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Underworld Stories: They Use Knives, I Use Guns. No Rules, Just Ruthless Action 黑道文,别人用刀我用枪,不讲规矩,要杀伐果断

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  1. 1 My Dad's on the Straight and Narrow, I'm in the Underworld 白道爹,黑道我 Urban4.5M WordsOngoing [Not invincible! Not invincible! Not invincible!] The martial world is a road of no return, and its people are pawns that have crossed the river! Where will the drifting ship in this forbidden zone finally end up? Watch as this wandering youth stirs up a storm! Black side: I've got countless brothers! White side: My backing is powerful beyond belief! Money is just something you can't bring with you when you die! [Entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental!] 100.3kReads9.0Score7.3kShelves
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  2. 2 Underworld Tyrant: Those Who Follow Me Prosper, Those Who Oppose Me Perish! 黑道暴君:顺我者昌,逆我者亡! Urban983k WordsOngoing [Class Beauty, I’m out of prison. You’ll pay for what you did!] Framed by the class beauty he loved, Wang Erchui was wrongfully imprisoned for three years. The misery of prison transformed the once-ordinary boy into a hardened man. But it was only after getting out and seeking revenge that he gradually realized there was a terrifying story behind it all. The truth was, it wasn’t that love affair that had ruined his life. It was a vast, carefully woven web of darkness. His enemies had already ris 9.5kReads8.9Score582Shelves
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  3. 3 I Saved a Stunning Beauty, and She Tried to Hack Me with a Knife by the Bed 救了绝色美女,她在床边拿刀砍我 Urban644k WordsCompleted Chu Lingtian is a legendary man known as the "Grim Reaper Wolf King." He returns to the city for a top-secret mission, never imagining that on his very first day back, he will spend the night with a beautiful woman named Liu Bingxue. Afterward, Liu Bingxue takes him home and passes him off as her boyfriend. But it turns out she has a twin sister, Liu Huohuo. The older sister is cold and aloof, while the younger is uninhibited. Sharing a room with these twin beauties is certainly thrilling. After 11.6kReads8.7Score1kShelves
  4. 4 The Underworld's Turbulent Road 黑道风云江湖路 Urban4.9M WordsOngoing What is the Dao? It does not arise because of one person's goodness, nor perish because of one person's evil. Good and evil are determined by people; rise and fall are determined by fate. The people of the world think they are fighting for money, power, or pride. Only in the end do they understand that they were fighting for nothing but illusion. The Dao knows no black or white. All living beings are within the game. (Note: This book is extremely realistic and even somewhat oppressive. Re 136.5kReads9.2Score9.4kShelves
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  5. 5 The Allure of the Underworld 黑道诱人 Urban5.2M WordsOngoing [The short drama adapted from this book, From Here on, Rivers Flow into the World, is now available. Come watch!] [Urban + underworld + big shots + all-powerful + feel-good story + period setting + invincible protagonist + multiple heroines + ruthless and decisive] When I was little, my dad often told me that the path of the underworld was a road of no return. It was hard to walk, and few people ever came to a good end. I never understood what he meant. Instead, I thought the underworld was all 67.3kReads8.7Score2.9kShelves
  6. 6 The Era After the Martial World 后江湖時代 Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [Underworld + Passionate + Satisfying + Ensemble Cast + Jianghu + Big Shots + School + Comedy] “After midnight, we call the shots on this land, whether you’re on the right side of the law or the wrong one!” Jiang Nan stood proudly at the summit like a solitary eagle, looking down at the young generation shining like stars across the jianghu below. “The Su District...” “The tragedy from ten years ago will never happen again in our generation!” “I’ll make sure everyone knows that this era belongs 24.8kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
