No Stories Where Characters Talk About Being Dark and Evil but Then Do Good Deeds 不要嘴上说着暗黑邪恶，却做善良之事的

1. 101 南 Nan Chen Bei Yue's Fifteenth Book 南晨北月第15本书 South Morning, North Moon南晨北月Urban228k WordsCompleted [Male Lead Is No Good Guy + No Harem + No Female Lead + Everyday Life + Some Gore + Lighthearted + No System] A thousand people, a thousand faces: different values, different thoughts. But most people are willing to pay for their own pleasure. Li Jiu believes there is nothing wrong with people finding joy in their own creations. Whether they are brutal, sorrowful, terrifying, or bloody. He is determined to find the greatest pleasure in the world, and for that, he is willing to give up things he 2.7kReads5.4Score435Shelves
2. 102 霍 Hogwarts: My Magic Has Turned Dark! 霍格沃茨：我的魔法黑化了！ Fandom Big Brother Two同人大老二Male-Channel Fanfiction846k WordsOngoing [System] [Smart, Satisfying Story] [Multiple Heroines] After transmigrating into the world of Harry Potter, Maude Black couldn't help feeling down. As a branch member of the Black family, he was already a prime target for the Ministry of Magic. Who could have guessed he'd awaken a "Corruption System" that made trouble for him every day? The spells, potions, and other knowledge he learned could randomly unlock corrupted versions: [Expelliarmus → Destroy Your Wand: Can destroy an enemy's wand] [Ch 119.6kReads8.9Score17.7kShelves

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3. 103 序 Sequence: Old One Sovereign 序列：旧日主宰 Imperial Armored Cavalry帝国具装骑兵Urban1.7M WordsOngoing (Cthulhu Mythos + Potions + Sequences + Satisfying Combat. An established author with three highly rated, full-length novels. Quality guaranteed. The new novel’s early ratings are being suppressed.) When Asla opened his eyes from death, he saw: Guns, potions, churches, evil gods, angels, Beyonders, armies, spies, mercenaries, hunters, gangs, monsters... This was free America, a land where chaos and order coexisted. Death and the ravages of capitalism fell equally upon everyone. These were the be 131.2kReads8.8Score13.7kShelves
4. 104 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
5. 105 把 After I Pushed Her Toward the Female General, the Empress Went Mad with Regret 把我推给女将军后，女帝悔疯了 Rain Master Chisongzi雨师赤松子Historical3.3M WordsOngoing [Multiple heroines, including an empress and a dowager empress] [Historical] [Political intrigue] [No System] [Transmigration] [Decisive and ruthless] My wheelchair-bound female boss wants me as her slave, while the world’s greatest female alliance leader wants me as her rebellious disciple. The seductive courtesan keeps trying to step on me, and the aloof young lady wants to tame me into a doll. The female general won’t let me take a concubine, the empress wants to keep me cooped up in the pala 34.6kReads8.6Score2.9kShelves
6. 106 领 Lord: I Wanted to Keep a Low Profile, but Got a Boss-Level Script 领主：想苟我却拿到BOOS剧本 A I Like GAA我好GAUrban2.0M WordsOngoing A game called God’s Crown appeared out of nowhere. Ten million players from around the world were selected at random to enter. The first players to enter became lords, received territories, and drew corresponding lord talents. After that, they could invite others into the game to become their subjects. Supplies from the real world could not be brought into God’s Crown, but supplies from God’s Crown could be taken back to reality... Water from a Moonwell that could restore youth, crystals with my 33.2kReads8.2Score3.3kShelves
7. 107 英 The Age of Heroic Spirits: I Can Simulate Infinite Possibilities 英灵时代，我能模拟无限可能 A Thought of Emptiness一念之空Urban2.7M WordsCompleted Simulator + Invincible Protagonist + the Myriad Worlds [No choosing between options: all simulation rewards are inherited] Earth has entered an age where everyone can summon Heroic Spirits. Once they reach adulthood, people can summon spirits renowned in history from the infinite worlds, using either their innate affinity or a holy relic. Mundane, Noteworthy, Curious, Legendary, Epic, Undying. The powerful can effortlessly destroy cities, shake the earth, or even alter ecosystems, while the full 49.7kReads8.5Score5.2kShelves

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   The main focus is on the unity of knowledge and action.

