A Weak but Brilliant Protagonist, No Female Characters, Preferably a Villain. No Power Fantasy 主角弱但智商高，无女角，最好是反派，不要爽文

1. 1 我 I’m Not the Villain: From the Start, I Sign a Contract with an Evil God 我不是反派：开局与恶神签约 Explosive Edamame爆炸毛豆Urban663k WordsCompleted [No System, slow burn, not a wish-fulfillment story, villain protagonist, numbered sequences, ensemble cast, ruthless and decisive] That day, seven enormous, mysterious black gates descended upon Earth and stood in the centers of its cities. The “Calamities” hidden beneath the dark side of human civilization had merely been divided into countless life-forbidden zones and concealed throughout the world. A boy who went blind overnight chose to make a pact with a Calamity and slay the gods. He said 5.5kReads8.7Score645Shelves

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   We live between heaven and earth, and everyone has responsibilities. Knowing one's responsibilities is the beginning of a man; one who fulfills one's responsibilities is the end of a man. Giving up one's responsibilities means giving up one's whole being.

2. 2 我 I Was Raised by Monsters 我被怪物养大 Uncle Nan Yao南妖叔Urban769k WordsCompleted The story is set in a modern city in a parallel world. Legend has it that City A is home to an urban myth called the White Cat Agency. The agency is run by a group of monsters and demons. As long as you pay the appropriate price, they'll fulfill any request you make. Money, organs, emotions, memories, years of life... Anything could become a bargaining chip. Seventeen years ago, an infant boy of unknown origins was found by the agency's owner and raised by a group of monsters. Seventeen years l 2.7kReads9.6Score473Shelves
3. 3 十 The End of Ten Days 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.8MReads9.9Score232.4kShelves
4. 4 怒 Taming the Abyss in a Raging Sea 怒海镇渊 The Gods Want to Go Wild神想出去浪Urban1.9M WordsCompleted The physical edition of Wrathful Sea, Calm the Abyss is now available. Presales officially begin at 19:00 on October 11. [Reborn] [Mystery] [Undercover Agent] [Revenge] [Anti-Drug Operations] [Counterespionage] The golden finger is extremely weak, and he relies on his own abilities. This is a battle of wits between highly intelligent opponents, so you need to keep your brain switched on. There is no showing off and face-slapping! Ideal for veteran readers. If you understand it, you'll find it ve 192.4kReads9.6Score23.7kShelves

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   This novel is awesome! There are 900,000 people reading. It is a theme of rebirth, with high IQ layout and machinations running through it. The plot is like turbulent waves, with exciting ups and downs. The writing style is even more outstanding, vivid and delicate, attracting readers like magic. Highly recommended, open it and you will be surrounded by wonderful content and immersed in this extraordinary story.

5. 5 领 Lord: My Ants Evolve Without Limit 领主：我的蚁族无限进化 Buying Wine on a Cold Night寒夜沽酒Sports1.0M WordsCompleted Billions of people transmigrated to a world of lords. They became lords. Only by developing their territories, plundering resources, and building powerful kingdoms could they step onto the grand stage of a race-wide struggle for supremacy when the age of lordly conquest arrived! Conquer the world! Just after transmigrating, Mo Fei awakened the weakest troop type: ants. He let out a despairing sigh. “It’s over. I’m screwed!” Just then, his Lord Talent awakened. [You have awakened the unique SSSS- 13.7kReads7.6Score1.3kShelves

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   This book 📖 travels through the world of lords, where the ant lord Mo Fei awakens SSSS-level talents and evolves infinitely! 🐜🔥 From the weakest unit to fighting for hegemony among all races, Mo Fei struggled to develop, just for that moment to rise! Come and experience the ant tribe's road of conquest and appreciate the legendary style of the lord! 👑💪

6. 6 玄 The Mystic Girl Says You’ll Die at Three in the Morning. Pay Up to Change Your Fate 玄学少女说你三更死，打钱改命 Brown Sugar Cake红糖糕Modern Romance540k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + fortune-telling + ghost-catching + satisfying read + lighthearted + sweet romance + CEO + wealthy family + no angst] After enduring a tribulation, Wu Yin is struck by lightning and sent back to the twenty-first century. With no money to her name, she can only set up a fortune-telling stall online. She tells fortunes, catches ghosts, and treats illnesses. If you can pay, she’ll take the job. “Master, if you’re really any good, tell me where my daughter, who was kidnapped years ago, 63.1kReads9.4Score56.9kShelves

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   Man, you have to read that rebirth novel, it's a masterpiece! Brother, you see, the protagonist in this story is simply a weirdo, his style of doing things is super interesting, and his calculation skills are simply amazing. Oh my god, it's incredible!

