Dark Cultivation, Demonic Cultivators, Evil Cultivators, Corpse Refining, Gu Cultivation, and Ruthless Leads Who Show No Mercy 暗黑流，魔修，邪修，炼尸，炼蛊，杀伐果断不圣母

1. 401 魔 Demonic Path Sequence: Stripping Away the Myriad Worlds 魔道序列：剥离万界 Chijiu Ji持久麂Eastern Fantasy828k WordsCompleted Is cultivation a climb to the top, or a process of being sifted through layer by layer? Su Fan was an unaffiliated cultivator in the mortal realm until he chanced upon a damaged ancient scroll that could strip the essence from all things. At first, all he wanted was to survive. Then one day, on the eve of his ascension, he saw a list meant only for the strong: It was no Investiture of the Gods, but a harvest order. From the mortal realm to the spirit realm, from True Immortals to the Dao Domain, 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A dark stream worth watching

2. 402 鸦 Crow Immortal 鸦仙人 Feng Yijuan封一卷Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing Crows cry in the cold night as a young man embarks on the path to immortality. Han Yu curls up in a corner of a dilapidated courtyard, barely clinging to life. Then a crow lands on his shoulder. “Hand over the treasure, boy, and this Daoist will teach you a skill.” The black-robed old Daoist's voice is hoarse. Han Yu hands over his ancestral token of immortal cultivation, but quietly makes a second copy in his palm. From then on, his path to immortality follows one ironclad rule: Anything I've t 54.4kReads8.6Score5.3kShelves
3. 403 凡 Mortal, Blood-Path Demon Immortal 凡人，血道魔仙 Windwhisper Immortal风语仙Eastern Fantasy531k WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation + no System + no heroine + demonic cultivator + ruthless and decisive] Homebody Xun Yong accidentally cuts his finger while fiddling with an unknown five-clawed dragon cauldron. He is inexplicably sucked inside and transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation. There, he ends up a miserable slave, forced to go hungry every day and constantly bullied. It changes his outlook on life completely. After accidentally saving a demonic cultivator, he enters the Yinxu Temple and be 510Reads5.5Score—Shelves

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   It meets the requirements. This is a book about cultivating demons and immortality. There is no Holy Mother, no heroine, and the killing is decisive.

4. 404 积 Daoist Ji 积道人 Minotaur弥洛陶洛斯Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted No System + No Transmigration + Not a Power Fantasy “I know nothing can be achieved overnight, so I sacrificed everything from the first half of my life for this long road to immortality.” Pile up earth and it becomes a mountain, where wind and rain arise; Gather water and it becomes an abyss, where dragons are born; Accumulate good deeds and cultivate virtue, and divine wisdom will follow, bringing the heart of a sage to completion. Accumulate the Dao and become an immortal, and none in this wo 112Reads6.7Score—Shelves
5. 405 带 The Dog-Walking Judge: Money Makes the World Go Round! 带狗判官，有钱能使我推磨！ Minotaur Knight牛头人骑士Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [The rating has been deliberately pushed extremely low, rock-solid and steady!] [The Douyin comic adaptation has over 100 million views and ranks 31st in Hongguo’s comic history. The quality speaks for itself, so enjoy with confidence!] (Villains, bandits, human nature, and a realistic writing style. Saints are welcome.) God created light, and you insist on picking a fight with Him? If you’re wondering who God is, then whoever has the biggest fist is God, damn it! Shu Yinghui: A man with flexibl 62.3kReads7.2Score5.5kShelves
6. 406 我 I'm a Snake, and It's Perfectly Reasonable That I Raised a Horde of Demons 我一条蛇，教出一群魔头很合理吧 Listening to the Waves听浪Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Mythical Beast + Immortality + No Female Lead + Taking Disciples + Invincible] Zhu Jiuyin transmigrates into a snake that eats raw flesh and drinks blood. He starts out with eternal life, only to be sealed beneath Mount Buzhou for all eternity. Fortunately, he activates the Master-Disciple Rewards System. His disciples’ cultivation can be returned to him a thousandfold! To win his freedom, Zhu Jiuyin begins taking disciples like crazy. [Ding! Your disciple has gained one year of cultivation. Re 63.5kReads8.9Score5.3kShelves
7. 407 邪 Evil to the Core: Refining People, Ghosts, and the Heart 邪门邪到底，炼人炼鬼又炼心 A Wisp of Smoke on Paper一纸轻烟Urban111k WordsOngoing [Evil Cultivator] + [So Satisfying It’ll Make You Soar] + [Supernatural Power Fantasy] + [No Saintly Do-Gooder] + [Characters With Their Wits About Them] + [No Bait-and-Switch] + [The Content May Be Disturbing, Read With Caution!] In this world, there is no absolute good or evil, only the prejudices in people’s hearts. For evil cultivators, affection is a luxury. Self-interest is the best bargaining chip for securing a stable relationship between two parties. Most self-proclaimed champions of 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's rare that he doesn't have to be verbose and doesn't hold back any grievances or forbearance.

