Lovecraftian Cultivation in a Supernatural World 克系修仙，诡异世界

1. 101 从 Starting with Cancer Cells, I Created a Fake Eldritch World 从癌细胞开始，缔造伪诡秘世界 The Wind Blows, but the Rain Won't Wait风吹不等雨Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Cancer Cells + The Bizarre + Spiritual Qi Revival + One Female Lead] My name is Xu Youxin! A few months ago, I suddenly fainted and was rushed to the hospital. In the end, I was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. The doctors said I had no more than a year to live. I had lost all hope and was just waiting to die. Then I suddenly started to feel that something was wrong with the cancer cells in my body. Every day, I hear a few words repeating in my head... Something like... flesh and blood... 623Reads7.0Score10614d adds

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   The protagonist in the first book manages to avoid the drawbacks of various bizarre cultivation methods, but when he looks back, he can't help but wonder, is this really the path to immortality? The protagonist in the second book becomes a cancer cell, but who says that cancer cells can't lead their host to immortality? Perhaps in this bizarre world, the protagonist himself is a bizarre being.

2. 102 身 Immortality as a Cosmic Horror Overlord, Starting with a Summoning 身为克系主宰从被召唤开始的长生 Generation's Kun God一代昆神Eastern Fantasy109k WordsOngoing After creating a chaotic, disorderly universe, Azathoth fell into a deep sleep. Chen Shi was the reason He fell asleep. A soul from Blue Star became the supreme god of a Lovecraftian world. He journeyed through countless worlds, experiencing each one's customs and way of life. Life was leisurely, until... He was mistaken for an evil god and summoned to this world. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
3. 103 诡 The Strange Immortal Judge’s Record 诡仙判官录 Linchuan's Sandwich临川的三明治Eastern Fantasy552k WordsOngoing [Dark + Unhinged + Lovecraftian Cultivation + Judge of the Underworld] The Heavenly Dao has come alive. The gods feast on incense offerings, while the court runs the human world like a pasture. And I, keeper of the Book of Life and Death, was torn apart, soul and all, and sent back to the Three Realms for declaring the Heavenly Dao unjust a thousand years ago. I have seen: The souls of loyal subjects nailed into ancestral shrines to serve as lamp oil, chaste women turned into frost on the tiles 27Reads8.0Score214d adds

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   If you're tired of traditional cultivation novels, give this uniquely illustrated book, "The Record of the Mysterious Immortal Judge," a must-read!

4. 104 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 1.5kReads8.4Score22314d adds

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   This looks good, it has a strange, ethereal feel to it~

5. 105 垂 On My Deathbed, I Sat Bolt Upright: The Old Ones Were Me All Along 垂死病中惊坐起，旧日竟是我自己 Ten Tons in Three Days三天吃十吨Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Not an invincible protagonist + progression novel + no System + Lovecraftian horror + not fast-paced wish fulfillment + follows the official route] Lu Ning wandered through the fog for two thousand years. When he finally emerged, he found that the world seemed to be sick. The sun was covered in tentacles, planets were blanketed in flesh, the moon had sprouted countless eyes, and even Earth was groaning and crying for help. The diseased, disaster beasts, and followers of evil gods ran rampant, w 47.7kReads9.1Score5.7k14d adds

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   Eastern Cthulhu, Chinese-style horror!

