Dark, Cathartic Stories with No Saintly Heroines 不圣母的黑暗爽文

1. 1 黑 Darkness: I'll Stop at Nothing to Live Forever 黑暗：我不择手段只为永生 Lin Qianye林千也Eastern Fantasy177k WordsCompleted [Dark Style + Cold-Blooded Protagonist + No Female Lead + Profit Above All + No Goody-Two-Shoes] How does one rise above the mortal world? The sky is high, the land vast, and the road stretches far. Sects stand everywhere, myriad races run rampant, and across billions of miles, who will rule over all? Through the ages, kings have vied for supremacy, and with a mere gesture they blot out the sky, proving the eternal Dao. In a chaotic age, he carves a path through bloodshed and wipes out all trace 607Reads5.1Score—Shelves

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   [Dark flow + cold-blooded flow + no heroine + profit first + the Holy Mother should not enter] There is no way to climb high in this mortal world, the sky is high and the road is wide and the road is long.

2. 2 高 High-IQ Masterminds of Revenge: They Call Me a Madman 高智商复仇家，他们叫我疯子 Leaves Can't Predict Autumn叶难知秋Mystery525k WordsCompleted [No Female Lead] [Mad Protagonist] [Elegant] [High-IQ Crimes] [No System] Ten years ago, the Shen family was wiped out by a mysterious organization known as the Alliance. Shen Feng was beaten to death and left in the wilderness. Now, Shen Feng’s soul has returned from hell. That day, the criminal investigation squad received a call from a mysterious person claiming he would kill the famous CEO Liu Ruxu at a shareholders’ meeting. The nightmare began at that very moment. Shen Feng planned one per 50.4kReads9.5Score5.4kShelves
3. 3 身 I Command Countless Vengeful Ghosts, and Return as the Strongest in the World 身具万千厉鬼，我归来即人间最强 Clouds Can Smile云会笑Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Ghosts in the Book!] [Dark Tone!] [Villain Protagonist!] [Urban Supernatural!] [Horror Aesthetic!] [Invincible from the Start!] A sinister doll saws someone to pieces, a red-clad vengeful ghost claims lives at the airport, a hundred ghosts hunt people down along a ten-mile street, the dead rise again in a crematorium, and corpses dance wildly in an abandoned hospital... None of these things happened to me. They are all stories I wrote. My name is Yang Ning. I am an heir to the Ling Men, a profe 133.6kReads9.5Score12.4kShelves
4. 4 玄 Xuanhuan: I, the Eternal Immortal Emperor, Have Fallen into Darkness! 玄幻：我，万古仙帝，堕入黑暗！ Heartbreaker可破心Eastern Fantasy252k WordsCompleted [Furnace Cauldron + Mastermind Villain + reborn + Scheming + System] [This isn't a story about falling into demonic cultivation, but about descending into darkness. Do not read if you favor saintly protagonists.] I, Huang Daotian, cultivated for countless years and eventually became the Immortal Emperor of the Eternal Ages. I sensed that my path ahead was not yet at an end. After countless eras, I obtained the method to shatter the shackles of the Heavenly Dao: the Divine Art of Gods and Demons 690Reads7.0Score102Shelves
5. 5 无 Infinite Fusion: My Bonded Gu Have All Become Immortals 无限融合，我的本命蛊都成仙了 The Bearing of a Sixty-Year-Old Hall六十岁殿堂之姿Eastern Fantasy2.9M WordsCompleted A bloody catastrophe shattered a dynasty that had ruled for a thousand years. Li Yuan, its sole surviving prince, concealed his identity and fled to the southern frontier, where he joined the Gu Master lineage and unexpectedly awakened a Gu-Insect Synthesis System. Lords from every corner of the land, demons and monsters, and the various martial-world factions were all looking for him. They wanted to use his bloodline as the key to unlock the Martial God treasure left behind by the founding empe 187.5kReads9.0Score26.6kShelves
6. 6 无 Infinite Deaths: Each Death Gives Me Another Golden Trait 无限死亡，死亡一次多一个金词条 Zhui Yi追夷Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [High Martial Arts + Wish-Fulfillment + Overwhelming Power + Game-Like Life + Decisive and Ruthless + Simulator] This is a cataclysmic era in which everyone practices martial arts! Earth has expanded to a million times its original size! Countless ferocious beasts roam the underground caverns, and martial artists have become the stars of the age. Luo Xiao is just an ordinary student at a martial arts college, but he unexpectedly awakens a simulation System. Each simulation not only grants him p 25.2kReads8.0Score3kShelves
7. 7 游 Game Invasion: I Became Emperor Before the Players Transmigrated 游戏入侵：我称帝了玩家才穿越 Xiao Chu Still Hasn't Slept潇楚还没睡Eastern Fantasy3.7M WordsOngoing [Transmigrating ahead of time + political scheming + dynastic power struggles + succubus + worlds merging] This book is also known as [I, the Empress's Fiancé, the Strongest Villain Behind the Scenes]. After waking up, Xia Chen finds himself logged into the mysterious game from his previous life ahead of schedule, starting out as the legitimate son of the Marquis of Zhendong. What? I have a younger brother named Xia Hao, who seems to have a mysterious bone inside him? It looks just like the lege 396.6kReads9.1Score36.8kShelves

