Dark Novels with a Selfish, Self-serving Protagonist Who Deliberately Causes Disasters and Harms Others 黑暗文，主角自私利己，主动制造灾难，祸害别人。

1. 1 末 The Age of Declining Dharma: From the Start, I Blood-Sacrifice and Refine Corpses on Hong Kong Island! 末法时代：开局在港岛血祭炼尸！ Salty Fish Only Know How to Be Salty咸鱼只会咸Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing In the age of declining magic, all arts have vanished, and cultivating the Dao is harder than reaching the heavens! In his previous life, Zhao Shan was a great demon of the unorthodox path. Reborn in 1990s Hong Kong, he discovers that this is still an age of declining magic. The orthodox sects are a dead end, and the unorthodox schools are no better, so he has no choice but to keep following his own wicked path. But gradually, he realizes that something about this world seems a little off. On Do 64.6kReads8.6Score5.7kShelves

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   Anyone who manages to kill the protagonist will instantly become a Buddha. [Facepalm][Facepalm]

2. 2 全 Gu World for All: From the Start, I Skin People to Refine Gu 全民蛊游：开局剥皮炼蛊 Master Qingxiao青霄先生Urban1.8M WordsOngoing [No Female Lead] + [Ruthless and Cruel] + [Villain] + [Gu Insects] Today marks the eighteenth year since the game of Gu descended upon the world, and the second day since Fang Han used the [Primordial Gu] to be reborn. Looking at the familiar blackboard and classroom before him, Fang Han finally understood: in his previous life, his teammates and the major factions had forced him to his death. In a world that devours people like this, with no connections, no resources, no friends, and no one he 18.8kReads7.7Score2.1kShelves
3. 3 重 Reborn in a World of the Paranormal, and You Want Me to Join Bureau 749? 重生诡异，你让我加入749局？ Fire Beast火暴兽Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Devouring Evolution]+ [Self-Interest]+ [Humanity’s Natural Enemy]+ [Nemesis of Its Own Kind]+ [Kills Men and Women Alike]+ [Plot-Driven]+ [Undercover]+ [Villain]+ [Eerie] "No female lead!!! No harem!!! No romance!!!" (Not Eerie in the traditional sense. The protagonist is undercover in the human camp and kills both humans and Eerie, men and women alike. This story is plot-driven, so readers looking for a feel-good monster-grinding power fantasy should think twice.) (The rating has already been 59.3kReads8.9Score8.6kShelves

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   In terms of selfishness, the first two books are unmatched, and the protagonist of the first book has a very charismatic personality. Despite possessing the ability to control others into servitude, he refuses to use them, allowing them to willingly become his slaves and die for him. The second book is about urban martial arts, where the protagonist becomes stronger at all costs. I haven't read the third book yet, but I think the protagonist is a bit cunning.

4. 4 觉 You Awakened Beast-Taming Powers, and You Made a Contract with Bacteria? 觉醒御兽异能，你居然契约细菌？ Fire Beast火暴兽Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Bacterial mutation + cultivation + slow burn + self-interest + antihero + invincible protagonist] Spiritual qi revival! All kinds of beasts evolve! Humanity suffered heavy losses resisting the beast tide. From then on, humans began harnessing the spiritual power contained within their bodies, turning it into two forms of strength: "vitality" and "Superpowers." Martial arts flourished! The age of martial artists had arrived! Mo Ci was a good-for-nothing with an S-rank Beast Taming Superpower bu 4.2kReads8.0Score616Shelves
5. 5 全 Global Mutation: The Mutant Frenzy of Trillions of Lives 全球畸变：亿兆生命的变异狂潮 Turbid One浊人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted Meat blossoms sprout from the soil, and fangs grow from the flowers. The old order awakens all around them. To it, humble humanity is nothing but vermin to be exterminated. Mount Fuji erupts, and the entire Sakura Isles are ripped up and hurled at Huaxia. The magnetic poles flip, super-earthquakes strike, towering tsunamis rise, and the seven continents are squeezed together by a giant hand. Abnormal memes, twisted reality, and layers of overlapping worlds: as the boundary between physics and co 14.1kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
6. 6 一 The Outcast: From the Start, I Destroyed the Medicine Immortal Society and Refined Gu to Become an Immortal 一人：开局覆灭药仙会，炼蛊成仙 Zhi Na之凪Anime Fanfiction250k WordsCompleted [Villain + utterly evil + no heroine + ruthless and decisive] Lu Tian transmigrates into The Outcast world and becomes one of the test subjects in the Medicine Immortal Society's efforts to cultivate a Holy Gu Child. To survive, Lu Tian pushes himself to the limit, eating twenty thousand kilograms of gu insects a day as he struggles to stay alive. The Medicine Immortal Society: “What do you mean, antisocial?” “We're the heroes who held back this unknown life-form. History will remember all we sa 4.2kReads8.0Score291Shelves

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   The main character is a Gu worm, there is no romantic pairing, and he is selfish.

