Any Stories That Go Against the Canon, Like This One? Preferably With a Ruthless Protagonist 有无跟官方对着干的小说，像这本，最好杀伐果断的

1. 501 沈 Shen Zhiyi in the Mortal World 《沈知意在人间》 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久18k WordsCompleted Shen Zhiyi in the Mortal World —Reads—Score—14d adds
2. 502 午 At High Noon III 午时到三 God of Gaming游之神Historical63k WordsCompleted It's noon, Part Three 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Forgotten masterpieces

3. 503 雾 When the Mist Conceals the Years 《雾隐时生》 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久Mystery8k WordsCompleted When the Mist Hides Time —Reads—Score—14d adds
4. 504 入 After Ten Years in Prison, Who'd Still Risk Their Neck to Help a Stranger? 入狱十年，谁还见义勇为啊 Nine-Flower Evaporated Milk九花淡奶Urban3.1M WordsCompleted He’d done the right thing by standing up for someone, yet the school beauty’s family framed him for murder. After ten years in prison, Cao Kun returned to the night that had changed his fate, carrying with him countless secrets about their crimes. When he saw the school beauty’s mother being dragged into an alley again by three thugs, Cao Kun didn’t pick up a brick this time. He quietly pulled out his phone and started recording. “Madam, I wanted to be a good person too. You forced me into this… 113.5kReads8.9Score11.8k14d adds

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   The scorching July sun, like an inextinguishable flame, hung over Blackstone Prison. Behind the prison was a quarry riddled with holes.

5. 505 驭 The Beast-Taming Era: Rusted Bones Reborn 驭兽纪元锈骨重生 God of Gaming游之神Urban1.2M WordsOngoing This is the story of an ordinary man who grits his teeth, awakens in obscurity, and rises to rule among the thorns. In the cyber age, spiritual qi revival is underway. Beast taming is a stepping stone to the extraordinary, and a towering wall that keeps the class system rigid. Zhang Li was once a prodigy, but after his parents vanished one after another, he fell into the gutter. In high school, when everyone forms contracts with beasts and begins cultivating, his scholarship is embezzled, forcin 3Reads—Score—14d adds
6. 506 奶 The Starry Sky in a Baby Bottle 奶瓶里的星空 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久7k WordsCompleted Starlight in a Baby Bottle —Reads—Score—14d adds
7. 507 异 Cultivating in Another World, Showing Off in Reality 异界修炼，现实装逼 God of Gaming游之神Urban1.5M WordsCompleted A single jade drop brings life to all things. The fall of a titan marks a new beginning. Watch an ordinary man take one step at a time into a new chapter. Breathing techniques and cultivation methods are both ways to protect the path to the future. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
8. 508 时 The Art of Baking Memories at the Time-Filled Bakery 《时光面包房的记忆烘焙术》 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久10k WordsCompleted The Memory-Baking Art of the Time-Bending Bakery 1Reads—Score—14d adds
9. 509 流 Liu Xin, the Meteor Blade 流星刀客刘鑫 God of Gaming游之神14k WordsCompleted Liu Xin, the Meteor Blade Swordsman 1Reads—Score—14d adds
10. 510 璀 The Brilliant Galaxy Turned to Ash 璀璨星河终成烬 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted The Brilliant Galaxy Turns to Ashes —Reads—Score—14d adds
11. 511 无 The Porcelain of the Unending Hells 无间瓷 God of Gaming游之神19k WordsCompleted The Endless Porcelain 5Reads—Score—14d adds
12. 512 重 Revisiting the Season of Blossoms 重溯花期 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久Modern Romance9k WordsCompleted Retracing the Blooming Season 1Reads—Score—14d adds
13. 513 倒 The Reversed Pendulum 倒转的钟摆 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久Mystery12k WordsCompleted The Clock's Reversed Pendulum —Reads—Score—14d adds
14. 514 月 The Moonlight Button Shop 《月光纽扣铺》 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久Modern Romance7k WordsCompleted The Moonlight Button Shop —Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 515 爱 Love Beneath the Falling Snow 《爱如覆雪》 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久Modern Romance23k WordsCompleted Love Like Falling Snow —Reads—Score—14d adds
16. 516 潜 The Hidden Dragon Toys with the Powerful Minister 潜龙戏权臣 Gathering Gods in the Treasure Vault宝库聚神Two Male Leads861k WordsCompleted To stabilize the court, the Prince Regent is forced to marry the “simple-minded” Tenth Prince. After the wedding, he despises his new husband at every turn, unaware that the person beside him in bed is the master of the secret intelligence network controlling the empire. As one secret identity after another is revealed, his former contempt comes back to haunt him… Xiao Zhi (Prince Regent) · 28 years old, a senior minister entrusted with the late emperor’s heir, cold and strict · Appears to desp 5Reads—Score—14d adds
17. 517 十 Ten Years in the Cocoon: Twin Butterfly Bones 《十年茧成·双生蝶骨》 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久Modern Romance12k WordsCompleted Ten Years in the Cocoon: Twin Butterfly Bones —Reads—Score—14d adds
18. 518 囚 The Captive Master: In the Name of Love 囚师：以爱为名 Gathering Gods in the Treasure Vault宝库聚神Two Male Leads846k WordsCompleted Tags: #XianxiaMasterAndDisciple #CoerciveLove #Redemption #DarkAndUnhinged #ChasingWifeToTheCrematorium #DevotedAndPossessive #Angst #HappyEnding A sweeping xianxia tragedy of obsessive possession and ultimate redemption. Watch as a gentle immortal cultivator makes himself a prison to redeem his obsessive, wicked disciple; watch as the unhinged disciple shatters his inner demons and learns to truly love. Across six volumes, from imprisonment to ascension, this is the story of a shocking yet und 5Reads—Score—14d adds
19. 519 九 Chronicles of the Nine Heavens' Exquisite Realm 《九霄玲珑录》 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久21k WordsCompleted The Nine Heavens Exquisite Record —Reads—Score—14d adds
20. 520 刺 Tattoo Countdown 刺青倒计时 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久Mystery9k WordsCompleted Tattoo Countdown —Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 521 龙 A Dragon Kingdom Police Cadet Charges Into Maitira 龙国警校生，勇闯迈提拉 Thousand-Year-Old Stone Monkey千年老石猴Urban137k WordsOngoing [Decisive, not a bleeding heart, self-serving, scheming, highly intelligent, always planning several steps ahead]+ [Everyone is ruthless]+ [No System, no golden finger]+ [No characters acting stupidly, logical]+ [No heroine, female supporting character] Ye Zilu plays by his own rules! This is a logically consistent power fantasy: With his options exhausted in Longguo, Ye Zilu, a graduate of the Longguo Police Academy, ventures into Maitila to survive. After joining the police force, he uses ever 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Decisive and ruthless, not a saint, self-serving, highly intelligent and emotionally intelligent, scheming and plotting, taking things step by step, and ruthless in every way.