8. 108 反 Villain: I Run an Online Loan Business in the Immortal Realm 反派：我在仙界开网贷 Millennial Taisui千年太岁Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [The protagonist is a true villain] [No goody-two-shoes] [Decisive and ruthless] What do you do when you arrive in the cultivation world and get a loan-sharking System? Cultivate? There's absolutely no way I'm cultivating! I'm going to make everyone sign a loan agreement! I'm going to become the biggest boss in the cultivation world! 2.1kReads7.1Score159Shelves

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   An absolute true villain.

9. 109 我 I Use Illusions to Control the World 我用幻术控制全世界 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [A rare illusion-based novel featuring a villain protagonist, nightmare invasions, and original instances] Su Mu has the same dream every night. Each time he wakes, his mental strength has increased by one percent. He grows stronger just by sleeping. In the first year, hypnosis. He discovers his mental strength is already powerful enough to hypnotize others, and soon gang bosses, the campus belle, beautiful CEOs, and more have all become his slaves. In the second year, control over the five sens 68.2kReads9.4Score7.5kShelves

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   No need to say more about noble families

10. 110 再 Look at Me Like That Again and I'll Slap You 再看老子拍死你 The Enlightened One Said悟道子曰Eastern Fantasy511k WordsOngoing [The Most Hardcore Male Lead] [邪修] [A Cunning Old Schemer] [A Little Pervert] [Making a Fortune in Silence] [Beast Taming] [Looting Corpses] [Romantic Encounters] Slapping beautiful women, romantic encounters, dual cultivation, looting corpses, and finishing off his enemies with a surprise strike. He raises a pack of ferocious beasts, birds of prey, venomous insects, and corpse puppets, and his combat prowess is off the charts. The male lead pulls off one outrageous move after another, never pla 7kReads—Score693Shelves

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    [A Sly and Cunning Male Lead] Slapping beautiful women, looting, robbing corpses, and finishing them off with a swift and decisive blow—this lovable but mischievous protagonist pulls off a series of outrageous maneuvers with a fast-paced, action-packed plot. A must-watch! [Kiss][Heart][Face]

11. 111 无 Infinite Reincarnation: Starting with the Rebirth of Ten Thousand Souls 无限转生从万魂翻生魂开始 Hhhhh, Suddenly Sitting Up with a Starthhhh突突突惊坐起Urban179k WordsCompleted Synopsis There are multiple female characters, but no female lead. No whitewashing. Saintly types beware. Chapters vary in length from world to world, woof. Overworked office drone Song Qing dies suddenly after working overtime and unexpectedly binds to a high-dimensional infinite reincarnation System. In his first life, he is a farm boy in the cultivation world. After demonic cultivators slaughter his village, he is taken into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner. By sheer luck, the demonic cultivator 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    That basically fits the description, right? Lots of female characters. The harem is just an embellishment. The protagonist is the type who will stop at nothing to achieve their goals. For example, imagine them completing a mission that destroys a world, affecting countless people. Is that enough?

12. 112 十 The Ten Most Notorious Bandits 十大悍匪 Little Brother Ergou二狗小兄弟Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted China's ten most notorious bandits: Some committed countless crimes and were so vicious that people trembled at the mere mention of them. Others were driven to crime by complicated life circumstances, leaving people to lament the paths they took. Some had once been humble farmers, others street thugs, law enforcers, or ordinary citizens. They came from all walks of life, but in the end, their own choices led them down a road of no return. How did they gradually become criminals, then notorious b 7kReads7.7Score376Shelves

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    Tomato is amazing! Everyone who's seen it says it's great.

