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- 1 Villain: I Refuse to Follow the Plot, So I Break Off the Engagement with the Heroine from the Start 反派：不按剧情出牌，开局退婚女主 Su Chen transmigrates into a novel and discovers that he’s become a villainous supporting character! And a cannon-fodder simp for the heroine! As the heir to a top family, with a prestigious status and position, how could he keep living beneath others? Su Chen decides to flip the table and quit! Bound to the Heaven’s Chosen Villain System, he breaks off his engagement to the heroine from the start, face-slaps the child of destiny, and seizes all kinds of opportunities! From then on, Su Chen goes 59Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 2 The Strongest Villain: From the Start, I Dug Up the Heaven-Chosen Sovereign's Bone 最强大反派：开局挖了天命至尊骨 (Villain + Comedy + No-System Power Fantasy) A side-splitting villain story that's hugely popular →_→. On the first day after being reborn, Chen Changsheng discovers that he has dug up the Heaven's Chosen Supreme Bone and awakened the Ancient Double Pupils! On the second day, he casually flirts with his younger sister, born with a Daoist physique. On the third day, his pet digs out the spiritual essence of someone with a Kunpeng divine physique. Just as he gets himself branded an enemy by three 2.4kReads8.1Score15414d adds
- 3 Villain: Seizing Heavenly Fate from the Source 反派：掠夺天命，从源头开始 [Invincible + Unparalleled Background + The Myriad Worlds + Ruthless + Stealing What Belongs to Others] In his previous life, Zhou Xingdou trusted fate, only to meet a tragic death. Reborn, he became the strongest villain, toying with the former protagonist, the Child of Destiny, in the palm of his hand. He summoned divine maidens from another world and waged war against the protagonists of destiny. Only at the very end did Zhou Xingdou discover that his true enemy was the heavens themselves. 5.5kReads7.9Score41714d adds
- 4 Villain: I’m Best at Raiding Other People’s Homes 反派：我最擅长偷家了 [Villain] [No-Brain Power Fantasy] [Xuanhuan] [Sneaky Schemer] [Ancestor] Qin Xiao transmigrates to another world and becomes the Qin family's ancestor. He also gains a System that lets him steal the protagonists' luck. Whenever his actions hurt or deal a blow to a protagonist, he can take luck points from them. So Qin Xiao becomes a sneaky schemer, taking the protagonists in as adopted sons or disciples while they're still weak. Years later, the protagonists return to find their family home 8.2kReads7.7Score45814d adds
- 5 Villain: Changing My Fate Begins with Stealing a Kind Older Sister-in-Law 反派：改命，从抢夺温柔大嫂开始 [Important: I'll say it three times! This is not a serious villain story! This is not a serious villain story!] Li Hao transmigrates into an apocalyptic novel, not as the protagonist, but as the protagonist's loyal “sidekick.” He burns himself to light the protagonist's way. Every opportunity goes to the protagonist. Even the woman he loves gets stolen by the protagonist. In the end, the protagonist even uses him as a blood sacrifice, and he exits the story in disgrace. This is more than a man c 11.2kReads8.3Score87214d adds
- 6 Villain: I Can Assign Quests to the Protagonist's Mother 反派：我能给主角妈妈布置任务 Mu Hang thought he’d been born into a good family, only to discover he’d been handed the villain’s script. The protagonist has a charming, mature mother and seven beautiful older sisters. He’s currently training in the mountains, holds a grudge against Mu Hang, and is sharpening his knives. Mu Hang’s only purpose is to serve as a stepping stone for the protagonist’s face-slapping triumphs. That’s a little worrying. Fortunately, Mu Hang has bound himself to a System. The System can be given to an 891Reads8.5Score10714d adds
- 7 Underling: Protecting the Villain's Stepmother from the Start 跟班：开局保护反派后妈 [Master Schemer + Multiple Love Interests + Villain + Subverting the Tropes] Lu Yun wakes up one day to discover that he's transmigrated into the world of a novel. He's nothing more than a villain's lackey, and it looks like he won't even survive ten chapters. So he has no choice but to subtly steer the plot in a different direction... The villain's wife: “Fine, fine! You rotten Lu Yun, so you're eating what's in your bowl while eyeing what's in the pot, huh!” The beautiful CEO: “Why would you r 5.6kReads8.2Score49814d adds
