Cosmic-Horror Cultivation, with the Protagonist Starting Out as an Evil Cultivator Called the Third Prince and the Pure Altar Messenger 克系修仙，开局邪修“三太子”“净坛使者

1. 1 天 Heaven Above 天堂在上 Daytime Werewolf白日人狼Urban2.5M WordsOngoing [Fictional World + A Touch of Lovecraftian Horror + Infinite-Flow Style] [Not a Transmigration Story + No System + Developing Protagonist] [Not a Power-Fantasy, Read at Your Own Discretion] On Xia He’s sixteenth birthday, his cousin gave him a special present: he secretly took Xia He to a video hall to watch a dirty movie. Having seen so little of the world, Xia He’s mind was shattered after watching the whole film, and a fat man appeared in his head. On Xia He’s eighteenth birthday, he made a w 15.2kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves

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   It's amazing! You can check out the first hundred pictures first. The beginning is a bit weak, but the later ones are truly divine!

2. 2 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

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   [Top Post] I found the books I'd read but hadn't added to my bookshelf again. The second one is a standard cultivation novel with a strong element of restraint. The first one is a demonic cultivation novel with a protagonist who is ruthless and decisive in killing.

3. 3 人 The Immortal Food of Mankind 人种仙食 Big-Headed T头很大的T君Eastern Fantasy6.5M WordsOngoing "Weird Cultivation, Behind-the-Scenes Story" The Tang Dynasty: strange things are coming. When Li Qing transmigrated here, he thought Mr. Huayue had kindly taken him in. Little did he know that the man saw him only as livestock to be raised for food. At the brink of life and death, the jade tablet on Li Qing revealed its power, gravely wounding Mr. Huayue and allowing him to escape. But the danger was far from over. The scheme of the Six Paths and Eight Immortals to devour all living beings had 38.1kReads8.8Score3.4kShelves

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   Recommended fantasy novels with a multiverse theme, featuring a protagonist who transmigrates through countless worlds, cultivating and evolving to become stronger. These are non-traditional fantasy cultivation stories, incorporating elements of elemental counter-cultivation and unorthodox methods. The protagonist is exceptionally intelligent, not mindless, and strives to be the master of power, not a sycophant. Power is used for good or evil, and its application is equally powerful.

4. 4 从 I Began Immortality by Using My Disciples as Corpse-Refining Fodder 从把徒弟当做练尸耗材开始长生 May It Always Be This Way愿得长如此Xianxia272k WordsOngoing [Handcrafted from scratch + self-interest + no brainless protagonist + definitely not abandoned midway + decisive and ruthless + no saintly heroine + dark style + multiple female cultivators as pawns] Qin Yu transmigrates to the cultivation world and becomes a rogue cultivator who barely survived a body-snatching attempt. But this is a world that devours people. As long as saints live, thieves will thrive; mortals are like grass, and cultivators are no different. Fortunately, he has an Eight Tri 1.5kReads6.0Score116Shelves

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   The story is a dark fantasy. The protagonist is born with nothing but a pure heart. At the beginning, he leads his teammates to their deaths in pursuit of a fortuitous opportunity. Later, wanting to monopolize the treasure, he burns his teammates like firewood, and even uses the dead enemies to refine the White Bone Pill. Starting from chapter 35, he gains control over the Five Poisons, and later he uses the Dao Heart Demon Seed to control others.

5. 5 诡 As the Occult Withers, I Endure; As the Old Gods Die, I Live Forever 诡秘凋零我不朽，旧神逝而我永生 Ham and Egg Croissant火腿蛋可颂Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted (Longevity + Cthulhu + Changing Eras + Attribute Points + Ultimate Villain!) In the Middle Ages, when strange corruption ran rampant, he became the mad pontiff who terrorized half a continent. In the age of science, after the Old Gods fell, he became a living legend who walked the mortal world. Even when humanity left the surface of the planet and reached for the stars, no one could deny the existence of this undying old monster who had endured across the ages! “First, I have to survive the 17.7kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves

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   The first path is cultivation of immortality, the second is the mystery of ghosts and monsters.