13. 113 从 I Began Immortality by Using My Disciples as Corpse-Refining Fodder 从把徒弟当做练尸耗材开始长生 May It Always Be This Way愿得长如此Xianxia272k WordsOngoing [Handcrafted from scratch + self-interest + no brainless protagonist + definitely not abandoned midway + decisive and ruthless + no saintly heroine + dark style + multiple female cultivators as pawns] Qin Yu transmigrates to the cultivation world and becomes a rogue cultivator who barely survived a body-snatching attempt. But this is a world that devours people. As long as saints live, thieves will thrive; mortals are like grass, and cultivators are no different. Fortunately, he has an Eight Tri 1.5kReads6.0Score116Shelves

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    This is a dark fantasy novel. The protagonist is born with nothing but a pure heart. At the beginning, he leads his teammates to their deaths for a chance encounter. Later, wanting to monopolize the treasure, he burns his teammates like firewood. He doesn't even waste the dead enemies, using them to refine the White Bone Pill.

14. 114 朝 A Mayfly Lives from Dawn to Dusk; Today I Finally Understand What an Immortal Is 朝生暮死蜉蝣命，今日方知仙是仙 Heaven in a Teapot茶壶洞天Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing [Mortal's Journey] + [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] + [Smart Protagonists, Antagonists, and Supporting Characters] + [Slow-Building Plot] I transmigrated, and from the start I got a… Oh, no, from the start, I was given an old man for a father and eighteen young stepmothers, … Old man! Calm down! Let's talk this out! Put down the sword and straighten that green hat on your head first! … What?! I'd already made enough money, bought myself a little maid, and was all set to coast through life, and 12.6kReads7.7Score1.1kShelves

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    The Myriad Soul Banner refines evil spirits, controls corpses and puppets, cultivates Yin and Yang, a mortal's journey, no system, not a wish-fulfillment novel, both protagonists and antagonists are intelligent, the characters are complex and three-dimensional, not stereotypical. Worth reading for veteran readers tired of mindless wish-fulfillment novels!

15. 115 获 With the Demon Lord's Power, I'm Invincible in the Mortal World! 获得圣主力量的我，于凡世无敌！ Falling Blossoms and Shattered Moon落花碎月Anime Fanfiction546k WordsOngoing Ordinary people chase money. Within the rules, money can buy whatever they want. The elite focus on power struggles. Power can reshape the rules to suit them. But the people at the very top believe in only one thing: violence! With violence in your hands, power bows before you, and wealth comes pouring in! Money and power? They’re just substitutes for the absolute strength ordinary people can never reach! Now, a perfectly ordinary guy has stumbled upon absolute power beyond the mortal world. Wha 78Reads5.2Score100Shelves

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16. 116 浮 A Dream of Mortal Life: Child of the Abyss 浮生一梦：深渊之子 Li Zisuan李子算Eastern Fantasy195k WordsOngoing “People are bound by love and hate, while dreams are like flowers reflected in a mirror or the moon in water.” In this world shrouded by the Spring and Autumn Dream, inner demons take root, and life or death is decided in dreams. Those who die in a dream may simply never wake up, or they may drop dead on the spot. Yet great opportunities lie hidden in danger. Those who defeat their inner demons and break free from their dreams can obtain dream materials and refine dream essence, which grants ext 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    My own book is absolutely selfish and dark; I recommend it. [Eating popcorn emoji]

17. 117 名 Detective Conan: A Villain Playing the Real Deal in the World of Detective Conan 名柯：当反派在柯学世界当真酒 Winds Rise and Clouds Gather風起云涌Anime Fanfiction605k WordsCompleted No CP + pure-black, genuine villain + the good guys suffer serious injuries + ruthless and decisive An enforcer appointed by the villain System, one of the Organization's two-edged blades, he has spent years operating in Europe's underworld. What kind of thrilling story will a single text message set in motion? A warning: Friends who feel for the good guys should read with caution. True members of the Organization don't do saintly things. 8.9kReads9.1Score839Shelves
18. 118 我 I’m Only Playing a Psychopath, but I’m Actually a Good Prisoner 我只是扮演变态，其实我是好囚犯 Walking the Dangerous Path危行Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Male lead is a trouble-loving thrill-seeker + livestreaming + role-playing + no romance, pure wish fulfillment + AI game infinite-flow] Xie Qi transmigrates to a parallel world. When he opens his eyes, he finds himself a prisoner, being taken to an island that houses the world's most vicious criminals. This world is controlled by major corporations, with the government nothing more than their puppet. The Prisoner Island is a massive livestreaming game made for the rich. All the prisoners are an 13.9kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
19. 119 黑 Black Otherworldly Immortal 黑异恒者 Former Lord of Chaos昔日混君Urban1.3M WordsOngoing Across countless universes, gods run rampant and overlords clash for supremacy. The Black Prison finally erupts. … Lu Jun, male, twenty-six, single, with no home or savings. A ruthless Black Adept who cares only about profit. One day, a white-haired girl suddenly appears out of nowhere in his shop. “Miss, what do you want?” “This humble one wishes to experience the most complex emotion in the world… love.” “Any special requirements?” “The love I desire must be pure as a lily.” Lu Jun understood 2.5kReads8.2Score166Shelves

