Dark Stories: The Protagonist Puts Their Own Interests First, Stops at Nothing, and Isn't a Goody-Two-Shoes 黑暗文，以自己的利益为主，不择手段，不圣母

1. 1 清 Cold, Untouchable Moonlight? No! I'm the Villain Chosen by Fate 清冷白月光？不！我是天命大反派 A Clear Song by the Pool一曲潭清Ancient Romance578k WordsCompleted [System-driven + villainess protagonist + egoist + top prodigy + near-invincible power fantasy + no romance (no male consorts)] After transmigrating, Nan Xian becomes a fake prodigy used by a top family to save face. She is about to fight the real prodigy. Should she just wait to die? No rush, the System is here to help. [Ding! The Ultimate Villain System is at your service.] [Humiliate your arrogant fiancé and get a divine beast mount as a reward.] Nan Xian: Kill him. Her younger siblings are d 48.3kReads9.5Score6.9kShelves

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   This book fits perfectly. The heroine Nan Xian has what the world considers to be the purest and most selfless mind (seemingly well-behaved and kind-hearted). In fact, she kills people secretly without blinking an eye. Everything is based on her own interests. There is no censorship and anyone can take advantage of her. [The masterpiece of bird food][The masterpiece of bird food][Top post][Already planted][Add one to the bookshelf]

2. 2 快 Quick Transmigration: The Alluring Concubine Captivates Hearts and Rises to Principal Wife 快穿：妾室妖媚，撩欲惑心晋主母 Song Shilu宋时鹿Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration through palace and household intrigue, a wholly ancient-world heroine, a villainess focused solely on her mission, the Matriarch System, breathtaking beauty, a naturally seductive allure, a scheming green-tea vixen, not a sweet romance] Everyone says, “Beauty is a sin.” Liu Fuyin, daughter of a wealthy merchant, is stunningly beautiful and enchantingly seductive. Before she even comes of age, she’s a beauty capable of bringing kingdoms to their knees, and everyone wants to 13.2kReads8.8Score843Shelves

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   The heroines are all self-centered, and being kind to others is not as good as being kind to yourself [note]

3. 3 漂 A Stunning Beauty Hounded by an Obsessive Mad Dog in a Period Novel 漂亮美人在年代文被偏执疯狗缠上 Sanda Biscuit散打饼干Modern Romance323k WordsCompleted [A calculating, self-serving heroine + an obsessive, possessive hero] Selfish, vain, materialistic, and always looking out for herself. And yet, countless people love her. In the original novel, Lin Luoxue is the heroine's sister, a cannon-fodder character who despises the poor and loves the rich, and juggles three men at once. Even after getting married, she's still unfaithful, and in the end, she dies while eloping with her lover. She's nasty, selfish, and plays with people's feelings while mo 51.5kReads8.8Score3.1kShelves
4. 4 凡 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 98.4kReads8.9Score8.9kShelves

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   I haven't forgotten anything 20 years ago

5. 5 我 I Am the Zombie Virus: I Infected the Campus Beauty from the Start! 我，丧尸病毒，开局感染校花！ Shadow Lurking in the Dark潜伏于黑暗中的影子Sci-Fi & Apocalypse153k WordsCompleted [Dark + Strategy and Management + Zombie Apocalypse + No Female Lead] Wang Zhu is reborn as a zombie virus, with the goal of infecting the entire world! Bound to a simulation System, he earns evolution points by infecting humans, advancing from controlling a campus belle to commanding a zombie horde of billions. While humanity scoffs at the “flu,” the zombie invasion has already begun. By the time they realize what’s happening, it’s too late. A deafening voice speaks in unison from the mouth 11Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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   The killer is decisive, never relenting, and focuses on his own interests. He is not a holy mother, but has intelligence and plans.