6. 6 克EN Cultivating in the Lovecraftian Mythos: Am I the Strongest Cthulhu? 克系修仙，我是最强克苏鲁？ I'm Wang the Immortal我是王仙人啊Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Death Rewind + Eerie Immortals and Buddhas + Chinese-Style Cosmic Horror (Light)] [Madman] [No Female Lead] [The World Has Gone Mad] [Chinese-Style Cosmic Horror, Madman Cultivates Immortality] He transmigrates to a place where even the world has gone mad. He possesses the power to rewind time upon death. From then on, death is no longer the end, but... a toy he can play with. He travels between the future and the past, manipulating gods and monsters with ease. Bizarre horrors, sickly immortals 405Reads6.9Score104Shelves
7. 7 从 Evolving from a Lump of Mud 从一团泥开始进化 Sunlit Stardust日耀星尘Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted [System + transmigration + pets + evolution + farming + spiritual qi revival] Li Ge transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a lump of mud. He also obtains the Kingdom of Life and Marsh of Death System, and begins recruiting small animals and plants as pets, leveling them up and evolving them, expanding his territory, and taking control of the entire world. 969Reads8.2Score118Shelves
8. 8 机 Mechanic: God of Machinery and Flesh 机械师：机械与血肉之神 Ren Youdao of Zhelang Peninsula遮浪半岛的任由道Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted Who says a mechanic can't be a doctor? Just replace the patient's organs with machinery! After working overtime, Li Yu was flattened by a dump truck and turned into a two-dimensional character, then sent to a steam-and-magic fantasy world. The good news: He got two Systems. The bad news: Both Systems are only half complete. [Steampunk] + [Mecha] + [Slice of Life] 19.9kReads8.6Score2.5kShelves
9. 9 白 The White Bone Daoist Court 白骨道庭 Not a Minute to Spare兜里没有一分钟Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted Cultivate true energy, build the foundation of the Dao, and manifest the Yin Spirit. The unorthodox path makes seeking the Dao difficult: refine baleful energy, taint the soul, and seek freedom for a fleeting moment. The heterodox path is arduous too: evade earthfire, dodge astral winds, and give birth to the Yang Spirit. A master of the unorthodox path is reborn. In this life, I will establish a Dao lineage, nurture Dao artifacts, and suppress an entire age. 15.8kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
10. 10 直 Livestream: The Cultivation World Has Turned Into a Meme, What Does That Have to Do with Me? 直播：修真界变沙雕，关我何事？ Enjoying the Ride坐享骑乘Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted Chen Feng transmigrated to the Mysterious Realm and started a livestreaming career. The System, which clearly had no regard for human decency, gave him a pile of bizarre skills. From then on, the world of cultivation got a whole lot weirder. [Voice of Filial Piety, Expert Appraisal Edition]: What is filial piety? What is love? Do you know the greatness of a mother's love? [Paper-Cutting People, Li Goushou Edition]: All-in-one funeral rites and ghost salvation. [Fifty-Cent Special Effects]: What? 29.5kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves
11. 11 僵 Jiangshi: I Refine Corpses into Immortals in Xiangxi 僵尸：我在湘西炼尸仙 Guang Who Loves Oatmeal喜欢燕麦的阿光Eastern Fantasy650k WordsOngoing After secretly learning the secret art Lightning Thunder Fist taught by his master Shi Jian, he gets into a serious conflict with him and ultimately leaves the Maoshan Sect in anger. After descending the mountain, he suddenly gains a miraculous “Reward System” golden finger. The System stipulates that whenever he completes a sign-in during various story events, he receives a treasure chest packed with valuable items. He then discovers, to his surprise, that this world contains not only Renjia To 240Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 12 转 Reborn as a Demon God, but My True Form Is a Mushroom? 转生为魔神，本体却是个蘑菇？ Three Thousand Drifters三千浮游Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Another world - No heroine - Not a wish-fulfillment story - Goofy daily life - Superpower battles] In this strange otherworld, Lin Ming is reincarnated as a fungal demon god. Each demon god has unique abilities based on its true form. And Lin Ming’s true form is a mushroom. So what if I’m a mushroom? Call me the Lord of Fungi! Call me the Mushroom God! Fungi are invincible! Lin Ming’s life as a demon god is full of frustration. A vampire once took a bite out of him, then complained that he was 6.8kReads9.0Score750Shelves
13. 13 从 Evolving from a Mushroom 从蘑菇开始进化 Big Ben Deliveryman大本钟快递员Eastern Fantasy213k WordsOngoing Yi Mo Wen transmigrates to prehistoric times and becomes a mushroom. Whenever he thinks about the impending apocalypse, he trembles with fear and devours everything he can see to survive, evolving nonstop… 47Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 14 穿 I Transmigrated into a Cow, and I'm Done with This 穿越成牛，老子不干了 I'm Not a Confucian我不是夫子Eastern Fantasy607k WordsCompleted [Unconventional evolution + one heroine + comedy + absurd fun] Su Yun transmigrates, but he can't help feeling speechless. Other people transmigrate and become either the chosen one or a great villain. What the heck is he? He's turned into a cow??? If he has to be a cow, couldn't he at least be a divine cow? But what is he? Just an ordinary water buffalo??? Fine, he's a water buffalo. Su Yun can put up with that. But he's a domesticated one, and people even smack his backside??? Su Yun says, “Pl 3.3kReads8.7Score163Shelves
15. 15 修 Cultivation Across Two Worlds: The Horror World Becomes My Backyard 修仙双穿：惊悚世界成我后花园 Craving Milk想喝奶Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted Lu Ming transmigrates to a cultivation world and becomes a demonic sect disciple. He plans to take each day as it comes. Who could have guessed that the jade pendant that brought him here would suddenly activate? A door to a world of horrors appears in his mind. That world is overrun by supernatural creatures. Every so often, a hundred ghosts roam the night and wipe out an entire city, while red-clad vengeful spirits claim human lives. Everyone in that world lives in fear, except Lu Ming, the ne 866Reads7.4Score103Shelves
16. 16 食 The Demon-Eating Sutra 食魔经 I Love the Mortal World我爱红尘Eastern Fantasy624k WordsCompleted Lin Gou, who transmigrated after sacrificing his parents, thought he could slaughter his way through the world like the protagonist of a power fantasy. Sure enough, his golden finger arrived right on schedule, but it turned out to be a useless trap. No matter what he tried, he couldn't find a way to activate it. Then one day, the sun sank in the west, sending its aftershocks across several nearby provinces. Its terrible heat dried up the rivers and the moisture in the soil, and the most devastat 784Reads8.3Score110Shelves
17. 17 邪EN World of Malevolent Spirits: My Flesh Conquers All 邪灵世界：我以肉身横推此世 A Hulking Man一魁梧大汉Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted This is a story about a body that can overpower anything. Darkness descended upon the Great Ye Dynasty, and evil spirits and ghosts lurked everywhere, killing without a trace. Faced with strange demons and sinister spirits, ordinary people could only tremble, cower in a corner, and wait for death. Jiang Dao transmigrated into this world with a Martial Arts Modification System. He could modify any martial art without limit just by looking at it. Mad Demon Staff Technique, Iron Shirt and Eagle Cla 2.1kReads8.8Score325Shelves