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  7. 7 Northeast Tales: The Women of Guandong and the Bandits 东北往事•关东娘们儿与土匪 Rural Life602k WordsOngoing Original title: “Tales of the Northeast: The Mother of the Bastard” [Republican Era + Japanese Puppet State of Manchukuo + Notorious Bandits] [Period Setting + Underworld + Northeast Villages] [Ensemble Cast + Jianghu Feuds] [War of Resistance + Father and Son + Tough Guys] A 19-year-old bandit's young leader takes a bullet and tumbles into a willow grove. Feng Qiuyue, a 29-year-old prostitute, grabs him and says, “Big brother, why don't you come home with me for a while?” That one visit sets of 39kReads8.5Score2.7kShelves
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  8. 8 A Young Man's Years in the Jianghu 少年之江湖岁月 Urban1.7M WordsCompleted The jianghu is a road with no return, a maze, an abyss. Some manipulate events from the shadows, while others struggle for their lives in the mire. Watch who rises above them all, and who comes crashing down. 19.5kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
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  9. 9 Leaping Through the Dragon Gate 跳龙门 Urban6.4M WordsCompleted Original Title: Leaping Through the Dragon Gate Song Yu, a fourth-year student at the Foreign Trade Institute, hits rock bottom after his girlfriend betrays him and a rich second-generation bully targets him. Then his mysterious older brother, Song Chen, returns and arranges for the powerful boss of Yuncheng, "Old Wolf," to protect him from the shadows. Refusing to rely on connections, Song Yu uses grit and brains to land an internship at Dragon Gate Group. Using "Mighty Dragon Cleaner" as his b 83.6kReads9.5Score6.8kShelves
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  10. 10 The Dragon Lifts Its Head 龙抬头 Urban5.9M WordsCompleted The goddess who used to look down on me is now applying for a job at my company… When the tiger returns to the mountain, the land will run red with blood; When the dragon rises, even the Yellow River will flow backward! 66.2kReads9.0Score8.2kShelves
  11. 11 The Tiger Emerges from the Mountain 虎出山 Urban3.2M WordsCompleted (Original Title: The Tiger Emerges from the Mountain) After accidentally killing an old hoodlum, Li Hu spends three years in prison. When he gets out, underworld boss Hong Weijun seeks him out and immediately gives him a bar... At the same time, the police approach him, hoping he will help them send Hong Weijun to prison... 63.3kReads9.5Score8.5kShelves
  12. 12 The Northern City Kingpin 北城枭雄 Urban6.1M WordsOngoing Formerly titled The Northern City's Underworld Boss, also known as Tales of the Northeastern Underworld. They say the underworld is all about human relationships and worldly ways, but have you ever seen the real underworld? The underworld is dangerous, but the human heart is even more dangerous. Spring ice is thin, and human nature is thinner still. The underworld is nothing more than a game of chess. Once you enter the game, you can no longer control your own fate. I will use my own experie 266.1kReads9.5Score15.4kShelves
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  13. 13 Winter Reigns Supreme 凛冬为王 Urban418k WordsCompleted In 1998, Frost City was battered by wind and snow. The young Chen Lin had lost his family and been left crippled, suffering one humiliation after another. The moment he entered the underworld, he made ruthlessness his way of life and ruled the streets with his fists. From discarded pawn to overlord, he climbed to the top and became king in the depths of winter. —Reads—Score—Shelves
  14. 14 I Was Reborn, So Why Am I Still a Loser?! 都重生了,我怎么还是混子?! Urban2.3M WordsCompleted [Undercover in the underworld + ruthless and decisive + no sanctimonious do-gooding + sharp as a tack] Brothers, this book once had over 500,000 readers following it, and kept that readership for several months. Quite a few people have adapted it into absurd animated videos and AI short dramas. I’m not a touchy person. You can post videos without my permission, but shouldn’t you at least show me a little respect? Couldn’t you include the original book title and the author’s name? Using Foqin’s n 25.1kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves
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  15. 15 Brazilian Godfather: Starting by Saving a Hot Girl 巴西教父,从拯救辣妹开始 Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [Body transmigration + the underworld rules everything + ruthless decisiveness + no goody-two-shoes hero + multiple women, no main heroine + pictures of beauties + pictures of weapons + smart protagonist + System + both sides of the law + pocket dimension] “First published on Tomato Novel” Bad news: I transmigrated completely naked. Good news: There’s a naked Brazilian girl beside me. Bad news: The gangsters are hunting me. Good news: The System has arrived. With nothing but his bare hands, Lock 54.1kReads8.4Score7.1kShelves
