Dark Fiction: Demonic Cultivator, No System, Cunning Schemer, Decisive and Ruthless 黑暗文 魔修+无系统+阴险老六+杀伐果断

1. 1 仙EN The Harsh Road to Immortality: Built on White Bones 仙路难行，白骨筑长生 Octopus Who Loves Watermelon爱吃西瓜的章鱼Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsOngoing “Rules? On the road to immortality, my rules are the only rules!” [Mortal Cultivation of Demonic Arts] [Founding a Demonic Cult] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Profit Above All] (Already at the Nascent Soul stage, with plenty of content to enjoy) Protagonist Qing Chen: He knows when to yield and when to stand firm, is utterly self-serving, greedy for money and women, and will stop at nothing to achieve immortality! He will found a demonic cult, dominate the world, and climb step by step to the very to 80.6kReads9.1Score7.5kShelves

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   Mortals who cultivate demonic arts become ruthless, vicious, and cunning.

2. 2 再 Look at Me Like That Again and I'll Slap You 再看老子拍死你 The Enlightened One Said悟道子曰Eastern Fantasy492k WordsOngoing [The Most Hardcore Male Lead] [邪修] [A Cunning Old Schemer] [A Little Pervert] [Making a Fortune in Silence] [Beast Taming] [Looting Corpses] [Romantic Encounters] Slapping beautiful women, romantic encounters, dual cultivation, looting corpses, and finishing off his enemies with a surprise strike. He raises a pack of ferocious beasts, birds of prey, venomous insects, and corpse puppets, and his combat prowess is off the charts. The male lead pulls off one outrageous move after another, never pla 6.4kReads—Score623Shelves

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   [A cunning and ruthless male protagonist] He slaps beautiful women, has romantic encounters, picks up bargains, loots corpses, and finishes them off with a swift counterattack. He raises a group of ferocious beasts, birds of prey, and insects, constantly pulling off outrageous maneuvers. This lovable but mischievous protagonist never plays by the rules, the pace is fast, and the action is packed with satisfying moments. You won't regret investing in him! [Kiss][Lick][Send heart][Facepalm][Learned it]

3. 3 我 I Work as a Scrub Attendant at the Hehuan Sect 我在合欢宗做搓澡工 The Enlightened One Said悟道子曰Eastern Fantasy170k WordsOngoing Wu Qianwen used to work at a high-end spa in his previous life, and his skills were second to none. Then he woke up in a female-dominated cultivation world and landed right in the Hehuan Sect. He had the lowest status imaginable: a ninth-grade crippled spirit root and a little furnace anyone could bully. In this sect, he was basically disposable, and probably wouldn't survive three episodes. But his System had come online: a Pure Yang Sacred Body, a Hundred Battles Sacred Body, and the exceptio 31Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 4 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Path to Demonic Cultivation Begins with Murder and Plunder! 凡人修仙：入魔从杀人夺宝开始！ May Every Venture Succeed奇开得胜Eastern Fantasy420k WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless + shameless scoundrel + demonic cultivator + no System + no heroine + no saintly protagonist] “I stole a pair of Demon Eyes that See Through Illusions.” Why should I be fated to live an ordinary life? Why must I be content with living beneath others from the moment I was born? Why should I be a green leaf that serves only to set off the flowers? After more than eighty years of hardship in another world, faced with temptation and a rare opportunity, Hei Fan crossed the line 304Reads—Score117Shelves

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   This is a truly dark fantasy novel, not the kind where someone claims to be a demonic cultivator simply because they've practiced some kind of demonic art. The protagonist is genuinely self-serving, selfish, and doesn't feel any guilt about killing and plundering.

5. 5 开EN A Demon Heart at Birth: The Rise of an Unrivaled Monster 开局移植妖魔心脏，成为绝世凶物 Shacha Noodles沙茶面Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsCompleted (No System, multiple female leads, neither wholly good nor wholly evil) Fang Ling possesses a Chaos Sacred Body. From the moment he was born, various factions fought to seize him. His heart, right eye, and precious bone were successively cut out… After being passed from hand to hand, Fang Ling was left on the steps of an ancient temple, barely clinging to life, by a kind-hearted stranger. No one knew that five peerless experts were secretly living in seclusion inside the temple. They had hidden 162.6kReads9.1Score17.1kShelves