6. 106 恐 The Age of Terror: I Begin as a Gravekeeper 恐怖时代，从成为守墓人开始 Ghost God Yama鬼神阎罗Mystery3.3M WordsOngoing [Reborn] + [Eerie] + [Underworld Official Ranks] + [Ghost Control] + [A Little Farming] + [Tomb Construction] An era of terror descended, and a death game began. This was a world where ghost controllers and the eerie coexisted. In his previous life, Chu Qing had been on the verge of becoming the First-Rank Underworld Official, King Chujiang. He was reborn in the future, back to the very beginning of the eerie era. The old rules were on the verge of collapse. Who would rule the dark dawn? Chu Qin 88.3kReads8.9Score7.8k14d adds
7. 107 全EN Surviving the Misty Apocalypse, I Build a Home with Eldritch Flesh 全民迷雾求生，我用邪神血肉建家 Half an Acre of Sunshine半顷阳光Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.1M WordsOngoing [Flesh and Bone + Apocalypse + Lovecraftian Survival + Civilization Graveyard + Mass Transmigration + No Romance] When mist shrouded the world and monsters howled outside their windows, all the players huddled and trembled inside their dilapidated shelters. But Bai Yi was teleported onto the face of the Great Being known as the “Lord of Flesh,” where he witnessed a horrific feast as an even more terrifying being devoured a planet of flesh. The fragments of flesh and bone that splattered from th 137.8kReads9.1Score11.8k14d adds
8. 108 世 The World Sinks into Eternal Night, Civilization Drowns in the Light of the Stars 世界沉于永夜，文明溺于辰光 Anti-Static防静电Urban1.8M WordsOngoing [Fantasy] [Plot] [Character Growth] [A Hint of Cosmic Horror] [Slow Burn] [Not a Pure Power Fantasy] Would you rather burn the history books and offer a white veil to the old world, or cradle the rotting truth and dance at the celebrations of the new world? As the world bleeds amid its collapse, as divine revelations echo through civilization... Where will you go? 55.3kReads9.0Score5.1k14d adds
9. 109 聊 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: I Asked You to Repay Your Debt, Not Paint Skins and Ghosts 聊斋：让你还债，没让你画皮画鬼 On Jiufeng Mountain九峰山上Eastern Fantasy125k WordsOngoing [Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio + Bizarre Cultivation + No System + Subverting Expectations + Folk Supernatural Tales + Becoming a God Through Painting + Dark Tone + Lovecraftian Horror + Clever Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] Transmigrating into Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, I find myself trapped in the deadly predicament of The Painted Skin from the start, and saddled with an unpayable debt to the dead? Don't panic. I have a White Bone Brush tha 817Reads—Score—14d adds

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   This cultivation novel with its unique elements is just right! It features hardcore Taoist magic and witty battles against demons, a meticulously crafted and engaging folk setting, plot twists and turns, and a particularly insightful portrayal of the underworld workplace and the struggle between human nature.

10. 110 山 Shanren Meiyou Miao's Ninth Book 山人没有妙的第9本书 The Hermit Has No Clever Plan山人没有妙计Mystery116k WordsOngoing Lovecraftian cultivation + eerie events + madness + Daoist: Believe in the Strange Never turn on a light after nightfall!! Whatever you do, don't close your eyes after dark!!! Lin Yi transmigrated and became an illustrious eunuch in the imperial harem. He thought all sorts of wonderful things might happen. But he soon discovered that the harem was terrifying beyond belief. After encountering two eerie events in a row, however, he realized that he might be even more terrifying than the strange th 27Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A cultivator with a knack for cultivation, a touch of the bizarre, a touch of madness, and a strange Daoist path transmigrates into the body of a eunuch. He unexpectedly discovers the palace is incredibly terrifying, and after experiencing two bizarre events, he suddenly realizes that he himself is perhaps even more terrifying than the various strange occurrences.

11. 111 人 In an Eerie World, I Have to Complete Every Mission on My Own 人在诡异世界，刷任务全靠自己 Nine Wines Return to One九酒归一Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted Lin Luo is terribly unlucky. He wakes up one day to find himself in a bizarre world. The good news is that he has his own golden finger! The bad news is that its greatest ability requires the cooperation of the legendary Fourth Calamity: the players! [Ding! The task you assigned to a Cloudfish has been completed!] [Under the terms of the agreement, you will receive ten percent of this task's earnings!] [Ding! Congratulations on unlocking the achievement: A Shameless Leech!] A leech? What a joke! 4.9kReads8.7Score50014d adds
12. 112 妹 My Little Sister Insists I'm Just a Special Effects Freak 妹妹非说我只是特效怪 Moonlight Fills the Starry River月华满星河Urban646k WordsCompleted [For the ending, read the last sentence of the chapter comments] Xu Tian: With one punch, I turned heaven and earth upside down, reversed cause and effect, threw time into chaos, annihilated the void, and even ground the Great Dao to dust. I am strong beyond all reason, so strong it beggars belief. I am a mighty being from beyond the heavens, an supreme existence in the Seat of Oblivion Realm. Xu Xin: Brother! Get a grip! You almost got bitten to death by the big yellow dog in our neighborhood. 17Reads6.5Score—14d adds
13. 113 诡 The Eerie Cannot Die, So I Guide It to the Afterlife and Become a God 诡异不死，我超度成神 Darling Chenchen Duck宸宸宝贝鸭Mystery490k WordsCompleted [Bizarre end of the Dharma age] [Eastern fantasy] [High Martial] [Game-like stats] The gods and Buddhas have fallen, and the path to immortality is severed. The bizarre cannot be killed, and “malice” is everywhere. With the bloodstained foremost scripture of the Dao, the Scripture of Deliverance, Lin Xiuyuan exorcises the bizarre and earns merit and blessings, in the form of bizarre abilities, seeking transcendence in this deranged world. “The bizarre can’t die? Watch me bathe, fast, set up an a 1.4kReads7.2Score10114d adds

