Seeking Novels With a Protagonist So Righteous It Becomes Sinister, Ruthless and Decisive 求主角正的发邪的那种小说，杀伐果断

1. 101 民 Folk Customs Record: Chen the Paper Effigy Maker 民俗录：纸扎陈 Perfected Lord Xuan Zhen, Manifest Sage玄真显圣真君Mystery262k WordsCompleted There's an old saying in western Hunan: “Better to walk through a mass grave at night than cross the Paper Effigy Chen family.” When Chen Ming woke up, he found himself lying in a thin-walled coffin. Paper figures all around the room were smiling at him. He was the last living member of the Paper Effigy Chen family. For three generations, his ancestors had made paper effigies for a living, but the Chen family didn't just make paper people and horses... They shaped souls. They shaped rules. They 48Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Niche folklore articles seeking readers

2. 102 天 The Heavenly Kingdom: The Rise of an Imperial Dynasty 天国王朝：帝朝崛起 Perfected Lord Xuan Zhen, Manifest Sage玄真显圣真君Historical1.6M WordsCompleted This is the legendary life of God's agent, entrusted with shepherding His flock! From a modern transmigrator to a medieval infant, he relied on the Mount & Blade System and his own strategic brilliance to break free from constraints, defend the Holy City, establish an empire, and change the course of history for both the Crusaders and the Islamic world. (Early game: using Mount & Blade to break through; mid-game: political scheming; late game: cyberpunk space opera) 79Reads—Score10614d adds
3. 103 归 The Soul of Tang Returns to the Righteous Cause 归义唐魂 Perfected Lord Xuan Zhen, Manifest Sage玄真显圣真君Historical1.0M WordsCompleted To the west, he allied with his uncle’s Yutian Kingdom; to the east, he reclaimed eleven prefectures of Helong. He drove the Uyghurs north and secured the Tianshan Mountains; looking south toward Chang’an, he reclaimed the old frontiers. Gunpowder shattered the Tibetan ranks; iron cavalry trampled the Khitan camps. The Three Stars Banner swept across Youzhou and Yunzhou, and the Han realm’s sky was opened anew beneath the sun and moon. 1.7kReads—Score14414d adds
4. 104 半 Peninsula: My Girl Group Exorcism Diary 半岛：我的女团驱魔日记 Perfected Lord Xuan Zhen, Manifest Sage玄真显圣真君Urban412k WordsCompleted In a modern world where spiritual energy has run dry, Chen Ming, who has cultivated to the peak, goes on a trip to the peninsula, only to stumble into a story about a peninsula teeming with ghosts and monsters! Obsessions and starlight intertwine as he gently protects those around him! (This is a story about helping girl idols drive out evil spirits while falling in love with them! Multiple heroines! A harem novel!) 1.2kReads—Score13114d adds
5. 105 穿 Transmigrated as an Abandoned Heir, I Awakened a Talent Conquest Book 穿越成弃子，觉醒天赋攻略书 General Serpent大蛇将军Eastern Fantasy213k WordsOngoing [Decisive] [No romance] [Fast-paced] [No frustrating setbacks] [No dragging things out] After transmigrating into a fictional high-martial dynasty, Mu Xiao awakens as a Demon-Slaying Guard and obtains the Talent Guidebook. From then on, she defies fate! No pointless chatter, no frustrating setbacks. She never lets evil go unpunished, and slays demons with a single blade! With the guidebook in hand, she unlocks countless talents at will: the strength to uproot mountains, fiery eyes that see throu 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The entire story is ruthless and decisive, without any feigned weakness, no romantic pairings, no frustrating moments, and no dragging things out.

6. 106 高 The Master Sent Me Down the Mountain to Break Off My Engagement and Marry My Senior Sister 高手下山，师父让我退了婚娶师姐 Flying Sword From the West飞剑西来Urban474k WordsOngoing Little Taoist Lu Xuan is ordered by his master to go down the mountain and break off his engagement. His fiancée, the Su family, gives him a hard time, but his senior sisters arrive to help. They also reveal a secret from eighteen years ago: his parents' deaths were no accident. His fiancée's grandfather, Su Zhenhai, was responsible... 2.1kReads—Score10014d adds

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   An invincible, exhilarating novel where the protagonist is a killing god, ruthless and decisive; anyone who stands in his way dies.

7. 107 什 What Buddha? Call Me the Monk on a Journey West 什么佛祖，叫我西行僧 So Good太好看了Eastern Fantasy260k WordsOngoing [So righteous it's downright wicked] [Handsome monk] [Adept at chopping people into paste] [Slays demons and exorcises evil] [Perfectly sane] A world where Heaven and Earth are sealed off, the divine path is no more, and demons and evil spirits run rampant. Li Yuanqing transmigrated with the Journey West Title System. [Westbound Monk]: Walk a thousand steps west, and your cultivation increases by one year. [Living, Sensual Delights]: A walking panacea; take one bite and live forever. [Reward Goo 1Reads6.5Score—14d adds

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   When evil truly takes hold, even the wicked turn to mush. (In a physical sense)

8. 108 海 One Piece: I’m Starting a Rebellion 海贼：老子要起义 Admiring Flowers in a Dream梦中看花Anime Fanfiction103k WordsOngoing [Ruthless and decisive + no female lead + Absolute Justice + twisted + uprising + dark justice + spiritual ascension] What do you think justice is? What is evil? Does killing make someone evil? The greatest evil in this world has never been pirates. When people watch the anime, they tend to focus on the Marines and the pirates, and sometimes the World Government, but they often overlook the most fundamental problem in this world. Only after Ka Lu arrived in this world himself did he understand: —Reads—Score—14d adds

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   What the Navy can't do, I will! What are hawks? I'm an exterminationist! Surrender? Repent? No, I only believe that dead pirates are good pirates! One generation of pirates is another generation of pirates, one generation of evil is another generation of evil!

9. 109 邪 If Evil Turns Good, It’s Still Good, So Why Call Me a Great Demon Lord? 邪的发正也是正，凭啥叫我大魔头 Just a Little Bit of Ease只有逸点点Eastern Fantasy105k WordsOngoing Poker-faced lead + self-rescue + demonic cultivator + no female lead + everyone misreads him as a genius + accidentally carrying the team in reverse [If you don't cultivate immortality to show off and make a name for yourself, why bother cultivating?] [If you don't cultivate demons to bully the weak, why bother cultivating demons?] Lu Xuanqing woke up one day to find himself the poker-faced chief senior disciple of a demonic sect. From then on, his eyebrows became the only part of him capable of —Reads—Score—14d adds

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   He transmigrated into the body of the expressionless senior disciple of a demonic sect, whose every move could scare others into fainting. The male lead is wicked yet righteous, a typical "Dihua" (a type of fantasy/adventure) story, quite silly.

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