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   🌿🌿①The protagonist fought against the demon for thousands of years, all for the sake of restoring peace to the world. Because he didn't seek fame or fortune, he was framed by malicious individuals who accused him of being the demon. His sect and family, which had enjoyed decades of peace, abandoned him, refusing to believe him. The protagonist finally realized his error and turned to the dark side, becoming the Eternal Demon Lord. 🥰🍄

6. 6 万 The Eternal Demon Emperor! 万古魔帝！ San Zui三最Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Villain + invincible domination + System + three emperors from one family + building a faction + ruthless decisiveness + ultimate power fantasy + the plot becomes legendary in the middle and later stages] Gu Changge transmigrates into a fantasy world and binds himself to the Demon God System. As long as he keeps killing, he can quickly and easily increase his demonic cultivation and obtain all kinds of heavenly treasures! From there, he rises against all odds, founds the Heavenly Demon Cult, an 22.5kReads8.9Score2.4kShelves
7. 7 开 Becoming a Demonic Cultivator from the Start: Fellow Daoist, Enter My Ten Thousand Souls Banner 开局成为魔修，请道友入我万魂幡 The One Flying in the Sky天上飞的Eastern Fantasy357k WordsCompleted [Demonic Cultivator + Major Villain + Cunning + Wildly Satisfying + Reincarnated Empress + Ruthless + Prodigy Showdown.] Chu Chen, the senior disciple of the Tianxuan Sect, devoted himself wholeheartedly to the sect, only for the Xuantian Sect to make him the scapegoat. After awakening the strongest demonic cultivation System, he gains the Myriad Souls Banner from the start. This time, he chooses to become a demonic cultivator, one who won’t let morality be used to manipulate him. With the My 286Reads6.3Score—Shelves
8. 8 逼 You Forced Me to Become a Demon, and Now I'm the Demon Venerable. Why Are You Crying? 逼我入魔，我成魔尊了你们哭啥 Li Bai Is No Immortal李白不是仙Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Decisive and ruthless + heroine regrets it + never forgives + villain protagonist + immortality + highly satisfying + traditional fantasy] In his previous life, after transmigrating, Gu Jian became the kindhearted and upright senior disciple. He treated his master like family and, amid the chaos of a troubled age, repeatedly protected the sect at the cost of severe injuries. To save his fourth junior brother, he even gave him his Supreme Bone. But afterward, that same junior brother falsely acc 4.5kReads7.2Score415Shelves
9. 9 魔 Demonic Path System: All of China Is Actually Cultivating the Demonic Path! 魔道系统：文明华夏竟全是魔修！ Strange Sheep奇怪的绵羊Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Demonic cultivation System + invincible power fantasy + an entire nation cultivates demons + explosive action + no female lead] Bai Yang awakens a demonic cultivation System and learns that spiritual qi will fully revive in three years. In the meantime, ferocious beasts will appear all over Blue Star. To face the coming crisis, Bai Yang decides to become a demonic cultivator. But the damn System demands that he lead all 1.4 billion people of Huaxia in demonic cultivation! [Main Quest]: May ever 21.5kReads8.5Score2kShelves
10. 10 开 Forced into a Demonic Sect from the Start, I Rise Straight to the Celestial God Realm 开局被逼入魔宗，我直升天神境 I'm Really Not the Great Dao我真不是大道Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Reborn] + [Utter remorse] + [Explosively satisfying] + [Absolutely no forgiveness] Chu Yuan, the senior disciple of the greatest sect under heaven, is falsely accused of practicing demonic arts. His master and the others humiliate him, then seal his cultivation with a demon-banishing spell, leaving him powerless... To prove he never practiced demonic arts, Chu Yuan starts cultivating again from scratch and climbs back to the peak. On the eve of the Demon God’s sacrifice of the world, he offers 208Reads6.2Score—Shelves
11. 11 逼 You Drove Me to Become a Demon, and Now You Want Me to Love You Again? 逼我入魔，还想让我再爱一次？ Liu Yue Bai柳月白Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted In his previous life, Li Xuan treated his master and junior sisters as his whole world, willing to risk everything for them. When his junior brother framed him, his junior sisters treated him with cold disdain and cruel words. His master drained his cultivation, crippled his natural talents, forced him onto the demonic path, and personally cut him down. The demoness who loved him more than life itself also perished for his sake, her body and soul destroyed. Given another chance at life, he let g 517Reads6.3Score106Shelves
12. 12 为 I Betrayed the Sect for the Demoness! 为了魔门妖女，我叛变了！ Reverend Guan Hua观花上人Eastern Fantasy738k WordsOngoing "You demoness, I'm a disciple of the righteous path. You want me to join the demonic sect? Dream on! I'd rather die!" Lu Yunchuan declared righteously. Three days later, gazing at the demoness in his arms, Lu Yunchuan shook his head. "What righteous path? Never heard of it. In this life, I'm sworn against the righteous path!" Lu Yunchuan, a disciple of the righteous path, had intended to vanquish demons and uphold justice throughout the land. But he was accidentally captured by a demones 20Reads5.8Score—Shelves
13. 13 诬 You Accuse Me of Demon Cultivation? Why Panic When I Really Turn to the Demonic Path? 诬陷我魔修？真转修魔你们慌什么 Standing Firm Alone岿然独存Eastern Fantasy109k WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless] [Overpowered protagonist] [Demonic cultivator] How do you prove your innocence when you’ve been framed? Easy… Just make the accusation come true. Then you weren’t framed in the first place, which means you’re innocent, right? … You accused me of cultivating demonic arts, and now I really am cultivating demonic arts. What are you so afraid of? Come on, come on, gather in my Banner of Ten Thousand Souls. “We Only Accused You of Demonic Cultivation, So Why Did You Make It Re 1Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 14 自 I Destroyed My Cultivation and Left Home, So Why Are You Crying Now That I’ve Become a Demon Cultivator? 自废修为叛出家，我成魔修你哭啥 Wielding a Light Sword执轻剑Eastern Fantasy235k WordsOngoing Three years ago, Lin Yang left home to seek experience after his family treated him with cold indifference. Three years later, when he returned to the Lin family, he was accused of colluding with demonic cultivators. Unable to prove his innocence, Lin Yang had no choice but to cripple his own cultivation to clear his name. After that, he left the Lin family. His hair turned white overnight, and he fell into demonic cultivation. From then on, his cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds. One by o 2Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 15 反EN The Villain Should Be Invincible 反派就应该无敌 Bored Little Bai无聊小白啊Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted The animated adaptation is now streaming: The Lord Who Suppresses the Nine Heavens: The Protagonist Should Be Invincible Reborn as the leader of a demonic cult, he obtains the Villain Invincibility System and from then on makes the cult invincible. I am Zhou Qiong, leader of the demonic cult. No one is allowed to contradict what I say. Even while protecting the cult with one hand, I remain invincible in the world. 34.4kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves

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    Only Invincible Bro is worthy of being a demonic cultivator.

16. 16 碧 Biyang Cultivation Realm 碧阳修仙界 Forest Spirit, No Self森灵无我Eastern Fantasy180k WordsOngoing [Decisive and Ruthless + Profit Above All + No System + No Fortuitous Opportunities + No Cheats + No Heroine + Ensemble Cast + Slow Pacing + If It's Not for You, Please Don't Read. Thanks!] In the Biyang Cultivation World, everyone has their share of hardships, and everyone ends up behind bars. Protagonist Chu Yuanyu: Neither righteous nor demonic, selfish and self-serving. He'll stop at nothing to grow stronger. Warning: The protagonist may not be to your liking. If you're not into this kind of 299Reads—Score101Shelves

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    This is acceptable.

17. 17 修 Cultivation: How Can You Survive Without Eating People? 修仙，不吃人怎么行？ Ornate Rhythm丨鎏韵丨Eastern Fantasy565k WordsOngoing [Wish Fulfillment] + [Villain] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Discipline] + [Human Cauldron] + [Demonic Cultivation] Mo Ziyan makes a living hunting and gathering herbs. He shows no mercy to poachers who trespass in the mountains. One day, he inherits a demonic cultivation technique and officially embarks on a cultivation path where people devour one another. 242Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A refreshing cultivation novel, free from frustration and overly sentimental characters. The protagonist is ruthless, decisive, and utterly wicked. Mo Ziyan, a powerful demonic cultivator, inherits the "Saint Demon Record" and embarks on the path of cultivation. Killing to refine his soul and bullying men and women are commonplace for him. Watch as he gradually grows into a giant in the cultivation world and reaches the pinnacle of immortality.

18. 18 永 Eternal Demon 永魔 Adding Ink to Continue the Story点墨续作Eastern Fantasy757k WordsOngoing Traditional cultivation. The protagonist is ruthless and merciless, no holier-than-thou hero, no heroine, dark fiction! No System!! If you want to become an immortal in the heavens, you must climb the road to immortality over the bones of others. This isn't AI-generated. I wrote it by hand!!! 3.1kReads5.4Score311Shelves

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    This is a dark cultivation novel with no female protagonist and no system. Everything is driven by self-interest, and the protagonist is willing to annihilate an entire family to achieve their goals.

