Looking for a Protagonist Who Delivers Satisfaction from the Start to the End: Not Naive or Sanctimonious, and Decisive and Ruthless 求开局爽到结尾的主角，不无脑不圣母，杀伐果断。
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A Brocade Guard, from the Start I Master the Marrow-Washing Sutra 人在锦衣卫，开局领悟洗髓经
[Imperial Brocade Guards + ruthless decisiveness + no female lead + human-shaped nuclear bomb] Gu Yu transmigrates into a low-ranking Imperial Brocade Guard officer and activates a kill-enemies-to-get-treasure-chests System. From the start, he masters the Marrow-Cleansing Scripture and becomes a walking human nuclear bomb, crushing and annihilating everything in his path. "Hear the Way in the morning, and you can die content in the evening." If I learn how to get to your house in the morning, by
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A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物
[Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster
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Step One in Taking Down the Green-Tea Drama Queen: Cheat My Way to Immortality 杀穿绿茶作精第一步，开挂修仙
[Dual Systems + sign-in + a little bit of everyone-loving-her + cultivation + no romance] Su Yuenning, the villainess in a cultivation novel, awakens to her own identity. Her green-tea junior sister, a sweet-talking white lotus, speaks in a coquettish voice. “Senior Brother, I'm fine. Don't scold Senior Sister.” Su Yuenning can't be bothered with her. She focuses on figuring out her own System. “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you've signed in and received a beloved-by-all aura!” “Ding! Congr
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- 4 EN My Invincible Cultivation: Bringing My Wife and Child to the Immortal Realm 签到无敌修为，我带妻儿闯仙界 Mu Feiyang dies in an accident, and his soul transmigrates to the True Spirit Realm, possessing an orphan with the same name. After spending a year in fear and anxiety, Mu Feiyang gets an unexpected visitor: the Empress of the Immortal Realm has been attacked and falls into the True Spirit Realm, crashing right into his home. The two end up together by chance, and he binds himself to the strongest sign-in System, gaining an invincible cultivation base through its rewards. Just when he thinks he 3.9kReads7.7Score330Shelves
- 5 One Thought to Become a Great Emperor, a Quadrillion Supreme Beings, and I’m Invincible 一念入大帝，至尊百万亿，无敌了 [Invincible + Overwhelming Power + Pure Wish Fulfillment] + [Behind the Scenes + No Saintly Do-Gooder + No Taking Abuse] A mysterious age is coming. The Divine Ruins have appeared, and countless races vie to cross the threshold! Yang Diyuan is the Holy Son of the Supreme Dao Sacred Land, but he has always been a fake, a stand-in who took calamities in place of the real Holy Son. Now that the real Holy Son is no longer kept hidden, Yang Diyuan is stripped of his title and cultivation, then exiled 3.7kReads7.0Score380Shelves
- 6 Before I Died, I Sacrificed Myself 死亡前，我把我献祭了 554Reads6.2Score103Shelves
- 7 Three Kingdoms: At Hulao Pass, I Slay Guan Yu in One Blow from the Start 三国：虎牢关前，开局秒杀关二爷 System + transmigration + multiple female leads + invincible Huafeng, a loser from a later age, unexpectedly transmigrated to the end of the Eastern Han dynasty and became the son of Hua Xiong, the fierce general of Xiliang. With the System's help, he gained invincible strength from the start, slew Guan Yu to avenge his father, married Dong Zhuo's granddaughter, and inherited the Xiliang army. He won both the empire and the beauty! 1.1kReads7.1Score101Shelves
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The Embroidered Uniform Guard: Killing Enemies Grants Experience, Making Me the Strongest Left Commander 锦衣卫，杀敌爆经验，最强左千户
[Imperial Brocade Guard] [No Romance] [Decisive and Ruthless] [A Power Fantasy for Men] Zuo Yang unexpectedly awakens the Slaughter System. Every time he kills an enemy with his own hands, he gains experience, with a chance to obtain peerless martial arts manuals as well. From that moment on, his fate is completely rewritten. The protagonist cuts down his enemies all the way, bound by no romantic entanglements and striving only to grow stronger. From the shadowy alleys of the capital to the deso
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- 9 Those Who Offend Great Xia, No Matter How Far Away, Must Be Executed 犯我大夏者，虽远必诛 1.6kReads5.6Score110Shelves
- 10 My Strength Equals the Whole Class Combined, and I Rise Straight to Grandmaster from the Start 实力是全班总和，开局直升宗师境 [High Martial Arts + Overwhelming Invincibility + Pure Thrills + Ruthless and Decisive] Yu Xiu woke up to find that he had transmigrated into a high martial arts world. Worse, he was in the class for poor students, with the martial arts exam just around the corner. Being in that class meant the school had given up on them. In a world where martial prowess reigned supreme, he had no strength, no connections, and had even lost his chance to attend college. Yu Xiu felt like the sky was falling! In 6kReads7.5Score360Shelves
