasy + Slaughtering Everything + Dark] Duanmu Rui transmigrated into a fantasy world, becoming the youngest son of the Duanmu family in Qingyang City. By coincidence, he had the same name as his new self: Duanmu Rui. He obtained the strongest Slaughter System. As long as he kept killing, he would grow stronger. The more he killed, the stronger he became. Family? Go 252Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 72 成 I Begin My Path to Immortality with a Whipping! 成仙从鞭笞开始！ Admiring Flowers in a Dream梦中看花Eastern Fantasy144k WordsOngoing [Ruthless and Decisive + No Female Lead + Sacrificing the Entire Clan + Blood Sacrifice + Efficiency Above All + Utterly Inhuman] The day he turned eighteen and awakened his power marked the start of Zhang Fan’s countdown: he had only thirteen years left to live, and his path toward immortality began in a blood-soaked hell. From then on, he became a brutal farm owner. Everything he did was for efficiency and profit. Spiritual energy was limited, and resources were limited. But the life and power 2Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 73 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 397Reads8.0Score109Shelves
24. 74 凡 The Mortal's Road to Immortality! 凡人升仙路！ Xiaobai Doesn't Eat小白不吃饭Eastern Fantasy382k WordsOngoing [Body Snatching Cultivation] [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [Villain] [No Female Lead] [No Holds Barred] [Ruthless] [Self-Serving] [Hypocritical] (The protagonist is pure evil from the very start. No redemption arc. Fellow demonic cultivators, enjoy without worry. Kindhearted fellow cultivators, please move along.) Who says mortals know nothing of immortals? I came from evil, and I live in madness! A secret demonic art and a volume of ghost-cultivation techniques became the star 5.2kReads6.8Score552Shelves
25. 75 创 Creating the Supernatural, Starting with Vampires 创造超凡从血族开始 Admiring Flowers in a Dream梦中看花Urban300k WordsOngoing “You’ll suffer, lose your loved ones, and die horribly, but it’s not because there’s anything wrong with you. It’s because I’m here.” [Merciless + Creating the Supernatural + Behind the Scenes + No Female Lead + Cannibalism + Vampires] Ye Qingshan wakes up in another world. He knows no one and nothing there, but fortunately, he awakens an emotion System that lets him use other people’s emotions as currency to exchange for all kinds of rare treasures and gain supernatural powers. So, which emotio 5Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 76 狩 Hunting Talent: I Can Level Up Skills Fast 狩猎天赋：我能快速升级技能 Dreams Among the Clouds云间梦境Eastern Fantasy702k WordsCompleted [Cold-blooded]+ [No female lead]+ [Decisive and ruthless]+ [Dark]+ [A magnet for trouble] In a fantasy world, Jiang Ya awakens a hunting talent. While everyone else is still slowly leveling up their skills, he has already maxed them out. 1.1kReads6.9Score100Shelves
27. 77 血 Bloodsea Demon Butcher 血海魔屠 Chu Kuangge楚狂歌Eastern Fantasy597k WordsCompleted [A Native Abyssal Demon] + [Protagonist Has No System] + [Vast Worldbuilding] + [Endless Sea of Planes] + [No Female Lead] + [Kill, Kill, Kill] To hell with benevolence, wisdom, propriety, righteousness, and trust! I'm a demon, so why should I care about any of that? I'll kill every last one of them! 90Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 78 修 Cultivation: I Join the Demonic Path from the Start 修仙：开局入了魔道 Singer of Praises颂歌者Eastern Fantasy524k WordsCompleted [System] + [Decisive and ruthless] + [No female lead] + [Violence] The path to immortality is paved with mountains of corpses and seas of blood. For one general's success, ten thousand bones lie rotting. If Heaven has destined me to become a demon, then I shall become the mightiest demon, lord of all demons. At the end of the demonic path, who stands supreme? The Asura Heavenly Demon slays all immortals. 1kReads7.5Score105Shelves
29. 79 涂 You Say I Bring Ruin to All? I Am the Cult Leader Who Enlightens the World! 涂炭生灵？本教主乃教化苍生！ Great Mage Yisai依赛大法师Eastern Fantasy137k WordsCompleted I am the mighty Lord Tongtian! But the dean keeps saying I'm mentally ill. After transmigrating into a fantasy world, I gained monstrous talent that let me ignore bottlenecks, along with the trait of eternal life. Bottlenecks in cultivation, martial skills, and artistic insight are like insurmountable chasms? I master every martial art perfectly from the start, and breaking through bottlenecks comes as easily and naturally as breathing! A technique that burns through your lifespan? Your poison, 7Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 80 末 Lone Star at the End of the Road 末路孤星 Hai Guang亥光Sci-Fi & Apocalypse66k WordsCompleted The scroll of absurd wishes is covered in the foolish fantasies of lambs. Black isn't black, white isn't white, cats aren't cats, and dogs aren't dogs. So is what seems real actually fake, or is what seems fake actually real? It shook its head and crushed those ridiculous pigments... 23Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 81 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 2.6kReads8.5Score108Shelves
32. 82 重 Reborn for Revenge: You Want Me to Be Your Lapdog? I’ll Feed You to the Dogs 重生复仇，让我做舔狗我扔你喂狗 Winter Cattle and Horses冬季牛马Eastern Fantasy530k WordsOngoing In his previous life, Chen Ping'an was betrayed by the person he trusted most and met a tragic end. Reborn in a new life, he returns with a boundless hatred. He awakens the Slaughter System! From then on, anyone who wrongs him will pay a hundredfold! Anyone who harms him will be ground to dust! In this life, he would rather be a demon than a good man, slaughtering his way from obscurity to the highest heavens until every one of his enemies is groveling at his feet! 912Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is too dark, too ruthless. It's too painful to watch.

