Chinese-Style Horror Novels About Ghostly Incidents in Mountain Villages, No Cultivation, Just Chilling Terror 中式恐怖，山村鬼事，不修仙，后背发凉的恐怖小说

1. 451 迁 The Grave Relocation Master 迁坟师 Su Wan苏皖Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted You've heard of yin-yang masters, fortune-tellers, and feng shui masters. But have you ever heard of a grave relocation master? Do you know how relocating a grave can affect the deceased's descendants? My name is Chen An, and I'm a grave relocation master. I've spent my whole life dealing with graves and bones. I've seen clients strike it rich after relocating a grave. I've seen clients rise to high office after relocating a grave. I've also seen clients whose entire clan died out after relocati 10.5kReads9.0Score915Shelves
2. 452 诡 The Eerie Realm: It Starts with an Elevator 诡界：从电梯开始 Xie Chazi屑茶子Mystery79k WordsOngoing [No System]+ [No Heroine]+ [Dungeon Progression]+ [No Saintly Protagonist]+ [Eerie]+ [Original Dungeons] Have you ever wondered? Beneath the neon lights and atmosphere of this city, things lurk that defy all reason. They were chosen by the Eerie [Elevator] and marked by a terrifying curse. Again and again, they must take part in death games, until death claims them. 54Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 453 罪 On the Edge of Crime 罪案边缘 VerdureMystery549k WordsCompleted The first time Chen Xi saw Qin Yu, she knew he would belong to her. She was a romantic, so she wanted to preserve him in formaldehyde. That way, Qin Yu could belong to her alone. Someone once described Chen Xi this way: all that stood between her and becoming a criminal was Qin Yu. “I walk toward the sun, unafraid of the long, dark night.” [Obsessive forensic doctor Chen vs. upright police officer Qin] 3.5kReads8.9Score418Shelves

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   Synopsis: The first book is arguably the pinnacle of suspense; the second and third are based on true stories; and the fourth is also truly excellent.

4. 454 世 A Compendium of the World’s Supernatural Phenomena 世界灵异全汇 He Yun合云Mystery590k WordsOngoing A collection of supernatural incidents from around the world. Netizens share their own experiences. One story in each installment. If you've experienced anything supernatural, you can tell me about it. I'll share it with readers around the world. Come experience these true stories from netizens firsthand. 176Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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   This is the book! Each chapter tells a story. Recommended by netizens based on real experiences. Rating: 10 stars

5. 455 诡 The Ghost Candle Craftsman 诡烛匠人 Ge Minmin Elaine歌旻敏ElaineMystery148k WordsCompleted In a narrow alley in the old part of town stands a candle shop that has been in the same family for three generations. No one knows that it only takes on business involving the cursed. Those driven to despair by ghosts, possession, or paranormal hauntings all come knocking on its door late at night. Zhong Ling, the third-generation heir, doesn't burn talismans or summon deities. He simply hands them a candle. “Light it. Before it burns out, either you die, or the truth comes to life.” Ghostly 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The Craftsman is definitely a dark horse, really.

6. 456 不 Come On, I Was Already Invincible Before This Horror Game Even Started! 不会吧，我都无敌了，恐怖游戏才来？ Old Pumpkin老南瓜Mystery4.8M WordsOngoing “Three years, then another three years. Ten years have passed. System, I’m already invincible. Where’s that horror game you promised me?” Lin Chen came to this world ten years ago, and the horror game managed to avoid him for nine of them. But it couldn’t avoid him forever. Lin Chen entered the horror game, a game with a 99% death rate, and turned it into a speedrun. 5.9kReads8.5Score545Shelves

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   "Three years later, then another three years, ten years have passed. System, I'm invincible now, but where's the horror game you promised?" Lin Chen has been in this world for ten years, and the horror game has avoided him for nine. He still couldn't escape it. Lin Chen entered the horror game, a game with a 99% death rate, and turned it into a speedrun. (Read the main text)

7. 457 女 After the Goddess Died Tragically, I Drew My Sword and Slayed Ghosts! 女神惨死后，我拔剑斩鬼！ Sunlight on the Mountain Forest日照山林Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing That day, I received a strange food delivery order. A goddess who had died a tragic death was begging me for help. After that, I became a spirit courier. I clear the way for wronged souls and guide the dead on their final journey! 40.5kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves

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   These horror novels are all good, with one plot twist after another, logical plots, and the protagonists don't seem to lose their minds. The only downside is that they're still being serialized. Does anyone have any similar recommendations?