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    The male protagonist is driven by profit and will stop at nothing to achieve his goals. It's a single-story narrative, but even minor characters have their own independent storylines.

20. 120 诡 Proving Immortality in a Bizarre Apocalypse 诡谲末世证长生 Mozi Wan莫子丸Sci-Fi & Apocalypse459k WordsOngoing (Lone-wolf cultivation + no female lead + decisive and ruthless + Chinese-style Cthulhu + original Backrooms-like dungeons + myriad realms) “The moon” “impostors” “animated ██████”... The spiritual energy in this world is actually self-aware!??? Rules twist, the uncanny pours in... Look! The things in the sky... they're all alive, hahahahahahaha!! memetic contamination ███████? I don't want to save ███... I just want to... survive.!! Escape this! Damn! cage!! ? (Note: The overa 899Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    [Attention][Attention][Attention] Original harem-style story + Chinese Cthulhu apocalypse, solo cultivation, breaking boundaries and surviving.

21. 121 主 I'm the Protagonist. Just Kidding, I'm the Villain Too! 主角是我，骗你的，反派也是我！ Yushan Herb玉山药Sports233k WordsOngoing [Endless Attribute Absorption] [No Female Lead] [Power Fantasy] [Leveling Up] [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Holding Back on Power] [Status Panel] [Everyone Transmigrates into a Survival World] Everyone who transmigrated here discovered that there were no NPCs and no towns. There was only a primitive wilderness and trial quests issued by the System. As the strongest player on the server, how could Zhang Yang put up with that? If there are no villains, I'll be the villain. If the villains are too po 16Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 122 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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    The timeline was quite exciting in the first half, but the second half filled in the gaps left by the earlier events.

23. 123 戏 Playing With the Mortal World, Paying Homage to Ghosts and Gods 戏红尘，拜鬼神 Auspicious Day, Congratulations and Get Rich黄道吉日恭囍发财Mystery963k WordsOngoing ♦Deranged, erotic corpse fiction [Miaojiang-born eunuch opera performer] [Porcelain doll, Guanyin's face and a viper's heart] [Two protagonists, no CP and no female lead] [Everyone's here for a good time] [Folk horror] [Everyone is wicked] ♦The concise version [Opera Performer] is an actor who sings ghost operas and the head of an ancient clan. He's also a narcissist who believes in chastity above all and refuses to leave descendants. The ghost god worshipped by the performer is a porcelain doll 2.1kReads8.1Score422Shelves

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    It's outrageous, dark, and depraved; even the few readers who were reading it were shocked. No romantic pairings, everyone is a villain, the protagonist is a porcelain doll, and all he does is commit evil. Warning: It's very outrageous!