18. 18 港 Hong Kong and Taiwanese Fictional Worlds: First, Cultivating Dark Arts in Uncle Jiu's World 港综诸天：先在九叔世界修炼邪法 I'm Great at Making Instant Noodles我煮泡面有一手Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted The Myriad Worlds, Hong Kong cinema, Uncle Jiu, a body full of defiant bones, cultivating demonic arts, women without commitment. Just have fun. “My name is Wu Zhenxie. I'm thirty-three and live in a rented apartment in Modu. I'm unmarried and work at an internet company, where I clock out at ten every night.” “I don't smoke, and I only drink a little. I go to bed before eleven every night and make sure I get seven hours of sleep.” “Before bed, I drink a glass of warm milk, then do twenty minute 11.6kReads8.2Score689Shelves
19. 19 一 One Pickaxe to Godhood: I Struck It Rich Mining in the Haunted Realm 一镐成神：我在诡界靠挖矿成首富 Carefree Swaying Fried Dough Twist自在摇摆的油条Eastern Fantasy2.9M WordsOngoing A world where monsters, demons, ghosts, and gods walk the earth, a world where chaos and order coexist. The protagonist is so poor that he goes to the strange realm to find work, only to discover, to his delight, that it is far easier to make money there than in the human world. He builds his business in the strange realm, then expands into other territories, eventually becoming a renowned tycoon. 6.8kReads7.9Score556Shelves
20. 20 扮 Playing Guanyin, Giver of Children: My Followers Have Babies, and I Grow Stronger 扮演送子观音，信徒生娃我变强 Shaved My Head to Become a Nun削发为尼Eastern Fantasy467k WordsCompleted Li Puti transmigrates into a Guanyin statue in a Buddhist temple and activates the child-bestowing System. Spend one point of incense to help a believer conceive. When the child is born, receive incense as a reward. The stronger the child, the greater the reward. “You helped the Grand Princess conceive. This child has the makings of a great emperor. Incense +999.” “You helped a female immortal conceive, and she bore a child with an immortal spirit root. Incense +9999.” “You helped a female demon 70Reads8.2Score—Shelves
21. 21 我 Those Years I Spent Eating Trash in Another World 我在异界捡垃圾吃的那些年 Stewing in the Mortal World炖煮红尘Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing From the start, get by on farts and grow stronger by eating trash. The humble Xiao Yang accidentally stumbles into a world of garbage, where he can pick up trash from all the heavens and myriad worlds at will. From then on, he never has to be a wage slave again... “Allow me to introduce myself again. The man standing before you is a bitter-love tree grower, a cosmic monster tamer, a Three-Body pancake master, a beneficiary of the Ink Dragon, a Sharingan wholesaler, a parasitic beast breeding e 17.2kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
22. 22 支EN The Pillar Project 支柱计划 The Universe Is Gaining Entropy宇宙在熵增Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.9M WordsOngoing [Eerie] [Cthulhu] [Doomsday Descends] [Rebuilding Civilization] [Cultural Relics] [Culture] Xu Chen felt that studying history in this parallel universe had no real prospects, so after some maneuvering, he switched to medicine. He never expected that he had just jumped straight into the fire. What awaited him was fear in its most direct form. After a certain island nation dumped wastewater into the sea, unspeakable horrors arose from the depths. Eerie symptoms began appearing one after another, 38.2kReads9.2Score3kShelves

