Heretical and Demonic Cultivators, Self-Interested Protagonists, No Saintly Behavior, Ruthless and Decisive 邪修魔修，利己主义，不圣母，杀伐果断，

1. 1 仙EN The Harsh Road to Immortality: Built on White Bones 仙路难行，白骨筑长生 Octopus Who Loves Watermelon爱吃西瓜的章鱼Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsOngoing “Rules? On the road to immortality, my rules are the only rules!” [Mortal Cultivation of Demonic Arts] [Founding a Demonic Cult] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Profit Above All] (Already at the Nascent Soul stage, with plenty of content to enjoy) Protagonist Qing Chen: He knows when to yield and when to stand firm, is utterly self-serving, greedy for money and women, and will stop at nothing to achieve immortality! He will found a demonic cult, dominate the world, and climb step by step to the very to 81.5kReads9.1Score7.5kShelves

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   This is truly divine! Yyds

2. 2 凡EN Mortal Cultivation: Ten Thousand Corpses Forge an Immortal Bone 凡人修仙，万尸铸仙骨 Swimming Champion游泳冠军Eastern Fantasy4.8M WordsOngoing Demonic cultivation + no System + scheming underdog + decisive and ruthless. This book is dark, so don't read it if that's not your thing. The moment Song Wen kills the frail little beggar and seizes his blood and soul, every cell in his body cheers and leaps with excitement. His mind races, and he knows that killing will be part of his life from now on. For survival and immortality, he'll stop at nothing: petty schemes, conspiracies, and ruthless slaughter. On the road to immortality, bones are 94.7kReads8.9Score7.9kShelves

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   Perfectly meets the requirements: no saintly figures, decisive in killing, and absolutely self-serving. I've already finished reading part 1; it's an excellent book. The protagonist has his own power base and is without a female master. I'm currently reading part 2, which also features an absolutely self-serving male protagonist who rises from humble beginnings as a demonic cultivator. Similar to part 1, it leans more towards the lone wolf type.

3. 3 恶 Wicked Cultivator: I Hold the True, Good, and Beautiful System and Become the Demon Emperor 恶女修仙，手握真善美系统成魔帝 You Lianqing犹怜青Ancient Romance725k WordsOngoing [Lone-wolf cultivation + no romance + System + native-born underdog + villainess + dual mastery of medicine and formations] Li Li has always been sharp-tongued and ruthless, with a fierce grudge against anyone who crosses her. She has been beaten countless times for it, yet she never learns her lesson. When she was ten, a monster calling itself the “Truth, Goodness, and Beauty System” came to her, back when she was still called Ding Er Ya, and forced her to do good deeds. Guided by the principle 18.1kReads9.2Score2kShelves

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   They're all about cultivating demonic powers, so good! 👀 Ahhh, the female leads are all so decisive and ruthless, they're so cool!

4. 4 我 [Infinite] I Can Still Survive 【无限】我还能活 Honey Bun Dipped in Mustard蜂蜜小面包蘸芥末吃哦Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted No CP + Infinite Instances + Comedy + Livestream (with bullet comments) + Cultivation The heroine takes revenge for every slight! She’s ruthless and vicious! Completely unhinged! Bi Xia, a terminal-stage cancer patient, transmigrates to the cultivation world. Good news: Immortality might be within reach. She can keep lying low and living on. Bad news: She’s become a demonic cultivator. Hey :D Maybe that’s not bad news after all. Everyone knows demonic cultivation is fast. Bi Xia, terminal cancer 18.5kReads9.1Score3.7kShelves
5. 5 凡 A Mortal’s Demonic Cultivation: The Profound Yin Chronicles 凡人修魔：玄阴传 One Big White一只肥大白Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [Mortal-world setting + satisfying read but no overpowered, arrogant hero + genius protagonist + decisive and ruthless + demonic cultivation + technical approach to cultivation + creates his own techniques and secret arts later on + slow burn + Xuanguxian template + skips the mortal-world opening] Xiao Qing is reborn in the cultivation world carrying a mysterious jade pendant. After testing as a three-element spiritual root, he unexpectedly joins a demonic sect. Once there, Xiao Qing relies on h 49.7kReads8.6Score4.9kShelves

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   It's not bad; it's a fairly comfortable read and doesn't treat the reader like a fool.

6. 6 谁 Who Says These Evil Spirits Are Fierce? I Specialize in Taking Down the Worst! 谁说这邪祟凶？我专治大凶之物！ He An Is Simple贺安很简单Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [No female lead] [Decisive and ruthless] [Unlimited growth] [Slow burn] “You all call it an evil spirit, but I say it's clearly a good omen!” “Do you really think I don't know whether it can help me cultivate?” “Hand it over to me!!!” Shan Liang wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth and strode forward with a knife... Evil spirit: “Don't come any closer!!!” 41.5kReads9.1Score3.7kShelves

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   This book is by the same author as Zuo Dao He An, with a similar writing style. The protagonist, Shan Liang, appears shy and sunny on the surface, but fights like a madman. He established a camp to stop the bonfire, and the other characters share the same mental state. Their methods are wicked, but they are ridiculously strong. The second one is somewhat similar to Lu Tai Sui's book, but it has its own style. This one is purely evil, involving eating strange things raw, skinning and peeling grains to make relics—a definite evil cultivator.