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   Strongly recommended,

8. 8 魔 Magic Cards and Martial Arts: My Riches Can't Match My Lucky Emperor Talent 魔卡高武：钞能力不如我天赋欧皇 A Lovely Autumn Night夜凉好个秋Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [High Martial]+ [Magic Cards]+ [No System]+ [Only Talent: Lucky]+ [Unlimited Summoning] Chen Ge transmigrates to a High Martial world where people need magic cards to arm themselves. In this world of rigid class divisions, ordinary people have almost no chance of becoming powerful magic card masters. But Chen Ge is different. He awakens the talent: Lucky! The powerful can use money to buy huge numbers of magic card draws and obtain high-grade cards, but Chen Ge doesn’t need to. [You drew a God-T 12kReads8.0Score1.3kShelves
9. 9 全 Global: The Forbidden Spell Name Master Is Actually a Natural Disaster 全民：禁咒命名师，我竟是天灾 I'm Not Chuan Xiaokui我不是川小葵Urban2.2M WordsCompleted [Versatile Mage + Forbidden Curse Mage + dimensional domination + showing off and face-slapping + one heroine + interstellar warfare + power fantasy + satisfying ending] When a game descended upon reality, the world’s rules were overturned. Monsters ran rampant, and humanity entered an era where everyone could change classes. Lin Ling awakened an unusual, god-tier talent: whenever he named a spell after a popular song, it became Forbidden Curse Magic. [Summon Skeleton: Randomly summon a skeleton 12kReads7.9Score1.1kShelves
10. 10 灵 Spiritual Qi Revival: I Lay Low Behind the Scenes Until I’m Invincible 灵气复苏：我在幕后苟到无敌 Just a Dream一场梦啊Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [System + Behind-the-Scenes (Partially Behind-the-Scenes: The Protagonist Appears in Public Under Other Identities) + Sign-In + Summoning + Spiritual Qi Revival + Interstellar] Lin Tian transmigrated seventeen years ago, and now a System has descended upon him. From the start, he signs in two peerless powerhouses. Spiritual qi revives once more on Blue Star. Forces from an ancient era emerge, and the continent of Blue Star is on the brink of destruction. The arrival of one supreme powerhouse sav 8.7kReads7.1Score476Shelves
11. 11 乡 The Village Miracle Doctor 乡村神医 A Green Lotus一朵青莲Rural Life6.1M WordsCompleted The city is full of schemes, so why not go back to the countryside? A village miracle doctor uses his amazing skills to cure the sick. College student Wang Dachun is framed, but the misfortune turns out to be a blessing: he inherits the legacy of a miracle doctor. He leaves the hustle and bustle of the city behind and leads the villagers to prosperity, building roads and schools, raising golden chickens, growing medicinal herbs, and putting up factories and villas... In his spare time, he fishes 47.1kReads9.4Score6.3kShelves

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    🛩️🛩️There are too many routines in the city, 🍎It's better to go back to the countryside and have a little miracle doctor in the countryside to treat the disease. Wang Dachun, a college student, was framed🍆🍆, but as a blessing in disguise, he received the inheritance of miraculous medicine. From then on, he stayed away from the noise of the city and led the villagers to make a fortune. He built roads and schools in the village, cultivated golden chickens, and planted grass. Medicine, building a factory, building a villa. In my free time, I fish, see a doctor, walk my dog, play with birds, climb mountains, 🍜cook delicious food, fall in love with the village beauty, 🍉🍉live a leisurely country life that everyone envies. 💯💯💯