22. 522 镜 The Time Difference in the Mirror 镜像时差 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久Mystery15k WordsCompleted The Mirror-Image Time Lag —Reads—Score—14d adds
23. 523 同 My Deskmate's Secret Notebook 同桌的秘密笔记本 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久7k WordsCompleted My Deskmate’s Secret Notebook —Reads—Score—14d adds
24. 524 重 Reborn: Late Boat 《重生晚舟》 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久Modern Romance20k WordsCompleted Reborn as Wanzhou —Reads—Score—14d adds
25. 525 我 I Hunt Down Transmigrators in Ancient China 我在古代抓捕穿越者 Evergreen Greens长青菜菜Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted The protagonist, Long Chen, transmigrates into an ancient world. But it turns out that world is full of transmigrators. They belong to many different factions. Long Chen, himself a transmigrator, receives a mission: eliminate every other transmigrator. … 3.4kReads—Score17214d adds

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    I recommend reading this book.

26. 526 拾 Combing Shadows in the Light of Day 《拾光里的梳影》 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久Mystery21k WordsCompleted Shadows in the Light We Gather —Reads—Score—14d adds
27. 527 重 Reborn as the Legitimate Daughter: The Prince's Darling 《重生嫡女：王爷的掌心甜宠》 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久Ancient Romance17k WordsCompleted The Reborn Legitimate Daughter: The Prince's Sweetheart 1Reads—Score—14d adds
28. 528 决 Decisive Battle: The Northeast China Liberation War, 1945–1948 决战 东北解放战争：1945～1948 Liu Tong刘统Historical541k WordsCompleted One of the Shanghai People's Publishing House's "War of Liberation" series, published in tribute to the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army. This is Decisive Battle: The Northeast China Campaign of the War of Liberation, 1945–1948, by Liu Tong, a renowned military historian and author of Northward: The Full Story of the Central Committee's Struggle with Zhang Guotao. The Northeast China theater was swept by dramatic changes from 1945 to 1948. After Japan's surrender, 2.9kReads9.5Score21414d adds

