Looking for Genuine Chinese-Style Horror, Nothing Too Clichéd 我想看看真正的中式恐怖，不要太俗的，求求各位了

1. 601 荒 In a Famine Year, the Whole Village Chewed Tree Bark, Yet They Were Handing Out Wives! 荒年全村啃树皮，却在发媳妇儿！ Gravity万有引力Mystery9k WordsCompleted In a Year of Famine, the Whole Village Is Chewing Tree Bark, Yet They’re Handing Out Brides! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 602 谁 Who Remembers the West Wind, Chilling All Alone? 谁念西风独自凉. Gravity万有引力Ancient Romance36k WordsCompleted Who Remembers the West Wind, Alone in the Cold? —Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 603 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Immortal Cursed to Live Forever 盗墓：身怀诅咒的长生者 Ten Years of Innocence十年天真Two Male Leads526k WordsCompleted [No female lead + two male leads + several couples. Please don't read if that's not your thing!] “Ah Qi, I don't want you to get hurt.” “Old Qing, take care of yourself.” “Little Brother, I'm here to take you home.” “Wu Xie, take me home.” “Tianzhen, Little Brother, it's raining. Hurry back!” “You guys, be careful, whatever happens.” Muchen Pearl, Ten-Year Promise, Retirement 5.8kReads9.5Score764Shelves

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   Tomb raiding! Two male protagonists

4. 604 阎 So What If You're the King of Hell? I'll Judge You Anyway 阎罗又如何，照样审判你 Bu San Si Mu不三四沐Mystery297k WordsCompleted Chen Ze, a judge in the world of the living, died unjustly and became a judge in the Underworld, only to be drawn into a carefully orchestrated murder plot. The cause of his death in his previous life is a mystery, and his wife, Liu Ruyan, has vanished without a trace. Everything points to a massacre of the dead that was covered up thirty-three years ago. As his investigation deepens, he is shocked to discover that the mastermind is none other than the City King, whose power dominates the Underw 1Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 605 鬼 Ghost Tattoo Seal, Forbidden Arts of the Yellow Springs 鬼纹印，黄泉禁术 Bu San Si Mu不三四沐Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted From the start, he was bound in marriage to a ghost. After a series of twists and turns, he met a master. To stay alive, Yin Linchuan followed an old Taoist priest to catch ghosts and ward off evil, slaying demons and vanquishing monsters. From then on, he embarked on the path of catching ghosts and driving away evil... —Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 606 一 Painting Yin and Yang with a Single Stroke 一笔绘阴阳 The Waves Are a Whale's Tears海浪是鲸鱼的眼泪Mystery661k WordsOngoing As I gazed down the shadowy corridor and across the empty hall, the strange order of light and darkness stirred a fear of the unknown deep inside me. The elders always said, “The ancestral hall is home to spirits that have yet to depart.” “Don’t step on the threshold, don’t touch the ancestral tablets, and don’t whistle in the ancestral hall.” “The names on the tablets weren’t carved there. They moved in.” When the wind blew past the row of wooden windows, the latticework let out a mournful wail 211Reads—Score101Shelves

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   Based on true stories, this book is not exaggerated; it's genuinely terrifying. Using the book as your lens, it takes you to—"see ghosts."

7. 607 通 The Spirit Medium's Wife: My Husband Is a God 通灵妻：我的夫君是个神 Meow Xiao Wang喵晓汪Modern Romance507k WordsCompleted [Supernatural + Devoted husband + Both leads are each other’s only partners] My pregnant mother died in an accident, and on the day of her burial, I was born from her coffin. “A child born of yin, a child born of yin. This is no blessing, but a calamity.” The ignorant villagers wanted to burn me alive, but my grandmother invited a local spiritual medium to perform a ritual and avert the disaster. For the next eight years, I lived like an ordinary person, until he appeared and changed everything. 25Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Female-oriented, those who like this genre can read it.

