Please Recommend Fantasy Novels With Scheming, Cunning Protagonists. The More Mind-Bending, the Better 求玄幻文 主角腹黑玩心眼的 越烧脑越好

1. 1 反EN Villain: My Little Brother is the Chosen One 反派：我的弟弟是天选之子 I Keep a Fat Rabbit家养了只肥兔Eastern Fantasy4.3M WordsCompleted "Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain 342.4kReads9.5Score38.6kShelves

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   The protagonist has unique tastes and is reincarnated into the Qin family, the number one family in a fantasy world. He is a major villain with an invincible villain system. He is sweet-talking but ruthless and extremely cunning, embodying the spirit of "Sixth Brother" to the extreme.

2. 2 天 Heavenly Abyss 天渊 Mu Xiao Sansheng沐潇三生Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsOngoing (The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw 974.8kReads9.4Score97.1kShelves

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   The content is engaging and not mindless.

3. 3 谁 Whose Primordial Saint Body Steals from Home Every Day Like Yours? 谁家鸿蒙圣体像你一样，天天偷家 Braised Pork Rice Without Braised Pork卤肉饭不放卤肉Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsCompleted [Invincible + satisfying power fantasy + master schemer] Wang Xiaodong was unexpectedly reborn and awakened the Primordial Sacred Physique, becoming the young lord of the immortal Wang family. Even the Jun family's Chaos Physique, hailed as unrivaled in his generation, was on high alert when he heard the news! But soon, everyone was astonished to find that things seemed to be taking a strange turn. Fortune-favored schemer: “I treated you like a brother, and you went and raided my home?” Jun fami 71.6kReads8.0Score6.7kShelves

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   Having read quite a few villain-themed novels, these are some of my personal favorites. The plots are well-connected and coherent, offering a satisfying read, making them worthwhile for readers looking for something to read. I highly recommend them to my fellow readers. Let's go! 🚿

4. 4 都 Now That I'm Reborn, Why Would I Still Be a Hopeless Romantic? 都重生了谁还当恋爱脑啊 Chang'an, Thinking of Home长安思故乡Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Li Chen is reborn, and this time he swears he'll focus on making money and never be blinded by love again. Before the college entrance exam in his previous life, he confessed to the campus belle he'd loved throughout his youth. She turned him down, saying, “School's so hectic right now. How about we talk after we start college?” But after they started college, she walked out of a hotel with a rich second-generation heir. In that moment, Li Chen finally understood, and from then on, he shut his h 18.3kReads7.9Score1.3kShelves
5. 5 穿 Transmigrating into a Book as the Ultimate Villain: My Seven Stunning Masters! 穿书大反派：我的七位绝色师尊！ Potato Soda土豆汽水Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted 8.5kReads7.7Score869Shelves
6. 6 渡 Crossing the Azure Bones 渡青骨 Chinese Loropetalum in the South南有檵木Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Traditional fantasy, romantic fantasy, no System, no rebirth, amnesia and a secret identity] Main Characters: ★ Heroine: Fu Qinggu (Immortal Venerable Lingye, Daoist Green Marrow) ★ Hero: Bai Hui (flood dragon, white dragon) ༆ Story Introduction She was once the aloof and transcendent Immortal Venerable Lingye of the Zixiao Thunder Palace, exalted above all. But while hunting a vicious beast that was wreaking havoc among mortals, she fell in the depths of the North Sea and vanished from the 4.6kReads9.3Score640Shelves

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   Mind-blowing and brilliant

