The Protagonist Is a Harbinger of Doom 主角自己是大凶之物。

1. 1 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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   This protagonist is truly a cursed creature.

2. 2 我EN With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.3M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 748.4kReads9.4Score43kShelves

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   Hehehe, so pretty, so pretty, hehehehe

3. 3 港 Hong Kong Films: The Big Boss 港片：大佬 Tiger of the Major Crimes Unit重案组芝虎Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted A hotheaded street punk transmigrates as the biological older brother of a fat cat. In the turbulent world of Hong Kong, he doesn't need a System or a golden finger: his body and strength are beyond the ordinary. The tiger is out of its cage, sweeping through the world of Hong Kong movies! (The blurb doesn't do it justice. Read the story for yourself.) (A friendly tip: leave your brain here before you start reading.) (˵¯͒〰¯͒˵) 10.5kReads8.7Score353Shelves

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   Stanley. Solitary confinement cell in prison. 🌼Only a few dim rays of sunlight streamed into the dark corridor. A shirtless man with a buzz cut, revealing bulging muscles, sat calmly in his cell. Several knife scars marred his terrifying muscles, and his left eyebrow was severed in two by a knife scar. His sharply defined face exuded a wild allure. 🍇At that moment, a prison guard approached, a hint of tension in his eyes as he looked at the man. "9527, You can be released."

4. 4 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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   The first book starts with the zombie Li Budu, which is both eerie and ferocious. ② He doesn't seem like a real person from the start. Who would let a good person be eaten like a pig for three years? In short, he's a bizarre gourmet, and his food is strangely bizarre. ③ He has a strange start, but he infiltrates 749, pretending to be weak while actually being strong, and the plot is quite tight. ④ He starts by traveling through time to a demon realm, and everyone hates the protagonist. He's quite resourceful and makes himself quite bizarre later on.

5. 5 开 From the Start, I Was Divided Up for Food, So I Swallowed the Evil Spirit Whole 开局被分食，我直接生吞邪崇 Bi Huo彼火Urban1.3M WordsOngoing "A Must-Read in 2026" [Eerie Revival]+ [Revenge before the day is out]+ [Saintly do-gooders must die]+ [The protagonist is crazy, not stupid]+ [No female lead]+ [This is actually a food story] The red moon rises, and the eerie returns. After transmigrating to a world where the eerie has returned and evil spirits roam the earth, Ye Kui opens his eyes to see himself being devoured by monsters! But if monsters can eat people, there’s no reason people can’t eat monsters! After three years of plottin 8.7kReads8.9Score851Shelves
6. 6 重 Reborn in a World of the Paranormal, and You Want Me to Join Bureau 749? 重生诡异，你让我加入749局？ Fire Beast火暴兽Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Devouring Evolution]+ [Self-Interest]+ [Humanity’s Natural Enemy]+ [Nemesis of Its Own Kind]+ [Kills Men and Women Alike]+ [Plot-Driven]+ [Undercover]+ [Villain]+ [Eerie] "No female lead!!! No harem!!! No romance!!!" (Not Eerie in the traditional sense. The protagonist is undercover in the human camp and kills both humans and Eerie, men and women alike. This story is plot-driven, so readers looking for a feel-good monster-grinding power fantasy should think twice.) (The rating has already been 59.3kReads8.9Score8.6kShelves

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   The protagonist himself is a weirdo, and the worldview is quite hopeless. Weirdos dominate the upper echelons, which is annoying, and it's all just food for the characters.