33. 83 落 Fallen Leaves Adrift 落叶浮沉 Leng LianL冷怜LModern Romance300k WordsCompleted Strong Female Lead + Villain Protagonist + Female Criminal + No Golden Finger + No Stupid Characters + Large Ensemble Cast I had the worst possible start, born in a village that “eats people.” Where I come from, good people don't live long. Only the wicked survive. The day I fled to the city, I had no education, no connections, and no way back. But I had brains. I climbed on whoever could be useful, and took out whoever stood in my way. Everyone was a stepping stone. Some say I climbed over a mo 119Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Don't be fooled by the early hardships; they're all there to force the protagonist to grow.

34. 84 末 Apocalypse: Three Trillion from the Start, Lolis and the Undead Calamity 末世：开局三兆，萝莉与亡灵天灾 Cat-Ear Paradise猫耳乐园Sci-Fi & Apocalypse201k WordsCompleted [Villain protagonist + invincible + self-serving + not a do-gooder + ruthless + dark] [Little girl + affectionate intimacy + no male lead + ability theft + enslavement + undead] Two hundred years after humanity entered industrial civilization, the once-prosperous world had been left in ruins. As if to punish humanity for its greed, crimson rain fell alongside a red mist. Large numbers of humans, animals, and plants mutated. Electronic devices failed completely, and all species found themselves b 571Reads—Score106Shelves

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    A pure, satisfying read where the villain is selfish, not a saint, doesn't sacrifice, plunders superpowers, enslaves subordinates, and prioritizes personal gain.

35. 85 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.

36. 86 命 Cultivating Immortality Through Destiny: I Prove Eternal Life Through Impermanence 命格修仙：我以无常证长生 Situ Liu司徒流Eastern Fantasy131k WordsOngoing [Warning: The protagonist has no bottom line] [Dark story] [No holier-than-thou protagonist] [No heroine] [Decisive and ruthless] [The protagonist is smart] In this world, fate is ordained by heaven. Some have the fate of mayflies, living only from dawn to dusk. Some are destined for mediocrity, accomplishing nothing. Others are blessed with the fate of the powerful, rising smoothly to success. Thus, people fear the might of heaven and the consequences of their actions, and seek a better destiny 240Reads—Score100Shelves

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    Dark fiction; the protagonist is ruthless, driven by self-interest, and will stop at nothing to achieve his goals.