8. 458 阴 The Yin-Yang Sect Leader 阴阳掌门人 Happy God乐乐神Mystery6.2M WordsCompleted Corpse retrievers have three rules about bodies they must never retrieve. For the sake of a hundred thousand yuan, my father and I broke all three. As we were pulling a woman's corpse from the water, she suddenly opened her eyes. From then on, she wouldn't leave me alone… 7.7kReads8.6Score748Shelves
9. 459 幽 Driver of the Underworld 幽冥司机 Three Stones' Ambition三石志Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted Bus Route 206 is hiring a night-shift driver. Liu Hao eagerly applies, only to discover that the job not only pays well but also has short hours. It’s only after he signs the contract that he realizes there’s something wrong with the bus… Strange passengers and eerie lost property leave Liu Hao wondering if he’s driving the last bus of the underworld! 395Reads6.3Score—Shelves
10. 460 禁 Return from the Forbidden Zone: I Brought the Missing Back from the Warp 禁地归人之我从亚空间带回失踪者 Ge Minmin Elaine歌旻敏ElaineUrban185k WordsCompleted Every year, a million people mysteriously vanish around the world, and none ever return. Then Zhong Jiale discovered that the window in his bedroom was actually a gateway to forbidden pocket dimensions! Ruined ghost cities, deep-sea prisons, apocalyptic exclusion zones, ancient ruins... Everyone else went in to die, but he went in to save people, seize treasures, and become a god! He rescued billionaires from hell and brought back relatives who had been missing for a century through a rift in ti 5Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 461 惊 The Curious Case of the Food Delivery 惊奇外卖 Braving the World勇闯天涯Mystery802k WordsCompleted Lured by the high pay, I joined a strange food delivery company to make deliveries at night. Every night at midnight, I had to deliver to a designated location. I couldn’t talk to customers or enter their homes, and I had to leave as soon as the delivery was done. During one delivery, I accidentally discovered a customer had a lot of dismembered bodies hidden in their home. But after I called the police, they went to the scene and couldn’t find a thing… 226Reads6.0Score126Shelves

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    Chinese horror is top-notch; it sends chills down your spine. Some scenes are so vivid you can almost picture them in your mind. The story is fast-paced and doesn't drag, it's not a cultivation story, and the protagonist grows gradually.

12. 462 鬼 Rising Through the Ranks as a Ghost Official, Starting as Meng Po's Errand Boy 鬼差上位，从给孟婆当小弟开始 Proud Homebody骄傲的宅Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing Xu Le died! His soul returned to his body, and he became the representative of Meng Po, taking charge of a soul station that connects the worlds of the living and the dead. Everything begins here. Why is a terrifying ghost sealed inside an abandoned girls' dormitory? Who broke the seal and released it? Is the terrifying ghost bride who emerged from the barren mountains trying to steal Meng Po's man? As Meng Po's representative and boyfriend, Xu Le is in a panic. When none of this seems like a th 3Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 463 老 The Old Corpse Slaughters a Village 老僵屠村 Old Tangerine Head老橘头7k WordsCompleted The Old Jiangshi Slaughters a Village 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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14. 464 校 What If the Campus Belle Turns Into a Zombie? No Worries, I'm the Perfect Person for the Job 校花尸变咋办？不怕！我专业对口 Backend Engineer后端工程师Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + horror + urban legends + ghost stories + invincible protagonist + one heroine] What should you do if your school-beauty deskmate turns into a corpse during class? She’s probably faking it. Just give her a kiss. Huh? She’s not faking it??? Lu Jiuyang was utterly baffled. One moment, he was the last Celestial Master of Maoshan, battling a tide of countless ghosts and sealing the demons with his own body. The next, he had been reborn as an ordinary high school freshman. This 190.3kReads8.4Score26.9kShelves

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    At this moment, Lu Jiuyang's brows were furrowed into a deep knot. "The wound is bluish-black, with spiderweb-like black lines spreading around it, like ink seeping into clear water, gradually spreading. Although wound medicine has been applied, the bleeding won't stop; instead, black fluid seeps out, stinking like rotting flesh." "It fears the intense sunlight and prefers to curl up in dark corners." "This is... An injury from a zombie!?" Upon reaching this conclusion, Lu Jiuyang's pupils dilated slightly. "But... Isn't there no zombie in this world?" ... Lu Jiuyang, eighteen years old, is a senior high school student at Lingang No. 1 High School. But at the same time, he has another unknown identity. He is a reincarnated person. In his previous life, Lu Jiuyang was born into a world overrun by ghosts and monsters. Vicious ghosts frequently appeared, and zombies ravaged the land. The entire world was like the end of the world. He was adopted by Maoshan from a young age and diligently cultivated Taoist magic. Due to his exceptional talent, he finally became a Celestial Master at the age of twenty-five or twenty-six. Countless demons and monsters died under the heavenly lightning in his palm. In a catastrophe where billions of ghosts and monsters simultaneously unleash their power, countless terrifying and malevolent forces never before seen appear...