6. 6 提 I Awakened My Supernatural Powers Early, and Now I Stand Against the World Alone 提前觉醒超凡，我一人抗衡世界 North Head Alley北首巷Urban322k WordsCompleted [No Romance, No System + Gray Fog Evolution + Dark Superpowers + Invincible in the World + Upending the World] (Not a comedic rebirth-by-the-numbers story. The action gets awesome after chapter 28!) Geniuses? Behemoths? Evil fiends? Angels? I don't care. Anything that stands in my way gets blown to pieces!!! After an unexpected transmigration, Bai Xun becomes one of the world's first supernatural beings. As the world undergoes upheaval, he has already become invincible. His power continues to sw 421Reads6.5Score—Shelves
7. 7 太 The Sword Maiden of the Grand Void 太虚剑姬 Shen Qingling沈青绫Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted [Ruthless and Decisive • Heartless Villain • Devoted to the Dao • Master of Manipulation] At the end of a dynasty, powerful clans carved up the land, while spirits and monsters terrorized the countryside. Mighty martial artists preyed on the common people, while exalted immortals looked down on all living things as mere ants. Song Ling came from Earth with a stat-allocation panel and stepped into this vast, turbulent world of cultivation. “Spend five Mystic Source points to improve the third-rat 25.4kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
8. 8 人 In a High-Martial World, My Talent Is Cultivating Demonic Word Traits 人在高武，天赋却是词条魔修 Grayish White Rain灰白色的雨Urban264k WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless + no heroine + self-interest + lone wolf + high martial arts + demonic cultivator + infinite worlds + trait system] Gu Bai transmigrates to a prison in a high-martial-arts world. The crimes committed by the original owner earn Gu Bai a hefty thousand-year sentence. But there is always a way out. In prison, Gu Bai awakens a second talent: cultivating immortality through traits. Every time he breaks through a major realm or fulfills a special condition, he can choose one of 26Reads7.0Score—Shelves
9. 9 从 Starting with an F-Rank Ability, I Rise Step by Step to the Top 从F级异能开始一步一步走向最强 Dreams Among the Clouds云间梦境Urban1.9M WordsOngoing (A slow-burn, dark story. Things develop slowly at first, and the protagonist goes a little crazy now and then. This is not a power fantasy, so don't read if that's not your thing.) In an instant, the world was suddenly destroyed, and Han Yang died with it. Bad news: The world is destroyed, and Han Yang is about to die. Good news: He transmigrated, and it's a supernatural world. Bad news: He's got an F-rank ability and was just kicked out of his home. Good news: He has a golden finger, plus a se 2.7kReads7.0Score201Shelves
10. 10 怪 Even the Monster Dorako Dreams of Becoming King 怪兽多拉考也有成王梦 Black-Sky Night Cat黑天夜猫子Anime Fanfiction2.3M WordsOngoing [Not a Traditional Ultraman Story] [An Unusual Perspective] [A Wild-Imagination Ultraman Story] [No pandering to men or women, no bowing to the strong, no helping the weak] After accidentally transmigrating to the world of Ultraman, his soul collided with a comet during the journey and he became Dorako, the comet monster who appeared in the original Ultraman series. As a monster, Aixin never wanted to head to Earth just to get killed. But Dorako's soul had yet to fully merge with his, so he coul 7.3kReads8.9Score410Shelves
11. 11 原 Genshin Impact: Reincarnated as Paimon, Training Little Lumine 原神：转生派蒙，训练荧妹 Lord of Sand City沙城城主Anime Fanfiction200k WordsOngoing Bai Meng transmigrates to Teyvat and awakens a System that only collects the Traveler’s affection. Affection works like points and can be exchanged for all kinds of items in the System’s shop. Speed potions, strength potions, an unbreakable Sharp Sword, a Ship-Pressing Iron that increases your strength every day, and even a potion that instantly grants a hundred thousand jin of strength! Planes, cannons, tanks! It has everything! From the start, he becomes the Traveler’s guide. Remembering all t 9Reads7.1Score—Shelves
12. 12 宝 Pokemon: The Age of Evil, Climbing to the Peak of Villainy 宝可梦：极恶时代，攀登极恶之巅 Little Homebody2007小宅2007Anime Fanfiction2.7M WordsOngoing Hei Yu accidentally transmigrates to the Pokemon world and becomes a pirate? With his love of Dark type Pokemon, watch him dominate the League and climb step by step to the title of Champion! Many years later, when a reporter asks Hei Yu, “Why did you give up being a Gym Leader to become the League's Chief Investigator?” Hei Yu replies righteously, “I will never tolerate evil!” Everyone looks at Hei Yu, his face full of righteous indignation, and the team of Dark type Pokemon behind him, then fa 35.5kReads9.0Score2.7kShelves
13. 13 深 Abyssal Mutation Files 深渊畸变档案 No One in the World Will Ever Meet Me Again世人千万再难遇我Urban140k WordsOngoing [Dark] + [Behind the Scenes] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Lovecraftian] + [No Female Lead] + [No System] There was no mystery here once, until I came along. They are underground, in the sky, and in the deep sea. Before I knew it, I had become one of them... “They crave power, but I am the opposite, because I am power.” 6.3kReads9.1Score577Shelves

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    Very beautiful, very beautiful

