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
GPT-6 Luna
In this list
Reader notes translated by Google Translate
875
- 401 Soul Reaper 收魂人 To stay alive, I had no choice but to marry a two-headed monster. But I never expected her to be a Rakshasa with two souls. My fate was utterly transformed, and I embarked on a perilous path full of thorns, surrounded by demons and spirits... 765Reads7.2Score116Shelves
- 402 The Dragon Vein Seals the Demon: A Record of the Thousand-Year Seal at Guling 龙脉锁魔：谷岭千年封印录 Gu Ling Village in the Qinling Mountains lies at the “dragon's eye” of a dragon vein. Villager Li Gensheng comes back from the dead as an evil spirit, and strange events plague the village. The master and disciples of the Tianxin Sect join forces with Taoist priests from the Lingbao and Shenxiao sects to exorcise the evil. They uncover the secrets behind the Yinluo Sect's thousand-year seal and old grudges between sects. In the end, they destroy the remaining evil spirits and protect the dragon 2Reads—Score—Shelves
-
403
Snake Eyes 蛇瞳
When I was eight, my father burned a snake that had been dug up back home. The entire Su family suffered retribution, and our descendants dwindled until I was the only one of our branch to live to eighteen. My grandmother took me to a spirit medium to ask how I could stay alive, but a white snake coiled around me and made me its spirit medium. A child spirit came to claim my life; my fellow practitioners framed me and made me bury a living person to ward off evil and protect their territory. A w
8.4kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
Reader note
-
404
Bro, How Did I Get Reborn in a Ghost's Body? 不是哥们我怎么重生到鬼身上了
Ghosts cannot be killed, and each one has its own unique rules for killing. Only ghosts can fight ghosts. This is a world where supernatural incidents can break out at any moment. Of course, there are also people who can restrain evil spirits, collectively known as Ghost Binders. There are two ways to become a Ghost Binder: by choice or by chance. Deep in the mountains, an evil spirit has escaped. Evil spirits are supposed to have no thoughts of their own. They kill only the living who trigger t
195Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
- 405 Short Horror Mystery: Scissors 短篇悬疑恐怖故事｜剪刀 Short Mystery Horror Story | Scissors 2Reads—Score—Shelves
-
406
The Jade Dust of Daoist Fate 道缘琼末
[Traditional supernatural horror + ghost wife + first-person POV + one heroine + ghost hunting] Ever since I was born, I’ve worn a strange necklace around my neck. Every year on my birthday, Grandpa makes me bow to it. When I asked him why, he always said it could protect me. Only later did I learn that a female ghost was hidden inside the necklace. Offer three sticks of incense to the gods and four to the ghosts. If someone calls to you at night, never turn around. Otherwise, your yang fire wil
149Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
407
Eerie: Trapped in a Horror Game 诡异：我被困在恐怖游戏中
(Survival + no System + mild horror + mystery and deduction + no goody-two-shoes protagonist + no invincibility) There has always been a rumor circulating online: in the eerie mobile game Candle, the characters drawn by players aren’t just AI data. They’re real, living people. Xu Hanshan, one of the world’s top-ranked players, doesn’t believe it. But... While streaming the game, a bizarre bug sends him plunging into Candle’s eerie world as a one-star starting character. Xu Hanshan doesn’t kn
45Reads8.6Score—Shelves
Reader note
- 408 Short Paranormal Tales 《短篇灵异故事》 Short Supernatural Stories 1Reads—Score—Shelves
-
409
Paranormal Livestream: Please, Stop Telling Stories 灵异直播：求求你别讲了
Lin Xiao, a horror-story streamer, accidentally transmigrates to a world with no supernatural stories. His story about a haunted taxi is met with protests from countless taxi drivers. His story about a human-meat barbecue shop leaves countless barbecue lovers too terrified to go near one. His school ghost story unexpectedly helps the police solve a cold case that has remained unsolved for years. What's more, he discovers that he can inherit a vast collection of Daoist magical artifacts and skill
480Reads7.3Score100Shelves
Reader note
-
410
Taboo of the Living 2 活人禁忌2
Heaven Official's Blessing, no taboos under heaven. The second installment of Living People’s Taboos!