7. 7 天 The Heaven-Ordained Fortune Teller 天命神算 Long Life and Prosperity寿比南山Mystery3.5M WordsCompleted When I was thirteen, I fell gravely ill. My fever wouldn't break, and no matter how many famous doctors I saw, none could cure me. My grandfather healed me, but he died mysteriously five years later. Only then did I learn that he had incurred a karmic debt on my behalf. So I inherited his legacy and embarked on the path of a feng shui master. 140.4kReads9.2Score14kShelves
8. 8 麻 The Divine Fortune-Teller in the Linen Robe 麻衣神算子 Horseback Fishing骑马钓鱼Mystery7.4M WordsCompleted My grandfather taught me everything he knew about fortune-telling, but after I read three people’s fortunes, he left me. From then on, I didn’t just tell the fortunes of the living... 50kReads9.2Score4.5kShelves
9. 9 重 Reborn as the Greatest Female Fortune-Teller of Her Time 重生之我乃当世女神算 Qi Ying祁荥Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted She was a senior executive at a major corporation, but a robbery sent her back to the year she graduated from middle school, and her fate took a turn for the better! With her divinely granted eyes, one glance upward tells her your underwear size, one glance downward reveals your condom size, and a look at your face shows whether your heart, liver, spleen, and lungs are healthy! She also has the power to predict the future: if she says a virtuous woman will marry today, there won't be a wedding n 23Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 10 神 Master of Divination: Oh My, I Can Defy Fate and Change My Destiny! 神算子：我的天，我能逆天改命！ Claim the Central Plains问鼎中原Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted When I was born, Grandpa divined that I would face four great calamities in my life. To change my fate, Grandpa traded his life for mine. That day, a thousand white cranes circled in the sky, escorting Grandpa to his final rest… 335Reads6.8Score—Shelves
11. 11 宗 The Grandmaster Reborn: The Divine Fortune-Teller and Poison Master 宗师重生：神算小毒妃 A Tea Note on Paper一纸茶笺Ancient Romance2.8M WordsCompleted She was a supreme master of Taoist arts, but unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of an orphaned girl from the Su family. Abandoned by her parents and bullied by her relatives. The once timid and useless eldest daughter of the Su family became a master of Taoist arts who could cast talismans with ease. With a quick calculation of her fingers, she could foresee fortune and disaster. With a flick of her hand, she could destroy ghosts and monsters! Tortured with the whip? No problem. You’re the 77Reads6.1Score—Shelves
12. 12 开 The Beginning: Pan Feng Is in a Panic from the Start 开端：开局潘凤很慌张 I Am Tian Shao吾乃天少Historical8.0M WordsCompleted I am Pan Feng, and I’m freaking out. I’ve been reincarnated five times already. Hua Xiong is coming to chop off my head, and Lü Bu wants to kill me too. How am I supposed to survive? The Yellow Heaven is dead, the Great Wind shall rise. 14.7kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves

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    There is no heroine with a high IQ.

