Novels like A Good-for-Nothing Live-In Son-in-Law? No, I’m a Born-Again Villain
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Good-for-Nothing Live-In Son-in-Law? No, I’m a Born-Again Villain, best match first.
- 51 The Eye of Judgment: I Solve Crimes and Reach the Top Worldwide After Being Reborn 审判之眼:我靠重生缉凶登顶全球 Eyes of Judgment: I Climb to the Top of the World by Solving Crimes After Being Reborn —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 My Entire Clan Was Possessed by Transmigrators, So I Went on a Killing Spree! 族人全被穿越者夺舍,我杀疯了! [Decisive and ruthless + anti-cliché + not a mindless power fantasy + no heroine + dark story + proactive protagonist] After three hundred years of slaughter in Qian Cun, he reached the pinnacle of the demonic path. Using a wandering traveler to suppress the source of a divine-grade totem, he reversed time and was reborn. He returns to a hopeless situation from the start: his aptitude is even worse, and the soul-summoning ritual brings a horde of transmigrators from his own clan. Everyone is an 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Doomsday Game: The Beginning 末日游戏:初始 Across the vast sea of stars lie countless civilizations. A doomsday will from beyond the universe turned its gaze upon this cosmos. Terrifying doomsday creatures swept through everything, tearing the universe apart and wiping out all life. Yet a human named Chen Xiao was reborn a thousand years after the apocalypse. Is he a savior, or nothing but a thoroughgoing villain? (A quick warning: This is a dark story, and the protagonist is every bit as depraved as Fang Yuan.) 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Immortal from the Start, My System Makes Me Stronger the More I Die 开局不死不灭,系统让我越死越强 As someone who cannot die and cannot cultivate, Xiao Ting’s greatest wish is to live a peaceful life and hurry up and die of old age. But what do you mean, getting stronger every time I die? And who wrote the script for the Valkyrie who’s always at my side? I was supposed to spend my whole life as a slave, so how did I end up bound to a System? What? I’m the most dazzling genius on the whole continent? No, no, no! I’m just a cheat with a System! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 The Chronicle of Righteousness Sealing the Heavens 大义封天录 [Dark wuxia + no female lead + eunuch villain protagonist + clever scheming and intrigue + political power plays] Also known as: The Record of the Great Righteousness Sealing Heaven I was once a mere nobody, but with one hand I shall command the world! After his parents and blood kin are wrongfully killed in prison, Wang Qing weeps blood and swears to Heaven that he will never again live as a lowly commoner, no better than an insect. Watch how Wang Qing obtains secret manuals, cultivates wicked 981Reads8.0Score10214d adds
- 56 Rising from the Ranks of a Common Soldier 从一个小兵开始崛起 An evolution System, classic fantasy, and keeping a low profile until invincible. Zhang San transmigrates into the body of a lowly soldier and awakens the Life Evolution System. With the System backing me up, who do I have to fear? I’ll climb to the top one step at a time! I’m going to be emperor. 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Cold Light and Embers: The Echoes 《冷光与余烬:回声篇》 Cold Light and Embers: The Echoes Arc —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Eggy Party: Anti-Grind Fireworks Night 蛋仔派对:反卷烟花夜 Eggy Party: The Anti-Grind Fireworks Night —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 I Possessed My Disciple and Refine All Living Beings with Great Love 夺舍徒弟,我用大爱炼化众生 [No Female Lead] [No System] [Utterly Absolute Villain] [Reborn] [Gu Cultivation] [The transmigrator is a fake protagonist whose body has been taken over!] "Better I betray the world than let the world betray me!" The moment Zhang Shixiu set out on this path, he was destined to become the enemy of all under heaven, to find no one who understood him, and to be beset by slaughter. Yet Zhang Shixiu's face remained cold as he murmured: "Even if I die, I will have no regrets. I will fight to the bitt 33Reads—Score414d adds
