Eerie Novels: There Are No Masterpieces Left. Prove Me Wrong 诡异文，已无神作，不服来辩

1. 101 开 From the Start, I Altered the Rules and Became a Loophole in the Urban Legends 开局篡改规则，我成为怪谈漏洞 Walking the Mountain Winds风山山行Mystery330k WordsOngoing Nineteen-year-old Lin Mo clutched the university admission letter he had just received, but the light in his eyes was shrouded by the shadow of his mother’s critical-condition notice. His longing to change his fate was choked off, and the next moment, a thick stench of blood and decay dragged him into a nightmare. He had become a sacrifice chosen by the “Tales of Terror World,” sent to represent the Dragon Kingdom in an S-rank death dungeon called “Despair Convenience Store”! “SSS-rank talent: [ 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The first book was written by myself; the others are mostly supernatural tales that I find very interesting.

2. 102 全 Nationwide School Survival: Every School Has Become Hell 全民学校求生：所有学校沦为地狱 Unlucky Agudo倒霉蛋阿古朵Mystery830k WordsOngoing [School Survival] [Apocalypse] [Light Ensemble Cast] [No Brain-Dead Decisions] [No Saintly Heroine] [Semi-Infinite Worlds] [S-Rank Invisibility and Intangibility Talent] [Many] Universities today are drowning in red tape. Gu Pingsheng was only trying to help his academic advisor get Teacher Huang from Administration to stamp a document, but Teacher Huang stalled him with one excuse after another and even mocked him. Then, during evening study hall, every school around the world entered a biza 197.2kReads8.2Score21.4kShelves
3. 103 百 Ghosts in the Apocalypse: I Became the Strongest Ghost Tamer 百鬼末世：我成了最强御鬼师 Yi People's Firelight彝人烟火Mystery2.9M WordsOngoing [A Full 1,000 Types of Ghosts] Mysterious ghosts include Jin Buhuan, the White Bone Bodhisattva, the Earthly Branches War Lord, and the Blood-Drop Plum Blossom. The powerful ones include Asura, Rakshasa, the Butcher, the Martial Champion, and the Emperor. The eerie ones include Painted Skin, the Red Robe, the Chubby Baby, the Coroner, the Flower-Waisted Bride, the Embalmer, and the Ever-Burning Lamp. Every type has its own evolution path: Drowned Ghost → Water Monkey → Kappa → ? (There’s more af 115.3kReads9.5Score9.7kShelves

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   I refuse to believe that any other piece is better than these two.

4. 104 诡 The Eerie Fate Game: How Do You Play When Your Character Is a Ghost Immortal from the Start? 诡命游戏：建号就是诡仙怎么玩？ A Dream of Chasing Boats逐舟一梦Eastern Fantasy453k WordsOngoing [Behind the Scenes] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Eerie Cultivation] + [Two Worlds] + [Truly Invincible Protagonist] An endless, unrelenting fog blankets all of China, and a terrifying otherworld, the Strange Fate Realm, begins to overlap and merge with Blue Star. There, martial artists can move mountains and split rivers, living for centuries without growing old. True immortals also walk the world, wielding supernatural arts and sharing the lifespan of heaven and earth. This fills China with both fear a 60kReads8.4Score8.5kShelves

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   The first book features a powerful male protagonist from the start, with smooth writing and a standard "feel-good" story. It includes some game-related information, but it doesn't significantly detract from the reading experience. The second book is about island conflicts, with the male protagonist being a spirit medium; the world-building feels quite novel. The third book is a rather ordinary novel about being protected by an evil god, good for passing the time.

5. 105 家 Clan Cultivation: I Am the Guardian Spirit of the Strange Island 家族修仙：我为诡岛镇族祭灵 God in the Wilderness山野间的神Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsOngoing [Not a power fantasy] [Eerie] [Clan Cultivation] [Man-eating] [Eerie] [Unconventional] Zhou Yi was reborn as the sacrificial spirit of an island surrounded by strange gray fog. There were thousands upon thousands of isolated islands like this in the fog. Whenever the full moon rose and some of the fog lifted, another unfamiliar island would appear near each one. Beware: when two islands connect, the inhabitants of the island opposite you... may no longer be human. (The Eerie ranks are Xuanqing, 30.9kReads8.4Score2.6kShelves
6. 106 万 The Myriad Phenomena Restoration Bureau 万象修复局 VIP Among VIPs威艾屁中屁Mystery346k WordsOngoing [Urban Mystery + Folk Horror + Unusual Profession + Conceptual Restoration + Ensemble Cast + No System] When a city begins to forget “fire,” when the names of the dead appear on paper effigies, when streets vanish from the map overnight... Some things can be fixed when they break. But what if what's broken is a “concept” shared by all humanity? Shen Yan is an antique restorer and a member of the Bureau of Universal Restoration. He can restore the things this world is forgetting. 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This novel urban supernatural story is truly captivating, full of small details, fast-paced, and not at all cliché. You can read it with confidence.