13. 13 重 Reborn: Meng Yancheng Awakens 重生之孟宴臣觉醒了 Lonely Spare Rib孤独的排骨Female-Channel Fanfiction153k WordsCompleted When Meng Yancheng opens his eyes, he finds himself reborn three years in the past, back when his parents were still alive. Given a second chance, he sees Xu Qin for who she really is. When she wants to leave, he urges his mother to cut ties with her once and for all. This time, Meng Yancheng will no longer let Xu Qin enjoy the Meng family's resources while cursing the family. Since she has left the Meng family, she and Song Yan can make do with a life of plain rice porridge. Everything in this 367Reads8.0Score—Shelves
14. 14 首 Billionaire: I Really Wasn't Trying to Make Money 首富：我真没想赚钱啊 A Thousand Mountains and Rivers千山万水Urban4.4M WordsCompleted [A trope-subverting story with a light, everyday feel.] Also known as [I Only Wanted to Lose Money, but I Ended Up with a Bunch of Sneaky Employees] and [I Only Wanted to Lose Money: Somehow, I Became the Industry’s Best Boss] After graduating, Chen Mo obtained a money-losing System. The more money he lost, the more personal wealth he would receive. Lose money? That was ridiculously easy. Chen Mo thought confidently, then promptly bought a clothing factory that was already losing money. What he 32.6kReads8.8Score3.2kShelves
15. 15 抓 You Got the Wrong Person! I Don't Sell Drugs, I Sell Rock Candy 抓错人了，我没贩毒我卖的是冰糖 Li Ju Loves Potatoes An李巨爱吃土豆安Urban1.1M WordsCompleted “You can call Uncle Dong. Uncle Dong is happy about that, but he doesn’t like the way you just spoke to him.” Li Yaodong transmigrated to a parallel world and became a contestant on the show Career Challenge. On the show, he had to keep adding drama to his role to stand out. But the first job he drew was a villager, a role that didn’t leave much room for theatrics. Then, just as he was wondering what to do, a notification sounded: [Ding! Occupation detected: Villager. Drama-Adding System activat 5.5kReads8.4Score379Shelves
16. 16 风 The Dashing Grandmaster Niu Baoguo 风流宗师牛保国 Li Genshuo李根硕Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [This story is entirely fictional] Niu Kui, a martial arts grandmaster who had defeated every opponent across the Nine Provinces, became a public enemy because he fought dirty. His treacherous foes conspired to kill him. When he awoke again, he discovered he had been reborn as Niu Baoguo, a disgraced urban tai chi master... “Alas! This body is old and ugly. Starting a family will be a long and arduous road~” 21.6kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
17. 17 玄 Xuanhuan: I Built the Underworld to Subdue All Evil 玄幻：我建地府镇诸邪 Peng Peng Peng棚鹏朋Eastern Fantasy388k WordsCompleted Jun An transmigrates to a strange and fantastical cultivation world, where he acquires the Underworld System. Starting out as a soul collector, he builds the Underworld step by step by capturing spirits. Heaven's chosen? Seize him! Holy land's successor? Seize him! Sect elder? Seize him! ...When your life reaches its end, the soul collector comes knocking! From then on, the name of the Underworld resounds throughout the Canglan Realm... 1.2kReads6.8Score105Shelves
18. 18 大 The Rebellious Son of the Tang Dynasty: I'll Seize the Throne at Xuanwu Gate! 大唐逆子：登基就去玄武门！ Zhoushan Gatekeeping Grandpa舟山管门大爷Historical1.2M WordsCompleted He transmigrated to the Great Tang and became Li Chengqian, Crown Prince of the Great Tang. He obtained the Unfilial Son Conquest System! Li Chengqian: Father, is the Li family's tradition that the throne is inherited through the Xuanwu Gate? Li Shimin: You unfilial son! What did you say? Li Chengqian: Father, if I want to ascend the throne, do I have to pass through the Xuanwu Gate? Li Shimin: You unfilial son! (╬◣д◢) Say that again if you dare! Li Chengqian: QAQ Father, do I really have to kil 35.4kReads8.4Score4.7kShelves

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    The protagonist is weak at first and then gradually becomes stronger. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. They are all being serialized and are waiting for updates every day.

