Horror and Supernatural Stories, The Scarier the Better 恐怖灵异，越恐怖越好

1. 1101 九 Pawnshop No. 9: Tempering the Heart with Life, Xie Xiao'e's Sword Strikes Down the Wronged Stars 九号当铺：以命炼心，谢小娥剑斩星宿沉冤 The Phoenix Spreads Its Wings for Ninety Thousand Miles凤凰展翅九万里26k WordsCompleted Pawnshop No. 9: Tempering the Heart with Life, Xie Xiao'e's Sword Strikes Down the Stars to Avenge an Unsolved Grudge 2Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 1102 镇 Exorcism Records: The Supreme Judge of Yin and Yang 镇鬼实录：阴阳第一执宰人 Three-Year Fish三年鱼Mystery181k WordsOngoing [Traditional supernatural horror + ghost hunting + no romance] The city is full of tricks. I want to go back to the countryside. After losing his job, Jiang Bai returns to his rural hometown, only to find that a wicked spirit has begun tearing out people’s hearts. More and more villagers are being killed, and the whole village is helpless. Ignoring his late grandfather’s prohibition, he inherits his grandfather’s legacy and enters the world of the mystic arts. In a once-quiet town, accidents kee 81Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A captivating ghost-hunting story, full of suspense, thrills, and horror – highly recommended!

3. 1103 全 Chaos Invades the World, and I Become a God by Mediating Disputes 全球混沌入侵，我靠调解成神 Smoke from the Old Tile House老瓦房的烟Urban534k WordsOngoing Light is not necessarily pure, and darkness may hold warmth. The answer lies in a truth deeper than the abyss. When the only hope of saving the world points down a dead-end path with no chance of survival, will you still have the courage to wager everything on a faint glimmer of light? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 1104 傩 The Nuo Dancer's Ordeal 傩人难 Invincible Little Seal无敌小海豹豹Mystery129k WordsOngoing Isolated and misunderstood, two people just alike meet because of fate. What kind of story will unfold? Will it be funny or terrifying? Everything takes place beneath a vast shadow. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This one's good, go for it!

5. 1105 王 The Princess Consort Came Through the Gates of Hell, Subduing Corpses, Ghosts, and Evil Spirits 王妃她自鬼门来，镇尸收鬼诛妖邪 The Pen Won’t Budge笔难移Ancient Romance171k WordsOngoing The day Chu Kexing, the Ghost Gate Sect's heir, descended from the mountain, the bustling capital was turned upside down. She mastered the arts of divination and geomancy, and carried a lamp in the palm of her hand. She could command a hundred ghosts to clear the way and a hundred demons to bear her palanquin. She could guide lost souls and make heavenly fiends bow their heads. She had thought she would spend her whole life among demons and spirits. But after arriving in the capital, she found h —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Cultivating oneself, not seeking immortality; a supernatural tale.

6. 1106 环 A Change in the Environment 环境之变 The Kid Who Loves Wheat Bread爱吃麦穗面包的小孩子8k WordsCompleted Changes in the Environment 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][A masterpiece by Sparrow Food][A masterpiece by Sparrow Food][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][A masterpiece by Sparrow Food][A masterpiece by Sparrow Food][A masterpiece by Sparrow Food]

7. 1107 老 My Husband Refused to Replace Our Marriage Certificate. After I Won the Lottery, He Went Mad with Regret 老伴不肯补办结婚证，我中奖后他悔疯了 Jiujia Shiyi九家时宜16k WordsCompleted My Husband Refused to Get a Replacement Marriage Certificate. After I Won the Lottery, He Regretted It Like Crazy 2.2kReads—Score—Shelves
8. 1108 诡 The Strange World Descends! Why Is the Ghost Bride Throwing Herself at Me? 诡世降临！我被诡新娘倒贴？ Yaya Dumplings丫丫饺饺Mystery200k WordsCompleted Strange beings have appeared in the world, and catastrophe is coming. Ordinary life is about to face utter destruction. Song Yu, a recent college graduate, scrambles to make ends meet by delivering food. By chance, he and a friend enter the forbidden Liu Mansion, the subject of rumors in Su City. They stumble into a ghost wedding, and to escape the pursuit of a vicious ghost, he has no choice but to take a risk and pose as the groom. But the bride waiting at the Liu Mansion, Liu Huiniang, is wai 38Reads—Score—Shelves

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   What started as a routine outing turned into a nightmare when the protagonist stumbled upon a forbidden area and witnessed a strange wedding. He disguised himself as the groom to survive, but not only did he fail to escape, he also awakened supernatural abilities, thus beginning a completely new life.

