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. 601 停 Working Part-Time at the Morgue, I Carried Out My Ex-Girlfriend? 停尸房兼职，搬出了前女友？ A Flower Flying on a Leaf一叶飞花Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing The Dao has both civil and martial paths. The martial path: uphold the law and slay demons. The civil path: read faces and understand the world. I am Jiang Rui, skilled in both. You can call me Handsome, or you can call me Ah Zu. Passerby: “Master Jiang, I think I’ve been haunted. Please, you have to save me!” Jiang Rui smiles calmly. “Come on, there’s no such thing as ghosts.” As he speaks, he discreetly pinches a yellow talisman between his fingers. Passerby: “Master Jiang, can you find a feng 20.7kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves

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   These are all good, all rated 8.5 Or higher. The sixth book, however, has a poor ending.

2. 602 我 I Collected 99 Horror Stories 我收集了99个恐怖故事 Wangwang Little Zhen旺旺小小甄Mystery421k WordsCompleted [Short Story Collection] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Based on True Cases] [Uncanny Reality] [Horror Adventures] [Chilling] The stories of this world are half true and half false; the warmth and coldness of human nature make good and evil hard to tell apart. Light and shadow coexist, as do kindness and malice. If you’ve done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear when ghosts knock at midnight. But if ghosts and spirits really came calling, could you face them calmly? This book is a collection of 14.5kReads8.7Score1.6kShelves

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   This is great, and it's a series of short stories, I love it!

3. 603 荒 Calling Spirits in the Ruined House: My Seven-Year-Old Brother Mysteriously Fell from a Building, and a Shadow in White Came After Him 荒坯房叫魂：7岁小弟莫名坠楼，白衣黑影缠上了他 Clouds Are Light, Phoenixes Are Small and Gentle云淡凤小轻15k WordsCompleted A Spirit-Calling Ritual in a Derelict House: My Seven-Year-Old Brother Mysteriously Fell from the Building, and a Shadow in White Is Haunting Him 7Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 604 阴 A Yin Corpse Brought Me to the Mortal World: The Living, Keep Away 阴尸送我来人间，生人退避 Dust-Sweeping Retreat扫尘居Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted My name is Luo Ansheng. I was delivered by a Yin Corpse. A Yin Corpse brought me into the world, and a hundred ghosts fought over their food. All manner of fearsome beings gathered, eager to devour my flesh and essence. After I gave them a good beating, they settled down and began competing to protect me. 4.2kReads8.8Score386Shelves
5. 605 弟 After My Brother Was Crushed by a Tycoon Family, I Summoned the Ten Kings of Hell to Claim Their Lives 弟遭豪门碾杀，我引十殿阎罗索命 Clouds Are Light, Phoenixes Are Small and Gentle云淡凤小轻13k WordsCompleted After his younger brother is crushed to death by a powerful family, he summons the Ten Kings of Hell to claim their lives 16Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 606 异 Otherworldly Ghost Eyes 异鬼瞳 Ghost Xiao Xiu鬼小秀Mystery57k WordsOngoing What happens when a lunatic from a psychiatric hospital who claims to see ghosts teams up with an atheist police officer to investigate a case? What kind of sparks will fly? When case after case involving the worlds of yin and yang lands before them, how will the two handle it? —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Horror/supernatural mystery/mystery recommendations.

7. 607 少 A Young Feng Shui Master Betrothed to a White Tiger at Birth 少年风水师，出生就和白虎定亲 Ye Wusheng夜无声Mystery809k WordsCompleted At the Human Skin Inn, a hundred ghosts carry a coffin. A yin corpse borrows a life. A demon child lies hidden in a Buddhist womb… From the moment I was born, my father pledged his life to arrange my engagement to a White Tiger. Because of that, I embarked on a little-known path… 5.9kReads9.2Score518Shelves
8. 608 厉 The Vengeful Ghost Great-Grandma Wants to Kill My Daughter, but My Pure Yang Infant Shatters a Century-Old Blood Pact 厉鬼太奶想杀我女，我纯阳婴镇碎百年血契 Clouds Are Light, Phoenixes Are Small and Gentle云淡凤小轻9k WordsCompleted A Vengeful Ghost of a Great-Grandmother Wants to Kill My Daughter, but My Pure-Yang Baby Shatters a Century-Old Blood Pact 3Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 609 请EN Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 102.2kReads9.5Score9.6kShelves

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   These three books are worth buying.