15. 465 死 Old Tales of the Dead Village 死人村旧事 An Old Lamp一盏老灯Mystery557k WordsOngoing Chen Ergou holds a stalk of grass and gently pokes at the paper money still smoldering in front of him. Behind him, a dense crowd of “people” from the village and beyond stands packed together... Hanwa, his belly slit open and his tongue hanging down to his chest; Sufen, naked, with raw flesh exposed; the Fat Taoist, whose limbs and head are covered with tightly packed stitches at the joints; Tian Da, his body stiff, a walking stick jutting from his wide-open mouth; Xiao Zhao, pale-faced and dri 185Reads8.4Score109Shelves

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    I personally prefer the first book, but its rating is really low. However, that book is truly, truly, truly excellent.

16. 466 道 My Daoist Arts Failed, but So Did the Ghosts 道术学废了，但鬼也废了 Little Flowers Under the Moon月下小花花Mystery222k WordsCompleted Taoists train by striving for balance and harmony. I’m different. When I train, I strive for something ghosts can’t understand. Draw a talisman? The paper catches fire before I’m even done. Recite an incantation? By the time I finish, I’ve untied my own shoelaces. My master says I’m the most useless disciple he’s ever had, the one who’s managed to learn every sect art completely wrong. That is, until a vengeful ghost responsible for nine deaths broke into our temple. I tossed out a misdrawn tali 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I love watching it 😎

17. 467 诡 A Supernatural National Fate War? I Summon Zhong Kui from the Start 诡异国运战？我开局召唤钟馗 Chen Feiyu陈飞鱼Urban201k WordsCompleted As the bizarre invades and the apocalypse draws near, countries are forced to compete in a supernatural arena. Without fighting, they cannot survive. But with the inheritance of Dragon Kingdom's mythology long since lost, Dragon Kingdom is already on the brink of destruction when Lin Fan transmigrates into this world. Suddenly, an electronic voice rings out in his mind. [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have activated the Netherworld System and obtained the Register of the Netherworld's Hundred 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Zhang Shu transmigrated here, awakening the [Chinese Horror Classic] right from the start! Red and White Clash: A red and a white, a wedding and a funeral, a bridal sedan chair and a coffin, a wedding and a funeral clashing, the sun and moon reversed! Driving Immortal Corpses Across the Xiang River: Amidst ten thousand miles of dark clouds and a vast river, an old man in a straw raincoat beats a drum, driving thousands of immortal corpses across! Paper wedding dresses, ghostly spirits, ghostly mazes, double-layered coffin burials... The moment these familiar horrors appeared before his eyes, Zhang Shu's eyes gleamed, surveying the entire scene with disdain, "It's time for the world to truly experience the charm of Chinese horror!"

18. 468 午 Midnight Ghost Stories 午夜鬼故事 Brilliant才华横溢Mystery127k WordsOngoing Xu Qiyuan is reborn in the body of a Taoist priest skilled in Maoshan arts. In his previous life, Xu Ling was already a ghost-hunting master. In this life, all Xu Ling wants is to hunt ghosts, make money, and travel the world. 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Funeral garments, ghost marriages, the ability to see ghosts—true Chinese horror.

