What Are the Cruelest Torture Scenes in Fiction? 书里最残忍的刑罚情节？

1. 251 野 The Wild Soldier God of War Series (Complete in 11 Volumes) 野兵战神系列（全十一册） Ye Bing野兵Urban1.9M WordsCompleted Li Liang had been taken by his father into the deep mountains as a child to learn all kinds of survival skills. As keen as a wild beast, he had superhuman marksmanship and could instantly take down a target hundreds of meters away without a scope. But when he took the military enlistment exam at eighteen, a twist of fate led him to be recruited by one of the world’s top mercenary organizations. A misunderstanding also branded him a murderer, and the military issued a kill order against him. Ever 1.8kReads9.5Score29114d adds
2. 252 落 Falling Among the Stars: My Master Is a Little Ruthless 落入星辰之师父有点狠 Luo Wanyi洛晚意Ancient Romance193k WordsCompleted When she was born, thunderbolts crashed down one after another in the twelfth lunar month, and every flower, blade of grass, and tree withered overnight. She was said to have brought death to her parents and relatives, and from then on, everyone called her a bringer of misfortune. Luo Qiqi: Grandma, go ahead and burn me! If Qiqi dies, I won’t have to endure your beatings and scoldings or gnaw on pig slop anymore. Xichen: How foolish. Luo Qiqi: Will you take me in? I don’t have a home anymore! Xi —Reads—Score—14d adds
3. 253 世 Everyone Avoids the Troublemaking Girls, but I Take Them All In 世人皆避精神小妹我尽数收留 Mo Mi莫羋Urban433k WordsOngoing Spiritual little sisters, yoga pants: which one can make you stop in your tracks? ...Stop looking, this is the one! To give everyone a good show, I spent 6,000 yuan to live with a spiritual little sister for a month, together around the clock. What? You say that's still not enough? Then how about adding a System, too!? Gu Xingchen transmigrates back ten years and uses his System to turn his life around. Every spiritual little sister in the county follows him... Their world is on guard against th 46.6kReads6.2Score2.9k14d adds

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   The first book was a system-based, fast-paced romance novel with multiple female leads and no drawn-out plots... The second book was a angst-filled novel that's already finished; I read it all the way to the end.

4. 254 玄EN Xuanhuan: The Day I Was Murdered, an Unrivaled Imperial Clan Came Calling 玄幻：被害死当天，无上帝族来人 Takeoff, Aircraft Number One起飞一号机Eastern Fantasy752k WordsCompleted [Satisfying read + invincible + villain protagonist + no saintly behavior + scheming] Su Chenxiao transmigrates across the myriad heavens and activates the Heaven’s Chosen Villain System. As the most doted-on youngest son in his clan, he has an utterly terrifying background! His father is the head of an supreme imperial clan, his mother is the daughter of a Great Emperor, and his siblings are peerless prodigies. Both his paternal and maternal grandfathers possess terrifying Emperor Realm cultiva 17kReads8.5Score1.4k14d adds
5. 255 雪 Prisoner of the Snowfall Palace 雪烬宫囚 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Ancient Romance939k WordsCompleted [Historical Fantasy] [Romance] [Revenge] [Angst] [Plot Twists] [Redemption] [Mutual Firsts] [Happy Ending] I am the most beloved Ninth Princess of Liang. The day the capital fell, my father, who had doted on me beyond measure, shoved me off the Star-Viewing Tower, hoping to trade my life for his own escape. Qin Yi, the rebel leader, caught me below. Emotions I couldn't understand surged in his bloodshot eyes. "Tell me, who threw you down?" I fainted in his arms, which reeked of blood. The man be 4.8kReads6.4Score29714d adds

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   Isn't this cruel?

6. 256 剖 They Cut Out My Golden Core and Dug Up My Spiritual Root. A Hundred Years After My Death, I Was Reborn 剖金丹挖灵根，死后百年我重生了 Nine Sheets of Paper九片纸Ancient Romance521k WordsCompleted [A cultivation story with no romance] Sang Yuan always thought she was Heaven’s chosen one. At six, she was found to possess a supreme water spiritual root, and three exceptionally gifted senior brothers doted on her as the jewel of Xuanqing Sect. But on the night she formed her Golden Core, the senior brothers who had once cherished her stabbed a cold core-splitting blade through her dantian. Only then did she understand that their so-called love was nothing more than careful tending: they were 166Reads—Score—14d adds
7. 257 浮 Pagoda: The Lord Steals His Minister’s Wife 浮屠：君夺臣妻 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Historical15k WordsCompleted Futu: The Lord Takes His Minister's Wife 936Reads—Score1814d adds
8. 258 训 Discipline: Bai Ye (Whump Version) 训诫：白夜（虐身版） The Literary Scholar Duan Has a Cat文人耑有猫23k WordsCompleted Discipline: Bai Ye (Angst and Abuse Edition) —Reads—Score11914d adds

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   It's absolutely fantastic! The author's writing is incredibly poignant, so naturally poignant that it's easy to feel the pain from beginning to end!