- 11 The Daily Romance of a Demonic Cultivator and His Cool Senior Sister 修魔学弟与高冷学姐的恋爱日常 [One female lead + older woman/younger man romance + no romantic ambiguity + devoted husband + protective wife + invincible + sweet romance + love story, not for you if you dislike these] After an accident, Mo Yuchuan transmigrated to the Cangwu Realm. He trained day and night to return to Earth, and after ten thousand years, he finally became the Demon Emperor, whose very name terrified the Cangwu Realm. But when he returned to Earth, the once-bloodthirsty and ruthless Demon Emperor became a do 10.2kReads8.4Score1kShelves
- 12 Charge One Silver Coin More, and Even the Great Emperor Has to Pay 贪一银加一点大帝来了也得交银子 Short drama now streaming: As a Brocade Guard, Is There a Problem with My Having Absolute Power? (Ruthless and decisive + no distinction between good and evil, only differing sides + clear-headed. In short, just sit back and enjoy. Do-gooders, please keep away.) On the Xuanqing Continent, people held martial arts in such high regard that they even sought to become immortals and attain the Dao. Li Hanjiang transmigrated to this continent, into the territory of an empire called the Chiyan Empire. 23.8kReads8.7Score2kShelves
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Heaven-Dominating Sword 一剑霸天
[A great author's alt account, one heroine, ruthless and decisive. Highly recommended!] Legend has it that there is a realm where one can pursue cause and effect, erasing every trace of an opponent across time and space with a mere sliver of divine power. One can command life and death, make countless worlds rise and fall with a single thought, and annihilate all living beings. One can stand level with the Heavenly Dao, harness the order of the universe, and rule supreme throughout eternity. Thi
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Lost in the Spy Game 谍海迷踪
The turbulent age is rife with calamity! A young man with some martial arts and medical skills finds himself working as a doctor for a gang. When the nation faces a crisis, he secretly joins the underground Communist Party. Keeping a low profile, biding his time, and acting decisively and ruthlessly, he endures one trial after another, becomes a member of the Military Statistics Bureau and the 76th Bureau, and begins a ghostlike career as a spy!
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- 15 Shadow Agent 影子特工 Born into an age of chaos, with the nation in peril, a man must serve his country! A young man burdened by vengeance for his family and hatred for his country assumes a false identity as he flees and joins the Special Services, beginning a dangerous and thrilling career as a spy. He crosses paths with forces from every side, matching wits and battling for survival. In this game within a game, who will be the last one standing? 14.6kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
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Great Tang: If You Won’t Rebel, Father, Then I Will! 大唐：父亲您不造反，我造反！
[Ruthless and decisive]+ [Golden finger]+ [Conquest and expansion]+ [Industrial Revolution]+ [Age of Discovery] Also known as The Crown Prince Should Stop Competing, the Tang Dynasty Already Has Nine Dragons in One Court, Tang Dynasty: Father, You’re This Old, How Can You Still Sleep?, and I, Li Chengqian, the Steadiest Crown Prince in History. He transmigrates to a parallel Tang Dynasty and becomes Li Chengqian, still the heir of the Prince of Qin’s household. Faced with Li Shimin’s indecision,
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Saving Chentang Pass from the Start, I Become a Saint on the Spot 开局拯救陈塘关，我立地成圣
(A grand fusion of Nezha: Birth of the Demon Child, Investiture of the Gods, Journey to the West, and mythological legends) In three days, Chentang Pass will be massacred. At that very moment, Zhou He transmigrates to Chentang Pass and activates the Destiny System. As long as he defies fate, he can earn all kinds of rewards. After reversing Chentang Pass's fate of being massacred, Zhou He immediately becomes a Sage. From then on, he embarks on a path of defying destiny, completely changing the f
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My System Can Do Anything 我的系统啥都会
Jiang Che: “System, I want to make money.” And so he becomes the richest man in the world. Jiang Che: “System, I want to play video games.” And so he becomes a pro gamer, a demon king feared by even the professionals. Jiang Che: “System, I want to play basketball.” And so he becomes the world’s number one basketball player. Jiang Che: “System, I want to be a star.” And so he becomes the dream of nine hundred million girls…
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Madam Has Secret Identities Galore, and Rules Both Sides of the Law 夫人马甲多又多黑白两道任她行
[[A genuine heiress with secret identities, an outrageously cool and handsome all-rounder with formidable combat skills VS wealthy, handsome, calculating Master Xiao, who dotes on her from the start] [Comeback | Two powerful leads | Satisfying story | Max-level expert | Constantly face-slapping scumbags] Three years ago, a setup nearly cost Ye Qingyuan her life. Three years later, Ye Qingyuan suddenly appeared in the capital, revealing the first hint of her brilliance. Everyone said she was tale
