I'm Out of Books to Read. Looking for Genuinely Supernatural Novels That Aren't Boring 书荒了求真正的灵异小说又不无聊的

1. 1 开 Severing Yin and Yang from the Start: Slaying Demons in the City 开局断阴阳：我在都市斩妖邪 Chu Zhibai褚知白Mystery59k WordsOngoing [Feng Shui arts, mysterious events, life-and-death clashes] Strange incidents plague the bustling city. Armed with exquisite Taoist arts, Xu Huang cuts through the urban fog. But as he digs deeper, he discovers that none of it is coincidence. Yin energy is reviving, and demons and monsters are stirring. A shocking conspiracy that threatens the city's very survival is quietly unfolding! A life-and-death showdown is about to begin! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   You could have seen this

2. 2 体 The Ghost King Is Sealed Inside Me, Yet I’m a Good-for-Nothing 体内封印鬼王，我却是个废柴 Qu Shen去甚Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted A rainy night in a cemetery, a man-eating black cat, a man searching for his late daughter, a school guard hanged on the stairs, a wedding coffin sealed with red paper, a grotesque face hiding in a mirror... What secrets lie behind it all? What other mysterious events will Wang Shier, the gravekeeper, have to face? As terror and dread slowly close in, those secrets seem to be steering his fate. (The stories in this book are all adapted from real events. If anything sounds familiar, it is pure co 14Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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   I don't know if you have read any of these books. I think they are quite good. They are suitable for reading at night. In the summer, you don't feel hot even if you don't turn on the air conditioner. The feeling is simply amazing.

3. 3 是 A Gift Called the Wheel of Fate 是名为命运之轮的礼物 Foolishly Ignorant愚不知Mystery40k WordsOngoing This short story is based on a series of dreams and real events I personally experienced from childhood to adulthood. If anyone else has this kind of recurring dream, come talk to me!! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I don't know if you have read any of these books. I think they are quite good. They are suitable for reading at night. In the summer, you don't feel hot even if you don't turn on the air conditioner. It feels amazing.

4. 4 渡 The Soul Ferry Lantern 渡魂灯 July Wife七月妻Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + mildly scary + episodic stories, a fast-paced ghost-hunting romp with all kinds of tricks!] Fire runs in my veins, and I'm cursed to bring bad luck. When I was fifteen, my father kicked me out. To survive, I climbed into a stone tomb. The strange knocking at the door of the funeral home at midnight, The body that mysteriously vanished after a fatal car crash, A headless old man, a talking human skin, and haunted schools and skyscrapers... I guide five-element spirits onward and f 20.1kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves
5. 5 阴 Records of Yin and Yang Mysteries 阴阳诡录 Shi San Haitang石三海棠Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Ji Rendong was born with Yin-Yang Eyes and brought misfortune to her father, her mother, and her entire family. Since childhood, she has been able to see a girl who looks exactly like her, following her everywhere. At the age of five, her grandmother abandoned her, and a mysterious man took her away. She thought she would finally have a home, but it turned out the man only wanted her extremely yang blood. Her blood could save his son, in exchange for her life. Should she save him or not? That is 454Reads8.5Score102Shelves
6. 6 地 The Underworld Calls Me Little Master 地府叫我小先生 Jie Yu界玉Mystery3.3M WordsCompleted In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse! 249.9kReads9.6Score30.8kShelves

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   Very beautiful,

7. 7 蛇 Snake Immortal 蛇仙 October in April四月的十月Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted [The animated series Seven Days of Snake Entanglement is now streaming] My name is An Xin. On the day of the “Azure Dragon Wedding,” my great-grandfather killed a green snake and a white snake. The villagers said they were about to grow horns, transform into flood dragons, ascend, and become snake immortals. The night I was born, my grandfather knelt in the Snake Temple all night before my mother could give birth to me. He died in the temple. Ever since I was little, a snake has appeared in my d 6.4kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves

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   For those of you who have never read this book, I have been following it for more than half a year. I only opened it every few days because I was afraid that the updates would not be enough. Now that it is finished, you can read it all at once.

