Looking for a Supernatural Novel with a Really Handsome Male Lead 🥹 想看一本灵异的小说，男主要很帅的那种🥹

1. 1 东 Northeastern China's Forbidden Secrets 东北禁忌手札 Jun Lan君阑Mystery122k WordsCompleted [Extreme horror + a folk-horror story set in the countryside] In a remote mountain village, deep within the forest, countless taboos remain unknown to outsiders. The people here follow ancient rules of life and death: pregnant women must never encounter a coffin, and anyone who dies of old age at a hundred years old is destined to become an evil spirit. But in a single day, the old Yu family breaks both taboos, drawing every kind of demon and ghost to their door! At midnight, someone hears the s 912Reads8.8Score108Shelves

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   This is terrifying beyond belief 😭 I was so scared I couldn't go to the bathroom at night! Anyone understand?! I should have watched it during the day 😭😭

2. 2 山 Tales of the Haunted Mountain Village 山村诡事录 Mu Xue牧雪Urban893k WordsCompleted Where the woods are dense, ghosts abound; where the mountains are high, monsters are sure to lurk. After getting drunk, Chen Jianjun of Kaoshan Village encounters a beautiful woman in the mountains. Alone together, the pair spend several days in an intimate embrace. When he returns home, he goes mad for a day and then dies. On the day of his burial, Chen Jianjun suddenly comes back to life... To save his family, Chen Xiaojun becomes the apprentice of Yi, a lame man who was once sent to a work ca 4.5kReads9.1Score428Shelves

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   😨😨😨 I'm numb, completely numb! I'm totally numb after reading these horror novels! That chilling feeling spread from my scalp to the soles of my feet.

3. 3 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 242Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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   😱😱😱This is really scary, don't try it if you're easily frightened!

4. 4 跟 Learning Feng Shui from Third Grandpa 跟着三爷爷学风水 Ding Xingxing521丁星星521Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Born into a family of Feng Shui practitioners, I became someone who defies fate the moment I entered the world of Yin-Yang Feng Shui. As one strange event after another unfolded, I learned to recognize fortune and misfortune, ward off disaster, and handle everything with ease. To all the brothers, sisters, uncles, and aunties passing by, please leave a book review here! Remember to comment, too! Thank you! If you like learning, remember to bring your brain along. There’s plenty of useful informa 34.1kReads8.8Score2.9kShelves

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   Can good looks put food on the table? Can good looks provide you with a skill to make money? Can good looks teach you useful things? Come to me, I'll teach you.

5. 5 午 The Midnight Ghost Market: Living People Keep Out 午夜鬼市，活人回避 The Drinking Monk吃酒和尚Mystery592k WordsCompleted [Mystery + supernatural + ghost market + narrow escape from death] My name is Tang Chao. I’m a broke young man scraping by in the antiques business, with hundreds of thousands in debt hanging over me. An ordinary porcelain-buying deal led me to pick up a strange Jun ware bowl at an unexpectedly low price. I thought I’d found a bargain. Little did I know, it was the beginning of my nightmare... On a bus, I met a burly man calling himself Jue Mingzi, who warned me that “a calamity is sure to befal 3.5kReads9.1Score217Shelves
6. 6 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 12.1kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves

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   Attention all aspiring entertainers! This is a pure laugh-out-loud book, super hilarious, full of antics, and all about getting hooked on whatever you want. You might just like it! [Thinking][Pouting][Making a face]

7. 7 我EN With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.3M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 743.2kReads9.4Score41.2kShelves

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   I've read so many books, but this is the one I've been following for a long time and it's really great! It's just that updates are a bit infrequent!

8. 8 开 Strange Tales from the Start? But I’m Yang Jian! 开局聊斋？但我是杨戬啊 Drunk Cat Xiaoxiaosheng醉猫笑笑生Eastern Fantasy769k WordsOngoing [No System + Chinese-Style Horror + Time-Limited Transformation + Yang Jian + Extreme Contrast and Thrills] After transmigrating into the demon-infested world of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Yang Jian runs straight into a century-old Painted-Skin Ghost that specializes in tearing out human hearts. There is nowhere to run! No System chiming in. No old master living in a ring. His only trump card is the Holy Erlang True Lord sleeping inside him, whose name sounds just like his own: Yang Ji 6.4kReads8.2Score636Shelves

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   A thrilling journey through the world of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, where the protagonist goes from meticulously planning to survive to awakening the divine power of a true lord, battling against all kinds of demons and evil spirits – the plot is incredibly captivating!

