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- 51 Mutating into a God, I Became the Strongest Aberration 畸变成神，我成为了最强诡异 [Eerie cultivation + scheming + no saintly heroics + ruthless and decisive + Cthulhu] It’s gone mad! Everything’s gone mad! This world has gone mad! This is a world of the eerie and the twisted, filled with indescribable monsters. These ubiquitous abominations have tormented Fang Sheng until he is “barely human.” If that’s how it is, then he’ll become one of them too, and see who truly deserves to be called the “God of the Eerie”!!! [The further the story goes, the more twisted and “inhuman” the 1.9kReads8.4Score14314d adds
- 52 The Red Moon Descends: I Can't Tell Them Apart, I Really Can't 红月降临：分不清，我真分不清啊 [Mystery and mind games + eerie cultivation + Cthulhu + Infinite Flow + not a power fantasy + monsters + mythology + horror] The brain doesn’t know the eyes exist, so why did “eyes” come into being? Why are our eyes on the front of our heads instead of the top? Is it because we’re afraid of seeing something? Is humanity a complete organism, or are we just the part of the brain that develops consciousness while parasitizing a body? Could Earth be a stage built for us by a higher civilization? Do 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Daoist, Let’s Become Immortals Together! 道爷，咱们一起成仙！ [The uncanny + folk customs + Eastern Lovecraftian horror + cultivation] The Great Heng Dynasty is falling apart. Evil spirits descend, and uncanny immortals and Buddhas proliferate. Confucianism, Legalism, military strategy, agronomy, diplomacy… Beneath the Immortal Dao lie mountains of bones. Truth and falsehood blur, and reality grows strange and elusive. … Chen Yuan summons his soul and is reborn, sinking into deep confusion between death and reality, unable to tell the world apart from him 282Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 This Cultivation Is Absurd 这个修仙太离谱 After passing the test at Xuanyun Valley, Lin Zhou became an entry-level disciple. But this cultivation thing was completely absurd. … What? You’re telling me this is a Foundation Establishment Pill? It’s clearly an egg! What? The Golden Core stage is that bug spinning a cocoon inside my dantian? And the Nascent Soul stage is when the bug breaks out of its cocoon and turns into a baby that looks exactly like me? Are you sure this bug isn’t some kind of parasite? 90Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 55 I Eavesdrop on Voices from Beyond and Cultivate Immortality with a Female Ghost 偷听界外心声，带着女诡修长生 “My name is Shen Nuo. Nuo, as in a promise worth a thousand gold.” “Shen Nuo, I’m willing to transform into a Nine Fiend Wraith ahead of time and help you attain the Dao. Remember your promise, and avenge me!” The Wraith Domain invades, bringing all the realms to the brink of extinction. The martial and immortal paths stand side by side, while the path of merging with wraiths is also thriving. The protagonist, Shen Nuo, transmigrates into this world carrying a supreme treasure that lets h 867Reads7.1Score12014d adds
- 56 Sequence: Stop Worshiping Me, I'm Really Not an Evil God 序列：别拜了，我真不是邪神 Read the reviews, they’re all glowing! You won’t regret giving it a try! [Unhinged + Villain Protagonist + Ruthless + No Holding Back on Power Levels + Dark Humor + Sequence Containment + No System + Not Mindless + Cthulhu] [Nine Paths to Godhood, eighty-one Sequence Professions, each with its own unique traits. Just read it and see!] “My name is Chen Mu. I’m still childlike, inexperienced in the ways of the world, and I believe in all that is true, good, and beautiful. In short, I’m just an 133Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 57 EN Cultivating in the Lovecraftian Mythos: Am I the Strongest Cthulhu? 克系修仙，我是最强克苏鲁？ [Death Rewind + Eerie Immortals and Buddhas + Chinese-Style Cosmic Horror (Light)] [Madman] [No Female Lead] [The World Has Gone Mad] [Chinese-Style Cosmic Horror, Madman Cultivates Immortality] He transmigrates to a place where even the world has gone mad. He possesses the power to rewind time upon death. From then on, death is no longer the end, but... a toy he can play with. He travels between the future and the past, manipulating gods and monsters with ease. Bizarre horrors, sickly immortals 405Reads6.9Score10414d adds