8. 8 人 Forbidden in the Mortal World 人间禁忌 Que Yue缺悦Mystery594k WordsCompleted When rules are twisted and order corrupted, when the Three Realms become a chessboard and all living beings its pieces, there will always be pioneers who raise their sickles and question the immortals, gods, and Buddhas enthroned above. Then they overturned the board, pulled down the beings who stood high above, and built a new board from scratch. And so, I appeared. 1.3kReads8.7Score103Shelves

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   I'm passing by and if you want to see something funny, come here.

9. 9 风 King of Feng Shui 风水之王 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.1M 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! 804.6kReads9.4Score41.8kShelves

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   Just read it, the first one is pure and refreshing, the second one is slow, the story, plot and writing are exquisite

10. 10 我 I Made a Pact with the Four Symbols 我与四象有个约定 A Bug from the Countryside乡村一条虫Mystery97k WordsOngoing Bandits team up with a Taoist priest to rob the tomb of a Ming dynasty prince. But after enduring countless dangers and losing many of their number, they discover it's a fake tomb. When they find the real one, they see it guarded by a Seven-Star Dragon-Locking Formation and a Four Symbols Spirit-Sealing Formation. Once the formations are broken, the Azure Dragon and Vermilion Bird abandon their bodies and flee. As a direct descendant of the tomb's guardians, he suffers a severe backlash. When hi 1Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 11 获 I Started Slacking Off After Gaining a Vengeful Ghost's Powers 获得厉鬼能力后我摆烂了 A Day, A Month一天一个月Mystery3.3M WordsOngoing An utterly ordinary person, Huan Xiao unexpectedly gains the abilities of a vengeful ghost while working a part-time job. A game called “Gui” appears on her phone, and it actually transports her to a world overrun by vengeful ghosts! There, she meets plenty of other unlucky people just like her. But unlike them, who struggle desperately to survive, Huan Xiao gives up and takes it easy... [No romance] 8.7kReads8.3Score663Shelves

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    The first book, the heroine is indifferent and powerful, no cp. The second book, a four-person girl group is on the national destiny battlefield. The third book, the heroine is strong without knowing it. The fourth book, the heroine is hurt by others, and will become a ghost king after death, and then those ghosts will pamper the heroine. I can't write the recommendation, but it is very interesting.

12. 12 我 Could I Really Get Canceled in a Rules-Based Horror Game? 我还能在规则怪谈里塌房不成？ Xi Yao喜杳Mystery2.2M WordsOngoing [Infinite-Flow + Rules-Based Horror + Horror Game + Strong Female Team + A Group of People With Questionable Sanity] Just before their debut, the group Shili belonged to was betrayed by a bandmate, who framed them for bullying. Their debut fell through, while the bandmate won netizens’ sympathy and relaunched her career to great success. To this day, Shili’s social media accounts are still flooded with abuse from the other girl’s rabid fans. As luck would have it, in the third year after the com 87.2kReads9.6Score11.9kShelves
13. 13 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 16kReads8.9Score1.8kShelves
14. 14 惊 Thriller: The Little Ancestor’s Grudge Runs Deep, and a Hundred Ghosts Dote on Her 惊悚：小祖宗怨念大，百鬼手心捧 Rein In at the Cliff’s Edge悬崖勒马Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Funny + Dark + Redemption + Strong Heroine] The arrival of the Horror World turns humanity from the top predator into meat for monsters. Everyone fears entering the Horror World and meeting a gruesome death. Then one day, a little girl jumps from a building and enters the Horror World. The terrifying, bloody atmosphere takes a turn... The murderous Death Clown personally makes the little girl the braised chicken drumsticks she loves. The chainsaw-wielding soul butcher, a madman who dismembers p 13.7kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves
15. 15 嫁 Married to a Dragon 嫁龙作夫 Yangyang殃殃Mystery505k WordsCompleted The year I was born, a dragon fell from the sky and landed in the mountains behind our village. Eighteen years later, my grandmother hanged herself from the crooked locust tree at the village entrance with a length of rope. The villagers all said the Dragon King was taking a bride, and that my grandmother had defied him and suffered retribution. After the entire village nailed me into a black coffin and buried me alive, that thing violated me. Only then did I realize that things were far more co 1.5kReads9.0Score173Shelves