14. 14 恶 The Devil Reversed 恶魔逆位 20/100 Vision视力零点二一Mystery737k WordsCompleted “If I wanted to kill him, I wouldn’t use a method this laughably clumsy.” After the black-haired girl in black finished speaking in the interrogation room, she didn’t say another word. The way she calmly studied the photograph made it seem more like she was admiring the victim’s gruesome death. In the photo was a cold, white bathtub filled with shocking amounts of blood. A man lay slumped inside, his deathly pale body visible only from the shoulders up. The deceased was Zhou Haixiong. He had 45.6kReads9.5Score6.8kShelves

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    Undoubtedly, a masterpiece

15. 15 修 Cultivating the Demonic Path, Building My Foundation Through Slaughter 修魔成道，杀生筑基 Jia Chou Mo Hai甲丑末亥Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Demonic Cultivation] [Cold-Blooded and Ruthless] [Decisive and Merciless] [The Dark Side of Human Nature] [The male lead is an ordinary man. There are women, but no female lead.] Consume treasured elixirs to gather qi and improve your cultivation and spells. Xu Sanyan was born among bandits and knows that human life is as worthless as grass: if you don't kill, you'll be killed. To stay alive, he severs the compassion in his heart and unleashes the evil within. To obtain a cultivation manual 26.4kReads8.7Score2kShelves

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    He vowed to practice the devil's path, using the five poisons of greed, anger, stupidity, wealth, and sex as guides to create an extraordinary soul. Every poison is a trial, every difficulty is a transformation. Ups and downs in the sea of ​​desire, and finally realize the truth of giving up; reborn in anger, learn tolerance; break the bubble of obsession, and clearly distinguish between reality and reality. Money and lust seduced his heart, but he stuck to his heart, turned poison into strength, and climbed to the pinnacle of the devil's path. This is "I Want to Cultivate the Demon, Five Poisons Cast the Soul", a legendary journey of desire and redemption.

16. 16 天 With a Ghostly Talent, I Shouldn't Be in the Main God Space 天赋是幽魂的我不应该在主神空间 Shang Yuanyi上渊仪Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Dark, with a young boy protagonist and no female lead. The blurb was changed by mistake: I replaced it with the new book’s blurb and forgot what the old one said. Shang Yuanyi can’t be bothered to change it back. is another title for this book. Dark + young boy protagonist + the protagonist kills without mercy First death Shang Yuanyi: “Village Chief, we’re as close as grandfather and grandson. You wouldn’t do anything to me, would you?” The village chief 410Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    IQ has a plan, not a virgin, has fun, does whatever it takes, puts his own interests first, likes to crush other people's hopes

17. 17 我 I Devour Gods in Another World 我在异界吞噬神明 Toyotomi Who Loves Wheat Bread爱吃餐麦面包的丰臣Eastern Fantasy706k WordsOngoing Also known as: I Devour the Gods in Another World [No Saintly Protagonist] [No Female Lead] [The Protagonist Has No System] [No Harem] [High Combat Power] [Ensemble Cast] [Infinite-Worlds Style] Li Tian, who had reached the pinnacle through devouring and plunder, was framed by the world’s greatest powerhouses, who joined forces against him. He had planned to rely on his rebirth ability to take revenge, but instead he ended up in another world, successfully taking over the body of a Li Tian from 1Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 全 Global Mutation: The Mutant Frenzy of Trillions of Lives 全球畸变：亿兆生命的变异狂潮 Turbid One浊人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted Meat blossoms sprout from the soil, and fangs grow from the flowers. The old order awakens all around them. To it, humble humanity is nothing but vermin to be exterminated. Mount Fuji erupts, and the entire Sakura Isles are ripped up and hurled at Huaxia. The magnetic poles flip, super-earthquakes strike, towering tsunamis rise, and the seven continents are squeezed together by a giant hand. Abnormal memes, twisted reality, and layers of overlapping worlds: as the boundary between physics and co 14kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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    With a body of flesh and blood, awakening superpowers, evolving organs, fighting against heaven and earth, I am a god!

19. 19 末 Apocalypse Rebirth: The Big Shot Starts by Stockpiling a Million Supplies 末世重生：大佬从百万囤货开始 Zhou Dabai周大白Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + ruthless heroine + System storage space + stockpiling supplies + infrastructure building + strong female lead + an outrageously powerful golden finger!] Han Qingxia, a hardened survivor who struggled through ten years of the apocalypse, is betrayed by her base while it’s under siege by zombies. She opens her eyes and finds herself back half a month before the apocalypse! Her deadbeat father, awful grandmother, and stepmother are still trying to force her out of her home so her brot 102.9kReads9.4Score9.5kShelves

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    Baby! You can take a look at this!