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29. 529 三 Three Generations (Spring Robes) 三代人(春衫) Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久6k WordsCompleted Three Generations (Chunshan) —Reads—Score—14d adds
30. 530 重 Reborn in the Tumultuous Thirties 重生之激荡三十年 Little Shui, Who Loves Overtime爱加班的小水Urban1.7M WordsCompleted In the summer of 1990, Lin Feng was reborn as a newly hired civil servant in the county government office of Qingquan County, in a coastal province in eastern China. His key advantage: a complete memory of history up to 2020, giving him insight into China's political and economic changes over the past 30 years. 20kReads6.2Score1.5k14d adds

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    Passionate years, reborn landscape

31. 531 时 The Paper Plane in the Folds of Time 《时光褶皱里的纸飞机》 Xin'er Jiujiu馨儿久久6k WordsCompleted Paper Planes in the Folds of Time —Reads—Score—14d adds
32. 532 龙 The Longyin Era: Warhammer 40K 龙胤纪元：战锤40K Yunnan Orange云南橙子Anime Fanfiction464k WordsCompleted The protagonist is a cultivator who practices demonic arts and transmigrates to the world of Warhammer. He cultivates the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls into a merit-gathering Imperial Banner. It's thrilling and cathartic, with the protagonist staying sharp and decisive throughout, and every teammate bringing explosive, unique skills. The atmosphere is fantastic. 109Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I am immortal in Warhammer

33. 533 黄 A Legendary Warrior Emerges from the Eleventh Whampoa Class 黄埔十一期杀出一个最强传说 Night Voyage Boatman夜航船夫Urban1.3M WordsOngoing Huangpu Military Academy’s Class 11 was widely regarded as its most useless class. No connections: anyone with influential family ties had gone to Classes 1 or 2. No resources: anyone with support from above had gone to Classes 4 or 5. No luck: they graduated just in time for the Battle of Shanghai, and so many died that even the roster was burned. But after Lin Ye arrived, the most useless class became the deadliest blade. On the Shanghai battlefield, they were the blade driven into the Japanes 63Reads6.1Score12314d adds

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34. 534 我 Is It Reasonable to Seek Immortality in Warhammer? 我在战锤长生证道合理吗 Yunnan Orange云南橙子Anime Fanfiction983k WordsOngoing While others burn through their own lifespans to cultivate martial arts, Wang Shaojing does the exact opposite! He survives as a scavenger in the lower levels of the Warhammer universe, awakens a plunder System, and gains years of life by killing Chaos creations. Absorbing Warp energy boosts his cultivation! He slays the Corrupted in Rustbone Hive, seizes an energy core in the deep mines, storms Rustgate, and conquers the middle levels. With a mortal body, he cultivates the path to immortality, 8Reads—Score—14d adds
35. 535 哇 Whoa, My Moments Feed Connects to the Three Realms and Shapes the Future 哇塞我的朋友圈直通三界影响未来 Night Voyage Boatman夜航船夫Urban75k WordsCompleted ✦ Connected Across Three Realms: One social circle brings together top-tier stars from politics, business, academia, and entertainment ✦ A Closed Time Loop: Talking with his past self, pitting himself against his future self ✦ A Father-Son Time Gap: The father who abandoned him twenty years ago is the mastermind behind it all ✦ A Mother-Son Connection Across Time: His mother’s final three words hold the key to crossing twenty years ✦ Awakening Variables: From pawn to player, from gatekeeper to t —Reads—Score114d adds
36. 536 战 Warhammer's Fourth Tyranid Invasion Is Too Brutal 战锤第四天灾太凶猛 Yunnan Orange云南橙子Anime Fanfiction2.1M WordsOngoing This is not a mindless power fantasy. You need to use your brain to understand it. If you can't, stop leaving random ratings in the reviews. The protagonist transmigrates into Warhammer 40K, only to find himself on the day Cadia falls! Chaos roars in his ears, while before his eyes the Astra Militarum are fed into a meat grinder as cannon fodder. His chance of survival is just 0.00017%! After awakening the Historical Chronicler System, he can sense pivotal moments in history and record key frag 26Reads—Score—14d adds
37. 537 巫 The Lich Lord Doesn’t Want to Save the World 巫妖大人不想拯救世界 Meow-Meow Demon喵呜妖Urban238k WordsCompleted [Undead Calamity + Mastermind + Travel Between Two Worlds + Faux DND + Ruthless] Nekrozel Veller, the most feared lich on the continent of Faerun, was a mere half-step away from the eternal divine throne. One wrong move, and he chose to self-destruct. Fortunately, the fellow didn't die. Instead, his soul ended up in a technological world called Blue Star. The original owner, Lin Shuo, was a complete weakling. His class, [Cavalry General], was a terrible fit, and the System even rated him as “onl 7Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The protagonist is a thousand-year-old lich reborn. He initially infiltrates the company organization, but later secretly plots to disrupt it.