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  16. 16 Now That I’m Reborn, Who’d Still Run with the Gangsters? 都重生了谁还混社会 Urban3.1M WordsCompleted Short drama: "Loyal to the Skies: Starting Over" is now streaming The novel was originally titled "Now That I've Been Reborn, Who Would Still Run With Gangs?" [Reborn + business + lots of underlings + no groveling + no cowardice + taking the righteous path + law-abiding] A big shot from the underworld returns to 2010. Should he repeat his old mistakes and keep running with gangs, or abandon his underlings and take the road to a brighter future? No! I won't choose! In this life, I, Qin Jiang, wil 140.4kReads9.3Score14.2kShelves
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  17. 17 I Just Want to Redeem Myself, but I Keep Gaining More Lackeys 只想洗白,奈何小弟越洗越多 Urban1.9M WordsCompleted The short dramas [Boss, Your Brothers Are All Outside] and [Righteous to the End: Hongxing] are now available to watch. [Reborn + Underworld Boss + Ensemble Cast + Making Money Legally + Passion and Loyalty + Comedy] In his previous life, underworld boss Xiang Yue was sentenced to ten years in prison. His men were either arrested or killed. In this life, Xiang Yue leads his men down the straight and narrow, rising to the top. “Xiang Yue's here! Run!” “Stop crying, or I'll have Xiang Yue come tak 19.4kReads8.6Score1.3kShelves
  18. 18 The Underworld’s Final Ballad 黑道绝响 Urban1.0M WordsCompleted (Original title: Black Road, Final Echo) What is the underworld? Is it really not about fighting and killing, but about the ways of human relationships? Wrong. Only those who can still stand after all the fighting and killing have the right to talk about human relationships. My name is Luo Ping. I witnessed the so-called underworld in a corner of the southwest go from its golden age to its decline, until at last its echoes faded away. This is my story, and a glimpse into one corner of the underw 51.1kReads9.4Score5.6kShelves
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  19. 19 Crouching Tiger 卧虎 Urban2.1M WordsOngoing A hidden dragon rises from the depths and devours all things; a crouching tiger commands the mountains and guards a thousand frontiers! When I was little, the strange older girl next door always asked me to help wash her. When I got a little older, she taught me how to be a real man! Twenty years of flashing blades, eighteen years of changing seasons. The black throne may change hands, but true kingship belongs only to madmen who dare to dance with the devil! 14.6kReads7.7Score2.9kShelves
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  20. 20 Dragon Head 龙头 Urban3.1M WordsCompleted For the sake of the goddess, I crossed the big shot in the county. To stay alive, I fought my way up, one step at a time, until I became the boss... One day, the hidden dragon will find the rain it needs. With a single roar, it will shift the mountains and rivers and move the Big Dipper. Stories of the underdog rising to the top will always set the blood racing. 27.6kReads9.0Score2.8kShelves
  21. 21 The Underworld! 黑道! Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [Gangland, realistic, no wish fulfillment, no mindless plot, no System, frequent updates] Five years ago, Lin Jun enlisted in the military. During those five years, he earned countless military honors. Five years later, Lin Jun returns home after leaving the military, only to find not a happy life awaiting him, but his mother's cold corpse. To avenge his mother, Lin Jun has no choice but to embark on a path of no return, stirring up countless waves in the underworld! 35.1kReads8.5Score2.6kShelves
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  22. 22 I'm Just a Laborer, Don't Make Me a Martial God! 我只是个力工,别坑我做武神! Urban1.6M WordsOngoing Purely hand-crafted + High-Martial Urban Fantasy + Clear Power Scaling + Brotherhood + Underworld + Powerful Background + Investing and Entrepreneurship + No System + Not Reborn Poor student Tang Song goes to meet a beautiful landlady late at night to look for part-time work, but unexpectedly obtains the Joyous Union Sect’s cultivation technique. From then on, he becomes a martial artist, tramples the underworld, and takes on powerful families and tycoons! Martial arts prodigies bow before him, 744Reads—Score—Shelves
