Selfish, Lone-Wolf Protagonist. Maybe a Dark Novel 主角自私自利 独狼 黑暗文吧

1. 1 仙EN The Harsh Road to Immortality: Built on White Bones 仙路难行，白骨筑长生 Octopus Who Loves Watermelon爱吃西瓜的章鱼Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsOngoing “Rules? On the road to immortality, my rules are the only rules!” [Mortal Cultivation of Demonic Arts] [Founding a Demonic Cult] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Profit Above All] (Already at the Nascent Soul stage, with plenty of content to enjoy) Protagonist Qing Chen: He knows when to yield and when to stand firm, is utterly self-serving, greedy for money and women, and will stop at nothing to achieve immortality! He will found a demonic cult, dominate the world, and climb step by step to the very to 80.9kReads9.1Score7.5kShelves

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   The first book is great, and it gets better as you go on. The second book is particularly wicked and terrifying, regardless of whether it's humans or zombies.

2. 2 末 Apocalypse: Starting by Slaughtering a Hundred Classmates 末世：从坑杀百位同学开始 Can't Understand Advanced Math看不懂高数Sci-Fi & Apocalypse736k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse + Dark Tone + Gritty + No Superpowers + No Female Lead + Decisive and Ruthless] After more than a decade of struggling through the apocalypse, he is reborn. Zhou Qiu no longer trusts anyone. Classmates? Lure them all to their deaths to help me escape! Close friends? Force them to toughen up. They live if they make it, and die if they don’t! There’s no such thing as friendship, and no such thing as enemies or villains. There’s only absolute self-interest! 8kReads8.0Score516Shelves
3. 3 序 Sequence: Sacrifice 序列：祭品 He An Is Simple贺安很简单Urban1.4M WordsOngoing The rating is being suppressed during the new-book period, so feel free to dive in! [Sequence-based growth + He An's new novel + the usual promise: no frustrating setbacks] Sold by his parents to be a human sacrifice, he returns with the Five Ghosts in place of his organs and the Six Demons transformed into his viscera! Mom, Dad, why aren't you smiling anymore? Those people and gods who took my organs, are you ready? I've come to collect what you owe me! 303.2kReads9.1Score32.2kShelves

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   What kind of stuff are they recommending? Clicking in is worse than reading a novel I was reading called "Extraordinary Sequence," and two cultivation novels, one righteous and one demonic. Even the righteous one is evil in its own way, all about killing. If you don't like it, come find me.

4. 4 我EN I Just Want to Cut You All Down—or Die by Your Blades 我只想砍死各位，或者被各位砍死 Hong Lun鸿轮Xianxia822k WordsOngoing [Single Female Lead + Ruthless and Decisive + Rivers of Blood + Too Lazy to Explain, Just Listen] I'm a lunatic who has fallen deep into a life of slaughter. But if I want to avoid becoming the enemy of the righteous and standing against the whole world, there's only one path left: Prey on the wicked! "Senior Brother, my demonic body went berserk and attacked our fellow disciples. I'm a victim too. Setting the facts aside, isn't the world itself at fault?" "What gibberish are you spouting? G 88.5kReads8.6Score8.1kShelves
5. 5 血 The Traitor of the Blood Soul Grotto: From the Start, I Threatened My Master’s Wife 血魂窟的逆徒，开局威胁师娘 Qi Xiao Nan柒筱楠Eastern Fantasy382k WordsCompleted [Dark Cultivator] [Sneaky Survivor] [Soul Banner] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Spatial Storage] Gu Chenfeng became the disciple of an old demon, who planted a soul seal in him, leaving his life and death entirely at his master's whim. To escape this deadly predicament, he used his master's wife’s pure spiritual constitution to transform himself, successfully refining himself into the Blood Soul Banner and becoming an immortal artifact spirit! His physical body was turned into a puppet. Just as the o 718Reads8.1Score—Shelves
6. 6 重 Reborn in a World of the Paranormal, and You Want Me to Join Bureau 749? 重生诡异，你让我加入749局？ Fire Beast火暴兽Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Devouring Evolution]+ [Self-Interest]+ [Humanity’s Natural Enemy]+ [Nemesis of Its Own Kind]+ [Kills Men and Women Alike]+ [Plot-Driven]+ [Undercover]+ [Villain]+ [Eerie] "No female lead!!! No harem!!! No romance!!!" (Not Eerie in the traditional sense. The protagonist is undercover in the human camp and kills both humans and Eerie, men and women alike. This story is plot-driven, so readers looking for a feel-good monster-grinding power fantasy should think twice.) (The rating has already been 59.3kReads8.9Score8.6kShelves