8. 608 幽 Netherworld Emperor: It All Begins with a Blood Coffin! 幽冥大帝：从血棺开始！ Blood-Colored Splendor血色如华Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Mystery and the supernatural + horror + mind-bending deduction + wild imagination + Sichuan-Chongqing flavor After a flood, a blood-red coffin drifts down the river into our village... A strange song, eerie bloody handprints, a headless corpse, and somehow, I become the Great Emperor of the Netherworld... An accident reveals the secret of the Nine Fiends Blood Coffin and a grand scheme laid by the Great Emperor of the Netherworld. It all begins with the blood coffin, and everything will ultimate 683Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 609 女 A Female Ghost Is Clinging to Me? Better Cling to Her! 女鬼缠身？反抱她大腿！ Tale of the Strange Star奇星记Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [No System, one heroine, ghost wife, yin-yang master, urban, supernatural, lighthearted comedy] A night spent beside a lonely grave, and the tomb’s occupant latches on. After paying respects to my grandfather tonight, I encountered something utterly absurd: I actually saw a ghost! These days, I’m afraid of being poor, and I’m afraid of dying! On a whim, after we couldn’t agree on anything, I got into a fight with the ghost and even slept on a lonely grave for the whole night. After that, one st 3.4kReads8.2Score327Shelves

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   A story about yin and yang, featuring a single female protagonist who is a ghost wife with profound Taoist cultivation. She carries the male protagonist through the early stages. It's not mindless or a typical wish-fulfillment story. Highly recommended! 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

10. 610 最 The Last Paper Effigy Maker 最后一个扎纸人 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted The art of paper effigies can bridge the worlds of yin and yang, perform rites for the dead, and summon the King of Hell. Cut yellow paper, weave bamboo strips: paper horses travel a thousand miles, and paper figures summon spirits. With one stroke to paint their eyes, the King of Hell appears, striking terror into all directions and sending ten thousand ghosts into hiding! By the time the art of paper effigies reaches Chen Mo, he is its last practitioner. He assumes this ancient, mysterious cra 16.7kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves

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    I highly recommend these sixteen highly-rated traditional Chinese horror and supernatural novels. They're incredibly good, guaranteed to be so! Just click and read a few chapters. "Special reminder: reading them late at night is even better! 😏😏" I especially recommend the seventh novel for the following reasons: 1. The author's writing is exceptionally brilliant, and the plot is uniquely conceived, making it impossible to put down. Every plot twist is unexpected yet logical. The suspenseful and engaging storyline leaves you wanting more. 2. In this novel, the author offers unique insights and in-depth analysis, succinctly elucidating the meaning and value of the work. The author's viewpoint is very clear, the arguments are meticulous and captivating. The entire review is beautifully written and logically rigorous. Secondly, I recommend the first novel for the following reasons: 1. "Stormy Waves": The writing style is like a surging, turbulent storm, full of immense power. The sentences are like giant waves crashing on the shore, incredibly impactful. The choice of vocabulary is like a rare and unique treasure retrieved from the depths of the sea. Rhetoric, like white foam on the crest of a wave, adds dynamism to the text; each paragraph is like a literary storm. 2. "Interlocking Links": The plot is intricately linked, like precise mechanical gears. Each scene is a crucial link, indispensable. The story unfolds methodically, weaving a web of events from the smallest details, gradually tightening, drawing the reader in unnoticed, as if trapped in an invisible narrative net. 3. "Almost Stepping Out": The characters seem to leap from the page. The author breathes life into them with delicate strokes; their personalities are as vibrant and intense as the color of flame. Their actions and reactions feel real, as if the reader can hear their breathing and feel their heartbeats; the characters are like spirits about to step off the page. The rest are also highly-rated traditional Chinese horror/supernatural novels, exceptionally good, guaranteed to be good—just click and read a few chapters. 🍉🍉 "Special reminder: reading late at night is even better. 😏😏"

11. 611 东 The Strange Immortals of Northeast China 东北诡仙录 Ding Sanpang丁三胖Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted In the bitterly cold lands of Northeast China, an ancient faith has been passed down since time immemorial. It combines the ancient Chan sect’s traditions with shamanic worship of animal spirits. The animals that cultivate there are known as “Old Immortals,” and their human representatives are called spirit mediums. Among them are a brother and sister who travel the mortal world, punishing evil and upholding justice. Along the way, they encounter a female ghost seeking a husband, a drought demon 2.3kReads9.2Score245Shelves
12. 612 我 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 Bitter Melon with Flower Crab苦瓜炒花蟹Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted 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

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    Absolutely Chinese horror

