Nonhuman Protagonists (Not Animals): Cold-Blooded and Brutal, Evolving and Eating People 主角非人（不是动物）冷血残暴，会进化更会吃人

1. 1 从 I Started Cultivating as a Cockroach and Became the Insect Ancestor 从蟑螂开始修仙，我成了虫祖 A Hui'an Native Who Raises an Orange Cat养橘猫的惠安人Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted [Evil Demons] [Ensemble Cast] [Factions] [Scheming] [Plot-Driven] [Plenty to Binge] Take a shell, lie low and stay hidden, counting the long years, day after day. Become a cockroach, drift through dusty alleys, conceal your true form and blend into the eight wastelands. Crawl through cracks in the bricks, hide in the dust, Year after year, nobody suspects a thing. The Demon Ancestor’s Heaven-Connecting token is gone, So become a cockroach and blend in with mortal flesh. Some soar to the heavens 18.9kReads8.7Score1.9kShelves

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   Those who aren't human should take a look at this dead cockroach. It has no system or cheat codes; eating people is its instinct. Unable to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill, it tries to cultivate a Human Core. Once it forms its core, it devours hundreds of thousands of cultivators and mortals. As the story progresses, it becomes impossible to tell whether its remaining trace of humanity is genuine or feigned.

2. 2 我 I Am the Biohazard Tyrant, Crushing the Horrors of the Myriad Worlds 我，生化暴君，横推诸天恐怖 Zhen Zhong Hehuan真中合欢Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsOngoing [Infinite Worlds + Power Fantasy + Invincible + Invincible in the City + No Holding the Protagonist Back + Building a Clan + The Strong Crush the Strong + Power and Influence Crush All Opposition + Decisive and Ruthless + The Protagonist Is a Monster + Monster Stream + Fighting Horror with Horror + No Female Lead but Has a Harem (All Female Side Characters)] Current worlds: Wrong Turn - Train to Busan - Gu - Venom - Prototype - Gui - Resident Evil 9 - Ling Cage As the T-103 Tyrant roams through 132.2kReads7.7Score18.4kShelves

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   The Resident Evil Tyrant, later evolved with tentacles, parasites, and other features.

3. 3 我 I, Ghost Cicada, Sweeping Through the Cultivation World Is Perfectly Reasonable 我，鬼蝉，杀穿修真界很合理吧 Sliced Bitter Melon苦瓜切片Eastern Fantasy615k WordsCompleted [Villain Protagonist + Never Takes Human Form + No Female Lead + Not a Do-Gooder] After transmigrating into a cicada, Chen Yun will stop at nothing to collect evolution items, committing every manner of evil and using any means necessary. The reverse scale of a waning-moon wind dragon + the soul of a Tribulation Realm cultivator = ??? From then on, the cultivation world gained a cicada that slaughtered countless people. Since this world has no place for me, I’ll carve a path through it with bloo 1.1kReads8.4Score109Shelves

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   These are all exactly what you want, and they're not at all saintly; in fact, they're cruel, bloody, and dark.