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    This is a bizarre apocalyptic world where the path to immortality is severed; the protagonist reopens that path.

14. 114 当 When All the Immortals Forget Me 当所有神仙遗忘我 Melting Fire融化火Eastern Fantasy385k WordsOngoing [Saving the Primordial World] [Primordial Heaven, Investiture of the Gods, and Journey to the West] [Not a power fantasy] [Cthulhu] [One heroine] [No immortality cultivation or training] If salvation is destined to bring destruction, would you still dare to be a hero? Lu Shouming discovers that the so-called perfect Heavenly Court is merely an illusion, bought at the cost of billions upon billions of reincarnations by Patriarch Bodhi... Must Nezha’s three heads and six arms be set against the wa 122Reads8.9Score—14d adds

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    A very interesting novel combining celestial mythology, Cthulhu mythos, and the concept of causality swapping. The protagonist uses his memories from the three realms to exchange for information about a future catastrophe.

15. 115 旧 Ascension of the Old Ones 旧日飞升 Go and Return且去且回Eastern Fantasy109k WordsOngoing [Flesh mutations, knowledge corruption, Lovecraftian horror, thrilling battles, brisk pacing] [Not for beginners, no invincible protagonist, a painful saga] The Ninefold Abyss collapses, and the Heavenly Dao bleeds. In this apocalypse, as the wounds in the Heavenly Dao continue to widen, is cultivation salvation or a slow suicide? In this world polluted by the defiled blood of ancient times: Moonlight, pale as bone dust, reveals the twisted mutations of cultivators' limbs; A suspended city o 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A different kind of Kel'Thuzad worldview! What kind of sparks will fly when Kel'Thuzad + survival + non-newbie + grand worldview collide?

16. 116 诡 The Weird World: I Activated the Energy-Absorbing Monster from the Start 诡异世界：开局激活吸能怪 It's Not Too Late为时不晚Urban1.6M WordsOngoing Fang Tian unexpectedly transmigrates and is reborn in a bizarre world, where demons and ghosts run rampant, and the gods are nowhere to be seen! Luckily, he awakens the [Energy-Devouring Freak] talent. Killing demons and ghosts lets him absorb their talents and skills, boost his vitality, and earn enhancement points... His first demon kill grants him the [Divine Talent: Instinctive Mastery]. After watching a martial arts film, he learns the [Burning Wood Saber Technique] on the spot, then spends 31Reads7.8Score—14d adds

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    Look at the name...

