Scheming Strategist Novels: The More Ruthless, the Better 毒士流小说，越毒越好

1. 1 我 I, the Ultimate Schemer: The Empress Calls Me a Living Yama 我，最强毒士，女帝直呼活阎王 Xing Xing Zi星星子Historical4.3M WordsOngoing [Search Tomato to watch the short drama: The Third Greatest Stratagem of All Time] Gao Yang transmigrated to the Great Qian Dynasty just as the Empress ascended the throne and began recruiting talent from across the land. So he volunteered himself as a poison strategist! The Empress: “Suppose you personally wiped out your enemy's entire family. As you looked at the bodies scattered everywhere, you suddenly realized there was still a child in the house. What would you do?” Gao Yang: “I'd say, ‘Re 382.6kReads9.2Score32.3kShelves

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   A hilarious and toxic novel 🔥🔥🔥 Empress: "The two armies are currently at war, but our army has been struck by a plague, and morale is low. What is your plan?" Gao Yang: "I have a plan. We can use the catapults in our army to throw the plague-infected corpses into the enemy camp, or we can put the excess corpses into the water source upstream of the enemy's camp!"

2. 2 我 I'm a Strategist, and I'm Good at Raiding and Wiping Out Entire Clans 我是一个谋士，擅长抄家灭门 There Are Fusu in the Mountains Lk山有扶苏LkHistorical781k WordsCompleted [Alternate World] [Cold Weapons] [No Female Lead (or One Female Lead)] [System] “I have a hundred plans for this matter!” “Do you have one that isn't especially vile?” “Then I have fifty more!” “No scorched-earth schemes!” “Then I have twenty more.” “No poison.” “Ten.” “I'd still like to have a decent reputation.” “Then I'm out.” If a man lives a regular life, traveling between the same three places every day, serves as the empire's chief strategist, and never has to worry about money, does 9kReads8.5Score638Shelves
3. 3 三 Three Kingdoms: The Deadly Poisoner, Old Cao Tells Me to Calm Down! 三国：绝命毒士，老曹劝我冷静！ Stubborn Roast Leg of Lamb倔强的烤羊腿Historical1.3M WordsCompleted He transmigrates to the Three Kingdoms era and bluffs his way into becoming Cao Cao's ace military strategist. The Battle of Guandu is at hand. After being soundly defeated by Yan Liang, Cao Cao is also short on supplies and beset by a plague. He can't help but fret. Cao Cao: “Our army is short on supplies. Does anyone have a plan?” Li Fei: “I have one. There's a county outside Baima City with a population of one hundred thousand...” Cao Cao was speechless. “Our army was soundly defeated by Yan 63Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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   "I have a plan that can utterly defeat Yan Liang in less than three days, and simultaneously eradicate the plague." "Oh? What brilliant plan does Dehe have?" "That's easy. The Prime Minister only needs to face Yan Liang tomorrow, and then use catapults to launch those plague-infected soldiers onto the other side. Wouldn't Yan Liang collapse without a fight?"

4. 4 我 Me, the Poisonous Strategist's PR Rep: The Whole Internet Begs Me Not to Go Too Far! 我，毒士公关，全网求我别极端！ Chasing Stories Under the Moon月下追文Urban322k WordsOngoing Qin Huai transmigrated to a parallel world and became the owner of a PR firm on the verge of bankruptcy. At the same time, he activated the Villainous Schemes System. As long as he used underhanded tactics, he could earn rewards. From then on, he embarked on a path of ruthless scheming. “Boss Qin, someone working on the river got cheated and had their wages deliberately withheld. Should we get involved?” “Perfect opportunity. Post a video and control the trending searches. Aim everything at Jian 5Reads5.9Score—Shelves
5. 5 隋 Sui-Tang: I Keep Offering Poisonous Schemes, and Yang Guang Begs Me to Stop Going Too Far 隋唐：屡献毒计，杨广劝我别极端 Pumpkin Sprout南瓜苗Historical400k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + no System + no female lead + political scheming + conquest + a genuinely poisonous strategist!] My name is Yang Shanen, but they say I’m no good person, not even human. Just as Yang Guang suffers defeat in his first campaign against Goguryeo and plans to send in the troops again, his ministers urge him to reconsider. With no just cause for war, victory reports suddenly arrive from Liaodong, where the fighting had already ended. General Yang Shanen has taken several cities with 257Reads6.5Score105Shelves
6. 6 我 I, the Deadly Strategist, Am Urged by the Empress to Calm Down 我，绝命毒士，女帝劝我冷静 Ma Cha Chong Pi马叉虫皮Historical289k WordsCompleted Chen Hanzheng transmigrates to the Great Xia Dynasty, comes top in all three levels of the imperial examinations, and earns the title of top scholar. The empress takes a keen interest in him and orders him to draft policies for governing the country and maintaining peace, as well as decide on an official appointment. But his first memorial on governing the country and maintaining peace is a love letter to the empress. Empress: I told you to write policies for governing the country. Chen Hanzheng 105Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 7 从 From Jailor to the World’s Greatest Poison Master 从狱卒到天下第一毒士 A World Apart, There Is今非昔比地边有Historical59k WordsOngoing [Alternate World, Feel-Good Story, Characters May Be Dumbed Down] [No Immortal Cultivation, High Martial Arts] [Strategist · Advisor] Gao E, a second-year student at a key high school in a centrally administered municipality, transmigrates one day and finds herself a prison guard in a dungeon in another world. Watch her devise deadly schemes, destroy the feudal lords, and seize the realm! 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The protagonist in this book is ruthless and cunning, skilled in torture and poisons.