- 60 Urban: Dumped from the Start, I Awakened the Tycoon System 都市:开局被分手,觉醒神豪系统 [Urban + high martial arts + urban high martial arts + urban supernatural powers + play the pig to eat the tiger + System + invincible + wish fulfillment + urban fantasy] What would you do if your wife humiliated you in public and your rival in love ordered you to get down on your knees and bark like a dog? Lin Feng chooses to activate the [Fun-Seeker System], which includes the [Tycoon System]! He uses a [Truth-Telling Fart Pill] to make his rival “sing” in public about how he's impotent and ha —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Cultivating the Weird Way: I Can Devour the Weird and Evolve Without Limit 诡道修仙,我能吞食诡异无限进化 [Unorthodox Cultivation]+ [Self-Serving and Cunning]+ [No Female Lead]+ [Decisive and Ruthless] Fang Sheng’s mind was ill. Every day, he would lose control and sink into bizarre hallucinations. The hallucinations showed a world twisted beyond belief, filled with terror, madness, and things beyond comprehension. Tens of thousands of people in a county knelt before the statue of the Mountain God and burned themselves to death. An old beggar at the entrance to a village gave birth to a monster w 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Reborn and Dumping the Scumbag: I Get Rich with the System and Marry a CEO 重生踹渣:我靠系统暴富嫁霸总 [Female power fantasy + revenge on scumbags + domineering CEO + System + luck with money and romance] After years in a sexless marriage, Chen Ran assumes her husband is under too much pressure and has lost interest in sex. Then the man, who always pretends to be dead as soon as he gets home, suddenly drops dead, and she learns the truth: he hasn't lost interest in sex, just in her. He's been keeping a mistress on the side, and they even have a son! As if his cheating and betrayal weren't enough, 4.5kReads7.6Score55114d adds
- 63 The Road to Immortality Is the Cruelest 无情最是长生路 [Dark fantasy] [No female lead] [No System] [Cultivation] Only the merciless can attain immortality. That is Li Yuan’s ironclad rule. Sects, clans, and geniuses are all disposable pieces in his hands. Even his junior brother Li Zhancheng’s growth is merely part of a game he can control. But when the pieces awaken, who will make it out of this game unscathed? Li Zhancheng is doomed to die. 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 A Ghost in the Pokémon World 神奇宝贝世界里的幽灵 Hidden in the darkness, anchored by his companions, he moves along the boundary between light and shadow. Rising from obscurity, he uses everyone as a pawn and becomes a phantom in the Pokémon World. 131Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 65 A Love Too Hard to Confess 难以开口的爱恋 Xu Yi is a cosmic poet who turns “mistakes” into stars with her paintbrush, revered across countless dimensions as the guardian of “imperfection.” But no one knows that all her miracles began with a secret buried deep in her heart, one she is too ashamed to confess: every creation hailed as a cosmic law was inspired by her eighteen-year-long unrequited love and fantasies about her neighbor, Zhong Xia. In the “Paradise of Mistakes” she created, he is her one and only male lead, eternal and imposs 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Guess Who I Am from the Start? 开局猜猜我是谁? From the start, guess who I am? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 After Breaking Off the Engagement, My System Survives on Shock 退婚后,我的系统靠震惊续命 “The day my cultivation was crippled, my childhood sweetheart tore up our marriage contract in front of the entire clan. I smiled and wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth. ‘I was going to call off this marriage anyway.’” “That night, a mechanical voice rang out in my mind: ‘Ding! Extreme humiliation detected. Shock System activated. The more they look down on you, the greater the rewards you receive.’” “The next day, when my enemy arrived with betrothal gifts to ask for my ‘former fiancée 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Bone Erosion 《骨蚀》 Bone Erosion —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Crimson Flame Patrol Envoy 赤焰巡使 Crimson Flame Patrol Envoy —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Execution Time: Reincarnation 刑时·轮回 Time of Punishment: Reincarnation —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Cultivation Makes Me Grow, Cultivation Makes Me Happy 修炼使我成长,修炼使我快乐 [If it benefits my cultivation, it's righteous! If it doesn't, it's evil!] [Traditional] [Coming of Age] [Slow Burn] [Self-Serving] [Cunning] [By Any Means Necessary] [Every character, strong or weak, major or minor, is calculating] The Great Dao is indifferent, and immortals and mortals are forever divided. The mortal world is home to countless billions, all yearning to cultivate immortality. Yet they are like prisoners bound by invisible shackles. Even with peerless talent and cultivation ar 9.6kReads6.7Score85014d adds
- 72 By the Time the Empress Regretted It, I Was Already Immortal 当女帝悔悟时,我已不死不灭 My name is Zhang Kuang, but everyone calls me the Axe King! An undying body, and the more I hack, the stronger I get! Combat is thrilling! Only combat is thrilling! I crush everything in my path and fight my way through the world. Immune to control effects: that's Zhang Kuang! 487Reads7.1Score10014d adds