19. 469 国 National Fate: A Terrifying Power Gap? I Summon a Ghost Opera from the Start 国运：恐怖断层？我开局召唤冥戏 Afraid to Watch Horror Movies害怕看鬼片Urban157k WordsCompleted [National Fate Arena + Chinese Horror + Rousing Action] A terrifying arena descends upon Blue Star. Each of the world's 196 countries must send out a contestant to summon their nation's supernatural horrors and fight to the death. Sakura Country's ghost girl Hanako, Sadako, the Eight-Foot-Tall Woman, and Kayako rack up victory after victory. Eagle Sauce's chainsaw-wielding killer, Demon Nun, and Annabelle are just as merciless, slaughtering countless people. But the Great Xia's horror culture is 2.1kReads6.4Score270Shelves
20. 470 国 National Fate Survival: My Fragile Self Carries the Team with Luck 国运求生：娇弱的我靠幸运值带飞 Fresh Orange Flavor清清橙子味Two Male Leads915k WordsOngoing Dual male leads, dual couples, livestream survival, a team everyone's devoted to, stockpiling supplies, and a slow-paced slice-of-life story In a peaceful era, System 0711 arrives and reveals that an asteroid is hurtling toward Blue Star at an astonishing speed. It is expected to hit Blue Star within three years, leaving no survivors. The National Destiny Survival event automatically begins. [National Destiny Survival is a seed-preservation plan launched by the Interstellar Alliance's Star Admin 5.1kReads9.1Score420Shelves
21. 471 7 749 Bureau: From the Start, I Became a Zombie 749局：开局变成僵尸 I'm Not a Madam, Am I?我不是太太吧？Mystery1.6M WordsOngoing "Ruthless and decisive" "All monsters deserve to die" "I’m a monster? Then I deserve to die too!" "No female lead" "A slightly slow start" "Takes off later" Li Buguo is an online absurdist streamer who makes a career out of wild antics. On the Ghost Festival, just as he was making his comeback, a strange beast being hunted by Bureau 749 happened to pass by and pierced his chest. It sent him straight through the open Gates of Hell, only for a ghost to kick him back out. He became an exceptionally 71kReads8.9Score7.8kShelves

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    At the year-end review, the boss said to Zombie, "Your performance this year was good, but a resident complained that you were hopping around in the neighborhood and scared the children." Zombie protested, "I didn't hop. My leg was broken that day and I haven't had time to get it fixed yet." Even with a work injury, you still insisted on going to work. This dedication makes you a shoo-in for the annual outstanding employee award.

22. 472 死 After Death, My Wife Preserved My Corpse, and I Evolved from a Zombie 死后被妻子养尸，我从僵尸进化 The Classic of Mountains and Seas Courier山海经搬运工Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Zombies + Corpse-Raising + Corpse-Driving + Body Retrieval + Folk Customs + Romance + Ancient Mythology + Classic of Mountains and Seas] (Volumes 1–7: After I died, my wife raised my corpse, transforming me from a zombie into the Ancestral Corpse.) (Volume 8: After my wife died, I raised her corpse, transforming her from a zombie into a female drought demon.) In my previous life, my wife was the Yellow Emperor's daughter. She died after being sacrificed to the gods, and I raised her corpse unti 31.9kReads9.1Score3.3kShelves

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    No need for further explanation, I'm just going to start with a big [cool]!

23. 473 黄 The Underworld Bureau of the Yellow Springs 黄泉阴司 Long-Eared Rabbit长耳朵的兔子Mystery3.7M WordsCompleted When I was a kid, I went to the back hill of the village to play and pick up human bones. There I stumbled upon a ghost opera and nearly lost my life. Luckily, a green snake saved me, but the snake also began a strange, shadowy romance. Ghost operas, spirit summoning, yellow-skin spirits' yin graves, peachwood seals against evil: the bizarre folk customs of southern Guizhou and chilling, uncanny tales of the worlds of yin and yang are coming your way. Warning: Not for the faint of heart!!! 5.8kReads8.4Score586Shelves

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    *The Mysterious Spring of Yin* is a novel that cleverly blends Guizhou folk customs with modern horror elements. The author opens with a young boy's perilous experience collecting human bones in the mountains, setting the stage for a mysterious and terrifying tale. The protagonist is saved from the brink of death by a green snake, which not only saves him but also initiates an unusual and sinister connection. [Heart][Heart][Heart]