17. 117 异 Abnormal Survival: Becoming a Mysterious Girl 异常存活：化身诡异少女 Warlock Group术士组Urban1.0M WordsOngoing Six years ago, an irresistible disaster swept across the globe, leaving fewer than one in ten billion people alive. In a new era roiled by undercurrents, Qin Ming, an “ordinary” young man of the age, is caught in a vortex destined to end badly. When the uncanny appears without warning in a fledgling city, and creatures from another world crawl through the cracks, eroding humanity's last hope like a flood, Qin Ming, transformed into a mysterious girl under the influence of some unknown entity, be 2.8kReads9.3Score33414d adds
18. 118 人 Trapped in a Horror World, I Was Forced to Become the Boss 人在惊悚，我被逼成了BOSS Fearless Elephant无畏象Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [No female lead + infinite-flow + decisive and ruthless + nuclear-grade absurdity + chaotic neutral] As everyone knows, surviving even a single day in a horror game is extremely difficult. Yet Lin Yi was trapped in the Undying Village for a full 29 days! Not only did he manage not to die, he was forced to become the ultimate BOSS of that instance! After resolving his survival crisis, he finally realized there was a problem. Now that I'm a BOSS, why haven't I cleared the game? That is, until a ne 5kReads9.0Score51814d adds
19. 119 诡 Paranormal Invasion: From the Start, I Became a Devourer of the Paranormal 诡异入侵：开局成为食诡人 Always Offline一直关机Urban569k WordsCompleted New book out: Artifact Sequence. Hope you’ll show it lots of support! Light and darkness, black and white! When the light is devoured, darkness descends! For reasons unknown, the Void Realm began appearing across the world. It is the world's dark side, absorbing all its negative energy and giving birth to immortal, uncanny creatures that feed on living beings! By a stroke of fate, Yan Shi was pulled into the Void Realm. There, he was killed by one of its creatures, but unexpectedly fused with a 535Reads8.8Score10614d adds
20. 120 人 In a World of the Uncanny: Please Believe Me, I’m Not the Killer 人在诡异：请相信我不是凶手 Slacking Off Every Day摆烂每一天Mystery524k WordsOngoing The supernatural returns, a hundred ghosts roam the night, and myths come back to life! While everyone else is doing their best to resist the eerie creatures, Ning Huang is talking to a young woman crouched in the corner, trembling: “Please believe me, I'm a good person!” The young woman looks at the man before her: he wears a metal mask, holds a butcher's cleaver dripping with fresh blood, and blocks the only exit. Two eerie creatures occasionally emerge from the shadows behind him. In the end, 114Reads8.0Score—14d adds
21. 121 命 The Game of Fate: This Player Is a Little Different 命运游戏：这个玩家不太一样 It's Yan Yu Shisan是烟雨十三啊Mystery3.9M WordsOngoing Why does a legless man keep visiting a foot massage parlor? What is he after? Why did a famous company frame a blind girl for spying on its trade secrets? A criminal charged into a morgue and shouted, “None of you are getting out alive!” The heartwarming truth behind it will move you. Several people in leather jackets and tight pants leaped from a rooftop carrying gas canisters, claiming they were taking part in Survey Corps rookie training. Experts still can’t offer a reasonable explanation. 1.2kReads9.0Score10514d adds
22. 122 我 I'm a Sneaky Sixth, and Everyone Wants to Kill Me 我是个老六，所有人都想刀了我 Could You Stop Rushing Me?别催行不行Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Decisive killing + no female lead + satisfying read + System] After Lin Jiu entered the Horror World, he acquired an evolvable talent: Kidney Collector. From then on, he never looked back from the path of being a sneaky bastard. “You collected a pair of kidneys and mastered the S-rank skill Kidney Strike!” “You collected a pair of kidneys and mastered the S-rank skill Warp!” “You collected a kidney and mastered the S-rank skill Chaotic Calculation!” Miss Cannibal, please be careful. I only 8kReads9.3Score68114d adds
23. 123 神 The Divine Fire Path 神火大道 Among Mulberries and Pus桑间濮上Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing Mortal-style cultivation, no female lead, no golden finger Zhuang Yu, a boy from an ordinary fishing village, gets the chance to join the Qingyang Sect, a cultivation sect. There, he obtains a crude cultivation manual called The Divine Fire Ascension Art. Through countless dangers in the cultivation world, he gradually rises from a kind and honest young man to a ruthless overlord in his own right. [Lower Five Realms]: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Trans 6.2kReads8.5Score44114d adds

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    ① Cultivation is a game where ordinary people cultivate immortality, but there are costs involved. The cheat system can be optimized, all techniques can be optimized, and anyone can be killed. ② A bizarre entry into the cultivation world, and then into the real world – no one expected that a game would trigger such a strange cultivation journey. ③ An ordinary person cultivates immortality, entering the cultivation world after obtaining the most basic cultivation methods. Through hardship and struggle, they embark on the path of a powerful figure. ④ On the path to immortality, they thought they could achieve immortality, but it turned out to be a dead end. As long as they cultivate, they become high-level food.