7. 107 妖 Demons and Evil Spirits? They’re Clearly All Auspicious Omens! 妖魔邪祟？明明都是祥瑞！ Someone's Coming, Run!有人来了快跑Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Evil spirit from the start] [Eerie cultivation] [Recruiting demons] [Sheltering humanity] [Believers’ delusions] [No female lead] Chen Zhou transmigrated to a bizarre world teeming with demons and rampant evil spirits. Demons slaughtered humans, specters preyed on them, immortals devoured them. Monsters ran amok, evil spirits wreaked havoc, gods and Buddhas had fallen, and humanity was in decline. Fortunately, Chen Zhou hadn’t transmigrated as a human either. He started out as an evil spirit 88.2kReads8.8Score9.8kShelves
8. 108 遇 May Joy Find You When You Meet Him 遇祂即见喜 Zhe Xi折奚Two Male Leads305k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + horror and the supernatural + bittersweet angst later on + tops: Shen Jici and Shi Hongjiaxing] Burn incense and pray to Buddha, and good fortune will come your way. But what if the Buddha you pray to is an evil one? * Li Fuling was cursed by one. That thing was like an evil spirit, insatiably greedy and murderous by nature. Shen Jici, the son of Li Fuling's adoptive father's family, smashed the evil Buddha statue. Only later did they learn that the thing was called Shi Hongjia 5.1kReads9.0Score975Shelves

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   A ritual resulted in the deaths of everyone in Zewu Village, except for Fuling, who was sent out along with a malevolent Buddha statue. After being adopted by the Shen family, Fuling's adoptive father gave him a strange task: every morning, the first thing he had to do was go to the small attic on the second floor to offer incense to the Buddha statue inside. The statue was terrifying, resembling an evil being. It was greedy, insatiable, and bloodthirsty. Li Fuling begged it to spare him. But a look of almost sadness appeared on its face, and it buried its head in Li Fuling's chest, sobbing, "... I love A-Ling... I love..." 🔥🔥

9. 109 重 Back to 2008: This World Is All Wrong 重回2008：这个世界不对劲 Brother Tao滔小哥Urban720k WordsCompleted The day he is laid off at thirty-five, Lin Ye is hit by a car and sent back to June 6, 2008, the night before the college entrance exams. He gains access to the “Future Sight” System, which can predict the next thirty years: the toughest exam questions, the four trillion yuan stimulus, Yanjiao housing prices. The future is in his hands. But he gradually realizes that this world isn't quite like the 2008 he remembers. On a rooftop in the dead of night stands a figure in a long robe. In the sunlig 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Book recommendation: *Back to 2008: Something's Wrong with This World*! Chapter 108, "Changing Personnel": The shadow imitates Lin Ye, mimicking his form and his focus. It reaches towards Chen Jing's shadow, but Lin Ye blocks the way: "She's ahead, but get past me first." The shadow retracts half an inch, yet stands straight, adopting the posture of a gatekeeper for thirty years, silently speaking: "I'll go." Write the name, write the master's name. Chapter 109 has been updated; don't miss it if you're following the story!

10. 110 诡 Strange Tales: Paper Money 诡异杂谈之纸钱 Bu Zhixu不枝许6k WordsCompleted Weird Tales: Paper Money 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'd like to recommend a short story book; I think it's quite interesting, and you can finish it in about 10 minutes.