7. 7 弃 Abandon the Gods 弃神。 Fish Don't Speak of Fishing鱼不语渔Urban2.5M WordsOngoing [No System + not a saint + self-interest above all + satisfying read + invincible protagonist] Spiritual qi revival. Alien races invade the world, and the skies are about to collapse. This is an age of opportunity, because everyone has a chance to enter the realm of the extraordinary and gain power to rival the gods. But it’s also an age of despair, because human life is worth less than grass, and one misstep can mean falling into eternal darkness… Ning Yuan once saved hundreds of thousands of 171kReads7.2Score22.1kShelves

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   It's a great, very good dark fantasy novel. Some people might not like dark themes, but as a dark fantasy novel, it has no problems at all.

8. 8 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 65.6kReads9.2Score6.1kShelves

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   A dark story, a group of characters behind the scenes, the protagonist is selfish and self-serving, allowing creation to cause disasters, and even restarting the world at one point!

9. 9 我 I Made the Game Descend into Reality 我让游戏降临现实 No One in the World Will Ever Meet Me Again世人千万再难遇我Sports1.2M WordsCompleted [Behind the Scenes / Players / Gaming / No Female Lead] That day, the epoch-making full-dive VR game Land of Seals burst onto the scene, setting off a gaming craze across the world. Its average number of players online topped three billion at one point! But no one knew that one day in the future, everything in the game would descend upon reality! The Tower of Seals, the Legions of the Old Ones, the Doomsday Church… Only Ye Qiu, a reborn person, knew what was coming. But I don’t care, because… “I 22kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
10. 10 诡 Eerie: I Can Devour Without Limit 诡异：我能无限吞噬 Origin Demon God起源魔神Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [Eldritch Horror] [Supernatural Powers] [No Romance] [No Morals] [No Limits] [Cruel and Vicious] [Selfish and Self-Serving] In a world overrun by the uncanny, I accidentally reveal that I transmigrated here. Barely escaping with my life, I manage to get away. The flames of resentment bloom. My long-awaited golden finger finally arrives: a mysterious stone tablet on the dark side of the moon, capable of endlessly devouring the uncanny’s source. After years of building strength, I unleash a massa 15.9kReads8.2Score1.6kShelves

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    Both books are by the same author, and the protagonists are both selfish, immoral, and have no bottom line. [Eating popcorn emoji]

11. 11 灵 Supernatural Revival: Wielding a Mirage from the Start 灵异复苏：开局驾驭海市蜃楼 Origin Demon God起源魔神Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted (No female lead, no CP, no morals, no limits, hypocrite, dark and self-serving) The supernatural returns, and vengeful ghosts run rampant. The human world is a living hell, with suffering everywhere. Ghosts cannot be destroyed! Only ghosts can fight ghosts! Order is on the verge of collapse, and truth is about to crumble. Reborn amid taboos, I cast aside my conscience and let my humanity die. “Anyone who makes me unhappy for even a moment will be unhappy for the rest of their life!” “Why stop at 15.2kReads8.2Score1.3kShelves
12. 12 序 Fate Sequence, Yet They Call Me the Primordial Calamity 序列命运，可他们叫我最初灾厄 Cyberpunk Old Spring赛博朋克老泉水Urban904k WordsOngoing [Creating Monsters] [Creating the Supernatural] [No female lead] They all say I am calamity itself. My name is Zhao Jin. What I love most is rummaging through the piles of discarded history for strange, forgotten legends, then bringing them to life. An age without the supernatural? Then I'll create it myself. When the first monster burst from the ground, the world thought it was a natural disaster. When the second arrived, they began to panic. By the time the seventh and eighth swept across t 145.6kReads8.6Score19.8kShelves

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    These three are group portraits.