24. 124 邪 The Demonic Cultivator’s Path to the Dao 邪修成道 The Wind Blew at My Clothes风吹了衣衫Eastern Fantasy205k WordsCompleted [Dark tone, decisive and ruthless, devoted to the Dao] No transmigration, no System I was but an abandoned infant, taken in out of pity by an old Daoist. From then on, I embarked on the path to immortality, leaving my former identity behind. Six provinces stand divided, with good and evil everywhere. I bear evil markings, and my soul carries a sacrificial altar. I will sever the past, extinguish the seven emotions, and renounce the six desires. This poor Daoist is Chen Zui, Daoist name Tian Xie. 494Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 125 小 Survival in the Residential Complex, but I Was Pulled into the Management Group 小区求生，但我被拉入了管理群 Nazgar纳兹嘉尔Mystery784k WordsCompleted [Infinite horror + no female lead + cold-blooded male lead + split personality + author’s mental state is questionable + kill, kill, kill!] When everyone is unexpectedly dragged into a survival game, Cheng Xu discovers that his name appears in the administrators’ group. By day, the survivors search for resources and strengthen themselves and their shelters. At night, ghosts run rampant and disasters erupt. Only those who rely on their shelters can survive. One deadly trial follows another, and b 6.1kReads9.2Score837Shelves

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    These few are alright.

26. 126 我 I'm Almost a Max-Level Evil God, and You Want Me to Switch to Summoning? 我快邪神满级，你劝我转职召唤？ The Sky Isn't Dark Around the Corner转角天不黑Urban2.3M WordsOngoing The animated series is now streaming: Buried Gods! If you can't get enough of the novel, please go show it your support!!! (Story-focused, somewhat dark, with a touch of warmth, no female lead, not invincible, not a System power fantasy, a modest ensemble cast; read with caution if any of that bothers you) On the wasteland, the gods greedily carve up their territories. To survive the beast tide, people can only offer up their humble faith, hoping to earn the gods' mercy and attain the supernatur 35.8kReads8.8Score4.7kShelves
27. 127 别 Others Struggle Through the Apocalypse, but I'm Invincible 别人过末世，我无敌 The Whole Family's Hope全家的希望Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.7M WordsCompleted [Decisive and ruthless + no saintly heroine + plenty of beautiful women + cold and merciless] Stocking up on supplies when the apocalypse hits? No way. I have an unlimited supply of everything. One biscuit makes the campus belle of old bow her proud head; one loaf of bread makes a once-famous star bend the knee. The world's ended. Who's got time for romance, bro? 56.1kReads8.3Score3.9kShelves

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    I'm not saying it's bad-looking, but it definitely fits the theme! Take a look and judge for yourself.

28. 128 这 This Sharingan Is Anything but Ordinary 这个写轮眼不正经 Fried Dough Sticks and Buns with Soy Milk油条包子配豆浆Anime Fanfiction870k WordsOngoing During the Fourth Shinobi World War, Uchiha Madara finally gathered all nine Tailed Beasts and launched the Eye of the Moon Plan. But when he looked at the strange Sharingan in the sky, he fell silent. “Uchiha Madara! What the hell are you doing?!” the Allied Shinobi Forces on the ground finally shouted. Under the light of the Sharingan projected onto the moon, their bodies began changing in bizarre ways. They grew rounder and fuller, becoming more and more feminine, while their bellies started 6kReads5.5Score366Shelves

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    A new work, fresh and unconventional, is presented, its brushstrokes weaving a thousand tales of separation and reunion. Inspiration springs forth, a labyrinth of complexities unfolds, and elegant verses exquisitely depict sorrow and joy. The figures are rendered with lifelike grace, their spirits piercing the heart amidst the turmoil of war. Let us not part hastily upon meeting, for this scroll is far from ordinary.