8. 8 最 The Most Sinister Strategist: The Empress Fears I've Gone Too Mad 最阴毒士，女帝怕我太疯癫 The Blackest White Whale最黑的白鲸Historical211k WordsOngoing Yue Yun transmigrates to the Daqing Dynasty, just as the Empress is purging her powerful ministers. One confession, and his whole family is saved! Everyone: “How can a confession for framing a court official save anyone? Shouldn't the whole family be executed?” Yue Yun: “Heh. The Empress herself executed him! If I confess, that means the Empress confesses too!” Empress: “A terrible famine has struck Guanzhong. My esteemed ministers, do you have any good solutions?” Yue Yun: “Trade grain for husk 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   As a master strategist, one plan can harm ten thousand, and another can astound the world. Insidious and ruthless. A highly-rated novel featuring a master strategist, definitely worth reading.

9. 9 毒 My Identity as a Toxic Strategist Is Exposed, and the Ruthless Empress Urges Me to Be Kind 毒士身份曝光，狠人女帝劝我善良 I Am a Study Machine我是卷王Historical396k WordsOngoing [System + multiple heroines + transmigration] Ye Wenhe transmigrates to the State of Chu and awakens the Poison Strategist System. Just as a struggle for the crown prince’s position is underway, he takes on the role of a poison strategist and begins helping Princess Ji Ruxiao make a comeback, claim the throne, and unite the Six Kingdoms. Empress: The enemy state has fallen. What should we do with its young royals? Ye Wenhe: Your subject has a plan! If that child dares to show up, someone must be 113Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 10 我 I’m the World’s Number One Poison Strategist 我，万国第一毒士 Six-String Dog六弦狗Historical186k WordsOngoing Li Yizhi transmigrated and awakened the Peerless Strategist System. Empress: “Among the surrendered troops, some still long for their homeland and are stirring up unrest. A rebellion could break out at any moment. Do any of you have a plan? What should we do?” Li Yizhi: “Your Majesty, I have a plan. Have people sing folk songs from their homeland among the troops. Anyone who joins in with fervor is a sure thing to kill. Then divide up the land and establish military settlements, binding them to 21Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 11 毒 The Poisonous Strategist: Risking My Life to Help the Empress Seize the Throne 毒士：以身入局，扶女帝上位 Li Miyi李米一Historical140k WordsOngoing Li Mu transmigrates to the Great Yan dynasty, which is at war with the Turks. Li Mu sends troops to burn the enemy’s provisions and puts himself in the middle of the action, driving back the Turkish army. Li Mu says, “Father, tie me up right now. Put me at the center of the top of the city gate, then have two soldiers hold blades to my neck so the Turkish barbarians can all see me.” At his words, everyone erupts in confusion, unable to understand what he’s planning. The strategist with the handl 2Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 12 军 Military Industry: A Poison-Tongued Researcher, and Eagle Sauce Tells Me to Calm Down 军工：毒士科研，鹰酱劝我冷静 Diehard Fan of Jing Wuhen净无痕铁粉Urban377k WordsOngoing After graduating, Su Chen became the chief engineer of the coast guard. He soon developed a nuclear reactor and a laser defense system, and installed electromagnetic railgun systems on decommissioned warships. He also developed a sixth-generation stealth fighter with vertical takeoff and landing capabilities to serve as a carrier-based helicopter. He even developed a mech to serve as body armor for the coast guard. When pirates appeared one day, the warships he had modified were dispatched to th 19Reads8.8Score—Shelves
