Cultivation, Ruthless, Profit-Driven, Dark Fiction 修仙/杀伐果断/利益至上/黑暗文

1. 1 修 Cultivation Makes Me Grow, Cultivation Makes Me Happy 修炼使我成长，修炼使我快乐 Whispering Sky细语天Xianxia2.3M WordsOngoing [If it benefits my cultivation, it's righteous! If it doesn't, it's evil!] [Traditional] [Coming of Age] [Slow Burn] [Self-Serving] [Cunning] [By Any Means Necessary] [Every character, strong or weak, major or minor, is calculating] The Great Dao is indifferent, and immortals and mortals are forever divided. The mortal world is home to countless billions, all yearning to cultivate immortality. Yet they are like prisoners bound by invisible shackles. Even with peerless talent and cultivation ar 9.8kReads6.7Score893Shelves

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   Everyone is a tool

2. 2 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 318Reads—Score117Shelves

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   Murder for treasure, prioritizing profit, ruthless and decisive, seeking revenge with gusto.

3. 3 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
4. 4 永 Eternal Demon 永魔 Adding Ink to Continue the Story点墨续作Eastern Fantasy761k 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!!! 3.2kReads5.4Score316Shelves

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   A dark fantasy cultivation novel where the protagonist is ruthless and merciless. He prioritizes profit above all else, and would kill his entire family for even a small gain.

5. 5 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 Fantasy511k 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 7kReads—Score693Shelves

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   The cunning protagonist forces the male lead to scavenge for scraps, loot corpses, deliver the final blow, and imprison a young beauty. His actions are consistently outrageous, the pace is fast, and the action is packed with thrilling moments – definitely worth watching! [Makes face][Laughs awkwardly]

6. 6 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: I Can Copy All Things 凡人修仙：我能复制万物 Purple Greatsword紫色大宝剑Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted [Mortal’s journey, no System, traditional cultivation novel, decisive and ruthless, starts out as a loser but the protagonist is anything but one.] Cultivation stages: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation… Chen Erzhu has been an orphan since childhood. Seizing an opportunity, he joins the Spirit Cauldron Immortal Sect as a menial disciple. With a bronze mirror that can copy and enhance anything, he makes his own way in the cultivation world. A 3.6kReads6.9Score383Shelves

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   Dark cultivation, ruthless and decisive in killing.

7. 7 被 A Life Spurned by Another World 被异世界唾弃的一生 Cool-Off Period清冷期Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Western fantasy + ensemble cast + no cheats + sword and magic + fictional world + some angst] My soul transmigrated to another world. No System, no dazzling start, and this isn’t a power fantasy. Give me a little patience, and I’ll give you a fantasy world unlike any other. This is the story of an ordinary modern office worker who must first survive in a world torn by chaos, then step over heaps of corpses on his way to becoming the Doomsday Demon feared by all. Reader advisory: The first two 4.9kReads9.0Score437Shelves

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   A story of transmigrating to another world, without cheat codes, systems, or fortuitous encounters. Kill one person and you're a criminal; slaughter millions and you're a king. Dark style, no saintly hearts, ruthless and decisive. There's no right or wrong, no justice or evil, only different stances!

8. 8 修 Cultivating the Demonic Path, Building My Foundation Through Slaughter 修魔成道，杀生筑基 Jia Chou Mo Hai甲丑末亥Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Demonic Cultivation] [Cold-Blooded and Ruthless] [Decisive and Merciless] [The Dark Side of Human Nature] [The male lead is an ordinary man. There are women, but no female lead.] Consume treasured elixirs to gather qi and improve your cultivation and spells. Xu Sanyan was born among bandits and knows that human life is as worthless as grass: if you don't kill, you'll be killed. To stay alive, he severs the compassion in his heart and unleashes the evil within. To obtain a cultivation manual 21.3kReads8.7Score1.6kShelves

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   The sofa is decisive, humorous and witty, and not mindless or lacking a female lead.

9. 9 凡 The Mortal's Road to Immortality! 凡人升仙路！ Xiaobai Doesn't Eat小白不吃饭Eastern Fantasy382k WordsOngoing [Body Snatching Cultivation] [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [Villain] [No Female Lead] [No Holds Barred] [Ruthless] [Self-Serving] [Hypocritical] (The protagonist is pure evil from the very start. No redemption arc. Fellow demonic cultivators, enjoy without worry. Kindhearted fellow cultivators, please move along.) Who says mortals know nothing of immortals? I came from evil, and I live in madness! A secret demonic art and a volume of ghost-cultivation techniques became the star 5.2kReads6.8Score552Shelves

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   A pretty good book

10. 10 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
11. 11 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
12. 12 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 20.4kReads8.1Score1.9kShelves

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    Cultivation novels are ruthless and decisive.