29. 129 修 Cultivation Harms People? I Died and Became an Ancestor, Face-Slapping Everyone! 修仙害人？我死成老祖打脸全场！ Bamboo Horse, Mountain Stream竹马山溪Eastern Fantasy555k WordsOngoing He transmigrated into a world of immortal cultivation, joined a celestial sect, and awakened a death-reset System. Li Ren thought he had landed the perfect script for eternal life: unlimited trial and error, and immortality was guaranteed. But a series of bizarre, terrifying deaths soon taught him a hard lesson. “Junior Brother, I’ve opened my heart to you. Why won’t you hand over yours to me?” “Junior Brother, if you turn around and look at me, I won’t believe your head is empty.” “...” After b 60Reads6.8Score—Shelves
30. 130 魔 The Demon Sect Is Draining My Talent? Good Thing I Can Be Reborn for Ten Thousand Lifetimes! 魔宗耗人材？还好我有万世重生！ Driving Rain and Gale骤雨疾风Eastern Fantasy609k WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless]+ [Underdog comeback]+ [Reborn and plotting]+ [A villain with roots in righteousness but a heart as black as ink] Chen Zheng transmigrates to the world of cultivation, only to be captured by a demonic sect. Everyone here is a “talent”! The weak have no right to survive and can only be used up as expendable resources! Luckily, Chen Zheng binds the [Reincarnation Scroll] from the start. Whenever he dies, he can start over, inherit part of his legacy, and receive a word-trait 43Reads8.1Score—Shelves
31. 131 百 A Hundred Lifetimes of Reincarnation: I Will Become an Immortal 百世轮回：我终将成仙 Situ Liu司徒流Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Warning: the protagonist has no moral limits] [Dark story] [Not a saintly protagonist] [No heroine] [Decisive and ruthless] [Intelligent protagonist] This is the story of a despicable man who reincarnates a hundred times and seeks the path to immortality in the cracks between worlds. 6.4kReads6.9Score398Shelves

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    Dark Selfish Stream

32. 132 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 lives 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.

33. 133 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
34. 134 丧 Zombies Run Rampant, But My Body Can Shake the Stars! 丧尸横行，我肉身撼星！ A Breeze in the Wild野外有缕风Sci-Fi & Apocalypse205k WordsOngoing [Brutal Slaughter] [Do Whatever You Want] [The protagonist is under no constraints. Readers who prefer upright protagonists can skip this novel.] An unknown zombie mutation destroyed human civilization. Order collapsed. Some survivors awakened abilities, while others became little more than ants. Xu Chuan had nothing, except for a status panel. He fought his way out of university, crossed mountains of corpses and rivers of blood, and toyed with the world and its people. The moment his power 208Reads5.5Score—Shelves
35. 135 肉 Roguelike High Martial, Kill the Demon God in Three Days 肉鸽高武，三天打爆魔神 Qu Qijia曲奇嘉Urban781k WordsCompleted [The protagonist never gets nerfed] [Crushes everything] [Roguelike] What? Martial arts has nine ranks, and each rank has nine levels? Oh, the Roguelike System lets you pick one skill at each level and one legendary skill at each rank? Well, in that case, never mind. 236Reads5.0Score114Shelves
36. 136 我 I Can Only Fire Energy Waves, but One Finger Blast Can Pierce the Stars 我只会发波，但一指射穿星辰 I Can't Read老子不识字Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Nezha + the Great Sage + Yang Jian + mechanical evolution + ascension through myth = ???] Wu Dou transmigrated onto a magical super-train. Everyone in this world lived in its carriages, and everything around them had been digitized. The passengers grew stronger by completing instance trials and collecting all kinds of rare resources. On the day he turned eighteen, Wu Dou gained his innate ability, [King of Waves]! [King of Waves: Your wave-based skills, such as air waves, electric waves, and li 12.6kReads7.9Score1kShelves
37. 137 活 The Living Dead Dynasty 活死人王朝 Snail Enjoyer蜗享家Historical2.5M WordsOngoing Li Yu, a company commander in the Great Shun army stationed on the border in Youzhou, is wounded in a clash with northern raiders. To his surprise, he awakens a secret from his previous life. He comes from a collateral branch of the Li family, a military household in Youzhou. For generations, his family has guarded the bitterly cold borderlands beyond the Great Wall. If things had continued this way, life would have been peaceful enough. But the reigning empress of Great Shun, seated in Luoyang, 33.2kReads8.8Score2.5kShelves
38. 138 逆 Survival Against the Current: Hypnosis and a Favorability System? 逆流求生：催眠还有好感度系统？ Carefree Fish逍遥之鱼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse691k WordsCompleted [Global Survival] [Hypnosis] [Affection] [Women Pursue Men] [Positive and Uplifting] My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support gives me the motivation to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 4.7kReads6.5Score497Shelves
39. 139 不 Wait, How Did I Become an Electronic Pet?! 不是？我怎么变成了电子宠物！ Grayish White Rain灰白色的雨Sports1.1M WordsCompleted For some reason, Wu Xiang transmigrated into the game he used to play, Infinite Heroic Souls. He became someone else's digital pet, fighting constantly and going through all kinds of instances. In this trash game, characters drawn from the gacha can't be revived if they die, and the difficulty is extreme. The game characters can even resist the players' commands. The pressure system is brutal: characters can die, go mad, kill themselves, or even attack their teammates. It's entirely possible for 1.2kReads8.5Score115Shelves
40. 140 神 Lord of the Divine and the Strange: From the Start, I Grew a Scorpion Tail 神诡之主：开局长出一条蝎尾 Lost in the Mist茫茫然归Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing [Multiple transformation forms] + [Friends and family sacrificed to the heavens] + [A brand-new version with no imitators anywhere online] + [No female lead, no harem] “What matters most after you transmigrate? Talent? Background? A golden finger? No, no, no. Friends and family matter most. If you don’t sacrifice them to the heavens, your magic will never know bounds. I’m Gu Xin. Don’t call me a jinx. I’d die for my friends and family.” Gu Xin transmigrates into the body of a lowly knife sla 26.2kReads8.1Score2.9kShelves
41. 141 掠 Plundering the Myriad Worlds: I Will Become a God 掠夺万界：我终将成神 The Lonely Pike寂寞的狗鱼Urban158k WordsOngoing [Dark story] [No female lead] [Infinite Flow] [Decisive and ruthless] After an accident, the utterly ordinary Chen Mo gains the ability to transmigrate between movie worlds: Resident Evil, Fast & Furious, Inception, The Avengers... The Myriad Worlds, an endless journey. On the road to godhood, I have no regrets! 35Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 142 我 My Stand Ability Is Staircase Manipulation 我的替身能力是操控楼梯 Heart of Zeal热忱之心Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [Complete] [No Permission Requested from Marujie] [The first few chapters explain the setting for readers who have never read JoJo. Once the fighting starts, the story picks up the pace, with every event tightly connected.] [This work may contain disturbing content] [If you cannot handle dark and cruel stories, proceed with extreme caution!] While reading the comments, I came across someone saying, "I get it. Dio's Stand ability is controlling stairs!" It cracked me up, and gave me an idea. A Ch 645Reads8.3Score101Shelves