7. 7 鄙 I, for One, Specialize in Getting Myself Killed 鄙人独善作死 As Long as the Green Hills Remain苟得青山在Urban2.5M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to another world, he obtains a Hatred Absorption System. He has to absorb hatred to increase his combat power. Well, then, my apologies, everyone. Hey, sis over there! Have you eaten? If not, take this punch! 24.9kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves
8. 8 恒 The Moon Endures, and All Things Eventually Become Strange 恒月长存，万物终成怪异 Cats and the Four Seasons猫与四季Urban2.3M WordsOngoing Two suns, three moons, and one that goes dark. A hundred cities, eight clans, all sharing one world. Chen Mianmian. Male. Race: Moon. Hobby: collecting the bizarre. At first, he thought he had two Systems: Crimson Rainbow Moon and Frost-Clear Moon. One day, he discovered that he himself could become someone else’s System, holding the fate of all living things in his hands. The Eighth Era, also known as the Evermoon Era, saw humans, witches, elves, bloodkin, ghosts, demons, and spirits together w 272.1kReads9.1Score57.1kShelves
9. 9 笔 The Spirit of the Pen: Myself 笔仙之我自己 Yan Jinwu颜金屋Mystery226k WordsCompleted My roommate got me to play the pen-spirit game and asked the spirit what it was. The pen trembled as it wrote three words: “Your dad.” I laughed in anger and told the spirit to say something I didn’t already know. It wrote, “You stayed up all night yesterday, and used a tissue in your left hand to wipe off your sweat.” The dorm fell silent. I was the only one who stayed up all night. That detail was something only I knew. I thought someone was playing a prank, until I recognized the crooked hand 6Reads—Score110Shelves

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   So I was the protagonist all along.

10. 10 时EN Time Stop from the Start, Even Evil Gods Have to Kneel Before Me! 时停起手，邪神也得给我跪下！ Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [Time Stop + Apocalypse + Superpowers + Arrogance + Forgetting Your Roots + Rejecting Inner Turmoil] Bai Ye transmigrated to the age of the Great Cataclysm, two hundred years in the future. This world was full of danger, its people were honest and simple, and mutated beasts ran rampant. But he wasn't worried. Because he could stop time for one minute every day. If he didn't use it today, he could save it up for tomorrow. When time across the world hit zero, he would be the only one who could mov 696.8kReads9.4Score50.3kShelves
11. 11 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score181.2kShelves

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    ① The protagonist's body contains a multitude of world-destroying demonic creatures. ② The protagonist was born into a very ominous and powerful family; white ghosts roam the night, blood corpses protect him, and even the Black and White Impermanence (the deities in Chinese mythology) address the seven- or eight-year-old protagonist as "Little Master." ③ The protagonist possesses a malevolent body, runs a small shop, and is surrounded by ghost kings. ④ His main motto is "revenge is the best policy; if you don't like someone, you'll get them."

12. 12 阴 Changing Fate with Yin Lifespan: The Yin-Born Child Raised on Milk by a Fox Immortal 阴寿改命：狐仙喂奶养大的阴生子 Xiao Zikui小子愧Mystery254k WordsOngoing The day I was born, all the ghosts wailed through the night, the locust trees withered, and the setting sun refused to sink! The heavens showed strange signs at my birth, yet I was born without a single day of allotted life! To steal years for me, Grandpa found me a stunning, sickly-obsessive fox immortal wife to nurse me! She even likes to bite me whenever she gets the chance! My parents used a Three-Corpse Coffin to steal years for me. After they died, they left me a shop, and the very first 30Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist initially believes his lifespan is incomplete, but later discovers it's a problem with his soul—ghosts, demons, and rules! Need help!

13. 13 诡 The Eerie Spirit Medium: My Doll Can Really Manifest Spirits 诡异降神师：我的娃娃真能显灵 Clouds Can Smile云会笑Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Ghosts in the Book!] [Dark Tone!] [Villain Protagonist!] [Urban Supernatural!] [Horror Aesthetic!] [Invincible from the Start!] A sinister doll saws someone to pieces, a red-clad vengeful ghost claims lives at the airport, a hundred ghosts hunt people down along a ten-mile street, the dead rise again in a crematorium, and corpses dance wildly in an abandoned hospital... None of these things happened to me. They are all stories I wrote. My name is Yang Ning. I am an heir to the Ling Men, a profe 131.2kReads9.5Score11.5kShelves

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    This is incredible! The protagonist is incredibly powerful; no one can do anything about him. They know he did it, but there's no evidence to arrest him.