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    The first book is a fusion of science fiction and scientific themes; the second is a cultivation novel based on the elemental magic of the Dao; the third is a cultivation novel based on the insectoid element, though there's also a cultivation path similar to the elemental magic of the Dao; the fourth has a slightly supernatural feel to it.

23. 23 寄 Parasitic Cultivation: I Can Rewind After Death 寄生修仙：我能死亡回档 Moonlight Fills the Starry River月华满星河Eastern Fantasy779k WordsCompleted [A protagonist who grows over time, not a power fantasy] Twisted immortals and Buddhas, undying monsters, and a chaotic Heavenly Dao. Cultivate qi by planting insect eggs in your dantian, establish your foundation by spinning them into cocoons and hatching them into insects... Su Muran transmigrates here and awakens an infinite-rewind golden finger called Rebirth. He becomes an entry-level disciple of the Qinglan Sect. A cultivation path plagued by parasites, a road to immortality that turns you 622Reads7.0Score102Shelves
24. 24 诡 The Uncanny Path: I Told You to Cultivate, So Why Have You All Gone Mad? 诡道：让你们修真，你们都疯了？ Six-Eared Monkey Peach六耳猕猴桃Urban263k WordsCompleted You were told to slay your inner demon, so why did you kill your whole family? You were told to suffer a little, so why are you skinning people and tearing out their bones? [Protagonist in torment + unhinged protagonist + Chinese horror + Lovecraftian urban cultivation + not mindless + satisfying power fantasy + more torment early on, more payoff later] [Readers in a normal state of mind, enter at your own risk. This book is all about madness. The first twenty chapters move quickly to get to the 112Reads8.9Score—Shelves
25. 25 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8kShelves
26. 26 打 Building a Scenic Attraction, My NPCs Are from Ancient Times! 打造景区，我的NPC来自古代！ Braised Eggplant Casserole红烧茄子煲Urban1.4M WordsOngoing [The short drama adaptation is now available] Qin Yao had just arrived in a parallel world when he inherited a tourist attraction! But to his surprise, it was on the verge of bankruptcy. There weren’t any attractions to speak of, and he couldn’t even afford to hire NPCs. He was about to sell the place, since the land alone was worth a fortune. But Qin Yao never expected to bind himself to an NPC System! The System had only one function: it could bring people from the pages of history to work as 66.8kReads9.2Score6.1kShelves
27. 27 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves
28. 28 我EN The Monsters I Created! 我创造的怪物！ No One in the World Will Ever Meet Me Again世人千万再难遇我Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Behind the Scenes + Ensemble Cast + Cosmic Horror + No System + No Romance] Also known as: Dark Revelation Gods and demons, dragons, and the apocalypse were once fairy tales. The mysteries of this world have faded from sight, yet someone has brought those long-lost things back into the public eye. And every clue, every lead, points to a man named Chen Ye. “Friends, would you cast off this flesh and join us in embracing evolution?” Extended blurb: Sequence 001: The Mimic Sequence 002: The Deep O 64.6kReads9.2Score5.9kShelves
29. 29 人 Writing Self-Help in America, I Become the Nation's Choice for President 人在鹰酱写鸡汤，全民求我当总统 Steamed Plum Pastry Sauce蒸梅油酥汁Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Tang Darcy transmigrates to America and becomes a sheriff. He activates the Influencer System: all he has to do is write toxic inspirational quotes and cultivate influencers to earn rewards. How hard can that be? He fires off all kinds of self-contradictory quotes to fool foreigners: “America, Please Wait for Your People!” “Don't Make America Great Again! Give the Little People Their Dignity!” “Why Does China Wash Its Dishes Seven Times?!” The more foreigners he fools, the more buffs the System 15.9kReads9.6Score2.1kShelves
30. 30 开EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 515.8kReads9.7Score69.9kShelves
31. 31 系EN Immortality System: I Outlived Everyone 系统赋我长生，我熬死了所有人 One Durian No. 3一只榴莲3号Eastern Fantasy5.6M WordsOngoing Observing the love and hatred of cultivators across the river of time from a perspective beyond life itself. He left a modest little town and entered the wondrous world of cultivation. His journey sped up and slowed down, moving forward or stopping to rest, but he never stopped walking. The Age of Declining Dharma, the Age of Emperors, the Age of Dark Turmoil… He appeared in every age, and the only thing he could do was watch old friends die with his own eyes, then see them off to their grave 581.6kReads9.4Score60.6kShelves
32. 32 死 After Death, My Wife Preserved My Corpse, and I Evolved from a Zombie 死后被妻子养尸，我从僵尸进化 The Classic of Mountains and Seas Courier山海经搬运工Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Zombies + Corpse-Raising + Corpse-Driving + Body Retrieval + Folk Customs + Romance + Ancient Mythology + Classic of Mountains and Seas] (Volumes 1–7: After I died, my wife raised my corpse, transforming me from a zombie into the Ancestral Corpse.) (Volume 8: After my wife died, I raised her corpse, transforming her from a zombie into a female drought demon.) In my previous life, my wife was the Yellow Emperor's daughter. She died after being sacrificed to the gods, and I raised her corpse unti 31.9kReads9.1Score3.3kShelves
33. 33 重 Reborn as a Black Cat: They All Call Me the Lord of the Supernatural 重生黑猫，他们都叫我诡异之主 Grand Preceptor of Immortal Qin仙秦太师Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Beast Evolution] [Never Human] [No Romance] Lin Ye is reborn as a stray black kitten on a university campus. Fortunately, he gains a stat-boosting panel. As long as he eats and accumulates energy, he can evolve and gain all kinds of extraordinary abilities. Shadow Manipulation: Control every shadow in the world. Lord of the Night: Combat power increases by 100% at night. Devourer of Energy and Spirits: A dimensional space forms in his stomach, allowing him to devour anything. Gaze of Fear: Awak 27.7kReads9.1Score3.3kShelves
34. 34 怪 The Immortal of Strange Cores 怪核之仙 I Really Have Spiritual Energy我真有灵气Urban797k WordsOngoing [Invasion by Transmigrators + Occupational Combos + A Touch of Cosmic-Horror Folklore + Dark Tone] Kill your family to cultivate immortality? Hurt others to become a Buddha? Overnight, the entire world suddenly began cultivating as one. An Qinghe thought it was a dream, until his own parents tied him up. Only then did he realize that it was all real... Cultivators have invaded the modern world, seizing people's bodies and souls! But right now, all An Qinghe wants to know is... why do they say he 1kReads9.0Score114Shelves