9. 9 第 The First-Eye Feng Shui Master 第一天眼风水师 A Kind of Smile一种笑笑Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted This is not your typical feng shui story. If that bothers you, please move along. Inside you’ll find the most terrifying human demons and ghosts, horrifying infant spirits, bewitching female ghosts, thousand-year-old flood dragons, and even a ghastly face that will make your heart race... There are no tired formulas here, so be patient. The further you read, the better it gets… The story begins on the day I was born. On the day of my birth, every last one of the chickens and ducks my family k 17.7kReads8.9Score1kShelves

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   They're all so beautiful!

10. 10 夜 Ghostly Whispers at Midnight 夜半鬼语 Millennium-Old Monster千年老妖Mystery87k WordsCompleted [Rural + Supernatural + Ghost Stories] Back when my grandfather was young, he learned carpentry. As Old Zhao put it, a sixth-grade carpenter these days was worth half a scholar. But things were different back then. Carpenters belonged to one of the lowest trades. They had to carry their tools around every day, get up before dawn and stay out until the middle of the night, traveling from village to village to find work. And because they went so many places, and made coffins and dealt with the dea 5kReads9.0Score204Shelves

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    My palms were sweating and my heart was pounding. The plot was so tight and exciting that I couldn't stop watching!

11. 11 阴 The One Who Borrows Lives from the Underworld 阴间借命人 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Suspense + Folk Customs + Playful Tone + Ensemble Cast + Nonstop Ghost-Hunting Thrills!] Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I’ve known no peace. My name is Quan Ning. I’m a lawyer, and one day I was in a car accident on a mountain road. As I lay dying, I saw a ghostly judge from the underworld come to claim my soul. I struck a deal with him and borrowed a sliver of hope for survival. The price of this life I borrowed was becoming 2.5kReads9.1Score236Shelves
12. 12 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... 1kReads9.1Score103Shelves
13. 13 乡 Tales of Strange Happenings in the Countryside 乡村诡事录 Zhang Xiaohe张小河Mystery156k WordsCompleted The strange happenings in a mountain village. I was born and raised in the countryside. Deep in the mountains, there are always ghosts and spirits, and my village was no exception. Heaven, earth, black, yellow, the cosmos vast: demons and ghosts send shivers down your spine. One year, the start of spring fell on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. That year, so many strange things happened. Just bringing them up is enough to scare people. Meeting the Black and White Impermanence on a night wa 1.9kReads9.0Score137Shelves

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    These novels take horror to the extreme. While reading them, I felt breathless and chilled to the bone, as if I were being possessed by an evil spirit—a truly terrifying feeling that made me afraid to even go to the bathroom. Anyone who reads them knows how terrifying they are.

14. 14 阴 Yin-Yang Eye Realtor: Selling Haunted Houses in Chongqing 阴阳眼中介：我在重庆卖凶宅 Listening to the Wind in the Wilds山野聆风Mystery632k WordsCompleted A novel inspired by local Chongqing legends and historical anecdotes. This story is entirely fictional. As a child, the protagonist gained the ability to see yin and yang from a Qing dynasty skeleton. His family’s ancestral ledger is filled with secrets of old Chongqing. The folklore is meticulously researched, with traceable details ranging from place names and historical anecdotes to traditional remedies and feng shui formations. Each haunted house seems like a self-contained case, but in trut 194Reads8.3Score—Shelves
15. 15 午 The Midnight Pawnshop: The Living Must Keep Away 午夜当铺，活人回避 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery4.0M WordsOngoing [Traditional Supernatural Horror] [Chinese Folk Customs] [Unorthodox Trade] [Tales of Evil Objects] [No Romance] This is a strange pawnshop that deals exclusively in sinister objects with special value! When something goes against the natural order, evil must be at work! Some things simply should not exist in this world! Coins stuffed into the mouths of the dead, an executioner's blade, grave mushrooms, flesh lingzhi, Kunlun fetuses... Evil objects can harm people, but they can also help them! T 278.4kReads9.4Score23.6kShelves
16. 16 皇 Imperial City Headlines: The Mute Chancellor Is Such a Drama Queen! 皇城头条，哑女丞相是戏精！ Dusty Traveler at the Ancient Frost Maple Ferry霜枫古渡尘客Ancient Romance362k WordsCompleted [Lighthearted comedy ★ Comeback ★ Political intrigue ★ A clay figurine of a chancellor ★ Drama queen at heart] The rope snapped, and when the chancellor woke up, she’d gone mad. She slapped her thigh. “If the King of Hell won’t take me, then I, this palace, no, I’m not a consort this time, I’m the chancellor, will just have to keep living!” Three years mute, then suddenly unstoppable. The emperor’s her client? Keep him sweet! The officials give her attitude? Give it right back! A crooked merchan 159Reads8.9Score—Shelves
17. 17 猛 The Ghosts Come Out at Night Series 猛鬼出更系列 Plucking Plum Blossoms, Drunk in Luoyang且插梅花醉洛阳7k WordsCompleted The Ferocious Ghosts Come Out at Night Series 140Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This author is probably the best horror writer on the entire Tomato website. The first three were a collection of chilling short horror stories, and the fourth was a thrilling, funny, and slightly risqué suspenseful supernatural novel. [Petrified]