14. 14 恐 Horror Revival: Kissing Sadako from the Start 恐怖复苏：开局和贞子热吻 Pen in Hand, Fireworks on the Page执笔落烟火Mystery873k WordsCompleted [Mystery + Horror Resurgence + System + Supernatural] Horror resurges, and nightmares descend. Lin Han has only just transmigrated when the urban legend Sadako shows up at his door to claim his life. As an ordinary person, he has to... Option One: Turn and run, call the emergency number on the wall, and summon a nearby ghost handler to save him. Option Two: Fight back and get strangled to death by Sadako’s hair. Option Three: Hesitate and you lose; act decisively and you still lose. Don’t say a 336Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    They're all incredibly powerful, and their personalities are a bit eccentric too, but they're also quite funny. Hope you like them! [Smile][smirk]

15. 15 饕 A Gluttonous Feast: I Devour Mountains and Seas in the City 饕餮盛宴：我在都市吞山海 Life-Saving Cat Treats续命猫条Urban527k WordsOngoing [A Modern-Day Classic of Mountains and Seas] [No Romance] [Primordial Ferocious Beasts] [Sharp-Tongued] [Feel-Good Story] (Caution: The protagonist is nearly invincible, but begins the story sealed and with incomplete powers.) (He becomes imposing later. At first, his power leaks out in all the wrong ways.) (New mythical beast characters: illustrations will be posted in the author's notes at the end of the chapters.) Have you ever been captivated by the strange and wondrous mythological world of 7.3kReads8.9Score673Shelves

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    The protagonist of the first book is Taotie, one of the Four Fiends; the protagonist of the second book is a god-level player in a game instance.

16. 16 恐 Horror Revival: Starting a Romance at Ghost School 恐怖复苏：从鬼校，开始恋爱养成 Twenty-Eight in the Springtime of Life芳年二八Sports115k WordsOngoing Horror resurges, and terror descends. While everyone else is still fighting tooth and nail to stay alive, Xiao Xing has already started his own romance-raising mode. At the haunted school, a beautiful teacher turns into a vengeful ghost and kills without mercy? “Ding! Xu Qing’s affection level has reached 100.” “Confirm relationship?” “...” A junior schoolmate turns into a vicious red-dressed ghost, so terrifying even ghosts won’t go near her? “Ding! Chen Liuyan’s affection level has reached 100 —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 17 惊 Horror Game: You Want Me, a Vengeful Ghost, to Be a Player? 惊悚游戏，你让我一厉鬼当玩家？ Chi Chi's Little Naughty Crow池池的小污鸦Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted Infinite-survival + no romance + fun + memes + a touch of horror + bizarre = unhinged fiction [Warning: A god-tier supernatural monster has been spotted wandering through an instance in the guise of a human player. All monsters and players in every instance, proceed with caution.] Lu Wang: I'd say The Abyss of Death is an utterly heartwarming game. There's a clown who gives me balloons. And a sweet old lady who eagerly invites me home to make dumplings. I even have a cat that likes to wear r 5.2kReads8.8Score947Shelves
18. 18 恐 The Haunted Teahouse: I Only Sell Objects of Ill Omen 恐怖茶馆：我只卖大凶之物 Lord Salted Fish咸鱼君Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted The world is divided between yin and yang. Some people do business with the living, while others trade with the dead. I deal in the business of the dead, but I don’t sell coffins, paper money, funeral clothes, or paper effigies. What I sell are things you’ve never seen before, things far stranger still… 31kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves
19. 19 异 A Long Journey in Another World 异界旅途漫漫 The Mountain Moon Knows Not of You山月不知君Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + No Brain-Dead Characters + Fast-Paced + Pure Romance] I’m dedicated to creating a different kind of world and bringing everyone a fresh new thrill, along with a more realistic experience! The rain fell without letup, day after gloomy day. Beneath the curtain of rain... Travelers from another world, I’d like you to finish this terrible game of chess for me. Anyone can be a chess piece, anyone can be sacrificed. All living beings are players in this ga 5.8kReads—Score334Shelves

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    How about this one? It's absolutely divine! The more you read, the more exciting it gets! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai (another world) novel to everyone—it's incredibly good, with a thrilling plot, logically sound plot twists, and exquisite aesthetics. It's definitely the most worthwhile novel to read this year.