24. 124 仙 The Immortal Path? The Path of Death! 仙道？死道！ Jue Love ScarJue恋殇Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted [Horror Cultivation] + [Survival at All Costs] You are what you eat, so eating bitterness won't make you a better person. Only eating people will. An immortal once said, “If you're not at the table, you're on the menu.” Humans are the spirit of all things, born with immortal bodies and prized as heavenly medicine. In the cultivation world, the only way to cultivate is to absorb the power and fortune of others! That's why ordinary people are kept as living cauldrons. If you don't consume others, —Reads—Score—14d adds
25. 125 白 The White Bone Daoist Court 白骨道庭 Not a Minute to Spare兜里没有一分钟Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted Cultivate true energy, build the foundation of the Dao, and manifest the Yin Spirit. The unorthodox path makes seeking the Dao difficult: refine baleful energy, taint the soul, and seek freedom for a fleeting moment. The heterodox path is arduous too: evade earthfire, dodge astral winds, and give birth to the Yang Spirit. A master of the unorthodox path is reborn. In this life, I will establish a Dao lineage, nurture Dao artifacts, and suppress an entire age. 15.8kReads8.9Score1.1k14d adds
26. 126 烂 The Rotten-Flesh Buddha 烂肉佛 Romance of Dry Bones枯骨浪漫Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Things get interesting when all the good people receive the punishment they deserve. A mass of rotting flesh crawls with maggots. The maggots raise their heads and look at Chou Zhengchu. “Chou Zhengchu, what do we look like to you?” “You look like Buddha to me!” 2kReads8.2Score27214d adds
27. 127 开 From the Start, Covered in Tentacles, I’ll Devour Every Ancient God 开局全身长满触手，我会吃光古神 Qingfeng Zixiu清风子修Eastern Fantasy460k WordsOngoing [No Female Lead] [Lovecraftian Cultivation] [Horror] [Dark] (A few chapters in the middle may be a little slow, but after that things get completely unhinged.) What is cultivation? Feeding on spirits? People? Immortals? Is human nature good? Is it evil? Who am I? What is right? What is wrong? An unlucky man encounters an ancient god for no apparent reason. Chaotic, jumbled memories, hidden indescribable horrors, a world tainted by corruption. Along the way, he encounters all kinds of bizarre sup 13Reads8.2Score—14d adds
28. 128 终 Before the End, Ascend to Immortality 终末之前，羽化升仙 Suyan宿言Urban343k WordsCompleted A magnificent heavenly palace stood high above the clouds, where the faint strains of immortal music drifted through the air. Above the ninth heaven, countless immortals and Buddhas stood in orderly ranks, looking down on all living beings. On the clouds below, innumerable celestial soldiers stood in crisp formation, weapons in hand, their presence imposing. The mortals on the ground bowed and knelt, listening to the command of the “Immortal Venerable”: The Great Way is flawed, and calamity has 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I highly recommend this book. The protagonist is chosen by the "Imperial Decree" to travel to the future on a mission. Others see him as a "Chosen One," but he considers himself a "Destined Disciple," burdened with the fate of being eaten. He must find clues in the future and travel back in time to kill those who haven't yet cultivated immortality in order to save the world.

29. 129 第 First Rate! 第一流！ Zhong Jiuling钟九陵Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted [No female lead, no formulaic tropes, not a power fantasy. Excellent writing and a first-rate plot. If that’s not your thing, don’t read.] Year thirty-one of the New Era. Snow fell in the bitter cold of winter. Many things happened that year. The Divine Church gained a new Divine Son, the Buddhist faith saw thirty-six golden lotuses bloom, and a madman emerged from a crumbling Taoist temple. The North Sea churned, threatening to swallow heaven and earth. A tiny blade of grass grew in the De 39.6kReads8.5Score3.5k14d adds

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    He's long since stopped being human. This is a forced recommendation; sometimes, the line between life and death isn't so clear. (Unconventional cultivation novel)