9. 1109 浮 Floating Balance 浮衡 Star Blue001星蓝001Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing [Rules-Based Horror + Thrills + Supernatural Mystery] When black fog pours from cracks in the city and devours people, and every rule corresponds to a human life, no one knows that the source of the Cataclysm of the Ruins engulfing the world is nothing more than a father's obsession with bringing back his son, who died young. Sun Tianyi, designation Y-001, is the world's only stable S-rank original anchor. A ship's-anchor mark on his palm can dispel contamination, rewrite rules, and raise a defe 18Reads7.2Score134Shelves

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   😶At first glance, it seems unremarkable, but upon reviewing the plot details before bed, a lingering chill slowly creeps in. (This is a combination of "Long-lasting Thrill," "Hidden Thriller," and "Post-mortem Reflection.") The plot itself feels bland at first, but upon calming down and reflecting on the details, the more I ponder them, the more chills I feel. #LongLateringHit #WatchWithCautionBeforeBedtime #ThoughtfulScary

10. 1110 史 The Only Man in History Killed by a Glance 史上唯一被看杀的男人 Tian Yi v天一vMystery220k WordsCompleted [No System] [The Most Handsome Man] [Sickly but Strong and Tragic] [Livestream Fortune-Telling] [Karmic Debts Repaid] [Criminal Investigations and Strange Cases] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Black Cat Xuanzhu] [Underworld Enforcer] Wei Jie, a famous beauty of the Wei and Jin dynasties, died after being stared to death by admirers. Seventeen hundred years later, he woke up in a hospital, penniless and coughing up blood without end, with only a black cat whose eyes could see both worlds for company. 11Reads7.2Score—Shelves
11. 1111 湘 Tales of the Supernatural in Xiangnan 湘南鬼事录 Xiaoxiang Lady Traveler潇湘女客Mystery289k WordsCompleted My family is truly from southern Hunan, with ancestral expertise in feng shui and geomancy, spirit-summoning and calming, demon-subduing and exorcism, funeral music, and rites to guide the dead onward. Let me begin with my great-grandfather’s generation. My great-grandfather and his brother were born in the early Guangxu era of the Qing Dynasty. By the late Guangxu and Xuantong eras, they had raised five cousins in all, including my grandfather. They all knew our family’s inherited arts. My gran 142Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's a Hunanese version of *Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio*, a *Night Parade of One Hundred Demons* set in a water town, and above all, a heartwarming tale of "protection." There's no mystification, only genuine fear and warmth.

12. 1112 汴 The Iron Fan, Famous Detective of Bianjing: Strange Tales of the Song Dynasty 汴京名捕铁扇子：大宋诡事录 Ge Minmin Elaine歌旻敏ElaineMystery210k WordsCompleted At night, an empty coffin floats on the Bian River, and water ghosts come to claim lives. Apparitions haunt a mansion, and ghosts knock at the door on rainy nights. Qi Guan Shanyu, the youngest renowned constable of the Six Gates, known as the “Iron Fan,” joins forces with an adversary more terrifying than ghosts: the human heart. A coffin rises from the water by itself, and the dead man’s face wears an eerie smile… Bianjing is in an uproar! Each case is more bizarre and mind-bending than the la 4Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 1113 诡 Eerie: The Strange Play Ends in Oblivion 诡异：诡剧终湮 Listening at Seven Places七处倾听Mystery212k WordsOngoing [Suspenseful What-If] [Rule Horror] [Infinite Flow Supernatural Horror] [Horror and the Paranormal] Apocalypse... One month before monsters from another world invaded, Jiang Qiubai unexpectedly obtained a strange play that could take him to other worlds. Only by gathering the powers of the twelve Chinese zodiac signs through these plays could there be any hope of defeating the invasion from another world. Shen Wanqing had been an ordinary college student. Could the two of them successfully tempe —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Infinite flow suspenseful mind-blowing plot 😱

14. 1114 我 My Sister Went on a Trip to Nanyang and Disappeared! 我妹妹去南洋旅游，就失踪了！ Meow Feng喵凤27k WordsCompleted My Younger Sister Went on a Trip to Nanyang and Disappeared! 25Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Quite terrifying, an urban legend, very likely to actually happen [crying][crying] This story has a twist at the end, scary [shocked][shocked] Who would dare to travel to Southeast Asia now? Those places already have many strange folk customs! [Fear][fear] A suspenseful horror story, [already added to wishlist] Read in 28 minutes! [Cool] The male protagonist picked up a red envelope on the roadside in Southeast Asia, [adding another book to his shelf] and was kidnapped and forced into a ghost marriage [fear][fear] He was searching for his missing sister. The twist at the end was so unexpected! [Fear][fear] It feels like the author incorporated a lot of real Southeast Asian folk customs into this story. Those who like this type of story can check it out. I started reading it while waiting for the bus or when I was bored, and I couldn't stop! It's really a bit scary! It's somewhat like a true story [fear][fear][fear][exploration][exploration]

15. 1115 山 Yin-Yang Travels in a Mountain Village 山村阴阳行 Writing About the Realm提笔论江山Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted My name is Chen Jiujin, and I'm a wandering tradesman. To put it plainly, when someone has a haunting on their hands, they hire me to take a look. This time, I came to Zhou Family Village. A seventeen-year-old girl had been followed by something foul. She drank chicken blood, dug up graves in the middle of the night, and kept repeating the same words: “Give me back my life.” I thought it was just an ordinary wandering ghost. But I was wrong. The thing inside that girl's belly wasn't a ghost. It 2.9kReads6.4Score214Shelves

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    At dawn, Master Maoshan went up the mountain to investigate the abandoned coffin. When he opened the coffin, he was shocked to find a hundred-year-old female corpse with a large number of small fetal bones scattered around it. The coffin was deliberately placed upside down, facing away from the sun and gathering yin energy. He also found half of a yellow talisman left three months ago to ward off evil spirits next to the coffin, confirming that someone had deliberately loosened the coffin and tricked the girl into stepping into a cursed place.