20. 20 为 I Brought Terror Back to Life to Write My Book 为了写书，我让恐怖复苏 Fanni饭尼Urban829k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel world, Bai Yu becomes a web-novel superstar and binds himself to the Horror Manuscript System! The words he writes become horrors unleashed upon the world. A black cat turns into a monster in Ink Village, and a hopping corpse slaughters its way through the land! A terrifying night at Peaceful Apartments leaves a mountain of corpses beneath an axe! A case involving a red high heel defies the heavens and changes destinies across provincial borders! As scenes from 704Reads5.2Score—Shelves
21. 21 恐 Horror Game: From the Start, the Skin Bride's Bones Terrified the World! 恐怖游戏：开局皮嫁骨吓哭全球！ Cheese Spade芝士黑桃Mystery376k WordsOngoing [Handcrafted with Traditional Techniques, No AI] [No Female Lead] [Mild Horror] The horror game has arrived! Lin Ye transmigrated here and was selected to take part in designing a global horror game. He had planned to bring out the "Ghost Bride" to save Daxia, only to discover that its culture hadn't been lost at all! Traditional Daxia ghost stories had been used to death, and the whole nation was in despair! Daxia had suffered ten straight losses. The supernatural was invading, and the land was 1MReads8.7Score210.3kShelves

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    How about this one? Absolutely divine! It gets more and more exciting as you read on! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai (another world) novel to everyone—it's incredibly good, with a thrilling plot, logically sound plot twists, and exquisite aesthetics. It's definitely the most worthwhile novel to read this year.

22. 22 什 What Do You Mean I Became a World-Ending Urban Legend? 什么叫我成了灭世级怪谈？ Wild, Bold, Cool, and Flashy Shark狂拽酷炫鲨Mystery277k WordsOngoing [No Female Lead] [Mild Horror] [Turns Into a False Person in One Chapter] [The Protagonist Is a Pure Monster] Su Yuan transmigrated to a bizarre world rife with danger. Here, everything from horror legends had become real: false people, vengeful spirits, old gods hidden beneath the ocean... And an official organization lurking in everyday life: the Cleanup Bureau. This was an age of despair. With urban legends becoming reality, ordinary people could hardly fight back, and even the authorities we 270.7kReads8.3Score45.9kShelves
23. 23 邪EN The Evil God Is Stunned: Are These Players Even Stranger Than Me? 邪神懵了：这群玩家比我还诡异？ I'm a Pastry Pro我时糕手Eastern Fantasy875k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to a world overrun by the uncanny, Lin En discovers that he has become a backwater fake god, his divine power depleted and his existence about to fade away. Outside the church, indescribable monsters are pounding on the door. The desperate countdown has begun. To save himself, Lin En grits his teeth and fabricates a full-dive VR game called Ancient Gods Awaken, summoning a group of hardcore players from Blue Star to serve as his followers. He thought the players would cower 759kReads9.0Score136.9kShelves
24. 24 恐 Horror Returns, and I Won't Spare Even a Ghost 恐怖复苏，我连鬼都不放过 The Sky You Can't See看不到的天空Urban515k WordsOngoing The crimson moon appears, terror returns, and demons and monsters run rampant. Su Ye, dumped by his girlfriend, obtains the Netherworld System. The more ghosts he kills, the stronger he becomes. Hanging Ghost: “Oh no, this guy doesn't even spare ghosts! I strongly demand a law to protect us!” Door-Knocking Ghost: “Boohoo, all I did was knock on the door, and he tied me up and forced me to learn a trade.” Alliance of Ten Thousand Ghosts: “Humans might put up with this, but ghosts won't! Let's poo 94Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 恐EN The Terrifying Classroom 恐怖教室 Forget the Sorrow of Parting忘记离愁Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted There's an abandoned school building behind the school where people often go missing. But everyone who comes back out becomes rich overnight. I went in, and now I can't get out... 4.2kReads7.8Score348Shelves
26. 26 序 Fate Sequence, Yet They Call Me the Primordial Calamity 序列命运，可他们叫我最初灾厄 Cyberpunk Old Spring赛博朋克老泉水Urban904k WordsOngoing [Creating Monsters] [Creating the Supernatural] [No female lead] They all say I am calamity itself. My name is Zhao Jin. What I love most is rummaging through the piles of discarded history for strange, forgotten legends, then bringing them to life. An age without the supernatural? Then I'll create it myself. When the first monster burst from the ground, the world thought it was a natural disaster. When the second arrived, they began to panic. By the time the seventh and eighth swept across t 145.6kReads8.6Score19.8kShelves
27. 27 刚 I Just Cleared a Terrifying Hell, and Now I’m in Another Horror Game? 刚打通惊悚烈狱，又进惊悚游戏？ The Real Boss Kang真正的康总Mystery629k WordsCompleted Li Chang was the only one among a trillion trial participants across the universe to clear the Horror Purgatory Trial, a challenge where death was all but certain. In the end, he even turned around and beat Horror Purgatory to pieces before returning to Blue Star. But he had barely returned when... The Horror Game came looking for him again. Li Chang approached it with the same attitude he’d had toward Horror Purgatory. But then he discovered that this Horror Game seemed a little too easy. A bea 4.7kReads9.1Score415Shelves
28. 28 诡 Eerie: A Dog from the Start, Gear You Scavenge 诡异：开局一条狗，装备全靠捡 I Love Watching the Show我爱围观Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [The rating just came in, and it will rise later] [Apocalyptic Awakening] [Stat-Allocation Sequence] [Horror Survival] [Extreme Combat Style] Terror descends upon the world, and a Black Tide begins to devour cities. The uncanny, demons, monsters, forbidden artifacts... Human life is as worthless as grass. People struggle to survive by any means. In an apocalypse of endless terror, the only way to stay alive is to awaken and become part of a Transcendent Sequence! Others awaken as doctors, surviv 464.5kReads8.5Score51.3kShelves
29. 29 镇 Suppressing Yin and Yang 镇阴阳 Dust in the Distance远方尘埃Mystery851k WordsCompleted [Supernatural The Underworld Comedy No female lead Not human] I used to think I was just an ordinary person. But on the day I was born, Yama sent a child into the world, ten thousand ghosts entered my body, and every ghost within a hundred miles hid in fear. The Underworld’s gods of the dead avoided me like the plague. In this life, I shall command yin and yang and tread the cycle of reincarnation. I only hope this song of sorrow ends in splendor… 4.1kReads9.0Score377Shelves