4. 4 重 Reborn as a Monster: I Am the Black-Mane Wild Boar King 重生妖魔：吾乃黑鬃野猪王 Invincible Starting with a Wild Boar无敌从野猪开始Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Wild boar, exotic beast, gigantic, villain, gains cultivation by eating humans, not a bleeding heart, decisive and ruthless] Reborn as a wild boar, I can increase my cultivation by eating people. But they won’t let me eat them, and they even want to kill me. Fine, I’ll eat them all!!! 2.7kReads7.5Score190Shelves
5. 5 金 Vajra, the Heaven-Rending Demon Ape 金刚，魔猿滔天 Egg-Fried Cookies鸡蛋煎曲奇饼Male-Channel Fanfiction396k WordsCompleted Pure monster protagonist + dark fantasy + never takes human form + no female lead + overwhelming physical power + ruthless and decisive Also known as: In the Age of Declining Dharma, I Chose to Cultivate as a Demon by Devouring and Refining All Life on Earth to Ascend, and Hey, Godzilla, Time for Your COVID Test, Ah~ Blending worlds from films and TV shows such as Godzilla, King Kong, and Pacific Rim, this is a pure-monster story about refining the entire planet into resources for advancement an 317Reads7.0Score—Shelves
6. 6 邪 Evil Evolution: Starting as a Spider and Poisoning All Living Things 邪恶进化：从蜘蛛开始毒杀万物 Sliced Bitter Melon苦瓜切片Eastern Fantasy572k WordsCompleted [No heroine]+ [No self-righteous saint]+ [No transformation into human form]+ [Dark cultivation] Before evolving: Butterflies are pretty tasty, and female spiders aren't out of the question. After one evolution: Do whatever it takes to survive. After three evolutions: Do whatever it takes to grow stronger. After ten evolutions: I don't eat beef. Lin Feng transmigrates into a spider and is bound to an Evil Evolution System. All he has to do to evolve is poison his opponents to death. “Humans are 599Reads7.1Score103Shelves
7. 7 从 Infinite Evolution, Starting as a Scorpion 从蝎子开始的无限进化 Demonfire Sweeping the Plains妖火燎原Eastern Fantasy603k WordsCompleted He transmigrated into a world teeming with myriad races and crowded with heroes! Dong Yuan discovered that he had become a scorpion! Fortunately, he had an Infinite Evolution System. As long as he kept devouring living things, he could evolve without end! Even the weakest insects could have limitless potential! Rising from humble beginnings, he evolved endlessly and continued to transform! Across infinite worlds, myriad paths vied for supremacy. Fate itself was mine to command! 221Reads6.1Score—Shelves
8. 8 从 Infinite Evolution, Starting as a Mosquito 从蚊子开始无限进化 Sliced Bitter Melon苦瓜切片Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [No human transformation, do-gooders beware, no heroine] Chen Feng transmigrates to another world with an Infinite Evolution System and becomes the most ordinary mosquito imaginable. As long as he drinks blood, he can evolve. From then on, Chen Feng embarks on a journey of endless evolution. Powerful sect leaders, ancient divine beasts, mighty dragons: they’re all just experience points. Leading an army of mosquitoes, Chen Feng conquers the world and makes it tremble beneath his wings. 2.3kReads8.5Score222Shelves
9. 9 妹 My Sister Was Shot in the Head, So I Led the Swarm to Conquer the World 妹妹被爆头，我率领虫群席卷世界 Master Jieshan戒善大师Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted [Interstellar Conquest + Sci-Fi + System + Alternate World + Insect Swarm Calamity + Mechanical Calamity + Undead Calamity] Monsters invade, turning the entire city into a living hell. Chu Fan struggles to survive in this hell for three years. During that time, he loses everything. At last, three years later, he escapes the hell alive with his younger sister. He thinks the safety and light of his dreams await them outside the city. But the army is standing ready beyond the walls. “No one i 6.2kReads7.8Score555Shelves

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   After escaping three years of hell, Chu Fan fought his way out with his sister, only to have his world wiped out by a single shot from an army outside the city. He laughed, activated the Doomsday System, summoned swarms of insects, machines, and undead—three calamities—and single-handedly overthrew the false civilization to avenge his sister! Decisive and ruthless, it was incredibly exhilarating!

10. 10 喰EN Ghoul: A High-Martial World? A Buffet! 喰种：高武世界？自助餐厅！ Ink Bamboo, Vermilion Splendor墨竹朱华Urban859k WordsCompleted [Ghouls] [Villain] [High Martial Arts] [No Romance] [Dark] [Self-Serving] [Ruthless and Decisive] [Hannibal] [Lone Operator] [Nearly Invincible] Please read Chapter 0 for content warnings! Rich spiritual energy drifts through this world. It is a new world ruled by the strong, an unexplored hunting ground for ghouls. Jusui never imagined he could transmigrate. No wonder this is a high-martial-arts world. They really aren't worried about species going extinct if they'll accept anything! When night 2.3kReads8.2Score273Shelves

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    Highly recommended! 1. Ghouls eat like crazy, food is their everything. 2. A greedy little monster who prioritizes profit; both humans and monsters love to eat; a refined actor. 3. The protagonist turns into a house; not a saint, doesn't help others. 4. Ghouls are fierce, a bit like Dihua (a fictionalized Chinese fictional character), farming novels are all good.