7. 7 7 A Rogue Cultivator in Bureau 749: I'm the Cruelest When It Comes to Torture 749局一邪修，抽筋扒皮我最凶 Yeah Yeah Yeah, Night After Night耶耶耶夜夜夜Urban1.7M WordsCompleted At Bureau 749, a heretic cultivator walks with a black dog at his heels and a zombie standing guard by his side. He's an expert at tearing out sinews and skinning people. He used to prey on the wicked, yet somehow ended up with a sterling reputation. Ji Zuodao, male, 19 years old. He's no good person, though you can't really blame him. After all, his several masters taught him nothing but crooked schemes, underhanded tricks, and ways to profit at others' expense. His masters often said that if y 43.4kReads8.7Score6kShelves
8. 8 修 Cultivation: I Join the Demonic Path from the Start 修仙：开局入了魔道 Singer of Praises颂歌者Eastern Fantasy524k WordsCompleted [System] + [Decisive and ruthless] + [No female lead] + [Violence] The path to immortality is paved with mountains of corpses and seas of blood. For one general's success, ten thousand bones lie rotting. If Heaven has destined me to become a demon, then I shall become the mightiest demon, lord of all demons. At the end of the demonic path, who stands supreme? The Asura Heavenly Demon slays all immortals. 1kReads7.5Score105Shelves

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   The first book needs no introduction (no female lead, no women). He slaughters whoever he dislikes; wiping out an entire sect is a piece of cake. The second book's protagonist, aside from his two masters, has virtually no emotional connection to anyone else.

9. 9 极 The Extreme Path to Immortality 极道仙路 Vast Qin 1泱泱大秦1Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted [No Goody-Two-Shoes Heroine, No Female Lead, No System, No Transmigration.] Follow your heart and pursue what you desire: that is the path to the ultimate immortal way. The Heavenly Dao? It is dead. The Demonic Heaven shall rise. This is an utterly brutal cultivation world where the strong rule and the weak are ants. My name is Zhao Wuji. In pursuit of the immortal path, I have no taboos. 11.4kReads8.9Score851Shelves
10. 10 修 Cultivation: All Living Beings Are Nourishment 修仙：众生皆养料 Gui Long Feng诡龍鳯Eastern Fantasy203k WordsOngoing Ruthless + slow burn + an intelligent villain My name is Shen Yuan. My senior brother treated me like a dog for three years. He told me to deliver poison, so I gave him a bottle of Withered Bone Powder. He died, leaving me a sinister cultivation manual: The Art of Withering and Flourishing. Drain the life force of one living person each month, and you can go from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment with just three lives. Some call me a fiend. I say they're wrong. Fiends still have some human 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No need to say more, just watch.

11. 11 我 I’m a Nascent Soul Patriarch of the Demonic Path, and I Seize the Golden Finger from the Start 我魔道元婴老祖，开局抢夺金手指 Just Here for the Show看看热闹Eastern Fantasy636k WordsCompleted Jiuyou transmigrated to the cultivation world eight hundred years ago. Born with dual ice-and-fire spiritual roots, he struggled his way through countless hardships, eventually becoming a Nascent Soul Ancestor and founding Soul Isle, where he ruled over the surrounding lands. But no one knew that he had been stuck in the early Nascent Soul stage for centuries. His lifespan was nearly spent, and he could no longer make any progress. Then he discovered that one of the island’s servant disciples po 29kReads7.6Score2.2kShelves
12. 12 黑 Dark Strange Tales: I'm a Demon NPC, So What If I'm a Little Ruthless? 黑聊斋：我是妖人NPC狠点咋了 Before and After前后Eastern Fantasy549k WordsOngoing Black Strange Tales is a dark, eerie, and terrifying cultivation game. It features martial arts masters like Left Thousand Households, as well as monsters and demons like the Black Mountain Old Demon and Nie Xiaoqian. Ji Chang transmigrates into a demon-ravaged, perilous game world and becomes a scholar in the Great Yu Dynasty. He's also the only Strange-Tale Investigator. Every time he verifies a bizarre tale or records an unusual incident, he gains a supernatural ability or spell. With the pow 4.9kReads8.9Score317Shelves