30. 130 当 When I'm in the Rules Horror Game, Nothing Is Forbidden 当我在规则怪谈百无禁忌 Xu Moqing徐墨卿Mystery542k WordsCompleted [No female lead + supernatural horror + mental illness + comedy + national destiny] My name is Su Ming, and I'm a transmigrator. I currently work at Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital, where I'm in charge of the important project of “being studied.” They keep saying I'm sick, but I know I'm fine. It's the world that's sick. After I escaped from the psychiatric hospital, I was chosen by Rule Horror to become Longguo's chosen participant, representing Longguo in the upcoming horror games. [Ding! The Ho 67kReads9.6Score7.7k14d adds
31. 131 破 The Divine Cultivation Record That Shatters the Firmament 破穹修神录 Chang Hong长鸿Eastern Fantasy126k WordsOngoing “I don’t give a damn what kind of immortal you’re cultivating!” Yang Ye replied viciously. “You brat! I’ve completed every step of preserving my essence and circulating my qi. All that’s left is the final stage of ingesting elixirs. Are you going to ruin my path to immortality now?!” Bo Wu shouted. His face twisted into a terrifying grimace as he flicked his six-fingered hand, sending a mass of dark clouds billowing from his wide sleeve. Electricity surged through the clouds hovering beneath t 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This is a fantasy cultivation story. I don't plan to write a fixed progression system yet; it follows the natural order of things. There are time-travel elements, but not many. It has some eerie elements and elements of the element of restraint. I will update daily, and I hope everyone will enjoy it.

32. 132 秽 The Hour of Unholy Awakening: Mythology Resurrected 秽醒之时：神话复苏 Lu Li Wenzhao陆离文昭Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted Private detective Lin Tan receives an anonymous package on a rainy night. The bizarre star chart and blood-seeping bronze mirror inside unveil a terrifying mystery spanning a century. A cry for help from his partner, Qu Zhe, is interspersed with inhuman panting and the warning, “Don’t look.” Then Qu Zhe vanishes without a trace, leaving behind only a blood-written message: “Huailiu Town.” Seeking the truth, Lin Tan enters the cursed town, only to become embroiled in a thousand-year feud between 36Reads8.6Score—14d adds

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    Check out this book, a fusion of Cthulhu and mythological elements.

33. 133 修 Cultivation: Bad Aptitude? I've Got a Companion System! 修仙：资质差？我有伙伴系统！ Few Troubles in My Hometown故里烟尘少Eastern Fantasy513k WordsCompleted [No vying for supremacy] [Not invincible] [Farming] [Sects] [Soul transmigration] [System] Poor aptitude? Slow cultivation? After his soul transmigrates to another world, Ye Chu, a menial disciple of the Xuanhao Sacred Land, admits he just can’t keep pushing himself. Just as he loses heart and decides to lie flat, he suddenly awakens the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership System. Every time he breaks through a cultivation level, he can take a partner, a Dao companion, and any improvements in th 50Reads5.7Score—14d adds

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    A traditional cultivation world, but after chapter 125, the world begins to turn bizarre. A system cultivation novel, with a strange beginning.

34. 134 道 The Strange Dao: You Slaughtered My Entire Village, Yet You Still Want Buddhism to Flourish 道诡：屠我全村还想佛门大兴 The Buddha Lord Isn't Gentle佛爷不温柔Eastern Fantasy559k WordsCompleted Also known as Cagebound Immortal. Plot-driven + no System + traditional fantasy + everyone is scheming From the moment he was born, Zhao Fan lived in a perfect world. When he was seventeen, a golden Buddha appeared out of nowhere and shattered his peaceful life. He suddenly realized that everything was no more than an illusory dream, like a bubble. Buddhas that devour people, immortals who flay them alive. What was wrong with this bizarre world? Were there no normal people at all? He wanted to b 16Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Come on, this is a great place to get hooked.

35. 135 我 I Perform Exorcisms in a Strange World 我在诡异世界跳大神 Lost Fish Mint迷途鱼腥草Mystery983k WordsOngoing My name is Chen Ping'an. I’m a con man, and not a very good one. I broke my neck while performing an exorcism. When I opened my eyes again, I was in a terrifying otherworld overrun by strange creatures, where night itself claimed lives. From the start, I had only an oil lamp on the verge of going out, the “Yin-Guarding Lamp,” and a cold number on the back of my hand: [Remaining lifespan: 50 years]. It wasn’t until I was backed into a corner that I awakened my ability to “summon gods by spending 540Reads6.0Score10314d adds

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    I recommend two novels.