11. 111 重 Reborn as a Black Cat: They All Call Me the Lord of the Supernatural 重生黑猫，他们都叫我诡异之主 Grand Preceptor of Immortal Qin仙秦太师Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Beast Evolution] [Never Human] [No Romance] Lin Ye is reborn as a stray black kitten on a university campus. Fortunately, he gains a stat-boosting panel. As long as he eats and accumulates energy, he can evolve and gain all kinds of extraordinary abilities. Shadow Manipulation: Control every shadow in the world. Lord of the Night: Combat power increases by 100% at night. Devourer of Energy and Spirits: A dimensional space forms in his stomach, allowing him to devour anything. Gaze of Fear: Awak 26.4kReads9.1Score3.1kShelves

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    The first and middle parts are great, and the characters are well-developed. The protagonist is intelligent. Highly recommended!

12. 112 大 College Freshman Internship: This Trainee Demon Slayer Went on a Killing Spree 大一实习，这个见习除妖师杀疯了 March Red Fish三月红鱼Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [No female lead + power fantasy + System + decisive and ruthless + going all out] Lu Zhan transmigrates. As soon as he arrives, martial artists start bullying him. I transmigrated, and I'm still supposed to let people push me around?! He activates the System and kills them on the spot. He joins the Demon Extermination Bureau, takes charge of a district, and becomes its director. He kills anyone others don't dare arrest and instantly slays any demon beast others can't handle. He reaches the I 25.2kReads8.3Score2.7kShelves

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    1. Not a traditional horror story; it's about the supernatural invading the real world (the rating should increase, it's good). 2-4. You can read with your brain engaged; they're not the kind where the characters are incredibly powerful from the start, invincible, but rather they gradually surpass their limits. It's great!!! 5. Pure action/satisfaction novels; these are all personally tested.

13. 113 开EN A God-Tier Hidden Skill from the Start! I've Seen Through Everything 开局神级隐藏技能！我已看透一切 Thin Porridge Shizhou稀粥世洲Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow] [Lighthearted and Funny] [No Female Lead] [Livestream] [Feel-Good] Left Cheng'an was pulled into a world survival game and awakened the game's only god-tier skill, "True Sight"! From then on, he could see the other side of the game! A branch lay by the roadside. Ordinary players: "What's this thing underfoot? Get it out of the way!" What Left Cheng'an saw: [A locust branch loved by the imprisoned Eight-Legged Countess. Give it to her and you can get the quest item, "Secret Room K 69.4kReads8.7Score7.5kShelves
14. 114 零 12:17 A.M., Please Confirm Your Name 零点十七分，请确认你的姓名 Luo MoxuanC5洛墨萱C5Mystery349k WordsOngoing In Qiheng City, people don’t simply disappear. First, the city erases their names, then convinces everyone they never existed. At 12:17 a.m., a fire alarm suddenly went off in a residential building in Qiheng City that had only sixteen floors: “Someone is trapped on the seventeenth floor.” Zhou Jiming, an engineer who inspected fire safety systems, checked the building plans, stairwell height, elevator programming, and exterior facade. Every piece of evidence proved that the seventeenth floor di 16Reads—Score170Shelves

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    No system, no female lead, no saintly figure [laughing][laughing][laughing]

15. 115 诡 Haunted University: I’m the Only Living Person on Campus 诡大学：全校就我一个活人 Uncle Jin金二叔Mystery225k WordsCompleted [Supernatural + one female lead] He scored 320 on the college entrance exam and just wanted to find a decent university to attend. He never expected to meet a ghostly version of Zhang Xuefeng, who recommended a ghost university 😭 His classmates and teachers are all ghosts 👻 —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist beats up a foreign vampire

16. 116 震 Shocking! My Boyfriend Turned Out to Be the Horror Dungeon Boss 震惊！男友竟是恐怖副本BOSS Tuoba Dumpling拓跋饺子Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + Two powerful leads + Horror-game instances + Lighthearted and funny + Boyfriend is the BOSS + Devoted husband + Both are virgins] On her birthday, Shen Jiahe’s boyfriend told her that the number of players entering horror-game instances had surged, and as the instance’s big BOSS, he had to work overtime and couldn’t come home. Shen Jiahe laughed in anger. He could have just said he was cheating on her! Instead, he came up with such a ridiculous excuse! She dumped the scumbag that 51.4kReads9.2Score5.9kShelves

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    The first and second volumes of the manga series "Eternal God" have very beautiful art styles, but unfortunately, there are too few updates.