- 58 The Eerie Immortal’s Box 诡仙魔盒 [Mystery] + [Eerie] + [Xuanhuan] + [Thriller] + [Mind-Bending] + [One Female Lead] Chen Tong, a young man struggling to make a living in the city, returns to his hometown to attend his grandfather's funeral... But he unexpectedly discovers that his grandfather's death was shrouded in mystery. He comes into possession of a mysterious golden-thread nanmu box, and everything begins to turn Eerie... The grandfather of a female classmate from his village also dies. The monks and Taoist priests hired —Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 59 The Flesh-Rotted Immortal Sect: Starting with Mutant, Proliferating Spiritual Roots 肉烂仙宗，从畸变增生灵根开始 [Global] [Sect Upgrades] [Cthulhu] [Some Warhammer 40K] [Flesh Mutations] [Twisted Truth] [No Female Lead] Everyone transmigrates to a Cthulhu-inspired cultivation world, where each person inherits a sect. Some are born with innate plant-and-wood spiritual roots, using plants and trees in all kinds of ways to strengthen themselves. Some are born with blood-debt spiritual roots, growing stronger by borrowing the flesh and blood of others. And some are born with fusion spiritual roots, stitching t 401Reads8.4Score15414d adds
- 60 I Was a Ghost Officer, but Now I Only Want a Promotion 身为鬼差的我，后来只想升官 I wield the Register of the Underworld as a ghost officer, commanding the power to seize souls. Everyone says the King of Hell is the supreme ruler of the netherworld, but to me, he is merely a stepping stone. The underworld is vast, and the Nine Hells are deep. Is that really the limit of my ambition? I want to break the Nine Hells’ shackles, shatter the chains between yin and yang, ascend to the realm of the Great Emperor, and rule the netherworlds of all realms. Only then will my lifelong wis 33Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 61 Laying Low in a Haunted, Chaotic World to Seek Immortality 苟在诡异乱世求长生 [System + Decisive and Ruthless + Uncanny + Immortality + World Domination + Pure Wish Fulfillment] The strange tide of the apocalypse has arrived. Demonic beasts run rampant, noble clans monopolize cultivation techniques, and low-ranking martial artists are treated as worthless as grass. Chen Zhuo transmigrated with the “Invincible Cultivation System.” Carry me until my divine arts are perfected. This chaotic world needs a new ruler! The protagonist cultivates carefully, loves ambushing people, 120Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Cultivating the Uncanny Dao: I Can Trade Away the Price of Cultivation 诡道修仙：我能置换修行代价 [Demonic cultivation + cold-blooded and ruthless + decisive killing + loss of humanity] [Women appear, but there is no female lead] Cultivation comes at a price! A pretty young girl clutches a stinking corpse and gnaws at it. A swordsman in white sniffs the long strips of cloth used to bind a village woman’s feet. Rotting flesh lurks beneath the golden body of the Buddha, while writhing maggots dwell beneath the skin of immortals. Cultivators are neither free of worldly attachments nor pure of e 10Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 63 Parasitic Cultivation: I Can Rewind After Death 寄生修仙：我能死亡回档 [A protagonist who grows over time, not a power fantasy] Twisted immortals and Buddhas, undying monsters, and a chaotic Heavenly Dao. Cultivate qi by planting insect eggs in your dantian, establish your foundation by spinning them into cocoons and hatching them into insects... Su Muran transmigrates here and awakens an infinite-rewind golden finger called Rebirth. He becomes an entry-level disciple of the Qinglan Sect. A cultivation path plagued by parasites, a road to immortality that turns you 622Reads7.0Score10214d adds