- 8 I'm the Big Bad Villain, and the Protagonists Are Losing It 我！反派头子，主角们心态崩了 [Villains, cold-blooded fiends, wooden emotions, and saintly do-gooders keep out] Mo Ci Nian transmigrated into a world that combined several urban power-fantasy novels. And he became a crazed villain? A big boss with untold wealth and the most powerful connections gets killed off by the plot and meets a miserable end? No way! He refused to accept it! And so... a heartless, shameless schemer was born. The mountain-dwelling miracle doctor: The city is full of tricks. I'm going back to the cou 18.8kReads8.5Score1.4k14d adds
- 9 The Villain Has No Morals, and the Dragon Is Right in His Face. How Could He Lose? 反派缺大德，飞龙骑脸，怎么输？ In a fantasy world, Gu Qing was a sharp kid from the start. When he saw how lovely his childhood sweetheart was, he figured she’d grow into a great beauty, so he made sure to claim her early. Who could have guessed that his sweetheart was the chosen one, and her younger brother was the Son of Destiny? Fortunately, he bound himself to the Counterattack System, which reflected all damage. From then on, he went further and further down the path of a destined villain. After joining a sect, Gu Qin 23.3kReads7.8Score2k14d adds
- 10 Villain: I Steal His Fortuitous Encounters, and He Thanks Me for It! 反派：抢他机缘他还得谢谢咱呢！ Gu Chen'an transmigrates into a fantasy world and discovers that his original body had made an enemy of the Child of Fortune, the protagonist favored by destiny. What's more, the Child of Fortune will secretly kill him in just a few days. Just as Gu Chen'an worries about how to deal with this, he awakens the ability to view people's life scripts. Gu Chen'an: “What? I have the face of someone destined to die young, and I'm the first person the Child of Fortune will kill? Does that mean I'm fated 14.6kReads8.5Score1.4k14d adds
- 11 From the Start, I Win Over the Protagonist's Sister and Get Supreme Bones 开局拿下主角妹妹，奖励至尊骨 [Villain Protagonist + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Invincible + Lighthearted + Fast-Paced + Harem] Lu Chen transmigrates into a fantasy power-fantasy novel as its villainous Saint Son, where he obtains a God-Tier Choice System. From the start, the protagonist's younger sister comes to beg him to spare the Chosen One. [Ding! The Chosen One heroine, Ye Lingxi, asks the Host to spare Ye Bufan in exchange for helping the Host cultivate. A God-Tier Choice has been triggered!] [Choice One: Since you've 20.8kReads8.1Score2k14d adds
- 12 Villain, Your Underlings Are Too Rebellious, and the Male Lead Is Panicking! 反派，小弟太逆天，男主慌了！ [Villain + System + multiple love interests + ruthless! Not for readers who mind!] Original title: [Giving the Protagonist's Mother a Massage from the Start] After an unexpected transmigration, he becomes the male lead's lackey. From then on, everything goes wrong for the male lead. His girlfriend grows increasingly cold and contemptuous, and even his own mother starts to hate him. He has no idea that the culprit behind it all is his own lackey. 10.4kReads8.9Score74914d adds
- 13 I, the Fated Great Villain, Begin by Taking the Saintess in Hand 我，天命大反派，从拿捏圣女开始 [Powerful background] [Cunning schemer] [Satisfying power fantasy] [Many love interests] I’m not your typical villain, so how could I possibly play by the rules!!! Xiao Fan transmigrated to a fantasy world and became a brainless minor villain. Luckily, he awakened a Villain System. To stay alive, Xiao Fan had no choice but to strike hard against the protagonist. The protagonist’s childhood friend: “Stop contacting me. I’m afraid Xiao Fan will get the wrong idea.” The protagonist’s younger si 19kReads8.8Score1.8k14d adds
- 14 Villain: The Ice-Cold Campus Beauty Is Plotting Against Me 反派：冷艳校花竟对我图谋不轨 [Villain + invincible + ruthless + unconventional + satisfying read] Chen Beiyuan transmigrates and becomes the fated great villain with a terrifying background in a modern power fantasy novel. He also awakens the “Defy Fate” System. As long as he changes his own fate or that of an important character, he can earn generous rewards. Now, on his second day here, he's about to face the novel's favored son of fortune in their first clash of fate! Before Chen Beiyuan can even get his bearings, the ic 53.1kReads8.7Score4.2k14d adds