13. 13 我 I Keep Offering Diabolical Plans, and Cao Cao Urges Me to Be a Good Person! 我屡献毒计，曹操劝我善良！ The Recluse Fish隐居的鱼Historical887k WordsOngoing Wang Hou transmigrated to the Three Kingdoms and became the top schemer in Yuan Shao's camp. He presented Yuan Shao with twelve sinister schemes. Eighteen warlords formed an alliance, Dong Zhuo was defeated, and the forces settled in Ji Province, shaking the realm! During the Battle of Guandu, he advised Yuan Shao on three schemes, the best, the middle, and the worst, to defeat Cao Cao and eliminate Liu Biao. But Yuan Shao, ambitious yet inept, thought Wang Hou's schemes were far too vicious. Wi 11Reads5.7Score—Shelves
14. 14 这 Well, I Guess I Have to Become a Poisonous Strategist Now 这下不得不做毒士了 Cat Cat Home Cat Cat猫猫宅猫猫Historical131k WordsOngoing After I transmigrated into the Three Kingdoms era as Jia Xu, all I had to do was lie flat and slack off, and I could have coasted my way to a life of success. Unfortunately, every one of these characters seems to have gotten the wrong script. Despite having only a good-for-nothing System, I still have to fix all these anomalies running amok. Sigh, looks like I'll have no choice but to become the Poison Scholar. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 15 毒 Poisonous Schemer, Fake Eunuch: Helping a Mad Princess Conquer the Realm 毒士假太监：助疯批公主夺天下 Bro, I'm Getting an IV with a Knife哥输液带刀Historical385k WordsCompleted [No System + Political Intrigue + Farming and Conquest + Ruthless] I woke up in the bed of a deranged princess! She squeezed my throat. “You worthless wretch, how dare you? Either be castrated and become a servant, or die.” I asked in return, “Your Highness, would you like to sit on the Dragon Throne?” From then on, I became the princess's only fake eunuch and her most venomous strategist. You want to play schemes with me? I'll hit you with an open plan that strikes straight at the heart. I brin 1.9kReads8.0Score151Shelves
16. 16 毒 The Poisonous Strategist: His Endless Schemes Leave the Empress Dowager Crying, “I Can't Take It!” 毒士：毒计百出，太后直呼受不了 Dancing for You Amid the Falling Snow雨雪霏霏为君舞Historical240k WordsCompleted Dong Ni transmigrates to the Great Zhou Dynasty, where the Empress Dowager is ruling from behind the curtain. He can't wait to enter the palace and offer his services. Empress Dowager: If we capture a million enemy soldiers, we have no food to keep them, releasing them risks strengthening the enemy, and killing them would be cruel. What should we do? Dong Ni: Easy. Castrate them all and let them go. That way, they'll eat up the enemy's supplies, and they'll be useless, no match for our army! Emp 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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17. 17 先 Born to Be a Poisonous Strategist, the Empress Calls Me Less Than Human 先天毒士圣体，女帝骂我不是人 Little Guo, Little Slacker小郭小趴菜Historical215k WordsCompleted Empress: “My ministers, a plague is raging through the army camps at the front. Does anyone have a good plan to ease the plight of our soldiers?” Chancellor: “Your Majesty, I believe we should quickly recruit skilled physicians from across the country and send them to the front. We should also strictly isolate any soldiers who die of the plague and cremate their bodies, to eradicate the source of the disease and gradually stop its spread.” Mu Bai: “Why not just use catapults to launch the plague 88Reads5.9Score—Shelves

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    The Poison Master's style is incredibly potent and explosive 🌿, perfectly matching the 1.6 Million readers' expectations 🏆. They were terrified that their opponent would launch a sudden attack when they were off guard. They dared not be careless in the slightest. Therefore, this standoff lasted for an hour.