9. 259 被 After Being Expelled from My Sect, I Awakened Max-Level Talent 被逐出师门后，我觉醒了满级天赋 Idle Gentleman闲郎Ancient Romance275k WordsCompleted [Face-slapping and scum-bashing + cultivation power fantasy + transmigration + strong female lead + no romance] Xiao Yueyue, a corporate drone from the 21st century, transmigrates into the world of cultivation, only to become the beloved junior sister’s sworn enemy. She’s sentenced to a hundred strokes with the cane, stripped of her cultivation, and driven out of the sect right off the bat. After leaving the sect, she discovers that the jade ring she unexpectedly acquired is a supreme immortal a 65Reads6.6Score—14d adds
10. 260 他 He Slaughtered My Entire Family, So I Stabbed Him Through the Heart 他屠戮我满门，我给他穿心一剑 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫37k WordsCompleted He Slaughtered My Entire Family, So I Stabbed Him Through the Heart 617Reads—Score—14d adds
11. 261 九 Nine Lifetimes of Reincarnation, A Love Begun and Lost 九世轮回，缘起缘灭 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫11k WordsCompleted Nine Lifetimes of Reincarnation, Fate Begins and Ends 597Reads—Score—14d adds
12. 262 笼 The Caged Songbird Ensnared the Mad Emperor 笼中雀她渣了疯批皇帝 Lord Number One Scholar探花大人Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Taking Her by Force / The Long Road to Winning Her Back | Sweet, Deceptive Maid × Domineering, Ruthless, Scheming Emperor] Xu Zhixing was emperor twice in his life. The first time he took the throne, he kept Jiang Si imprisoned by his side and personally forced her to drink a pregnancy-preventing potion. But power struggles were rife with hidden murderous intent, and life and death were unpredictable. In just a few short years, the dynasty changed hands several times. After the Qing dynasty was 1kReads8.4Score10214d adds

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    The female lead has a truly tragic life. A princess from the previous dynasty lost her country and family at the age of five and became a slave to the current crown prince (the male lead is not this crown prince). It's basically a story of physical and emotional abuse.

13. 263 囚 Kept as a Fox Concubine, I Ran Away 囚狐为妾，我直接逃了 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Ancient Romance40k WordsCompleted I Was Kept as a Fox Concubine, So I Ran Away 394Reads—Score—14d adds
14. 264 渣 A Scumbag's Guide to Winning Hearts [Quick Transmigration] 渣攻攻略实录【快穿】 Xu Wang绪妄Two Male Leads594k WordsCompleted (The rating is low because it just came out. It should go up later, hehe~) [Quick Transmigration, Two Male Leads] [Bottom's POV] [One Top Split Across Multiple Worlds] [1v1] [Peerless Beauty] [Angsty Romance] [The Pursuer's Road to Redemption] [Happy Ending] The playboy Yu Cheng, who loved to live it up, died unexpectedly and got bound to an angst-novel quick transmigration System. System: Dear Host! You can be reborn as long as you complete your missions as required! Yu Cheng: Not interested, t 1.2kReads7.3Score12514d adds

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    They're all forms of torture; just slowly suffer the abuse.

15. 265 宠 He Doted on His Wife Without Limit, Yet She Jumped Off a Building 宠妻无度，她却跳楼了 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Marriage & Romance17k WordsCompleted He Doted on His Wife Without Limit, Yet She Jumped off a Building 132Reads—Score—14d adds

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    For me, the abuse almost drove me to depression. Would you call that a form of punishment?