24. 474 国 National Fate: I’m the Only One Who Knows the Gods of China! 国运：只有我认识华夏神明！ Ye Ming s夜冥sUrban999k WordsCompleted The National Destiny Game has arrived. Each country selects a deity to compete in the National Destiny tournament, battling for national fortune in secret realms. The Western Federation chooses the Sea God Poseidon. The Bear Country chooses the God of War, Triglav. Tianzhu chooses Shiva. With its divine heritage lost, the Dragon Country suffers repeated defeats in the tournament. At this critical moment, Lin Kong awakens the Divine Codex System. "Three heads and six arms holding up the heavens, 1.9kReads6.6Score154Shelves
25. 475 全 Global Haunting: I Became the Last City God 全球诡异入侵：我成了末代城隍 Mr. Deer Runs Really Fast鹿先森跑的贼快Urban689k WordsCompleted Rifts in the Nether Ruins tear reality apart, and demons from another realm descend. Awakened scientists shoulder guns and cannons, while practitioners of ancient arts emerge from seclusion with swords in hand. And I, Chen Mo, will revive the ancient traditions of western Hunan. At the Sunken Mausoleum's underwater palace, I slay a giant alligator with my sword and seize its water-fiend pearl. At the summit of Huping Mountain, I summon the Tang dynasty's Mountain-Quelling Sword and destroy the 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Synopsis of *The Mysterious Resurgence: My Unbeatable Contract with the Ghost Bride*: I, Jia Tianzhen, am born with the ability to see the rules and patterns within the "folds" of the world. My roommates, in a moment of folly, played a "back-to-back ghost game," resulting in one death and one disappearance that very night. A female ghost from the Republican era, wearing red embroidered shoes, appears in the mirror, grabbing my hand: "My lord, complete my ghost marriage, and I'll be your first ally in this contract." I readily accept her as a teammate: "Deal, but first, help me 'disassemble' this thing behind me." From then on, I become the most unconventional investigator in the Folklore Containment Association. While others desperately seal away ghost stories, I specialize in "negotiating" with them. The cat-faced old woman's silent killing rules become my forbidden domain; the spatial folding of the red-eyed elevator is dismantled into a portable storage compartment; when a weasel asks for a seal, I retort, "You're like a modern-day five-good guardian spirit"... Until I discover that behind every ghost story riot lies a century-long planned invasion. And my Republican-era ghost bride is the key to unlocking the final chapter. When the barrier between the two worlds completely collapsed and the Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts descended, I stood on the ruins of rules and chuckled at the thousands of strange tales contained behind me: "Now, it's our turn to set the rules."

26. 476 黄 Yellow Springs General Store 黄泉杂货铺 Ninth Elder of the Wu Clan巫门老九Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted At the end of a street on a quiet, late-night evening stands a grocery shop with old-fashioned decor. Getting something for nothing is simple: just agree to do a ghost a favor, and it'll make it happen. 14.8kReads8.8Score1.6kShelves
27. 477 国 National Fate: I'm the Only One Who Knows the Gods of Longguo 国运：只有我了解龙国神明 Nameless Famous Sword名剑无名Urban305k WordsCompleted In this parallel world, a cultural rupture has caused the myths of the Dragon Kingdom to be lost. The whole world mocks them, trying to break the nation’s spirit! At the same time, the God-Selection Game begins. The gods themselves are the combatants, and the winners receive resources while the losers face the destruction of their nations and the deaths of their people! Qin Tian transmigrates into this world, carrying a wealth of Dragon Kingdom mythology in his mind. He enters the Land of God Se 71Reads8.1Score—Shelves
28. 478 诡 Eerie Revival: I Became Invincible by Making a Pact with a Ghost Bride 诡异复苏：我与鬼新娘契约无敌 Mr. Deer Runs Really Fast鹿先森跑的贼快Mystery341k WordsCompleted [Urban legends] [Mystery] [Ghost-wife ally] [Reborn] [Transmigration] [Urban fantasy] [Another World] [Traditional cultivation] I transmigrated to the Northern Song Dynasty as a sickly young Taoist, only to find a thousand-year-old tree demon blocking my door from the start. My master bound me to a spiritual soulmate in a desperate attempt to save us both. The result? A temperamental, absurdly powerful, tsundere and yandere Red Fiend Ghost Queen. Jia Tianzhen was livestreaming his own death-def 11Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 479 千 Never Go to the Old House 千万不要去古宅 Commander of the Nine Gates九门提督Mystery176k WordsCompleted Na Ling and Bao Datong were looking for a thrill, so they drove around robbing old houses. One day, they came across a photo of Fengmen Village online and went there to steal a Grand Tutor's chair. They sold it to Li Wei, a chamber of commerce boss, but because the chair was haunted, he resold it to the speculator Meng Guozhao. During the handoff, Na Ling secretly kept the jade marrow hidden inside the chair. After leaving Fengmen Village, Na Ling traveled to Anhui, where he stumbled upon the an 8.1kReads8.6Score235Shelves

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    Look, look, the last bus on route 13 is giving me the creeps.