12. 12 我 I Can Reload Infinitely, and See Through Every Hidden Card 我无限回档，洞悉所有底牌 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 364.8kReads9.5Score46.3kShelves

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    Not holy black is super cool

13. 13 火 Naruto: In This Moment, I'm Even More Devoted Than Obito 火影，这一刻，我比带土还痴情 A Gentleman Never Needs a Wall for Support君子不扶墙Anime Fanfiction343k WordsCompleted (A villain story, with the protagonist as the villain!!) In the Hidden Leaf Village, Jiang Tian, a genius boy who transmigrated into this world, joins the Anbu after the death of the person he loves most and takes part in the night the Uchiha clan is wiped out. He later defects to the Akatsuki and strikes a deal with Obito. One man is willing to spend half his life plotting for Rin, scheming against the entire shinobi world. The other wages war on the Five Great Shinobi Villages and captures the 9.2kReads8.8Score906Shelves
14. 14 我 I Just Finished Renovating My New Home, and You Broke In to Get Married? 我刚装的新房，你们撬开结婚？ Wang Xiaoji王小吉Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Streamer Zhang Xiaoman had just spent a million yuan renovating a spacious apartment, but before he could spend even a single night there, a bizarre family broke in to hold a wedding banquet and trashed the place. How could he put up with that? No man with any backbone would! He had to stand up to them! Zhang Xiaoman awakened the Bizarre Behavior Cleanup System. He gathered evidence and sent the whole family to prison, helping clean up society. The mission was a huge success, and the System rewa 924Reads8.5Score141Shelves
15. 15 2 Saving the World in 24 Hours 24小时拯救世界 Si Hui司绘Urban2.3M WordsOngoing What would you do if you had only 24 hours to save the world? After countless rebirths and resets, Zhu Shijiu has endured the unbearable pain of dying tens of thousands of times. With each endless loop, his will has teetered closer to collapse. He has tried everything to escape, but nothing has worked. Every time he dies, he returns to the day before that damned world is destroyed! All he can do is follow every thread and search for clues, using each death to uncover the truth. 24 hours to save 4.8kReads8.8Score441Shelves
16. 16 鬼 Demon Slayer: Taking Over Kokushibo’s Body from the Start 鬼灭：开局夺舍黑死牟 Lantern Of A Hundred Nights百夜灯Anime Fanfiction889k WordsCompleted A shut-in dies of a terminal illness and takes over Kokushibo's body in the world of Demon Slayer. To survive and make up, just a little, for the regrets he had while watching the anime, he decides to live on in this world as Kokushibo... 2.7kReads9.3Score384Shelves
17. 17 都 Urban: Dark Destiny System 都市:天命暗黑系统 Moon Over the Clouds月临云Urban351k WordsCompleted Villainous Protagonist: [5 points for putting profit above all, 4 for decisive ruthlessness, and 1 for being a little cunning. Not a fast-paced power fantasy, and not mindless killing. Enter with caution if that's not your thing.] “When people are born, their light and darkness cannot be judged. Human nature is evil; even gods and demons cannot forgive themselves.” Yun Lin, guardian of the nation for a generation, was ultimately betrayed! But at the final moment between life and death, a sudden 78Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    Being black is not very cool at all.