16. 266 山 Where the Hills Are Green, the General Has a Heart 山有扶苏，将军有情 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Marriage & Romance7k WordsCompleted There Are Fusu Trees on the Mountain, and a General with a Heart 110Reads—Score—14d adds
17. 267 再 The Crown Princess Again 再为太子妃 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫11k WordsCompleted Become the Crown Princess Again 128Reads—Score—14d adds
18. 268 迫 Forced to Marry the Ninth Prince 迫嫁九王妃 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Ancient Romance49k WordsCompleted Forced to Marry the Ninth Prince 57Reads—Score—14d adds
19. 269 沦 The Horrors of the Occupied Territories: A Record of Japanese Atrocities in China 沦陷区惨状记：日军侵华暴行实录 Sun Liangong孙俍工Historical1.2M WordsCompleted 645Reads9.3Score7314d adds
20. 270 终 In the End, She Married Someone Else 终嫁他人 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫10k WordsCompleted In the End, She Married Someone Else 72Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 271 人 A Brief History of Human Torture 人类酷刑简史 Ai Chuang艾闯Historical11k WordsCompleted When the brazen bull of ancient Rome turns screams into roars, when the medieval Iron Maiden measures suffering with 487 iron spikes, and when Guantanamo's white-noise rooms precisely break the will with decibel levels, the truth behind three thousand years of human violence is a dark collusion between power and technology. With the precision of a scalpel, this book dissects the evolution of torture, from Aztec sacrificial knives to CIA waterboarding. It reveals how King Zhou's torture by burnin 82Reads8.2Score—14d adds
22. 272 我 You Can't Imagine the Tortures I Can Inflict 我的酷刑，你想象不到 I'll Knock Your Head Sideways哔哔头给你打歪Ancient Romance146k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + System + strong female lead + no CP] A deputy director in the Interrogation Department of the 21st century, she was suddenly blown up and killed. The System took her to an alternate ancient world, where she became a county magistrate. She rose through the ranks, overcoming one challenge after another, until she became the female Minister of Justice, interrogating criminals in all sorts of ways. “Looks like Landlord Wang isn’t satisfied with my punishment. Datou, go on, pluck hi 377Reads—Score—14d adds
23. 273 简 Simple Storm: It Started with a Peep 简单风暴：从一次偷窥开始 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Modern Romance442k WordsCompleted “You gave yourself to me just to protect that man?” A storm of fury rose in the man's eyes as he stared at the silent girl. “Do you think I'll still marry you? Get out!” On a stormy night, the coldhearted man mercilessly drove her out of the villa... 138Reads—Score—14d adds
24. 274 大 Bring on the Torture 大刑伺候 Naming Is Hard难哉起名Mystery118k WordsCompleted After pop star Liu Xiaohan is repeatedly slandered by online trolls, the overwhelming mental pressure drives her to jump to her death. Xiao Tianya, the group chairman's son, is deeply in love with Liu Xiaohan and begins plotting his revenge. 83Reads—Score—14d adds
25. 275 宠 He Doted on His Concubine and Neglected His Wife, So I Divorced the General 宠妾灭妻，我把将军给休了 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫26k WordsCompleted He Dotes on His Concubine and Neglects His Wife, So I Divorced the General 608Reads—Score—14d adds
26. 276 暗 An Assassin’s Love and Revenge, Beyond Romance 暗卫情仇，无关风月 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Ancient Romance38k WordsCompleted A Dark Guard's Love and Grudge, Beyond Romance 136Reads—Score—14d adds
27. 277 虐 Short Stories of Men Getting Their Hearts Broken 虐男短篇合集 Gugu, What Are You Writing?鼓鼓写啥Ancient Romance220k WordsCompleted [Strong female lead + short stories + men get put through the wringer + wildly satisfying] Male-lead fans, proceed with caution. - [Story One] The male lead's perspective: Cui Ying: She doesn't blame me for spending years in the palace without bearing a child. She understands that I'm in poor health. She's so good to me. I love her so much. Cui Sixian: ...Your little softie husband is terrifying. The female lead's perspective: After fifteen years of plotting, the empress finally eradicates the s 1.5kReads8.9Score13014d adds

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    It's incredibly cruel, truly torturous for the female lead. The male lead suffers physical pain, but our female lead suffers emotional pain, tormented by love.

28. 278 剑 Sword Dance for the Demon-Subduing Consort 剑舞镇妖妃 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted The Sword-Dancing Demon Queen 24Reads—Score—14d adds
29. 279 断 A Grudge Written in Broken Bones 断骨之怨 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Ancient Romance48k WordsCompleted A Grudge Carved in Broken Bones 844Reads—Score—14d adds
30. 280 地 Hell’s Executioner 地狱刑罚官 Redwood Lady红杉娘子Urban508k WordsCompleted King Qin Guang has slept for a thousand years. When he wakes, he finds himself in the world of the living. You'd think someone who could get anything he wanted in the underworld would do just fine among the living, too. But can someone tell him why people faint as soon as he appears, and why he ends up losing half his powers? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
31. 281 碎 Shatter the Inverted Qilin 碎逆麟 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Ancient Romance20k WordsCompleted Shattered Reversed Scale 219Reads—Score714d adds
32. 282 住 After Moving In with Auntie, I Awaken the Power to Stop Time 住进阿姨家后，我觉醒了时间暂停 There’s Nothing Wrong with Meow木有猫饼Urban736k WordsOngoing [Reborn + No System + Business + Superpowers + A Huge Following + No Simping + No Cowardice + The Straight and Narrow] Ye Bai, a notorious gang boss, gets incredibly lucky and is reborn in his high school days. In his previous life, he was guilty of countless crimes and met a miserable end. Given a chance to start over, he vows to lead his brothers down the straight and narrow and become a legitimate businessman. Strangely, though, he hasn't done anything illegal. He just happens to have a few 23.9kReads9.2Score2.1k14d adds