36. 136 茅 Streaming Maoshan Magic, I Transmigrate into a Celestial Master Who Slays Demons 茅山术直播，穿越成斩妖除魔天师 Lost Fish Mint迷途鱼腥草Eastern Fantasy595k WordsCompleted Ling Feng, a Maoshan intangible cultural heritage streamer, accidentally transmigrates during a livestream to another world overrun by demons and monsters. His very first attack chops a female ghost to pieces, scattering her soul! A thread of icy energy flows into his body. Could the demons and ghosts of this world really be my experience points?! From then on, Maoshan arts, long thought lost, become a crushing advantage: A hanging ghost's noose? I burn it to ash with a “Yin-Burning Talisman”! T 455Reads5.8Score—14d adds
37. 137 被 Sacrificed to an Unnameable Being? I’ll Take Its Place 被献给不可名状之物？我要取代祂 Green Moss绿丝苔Mystery267k WordsCompleted [Female protagonist, no romance + Chinese-style Lovecraftian horror + Classic of Mountains and Seas mythology + growing heroine] She was offered to the gods as one of a pair of twin sacrifices. She should have died, but the god who toys with mortals dragged her back into the human world. From its lofty perch, the god called her “bride,” “toy,” and “little moth.” Its treatment of her like an insect made her sick. She knew this was nothing but the condescending mockery of those who already held po 51Reads—Score15114d adds

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    Twin sisters fall into a script of sacrifice to an evil god. The female protagonist returns from the dead, and the Gu worms become her eyes. She travels among various ancient clans fraught with danger, fighting against the spreading spiritual curse, protecting her only relative, and step by step trying to replace that indescribable supreme being.

38. 138 别 Stop Looking, I'm the Real Monster 别找了，我才是真正的怪物 Big Bai Bai Bai大白白白Urban389k WordsOngoing [No Female Lead] [Containment] [I'm the Monster] Monsters are all around, and every house is an abyss. Danger cannot be eliminated, and the world is crumbling everywhere. Lin Jiu thought he would have to work hard to become a Source Adept and survive, but he never expected that the seeds of a monster had already taken root and sprouted inside him... 248Reads8.1Score—14d adds

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    A newly released review, truly brilliant. Not for the faint of heart; it might disturb your peace of mind. Get ready to be blown away!

39. 139 苟 A Survival Expert's Guide to Self-Cultivation 苟命专家的自我修养 Mr. Z of the Aurora Society极光会Z先生Urban1.0M WordsCompleted No CP, no female lead. Three updates a night, usually around six o'clock. A strange photograph dispels the veil over his memories and restores what he had lost. Strange incidents drive him onward, and as one event after another fans the flames, Lin Han is forced onto the path of pursuing knowledge. The divine follow the gods, the apostles follow the truth, the contracted are bound by their contracts, and the god-blessed draw the gods' gaze. And they push Lin Han toward the future. 8.6kReads8.3Score1.1k14d adds
40. 140 开 From the Start, I Have Hundreds of Millions in Hell Money: I'm Invincible in the Age of the Uncanny 开局冥币亿万：诡异时代我无敌 Sis, Don't Be Like That姐姐别这样Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Supernatural horror + apocalypse + tycoon + ghost money + rules + comedy + no heroine + fast-paced power fantasy (buys a supernatural-horror site by chapter 7, keeps buying everything without dragging things out, and buys an entire city in 200,000 words) + mid-story twists + late-game rule deduction] The supernatural apocalypse arrives, and evil ghosts run rampant. Within the rules, ghosts cannot kill people. While countless people struggle to survive the apocalypse, carefully searching for a w 144.3kReads9.4Score15.5k14d adds

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    ①A dark sun pierces the sky, the realm of demons invades🔥To seek the path to immortality, Zhou Yi can only pave the way with slaughter! Kill, kill, kill! Humans can be killed, demons can be killed, even immortals can be killed! Annihilate all enemies, transcend all tribulations, the only path to immortality remains, I will open the other shore.