13. 613 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! 22.2kReads9.4Score1.7kShelves
14. 614 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
15. 615 我 I Learn to Slay Ghosts on a Paranormal Forum 我在怪谈论坛学斩鬼 Young and Unaccomplished, Yet Never Insecure年少无为不自卑Mystery735k WordsCompleted [The printed edition of Strange Tales Forum is in production] [The short drama adaptation of Strange Tales Forum is in production] Gao Shen joined a strange tales forum by chance. The forum often posts eerie stories, describing every detail so vividly that they seem to have really happened. Users who reply seriously analyze the source of each incident and discuss how to deal with it. They even address each other as Heavenly Masters, Soul Tamer 50.1kReads8.7Score6.4kShelves
16. 616 末 The Age of Declining Dharma: From the Start, I Blood-Sacrifice and Refine Corpses on Hong Kong Island! 末法时代：开局在港岛血祭炼尸！ Salty Fish Only Know How to Be Salty咸鱼只会咸Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing In the age of declining magic, all arts have vanished, and cultivating the Dao is harder than reaching the heavens! In his previous life, Zhao Shan was a great demon of the unorthodox path. Reborn in 1990s Hong Kong, he discovers that this is still an age of declining magic. The orthodox sects are a dead end, and the unorthodox schools are no better, so he has no choice but to keep following his own wicked path. But gradually, he realizes that something about this world seems a little off. On Do 64.6kReads8.6Score5.7kShelves
17. 617 身 I Was a Ghost Officer, but Now I Only Want a Promotion 身为鬼差的我，后来只想升官 Roasting by the Fire with a Gas Canister on My Shoulder扛着煤气罐烤火Eastern Fantasy378k WordsCompleted I wield the Register of the Underworld as a ghost officer, commanding the power to seize souls. Everyone says the King of Hell is the supreme ruler of the netherworld, but to me, he is merely a stepping stone. The underworld is vast, and the Nine Hells are deep. Is that really the limit of my ambition? I want to break the Nine Hells’ shackles, shatter the chains between yin and yang, ascend to the realm of the Great Emperor, and rule the netherworlds of all realms. Only then will my lifelong wis 31Reads6.0Score—Shelves
18. 618 我 I Settle the Dead's Accounts on Funeral Street 我在白事街替死人销账 Moon White v月白vMystery126k WordsOngoing My name is Chen Zhaoye, and I’m a funeral-home cleaner. That day, I found a burial robe in a room for the dead, with my name sewn inside. A coin for the dead rolled from a corpse’s mouth, engraved with four words: The White Candle Ledger Begins. After my grandmother died, I inherited a shop on Funeral Street. The living come to me to settle their troubles. The dead come to me to collect their debts. Only later did I understand: ghosts aren’t frightening. What’s frightening is when the living owe 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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19. 619 阳 Getting Roasted in the Living World, My Fans in the Underworld Help Me Get Even 阳间被喷，阴间粉丝帮我找场子 Rehab Expert复健达人Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Funny and lighthearted + playing a ghost + scaring people and ghosts alike + horror livestream + no female lead + top-tier star of the underworld + reverse brainwashing + misunderstandings + ghostly illusions] Shen Si is an obscure actor who loves performing but has mediocre acting skills. In other people’s eyes, he’s a strange, awkward speaker with stiff limbs who crawls faster than he runs. One day, he receives a script and enters a supernatural film set. Here, his awkwardness is because he’s 14.3kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves
20. 620 恐 The Haunted Hotel: The Cursed Female Guest 恐怖旅馆：被诅咒的女房客 An Xu Jiuhe Xia Shao安墟九河下梢Mystery136k WordsCompleted Dugu Yi inherited his family's Yin-Yang Inn. It was no ordinary inn: it connected the worlds of the living and the dead, and specialized in accommodating "special" female tenants, all ghosts who had died unjustly or with grievances unresolved. Dugu Yi's task was to help these ghosts fulfill their unfinished wishes so they could finally rest. The first tenant was a young woman who had been murdered after a scumbag tricked her out of her money and seduced her. Using his family's secret Yin-Yang ar —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Is this okay? 🤔🥰👍😎

21. 621 一 One Haunting a Day 一日一诡 Spring Rain in the South, Winter Snow in the North南春雨北冬雪Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing Like people, supernatural entities can be good or bad, so the author can’t promise that every story will have an off-the-charts scare factor that keeps you up at night. The only guarantee is that all the stories are entirely fictional. If anything seems familiar, you’re on your own! 356Reads—Score101Shelves

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    Like a modern version of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, it features all sorts of unbelievable and terrifying stories that will keep you awake at night!