13. 13 诡 The Supernatural Returns, and I Am the Greatest Fear in the World 诡异复苏，我是世间最大的恐惧 Evil Clown恶魔小丑Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Villain] [Dark] [Invincible] [No female lead] Qin Yu died, and his soul arrived in another world, merging with a haunted house. In this age of supernatural resurgence, he continually grew stronger and evolved, creating his own kingdom of terror. Whether human or supernatural, everyone saw him as their greatest fear. 13.8kReads8.4Score928Shelves

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    [Eating popcorn] Darkness! Activate!

14. 14 开 From the Start, I Slaughtered My Way Through the Ghosts: I Am the Evil Source of Another World! 开局杀穿众鬼，吾为异界邪源！ Bu Shibing不世并Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing (The protagonist is nonhuman, there is no female lead, and technology is humanity's most powerful weapon! The protagonist is always an apex-level being, no matter the era. He never plays weak to fool his enemies!) As the supernatural invades, human civilization is thrown into turmoil. While monsters and demons clash with the firepower of modern technology, an evil from time immemorial returns to the world in the body of a mortal: the Erosion Ancient Tree, reborn from the endless void. Torrential 384Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 15 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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    That must be the Extreme Yin Demon Lord, a truly pure dark character, selfish and self-serving. If his cultivation can't improve, he'll just use all the city's resources to refine pills; if he sees a treasure, he'll sneak up and become a thief, killing and stealing resources. He changes his name in every place, always using the names of his enemies; nobody knows his real name.

16. 16 我 I Really Didn’t Mean to Destroy the World 我真没想灭世啊 Evil Clown恶魔小丑Urban531k WordsOngoing Behind-the-scenes focus, no female lead, with a dark tone After transmigrating, Jiang Yan finds a mysterious virus inside his body. From then on, strange and supernatural powers emerge in this world. Mysterious disorders such as manic syndrome, binge-eating disorder, delusion syndrome, and soul-separation disorder spread across the world, bringing devastating disasters. At the same time, they also offer humanity a chance to evolve. People join the evolution and embrace the supernatural, or peris 494Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    This is the case where the male protagonist actively infects others with the virus within him, using all the infected as experimental subjects, and has now completely destroyed a city.

17. 17 身 As a God of Slaughter, What's Wrong with Having a Slightly Stronger Bloodlust? 身为杀神，我杀心强亿点怎么了 Yu Ni Cheng Shuo宇你成说Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing [No System, decisive and ruthless, unwavering Daoist heart, traditional fantasy, on the dark side. If that’s not for you, don’t read!] In ancient times, everyone was a dragon. The Three Sovereigns ruled heaven and earth, divided the Three Realms and Six Paths, and cast their light across the myriad worlds. After the great calamity, the Three Sovereigns fell, the Heavenly Dao collapsed, and both Heaven’s Court and the underworld were reduced to dust. In the chaotic modern era, the laws had grown 28.8kReads7.9Score2.4kShelves
18. 18 末 Apocalypse: With the Devouring System, I Enslave Thousands of Goddesses 末世：吞噬系统，我奴役万千女神 Ben Yan本晏Sci-Fi & Apocalypse337k WordsCompleted [No saintly heroine] [Decisive and ruthless] [No dithering when taking women] [Power fantasy] [Loads of women] [Profit above all] The apocalypse descended. Zombies and mutated beasts ran rampant, secret realms appeared out of nowhere, and the world became a living hell. The survivors formed factions, hoping to endure in this hopeless apocalypse. Ye Lin, however, used his Devouring System to consume countless people and enslave countless goddesses. He thought everyone would condemn him, but to 3.7kReads5.5Score417Shelves

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    [Cool][Cool][Cool]

19. 19 奥 Ultraman: The Dimensional Rift Journey of the Ultra Dark Killer 奥特：奥特黑暗杀手的次元裂途 Long An龍黯Anime Fanfiction33k WordsOngoing The moment the dimensional rift closed, a violent dizziness washed over Lin Zhou’s consciousness like a tide. He tried to raise a hand and rub his aching temples, only to find his arm bent at an inhuman angle. Silver-black armor covered his skin, and the claws jutting from his knuckles carved three streaks of sparks across the ground. This wasn’t his body. “The Tiga universe. Earth. 1996.” A cold voice rang directly in his mind, utterly devoid of emotion, yet it made Lin Zhou’s soul tremble. He 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist of the first book is a complex person who has caused a lot of trouble due to the influence of the Dark Ultra Killer. The protagonist of the second book is truly dark, forcibly ruling Pedan Star through bloodshed and violence, resorting to any means necessary to become stronger.

