Any Stories with a Decisive Lead Who Doesn't Drag Things Out or Waste Words? 有没有杀伐果断，不磨叽，不废话的

1. 101 铸 The Prodigy Smith: The Golden Cicada Hides the Iron Bow and Heavenly Tome 铸器骄子之金蝉铁弓藏天书 Brother Eight Hundred Miles八百里哥Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing Young blacksmith Chu Xiaoyang carries venomous insects, wields a slingshot, and relies on a pair of iron hammers. Neither wholly righteous nor wholly wicked, he is hunted by the righteous, pursued by the wicked, and even spurned by his own family. Wherever he finds injustice, he brings his hammers crashing down... 138Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 102 我 I Hunt Down Transmigrators in Ancient China 我在古代抓捕穿越者 Evergreen Greens长青菜菜Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted The protagonist, Long Chen, transmigrates into an ancient world. But it turns out that world is full of transmigrators. They belong to many different factions. Long Chen, himself a transmigrator, receives a mission: eliminate every other transmigrator. … 3.4kReads—Score172Shelves

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   I recommend you read this book.

3. 103 穿 Transmigrated as an Abandoned Heir, I Awakened a Talent Conquest Book 穿越成弃子，觉醒天赋攻略书 General Serpent大蛇将军Eastern Fantasy213k WordsOngoing [Decisive] [No romance] [Fast-paced] [No frustrating setbacks] [No dragging things out] After transmigrating into a fictional high-martial dynasty, Mu Xiao awakens as a Demon-Slaying Guard and obtains the Talent Guidebook. From then on, she defies fate! No pointless chatter, no frustrating setbacks. She never lets evil go unpunished, and slays demons with a single blade! With the guidebook in hand, she unlocks countless talents at will: the strength to uproot mountains, fiery eyes that see throu 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Decisive and ruthless, doesn't play dumb to deceive, doesn't hold back, doesn't dawdle, no romantic pairings, no toxicity.

4. 104 快 Going on a Rampage in a World of Ungrateful Wolves Through Quick Transmigration 快穿在白眼狼世界杀疯了 Tender Bamboo Shoots奶笋尖尖Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] + [Reborn] + [Unfilial ingrate] + [One-chapter stories] + [Romance optional] Zhang Shan is a stepping stone for ungrateful wretches in various worlds, but this stepping stone is a little slippery. Watch your step, or you might fall! … 9.5kReads9.2Score481Shelves