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    Good-looking, good-looking, good-looking

16. 16 十 Fourteen Years of Hunting Ghosts (Complete in Five Volumes) 十四年猎诡人（全五册） Li Yifan李诣凡Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [The full-cast audio drama is now available. Give it a listen!] Li Yifan’s spine-chilling ghost-hunting chronicles! A contemporary Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! A spine-chilling record of ghost hunts! First posted on Tieba, it topped 100 million views within three months! The acclaimed mystery writer Li Yifan’s breakthrough work, now with the unpublished continuation added! Every ghost was once a living person. I’m a professional ghost hunter. I turn the compass, circle the place with red 12kReads9.6Score2.2kShelves

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    Amazing.

17. 17 我 I Am a Feng Shui Diviner 我是风水女相师 The Cabbage Bun Isn't Cabbage菜包子不菜Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Hilarious supernatural comedy + feel-good power fantasy + no romance + adored by all] My name is Zhao Xin. I was born in 2000, the Year of the Dragon. I've dealt with ghosts since I was little, and strange things are always around me. People think I'm a weirdo. They say I'm a crackpot, call me a fraud, and insist that sooner or later the ghosts will drag me away. But I refuse to believe in bad omens. To stay alive, I wandered from place to place with my family, visited sects and sought out m 3.5kReads8.9Score729Shelves

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    Very nice!!! Highly recommended!!! (❤W❤)

18. 18 蛇 Snake Sacrifice 蛇祭 Yang Feifei杨肥肥Mystery385k WordsCompleted Two virgins + Sweet romance + Strong female lead leveling up The Snake Lord is fearsome. A promise made a thousand years ago, a meeting in dreams, a bracelet carved from nine dragons’ bones, protection for his wife, a Soul-Devouring Demon Blade, souls scattered to the winds, old grudges brought to an end... On the night of the Ghost Festival, the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, Old Song carried me back from the village’s Spirit Snake Mountain. Strange changes swept across the sky: ligh 541Reads9.1Score116Shelves

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    I strongly recommend Jue Juezi. I really like it.

19. 19 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... 23.4kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves

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20. 20 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! 1.5kReads9.0Score204Shelves

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    It's really beautiful! The front part is super scary, and the back part is very moving and scary!!

21. 21 工 The Best Feng Shui Master on the Construction Site 工地最强建筑风水师 Good Fortune Comes to the Good吉人自有天祥Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing [Campus opening · Wild imagination · Feng Shui Mysticism · Supernatural Strange Events · Hu, Huang, Bai, Liu, and Hui (Spirit Mediums) · Bureau 749 · Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Mohism, and Legalism · Gu Poison Duels · Qimen Dunjia · Mohist Mechanisms · Lu Ban Craft · Reincarnated Living Buddha]! Cultivate righteousness to uphold heaven and earth, and keep a touch of bandit spirit to put petty men in their place. Nurture seven parts chivalry to roam the world, and carry three parts roguishne 2.7kReads8.3Score373Shelves

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    Recommend a cool article, a Feng Shui supernatural novel "The Strongest Architectural Feng Shui Master on the Construction Site", which integrates Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Feng Shui fighting, historical time travel, reincarnation, magic, science fiction, Feng Shui supernatural, Lu Ban Shu, Mohist machine magic, Gu magic, and corpse exorcism. It writes about Feng Shui supernatural things from the perspective of architecture students and construction engineers. It is being serialized on Tomato Novel Network.

22. 22 借 Borrowed Corpse, Stolen Life 借尸命 Meng Xiaonai萌小乃Mystery4.8M WordsOngoing When a plague swept through my mother’s village, she was the only one who escaped alive and made it to Chen Village. My mother was graceful and beautiful, but after arriving in the village, she went mad. There’s something wrong with this village. Every night, we hear strange noises. My father’s name is Chen Jiu, and mine is Chen Lintian. I suspect he isn’t my real father... 4.2kReads9.0Score262Shelves

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    It's a pure supernatural novel. It's not about cultivating immortals. I've read it several times. It's still being updated. It's just that the update is a bit slow.