19. 19 朝 A Mayfly Lives from Dawn to Dusk; Today I Finally Understand What an Immortal Is 朝生暮死蜉蝣命，今日方知仙是仙 Heaven in a Teapot茶壶洞天Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing [Mortal's Journey] + [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] + [Smart Protagonists, Antagonists, and Supporting Characters] + [Slow-Building Plot] I transmigrated, and from the start I got a… Oh, no, from the start, I was given an old man for a father and eighteen young stepmothers, … Old man! Calm down! Let's talk this out! Put down the sword and straighten that green hat on your head first! … What?! I'd already made enough money, bought myself a little maid, and was all set to coast through life, and 12.8kReads7.7Score1.2kShelves

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    The Myriad Soul Banner refines evil spirits, controls corpses and puppets, cultivates Yin and Yang, a mortal's journey, no system, not a wish-fulfillment novel, both protagonists and antagonists are intelligent, the characters are complex and three-dimensional, not stereotypical. Worth reading for veteran readers tired of mindless wish-fulfillment novels.

20. 20 长 Strange Tales of Longevity 长生异闻 Seeking and Discovering寻找发现Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsOngoing This is the story of an immortal who asks, amid the endless flow of time: What does it truly mean to live forever? If you haven't followed time to its very end, who can claim to be immortal? (Not a power fantasy, not a saintly protagonist, slow progression) In this book, martial artists already fall under the umbrella of cultivators, and martial cultivation is one branch of cultivation. Without a spiritual root, one's true energy will not undergo a transformation. This is a tale of strange occur 4.7kReads8.4Score267Shelves

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    Demonic cultivators are unsystematic, selfish, and independent.

21. 21 魔 Demon Cultivator: I Can Forcefully Drain the Lifeblood of Living Beings 魔修：我能强吸生灵气血 Blackfire Seeks the Dao黑火问道Eastern Fantasy80k WordsCompleted A single blaze of spirit fire claimed three hundred lives, reducing them to ash and scattering them like dust. The boy escaped death in a place of slaughter, his body forged from blood and bone, his hatred etched into a monument. An old Taoist from the barren mountains arrived, whisking his fly-whisk. He asked nothing of immortals or demons, only vengeance. There is no road back from the underworld. Blood debts must be repaid in blood. —Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 杀 Kill the Protagonist, Seize His Fortunes, and Become an Immortal! 杀主角，夺机缘，道爷我成了！ Vast Qin 1泱泱大秦1Xianxia951k WordsOngoing “My name is Lin Shen. Shen, as in cautious.” “You dare oppose me? I won’t be able to sleep until your whole family is dead.” Other people cultivate immortality through years of hard work. I, Lin Shen, do it by seizing what I want! By taking it! Children of Destiny? They’re my walking blood banks! The protagonist’s golden finger? That’s my exclusive spoils of war! On this journey, I kill everyone I meet and take everything from everyone I meet. What order and rules? In the face of overwhelming st 136.6kReads8.2Score14.9kShelves
23. 23 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 98kReads8.9Score8.5kShelves

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    Cultivation novel without a system

24. 24 重 Reborn in the Hehuan Sect, I Refine My Master into a Slave 重生合欢宗，师尊被我炼化成奴隶 Lone Smoke over the Long River长河孤烟Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsOngoing [No System + no clichés + villain protagonist + multiple female leads + bizarre + ruthless and decisive, no saintly behavior] “Would you pick the Seven Fairies or the Seven Spider Demons?” “Only kids pick the fairies. Those who know, know.” “What if you really transmigrated to the Joyful Union Sect, where there are only female demons? They're fanatically devoted to the male body and worship you as a god?” “Wouldn't that be heaven on earth?” “Heh.” The young man smiled faintly. “I'm afraid it wou 88.2kReads9.4Score10.2kShelves
25. 25 魔 Immortal Disciple of the Demonic Path 魔道仙徒 Moonlit Daoist Acolyte明月道童Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [No cheat, no transmigration, exceptional comprehension + Genius + Cunning + One female lead + Highly intelligent + Ruthless] If the earlier chapters feel too frustrating, start reading from Chapter 162, Dream 1. (This is not a wish-fulfillment novel, not a harem, not an invincible protagonist story, and is somewhat dark. The leads love and kill each other. The romance isn't particularly exciting, either. If you prefer sweet romance, multiple heroines, or no heroine, please go easy on me.) [Also 6.7kReads8.5Score521Shelves

