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. 401 深 Midnight Nightmare 深夜噩梦 Idiom for the Deaf成语接聋Mystery959k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow] [Hell Difficulty] [Original Dungeons] [Multiple Twists] Note: The dungeons are extremely difficult, so proceed with caution. The first two are only warm-ups. They say that “Ghost Eyes” can see a person’s “good and evil.” Wang Cheng was born with a pair of Ghost Eyes. But he discovered that this claim didn’t tell the whole story. Because Ghost Eyes can see more than people. They can also see cats, dogs, houses, mountains, and rivers… Or perhaps a strangely lifelike doll, or an old 54.8kReads9.4Score8.2kShelves

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   🍃The first Chinese horror + suspense + copy, 324,000 people are reading it! The weird story behind the embroidered shoes is cautious for those who are timid, and the plot is high-energy and will definitely make your hair stand on end. [Get it] 🍃The second book is a horror nightmare + suspenseful imagination + no harem. The protagonist is born with ghost eyes and can see things that ordinary people cannot see. The atmosphere is full of horror.

2. 402 我 Part-Time Ghost Tamer in Another World 我在异界做兼职御鬼师 The Little Dwarf Strikes Back进击的小矮人Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + ancient setting + xianxia + supernatural + ghost taming + System + multiple heroines] My name is Chen An. I died. But then I came back to life. When I woke up, I discovered that I was no longer in my original world. Here, there are not only martial artists beyond ordinary human limits, but also people who can control ghosts. At first, all I wanted was to survive in this world. Then I met a ghost bride who called me her husband, and everything began heading in an unpredict 267Reads5.9Score—Shelves

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   Human fat candles, ghost brides, deceitful ghosts, dungeons, everything you want is available

3. 403 民 Tales of the Supernatural 民间怪谈录 Qu Gaofeng曲高峰Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Rural Horror Stories + Anthology + Folk Horror Tales + Chinese Supernatural] Supernatural happenings are most likely to occur in mountain villages, and the stories we've heard may well have really happened. In the eerie night wind, Granny Hao, the midwife who receives the dead, is like a messenger from the underworld, guiding the spirits of helpless mothers and children home. Locust trees commune with spirits, and poplars attract yin energy. Beneath the village's ancient trees lie secrets that 1.3kReads8.9Score105Shelves

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   It's no exaggeration to say that after reading this book, I didn't even dare to go to the toilet, and every sound outside the door was like a reminder! [Thinking][thinking]

4. 404 我 I Evolved Billions of Curses 我进化了亿万诅咒 Soda Sea Salt Crackers苏打海盐饼干Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Chinese-Style Horror + Twists + Humans Scaring Ghosts] The supernatural returned, ferocious ghosts broke loose, and unimaginable horrors appeared in the real world. As night fell over the city, nightmares engulfed everyone. Jiang Fan gained the power to develop abilities by studying ghosts. As long as he kept scaring them, he could become the greatest terror in the darkness. The more terrified they were, the greater the power he gained. Then he discovered that his potential had been unleas 12.4kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves

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   I originally wanted to improve my strength by scaring ghosts, but I turned the supernatural resurrection into a terrifying night of hundreds of ghosts. When the evil spirits shouted, "This generation of humans is too difficult to lead"... After all, this title of horror master cannot be shaken off. "

5. 405 空 The Empty Grave 空坟 Red Phantom红幽灵Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Don't mess with the mirror in the house! After my favorite mirror disappeared, I began to fear the light. The doctor said I was allergic to sunlight, and I thought I was just sick. Until one day... I saw... my own grave! 1.3kReads9.0Score153Shelves
6. 406 规 Rule Horror: Don't Look Back During 72 Hours in the Dorm 规则怪谈：宿舍72小时不要回头 North Wind, One River北风一川Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted A word of warning: this is terrifying, so timid readers beware. (No female lead, no cheats, no romance, game instances, infinite flow, horror, mystery) Eight university students who returned to campus early found a mysterious sheet of rules in their empty dormitory building: Rule One: No matter what strange “person” you see, don’t cry out or scream. Rule Two: No matter who calls you from behind, don’t turn around or answer. Rule Three: One of you is an impostor who will eat people in the middle 5.7kReads6.0Score475Shelves

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   You can take a look, you can take a look