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    Me too!

35. 35 克 Cthulhu Mythos Invasion: Cultivating Immortality in the Mist 克系入侵：迷雾修仙 Lark Yaoyao百灵鸟媱媱Eastern Fantasy141k WordsOngoing [Ruthless and decisive, a master of keeping a low profile, no holier-than-thou protagonist, status screen, transmigration, traditional cultivation in the early stages, strange Cthulhu invasion in the later stages, no female lead, ordinary mortal] Lu Qian, a young man who worked 996 in his previous life, is carried by a mysterious bead into a cultivation realm. But their arrival draws the attention of an indescribable being, bringing its invasion to this cultivation realm. It began with him, so 4Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 36 畸 Mutating into a God, I Became the Strongest Aberration 畸变成神，我成为了最强诡异 Cold Dog Food冰冷的狗粮Eastern Fantasy527k WordsCompleted [Eerie cultivation + scheming + no saintly heroics + ruthless and decisive + Cthulhu] It’s gone mad! Everything’s gone mad! This world has gone mad! This is a world of the eerie and the twisted, filled with indescribable monsters. These ubiquitous abominations have tormented Fang Sheng until he is “barely human.” If that’s how it is, then he’ll become one of them too, and see who truly deserves to be called the “God of the Eerie”!!! [The further the story goes, the more twisted and “inhuman” the 1.9kReads8.4Score143Shelves

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    It's alright, just a bit short. The third excellent book, worth reading all night.