10. 610 天 The Strange Seal of the Celestial Officials 天官诡印 Longing for Fish by the Abyss1临渊慕鱼1Mystery2.3M WordsOngoing The world knows about the Gold-Touching Captains, but not the Faqiu Zhonglang Generals who command them. And I am the last Faqiu Zhonglang General in the world, known as the Faqiu Celestial Official. Heaven Official's Blessing, may all taboos be lifted! 437Reads8.4Score—Shelves
11. 611 灵 Paranormal Encounters: What I Saw and Heard 灵异事件之所见所闻 Poet Jingxuan敬轩诗人Mystery356k WordsCompleted No System + no transmigration + no power fantasy + no harem + no invincible protagonist + no sweet romance + no clichés + no female lead + no cultivation. Important notice: if this isn’t for you, don’t read it. If this isn’t for you, don’t read it. If this isn’t for you, don’t read it! Do you believe there are things in this world that science cannot explain? Have you ever experienced anything supernatural yourself? Treat the events in this novel as stories, and remember: Fear and respect the sp 130Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Real paranormal events force you to believe that there are things in this world that you can't see.

12. 612 午 The Midnight Mantou Shop 午夜馒头铺 Maple Forest at Dusk枫林晚Mystery804k WordsCompleted Have you ever noticed that some breakfast shops serve food that's delicious most of the time, but for a couple of days each month, it suddenly tastes dry and is hard to swallow? Have you ever wondered if perhaps that breakfast food was never meant for people to eat...? 373Reads7.4Score—Shelves

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    It's so good, I was too scared to turn over in bed after watching it late at night! 😱

13. 613 误 I Blundered into a Horror World, Only to Find That All the Bosses Were Lamps 误入恐怖世界，没想到BOSS全是灯 Clouds Are Light, Phoenixes Are Small and Gentle云淡凤小轻17k WordsCompleted I stumbled into a world of horror, only to find that every BOSS was a lamp. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 614 活 The Living Must Keep Away 活人回避 Wanderer of the Mortal World风尘散人Mystery3.7M WordsCompleted Originally titled Living People, Keep Away. An antique set me on a desperate path. From then on, just to stay alive, I became a yin walker who dealt with the dead and the walking corpses. Three years searching for dragon veins, ten years locating acupoints, roaming between yin and yang, dealing in ghosts and spirits. I kept walking, struggling my way to where I am today. 2.7kReads8.9Score327Shelves
15. 615 皮 The Tiger Skin: Three Years After My Mother Died, Someone Knocked at My Door in the Dead of Night 皮打虎：我娘死后三年，深夜来敲我家门 Clouds Are Light, Phoenixes Are Small and Gentle云淡凤小轻11k WordsCompleted Leather Tiger: Three Years After My Mother Died, Someone Came Knocking at My Door Late at Night 2Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 616 夜 Night-Shift Internet Cafe Attendant: The Woman in Red in the Men's Room Stall Hides a Ten-Year-Old Case 夜班网管：男厕隔间的红衣女，竟藏着十年旧案 Clouds Are Light, Phoenixes Are Small and Gentle云淡凤小轻13k WordsCompleted Night-Shift Internet Cafe Attendant: The Red-Clad Woman in the Men's Restroom Stall Is Hiding a Decade-Old Case 61Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 617 我 The Years I Spent as a Shepherd 我当羊倌那些年 Fan Xiaoban蕃晓般Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted A noodle shop packed with customers uses eels dug out of graves. A scrawny yellow dog is willing to develop gallstones for the sake of its master. A man-eating catfish has a water-swallowing pearl in its belly, while the teeth of an ancient corpse have turned to jade. As an heir to the grave-robbing treasure-seeking trade, I transmigrate through mountains and forests in search of heavenly treasures. People call those of our trade shepherds… 2kReads8.1Score243Shelves

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    I don't know if it hits the mark or not, but it's definitely terrifying.