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  23. 23 Storms Over the Northern Frontier 塞北风云 Urban5.7M WordsOngoing [Underworld Kingpin]+ [Rise to Power]+ [Take Down the Boss and Claim His Wife]+ [Multiple Female Leads]+ [Ensemble Cast]+ [Passionate Underworld Adventures]+ [Scheming and Hilarious] Be an ordinary man: greedy for money and fond of beautiful women. That was one thing I realized after getting out of prison. I used to be an underworld boss who could turn the tide with a flick of my hand. But my brothers were either locked up or gone. I used to be a pushover too, until I met that woman. She changed 42.2kReads9.1Score3.1kShelves
  24. 24 After My Sister-in-Law Tricked Me into Going to Northern Myanmar, I Found a Way to Survive 被嫂子骗进缅北后,我绝处逢生 Urban3.7M WordsOngoing 806Reads8.7Score103Shelves
  25. 25 Wasteland Kingpin: Leizi, Fresh Out of the Undesignated Zone 废土枭雄,从待规划区出来的雷子 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.7M WordsCompleted [Now available with multi-character narration and a live-action voice cast version! The animated series is now streaming on Hongguo!] [Wasteland underworld + no stockpiling + not invincible + no System + tough guy + ensemble power struggles + two strong leads + urban] In a wasteland where order has collapsed and warlords carve up the land, Jiang Ye leaves the three Chinese districts and arrives in District Ten, the "City of Sin." The rules here are simple: endure, get ruthless, or get out! Since 61.9kReads8.8Score8.3kShelves
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  26. 26 A Bandit in North America 混在北美当悍匪 Male-Channel Fanfiction471k WordsCompleted [Decisive and ruthless + scheming, tough bandit + points in the American cinematic universe + domineering, sweet romance] He transmigrated into the body of a Host who had been poisoned to death by his half-brother, and awakened super senses. From then on, this lawless bandit lived by the creed that killing meant growth and gunfire forged the throne. If you can’t understand reason, I know a thing or two about throwing punches. If one shot doesn’t put you down, then two will. And if that still doe 1.8kReads5.9Score—Shelves
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  27. 27 The Golden Age of the Gangland: A Blood-Red Underworld 黑帮盛世:血色江湖 Urban3.5M WordsOngoing (Not a mindless power fantasy. Underworld, urban setting, no invincible hero, first person, tight logic, humorous writing. Read with caution if that’s not your thing!) A cursed, tragic fate. A life in the underworld that cannot be escaped. A band of brothers who stand together through life and death, and a dark life longing for redemption. You’ve never endured years of hardship, so of course you can’t understand the underworld in my heart. My story begins after I get out of prison in Ice Cit 108kReads9.3Score8.1kShelves
  28. 28 The Underworld Is a Road of No Return 江湖是一条不归路 Urban1.1M WordsOngoing [Underworld + Passion + Jianghu + Comedy + Comeback + No Ensemble Cast + First Person] What is the jianghu? Some say it’s all about human relationships and social conventions. But I, Deng Chengpeng, know only this: the jianghu is a road of no return. Once you enter, there’s no turning back. I went from an ordinary boy to a bloodied fugitive, step by step entering this so-called jianghu. There was no good fortune falling out of the sky, and no strength gained without effort. Every bit of streng 39Reads—Score—Shelves
  29. 29 Southeast Asian Widows Help Me Become a Tycoon 东南亚寡妇助我成大佬 Urban244k WordsOngoing Multiple heroines, exotic settings, mature women, young women, and foreign beauties. Decisive and ruthless, with no frustrating setbacks. When it's time to indulge, he does so without hesitation. Wang Da Qiang, a crime boss, is caught in the act from the start. Then a System that appears out of nowhere and vanishes just as quickly dumps him in An Nam in the 1980s. With the help of all kinds of beautiful women, he rises to become a Southeast Asian crime lord. 228Reads—Score—Shelves