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7. 7 修 Cultivation: I Join the Demonic Path from the Start 修仙：开局入了魔道 Singer of Praises颂歌者Eastern Fantasy524k WordsCompleted [System] + [Decisive and ruthless] + [No female lead] + [Violence] The path to immortality is paved with mountains of corpses and seas of blood. For one general's success, ten thousand bones lie rotting. If Heaven has destined me to become a demon, then I shall become the mightiest demon, lord of all demons. At the end of the demonic path, who stands supreme? The Asura Heavenly Demon slays all immortals. 1kReads7.5Score105Shelves

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   The protagonist kills from beginning to end, even his savior. "I can't beat you, but I can at least beat your disciple!" He thinks, wiping out the entire sect. There's no romance. The fighting is awesome!

8. 8 身 As a God of Slaughter, What's Wrong with Having a Slightly Stronger Bloodlust? 身为杀神，我杀心强亿点怎么了 Yu Ni Cheng Shuo宇你成说Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing [No System, decisive and ruthless, unwavering Daoist heart, traditional fantasy, on the dark side. If that’s not for you, don’t read!] In ancient times, everyone was a dragon. The Three Sovereigns ruled heaven and earth, divided the Three Realms and Six Paths, and cast their light across the myriad worlds. After the great calamity, the Three Sovereigns fell, the Heavenly Dao collapsed, and both Heaven’s Court and the underworld were reduced to dust. In the chaotic modern era, the laws had grown 28.8kReads7.9Score2.4kShelves

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   It's getting harder and harder to find, sigh~