18. 618 后 The Sealed Cave Behind the Mountain: I Became the Village's Soul Guardian 后山囚洞：我成了全村守魂人 Clouds Are Light, Phoenixes Are Small and Gentle云淡凤小轻Mystery600k WordsOngoing After accidentally entering a century-old forbidden site in the back mountains, Jiang Ningyue unexpectedly inherits a fated duty and becomes the village’s only soul guardian. A deep, secluded prison cave suppresses countless wrongfully dead spirits. Ancient village rules conceal secrets unknown to outsiders, while turmoil erupts along the boundary between Yin and Yang, and one eerie calamity follows another. Generations of cave guardians have borne endless suffering, and a century of tangled gru 7Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 619 全EN The Whole Family Brings Stools to Watch the Drama as the Real Heiress Spills the Tea 全家带凳子吃瓜，真千金爆料啦 The Long Wind Brings No Romance长风不入情Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Originally titled My Whole Family Brought Stools to Watch the Drama, and the Real Heiress Spilled the Tea [Showbiz + Real and Fake Heiresses + Gossip System + No-Brainer Fun + Lighthearted Comedy + One-on-One Romance] After transmigrating into someone else’s body, Tang Shiba discovered that her whole family was destined to be cannon fodder. Her eldest brother loved the female lead, but his feelings were never returned. He’d drink himself into oblivion every day and die in a garbage-strewn alley, 22kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves

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    Honestly, this book is hilarious! 🤣 Zun Du is great, it made me laugh for half a year.

20. 620 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: Bouncing Around in the Gossip Fields Every Day! 直播算命：天天在瓜田里蹦跶！ A Cowering Introvert蜷缩的社恐Modern Romance496k WordsCompleted [No romance + episodic stories + the supernatural + livestreaming + transmigrate into a book + fortune-telling, face-reading, and ghost-catching] The moment Meng Sheng opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into a book and taken the place of a cannon-fodder character with the same name. But what greeted her was a suitcase drifting down the river, wrapped in layer upon layer of shackles, with a ghost floating above it... Meng Sheng: “Same old rhythm, same old feeling! Even the ghosts look quite a 10.4kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves

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    No romantic pairing, live-streamed fortune telling, and the author is a real Taoist priest! The last chapter even gives us some advice on what to do if we offend a ghost.

21. 621 地 The Hell Handbook 地狱手册 Year's End年末Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted A handbook said to have come from hell. The moment you open it, you are already trapped in horror. Life and death... are no longer yours to decide! The Town of the Dead, Horror Fairy Tales, The Hospital of Terror... Behind these repeated, terrifying cycles of hell, what spine-chilling truth is hidden? Su Jin, I want to live, even if... 2.9kReads8.5Score256Shelves
22. 622 悲 The Sad Amusement Park 悲伤游乐园 I'm the God of Falling, Not the God of Bad Luck是摔神不是衰神Mystery548k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads × Infinite Flow] Su Jingyao had no idea why he had taken a balloon from a clown one second, only to find himself in a forest the next. A crying clown, a baffling lateral-thinking game, a carousel that wouldn't stop spinning... Su Jingyao didn't know why the amusement park had chosen him, but since he was already here, he wanted to make it out alive. 666Reads9.2Score108Shelves
23. 623 我 I’m a Dual-Personality Surgeon, Professionally a Ripper 我，双面手术师，职业开膛手 Clouds Can Smile云会笑Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Some call him Miracle Doctor Lu, while others call him Lu the Skinner. Some owe their battlefield dominance to the mechanical limbs he fitted them with; others have breathed their last beneath his surgical knife. He can save someone on the brink of death, or make a corpse disappear without a trace. By day, he is the warmest kindness in the world; by night, he is a terror that makes the whole world tremble. A scalpel rests between his fingers: one side is a demon, the other an angel. His name is 20.4kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
24. 624 异 Another World: Horror Game 异世界：恐怖游戏 Wenren Jiangli闻人将离Mystery582k WordsCompleted [When a horror game descends, a yandere BOSS targets her from the start] Dropped into a disastrous situation right away? Sorry, someone has already talked himself into falling for her. Yu Xinlan was accidentally swept into another world, where she encountered a village of inverted red and white, a “perfect” yet eerie school, a temple where every wish came true... Each dungeon concealed a bloody past and its own rules. She proceeded cautiously, yet the same man kept maliciously raising the diffi 787Reads—Score140Shelves

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    Chinese-style horror dungeons, no cultivation! Each dungeon's ghosts have their own obsessions and stories.