- 15 The Villain Chosen by Fate: I Refuse to Break Off the Engagement! 天命反派：我，拒绝退婚！ Jiang Xuan transmigrates into a fantasy world and becomes a true disciple of an immortal family. When the clan learns of the childhood betrothal his parents arranged for him, they decide that the girl isn't worthy of him and hope he will break off the engagement as soon as possible to protect his reputation. He has also found an Ancient Goddess with a Profound Yin Sacred Body, who is interested in marrying him. If the match succeeds, he will become the Young Clan Leader and gain authority and po 10.3kReads7.8Score4.1k14d adds
- 16 Villain: Who Says I'm Here to Break Off the Engagement? 反派：谁说我是来退婚的？ He trips over a rubber band while crossing the road, and wakes up in a world of immortal cultivation as the young master of the Yunwei Bureau! From the start, he breaks off his engagement to a daughter of fortune, and even his older and younger female cousins are daughters of fortune… Daughters of fortune are meant to be nurtured; sons of fortune are meant to be harvested like leeks. Seize treasures, steal the female lead, kill sons of fortune, and form bonds with daughters of fortune. That’s wh 5.1kReads8.5Score66914d adds
- 17 Transmigrate into a Book as the Villain: My Cultivation Is Gone, and the Female Lead Turns the Tables on Me 穿书反派：修为尽失，女主逆推 Xu Yang transmigrates into the world of a novel and becomes its villain, the master of Purple Cloud Peak, one of the six peaks of the Qingming Sect. Once he figures out his situation, Xu Yang panics and immediately wants to grab his things and run. The one thing he can be grateful for is that The story hasn't started yet, so there's still room to change his fate. After awakening the Ten-Thousandfold Return System, all he has to do is accept a gift from one of the novel's heroines for a chance to 56.4kReads8.9Score5.7k14d adds
- 18 EN Villain: Master and Senior Sister, I Beg You 反派：师尊师姐求你们了 [Multiple heroines] [Humor] [Plenty of romance] [Sweet later on] [Inner thoughts] Lin Heng transmigrates into the book A Record of Beauties as a cannon-fodder villain. As long as he follows the proper villain or hero plotline and keeps his head down until the end, he can become an unrivaled powerhouse. But then the heroines somehow start hearing his inner thoughts. No matter how the story transitions between hero and villain arcs, he now risks being killed by the protagonist! [That airheaded mas 51.7kReads8.3Score4.7k14d adds
- 19 From the Start, I Transmigrated into a Book and Turned Out to Be the Villainous Rich Heartthrob 开局穿书：我竟是反派高富帅 After transmigrating into the world of an urban novel, Zhao Qian discovers that he has become the legitimate son of the Zhao family, a thousand-year-old clan in the imperial capital. He is also devastatingly handsome, exceptionally talented, and born into immense wealth and power. With the Zhao family behind him and a silver spoon in his mouth, he has the perfect start. But to his shock, this rich, handsome heir is actually a villain. At a lavish banquet from the start, the heroine's father offe 13.2kReads8.4Score78014d adds
- 20 Villain: You Asked to Break Off the Engagement, So Why Are You Crying Now? 反派：退婚你提的，现在你哭什么 [The hottest high-martial-arts villain novel of 2026! Collected by millions! A smash-hit completed book with as many as 2.47 million readers at its peak!] Heir to one of the world’s top martial sage families! His father is the Dragon Kingdom’s strongest fighter, a Ninth-Rank Grandmaster! His grandfather is one of Blue Star’s transcendent martial sages! Su Yu transmigrates into an urban fantasy novel. But instead of becoming the protagonist, he ends up as the female lead’s villainous, groveling c 31.9kReads8.7Score2.6k14d adds
- 21 EN I’ll Own Every Accusation, But Don’t Cry When I Wipe Out Your Whole Clan! 污蔑我全认，灭你全族可别哭！ [Fantasy premise + System + villain + no saintly behavior + ruthless and decisive] Qin Luo transmigrates to another world and becomes the Holy Son of the Taixu Sacred Land, standing trial. His unrequited love, his fiancée, and the protagonist accuse him of being a spy for the Heavenly Demon Sect. Every disciple of the Sacred Land denounces him. “Qin Luo murdered his fellow disciples to cultivate demonic arts, the legendary Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art!” “Qin Luo isn't an orphan. He must have joi 86.5kReads8.4Score9.7k14d adds
