Heartbreaking, Brutally Heartbreaking, Unbelievably Heartbreaking. A Brutal Blow from the Start. 超虐暴虐无敌虐，开局暴击虐

1. 1 亡 The Beautiful, Sweet Princess of a Fallen Kingdom and the Mad Emperor Who Loves Her Obsessively 亡国公主美又娇，病娇疯帝强制爱 Ye Yi Le叶一乐Ancient Romance454k WordsCompleted (Main story complete) The groveling chase for a wife + the beloved of everyone + forced love + taking by force + devoted to each other Rebellious princess of a fallen kingdom VS possessive, sickly tyrant On their wedding night, the Chu army broke through the city walls. Dressed in her bright red wedding gown, Su Mian had waited six years for Chu Junqi, only to receive his furious revenge. She became a prisoner, a caged bird, and the new emperor of Chu's plaything. Three years ago, that man had l 5.7kReads7.6Score408Shelves

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   Who can withstand this torture?

2. 2 潇 The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted Years after graduation, a gossip post begins circulating on the message board for City Experimental School. The school's 2011 beauty, Ye Xiao, and its most handsome boy from the same year, Ruan Yusheng, are a couple. Their classmates, who know them well, rush over to set the record straight: it's pure rumor. There was never any spark between the two of them. Ye Xiao's profile even says, “Person I hate most: Ruan Yusheng.” People in the know go so far as to say, “Ye Xiao feels nothing but hatred 94.3kReads9.7Score15.2kShelves

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   They are all abuse articles, I cried so hard

3. 3 缚 Bound by Spring 缚春情 Ren Huanyou任欢游Ancient Romance603k WordsCompleted [The print edition is available on the homepage; film and television rights have been sold] The Jiang and Song families have been close for generations, and Song Wan was betrothed to Jiang Xingjian before she was even born. They grew up together, but she was confined to the inner quarters, where everything she learned was meant to prepare her to become a Jiang family wife. The young man was dashing and ambitious. Before he had even turned twenty, he went off to the frontier to make his name. Bef 116.5kReads9.6Score16kShelves

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   I highly recommend Gongqianliu and Xingzhiwan. I felt a strong sense of sadness at the beginning, and I have thought about it several times.

4. 4 宫 Palace Beauty 宫姝 Clear Summer Xixi清夏兮兮Ancient Romance631k WordsCompleted She dared not love too deeply, afraid it would all turn out to be nothing but a dream. She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts, scheming every day to win the emperor's favor; She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts, with invisible blood staining her hands; She thought that once she entered the imperial palace, she would be like the other consorts. In the end, it was only what she had imagined. 11.1kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
5. 5 行 Late in the Day 行止晚 Zhi Er织尔Ancient Romance138k WordsCompleted [Devoted love + emperor and empress + tragic palace romance] 145,000 readers gave it top ratings, and countless readers cried their way through it! The year’s breakout historical romance, a heartache readers can’t forget. A clear-eyed, sweet empress VS a proud emperor whose love never wavers. Born into the imperial family, how can everything ever go as you wish? May we remain together forever, and may I keep you safe and at peace. A gentleman’s word is his bond. In a daze, I saw the moon rise. 27.2kReads9.6Score3.5kShelves
6. 6 宫 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Dream Doll梦娃Ancient Romance166k WordsCompleted Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held 56.7kReads9.7Score8.3kShelves
7. 7 死 Five Years After His Death, His Regrets Have the Entire Internet in Pieces 死后五年遗憾让全网意难平 Nineteen Buddhas十九佛10k WordsCompleted Five years after his death, the regrets still leave the whole internet heartbroken. 71Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Highly recommend this

8. 8 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 133kReads9.5Score12.3kShelves

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   Hey guys, come and experience this extremely heart-wrenching, terrifying and exciting story😎! A strange doll is dismembered with a chainsaw, a red-clad ghost demands lives at the airport, hundreds of ghosts hunt people on a ten-mile long street, the dead are resurrected in a crematorium, corpses dance in an abandoned hospital... These horrifying scenes are not the protagonist's experiences, but his works😜. The protagonist, Yang Ning, is a descendant of the spirit sect and a professional seance master. He specializes in psychic dolls that can manifest spirits😍. He returned from hell and returned to the world with a body full of ghosts and more than a hundred red clothes, intending to bring a strange feast to this world😏. The dark writing style, villain design, urban supernatural, horror aesthetics, and the invincible setting at the beginning are simply addictive. Especially the brutal attack at the beginning, which can grab people's hearts every minute😱. Come and find out, challenge your courage and tear ducts😎! #Horrortorture #supernatural story #dark writing style #novel recommendation #don't miss it