11. 11 重 Reborn in a World of the Paranormal, and You Want Me to Join Bureau 749? 重生诡异，你让我加入749局？ Fire Beast火暴兽Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Devouring Evolution]+ [Self-Interest]+ [Humanity’s Natural Enemy]+ [Nemesis of Its Own Kind]+ [Kills Men and Women Alike]+ [Plot-Driven]+ [Undercover]+ [Villain]+ [Eerie] "No female lead!!! No harem!!! No romance!!!" (Not Eerie in the traditional sense. The protagonist is undercover in the human camp and kills both humans and Eerie, men and women alike. This story is plot-driven, so readers looking for a feel-good monster-grinding power fantasy should think twice.) (The rating has already been 59.3kReads8.9Score8.6kShelves
12. 12 诡 The Supernatural Returns, and I Am the Greatest Fear in the World 诡异复苏，我是世间最大的恐惧 Evil Clown恶魔小丑Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Villain] [Dark] [Invincible] [No female lead] Qin Yu died, and his soul arrived in another world, merging with a haunted house. In this age of supernatural resurgence, he continually grew stronger and evolved, creating his own kingdom of terror. Whether human or supernatural, everyone saw him as their greatest fear. 13.8kReads8.4Score928Shelves
13. 13 没 Are You Sick? Why Talk About Kindness with a Man-Eating Demon? 没病吧？你和食人魔谈什么善良？ Wang Wugen王五棍Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + invincible hero + food + farming + keeps his distance from humans + no do-gooder heroine + survival + everyone] How does an ogre usually eat? Step one: Find a desert monster. Step two: Hit it. Step three: Beat it up. Step four: Throw it into a pot. Step five: Simmer it over low heat for two hours. Gorkin had transmigrated to this endless desert world twenty years ago, but he was an ogre with a huge, burly build. He had finally become a chief, and now all the people of Blue Star 31.7kReads9.1Score3.5kShelves
14. 14 司 Commander Si, Why Are You Standing with the Monsters? 司统大人，您怎么站怪物那边了？ Little Black the Firebreather喷火小黑Urban3.7M WordsOngoing [No female lead + no romantic tension + no romance + ruthless and decisive] Amid the crowds beneath the neon-lit cityscape, there are monsters wearing human skin, walking among them just like ordinary people. The news says these people are called the Awakened. They feed on human flesh and are savage monsters. One quiet afternoon, an ordinary high school sophomore undergoes a transformation and becomes one of the Awakened, standing against all of humanity! To survive, he makes a pact with a god a 102.6kReads8.7Score10.4kShelves
15. 15 你 You're Supposed to Fight Monsters, So Why Are You Fighting Me! 你们刷怪啊，刷我干嘛！ Likes Eating Tangerines喜欢吃橘子Urban3.3M WordsOngoing [Print edition deal signed: no System, plot-driven, fast-paced from the start, no mindless decisions, thrilling and exciting, hard-hitting fights, told from the monsters' side!] Ever since the words [Divine Order 001: Undercover] appeared in Jiang Xia's mind, he felt that he wasn't normal. No matter what he ate or how much he ate, he never felt the slightest bit full. Hungry. So hungry he was about to lose his mind! Then, at the school beauty's eighteenth birthday party, he smelled the presen 508.7kReads9.1Score41.3kShelves
16. 16 红 Red Dragon: Lord of Hellfire 红龙：狱火领主 A Mo啊莫Eastern Fantasy749k WordsCompleted Flames seeped from the earth, like the claws and fangs of a devil. A gate rose from the ocean as a demon lord cackled wildly. Long, long ago, a little dragon lounged with one leg crossed, gazed at the stars, and grabbed at them. “One day, I’ll have the power to pluck stars from the sky and play against the gods.” Before he could finish speaking, his stomach began to grumble. “Too bad my stomach always holds me back~” The young red dragon still had a long way to go. (Pseudo-D&D + dragons + multiv 5.6kReads8.8Score504Shelves

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    They feature all sorts of creatures, from giant dragons of Western fantasy to Spinosaurus from the Jurassic period. I think most of Tomato's novels about spiritual energy revival and reincarnation as beasts are too cliché. Here's a new one about reincarnation as a wolf, in which I saw the shadow of an old friend (Arctic Wolf King); there are also very good ones about Spinosaurus and Giganotosaurus (here, Giganotosaurus refers to "Jurassic World, But I'm an Ark Giganotosaurus?"), I really recommend reading it; at the same time, there's also a good one about reincarnation in a dungeon, a rare theme for Tomato, about striving to survive and develop.