8.1kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
Reader note
- 411 The Ancient Well at the Village Entrance 村口的古井 The Ancient Well at the Village Entrance —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 412 Horror Arena: A Ghost Wedding From the Start Leaves the World in Tears 惊悚擂台：开局冥婚吓哭全球 The Horror Arena descends, and every nation must summon an entity to fight. Sakura Nation has its four great female ghosts and the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons. Lighthouse Nation has all kinds of devils. The nations of the West have fallen angels and vampires. Only Huaxia, where Taoist culture has died out, is on the brink of disaster. Lin Ye transmigrates to this world and awakens the "Horror Compendium", which lets him summon every kind of traditional Huaxian supernatural being. Ghost Br 4kReads8.8Score435Shelves
- 413 Tales of the Strange: Urban Mystery, The No. 23 Night Bus 民间怪谈录：都市异闻之23路夜班车 Tales of Folk Hauntings: Strange Urban Encounters on the No. 23 Night Bus —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 414 A Horror Story Lives Next Door 你的隔壁住着恐怖故事 Have you ever noticed how horror lurks everywhere in your everyday life? Listen. Listen closely... Where does horror come from? Nothing is scarier than reality. The unknown parts of our real lives, and the anxieties and desires we feel about them, are the greatest sources of horror. 12.3kReads9.4Score2kShelves
- 415 The Clock in the Old House 古宅钟表 The Clock in the Old House —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 416 The Supernatural Returns, and I Am the Greatest Fear in the World 诡异复苏，我是世间最大的恐惧 [Villain] [Dark] [Invincible] [No female lead] Qin Yu died, and his soul arrived in another world, merging with a haunted house. In this age of supernatural resurgence, he continually grew stronger and evolved, creating his own kingdom of terror. Whether human or supernatural, everyone saw him as their greatest fear. 13.8kReads8.4Score928Shelves
- 417 The Ghost Embroiderer 《鬼绣娘》 The Ghost Embroiderer —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 418 Horror Movie NPC Goes on a Killing Spree in a Terror Game 恐怖片NPC在惊悚游戏杀疯了 [Horror + comedy + power fantasy + no female lead (male protagonist has no romantic pairing)] A horror game swept across the world. Fu Yan, an NPC from a horror movie in a higher plane of existence, was accidentally dragged into the game. Fu Yan: Since you've all gone to the trouble of inviting me, I won't hold back. From then on, the “horror game” was plunged into the shadow of someone named “Fu Yan”... Horror NPCs: Please, don't come any closer! Livestream viewers: Can someone do something abo 64.7kReads9.6Score8.5kShelves
- 419 A Night's Shelter Deep in the Mountains 深山借宿 A Night's Shelter Deep in the Mountains —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 420 Forbidden Feng Shui Arts 风水禁术 My name is Yu Nianbai. I was supposed to die shortly after birth, but my father gave his life to extend mine, allowing me to survive. I thought I could live a peaceful life, but then someone dug up my father’s grave... 1.4kReads8.3Score107Shelves
- 421 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: The Paper Bride 聊斋灵异故事：纸妻 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: The Paper Wife 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 422 Walking Between Yin and Yang 行走阴阳 To carry on the family line, Grandma forcibly brought home a madwoman... Ten years later, someone came to our door and delivered five bright red coffins, each bearing the name of a member of our family... 2.8kReads8.7Score257Shelves
-
423
Life-and-Death Gambit in the Snowlands 雪域生死局
[Chinese Folk Horror + Gods and Ghosts + Folk Legends + Secret-Realm Exploration + Mystery and Deduction + Strong Allies] At an antique fair in Lhasa, I stumbled upon an ancient Tibetan stone tablet. Curious about its contents, I accepted an invitation to join a merchant named Lao Gun and the team he had assembled to search for goods. Together, we ventured deep into the barren mountains of northern Tibet to investigate an ancient temple. I never expected the old temple to conceal such mysteries.
8kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves
Reader note
- 424 Don't Look Down, There's a Ghost Beneath You 别低头，地下有鬼 Don't Look Down, There's a Ghost Below —Reads—Score—Shelves
-
425
Strange Happenings on Campus 校园异事
It all began with an expansion of the campus. After that, strange things started happening there with increasing frequency. People encountered others who didn’t exist, and events that had never happened. Everyone was walking on eggshells, until Zhao Yule, a freshman, figured out the pattern behind the loop and began trying to break free from this invisible cage...
—Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
- 426 Confessions of a Mentally Ill Person 一个精神病人的自述 Sometimes I wonder what I am, what the world is, and what my existence means to it. Am I an NPC? Or just a virus that doesn't matter? A virus, yes. I feel like I've caught some kind of virus, or maybe I've always been one. My name is Zhang Shun. I'm an ordinary person, and on an ordinary day, I suddenly saw things no one else could see... 1.5kReads9.3Score376Shelves
- 427 Paranormal Ghost Story: The Lingering Yin Debt 灵异鬼故事：残阴债 A Ghost Story: The Lingering Yin Debt 2Reads—Score—Shelves
-
428
Zhang Laosan Tells Stories 张老三讲故事
Long, long ago, a strange calamity struck Kaoshan Village, deep in the old forests of Northeast China. Hunter Li Dashan kept watch over a coffin on a snowy night and encountered a weasel spirit that spoke like a human, asking him to give it a title. One careless remark from him exposed a bloody secret from twenty years earlier. When the statue of the Yellow Immortal on the ancestral hall’s altar split with bloody cracks on the night of a lunar eclipse, when a golden-haired weasel burst from a pe
8Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
- 429 The Corpse Leaps Over the Wall 尸跳墙 I’ve been blind since childhood, so I work as a massage therapist for the blind. Then one day, I met a terrifying woman who said she could restore my sight. The price was... 140Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 430 Don't Touch That Red Coffin 别碰那口红棺 Don't Touch That Red Coffin 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 431 The Fragrance of Corpses for Ten Miles 十里尸香 Most people receive gifts that are heartwarming or romantic. Even if they aren't a surprise, they're at least well-intentioned. But the gift I received when I turned twenty was a very real shock, and a curse. 1.9kReads8.2Score165Shelves
- 432 The Iron Coffin in Black Dragon Pool 黑龙潭的铁棺 The Iron Coffin in Black Dragon Pool 1Reads—Score—Shelves
-
433
Paranormal Tales from the Northeast Countryside 东北农村灵异小故事
Spooky Little Stories from the Northeastern Countryside
12Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
- 434 Records of the Underworld: The Blood-Jade Bride 幽冥录之血玉新娘 Ming-Qing Alternate History · Reincarnation Curse · Flesh Mutation · Chilling on Second Thought “The bangle on your wrist isn't jade. It's your own throat bone from three hundred years ago.” On a stormy night, Su Wan, eldest daughter of the Su family in Qixia Town, receives a blood-red jade bangle sent by her younger brother, who vanished ten years ago. Her birth date is carved inside the bangle. In the package, soaked in rotten blood, lies half a finger bone wearing a jadeite ring. A corpse sur 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 435 My Best Friend's Curse 闺蜜的咒 My Best Friend's Curse —Reads—Score—Shelves
-
436
Born of a Corpse: I Landed a Government Job by Catching Ghosts 尸生子：我靠抓鬼混上编制
My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
66Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
437
The Red Moon Returns: Sewing Up Corpses Makes Me Stronger 红月复苏：缝尸就变强
(The hottest feel-good power fantasy of 2022) (A brand-new profession: Corpse Stitcher) Ghosts roam the night beneath a blood-red moon; Each shattered corpse Is a resource that makes the Corpse Stitcher stronger. Three incense sticks burn, and the Rebirth Mantra ends; The human-bone abacus rings, and corpse stitching brings rewards. One day, a corpse speaks: “I’m calling your name. Do you dare answer?” Two streams of bloody tears run from Ying Ji’s eyes... Stitch human corpses, stitch ghost corp
2.8kReads8.8Score306Shelves
Reader note
-
438
I Came from the Yellow Springs 我来自黄泉
At the border between yin and yang, at the mouth of the Yellow Springs, the living guard the Thirteen Ghost Gates. The prison governor, the jailers, and the Brocade-Robed Marquis; at the post station for the dead, a mountain dog keeps watch. The door gods, the water nymph, the Confucius Temple; red lanterns and white funeral banners circle the streets. This ghost ballad, missing one line, conceals a world-shaking secret. I was a child my grandfather stole from the Yellow Springs, so before I was
16.7kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves
Reader note
-
439
A Collection of Terrifying Supernatural Tales 恐怖的灵异故事集
[Novella] [Folklore] Cowards, stay away! Ever since I was little, I’ve listened to the elders in my village tell all kinds of eerie tales: ghostly labyrinths, ancient wells that steal your soul, water ghosts seeking substitutes, ghost brides... Do you know why you must never paint a paper doll’s eyes too soon? Do you know why you can’t casually alter a scarecrow’s face? Come on in. Here you’ll find strange rural legends and urban ghost stories alike... [Every story in this book is set in an imag
983Reads8.4Score104Shelves
Reader note
-
440
My Days at the Funeral Parlor 我在白事铺的那些事
I'm the owner of a funeral supplies shop. On the surface, the name says it all: I run a funeral business. But my real job is helping the government eliminate every kind of paranormal phenomenon. Ghost kings, great demons, zombies: that's all child's play. There are far too many strange and bizarre phenomena that ordinary people have never even heard of. Let's explore this future full of the unknown together.
—Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
- 441 My Travel Companion Disappeared, and I Went Mad. 消失的旅伴，疯了的我。 My Missing Travel Companion, My Madness. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 442 The Gods Must Keep Their Distance 诸神回避 On the very day I completed my training, my patriarch refused to let me through the door. By the rules, I was supposed to fend for myself. I never expected that someone destined to meet me three times and save me three times had been waiting for me at the crossroads all along. He led me into a world beyond the reach of ordinary people. On the banks of the River of the Dead, beyond the boundary between yin and yang, atop Cloudpeak, at the bottom of the abyss, wherever he goes, his first words are 375Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 443 No Flowers in the Mirror, but Fire in My Heart 镜中无花，心上有火 No Flowers in the Mirror, Fire in My Heart —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 444 Grandma's Ghost Stories 奶奶讲故事之灵异诡谈 These are supernatural stories told by my grandmother, made up of several tales. They are scary, so the faint of heart should stay away! Want to know what grievance the woman in red has, or why all the ropes in the village snapped? How can you eat a ghost and make it afraid of you? Why should you never open the door when someone calls at night, or eat food given to you by someone else? Read my work to find out. More exciting stories are coming, so stay tuned. 12Reads7.2Score—Shelves
-
445
My Years as a Feng Shui Consultant in the Entertainment Industry 我在娱乐圈当风水顾问的那些年
Corpse-oil lipstick, raising little ghosts, summoning fox spirits, tattooed talismans: some celebrities will stop at nothing to get famous and go viral. My name is Chen Tian. I'm a feng shui consultant who moves in entertainment circles, specializing in handling the aftermath for celebrities who rose to fame through supernatural means.
140.4kReads9.0Score27kShelves
Reader note
-
446
Hello, Police? Someone's Kidnapped a Law-Abiding Female Ghost 妖妖灵吗？有人绑架良家女鬼
Chen Ziye came out of prison “reformed” and was planning to do something bad to make some money. But he never expected to kidnap a female ghost! Chen Ziye: “Hello? Police? I kidnapped a female ghost, and now I have no idea what to do!” The police showed up, said he'd done the public a service, and rewarded him with ten thousand yuan! You can make money by kidnapping ghosts? And so… Female ghost: “Hello? Police? I'm the female ghost who escaped earlier. I've been kidnapped again!” Zombie: “You lo
7.6kReads9.2Score700Shelves
Reader note
- 447 The Yin Deliverer 送阴人 A burial master, also known as one who sends the dead into the shadows. When Li Mazi from my village died suddenly, I was drawn into the affair. I thought it was an accident, but later I learned it had been plotted for a long time. To stay alive, I began studying the Burial Scripture my grandfather left behind. The Burial Scripture has three volumes: one on burying people, one on burying ghosts, and a third whose whereabouts are unknown. Blood corpses in the Southern Ridges, ancient monsters in 668Reads8.4Score101Shelves
- 448 The Feng Shui King of the Underworld 江湖风水之王 On the day I was born, ten thousand demons emerged from the mountains, a hundred ghosts clawed their way out of their graves, and an immortal corpse guarded the way. My master, Daoist Jingxian, took me from a tomb and raised me for twenty years, only to fall under a curse and die a horrible death, skinned alive. Knowing he was going to die, my master left me a letter. First, he warned me not to seek out the killer. Then he urged me to stay away from the world. But I chose a third path, resolute 129Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 449 Grandpa Liu's Ghost Stories 刘姥爷讲鬼故事 Dear readers, Everything in this book is fictional. All stories, plots, places, people, and organizations have no connection to the real world, nor are they related in any way to any real events, people, places, or organizations. Everything that may seem “paranormal” in the book is based on scientific evidence or has a reasonable explanation. These fictional stories are intended purely for entertainment and do not promote superstition. Please read this book from a scientific perspective. Do no 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 450 The Best Broker Around 最佳中介小哥 I can take care of yang dwellings, yin dwellings, caves, and ritual grounds... I can also bring good fortune, wealth, exorcisms, and red cords with a flick of my hand... A few simple moments of everyday life, small acts of kindness and beauty, the daily necessities of life, and the joys and sorrows of the human world... 8.6kReads8.7Score595Shelves