18. 18 赤 The Battle of Red Cliffs: Cao Cao Makes Me His Chief Strategist! 赤壁大战：曹操拜我首席军师！ A Stroke of Eternal Life一笔长生Historical1.1M WordsCompleted Gu Ze transmigrates into the Three Kingdoms era and joins Liu Bei's camp. He takes Xuzhou, kills Che Zhou, and tricks Cao Cao out of fifty thousand troops, earning one great victory after another. He helps Liu Bei enter Xinye, defeats Xiahou Dun at Bowang Slope, and drives Cao Ren back at Fancheng. But Liu Bei considers his schemes too cruel and asks Zhuge Liang to come out of retirement, so Gu Ze resigns and seals away his official seal and gold. Serving under Cao Cao, he repeatedly offers up r 3.1kReads7.5Score211Shelves
19. 19 港 Hong Kong Films: The Master Strategist, and Crow Tells Me to Keep My Cool 港片：毒士军师，乌鸦劝我冷静 Xiao Xiao Shenshen小小燊燊Male-Channel Fanfiction134k WordsOngoing After transmigrating into the parallel-universe world of Hong Kong crime films, Chen Jun becomes a subordinate of Crow, the enforcer for the East Star gang. As luck would have it, a System appears, and Chen Jun successfully binds himself to the Poison Strategist System! All he has to do is offer his boss a ruthless scheme to earn a fitting reward. Chen Jun: "Boss, your sworn brothers are there to be betrayed. Otherwise, how are you supposed to climb the ladder?" Chen Jun: "Boss, it's time to tak 4Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 最 The Ultimate Schemer: I Lower the Bar for Romance-Focused Fiction 最强毒士，我拉低女频世界下限 Gatsby Can't Get Back on His Feet盖兹比不会翻身Historical1.4M WordsOngoing [Transmigrate into a Book + Poison-Tongued Strategist + Ruthless + No Romance + Comedy + Maximum Satisfaction] Lin Yi transmigrates into a romance novel and becomes a strategist by the female lead’s side? Having read the original, he knows: The female lead, Su He, may be a princess with power in her hands, but she’s an utterly love-addled saint! Her younger brother the emperor, her princess consort, even her maids and servants can all bully her! Fortunately, Lin Yi has the [Strongest Poison-Tong 4.4kReads8.3Score348Shelves

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    A lighthearted and humorous story featuring a ruthless and decisive strategist who transmigrates into the body of a princess's advisor. Despite wielding great power, the princess is a hopeless romantic. She is bullied by her husband and the emperor. The husband, accompanied by a pregnant maid, forces the princess to take the maid as a concubine. The strategist heroine argues: "My parents are right, but I don't know if the child is the husband's. Perhaps we could have the child removed, and if it doesn't, we could put it back in..." The husband is speechless. In the end, the strategist helps the princess become empress.

21. 21 我 I’m the Empress’s Poison Strategist, and the Princes Call Me the Living Yama! 我给女帝当毒士，藩王叫我活阎王！ Dongxie Xiaohao东邪小豪Historical189k WordsCompleted Your Majesty, the vassal princes are growing too powerful. Do you have a good plan? Your Majesty, I have the greatest strategic masterstroke of all time: the Enfeoffment Edict. Your Majesty, the treasury is empty. Do you have a good plan? Your Majesty, I have three strategies to ensure a prosperous nation and a thriving people. Your Majesty, the long nights are lonely. Will you keep me company? Your Majesty, please show some restraint. I’m an upstanding man. In an alternate world where a transmi 38Reads—Score—Shelves

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    🌿🔥Perfectly Matched🌿The protagonist is the Empress's behind-the-scenes strategist, devising plans for her. At the beginning, he helps the Empress purge powerful officials, harming the natural order but not the people, and is known by the common people as the living Yama of the mortal world.

22. 22 毒 The Poisonous Strategist, the Emperor's Son-in-Law: Zhu Yuanzhang, Don't Panic 毒士帝婿，朱元璋你别怂 Desolate Dust荒尘Historical2.0M WordsCompleted Li Qi transmigrated. And, of all people, he ended up as Li Shanchang’s only son! To avoid the fate of having his entire family executed, Li Qi decided to court disaster and unconditionally fawn over the wise and mighty Hongwu Emperor, Taizu of the Great Ming, Zhu Yuanzhang. “What? There’s a corrupt official?” “Your Majesty, don’t worry. How about peeling off his skin and stuffing it with straw?” “What? Most scholars in the early Ming refuse to serve in office?” “Don’t worry, Your Majesty. Strip 2.9kReads8.7Score460Shelves

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    🍀Li Qi transmigrated into the body of Li Shanchang, a founding hero of the Ming Dynasty. 🌸In order to avoid the fate of having his family's property confiscated, he recklessly flattered Zhu Yuanzhang, eventually becoming the most ruthless strategist of the Ming Dynasty.