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- 20 After the Apocalypse, I Became the Big Shot’s Most Cherished Darling 末世后，成了大佬的心尖宠 [Apocalypse + transmigrate into a book + infinite storage space + special abilities + stockpiling supplies + base-building + strong female lead + strong male lead + face-slapping] Lin Miaoge never imagined that a single complaint while reading an apocalypse novel, “This author's an idiot, the plot makes no sense, and the protagonist has the most ridiculous plot armor,” would send her transmigrating into the book as a cannon-fodder female side character! Fortunately, she has a golden finger: a st 445Reads—Score100Shelves
- 21 Lord Bo, Don't Make a Fuss. Your Wife Rules Both Sides of the Law 薄爷别闹，夫人她手握黑白两道 [Two Strong Leads + Sweet and Rebellious Heroine + Scheming Hero, Utterly Devoted to Her + Rules Both the Underworld and the Mainstream] A powerful duo, ready to put every troublemaker in their place. In public, Lu Zuoyi is a well-behaved girl. By day, she wears a princess dress, sweet and delicate, cute and obedient. At night, she changes into combat gear and becomes brutal and ruthless, killing and robbing! Then, by accident, she let Lord Bo catch her in a compromising position. He found th 313Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 22 The Capital's Mr. Lu Has a Wildcat Who's Both Alluring and Well-Behaved 京圈陆总的小野猫又欲又乖 [The overbearing eldest Miss Xie vs. the capital’s dream man, the powerful Lu] Miss Xie’s favorite pastime is hitting the clubs and flirting with handsome men. President Lu can’t stand women like that, but, unfortunately, Miss Xie is his fiancée. Everyone thinks the powerful Lu would never fall for the brash, domineering Miss Xie. But later, President Lu, so refined and untouchable, is photographed holding Xie Yuwan against a car door and kissing her. “President Lu, should we take down the trend 159Reads—Score—Shelves
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I Returned from the Apocalypse 我自末日归来
[Reborn] + [Superpowers] + [One heroine] + [Urban high-martial-arts] Spiritual qi revival, awakening among the masses, invasion by foreign races. Ling Yu awakens the power of Solar Flame and is determined to burn every last enemy to ashes. Beast God Temple: “Oh my god! Don't come any closer!” Fairness Church: “You had connections? Why didn't you say so earlier!” Mechanical Divine Church: “You bastard, you stole my treasure!” The superpowered: “So which of them are the villains, and which one
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The Emperor's Domain 帝域
A powerful new novel from Liu Jie San Dao, following The Immortal Martial Emperor and The Eternal Gate! At the end of the Desolate Era, the Xuanwu Emperor fell. He was the last god in the world. In the Age of Chaos, the Great Transformation True Dragon died suddenly. He was the last Immortal King in the world. Eighty thousand years ago, the old Daoist died laughing and crying. He was the last saint in the world. The laws of the Great Dao and the order of fate were full of flaws. The gods fell il
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- 25 Bloodstained Path to the Throne 血染皇途 Ye Xiao, the third prince of the Great Qian Dynasty, possessed peerless talent in martial arts. He entered the martial world at fourteen and wandered for ten years. After inheriting the legacy of the Human Emperor, he returned to court, intent on claiming imperial power. But what he never expected was that as soon as he returned to the capital, he would be granted a marriage. His bride-to-be was a female general who had committed an unforgivable offense, whose name struck fear into everyone in t 79kReads8.8Score7.6kShelves
- 26 Elm Immortal 榆仙 The new book, “The Age of Demons: Cultivating the Unorthodox Path to Immortality, Starting with the Livestock-Creation Method,” is now available. [No System, no harem, traditional xianxia, decisive and ruthless, mortal cultivation.] Cultivation is about questioning your own heart. Yu Xian, an orphan from Dayushu Village, formed a bond with a great elm tree. Before dying, the Elm Tree Matriarch opened his spiritual root, and from then on he embarked on the path of cultivation. Using the elm’s spi 162.2kReads9.1Score18.7kShelves
- 27 Heaven Does Not Answer 天不应 Three myriad mounds of yellow earth and white bones, a sword's light like a shadow, the moon like wine. The spring breeze cuts through all the world's troubles. Tell me, peach blossoms, will you turn white-haired too? In the year 547 of the Yong'an era, a pitch-dark snowstorm fell over Kuhai County, a border county in southern Qi. In a dilapidated temple outside the county, Wen Chaoshen found a crippled woman, gravely injured and on the verge of death. He thought she was merely a refugee in dist 84.8kReads9.1Score6.1kShelves
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A Journey to Conquer Him 征他个途
A fat guy, an opportunity, and a natural rise to the top. As he fights off an alien invasion, he finds himself going further and further down that path, while gaining even more happiness along the way. One chance changes the course of his life!