13. 13 从 From a Bottom-Tier Rogue Cultivator to a Cultivation Grandmaster 从底层散修开始肝成修仙大佬 Always Helping Elderly Men Cross the Street天天扶老爷爷Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted When Lin Yi wakes up, he has become an unaffiliated Qi Refining cultivator in Huiyuan Immortal City, in the cultivation world. He discovers that he has awakened a stat panel. For any cultivation method, secret technique, supernatural ability, or skill, as long as he performs the required steps once, he gains one guaranteed experience point, regardless of how seriously he tries or what the final result is. “I'm in the perfect position! First, I'll keep my head down and develop quietly for a whil 13kReads6.9Score778Shelves
14. 14 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 10kReads8.6Score800Shelves
15. 15 聚EN The Immortal Treasure Basin 聚宝仙盆 Tropical Fruit Milk Tea香果味奶茶Eastern Fantasy5.0M WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation] [No System]. By a twist of fate, He Pingsheng, an outer disciple of the Taixu Sect, obtains a [Cornucopia] and embarks on the path of cultivation. Place a low-grade [Qi-Gathering Pill] into the basin, and one day later, it becomes two pills, both of them top-grade. Put in an ordinary cultivation technique, and it becomes a Heaven-tier technique. Treasures, medicinal herbs, spirit stones, and more can all be placed inside and enhanced. From then on, He Pingsheng walks toward 398.9kReads8.7Score30.5kShelves
16. 16 一 Growing Immortality in an Acre of Spiritual Fields 一亩灵田种长生 Tengteng Loves Potatoes爱吃土豆的腾腾Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsOngoing [Mortal’s Journey + No System + Farming + Unusual Farming + Upgradable Pocket Dimension] The story mainly focuses on developing a sect, so the setting won’t change constantly! The jade pendant’s black soil boosts the growth of spiritual herbs in stages: tenfold, a hundredfold, a thousandfold, ten thousandfold! Chen Ping was an errand disciple of the Qingyuan Sect. He did the hardest, most exhausting work and ate worse than livestock. One day, while cleaning out an abandoned alchemy room, he foun 44kReads7.6Score4.1kShelves
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

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    The protagonist was originally a lucky star, but he suffered from the darkness of the world. He wanted to bury all living beings in exchange for his immortality!

18. 18 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 49.7kReads8.6Score4.9kShelves

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    "Personal Statement: This is a personal, subjective, and honest evaluation." The protagonist is a genius-type demonic cultivator who uses science (cultivation) to reshape the world and reform the chaotic and barbaric cultivation world. While reading, one gets a sense of "Our banners cover the sky, our iron hooves trample across the four directions." It's not too late to invest now. By speculating on the principles of cultivation and tracing its origins to the rules of heaven, this is the path to becoming a great power for the seemingly petty Xiao Qing.

19. 19 开 Nascent Soul from the Start, Yet My Eight Trigrams Immortal-Bodilifying Art Gets Me Called a Demon? 开局元婴，八卦炼仙体说我是魔？ He Kou Che Gan禾口车干Xianxia586k WordsOngoing [No System] + [Multiple Female Leads] Feng Yi struggled to get by in the cultivation world with his poor aptitude, doing whatever it took to finally reach the Nascent Soul realm! But what he formed was the most useless kind of dead infant! He had the realm, but no vitality. His cultivation was sustained entirely by burning his blood essence, and could collapse at any moment, leaving him utterly annihilated. To make matters worse, the enemies he'd provoked earlier came looking for him. As he fled 1.7kReads6.0Score110Shelves

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    The story begins with a blood sacrifice to the entire Nascent Soul Immortal Clan, leading to the protagonist's Nascent Soul cultivation. The subsequent plot is solid, and the protagonist, as the patriarch of a sect, exudes a high level of prestige.

20. 20 重 Reborn as the Holy Venerable, Returned 重生之圣尊归来 Little Slim, Losing Weight减肥的小瘦Urban2.2M WordsCompleted An Immortal Venerable is reborn, advancing through Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and beyond. With a mature state of mind, he overwhelms martial artists. This epic tale features an expansive world, a fast-paced plot, ruthless decisiveness, and an invincible protagonist. Welcome! 9.4kReads7.3Score1.1kShelves

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    Decisive and ruthless, mature and not naive, starting with maximum strength, overwhelming all martial arts realms, progressing rapidly through Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, and Nascent Soul stages, with a fast-paced storyline.