17. 117 序EN Sequence: Ascension 序列：升华 Listening to Peacocks听孔雀Sports3.6M WordsOngoing [Train Survival + Lone Wolf + Always One Step Ahead + Ascension and Evolution + No Saintly Heroine + No Spineless Hero] The moment Ye Qiyan opened his eyes, he found himself in a world of train survival. Everyone had to get off at a series of stations and explore to stay alive. The lucky found treasure; the unlucky lost their lives. Opportunity and danger went hand in hand. Gather supplies, upgrade your train, and build a train world of your own. As for Ye Qiyan, he possessed a one-of-a-kind asc 254.1kReads8.3Score23.6kShelves
18. 118 诡 Eerie Descent: Summoning Chu Renmei from the Start 诡异降临：开局召唤楚人美 Tao's Daydream桃的白日梦Mystery154k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to a parallel world overrun by the uncanny, Chen Mo became an ordinary person who couldn’t awaken supernatural powers. Until, in a desperate situation, he bound the [Super Card-Drawing System]. While others painstakingly trained their powers, he commanded the pantheon of Eastern ghosts and gods. When the slit-mouthed woman held her scissors to his throat, he drew the female ghost Chu Renmei from Huangshan Village. “This creature is vicious... I can’t hold out for long.” A ch 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Good-looking weird novels

19. 119 死 After Death, My Wife Preserved My Corpse, and I Evolved from a Zombie 死后被妻子养尸，我从僵尸进化 The Classic of Mountains and Seas Courier山海经搬运工Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Zombies + Corpse-Raising + Corpse-Driving + Body Retrieval + Folk Customs + Romance + Ancient Mythology + Classic of Mountains and Seas] (Volumes 1–7: After I died, my wife raised my corpse, transforming me from a zombie into the Ancestral Corpse.) (Volume 8: After my wife died, I raised her corpse, transforming her from a zombie into a female drought demon.) In my previous life, my wife was the Yellow Emperor's daughter. She died after being sacrificed to the gods, and I raised her corpse unti 31.7kReads9.1Score3.3kShelves
20. 120 重 Reborn in a World of the Paranormal, and You Want Me to Join Bureau 749? 重生诡异，你让我加入749局？ Fire Beast火暴兽Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Devouring Evolution]+ [Self-Interest]+ [Humanity’s Natural Enemy]+ [Nemesis of Its Own Kind]+ [Kills Men and Women Alike]+ [Plot-Driven]+ [Undercover]+ [Villain]+ [Eerie] "No female lead!!! No harem!!! No romance!!!" (Not Eerie in the traditional sense. The protagonist is undercover in the human camp and kills both humans and Eerie, men and women alike. This story is plot-driven, so readers looking for a feel-good monster-grinding power fantasy should think twice.) (The rating has already been 59.9kReads8.9Score8.7kShelves

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    Especially good 😋💕

21. 121 异 A Long Journey in Another World 异界旅途漫漫 The Mountain Moon Knows Not of You山月不知君Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + No Brain-Dead Characters + Fast-Paced + Pure Romance] I’m dedicated to creating a different kind of world and bringing everyone a fresh new thrill, along with a more realistic experience! The rain fell without letup, day after gloomy day. Beneath the curtain of rain... Travelers from another world, I’d like you to finish this terrible game of chess for me. Anyone can be a chess piece, anyone can be sacrificed. All living beings are players in this ga 5.8kReads—Score325Shelves

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

22. 122 让 You Hired Me to Collect Bodies, So I Dissected My Ex-Girlfriend 让你当收尸人，你直接解刨了前女友 Ye Wusheng夜无声Mystery4.6M WordsOngoing In anatomy class, the corpse turns out to be my ex-girlfriend... After that, I went through all sorts of unbelievable things. A bus that only goes up, never down, and runs straight to a reservoir. An old scholar tree in the hospital, lush with branches and leaves, that swallows people whole. A giant catfish by the Qingshui River, begging people for help every night. And a deadly brothel hung with human skin, open for business without end. It went on and on, as if it would never come to an end... 62.6kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
23. 123 癸 The Calamity of Gui Water 癸水之祸 zxc M Kuizxc木葵Mystery535k WordsCompleted If even your memories are fake, who are you? Lin Zhou receives a death invitation from his younger sister, Lin Yao, who died twenty years ago. To uncover the truth, he enters the "Constellation Instances": twenty-eight prisons holding beings more ancient than the corruption itself. Each instance demands that he trade memories for power, and every dead person bears the cost on his behalf. When he finds his own file in the archives, stating that he cleared the Ghost Golden Sheep instance at age —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You see, I see, they're the next masterpiece