23. 23 我 I Work as Meng Po's Underling 我给孟婆当小弟 Qi Qi七麒Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted I’m the young apprentice of Meng Po. I’m your comeuppance. I’m the most terrifying urban legend. I’m a mage who walks in the darkness. I’m the guardian of the order between yin and yang. I’m also the unluckiest person in the world. The story begins on Tomb-Sweeping Day, when I arranged to meet a girl I’d been chatting with for a long time... 603Reads7.8Score103Shelves

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    This book lost because of the low rating. It's really good. So pretty.

24. 24 当 When an Evil Cultivator Becomes a Cannon-Fodder Fake Heiress 当邪修穿成炮灰假千金 Gu Jiuru故久如Mystery500k WordsCompleted [Female-led story, with a male lead. If that's not your thing, don't read. Half supernatural, half cultivation, with little romance.] A genius heretic cultivator failed to overcome her tribulation and transmigrated to the modern world, where spiritual energy was scarce, charlatans ran rampant, and sinister forces were everywhere. Rong Yi: “Isn't this the perfect place for me to practice cultivation?” To absorb baleful energy and restore her cultivation, she casually took care of one supernatural 23.3kReads9.5Score3.5kShelves

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    Recommended for everyone to watch

25. 25 三 The Language of the Three Corpses 三尸语 Luo Xiaoyang洛小阳Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing You’ve heard of people who died with their eyes open, but have you ever heard of a dead person whose mouth wouldn’t close? His grandfather’s death turns the life of a broke college student upside down. A corpse glares, a soul is hooked; a corpse opens its mouth, and disaster strikes twice. As one bizarre incident after another unfolds, he accidentally discovers that there’s far more to it than ghosts… 74.3kReads9.3Score10.7kShelves

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    These books are the best books I have ever read.

26. 26 红 The Red Moon Returns: Sewing Up Corpses Makes Me Stronger 红月复苏：缝尸就变强 Xian Mu衔木Urban1.4M WordsCompleted (The hottest feel-good power fantasy of 2022) (A brand-new profession: Corpse Stitcher) Ghosts roam the night beneath a blood-red moon; Each shattered corpse Is a resource that makes the Corpse Stitcher stronger. Three incense sticks burn, and the Rebirth Mantra ends; The human-bone abacus rings, and corpse stitching brings rewards. One day, a corpse speaks: “I’m calling your name. Do you dare answer?” Two streams of bloody tears run from Ying Ji’s eyes... Stitch human corpses, stitch ghost corp 2.4kReads8.8Score252Shelves
27. 27 我 There’s a Ghost Inside Me 我的体内有只鬼 A Black-Inked Blade一柄墨刀Mystery3.5M WordsCompleted Vengeful ghosts awaken, and a hundred ghosts roam the night. Jiang Xiao transmigrates into this world for no apparent reason and finds himself surrounded by demons and monsters. But then he discovers that his shadow can devour ghosts without limit and gain their abilities. [Successfully devoured the White Mist Ghost. Ability acquired: Mist Form] [Successfully devoured the Hanging Ghost. Ability acquired: Shackles] [Successfully devoured the Bronze Ghost. Ability acquired: Copper Skin] [Successfu 25.6kReads9.3Score2.9kShelves
28. 28 我 I’ve Always Convinced Ghosts with Reason 我向来以理服鬼 Fearless Elephant无畏象Mystery250k WordsCompleted [Absurd comedy + Invincible protagonist + A protagonist who loves talking things out] Do you believe in ghosts? Well, I don't. Last time, some headless guy tried to take my head, so I buried it alive... My name is Qin Wang. By the time you read this, I might be trying to reason with them. The day my grandfather died, I... should still have been in my mother's womb! 6Reads8.9Score—Shelves
29. 29 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 1.7kReads8.8Score176Shelves
30. 30 男 So What If I'm Out of a Job as a Male Model? I Can Exorcise Demons! 男模下岗咋了？老子会驱魔！ Bi Mo Lan璧墨澜Urban150k WordsOngoing [Paranormal + Exorcism + Episodic Stories + No Female Lead + No Romance + No Harem + Brotherhood + Growing Up] Male model and drinking companion Sun Yu gets plied with drinks and groped by rich women in private rooms every night. He curses under his breath but still has to smile, thinking he’s doomed to spend his whole life trapped in drinking parties. Then he finds a busted piece of wood hidden by his adoptive father, and a big brother from an exorcist family suddenly shows up! Now the winegla 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommended new supernatural articles! Unit drama, interconnected! No heroine, no emotional line. No CP. The story tells that the male protagonist was desperate and became a nightclub male model. Unexpectedly, he accidentally uncovered the mystery of his life experience and discovered that he was a descendant of a family of exorcists. Later, after meeting their only biological brother, the two brothers began a story of exorcism and revenge.