21. 21 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? 96.2kReads8.4Score10.7kShelves

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    Decisive and ruthless, not a saint.

22. 22 凡 A Mortal's Path to Immortality: Steady Growth with a Heavenly Spirit Root 凡人修仙，天灵根的我稳健发育 Tongzi Who Loves Strawberries爱吃草莓的桐子Eastern Fantasy349k WordsOngoing Cultivation aptitude is divided into nine grades. The first is called Mortal, the second False, the third through fifth True, and the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth are Yellow, Black, Earth, and Heaven. Ye Hao transmigrates to the world of immortal cultivation and starts from the beginning as an orphan with a Heavenly Spirit Root. His cheap master tries to possess him right away, but fails. After learning how treacherous people in the cultivation world can be, Ye Hao decides to cultivate caut 112Reads6.6Score—Shelves
23. 23 问 Aspiring to the Imperial Throne 问鼎皇尊 Counting掏数Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Growth-Focused | No System | Fresh Setting | Expansive Worldbuilding] When chaos first stirred and the world was born, how many ages passed in the endless struggle for supremacy? In the Chaos Realm, gods and demons came into being, only to vanish into the river of history after countless ages. In the Beast Star Domain, savage beasts roamed the wilderness, yet even they could not escape fate, disappearing from heaven and earth. The Icebound Era began, and no life remained in the world. In the Pr 8.9kReads9.2Score621Shelves

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    Fantasy: A thrilling fantasy masterpiece featuring decisive action and no overly sentimental characters. Highly recommended, brothers!

24. 24 极 The Extreme Path to Immortality 极道仙路 Vast Qin 1泱泱大秦1Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted [No Goody-Two-Shoes Heroine, No Female Lead, No System, No Transmigration.] Follow your heart and pursue what you desire: that is the path to the ultimate immortal way. The Heavenly Dao? It is dead. The Demonic Heaven shall rise. This is an utterly brutal cultivation world where the strong rule and the weak are ants. My name is Zhao Wuji. In pursuit of the immortal path, I have no taboos. 11.3kReads8.9Score852Shelves
25. 25 洪 The Dark History of Honghuang’s Big Shots 洪荒之大佬黑历史 Scholar in a Long Gown长衫秀才Eastern Fantasy447k WordsCompleted Lu Wen transmigrates to the primordial world, in an era when ferocious beasts, formed from the resentful malice of the Chaos Demon Gods’ lingering spirits, ravage the world. As a newly born innate divine being, he must face a crisis of life and death. Lu Wen has three choices. The first is to join the Divine Court founded by the Celestial Emperor, Huangtian. There, the familiar big shots of the Thirty-Three Heavens await: Qingtian, Cangtian, Huangtian, Juntian, Wutian, and others... The second i 2.1kReads7.0Score113Shelves
26. 26 漫 Marvel: I Traded Uncle Ben for the Punisher Spider's Debut! 漫威：我拿本叔换惩戒蜘蛛登场！ Sword Tassel Swaying in the Locust Tree槐上剑穗扬Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted [Dark Spider-Man] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Obsessed with Physical Enhancement] + [Endless] + [No Female Lead] After transmigrating into Endless, Luo Mang got his hands on NTZ-48. He permanently unlocked NTZ-48 and thought he was on his way to the top, but an accident sent him to the Marvel Universe instead. This time, Luo Mang is willing to pay any price to survive! He helps bring about Uncle Ben's death, pushing Spider-Man to break his no-kill rule! He plunders and assimilates mutant modif 8.6kReads8.3Score463Shelves
27. 27 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
28. 28 开 From the Start, a Life-Shortening Demonic Art: I Became an Immortal by Turning Negatives Around 开局减寿魔功，我靠负面逆转成仙 Fat Cat Detective肥猫警长Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Fast-Paced Cultivation + Side Effects Become Buffs + Cunning Schemer + Calculating + Cautious and Steady] Ye Bufan transmigrates into a cultivation world and becomes a lowly rogue cultivator in the Zhao Kingdom. Born with a low-grade yang spirit root, he thinks he has a chance at immortality. But despite diligently cultivating for a hundred years, he still fails to reach Foundation Establishment, even in his old age. Seeing no hope of immortality, he decides to make the most of the few years he 40.2kReads8.9Score4.7kShelves
29. 29 凡 A Mortal's Path to Immortality: The Rogue Cultivator Cao Yan's Road to Ascension 凡人仙途：散修曹琰的登天路 Nest of the Ordinary Bird凡鸟巢Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing (Sword cultivator in the early and middle stages, mortal cultivation, no System, starts out in a marketplace, traditional cultivation, slow burn, cautious, decisive and ruthless, talismans) The road to immortality is elusive. I walk it alone. Cao Yan is a bottom-rung rogue cultivator with four spiritual roots in a marketplace. No talent, no backer, no inheritance. Others cultivate immortality through talent. He relies on careful scheming. Someone tries to kill him and steal his treasure? He 5.7kReads6.6Score294Shelves
30. 30 趋 Seek Fortune and Avoid Disaster: With Fate on My Side, How Could I Lose? 趋吉避凶，天命在我怎么输？ Three Thoughts at Night夜间三思Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Decisive and ruthless + both saint and demon + political scheming and battles of wits + no System + divination by lot + progression-focused story + no female lead] In this corrupt world of the Five Turbidities, people are tormented by the eight sufferings. Hearts are wicked, no one cultivates virtue, false views prevail, and heresy flourishes. No living being escapes harm. Whenever Zhou Qingfeng reached a crossroads in life, he would draw a lot and cast a divination, avoiding misfortune and cho 5.5kReads8.3Score418Shelves