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    These four are all

13. 13 重 Reborn in a World of the Paranormal, and You Want Me to Join Bureau 749? 重生诡异，你让我加入749局？ Fire Beast火暴兽Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Devouring Evolution]+ [Self-Interest]+ [Humanity’s Natural Enemy]+ [Nemesis of Its Own Kind]+ [Kills Men and Women Alike]+ [Plot-Driven]+ [Undercover]+ [Villain]+ [Eerie] "No female lead!!! No harem!!! No romance!!!" (Not Eerie in the traditional sense. The protagonist is undercover in the human camp and kills both humans and Eerie, men and women alike. This story is plot-driven, so readers looking for a feel-good monster-grinding power fantasy should think twice.) (The rating has already been 59.3kReads8.9Score8.6kShelves
14. 14 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 93.1kReads9.0Score11kShelves
15. 15 傻 The Fool Cultivates Immortality and Becomes the Demon Lord 傻子修仙成魔尊 The Enlightened One Said悟道子曰Eastern Fantasy217k WordsOngoing [No System] [Demonic Cultivator] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Space] [Beast Taming] [Insect Taming] [Bird Taming] Armed with seven crows, a black panther, and a swarm of armored poison cannons, the male lead sweeps through the cultivation world, demon realm, ghost realm, and netherworld. If I become a demon, what can Heaven do to me? A good-for-nothing fool endures every kind of humiliation. Everyone thinks he's a worthless weakling they can push around. No one knows he has top-tier combat technique 130Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [The Legacy of an Ancient Demon Lord] The protagonist, accompanied by seven crows, a black panther, and a swarm of armored poisonous insects, fights his way from the cultivation world through the demon realm, the ghost realm, and the underworld. While others toil for centuries seeking immortality, he embodies demonic power, traversing thunder and lightning with unparalleled might. Anyone who dares to bully his mother will have their entire family wiped out. A nonchalant slap in the face every time, a seemingly useless character rises to become an eternal demon lord, ruthless and decisive, never a saint. Just watch and see! ❤️❤️🧡

16. 16 凡 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: From Servant Disciple to Sword-and-Talisman Dao Ancestor 凡人修仙：从杂役弟子到剑符道祖 Are the Plum Blossoms in My Hometown Blooming?故乡的梅花开了吗Xianxia180k WordsOngoing Spiritual roots are ranked from highest to lowest, and the lives of menial disciples are as insignificant as dust. Chen Mo is the lowest-ranking menial disciple of the Qingyun Sword Sect. His spiritual root is poor, and his fellow disciples mock him, saying he will never achieve immortality. While cleaning the old Scripture Pavilion one day, he discovers a fragmentary secret manual of sword talismans. Others draw spiritual energy into their bodies and diligently cultivate their dantians; he uses 5.8kReads—Score487Shelves

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    I highly recommend this book; it's absolutely fantastic and well worth reading.

17. 17 我 I Have a Book That Steals the Dao 我有一本夺道经 Hot Pot Must Be Tomato Broth火锅只要番茄锅Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Demonic Cultivator] [Pseudo-Ensemble Cast] [Genius Protagonist] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Traits] Hu Wei transmigrates to a cultivation world and becomes the good-for-nothing young master of a Golden Core clan. His servant is unexpectedly found to have a Heavenly Spiritual Root and rises up overnight, trampling him underfoot. On the day his spiritual root is crippled and his life comes to an end, a scroll called the Scripture of Seizing the Dao falls into his sea of consciousness, making him the 29.7kReads7.9Score3.7kShelves

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    Strong execution

18. 18 调 Training the Apocalypse: No Morals, I Do Whatever I Want 调教末世：没有道德，我为所欲为 Old Streets of the Old City旧城老巷Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.9M WordsCompleted [Dark Summoning + Decisive Killing + Self-Interest + Absolutely No Saintly Heroics + Pure Darkness + Violent Aesthetics] After enduring countless hardships in the apocalypse, Gu Cheng was reborn. More valuable than his memories of the future and his survival experience was what he had learned about embracing the darkness! “Weakness is a sin. In this world, only killing and strength can rule over everything!” Just as in his previous life, Gu Cheng awakened as a Dark Summoner. With blood sacrifice 2.4kReads7.7Score195Shelves

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    This novel portrays refined egoism, without any overly sentimental elements, and is characterized by decisive ruthlessness. Those who enjoy this genre may want to check it out.

19. 19 家 Family System: I, the Villainous Patriarch, Develop Steadily 家族系统：我，反派家主稳健发育 April Green Gardenia肆月青栀Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsOngoing [Dark Writing, Do Not Read If You're a Goody-Two-Shoes] + [Cautious] + [On the Side of Righteousness, but With a Demonic Heart] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Family Interests Above All] + [Cruel and Merciless] + [No Holds Barred] + [Family Unity] At seventeen, he takes charge of a cultivation clan and forges it into an immortal family through cold-blooded slaughter! “The old family head died suddenly, enemies surround us, and the clan is in panic. I'll take the seat!” Li Xingge was born into a 245.8kReads8.9Score22.8kShelves

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    The protagonist is an absolutely selfish person who will stop at nothing to achieve his goals.