30. 480 天EN The Heavenly Eye Feng Shui Master 天眼风水师 Light of the Dao道之光Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [A feng shui novel] [Featuring feng shui, Daoist medicine, psychology, and economics; read faces and phone numbers] [Practical insights] [Explaining the esoteric with science] My master hastily taught me the art of divination and passed down a few books. Before I even had the chance to formally begin my training in the mountains, he sent me down into the world to help people... Where can I even go to complain about that? Amid the mortal world, I help others and cultivate myself. 672.6kReads9.6Score138.4kShelves

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    I initially thought it was a novel, but it turned out to be a collection of real-life notes—so practical! All the content I'd always liked but couldn't understand or remember has been defeated by the author's authentic and insightful content, surpassing 99.9% Of other esoteric works! Truly excellent writing.

31. 481 校 Campus Rule Horror: Please Survive 校园规则怪谈：请活下去 Leaning by the South Window, I Entrust Myself to Pride倚南窗以寄傲Mystery133k WordsCompleted [Female lead with no CP + no System + no livestream + no talent + unrelated to national fate] Wei Ran arrived at A City No. 1 High School and received a student handbook filled with rules. She also found a diary left by a senior under the pillow in her dorm room. The title page read: Please do everything you can to survive. (This story is entirely fictional.) (There is a worldbuilding framework, woven into the later plot.) 980Reads8.7Score130Shelves
32. 482 国 National Fate: Guarding the Border Until We Can Repel the Ten Thousand Clans 国运：守国门到抵御万族 Chen Yanan陈言安Urban420k WordsCompleted [Defend the Nation’s Borders + Invincible + Patriotic + No Female Lead] A national destiny competition suddenly appeared on Blue Star, with each country selecting an eighteen-year-old contestant. From the start, each contestant had to defend a city. Every monster that entered their city would cause 10,000 identical monsters to appear in their country. After entering the competition world, each contestant could choose a race or bloodline. Qin Feng, China’s representative, happened to activate a s 2.6kReads8.9Score128Shelves
33. 483 尸 Diary of a Corpse Whisperer 尸语者日记 Aries Is a Cat白羊是只猫Mystery87k WordsOngoing On a rainy night, a woman's body is dumped. Her corpse is clean and unmarked, her cause of death a mystery, but a bizarre cross is carved into her palm. Criminal Investigation Deputy Captain Lu Chen returns to duty and immediately encounters a seemingly perfect crime. As he investigates, he realizes it is the work of a serial killer who has been dormant for six months. The corpse is silent, yet conceals the most chilling truth; the cross-shaped mark is the killer's taunting challenge. A demon 1Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 484 国 National Destiny Survival: The Little Mermaid Clears Every Stage by Force 国运求生，鲛人崽崽在线暴力通关 The Evening Breeze Isn't Cold晚风不冷Modern Romance469k WordsCompleted [National Fate Survival + Little Boy + High Combat Power + Can Heal Teammates] After a predicted meteor disaster, Blue Star's resources dwindled dramatically, and even rapid advances in technology couldn't bring things back to how they were. At this critical moment, the National Fate Survival System arrived... [Congratulations to Yu Miao for being the first to activate the Survival System. Reward: 10 points of luck!] Yu Miao was a merman, the only living being the researchers of Hanxia had dredg 5kReads9.1Score542Shelves
35. 485 真 True Tales of Rural Hauntings 真实乡村诡事 Bubble Frog泡泡蛙Rural Life123k WordsCompleted The story takes place in the town where I live. There are ancient poplar trees and honest villagers here, as well as many strange occurrences. I've recorded some of the stories I know: a woman who can see ghosts, Liu the Blind Fortune-Teller, a bizarre car crash, a woman who hanged herself wearing a bright red wedding dress, a man afraid to walk alone at night, the wails of a blind old woman, an old woman who drank poison, and a drunk who died in his neighbor's house... 187Reads6.7Score—Shelves
36. 486 灵 Paranormal Streamer: The Sledgehammer Notes 灵异主播：铁锤笔记 Li Yichen李熠尘Mystery628k WordsOngoing A paranormal livestreamer and a female yin-yang practitioner team up to deal with supernatural incidents. After being ambushed by an evil sorcerer, they fall victim to a curse involving poisonous magic. To break the curse, they descend into the Yuanchen Palace, face off against ghosts in a battle of song, storm a reclusive sect’s warded realm, help underworld officials subdue demons, escort an earth immortal to take up a post, and venture into the underworld to steal a prophecy from a forbidden 28Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A fantastic duo team handling paranormal events, a pure Chinese folk-style supernatural story.