25. 625 渡 The Soul Ferry Lantern Keeper: She's a Big Shot 渡魂灯人【她是大佬】 Jinxi Like the Moon槿汐如月Mystery162k WordsCompleted [Mysterious Origins + Episodic Adventures + The Couple Start Out as Rivals] To cure her illness, You Xiaodie rings the Soul Ferrying Lantern, summoning wronged spirits from all directions. For every vengeful ghost she sends on its way, she may make one wish to the lantern. But ever since she gained control of the Soul Ferrying Lantern, she has been hunted by the lantern-keeping clans of eastern China. They call her a lantern thief. You Xiaodie sneers. “The lantern-keeping clans? Is this lantern 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is amazing! It's so beautiful!

26. 626 头 The Seventh Night After Death 头七 Ma Nanshan马南山Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted My grandfather said that whoever a hanged person sees last is the one they’ll come back to haunt. When I was twelve, the village hired a troupe to perform ghost plays. I went to play with them, never imagining that the troupe’s leading performer was hanging from the beam right behind me. 22Reads7.7Score—Shelves

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    I like these two books, they're quite good.

27. 627 阴 Strange Yin-Yang Tales: A Half-Immortal’s Records 阴阳诡事：半仙诡录 Jian Kaitong简凯彤Mystery443k WordsCompleted [This is no ordinary supernatural story. It’s all about horror and suspense: no mindless power fantasy, just yin-yang taboos, the Grinning Fiend, the Ghost Bride’s Gown, eerie shadows in an ancient mansion, and the Mandarin Duck Pendant. If it’s not good, you can break my legs!!] There’s no shortage of bizarre happenings between the worlds of yin and yang. The Grinning Fiend: what unknowable resentment lies behind that sinister face? The thousand-year-old fox: what cunning schemes hide beneath h 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves

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    These books are quite good, especially the first two.

28. 628 我 I Was Raised by Monsters 我被怪物养大 Uncle Nan Yao南妖叔Urban769k WordsCompleted The story is set in a modern city in a parallel world. Legend has it that City A is home to an urban myth called the White Cat Agency. The agency is run by a group of monsters and demons. As long as you pay the appropriate price, they'll fulfill any request you make. Money, organs, emotions, memories, years of life... Anything could become a bargaining chip. Seventeen years ago, an infant boy of unknown origins was found by the agency's owner and raised by a group of monsters. Seventeen years l 2kReads9.6Score379Shelves
29. 629 灵 Spirit Village 灵村 Gan Zhen甘臻Mystery502k WordsCompleted Thrills and the supernatural! There's an ancient village called Lingzhuang, also known as Bagua Village. I was born there. Lingzhuang is always shrouded in an atmosphere of terror: Enormous pythons, centipedes, black spiders, strange birds, and ferocious beasts roam about, attacking people... Lingzhuang is also rife with strange tales and bizarre happenings: A female ghost haunts the village; a cave in Longmian Mountain holds an arsenal from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom; a mysterious master live 69Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Thrilling and supernatural, it's a complete collection of ghost stories!