- 64 The Haunted Old Mansion 恐怖老宅 The living guard the yang, while ghosts hold the yin in check. Yin and yang are inseparable, and nothing is forbidden. In this world, everyone is either human or ghost, yin or yang. But there are people who walk between the two realms all year round, neither human nor ghost. They are the Yin-Yang House Guardians! 53Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 65 The Strange Immortal Judge’s Record 诡仙判官录 [Dark + Unhinged + Lovecraftian Cultivation + Judge of the Underworld] The Heavenly Dao has come alive. The gods feast on incense offerings, while the court runs the human world like a pasture. And I, keeper of the Book of Life and Death, was torn apart, soul and all, and sent back to the Three Realms for declaring the Heavenly Dao unjust a thousand years ago. I have seen: The souls of loyal subjects nailed into ancestral shrines to serve as lamp oil, chaste women turned into frost on the tiles 27Reads8.0Score214d adds
- 66 The Agony of Flesh: My Body Mutates Into Immortality! 血肉苦痛，我肉身畸变成仙！ [Cthulhu-Style Cultivation] [Mentally Ill Protagonist] [No System] This world has nine immortals. The First Immortal feeds on flesh and blood. The Second refines living people into pills. The Third greedily collects blood sacrifices. The Fourth inhabits living beings. The Fifth makes pacts with all manner of demons. The Sixth follows the ghostly path of souls. The Seventh controls insects and Gu. The Eighth binds human spirits. The Ninth refines corpses to achieve liberation from the body. I hav 293Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 67 The Strange World: I Have a Cultivation Simulator System 诡异世界：我有修仙模拟系统 He An arrived in a bizarre cultivation world with a simulation System. First Simulation: The Goddess of Luck is on your side. You obtained: [(Top-grade Gold) Drawing Water with a Bamboo Basket: This bamboo basket is no ordinary one. You have a fifty percent chance of successfully drawing water. Success will let you break through, regardless of your current realm.] [(Top-grade Red) Talent Upgrade: You can spend cultivation to raise your talent level, up to Seven-Colored Supreme.] You quietly anno 207Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 68 Cultivation Is Seriously Toxic 修仙真有毒 [Uncanny cultivation + team expeditions and treasure hunting + super-handsome sword immortal + no saintly do-gooder + ruthless and decisive + no female lead + painfully bizarre + this world is far too dangerous] The old beggar raised two fingers in a sword gesture and cried, “Draw!” Blood spurted from his back. A bloody spinal column shot out of his flesh with a slippery hiss, turned into a streak of white light, and flew into the woods. Bai Xiaoyi stared, dumbfounded. Cultivation really is pois 2.5kReads8.5Score17714d adds
- 69 EN Immortals of the Eldritch Path: I Begin by Sacrificing Myself 诡道异仙：开局献祭我自己 [Lovecraftian Cultivation + Mystery + Supernatural Folklore + Instance-Based Plot] [Instance Progress: Paper Puppet, Evil God Temple, River God’s Descent, Former Dynasty Tomb…] From the start, I was set up. I didn’t want to pave the way for someone else, so I sacrificed myself! I never expected that, after losing my physical body, I’d open up a new, sinister path to immortality. But the further I cultivate, the more I can’t help wondering: are immortals even real in this world? Ye Qianfan looks 11.9kReads8.4Score1k14d adds
- 70 Dead City 死城 In this book, I’ll take you in search of the eerie things hidden in the city, and the terrifying taboos lurking in everyday life. 1.7kReads8.4Score25114d adds
- 71 Using the Great Thousand Record from the Start, the Campus Beauty Kisses My Heart 开局使用大千录，校花轻吻我心脏 [Fan fiction] + [System] + [Daoist Horror] + [supernatural urban setting] + [dark tone] + [no female lead] + [Cthulhu Mythos] In a world where supernatural abilities reigned supreme, Zhao Tianming awakened the lowest-ranked D-class ability, self-healing, in front of everyone in Class Three. Faced with the whole class mocking him, Zhao Tianming smiled more brightly than anyone else, then challenged the entire class. Just as everyone assumed he had lost his mind under the pressure, they had no ide 81Reads—Score11114d adds