18. 18 黑 Darkness! Light 黑暗！光明 Mighty Rabbit 12138兔大力12138Two Female Leads675k WordsCompleted This is a fictional otherworld where the forces of darkness and light intermingle. Ye Ling is a native of this world who grew up with his grandfather and mother. But one day, his mother was suddenly taken away by the army of light and disappeared without a trace. Just a few days later, his grandfather vanished as well... Bai An is a model young man from the twenty-first century. By a bizarre twist of fate, he transmigrates into the body of his namesake, Bai An, the Lord of the Divine Realm in th —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 反 Villain: I Am the Dark Martial Emperor, Bringing Ruin to the Heavens! 反派：我，黑暗武帝，堕落诸天！ Piercing the Fog破雾Eastern Fantasy200k WordsOngoing [Dark + world-ending + no heroine + major villain + scheming + System + ruthless] My name is Ye Wuqing, young master of the ancient Ye family. After years of cultivation, I finally became the peerless Martial Emperor. A voice told me to protect all living beings and preserve peace for all eternity. Foolishly, I agreed. And so I fought the demons from beyond the realm and drove back the tide of darkness. But later, the world branded me with the name of darkness. The allied forces who had been on 197Reads6.7Score—Shelves
20. 20 乱 The Dark Age of Chaos 乱古黑暗 Yufei Yu雨菲羽Eastern Fantasy103k WordsCompleted Lin Yuntian is one of the three thousand great worlds, a world under a curse. Lin Yuntian was once a world where hundreds of races thrived. But one day, when its Heavenly Dao conceived the idea of destroying the world, Lin Yuntian entered the darkest chapter in its history. Unable to destroy the world directly, the Heavenly Dao set the various races against one another. Humans were the weaker group. Only one supreme human stood against the strongest of the other races, staking his life on a sole 2Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 21 我 I Built the Tang Empire in Another World 我在异世界建立唐帝国 Yuan Shaorong袁绍荣Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Dear readers: Zhang Wei unexpectedly found himself in a different world of swords and magic. After struggling to find his footing, he finally carved out a place for himself by playing the pig to eat the tiger. But it seems fate has no intention of letting him live in peace, and one trouble after another keeps coming his way. If you have any edits or suggestions for this book, please feel free to share them. I’ll do my best to meet your expectations. Unless something unexpected comes up, I’ll pos 1Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 穿 I Transmigrated into the World of the Darkest Novel Ever 穿越到黑暗文鼻祖的世界 Ice Clouds Rising Straight Up冰云直上Eastern Fantasy276k WordsCompleted [Wild premise, dark, corruption, bloody violence later on, thrilling climax, ensemble cast] The protagonist transmigrates into the world of a pioneer of dark fiction, where countless ruthless, unscrupulous, and cruel demonic fiends have only one goal: to kill the protagonist, Yun Bai! Philosophical exploration, an examination of human nature, and darkness in its most visceral form! The protagonist transmigrates into a spiritual material, so at heart, he isn’t human. He is mentally sound and clea 16Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 黑 Darkness Sovereign: Devouring the Protagonists of All Heavens 黑暗帝尊：吞噬诸天主角 President Doudou豆豆总Sci-Fi & Apocalypse210k WordsCompleted The protagonist grows stronger amid the apocalypse. Somehow, the protagonists of various worlds all see him as an aberration and want to use him as a stepping stone to power. With no choice, he takes the path of devouring the protagonists of those worlds, seizing their fortune, energy, and everything else they possess… 7Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 24 黑 The Dark God 黑暗天神 Dante's Divine Comedy但丁的神曲Urban20k WordsCompleted My name is Zhao Yang. I am a sinner. I awakened a unique supernatural ability, yet watched the people around me die for my sake. I had exceptional talent, yet once fell into the whirlpool of arrogance and laziness. I once had everything, until I destroyed it all. I offer my heartfelt thanks to everyone who sacrificed themselves for me. Become stepping stones on my path to godhood. —Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 说 You Call Me a Demonic Cultivator? I’ll Sacrifice My Entire Clan in Blood! 说我是魔修？我直接血祭全族！ When the Sunset Song Ends夕阳歌尽Eastern Fantasy283k WordsCompleted The Qin family’s genius has fallen from grace, falsely accused of defiling his younger female cousin and harming the spirit cranes. But what does any of that have to do with me, Fang Yuan? I only just possessed this body! What? They’re calling me a demonic cultivator too? Well, sorry, but they’re right! The Blood Skull Formation rises! Refine! Refine! Refine! Heh heh heh! My beloved friends and family, become the fuel for my advancement! 112Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "Jiejiejie, my beloved relatives and friends, please become the material for my evolution!"

26. 26 不 Don't Touch Its Rules 不要触碰它的规则 Midnight Wanderer三更行者Mystery115k WordsOngoing [Mystery and Wild Ideas] [Not a Goody-Two-Shoes] [High IQ] [No Brain-Dead Decisions] [Decisive and Ruthless] [The Supernatural Descends] [Dark Tone] Wang Hao woke up to find that the world had undergone a massive, bizarre transformation. The whole world was now filled with supernatural entities and all kinds of unknown rules for killing. Break one, and you were dead! To his delight, he discovered that he could return to the moment before he was killed whenever he died. Did that mean he could mak —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    When Wang Hao wakes up, the world is full of strange and murderous rules, and he can return after death. In this strange world, he does not want to be a savior, nor does he live blindly. With his decisive and killing style, he finds his own way in dealing with all kinds of strange things, and builds his own "Sunset Red Community" through death and resurrection again and again.

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