19. 19 淦 Damn! Quick Transmigration: Bad People Always Meet Their Match 淦！快穿之恶人自有恶人磨 Red Spirit Sparrow红灵雀Modern Romance2.5M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + villain fiction + madness fiction + face-slapping and scum-punishing + 1v1 + vicious Host x kind and virtuous System] The demon cultivator Han Yi offended the newly appointed Demon Lord, who tore his soul apart and threw him into the quick-transmigration realm. System 886: “Complete a hundred missions and you can return to your world.” Han Yi nodded. The moment he entered the first world and finished reading the plot, he cut down the protagonist. 886: “Stop! You can’t kil 13.3kReads8.6Score1kShelves
20. 20 天 The World's Number One Good-for-Nothing! 天下第一纨绔！ Misty Rain’烟雨’Historical2.2M WordsCompleted [Farming] + [lighthearted] + [alternate setting] + [no System] + [distinctive characters] Xu Xian, a young master who transmigrates to the state of Chu, is a genuine good-for-nothing rich kid. He gets the young masters of the Duke's estate to skip school, and somehow comes away from the entertainment house with more money than he went in with. He kicks and punches powerful court officials, and goes sword to sword with the capital's nobility. He does business on a grand scale despite the laws res 75.5kReads8.7Score7.2kShelves
21. 21 大 The Sui Dynasty: After Ten Years of Amnesia, Yang Guang Takes the World by Storm 大隋：失忆十年，杨广杀翻全世界 Losing One's Composure乱了方寸Historical4.8M WordsOngoing This book is also known as: “I've Got a Brain Disorder, So How Did I Become the Most Powerful Warlord?”, “Oh No, I've Been Urging My Dad to Rebel This Whole Time, But He's Actually Yang Guang?”, and “The Only Village Chief on Earth,” among other titles. Synopsis: During the Daye era of the Sui dynasty, Yang An transmigrates into the body of an amnesiac only son of a wealthy merchant surnamed Yang, living outside Luoyang, the eastern capital. Determined to make his father great, Yang An devotes a 17.4kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves
22. 22 阳 Getting Roasted in the Living World, My Fans in the Underworld Help Me Get Even 阳间被喷，阴间粉丝帮我找场子 Rehab Expert复健达人Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Funny and lighthearted + playing a ghost + scaring people and ghosts alike + horror livestream + no female lead + top-tier star of the underworld + reverse brainwashing + misunderstandings + ghostly illusions] Shen Si is an obscure actor who loves performing but has mediocre acting skills. In other people’s eyes, he’s a strange, awkward speaker with stiff limbs who crawls faster than he runs. One day, he receives a script and enters a supernatural film set. Here, his awkwardness is because he’s 17kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves
23. 23 无 Infinite Evolution 无限进化 Not Cold不冷Sci-Fi & Apocalypse9.0M WordsCompleted Hundreds of years ago, a biological virus codenamed “T” opened the door to the destruction of human civilization and sounded the apocalypse’s opening trumpet. The gates of the apocalypse swung open, and countless powerful, cunning creatures began ravaging the Earth. Humanity’s survival hung by a thread! From then on, Earth officially bid farewell to the Fifth Era, the “Era of Human Civilization,” and entered the Sixth Era, the “Era of Chaos.” And this is a story that takes place in the Era of Ch 4.7kReads8.2Score329Shelves

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    This novel is super popular! It's an exciting story full of superheroes, supernatural battles, and the end of the world, and there are so many unexpected plot twists and surprises that you can't put it down! A must see!

24. 24 无 Infinite Evolution 无限进化 Eggplant with Shredded Pork in Fish-Fragrant Sauce鱼香肉丝茄子Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.9M WordsCompleted A strange invitation, a legendary adventure. An eternal journey through infinite worlds. Join us on a voyage of infinite evolution. 3.6kReads6.6Score358Shelves
25. 25 全 Global High Martial Arts: I Awaken a Mythic Doppelganger 全球高武，我觉醒了神话级分身 If You're Fat, Eat Less胖就少吃点Urban4.4M WordsCompleted [Spiritual Qi Revival] + [High-Martial World] + [Mythical Behemoths] + [Invincible] + [Pure Exhilaration] Countless giant beasts suddenly descended, and the entire world entered a mythic era! Jiang Chen woke up to find himself in this strange and wondrous mythological world. Martial arts reigned supreme here, but Jiang Chen was a hopeless martial arts failure. Before he could figure out what was going on, his engagement was broken off from the start. Then he suddenly awakened the talent to creat 24.4kReads7.8Score3.1kShelves
26. 26 网 Online Game: My Divine Pet Evolves Without Limits! Plunder Without End! 网游：神宠无限进化！无限掠夺！ Riding the Wind御风Sports5.0M WordsCompleted [Online game + beast taming + pets + power fantasy] Divine Pets is an online pet-battling game. Su Chen is reborn three years in the past and draws the one-of-a-kind, strongest SSS-rank talent, Infinite Plunder, which lets him evolve pets endlessly by plundering! Angels, eighteen-winged Seraphim, thirty-six-winged Holy Angels, Divine Light Valkyries! Little green snakes, Azure Sky Demon Serpents, Purple-Scaled Demon Flood Dragons, Thunder Saint Dragons, Supreme Dragon Emperors of Eternity! From 838Reads7.2Score130Shelves
27. 27 重 Reborn as a Mantis: I Begin Endless Evolution by Devouring Flesh and Blood 重生螳螂，吞噬血肉开始无限进化 Rabbits Are So Cute兔兔那么可爱Eastern Fantasy720k WordsCompleted Lu Qing was ambushed and reborn in another world as a mantis. Here, there were primordial beasts, insect overlords, colossal creatures of the deep, and more. They were everywhere, and danger lurked at every turn. Fortunately, Lu Qing could evolve by devouring flesh and blood. So no matter what the species, anything that crossed his path became a meal for him. Just as Lu Qing grew stronger and stronger on the path of evolution, the divine formation activated! When he stepped out of the formation, 5.6kReads8.8Score504Shelves
28. 28 模 After a Thousand Simulations, I've Mastered the Escape Game 模拟一千次，我有逃生游戏速通法 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Print edition on sale February 21 at 7 p.m. Please show it lots of support!] [Infinite-flow + fast-paced + funny + invincible protagonist + no female lead + no angst for the protagonist] [Across the four streets, east, south, west, and north, ask around and find out who’s the boss] [Don’t compare yourself to others. Just look at you: who do you think you are?] The White Tower descends, and the entire world enters death-instance mode. Zheng Xun, bound to an infinite simulation System and forced 272.4kReads9.6Score64.4kShelves