- 72 Strange Tales of the Dao: Me, a Blank Slate, Am a Good Person 道诡：我，白板，是个好人 “Come on, Dice Daddy Boss, let's give them a show!” … As everyone knows, the online game Dao Gui Yi Xian, funded and founded by Li Yunxin and starring the refined young man Li Huowang, became a sensation across the country as soon as it was released. This book is fanfiction based on the Dao Gui Yi Xian game. It tells the story of the supposedly righteous Zuo Wang Dao searching for themselves, helping the mentally ill Danyang become an immortal, and saving the world. Seven-year-old Li Daozhen ha 384Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 73 Grinding for Experience in a Strange World 我在诡异世界中肝经验值 [Weird Cultivation + Stat-Point System] Zhou Yun was an overworked office drone from the modern world, but through a twist of fate, he transmigrated to an ancient world where the Heavenly Dao had collapsed and strange horrors were everywhere, becoming an ordinary hunter. Faced with a world full of horrors, he was lucky to awaken his own golden finger: a status panel that let him spend points to endlessly strengthen his abilities. With this power, he would seek the elusive path to immortality an 123Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 74 Fragments of Divine Miracles 神迹残章 The altar has collapsed, and the believers are lost. He was going to make a run for it, but tens of thousands knelt before him on the spot. "That thing you said last night... Those were God's words!" I was just passing by and said it offhand. How did it come true? That day, Shi Su became a false god. He had no divinity and no magic, only one "doctrine misunderstood by his believers" after another, yet they brought him step by step closer to the throne of a true god. "If the gods won't speak, the 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 Cthulhu: I Just Want to Cultivate Immortality 克苏鲁：我只想修仙啊 In my past life, I worked myself to death. In this life, I, Yun Chen, will devote myself to cultivating immortality and achieving eternal life! [Ding! You have become an Apostle of the Old Ones!] Quit it, I want to cultivate immortality! [Ding! You have obtained the Whisper of the Ancient Gods!] Cut it out, Squidward! [Ding! You have obtained the Twisted Dream!] I just want to cultivate immortality! [Ding! You have obtained the ability to summon Cthulhu!] Yun Chen: … Squidward, you're amazi 14Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 76 Of Course I Don’t Look Human, I’m an Immortal! 没有人形就对了，因为我是仙啊！ [Cultivation] [Nonhuman] [Eerie] Do not look upon my form. Do not imitate my ways. Do not learn my nature. In White Cloud Temple, I comprehended the Great Dao and gained an immortal fruit, winning freedom and bliss. Li Changmeng thinks he has the bearing of an immortal. Tentacles all over my body? That's the Thousand-Armed Immortal Physique, unmatched at controlling objects! Evil eyes all over me? Those are spirit-bright eyes of wisdom, seeing through illusions and revealing the truth! Unprompte 3.9kReads7.1Score41714d adds
- 77 Ancestral Master of the Strange Realm 诡境道祖 A parallel world, overrun by the supernatural. Cities may sleep through the dead of night, but the supernatural invasion never stops. You can’t tell whether the person beside you will still be themselves tomorrow. You can’t know whether the terrifying dark gate will open beside your bed tonight. And you can’t imagine the endless, terrifying unknown that awaits every eighteen-year-old in the “college entrance exam.” In this horrifying world, Ye Bai discovers, “Huh? I have a golden finger!” … A c 829Reads8.4Score10014d adds
- 78 The Dao-Proving Deception 证道骗局 An Immortal Emperor? Just livestock penned up by the Upper Realm! I thought reaching the Immortal Emperor realm would make me invincible. But on the day I was crowned, I saw my fellow disciples being slaughtered and eaten. Immortal Emperors are controlled like walking corpses, and the Immortal Realm is nothing but a pigsty. Still dreaming of becoming an immortal? It's all a scheme by those at the top. (Dark conspiracy) + (a completely new system) + (intelligent antagonists) Note: This is an unco 199Reads5.7Score10214d adds