20. 20 魔 The Demonic Sect’s Path to Enlightenment: I Discovered the Theory of Relativity for Sneak Attacks! 魔门悟道，我悟出偷袭相对论！ Tan Wenqing檀文清Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsOngoing The manhua series [I Comprehended the Dao in the Demon Sect and Discovered the Theory of Relativity for Sneak Attacks] is now available. [Everyone is intelligent, no female lead, slow-paced, with detailed worldbuilding] [The protagonist has a top-grade spiritual root, not a useless-protagonist type, and won't get any blatantly overpowered cheats] [Tight logic, comprehensive worldbuilding, and a newly reimagined cultivation world] Senior Brother, you're way too cautious! Aren't we a demonic sect? 97kReads8.4Score10.6kShelves

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    This one is alright. It has its own world-building, a rigorous system, and no female lead, no harem, and no system.

21. 21 身 As a God of Slaughter, What's Wrong with Having a Slightly Stronger Bloodlust? 身为杀神，我杀心强亿点怎么了 Yu Ni Cheng Shuo宇你成说Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing [No System, decisive and ruthless, unwavering Daoist heart, traditional fantasy, on the dark side. If that’s not for you, don’t read!] In ancient times, everyone was a dragon. The Three Sovereigns ruled heaven and earth, divided the Three Realms and Six Paths, and cast their light across the myriad worlds. After the great calamity, the Three Sovereigns fell, the Heavenly Dao collapsed, and both Heaven’s Court and the underworld were reduced to dust. In the chaotic modern era, the laws had grown 27kReads7.9Score2.2kShelves

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    Step into the world of demonic cultivation and experience a different kind of immortal cultivation! Here, there are no rigid rules of orthodox cultivation; instead, there is bloodshed, fierce battles, and insane comebacks. Demonic cultivators break through constraints with their heaven-defying power, unleashing an eerie light in the darkness. Magical treasures and wondrous techniques display their demonic might, and love, hate, and grudges intertwine like a tangled web. Come and experience the unique charm of the world of demonic cultivation, and embark on this thrilling and exciting fantasy journey!

22. 22 修 Cultivation: My Days at a Women's Sect 修仙：我在女子宗门的那些日子 I Love Eating Fish Without Getting Bones Stuck我爱吃鱼不卡刺Eastern Fantasy185k WordsOngoing Handcrafted from scratch, no System, and no brainless decisions. The young Zhou Lin accidentally saves a female cultivator, and from then on enters a cultivation sect. Hidden in his arms is a mysterious pearl of unknown origin, with an unusual power. He proceeds cautiously, not daring to use it lightly. He tries to get answers indirectly, but comes up empty. The sect seems peaceful on the surface, but undercurrents are stirring beneath. "Immortal opportunities can only be obtained by 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Mortals cultivating immortality often fail to distinguish between good and evil, and act ruthlessly.

23. 23 拿 Refining All Under Heaven in a Single Furnace 拿天下人炼一炉 I'm Not a Hotchpotch我不是大杂烩Eastern Fantasy400k WordsOngoing [Demonic Path] [No Saintly Heroics] [No Heroine] [No Harem] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Cunning and Devious] [Smart Protagonist] My name is Zhou Yuan, a Nascent Soul patriarch of the demonic path, and my life is nearly over. I originally planned to turn my loosely supervised disciples into precious elixirs one by one, just to scrape together a little more lifespan. The first disciple gave me a pleasant surprise. He had accidentally acquired an ancient bronze cicada, and thought it was just a da 1.6kReads—Score171Shelves

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    Absolutely gorgeous! [Thumbs up]

24. 24 不 Can You Become an Immortal by Any Means Necessary? 不择手段，可成仙否？ The Kingdra Who Loves Drum Corps喜欢军鼓的海刺龙Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless]+ [Will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals]+ [No female lead]+ [The middle and later parts get dark, so don't read if that's not your thing] "The weak are always making excuses for their incompetence and failures, but they themselves are the best excuse of all!" (There are a lot of trolls in the comments, so use your own judgment.) Chen Yi transmigrates to the world of immortal cultivation and opens his eyes already struggling to survive at the bottom. Five years ag 178.1kReads8.6Score22.6kShelves