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    Li Qin was thrilled by her bold guess. She found it hard to believe. "I treat you like a sister, and you actually want to be my daughter-in-law? This is simply... Fantastic!" Li Qin exclaimed excitedly.

33. 283 我 I Was His Blade, and He Shattered My Soul 我为他刃，他断我魂 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Ancient Romance7k WordsCompleted I Became His Blade, and He Shattered My Soul 113Reads—Score—14d adds
34. 284 历 The Complete Collection of History's Hardest Truths to Stomach 历史不忍细看大全集 Xing Qunlin邢群麟Historical181k WordsCompleted Step into a forbidden place sealed off by history for a thousand years, and uncover strange tales and secrets no one has ever told you! Did you know that Kangxi owed his accession to the throne in part to a German? Do you know how hard the princes' daily lives were? Do you know who delivered the most famous flattery in Chinese history? Do you know how many rules governed an emperor's meals? Do you know what the true relationship was between Qin Hui and Yue Fei? Xing Qunlin and Nie Xiaoqing answe 354Reads8.8Score10014d adds
35. 285 魂 Lost in a Trance 魂不守舍 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Mystery19k WordsCompleted Distraught 25Reads—Score—14d adds
36. 286 刑 A History of Punishment 刑罚的历史 Luo Xiang罗翔Historical120k WordsCompleted Professor Luo Xiang of China University of Political Science and Law recounts the brutal punishments of ancient times and traces how penal systems evolved from cruelty toward humanity. Ancient Chinese law was based on criminal law, and its main legal consequence was punishment. Since its emergence, written criminal law has sought to restrain the power to punish. But the tradition of rule by individuals made that goal impossible to achieve in practice. The idea that “the law is limited, but human 37Reads8.6Score2014d adds
37. 287 出 The Day After I Returned from a Business Trip, My Mom Killed Herself 出差回来第二天，我妈自杀了 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫21k WordsCompleted The Day After I Got Back from a Business Trip, My Mom Took Her Own Life 36Reads—Score—14d adds
38. 288 中 An Encyclopedia of Chinese History, Volume Twenty: The Horrors of Torture 中国历史百科之二十：刑具淫威 Wen Ming闻明Historical14 WordsCompleted Chinese culture values peace and upholds the ideal of moderation. When different cultures meet, it excels at bringing them together without taking sides or harboring resentment, favoring harmony and balance. This has enabled the Chinese nation to grow and flourish. Chinese culture is like a vast sea fed by countless rivers, boundless and immeasurable. The History of Chinese Culture recounts the extraordinary journey of China, from prehistoric times to the present, covering the expansion of its t 3Reads7.6Score—14d adds
39. 289 他 He Turned Me into a Blind Woman 他把我变成了盲女 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫26k WordsCompleted He Turned Me into a Blind Woman 1kReads—Score—14d adds
40. 290 刑 The Horrors of Torture, Part Two 刑具淫威（下） Li Jianqiao李剑桥Historical48k WordsCompleted Building on the achievements of historical research in China, this set of The Encyclopedia of Chinese History brings together an abundance of illustrations and written materials preserved throughout the long history of Chinese civilization, offering a vivid account of historical developments. With more than 2,000 rare images and over three million words of text, it provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of Chinese history, covering politics, the military, the economy, culture, 7Reads8.2Score—14d adds
41. 291 高 The Noble Emperor Fears Being Cast Aside by His Lord Every Day 高贵帝君每天都怕被主上扔了 Super Duper Invincible Cosmic Kitty宇宙超级无敌喵宝宝Two Male Leads534k WordsCompleted Five hundred years ago, before the ancient ten-tailed divine fox Jing Heng ascended to the God Realm, he saved a gravely wounded young man. To repay him, the young man served Jing Heng as a personal slave for five hundred years. Five hundred years later, the young man learned that he was Jun Qi, the bloodline of the late Divine Emperor. After Jun Qi ascended the throne as Divine Emperor, Jing Heng was sentenced to nine Heaven-Slaying Arrows on the charge of treason. No one had ever survived bein 1.4kReads8.6Score16314d adds
42. 292 不 I Don't Want Your Love, Just Your Life 不要你的爱，只要你的命 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫16k WordsCompleted I Don’t Want Your Love, Just Your Life 46Reads—Score314d adds
43. 293 开 From the Start, the Villainous Empress Dragged Me into Her Sect to Have a Baby 开局被反派女帝绑进宗门造娃 Guo Little Cat蝈小猫Eastern Fantasy509k WordsCompleted [Cultivation + Empress + Symbiosis + Dad life + One heroine] After being expelled from the Exorcists' Association and betrayed by his ex-wife, Jiang Yu thought his life had hit rock bottom. Who knew that as soon as he transmigrated, a stunning beauty would fall right into his arms, and she was an empress at that! Did the Heavenly Dao take pity on him and give him a wife from the start? No, wait! His wife is actually a villain! He saved her, but she repaid his kindness by kidnapping him to her se 257Reads5.0Score—14d adds