20. 20 奥 Behind the Scenes of Ultraman: Starting with Making a Clone 奥特幕后：从制作分身开始 Long An龍黯Anime Fanfiction52k WordsOngoing [Villain protagonist: the main character is no good person. Read with caution.] I just went to sleep, but somehow transmigrated into the Ultraman universe. What’s this System of a Mastermind Behind the Scenes? I can use all sorts of materials to create clones? Heh heh heh! (I wrote this book a while ago, when I wasn’t very experienced, so it had quite a few typos. I’ve edited it now. Feel free to give it a try!) 27Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 21 超 Awakened Superbrain: Turning Things Around from the Mental Hospital 超脑觉醒：开局精神病院逆袭 Panda Wu Xiaobao熊猫吴小宝Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Ruthless and Decisive, No Saintly Heroics] Chen Ye is struck in the brain by a burst of gamma rays, and suddenly finds himself with a wealth of new memories and knowledge. Memories of spies, officials, special forces soldiers, hackers, doctors, professors, and more... In that moment, he knows his chance to turn his life around has finally come. Diagnosed with paranoid personality disorder and considered extremely prone to violence, Chen Ye has been tormented in a psychiatric hospital for six ye 9.2kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves

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    This is the best I've ever seen, bar none. Watch it patiently, and you'll understand.

22. 22 你 Your Wish Came True. What Are You Afraid Of? 你许的愿，成真了，你怕什么？ Evil Clown恶魔小丑Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted Lin Yuan died in an accident and became a ghost, but gained powerful abilities. He can grant humans any wish, but they must trade an equivalent amount of "luck" to make it happen. As long as they can pay the price, every request will be answered. People came to call him the "Wish-Granting Ghost Immortal." Some fell into the abyss because of their wishes, while others rose to great heights. Some called him a merciful Bodhisattva, while others called him an evil demon. But they never realized that 11.2kReads7.1Score872Shelves
23. 23 秩 Order Paradise: I Can Add Points Without Limit 秩序乐园，我无限加点 Ruler of the Ancient Gods古神支配者Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.9M WordsCompleted [Nonhuman Protagonist + Infinite Flow + Data-Based + Logic-Focused + Utterly Dark + Anti-Human Nature + Decisive and Ruthless + No Female Lead] Mu Bei is a cause without origin, with no biological father. After spending eighteen years in a sterile hospital ward, Mu Bei signs a contract with the Paradise of Order. And so begins a story full of slaughter and destruction, devoid of love and mercy, one that feeds on all living beings... (Reader advisory 1: After the first volume, the protagonist bec 346Reads7.3Score113Shelves
24. 24 我 I Am the Zombie Source, Poisoning the Ocean from the Start 我，丧尸源体，开局投毒海洋 Unorthodox非道Sci-Fi & Apocalypse487k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse]+ [Zombies]+ [Zombie Beasts]+ [Zombie Plants]+ [Darkness]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [Cautious]+ [Laying Low and Growing Strong]= This Novel Shi Fang has had the zombie source virus dormant inside him for twenty years! When the virus finally matures, he transforms into the zombie source and heads straight for the ocean to lay the groundwork by poisoning it! From then on, zombies spread across the globe. Deadly zombie plants silently spread viral pollen that turns people into zombies, 4.5kReads7.8Score371Shelves
25. 25 被 Betrayed by My Ex, I Became the Zerg Overlord 被前女友背叛的我成了虫族主宰 A Downcast Tea Egg颓然的茶叶蛋Sci-Fi & Apocalypse357k WordsCompleted Hauling bricks, delivering food, handing out flyers, washing dishes… After working himself to the bone to put his childhood sweetheart through college, Chen Mo is dumped as soon as she graduates. Heartbroken, he begins to give up on himself. When he wakes from a deep sleep, he finds a building called the Zerg Base before him. Will he keep giving up on himself, or… become the king of the universe? The Earth arc is complete. The Star System arc has begun. The War of the Universe arc is to be annou 1.8kReads8.0Score125Shelves
26. 26 人 In a High-Martial World, My Talent Is Cultivating Demonic Word Traits 人在高武，天赋却是词条魔修 Grayish White Rain灰白色的雨Urban264k WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless + no heroine + self-interest + lone wolf + high martial arts + demonic cultivator + infinite worlds + trait system] Gu Bai transmigrates to a prison in a high-martial-arts world. The crimes committed by the original owner earn Gu Bai a hefty thousand-year sentence. But there is always a way out. In prison, Gu Bai awakens a second talent: cultivating immortality through traits. Every time he breaks through a major realm or fulfills a special condition, he can choose one of 16Reads7.0Score—Shelves
27. 27 杀 Kill or Be Killed: But I Start with a Conceptual Ability 杀戮求生：但开局概念级能力 Unorthodox非道Urban454k WordsCompleted [Villain Protagonist + Evil Path + Kill, Kill, Kill + Eat, Eat, Eat + Monster Girls] [From the start, I got a conceptual ability that lets me replenish myself by consuming things. I’m just going to eat, eat, eat!!!] I transmigrated, but my identity was exposed, and I even died. Well, not completely. So I was drafted into a world of slaughter, where I had to fight monsters for extra time to live. I thought life would be rough, but who knew I’d get a conceptual ability from the start? What more is 1.6kReads6.7Score118Shelves
28. 28 我 Behind the Scenes, I Become the Source of Calamity 我在幕后，成就灾厄之源 A Thought of Emptiness一念之空Urban603k WordsOngoing A million-character novel on this site, with a steady, guaranteed update schedule Mastermind behind the scenes + creating the uncanny + decisive male lead Terminally ill, Bai Ye tries every possible way to save his life. A single sacrifice grants him the power to create the uncanny. “Creating the uncanny and bringing fear and disaster can prolong my life and give me supernatural power? What is there to think about? To me, life matters more than anything!” A being of absolute darkness, he gains t 2.3kReads7.4Score162Shelves
29. 29 转 Reborn as a Demon Sword, I Can Slay My Master Without End 转生魔剑，我能无限弑主 Wind and Mist风雾Eastern Fantasy543k WordsOngoing [No romance]+ [No bleeding-heart heroine]+ [No human transformation] Su Yun transmigrates to a fantasy world and becomes a demonic sword, unlocking the Supreme Demonic Sword System. As long as he slays people and kills his master, he can evolve. So he begins killing his masters, setting off on a path of slaughter to evolve. Slay one person (kill one master), and evolve into a Common Weapon. Slay a hundred people (kill a hundred masters), and evolve into a Profound Weapon. Slay ten thousand peopl 5.5kReads8.6Score509Shelves
30. 30 从 Evolution Through Slaughter, Starting with a Sword 从一把剑开始杀戮进化 Sweeping Snow Before the Door门前扫雪Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted He transmigrates and becomes a sword!? By killing, he earns evolution points. Starting out as a broken old sword, he becomes a legendary, epic magic sword! 3.3kReads7.6Score305Shelves
31. 31 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 298Reads—Score101Shelves