7. 407 猛 The Bride of the Vengeful Ghost 猛鬼新娘 Lampwick灯草Mystery417k WordsCompleted When I was sixteen, I rescued a woman who had been tricked into coming to our village, simply because I wanted to help. I never imagined that my actions would not only get the poor woman killed, but also lead to the deaths of more than a hundred villagers. And so my strange life began. 3kReads9.0Score238Shelves
8. 408 荒 Tales of a Haunted Village 荒村怪谈录 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery304k WordsCompleted [Rural Mysteries + Folk Customs + Chinese-Style Horror + Feng Shui and the Supernatural + Anthology + Shocking Twists] There is an old well in Jiulitun that has been sealed for thirty years, and one eerie incident after another keeps occurring. Why has a little girl become unbelievably strong and deranged? Why do villagers keep drowning, and why is the village taboo so difficult to speak of? It all goes back thirty years... 293Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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   ❗❗These two novels are amazing! The beginning is high-energy, full of Chinese horror, super interesting folk metaphysics, no CP, pure excitement, catch up!

9. 409 尸 The Corpse Mother 尸母 Lanruo Temple兰若寺Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Every year on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, a lantern made of human skin appears in the mass grave on Shiping Mountain. A little girl carrying a skull follows behind it at a leisurely pace. The girl is named Qiyue. Born with a corpse-bound yin fate, she has spent her life searching for the truth about her Corpse Mother’s past. When all the evidence points to a mysterious ghost village...! 52Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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   I've seen this

10. 410 十 The Fragrance of Corpses for Ten Miles 十里尸香 Eight of Spades黑桃八Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted 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. 3.1kReads8.2Score282Shelves
11. 411 鬼 The Ghost Child 鬼娃儿 Lanruo Temple兰若寺Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted I was born only after my mother died! I've known since childhood that I'm a living corpse! Everyone in the village calls me a ghost child! The words I've heard most often since I was little are: “Stay away from that monster! She might eat you!” 133Reads8.0Score—Shelves
12. 412 下 What Will the Next Story Be? 下一个故事会是什么？ The Wind Dragonfly Understands风蜻解意Mystery417k WordsCompleted A collection of episodic stories based on personal experiences. First person, rural life, the supernatural, mildly frightening, and terrifying when you think it over... episodic stories. The damp villages of the south conceal supernatural tales colder than snakes. Open this book, and you’ll enter a graveyard of memories: a forgotten puppy leaves muddy paw prints on a rainy night; the withered vines of gossip tighten around a young girl’s neck; a blond doll by the roadside carries a curse that cl 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is not cliché! Southern horror!!!

13. 413 诡 The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 319.1kReads9.5Score38.4kShelves

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    Please, you must read these novels. Oh my god, they are really good books. The benefits are really worth reading. Especially the first one, where the protagonist is decisive and decisive in killing and has the highest IQ. The Death of the Virgin is so to my liking.

14. 414 北 Northern Horse Notes 北马笔记 Extra Numbing, Extra Spicy Malatang麻辣烫多麻多辣Mystery193k WordsCompleted The Five Immortals of the Northeast are chiefly the Hu, Huang, Chang, Mang, and Hui. After cultivating their powers and attaining the Dao, they descend the mountains to take disciples, borrowing their bodies to do good deeds among humans and earn their way to ascension. This story is told in the first person. 309Reads8.8Score—Shelves
15. 415 广 Those Years of Exorcising Evil in Guangdong 广东驱邪那些年 The One and Only Qingcheng Wu倾城武本尊Mystery253k WordsOngoing Three decades, dozens of regions, and hundreds of exorcisms A true account of the tumultuous, terrifying lives of two generations of ghost hunters Behind every supernatural incident lies a heartbreaking story... Behind every story is a long-buried secret, unknown to others: things they cannot bear to leave behind, cannot let go of, partings from those they love, and resentment that endures... (Anthology, no System, no immortal cultivation, grounded in reality, a modern-day Strange Tales from a C 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It meets your requirements. It is composed of unit stories and the content is real. It is almost like a memoir. The master and the apprentice go to catch ghosts in various areas. Each story is very weird and scary. It is very interesting. It does not have the mess of systematic cultivation of immortality. It is highly recommended.