8. 408 幽 Netherworld Immortality 幽冥长生 Vast Qin 1泱泱大秦1Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [No Saintly Protagonist] [No Harem] [No System] “My name is Li Changsheng. I seek the Immortal Dao in pursuit of eternal life!” Will he become an immortal or a demon? So what if he becomes an immortal? So what if he becomes a demon? I seek only eternal life. I seek only supreme strength. Beneath the Nine Hells lies the Netherworld. In this cruel cultivation world, there is no simple division between black and white. Strength is everything: the strong rule, and the weak are ants. With the Netherw 9.5kReads8.7Score716Shelves
9. 409 万 The Poison Sovereign of Myriad Worlds 万界毒尊 Four-Eyed Scholar四眼秀才Eastern Fantasy4.2M WordsCompleted A man must be ruthless to achieve greatness. Rule the world with an iron fist, and all will submit! Since I cultivate the way of poison, I shall poison countless worlds and cut down everyone who dares oppose me! When Xiao Yi opens his eyes again, he discovers that he has become the Fang family’s imprisoned live-in son-in-law, locked away by none other than his new bride herself... 1.4kReads8.5Score194Shelves
10. 410 京 The Violent Prince of the Capital's Elite: The Protagonist Wants to Die Just to Survive 京圈暴戾太子，主角活着想死 Gangmen Pianzuo纲门翩佐Urban7.0M WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless]+ [No bleeding-heart saint, no simping]+ [Light System]+ [Beauty everywhere]+ [Never gets pushed around]+ [Invincible] [Unhinged fiction, absurdist humor, author has completely lost it] [Saintly do-gooders, stay away! Saintly do-gooders, stay away! Saintly do-gooders, stay away!!!] Shen Wuxiao arrives in the world of a high-martial arts novel as the vicious, powerful-background-rich playboy from the book! He also awakens the Villain Plunder System. All he has to do is stea 103.4kReads9.0Score8.7kShelves
11. 411 凡 A Mortal's Quest for Immortality 凡人寻仙 Reflect on Myself Three Times三省吾心Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted [Mortal's journey + no System + no harem + no transmigration] Ye Zhou, a village boy, awakens his spiritual root thanks to a small family-inherited gourd that can change the age of medicinal herbs, and embarks on a long journey of cultivation. Everyone schemes against everyone else, danger lurks everywhere, and affection is as thin as paper. Steadfast determination and a sharp mind are his only supports. Millions of years later, he climbs the road to immortality, survives the tribulation of ligh 4.8kReads8.6Score437Shelves

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    These two books, especially the first one, are very nice.

