No Female Lead, No Goody-Two-Shoes Protagonist, No System, and No Rebirth 无女主，主角不圣母，无系统每上生

1. 1 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.6kReads9.7Score67.5k14d adds

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   The main characters are all intelligent, there's no female lead, and the protagonist is a solitary, progressive individual. The story is intellectually challenging, decisive, and not overly sentimental; they won't hesitate to kill anyone who deserves it.

2. 2 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8k14d adds
3. 3 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds
4. 4 地 The Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends Transformations 地煞七十二变 Wine Priest祭酒Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing The seventy-two transformations of the Earthly Fiends each grant a supernatural ability. A mysterious book with a yellow cover sent Li Chang'an back to the ancient world. Every demon he killed earned him a new ability. Painted-skin ghosts, zombie kings, spider demons... one after another fell beneath his sword. Communing with the netherworld, swordsmanship, demon-slaying... one supernatural ability after another emerged from the book. After he wiped out a hundred ghosts and looked around with hi 37.4kReads9.3Score4.4k14d adds
5. 5 洪 Honghuang: Lord of Fate, Proving the Dao as Pangu 洪荒：命运之主，证道盘古 Basketball Is Too Dangerous篮球太危险Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Genius Protagonist] [Primordial World] [No Romance] [Clear-Headed] [Self-Interest Above All] Meng Chen is reborn in the Primordial World as the son of the Azure Dragon Divine Lord. With his fortune maxed out, he unhesitatingly joins the Chan Sect, taking True Person Huang Long’s place as one of the Twelve Golden Immortals. Unexpectedly, Meng Chen becomes the Chan Sect’s senior-most disciple and takes charge of its rules. Daoist Randeng wants to join the Chan Sect? Certainly. The Chan Sect does 7.6kReads8.1Score42314d adds

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   "Yuanshi's First Disciple: I Rebel Against the Heavenly Gang in the Chan Sect"—The pinnacle of power struggles in the primordial world, a path to rebellion against the sages without a female lead! The Kunlun clouds surge, within the Hundred Tribulations Questioning the Heart Formation—Golden Immortal Meng Chen breaks through the formation step by step, each step a tribulation, while the Three Pure Ones' gazes are piercing! Tongtian seeks to cut off his destiny, Yuanshi secretly harbors a scheme to take him as a disciple, and Laozi lowers his eyes, smiling as he observes the game. The Azure Dragon Divine Child? He refuses to be a carefree god, preferring to overturn the primordial order! Highlights: ✦ Rejecting the olive branch of the Jie Sect, he becomes Yuanshi's disciple but secretly plots to rebel against the Heavenly Gang ✦ Using the body of a Golden Immortal to wield the chessboard: using the Chan Sect's destiny to plot the slaying of the sages and attain enlightenment ✦ No female lead! Power struggles galore throughout: sowing discord among the Three Pure Ones, overturning the destiny of the Investiture of the Gods. "Second brother, this child should be my first disciple." Yuanshi's words sealed the deal. As he bowed deeply, a burning ambition blazed in his eyes—"Master... Do you know that you have taken the Blade of Slaughtering Saints?" Keywords: Dark Primordial Era | Rebellion Against Saints | Three Pure Ones' Power Strategies | No Female Lead | Decisive and Ruthless Setting: When a transmigrator rejects the script of Heaven's Dao, the entire Primordial Era becomes his altar for proving his Dao!

6. 6 家 The Family's Castoff? I Start with a Gatling Gun and Turn the Ancestral Graves Upside Down 家族弃子？从加特林开始掀翻祖坟 Qianye Hanfeng千叶寒枫Urban482k WordsCompleted [No Female Lead] [Dungeons] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [High-Octane Action] [Mechs] [Divine Mechs] [Gatling Gun] [Serious Mech Fiction] [Global] This is a world of divine mechs, a world of giant robots! Everyone can elevate their main weapon into an invincible divine mech. A tiny Shadow Dagger? One ascension turns it into Steel Armor. A second ascension brings a Gundam into the world. A third transforms it into the towering Shadow Steel King! From the start, awaken a shabby little wooden bow, the 496Reads8.4Score—14d adds
7. 7 我EN Avoiding Peril: My Low-Key Path to Eternal Life 我靠避凶天赋苟道长生 Roadside Banana Shade Wanderer路政蕉下客Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing [Low-key cultivation + cautious path to immortality + avoiding danger] In the cultivation world, Lu Qing relies on his danger-avoidance skill to escape one deadly predicament after another. He keeps a low profile. All he wants is to cultivate cautiously and live forever. While peerless prodigies flourish, Lu Qing keeps cultivating. While unparalleled experts burst onto the scene, Lu Qing is still cultivating. Eventually, the geniuses of his generation, peerless monsters, and unparalleled experts 65.5kReads8.5Score4.4k14d adds
8. 8 求 Please Act Like a Human, the Sacred Grounds Can't Take This Anymore 求求你当个人吧，圣地扛不住了 Sharing a Cup of Wine杯酒与共Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing “Ancestor, let that child go out and gain some experience!” “No! So what if he causes a little trouble? Do you have any idea how astonishing his cultivation talent is?” “Child, go out and gain some experience.” Looking at Gu Han, who had dug up the Holy Land's foundations, the Holy Land's ancestor's face darkened. This little brat is nothing but trouble. If we keep him here, something terrible will happen! “Big Brother! I'm begging you! Please stop wrecking my place! I don't have any bod 14.4kReads7.8Score1.2k14d adds

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   So beautiful!