18. 18 午 The Deadly Neighbor at Midnight 午夜凶邻 Plucking Plum Blossoms, Drunk in Luoyang且插梅花醉洛阳7k WordsCompleted The Neighbor from Hell at Midnight 121Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 o Office Ghosts: Don't Work Overtime office有鬼之不要加班 Plucking Plum Blossoms, Drunk in Luoyang且插梅花醉洛阳6k WordsCompleted There Are Ghosts in the Office: Don’t Work Overtime 91Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 重 Major Crimes Unit Three: The Borrowed Corpse 重案三组之借尸还魂 Plucking Plum Blossoms, Drunk in Luoyang且插梅花醉洛阳Mystery605k WordsOngoing Three bizarre murder cases, each victim wearing a strange smile. Through deep psychological profiling, forensic pathologist Song Ci discovers that each victim’s final actions imitated a tiny habitual gesture their long-deceased relative used to make. Bai Ye’s technical analysis confirms that traces of brain waves that could not belong to the living, already “formatted,” remain at the crime scenes... 2Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 21 惊 Horrifying! The Eighth One 惊悚！第八个 Listening to the Wind in the Wilds山野聆风6k WordsCompleted Horrifying! The Eighth One 40Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 他 He Was Eating Noodles at a Roadside Restaurant, When He Found a Human Eyeball in His Bowl! 他在路边餐馆吃面，竟然吃出了人眼珠子！ Listening to the Wind in the Wilds山野聆风12k WordsCompleted He was eating noodles at a roadside restaurant when he found a human eyeball in his bowl! 38Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves
24. 24 三 The Ten Arts of the Three Pure Ones: The Celestial Venerable Descends the Mountain 三清十诀：天尊下山 Echoing Valley有回音的山谷Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing Gu Feng possesses the ten strongest immortal arts in the world. He is a mortal emissary of the Nine Heavens, sent to walk among humanity. By his master's order and out of duty, Gu Feng enters the modern city… After wiping out a series of demons, ghosts, and wicked practitioners, he discovers that the mastermind behind it all is hiding on the legendary Immortal Island of Penglai! This earth-shattering conspiracy reaches far and wide. It involves the demon Taoists of Mount Mao in Yan Country, a 3.4kReads6.6Score189Shelves

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    This fits the description quite well. The male lead is not only handsome but also exudes an ethereal aura. Possessing magical powers, he vanquishes demons and monsters in the city. He invokes the power of the True Martial Emperor and rescues the righteous god of Northeast China, Hu San Tai Ye. He also displays his divine might alongside the leaders of various esoteric sects such as Longhu Mountain, Maoshan Mountain, and Wudang Mountain. Furthermore, Zhang Sanfeng, who has lived for over six hundred years, uses two fingers to slay demons.

25. 25 京 Feng Shui Records of Beijing and Hong Kong 京港风水实录 Idle Man of Guanzhong关中闲汉Mystery585k WordsCompleted Do you think you’ve found a bargain and bought a cheap home, or have you purchased a haunted house that will cost you your life? A foreclosed property in Beijing’s Second Ring Road discounted by a million, a detached villa in Hong Kong’s Mid-Levels with no down payment: every home that seems too good to be true is, in fact, a cursed place stained with human lives. I’m Han Yang, a feng shui master who specializes in haunted houses. With genuine expertise in feng shui and the flow of energy, I unt 957Reads—Score203Shelves
26. 26 尸 Born of a Corpse, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 尸生子，鬼抬棺 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! 212.8kReads9.6Score25.1kShelves

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    Good-looking, must be pursued