30. 630 惊 The Deadly Taboos of Horror 惊悚死人禁忌 Jian Kaitong简凯彤Mystery172k WordsCompleted [Definitely not ordinary paranormal fiction. Focused on horror and suspense, not mindless wish fulfillment. Folk tales of the supernatural, ghost babies. If you don’t like it after reading, feel free to criticize it.] A mountain village shrouded in mystery is beset by one strange incident after another. A coffin that cannot be lifted at a funeral, children mysteriously drowning, and the question of why a water ghost has appeared. What truth lies behind the deaths? A baby’s anguished cries ring o 144Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 631 阴 The Yin Paper Doll 阴纸人 You You Feng悠悠枫Mystery102k WordsOngoing The Night the Paper Effigy Opened Its Eyes, the Whole Village Prepared My Funeral! Can you believe it? Why did the ancestral rules of paper effigy makers have to be broken in my generation? Paper effigies shouldn't have souls, so why did the baby effigy I made come digging for eyes in the middle of the night? What secret was hidden in the book Grandpa left me before he died? When the paper effigy's hand came after me with scissors, I realized this wasn't some folk legend at all. It was a death —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Only Chinese-style horror can get your adrenaline pumping!!! I'm too scared to watch it alone at night, but I love it!

32. 632 荒 The Cursed Village in the Wasteland 荒岭阴村 Trapped Mortal困凡人Mystery388k WordsCompleted The truth is more terrifying than vengeful spirits: an ancient village shrouded in mist for three hundred years, a curse sustained by sacrificing the living, and an outsider who comes to repay her grandmother's debt 2Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 633 午 Midnight Terror: Tales of the Supernatural 午夜惊魂：民间鬼事录 Feng Heng, Who Loves Ginger and Jujube Winter Tea爱吃姜枣暖冬茶的凤横Mystery562k WordsOngoing [Folk Taboos + Rural Ghost Stories + Episodic Tales + Chilling on Second Thought] The village elders say that some things are better believed than dismissed. Liu Er, a bachelor, picked up a red wedding dress. That very night, he heard the sound of a suona, and a faceless bride knocked on his door and said, “Liu Er, I’ve come to marry you.” Before a dead person is buried, the guiding candle at the head of the coffin must never go out. Old Liu Guang died, the candle went out, and a crack appeared 4kReads—Score168Shelves

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    😱😱😱This is really scary! Those with a weak heart shouldn't try it! 😭😭

34. 634 我 I’m Really Not a Murderer! 我真的不是杀人犯啊！ Adorably Lovable, But Brainless可可爱爱莫得脑袋Mystery991k WordsOngoing When I woke up, there was a corpse beside me. And let me say this again: I transmigrated. I'm not crazy. So I'm absolutely sure I didn't kill anyone. After all, there's no memory of the murder in my head. Probably not, right? Probably not! 1.1kReads8.8Score162Shelves

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    This, this, this!!!

35. 635 长 The Long Night’s Journey 长夜行 Ge Zhao格照Mystery299k WordsCompleted The eyes are the angle observers most often scrutinize, so you must learn to disguise your own., Li Mu. From making up his mind to carrying out his plan, he spent a full three years. His first murder, his second, his third... Even when he was teetering on the brink of death, he would take a gamble if it meant he might escape. To everyone else, he was merely a weakling, not even as capable as an ordinary person... 254Reads9.4Score—Shelves
36. 636 每 One Chilling Story Every Night 每晚一个惊魂故事 Feng Heng, Who Loves Ginger and Jujube Winter Tea爱吃姜枣暖冬茶的凤横Mystery732k WordsOngoing [One story per chapter] [Chinese-style horror] [Folk tales] [Urban vengeful spirits] [Haunted houses] [No main plot] Collected and adapted fictional tales of terror from all over, one story per chapter, each one different. No grand lectures, just bone-chilling tales rooted in everyday life. All adapted from strange folk tales passed down for years. They sound true, and the more you think about them, the more unsettling they get. Great for unwinding, but don't try to “unwind” alone in the dead of 1.1kReads—Score103Shelves
37. 637 阴 A Yin Wedding, a Cursed Wife with the Phoenix Fate 阴嫁，凤命诡妻 Yu Luo Chenxi羽落辰汐Mystery870k WordsCompleted ◇ Fated Phoenix Maiden × Supreme Ruler of the Underworld ◇ I was born with the fate of a phoenix, yet from the moment I came into the world, I was already half dead. The night I was born, rosy clouds filled the sky and all the ghosts came to pay their respects. The seventy-two celestial clans gathered to celebrate my reincarnation... Everyone considered me ill-omened, but a passing enlightened monk said I was the reincarnation of the Lady of the Underworld. The sins of my past life had not yet b 5.5kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves

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    So beautiful! So beautiful! So beautiful!