37. 37 诡 Weird Cultivation: I'm the Real Evil One! 诡异修仙，我才是真正邪魔！ Four Rams Square Zun四羊方尊Eastern Fantasy506k WordsCompleted [Cthulhu] [Demonic Cultivation] [Strange and Horrifying] [Ruthless] [No Heroine] [Madness] [Pathological] A strange world. Abnormal gods and Buddhas. Who knows what kind of immortal path ‘I’ cultivate? Who knows what kind of Dao ‘I’ attain? Who knows what ‘I’ really am? This world is wicked, mad, violent, abnormal... How should ‘I’ live in it? What must ‘I’ do to survive? I can’t figure it out! I can’t figure it out!!! In that case, then... Anything that beguiles ‘me’, kill it! Anything that cor 233Reads8.0Score—Shelves
38. 38 全EN High Seas Survival: I Start with a Ghost Ship 全民大航海，我开局一条幽灵船 Newly Bought Peaches新买的桃子Sports2.6M WordsCompleted The print edition of The Voyage of the Dread Sea is now available on major platforms. [Seafaring] [Survival] [Disasters] [Shipbuilding] [Talents] [Cthulhu Mythos] [One Female Lead] Everyone transmigrates, and Yang Yi, as a player, is forced to join a global seafaring survival game. Some lucky players get special ships. Like the Iron Will, armed to the teeth. Like the Gale, which rides the wind and waves and is almost impossible to spot. Like the Ironhead, with its massive ram and a charge that n 271.4kReads9.4Score27.8kShelves
39. 39 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 101kReads8.7Score10.2kShelves
40. 40 举 Raise Your Head Three Feet, and There’s an Evil God 举头三尺有邪神 Firmament Giant Rock苍穹巨岩Mystery328k WordsOngoing [Eastern Fantasy + Lovecraftian Elements + Plot-Driven + Mystery + No Cliches + No System + No Brain-Dead Characters + Not a Power Fantasy] [Readers who may be bothered by this, proceed with caution] [The first five chapters are slow-burn setup. The story picks up afterward, and there's a detailed outline, so read with confidence!] After transmigrating, Zhou Mo finds himself in a small village that resembles one from ancient China. Gradually, strange and utterly inexplicable things begin happeni 912Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    A cultivation world with a suspenseful element!

41. 41 道 The Flawed Dao, the Strange Immortal 道缺诡仙 Life Is Brilliant Like a Song生命璀璨如歌Eastern Fantasy314k WordsCompleted The Heavenly Dao is missing, and the immortals and Buddhas are uncanny. Is this real, or an illusion? Is it Wu Zai who is sick, or the Great Abyss? Where is Baiyujing? What is an immortal? Wu Zai can’t tell. He really can’t tell… 65Reads—Score—Shelves

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42. 42 怪 The Bizarre Art of Cultivation 怪诞修仙学 Snail Goes to Heaven蜗牛上天Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted (No heroine, Eastern cosmic horror, no System, not invincible, grotesque aesthetics, not a rules-based horror, science and cultivation) The old man once said that cultivators, demons, and evil spirits turn into a pile of ash when they die. This is called tainted ash. Tainted ash contains all the energy they accumulated in life. Eat it, and you can kindle your life lamp and extend your lifespan. Leave it alone, and it will give rise to a tainted-soil resurrection! But there is one exception: bein 45.7kReads9.1Score6.9kShelves

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    Chinese horror, eerie ascension, folklore, gore

43. 43 仙 Immortal’s Hand on My Crown: I Break Through Even While Lying Down 仙人抚顶：我躺着都能突破 Jumping Clown Dark Soy Sauce跳梁老抽Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Does the path to immortality mean you have to sever all attachments and give up love? Does cultivation mean you have to let the whole world down? After Lin Feiyu was hit by a dump truck, a mysterious stroke of fortune chose him and sent him to the final era of the cultivation world. He didn’t need to cultivate: simply staying alive raised his realm, though the time required to break through doubled with each advancement. He thought fate had granted him a priceless opportunity, but he had no idea 179Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 44 民 Strange Tales from the Civil Affairs Bureau (Complete in 8 Volumes) 民调局异闻录（全8册） Er Dong Shuishou耳东水寿Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted The Strange Tales of the Bureau of Investigation series creates an entirely new world of suspense: a mysterious organization dedicated to uncovering the truth behind bizarre, uncanny, and supernatural events, and the world it faces. The stories are wildly strange and utterly captivating, with a witty, playful style and one suspenseful twist after another. Once you start reading, you won't be able to put them down. Throughout history, strange cases and evil monsters have always been dealt with by 37.4kReads9.6Score5.8kShelves

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    Chinese horror, eeriness strikes, and the Cthulhu ascends to a higher dimension.