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5. 105 快 Quick Transmigration: The Author Promises This Is the Most Satisfying Story Ever 快穿：作者保证，这是最爽的爽文 Spirit Comes Forth灵之来兮Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration in one or two chapters + one short story a day + punishing scumbags + comebacks + fast-paced + satisfying read + no forgiveness] While on vacation, the female Demon Lord Ling Shuang took a trip to the Ghost Realm. What a shock! Why were so many people who had been killed by scumbags and denied a proper end drifting around the City of the Wrongfully Dead? The Demoness immediately decided to skip work and help them change their lives. The ones who pressure people to marry, s 6.3kReads8.7Score447Shelves
6. 106 快 Quick Transmigration: The Unhinged Cannon Fodder Torments Scum Until They Break Down 快穿：疯批炮灰把渣虐到崩溃 The Rabbit Who Loves Vegetables爱吃青菜的兔子Fantastical Romance800k WordsOngoing [Quick transmigration, no romance, face-slapping and putting scumbags in their place, an overpowered expert, feel-good fiction, fast-paced] Song Cen was born from chaos and feeds on negative emotions. Despair is her main course, fear her fine wine, and resentment the perfect dessert. The real heiress is abandoned? She makes her adoptive parents grovel for food, ruins the fake heiress’s face, and leaves her wealthy biological parents unable to sleep at night! Murdered while trying to survive the 24.1kReads8.9Score1.9kShelves
7. 107 快 Quick Transmigration: The Mad Demon Queen Slaughters Her Way Across the World 快穿，疯批大魔王她大杀四方 Mo Xiaojia莫小佳Modern Romance564k WordsCompleted The revenge is brutal and twisted. Do not read if you can't handle it. The scumbag said, “You only lost a leg, while Ziling lost her love!” Xiaoyao broke the scumbag's leg right there. He burned his wife and children alive for his mistress? Xiaoyao turned the scumbag and his mistress into a human centipede. The live-in son-in-law seized the family fortune and ruined the whole family. Xiaoyao made sure he wished he were dead and couldn't die. They forced the real heiress to donate a kidney to 2kReads9.0Score193Shelves
8. 108 快 Quick Transmigration: The Demon King Wrecks the Plot 快穿之大魔王崩坏剧情 Mist Rising Through the Long Forest雾起长林Modern Romance428k WordsCompleted (No romance, brainless wish-fulfillment.) The heroine is an overbearing, chuuni, unhinged supervillain. She isn't human! She has no human morality and is rotten to the core. Anyone seeking justice or a saintly heroine should stay away. She takes the scumbag's path and leaves scumbags nowhere to go. If she can solve something with violence, she won't waste a word. She's a master of every kind of scheming green tea and black lotus trick: if you can imagine it, she can do it. A mama's boy ends up w 29.4kReads9.5Score2.9kShelves
9. 109 网 After Online Harassment Drives Them Mad, No Keyboard Warrior Survives 网暴到疯批后，键盘侠无人生还 Mo Shang Hou陌上侯Modern Romance441k WordsCompleted [Livestreaming + Wish-Fulfillment + Fast-Paced + Crazy Revenge on Scumbags + No Romance] The murderous femme fatale Mu Yun transmigrates by accident, into the body of someone on the brink of death after being driven to suicide by online harassment. The moment she wakes up, she has to face online assassins accusing her in the name of justice. But how could a murderous femme fatale who once struck terror into people's hearts put up with this? She’ll make every keyboard warrior hiding behind a scre 729Reads8.8Score100Shelves
10. 110 快 Quick Transmigration: The Supporting Heroine Rises by Crushing the System 快穿：女配崛起从捏碎系统开始 A Pomelo一棵柚子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration + Strong Female Lead + Feel-Good Revenge + No Romance] Fu Ya was forcibly bound to a System and tasked with helping tragic female supporting characters turn the tables and slap their tormentors in the face, in exchange for a chance to be reborn or live forever. But she unexpectedly discovered that her soul could see through all things and even read the System's thoughts. Wow, wasn't she basically a human treasure-hunting mouse, a wealth-generating machine? What? That wasn't 5.4kReads8.9Score481Shelves
11. 111 快 Quick Transmigration: Ding! Your Golden Finger Has Been Reclaimed! 快穿：叮！您的金手指已被回收！ Ran Qiqi冉七柒Ancient Romance511k WordsCompleted Spirit springs, portable pocket dimensions, yin-yang eyes, an irresistible charm… All kinds of golden fingers are essential to the protagonists who climb to the top of the world. Even when their road to success is paved with the peaceful lives of countless innocent people they’ve ruined. Yun Jiao is one victim of a golden finger. Her mission is to reclaim these golden fingers. And to take back the successful lives stolen by those so-called Children of Destiny. Before long, the ones left heartbro 13.5kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
12. 112 快 Quick Transmigration: The Female Lead Won't Take Any Abuse, She Only Takes Down Scumbags 快穿之女主不当受气包，只虐渣 Lu Zining鹿子宁Modern Romance3.1M WordsOngoing [Quick Transmigration] [Strong Female Lead] [Putting Scumbags in Their Place] [No Romance] [Comeback] Xu Jinhuan is bound to a Strategy System that sends her to countless small worlds to win men's love, then live happily ever after with them. But she isn't interested. If she has time to sweet-talk a man, she'd rather sweet-talk herself. Men only slow down how fast she can draw her sword. 15.4kReads8.5Score727Shelves
13. 113 序 Sequence Survival: I Slay Ghosts Like Flies with My Superpowers 序列求生：我靠异能杀诡如麻 Nine One Yuanbao九一元宝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse968k WordsOngoing No romance + eerie apocalypse + convoy escape + a small ensemble cast The blood moon rises, the apocalypse arrives, and the eerie runs rampant. Survivors have no choice but to keep fleeing, escaping the eerie creatures' hunts. Only the supernatural can kill the eerie creatures. Su Yue is an esper who came from a zombie apocalypse. An apocalypse? She's familiar with those. Just level up and fight monsters. She'll take a shot at this one with her own survival rules. “I know you like me. If you agr 118.2kReads8.7Score7.1kShelves
14. 114 被 Driven to Death by Her Cultivator Mistress? I Take Up My Sword and Storm the Ninth Heaven 被修仙外室逼死？我提剑杀上九霄 Bian Lu边鹿Ancient Romance710k WordsCompleted [Power fantasy, a female lead who begins as a villain and turns righteous, no transmigration, no rebirth] Only when she was dying did Li Fu learn why she could never defeat her husband's mistress, Huayue. It turned out that beyond this world lay a realm of cultivation. Huayue had come from that realm. With Taoist magic at her command, there was no way Li Fu could ever beat her. Tortured, skinned, and dismembered, Li Fu was abandoned by everyone and died after enduring every kind of suffering. Ho 78.6kReads9.6Score10.3kShelves
15. 115 那EN Lord Jiang is the Demon! 那妖魔是姜大人！ Eight-Tentacled Monster八爪触手怪Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsOngoing (Rating just released) [Gender Swap] [Single] [Slaying Demons] [Feel-Good Fiction] Using the blood of demons as ink, and the Hundred Demons Manual as a canvas. I can sketch their forms and seize their supernatural abilities. 389.6kReads9.3Score28.8kShelves
16. 116 只 As Long as I Have No Shame, No One Can Kidnap Me 只要我没有素质，就没人能绑架我 Bamboo-Loving Bear爱吃竹子的熊Modern Romance249k WordsOngoing No Romance + No Lovesick Characters The strongest fighter around, solving every problem with overwhelming force! Bullied at school and driven to jump from a building? Make the bullies learn what real bullying is. Even the accomplices who stood by and watched will be so scared they drop out, and they’ll never dare bully anyone again! A young girl kidnapped and taken to the mountains? She’ll tear down the traffickers’ hideout herself and show them exactly why flowers are red! (The protagonist 1kReads8.1Score171Shelves
17. 117 猎 The Ghost-Hunting Squad 猎诡战队 A Little Gengjiu一只小哏啾Mystery858k WordsOngoing Hello, I'm Zhong Wuyan. I have no respect for Newton: one swing of my hammer can work miracles. I've got my sweet, adorable illusionist teammate by my side. My teammates and I have all faced life-or-death trials together, and that bond is more trustworthy than romance fueled by dopamine. Of course I turned the ghost's ambush around and killed it. I'm strong in body, but I'm no fool. Everything has been under my control from the very beginning. This world is full of despair and might scare you, b 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A novel featuring a strong female protagonist who is decisive and ruthless.