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    These are all good books.

32. 32 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 80.9kReads9.1Score7.5kShelves
33. 33 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1Xianxia957k 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 148kReads8.1Score16.3kShelves
34. 34 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 9.1kReads8.7Score674Shelves
35. 35 灭 Extinction: From Beginner to Expert 灭绝世界从入门到精通 An Elementary Schooler's Keyboard小学生的键盘Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Villain + villain + villain + no female lead + ruthless and decisive] “Li Yuan, you’re a madman! I can’t comprehend your malice toward life. I can’t even imagine how cold and dark your heart must be. Your actions are appalling. I simply believe that killing you is more urgent than killing any other enemy.” “Li Yuan, are you trying to play God? You want to turn the world into hell, etching your crimes into every corner. You want to make life your plaything, with everyone’s survival hanging on yo 6.1kReads7.5Score493Shelves

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    Dark fantasy, self-serving, no female lead

36. 36 基 A Base Strength of One Hundred Billion Tons, and I Can Transform Three More Times 基础力气千亿吨，我还有三次变身 Dumplings for Breakfast Today今天早上吃饺子Urban658k WordsCompleted [Invincible + Infinite World + Decisive and Ruthless + Rapid Leveling + Pure Adrenaline] The world awakened too late. By the time the first superhuman awakened and alien probes arrived, I was already in the vacuum of space, striding across the sun like a god. They called the Battle of Jiangcheng a disaster. It was nothing but the aftershock of my power. They revered human nuclear bombs capable of destroying a continent, while I had just destroyed a planet. During the Second War on Hongyao Star, 15.2kReads8.0Score971Shelves

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    The protagonist loves to fight, but every time he fights, he either destroys a city or the surface of a planet. Does that count as...?