9. 9 房 RV Survival: Becoming a God Starting with a Monster RV 房车求生：从怪物房车开始成神 Mushroom Who Loves Farming爱种田的蘑菇Sci-Fi & Apocalypse286k WordsOngoing [Unusual survival + Cthulhu + monster vehicles + graveyard of civilizations + apocalyptic disasters + unhinged protagonist + no female lead!] [Warning! The protagonist becomes a monster later on, too. Don’t read if that bothers you!!!] My name is Lin Yu. I was born without the ability to feel emotions, and that didn’t change until I was dragged into this insane game. [Ding! An unknown mutation has been detected in your starting vehicle, “Kaka.” It has awakened, and it’s very hungry!] [Quest: Sat 36Reads6.3Score—Shelves
10. 10 模 Simulated Slaughter: From Mortal to Immortal Emperor 模拟乱杀：从凡人杀到仙帝 Eternal Flame永恒火焰Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsOngoing [Mind-bending fantasy, simulations, feel-good thrills, comedy, passionate heroics, no romance, decisive and ruthless] (The protagonist’s motto: Lay low when you’re weak, crush everyone when you’re strong!) Lu Changsheng transmigrates to another world and awakens the Great Dao Simulator. He discovers that as long as he pays to run simulations, he can keep growing stronger. [At 17, you transmigrate to the Xiaoyuan Realm. You subdue the Three Sects and Six Clans with your fists, and the world hails 8.8kReads7.9Score612Shelves
11. 11 没 How Can You Survive at Sea Without a Ship? 没船还怎么航海求生？ Jin Pi Cong Fan近疲葱犯Sports273k WordsOngoing Also known as: Surviving the Eerie Sea? After All That, I Still Have to Build My Own Ship! Survival: I Thought It Was a Plastic Bag, Turns Out I'm Just Blind - On the 20th day of the ocean Survival game, the [Traders' Alliance], formed spontaneously by survivors near the coast, was officially recognized by the Sailing Manual, becoming the first landmark of civilization's rebirth. "I'm very pleased about it, because I made two major contributions at the time." "First, I provided a lot of resource 16Reads8.0Score—Shelves
12. 12 身 As a Transmigrator, I Choose to Be a Lone Star of Misfortune 身为穿越者，我选择天煞孤星 Grayish White Rain灰白色的雨Sports297k WordsCompleted [Self-Interest + Decisive and Ruthless + No Heroine + Lone Wolf + Cards + Infinite Flow] Zhou Yao wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the game [Gate of Original Cards], where he has become an ordinary NPC not even worthy of a name. This world is full of original cards that grant strange powers, bizarre game instances, and endless possibilities. Original cards can continually evolve and fuse, gaining all sorts of strange and powerful effects. [Fireball] → [Heaven-Burning Inferno] [Fir 480Reads6.6Score—Shelves
13. 13 当 I Became a Wanted Man Just by Working as a Space Hunter 当个星际猎人，怎么登上通缉令了 Jian Tuyü剑屠雨Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsOngoing As an outlaw in the boundless stars, Mr. Lauren is an outstanding example of his kind. The renowned Interstellar Daily once offered this assessment: Mr. Lauren is a respectable yet mad gentleman. At times, he even acts like a well-mannered aristocrat from a bygone era. He isn't greedy, isn't lustful, and has none of the other perverse vices common among outlaws. Mr. Lauren has only one passion: carrying out terrorist attacks, which he does with tireless enthusiasm. He is always found in dan 30.6kReads9.1Score2.2kShelves
14. 14 让 You Want Me to Become a God and Infiltrate the Cultivation World? There's No Going Back! 让我成神卧底修仙界？回不去了！ A Corner of the Sky天一角Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing [No AI, all handcrafted, already ascended to the immortal realm] [The long road to immortality through patience] [More children, more blessings, in an unconventional way] [Mortal cultivation] [No System] [Women, but no official partners] [Slow pace] [Billions of descendants] Let Me Become a God and Infiltrate the Cultivation World? There's No Going Back The Continent of the Gods is under attack by the Cultivation World. Carrying the will of the Continent of the Gods, Fang Yuan transmigrates into 7.9kReads8.0Score578Shelves
15. 15 善 I'm So Kind, Yet Somehow I Evolved into the Very Opposite of Everything 善良如我，竟进化成了一切的反面 True Lord of Benevolence, Filial Piety, Kindness, and Virtue至仁至孝至善至德真君Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsOngoing Guess which one on the cover is the protagonist? [Devouring Evolution + Ruthless + No Romance] “Bastard! I’ll never forgive the one who made this world weep!” 1.1kReads6.6Score110Shelves
16. 16 末 Apocalypse: Merging Organs, Ascending Through Flesh and Blood 末世：器官融合，血肉登神 Xihu Xieshang锡虎邪伤Sci-Fi & Apocalypse260k WordsOngoing [Ruthless + dark + no heroine + bizarre + mutation and evolution + apocalypse] The moment the Dark Tower descended, an evolutionary frenzy swept across all of Blue Star. Countless worlds arrived and overlapped, creating a true interstellar gladiatorial arena. Zheng Luo is reborn. This time, he'll get everything he wants by the darkest and most ruthless means possible. "Everyone, stop spreading rumors about me. I'm no demon, serial killer, or pervert. I'm a man with a heart full of love." 652Reads6.4Score—Shelves
17. 17 独 Unrivaled in Immortal Cultivation 独步修仙 Dreaming of Immortal Heroes梦入仙侠Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted The new novel, Refining Myself into a Corpse, is currently being serialized… Visit the author's homepage to read it. The path of immortal cultivation is about seizing opportunities and fortune, defying yin and yang and life and death, and mastering heaven and earth. Watch as the protagonist, through a twist of fate, enters the path through blood and gradually uncovers the truth about this world. (No heroine, no goody-two-shoes, a dark story with ruthless, decisive violence!) 386Reads6.5Score—Shelves
18. 18 灵 Supernatural Revival: Wielding a Mirage from the Start 灵异复苏：开局驾驭海市蜃楼 Origin Demon God起源魔神Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted (No female lead, no CP, no morals, no limits, hypocrite, dark and self-serving) The supernatural returns, and vengeful ghosts run rampant. The human world is a living hell, with suffering everywhere. Ghosts cannot be destroyed! Only ghosts can fight ghosts! Order is on the verge of collapse, and truth is about to crumble. Reborn amid taboos, I cast aside my conscience and let my humanity die. “Anyone who makes me unhappy for even a moment will be unhappy for the rest of their life!” “Why stop at 15.2kReads8.2Score1.3kShelves
19. 19 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 21.3kReads8.7Score1.6kShelves
20. 20 反 Villain: From the Start, I Use PUA on the Female Sword Immortal 反派：开局PUA女剑仙 Ye Jiu夜九Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing [True Villain Protagonist] [Multiple Heroines] [Love Triangle Chaos] [System] When he opened his eyes, a peerless beauty from ancient times was in the middle of undressing. After receiving the original owner’s memories, Ye Wudu felt as if the sky had fallen. The original owner was a villain who stopped at nothing. He had deceived an amnesiac sword immortal, brought her to live in seclusion in Beihuang City, and subjected her to all kinds of emotional manipulation. The System told him that in a y 430.3kReads8.5Score65.6kShelves

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    It's a story about a selfish and self-serving protagonist, but it shouldn't be considered a dark story.