20. 20 烟 Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.4M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 896.8kReads9.6Score233.1kShelves

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    There is a building in the world called "Misty Rain Tower". The owner of the building, Li Qingzhi, is a peerless genius who controls life and death in the dark night. However, the real founder of Yanyu Tower is someone else - a mysterious being who presents himself as a playboy. He hides behind the scenes, manipulates the situation, organizes the world, and plays with the world at the palm of his hand. When the truth is revealed, the world will know that the seemingly absurd dude is actually the mastermind behind the turmoil in the world!

21. 21 北 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 Yun Feng云峰Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 684.8kReads9.6Score87.8kShelves

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    It seems like it's true

22. 22 欲 The Taking 欲夺 Fei Yiqi费轶祺Modern Romance359k WordsCompleted [Extreme push and pull + flirtatious games + BE, proceed with caution] Fei Yu had seen women try to seduce his good third brother, Fei Xiaochuan, before. But Xia Shu was the first one who’d also had a history with him. Fei Yu admitted that men were born bad, and that he had a bit of a cruel streak. He would even offer her pointers now and then on her grand plan. “He doesn’t like red.” “If you want to seduce Fei Xiaochuan, you’ll have to put in some effort to learn what he likes.” “He has his own 2.6kReads9.0Score234Shelves

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    Main character is cruel and ruthless

23. 23 恶 The Villainess Awakens and Slaughters Her Way Through the World, Defying Heaven 恶人女主觉醒杀疯天下毁天道 It's Yangyang是羊羊呦Ancient Romance296k WordsCompleted Content warning: The heroine is a madwoman who holds grudges and is ruthless. (The story is entirely fictional. Don’t take it seriously, and it doesn’t represent the author’s values.) Only after being reborn for the third time did Ye Sangning learn that she was merely an NPC in a game, doomed to die the same miserable death in every life. Her loving parents, devoted older brother, and infatuated fiancé were all targeted by the woman chosen by the System. After that woman appeared, everyone who h 15.5kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
24. 24 白 The Girl Who Was My Moonlight Is Done with This! 白月光她不干了！ Hai Ying海盈Modern Romance367k WordsCompleted “You are the beautiful, high-born second female lead, the childhood sweetheart who returns from abroad as everyone’s unattainable ideal. You marry the CEO of a multinational corporation for a business alliance. But you can’t help falling for the male lead, your childhood friend, and you constantly scheme against the innocent, sweet female lead. In the end, the leads live happily ever after, while your husband and family abandon you, and you die a horrible death.” After transmigrating into the an 61.6kReads9.2Score6.1kShelves
25. 25 圣 The Holy Spirit Emerges! The Eight Petals Appear! She Unleashes Ferocious Beasts Upon the Divine Realm 圣灵出！八叶现！她携凶兽掀神界 Jiang Li将璃Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Complete. Read with confidence] [Comic adaptation now available] Also known as: Evil Emperor’s Favorite: The Useless Young Lady Reigns Supreme Across the Nine Heavens [Feel-good female-led story + strong heroine and hero + putting scumbags in their place + divine beasts + ferocious beasts + leveling up and fighting monsters] A little warning before you dive in: [This is not traditional cultivation. The heroine is cold and unsentimental, not a self-sacrificing saint, and ruthless when it comes t 18.3kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves
26. 26 仙 The Immortal Path? The Path of Death! 仙道？死道！ Jue Love ScarJue恋殇Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted [Horror Cultivation] + [Survival at All Costs] You are what you eat, so eating bitterness won't make you a better person. Only eating people will. An immortal once said, “If you're not at the table, you're on the menu.” Humans are the spirit of all things, born with immortal bodies and prized as heavenly medicine. In the cultivation world, the only way to cultivate is to absorb the power and fortune of others! That's why ordinary people are kept as living cauldrons. If you don't consume others, —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Forbidden Love × Crazy Criticism of Fallen Immortals × Reversal of Humans and Animals "I have ascended for thousands of years, but was locked into a beast cage as a spiritual pet by an evil disciple?" Yun Su failed to cross the tribulation and fell into the mortal world, and the former immortal became a plaything in the hands of a demon cultivator! **"Immortal bones are fed to dogs, and spiritual roots are used as chains. The master's body is suitable for a mount."** She swallowed the poison with tears, but awakened the blood of the ancient demon gods during the blood riot - the nine tails crushed the chains, the sharp claws tore the sky, and the gods and gods all over the sky became ants under their feet! **"May I be a double cultivator? First crawl through the corpses of immortal animals on the ground!"** Click to see the fallen immortal's black revenge, and tame the three realms into a loyal dog Shura field!

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