- 79 The Immortal Fetus Mutant 仙胎异种 This is a grotesque world controlled by “immortals.” There are immortal pills grown in hearts, where flesh and blood serve as the soil; bone-ash baby formula made by burning corpses; and rich-blood immortal fruits growing from flesh. This is a savage immortal realm that is disgusting, diseased, ugly, and deformed. “I am an aberrant immortal fetus, an apocalyptic calamity that feeds on immortals. My name is Chen Yang, and I’ve had the good fortune to arrive in this filthy, sinister savage immorta 1.7kReads8.8Score12414d adds
- 80 The Eerie Carver 诡雕 The sequel to this book, Strange Carvings 2, is now being written. It picks up seamlessly from where this story ends, so read on with confidence. A world of evil gods, demons, and strange creatures. One dynasty gathers the people's hearts, hopes, and will into the nation's fortune and dragon qi, then uses them to forge a divine artifact that protects the realm and safeguards humanity. Cultivators use their souls as a foundation, casting spells through objects and commanding supernatural power. M 2.4kReads8.8Score15014d adds
- 81 In a Strange World, I Cultivated into an Evil God 诡异世界：我修炼成了邪神 [Lovecraftian horror, martial extremism, decisive and ruthless] Tentacles, slime, deadly poison, evil gods, monsters... The moment he transmigrates, a monster with a pitch-black body, red eyes, and enormous fangs fixes its gaze on him. This is an intensely dangerous world of supernatural horror. Its dark side is rife with corruption, contamination, and mutation... as well as pure evil. Lin Sheng is terrified of this world. At the crucial moment, he awakens the Primordial System. Eight-Part Vajra 353Reads6.6Score14314d adds
- 82 The Supernatural World: I Turned Out to Be the Final Boss 神诡世界：我居然是最终BOSS In the final years of the Great You dynasty, demons and horrors run rampant, and the human world has become a realm of ghosts. In this world, every path of cultivation comes at a price. Immortal cultivators treat mortals like pigs and dogs, while mighty beings use the world as a chessboard and all living things as their pieces. Yang Feng transmigrates as a River God sacrifice, on the verge of dying without a whole body. Then a passing player appears. Yang Feng makes a decision that goes against 20Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 83 The Ghost Banquet 鬼禁食 A glutton's feast: can it really eat anything at all? Open wide, and nothing is off-limits? When you're indulging in wild game, have you ever felt a hint of murderous intent behind you... 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 I Have Ten Million Years to Live: Deriving Countless Arts 我有千万年寿元：衍化万般诀 [Cunning + ruthless protagonist + decisive killing + dark world] Demons wreak havoc in the human realm, and cultivators must pay a “price” to cultivate. But Chu Sanzai can derive new cultivation arts and practice them directly! “The Flesh-Eating Art requires you to eat human flesh while it's still alive? I'll derive the Taotie Art, which lets me increase my cultivation by eating ordinary food!” Derive! The Eight-Nine Arcane Art, Dao Eyes, Corpse-Driving Steps... The Xiangyang Dynasty is corrupt, 697Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 85 Shanren Meiyou Miao's Ninth Book 山人没有妙的第9本书 Lovecraftian cultivation + eerie events + madness + Daoist: Believe in the Strange Never turn on a light after nightfall!! Whatever you do, don't close your eyes after dark!!! Lin Yi transmigrated and became an illustrious eunuch in the imperial harem. He thought all sorts of wonderful things might happen. But he soon discovered that the harem was terrifying beyond belief. After encountering two eerie events in a row, however, he realized that he might be even more terrifying than the strange th 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 I Got Dismembered in a Weird Tale, but the System Insists I’ve Become an Immortal 人在怪谈被分尸，系统硬说我成仙 [Rule Horror] [National Fortune Livestream] [System Misinterpretation] [Dual Rules] [Mentally Ill Protagonist] [Subverting Expectations] [Lots of Twists] Bad news: I’m mentally ill, and I’ve been dragged into a Rule Horror scenario! Good news: I have a System! Bad news: The System is acting crazy and insists I’m in a world of immortal cultivation! Good news: It really does give out rewards! Rule One: Do not enter the cafeteria late at night! [System: Zen Master Huiming invites you into the templ 3.4kReads5.3Score45014d adds