31. 31 规 Rule-Based Urban Legends: It Begins at the Death Hotel 规则类怪谈之从死亡旅馆开始 Scattering Dawn's Glow撒满朝霞Mystery501k WordsCompleted [No female lead] [No saintly protagonist] [Slow burn] What would you do if you became a Rule-Bound Horror? Kill people? Do whatever you wanted? “I want to drive out every Rule-Bound Horror…” That was Wen Changqing's answer. In the dimly lit hotel, two identical owners beckon me… In a wilderness village, every house is draped in ghastly white mourning banners… A farm grows man-eating mushrooms and scarecrows that want to take the place of the dead… 99Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    The title of this novel is very novel and it is written in the form of a copy. It's super good-looking. If you don't believe me, follow it.

32. 32 北 Northern Ma, Southern Mao: Zhang Jiuyan Gets It All 北马南茅：张九炎全占了 Song Qin's Darling松琴的宝贝Mystery956k WordsOngoing Join the Old Immortal in gathering merit and spreading blessings across the land! Anyone with a “little circle” on them is there to help others. This is a little master who is both rather laid-back and a bit of a slacker, “part Taoist, part Marxist,” and specializes in helping people solve their problems and helping the Old Immortal accumulate merit! He’s also an expert at exposing fakes! Ha, take that, take that, take that, take that, take that, take that! 764Reads9.4Score—Shelves

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    Real documentary supernatural

33. 33 请 Call Me Lord Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 164.8kReads9.5Score18.6kShelves

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    Jue Juezi!!

34. 34 死 The Dead Man's Makeup 死人妆 Luo Xiaoqi罗小琪Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The old folks often say, “Men shouldn’t be born on the first day of the lunar month, and women shouldn’t be born on the fifteenth.” I was born on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, with the fate of an iron broom and a destructive bone marrow. The living despise me, and I bring death to my whole family, yet demons and ghosts have their eyes on me! Because of him, I also broke a taboo and became a woman of yin fate... To save me, my mother-in-law taught me the art of applying makeup to th 3.7kReads9.1Score569Shelves

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    Very nice. Recommended

35. 35 活 Taboo of the Living 活人禁忌 Ninth Master of the Thieves' Sect盗门九当家Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted When I was nine, I found myself in mortal danger! To save me, my grandfather made a decision that would change my life forever... 15.7kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves

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    Filial piety, loyalty, and loyalty are the themes that this novel wants to bring up. The protagonist's feelings for Rushuang are too exclusive.

36. 36 惊 Horror Script: It Begins in the Baby-Crying Dormitory 惊悚剧本：从婴啼寝室开始 Novel Cake in the Works小说糕制作中Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing (Dark tone) (Escape-room survival) (No System) (Not invincible: the protagonist dies if he is killed) (Not a conventional power fantasy) Chen Xian is pinned against the wall by a female ghost in a bathroom, and finds himself plunged into a terrifying instance! The cries of a baby in the dead of night... Students with eyes as blue as ghostly flames... A wedding dress stained crimson with blood... A mermaid covered in wriggling maggots... And... Teammates dying one after another... To stay alive a 18.8kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves

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    There is a real sense of powerlessness. There is nothing that can fight against ghosts and cultivate immortality. Human beings are struggling and praying to survive in the script. It can be said that there is no hope at all. There are some flaws in the ghost's ability, but it is understandable, because it is already enough to make people despair. If the ability is more A script with a perverted protagonist is a waste. The protagonist is an ordinary person with some intelligence. If you want to read the protagonist without thinking, don't read it, because the protagonist is also powerless, constantly making choices between morality and life, and has collapsed several times. I hope you can support the author.