16. 416 大 First-Year Internship—And You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters?! 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 Gaara's Sand我爱罗的沙Urban3.9M WordsOngoing [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 610.2kReads9.5Score57.7kShelves
17. 417 北 Secrets of the Northern Steed 北马秘闻 Traveling Through the Dark黑灯瞎火去赶路Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted After spending seven years in a daze as a fool, I was told by the Yellow Immortal that I had a spirit altar within me, and that my origins were far from ordinary. From then on, I set out on the Northern Ma path. 18kReads8.5Score3.3kShelves
18. 418 山 A Country Bumpkin Comes to the City, Nothing Is Off-Limits 山炮进城，百无禁忌 Misty Rain and Gentle Breeze烟雨轻风Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Dapao guards the village. Evil spirits stay away, and a hundred ghosts give it a wide berth! Chen Dapao was born and his parents died. At four, he sent off all twenty-four members of his clan. Raised on meals provided by the villagers, he leaves for the city after guarding his village for eighteen years... His motto in life: Make money, make money, and make more money; chase women, chase women, and chase more women... Now, please join us in enjoying this rare and refreshingly unconventional nove 12.5kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves

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    Check it out. It's super funny and you know how to do it. The key is to get better at it. Listening to books is even better. You are welcome to give it a try. Maybe you will like it! [Grieved][vomit][almost crying]

19. 419 天 Daily Yin-Yang Eyes: Memoirs of a Spirit Medium! 天天阴阳眼，出马回忆录！ Mu Nan Is a Cat木楠是只猫Mystery285k WordsCompleted A childhood blood-brotherhood oath opened the door to a whole new world! I unexpectedly discovered that I had the Yin-Yang Eyes! A jade pendant took a calamity meant for me, then mysteriously shattered! My aunt brought a whole hall of immortals to recruit me as their spirit medium! A nine-tailed fox stayed by my side. Let’s see how I stay true to my original purpose! A collection of eerie tales from my years as a spirit medium! 670Reads7.3Score—Shelves
20. 420 规 Rule Horror: My Family Isn't Normal 规则怪谈：我的家人不正常 White Beard白胡子Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Horror + mystery + livestream + national fate + System] The supernatural returns, and rule-based horror games invade countries around the world. As one chosen by fate, Zhou Bai represents the Great Xia Kingdom in a horror game. The first scenario is a family of four. [You live with your wife and your parents. But remember, there are only three people in your home.] [You can trust your wife, unless she takes off her red hair clip.] [You and your wife have never had a child. If you hear a baby cr 49.4kReads9.4Score6.7kShelves

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    The scores are pretty high. I haven't finished reading it yet but many people recommend it.

21. 421 祖 Ancestral Secret Arts: I Alone Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 祖传秘术：我一人镇百鬼 Immortal Qiao乔大仙Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing In 1999, on the eve of the new century, a young man named Lu Ming drowned during a bizarre outing to the countryside. Yet his soul did not depart. Instead, it was drawn by a mysterious force back to his old home in a remote mountain village. He discovered that this seemingly ordinary ancestral home was actually a secret base belonging to the Yin-Yang Lu Clan, a family whose secrets had been passed down for generations. The Lu family were reclusive heirs to arts such as divination, exorcism and t —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    🌿🌿🌿 [The best supernatural novel I have found recently] The story progresses reasonably, with constant twists and turns, and the characters are three-dimensional. I like the protagonist very much. I guarantee that you will not be able to stop after reading it, and you will still have more to say.

22. 422 靠 You Need Me to Survive? I'm an NPC, Not a Player! 靠我存活？我是NPC不是玩家哦 Sui Sui Er岁岁儿Mystery782k WordsCompleted Wu Le is a murderous NPC in a horror game, rotating through different scenarios to "work"! Wu Le is free-spirited and willful. Deceiving players, playing tricks on them, and terrifying them are all part of her daily routine. Sometimes she likes to disguise herself as a player, getting a close look at the evil in people's hearts. She gives players hope, then crushes it completely, enjoying the look of despair on their faces. Other times, she plays the part of a proper horror NPC, hunting down pla 27.7kReads9.3Score3.7kShelves

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    It's really scary.