37. 487 背 The Corpse Carrier 背尸工 West of the Clouds云间之右Mystery728k WordsCompleted My name is Chen Feng, and I work as a corpse bearer at a funeral home. After a class reunion, I spent the night with Jiang Lixin, the school beauty. I never expected to see her corpse at work the very next day, or that I'd have to carry her on her final journey... 5.4kReads7.0Score327Shelves

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    Chinese horror is really scary. I shouldn't have watched it when my parents were out. I was home alone late at night, and my best friend Xiao Si kept pushing it on me. I was scared but also wanted to watch it, especially the last book, I just couldn't stop, sob sob [crying]. Whose dog got so brave for one night? [Facepalm]

38. 488 自 Surrender 自首 Glazed Luanhua琉璃栾华Mystery691k WordsCompleted (Now streaming on iQIYI. Starring Xu Weizhou, Guo Junchen, and Xiao Yan. A criminal police captain, played by Xu Weizhou, teams up with a psychologist, played by Guo Junchen, to solve cases and capture the monsters of the human heart. Mystery + deduction + psychologist + episodic cases + serial murders + high-IQ crimes + revenge plots + strange tales and records + best partners + light horror + suitable for the faint-hearted) “I killed someone.” A girl turns herself in, claiming that she killed 21.5kReads9.4Score3kShelves
39. 489 真 Zhenwu Subdues Demons: Sixty Years of Peace 真武荡魔：甲子太平 Liu Xuanling刘玄灵Mystery297k WordsOngoing [Invincible Protagonist] [Pure Supernatural] [No Female Lead] I was the True Warrior Emperor in heaven, but could not bear humanity's suffering. Moved by compassion, I descended to the mortal world, to vanquish evil, deliver ghosts, and bring peace to all. The Five Arts of geomancy, medicine, destiny, physiognomy, and divination can determine the fate of the world. Geomancy suppresses demons and evil; medicine saves people. Destiny can be changed, and physiognomy reveals the powerful and the nob 2.3kReads—Score160Shelves

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    No cultivation of immortality, no female lead

40. 490 烟 Ashtray 烟灰缸 Little Sister-in-Law Huahua花花小嫂子Mystery323k WordsCompleted [Mild horror + affair + twists] A stunning woman from the south, a knock at midnight, a silent delivery guy, someone crouching beneath the bed... Qin Song’s life is plunged into a living hell by an affair. 102.8kReads9.5Score18.9kShelves

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    Just you wait and see, they'll all be silent.

41. 491 迷 The Yin and Yang of the Mist 迷雾阴阳 The Cautious Shixiu兢兢战战的世修Mystery320k WordsCompleted The Municipal Public Security Bureau's Special Cases Investigation Division, or Special Investigations Division for short, specializes in supernatural incidents that defy rational explanation. Shen Yanzhi, an officer in the division who is calm, rational, and skilled in talismans and spells, meets Lin Mo, a descendant of a family of yin-yang masters whose bloodline can suppress evil forces and whose gentle nature conceals a stubborn streak, while investigating a case. Together, they gradually un 33Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Extremely scary, a great supernatural novel.

42. 492 一 The Autobiography of a Yin Walker 一位走阴人的自传 A MuyaoA沐瑶Rural Life332k WordsCompleted Adapted into a full-cast audiobook on Tomato Listen. [This story is based on the true account of someone who walks between the worlds of the living and the dead. The horror is off the charts, so timid readers beware!] Have you ever heard of someone who walks between the worlds of the living and the dead? I'm the only son in three generations of the Guo family. My name is Guo Lideng. I've had the yin-yang eyes since I was a child, and can see things ordinary people cannot. As an adult, I stumbled 5.7kReads7.1Score325Shelves

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    Have you noticed? The older generation in rural areas has a lot of rules: no whistling at night, no walking on deserted mountain paths after rain, no casually attending weddings or funerals, and never accepting red paper from strangers. I used to think they were all just old superstitions. Until I experienced the spirit world at seven, encountered two evil spirits at fifteen, and rode that soulless bus at eighteen—I finally understood: all folk taboos are living rules earned by our ancestors with their lives. Paper ashes covering the body, funeral clothes at night, ghost messengers leading the way, the reversal of yin and yang. I am a spirit traveler, wandering between the two realms, and I've seen that the most terrifying thing in the world isn't ghosts, but the taboos you defy and insist on breaking. The entire book is a first-person immersive supernatural experience, without clichés or dragging on; every chapter is a terrifying adventure.