22. 622 规 Rule Horror: All My Teammates Are Crazy 规则怪谈：我的队友全是神经病 Fishing on the River of Forgetfulness忘川河上捕鱼Mystery589k WordsCompleted [The main CP is a male-male couple] [Romance] [Supernatural horror] [Social satire] [Mystery and deduction] [CPs include both men and women] The God-Sealing Game has descended on this planet for the second time. No one knows who will succeed in becoming a god this time and become a legend for future generations. The mysterious Andrew Card seems like a divine gift, yet something about it feels sinister. Zzzzt A sudden burst of static swept through everyone's minds. [Humanity's God-Sealing Plan in 77Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Seriously, nobody recommends this book? I'm raving about it! It's different from traditional infinite flow novels; there's no live streaming, no national destiny, and no cheat codes. Plus, every story has real-life counterparts! For example, domestic violence, school bullying, PUA, etc. You really should check it out! Why isn't anyone recommending this?! After reading the first story, you're struck by how many bad people there are in the world, but good people and justice will never be absent. Then, the second story shows you that justice not only might be absent, but it might also lean towards evil. It's incredibly good! Please, please read it! I'm so afraid the author might disappear one day, so I'm constantly begging for updates. And this is the only novel I've ever tipped!

23. 623 散 Ghosts in Pieces 散装见鬼 Tian Yucao田雨草Mystery174k WordsCompleted Do you believe there are ghosts in this world? I think that question is as impossible to answer as whether there are dragons in this world. The answer you hear most often is: Believe in them, and they exist. Don’t believe in them, and they don’t. But if you ask me, my answer is simple: Yes! Not because I believe, but because I can see them. Of course, I wasn’t able to see them from birth. It all goes back to the strange experience I had when I was six... 32Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A Chinese-style ghost story, highly recommended!!

24. 624 直 Exorcism Caught on Livestream: A Socially Anxious Streamer Joins Bureau 749 直播撞邪，社恐主播入职749局 Lucky Flying Bear幸运小飞熊Mystery88k WordsCompleted There are countless invisible "boundaries" in this world. They are cracks between dimensions, buffer zones between life and death, and hazy regions between reality and nightmares. And human obsessions, fear, resentment, and love, are the hammers that strike these cracks. When a crack is broken open, things from the other side come through, and things on this side turn into monsters. Bureau 749 is a state-secret agency hidden behind the sign of a "meteorological bureau." Its sole mission is to gu —Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 625 规 Bizarre Rules: Beginning with the Eerie Dream of the Red Chamber 规则怪诞，从诡异红楼梦开始 Gazing at the Moon, Longing for Home望月思乡归Mystery265k WordsCompleted After entering the world of Dream of the Red Chamber, he discovers that the entire Jia household is trapped in a set of uncanny rules. Say the wrong thing, and fish scales grow on your throat. Eat the wrong food, and ghosts will knock on your door in the middle of the night. It isn't until the protagonist sees that Lin Daiyu's tears can temporarily block the rules that the two recognize each other amid the strange horrors filling the mansion. Now they must decipher the death rules hidden in poe 267Reads—Score110Shelves
26. 626 开 From the Start as a Little Demon? I Smash the Hall of King Yama to Defy Fate 开局成小妖？怒砸阎王殿逆天改命 Bubble Pepper泡泡辣椒Eastern Fantasy136k WordsOngoing A mildly terrifying journey through branching timelines. Are you ready? “Inside the bridal shop, the once-cozy pink walls began to writhe. Plump mold worms wriggled out through the cracks, one after another. The clerk's smile never changed. It was like a frozen mask, sending chills down your spine. She reached out to grab me. ‘Let... me... help you... shed... your skin.’” [CULT + branching timelines + mild horror + no saintly protagonist + slow start + supernatural + dreamcore + SAN loss + inf —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one's a bit crazy; it'll be interesting if your brainwaves match up 😄 Chinese horror + supernatural + sadomasochistic, how about it? "Inside the wedding dress shop, the once warm pink walls began to writhe, and fat mold worms crawled out from the cracks. The shop assistant's smile remained unchanged, a smile like a frozen mask, sending chills down your spine. She reached out and grabbed, 'I... Will help you... Peel... Your skin.'" 🎃Travel through multiple timelines, embarking on a slightly thrilling dream-seeking journey✨ 💥Multiple elements: CULT + Multi-timeline + Slightly thrilling + No Mary Sue + Slow-burn start + Supernatural + Dream core + SAN drop + Infinite 😎