23. 23 牛 The Working Stiff's Cultivation Chronicles 牛马修仙录 Mi Duxiu觅独秀Urban782k WordsOngoing A nationwide online game turns out to be a path to immortality! Paralyzed from the waist down, he is forced to embark on the path to becoming an immortal! By day, Shi Jin is a food delivery guy, ground down by the hardships of life! By night, Shi Jin is a Great Golden Immortal, and all the gods from every direction had better keep their distance! This book has a bit of everything: spoofing Investiture of the Gods and Journey to the West, and wreaking havoc in the Celestial Court and the Primordi 23.6kReads8.9Score1.9kShelves

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    He gets raped by the village chief's wife in an online game, and then becomes paralyzed after being hit by a car in real life. The protagonist uses all sorts of outrageous tricks to defy fate. Playing games, becoming a golden immortal—the hilarious immortal journey of delivery guy Shi Jin!

24. 24 西 Journey to the West: The Schemer Risks His Life, Outwitting Heaven by Half a Move 西游：毒士以身入局，胜天半子 Feeling Along the Walls扶墙摸壁Eastern Fantasy317k WordsCompleted He transmigrates and becomes King Yama, ruler of life and death. After diligently serving as an underworld official for thousands of years, the calamity of Journey to the West begins. The merit from the pilgrimage doesn't go to him, but when it's time to take the blame, they think of him? Fine! The Devious Plot System is activated. I'll make you all pay! Fengdu Ghost Emperor: King Yama, that monkey is about to break into the underworld. You need to help him erase his name from the Book of Life a 113Reads5.7Score—Shelves

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    Journey to the West: Poisonous Master - Enter at your own risk!

25. 25 三 Three Kingdoms: In Cao Cao's Camp, Starting from the Battle of Red Cliffs 三国：人在曹营，开局赤壁 Reach Up and Pluck the Stars举手摘星辰Historical1.0M WordsCompleted Qin Chuan transmigrates to the Three Kingdoms era and becomes a low-ranking secretary in Cao Cao's camp. On the eve of the Battle of Red Cliffs. Cao Cao: “A plague has ravaged our ranks and severely weakened our army. How do we deal with it?” Qin Chuan: “Easy. Send them all over to the Sun-Liu Alliance, and let them infect each other!” Cao Cao: “Who can go and sow discord between Zhou Yu and Sun Quan?” Qin Chuan: “Jiang Gan can go. We might as well send the plague-stricken soldiers along with hi 227Reads7.7Score—Shelves

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    ☃️The male lead is the eldest son of the Duke of Dingguo's mansion. The original owner was a playboy who was tricked into answering the imperial edict. The empress began to test him. Unexpectedly, his schemes stunned everyone. Each one was more vicious than the last, making people want to stay away from him.

26. 26 乱 Chaos in the Three Kingdoms: Starting by Bringing Zhao Yun to Kill Liu Bei 乱三国：从带着赵云杀刘备开始 Above the Summit珠峰之上Historical502k WordsCompleted A super soldier is accidentally transported to the Three Kingdoms era and takes over the body of Cao Xiu, the Cao family's swift steed. This Three Kingdoms seems like a real mess! But since I'm here, I might as well make the best of it. This life begins with bringing Zhao Yun along to kill Liu Bei. From the moment Cao Xiu made a name for himself, he was branded a master strategist of poison. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Cao Xiu decided to give the three Zhang brothers a dignified send-off 184Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 量 Quantum Immortal Sect 量子仙宗 Cyber Immortal赛博上仙Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsOngoing Good grief! Why do we have to study fluid mechanics to fly on a sword? Sect Leader: Do you know what happens if you don't study? I'll hang you up and beat you! Fellow Daoists, wait up! Let's wield our swords as pens and build the immortal sect anew! 1.1kReads8.2Score—Shelves

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    Good heavens! Why do we need to learn fluid mechanics to fly on a sword?! Sect Leader: Do you know that if you don't learn it, I'll beat you to a pulp?! My soul has transmigrated to the North Crown Multiverse United Empire! Hardcore technology modifies cultivation! Fellow Daoists, the mountains are high and the road is long! Let's take up our swords as pens and rebuild the immortal sect! Just passing by this precious land, thank you.

28. 28 托 Tuoxie De Naoren's 15th Book 托鞋的脑仁第15本书 The Brain of a Shoelace托鞋的脑仁Urban3.3M WordsOngoing 110Reads6.8Score122Shelves
29. 29 穿 Reborn as a Seventy-Year-Old Farmer, I Rejuvenate by Giving Gifts 穿成七旬老农，我靠赠礼返老还童 The Brain of a Shoelace托鞋的脑仁Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted What does it feel like to awaken a System at the age of 79? Li Chengfeng will tell you: give a widow some eggs and get five years of life in return; give the village belle some hair oil and get a hundred taels of silver. People can gossip all they like. Once I've won over every beauty in the village, the town, and the entire country, then they can talk. 132Reads—Score219Shelves

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