23. 423 非 The Abnormal Female Celestial Master 非正常女天师 The Girl Who Swallows Ghosts吞鬼的女孩Mystery5.8M WordsCompleted Everyone says foreigners are superstitious. If they bully you, all you have to do is mutter strange things and wave your hands at them, and you can scare them off. After Wan Sui was set up by her own family and stranded abroad, she faced a gang of thugs. She copied Uncle Jiu from the movies and made a few hand seals. To her surprise, they really did run away in terror. Someone looking for a bit of excitement recorded the scene and posted it back home. Wan Sui became an overnight sensation online 12.1kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves

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    It is said that foreigners are superstitious. When being bullied by them, you can scare them away by just making blind gestures at them. Wansui was framed by her relatives and lived abroad. When faced with a group of gangsters, she imitated Uncle Jiu in the movie and performed a few tricks, but she didn't expect that the gangsters were really scared away. This scene was recorded by the perpetrators and posted to the country. Wan Sui suddenly became popular on the intranet. Who knew that within a few days, she would also become famous on the Internet because all those gangsters were really dead. "I really don't know magic, nor do I know how to tell fortunes, exorcise evil spirits, or read Feng Shui. You have to believe me!"

24. 424 鬼 Ghost Corpse Refining, Bearer of a Deadly Fate 鬼炼尸，背命人 Jie Yu界玉Mystery533k WordsCompleted Song Yuanqing is a former soldier. After leaving the military, he turned down a government-assigned job and chose instead to become an adventure tour guide. Because of the dangers of the profession, people like him are also called “edgewalkers,” meaning they are always walking on the brink of death. In just a few short years, Song Yuanqing has guided clients through the Amazon rainforest and into Lop Nur, the “Sea of Death.” He has also traversed the Bewitched Marsh of Wawu Mountain, known as th 1.9kReads9.3Score237Shelves
25. 425 鬼 Ghost Incense 鬼上香 Big Brother Xuanyi玄一哥哥Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted People eat food, while ghosts catch its scent! Every trade has its own rules and fate, and mine is downright horrifying. My name is Han Yiding. I was born from the belly of a corpse, a corpse-born infant. I also have a master who looks like a con artist. Whenever I think of that old man, he hardly seems like some great master. You ask who founded our sect? Ever heard of Lü Dongbin? A renowned master who cultivated both Buddhism and Taoism. But enough explaining. This child born from a corpse is 554Reads8.1Score152Shelves
26. 426 听 Grandma’s Ghost Stories 听奶奶讲灵异故事 When in Rome, Be at Ease来之则安之啊Mystery196k WordsCompleted I was raised by my grandmother. The bedtime stories I heard as a child were all supernatural events she had experienced herself. They scared me so badly I was afraid to go to the bathroom, but I could never resist listening to the end. What I didn't know was that the more stories I heard, the more likely they were to come true, and that I had plenty of secrets of my own. 175Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    Chinese horror! Absolutely Chinese

27. 427 丧 When the Funeral Dance Begins, the Living Must Flee 丧舞起，活人避 Fang Zhihe Yue-方知鹤月-Mystery246k WordsOngoing The Red Luan chapter of The Book of a Thousand Autumns, also known as Red Luan Ferry [Folk Professions + Southern Yunnan Mysticism + Paranormal Folklore + Strange Tales] I was supposed to die when I was six, but I joined a sect to prolong my life. A folk sect in southern Yunnan: warding off evil spirits and guiding the dead. There are countless rules and taboos in our line of work. “When the funeral dance begins, the living must stay away.” When the funeral dance is performed, the living must tu 115Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's very Chinese. The background is in rural areas. You know the supernatural folk customs.

28. 428 开 Starting Out in a Mass Grave, She Builds Her Fortune Catching Ghosts 开局乱葬岗，她靠抓鬼发家致富 Qing Zhu青杼Ancient Romance623k WordsOngoing [Everyone's favorite + no romance + friends growing together + lighthearted] Ye Wan, a gifted young master of the arcane arts, was leisurely running her remodeled escape room when someone framed her and a bolt of heavenly lightning blasted her to smithereens. To protect this last surviving scion, the founding patriarch spent all his accumulated merit shielding her as she transmigrated to another world. When she opened her eyes, she found herself dumped in a mass grave. Luckily, she still had 26Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    When she was pushing and pushing, just when she opened her eyes, a red hat was pressed towards her head, and she subconsciously avoided it. "Oh, Little Red Riding Hood, isn't this your favorite thing? Put it on quickly?" The woman in front of her was about forty years old, wearing a white apron with dots of oil stains on it. Anyone who saw it would think she was just an ordinary housewife. But her face was thin, her cheekbones were prominent, and there was no flesh on her face. It looked like a shriveled skull wrapped in skin, which was terrifying.