21. 21 读 The Corpse Reader 读尸人 Tong Xiaoxiao桐筱筱Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Standalone cases + criminal investigation + two male leads + mind-bending mystery The Linghai Public Security Bureau established a major crimes unit. Just as everyone was wondering which criminal investigation captain would be given the job, they were told that the provincial bureau had parachuted someone in directly. Everyone was curious about the new head of the major crimes unit. Cases piled up, from opening coffins for autopsies and childbirth after death to missing wives. See how a forensic 50.4kReads9.2Score4.8kShelves

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    The protagonist, Fei Du, appears carefree and nonchalant, but is actually selfish and cold-hearted. His dark side and lone wolf traits are revealed during the investigation, making for a suspenseful plot and compelling character development.

22. 22 种 Farming: From Sect Tenant Farmer to Supreme Across the Myriad Worlds 种田：从宗门佃户到万界独尊 Foolish Zhi傻志Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing [Farming] + [Ensemble cast] + [Lord] + [Conquest] + [System] + [Satisfying wish fulfillment] Zhang Guiyuan transmigrates to a parallel world at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, where he becomes a tenant farmer growing spiritual plants for a sect. He awakens the strongest Lord System and obtains an unparalleled book: Postpartum Care for Sows He settles into a fine life of farming, raising pigs, and teasing his wicked sword cultivator little sister. But then a calamity that comes once every tho 3.1kReads5.7Score181Shelves

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    [Conquest] + [Territorial Expansion] + [Lord] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Refreshing Read] The protagonist is highly intelligent, never a saint, and will stop at nothing to achieve his goals.

23. 23 凡EN 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 96kReads8.9Score8.2kShelves

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    I recommend the extremely yin old demon, who is decisive in killing.

24. 24 凡 Mortal Demon Cultivator: From the Start, I Blood-Refined My Enemy’s Entire Family 凡人魔修：开局血炼仇家满门 Gui Long Feng诡龍鳯Eastern Fantasy137k WordsOngoing [Dark tone] [No female lead] [Decisive and ruthless] The problematic parts have been revised. Read with confidence. If you don't like it, don't read. The protagonist is a C... When Feng Ku was fourteen, he did something. He killed all sixty-three members of the Zhao family, one by one, right in front of their patriarch, Zhao Demao. From the concubine he doted on most to the five-year-old boy. With each death, his resentment grew stronger, and his blood spirit root grew more excited. He wasn't 73Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is great! 👌

25. 25 从 A Dark Fairy-Tale World from Scratch 从零开始的黑暗童话世界 Harvard Rain, What a Heavy Rain哈佛雨好大的雨Eastern Fantasy998k WordsOngoing When a foul-mouthed soul with few morals and a hunting instinct etched into its very bones transmigrates into a dark world utterly consumed by “indescribable evil,” where every fairy tale has been twisted in the worst possible way, it discovers that it has become the legendary “Fairy Tale Hunter.” Its task is not to weave beautiful dreams, but to carry out the most brutal “purge” with hands stained by the blood of fairy-tale characters. 47.1kReads9.1Score5.6kShelves
26. 26 全 Everyone Is an Evil Immortal!!! 全员恶仙！！！ There Are Mountains Beyond the Heavens天外有山Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsOngoing Also known as The Whole Cast Are Evil Immortals and The Whole Cast Are Evil Immortals: I Have a Temple for Cultivating Immortals [No Angst] [Unhinged] [High Stakes from Start to Finish] There is a rumor of a temple somewhere in the world, with a patch of magical soil inside. Just treat a person as a "seed" and plant them in the soil, and they can become an immortal. Li Shiwu has spent ten years seeking immortality. At last, he finds the temple and plants himself in the soil, but he never expecte 207.6kReads9.0Score19.6kShelves

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    With so many dark labels, how come Li Shiwu isn't mentioned?