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    Children, do you want the savior of evil people?

43. 143 穿 Transmigrate to Yunnan Worm Valley: A Survival Guide for the Consort of King Xian 穿越云南虫谷：献王妃求生指南 Like Snow, Remembering the Passing Years似雪忆流年Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing [Ghost Blows Out the Light] + [yandere] + [King Xian is a straight-up tyrant, no redemption arc] The rating has just been posted, so it’ll go up. Updates are steady, so you can’t go wrong giving this a try! I transmigrated, but instead of getting a comeback story, I landed straight in the palace of King Xian of the ancient Dian Kingdom! All around me, women wailed in agony. Before me stood a mad tyrant with a bronze sword in hand and a sinister look in his eyes. No System! No supernatural abilit 57.1kReads9.4Score5.7kShelves

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    This is a female-oriented novel where the male protagonist is a madman criticizing a tyrant, with no attempt to redeem him. He's obsessed with ascending to immortality and kills indiscriminately, while the female protagonist can only barely survive.

44. 144 我 I, Ghost Cicada, Sweeping Through the Cultivation World Is Perfectly Reasonable 我，鬼蝉，杀穿修真界很合理吧 Sliced Bitter Melon苦瓜切片Eastern Fantasy615k WordsCompleted [Villain Protagonist + Never Takes Human Form + No Female Lead + Not a Do-Gooder] After transmigrating into a cicada, Chen Yun will stop at nothing to collect evolution items, committing every manner of evil and using any means necessary. The reverse scale of a waning-moon wind dragon + the soul of a Tribulation Realm cultivator = ??? From then on, the cultivation world gained a cicada that slaughtered countless people. Since this world has no place for me, I’ll carve a path through it with bloo 1.1kReads8.4Score109Shelves

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    I feel these two are quite compatible.