29. 429 伪 Strange Tales of the Impostors 伪人诡录 A Plastic Person一只塑料人Mystery720k WordsCompleted [Uncanny Horror + Lovecraftian Terror + Impostors + A Ghost Wife to Raise + Madness + Exorcism Through Materialism. No cultivation, no System. One heroine, but female supporting characters too. Read with caution if that's not your thing.] Think carefully about everyone you saw today. Can you be sure that “they” were all human? Don't panic. There's no need to answer too quickly. First, take a deep breath and try to recall the unnatural details. For example, someone repeatedly greeting you with th 7kReads8.9Score600Shelves

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    I feel pretty good, at least I'm really writing towards horror. It's not about writing cool articles in a horror guise

30. 430 在 Delivering Takeout in the Underworld Made Me a Sensation, and the King of Hell Can’t Take It 在地府送外卖爆火，阎王坐不住了 Yan Xi Takes Flight放飞的颜晞Modern Romance373k WordsCompleted [Mysticism + feel-good power fantasy + doting romance] Her Taoist temple goes bankrupt under a mountain of debt, forcing disciple Chu Yu to leave the mountain and take a job to pay it off. To her surprise, she’s suddenly recruited as an underworld delivery driver. The underworld delivery service can travel between the realms of the living and the dead, and even pass through the realms of gods, immortals, demons, and monsters. So: She delivers a spicy hotpot to the Ghost King, who gives her an 951Reads9.1Score160Shelves
31. 431 恐 Terror Era: Starting as a Tomb Keeper 恐怖时代，从成为守墓人开始 Ghost God Yama鬼神阎罗Mystery3.2M WordsOngoing [Reborn] + [Eerie] + [Underworld Official Ranks] + [Ghost Control] + [A Little Farming] + [Tomb Construction] An era of terror descended, and a death game began. This was a world where ghost controllers and the eerie coexisted. In his previous life, Chu Qing had been on the verge of becoming the First-Rank Underworld Official, King Chujiang. He was reborn in the future, back to the very beginning of the eerie era. The old rules were on the verge of collapse. Who would rule the dark dawn? Chu Qin 81.3kReads8.9Score7.2kShelves
32. 432 抱 Sorry, I’m Crazy. Keep Your Weirdness Away 抱歉，我有疯病，诡异勿扰 Hot Pot Tripe火锅涮毛肚Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Dark Fairy Tales + Horror Game + Livestream + Hilarious + No Romance + Unconventional Ending] My name is Shi Yu, and I'm mentally ill. One moment I was asleep, and the next I had been transported into a horror game called “Little Red Riding Hood.” Black smoke was rising from Mom's head, and the cake meant for Grandma had been mixed with an unidentified kind of minced meat... The game was being livestreamed to the entire world in real time. People watched in astonishment as, while the other p 24.9kReads9.3Score3.3kShelves
33. 433 鬼 Ghostly Eyes 鬼灵瞳 Little Master小师傅Mystery931k WordsCompleted A reclusive man known as Little Master, along with several strange people brought together by coincidence but united by their shared interests, gradually uncovers a history buried for many years: the five great clans of the ancient world and the Yin-Yang adepts who could do anything. It seems that fate has long been leading them into one thrilling fantasy adventure after another... 1.3kReads9.1Score103Shelves

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    😱😱😱It's really scary, don't try it easily if you are timid

34. 434 惊 Thriller Game: This Doctor Is More Terrifying Than Ghosts 惊悚游戏：这个医生比鬼恐怖 Sliding-Step Expert滑步高手Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted The paranormal is on the rise, and horror games are invading reality. The genius doctor Li Fei is accidentally drawn into a game. With the Ghost Doctor System at his side, he devotes himself heart and soul to medicine, gradually building his clinic into a thriving business. The Slit-Mouthed Woman: “I only went in for a checkup for a cold, and he sewed my mouth shut the moment I walked in!” The Red Wedding Dress: “I only turned him down, but he insisted I had a fear of men!” The Ghost Lady: “He t 14.7kReads8.8Score1.9kShelves

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    Underworld ghosts evolve and inherit in an orderly manner. The third part may cause increased risk.