24. 124 什 What Do You Mean I Became a World-Ending Urban Legend? 什么叫我成了灭世级怪谈？ Wild, Bold, Cool, and Flashy Shark狂拽酷炫鲨Mystery273k WordsOngoing [No Female Lead] [Mild Horror] [Turns Into a False Person in One Chapter] [The Protagonist Is a Pure Monster] Su Yuan transmigrated to a bizarre world rife with danger. Here, everything from horror legends had become real: false people, vengeful spirits, old gods hidden beneath the ocean... And an official organization lurking in everyday life: the Cleanup Bureau. This was an age of despair. With urban legends becoming reality, ordinary people could hardly fight back, and even the authorities we 273.6kReads8.3Score46.8kShelves
25. 125 我 I Burned One Hundred Thousand Volumes of Demon Tomes 我焚了十万卷妖书 Observer of Reincarnation轮回观客Eastern Fantasy158k WordsOngoing I burned a hundred thousand volumes of demon books, thinking I was protecting the mortal world. Then the hundred-thousand-and-first volume arrived from an ancient temple in the wilderness, bearing only my pen name. I asked three veteran handwriting experts to examine it, and they all said I had written it. That night, the old expert who had authenticated it died suddenly, clutching a waist token from the Imperial Observatory. I began to suspect one thing: Were the hundred thousand volumes of dem —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is alright, a Chinese-style Cthulhu.

26. 126 九 After Maxing Out the Nine Suns Divine Skill, I Became a Living Forbidden Spell 九阳神功满级后，我成了人形禁咒 Drinking Water Won't Make You Gain Weight喝水不长肉Urban3.4M WordsOngoing [Ghosts’ Worst Nightmare] [Ghost King Slayer] [Demon Meat Grinder] [Human-Shaped Forbidden Spell] Su Mo transmigrates to an era where the supernatural has returned, and from the start receives a love letter written by a female ghost! It’s unexpected, touching, and potentially deadly! Luckily, his Super Enhancement System awakens. A knockoff Nine Suns Divine Art? Enhance it! Nine Suns Devouring Heaven Art! Turn your body into a furnace, condense your blood and qi into a sun, and refine the evil g 107.9kReads8.6Score7.3kShelves
27. 127 你 Hello, Creepy Boss. I'm Here to Work 你好诡异Boss，我是来打工的 Qi Yi Zi七一子Fantastical Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Print edition under contract] [Female-oriented, no romance, infinite-flow + plot-driven + mildly horror] On the first day after losing her job, a mysterious app appeared on Li Wu's phone. The jobs listed were simple and paid well. They were obviously a scam. Li Wu: “I'm in! A scam is exactly what I'm looking for.” Her job duties were simple: [Little Girl's Nanny: 5,000 yuan/day] [Plastic Surgery Clinic Nurse: 10,000 yuan/day] [Village Watcher: 30,000 yuan/day] The work was clearly described and 116.9kReads9.2Score17.5kShelves

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    I think this is really good, it's a pity it's still being serialized.

28. 128 我 I Have a Hypnosis App for Female Ghosts 我有一个女鬼催眠APP As Long as the Green Hills Remain苟得青山在Mystery540k WordsOngoing Qin Ming meant to download a hypnosis game app, but ended up with a female ghost hypnosis app instead. As he gazed at the app’s dazzling array of female ghosts he could romance, then watched one actually appear in the real world, he fell silent. If he wanted to stay alive, he had no choice but to romance the female ghosts! Female Ghost Hypnosis App: Activate! 201.2kReads8.5Score26.9kShelves
29. 129 灵 Spiritual Qi Revival: My Sequence Can Evolve Without Limit 灵气复苏：我的序列能无限进化 Flowers Drift Away on a Summer Night夏夜花离Urban191k WordsCompleted In 2026, a global event known as the "Spirit Calamity" brought about a spiritual qi revival and rewrote the laws of the world. Some people awakened and became "Awakened Ones," gaining supernatural powers. At the pinnacle of power lies the path to the "Sequences," an evolutionary ladder that allows people to gradually master the laws of the world. 24Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up] It's great, go see it for yourself!