7. 7 苟 The Cunning Plot That Came After Playing It Safe 苟后奇谋 Daoist Sanxiang三象道人Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted Those skilled in attack move above the ninth heaven; those skilled in defense hide beneath the ninth earth. In an unknown world, you can never know how many life-saving trump cards your opponent has. Unless the stakes are truly grave, there is no need to fight over who is better in the moment. Hold on until the clouds part, and the moon will shine. Choosing to lie low does not mean doing nothing. Plan carefully before you act, then strike once for the kill. 109Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 8 宗 Guardian of the Sect 宗门护道人 Perplexed Peach纳闷的桃子Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted Time travel, commonly known as transmigration. The orphan Lu Sen arrives on the continent. He wakes in a graveyard, surrounded by danger. With clever schemes, he turns danger into safety. He hacks his way through obstacles and strikes fear into all around him. He forges ahead, with his beloved by his side. … A one-female-lead novel. The heroine is Si Yanqiu, who disguises herself as a man early in the story. There’s no messy harem. Ever since Sheng began spreading civilization across the Xuanli 1.7kReads8.0Score100Shelves
9. 9 诡 Supreme Master of the Unorthodox Path 诡道至尊 Donkey Dui Dui驴怼怼Eastern Fantasy951k WordsCompleted This world has no magic, no martial arts, no mechs... This world has literary talent, blood energy, and astral energy... The demon race rules the myriad realms, and all the races suffer under its oppression. Humanity is in even greater peril... But! At this moment, the Literary Star streaks across the firmament. The demon race’s destiny wanes, the myriad realms are thrown into turmoil, and humanity must rise! At this moment, the demon race wreaks havoc, the barbarian race watches hungrily, and t 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A cunning protagonist + political intrigue + overwhelming intelligence + fantasy world. If you're tired of mindless wish-fulfillment novels and crave a showdown of wits and cunning, this book is for you! The protagonist is cunning to the extreme; every step is calculated, and every game is a life-or-death struggle!

10. 10 我 I Am Wang Dali 我是王大力 I Made a Mistake打错了Urban5.0M WordsCompleted More than twenty years ago, tangled romances from the previous generation led to Wang Dali being abandoned. Later, his adoptive father drove him out of the house to search for his birth parents. Along the way, he experiences one twist-filled adventure after another… 26.5kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves

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    In Dongguan, a city brimming with desire, everyone lives behind a mask. She is a naive and kind-hearted newcomer to the workforce; he is a ruthless and domineering CEO. An unexpected encounter brings these two people from parallel worlds together. He schemes and plots, while she falls for him. In this game of love, who is the real winner? "My Dongguan Girlfriend," a novel that reveals the truth about urban love, will make you reflect on the true meaning of love and life while reading.

11. 11 玄 Xuanhuan: From the Start, I Have Nine Fairy Masters 玄幻：开局九个仙女师傅 Han Xiangqu Bai韩想娶白Eastern Fantasy7.1M WordsCompleted From the start, Ye Xiu takes nine immortal beauties as his masters and awakens the Divine Eye, instantly reaching the peak of talent! “What? You spent tens of thousands of years cultivating the Ninefold Immortal Sword Art? Sorry, I took one look and mastered it!” “The Flame of the Phoenix? The Flame of the Vermilion Bird? The Soul of the Dragon God? One look, and they’re all mine!” “What? You say you’re the strongest in the universe? Sorry, I have a universe inside me!” In this boundless world, 15.4kReads9.1Score2kShelves

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    All three of them have pretty good writing skills.

12. 12 张 Zhang Qiling: I Came for You 张起灵：为你而来 Demon King of a Thousand Autumns千秋大魔王Mystery600k WordsCompleted I came for you, to journey with you across mountains and rivers; An upgraded golden finger, all to bring happiness to our little brother! Golden finger 1: Qilin blood. 2: Portable space. Starting from the Seven Star Lu Palace, follow little brother’s footsteps and unravel the ultimate secret one step at a time. Books 1–8, Ancient Tongjing, and the unofficial Tibetan Sea Flower storyline are complete. We’re entering the world beyond the Bronze Gate, with the countdown to the end underway... 9.7kReads9.2Score893Shelves
13. 13 逆 Heaven-Defying Madman: The Ultimate Kept Man 逆天狂徒之超级软饭王 Bro Geek屌丝哥Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted This book moves at a fast pace with no filler. The protagonist is neither wholly good nor wholly evil. [Passionate Fantasy + Peerless Empress + Multiple Heroines + Comedy + Transmigration and Rebirth + Ruthless + the Myriad Worlds] Xiao Ruochen transmigrates to another world, where beauties are enchanting and immortals are like paintings. Gifted with the legendary Samsara Sacred Body, he embarks on all kinds of unconventional paths to defy his masters. 11.3kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
14. 14 破 Cracking the Classic of Mountains and Seas: Digging Through the Myriad Realms 破解山海经：挖穿诸天万域 Siming司名Eastern Fantasy616k WordsOngoing November 3, 2025, 11:45 p.m. Miaoyuan Village, Jiuyi Mountain, Hunan. A deep rumble of engines shattered the otherwise utterly quiet rural night. A convoy of seven jeeps and pickup trucks bearing special geological survey markings entered the village. With a clear destination in mind, they pulled into the village committee courtyard. A massive, unusual celestial body was about to enter Earth's orbit, inevitably on a collision course with the planet. Every department immediately began devising pl 303Reads6.3Score110Shelves

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    It's not just the main character who's cunning! It's the entire cast! Each one more cunning than the last! It's excessively mind-bending! Don't jump in lightly!