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    Beautiful, meticulous, and super beautiful.

31. 31 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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    The protagonist is a ruthless and unscrupulous villain who prioritizes self-interest and will stop at nothing to achieve his goals.

32. 32 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
33. 33 从 Cultivating Immortality, Starting as a Villain 从反派开始修仙 Shen Jiuyu沈九裕Eastern Fantasy679k WordsOngoing [No female lead + villain protagonist + no sanctimoniousness + ruthless and decisive + no System + handsome, white-haired male lead] A guide to this book: The protagonist is a thoroughly evil person. It's dark, so please stay away if that's not your thing. Thank you. To obtain purer and more powerful strength, and to live forever, Xin Wuyu murdered his father and brother, wiped out his clan, and slaughtered entire cities. He committed every evil imaginable for his own selfish ends, making every 1.1kReads8.2Score101Shelves

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    Let me recommend myself.

34. 34 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 12.6kReads7.7Score1.1kShelves

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    This is a story about ordinary people, without a system, not a wish-fulfillment novel. Both the protagonists and antagonists are intelligent, and the characters are complex and three-dimensional, not stereotypical. It's worth reading for veteran readers who are tired of mindless wish-fulfillment novels.

35. 35 每 Intelligence Updates Every Day: I Quietly Become an Immortal Emperor 每天刷新情报，我悄悄修成仙帝了 I Really Don't Eat Watermelon我真不吃西瓜Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [The motion comic is now available] My name is Gu Changsheng. I finally escaped the 996 grind after a stroke of incredible luck, but who could have guessed I’d transmigrate into the son of a mine slave raised by a cultivation sect? Am I destined to spend my life as a wage slave after all? Good news: At eight years old, I awakened my golden finger, the Daily Intelligence System! [Ding! Today’s intelligence has been refreshed] [Opportunity · Marrow-Cleansing Grass: Beneath the waterfall. No risk. 28.6kReads6.7Score2.4kShelves

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    This one's pretty good. It's about building a foundation for immortality, cultivating supernatural powers, and seeking the metal element! It has the same premise as "Stealing in the Initial Saint Demon Sect" and "Mysterious Mirror"! [Laughs]

36. 36 修 What the World of Cultivation Was Meant to Be 修仙界本该有的样子 Demon God Leng Yuan魔神冷渊Eastern Fantasy233k WordsOngoing [No mindless protagonist, no power fantasy, no face-slapping, no System, no heroine, no clichés, ruthless, profit above all, absolute rationality, immortality] [Survival of the fittest, brutal, strategic, major villain] - The first fracture was the birth of the universe, and the first cry and crack that gave rise to every story, war, ambition, and redemption. 20Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 37 凡 Sword Cultivator of the Mortal Body 凡体剑修 Juice果汁Xianxia693k WordsOngoing [Cultivation, Fantasy] + [Swordsmanship] + [Decisive, Blood-Pumping] + [No System] During the sect tournament, Lin Xuan was publicly humiliated and demoted to an outer disciple. Elder Wu declared that if he failed to reach the eighth level of Qi Condensation in three months, he would be expelled from the Spirit Sword Sect. Everyone laughed at him as a good-for-nothing in the immortal path, someone whose life was worth less than grass. Who could have guessed that as soon as he arrived at the oute 41.7kReads8.0Score3kShelves