30. 130 全 Zombies Descend Across the World, and You Say the Taoist Class Is Useless? 全球僵尸降临，你说道士序列没用 A Lamp for the Bright Moon一盏明月灯Urban1.4M WordsOngoing Purple-hair zombies, white-hair zombies, black-hair zombies, green-hair zombies, fur-covered zombies, flying zombies, wandering zombies, lurking zombies, unrotting-bone zombies, and drought demons… This is a world overrun by zombies across the globe! Xu Yi arrives in this world and awakens the Taoist path. But people accuse him of being inferior to those on the fire-element path. Xu Yi scratches his head and looks at his Dragon-Tiger Evil-Slaying Talismans, Golden Light Incantation, corpse-dr 260.9kReads8.8Score31.1kShelves
31. 131 诡 The Eerie Spirit Medium: My Doll Can Really Manifest Spirits 诡异降神师：我的娃娃真能显灵 Clouds Can Smile云会笑Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Ghosts in the Book!] [Dark Tone!] [Villain Protagonist!] [Urban Supernatural!] [Horror Aesthetic!] [Invincible from the Start!] A sinister doll saws someone to pieces, a red-clad vengeful ghost claims lives at the airport, a hundred ghosts hunt people down along a ten-mile street, the dead rise again in a crematorium, and corpses dance wildly in an abandoned hospital... None of these things happened to me. They are all stories I wrote. My name is Yang Ning. I am an heir to the Ling Men, a profe 131.1kReads9.5Score11.5kShelves
32. 132 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… 69.7kReads9.3Score10.8kShelves
33. 133 他 His or Her Infinite Reincarnation 他或者她的无限轮回 Star Silver Wing星银翼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse521k WordsCompleted [Charming Protagonist] + [Dark Worldview] + [Hellish Instances] + [No Romance] + [Apocalypse] + [Science-Fiction Worldview] + [Beautiful Characters] We were born from the dreams of technology, keeping watch between life and death! Exploring other worlds brought us endless technological breakthroughs, but also countless troubles? Our generation began in a state of drunken revelry and oblivion! Pioneers of UDA and WD colonization, buriers of the dead... (Apocalyptic World) + (Factions at War) + (S 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is considered top-notch, but the atmosphere of horror isn't very strong. This is because it's a post-apocalyptic story, not the supernatural kind.

34. 134 怪 The Strange Realm: From the Start, I Dismembered the Monstrous 怪域诡界，我开局分尸诡异 Stream's Big Herring溪流大年鱼Mystery141k WordsOngoing [A handsome male lead, just like the readers] [Horror-leaning; do not read if you scare easily] [Mystery and the supernatural] [A story where despair and hope intertwine and ebb and flow] [Similar to Taming the Supernatural] It was an ordinary night, but it led Lu Ying into a new world woven from madness and death. This world has lost its light, and people like Lu Ying need a constant supply of “candles” to stay alive. But “candles” can only be found in the realms of those unkillable, rule-bound 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Great book, brothers, come and read it! Your support is my motivation to write.