- 73 Refining Lifespan into Immortality 炼寿成仙 The protagonist is deceived by his best friend from the start and dies abroad. After being reborn in another world, his temperament changes completely, leaving him exceptionally wary. [Cautious + Survivalist + Master Actor + Ruthless + Merciless + Relentless + Potion Addict] A little black bottle can drain the lifespan from anything. A single drop of life essence can grow a thousand-year-old divine medicine. While powerful beings in the other world scrimp and save century-old herbs to practice m 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Young Lady, I’ll Take You Home 大小姐,我带你回家 Gong Zhan, a special forces soldier, single-handedly wipes out a gang of ruthless bandits in a foreign jungle. Just as he’s celebrating the successful completion of his mission, an accident occurs. Yet it turns out to be a blessing in disguise: he unlocks the space within his necklace and embarks on the true path of martial arts cultivation. Just after returning to his unit, Gong Zhan receives a new mission: travel alone to America to protect the wealthy heiress Shen Qingqing. Before long, Shen 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 From the Start, I Had a Bowl That Could Steal Lifespans with Every Kill 开局一个碗,杀人能夺寿 As the book says: “In the heavens stands the White Jade Capital, with twelve towers and five cities. An immortal rests a hand upon my head, and ties my hair to grant me eternal life.” But who says immortals have to be righteous and save all living things? They might just as easily leave a million corpses in their wake for the sake of a rare treasure or a chance encounter. This is a world where people gather life force from their allotted years, and everyone has the hope of attaining immortality. 19Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 76 Bow Beneath the Cat’s Paw! 匍匐在猫咪的爪下吧! The cover was drawn and made by the author, with no AI involved. [No romance + Very cautious early on + Slice of life + Selfish + Young boy + Cruel + Inhuman + Nearly invincible in the middle and later stages] (If your values are too upright, you might as well skip this. You'll definitely flame me.) Jing Li, a gloomy high school girl, dies from staying up too late and is reborn inside the body of a cat in another world, and a male cat at that! She doesn't care about her new gender, though. After 31Reads—Score314d adds
- 77 I Feed on Insects, Yet I'm the Evil Heretic 以身饲虫,我就是邪魔外道 [No System]+ [No Female Lead]+ [No Transmigration]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [Demon]+ [Stops at Nothing]+ [Insect Taming]+ [Mortal's Path to Demonic Cultivation] Also known as My Bugs Are Really Cowards, When the Heart Dies, the Demon Is Born: The Demon Cicada and My Rebirth, and Have You Ever Seen a Demon with Such Pure Magic Power? His parents never saw him as their son, his younger siblings never saw him as their brother, and the world's loathing was everywhere. Even looking up was a sin. So 3Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 78 Seven Kill Order: Love Slave 七杀令:爱奴 Seven Kill Order: Love Slave 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Seven-Day Delivery: I Make Deliveries on the Brink of Death by Racing Against the Clock 七日快递:我靠倒计时在死亡边缘送单 Seven-Day Express: I Deliver Packages on the Brink of Death by Relying on a Countdown 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 My Wife Says She Cheated on Me 老婆说她出轨了 My Wife Says She Cheated —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Severing Love, I Stain Three Thousand Worlds with Blood 断情丝血洗三千界 The prodigious young Su Lietian is betrayed by the woman he loves, imprisoned for three years, and kept as a living blood bank. The imperial blood in his body is drained, all four limbs are crippled, and he is thrown into the Abyss of Ten Thousand Demons to await death. But a dark divine stone descends from the heavens and rewrites his fate. He obtains the Heaven-Defying Battle Canon, creates the Nine Revolutions Star River Art, slays old enemies, and seizes the secrets of heaven. From then on, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Villain’s Quick Transmigration: My Logic Corrupts a Thousand Worlds 反派快穿:我的逻辑污染万界 [Nonhuman protagonist + quick transmigration + cool-toned atmosphere + no romance + satisfying power fantasy] Mo Tu was once a mound of yellow earth atop a solitary grave. After absorbing the essence of the sun and moon, he developed sentience and faithfully followed the principle of “not involving oneself in karma.” But on the eve of taking human form, the words “You are not one of us” shattered a century of cultivation and nearly extinguished his consciousness. At the brink of despair, he bind 1kReads6.2Score—14d adds
- 83 Me, Terminal Cancer, and My Homemade Compound No. 5 我,癌症晚期,自制5号化合物 [Dark story, no female lead, ruthless and cruel protagonist who stops at nothing] Doctoral student Yin Mingfei is on the verge of a perfect life when he is suddenly diagnosed with terminal cancer. There is no effective treatment for this extremely rare new type of tumor, and his life will soon come to an end. Then a mysterious stranger sends him the formula for Compound V from The Boys. And this is only the beginning... All kinds of advanced technologies emerge, and Yin Mingfei gradually becomes 1.7kReads5.4Score10314d adds