27. 27 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... 9.8kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves
28. 28 鬼 Ghost Messenger, Don't Run 鬼差你别跑 Jie Yu界玉Mystery877k WordsCompleted The sequel to "The Underworld Calls Me Little Mister", picking up perfectly from the final chapter of the first book. Hilarious ghost-hunting power fantasy! Every member of the main cast is an overpowered carry, and they won’t put up with even the slightest injustice! An invincible protagonist, with payback served the very same day! Packed with all kinds of superstitious trivia from Taoist classics, along with knowledge from the other Hundred Schools of Thought. 18.9kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves
29. 29 天 The Celestial Master Is Here: Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World 天师在此，奇门风水震天下 Big Eggplant大茄子Mystery6.3M WordsCompleted [Several short dramas have been adapted from this novel: Feng Shui Heavenly Master, The Grand Master of Qimen Feng Shui, The Heavenly Master Is Here, Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World, Notes of a Folk Feng Shui Master, and others] Everything in this book is fictional. Just enjoy the story, don’t take it seriously, and don’t get too caught up in it... 248.3kReads9.1Score59.8kShelves
30. 30 午 Midnight Wonders 午夜惊奇 Qiao Dou Ma Dai QAQ桥豆麻袋QAQUrban171k WordsCompleted At the stroke of midnight, amid a terrifying atmosphere, strange ghost stories begin to unfold! A bluish-white hand suddenly appears on the window in the middle of the night. Is it looking for someone to take revenge on? A bus still running in the dead of night: does it lead to the world of the living or to hell? The shapewear hanging in the wardrobe at home is made of human skin! During the Qingming Festival, a figure appears in the glass of the bathhouse. After returning to her room, a beautif 416Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    After reading the first story, I got goosebumps 😭😭😱😱

31. 31 我 My Years of Ghost Hunting Among the People 我在民间捉鬼的那些年 Releasing a Hydrogen Balloon放氢气球Mystery275k WordsCompleted Chinese-Style Horror, No Female Lead My name is Xu Jian. I’m 26, and I studied Taoist arts under a Maoshan priest for several years. Over the years, I’ve seen all kinds of things. After doing this long enough, I realized that ghosts aren’t scary. What’s truly frightening are the things people can’t get past in their hearts. All I do is help them say what needs to be said and settle their debts once and for all. People call me a Celestial Master of the Taoist sect, but I’m really just an ordin 4.8kReads—Score324Shelves

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    Very nice, looks great!

32. 32 她 She Became an Online Sensation Through Fortune-Telling 她靠算命爆红全网 Mo Zhongli墨仲鲤Modern Romance294k WordsCompleted [Taoist priest + ghost hunting + talisman drawing + face-slapping comeback + feng shui] Reborn on the night of her ghost wedding, Qin Youyou awakens on the spirit bed and discovers that she bears a special fate, drawing the covetous attention of evil Taoists and the hauntings of vengeful ghosts. To protect herself, she clears haunted houses, hunts ghosts, takes in monsters and ghosts as companions, and fights evil gods, gradually regaining her cultivation. At last, the man who has always protect 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male lead is aloof, handsome, rich, and can even catch ghosts; it's very enjoyable to watch.

33. 33 我 I Am Xie Bi'an, Ghost Constable 我乃鬼差谢必安 Mu Yang Chen Kong慕阳辰空Mystery187k WordsOngoing Between yin and yang, life and death alternate, and every story must eventually end. I am Xie Bi'an, one of the Black and White Impermanence from traditional Chinese mythology, the White Impermanence. Though perhaps I’m not quite so traditional. One year, one month, one day, one thing... 19Reads—Score—Shelves

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    White robe, white hat, cold white skin, calm, dignified, and resourceful.

34. 34 乡 A Record of Supernatural Events in the Countryside 乡村灵异事件薄 The Long Road Goes On and On, TM, I’ll Charge Ahead长路漫漫TM任我闯Mystery241k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 466Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I devoured 60 chapters of this 200,000-word masterpiece in one go! If it's not amazing, you can kick me to death! [Fear][Fear][Fear][Fear] Not for those with heart conditions! Not for those under 18! Not for those with a low tolerance for graphic content! Not for those lacking spatial imagination! Choose carefully! You're responsible for the consequences! Bizarre! Human nature! Evil spirits! Ferocious demons! A tightly woven plot that you won't be able to put down!