35. 135 我 There Are a Bunch of Undying Old Folks Inside Me 我的体内有群老不死 Flowers Drift Away on a Summer Night夏夜花离Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing In this world, immortality is a curse that devours everything. The higher a cultivator's realm, the faster they are assimilated by the laws of Heaven and Earth. “Ascension” is nothing less than self-destruction. Chen Xuan, born with a “Pure Body,” was branded a good-for-nothing because he couldn't sense spiritual energy, and was cruelly offered up as a sacrifice by his sect. On the brink of death, he discovered that he was the only sanctuary in all of Heaven and Earth. When dying patriarchs and 135Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 136 我 The Organization I Founded Was Exposed by Someone Reborn! 我创立的组织，被重生者曝光了！ Tu Tutu突兔兔Mystery736k WordsOngoing My name is Luo Qingyan. I was reborn, back on the eve of the supernatural apocalypse. In my previous life, the Dragon Kingdom became a blood-soaked hell. Only that mysterious organization hidden from the world could save it from ruin. In this life, I will change the fate of the Dragon Kingdom. I will change everything. I will find that organization... [Dawn]! My name is Su Yu. I am staying at Luo Qingyan's home. On this day, I awakened a Savior System, but the System demanded that I es 42.6kReads6.9Score2.3kShelves
37. 137 别 Stop Pretending. You're Not a Normal Awakened One Either, Are You? 别装了，你也不是正经觉醒者吧？ When Will the Moon Shine? Canned明月几时有罐头Urban2.9M WordsOngoing (Also known as: How Can Li Bai Have Three Eyes? I’m Yang Jian!) After transmigrating, He Xu assumed he’d definitely become an Awakened, until he awakened the Calamity Sequence [Yang Jian]. From the day his third eye grew in, He Xu stopped feeling sleepy, but he became ravenous: the kind of hunger that made him want to eat people. He started delivering takeout in his spare time. While bringing food to others, he also picked out his own meals. He Xu had principles. He wouldn’t eat ordinary people, 263.8kReads8.2Score18.8kShelves
38. 138 惊 Thriller Game: A Journey of Escape Begins in an Ancient Castle 惊悚游戏：从古堡开始的逃生之旅 Years Like Flowing Fire流火似年Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted [Infinite Worlds + Mild Horror + No Female Lead + Escape + Not Wish Fulfillment + No System + Smart Characters + Original Worldbuilding] [This story has plenty of twists and focuses on an ensemble cast. Please read patiently: the characters may not be as simple as they seem, and although this is an infinite-worlds story, each instance is connected in some way.] Yan Changqing has been bedridden and paralyzed for twelve years. Throughout those twelve years, he has repeatedly had the same dream. In 12.1kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves
39. 139 剖 The Night I Cut Open a Demon Corpse, All of Dasheng Heard It 剖开妖尸那晚，整个大晟都听见了 Qing Ying Ah清英啊Mystery218k WordsCompleted On his first night after transmigrating, Shen Yan dissected a demon in front of his parents’ coffins. The whole city condemned him as a demon consort and demanded he be burned alive. Then, in front of everyone, he opened a third corpse: the stitches exposed the killer, the ordination certificate pointed the way, and the mycelium traced its source. Three cuts, and the real culprit was nailed for good. The entire Night Patrol Bureau fell silent. The emperor summoned him to the palace that very nig 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Transitional period trial

40. 140 御 Beast Taming: I'm a Veterinarian, Not a Fighter 御兽：我是个兽医，不打架 Flowers Drift Away on a Summer Night夏夜花离Urban379k WordsCompleted The ninetieth year after the spiritual qi revival. The whole world entered the "Beast Taming Era": school admissions, employment, warfare, and city rankings all depended on pet beast strength, the hardest currency of all. Beast tamers were the mainstream profession. Combat beast tamers held the highest status, breeders came next, and pet beast doctors were the least respected, third-rate profession. They couldn't make money, had no social standing, and were mocked as "people who treat livestock. 9Reads—Score109Shelves
41. 141 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.5kReads9.7Score69kShelves
42. 142 无 Infinite Haunting Realms: I Can See Through Lies 无限诡域：我能堪破谎言 The Civil and Polite Mr. Xue文明礼貌雪某Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow]+ [No Romance]+ [Original Instances]+ [Mild Horror]+ [Ghosts Kill People]+ [Ghosts in Every Real-World Instance] “Ghosts cannot be killed.” “Humans cannot fight ghosts.” “Ghosts each have their own rules for killing.” A mysterious letter. A door that leads to the unknown. When Li Yu opened the door, one eerie instance after another awaited him. This is the [Ghostly Domain], a world of vengeful ghosts! Will you die in confusion, or be reborn from a nightmare? 154.8kReads8.3Score24.8kShelves
43. 143 洞 In the Depths of Dongyuan: The Immortal Beneath the Earth 洞渊深处：地底仙 Shangguan Sanye上官三野Urban422k WordsCompleted [Lovecraftian Cultivation] + [Eerie] + [Madness] + [Classic of Mountains and Seas] Immortals aren’t in the heavens. They’re underground! Ever since returning from exploring a cave, Chen Si has finally understood this truth! The immortals told him: “Use blood to power the formation, and offer sacrifices to all spirits.” He will follow their example, using human blood and flesh to forge his path to immortality! Is this truly an ascent through a grotesque transformation of flesh and blood, or merel 1.8kReads8.4Score222Shelves

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    The first book is a logically sound novel I've read recently. Both the ghost's motives and the decisions made by humans are well-described, and the battle of wits between the ghost and humans is particularly exciting. The second book I recommend is purely for the author's vivid descriptions of the unknown and terrifying atmosphere, especially the descriptions of the caves.