27. 27 全 Perfect Scores in Every Subject, But Zero Morals? Fine, I'll Become a Demon 全科满分道德零？那我化魔还不行 Riding a Pig to Chase Sheep骑猪追羊Eastern Fantasy243k WordsOngoing [Corruption, fighting injustice with evil, group transmigration to a xianxia world, decisive and ruthless, contrast-driven face-slapping, thrilling and unapologetic] "Am I really morally bankrupt?" Ye Zheng, who scored 750 on his exam, asked himself. To prove it, the principal invited his classmates, friends, teachers, and the school beauty to list all his "heinous deeds." Ye Zheng eventually believed them too, and truly began acting like a villain. But once he actually started doing evil, why d 17.8kReads—Score2.3kShelves

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    Perfectly meets the requirements

28. 28 末 Apocalypse Villain: Reborn, I Infiltrate the Protagonist's Crew 末世反派：重生后，我混入主角团 Room-Temperature Sugar-Free Soda常温无糖汽水Sci-Fi & Apocalypse683k WordsCompleted [Zombies + post-apocalypse + doomsday + self-interest + decisive and ruthless + villain] Important: The protagonist is neutral evil when he’s in a good mood and chaotic evil when he’s not. He has almost no humanity. Don’t read if that’s not your thing. Only after Chi You dies does he learn that the hotheaded boy who’s always going on about love and peace is the chosen protagonist, destined to save the world, while he himself is merely a villain serving as a stepping stone along the protagonist 37.5kReads9.2Score3.5kShelves
29. 29 我 I Cultivated into a True Immortal by Adding Stat Points 我靠加点修成真仙 Wasabi Octopus芥末大章鱼Eastern Fantasy50k WordsOngoing [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Female Lead] [Plundering] After transmigrating to the cultivation world, Chen An awakens an attribute-boosting System. As long as he absorbs spiritual energy, he can raise his cultivation level. But without the talent for the myriad arts of cultivation, he can't safely obtain resources, so he sets out to plunder everything: seizing market towns, robbing caravans, wiping out sects, and swallowing entire lower realms... (Cultivation levels: Qi Refining, Foundation Estab 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Newbie reporting in! [Heavy punch][Heavy punch][Heavy punch]

30. 30 吾 I Am the Blood Lord, and All Living Beings Are My Blood Slaves 吾为血主，众生皆为血奴 Paper Ash Official纸灰官Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing [Slaughter] [Blood Princess] [Tentacles] [Corpse Refining] [Devouring] [No System] Fang Mo, the eldest young master of the Fang family, was the best cultivator among his peers and a widely acclaimed genius in Luoyun City, the focus of everyone’s attention. Unexpectedly, on the day the Heavenly Sword Sect came to recruit disciples, his family treated him as a pawn and discarded him. He was left gravely wounded and crippled. A few days later, news spread that Fang Mo had been poisoned to death. Th 11kReads8.5Score754Shelves

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    Model worker! Model worker! Model worker!