35. 435 玄 Metaphysics Livestream: I Accidentally Went Viral in the Human and Underworld 玄学直播：一不小心爆红人间地府 Rong Shi容时Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + livestreaming + fortune-telling + ghost hunting + episodic stories + absurd comedy] After graduating from college, Xu Qingyin inherits her grandmother’s incense shop. By day, hardly any living customers come in. By night, ghosts arrive one after another. To make the shop better known, Xu Qingyin starts livestreaming fortune-telling sessions. She never expects every client to be a total mess. · An old ghost has nothing decent to wear because his grandson burned fake, shoddy offeri 1.1kReads8.5Score141Shelves
36. 436 北 Tales from the Northern Horsemen 北马见闻录 Traveling Through the Dark黑灯瞎火去赶路Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted I’m a spirit medium. What do I need brains for? As long as I’m stubborn enough, those weasels can’t get the better of me. This is a story full of blood and heart, and the legend of a spirit medium’s life. Whether it’s life or human nature, the wise will eventually find the answers meant for them. A record of strange encounters, and half the history of the Ma family. Folk legends, chilling mysteries, and uncanny wonders, all within... 4.7kReads8.9Score407Shelves

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    Take a look at these? Feel it carefully, they are all very beautiful.

37. 437 三 The Three Corpse Tongues 三尸语 Li Ziyuan李子源Mystery43k WordsOngoing A thousand years ago, Laozi Li Er traveled west through Hangu Pass and transformed the barbarians into Buddhas. He later passed down the Dao De Jing to posterity before vanishing in a rainbow. The Dao De Jing was divided into three volumes: Heaven, Earth, and Humanity. They have been fought over by later generations ever since, and the turmoil continues to this day. 355Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These are pretty good, scary but not that scary

38. 438 惊 Horrifying! The Haunted House That Claims Lives 惊悚！索命凶宅 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Mystery905k WordsCompleted After moving into a haunted house, I discovered the secret behind a murder. I'm a suspense writer. After moving into my new home, I discovered it was a murder house! I stumbled upon some hidden clues that seemed to point to rumors of a murder from years ago! At night, beneath the bright moonlight, I stared in shock at a horribly disfigured face! A woman's rotting corpse was hanging from a tree outside the window! A little boy in a black-and-white photograph, a dried corpse sealed inside a wall, 6.8kReads9.1Score542Shelves
39. 439 怨 The Vengeful Ghost Curse 怨诡咒 Little Old Steed小老骥Mystery418k WordsCompleted (Traditional supernatural horror + No System + Not a power fantasy + Deduction + Suspense) My coworker died. He died in his own bathtub. By the time the police arrived at his home, his corpse had already begun to rot and stink. His limbs had been gnawed down to the bone, and the coroner found undigested flesh in his stomach. That very night, I received a WeChat message from my dead coworker. It said I was next... 25.7kReads8.6Score2.3kShelves
40. 440 规 Rule Horror: The Haunted Dormitory 规则怪谈：诡异寝室 Happy Chubby Otaku Tang Xiaotang快乐肥宅唐小糖Mystery146k WordsCompleted [System + Horror + Loops + Mind-Bending] The supernatural returns, and tales of the uncanny descend upon the world. Asleep, Ye Nanxi is pulled into a world of eerie stories by a piercing shriek. Here, winning earns you a million in cash. Losing costs you your life. The first scenario is a dormitory. [Please read the rules carefully.] [Wang Niannian, Wen Bai, Zhou Ke, Jiang Ning, Pei Zhaoyue, and you share a dorm room. But there are only five people in the room.] [You can trust Wang Niannian unco 531Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    The first one is super good, I highly recommend it. The second one is unfinished, but some of it is good, and some of it is not so good. I have skipped it, but I recommend it. The third one is being read now, it is very easy to get into, (some plots), I recommend it, give it a look, you can skip the boring parts.