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    Egoists

25. 25 再 Look at Me Like That Again and I'll Slap You 再看老子拍死你 The Enlightened One Said悟道子曰Eastern Fantasy521k WordsOngoing [The Most Hardcore Male Lead] [邪修] [A Cunning Old Schemer] [A Little Pervert] [Making a Fortune in Silence] [Beast Taming] [Looting Corpses] [Romantic Encounters] Slapping beautiful women, romantic encounters, dual cultivation, looting corpses, and finishing off his enemies with a surprise strike. He raises a pack of ferocious beasts, birds of prey, venomous insects, and corpse puppets, and his combat prowess is off the charts. The male lead pulls off one outrageous move after another, never pla 7.8kReads—Score765Shelves

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    [A Sly and Cunning Male Lead] He slaps beautiful women, picks up scraps, loots corpses, and finishes them off with a swift counterattack. He raises a horde of ferocious beasts, birds of prey, and insects, constantly pulling off outrageous maneuvers. This lovable but mischievous protagonist defies all expectations, with a fast-paced, action-packed storyline and a plethora of satisfying moments. You won't regret investing in him! [Admiration][Laugh][Awkward Laugh][Petrified][Full]

26. 26 杂 No Future as a Servant Disciple? I’ll Master Pills and Artifacts to Seek Immortality 杂役弟子没出路？丹器双修谋长生 Helping Elderly Ladies Every Day天天扶老奶奶Eastern Fantasy3.7M WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation, no System, decisive and ruthless, no saintly heroics, cautious, a nobody rising to power] Ye Feng transmigrates to another world and fights his way up to become the bandit chief of Black Wind Stronghold. From the start, he kills Duan Shui Liu, an inner disciple of the Xuantian Sect, and obtains a Bagua Furnace that enhances alchemy and artifact forging. After bribing the gatekeeper, he enters the Xuantian Sect to cultivate and begins his adventures in the world of cultivatio 20.6kReads8.1Score1.9kShelves

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    Decisive and ruthless, not a saint.

27. 27 穿 I Transmigrated to the Cultivation World: Rising to the Top by Selling Fish 穿越修仙界：从卖鱼开始崛起 Helping Elderly Ladies Every Day天天扶老奶奶Eastern Fantasy4.7M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation, no System, rise from the bottom] After transmigrating, Ye Yu is kicked out of his family from the start. He has no choice but to scrape by as a fishmonger, until he offends a sect's holy maiden at the Yihong Brothel and has to flee to another city. In his new cultivation city, Ye Yu first buys two maids to calm his nerves, then invents a seal-based talisman-making technique, opening the floodgates to wealth. To keep growing stronger, Ye Yu builds airplanes and cannons. He’s 10.2kReads8.6Score801Shelves
28. 28 药EN Cauldron of the Medicine God 药神鼎 Chubby Radish胖胖的萝卜Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsCompleted (Mortal cultivation + no System + lighthearted + not a saint + multiple female leads + fast-paced) At the Foundation Establishment stage, he wins over a Nascent Soul uncle-master and a Core Formation senior sister; at the Deity Transformation stage, a Mahayana saintess. See how Ye Fei, an ordinary mortal, encounters one lucky opportunity after another and joyfully cultivates toward immortality. It starts slowly, but gets better and better as it goes. If something doesn't make sense at first, try 77.2kReads9.0Score8.4kShelves
29. 29 我 My Demonic Path Has No Mercy Option 我的魔道没有慈悲选项 I'm Not a Hotchpotch我不是大杂烩Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing (New book setting sail!) [Dark story] [Demonic cultivation] [No saintly heroics] [No female lead] [Women appear, but he kills them after using them, without exception] [Self-serving] [Ruthless and decisive] • I broke through to Nascent Soul, killed my benefactor-master, and stole the Immortal Key. The entire cultivation world once called me the “Blood Demon Child.” • On the banks of Eagle Sorrow Gorge, the sects joined forces to hunt me down. Everyone said my soul had been utterly destroyed. • B 5kReads5.5Score373Shelves

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    No female lead, no saintly characters, no harem, and it's dark.

30. 30 他 While Others Command Ghosts, I Cultivate Immortality; While Others Fear, I Covet 他人驭鬼我修仙，他人恐惧我贪婪 Soda Sea Salt Crackers苏打海盐饼干Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Highly recommend this divine novel: The Strange Resurgence: I Can Transform into a Great Demon] [Not invincible, clever protagonist, focused on leveling up, horror, hilarious, dark worldview, a high-dimensional golden finger crushing a lower-dimensional world] Nightmares erode reality. Cities and skyscrapers that once disappeared return, now filled with terrifying high-level supernatural beings. When the final day arrives, the whole world falls into darkness, and one strange god after another 31kReads7.7Score2.6kShelves

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    Urban horror, the protagonist is reborn in the city, obtains ghost cultivation techniques, and cultivates immortality. The writing is relatively realistic; those who are easily frightened or afraid of ghosts should not read.