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    Decisive in killing, cultivating immortality

38. 38 归 Ascending to Immortality in Guixu 归墟成仙 Three-Handed Grilled Beef Tendon三手烤牛筋Eastern Fantasy234k WordsOngoing [Demonic Cultivator] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Cautious] [Self-Serving] [Dark] [No System], do not read if you are a bleeding heart. A Demon Venerable from three thousand years ago is reborn as a good-for-nothing. Relying on the body-tempering art of Qingxuan from his previous life, he makes a comeback and rises to supremacy, uncovering the mystery of Guixu. In this life on the path to immortality, I will become an Immortal Venerable! No bleeding-heart heroics. Deeply calculating and self-serving 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I saw a new book on Eggplant today called "Returning to Immortality," a fantasy cultivation novel featuring a protagonist who pretends to be weak to outsmart others. It's dark, not overly saintly, and selfish. The protagonist isn't mindlessly reckless; he's skilled at disguise and scheming. It seems pretty good.

39. 39 从 I Began Immortality by Using My Disciples as Corpse-Refining Fodder 从把徒弟当做练尸耗材开始长生 May It Always Be This Way愿得长如此Xianxia272k WordsOngoing [Handcrafted from scratch + self-interest + no brainless protagonist + definitely not abandoned midway + decisive and ruthless + no saintly heroine + dark style + multiple female cultivators as pawns] Qin Yu transmigrates to the cultivation world and becomes a rogue cultivator who barely survived a body-snatching attempt. But this is a world that devours people. As long as saints live, thieves will thrive; mortals are like grass, and cultivators are no different. Fortunately, he has an Eight Tri 1.5kReads6.0Score116Shelves

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    A dark fantasy story. The protagonist is born with nothing but a pure heart. At the beginning, he leads his teammates to their deaths for a chance encounter. Later, wanting to monopolize the treasure, he burns his teammates like firewood, and even uses the dead enemies to refine the White Bone Pill. [Admiration][Admiration]

40. 40 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 8kReads6.8Score528Shelves

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    To the point! The cunning and immoral Sixth Brother is ruthless and decisive, not a saint, cautious in his cultivation and avoids trouble—a sophisticated egoist! Haha!

41. 41 谁 Whoever Dares Force Him to His Death Will Fall First 谁敢逼他赴死，谁就得先倒下 Du Yuan都鸢Eastern Fantasy582k WordsOngoing This is not a story about a noble, righteous hero. Han Yan is an utterly ordinary man who transmigrated to another world. Other people transmigrate with a System, a wise old mentor, or a golden finger. He got nothing at all and had to claw his way forward on his own. He is cautious by nature and lives by the principle that self-interest comes first. Morality? What is that, can you eat it? When it comes to enemies, if he can fight, he won't waste time talking. If he needs to kill, he won't he 4kReads—Score274Shelves

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    The protagonist of this novel is amazing! Ruthless yet loves to fleece others, a true drama queen and incredibly cunning, he cultivates immortality through martial arts, is extremely cunning yet humorous, and the female lead's storyline is anything but mindless!

42. 42 尘 No Life in the Mortal World 尘间无生 A Sword in Ink and Water水墨一剑Eastern Fantasy837k WordsOngoing [Sword cultivator + genius + dual bloodlines of demon and immortal + ruthless + no transmigration + no System + not a saint] One man, one sword, roaming a world of dust for ten thousand miles. Amid broken walls and ruins, he beholds all the suffering beneath the sun. May there be no frost and wind to silver our hair, no sorrow to weigh on our hearts, and may every year bring peace and warmth. Life is fleeting, its meetings and partings like smoke, its fortunes and declines ever-changing. May eve 2.1kReads—Score105Shelves

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    Immortals and demons prove their Dao through bloodshed.

43. 43 星EN Path to Immortality Among the Stars 星路仙踪 Wang Yu忘语Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing In the modern world, a passage to another realm appears on Blue Star. Wang Yu is among the first people to enter a cultivation world through their dreams. In a daze, he embarks on the path of cultivation in order to survive! The Great Dao is merciless. On the path of cultivation, failing to advance means falling behind! By becoming a supreme cultivator, one can enjoy endless longevity and bring the power of cultivation back to Blue Star, saving its future. The cultivation world faces an apocalyp 175.5kReads9.1Score15.7kShelves

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    A mortal cultivates immortality, his intelligence is online, and he is fine.