9. 9 这 This CEO Deserves to Suffer: 20 Epic Chases to Win Her Back 这届总裁真该虐：20场骨灰级追妻 Read a Little Editorial Team读点编辑部Modern Romance255k WordsCompleted [The husband-chasing crematorium + substitute + first love + domineering CEO + painful romance + reborn + marriage and love + face-slapping] I spent years by Zhong Ruokuang’s side. Our relationship went from boss and employee to lovers in bed, but I never had a proper title. I asked, “Why did you choose to be with me?” He gave me that perfunctory smile again. “Because you’re obedient.” Then I was attacked online, while he was busy spending Christmas with his childhood sweetheart, the one he’d al 150Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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   [Chasing Wife Crematorium + Body Double + Bai Yueguang + Boss + Sadomasochism + Rebirth + Love and Marriage + Slapping in the Face] I have been with Zhong Ruokuang for many years, and my relationship has changed from superior to subordinate to bed partner, but I have never had a status.

10. 10 猎 Time to Hunt: The Tragic Novel's Heroine Awakens 猎杀时刻，虐文女主觉醒之后 Cat Eats Meat Buns猫吃肉包Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Green tea scheming + love-triangle chaos + punishing scumbags + genuine regret and redemption + strategy] There’s a pitiable creature in this world called the tragic-romance heroine. She’s abused in body and soul by scumbag men and wicked women, only to be forced into a happy ending in the end. Ever since Lin You took on commissions to help tragic-romance heroines escape their fates, she’d been running wild through one tragic romance after another. Some regretted everything: “I’m sorry. Please 1.2kReads9.0Score105Shelves
11. 11 我 After I Left, the Heroine Imprisoned Me and Begged for Forgiveness 我离开后，被女主囚禁哭着求原谅 Cai Yunjing蔡芸景Urban422k WordsCompleted [Crematorium + Yandere + Everyday Life + Multiple Heroines + Mutual Firsts] Mo Jiang died suddenly after working endless overtime, then unexpectedly transmigrated into a book as the novel’s vicious male supporting character. By definition, a vicious male supporting character is rich, handsome, and born into a powerful family. The heroine, Cai Yunjing, will realize after meeting the male lead, Feng Jian, that her childhood friendship with Mo Jiang, the boy who grew up alongside her, isn’t love. S 105Reads7.8Score—Shelves
12. 12 爱 The Red Thread of Love 爱情红线 Nineteen Buddhas十九佛10k WordsCompleted The Red Thread of Love 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The heart is intentionally unfair, and the mountains and rivers cannot be filled

13. 13 收 After Adopting the Down-and-Out Female Lead, I Died Horribly in Front of Her 收养落魄女主后，惨死在她面前 Li Huan离焕Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [In your first simulation, you transmigrate to a cultivation world.] [You become a refugee fleeing famine. Along the way, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her older brother.] [You depend on each other and become one another's only support.] [At the end of the simulation, you shield the grown girl and give your life to hold off a horde of demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in her eyes goes out too.] [In your second simulation, you transmigrate to a world where steam and mag 119.4kReads9.1Score13.2kShelves

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    Very good especially the second one

14. 14 裂 Sunlight Through the Cracks 裂缝里的阳光 Reclining in the North高卧北Urban169k WordsCompleted From childhood onward, Zhuang Zi'ang was the kind of kid everyone called “the child other parents wish they had”: a model student every year and always first in his class. But after his parents divorced and his father started a new family, he became a child neither parent loved. At just eighteen, Zhuang Zi'ang is diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only three months to live. With his final three months, he decides to let out his rebellious, wild side and be truly himself for once. While 134.6kReads9.8Score15.4kShelves
15. 15 大 After the Senior Brother Was Reborn, His Junior Brother Pursued Him Relentlessly 大师兄重生后，师弟他疯狂追妻 Bestow赋予Two Male Leads556k WordsCompleted [Main story complete] [Master-brother who has lost all hope, the receiver x cold-hearted junior brother, the pursuer] - Love is the hardest thing to understand. Yan Jin used to think it was just an excuse made by people whose resolve in the Dao was weak. That was before he met his junior brother, Duan Weizhuo, a sword cultivator who followed the merciless path. They were entangled for years. Yan Jin even became obsessed, eventually falling into demonic cultivation. But in the end, it had all bee 7.6kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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    Shou is the master brother of the sect, a genius, but he fell in love with his junior brother. He became obsessed with it, turned into a demon, and finally died in front of his master. He was reborn in the year when his sect became a laughing stock of the righteous path because of his junior brother's fall into the demon. Shou swore that he would never love attack again. Gong is a swordsman who practices the ruthless way. He has always believed that the ruthless way is more important than Shou, so he buries his love for Shou in his heart and allows Shou to self-destruct, become paranoid, and be reborn in a crematorium. The receiving and attacking sword spirits are also a pair, and they can also transform into shapes for easy eating! The receiving master and the attacking master are also a pair. These three pairs are all in pure love! So delicious!!!