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  30. 30 Dongguan: Starting by Conquering a Powerful Woman 东莞:从征服女大佬开始 Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [Guan City fiction + urban underworld + period drama + passionate + ultimate wish fulfillment] A man must have courage and grit. When his cousin was carried back to Niulan Village, crippled, Chen Xiaolong accompanied his cousin's wife south to Dongguan the next day. Dongguan in 2008 was a chaotic place, crowded with all kinds of people and gangs. To protect his cousin's wife, Chen Xiaolong stepped onto a blood-soaked path through the underworld. The worlds of black, gray, and white were turbulen 34.2kReads7.8Score1.9kShelves
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  31. 31 After Three Years Carrying Corpses, I Took Control of the Global Underworld 背尸三年,我掌控了全球黑道 Urban962k WordsOngoing [Corpse-Reading System] + [Become the Dead] + [Get Rich] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Suspense] + [Scheming Big Shot] Other students work their way through school washing dishes abroad. Ai Lao works part-time carrying corpses. With his bank balance running low, he’s forced to take a job carrying bodies at a morgue, where he awakens the [Corpse-Reading System]! On his first night, he touches a corpse and the System activates: Read the dead person's memories, take over their identity, fulfill their dy 6.5kReads8.9Score915Shelves
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  32. 32 Tales of Liangzhou: Underworld Turmoil 梁州往事之黑道风云 Urban788k WordsOngoing The jianghu has never been just about fighting. It is about navigating human relationships and weighing the pros and cons. After years moving through the gray areas, I have seen the warmth and coldness of human nature, and witnessed betrayal and scheming time and again. With no one to rely on in my youth, I endured a bitter, hard life. Some took a wrong turn and ended up behind bars, their lives ruined before they were halfway through. I clawed my way up from the very bottom of society, swallowi 141Reads6.3Score—Shelves
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  33. 33 The Demon Lord of America: Rising from Undocumented Immigrant to Underdog Champion 美利坚魔主:从黑户润人开始逆袭 Urban234k WordsOngoing [Urban]+ [Underworld]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [Pure Wish Fulfillment]+ [Multiple Heroines] Wang Wei is an undocumented immigrant in America, living every day on the edge of the kill line. He has no money, no legal status, and lives in the worst rental in Flushing. His landlord hounds him for rent, and local thugs bully him. But today, a Demon Venerable who once held sway over the cultivation world has transmigrated here, bringing a thousand years of experience in ruthless killing. No money or 266Reads—Score—Shelves
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  34. 34 Tattooed, Fighting for Turf, and Wielding a Machete: The Spirit Medium 纹身干架抢地盘,拎砍刀的出马仙 Urban2.3M WordsCompleted [Underworld Turmoil] [Northeastern Chinese Style] [Tales of Spirit Mediums] After being gravely wounded in a gang fight, small-time hoodlum Lin Tianhua accidentally awakened the immortals his ancestors had worshipped, becoming a spirit medium. After a sudden upheaval, his boss fled and his enemies came after him. To survive, Lin Tianhua decided to form his own crew and become the boss. From then on, Lin Tianhua beat people up by day and killed ghosts by night. He made his way through both the un 1.1kReads9.3Score194Shelves
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  35. 35 Don't Call Me a Scoundrel: Playing Dirty Is How You Stay on Top 别叫我狗贼:玩的脏才站得稳 Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Rousing Action]+ [No System]+ [Superpowers]+ [Ensemble Cast]+ [Apocalyptic High Martial Arts]+ [Brotherhood] Two hundred years after the Great Cataclysm, winter and famine sweep the land. Inside the city, there is order and hope. Outside, there is wasteland and hell. A child raised by a band of desperate outlaws masters assassination and poison. His methods are ruthless, but his heart longs for the light. Born with the bloodline of a demon, he becomes, by a twist of fate, the Daoist sect’s sole 102kReads8.6Score11.7kShelves
  36. 36 Masks of Ghosts and Gods 鬼神面具 Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [No System] + [Apocalypse] + [Brotherhood] + [Underworld] Two hundred years after the Apocalypse began, humanity rises again. A boy from the bottom of society climbs step by step to the top, becoming the underground emperor of the post-apocalyptic world. Put on the mask of a demon god, and after dark, I call the shots in this city. 18.9kReads8.9Score1.9kShelves