17. 17 灵 After the Spiritual Qi Revival, I Reigned Supreme in a Wolf’s Body 灵气复苏，我以狼躯称王 Yun Jing沄箐Eastern Fantasy236k WordsOngoing [Modern high martial arts] [Spiritual Qi Revival] [Beast protagonist] [No human transformation] [Evolution] [Leveling up] [A little farming] [Feel-good power fantasy] [No female lead] When Lin Bo, an all-around academic ace in systems biology, wakes up as a dying wild wolf just as the Spiritual Qi era dawns, he declares: I’m done being human! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 异 Another World: From the Start, I Became a Dungeon 异世界，开局变成一座地下城 Si Sisi四肆寺Eastern Fantasy535k WordsOngoing [Dungeons] [System] [Nonhuman] [Management] [Western Fantasy] After transmigrating to another world, Li Dalen became a dungeon on the frontier? Countless invaders, all coveting the dungeon’s treasures, flock to this frontier dungeon. The dungeon is too weak? Terrifying monsters are constantly being created. The dungeon is too small? New levels are constantly being opened up. It evolves from the weakest, smallest dungeon into something greater. The dungeon has only one purpose: to stop every inva 1kReads8.5Score215Shelves
19. 19 论 On the Self-Cultivation of a Spinosaurus 论，一条棘龙的自我修养 Dull-Headed Dragon呆头龙Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsOngoing [No System + no heroine + doesn't turn human + no fantasy + everyday life] [Jurassic Park fanfic. Later on, it will connect to the World Story arc.] [The story arc takes place on Sorna Island. Since there isn't much information about the island, quite a bit is made up.] [The protagonist is a Spinosaurus from ARK: Survival Evolved.] As a Spinosaurus, I know exactly what I am: a fisherman. A fisherman ought to know his place. All I need to do is catch fish, bask in the sun, and get along happily w 5.5kReads8.9Score480Shelves
20. 20 精 Pokemon: If I Don't Play Giratina Well, I'll Die 精灵：不扮演好骑拉帝纳我就会死 Ming Wei鸣微Anime Fanfiction665k WordsOngoing [Never let them find out you’re not really Giratina!] The newly transmigrated Pei Nie opened his eyes to a line of words written in blood. He realized he had transmigrated into the Pokémon world, and from the start had landed a year-round, seven-day-a-week, unpaid job guarding the Distortion World. Pei Nie: “...” Oh, it’s fine~ It’s just guarding the Distortion World and occasionally hammering on Time and Space. Leave it to me! What? You’re saying Arceus is coming? Looking at Arceus with its blo 1.6kReads8.8Score170Shelves
21. 21 巨 Dragon: The Iron Throne 巨龙：钢铁王座 Fallen Earth Becomes Clouds II落土为云二Eastern Fantasy272k WordsOngoing [Iron dragon + invincible + pseudo-D&D + multiverse + conquest] Dragon bones forged from steel, dragon scales made of iron. Steel blood courses through my veins, building a dazzling new life! Before me, those who stand shall live, and those who kneel shall die. All life and death are mine to command; I decide who lives and who dies. The weak are full of scruples, but kings have no taboos! Whatever fails to kill me will only make me stronger! Now, standing before you is: The master of the Dragonl 298Reads5.8Score—Shelves
22. 22 什 What Do You Mean I Became a World-Ending Urban Legend? 什么叫我成了灭世级怪谈？ Wild, Bold, Cool, and Flashy Shark狂拽酷炫鲨Mystery277k WordsOngoing [No Female Lead] [Mild Horror] [Turns Into a False Person in One Chapter] [The Protagonist Is a Pure Monster] Su Yuan transmigrated to a bizarre world rife with danger. Here, everything from horror legends had become real: false people, vengeful spirits, old gods hidden beneath the ocean... And an official organization lurking in everyday life: the Cleanup Bureau. This was an age of despair. With urban legends becoming reality, ordinary people could hardly fight back, and even the authorities we 270.7kReads8.3Score45.9kShelves

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    The protagonist is a classic example of a cheat-like ability, and the plot is quite enjoyable. He abandons his human nature early on and masters a large number of supernatural abilities, making it seem like he will eventually become the master of supernatural tales.

23. 23 噬 Born of the Bone-Devouring Wolves: I Just Want to Survive 噬骨狼裔：我只想活下去 A Sanmao阿三毛Urban220k WordsOngoing [No System + Campus Beauty + Yandere + Thrilling Suspense + Plot-Driven + Dual Perspectives: Hunter and Monster + The Aesthetics of Strength] In his senior year of high school, Lu Jin is driven mad by a hunger that seems to claw its way out of his very bones. No matter how much he eats, he can’t fill his stomach. In his dreams, everything reeks of blood. When he wakes from the instinct to devour, he discovers he has become a “wolfkin,” caught between humanity and monstrosity. Even more despairin 114Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book is about a yandere younger sister and a cold, aloof school beauty; the second book is really good.

24. 24 非 An Atypical Guide to Survival with High Charisma 非典型高魅力求生指南 Melchior梅尔乔尔Mystery571k WordsCompleted [If you had the chance to change your life completely, but it was filled with unknown dangers, would you try to seize it?] This is an unjust world. Ascenders travel through one instance after another, taking countless riches and opportunities with them, while consumables have long since lost their status as people. Their only purpose is to be used up and discarded. So the Ascenders scoff: how dare ants dream of becoming one of them? The consumables can only lower their heads in silence, letting 5.9kReads9.1Score936Shelves

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    The protagonist, a non-human (Boss), starts by hacking people with a wood-chopping knife. He has maximum charm and his own obsessions. His interactions with other bosses are very engaging, and the protagonist's non-human nature is very strong. This book is great! [Heart][Heart][Heart] Highly recommended!