37. 37 领 Lord, the Human Race Is Weak. What Does That Have to Do with Me, a Cultivator? 领主，人族弱，关我修仙者什么事 Qi Refining Cultivator炼气期修士Eastern Fantasy248k WordsOngoing [A Little Dark] [Power Fantasy] [Immortal Venerable] [Behind-the-Scenes] The proud dragons are stripped of their scales and fur, and the holy angels have their wings torn off. From then on, another world passes down tales of a band of executioners. Guided by the principle of harming the heavens, but not Wen He, a group of cultivators set out on a campaign of conquest under Wen He’s leadership. Demon: “Compared to them, I’m practically a raw recruit.” Angel: “I have no idea. They said they envied 1.1kReads8.1Score102Shelves

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    Dark fiction. The protagonist is absolutely self-serving, not a saint, has no female lead, and no ambiguous relationships.

38. 38 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. 245Reads—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.

39. 39 全 Global Divine Awakening: Sorry, I’m the One Who Granted the Supernatural 全球神启：抱歉，超凡是我赐予的 Nothing to Do with Wind, Wind, Wind, and Moon无关风风风月Urban660k WordsCompleted [Behind-the-Scenes]+ [Ensemble Cast]+ [Creating the Supernatural]+ [Do Not Enter If You Want a Saintly Protagonist]+ [The Protagonist Has Little Screen Time and No Fixed Allegiance] The world was beginning to feel wrong. When the first Apostle breathing flames walked the streets, when the first hero soared across the sky and tore open the heavens... The whole world was swept up in a frenzy of excitement and panic at this sudden upheaval. Governments scrambled to establish secret agencies, classi 2kReads7.1Score188Shelves

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    Fully meets the requirements