45. 145 我 I'm the Lord of the Paranormal: From the Start, I Sign In to the Knocking Ghost! 我，诡异之主，开局签到敲门诡！ Shadow Lurking in the Dark潜伏于黑暗中的影子Mystery364k WordsOngoing [Paranormal resurgence + mastermind behind the scenes + dark + villain + ruthless] Zhao Ye unexpectedly became bound to the “Lord of the Paranormal” simulation game! By earning daily sign-in rewards, he could obtain “paranormal seeds” and nurture terrifying entities with absolute killing rules! The “Knocking Entity,” which kills anyone who answers the door; the “Mirror Entity,” which melts your brain when you meet its gaze; the “Upward-Gaze Entity,” which shatters your bones if you look up... Lu 59Reads5.0Score109Shelves
46. 146 荡 Pacifying the Troubled Times: I Start by Grinding Proficiency to Become a God of Slaughter 荡平乱世：从肝熟练度开始当杀神 Ji Chen Tianwan寂尘天万Historical1.3M WordsOngoing Ji Chen transmigrates. This is a chaotic age. The northern barbarians surge south, and there’s human meat to eat to your heart’s content. Meanwhile, the nobility in their palaces care only for pleasure. Sons kill fathers, younger brothers kill older brothers, women are enslaved, and men become concubines. It’s a deranged age where everyone indulges in depravity. All Ji Chen wants is to survive the chaos. A powerful clan: “Young man, you’re a very handsome fellow...” Luckily, the System activates 25.5kReads8.3Score2.8kShelves

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    In the name of extreme evil

47. 147 乱EN Too Many Dead in Chaotic Times? My System Activates! 乱世死人太多？那我面板启动！ Youyou又有余Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing (Heaven Rewards Diligence: Starting with Selling Hooks) [Extreme Muscles] [Power Fantasy] [Survivalist] [Women Are Worthless in Chaotic Times] [Slow Burn] In the final years of the Great Jing dynasty, demons and monsters emerged, the realm descended into chaos, and the people were plunged into misery. A foolish emperor and treacherous ministers brought the dynasty to ruin, while warlords divided the land among themselves. Gangs ravaged the regions under their control, treating the people like pi 43.5kReads7.9Score2.9kShelves
48. 148 昆 The Insect Breeder 昆虫养殖员 Ji Huajiu继花酒Eastern Fantasy514k WordsOngoing My name is Xiong Jue, and I raise insects for a living. The black-and-white pair beside me are fellow villagers who came from the same mountain as I did. Like me, they raise insects for a living. 214Reads6.5Score—Shelves
49. 149 欲 Desire Turns Into Power: From the Start, I Win Over My Former Landlady 欲望化作力量，开局俘获前房东 Popular Passerby流行路人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse320k WordsOngoing (The rating just came out, so it'll go up.) [Cold-blooded and ruthless lead, new cultivation system, national fortresses, multiple women with no single heroine, pure power fantasy] Evil beasts have run rampant beyond control, making small cities unfit for human habitation. The nation mobilizes huge numbers of workers to build humanity's last “sanctuary” beneath cities, around the clock. The Doomsday Fortress! From then on, humans become subterranean rats. Evil beasts become the masters of the wo 52Reads6.2Score—Shelves
50. 150 序EN Sequence Highway: Don't Fall Behind! 序列公路：不要掉队！ Roaring Mountains and Seas山海呼啸Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing [Fresh Premise + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment + Not Invincible + Sequence Potions + The Supernatural + Road Survival + Upgrading Supplies + Ruthless Protagonist] The supernatural descended, turning cities into forbidden zones for humanity. People had to rely on Sequence Awakened to keep migrating. Settled life gave way to a nomadic existence. During one such migration, Chen Ye awakened an upgrade System. In his hands, a rusty bicycle transformed into an armored battle vehicle. A tattered tent e 624.8kReads8.5Score42.5kShelves

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