15. 15 妻 My Wife Coldly Demanded a Divorce, So I Got Rich Through Cultivation and Told Her to Get Lost 妻子绝情要离婚，修仙暴富让她滚 Click Here to Get Rich点进来就发财Urban4.2M WordsOngoing [Modern cultivation + X-ray vision doctor + decisive and ruthless + lighthearted comedy + overpowered wish fulfillment] Zhou Haoyu, a live-in son-in-law, is thrown out of the house because he's blind. Fortunately, there's always a way forward. He obtains a cultivation legacy and can become invincible simply by cultivating with a partner. From then on, he rises to the top. With golden needles in one hand, he races the King of Hell for people's lives; with a longsword in the other, he makes nation 33.8kReads8.6Score3.1kShelves

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    [Recommendation] *Invincible Through Dual Cultivation After Divorce*—A battle of conspiracy and revenge, revealing the darkness behind a wealthy family! Zhou Haoyu, once a key figure in the rise of the Murong family, was ruthlessly abandoned after losing his sight. The Murong family set a trap, attempting to leave him penniless and even threatening him with imprisonment. However, Zhou Haoyu is not a lamb to the slaughter; he holds evidence of the Murong family's sordid deeds and vows to fight back to the end! In this feud within a wealthy family, how will Zhou Haoyu turn the tables? How will his path of dual cultivation begin? *Invincible Through Dual Cultivation After Divorce* takes you on a thrilling journey of revenge, witnessing the protagonist's transformation from despair to invincibility! #InvincibleThroughDualCultivationAfterDivorce #FamilyFeud #RevengeAndComeback #Recommendation #NovelRecommendation

16. 16 诡EN The House of Dread 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 705.5kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves

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    Deep within the haunted house, a wooden door stained crimson with blood silently opened, and a pale hand reached out from the darkness, as if summoning something. Before anyone could react, darkness engulfed them, their consciousness mercilessly swallowed. This was a cursed land, where chosen individuals were forcibly dragged into a terrifying world beyond the blood gate every so often, facing unimaginable horrors and death. Ning Qiuxiao repeatedly survived near-death experiences, struggling to stay alive, finally glimpsing only the tip of the iceberg of this world. However, the truth was far more bizarre than he had imagined… When the blood gate opens again, will you dare to step inside? #HauntedHouse #HorrorNovel #Thriller #Suspense #Ghostly

17. 17 规 Rule Horror: I Can Possess the Supernatural 规则怪谈：我能附身诡异 The Little Cat in the Snow雪中的小猫Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Rule-Based Horror + No Romance + Ensemble Cast + Passionate Adventure + National Destiny + Deduction + Original Scenarios] (No characters suddenly becoming stupid. True teammates appear starting with the second scenario, and this really isn't padded! The first four scenarios each have a completely different style.) A year ago, rule-based horror descended on Blue Star in massive numbers, causing countless tragedies and drastically reducing the global population. While everyone else avoided the u 20.6kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves

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    Blood-red moonlight pierced through the rusty window frames, and dark red viscous fluid seeped from the seams of the four beds' metal panels. As the mechanical voice read out the "Girls' Dormitory Rules," Jiang Cheng stared at the writhing eyeballs in the cracks of the ceiling—this body harbored a secret more terrifying than the rules themselves. While the other three were still screaming about "no red buckets" and "no opening your eyes after lights out," she had already slashed her arm with a utility knife. Not self-harm, but to verify a hypothesis: the moment the blood dripped and froze into ice crystals on the ground, she smiled. It turned out that her parents, consumed by the rules, had already buried the most dangerous "contaminant" into her very bones. When the dormitory supervisor dragged her intestines along during her inspections, when fangs sprouted from the toilet partitions, when the broadcast began its countdown to eliminate violators—Jiang Cheng was writing down the 13th hidden rule in her notebook. After all, only a deeper madness could devour the bizarre. As the entire dormitory began to mutate into flesh and blood, this terrifyingly calm girl finally revealed the trump card that sent chills down everyone's spine...

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