  37. 37 EN Apocalypse Underworld Emperor: After Dark, I Make the Rules 末世地下皇帝,天黑以后我说的算 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.2M WordsCompleted (No System, passionate, brotherhood, not an invincible protagonist, high martial arts) (Ensemble cast, every character has a distinct personality and their own moments to shine) A young man framed and imprisoned by his own boss unexpectedly gains the blood of the Demon Ancestor and awakens as a superpowered fighter, embarking on a path of revenge. The story of a group of youths from the bottom of society fighting their way up. A legend about a young man who rises to become the Underworld Emperor 62.9kReads9.4Score7.1kShelves
  38. 38 I Told You to Confess, So Why Did You Hit on the Underworld Boss's Daughter? 让你表白,你找上黑道千金? Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [System + family + one heroine + sweet everyday romance + lighthearted comedy] Su Jiang is a first-year university student who unexpectedly awakens a System. [Host, confess your feelings to someone of the opposite sex within thirty seconds. Fail, and you die immediately!] With no other choice, Su Jiang confesses to An Rou, the class beauty, in front of the whole class. Su Jiang: “An Rou, I like you. Would you go out with me?” An Rou: “What do you like about me?” Su Jiang: “Uh… your legs are real 57.5kReads9.4Score6kShelves
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  39. 39 Lone Wolf of the Underworld: I Came from Hell 黑道孤枭:我从地狱来 Urban146k WordsCompleted Orphaned at eight, I spent eight years keeping my head down. I came from hell, and I came for revenge. When the lone wolf strikes, the underworld runs red with blood. Those who owe me will repay me tenfold. Those who wrong me will be ground to dust! 189Reads—Score—Shelves
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  40. 40 Power at Its Peak: Rule the Underworld? Is This Really My Dad? 权力巅峰:称霸黑道?这是亲爹么 Urban131k WordsOngoing [Underworld + multiple heroines + not invincible] As the young master of a powerful Kyoto family, Xiao Jing'an has an untouchable background! Yet his father, who sits at the pinnacle of power, orders him to get involved with the underworld?! He can't make heads or tails of it. He thought his family connections would make his entrepreneurial journey smooth sailing. But he never imagined... “Dad! I want rocket launchers! I want intercontinental missiles! I want to blow them all up!” “Get lost. If 9Reads—Score—Shelves
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  41. 41 The Underworld: Rise 黑道:崛起 Urban244k WordsOngoing This is a world ruled by the powerful, a world that belongs to those at the very top of the pyramid. But Xu Qingye refuses to believe that’s how things have to be. He has already lived one life at the bottom, so this life is practically a freebie. So why not drag those at the top down from their lofty perches? (Everyone is welcome to share their thoughts and discuss.) 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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  42. 42 Dragon Head Supreme 龙头至尊 Urban8.6M WordsOngoing The campus beauty he'd loved for three years was brutalized and killed! Chen Xuewen, who had done nothing, was framed and sent to prison! His honest, hardworking parents both died horribly while seeking justice for him! After nineteen years of living by the rules and obeying the law, Chen Xuewen finally saw the true face of the world. “Those who kill and burn their way to riches wear golden belts, while those who build bridges and roads leave no bones behind!” “If others can kill and burn, why 197.9kReads9.1Score11.8kShelves
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  43. 43 Hong Kong Crossover: The Great Tycoon of Hong Kong 港综之香江大枭雄 Male-Channel Fanfiction546k WordsOngoing “When I took the seat as head of Wo Hop To, everyone else still called me Handsome Yan. Little by little, they all started calling me Mr. Fang.” Fang Yan smiled at the camera. Across from him sat a female reporter from Time magazine. “You have many titles, including entertainment mogul and oil tycoon. There are even rumors that you’re the last godfather in Southeast Asia. How did you make it to where you are today?” Fang Yan answered with a serious expression: “A person must always keep their wo 5.8kReads5.7Score140Shelves