27. 627 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
28. 628 无 Infinite Reincarnation: Survival Begins with the Stone Village 无限轮回：求生从石村号开始 I Want to Eat Bread要吃面包Mystery5.5M WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow + Death Rewind + Horror Games + No Female Lead + Survival] Survive for 24 hours in one of three worlds, Silent Hill, Raccoon City, or the USG Ishimura, and you can win 100 million. Mu Xing thought the pop-up was a prank and casually clicked the dialogue box, only to be transported to the perilous USG Ishimura. Fortunately, he gained the ability to loop infinitely, giving him chance after chance to find a way to survive by dying and rewinding. When he finally managed to escape the 31.9kReads8.7Score3.3kShelves
29. 629 女 A Female Ghost Shows Up Pregnant, and You Say You're a Proper Daoist? 女鬼怀孕上门你说你是正经道士？ Fined Into Bankruptcy for Being Handsome因帅被罚破产Mystery4.1M WordsOngoing [Mystery Solving] [Ghost Stories] [Chinese Folk Traditions] Su Yun is an heir to the Yin-Yang School, one of the pre-Qin traditions. Introduced by an acquaintance, he went on a blind date and met his girlfriend. After they broke up, Su Yun prepared to turn her into a zombie. Just as the process was nearly complete on the seventh day, a policewoman burst in and arrested him for murder. Su Yun: “I'm innocent! My ex-girlfriend was a flight attendant, fair-skinned, beautiful, and long-legged. Why wo 221kReads9.1Score23.8kShelves
30. 630 惊 Horror Descends: A Yandere Female Corpse Forces Me Into a Ghost Marriage 惊悚降临：被病娇女尸强绑阴亲 Dazed Sticky Rice Meep呆呆糯米咩Two Female Leads279k WordsOngoing (The rating just came in, and it will definitely go up! I promise!) [Mind control + both leads are chaste + intensely possessive love + yandere + 1v1 + a touch of supernatural horror] [Yandere, gloomy female ghost × intelligent, reincarnating female lead] Never seek shelter in a remote village's mourning hall on a stormy night. If you do, don't get curious and look at the thin-skinned coffin behind the white curtain. In a village deep in the mountains of western Hunan, there is a rule passed dow 29.8kReads7.3Score5.9kShelves
31. 631 我 My Years Learning to Catch Ghosts 我学捉鬼的那些年 Just Loves Drinking Milk就爱喝牛奶Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted People can get away with all sorts of things, but greed is one thing they must avoid, especially when it comes to things inside a coffin. And greed was exactly where I went wrong. If you covet money, it can cost you your life! They dug a red-lacquered coffin out of a construction site, and I thought I'd found a priceless antique. If I'd known what would happen afterward, I wouldn't have gone anywhere near it even if they killed me... 762Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 632 我 I Pretended to Be a Master for Fifteen Years, Then I Really Met a Ghost 我装了十五年大师，真撞鬼了 Are You an Elephant?你是大象吗Mystery263k WordsOngoing [Folklore Mystery + Chinese-Style Horror + Deduction + No Female Lead + A Tight-Knit Trio] My name is Han Ye. I've been pretending to be a master for fifteen years. I read the feng shui of burial sites, exorcise spirits, summon souls, and relay messages from the dead. If the pay is good enough, there's no job I won't take. Everyone says I can communicate with the world of the dead and understand ghosts and spirits. Only I know the truth: I have no idea whether ghosts even exist. I only know 12.8kReads—Score980Shelves
33. 633 末 Doomsday Artisan: Slay the Wraiths and Strengthen All Things 末日手艺人：斩诡强化万物 Listening to the Wind, Leaving Space听风留白Rural Life507k WordsOngoing [Doomsday Farming] [Shelter] [Hardcore Crafting] [No Female Lead] My name is Gu Man. I transmigrated here. I opened my eyes to a sky shrouded in gray mist and strange creatures everywhere. The one bit of good news: I can enhance anything. My focus is hardcore crafting. Everything is made by hand. "So... why did you steal those two pieces of underwear I was wearing?" "A craftsman's work can't be called stealing. I borrowed them!" "I'm developing a new weapon. Your F-cup breasts can fit two high- 347.7kReads8.3Score50.8kShelves
34. 634 麻 The Divine Fortune-Teller in the Linen Robe 麻衣神算子 Horseback Fishing骑马钓鱼Mystery7.4M WordsCompleted My grandfather taught me everything he knew about fortune-telling, but after I read three people’s fortunes, he left me. From then on, I didn’t just tell the fortunes of the living... 43.7kReads9.2Score3.8kShelves

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    Absolutely excellent!!