25. 25 从 From Spider to Ruler of the World 从蜘蛛到世界支配者 Can't Think of a Name, So Anything Goes不会起名随便来Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Behind-the-Scenes Style] [Evolution] [Creating Monsters] At first, he focuses on growing bigger, breaking world records, and collecting powers. Later, he starts creating monsters and takes the behind-the-scenes route. Fang Ming is reborn as a pet spider. All he has to do is keep molting and growing. With a leg span of 26 centimeters, he breaks the world record. With a leg span of 30 centimeters, he sends the scientific community into an uproar. With a leg span of 40 centimeters, he overturns ev 15.9kReads7.8Score1.7kShelves

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    The biggest drawback of this book is that it's been serialized [facepalm][facepalm][facepalm] I won't say more, just go read it!

26. 26 开 A Turtle from the Start, Invincible Across the Stars 开局一只龟，无敌于星空 Li Shechi李奢侈Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Spiritual qi revival reshuffles the world order completely. Jiang Xuan unexpectedly becomes a land tortoise after being reborn. By the time other countries have been trampled and destroyed by all kinds of mutated creatures, the Dragon Kingdom has already restored order, thanks to Jiang Xuan's arrival! 5.7kReads8.5Score446Shelves
27. 27 诡 Weird Tales: From the Start, I Beat the Eight-Foot-Tall Woman to a Pulp 诡异，开局锤爆八尺夫人 Xu Moqing徐墨卿Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted The world of the uncanny was chaotic and lawless. Mountain demons, evil ghosts, phantoms, jiangshi, zombies, slit-mouthed women, Sadako, eight-foot-tall women, Bloody Mary… Every uncanny being once thought to exist only in the imagination was real in this world. Xu Changqing, a martial arts enthusiast, had ended up here by accident. He’d only wanted to scrape by and wait for death, but from the start, he was attacked by an F-rank entity from Sakura Country: the Eight-Foot-Tall Woman. To stay ali 11.3kReads8.7Score981Shelves
28. 28 进 Evolution: I Became a Siberian Snow Wolf 进化：我变成了西伯利亚雪狼 The Way Is Heartless道是无情Eastern Fantasy410k WordsCompleted “I’m Storm, and I’m freaking out!” On the Siberian plains, a photographer named Storm is filming a wolf pack in a secluded tent when a brown bear sneaks up and attacks him without warning. As he teeters on the brink of death, a mighty Snow Wolf King appears before him! Then Storm transmigrates... And transmigrates into a... little wolf cub on the Siberian plains! With the Wolf King dead, his mother injured, and food running short, the “Strongest Wolf King Evolution System” activates! Starting as 419Reads7.3Score103Shelves
29. 29 我 I Started by Devouring Gods and Rose Against the Current 我从吃神开始反向晋升 Cool Isn't Cool酷是不酷Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [Urban high martial arts] [Ensemble cast] [No System] The gods descended upon the world, and the Ascenders appeared. At the age of eighteen, everyone can choose a unique path to godhood within the Ascension Tower. But Jiang Qi’s left eye is connected to a forbidden zone. Within the forbidden zone, he embarked on a strange path: he can ascend as long as he eats monsters. The world obtains everything from the Ascension Tower. And my ability is... [When I write the first sentence, the universe coll 235.7kReads9.1Score22.5kShelves

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    The protagonist is human, but he has a forbidden zone within his body. He can eat both humans and monsters and can acquire memories and abilities (in the later stages, it's basically about enhancement; he doesn't have a lot of skills as you might expect). It's not a mindless wish-fulfillment story. I wouldn't want to read it if it didn't require thinking. I won't say more; read it and experience it for yourself, then leave a comment!

30. 30 细 Master of Cellular Manipulation 细胞微操大师 Hope Meat, Writing on a Whim兴趣使然的希望肉Urban1.2M WordsOngoing In this world, teeming with psychic energy and mutations, an ordinary person named Gesi turned into a monster during an ordinary mutation crisis. He gained the ability to freely control himself, used it to strengthen his body, and joined an organization of human superpowered individuals. But he never told humanity where the limits of his “freedom,” “control,” and “self” lay. He can freely direct the actions of every cell, change their shapes at will, control cells outside his body, and transform 19.8kReads8.8Score2.7kShelves

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    This was the first book I wanted to recommend after seeing the title. The protagonist has indeed become a non-human being, although around 200,000 to 300,000 words, the perspective shifts to a more human one, but in terms of thought and behavior, he's no longer human, at least not in terms of his stance. The problem is that this book is still in its developmental stage, and I couldn't resist reading it, so now I'm going to suffer the torture of following the updates [facepalm]. As for being cold-blooded and cruel, I guess so, but he can't be absolutely cold-blooded; at least so far, he's still in the incubation period and can't kill indiscriminately. [Thinking]

31. 31 重 Reborn as a Snake: My Dice Can Defy Fate 重生为蛇：我的骰子能逆天改命 Young Master Qingqiu公子青丘Urban150k WordsOngoing [Beast Protagonist] [No Female Lead] [No System] [No Human Transformation] [Not a Pet] [Lone Boss] [Starry Sky Behemoth] [Pure Carnage] [Steal Lives and Devour Fortune] When he opened his eyes, Xu You had become the cold-blooded king of the jungle: a king cobra! Reborn once, and human? He wouldn't be a dog even if you paid him! With the Dice of Fate, Xu You devoured lives and seized fortune. In the body of an ordinary snake, he fought from the rainforest to the deep sea, from the land to the sta 40Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Mythical beasts, no system, no female protagonist, no faction, no human transformation, no saintly figure...