18. 118 反 Villain Simulator: From the Start, My Supreme Imperial Bone Is Stolen 反派模拟：开局被挖走至尊帝骨 Xu Moqing徐墨卿Urban2.6M WordsCompleted [Villain Simulations + High-Martial World + Invincible Domination + Ruthless Killing] Lu Qian transmigrated and became a playboy villain from the Lu family, one of the top families in the Great Xia Empire. From the start, he saw the drunk, unconscious fated heroine, Liu Ruyue, lying right in front of him. Yet the fated male lead, who served as the icy beauty Liu Ruyue’s bodyguard, was nowhere to be found. Wait, this plot... [Ding! An unconscious fated heroine has been detected ten meters ahead.] 29.3kReads8.7Score2.7kShelves

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    Very suitable.

19. 119 零 Zero-Degree Showdown: Operation Blue Arrow 零度交锋：蓝捷行动 Windless Rainy Night雨夜无风Mystery2.3M WordsOngoing [Mystery and Suspense] [Espionage] [Crime Investigation] [Modern Urban] [Genius] [Strong Female Lead] [National Security] Twenty-three years ago, a separation tore the lives of twin sisters apart. The younger sister was trained by an overseas spy organization to become an elite agent. Sent back to China, she is ordered to assassinate her own sister, take her place, infiltrate Lanjie Communications, and steal the core secret, “Lanjie 9.” Caught between her mission and her organization's orders on 11.3kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves

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    A rare gem of a high-tech espionage novel, "Zero Degree Clash: Operation BlueJet." A transnational espionage crisis fraught with peril, a meticulously planned intellectual battle unfolds, suspense builds layer upon layer, twists and turns abound, making for an explosive reading experience.