12. 412 魔 The Demonic Tribulation 魔难 Xiong Zai雄仔Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Life is a long road, where bitterness and sweetness go hand in hand. Born with a demonic body, I was raised by my parents like anyone else. But my demonic body was incomplete from birth, leaving me no hope of cultivating the Great Dao. I had planned to live an ordinary life, but people are not what they once were, and the world is cold and cruel. Before long, I was caught up in a turbulent, unsettled society... The road is hard, the road is hard. So many forks in the way, where am I now? One day 25Reads—Score—Shelves

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13. 413 漫 Marvel: Starting Out, I Can Walk Sideways as Superman 漫威开局，我超人横着走不过分吧 Durian Grasshopper榴莲蚂蚱Anime Fanfiction1.7M WordsCompleted From a Man of Steel to a Silver Superman. I help Iron Man research the Symbiote, and happen to bring little Morgan Stark back from the Zombie Universe. I tear apart the family-planning-office Thanos, the comic-book version of elderly Thanos. Even the big-headed baby of a cosmic Watcher has to come to me for help. As for Ultron with the Infinity Stones? Just electronic junk that won't survive two chapters. Evil Superman, the mysterious Black Robes, the Celestials, the Time Variance Authority: 21.5kReads8.0Score1.3kShelves

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    I have read good novels

14. 414 重 Reborn for Revenge: You Want Me to Be Your Lapdog? I’ll Feed You to the Dogs 重生复仇，让我做舔狗我扔你喂狗 Winter Cattle and Horses冬季牛马Eastern Fantasy530k WordsOngoing In his previous life, Chen Ping'an was betrayed by the person he trusted most and met a tragic end. Reborn in a new life, he returns with a boundless hatred. He awakens the Slaughter System! From then on, anyone who wrongs him will pay a hundredfold! Anyone who harms him will be ground to dust! In this life, he would rather be a demon than a good man, slaughtering his way from obscurity to the highest heavens until every one of his enemies is groveling at his feet! 710Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is definitely not me, it's very dark.

15. 415 巫 A Cultivator in the Wizarding World 巫师世界的修真者 Book Eggplant 4096书茄4096Eastern Fantasy719k WordsOngoing Through some inexplicable twist, I transmigrated and somehow became a cultivator. But why don't I even have a cultivation manual? And why does it have to be some weird wizarding world? The System is so useless, too... Fortunately, I, Chen Yu, survived through my own hard work and perseverance! System, give me some points!!! Immortal cultivation + wizardry + System + farming. A lighthearted and fun story. 846Reads8.8Score103Shelves
16. 416 我 I Became Awesome Through Technology 我靠科技开始牛掰 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [No System] [Villain in the Later Chapters] [Immortal-Sucking Technique] [Soul Devouring] [Fast Leveling] A scientist transmigrates to the cultivation world and gradually transforms from a good person into a demonic cultivator. 235Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is well written. It will be one million words soon. You can try to read it.