- 84 A Stranger in the Great Xing Dynasty 大兴皇朝之异乡人 One person transmigrates, and it’s called transmigration. Two people transmigrate, and it’s called teaming up. Three people transmigrate, and all you can say is, “Help!” Three childhood friends transmigrated to the same world on the same day after separate accidents. Not only did each of them manage to make a place for themselves, they all had a System too, like chosen ones. It’s not brain-burning, but it’s full of schemes and laughs... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Lost Contact with My Pocket Dimension from the Start? No Worries, I Still Have a Cheat! 开局空间失联?不怕我还有小挂! “Damn it, you’re saying you’re only a Level One Apostle?!!” A mighty Apostle who had weathered life and death across dozens of worlds gazed at Jiang Ze in shock. “Heh heh heh, a little opening doesn’t count as an opening!” Jiang Ze had thought his overwhelming power would let him rule the real world after returning, but he never expected to be hit with a devastating blow from the start. “What, there’s a reborn person next door?” “The game is invading reality?!” Can’t you do something about the d 9Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 86 Apocalypse Rebirth: Call Me a Gourmet Connoisseur 末世重生:请叫我美食鉴赏家 My new story is here! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 12Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 87 Hush, They Say I'm Dying 嘘,他们说我正在死去 “When I woke up, I found a number hovering over everyone's head. It was a countdown to my death.” “The woman downstairs: 23 days. My rival at work: 7 hours.” “And the brother who brought me breakfast just yesterday, smiling so warmly, had this written above his head: 3 seconds.” 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 The Other Woman's Diary 小三日记 · First-person diary format: Each chapter is written as the diary of a mistress, with such a strong sense of realism that readers say, "It feels like I'm sneaking a peek at someone else's private life." · High-stakes twist: The heroine isn't an ordinary mistress, but a hunter seeking revenge for her sister. Zhou Hao goes from hunter to prey. · The dark side of the workplace: Affairs, sex-for-power deals, and workplace manipulation strike at the pain points of modern urban life. · A mix of satisf 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 A 996 Contract from the Start, I Exploit My Teammates Like Crazy 开局九九六契约,疯狂压榨队友 [Darkness + Infinite-Flow Capitalist Patriarch + Cold-Blooded Self-Interest + Villain + No Female Lead or Romance + Entirely Original Dungeons + Exploiting Teammates + Pure Thrills, Never Taking a Loss + Semi-Invincible] Tan Lan was a financial leech who became the world’s richest man by squeezing others dry. When he began to feel that money was just a useless string of numbers, his life lost its excitement. He tried to shoot himself, but failed. Naturally greedy, he was chosen by Infinite Space 95Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 90 The Thirteen Heavens 十三重天 (An ensemble cast) We crawled out of hell just to stay alive. Anyone who won’t let us live will die! If we’re going to take you out, it means you deserve it. If you don’t, we’ll make up a reason. And if we still can’t take you out after that, we’ll just do it in secret! We don’t care about morality or humanity. We’ll do whatever it takes! Only after conspiracy and madness tore through every boundary did we realize that our people were enslaved not only by our greedy, despicable kin, but also —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Seeking Immortality Across the Myriad Worlds 我在诸天寻长生 [Dark Story + No Female Lead + Ruthless and Decisive + Utterly Self-Interested] Drifting through countless worlds, I pursued the eternity all living beings longed for. At the moment I reached the end, I looked back and saw nothing but a shattered starry sky. Family, love, friendship: it was all nothing more than stepping stones on the path to immortality. No matter how many karmic ties bind me, I need only sever them with a single sword. In this life, I bow to neither Heaven’s will nor gods and 2Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 92 The Extreme Yin Demon Cultivator 极阴魔修 [No female lead, decisive and ruthless, demonic cultivator, cultivation in the seas] The path of cultivation means competing with heaven for longevity, wresting treasures from the earth, and fighting people for supremacy! Ascending to immortality is a merciless trial. Of tens of billions of cultivators, only one can attain the Dao. Zhang Ling'an carries a deep blood feud. He clawed his way out of a mass grave and raced up the