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    Fine..

30. 30 警 Warning! The Evil God's Followers Are Storming the Horror Instance 警告！邪神眷属正在杀入诡异副本 Fickle World Fungus世事无常真菌Mystery810k WordsOngoing Weird dungeons + livestreaming + lighthearted + no pressure (no couples, no romantic tension). Successfully adapted into a live-action series and a comic, so enjoy with confidence. Weird dungeons descend upon the world, randomly selecting players and leaving everyone in a state of panic. Then Qi Xie, a follower of an Evil God, enters a dungeon and immediately breaks down sobbing! Heavens above! Who knows how many haunted houses he’s slept in and how many mass graves he’s dug up just to keep that 216.9kReads8.9Score30.6kShelves
31. 31 全 Nationwide Train Survival: I Have a Full-Map Navigator 全民列车求生：我有全图导航 Monocyte Pudding单核细胞布丁Sci-Fi & Apocalypse315k WordsOngoing (Just got its score) [Everyone’s Survival + Train + Lone Wolf + Information Advantage + Decisive Combat + Everyone Awakens Abilities + One-Man Army + From Falling Behind to Taking the Lead] Hundreds of millions of people were dragged into an underground train survival game. From the start, each person got one train. Ahead lay endless dark forks in the tracks. Players had to use the train’s core to choose a stop or a nearby track. Would they blindly pick high-level stops to maximize their gains, 1.9kReads6.0Score133Shelves

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    (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ Give it a little push.