20. 120 修 Cultivation: My Days at a Women's Sect 修仙：我在女子宗门的那些日子 I Love Eating Fish Without Getting Bones Stuck我爱吃鱼不卡刺Eastern Fantasy172k WordsOngoing Handcrafted from scratch, no System, and no brainless decisions. The young Zhou Lin accidentally saves a female cultivator, and from then on enters a cultivation sect. Hidden in his arms is a mysterious pearl of unknown origin, with an unusual power. He proceeds cautiously, not daring to use it lightly. He tries to get answers indirectly, but comes up empty. The sect seems peaceful on the surface, but undercurrents are stirring beneath. "Immortal opportunities can only be obtained by 691Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There is no system for mortals to cultivate immortality. Golden Finger uses restraint and the male protagonist kills decisively.

21. 121 双 Traveling Between Two Worlds to Fight in Korea, I Beat Up the Americans 双穿抗美援朝，我暴打美国佬 Trying to Stay Alive 999努力活着999Historical632k WordsOngoing In 2026, overworked wage slave Su Tianci gets his writing royalties. He plans to go out for a foot massage with the full-service treatment, as a reward for himself. But he never expects to open his eyes and transmigrate to a battlefield engulfed in war. There’s no water, medicine, or food. Fortunately, he can return to 2026. Two vastly different eras now lie before him. 24.7kReads7.2Score1.7kShelves

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    Oh my, how much would that cost per cup?

22. 122 双 Crossing Between Two Worlds: From the Start in 1952, I Was Already a County-Level Cadre 双穿一九五二开局就是正科级 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban443k WordsOngoing In 2026, Su Tianci accidentally transmigrated to the war-torn Korean battlefield. Fortunately, he had brought along a pocket dimension. The System grabbed a bucket and ran. To return to 2026, he had to reach the siheyuan. Two vast eras lay before him. 28.5kReads5.5Score1.6kShelves
23. 123 两 Between Two Worlds: 1949 两界穿梭之一九四九年 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Urban229k WordsOngoing No morals + a little cruelty to beasts + everyday life at the heart of it Su Tianci transmigrates to Beiping in 1948, where his daily life revolves around tormenting beasts. Our protagonist has no manners and often does things without playing fair. The main idea is simple: if I have no morals, you can't morally blackmail me... [Putting the facts aside, is the author wrong to want to earn a little more tuition money? We shouldn't think only of ourselves; we need to consider the author too. I've m 3.3kReads—Score192Shelves
24. 124 莺 A Cultivation Path Among the Warblers 莺莺燕燕修仙路 Illusory Mortal World幻人间Urban1.9M WordsOngoing An urban, everyday-life story told in plain language. High-martial-arts cultivation without spiritual energy; no System, no old master in a magical artifact, and no rebirth. There's life and conflict, and when it's time to fight or kill, the protagonist does just that. Beautiful women are his cultivation resource, not a harem obligation. This is a modern high-martial-arts world with almost no spiritual energy, so cultivation should be impossible. But lucky Li Jun unexpectedly obtained an incredi 59Reads8.1Score270Shelves

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    Recommended by a bookworm with 20,000 hours of reading experience, this book is safe to read and harmless. It features multiple female protagonists and animal-eared girls. It's an urban martial arts story with "no spiritual energy" cultivation. It includes life, struggles, bloodshed, and killing. It's slice-of-life, and the male protagonist is responsible but not a harem character.

25. 125 兵 Marching Out of the Ten Thousand Mountains to Reclaim Our Homeland and Expand Our Borders 兵出十万大山，复故土拓新疆 The Twenty-Five-Thousand-Li Long March二万五千里长征路Historical885k WordsOngoing Liu Yongfu went up the mountain to gather firewood. In a dream, an old man told him that he was a mighty general who should defend his home and protect his people. When he woke, he also had a new set of memories from the future. Liu Yongfu decided that, besides defending his homeland, he should find the Han people a place to settle, help them survive more than a decade of war and natural disasters, and fight against imperialism... [Some parts of this story take liberties with history, or happen 5.4kReads—Score385Shelves

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    The male protagonist is reborn and leads his fellow villagers and soldiers out of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, creating a new world for the Han people.