37. 87 从 From the Desolate Realm, I Begin My Rise to Godhood 从天荒界开始成神做祖 Mr. One Leaf一叶先生Eastern Fantasy686k WordsCompleted A single general's success is built on the bones of countless fallen soldiers. The road to an immortal throne must be paved with the flesh and blood of the masses. Yang Yue transmigrates to the Tianhuang Realm and rises from a mere gang disciple, sweeping across the world to attain immortality. (An overpowered, easy-to-read power fantasy with decisive, ruthless action.) 310Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist prioritizes self-interest and is ruthless.

38. 88 横 I Conquer Another World with Nothing but My Own Talent 横推异界，我全靠自身天赋 Mr. One Leaf一叶先生Eastern Fantasy395k WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless, multiple women, invincible protagonist, self-interest above all] In a high-martial world, prodigies rise everywhere. Yang Feng transmigrates here, relying solely on his own talent. One day, he throws a punch, and the sky is stained with blood. Only then do people realize in terror that he has long since become the highest peak in the world. Yang Feng’s life story: sweeping aside all challengers and, before he knows it, becoming the supreme ruler. 350Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 89 墓 Reborn in the Graveyard, I Go on a Rampage with the “Am I Dead?” System 墓地重生，我靠死了吗系统杀疯了 Wan Hua琬华Mystery890k WordsOngoing [Reborn in a graveyard + Death System + mystery and crime-solving + powerful heroine seeking revenge] [Nonstop thrills + a badass heroine + lots of twists + crushing scumbags every step of the way] ⊗ Orphan Qin Mo is kidnapped and thrown into a mass grave. After crawling out of a coffin, she unexpectedly binds herself to the [Are You Dead Yet] System. ⊗ Fail six missions in a row, and the System will erase you! ⊗ Watch Qin Mo plan each move carefully, turn the tables against all odds, and make h 1.2kReads9.2Score105Shelves

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    An orphan buried alive in a mass grave, he miraculously survives and gains a life-and-death system, where he settles scores with human traffickers, hypocritical wealthy families, and ruthless tycoons one by one.