40. 40 老 My Dad Is Homelander, and He Thinks I'm Too Evil! 老爹祖国人，他觉得我太邪恶了！ Happy-Go-Lucky Money Maker嘻嘻哈哈赚钱花Male-Channel Fanfiction461k WordsCompleted [Villain + no heroine + mixed comic-book universe + power fantasy + ruthless action + fast updates!] My name is Ryan, and my father is Homelander. I also have an “Evil Plunder System”: kill someone, and I can take everything they have! Invisible Man, Starlight, Deep... I'll take your powers. The Boys, Marvel, and DC universes will all be under my rule. They call me a monster, a devil, the ultimate terror walking among them! Even my scumbag father, Homelander, trembles and says I'm too evil! 38Reads5.8Score—Shelves
41. 41 我 I Quit School to Become a Lone Cultivator, So What Do Beast Tides Have to Do with Me? 我已弃校当散修，兽潮与我何干 Wei Wei Qing Shan魏巍青山Urban434k WordsOngoing A cataclysm struck, and demons invaded Blue Star. Jiang Li was an outstanding student at his academy, working like a beast of burden for the school, only to be repaid with false accusations and slander. Jiang Li was utterly disheartened. Then he unexpectedly bound himself to the Absorption System, which could extract any talent. [Acquired the mysterious-grade talent: Diligence!] [Acquired the mysterious-grade talent: Devouring!] [Acquired the mysterious-grade talent: Healing!] Just as Jiang Li g 2.4kReads8.0Score103Shelves
42. 42 身 As a Transmigrator, I Choose to Be a Lone Star of Misfortune 身为穿越者，我选择天煞孤星 Grayish White Rain灰白色的雨Sports297k WordsCompleted [Self-Interest + Decisive and Ruthless + No Heroine + Lone Wolf + Cards + Infinite Flow] Zhou Yao wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the game [Gate of Original Cards], where he has become an ordinary NPC not even worthy of a name. This world is full of original cards that grant strange powers, bizarre game instances, and endless possibilities. Original cards can continually evolve and fuse, gaining all sorts of strange and powerful effects. [Fireball] → [Heaven-Burning Inferno] [Fir 480Reads6.6Score—Shelves
43. 43 我 I’m the Boss in a Horror Game 我在惊悚游戏当BOSS Evil Clown恶魔小丑Mystery526k WordsCompleted Name: Shen Hao. Occupation: Demon (You are the most evil, most cruel, and most terrifying great, great, great Demon King!) Innate Talents: 1. Calamity from the Heavens (When you enter an instance, you will take the place of the original boss in that world, inheriting all their attributes, abilities, and items. When the mission ends, you will permanently gain their attributes, one of their abilities, or an item.) 2. The Demon’s Legend (Demons may leave survivors, but never out of mercy. Those you 5.2kReads8.3Score529Shelves
44. 44 黑 Darkness Invades: I Can Only Summon Myself! 黑暗入侵：我只能召唤我自己！ Love-Chan Doesn't Want to Work恋酱才不要工作Urban590k WordsCompleted [Darkness Invasion] [No female lead] Darkness descended, and countless evil gods set their sights on Blue Star, known as the Origin Star. At this critical moment, Blue Star's consciousness awakened, granting humanity the power to repel foreign enemies. Talents were the power humanity relied on to survive. Su Yuan, who had transmigrated here for reasons unknown, had no ties to hold him back, so he decided to go home! However, his talent was Heroic Spirit Summoning, and the heroic spirits of this 3.2kReads8.4Score337Shelves
45. 45 杀 Killing Game: I Can Strengthen Myself Through Slaughter 杀戮游戏：我可以靠杀戮强化自身 Throne of Fear恐惧王座Urban2.2M WordsCompleted [Switch the roles, and you'll learn what cruelty really means] + [No heroine] As monsters infiltrate the human world and humanity has no way to fight back, a game called Nighttime Paradise suddenly appears. In this game, humans become the Killers, while monsters become the Survivors. After being reborn, Lin Yuan enters the game and draws an X-rank talent: Slaughter Abyss. Its effect is: Every time you perfectly kill a Survivor, you gain 2 points of Brutality, 1 point of Agility, and 1 point of P 12.9kReads7.8Score1.2kShelves
46. 46 狩 Hunting Talent: I Can Level Up Skills Fast 狩猎天赋：我能快速升级技能 Dreams Among the Clouds云间梦境Eastern Fantasy702k WordsCompleted [Cold-blooded]+ [No female lead]+ [Decisive and ruthless]+ [Dark]+ [A magnet for trouble] In a fantasy world, Jiang Ya awakens a hunting talent. While everyone else is still slowly leveling up their skills, he has already maxed them out. 1.1kReads6.9Score100Shelves
47. 47 我 I’m the Villain System: Turning Boiling Sheep Evil from the Start 我，反派系统，开局黑化沸羊羊 Minotaur Warrior牛头人战士Anime Fanfiction444k WordsCompleted Bai An is troubled. Why is it that other protagonists can rely on a System to reach the pinnacle of life after transmigrating, while he’s ended up with a villain System that only has basic functions? But what can he do? Since he can’t be human, Bai An will strive to become the strongest System there is! Bai An looks at a certain sheep being mocked for its crude manners and extends a friendly invitation. “Little sheep, are you content to be a simp... I mean, a licking sheep?” This book is 1.5kReads9.2Score106Shelves
48. 48 异EN Anomalies Descend, My Right Hand Strips All Things 异常降临，我右手剥离万物 I Don't Eat Sashimi我不吃鱼生Urban1.0M WordsOngoing [Pure villain] [Anomaly containment] [Ensemble cast] [No heroine] [Not brainless] [Cautious protagonist] It all begins with a dream of a god's fall. Anomalous creatures and objects start appearing all over the world. He obtains the god's right hand, which can randomly strip anything of its properties. Endless experiments, a growing number of anomalies, and others who possess the god's body parts: the world is going mad! Whether to become an omniscient, omnipotent god or to crush his hidden enemi 53Reads7.3Score—Shelves
49. 49 神 Lord of the Divine and the Strange: From the Start, I Grew a Scorpion Tail 神诡之主：开局长出一条蝎尾 Lost in the Mist茫茫然归Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing [Multiple transformation forms] + [Friends and family sacrificed to the heavens] + [A brand-new version with no imitators anywhere online] + [No female lead, no harem] “What matters most after you transmigrate? Talent? Background? A golden finger? No, no, no. Friends and family matter most. If you don’t sacrifice them to the heavens, your magic will never know bounds. I’m Gu Xin. Don’t call me a jinx. I’d die for my friends and family.” Gu Xin transmigrates into the body of a lowly knife sla 26.2kReads8.1Score2.9kShelves

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    Recommended by a 10-year bookworm; if any of them don't fit your criteria, come find me.

50. 50 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. 6.4kReads6.9Score398Shelves

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