31. 31 我 My Years of Ghost Hunting Among the People 我在民间捉鬼的那些年 Releasing a Hydrogen Balloon放氢气球Mystery275k WordsCompleted Chinese-Style Horror, No Female Lead My name is Xu Jian. I’m 26, and I studied Taoist arts under a Maoshan priest for several years. Over the years, I’ve seen all kinds of things. After doing this long enough, I realized that ghosts aren’t scary. What’s truly frightening are the things people can’t get past in their hearts. All I do is help them say what needs to be said and settle their debts once and for all. People call me a Celestial Master of the Taoist sect, but I’m really just an ordin 4.8kReads—Score324Shelves

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    It's so beautiful, so terrifying, I'm exhausted.

32. 32 阴 The Underworld Detective 阴间神探 Old Nine of the Daoist Sect道门老九Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 73.8kReads9.4Score8.8kShelves
33. 33 阴 Yin-Yang Headhunter: I Find Jobs for Ghosts, and They Ask Me Out 阴阳猎头：我给诡找工作，诡问我处不处对象 Dongfang Goudan东方狗蛋Mystery307k WordsOngoing On the day he was laid off, Jiang Ye received a death notice: in thirty days, someone would throw him off a rooftop. To stay alive, he was forced to take a job at Yin-Yang Headhunting Co., Ltd., a company that specializes in finding jobs for ghosts. Every time he finds a job for a ghost, he unlocks part of the truth behind his own death. Every time he fails, another corpse spot appears on his body. Once they cover him from head to toe, the company will devour his soul. Every high-level order com 2.4kReads8.4Score367Shelves
34. 34 这 There's a Demonic Cultivator Here 这里有一个魔修 Lord Xianyue仙月大人Eastern Fantasy121k WordsOngoing [Original Plot] [Entirely Handcrafted] [Xianxia] [Demonic Cultivation] [Corpse Raising] [Baleful Energy Refining] [Ghost Wedding Dress] [Cultivation Method Reform] [Resource Farming] [The Goodness, Truth, and Beauty of Human Nature] [The Way of the Five Elements and Yin and Yang] The protagonist is named Tishuang Shi. 1.3kReads—Score101Shelves

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    Exquisitely self-serving, deviating from the righteous path, with only self-centeredness, raising corpses, refining evil spirits, forging demonic weapons, and becoming possessed by demons—don't expect the protagonist to have a sudden burst of kindness.

35. 35 碧 Biyang Cultivation Realm 碧阳修仙界 Forest Spirit, No Self森灵无我Eastern Fantasy180k WordsOngoing [Decisive and Ruthless + Profit Above All + No System + No Fortuitous Opportunities + No Cheats + No Heroine + Ensemble Cast + Slow Pacing + If It's Not for You, Please Don't Read. Thanks!] In the Biyang Cultivation World, everyone has their share of hardships, and everyone ends up behind bars. Protagonist Chu Yuanyu: Neither righteous nor demonic, selfish and self-serving. He'll stop at nothing to grow stronger. Warning: The protagonist may not be to your liking. If you're not into this kind of 298Reads—Score101Shelves

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    Selfish and self-serving, just like the Immortal Venerable.

36. 36 太 Primordial Demon Lord: Even Fairies Must Kneel Before Me 太始魔尊，仙子也得给我跪下 Expired Soda过期的汽水Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing In the Nine Nether Prison, condemned to eternal imprisonment, the saintess believed Ye Yan had long since been obliterated, while the aloof sword immortal had already forgotten he existed. Ye Yan opened his blood-red demonic eyes in the darkness. He burned away his shackles, breathed life into his withered bones, and reshaped his broken body. Leaving bloody footprints with every step, he crawled back to the world of the living from the endless hell. The once spirited young prodigy became a pri 46.4kReads7.2Score3kShelves

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    This one has a lot of typos, but it's fun to watch.

37. 37 反EN The Villain Should Be Invincible 反派就应该无敌 Bored Little Bai无聊小白啊Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted The animated adaptation is now streaming: The Lord Who Suppresses the Nine Heavens: The Protagonist Should Be Invincible Reborn as the leader of a demonic cult, he obtains the Villain Invincibility System and from then on makes the cult invincible. I am Zhou Qiong, leader of the demonic cult. No one is allowed to contradict what I say. Even while protecting the cult with one hand, I remain invincible in the world. 33kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves
38. 38 朝 A Mayfly Lives from Dawn to Dusk; Today I Finally Understand What an Immortal Is 朝生暮死蜉蝣命，今日方知仙是仙 Heaven in a Teapot茶壶洞天Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing [Mortal's Journey] + [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] + [Smart Protagonists, Antagonists, and Supporting Characters] + [Slow-Building Plot] I transmigrated, and from the start I got a… Oh, no, from the start, I was given an old man for a father and eighteen young stepmothers, … Old man! Calm down! Let's talk this out! Put down the sword and straighten that green hat on your head first! … What?! I'd already made enough money, bought myself a little maid, and was all set to coast through life, and 12.6kReads7.7Score1.1kShelves

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    The Myriad Souls Banner refines evil spirits, controls corpses and puppets, cultivates both Yin and Yang, is a mortal cultivation story, has no system, is not a wish-fulfillment novel, both protagonists and antagonists are intelligent, and the characters are complex and three-dimensional, not stereotypical. Worth reading for veteran readers tired of mindless wish-fulfillment novels.