40. 90 玄 Xuanhuan: Burning Bright to Slay the Gods, Starting with Sacrificing Pain 玄幻：火旺斩神！从献祭痛苦开始 Little Bear Felt the Spring Breeze Again Last Night小熊昨夜又春风Eastern Fantasy588k WordsCompleted A mad genius slaughters his way through the Three Realms! The more it hurts, the more berserk his combat power becomes! [Madness from the start] He is Patient 07 at a psychiatric hospital, and also the “mad dog” outer disciple of the Cangyang Sect in another world! When the red fog infects Earth, he tears through space and time amid the smell of disinfectant and rust. With his left hand, he subdues Elder Deadwood and makes him bark like a dog; with his right, he snuffs out the Purple Moon Phoeni 208Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    🔥Fantasy: Fire Slays Gods! Starting with Sacrificial Pain🔥 — A mad genius slaughters his way through three realms! The more intense the pain, the more insane his combat power! 📌 [A Mad Start] He is patient number 07 in a mental hospital, and also the "mad dog" outer disciple of the Cangyang Sect in another world! When red mist erodes the earth, amidst the smell of disinfectant and rust, he tears through space and time—suppressing Elder Kumu's barking with his left hand, and extinguishing the Purple Moon Phoenix's Heaven-Burning Flame with his right! Others cultivate by relying on spiritual energy, he relies on self-harm to gain combat power! Broken bones, soul devouring, heavenly lightning pouring into his body… every inch of flesh and blood in excruciating pain is fuel for the system's explosion! ⚡ [Ultimate Reversal] "Hit me? Thank you for the experience pack!" In the outer sect competition, he takes a poisoned dagger stabbing his heart head-on, and crushes the dantian of an inner sect prodigy with lightning in his other hand; in the martial arts arena, he swallows a Gu pill and forces Elder Kumu to bark in public, and the white bone chains shatter the thousand-year-old Soul-Devouring Vine! As he laughed maniacally and pressed the sect leader's daughter onto the arena, his Samsara Eye Technique saw through more than just the Phoenix's destiny... 🌌 [Dual Realm Collapse] A modern hospital ward is covered with the "Eightfold Thunder Sound" mental cultivation manual, and scratch marks appear on the anti-collision wall of the sword tomb in another world! The moment the Dragon Transformation Divine Sword awakens, the monitoring devices in reality collectively exceed their limits, and a blood moon hangs in the sky above the mental hospital! His white hair was tinged with lightning patterns, and with a single finger, he tore apart two worlds: "Who says a madman can't become a god? I will sacrifice the pain of the heavens, slay all false gods, and restore order!" 💥 Trending Tags #DeeperPainTheMoreExplosiveThePower #CrazyAestheticsTheCeiling #DualWorldTraversal #OneHundredWaysToSlapTheVillains #IDominateTheThreeRealmsThroughSelf-Harm #ThunderMagicCuresTheDisobedience ⚠ High-Energy Warning: When you open the first chapter, you will witness: • A deadly intersection of a mental hospital and a fantasy sect • A rampage-like upgrade of the pain value exchange system • The unorthodox techniques of the Dao of Forgetfulness that subvert the laws of heaven (Click to witness how a mental patient tears apart the throne of gods with madness!)

41. 91 魂 Reborn in Another World, Even a Mortal Can Pursue Immortality 魂穿异世，凡人亦踏长生 Air Conditioning Feels Great吹空调爽Eastern Fantasy360k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + Growth + No System + Demonic Cultivator (Mortal) + Decisive Killer + Not a Do-Gooder + Pursuit of Immortality] Lin Bin was a food service worker on Blue Star. With his mother bedridden with a serious illness and his father growing old, he had no choice but to work as both a delivery driver and a game booster. He worked day and night, but it brought him neither happiness nor his mother’s good health. Instead, her condition turned critical. When Lin Bin opened his eyes again, he 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Brothers, I'm not suffering from a reading slump, I'm suffering from a book famine! I'm begging for guidance and feedback from the most dashing, dashing, charismatic, elegant, talented, refined, and handsome gentlemen. Currently, there are fewer than 1 reader.

42. 92 旧 Fairy Tales from the Old Ones’ Bookshelf 旧日支配者书架上的童话 Tangerine Beetle桔山甲Mystery376k WordsCompleted #Cthulhu #DarkFairyTales #Immortal #Mystery #Deduction #SmartProtagonist #Transmigrate Fairy tales? They’re for children. How could they ever be considered high art? To hell with fairy tales. Creation is nothing but lonely, self-important make-believe. Without anyone to judge it, you can’t shine onstage. Creating is a lonely, self-important game. More than beautiful fantasies, it’s the blood-soaked truth that is unquestionably a masterpiece. Fairy tales are just lies; reality has long been sulli 541Reads—Score102Shelves

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    Distributing books daily.

43. 93 哥 The Goblin Empire: The Legend of Conquering the Continent 哥布林帝国：征服大陆的神话 The Eunuch Who Can Write Books会写书的太监Eastern Fantasy250k WordsOngoing Starts out as a goblin, gets handsome later This book has no System. That thing is the old lady in the ring. Debauched and depraved, no heroine × dark fiction × System-driven mass army building and conquest × dark war epic × beating up all sorts of conventional protagonists When the weakest monsters begin evolving at an accelerated pace and pursuing their desires, even the gods will pay for their arrogance. When Lin Ke opened his eyes, he found himself a low-ranking goblin, reeking all over and 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist of this book is definitely bad, which will satisfy everyone.