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    Lots of punishment scenes! Great!

44. 294 重 Reborn: Prince Yi Realizes He Got It Wrong 重生之翊王爷他认错了 Wang Chunshan 099妄春山099Two Male Leads111k WordsCompleted [The loyal, devoted shadow guard Wuluo, the bottom × the cold, violent Prince Qi Heng, the top] Wuluo loves Prince Yi, but shadow guards are of the lowest status, so he can never confess his feelings. He can only keep his love hidden in his heart. But his brief happiness doesn't last. Wuluo, already out of favor with the prince, is discovered harboring these "filthy" feelings, and in a fit of rage, Prince Yi drives Shadow Nine out of the manor. One day, Prince Yi is struck by a potent poison. 762Reads6.4Score10514d adds
45. 295 捡 I Took in a Foolish Prince as My Live-In Son-in-Law 捡个傻王爷做赘婿 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Ancient Romance35k WordsCompleted I Picked Up a Foolish Prince to Be My Live-In Son-in-Law 9Reads—Score—14d adds
46. 296 以 Defying My Master! My Mad, Wicked Disciple Humiliates Me at Every Turn 以下犯上！被疯批孽徒百般折辱 Guo Little Cat蝈小猫Ancient Romance413k WordsCompleted [The low rating is because readers who dislike angsty stories left bad reviews. I’m crying my eyes out.] Wen Si, a renowned general of the Celestial Realm and high priestess of Tianxing Sect, considers taking Qi Mo as her wicked disciple the greatest mistake of her life. Five hundred years later, after Qi Mo turns into a Demon God, the first thing he does is imprison Wen Si. He tramples on her and humiliates her, vowing to make her wish she were dead. “Master, do you regret taking me, your wicke 3.3kReads8.0Score23614d adds
47. 297 昔 Once a Prisoner at His Feet, Now a King 昔日阶下囚，今朝称王 Super Cute Neurotic超可爱的神经Two Male Leads322k WordsCompleted A phoenix among men, a bird in a cage. Mu Shi He watched his country fall and his family perish, and devoted himself to restoring his kingdom, only to be abused and imprisoned. At long last, he escaped, only to face the death of a friend. With the road ahead unclear and trapped in the middle of it all, yet powerless to do anything, should he press on or give up...? 45Reads—Score—14d adds
48. 298 他 He Said I Was Too Loud, So I Fell Completely Silent 他嫌我太吵，我彻底安静了 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫12k WordsCompleted He Said I Was Too Noisy, So I Went Completely Quiet 73Reads—Score—14d adds
49. 299 公 The Princess Becomes a Prisoner, and Her Violent, Mad Lover Loses Control 公主沦为阶下囚，暴戾疯批失控了 Guo Little Cat蝈小猫Ancient Romance509k WordsCompleted After the Great Zhou dynasty fell, Princess Yuning Yu Qingyi, the former emperor's most beloved daughter, was captured and made the regent prince Li Heng's concubine-servant. Li Heng hated her and wanted nothing more than to have her torn apart by horses. He imprisoned her, whipped her, and crushed her dignity, but she never gave in. All he ever got in return was her contempt and hatred. “You must know that death isn't the most painful thing in this world. Living in misery is.” But she was like 1.9kReads6.5Score11714d adds
50. 300 他 He Got Together with His "Buddy," So I Chose to Walk Away 他跟“哥们”好上了，我选择退出 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫9k WordsCompleted He Got Together with His "Buddy," So I Chose to Walk Away 38Reads—Score—14d adds

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