32. 32 穿 I Transmigrated to Azeroth, and From the Start I Had Two Heads 穿越艾泽拉斯，开局我有两个头 The Silent D'Artagnan沉默的达达尼奥Anime Fanfiction1.4M WordsOngoing [World of Warcraft + Hardcore Western Fantasy + Lord + Farming + War + Slow Burn] Good news: I transmigrated! Bad news: I transmigrated into an ogre in World of Warcraft's Azeroth. Bad news x2: It's a two-headed ogre, and I can only control one of the heads. Bad news x3: There are not only ogres where I transmigrated, but also the Scourge and werewolves. Bad news x4: The other ogres all say I'm an idiot, one of the biggest fools among ogres. What a terrible start! 2.8kReads6.1Score226Shelves

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    The protagonist is a cannibal

33. 33 我EN I'm an Impostor, the Only Prophet in a Horror World 我是伪人惊悚世界唯一预言家 Mushrooms Stewed with Pig's Head蘑菇炖猪头Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [Not a Brainless Story] [Dark Horror] [Prophet] [Impostors] [Survival] Impostors lurk among the people here, and anomalous entities roam everywhere. This is the world of terror that lies ahead. People in the future call it the "Later World," or the "Backrooms." No one can find the impostors hidden among the crowds. All they can do is wait for the slaughter! Fortunately, Lin Yang obtains the role of [Prophet]. [Each day, you may verify one person's identity or receive a piece of survival intellig 383.9kReads8.2Score50kShelves

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    The first book is a mystery novel set in a harem, and the second is a Western fantasy novel; I personally think they're both pretty good.

34. 34 中 The Legendary Witcher of the Middle Ages 中世纪的传奇猎魔人 Whispers of the Void虚空低语Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing [Western Fantasy] [Soulslike] [Dragons] [Mythology] [Adventure] An unknown soul awakens in another world, carrying an unknown mass of flesh as it journeys onward. Scattered laws are the steps to godhood. I am both hunter and prey. My power is my only weapon, and my deepest curse! 45.2kReads8.3Score6.2kShelves
35. 35 我 I’m a Monster, So Why Does Everyone Treat Me Like a Teammate? 我一怪物，怎么都把我当队友了？ Explosive Edamame爆炸毛豆Urban910k WordsCompleted [Monster antagonist, one heroine with a mild yandere streak, self-interest, no System, no formulaic tropes, plot-driven, no overpowered leveling and grinding] My name is Shen Shi, and I have a secret. On the eve of the college entrance exam, I became an oddity in my classmates' eyes: a fallen genius, a weirdo who wore a mask in the middle of summer. Stench! Stench! Stench! Everyone gave off the same foul smell! Only my sister, who was with me day and night, smelled sweeter and sweeter. I knew my 18.7kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves

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    It looks pretty good.

36. 36 这 There's a Demonic Cultivator Here 这里有一个魔修 Lord Xianyue仙月大人Eastern Fantasy121k WordsOngoing [Original Plot] [Entirely Handcrafted] [Xianxia] [Demonic Cultivation] [Corpse Raising] [Baleful Energy Refining] [Ghost Wedding Dress] [Cultivation Method Reform] [Resource Farming] [The Goodness, Truth, and Beauty of Human Nature] [The Way of the Five Elements and Yin and Yang] The protagonist is named Tishuang Shi. 1.3kReads—Score101Shelves

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    The protagonist transforms into a ghost, freely invading other people's dreams and thus controlling them.