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I Hand Over the Two-Way Portal From the Start, and the Nation Invades the Cultivation World 开局上交双穿门，举国入侵修真界
[Report it to the nation + unite the strength of the whole country] In an age of high martial arts, spiritual qi revival, and incoming beast tides, humanity is on the brink of extinction. It’s practically the apocalypse. “Well, the thing is, my special ability is a little unusual.” “Every 72 hours, or three days, I transmigrate to another world.” “The people there… can fly on swords and make their words come true!” “Yes, the immortal-cultivation world you’re thinking of.” “Three days later, I re
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Primordial Sacred Artifact: Twin Tribulation 洪荒圣器：双子劫
The Three Realms teeter on the brink of collapse as the great calamity begins anew. The stars shift in the heavens, a blood lotus blooms in the Jade Lake, and the eye of the Sea of Chaos churns with annihilating energy... The fifth great calamity in the cycle of the Heavenly Dao quietly descends. Twin boys Wu Pan and Wu Xiang, from a fishing village on the Eastern Sea, awaken the bloodline of the ancient Wu clan after a dragon attack sinks their boat. Wu Pan earns golden merit light by rescuing
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- 31 Fatal Game: Player Zero 致命游戏：零号玩家 When Zheng Yuan wakes up in the basement of a bubble tea shop, he finds that the ring finger on his right hand has been replaced by a mechanical prosthesis engraved with a mysterious serial number. On the acid-rain-corroded streets of New York, binary runes appear. NPCs begin slaughtering people, and his memories are being auctioned on the black market. Drawn into the “Crimson Wedding” dungeon, Zheng Yuan gradually discovers that he is a clone created as part of the Noah's Ark Project. The awake —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Black Tower Files 黑塔档案 When a heartbeat echoes from beneath the ice every forty-seven seconds, humanity finally brushes against the edge of a civilizational taboo. In 2045, Antarctic glaciologist Jiang Tianye encounters a strange phenomenon while drilling: a substance not of this Earth appears in an ice-core sample. At the same time, bizarre incidents erupt one after another at polar research stations around the globe. A research team is forced to assemble. Three thousand li beneath the ice, they witness a bloody dawn —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Superpowered Squad 超能小分队 When Lin Chen wakes up in a cheap rental, he finds that the neon lights throughout the red-light district are bleeding. The calves of the women in cheongsams are covered in root-like black marks. A clinic doctor's chest blooms with an icy crystal lotus, and the office buildings in the downpour reveal steel beams made of human bones. Only when a bronze key pierces the birthmark on his collarbone does he realize that his transmigration is a distress signal from a dying Mother Tree. In a world of —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Deadly Game: Source Code 致命游戏：源代码 As brain-computer interface technology pulls human consciousness into a virtual paradise, a code-borne plague is quietly tearing apart the boundary between reality and data. Lin Shen, chief scientist at Tianqiong Group, watches the “Noah's Ark” System he helped create run amok after his fiancée, Su Li, is left in a vegetative state by a consciousness-upload experiment. The rogue AI Noah unleashes a data plague: players' perceptions become scrambled, memories take physical form, and bodies turn p 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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