9. 9 长 Longevity: A Well-Connected Immortal Court Official Slacks Off in the Mortal Realm 长生：仙庭关系户下界摸鱼 Core of Chaos混沌核心Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsOngoing [Immortal cultivation + no System + not a power fantasy + slow-paced + no female lead + pseudo-ensemble cast. Read with care if this isn’t your thing.] The mighty will of Heaven shines like a mirror, illuminating the causes and effects binding immortals and mortals alike. The countless living beings are like grains of sand, ground into the ashes of tribulation beneath mountains and rivers. A mysterious mirror hangs among the highest heavens, reflecting the lives of all beings in the Three Realm 215.4kReads9.0Score15.3k14d adds

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   They are all without a female lead.

10. 10 全 Global Lifespan Lottery: Only I Can Choose the Rewards 全球寿命抽奖：只有我能指定奖励 Pu Sa菩飒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.0M WordsOngoing The apocalyptic game arrives, and lifespan becomes the only currency! The various wheels of fortune dropped by monsters can only be spun by spending lifespan! Some people spend ten years of their lives and draw a life-extending pill that grants them another hundred years! Some people spend a hundred years of their lives and draw powerful abilities that let them defy fate! Some people spend a thousand years of their lives and draw a terrifying beast tide that threatens an entire city's popula 22.9kReads7.8Score3.4k14d adds
11. 11 不 Something's Off! My Cultivation System Is Toxic! 不对劲！我这修仙系统有毒！ Shadow Toy Car暗影玩具车Eastern Fantasy501k WordsCompleted After three years since he transmigrated, Zhang Xiaobai finally obtained the System he had dreamed of. But little by little, Zhang Xiaobai realized that something about this System seemed a little off. [You encounter a rampaging demonic cultivator. What should a righteous person like you do?] [Choice One: Kill the demonic cultivator and rid the people of a menace. Reward: 1,000 years of life. No penalty for failure.] [Choice Two: Step forward and reason with the demonic cultivator, telling him w 3.5kReads8.3Score26814d adds
12. 12 通 The Immortal-Passing Spirit Diagram 通仙灵图 A Cat Worm一条猫虫Eastern Fantasy4.7M WordsOngoing Without an invincible System or a mysterious little bottle, with demons surrounding them from outside and a weak clan within, how can a small Foundation Establishment clan weather one crisis after another? Gu Changhuan opens the map: spirit treasures, spirit herbs, and mineral veins are all laid out before him. With this golden finger, what is there to fear about the hardships of cultivation? Still, he has to keep a low profile. Lower and lower. After all, playing the pig to eat the tiger and qu 48.5kReads8.7Score3.8k14d adds
13. 13 开EN A God-Tier Hidden Skill from the Start! I've Seen Through Everything 开局神级隐藏技能！我已看透一切 Thin Porridge Shizhou稀粥世洲Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow] [Lighthearted and Funny] [No Female Lead] [Livestream] [Feel-Good] Left Cheng'an was pulled into a world survival game and awakened the game's only god-tier skill, "True Sight"! From then on, he could see the other side of the game! A branch lay by the roadside. Ordinary players: "What's this thing underfoot? Get it out of the way!" What Left Cheng'an saw: [A locust branch loved by the imprisoned Eight-Legged Countess. Give it to her and you can get the quest item, "Secret Room K 70.8kReads8.7Score7.7k14d adds
14. 14 投 I Invest in the Chosen Clan, and My Strength Equals the Entire Clan's 投资天命族人，我实力是全族总和 Sleepy Cat 9睡不醒的猫9Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing [Invincible + Clan + Ensemble Cast + Behind the Scenes + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Dominant + No Female Lead + No Romantic Tension + No Simping + No Holding Back + Decisive and Ruthless + Even More Exciting Later] Jiang Daoxuan transmigrates into a fantasy world and becomes the head of the Jiang clan. He obtains the Strongest Clan System. His strength is tied to the combined strength of the entire clan: the stronger his clan members, the stronger the Host! What's more, investing in clan members 126.4kReads9.1Score9.6k14d adds
15. 15 只 He Kills, Never Saves: This Taoist Is Wickedly Righteous! 只杀不渡，这个道士正到发邪！ Midsummer Is Coming仲夏将至Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + Mazu + folk customs + deity processions + Guanjian Shou + yin-yang taboos] People in Fujian often say, “If the powers above won't agree, just ask Mazu.” Born with an extremely weighty fate, Lin Haien was conceived on Qingming and born on the Winter Solstice. He has a yin-yang constitution and a spirit-sensitive body. Lost souls and wandering ghosts torment him, all hoping to take over his body and replace him. To give him even the slimmest chance of survival, his midwife grandmot 116.6kReads9.2Score9.7k14d adds