16. 16 致 The Deadly Game 致命游戏 Ning Caichen宁采臣Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A rich guy in the WeChat group is sending out red envelopes, and he wants the luckiest person to play a game with him. It turns out he wants the class beauty to... 2.3kReads9.0Score238Shelves
17. 17 花 Spending Money Makes Me Stronger: The Hundredfold Cashback System 花钱就变强：百倍返现系统 Lone Shadow Fades孤影尽Urban2.0M WordsCompleted After Ye Feng got dumped, he awakened a hundredfold cashback System. Buy a bottle of mineral water for 2 yuan, get 200 yuan back. Buy a pack of Huazi cigarettes for 50 yuan, get 5,000 yuan back. 15.4kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves
18. 18 我 Deicide Learning In A Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 1MReads9.9Score175kShelves
19. 19 李 Li Jindan's Book 李金蛋的一本书 Li Jindan李金蛋Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Wang Xiaogang, young master of the Witch Doctor Sect, was abandoned after his mother died in childbirth. Fate wasn't done with him, though: Old Wang saved his life. But without power, he couldn't even avenge Old Wang's wrongful death! By chance, he obtains the Land God's incense burner and uses it to become the world's biggest supplier of food ingredients and medicinal herbs, earning the title of Medicine King. Arrogant, vengeful, and a flirt with a soft spot for women, he has a different story 151Reads—Score109Shelves
20. 20 异 The Unusual Case Investigation Bureau 异案调查局 Long Song on the Canglang River沧浪长歌Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted In 2008, the body of a drowned woman was discovered in the Kaiyuan Reservoir. Yet every clue in the case pointed to suicide. The officers assigned to investigate began having frequent nightmares, and in the end, each of them drowned. “Bus 303,” “Crying Beneath the Old Grave,” “Hair in the Forbidden City Corridor,” “Chongqing's Headless Taxi Driver.” Zhang Yao, a member of the Anomalous Cases Investigation Bureau, tells you about the inexplicable paranormal cases he personally encountered over th 187Reads5.3Score127Shelves
21. 21 战 Battlefield Livestream: Betting Everything on an M249 from the Start 战场直播，开局单压M249 The Joy of Youyou悠悠的快乐Urban694k WordsCompleted [Real-life Wa State millionaire influencer + video call with Dai Mei + video call with Zhou Jie + Half-Fox + influencer mercenary] Shen Fei wakes up to find that he has transmigrated to a perilous battlefield. What should he do? Fortunately, at this critical moment, he activates the livestream System. He can exchange popularity points for all kinds of skills. So Shen Fei starts livestreaming, embarking on the path of becoming an influencer mercenary. “Let me tell you, when Big Bro first sta 14.6kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
22. 22 仙 Immortal Martial Emperor 仙武帝尊 Six Realms, Three Paths六界三道Eastern Fantasy9.4M WordsCompleted Nine thousand years ago, the Immortal Martial Emperor led a million divine generals into the ancient primordial wilderness. Not one of them returned, and only a wisp of true fire remained in the world. Nine thousand years later, Ye Chen, a discarded disciple, was driven from his sect and left with nowhere to go. By a twist of fate, he came into possession of the true fire and set foot on the path of immortal martial cultivation once more. This is a world where gods, demons, immortals, and Buddha 70.4kReads9.1Score15.6kShelves

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    The beginning is about breaking off an engagement. The whole book is not mindless. It has logic and foreshadowing. The emotional line and the line of family and country run through it. The writing style is quite playful but the plot is very sad. The further it goes, the more sad it becomes. It is a good book [Top post][Top post][Top post][Top post]

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