44. 44 仙 The Immortal Dao Is Unfathomable 仙道莫测 Cedar on a Distant Mountain远山有杉树Eastern Fantasy97k WordsOngoing A modern archaeologist ventures deep into the Kunlun Mountains, where he unexpectedly encounters a psychic three-tailed white fox. Following it to a hidden cave, he chances upon a mysterious gray orb and is transported body and soul to a vast world of cultivation. From then on, he leaves behind his life as an ordinary mortal and joins a small sect in the martial world. Step by step, he advances on the path to immortality and breaks through one barrier after another. Watch as he defies the heaven 33Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 45 修 Cultivation: Infinite Talent Acquisition 修仙：无限获得天赋 Sharky Is Invincible鲨鲨无敌了Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Immortal Cultivation + System + Decisive and Ruthless + Unlimited Talent Acquisition] Han Xin, a young man from the twenty-first century, transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation. After witnessing his younger sister's suffering and recalling the heartbreak of his past life, he resolves to give her a better life this time around. The Talent System binds itself automatically... With the System bound, Han Xin sets out to grow stronger and pursue eternal life. 987Reads5.3Score—Shelves

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    So pretty! [Flying kiss][Flying kiss][Flying kiss]

46. 46 凡 Mortal Demon Cultivator: From the Start, I Blood-Refined My Enemy’s Entire Family 凡人魔修：开局血炼仇家满门 Gui Long Feng诡龍鳯Eastern Fantasy137k WordsOngoing [Dark tone] [No female lead] [Decisive and ruthless] The problematic parts have been revised. Read with confidence. If you don't like it, don't read. The protagonist is a C... When Feng Ku was fourteen, he did something. He killed all sixty-three members of the Zhao family, one by one, right in front of their patriarch, Zhao Demao. From the concubine he doted on most to the five-year-old boy. With each death, his resentment grew stronger, and his blood spirit root grew more excited. He wasn't 73Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 47 人 In the Demon Sect: I Can Simulate Life with Resentment 人在魔宗：我能用怨念模拟人生 The Word Cutter断字人Eastern Fantasy316k WordsOngoing [Simulator] [Cultivation] [Demonic sect] [Decisive and ruthless] [Wild imagination] Lin Yan transmigrates into a demonic sect and becomes the useless son and possession vessel left behind by a deceased Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator. He knows that if he wants to survive, he has to be crueler, more vicious, and more ruthless than everyone else. Fortunately, he has a [Life Simulator]. Its charging method is just a little unusual: it needs other people's resentment, and the deeper, 53Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I think it looks pretty good.

48. 48 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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    Speaking of which, I have to mention this book. It has a very positive moral compass, doesn't hold grudges, and lets revenge happen on the spot. The chapter where one person fights seven geniuses was especially satisfying! It avoids the clichés of traditional fantasy, the protagonist is very shrewd, and it's not just mindless wish-fulfillment.

49. 49 灾 Calamity Gu Master: Starting with Living Human Gu Feed 灾厄蛊师：从活人蛊粮开始 Mighty Beauty Cow Superman大力艳牛超人Eastern Fantasy351k WordsOngoing [Not a saint] + [Decisive and ruthless] Mo Chen claws his way out of the desperate plight of being “food for living Gu.” With cunning and ruthlessness, he advances step by step through the cruel world of cultivation, seizing resources and refining, cultivating, and mutating calamity species, until he becomes the “Calamity Gu Master” who makes the entire Great Calamity Era tremble. 75Reads—Score—Shelves

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    New Gu School

50. 50 戏 The Puppet Immortal: I Trap the Immortals with Cursed Arts 戏傀仙，我以咒道困群仙 Eleventh Lord of Yumen玉门十一公Xianxia640k WordsOngoing Synopsis (Eternal life, emotional manipulation, a game of power behind the scenes, dark cultivation) After transmigrating into a useless cultivation body, Wei Han discovers that he is the only “Eternal Immortal Embryo.” He can see the emotions of all living beings: the Celestial Venerable's greed, the Daoist heir's lust, his enemies' fear... All can become invisible threads in his hands. So when the Heavenly Dao spends ten thousand years laying its plans and designates him as a pawn in the destr 177Reads—Score103Shelves

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    A puppet master. [Cool]

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