38. 638 黄 Ferryman of the Underworld 黄泉摆渡客 Third Master Zhejiang浙三爷Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted My sister was abused to death by her husband. Even after she died, her resentment kept her from resting in peace. To help her find peace, I became a ferryman traveling between the worlds of the living and the dead. From then on, I strode between yin and yang as if walking atop a hanging coffin. The strong live, the weak die. I will be the one to decide who lives and who dies! 885Reads8.6Score117Shelves
39. 639 护 My Sister-Obsessed Guardian: Becoming a God in a World of the Uncanny 护妹狂魔我在诡异世界封神 The Pen Falls, and the Words Astonish笔落惊人意Mystery173k WordsOngoing [Gory violence + System + dungeons + no female lead + no saintly do-gooder + slow burn + global livestream + doting big brother] Chen Mo: The bizarre world is supposed to be hell for humanity, right? But I always feel like they’re friendlier than humans. They’re not scheming or plotting against each other, and they’re completely open with me. Every one of them calls me Little Boss and scurries along behind me. I have no idea why. All the Ghost Kings: (ಥ﹏ಥ) As long as you’re happy, Your Highness 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Take a look, everyone. [Thinking][Thinking]

40. 640 少 Young Feng Shui Master 少年风水师 Yao Jiu Guai Liu妖九拐六Mystery4.2M WordsCompleted There are many things in this world that you and I have never encountered. Just because we've never encountered them doesn't mean they don't exist. Legends are often more than mere legends. And traditions must have an unknown reason for becoming traditions. 632Reads9.0Score114Shelves

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    To my surprise, there were no stories of ghosts and spirits in the human world, nor any about gods and demons. "Gods and Demons in the Human World" is the second part of "Stories of Ghosts and Spirits in the Human World," and there's also a part where I achieve immortality through paper crafting. The protagonist in that part is intelligent, decisive, and kills without hesitation. I won't mention the last part; you can check the ratings yourself.

41. 641 人 Gods and Demons of the Mortal World 人间神魔 Yao Jiu Guai Liu妖九拐六Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted Just because we have never seen something does not mean it does not exist. Just because we have heard a legend does not mean it is made up. Our fate must be in our own hands. If the gods tell me to accept my fate, I will shatter the gods. If the demons tell me to bow my head, I will trample their altar. What are gods and demons, anyway? Where are they? All will be revealed in Gods and Demons Among Men! 220Reads8.7Score—Shelves
42. 642 半 The Half-Baked Feng Shui Master: I Became a Legend Through Hands-On Ghost Hunting 半吊子风水师：撞鬼后靠实操封神 Where Is Dongshan?东山在几Mystery166k WordsCompleted Lin Jingran, nicknamed Dogshit, is the most hopeless half-baked feng shui master in the old district. He has no real skills and is a coward, getting by on the old notes his grandfather left behind. That is, until his childhood friend kneels before him, crying that the secondhand house he bought is haunted and his wife and son are close to dying. For two thousand yuan, Lin Jingran steels himself and goes over. He steps on wet hair as soon as he walks in, hears a woman crying by his ear, and watch 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's good, I love watching it, I stayed up until midnight last night.

43. 643 鲁 Lu Ban's Secret Art of Feng Shui 鲁班风水秘术 Three Liang and Two Qian三两二钱Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted Carpenters revere Lu Ban as their patriarch. He left behind the Lu Ban Book, divided into two parts. The first contains carpentry techniques, while the second is a collection of secret spells, never to be shared with outsiders. The patriarch also left a curse: anyone who learns the spells in the second part must suffer one of the fates of being widowed, orphaned, childless, or disabled. That is why later generations called the second part of the Lu Ban Book the “Missing One.” In the old days, mo 5.9kReads9.1Score832Shelves

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    The story is truly captivating, exceeding most people's imaginations. It intertwines Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and even demonic practices, making an ordinary person feel incredibly insignificant. May all ordinary people like myself live happily every day.