- 87 Cultivation: Drawing Vengeful Ghosts to Help Me 修仙，从画厉鬼当帮手开始 There was once an art student who, ever since he transmigrated into a Cultivation Realm plagued by evil gods, found himself surrounded by strange happenings: calamities ran rampant, vengeful ghosts devoured people in broad daylight, prodigies’ spiritual roots vanished overnight, and Golden Core Ancestors were corrupted into abominations while in seclusion… Yet the culprit behind it all was merely someone who had learned to paint with lifelike skill on the Blue Star, allowing him to summon indes 1.2kReads7.7Score10314d adds
- 88 I’m Definitely Not Li Huowang 我不可是李火旺 This is fan fiction derived from My House of Horrors, not the original work. For entertainment purposes only... This book is a fan fiction derivative and not the original work, for entertainment purposes only 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Cultivating Immortality Through the Weird and Filthy: I Am the Strongest Weird God 诡脏修仙，我即是最强诡神 After transmigrating to another world, he found that people here cultivated by raising ghosts inside their bodies. Each ghost’s organs had different abilities, potential, and side effects. It all came down to luck. With good luck, you could choose a ghostly body with few side effects and great potential. With bad luck, you could lose half your life and still end up with only mediocre potential. However, Ye Yan made the astonishing discovery that he could see detailed prompts for every body part. 1.6kReads7.3Score10014d adds
- 90 Transmigrated into the Cthulhu Mythos, I Match Wits with the Outer Gods 穿越克苏鲁，与外神比脑容量 “I choose that one as my opponent.” “The law of conservation of matter in the universe is that one's handiwork. If you want to contend with it, you'll first have to make one plus one equal three.” “Then I'll pick this one.” “Want to fly at the speed of light? Just try surviving one of its attacks.” “This one looks a little weaker. I'll choose it!” “It's true that this one hasn't done much, but it did make the sun in your solar system.” 105Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Rule Horror: Watching Ads Gets You Extra Rewards 规则怪谈：看广告能得到格外奖励 ([Cthulhu Mythos Universe]+ [Rule Horror]+ [National Fate]+ [No Female Lead]+ [A Little Livestreaming]) (The title was picked at random because the author wasn't thinking straight. The story mainly combines Rule Horror with the Cthulhu Mythos.) The uncanny descends. All falls silent. The days are filled with dread. When will it ever end? I died, but I'm alive again? Li Zhi, who was killed by a car, is accidentally swallowed by the Uncanny Space and becomes an adventurer for the Dragon Nation. Un 648Reads8.1Score10714d adds
- 92 Demon Cultivator 修魔者 [Scheming Protagonist] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Golden Finger] [No Female Lead] A frail mortal, his family destroyed and his body crippled until he becomes an acquired wastrel. He and his grandfather rely on each other, but misfortune keeps piling up. On his deathbed, his grandfather passes down their ancestral ring, opening the door to the world of immortal cultivation. A mysterious soul inside the Demon Ring teaches him demonic arts. He knows well that “blood debts must be repaid in blood.” Wi 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 The Weird World: I Activated the Energy-Absorbing Monster from the Start 诡异世界：开局激活吸能怪 Fang Tian unexpectedly transmigrates and is reborn in a bizarre world, where demons and ghosts run rampant, and the gods are nowhere to be seen! Luckily, he awakens the [Energy-Devouring Freak] talent. Killing demons and ghosts lets him absorb their talents and skills, boost his vitality, and earn enhancement points... His first demon kill grants him the [Divine Talent: Instinctive Mastery]. After watching a martial arts film, he learns the [Burning Wood Saber Technique] on the spot, then spends 31Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 94 I Transmigrated to an Eerie World, Only to Become Human Rations 穿越诡异世界，却成了人类口粮 [Extremely oppressive] [Not a power fantasy] [Dark] [Slow burn] I’m not crazy! Those memories are affecting me! “Shuoshuo, who… are you talking to?” Hu Shuo looked toward the door. “Dad! What took you so long? Mom’s been here for ages.” He picked up the chicken leg in his hand and offered it to Yang Man. “Mom! You have some too.” Hu Zhijun stared at his son, whose mouth was covered in blood, and spoke in a trembling voice. “Son, your mother is sick. I’m the only one who came to see you today.” “ —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Huh? You're a Transmigrator Too? 