41. 441 三 Speak No Words of the Three Corpses 三尸勿语 Waiting for the Wind to Come等风来呦Mystery354k WordsCompleted When someone dies far from home and a practitioner uses magic to make the corpse rise, it is called corpse-driving. People have three hun and seven po souls; corpses have three corpse spirits and nine worms. To drive a corpse that died unjustly, one must first subdue the spirits of its three corpses. When the dead pass by, the living must keep away! 72Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 442 夜 Ghost Sightings at the Nightclub 夜场见鬼录 Yu Long玉龙Mystery278k WordsCompleted A Long is a DJ at a bar with a legendary “Stage of Death.” Many people have died there under mysterious circumstances. The cause of death could never be determined, and some bodies were never even found! The strange incidents stopped only after the bar was shut down. As the legend of the deaths gradually faded from memory, someone opened the stage once more! After that, disaster struck again and again! A terrifying ghostly figure appears in the girls’ dormitory, a faceless baby clings to a chand 239Reads8.8Score—Shelves
43. 443 偷 Stealing a Corpse to Borrow a Life 偷尸借命 Fake Cigarettes假烟Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted The year I was born, strange signs appeared in the sky. That day, many people saw hundreds of ragged prisoners in shackles carrying a huge black coffin toward the forbidden ground behind the mountain. Ten years later, a fortune-telling monk came to our village. He said I had been dead for ten years, and that I was borrowing my life from a corpse. He said I wouldn't live much longer. But before I could die, he suddenly dropped dead. The next day, however, his body, already buried, mysteriously ap 7kReads7.8Score919Shelves

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    Don't look secretly at night, it's scary [laughs awkwardly]

44. 444 诡 The Haunted Graves of Ghost Village 诡村阴坟 Qia Ling Little Taoist恰灵小道Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted All the strange things began when I came to this strange village. Every house in the village looked like a tomb, but what I found even stranger was that there was a grave beneath the bed, too. —Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 445 篡 The Fate-Stealing Knife Peddler 篡命赊刀人 Wang DongEternity王动EternityMystery73k WordsOngoing My name is Chen Sheng, and I run a little shop that buys antiques. One night, after drinking, I happened to spot a nail on a friend. From that moment on, my life changed completely. I was dragged into boundless darkness and terror, and a brand-new, shadowy world began to take shape around me. I walked through the darkness, until I even became the darkness itself. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book really becomes more interesting the more I read it, and the style is very Chinese. The formulas and other formulas in the book are all very well written.

46. 446 算 Calculating Your Fate to the End 算死命 Nine-Rank Game九品一局Mystery5.9M WordsCompleted When I was born, I was nursed by a wolf for a few days. I thought of her as my mother, and believed I'd never see her again. Then one day, a woman came looking for me... 20.3kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
47. 447 恐 Horror Descends: The Ghost Gate 恐怖降临【鬼门】 Ten-Mile Mad Lad十里狂少Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Horror + supernatural + suspense + survival + infinite worlds + twists A world of horror descends, and countless Gates of the Dead suddenly appear. Those selected must enter the gates and make a desperate escape. Some gates are formed from horror novels. Some are formed from horror movies. Some are formed from tales of evil spirits. Some are formed from bizarre imaginings. Entering a Gate of the Dead means your life has started counting down. Who can make it out alive? “If you're curious abo 1.9kReads6.3Score128Shelves

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    Can you watch the brain-burning extreme reversal?

48. 448 上 The Strange Tales of Shangguan Zhaorong 上官昭容诡事录 Bamboo Shoot Buns Are So Delicious竹笋包子超好吃Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Strong female lead, no romance, Chinese-style horror, transmigration through history, numerous foreshadowed clues, coherent plot, no System, not a power fantasy] [The Strange Tales of Shangguan Zhaorong] [Also known as: Old Tales from the Yellow Springs] [Reader’s guide: The main plot and the individual arcs are interconnected, with plenty of clues and foreshadowing. Almost every character who appears has a role to play, though each arc can also be read as a standalone story.] Th 1.7kReads9.3Score272Shelves

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    I particularly recommend this Chinese horror book. Some chapters are so scary to read carefully that you will feel chills behind your back when you read them [Double heroines, strong heroines, no CP, high IQ, unlimited flow, Chinese horror, please be careful if you mind] Suspenseful imagination, full of interesting things to watch

49. 449 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 33.3kReads9.2Score3.6kShelves

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    I read it for many days in a row and didn't finish a single chapter.

50. 450 民 Notes from a Folklore Archaeology Team 民俗考古队手记 Chubby Tangyuan胖胖湯圆Mystery238k WordsOngoing The true experiences of Lin Ye, a 24-year-old graduate student in folklore. I went to the countryside with my advisor to survey funeral customs. On my first day in the village, I saw five words carved into the stone tablet at the entrance: “Do not enter the village at dusk.” The village elders taught me: If someone calls your name at night, don’t answer. A funeral basin must be smashed in one blow. When you leave the village, don’t look back. I wrote down each rule in my notebook, treating it as 25Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This, not bad, so skinny and scary

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