38. 538 嘴 My Words Shatter the Heavens: Ranting My Way Through the Apocalypse 嘴破苍穹：吐槽踏平末日 Yunnan Orange云南橙子Urban552k WordsCompleted As the shadow of the apocalypse falls over Jiangcheng, one sharp-tongued teenager jokes his way through hordes of zombies. Mouthy Enough to Flatten the Apocalypse: A masterpiece that will make you laugh until your stomach aches and keep you so tense you can barely breathe! This is no ordinary apocalypse novel, but a riotous celebration of sharp wit and zombies! While everyone else trembles in fear, Wang Shao actually spends his time leisurely collecting "Emotion Points," using the sharpest tongu 2Reads—Score—14d adds
39. 539 我 Night Watchman in the Mythical Three Kingdoms 我在神话三国打更 Yunnan Orange云南橙子Historical894k WordsCompleted Wang Shao, a modern transmigrator, finds himself condemned to death in the late Han dynasty. Relying on extraordinary intelligence and his awakened Eye of Truth, he proves his innocence in a desperate situation and earns a place in the Night Patrol Office. As mysteries, battles, and schemes escalate in turn, he joins forces with Cao Cao, Diao Chan, and other companions to solve bizarre cases like the Skinning Demon and the Ghost Market Nursery Rhyme, while being swept into the chaos of the Yell 5Reads—Score—14d adds
40. 540 我 I Can Summon Immortals by Annoying People 我气人能召唤神仙 Yunnan Orange云南橙子Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted Lin Fan, a 996 office drone, transmigrates into the cultivation world and becomes its lowest-ranking servant disciple: at the first level of Qi Refining, dressed in rags, cheated out of his pills, and spending every day chopping wood and cleaning the outhouse. Just when he thinks life could not be more miserable than instant noodles, he activates the "Annoy People, Summon Gods System" by mouthing off: "Mouth off to people to earn Summoning Points. Save up enough, and you can summon Chinese gods 8Reads—Score—14d adds
41. 541 惹 The Trouble-Making Disciple 惹祸的徒弟 Autumn Winds Sweep In寒枫袭来Ancient Romance555k WordsCompleted Because of natural disasters, the people of Liangcheng in Tianguo suffer from severe hunger. With no choice but to leave their hometown to survive, they head for the prosperous capital. A mother and son cling to each other as they make the arduous journey of a thousand li. By the time they reach the outskirts of the capital, the unfortunate mother is on the verge of death from hunger. Looking at her young son, she hopes some kindhearted person will take him in so he won’t starve to death. After 1.6kReads6.9Score10314d adds

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    It's so good you can't stop watching!

42. 542 觉 After Awakening the Righteous Path System, the Evil Cultivator School Beauty Was Terrified 觉醒正道系统后，邪修校花吓哭了 Self-Destructing Truck自爆卡车Urban658k WordsOngoing The rating has just appeared and will go up later. [Advanced Martial Arts + Scumbag Male Lead + Hypocritical Moralizer + Scams and Swindles + PUA] The moment Pang Guang opened his eyes, he had transmigrated to Blue Star, where spiritual qi had revived. Traditional cultivation methods still existed here. But ordinary people lacked resources, making cultivation difficult. So most took the path of one kind of unorthodox cultivation or another. Fortunately, Pang Guang awakened the Righteous Cultivat —Reads6.6Score—14d adds

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    You'll come back and thank me. [Laughing][pouting]