32. 32 我 I Have a Hypnosis App for Female Ghosts 我有一个女鬼催眠APP As Long as the Green Hills Remain苟得青山在Mystery545k WordsOngoing Qin Ming meant to download a hypnosis game app, but ended up with a female ghost hypnosis app instead. As he gazed at the app’s dazzling array of female ghosts he could romance, then watched one actually appear in the real world, he fell silent. If he wanted to stay alive, he had no choice but to romance the female ghosts! Female Ghost Hypnosis App: Activate! 202kReads8.5Score27.1kShelves
33. 33 灵 Supernatural: The Monk Who Gets Stronger by Exorcising Ghosts 灵异：贫僧渡鬼就变强 Little Crayon小小蜡笔Urban1.0M WordsCompleted The supernatural world is resurging. A hundred ghosts roam by night, while demons and monsters run rampant. Black Corpse King: “After a thousand years of cultivation, I have become a thousand-year-old corpse, immortal and indestructible... Monk, let’s talk this over! Put away that forty-meter sword, it’s terrifying!” A handsome young monk dressed in white presses his palms together and smiles. “Amitabha!” “Buddhists cherish compassion!” “Benefactor, stop struggling. Let this humble monk gui 288Reads6.8Score—Shelves
34. 34 创 Creating a Monster Association? I'm Building a New Humanity 创造怪人协会？我这是缔造新人类 Cyberpunk Old Spring赛博朋克老泉水Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Villain] [Human Evolution Path] [Monster Creation] [Also Known As: The Monster-Making Association] [No Heroine] [Ruthless and Decisive] [Fantasy Supernatural World] A car accident shattered Jiang Yan’s life. His mother’s and younger sister’s mangled bodies lay beside him. Humanity took away his light through an accident. Now he will reshape the rules in the darkest way possible. “How many lives will it take to bring them back? A hundred million? A billion?” In the laboratory at midnight, the s 29.2kReads7.8Score4kShelves
35. 35 半 A Ghost Knocked at Midnight, So I Tore Down the Door 半夜鬼敲门，我把门拆了 The Real Boss Kang真正的康总Urban162k WordsCompleted In an age of supernatural horrors, a knock from the ghost known by the codename “Knocking Ghost” suddenly sounds at Li Zhen's door. Trembling with fear, Li Zhen faces the System binding. “Ding! The best way to overcome fear is to face it!” Option One: Hide and tremble. Reward: None. Option Two: The best way to eliminate the supernatural is to face it head-on! Reward: Gain all of the Knocking Ghost's abilities! A gleam flashes in Li Zhen's eyes. With no way back, he bursts through the door to fac 6.6kReads8.8Score625Shelves
36. 36 妖 Demons and Evil Spirits? They’re Clearly All Auspicious Omens! 妖魔邪祟？明明都是祥瑞！ Someone's Coming, Run!有人来了快跑Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Evil spirit from the start] [Eerie cultivation] [Recruiting demons] [Sheltering humanity] [Believers’ delusions] [No female lead] Chen Zhou transmigrated to a bizarre world teeming with demons and rampant evil spirits. Demons slaughtered humans, specters preyed on them, immortals devoured them. Monsters ran amok, evil spirits wreaked havoc, gods and Buddhas had fallen, and humanity was in decline. Fortunately, Chen Zhou hadn’t transmigrated as a human either. He started out as an evil spirit 88.3kReads8.8Score9.6kShelves
37. 37 恐 Horror Revival: I Got a Guan Yu Tattoo, and It Opened Its Eyes to Kill 恐怖复苏：我纹个关公能睁眼杀人 Master Mo Da墨大先生Mystery4.1M WordsCompleted [Mystery]+ [Folk supernatural] In most people’s eyes, I’m an utterly ordinary tattoo artist. But I actually carry on a little-known tradition: Yin-Yang Embroidery. “Yin-Yang Embroidery stitches yin and yang, bringing wealth and status in life, and safety wherever you go.” It can drive away ghosts and evil, turn bad luck around, increase fortune, and keep people safe. Before my master died, he forbade me from using this craft to make money. But after disaster struck, I had no choice but to defy h 13Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 38 人 I'm in America, Faking a Reincarnation Space 人在美利坚，我伪造轮回空间 Li Gongde from Xiaokang Village小康村的李功德Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [Building a Lord God] + [Behind-the-scenes] + [Infinite Flow] + [Dark] + [Ensemble cast] “This world had no god until I came along.” After transmigrating to a parallel Blue Star, in America, and spending half a year there, I thought I could live well in the legendary land of opportunity. But it turned out to be heaven for the rich and hell for the poor. I go to school during the day and wash dishes at night. Life is miserable, but luckily I inherited a dilapidated divine realm and the authority 42.7kReads8.0Score5.3kShelves
39. 39 骇EN Dread Night: Getting Rich in a Horror Game 骇夜：我在恐怖游戏里暴富 A-One Is Not A-Two阿一不是阿二Mystery714k WordsOngoing (The rating just came out and will rise later. Infinite flow + mild horror + original instances + no female lead) A tower stands in the eternal night, with a group of players trapped inside. They have to keep taking part in bizarre games to earn the food and supplies they need to survive. A killer in red embroidered shoes, a child with no eyes, a haunted mountain where an entire expedition team died... One deadly trap after another, with death around every corner. Players: “We're going to die, w 2.8MReads9.5Score588.3kShelves

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    How about giving this a try? It's absolutely divine! The more you read, the more captivating it becomes! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai (another world) novel to my family—a truly amazing read. The thrilling plot, logically sound plot twists, and exquisite aesthetics make it an absolute must-read this year.