39. 39 从 I Began Immortality by Using My Disciples as Corpse-Refining Fodder 从把徒弟当做练尸耗材开始长生 May It Always Be This Way愿得长如此Xianxia272k WordsOngoing [Handcrafted from scratch + self-interest + no brainless protagonist + definitely not abandoned midway + decisive and ruthless + no saintly heroine + dark style + multiple female cultivators as pawns] Qin Yu transmigrates to the cultivation world and becomes a rogue cultivator who barely survived a body-snatching attempt. But this is a world that devours people. As long as saints live, thieves will thrive; mortals are like grass, and cultivators are no different. Fortunately, he has an Eight Tri 1.5kReads6.0Score116Shelves

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    The story is a dark fantasy. The protagonist is born with nothing and leads his teammates to their deaths in order to seize an opportunity. Later, because he wants to keep the treasure for himself, he burns his teammates like firewood. He doesn't even waste the dead enemies, but refines them into the White Bone Pill. Starting from chapter 35, he gains control of the Five Poisons. Later, he also uses the Dao Heart Demon Seed to control others.

40. 40 血 The Traitor of the Blood Soul Grotto: From the Start, I Threatened My Master’s Wife 血魂窟的逆徒，开局威胁师娘 Qi Xiao Nan柒筱楠Eastern Fantasy382k WordsCompleted [Dark Cultivator] [Sneaky Survivor] [Soul Banner] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Spatial Storage] Gu Chenfeng became the disciple of an old demon, who planted a soul seal in him, leaving his life and death entirely at his master's whim. To escape this deadly predicament, he used his master's wife’s pure spiritual constitution to transform himself, successfully refining himself into the Blood Soul Banner and becoming an immortal artifact spirit! His physical body was turned into a puppet. Just as the o 715Reads8.1Score—Shelves
41. 41 血 The Blood Demon Immortal Emperor's Path 血魔仙帝路 Yellow River Jie Lian黄河杰恋Eastern Fantasy256k WordsOngoing Apologies! This novel has been revised and moved to Cultivating Demonic Arts as a Righteous Sect Disciple! We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience. Shen Ye is seventeen years old and has no spiritual root. In a world where spiritual roots determine everything, his fate should have been to live as an ordinary mortal: farm the land, marry, and grow old. But he refuses to accept it. A fragmentary copy of the Qi-Nurturing Art somehow let him cultivate all the way to the third level of Qi Refin —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This mortal cultivation novel is really good. The male protagonist grows step by step, meets many friends, and faces constant difficulties and dangers on his path. It's full of highlights, with both humor and tear-jerking moments. It's a masterpiece and highly recommended!

42. 42 我 So What If I'm a Demon? What Can You Do About It? 我是魔头又怎样，你能奈我何？ Ji Chengxuan姬承轩Eastern Fantasy105k WordsCompleted My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The Virgin Mary is not a little bit

43. 43 重 Reborn for Revenge: You Want Me to Be Your Lapdog? I’ll Feed You to the Dogs 重生复仇，让我做舔狗我扔你喂狗 Winter Cattle and Horses冬季牛马Eastern Fantasy530k WordsOngoing In his previous life, Chen Ping'an was betrayed by the person he trusted most and met a tragic end. Reborn in a new life, he returns with a boundless hatred. He awakens the Slaughter System! From then on, anyone who wrongs him will pay a hundredfold! Anyone who harms him will be ground to dust! In this life, he would rather be a demon than a good man, slaughtering his way from obscurity to the highest heavens until every one of his enemies is groveling at his feet! 965Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This killing spree continues relentlessly, without ever stopping.

44. 44 卧 Undercover in the Hehuan Demon Sect, I Capture the Senior Sister Fairy 卧底合欢魔宗，我抓到仙子大师姐 The Taoist from Qin's Time秦前的道长Eastern Fantasy167k WordsOngoing I went undercover in the Hehuan Demon Sect, never expecting to capture my former senior sister, the once-revered fairy. Day one: “My cultivation has been crippled, and I was captured by mistake. Junior brother, you've become a demonic cultivator? Get on your knees and apologize at once! How dare you! What do you think you're doing?” Day two: “Senior sister, don't come any closer!” Day three: “Senior sister, what happened to those three thousand blond-haired demonic cultivators from the sect outs 159Reads—Score128Shelves
45. 45 道 Fellow Cultivator! Would You Lend Me a Hand? 道友！可愿助我一臂之力！ A Show-Off Creation of Nuwa女娲炫技产物Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Schemer + Cautious + No Holding Back His Realm + No Heroine + Invincible] [He’s reached Nascent Soul, time to start slaughtering!] Lu Ming accidentally transmigrates to the cultivation world and obtains a volume of the Golden Book of Karma. Taking the essence and discarding the dross, he transfers every side effect of cultivation to his enemies. From then on, Lu Ming lives in comfort while his enemies suffer. What’s that? Using a blood-burning secret art consumes your vital essence and damages 8.1kReads6.8Score530Shelves