43. 543 高 High Martial Arts: Know Yourself and Your Enemy 高武之知己知彼 Ant in the Shadow影子里的蚂蚁Sports1.0M WordsCompleted A new book is here! I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well. Please leave a review, give it five stars, and send a gift. Ant thanks you in advance. —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    [Rolling eyes][Rolling eyes][Rolling eyes][Pouting][Thinking][Thinking][Shocked][Shocked]

44. 544 全 Everyone Invades the Apocalypse, and They Scramble for Gold with Unlimited Carrying Capacity 全民入侵末世，无限负重疯抢黄金 Keep Going Strong继续刚Sci-Fi & Apocalypse288k WordsOngoing [Cthulhu, plot-driven, not a lone wolf, dystopian] An apocalyptic game descends upon the entire world. Anyone who successfully evacuates can bring out all the gold, luxury cars, and designer watches they find inside! After years of bad luck, wage slave Yang Xun unexpectedly gains a Prism-grade talent: a portable space! It can hold as much as ten Dongfeng heavy trucks, and he can upgrade it to expand the space! He thought it would be a thrilling journey to get rich, but then he discovered that th 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This one! The protagonist builds his own power.

45. 545 大 Young Lady, I’ll Take You Home 大小姐，我带你回家 A Whole Bunch of Lifetimes三生一大堆Urban314k WordsCompleted Gong Zhan, a special forces soldier, single-handedly wipes out a gang of ruthless bandits in a foreign jungle. Just as he’s celebrating the successful completion of his mission, an accident occurs. Yet it turns out to be a blessing in disguise: he unlocks the space within his necklace and embarks on the true path of martial arts cultivation. Just after returning to his unit, Gong Zhan receives a new mission: travel alone to America to protect the wealthy heiress Shen Qingqing. Before long, Shen 4Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The story of a roguish special forces soldier and a wealthy heiress's journey together in a foreign land, facing numerous hostile forces, is fraught with danger yet also filled with humor.

46. 546 国 The Great Ming in the War of Nations 国战之大明 Ant in the Shadow影子里的蚂蚁Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted I hope you enjoy the stories in this book. May each of you be the protagonist of your own life! Your support keeps me going. Please leave a review, give it a good rating, and send a gift. Thank you in advance. —Reads—Score—14d adds
47. 547 成 Growing Strong with the Help of Beautiful Women 成长之红颜助我 Ant in the Shadow影子里的蚂蚁Historical2.9M WordsOngoing Beauty helped me succeed, and I repaid her with ten thousand taels of gold… 1kReads—Score—14d adds
48. 548 暗 Dark Zone: Survival 暗区突围之生 Ant in the Shadow影子里的蚂蚁Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted I’ve just started a new story, and I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me, and I’ll do my best to write every story well. Please follow for updates, leave a good review, and send gifts (free ones are great too). 7Reads—Score—14d adds
49. 549 开 Exiled from the Start, I Changed My Fate by Grinding for Experience 开局被流放，我靠肝经验逆天改命 Ant in the Shadow影子里的蚂蚁Eastern Fantasy3.7M WordsOngoing From the Start, Exiled to the Frontier: I Defy Fate by Grinding Experience Lu Chen was a top student in the modern world, but after waking from a nap, he found himself reincarnated as a disgraced heir in a world of immortal cultivation. Exiled to the frontier from the start, with his spiritual roots destroyed, he was also saddled with a frail fiancée and a fallen family. He smiled calmly. “Perfect. Let me show you what scientific cultivation looks like.” While others were still struggling throug 2.8kReads—Score24614d adds
50. 550 大 Who Awakes First from the Great Dream: 0202 大梦谁先觉：0202 Jinfan River Bandit临江锦帆贼Urban378k WordsCompleted At the start of the Gengzi year, disaster fell from the sky. A reporter who claimed to come from a “civilized country” looked down on this “barbaric land” mired in calamity. He was given to sneering and distorting the truth, making no effort to hide his biting sarcasm. His words laid bare his arrogance and contempt. He turned a blind eye to the locals’ suffering and cared nothing for the harm his remarks caused them. In his eyes, they were no more than ants struggling to survive. Yet no one expe 10Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Please refrain from making unfounded associations or subjective interpretations, and avoid over-interpretation. This is not a clichéd wish-fulfillment story, and it rejects formulaic, AI-generated narratives. The ending is open to interpretation; everyone has their own perspective. Some say it's a tragic ending, while others see it as a happy ending. What do you think? 🍾🍾🥧🥞🎂🥨🥐

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