35. 35 九 Uncle Nine: I Punish the Guilty in Heaven's Name, and You Call Me Arrogant? 九叔：奉天伐罪，你说我嚣张？ Zhao Li Is a Real Scoundrel赵吏是个老六Eastern Fantasy687k WordsOngoing There was once a saying that circulated throughout the martial world. When traveling the martial world, remember never to stare at those filthy Maoshan creeps. Otherwise, you’ll find that after you glance at them once, they’ll secretly work up their power and chant an incantation; after a second glance, they’ll summon thunder with their arts; after a third, you’ll be rolling around in the Eighteenth Level of Hell. Yang Lingxiao transmigrates into a world of zombies. He is taken in by the sect le 264Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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    Super cool! Purely satisfying read! [Thumbs up] ① The male protagonist, clad in a Yin-Yang Qiankun Taoist robe, transforms into the young master of Maoshan Mountain, riding on clouds, flanked by grass-headed deities, surrounded by a forest of officials, his might surging with heavenly thunder, upholding justice and punishing evil. You say I'm arrogant?! I'll shatter your skull!!

36. 36 只 He Kills, Never Saves: This Taoist Is Wickedly Righteous! 只杀不渡，这个道士正到发邪！ Midsummer Is Coming仲夏将至Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + Mazu + folk customs + deity processions + Guanjian Shou + yin-yang taboos] People in Fujian often say, “If the powers above won't agree, just ask Mazu.” Born with an extremely weighty fate, Lin Haien was conceived on Qingming and born on the Winter Solstice. He has a yin-yang constitution and a spirit-sensitive body. Lost souls and wandering ghosts torment him, all hoping to take over his body and replace him. To give him even the slimmest chance of survival, his midwife grandmot 116.6kReads9.2Score9.7kShelves
37. 37 无 Infinite Fusion: My Bonded Gu Have All Become Immortals 无限融合，我的本命蛊都成仙了 The Bearing of a Sixty-Year-Old Hall六十岁殿堂之姿Eastern Fantasy2.9M WordsCompleted A bloody catastrophe shattered a dynasty that had ruled for a thousand years. Li Yuan, its sole surviving prince, concealed his identity and fled to the southern frontier, where he joined the Gu Master lineage and unexpectedly awakened a Gu-Insect Synthesis System. Lords from every corner of the land, demons and monsters, and the various martial-world factions were all looking for him. They wanted to use his bloodline as the key to unlock the Martial God treasure left behind by the founding empe 93.1kReads9.0Score11kShelves
38. 38 阴 The Living King of Hell of the Yin-Yang Realm 阴阳界活阎王 Brother from Heihe黑河小哥Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing Evil spirits: “Hell is empty, and devils walk among us!” Unorthodox cultivators: “Compared to him, I’m just a rookie!” Righteous cultivators: “Who let him cultivate?!” Li Dao: “Ahem, let me clear things up. I did all those things... just kidding.” 196Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I always recommend this book whenever I see similar book requests. It's not a masterpiece, but it's definitely worth reading.