44. 644 阴 The Yin-Yang Wicked Son-in-Law 阴阳恶婿 Daoist of Jiangnan江南道长Mystery934k WordsCompleted At the end of the Ming dynasty, four families discover a terrifying dragon's lair, a feng shui site said to lead to heaven. They divide it into four parts, named Power, Wisdom, Wealth, and Beauty. Those buried within it can ensure their descendants enjoy power, wisdom, wealth, and beauty forever. But the lair defies the natural order. Even its good fortune carries danger, and it invites Heaven's punishment. To preserve their destiny, the families must find a scapegoat to take the blow in their p 17.3kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves

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    The premise is great. The protagonist grows and experiences, and his intelligence also develops. He learns from his mistakes and rarely makes foolish mistakes. There are no major flaws. The only downside is that the author kept it too short; it was really not enough. I finished it in three days. [Eating popcorn emoji]

45. 645 东 Northeast China Paranormal Cases: Calling Spirits 东北灵异事件:问灵招魂 Qian Xiaobao88钱小宝8818k WordsCompleted Northeast Paranormal Incidents: Calling Spirits and Summoning Souls —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The kind of Chinese ghost stories you love! So addictive!

46. 646 龙 The Dragon King's Bride 龙王聘 Wangquan Yuechu王权月初Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted That year, I came down with a strange illness that nothing could cure. Then, on the night the blood moon hung high in the sky, my family decorated the house with lanterns and streamers. From that day on, I had a husband no one could see. Around that time, my mother warned me gravely that I must remain faithful to my husband and keep my distance from other men, or disaster would befall me! When I was nineteen, I broke the taboo, and he... appeared. 39.6kReads9.5Score5.8kShelves

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    I highly recommend the first book.

47. 647 风 The Secret Notes of a Feng Shui Master 风水师秘记 Paranormal No. 13灵异13号Mystery5.1M WordsCompleted My grandfather left me a handwritten ancient manuscript. When I turned eighteen, a dream of mine shook the entire world of feng shui... Liu Bowen severing dragon veins, feng shui guiding a celestial dragon, paper figures controlling one's fortune, plum-blossom tattoos, the dead seeking justice... Everyone knew Yang Qingtian was a legend, but no one knew that I was him! 3.7kReads8.2Score396Shelves
48. 648 民 A Record of Folk Mysteries 民间诡事笔录 Guest Seated on the Green Mountain青山坐客Mystery162k WordsCompleted Since ancient times, folklore has been full of strange tales, and the mountains of mysterious happenings! Unusual stories have always held a strange fascination for people, drawing everyone in to uncover their secrets. The mystery of the unknown never fails to stir our curiosity! This book collects folk oddities and strange tales from the wilderness. Each chapter is a standalone story, and every tale has its own unique flavor. Come and experience them for yourself! 319Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Each chapter tells a short story, filled with thrills, suspense, and the supernatural.

49. 649 死 Death Photo 死亡照片 Moonlit Gatekeeper月下门童Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Suspense + Mystery + Mind Games + Puzzle-Solving + Imagination + Superpowers] Lin Yi goes to attend his high school reunion. At first, everything seems normal. His long-unseen classmates chat away happily. Then someone finds a photograph on the floor! At first, no one pays it any attention. But soon, the classmate in the photograph dies unexpectedly. Then one classmate after another dies in a series of bizarre accidents! Everyone is terrified. What's really going on? Will anyone else die? Who's 12.8kReads7.4Score1.1kShelves
50. 650 红 Red and White Wedding 红白囍 AyeAyeCaptainTwo Male Leads186k WordsCompleted [Republican-era nostalgia + supernatural + two male leads + equally matched powerhouses + pure-hearted madmen] [Brilliant and passionate young diviner Tian Suanzi, Mu Geshen X cold-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside heir to a family of physicians, the saintly doctor Chai Shuxin] A funeral is mournful, a wedding joyful, I travel from the world of the living to the Yellow Springs, Prepare incense, candles, paper horses, and a bridal sedan, Lady Meng offers us the nuptial wine. White paper, red rob 50kReads9.7Score11.9kShelves

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    Chinese horror, suspense and supernatural

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