26. 126 回 After the College Entrance Exam, I Used My Foresight to Become a Tycoon 回到高考后，利用先知成富豪 The Twenty-Five-Thousand-Li Long March二万五千里长征路Urban841k WordsCompleted By a twist of fate, Chen Feiyu returns to the day after his class reunion, held after the college entrance exam. Using his information advantage, he makes up for past regrets. From the start, he sets his sights on the Brazil World Cup to earn his first fortune, then uses his expertise and memories to grow his money in the stock market. He also keeps in touch with his high school crush and his senior from university, wins the hearts of both beauties, and becomes a winner in life! 2.7kReads—Score104Shelves
27. 127 异 Superpowers: The Good-for-Nothing Star Dust Awakens 异能：废柴星尘觉醒 Flying Sword From the West飞剑西来Urban178k WordsCompleted Explosive action + high martial arts + ruthless combat + fiery passion + invincibility + ensemble cast + satisfying thrills + no angst. The Star-Eaters, an alien race, have disguised themselves as humans and are secretly hunting the people of Blue Star. With Blue Star on the verge of occupation, humanity is about to become food for the aliens. One day, a young man awakens an unparalleled supernatural power. He rises up and leads his closest friends, both male and female, in wiping out the invade —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Decisive and ruthless, invincible throughout, no torture or dragging!

28. 128 开 Sect Founder from the Start: Building the Supreme Dao Tradition 开局宗门老祖，打造无上道统 Writing Books to Play the Stock Market写书来炒股Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [System, Sect Ancestor, cultivation, no female lead, no suppression of cultivation, rapid advancement, feel-good] From the start, he is the sect ancestor, forging an unsurpassed Dao lineage. The Profound Realm, Qing Province, the State of Chu. Lin Sui, ancestor of the Dao Xuan Sect, one of the State of Chu’s five great sects, awakens the Unsurpassed Dao Lineage System from the start. Based on Lin Sui’s current cultivation level, it returns cultivation improvements and insights to the sect member 79Reads5.3Score136Shelves

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    Decisive and ruthless

29. 129 三 Three Kingdoms: Wolf King of Xiliang 三国：西凉狼王 Yuanling元岭Historical824k WordsCompleted Han Pojun, a modern man, wakes up in the Three Kingdoms era as cannon fodder under Li Jue. From the start, he cleaves his commander in two and leads three thousand death soldiers in a rebellion against Chang'an! He fights Lü Bu in a bloody battle and conquers Liangzhou. Ma Chao refuses to submit? He'll beat you until you kneel! Cao Cao offers amnesty? He'll take Xiahou Yuan's head in battle! This is a turbulent age when human lives are worth less than grass, and all I want is to use my enemies' 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A violent and exhilarating Three Kingdoms novel! Endless slaughter!

30. 130 越 The More Off-Roading, the More Addictive It Gets 越野越上瘾 A Passing Guest in the Flow of Time往事流年稍作客Ancient Romance111k WordsOngoing ◆ Powerful leads tame each other ◆ Obsessive Emperor × Proud, Defiant Princess ◆ Explosive revenge plot ◆ A tragic romance that lasts until death ◆ “You once shackled me. Now I’ll repay you by turning your empire into a cage.” “Ye Huang, the wilder you get, the more addictive it becomes. This time, I’ll play along with you all the way to the depths of hell.” She was Liang’s most bewitching and unruly Ninth Princess, Helian Ye Huang. Three hundred li beyond the capital stood the royal hunting gro 2Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    😜😜😎😎

31. 131 凡 A Mortal's Path to Immortality: The Purple-Scaled Snake Guides the Way 凡心踏仙紫鳞蛇引道 The Enlightened One Said悟道子曰Eastern Fantasy230k WordsOngoing [Mortal’s journey➕no System➕dual cultivation of thunder and gu➕farming and raising gu] A country boy suffers hardship after hardship, then happens upon a thousand-year-old giant serpent by chance. It teaches him a cultivation technique and gives him a priceless treasure, setting him on the path to immortality. Every step tempers his bones; every gu is cultivated with care. Do not assume you were the first to set out; someone else may have left even earlier. Do not blame the road for being rough. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Highly Recommended for Mortals, Don't Miss the Exciting Journey] A mountain boy encounters a purple snake who imparts knowledge and teaches him, leading him onto the path of cultivation. Rooted in the lower classes, he experiences the harsh realities of life, burdened with a hidden bloodline, struggling to survive step by step. His path to triumph is fraught with suspense, becoming increasingly captivating with each reading. 💗💓☪️🩵

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