- 22 Villain: There Are Too Many Children of Fate, So I'll Just Lie Low 反派：气运之子太多，我摆烂了 Bai Feng transmigrated, and he had a younger sister born with immortal bones. He thought that as long as he clung to his sister, he could live a carefree life in this dangerous cultivation world. That was until he woke up and discovered that his mother was preparing to remove his sister’s immortal bones and implant them in him. Only then did he realize he’d been cast in the role of the villain! Just then, a System appeared. If he targeted the Children of Destiny and stole their fortune, he would 45.6kReads8.9Score4.6k14d adds
- 23 After the Villain Stops Slacking Off, the Chosen One Panics 当反派不在摆烂后，气运之子慌了 [System + domineering + not a saint + villain + scheming + ruthless] Gu Qingxiao transmigrated into a fantasy world and became the Gu family’s divine son. With his talent and status, wasn’t he set to win at life? He chose to give up and coast instead! Unexpectedly, a villain System awakened. Gu Qingxiao ignored it. Who cared about being a villain? Let someone else do it! But when he watched his followers die, and saw his family get entangled with chosen ones for all sorts of bizarre reasons, Gu 24kReads8.9Score1.9k14d adds
- 24 I’m the Great Villain, but I Never Wanted to Rule the Ages! 大反派的我，真没想独断万古啊！ [Cunning protagonist + decisive and ruthless + doesn't play the pig to eat the tiger + pure power fantasy] A transmigration novel. Ji Xiu discovers that he has become the tragic villainous Big Boss in a novel! The novel's male lead has an invincible golden finger? The novel's heroine is an Immortal Emperor reborn? His own future means certain death? Ding! The god-tier sign-in System has awakened! [Ding! Congratulations, Host. Your sign-in reward is the nine-star Divine Heart Dao Bone!] [ 24.8kReads8.9Score1.9k14d adds
- 25 Villain: I Really Didn’t Mean to Get My Master Pregnant! 反派：我真没想让师尊怀孕啊！ [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Master] [Empress] [Rebellious Disciple] “Rebellious disciple, rebellious disciple, you’re completely out of your mind!” Faced with his stunning master’s accusations, Chu Xiu shrugs. “Don’t blame your disciple for being heartless. You’re just too alluring, Master. Aren’t villains supposed to do whatever they please and commit every evil imaginable?” In the Firmament Continent, might makes right. After arriving in this world, Chu Xiu came to understand a few things. A 38.3kReads9.1Score3k14d adds
- 26 Tycoon: I'm Really the Big Villain 神豪：我真的是大反派啊 Qin Lang transmigrated into a world where several web novels had merged. His grandfather was one of the few remaining decorated veterans! His father was a government official with immense power! His mother was a businesswoman worth a fortune! And he was the Qin family’s sole heir! How could someone with such an all-powerful, wealthy background be the original story’s great villain? Was he destined to be relentlessly face-slapped by the protagonist, with his family reduced to a stepping stone for 36.3kReads9.3Score2.9k14d adds
- 27 EN Villain: The Female Lead Overhears My Inner Thoughts and Her Persona Crumbles 反派：女主偷听我心声人设崩了 Tang Yu transmigrates into the world of a modern power fantasy novel, where he becomes a rich, playboy villain. Every time he survives a story arc, he gets a reward! He decides to play it safe and keep his head down all the way to the ending! From the start, he calls off an arranged marriage to avoid being beaten to death by the Dragon King! But unexpectedly, everyone is acting around him, determined to make him draw their hatred. Su Muyue: “You want to break off the engagement? No, you don't.” 78.8kReads9.4Score7k14d adds
- 28 EN I Threaten the Female Lead from the Start, and I'm Set on Being the Villain 开局威胁女主，这个反派我当定了 [Scheming, shameless, hilarious. Pure-love fans, beware] Jiang Che transmigrated into the role of a rich second-generation villain in a modern wish-fulfillment novel, and was bound to a God-Tier Choice System. From the start, he happened to catch the heroine trying to sneak a peek at the exam papers. A villain’s choice was triggered! [Choice One: Pretend you saw nothing] [Choice Two: Shout at her, drawing a crowd] [Choice Three: ...] And so, a perverted supervillain was born. To avoid being 79.7kReads8.9Score6.6k14d adds
- 29 EN Villain: My Little Brother is the Chosen One 反派：我的弟弟是天选之子 "Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain 342.4kReads9.5Score38.6k14d adds