37. 37 恐 Horror Invasion: From the Start, I Ate the Starving Ghost 恐怖入侵，开局吃掉饿死鬼 Please Give Me a Lanzhou请给我一支蘭州Mystery651k WordsOngoing A simple-minded village guardian, yet born with the nature of a ghost. Chen Huang knows who treats him well, but he doesn't understand himself or the world around him. He doesn't realize that, in this world where terror has returned, people can die at any moment. In the little village, man-eating evil spirits feast in the darkness of despair. In the town, layers of ghostly shadows leave almost everyone with no way out. In the psychiatric hospital, eerie human skins wander the halls at night. Aga 94.8kReads8.1Score8.7kShelves
38. 38 我 I Am the Abyss: From Rogue Ninja to Devourer of Myriad Worlds 我即深渊：从叛忍到吞噬万界 An Zuan Heavy Gunner祖安重炮手Anime Fanfiction1.6M WordsOngoing [Transmigration to Naruto] [Sunagakure] [Original Ninjutsu] [Magnet Release Puppet Master] [Floating Cannons] [Mecha] [Single-Minded Pursuit of Strength] [Taijutsu] [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Saintly Hero] [Changes to the Original Story] [Leveling Up] [Stat Allocation] [Partly Science and Research] [Overwhelming Domination] [the Myriad Worlds] “Those... those massacres... those annihilations... you did all that?! Four hundred thousand from Kumogakure, two hundred thousand from Sunagakure, a hu 1.1kReads7.5Score102Shelves

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    The protagonist is extremely cold-blooded; everything he does is for greater power.

39. 39 人EN Humans Are the Juvenile Form of Monsters. I Was Stripped of My Humanity as Soon as I Graduated 人是诡的幼年体毕业即被开除人籍 Mo Mo Wu Hen墨墨无痕Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing [Eerie + Boss's perspective + dungeon worlds + rules + no female lead] Ren Yi wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into a “normal” world with unbelievably generous benefits. Under the League's attentive protection, everyone lives without a care, and the future looks bright. He thinks he and his only family member in this world, his autistic older brother, will live an ordinary, peaceful life together. But a “career placement test” shatters his entire worldview. “There are no humans in the 127.8kReads8.7Score14.1kShelves
40. 40 权 Game of Thrones: My Days as a Wight Beyond the Wall 权游：我在长城外当异鬼的日子 Snow Lotus Fruit Flavor雪莲果味Male-Channel Fanfiction652k WordsCompleted Transmigrated into the world of ice and fire, he lands in the far northern wasteland and immediately becomes a wight. Far from the conflicts among the Seven Kingdoms, he puts down roots beyond the Wall. With the power of ice at his command, immortal and indestructible, he gathers legions of wights. He gazes coldly at the Wall and faces the Night's Watch cavalry head-on. In a world torn by chaos, he commands the icy dead, sweeping across the lands beyond the Wall, breaching the great fortress, an 169Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Are White Walkers considered human?

41. 41 妖EN Demon Cultivator: As the Storm Gathers, Let Me Rise to the Clouds! 妖修：风暴汇聚，托我登云！ Daoist of the Vast Sea沧海道人Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing [Mythical Beasts] [Enlightenment System] [Fence-Sitter] [Reverse Manipulation] [Shameless] A sect that commands bears? Cultivators are merely their keepers. Beasts are what really matter. Once all the cultivators die of old age, won't that make me the Grandmaster? My name is Shi Jian. I'm an ordinary black bear who happened to obtain an Enlightenment System, which awakened my intelligence and set me on the path of cultivation. Once I've outlived all the cultivators, I'll be the Grandmaster! From 32.2kReads8.4Score2.8kShelves

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    In the early game, humans nurture each other; in the mid-game, they directly consume humans to refine human pills.

42. 42 高 From the Start, an SSS-Rank Goddess Forces Me to Have Her Child 高武开局被SSS级女神强制生育 Gou Jiao苟焦Urban539k WordsCompleted (Important disclaimer: No NTR, no NTR, no NTR) (ε=(´ο`*))) Sigh, why must we turn on each other...) [No System + Post-apocalyptic martial arts + Evolving powers + Political intrigue and mystery + Overpowered power progression + All-new cultivation system + Superclocked brain + Explosive start] Two thousand years after humanity was defeated by silicon-based lifeforms, the human race is barely surviving in twelve underground cities. I was a good-for-nothing with two C-rank scores, nicknamed the S 858Reads6.5Score115Shelves
43. 43 御 Beast Taming: Evolution by Sequence 御兽，序列进化 Daylight Reader白昼读者Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [No System + No Academy Setting + Bloodline Research + A New Beast-Taming Style with Wizards] No matter how powerful your beasts are, a single bullet can still take down their tamer. No problem. We have class advancement. [Ferocious Beast Knight] → [War Knight] → [Radiant Knight]. Bound together in life and death, sharing honor and disgrace. [Phantom Beastmaster] → [Arms Master] → [Elemental Annihilator]. Command the elements and attack with spells. [Herder] → [Legion Commander] → [Totem Master] 11.9kReads9.1Score1kShelves

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    Snake Lord, doesn't this remind you of Orochimaru? The protagonist controls snakes, absorbs their genes, and his soul gains the characteristics of a 🐍 (a mythical snake). It's a very good beast-taming novel.