37. 37 娱 There Are Ghosts in Showbiz 娱乐圈有鬼 Liu Zhiyi柳之易Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted {Romance + nonhuman male lead + lighthearted + supernatural + short episodic tales} Little white rabbit and big bad wolf: the rabbit isn't really a rabbit, but the wolf really is a wolf! This is a story about ghosts, and a legend about raising a wolf to be your husband! Long Xiaoxiao had a dream since childhood: to become a renowned international makeup artist and stylist... At last, she achieved her dream... She became the entertainment industry's dazzling number-one fraud of a fortune-teller! 3.6kReads9.4Score669Shelves

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    This one is very good, the subject matter is novel, beautiful and funny, and the heroine is very sassy!

38. 38 阴 The Underworld Detective 阴间神探 Old Nine of the Daoist Sect道门老九Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 91.8kReads9.4Score11.5kShelves

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    Character characteristics: Highly recommended

39. 39 第 The Ninth Secret Bureau 第九守秘局 The One Surnamed Yi姓易的Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted “If we want the people of this world to live in the sunlight and keep their sanity, then we must keep secret the things they were never meant to know.” “Because the moment they see those terrifying beings that defy all known science and truly discover how horrifying this world is... believe me, Earth will become the biggest asylum in the universe.” Chen Xian, Ninth Secret Bureau 4.8kReads9.2Score572Shelves

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    Stop these mind-blowing books

40. 40 诡 The Mysterious Returns: The Ten Kings of Hell Are at My Side! 诡秘复苏：我身边跟着十殿阎王！ Perplexed Muzi纳闷的木子Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Chen Xuanbei, nicknamed Dizang, accidentally transmigrates to a parallel universe where the supernatural has descended. With the Ten Yama Kings tattooed across his body and a massive reaper’s scythe slung over his shoulder, Chen Xuanbei declares, “Sorry, everyone. I’m claiming this territory!” The Slit-Mouthed Woman: “Hello, police? Someone sewed my mouth shut! Yes, they threw away my scissors too!” Sadako: “Hello, city management? Someone blocked up my well with concrete. I can’t get home!” Han 29.6kReads9.2Score2.8kShelves
41. 41 我 I Turned the Horror World Into a Raising Game! 我把惊悚世界玩成养成游戏！ Yu Zuo予作Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A mysterious force descended upon Earth, giving rise to another world of terror. Everyone was forcibly sent into the world of horror games on their eighteenth birthday. While everyone else was immersed in fear, struggling to survive in the cracks between life and death, Qin Nuo discovered that he could earn System rewards by influencing the ghosts’ emotions. And every time he completed a dungeon, he could establish his own business in the world of horror. So he became a food runner at the Yin Sp 195.9kReads9.6Score24.6kShelves
42. 42 诡 Weird Tales: From the Start, I Beat the Eight-Foot-Tall Woman to a Pulp 诡异，开局锤爆八尺夫人 Xu Moqing徐墨卿Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted The world of the uncanny was chaotic and lawless. Mountain demons, evil ghosts, phantoms, jiangshi, zombies, slit-mouthed women, Sadako, eight-foot-tall women, Bloody Mary… Every uncanny being once thought to exist only in the imagination was real in this world. Xu Changqing, a martial arts enthusiast, had ended up here by accident. He’d only wanted to scrape by and wait for death, but from the start, he was attacked by an F-rank entity from Sakura Country: the Eight-Foot-Tall Woman. To stay ali 13.1kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves
43. 43 诡 The Haunted Garden 诡园 Zuo Fei左绯Mystery5.4M WordsCompleted Xi Chen felt that he had already done everything he wanted to do. The world was so boring that he wanted to end it. But even he thought this boring world didn't deserve to be dragged down with him, so he let it be. He didn't just fail to die, though. He was forced to join a game. Impossible to solve? Impossible! Maybe life wasn't quite so dull after all. No CP 21.3kReads8.4Score2.2kShelves