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    Think about it carefully, think about it carefully! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

26. 26 百 A Hundred Lifetimes of Reincarnation: I Will Become an Immortal 百世轮回：我终将成仙 Situ Liu司徒流Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Warning: the protagonist has no moral limits] [Dark story] [Not a saintly protagonist] [No heroine] [Decisive and ruthless] [Intelligent protagonist] This is the story of a despicable man who reincarnates a hundred times and seeks the path to immortality in the cracks between worlds. 6.6kReads6.9Score406Shelves

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    This novel, "Supreme Immortal Cultivation World," definitely features a protagonist who is ruthless and inhuman. His second life is rather frustrating because he lacks power. In his third life, he obtains a heretical cultivation technique and begins killing and practicing demonic arts. In his fourth life, he starts by killing his own parents and later becomes utterly inhuman, sacrificing millions or even an entire realm.

27. 27 杂 No Future as a Servant Disciple? I’ll Master Pills and Artifacts to Seek Immortality 杂役弟子没出路？丹器双修谋长生 Helping Elderly Ladies Every Day天天扶老奶奶Eastern Fantasy3.7M WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation, no System, decisive and ruthless, no saintly heroics, cautious, a nobody rising to power] Ye Feng transmigrates to another world and fights his way up to become the bandit chief of Black Wind Stronghold. From the start, he kills Duan Shui Liu, an inner disciple of the Xuantian Sect, and obtains a Bagua Furnace that enhances alchemy and artifact forging. After bribing the gatekeeper, he enters the Xuantian Sect to cultivate and begins his adventures in the world of cultivatio 19.7kReads8.1Score1.9kShelves
28. 28 穿 I Transmigrated to the Cultivation World: Rising to the Top by Selling Fish 穿越修仙界：从卖鱼开始崛起 Helping Elderly Ladies Every Day天天扶老奶奶Eastern Fantasy4.7M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation, no System, rise from the bottom] After transmigrating, Ye Yu is kicked out of his family from the start. He has no choice but to scrape by as a fishmonger, until he offends a sect's holy maiden at the Yihong Brothel and has to flee to another city. In his new cultivation city, Ye Yu first buys two maids to calm his nerves, then invents a seal-based talisman-making technique, opening the floodgates to wealth. To keep growing stronger, Ye Yu builds airplanes and cannons. He’s 10kReads8.6Score801Shelves
29. 29 魔 The Demonic Sect’s Path to Enlightenment: I Discovered the Theory of Relativity for Sneak Attacks! 魔门悟道，我悟出偷袭相对论！ Tan Wenqing檀文清Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing The manhua series [I Comprehended the Dao in the Demon Sect and Discovered the Theory of Relativity for Sneak Attacks] is now available. [Everyone is intelligent, no female lead, slow-paced, with detailed worldbuilding] [The protagonist has a top-grade spiritual root, not a useless-protagonist type, and won't get any blatantly overpowered cheats] [Tight logic, comprehensive worldbuilding, and a newly reimagined cultivation world] Senior Brother, you're way too cautious! Aren't we a demonic sect? 97kReads8.4Score10.9kShelves
30. 30 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 1.5kReads6.0Score125Shelves

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    The story is a dark fantasy where the protagonist is born with nothing but a pure spirit. 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.

31. 31 诀 The Dao-Cutting Art 诀天道 Yue Xin Hengtian月信恒天Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing (No mindless protagonist, no clichéd plot, a cunning lead, fully realized characters, no System, twin swords) The twin swords ring out, cleaving the heavens. Let souls be severed and bones torn out as you will. The world shall know no more bloody storms. I am both demon and god! With everything shattered, can it be made whole again? Faced with the shackles of fate, he will cut them apart with his twin swords! The gods and demons wage war for a hundred years. The Heavenly Dao is merciless, treati 3.2kReads—Score261Shelves

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    After witnessing the wickedness of the world, the protagonist's heart becomes twisted and unbalanced. Later in the story, the male protagonist becomes more cunning than a sieve, wielding two swords, refusing to worship gods or kneel before demons, and fighting his way out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood in the war between gods and demons.