35. 635 忘 The Tribulation of the Forgotten River 忘川劫 Jiu Lu Feixiang九鹭非香Ancient Romance172k WordsCompleted [“Cold and ruthless God of War” Moxi VS “Heartless Stone Spirit” Sansheng] “If you can catch me, I’ll be yours!” She is the Three-Life Spirit Stone by the River of Forgetfulness, beside the other shore’s flowers, guiding souls through the consequences of their deeds. He is the renowned God of War of the Nine Heavens, with no room for personal feelings, devoted only to all living beings. A stone has no heart, and a warrior no tenderness. Though they are worlds apart, a casual remark binds them to 28.4kReads9.6Score3.7kShelves
36. 636 不 After Running Into Ghosts Again and Again, I Gave Up 不断撞鬼后我摆烂了 Lotus Color莲华色Two Male Leads241k WordsCompleted [1v1 Pure Sweetness + Campus + Supernatural Mystery + Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy + Satisfying Comeback] [A long-haired top with an “extreme yang constitution,” wickedly scheming as he keeps his sweetheart close × a bottom with an “extreme yin constitution” who can see ghosts and spirits and is relentlessly hunted] Qi Huaijin thought he was just an ordinary college student. Everything changed the day the yellow jade pendant he’d worn around his neck since childhood, never once taking it off, shattered 6.3kReads9.5Score809Shelves
37. 637 惊 The Horror Game Is Too Hard? Huohuo, I Only Want Joy! 惊悚游戏太难？花火我只要欢愉！ Sweet Tofu Pudding with Extra Sugar甜豆腐脑再加点糖Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [Mind games + fireworks + madness + infinite flow] I am Sparkle, but I am not Sparkle. I am in a world of despair. When the heavens and earth are torn open by an indescribable, mysterious force and countless “abominations from beyond” descend, humanity’s fate is forced into a horror game. Slaughter, monsters, abyssal dungeons, illusions, eerie towers... Every time someone clears a game, a new Cthulhu entity may step into reality. Everyone is fighting to survive. But amid all this despair, I’m l 2.2kReads9.2Score252Shelves

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    This is a rare gem! [Suspense + Gaming + Supernatural + High IQ + Supernatural + Thriller + Live Stream] Unparalleled plot, unimaginable imagination, various unexpected twists, surprises, tense and exciting yet logically rigorous, making it a masterpiece. The interpretation of "fireworks" is even more impressive, leaving readers with endless feelings. A masterpiece!

38. 638 嘘 Hush! It's Here 嘘！它来了 Xi Han玺晗Mystery472k WordsCompleted Stray cats appear on campus, awakening a curse of murder sealed away for fifty years. Long ago, cats protected the school by killing rats, but when their numbers grew too large, they were burned alive. Their resentment coalesced into a nine-lived shadow cat. It uses humans to wreak havoc, draining the vitality of the living in a blood sacrifice to avenge its burning. Strange incidents, gruesome deaths, vengeful spirits demanding lives night after night: the only way to survive is to destroy all 182Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is great; the plot is fast-paced and doesn't drag.

39. 639 阴 Yin-Yang Paranormal Investigator 阴阳恐怖调查员 Yaoshan Jun杳山君Mystery300k WordsCompleted [Two male leads x supernatural horror x suspense x folklore] To stay alive, he signs a contract of servitude and becomes a paranormal investigator serving both the underworld and the human world. From a male corpse covered in white fungus, to paper figures coming back to life, a twin-soul evil spirit, ghostly shadows in the morgue, and vengeful spirits in an abandoned village... He never expected that it had all been a chess game arranged by Yan Fei, one that began tens of thousands of years ago 246Reads—Score100Shelves

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    Chinese horror, terrifying, gives you goosebumps

40. 640 僧 Monks Don't Give Their Names, Daoists Don't Speak of Their Lifespans, but I Can Exorcise Ghosts 僧不言名道不言寿但我会驱鬼 Practice What You Preach坐言起行Rural Life1.4M WordsCompleted He was nearly buried alive at birth. The venerable Taoist Zhang Jiuye defied fate and changed his destiny, but in doing so planted a curse: he was fated to face three tribulations. At sixteen, he was summoned to call back a soul, then fought the Five Plague Gods by night, only to have his spirit dragged into a temple in the underworld! At nineteen, his life-and-death trial arrived, and beneath the Laojun Temple, a mysterious stone slab sealed away for a thousand years was unearthed... Other peop 1.5kReads8.6Score140Shelves

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    Pure Chinese supernatural

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