44. 44 重 Reborn as a Lotus, I Refused to Hand Myself Over to the State from the Start 重生成莲，开局拒绝上交国家 Guo Wudi郭无敌Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [A comic adaptation of this novel is now available] [Mythical Beast Evolution] [Rebirth and Evolution] [No Human Transformation] [Decisive and Ruthless] Spiritual qi revives across the globe, and beast tides threaten to destroy the world. After Chu Zhou dies in battle, he is reborn as a crippled green lotus in Black Dragon Lake, a forbidden land in Lingnan, and awakens the [Infinite Evolution System]. By devouring flesh and blood, he can evolve. His roots can strangle all things, and he can even 24.7kReads6.8Score2.9kShelves

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    The protagonist is not human and cannot transform; he is a lotus flower with the highest level of spiritual energy revival. I'm not biased towards the official story, and while there are some flaws, it's generally quite good.

45. 45 极EN Ultimate Martial Path: From Butcher to Hundred-Armed Sky Demon 极致武道：从屠夫到百臂天魔 Fishing Palace渔宫Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted [Decisive and Ruthless + Musclebound Powerhouse + Nonhuman Form] At the end of the dynasty, the people are destitute. Chen Duan transmigrates into the body of a butcher, but gains the one lifeline in this chaotic world: a status panel! Hard work always pays off, and every breakthrough increases his potential. At first, his constitution is fixed and progress is difficult. Later, he advances a realm every day, astonishing the world. He pursues the ultimate form of martial arts, the absolute p 20.8kReads8.1Score1.5kShelves

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    Super beautiful!

46. 46 末 Apocalypse Monster Nest: I Am the Mother of Monsters 末世怪巢：我即怪物之母 The Imagination Can't Stop脑洞不能停Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Monster Raising + Self-Serving Villain + Nonhuman Protagonist + Character Growth + No Romance] [Ruthless and cruel, a true villain. Run if you can't handle it.] [He'll approach humans early on, but he's weak] A monster nest: the lair of monsters. When Xia An opened his eyes, he discovered that he had been asleep for three years. Not only had he missed three years of the apocalypse, he'd also been transformed into a monster and given a bunch of “adorable” children. Jawsplitter hounds, flesh moun 4.8kReads8.7Score696Shelves

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    They are all dark and exhilarating novels.

47. 47 揍 Beat People to Boost My Cultivation, and I'll Slaughter My Way Through the High-Martial World! 揍人爆修为，我杀穿高武万族！ Matter, Form, Loss, World事式失世Urban292k WordsCompleted [Unrelentingly Satisfying + Takes Off Within Half a Chapter + Ruthless and Decisive + Never Takes an Insult + Dominates from Start to Finish + Brutal + Rapid Power-Ups + No Holding Back His Level] Accused of being a creep from the start, Ji Qiu beats up a self-righteous girl and activates the Tyrant System. He earns potential points by defeating opponents, and double the amount by killing them. What's more, potential points spent learning techniques can be reset and refunded! His classmates humi 8.6kReads8.4Score667Shelves
48. 48 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 3.9kReads8.9Score226Shelves
49. 49 审 Judgment Livestream: I Can Create Terror 审判直播：我能创造恐怖 Quietly Serene悄然静谧Mystery829k WordsOngoing [Behind-the-scenes protagonist + no female lead + dark + monster creation] (Recommended: skip ahead to around Chapter 15) After transmigrating to a parallel world in a car accident, Shen Yuhao unexpectedly gains the Horror Livestream System. He can create all kinds of terrifying scenarios, pull evildoers into them, and broadcast their trials to the whole world. The Backrooms, fake humans, Saw, Nightmare on Elm Street, the Eight-Foot-Tall Woman, a blood-soaked zoo... “You despicable scum, struggl 818Reads6.8Score112Shelves
50. 50 老 The Old Monkey's Immortal Cultivation 老猴修仙记 Min Xi忞兮Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing [Mortal’s Journey · Beast Cultivation · Rise from Humble Beginnings] The latest Immortal Realm arc, with the Desire Immortal Palace plot delivering nonstop thrills… Overworked office drone Sun Shi transmigrated into an old monkey about to be slaughtered. His owner tied him up to take him to a restaurant, and the butcher’s knife was already at his throat. He narrowly escaped into a dark forest teeming with ferocious beasts, where even ordinary human cultivators could crush beasts with ease. Fortu 100Reads8.2Score106Shelves

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    The cold-blooded old monkey abandons good for evil, treading a path of countless bones on the road to immortality, slaughtering all living beings, running rampant in a chaotic world as he pleases. 💀 #ColdBloodedCultivation #RoadToImmortals #MonsterPathToImmortals #DarkImmortalPath #ImmortalMasterDisciple

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