31. 31 魔 The Demonic Sect’s Path to Enlightenment: I Discovered the Theory of Relativity for Sneak Attacks! 魔门悟道，我悟出偷袭相对论！ Tan Wenqing檀文清Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing The manhua series [I Comprehended the Dao in the Demon Sect and Discovered the Theory of Relativity for Sneak Attacks] is now available. [Everyone is intelligent, no female lead, slow-paced, with detailed worldbuilding] [The protagonist has a top-grade spiritual root, not a useless-protagonist type, and won't get any blatantly overpowered cheats] [Tight logic, comprehensive worldbuilding, and a newly reimagined cultivation world] Senior Brother, you're way too cautious! Aren't we a demonic sect? 97kReads8.4Score10.6kShelves
32. 32 灵 Immortal Path of Spirit Origins: The Spirit Beasts I Raise Are So Grateful 灵源仙途：我养的灵兽太懂感恩了 Brewing Tea in the Spring Mist春雾煮茶Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsOngoing [Cultivation] + [golden finger] + [Farming] + [Steady Progress] + [Relaxed] + [Everyday Life] In the world of Cultivation, all things possess spirits. After transmigrating, Gu An gained the ability to grasp the spiritual essence of spirit beasts. [Spiritual Source Recompense] Any spirit beast or spirit bird he personally raises will repay him when it dies! [One of the rainbow-feathered chickens you raised has died peacefully of old age and returned a portion of spiritual energy to you!] [One of 162.2kReads8.9Score13.6kShelves
33. 33 杀 Kill the Protagonist, Seize His Fortunes, and Become an Immortal! 杀主角，夺机缘，道爷我成了！ Vast Qin 1泱泱大秦1Xianxia957k WordsOngoing “My name is Lin Shen. Shen, as in cautious.” “You dare oppose me? I won’t be able to sleep until your whole family is dead.” Other people cultivate immortality through years of hard work. I, Lin Shen, do it by seizing what I want! By taking it! Children of Destiny? They’re my walking blood banks! The protagonist’s golden finger? That’s my exclusive spoils of war! On this journey, I kill everyone I meet and take everything from everyone I meet. What order and rules? In the face of overwhelming st 154.5kReads8.1Score17.1kShelves
34. 34 凡 A Mortal’s Demonic Cultivation: The Profound Yin Chronicles 凡人修魔：玄阴传 One Big White一只肥大白Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [Mortal-world setting + satisfying read but no overpowered, arrogant hero + genius protagonist + decisive and ruthless + demonic cultivation + technical approach to cultivation + creates his own techniques and secret arts later on + slow burn + Xuanguxian template + skips the mortal-world opening] Xiao Qing is reborn in the cultivation world carrying a mysterious jade pendant. After testing as a three-element spiritual root, he unexpectedly joins a demonic sect. Once there, Xiao Qing relies on h 49.7kReads8.6Score4.9kShelves
35. 35 从 I Start with Gu Refining and Grind My Way to the Dao of Ten Thousand Arts 从炼蛊开始肝成万法道尊 Gongsun Lizi Hotpot公孙离子烫Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsOngoing [Gu cultivation] [Decisive and ruthless] [Invincible] [Demonic cultivator] On the Eternal Continent, demonic cultivators rip out souls to make banners and use young girls as furnaces. The righteous sects may seem noble and upright, but in truth they refine the common people into powerful medicines in hopes of ascending to immortality. Reborn in a cultivation world where mountain foraging is the foundation of training, Bai Yu unexpectedly becomes an errand disciple at the Gu Refining Peak of the 35.9kReads8.1Score3.1kShelves
36. 36 我 I'm the Only Living Person in This Apartment Building 我住的这栋公寓，只有我是活人 Black Armor Warrior黑甲武士9k WordsCompleted I'm the only living person in the apartment building where I live. 4.3kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Are there any masterpiece novels like these? After reading these two, everything else seems bland and tasteless. The commentary is truly amazing... Incredible!

37. 37 我 The Food I Deliver Has a Recipient Who's Been Dead for Three Years 我送的外卖，收货人死了三年 Black Armor Warrior黑甲武士11k WordsCompleted The person who received the food I delivered died three years ago. 1.5kReads—Score—Shelves
38. 38 惊 Thriller Game: I Can See the Hints 惊悚游戏：我能看到提示 Master Mouse in Sunglasses戴墨镜的鼠爷Mystery951k WordsCompleted [Ridiculous comedy + power fantasy. Not scary. If that's not your thing, move along!] A mysterious dimension descends upon Earth, randomly selecting humans to take part in a horror game. Uncensorable horror livestreams spread across the internet, allowing all of humanity to witness one terrifying spectacle after another. Gu Yi is unlucky enough to be chosen as an adventurer. Fortunately, he can see mysterious hints. Following the hints, Gu Yi gradually seeks out the truth, only to discover that 6.7kReads8.9Score639Shelves
39. 39 我 I'm a Medical Student, So Isn't Dissecting an Evil God Perfectly Reasonable? 我医学生，解剖邪神很合理吧？ Immortal Lord Wangchen望尘仙君Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [No CP] [Obsessed with Dissection] [Over Forty Strange Creatures Recorded] Lu Bei, a graduate student at Chaoge Medical University, is chosen by a horror game and sent into one of its instances. He draws a talent unique to him: Dissection. While everyone else is doing everything they can to survive, Lu Bei has already begun researching how to dissect evil gods. Zombies attack. All the players are building bases, stockpiling supplies, and forming gangs, terrified that their fortifications will be 26.8kReads8.9Score5.2kShelves
40. 40 恐 The Age of Terror: I Begin as a Gravekeeper 恐怖时代，从成为守墓人开始 Ghost God Yama鬼神阎罗Mystery3.3M WordsOngoing [Reborn] + [Eerie] + [Underworld Official Ranks] + [Ghost Control] + [A Little Farming] + [Tomb Construction] An era of terror descended, and a death game began. This was a world where ghost controllers and the eerie coexisted. In his previous life, Chu Qing had been on the verge of becoming the First-Rank Underworld Official, King Chujiang. He was reborn in the future, back to the very beginning of the eerie era. The old rules were on the verge of collapse. Who would rule the dark dawn? Chu Qin 89.2kReads8.9Score7.9kShelves
41. 41 从 Starting with a Dormitory Manhunt, I Slay Every Ghostly Evil God 从宿舍逃杀开始斩尽幽诡邪神 Peace Throughout the Land天下长安Mystery2.0M WordsOngoing [Communicate with the Future] [Monsters Lurking] [Rules That Kill] [Power-Up System] [Supernatural Sequences] [Everyone Has a System] [No Female Lead] "Chu Xuan, if you're awake, don't speak. Don't make a sound... You'll be the next one to die!" "These are the rules of the day-and-night killing game. If you want to get out alive, you have to find and kill the monster!" After transmigrating back to his college days, Chu Xuan planned to use his foresight to make money and lie flat. But he never ex 248kReads8.8Score31.1kShelves