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  44. 44 Hong Kong Crossover: From the Start, I Rule Sai Kung 港综:开局西贡清一色 Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted (Hong Kong crime saga + gang member → gang leader → business tycoon → founding a nation) “Chairman Lin, people have given you many titles, such as film and television mogul, logistics tycoon, oil king, one of Hong Kong’s Ten Outstanding Young Persons, and the last godfather of the underworld. Could you share with our magazine’s readers how you went from being a gang member to becoming the ruler of Nanyang?” Lin Bin listened to the question from the Time magazine reporter before him, then slowly 14.1kReads6.1Score502Shelves
  45. 45 Tales of the Northeast: Wang Pinghe 东北风云往事之王平和 Urban2.6M WordsOngoing The underworld of Northeast China in the 1990s had no beauty filters, just tough men with hard fists. Wang Pinghe, nicknamed Little Hoodlum, was the second child in his family. He should have lived a quiet life under his parents’ care, but instead plunged headfirst into the underworld. He fought viciously and was fiercely loyal. The iron gates of the detention center could hold him, but they couldn’t contain his wild streak. He would take a knife for his brothers, yet treat beautiful women with 28.8kReads8.6Score1.6kShelves
  46. 46 Destined for a Life in the Underworld from Birth 从出生开始就注定混黑道 Urban845k WordsOngoing No System! No brainless antics! Packed with thrilling, iconic moments from beginning to end! My big brother told me to go to school and protect the campus belle, but I ended up reading her a love letter in front of the whole school? The son of the boss of a rival gang wants to be my underling? A gorgeous, wealthy woman wants me to marry her? It's gotten to the point where I don't even want to run with the gang anymore. I'm surrounded by gorgeous, wealthy women. I really don't want to work hard a 674Reads7.2Score—Shelves
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  47. 47 King of the Underworld 江湖枭雄 Urban7.0M WordsCompleted An ordinary-looking confrontation pushes a callow young man to a crossroads in life. Faced with fate’s mockery and the crushing weight of life, he chooses to stand tall and fight back. 30.7kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves
  48. 48 The Youth of Two Generations 两代人的青春 Urban3.0M WordsOngoing My name is Li Sunan, and I'm a complete... bastard. Please take a moment, settle in, and let me tell you the whole story. From my godfather, Li Zhen, to my second uncle, Cui Lijun, and then to my own dark life. From 1990 to 2020. Thirty tumultuous years in a small city in Northeast China. One act ends, and another begins. Two generations rise and fall, knowing both glory and disgrace. There are no all-powerful crime bosses here. Just a bunch of little people struggling at the bottom... The road 2.2kReads6.9Score103Shelves
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  49. 49 After I Got Out of Prison, My Sister Forced Me to Inherit a Billion-Dollar Fortune 出狱后,姐姐逼我继承亿万家产 Urban356k WordsCompleted Food delivery rider + Sanhe drifter + brotherhood in the underworld + rise to the pinnacle of power. Revenge and face-slapping + unexpected fortune + underdog's rise + tight, logical plotting. A Southeast Asian power struggle + fierce mercenary battles + leading your brothers to the top. My ex-girlfriend clings to a rich man and mocks me: “All you'll ever be in this life is a garbage picker!” Late one night, three sexy older women corner me beneath a bridge. “Your parents left you hundreds of mi 8Reads—Score—Shelves
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  50. 50 Me and the Underworld 我与江湖 Urban269k WordsCompleted (First-person, underworld) The underworld isn’t about fighting and killing. It’s about scheming and betrayal… Beneath those four words, “loyal to the death,” lies the truth: everyone puts profit first. More than half of this book is based on real-life people and events. Readers are advised to obey the law and stay out of the underworld. I once waded into those murky waters, but eventually I left, shedding a layer of skin along the way. 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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