17. 417 玄 Xuanhuan: I Simulate Becoming a God While Listening to Music in the Brothel 玄幻：勾栏听曲的我，模拟成神 The Twenty-Fifth Hour第二十五时Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Fantasy, simulator, playing it safe, no female lead, exploration and progression; not pure wish fulfillment.] [Important note: In real life, he plays it safe. Most of the story takes place in simulations.] Jiang Yifeng transmigrated as the eldest son of the Jiang Merchant Guild in the Great You Kingdom. He thought this was an ancient society where he could spend his whole life lounging in the pleasure houses, listening to music, and taking it easy. But five years after he transmigrated, a simul 28.3kReads8.4Score2.3kShelves
18. 418 魔 A Magic Mecha War? No, an Iron Tide! 魔法机甲战争？不，钢铁洪流！ Quietly Watching Maple Snow静望枫雪Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsCompleted In a world of magic and battle auras, the goblin race rises to power with colossal combat mechs! Every race rushes to follow suit, and war rages without end! But the natives of this otherworld have been blinded by the aesthetics of violence! Now and in the future, let me teach you what kind of mecha embodies a man's romance! Let me teach you what kind of propulsion brings a flood of steel! Let me teach you what kind of weapon delivers the deterrence of nuclear peace! Let me teach you what a full 18.5kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves
19. 419 六 The Sixties: There's a Little Shop in My Mind 六零：脑海中有间小卖铺 Ah Hei Isn't White阿黑不白Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Period setting + pocket space + convenience store + family life + leisurely living + hunting + engineer] Li Xuewen transmigrates to the 1960s, where he faces a shortage of clothes, food, and supplies. Luckily, there's a magical little convenience store in his mind, stocked with everything: food, supplies, knowledge... If he can think of it, the store has it. With this magical little store, Li Xuewen's life goes swimmingly... 14.3kReads8.2Score968Shelves
20. 420 灵 Spiritual Qi Revival: I Launch the S1 Cultivation Season 灵气复苏：我开启S1修仙赛季 Dongfang Yuesheng东方月生Urban1.2M WordsOngoing A geomagnetic storm strikes, and the spiritual qi revival begins. Shen Xiao transmigrates into this world as a student at a Taoist academy and activates a cultivation-assistance System. He can refine pills, forge artifacts, draw talismans, set up formations... He had planned to cultivate quietly and attain immortality, but his breakthrough to Foundation Establishment caused such a commotion that he could no longer keep it secret. Teachers and students alike: “Holy crap, cultivation is real?” As 1.8kReads5.8Score113Shelves
21. 421 这 I Can Tell Whether This Spirit Is Any Good with Just One Touch 这只精灵好不好我摸一摸就知道了 Little Chubby Fairy仙女小胖子Anime Fanfiction2.8M WordsCompleted “You get better at any job the more you do it. For instance, I can tell whether this wire is live just by touching it.” Su Bai transmigrates into the age of elves. Anything he touches, he can learn detailed information about. Su Bai: “Having a cheat is awesome. Other people have to rely on luck to tame elves, but I’m different. I just have to touch one to know whether it’s any good.” 19.5kReads8.6Score2.3kShelves
22. 422 我 My Ex-Girlfriend Preserved My Corpse. I Emerged from the Coffin Invincible 我被前女友养尸，出棺即无敌 So Awesome It Blows the Sky牛炸天Urban167k WordsOngoing [Corpse Raising + Urban Fantasy + Zombies + Invincible Protagonist + Wife-Doting Devoted Husband + Major Villain + Ancestral Corpse Lord...] Ye Kong was turned into a corpse by his ex-girlfriend. The moment he emerged from his coffin, he became invincible! Zhixi: “Ye Kong, these tomb raiders just tried to rob a tomb. They’re so mean, and they even cursed at me.” Zhixi: “Ye Kong, I just caught these Maoshan Taoists. They’re still fresh.” Zhixi: “Ye Kong, this is the Yellow River Corpse-Taming Mas 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    💥Super consistent 🌈The protagonist is a corpse, which was raised by his ex-girlfriend. When it comes out of the coffin, it causes a strange phenomenon in the world, and a total solar eclipse reappears. It is the villain Zu Shiye who specializes in hunting down Maoshan Taoist priests outside.

23. 423 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 33.2kReads9.2Score3.5kShelves
24. 424 明 The Strongest in Marvel, Yet I Work as a Chef in a Chinese Restaurant 明明漫威最强，却在中餐厅当厨子 Tree God树神Anime Fanfiction1.7M WordsCompleted (Please ignore the timeline. Please ignore the timeline. Please ignore the timeline.) Li Jie transmigrates to Hell's Kitchen and becomes the owner of a Chinese restaurant. As long as his customers approve of him, he can unlock and improve their abilities. Li Jie is cooking in the kitchen when he realizes that, somehow, he’s become the strongest being in the universe. So, when reporters interview the restaurant’s customers, they hear the following: Kingpin: “Anyone who messes with the Chinese res 2kReads6.8Score147Shelves

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