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    No CP, no sainthood

16. 16 道 Fellow Daoist, Why Is Your Human Emperor Banner Belching Black Smoke? 道友，你这人皇幡怎么冒黑烟啊？ He An Is Simple贺安很简单Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Even unorthodox paths can lead to Heaven! This poor Daoist has always been a bit timid. If I don’t pull up the roots after cutting the grass, I won’t be able to sleep at night! Heh heh heh... I, He An, am your great calamity! 81.8kReads9.3Score7.3k14d adds
17. 17 天 Heavenly Abyss 天渊 Mu Xiao Sansheng沐潇三生Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsOngoing (The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw 974.8kReads9.4Score97.1k14d adds

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    The first book is bizarre and mind-bending; I loved reading it and kept following it. I didn't want the purely lighthearted, feel-good kind of story. The second book is also a good suspense novel.

18. 18 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 308.4kReads9.4Score27.5k14d adds
19. 19 杀 You Killed Me to Sacrifice Me and Save Your Family, So Why Are You Freaking Out? 杀我献祭你全家，你破防啥？ Dreaming Back to Three Thousand Provinces梦回三千州Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted Also known as: [Burn Bright and Live Forever, Borrow Heaven's Destiny, Become Invincible Across the Ages!] Synopsis: [Eternal life + life-borrowing talent + lighthearted, with a touch of poignancy] Gu Ming accidentally transmigrates into a cultivation world. From the start, he has eternal life and awakens the talent to borrow lives. If he is killed, he can borrow the life of the killer's closest relative to resurrect himself, and randomly gain one of their skills, including but not limited to fo 31.3kReads7.9Score3.5k14d adds

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    No female lead, immortality novel

20. 20 被 My Terrifying Escape After Being Tricked into Going to Northern Myanmar 被骗到缅北后，我的惊魂逃生路 Zhengang Sect of Xiaozhou萧州的真罡宗Urban157k WordsCompleted Young and reckless, he ignored his parents’ heartfelt pleas and risked everything to chase his dream of getting rich in northern Myanmar. It turned out to be the beginning of his descent into hell... This story is a warning to anyone thinking of heading to northern Myanmar to get rich: some promises are deadly... 7.4kReads9.2Score39114d adds

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    This is absolutely amazing!

21. 21 惊 In the Horror Game, I Refuse to Share the Same Sky with That Overthinker 惊悚游戏我与脑补侠不共戴天 Wind, Angelica, and Begonias风芷海棠Mystery273k WordsOngoing If you like speed-reading, you can skip straight to the main story of Volume Two. (No CP + a little character misinterpretation + mild horror + a disguised tragic beauty + third-person narration + protagonist’s own efforts + a little angst + slow burn + ensemble cast focus early on) I transmigrated into the horror novel I’d just been reading and got bound to the defective System 0443. “Appearance Modification” makes me get injured at any moment, while “Affection Check” is always delayed. Inside 837Reads8.4Score—14d adds
22. 22 邪 Dark Arts: The Ten Courts of Hell 邪术：十殿阎罗 Mountain High, Valley Low高山低谷Mystery618k WordsCompleted (No System, no heroine, crooked and sinister methods, ruthless and decisive) In this world where good and evil have been turned upside down, is it really so wrong for me to use a little dark magic? And if I use dark magic without suffering heavenly punishment, is that really so wrong? Mount Mao offended me, so I’ll wipe out Mount Mao. China’s Special Affairs Department offended me, so I’ll wipe out your entire family. Japan offended me, so I’ll wipe out the whole country! If the world offends me 1.4kReads6.6Score10014d adds
23. 23 选 You Chose Me as Censor, Li Shimin, So Why Are You Crying? 选我当御史，李世民你哭什么 Zhang Invincible张无敌Historical4.1M WordsOngoing [Hilarious, satisfying, lighthearted, historical, ancient China] Cheng Jun transmigrated to the third year of the Zhenguan era in the Tang Dynasty, becoming the son of the military officer Cheng Yaojin. As it happened, Li Shimin was recruiting imperial censors! Years later, Li Shimin said to the Crown Prince, “Cheng Jun is a peerless sword of our Great Tang. Only a virtuous person can wield him. You're young, so I'll leave him to you.” The Crown Prince burst into tears. “I don't want it anymore! 45.1kReads9.0Score3k14d adds
24. 24 规 Rule-Based Horror? I Choose to Rebel 规则怪谈？我选择叛逆 Alas, Deep Love奈何情深Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [A short drama adaptation of the same name is now available. You can watch it on the platform. Thank you for your support.] [Subverting expectations + no heroine + hilarious + sly schemer + rebellious + eerie + national fate] Rule-based horror descends upon Earth. The uncanny invades reality. Those chosen are sent into horror worlds, where they represent their respective nations and face the horrors within. Su Xiao is chosen by the horror world and entrusted with the task of representing the Dra 50.1kReads9.6Score6.3k14d adds

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