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    No heroine, high IQ

29. 29 来 The Autobiography of a Tomb Raider 来自一位盗墓者的自传 Yun Feng云峰Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 560.5kReads9.6Score46.4kShelves
30. 30 我 I Am Destined for Greatness, So Why Do You Say I Smile Like a Villain? 我为天命所归，你说我笑得像反派 Autumn Heart Painted秋心入画Urban444k WordsOngoing The so-called Ten Thousand Realms Tower is tasked with accepting commissions from other worlds, eliminating factors that threaten their stability, and collecting payment. Su Ji thinks it sounds pretty simple. [Current mission: Help the target prove his innocence and dispel his resentment.] [Target status: A Tribulation Transcendence cultivator, falsely accused by his junior sister at the Foundation Establishment stage, persecuted by his sect until he died by suicide, then reborn with his resentm —Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 31 不 The Undying Emperor’s Mentor 不死帝师 One Durian No. 3一只榴莲3号Eastern Fantasy5.5M WordsOngoing Observing the love and hatred of cultivators across the river of time from a perspective beyond life itself. He left a modest little town and entered the wondrous world of cultivation. His journey sped up and slowed down, moving forward or stopping to rest, but he never stopped walking. The Age of Declining Dharma, the Age of Emperors, the Age of Dark Turmoil… He appeared in every age, and the only thing he could do was watch old friends die with his own eyes, then see them off to their grave 586kReads9.4Score50.1kShelves
32. 32 风 King of Feng Shui 风水之王 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.1M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 809.3kReads9.4Score43.5kShelves
33. 33 怪 Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间！ Stone Giant Monster石头巨怪Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Welcome to the Rules of the Strange. This is a battle of blood and fire, a test of wit and courage. The power of words cannot be resisted, and the eerie rules must not be broken. In a seemingly hopeless situation, find the one correct answer, break free of your constraints, and search for a way to survive. 185.2kReads9.7Score20.3kShelves
34. 34 诡 The Haunted House 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 755.3kReads9.6Score95.6kShelves
35. 35 数 A Math Teacher's Revenge 数学老师的复仇演绎 Little Half-Immortal of Shu Mountain蜀山小半仙Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Realism] [High-IQ crime] [Masterful mind games] [No female lead] [For readers who love logic] The police in Xikang City received a phone call from someone calling himself Ghost, who claimed he would kill a certain person in three days. More than that, he wanted the police to rush out and protect the target. He intended to carry out the killing under the police's tight security. The police took the threat extremely seriously and made careful preparations. When the three days were up, the result 47.9kReads9.3Score5.2kShelves
36. 36 全 I’m the Only One in the World Without Powers 全世界只有我没有异能 Do Not Speak of Immortality莫道长生Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted The apocalypse arrives, and after destruction comes new life. Everyone gains special abilities, while Li Chang'an, who has none, lives like a beast. Some teach him to be kind to others; others teach him to fight his way to a better world. Little by little, he comes to believe that there is light even in the darkness. Though the road is hard, he still wants to become one of the strongest, standing at the very top. But one day, the light vanishes before his eyes. 5.1kReads9.4Score650Shelves

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    The only protagonist in the world who has no special powers, he reaches the top step by step based on his own abilities.

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