32. 32 道 Fellow Cultivator! Would You Lend Me a Hand? 道友！可愿助我一臂之力！ A Show-Off Creation of Nuwa女娲炫技产物Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Schemer + Cautious + No Holding Back His Realm + No Heroine + Invincible] [He’s reached Nascent Soul, time to start slaughtering!] Lu Ming accidentally transmigrates to the cultivation world and obtains a volume of the Golden Book of Karma. Taking the essence and discarding the dross, he transfers every side effect of cultivation to his enemies. From then on, Lu Ming lives in comfort while his enemies suffer. What’s that? Using a blood-burning secret art consumes your vital essence and damages 8kReads6.8Score516Shelves

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    Perfectly matched: the protagonist is a purebred demonic cultivator, the cunning sixth brother, and he never lets revenge linger. [Kissing emoji]

33. 33 卧 Undercover in the Hehuan Demon Sect, I Capture the Senior Sister Fairy 卧底合欢魔宗，我抓到仙子大师姐 The Taoist from Qin's Time秦前的道长Eastern Fantasy167k WordsOngoing I went undercover in the Hehuan Demon Sect, never expecting to capture my former senior sister, the once-revered fairy. Day one: “My cultivation has been crippled, and I was captured by mistake. Junior brother, you've become a demonic cultivator? Get on your knees and apologize at once! How dare you! What do you think you're doing?” Day two: “Senior sister, don't come any closer!” Day three: “Senior sister, what happened to those three thousand blond-haired demonic cultivators from the sect outs 159Reads—Score128Shelves
34. 34 极 The Extreme Yin Demon Cultivator 极阴魔修 Qing Xian顷仙Eastern Fantasy195k WordsOngoing [No female lead, decisive and ruthless, demonic cultivator, cultivation in the seas] The path of cultivation means competing with heaven for longevity, wresting treasures from the earth, and fighting people for supremacy! Ascending to immortality is a merciless trial. Of tens of billions of cultivators, only one can attain the Dao. Zhang Ling'an carries a deep blood feud. He clawed his way out of a mass grave and raced up the cultivation ranks with the help of a mysterious crystal that can impro 37Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Survival of the fittest

35. 35 我 In the Celestial Prison, Immortal and Undying 我在天牢，长生不死 Jie Jie戒界Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing [No System + invincible + wish-fulfillment novel + no female lead + fantasy] After Chen Guanlou obtains immortality, he secures a stable job as a prison guard in the imperial prison and begins spending his days slacking off at work. Throughout the long years, he watches them build towering mansions, then watches those mansions collapse. He watches them ascend to the imperial court today, only to become prisoners beneath the steps tomorrow. He watches their families enjoy wealth and honor, then w 316.1kReads8.7Score14.5kShelves

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    This book is worth reading.

36. 36 在 It’s Just Too Satisfying to Cultivate Demonic Arts in a Doomsday World 在末日世界修魔也太爽了吧 Set Sail for the Eastern Sky启航东天Eastern Fantasy956k WordsOngoing When five billion people transmigrated to a cultivation world, each became a low-level demonic cultivator teetering on the edge of death. And when tens of millions were dying every day... What would you do if you were one of them? Lie low for a thousand years, become invincible, then finally emerge? Or charge ahead and fight until heaven and earth were turned upside down, and the sun and moon lost their light? Luckily, you discovered a door in your sea of consciousness leading to a zombie wo 38.8kReads8.9Score3.2kShelves

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    A novel demonic cultivation story with a fresh theme, the Human Emperor's Banner, decisive ruthlessness, and high intelligence. Highly rated and worth reading. Remember, if you don't work hard in your cultivation, you'll be brothers in the Human Emperor's Banner one day! [Note]

37. 37 重 Rebirth as a Demonic Cultivator: Starting with a Zombie Planet 重生魔修，开局捡到一颗丧尸星球 The World Is Ink天下墨矣Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsOngoing This novel has been adapted into a comic. Chu Xuan transmigrates to the Cangxuan World and becomes a demonic cultivator in the Wuji Sect. To cultivate the demonic path is to seize the essence of heaven and earth and take the finest of all things. Slaughter countless millions, and you can become a supreme Demon Venerable. But killing is forbidden by the Heavenly Dao of the human race. The righteous sects also wiped out the Wuji Sect. Just when all seemed lost, Chu Xuan happens upon a blood mirror 15.6kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
38. 38 道 Fellow Daoist, Why Is Your Human Emperor Banner Belching Black Smoke? 道友，你这人皇幡怎么冒黑烟啊？ He An Is Simple贺安很简单Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Even unorthodox paths can lead to Heaven! This poor Daoist has always been a bit timid. If I don’t pull up the roots after cutting the grass, I won’t be able to sleep at night! Heh heh heh... I, He An, am your great calamity! 81.4kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves
39. 39 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Beginning the Nine Heavens of Reincarnation 凡人修仙：从九天轮回开始 Carving the Past雕刻过往Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation, no System, pocket dimension, medicinal garden, immortal pets, wildly satisfying] Begging you, dear readers, to leave a good review. The author is a maniac who just keeps grinding away. Even mortals can have great opportunities: he gains the ability to return to nine days earlier after dying and creates the Myriad Laws as One technique. Captured by an evil cultivator and used as a cauldron to test a cultivation technique, he unexpectedly turns misfortune into fortune and emba 554Reads5.6Score—Shelves