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    Invincible, villain

42. 42 西 Western Fantasy: The Blood Demon of Another World Evolves 西幻：异界血魔进化录 Cool-Off Period清冷期Eastern Fantasy370k WordsOngoing [Western Fantasy] [Sword and Sorcery] [Alternate World] [Ensemble Cast] [Conquest] The protagonist, Teddy, is transported into another world and becomes the son of a blacksmith. He gets a frail body and earns the title of useless son. At first, he thinks he has anemia. Who would have guessed it was actually a bloodline mutation that makes him addicted to drinking blood? In this other world, he is absolutely considered a heretic. In this impoverished countryside, all he can do is keep his head do 3.8kReads7.3Score495Shelves

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    [Western Fantasy + Conquest + Dual Protagonist Storyline + Sword and Magic + Fictional Worldview] — A bloodthirsty youth, a youth imbued with holy light. Their intertwined fates become the core of power struggles and conquests. There is no absolute justice, nor absolute evil; they confront the greed and hypocrisy of human nature. Holy light does not necessarily represent salvation, and bloodlust is not merely destruction. Undercurrents surge within the court of the Holy Protector Empire, the Black Council plots in the shadows, and war engulfs the entire continent. When the destinies of light and blood are intertwined, who can tear through this facade of hypocrisy and forge their own path in this chaotic world?

43. 43 后 The Harem Emperor 后宫大帝 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy607k WordsCompleted A harem novel with multiple female leads and a System. If you like beautiful women, come take a look. A naturally lecherous nouveau riche gets sent to the cultivation world after sexually harassing a waitress and being hit by a computer, bringing along a hundredfold experience System. He levels up at breakneck speed, is lecherous by nature, gathers a harem, and gets revenge on his enemies. He's a coward who fears death and never goes anywhere dangerous. I've never liked challenging people above 757Reads6.4Score—Shelves
44. 44 我 I Became Awesome Through Technology 我靠科技开始牛掰 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [No System] [Villain in the Later Chapters] [Immortal-Sucking Technique] [Soul Devouring] [Fast Leveling] A scientist transmigrates to the cultivation world and gradually transforms from a good person into a demonic cultivator. 293Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 45 汉 The Struggle for Supremacy at the End of the Han: Winners Become Kings, Losers Become Outlaws 汉末争霸之成王败寇 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Historical210k WordsCompleted The protagonist is Zhang Jiao. He sweeps across the realm, vying for supremacy through warfare and battles between generals. A village bully’s soul travels back to the late Eastern Han and takes over Zhang Jiao’s body. At a moment of crisis, he turns the tide and leads the Yellow Turbans in a sweeping conquest of the realm, winning through strategy. 90Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 46 妖 Tales of Demons and Ghosts at Night 妖鬼夜话 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Mystery209k WordsCompleted My new book, I Get Awesome with Technology, is now being serialized. My short ghost stories The Water Ghost, The Seventh Night, The Departure That Year, and The Soul-Calling Lantern are available on Tomato Short Stories. 421Reads6.6Score—Shelves
47. 47 头 The Seventh Night 头七 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Mystery8k WordsCompleted The Seventh Day 54Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 48 末 In the Apocalypse, Don’t Build a Safe House. Remember That 末世不要打造安全屋，切记切记 The Scammer Is Away骗子人不在Sci-Fi & Apocalypse361k WordsCompleted [Lone wolf, no teams, no heroine, no System, morally ambiguous protagonist, doesn't hide his strength, ruthless] When the apocalypse arrived, Fang Yuan scraped by in a government shelter, only to eventually starve to death. Reborn, Fang Yuan chose not to hide and scrape by again. He grabbed a weapon and fought his way out in a river of blood. In this life, he would live for himself, and himself alone. From the start, he used the one piece of information he'd brought back from his previous life t 164Reads5.5Score—Shelves