43. 493 借 Borrowed Corpse 借尸 Qiao Zixuan乔子轩Mystery801k WordsCompleted She is one of the Ten Evils. Even at the bottom of the list, she is beyond the measure of ordinary people. 17Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    My personal favorite is the first one; it's not about cultivation, but rather Chinese horror. The author is incredibly knowledgeable, and you can even learn history while reading it. The third one isn't very scary; it's based on the author's real experiences. The fourth one, like the third, is also based on the author's true story. "The Life Borrower" mainly focuses on the martial arts world, where the protagonist fights against fate and other people. In "The Body Borrower," the protagonist's growth is a bit slow, and he solves problems in different villages with his master. In "The Taoist Exorcist," the protagonist is very strong from the start, doing whatever he wants wherever he goes. The last one is very mind-bending; even reading it in broad daylight gave me chills.

44. 494 道 The Taoist Exorcist 道门驱邪人 Peeing into the Wind and Soaking Myself迎风尿一身Mystery768k WordsCompleted Where there is evil under heaven, there are all manner of wicked things, and so there are Daoist exorcists. He travels between heaven and earth, yin and yang. He ventures deep into the hundred thousand mountains of Miao territory and far away to the borders of the southern seas. Head-dropping curses, gu raising, black magic, and all the world's fiends and spirits of darkness. He has exorcised countless demons and ghosts, only to discover in the end that nothing is more evil than the human heart. 2.6kReads9.1Score395Shelves
45. 495 茅 The Maoshan Celestial Master's Art 茅山天师诀 Ten Thousand Miles of Scenery Before Me眼前万里江山Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Maoshan Taoist arts] [Urban ghost-hunting] [Folklore and strange tales] [Chinese cosmic horror] Lu Xiaoyang, an heir to the Maoshan tradition, drank blood instead of milk for his first taste of anything after birth. After enduring three calamities and nine tribulations, he was personally appointed “Judge of the Living” by King Yama. To avoid becoming the son-in-law of the Great Emperor of Mount Tai, Lu Xiaoyang heads to the city to find the woman he was betrothed to as a child, only to be dumpe 16.1kReads8.1Score1.6kShelves
46. 496 鬼 Tales of the Haunted Temple 鬼庙怪谈 Mu Chen沐辰Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted A haunted temple swallowed an entire village. I thought it was all just a natural disaster and human misfortune. I never expected that it had all started because of me. 177Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Both are good. [I've learned something]

47. 497 道 The Supreme Taoist: Subduing Ten Thousand Ghosts 道门太上：万鬼伏藏 Peeing Into the Wind, Soaking a Shoe迎风尿一鞋Mystery482k WordsCompleted Offer blood to Heaven and slaughter every evil. The Daoist arts are the strongest of all. The protagonist, Li Changsheng, masters the supreme arts of the Daoist sect and makes a solemn vow: he will not ascend until he has eliminated every demon and evil spirit under Heaven. He willingly seals his cultivation between Heaven and Earth, remaining in the mortal realm for thousands of years! 22.4kReads9.4Score1.8kShelves
48. 498 异 Notes from Another Realm 异境手记 Plenty of Friends丰富的朋友Fantastical Romance960k WordsOngoing Every story is a prism of twilight. When the collector turns to the final page, silhouettes of every story’s protagonists suddenly appear on the blank paper. The instant their fingertips touch, the embossed gold pattern on the handbook’s cover reverses into flowing dusk, drawing the reader into this endless twilight narrative as well. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In an adventure filled with unknowns, we unraveled one mystery after another hidden deep within strange lands, and gained a completely new understanding of life, nature, and the world.

49. 499 这 This Forensic Pathologist Can Cast Spells 这个法医会法术 Clouds in Flight, Distant Reveries云飞遐想Urban51k WordsCompleted “What’s that guy doing?” “Everyone, come look! That forensic doctor is performing an exorcism!” Zhang Ling, a Taoist priest, transmigrated here three days ago and inexplicably became a forensic doctor. He can exorcise demons and evil spirits, sure, but examine a corpse? He has no idea how. He steadies his breathing and points two fingers at the sky. “The gates of the underworld swing wide, spirits enter this body. By the power of the law, rise!” The rotting corpse before him mysteriously sit 3Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 500 食 The Man-Eating Old House 食人老宅 Li Zhanbin李占彬Mystery315k WordsCompleted One night, Zhou Zheng, editor-in-chief of "The Strange World", is working late and replying to readers' letters when he happens upon an anonymous letter that defies explanation. It sets off a string of strange events... 824Reads9.0Score107Shelves

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