44. 94 我 I Became Awesome Through Technology 我靠科技开始牛掰 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [No System] [Villain in the Later Chapters] [Immortal-Sucking Technique] [Soul Devouring] [Fast Leveling] A scientist transmigrates to the cultivation world and gradually transforms from a good person into a demonic cultivator. 293Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These are all good.

45. 95 我 I Cultivate Through Bloodsucking 我靠吸血修仙 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy357k WordsCompleted The new novel, I Get Awesome Through Technology, is currently being serialized and has already reached one million words. The ghost story collection, Tales of Demons and Ghosts at Night, is complete. If you like ghost stories, go check it out. 59Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 96 妖 Tales of Demons and Ghosts at Night 妖鬼夜话 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Mystery209k WordsCompleted My new book, I Get Awesome with Technology, is now being serialized. My short ghost stories The Water Ghost, The Seventh Night, The Departure That Year, and The Soul-Calling Lantern are available on Tomato Short Stories. 421Reads6.6Score—Shelves
47. 97 尸 Raising Ten Thousand Ghosts with a Corpse, I Cultivate the Dark Arts on the Black Market 尸躯养万鬼，我在黑市当邪修 Dark Lazy Bug暗懒虫Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted As the blood of his parents cooled in the cracks between the bluestone slabs, Li Feng understood: if he wanted to survive, he had to be filthier than the wicked and more worthless than mud! Grovel before the Black Tiger Gang? Volunteer to practice the life-shortening Five Poisons Palm? Treat his subordinates as sacrificial offerings? Sell his devoted partner off as a cultivation furnace? As long as it helped him climb higher, he wouldn't blink! His body is on the verge of collapse? Refine it int 2.1kReads6.9Score188Shelves

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    If you're in a bad mood, please don't read this. Please like and subscribe to the book. Thank you.

48. 98 弑 Slay Immortals, Slaughter Gods 弑仙戮神 Bai Xing Wujiang白行无疆Urban181k WordsOngoing This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is coincidental, and I accept no responsibility. No System, no transmigration, and no mindless plot. The story may be a slow burn. If it’s not for you, feel free to move on. Chu Chen, a demonic sect leader who slept for a thousand years, is awakened a millennium later by his surviving disciples using the Blood Refining Sacrifice to the Saint. A modern city? The Age of Decline? Spiritual qi revival? An Eastern orthodox c 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Cultivating demonic powers, without a system.

49. 99 世 End of the World: Half of Humanity Dies at Random Every Day 世界末日：每天全人类随机死一半 Nai Fuyue乃负岳Sci-Fi & Apocalypse80k WordsOngoing [Fresh premise + apocalyptic setting + dark tone + no female lead + no System + utter despair] Question: “Is there anything absolutely fair to all of humanity?” Answer: “Yes. There’s only one thing: ‘random death’!” Song Zhong suffers from a fear of going to work. Then he gets his hands on the button that will randomly kill half of humanity. “At last! I’ve finally been waiting for this! It’s even better than the nuclear launch button!” “If we’re both going down, I’d rather die than let you get a —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Facepalm][Evil laugh]

50. 100 热 The Hot-Blooded Hunter: God’s Assault 热血猎人神之袭击 Riding a Bull to Find You骑牛找你Historical1.3M WordsOngoing [Survival] [Hunting] [Fighting the Japanese invaders and looting their gear] [Cultivation] Wang Fei has just entered the world of cultivation when he's forced into becoming a live-in son-in-law. One blow shatters his dantian, setting him on a long road from staying alive to rising to greatness. Though he has lost his cultivation, he takes countless disciples. This novel was not written by AI. Every word was painstakingly typed out by the author, who only hopes readers will enjoy the story in its 27.3kReads9.0Score2.5kShelves

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