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    Ruthless and merciless, this novel has a dark tone; I hope you enjoy it, add it to your bookshelf, and give it a good review.

40. 40 我 Why Are All the Jade Beasts I Contracted Yandere? 我契约的玉兽，怎么全是病娇 No Pearl Is Lost in the Vast Sea沧海不遗珠Urban611k WordsOngoing Taming + Training + Beast Companions in Human Form + Beast Girls and Mecha Girls + Multiple Heroines + Corruption + Yandere (If you dislike this, don't read) He spent eighteen years being a good person, only to be mocked by thousands, met with cold indifference from his fiancée, and kicked while he was down by his nemesis on the day he awakened as a D-rank Beast Tamer. From that moment on, he tore away every last shred of hypocrisy with his own hands. The Origin of Sin System awakened. In front 13.6kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves

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    Yandere beast + Yandere maid + Villain

41. 41 吃 Invincible on Dirt: Starting with a Wasteland Body 吃土无敌：从荒古废体开始 I Eat Sour Soup with Rice我吃酸汤泡饭Eastern Fantasy201k WordsOngoing [No System, mortal cultivation, ruthless, demonic cultivator, fast-paced, hard as nails] “You’re nothing but a worthless Ancient Desolate Physique. You think you can prove the Dao and become an immortal?” “Exactly. Go back where you came from.” … While everyone counted Su Chen out, he discovered that his Ancient Desolate Saint Body was no ordinary one: it was a mutated Saint Body! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 42 开 The Cheat-Wielding Lad Takes the Cultivation World by Storm 开挂小子玩转修仙界 Silly Little Dog Yuanbao元宝小傻狗Eastern Fantasy6.6M WordsOngoing [Funny and lighthearted + Upgrade spirit stones + Refine pills + Humorous cultivation + No System] You rascal, you can upgrade spirit stones and pills? Confess everything and I won’t hit you! Yuan Xiao, a country boy, accidentally saves a divine thief from the immortal realm. With nothing but shameless audacity, he snatches the heaven-defying treasure, the Tianqi Pearl, and becomes a rich cultivator. Making money and upgrading are no problem at all! With two absurd, troublemaking spirit beasts a 44.4kReads9.0Score5.1kShelves

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    A humorous and witty tale of cultivation, Yuanxiao is a little sixth child, a genius in alchemy, weapon crafting, and formations. He and his two spirit beasts swindle, cheat, and rob everywhere, eventually destroying the nine heavens of the immortal realm. It's lighthearted and funny, so come and watch if you like to laugh.

43. 43 玄 Xuanhuan: The More Ruthless I Am, the More Invincible I Become 玄幻：我越凶残越无敌 Yi Shi毅食Eastern Fantasy246k WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless + no System + no harem + ordinary mortal cultivation + traditional xianxia] Cruel Second Uncle: Kill. Gentle Senior Sister: Kill. Sworn brother: Kill. … Lu Yun inherits the legacies of Xuan Ku, a Buddhist master who survived the tribulation, and Blood Demon, a demonic master who survived the tribulation. Their legacies let him avoid the side effects of bloodlust, allowing him to step into the world of cultivation. What he doesn’t know is that he has long since fallen into 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Demonic cultivator, see if you fit the bill!