40. 40 全 Our Whole Dorm Transmigrated to Republican-Era China, and I Opened the Door to Strange Tales 全寝穿越民国，我开启怪谈之门 Four Happiness Sweet Bun四喜小甜饼Mystery599k WordsOngoing [The whole dorm transmigrates + supernatural tales + Chinese-style horror + detective work + espionage + power struggles + two strong leads + satisfying wish fulfillment] At two in the morning, the human-skin mirror in Dormitory 314 came alive! All four female college students in the dorm were dragged, screaming, into the scene of a horrific skinning case from 1926! To uncover the truth and return to the modern world, we immediately latched onto the aloof, handsome Chief Inspector Chen. He handl 3.4kReads—Score111Shelves

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    The novel features non-existent pedestrians appearing on the streets at midnight, and figures from old photographs slowly moving. It's a story with parallel plots of ghost stories and espionage.

41. 41 纹 A Tattoo of Nine Dragons Hauling a Coffin: From the Start, I Fight a Red-Clad Female Ghost 纹身九龙拉棺，开局硬刚红衣女鬼 Jiangnan Dog King江南狗王Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Supernatural]+ [Horror Revival]+ [Comedy]+ [Superpowers] Qin Feng transmigrates to a parallel world where demons and monsters are returning, only to find himself targeted by an evil spirit. Unable to awaken Superpowers, he decides to fight back by getting a terrifying tattoo! He has the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin tattooed across his back, with Nezha sitting on the dragon's head and pulling out its tendons, an open-eyed Guan Yu lying in the coffin, a muscular Tang Monk sitting on top, and Bla 484Reads9.2Score130Shelves
42. 42 我 I Am the Twilight Council 我一人，即是黄昏议会 Polygonal Writer多边形写手Urban1.9M WordsOngoing [Urban high martial arts + secret identities + decisive and ruthless + mastermind behind the scenes + faction building + one heroine] Synopsis: This is a brutal age where talent determines who lives and dies. Outside the walls, strange beasts run rampant; inside, powerful conglomerates hold a monopoly. Those born with S-rank talent rule the world, while those with D-rank talent are worth less than grass. Li Yebai, an unwanted son of a wealthy family, is cast out and exiled to the slums to die af 85.2kReads7.7Score12kShelves
43. 43 他 There’s Something Strange About the Books He Sells 他卖的书不对劲 Big LS大LSEastern Fantasy133k WordsCompleted "The old bookstore owner doesn't know that the stone slabs in his back courtyard conceal his past, that his former subordinates live in his shadow, and that he himself is becoming the oldest god in the world." "You push open the door and enter the bookstore on Mill Street. You might buy an old book, or you might step into a story and never find your way out." "He only wants to sell books. But the books keep reminding him: who are you?" "Every book is a world. Everyone who enters the bookstore is 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is a slow burner.

44. 44 我 The Organization I Founded Was Exposed by Someone Reborn! 我创立的组织，被重生者曝光了！ Tu Tutu突兔兔Mystery736k WordsOngoing My name is Luo Qingyan. I was reborn, back on the eve of the supernatural apocalypse. In my previous life, the Dragon Kingdom became a blood-soaked hell. Only that mysterious organization hidden from the world could save it from ruin. In this life, I will change the fate of the Dragon Kingdom. I will change everything. I will find that organization... [Dawn]! My name is Su Yu. I am staying at Luo Qingyan's home. On this day, I awakened a Savior System, but the System demanded that I es 42.6kReads6.9Score2.3kShelves
45. 45 诡 Eerie Evolution: From Strange Entity to Demon God of Terror 诡异进化：从诡异到恐惧魔神 God Lu陆神Urban826k WordsOngoing Ye Wangyou once jumped into the water to save someone, never expecting to lose his life. When he opened his eyes, he had transmigrated to a world where the paranormal had descended. He had even become the weakest of lonely ghosts, trapped inside a dilapidated old house. But after binding to the Horror System, he could gain Horror Points by absorbing the fear in other people's hearts, continually improve himself, and eventually rebuild his body and return to life! And so, a nightmare of unimagina 234Reads5.5Score—Shelves
46. 46 我EN The Monsters I Created! 我创造的怪物！ No One in the World Will Ever Meet Me Again世人千万再难遇我Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Behind the Scenes + Ensemble Cast + Cosmic Horror + No System + No Romance] Also known as: Dark Revelation Gods and demons, dragons, and the apocalypse were once fairy tales. The mysteries of this world have faded from sight, yet someone has brought those long-lost things back into the public eye. And every clue, every lead, points to a man named Chen Ye. “Friends, would you cast off this flesh and join us in embracing evolution?” Extended blurb: Sequence 001: The Mimic Sequence 002: The Deep O 65.6kReads9.2Score6.1kShelves