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    I. The novel tells the story of Fang Yuan's rebirth after the apocalypse. He chooses not to merely survive, but to live for himself. He begins by using information from his previous life to steal a hidden profession from a Japanese exchange student. He is indifferent to the threats and predicaments of others, focusing solely on his own survival. Reason for recommendation: The protagonist is both righteous and evil, completely self-centered, displaying extreme selfishness and a lone wolf mentality in the apocalyptic world. The absence of a female lead and system forces the protagonist to rely solely on his intelligence and methods to struggle for survival in the cruel environment. The plot is fast-paced and filled with tense and exciting survival games. ... II. A female college student who lives off her parents unexpectedly becomes bound to an apocalyptic travel system and must survive in various post-apocalyptic worlds. However, she is shameless, without principles or morals, selfish, cowardly, and willing to do anything to curry favor with powerful figures. Reason for recommendation: The unique female lead is refreshing. She subverts the traditional protagonist image, taking selfishness to the extreme and surviving in the apocalyptic world in a different way. The writing is good, and the plot is full of bizarre and unexpected events, allowing readers to feel the cruelty of the apocalypse while also being amused by the female lead's "shameless" behavior. ... III. Beggar Song Wen, seeking immortality, falls into the demonic path, awakening his bloodthirsty nature through blood-devouring and soul-eating. Using "Ten Thousand Corpses Forging Immortal Bones" as his core, he ascends to immortality step by step amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood. He devours powerful enemies through cunning schemes and the "Corpse King Blood Refining Technique," using any means necessary to achieve his goals. Reason for recommendation: A strong dark fantasy cultivation style; the protagonist has no system support and relies entirely on his ruthlessness and scheming to survive in the cruel world of cultivation. The descriptions of killing and devouring are excellent, vividly showcasing the protagonist's selfishness and ruthless pursuit of immortality, suitable for readers who enjoy dark and intense stories. ... IV. Mortal Qing Chen falls into the demonic path, using bones as his foundation and flesh as his steps, forging a bloody path to immortality in a chaotic world. He is wicked and greedy yet adept at concealing his true nature. From bloodshed in brothels to infighting within immortal sects, he uses the "Brahma Demon Refining Technique" to devour powerful enemies, employing any means necessary to refine corpse banners, implant demonic embryos, and slaughter entire sects. Reason for recommendation: The protagonist's cultivation is driven by a cold-blooded logic of "profit above all else." The lack of a systematic approach makes every step fraught with hardship and danger. His selfishness and lone-wolf nature are particularly prominent in the complex cultivation environment. Ruthless political maneuvering intertwines with violent aesthetics, creating a tense and exciting plot that draws readers in.

49. 49 美 A Beauty's Journey Through the Apocalypse 美人的末日之旅 Yang Xi羊喜Sci-Fi & Apocalypse885k WordsCompleted The protagonist is a shameless scoundrel with no principles or self-respect: selfish, greedy, and terrified of dying. She uses other people’s feelings and has no genuine affection for anyone. If that’s not your thing, don’t read. Don’t blame the author. The protagonist is responsible for her own actions; they don’t reflect the author’s values. A college student who lives off her parents accidentally binds herself to a Doomsday Travel System and has to survive in one apocalypse after another. But 3.1kReads8.8Score334Shelves
50. 50 高 The Master Sent Me Down the Mountain to Break Off My Engagement and Marry My Senior Sister 高手下山，师父让我退了婚娶师姐 Flying Sword From the West飞剑西来Urban474k WordsOngoing Little Taoist Lu Xuan is ordered by his master to go down the mountain and break off his engagement. His fiancée, the Su family, gives him a hard time, but his senior sisters arrive to help. They also reveal a secret from eighteen years ago: his parents' deaths were no accident. His fiancée's grandfather, Su Zhenhai, was responsible... 2kReads—Score100Shelves

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    Decisive and ruthless, crushing all before him, the pinnacle of satisfying action novels, he doesn't hide his strength, nor is he a saintly figure with high intelligence.

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