16. 1116 诡 Night Tales from the Haunted House: 1,000 Folk Ghost Stories 诡舍夜话：1000个民间鬼故事 Listening at Seven Places七处倾听Mystery461k WordsCompleted [Changting 9.0 Rating] [A Must-Read for Women Late at Night] [Urban Horror] Don't read this late at night! A thousand standalone tales of the eerie, guaranteed to make you afraid to walk alone after dark! This collection features sinister events passed down through generations in rural lanes and villages, as well as bizarre tales widely shared online. Each chapter is a story of its own, so there's no need to wait for updates. Just open it and start reading! The faint sobbing from a corner of an 4.9kReads—Score182Shelves
17. 1117 恐 A Collection of Terrifying Tales 恐怖惊魂故事录 Listening at Seven Places七处倾听Mystery306k WordsCompleted [Traditional supernatural tales] [Strange happenings late at night] [Whispers of the uncanny in your ear] [Based on true events] [Urban horror] [Thrilling and chilling] One ghost story for every chapter, all set in the dead of night. Come and read... 628Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 1118 阴 Yin-Yang Embroiderer: Redemption Beneath the Red Wedding Dress 阴阳绣娘：红嫁衣下的救赎 A Drizzle in a Straw Cape, Looking Back at Chang'an一蓑烟雨长安回眸Mystery334k WordsCompleted A blood curse haunts a haunted house from the Republican era, and a red wedding dress has been claiming lives for a hundred years! The orphan Su Yuanmu is taken to the Shen family as a bride to bring good fortune. The moment she enters the mansion, she stumbles upon strange horrors: A woman in red weeps at midnight, bloody figures seep through the mirror, and a deadly wedding dress is locked away in the attic! Born with yin-yang eyes, she sees the vengeful spirit trapped inside the dress at a —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Suspense, thriller, supernatural horror film

19. 1119 丈 My Husband Sacrificed Me to a Freezer, Saying It Was the Night-Shift Rule 丈夫把我献祭给冰柜，说这是夜班规则 I Don't Wear Underwear on Windy Nights听风的夜晚不穿内裤21k WordsCompleted My Husband Sacrificed Me to the Freezer, Saying It Was the Night Shift Rules 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The story is coherent and without any plot holes, making it perfect for watching while taking a break or relaxing.

20. 1120 这 This 24-Hour Convenience Store Uses the Living as Shopping Baskets 这家24小时便利店，用活人抵购物篮 I Don't Wear Underwear on Windy Nights听风的夜晚不穿内裤24k WordsCompleted This 24-Hour Convenience Store Uses Living People as Shopping Baskets 1Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 1121 捉 Ghost Hunter: The Big Shot Who Says One Thing and Means Another 捉鬼师：大佬他口是心非 Listening for the Bell's Sacred Echo听钟俟灵音Modern Romance237k WordsOngoing (Just rated) [The Best of the Best x A Rookie] [A Sweet-on-the-Outside, Dark-on-the-Inside Heroine Who Grows] [One-on-One Romance] [A Touch of Reverse Harem] [Slow Burn] Rookie ghost hunter Que Yue Bai has next to no professional skills. Her only talent is latching onto Jing Mu, the “best of the best in ghost hunting.” The man is cold-faced and sharp-tongued. No one in the entire association dares raise their voice around him. Everyone says, “What a disaster. The chief Jing has been wrapped arou 6Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    Who knows! A sweet, rookie ghost hunter manages to outmaneuver a cool, aloof industry veteran, encountering a vengeful ghost in the movie theater and a bizarre experience in the mall—it's sweet and thrilling from start to finish!

22. 1122 行 Strange Tales from the Road 行路诡闻 Mars and Earth火星和地球Mystery631k WordsCompleted [Folk customs and suspense | Episodic stories | Immersive accounts] There's an old saying: Walk the night road three times, and ghosts and gods will follow you. Writer Lin Sui travels around gathering material, recording the rural ghost stories he hears along the way in the old notebook he carries with him. He has no spirit-seeing eyes and can't draw talismans or chant incantations. Faced with those indescribable horrors, his only weapons are the pen in his hand and his instinct for survival. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "Tales of the Strange Road" | The pinnacle of folk-themed suspense anthology dramas! Writer Lin Sui travels across the country with his old notebook, foregoing any supernatural powers or forced salvation, simply recording and confronting the desperate fate of rural ghost stories. From the village of Longevity, to empty houses with lights left on, to extra floors in stairwells, to ghostly guides on rainy nights, to eerie shadows in deserted villages, to malevolent spirits in ancient shrines… from the countryside to the city, each episode is imbued with a suffocating sense of folk horror, with a powerful, lingering effect—enter at your own risk if you're easily frightened!

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