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    The protagonist is a demonic cultivator who prioritizes self-interest, is neither entirely good nor evil, and has a very flexible moral compass.

46. 46 永 Eternal Demon 永魔 Adding Ink to Continue the Story点墨续作Eastern Fantasy761k WordsOngoing Traditional cultivation. The protagonist is ruthless and merciless, no holier-than-thou hero, no heroine, dark fiction! No System!! If you want to become an immortal in the heavens, you must climb the road to immortality over the bones of others. This isn't AI-generated. I wrote it by hand!!! 3.2kReads5.4Score316Shelves

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    Evil cultivators and demonic cultivators are selfish, without saintly figures or female protagonists; everything revolves around self-interest, and they readily wipe out entire families.

47. 47 问 Aspiring to the Immortal Path 问鼎仙途 Maple Boat Seeks Zen枫舟问禅Eastern Fantasy9.2M WordsOngoing [Mortal-style cultivation + no System] Su Shier, a village boy of mediocre aptitude, is forced to embark on an endless, arduous path to immortality in pursuit of revenge for a blood feud. It is a world of deceit, the law of the jungle, scheming, and hardship... The road ahead is long, the way fraught with danger. Though this humble mortal must fight through every obstacle, he swears to forge his own path to immortality. 194.8kReads8.9Score15.8kShelves
48. 48 让 I Told You to Possess Someone and Cultivate Again, Not Slaughter Their Sect and Wipe Out Their Clan 让你夺舍重修，没让你屠宗灭族 Jin Yanwu金言午Eastern Fantasy396k WordsOngoing [Dark Fantasy + Ruthless and Decisive + No Holds Barred + Reborn Demon] The demon lord Wantu Daoist seizes the body of Xu Xiu, a young man from a minor clan, and begins cultivation anew! To defy heaven and change his fate, Xu Xiu refines his entire clan into Blood-Bone Spirit-Raising Pills, transforming himself into a Blood Spirit Root. From then on, he lays plans and rises to power, establishing the Wantu Demon Sect and commanding all demons. He is either slaughtering sects and wiping out clans 67Reads5.5Score113Shelves

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    This is a lighthearted, action-packed novel featuring a protagonist who is a demon who has been reborn and possessed a body. He is ruthless and unscrupulous, sacrificing his entire clan to refine pills. He plots step by step, annihilating his entire family and clan. There is no female lead. If you like this kind of villainous novel, you can jump right in!

49. 49 创 World-Creating Evil Demon 创世邪魔 Mo Ming末铭Eastern Fantasy344k WordsOngoing [Demonic cultivation + sword cultivation + strategy + becoming a Venerable + one heroine + ruthless and decisive + Daoist words manifest as poetry] In an unknown world lies a secret so astounding it could shake the entire starry sky. A prophecy left behind by the Creator has been passed down through generations of cultivators beneath the stars: the world began here, and here it will end. The good and evil people know have long been reversed. The “good” within sight is the source of evil... The D 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist is born in the tenth era, a demonic cultivator who rises to become a supreme being. He grows from weakness, entering the game from birth. The setting is that in the beginning of chaos, two energies split, one yang and one yin, giving rise to gods and demons. The war between gods and demons gave rise to all living beings. Each era has one supreme being to withstand the calamity of that era. Immortal supreme beings, demon supreme beings, and monster supreme beings are all given the opportunity to become supreme beings. Moreover, upon reaching a certain level of cultivation, they will be accompanied by Daoist pronouncements upon their appearance, with full buffs. There is no system.

50. 50 我 How Did I Become a Demonic Cultivator? 我怎么成了魔修了 The World Within肚里乾坤Xianxia495k WordsOngoing [Dark Fantasy] [A World of Ruthless Scheming] [The Law of the Dark Forest] Timid readers should stay away from the early chapters. This cultivation world is brutal. Lu Ming, a geography information systems graduate, loved studying terrain and magnetic anomalies in his classes. During a field survey, he accidentally fell off a cliff. After his soul crossed over into the cultivation world, he was horrified to discover that he had arrived in another world of cultivation and become a menial disciple 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The initial content was quite dark, and I was slow to warm up at first.

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