44. 44 凡 A Mortal’s Demonic Cultivation: The Profound Yin Chronicles 凡人修魔：玄阴传 One Big White一只肥大白Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [Mortal-world setting + satisfying read but no overpowered, arrogant hero + genius protagonist + decisive and ruthless + demonic cultivation + technical approach to cultivation + creates his own techniques and secret arts later on + slow burn + Xuanguxian template + skips the mortal-world opening] Xiao Qing is reborn in the cultivation world carrying a mysterious jade pendant. After testing as a three-element spiritual root, he unexpectedly joins a demonic sect. Once there, Xiao Qing relies on h 49.6kReads8.6Score5kShelves

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    Demonic Cultivator, 8,000 words a day

45. 45 凡 Cultivating as a Mortal, I Don't Want to Become a Demonic Cultivator Either! 凡人修仙，我也不想当邪修啊！ Shy Cockroach Bully害羞的蟑螂恶霸Eastern Fantasy245k WordsOngoing Mortal cultivation, no System, demonic cultivation. After taking Yang Che as his disciple, his master tells him he is the weakest at his cultivation level, naturally a cut below everyone else! Then don’t blame me, Yang Che, for inheriting your legacy whether I like it or not! Though I’ve inherited the legacy, I’ve lost most of my lifespan! What am I supposed to do now? That’s a tough one. And so, Yang Che officially embarks on the path of cultivating immortality. “You know I don’t want to become 35Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'd like some feedback so I can improve.

46. 46 神 The World of Divine Powers: The Story of Wu Yong 神通界：武庸传 Long Winds, Drunken Disturbance长风醉扰Eastern Fantasy110k WordsOngoing [A side story to Records of Insects] [Fast-paced] [Battles] In the Divine Power Realm, those with unusual bones possess divine powers, and those powers can take myriad forms and wield strength that reaches the heavens. The demon race is born with unusual bones and powers that can swallow clouds and spew mist, or shatter mountains and rivers. Humans, however, are born with mortal bones and can become divine-power users only by tempering their bodies and bones after birth until their unusual bones 32Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 47 凡 Cultivating Immortality as a Mortal, My Killing Intent Stains the Heavens 凡人修仙，杀气染苍穹 Yanxi Yueming衍曦月明Eastern Fantasy119k WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless, not a saint] My master’s time is up. He wants to eat me to extend his life?! No, there’s something wrong with the cultivation technique. It’s not just mine, everyone’s technique has a problem. Cultivation techniques are shackles, and they are butcher’s knives. This is the shepherds’ conspiracy. We are pigs penned up for them to raise, and their demonic claws are reaching farther and farther toward us. In their eyes, we are delicious cultivation resources! Why is the world 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Insidious and cunning, they'll stop at nothing for resources. They torture and kill young ladies just to extract resources from their storage rings; they kill to cultivate their magic for a better future. A dark story; if you like that, please jump in!

48. 48 血 Blood Ancestor's Path 血祖道 Maple Waiting for Dawn等待黎明的枫Eastern Fantasy544k WordsOngoing [A traditional cultivation story about an ordinary person. No transmigration from Earth, no System, no golden finger, and no heaven-defying treasures!!!] The struggle between outsiders and the clan: if you are not a direct descendant of the clan, you cannot establish a foundation. The struggle between lower and upper sects: if you are not a Golden Core cultivator of the sect, you cannot form a Nascent Soul. The struggle between humans and demons: if you are not a living being of the same race 461Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A world without spirits, a world of blood-based evil cultivation. No cheat codes, no systems, no golden fingers. A traditional mortal cultivation story.

49. 49 魔 The Demon Emperor’s Steward 魔皇大管家 Night Owl夜枭Eastern Fantasy4.3M WordsCompleted Demon Emperor Zhuo Yifan incurred a deadly calamity after obtaining the legacy of an ancient Demon Emperor. After being reborn, he was plagued by his inner demons and had no choice but to become the steward of a fallen clan. Watch as this ruthless Demon Emperor leads a small family to the pinnacle of power. 2.1kReads9.1Score267Shelves

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    These three books are good; the protagonists are intelligent, decisive, and not overly sentimental.

50. 50 不 I’ll Do Whatever It Takes to Cultivate Immortality 不择手段去修仙 Life Is Like Jade人生如玉Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted Feel-Good Story + Comedy + Mortal Cultivation + No Harem + Xuanhuan + No System Belief: If you've got thick skin, you get the meat. Motto: If a problem can be solved by sweet-talking, never resort to force. Principle: If nobody messes with me, I'll mess with them anyway. Specialty: Play the pig to eat the tiger. I'm number one at showing off. A street punk from the 21st century accidentally obtains a rare treasure and transmigrates to a world overrun by immortals, demonic cultivators, and practi 10.9kReads8.8Score881Shelves

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