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    The main characters are all major villains who wreak havoc on the area, and some even transform into monsters. A mind-bending suspense thriller worth watching. Wishing everyone a peaceful and prosperous 2025! 🌟🌟🌟❤️

47. 47 邪 Evil God Moran! 邪神墨然！ Three Winds 11三风11Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted Why does the headless ghost in the hospital keep praying at midnight? Why does the skin-stealing ghost in the desolate mountain village wail without stopping? And why does the long-haired female ghost in the studio apartment shriek in the middle of the night? None of this is a distortion of human nature, much less a collapse of morality. It’s just that… someone’s having an episode! In an age when horror has returned and vengeful ghosts run rampant, Bai Yuan, dressed in a hospital gown, smiled ca 155.2kReads9.3Score16.3kShelves

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    The first book features a protagonist who emerges from the Dark Realm, possessing immense power and surrounded by eerie friends. The second book sees the protagonist transform into a haunted house, creating supernatural phenomena and corrupting humans, killing both good and bad—no saintly intervention. The third book features a protagonist possessed by a top-tier ghost who grows alongside him, fighting their way through life—no saintly intervention, intelligent and capable—and is Sanfeng's newest book.

48. 48 阴 The Underworld Pawnshop: I Only Sell Cursed Relics 阴间当铺：我只卖大凶之物 Liu Changqing柳常青Mystery234k WordsCompleted Young shopkeeper Liu Changqing is forced to take over his family's antique shop after his grandfather falls ill. His very first deal leads him to the sinister practice of burying a living person as a foundation sacrifice, and he acquires a dragon-shaped soul jade. Liu Changqing plans to sell it to raise money for his grandfather's treatment, but then discovers that the jade pendant shaped like a dragon is connected to his parents' accident years ago. He puts the soul jade away and continues inve 52Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 49 神 Mysterious Creatures Awaken, and I’m Designated No. 001 神秘生物复苏，我被编号001 Zhang the Second Generation张二代Urban488k WordsCompleted [No System] [No Female Lead] [Urban Power Fantasy] [No Hiding His Strength] Chen Xiao pressed the wrong elevator button and was killed by the void a thousand times. After countless rebirths, Chen Xiao transmigrated to another world. Mystical creatures were everywhere. Mythical phoenixes reborn in flames, ancient emperors rising from the earth, tentacled monsters ruling the oceans, ruthless, bloodthirsty straw creatures… And Chen Xiao was branded with the number 001. … When the mystical creatures 6.7kReads8.8Score589Shelves

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    I highly recommend this book. The protagonist is incredibly powerful—so powerful that every time he dies, time rewinds, returning him to the moment before his death. Simultaneously, the world's pi becomes an integer. However, the protagonist also joins the official organization, though he's listed as number 9.

50. 50 我 I'm Almost a Max-Level Evil God, and You Want Me to Switch to Summoning? 我快邪神满级，你劝我转职召唤？ The Sky Isn't Dark Around the Corner转角天不黑Urban2.3M WordsOngoing The animated series is now streaming: Buried Gods! If you can't get enough of the novel, please go show it your support!!! (Story-focused, somewhat dark, with a touch of warmth, no female lead, not invincible, not a System power fantasy, a modest ensemble cast; read with caution if any of that bothers you) On the wasteland, the gods greedily carve up their territories. To survive the beast tide, people can only offer up their humble faith, hoping to earn the gods' mercy and attain the supernatur 35.8kReads8.8Score4.7kShelves

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    How about trying this one? It's absolutely divine! The more you read, the more exciting it gets! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai (another world) novel to my family—a truly amazing read. The plot is thrilling, the logic is impeccable, and the aesthetics are superb. It's definitely the most worthwhile novel to read this year.

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