嗯？你特么也是穿越者？ (Lighthearted, funny, passionate, transmigration, System) (Warning: This work contains too many elements. Please put your brain somewhere safe before reading. We accept no responsibility for lost brains!!!) Xiao Huan transmigrates by accident to a run-down mountain village. Just as he thinks he’ll spend the rest of his life in peace, a big black dog appears before him… Dog: “I start out as a dog, and get all my gear by licking.” Xiao Huan: “Behold, a poem: The waters of the great river come down 36Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 96 Sacrificed to an Unnameable Being? I’ll Take Its Place 被献给不可名状之物？我要取代祂 [Female protagonist, no romance + Chinese-style Lovecraftian horror + Classic of Mountains and Seas mythology + growing heroine] She was offered to the gods as one of a pair of twin sacrifices. She should have died, but the god who toys with mortals dragged her back into the human world. From its lofty perch, the god called her “bride,” “toy,” and “little moth.” Its treatment of her like an insect made her sick. She knew this was nothing but the condescending mockery of those who already held po 51Reads—Score15114d adds
- 97 The Dark World: Don't Blame Me for Being Ruthless 黑暗世界，别怪我狠 Transmigration + System + martial arts + demons and supernatural horrors + no female lead (This book is dark; do not read if you have a savior complex.) (Please note, the protagonist isn't the type to kill indiscriminately without thinking.) Demons run rampant, horrors block the path, and humanity is so desperate to survive that people willingly let demons raise them like livestock. Zhang Xuan transmigrates into this world and at first just wants to live a decent life. But with Heaven absent and 3.4kReads7.4Score24314d adds
- 98 The Most Realistic Cultivation 最真实修仙 [Heartbreak + Hellish Trials + Weak Beginnings + Cultivation + Realism + Most Miserable Protagonist + Immortality] Qin Feng has no protagonist aura, no golden finger, and no so-called heavenly luck. In this cruel world of cultivation, he lives worse than a dog every day. A man’s knees are worth their weight in gold, but Qin Feng has none to spare. He can only beg for his life to eke out a wretched existence. This is the most realistic story of an ordinary man cultivating immortality, seeking ete 168Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 99 Simulator: Beheaded Three Times from the Start 模拟器：开局就被砍了三次头 In the final years of the dynasty, foreign warships blasted open the nation's gates. The ancient lands of the East stood at the brink of an upheaval unlike any in three thousand years. The people, crushed beneath three great mountains, were about to unleash the final roar of their lives. In the blink of an eye, the entire land would be swept into a bloodbath, and everyone would have to choose a side, staking their lives on it. Choose the wrong side, and you were sure to die!! At this moment, Su 80Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 100 I've Eaten My Last Meal, Now Send These Ghostly Immortals on Their Way 吃了这断头饭，请诸位诡仙上路 [Plot-Driven] [No System] [Pseudo-Immortality] Xu Ze transmigrates to a bizarre world of cultivation, inherits his father's trade, and becomes an executioner. When a bizarre calamity wipes out his family, Xu Ze dies, only to come back to life. On the night he returns from the dead, a blind crow appears at his home and spends the whole night cawing nonstop from a dead tree in the courtyard. That same night, an ancestor who loves devouring the heads of bizarre creatures moves into a dry well. That 196Reads7.4Score—14d adds