cultivation ranks with the help of a mysterious crystal that can impro 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 The Emperor's Throne Goes Around, and Today It's My Turn 皇帝轮流做,今天该到我了 [Get stronger through killing + transmigration + System + semi-invincible protagonist + villain protagonist + no female lead + arrogant + rebellion + infinite flow] After transmigrating to a cultivation world, Lin Feng became a centurion in the Tang Dynasty, with more than fifty soldiers under his command. He had barely transmigrated, and before he could even think, an enemy arrow pierced his ear. Was Lin Feng going to let them get away with that? He immediately ordered his soldiers to charge th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Xuanhuan: Summoning the Myriad Heavens 玄幻:诸天召唤 (Invincible) (No Holding Back His Cultivation) (Breakneck Pace) Lin Tian transmigrates to another world. He gets the Myriad Heavens Summoning System. All he has to do is bring on slaughter, and he can summon figures from all the heavens. Don't like me? Kill. Dare to offend me? Kill. For slaughter points! Kill. 228Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 My Dad Is Homelander, and He Thinks I'm Too Evil! 老爹祖国人,他觉得我太邪恶了! [Villain + no heroine + mixed comic-book universe + power fantasy + ruthless action + fast updates!] My name is Ryan, and my father is Homelander. I also have an “Evil Plunder System”: kill someone, and I can take everything they have! Invisible Man, Starlight, Deep... I'll take your powers. The Boys, Marvel, and DC universes will all be under my rule. They call me a monster, a devil, the ultimate terror walking among them! Even my scumbag father, Homelander, trembles and says I'm too evil! 40Reads5.8Score614d adds
- 96 You Say I Bring Ruin to All? I Am the Cult Leader Who Enlightens the World! 涂炭生灵?本教主乃教化苍生! I am the mighty Lord Tongtian! But the dean keeps saying I'm mentally ill. After transmigrating into a fantasy world, I gained monstrous talent that let me ignore bottlenecks, along with the trait of eternal life. Bottlenecks in cultivation, martial skills, and artistic insight are like insurmountable chasms? I master every martial art perfectly from the start, and breaking through bottlenecks comes as easily and naturally as breathing! A technique that burns through your lifespan? Your poison, 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Invincible Urban War God 无敌都市战神 [Rousing power fantasy + God of War + Punishing Evil and Promoting Good + Overwhelming Power + Ruthless Decisiveness] After guarding the western frontier for ten years and wiping out countless foes, Su Ming, the Dragon Nation's God of War known as Kunlun, retired from service due to his injuries and withdrew into city life. His heart was full of joy at the thought of reuniting with his childhood sweetheart of a wife and the daughter he had not seen in eighteen years, and making up for all he had —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 A Ten-Thousand-Year Sentence from the Start, Activating the Immortality System 开局万年刑期,激活永生系统 [Power Fantasy + Invincible Protagonist + System + Transmigration + Ruthless Protagonist] Modern-day corporate drone Li Hao died suddenly after an all-nighter. When he opened his eyes, he had transmigrated into a public execution ground, burdened with the grave crimes of defiling a princess and destroying the imperial jade seal. His sentence: twenty thousand years in Zhenchen Prison! At the brink of death, he activated the Eternal Life System. Bound to Zhenchen Prison, he was immortal within its 10Reads—Score214d adds
- 99 Exorcise Demons and Defend the Way? They All Want to Be the Villain’s Dog! 除魔卫道?都想当反派的狗! [Two Male Leads + Everyone Loves Him + Love Triangle Chaos + Vicious Beauty Bottom] Yan Xi transmigrated into a book, ending up in the body of a cannon-fodder demonic cultivator with the same name in a novel that wore the facade of a feel-good cultivation story but was really a harem novel. Transmigrating into a book was great, except the original owner was an early-death villainous extra. He treated the male lead like livestock and the male lead's women like spirit pets. Later, the two tortured 349Reads8.4Score10614d adds
- 100 Buddha and Demon Are My System, and the Emperor Is My Big Brother 佛魔是我系统,皇帝是我老哥 [Slaughter-driven cultivation + all characters are villains + scheming male lead + unhinged female lead + plot-focused] Before the beginning of time, Buddha and the Demon King made a wager, setting the wheels of fate in motion in an entirely new world. Spiritual energy began to emerge in what had once been an ordinary world, and all kinds of spirit beasts came into being. Many years later, mortals comprehended the mysteries of spiritual energy and began cultivating immortality. When the stronge 7Reads—Score114d adds

















