45. 45 背 The Coffin-Bearing Boy 背棺少年 Rascal Dragon混子龙Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Superpowers] + [Apocalypse] + [Twin Protagonists] + [Not Invincible] + [Single Female Lead] + [No System] A natural disaster transformed the human world. Different species began to evolve at a rapid pace, leaving humanity to eke out a desperate existence inside steel fortresses. “Where did I come from?” In a dark city ruled by bloodshed and violence, a twelve-year-old boy walked slowly with a crystal coffin on his back. Inside the coffin lay someone who looked exactly like him! The young boy’s 2.2kReads8.7Score161Shelves

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    The main character uses a nice-looking coffin.

46. 46 变 After Becoming a Courtesan, I Took Up Cultivation on the Side 变身花魁后，我兼职做起了炼气士 Old Nanbei老南北Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsCompleted (Gender-bender, not an invincible protagonist, Lovecraftian cultivation, the protagonist is “mentally ill”) A bizarre world, an age of drunken revelry and escapism. Here is the Shishen Dao, which imagines the “true self” and delights in toying with the world like a madman. There are the ancient Twelve Old Gods entrenched in Youzhou, creating what they consider to be grotesque “beauty” for mortals in absurd and bizarre ways. Beneath the ruins of the old Tang Dynasty lie black tentacles covered in 2.7kReads8.9Score312Shelves

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47. 47 诡 The Immortal Path of the Uncanny 诡道仙路 Big-Headed T头很大的T君Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted [Uncanny cultivation, no female lead, mortal protagonist] A black sun hangs in the sky, and the Uncanny Realm invades! Mortal Zhou Yi transmigrates into this world and makes a living by writing for others. One day, starving and freezing, he is hired by the sinister Shopkeeper Dong to copy ancient texts. By chance, he activates a beast-hide Bagua diagram and uses it to refine a perfect uncanny technique, killing the sinister shopkeeper. As he cultivates, he discovers that this world has long been 11.7kReads8.4Score1kShelves
48. 48 诡EN Immortals of the Eldritch Path: I Begin by Sacrificing Myself 诡道异仙：开局献祭我自己 Chen Duocai陈多财Eastern Fantasy320k WordsCompleted [Lovecraftian Cultivation + Mystery + Supernatural Folklore + Instance-Based Plot] [Instance Progress: Paper Puppet, Evil God Temple, River God’s Descent, Former Dynasty Tomb…] From the start, I was set up. I didn’t want to pave the way for someone else, so I sacrificed myself! I never expected that, after losing my physical body, I’d open up a new, sinister path to immortality. But the further I cultivate, the more I can’t help wondering: are immortals even real in this world? Ye Qianfan looks 11.9kReads8.4Score1kShelves
49. 49 大 The Great Demon Reborn 大魔苏生 Little Sweetheart Who Loves Horses喜欢马匹的小甜心Eastern Fantasy758k WordsOngoing (Cultivation with Lovecraftian horror) (No female lead) The sages have vanished, and all living beings have fallen! How can we cross this sea of suffering? Only slaughter leads to the shore! Mo Lu is steeped in demonic nature, possessed by all three poisons of greed, hatred, and delusion. He does no good deeds, preferring instead to kill and burn. Yet in this chaotic world of cultivation, he is like a carp leaping through the Dragon Gate, or a tiger returning to the mountains. Just see what path 4.3kReads8.9Score364Shelves

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    A terrifying cultivation story. The protagonist thought he was embarking on the path of cultivation, but he didn't expect to be in a world where everyone eats everyone else. If you don't eat others, you will become someone else's meal.

50. 50 全 As the Supernatural Returns Worldwide, I Cultivate Immortality Alone 全球诡异复苏，我一人修仙 I Have a Sea我有一片海Mystery704k WordsOngoing [Supernatural Resurgence, Survival, The Only Cultivator, Invincible] When Lin Zhu opened his eyes, he found himself in a world of corruption and filth. The nine layers of the ghost domain devoured everything, while all living beings struggled in despair to survive among the evil spirits of hell. Life was wiped out, and the mortal world became a prison. Then a stick of spirit incense was lit in a forbidden zone for the living. Within the ghost domain, the Scripture of Salvation from the Supreme 2.1kReads7.9Score131Shelves

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