44. 144 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 313.2kReads9.4Score28.3kShelves
45. 145 无 Infinite Escape: I Earn Rent Money in Horror Games 无限逃生：我在惊悚游戏里挣房费 Mo Sibei陌肆白Mystery800k WordsCompleted [Infinite flow + horror, suspense, and mystery-solving + strong female lead + team + plot-focused] [Ding~ Welcome, player, to the Survival Inn! Please do your best to clear the instances and earn your room fees~ We offer dormitory rooms, guesthouse rooms, hotel rooms, and more, as well as a top-tier luxury VIP club waiting for you to unlock~] A gloomy, blood-soaked compound A school crawling with death A cursed painting that brings death to anyone who looks at it An old village teeming with stra 21kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves
46. 146 诡 Lord of the Cursed Objects 诡物领主 A Mountain God一只山神Eastern Fantasy332k WordsOngoing Aierde transmigrates and immediately becomes a strange creature. From the start, he has a powerful female ghost on his side: Alice, a cool and aloof big sister, as well as Daqi, a gluttonous and hopelessly inept female swordswoman. Together with his two companions, he opens an anything-goes bounty hunter’s office in his territory of Duntunbao. To keep the territory from going hungry for three days out of every nine, they work tirelessly in a world overrun by strange creatures. 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    What I hate most is when the protagonist has too much inner monologue. The lord in "Monster Lord" is very straightforward: if he can't beat someone, he eats monster crystals to level up; if he can't afford to raise them, he takes on orders without any nonsense.

47. 147 开 From the Start, I Command the Night Watch Ghost 开局驾驭打更鬼 Ansheng Fairy Tales安生童话Mystery544k WordsOngoing The protagonist is cautious and doesn't act recklessly. This story focuses on evil ghosts. The blurb isn't doing it justice; there's a detailed introduction in the book-search forum. He uses other people to test the ghosts' abilities, so don't read if that's not for you. An Eerie Revival setting with a Wasteland world, an original Tomato novel, not fanfiction. [Eerie Revival] [Wasteland] [Everyone Is a Villain] Over a hundred ghosts, all emotionless, unpredictable killing machines! Bone-Melting 1.8kReads—Score157Shelves

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    This one is pretty good, I've been following it.

48. 148 十 Eleven Madmen 十一个疯子 Lu Ban Banban鲁班班班Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted (Not mindless, no harem, no System, and not a conventional power fantasy. Please read with that in mind.) From the day you were born until now, have you ever had doubts like these? “Do I really exist?” “Does the world really exist?” “Why do I exist?” “And why does the world exist?” “Is my existence inevitable? If I die, will the world keep existing?” “At the moment m 38.6kReads9.4Score5.6kShelves
49. 149 诡 Master of the Paranormal: I’m an Undercover Agent in the Paranormal Faction 诡异主宰：我在诡异阵营当卧底 Fat Tiger Isn't Fierce胖虎不凶Mystery88k WordsOngoing The protagonist becomes an entity of the uncanny to take revenge. After getting his revenge, he hopes to settle down and live a lazy life, but an invisible “hand” keeps pushing him forward. When he finally comes to understand the whole world, he realizes that... well, uncanny gods are still gods. He begins his undercover journey in the uncanny world, tricking the uncanny beings. The uncanny world has nine world-ending... In the real world, multiple organizations are shouldering the burden and fi —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Become a bizarre and funny story

50. 150 亘 The Nightmare Kingdom, Where the Flesh Mutates 亘梦诡国，肉身畸变 Allergic to Bitter Coffee苦咖啡过敏原Mystery453k WordsOngoing [Supernatural]+ [Sanity Plummets]+ [Fantasy What-If]+ [Cthulhu]+ [Horror Folklore]+ [Transmigration]+ [Feel-Good Power Fantasy]+ [Fresh and Original] I hope more people will stop by and give me the motivation to update with 4,000+ words every day. The first instance may not be that interesting, so I recommend skipping ahead a dozen or so chapters before reading. Give the author a little patience and keep reading. The story won't disappoint you. You may find yourself wondering whether fate really 22Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is quite interesting. The premise is novel and I haven't seen it much on Tomato Bookstore. The author has a very vivid imagination. Some parts of the descriptions are a bit disturbing, with many terrifying and bizarre folk customs. The physical descriptions are quite gory.

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