39. 39 雇 Hiring a Handsome Guy to Guard the House 雇个帅哥来镇宅 Zahari扎哈里Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing [Horror, one heroine] What do you do when you’re nearly broke? With no other options, Shang Yi reluctantly took a night-shift job, and it completely upended his worldview! The elevator, hallways, underground parking garage, bathrooms… Those places were already enough to give him a headache. But what troubled him even more was the attention he got from beautiful women… Strange incidents kept happening in the residential complex, yet the residents went on living there as if nothing were wrong. The 54Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 40 东 Northeastern Folk Taboos 东北民间禁忌 Sleeves That Cover the Sky大袖遮天Mystery5.3M WordsOngoing The black soil of the Northeast holds too many stories, and hides too many rules. If you hear someone call your name in the middle of the night, never look back. On New Year’s Eve, if a dumpling wrapper breaks, it’s for the “good brothers” to eat. If you meet a woman in red while walking at night, remember to pull your hat down low... These taboos passed down by the older generation are superstition if you don’t believe in them. But if you break them, they become a ghostly gateway that leads str 1.6kReads—Score103Shelves
41. 41 我 My Days Working at a Funeral Home 我在殡仪馆工作的那些事儿 Farewell, Xiao Lang再见萧郎Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted My name is Ling Yu. I work at a funeral home with Big Fatty. One day, a beautiful corpse wearing Chanel arrived at the funeral home. I stole the Chanel outfit and gave it to my girlfriend. Then a string of sinister things began to happen... Deaths kept piling up, closing in on Big Fatty and me step by step. How can we escape Death's pursuit? 2kReads5.9Score106Shelves
42. 42 我 I Work as a Mortuary Makeup Artist 我在殡仪馆做化妆师 Bai Baoqian百宝嵌Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted I used to be a stylist on film and television sets. After reality put me through the wringer, I stumbled into a job as a mortuary makeup artist. Every day, I face all kinds of bizarre corpses, and they have shown me another world... 717Reads8.2Score100Shelves
43. 43 我 My Years in the Funeral Business 我干殡葬的那些年 Dongfang Goudan东方狗蛋Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted People light candles, ghosts blow out the lamps. The dead return at midnight, corpses rise in funeral halls, and ancient relics lie buried for thousands of years. In my years working in the funeral business, I’ve encountered plenty of strange and uncanny things. The living walk the roads of the living world, and the dead walk the roads of the underworld. But sometimes, not everyone on the underworld’s roads is a ghost, and not everyone on the living world’s roads is human… 50.4kReads9.2Score5kShelves
44. 44 职 Professional Funeral Watcher 职业守灵人 Deep Love Always Ends in Heartbreak深情总被殇Mystery962k WordsOngoing At funerals, there is a ritual called “keeping vigil.” I am a professional vigil keeper. People pay me to keep watch over their dead. Over the course of my career, I have witnessed far too many touching stories and tragic circumstances. But most of all, I have encountered strange and terrifying events. And it all began the first time I saw a ghost while keeping vigil... 194Reads6.9Score137Shelves
45. 45 东 Strange Tales of the Northeast 东北鬼事异闻 Divination Rat卦鼠Mystery236k WordsCompleted A collection of strange tales about ghosts and supernatural happenings in Northeast China. Some are hearsay, while others are terrifying paranormal events that happened right before the storyteller's eyes. A weasel spirit gaining human form, a fox stealing an elixir, a corpse crushed beneath a millstone... 2.2kReads—Score106Shelves
46. 46 惊EN Terror: I Only Sell Haunted Houses 惊悚：我只卖凶宅 Nicholas Goudan尼古拉斯狗蛋Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Rooms where unnatural deaths have occurred are collectively known as haunted houses. There are two kinds: “blue houses” and “red houses.” Living people can stay in blue houses without harm, but anyone who lives in a red house is doomed to die. I work as a real estate agent. One day, I accidentally sold a red house, and afterward, I began encountering terrifying things… 26.5kReads9.2Score3.2kShelves
47. 47 北 Beijing Drifter Xiuxiu 北漂修修 White-Browed Eagle Who Likes Mucuna Beans喜欢牛蹄豆的白眉鹰Urban589k WordsCompleted I’m Wu Qi, an utterly ordinary poor kid. After graduating from high school, I ended up in Yanbei at a third-rate diploma mill where you could earn a degree through self-study exams. Then, in one night, I unexpectedly inherited a legacy, completed the Foundation Establishment stage, and reached the Golden Core stage in a month... From then on, I cultivated my mind, character, and practice in the mortal world... I started working part-time in Yanbei, selling things at street stalls, looking for jo 114Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Does it look good to have your car repaired while living in Beijing?

48. 48 梅 Mei Feixin Takes the Case to Court 梅费心打官司 White-Browed Eagle Who Likes Mucuna Beans喜欢牛蹄豆的白眉鹰8k WordsCompleted Mei Goes to Great Lengths to Sue 24Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 49 天 Tianxuan Paranormal Affairs Office 天玄灵异事务所 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery541k WordsCompleted - [Infinite Flow + Urban Supernatural + Chinese-Style Horror + Folk Legends and Hauntings + Celestial Master Exorcists + Heirs to the Daoist Tradition + Heterochromatic-Eyed Heroine + Haunted House Tales + Episodic Stories + Folk Taboos] - Hidden deep in the bustling streets is an inconspicuous supernatural affairs office called Tianxuan. - No one dares touch the folk taboos of this world. Haunted houses are plagued by unsolved horrors, abandoned villages and ancient mansions seethe with resentm 1.2kReads—Score104Shelves

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    A hundred ghosts have taken over the city streets, but the three masters and disciples are ruthless and decisive, annihilating as many evil spirits as they come! Vertical pupils discern falsehoods, black fire destroys malevolent souls, and they are the cure for all the filth in the city!

50. 50 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 707.4kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves

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    I'm completely engrossed in "The King of Feng Shui"; I've been reading it for a year now. The only downside is that three chapters a day is too slow; it's never enough!

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