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44. 44 新 A Guide to the Supernatural in the New Era 新时代灵异指南 Flame and Fire焰与火Mystery111k WordsOngoing Qin An ended up becoming the very yin-yang master he hated most, on the night he was forced to marry a female ghost. Why did getting married mean signing a ghost marriage contract, too?! A fellow disciple who could summon spirits, a frosty female Taoist priest: even looking at either of them counted as cheating! Speechless, Qin An shielded the flame as he lit a cigarette for the mountain spirit beside him, then raised his glass in a respectful toast to the river ghost across from him, keeping it —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Not bad, not bad

45. 45 巡 The Yin-Walker 巡阴人 Feiyi匪夷Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted Applying makeup to the dead, reading the winds and assessing the land, preparing bodies for burial, and performing rites on the seventh day after death. Scorched corpses: cleaning the body, applying rouge, painting the features! Bodies cut in half at the waist: removing the organs, filling the cavities, and stitching the body back together! I was born into a family that made its living from the dead, so I grew up dealing with corpses. I’ve seen all sorts of bizarre ways to die and countless inex 10.9kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
46. 46 九 Nine Dragons Carry the Coffin 九龙抬棺 Ninth Master九当家Mystery3.5M WordsOngoing The night of my grandfather's funeral, I carried a stone tablet at the front of the procession to lead the way. I didn't dare look back, because the eight evil spirits carrying the coffin were behind me... 13.3kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves
47. 47 恐 Horror Tavern: I Only Raise the Most Ferocious Creatures 恐怖酒馆：我只养大凶之物 Lord Salted Fish咸鱼君Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted Tucked away in a quiet alley is a strange tavern that can grant your wishes, as long as you’re willing to set up a terrifying idol in your home... 10kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves

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    Rating, I think it should be 9.5 Or above. It is a very good novel. I definitely regret reading it because there are few chapters, hahahaha

48. 48 缝 The Corpse Stitcher 缝尸匠 Yu Xin雨馨Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted My ex-girlfriend was murdered in an accident. After I stitched her back together, all kinds of strange things happened. When I woke from a coma, I discovered it had all been just a dream. I went back to my work as a mortuary cosmetologist, and my father, who had been mentally ill for years, finally came home... 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Come on come on Synopsis: Career Character characteristics: scary and supernatural, Character characteristics: humorous and bold Recommended star rating: 5⭐️

49. 49 东 Northeastern Ghost Doctor: I Cure Every Kind of Defiance! 东北鬼医：专治各种不服！ Buddhist-Style Grind King佛系卷王Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing [Mystery and mind-bending twists + hilarious, thrilling tale + folk horror + invincible protagonist + no female lead] (The short drama adaptation, Northeast Ghost Doctor: The Five Ghosts Carry Me on My Journey from the Start, is now streaming on Hongguo App.) Chen Shi'an, a Northeast ghost doctor born under the “Tenfold Peace” fate, descends the mountain on his master's orders to heal the world. With silver needles in his left hand to cure ghostly ailments and fists in his right to shatter consp 15.4kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves

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    He can calmly command beside the corpse pit, and he can also cheat in the guest house to get food. The intensive output of folklore and ghost stories, hilarious plots interspersed with it, and hard-core ghost hunting combined with humorous complaints make people want to stop.

50. 50 系 The System Told Me to Be a Guide 系统叫我接引人 Preacher Old Man布道翁Mystery130k WordsOngoing The protagonist is a corpse makeup artist at a funeral home. An accident gives him a bizarre System, bringing him into contact with many supernatural cases. Instant spells, a lightning-fast peachwood sword, real paranormal events, plot twists, logical deduction, and genuine human emotions all feature in the story. The protagonist is not invincible. In the end, he becomes an underworld guide, takes charge of the Book of Life and Death, and resurrects those who sacrificed themselves for the love a —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Then I recommend this book. The characters have delicate emotions, the story is true, the logic is flawless, the plot has great twists, the world view is grand, it is funny + touching, and it involves real and verifiable secretaries and Taoism.

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