41. 141 阴 Yin Immortal 阴仙 Jiang Muxi江沐淅Eastern Fantasy7.5M WordsOngoing Born inside a coffin, the young man honors the dying wish of the old caretaker of the charity cemetery and personally sends his sworn younger sister to join an immortal sect. After she enters the sect, he accidentally stumbles into the Yin Mountain of a Hundred Ghosts and has no choice but to embark on the path of ghosts… Thus begins the legendary cultivation journey of a ghost cultivator wielding a ghost blade, slaying giant demon overlords and cleaving immortal sect masters in two… 16kReads8.8Score1.4k14d adds
42. 142 民 Strange Tales from the Civil Affairs Bureau (Complete in 8 Volumes) 民调局异闻录（全8册） Er Dong Shuishou耳东水寿Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted The Strange Tales of the Bureau of Investigation series creates an entirely new world of suspense: a mysterious organization dedicated to uncovering the truth behind bizarre, uncanny, and supernatural events, and the world it faces. The stories are wildly strange and utterly captivating, with a witty, playful style and one suspenseful twist after another. Once you start reading, you won't be able to put them down. Throughout history, strange cases and evil monsters have always been dealt with by 37.4kReads9.6Score5.8k14d adds

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    Different species cultivate, boundless magical power

43. 143 诡 The Strange Fox's Spirit-Binding Chronicles 诡狐缚灵录 Gathering Joy聚欢Mystery8k WordsCompleted The Strange Fox's Record of Binding Spirits —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    You can take a look at this.

44. 144 杀 Kill That Immortal 杀死那个神仙 An Old Non一只老非Mystery761k WordsOngoing Warning: The male lead kills the female lead from the start! If that bothers you, turn left! [This really is a very fun novel] [It’s really not that scary] [Trust me] The world says that immortals are noble, compassionate, and kind, that they stand above all things. So kill that immortal!!! 1.3kReads9.3Score10114d adds

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    A story of cultivation through save-loading and reloading, with bizarre and mysterious gods, a truly breathtaking tale. The female protagonist is intelligent and decisive, progressing from being clueless at the beginning to becoming independent and capable. Even after being repeatedly killed, she doesn't give up—a classic coming-of-age story. Recommended.

45. 145 熵 The Entropy God Descends to the Mortal Realm 熵神下凡 Hugging a Squid怀抱鱿鱼Eastern Fantasy348k WordsOngoing [Cthulhu + Potions + Mysterious Sequences + Ensemble Cast and Couples] Arkham Medical College, a place blessed with outstanding people and beautiful scenery. West, a medical student, is reborn in the Cthulhu world with the help of a mysterious tarot card. As the gods fall and their divine kingdoms crumble, he takes up the crown of the Old Ones and becomes the new God of Entropy. To restore the divine kingdom to its former glory, the God of Entropy molds clay figurines from dust and sends his inc 23Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Some are sequence books with a touch of Cthulhu, while others are Cthulhu-themed. I recommend book number 14; despite the good rating, the content is decent. Books 3 and 4 are really good, but you might not understand them. Book 10 from the bottom is a sequence book; it's quite bizarre and has a Cthulhu element.

46. 146 诡 Mysteries Resurge: Tarot Cards, Starting as a Diviner 诡秘复苏：塔罗牌，从占卜家开始 The Web Behind the Scenes幕后天网Eastern Fantasy519k WordsCompleted Cthulhu + Steampunk + Global ferocious beasts... A vast world where terror has returned. (Bring your brain when you read this!) Can divination be used in combat? Can slimes become gods? Do you have to rely on a brutal charge to fight? Only a fool would leave their brain unused. Build an organization behind the scenes and train underlings to do the dirty work. Norton Kurt manipulates his pawns, tugging at the threads of fate again and again. Only after it's all over do people realize, to their sh 2.8kReads9.1Score22914d adds
47. 147 诡 The Mysterious Resurgence: Part Two, Beginning with the Faceless Man 诡秘复苏：第二篇，从无面人开始 The Web Behind the Scenes幕后天网Eastern Fantasy334k WordsCompleted Cthulhu + steam + punk + global ferocious beasts... A vast world where terror has returned. (Bring your brain when you read this!) [Part Two] After the end of the Anxi Continent arc, Kurt boards a long-distance ocean liner and heads for unknown lands... The organization he founded, the [Ark of Destiny], and his many slime servants will face new opportunities and challenges. More like-minded children of fortune will also join the Ark of Destiny, sailing the ship of fate, traversing the river of t 604Reads9.3Score10614d adds
48. 148 克 Cthulhu: I'm Done Being Human 克苏鲁：我不当人了 The Crow in the Lab实验室的乌鸦Mystery424k WordsOngoing [Mutation] [Contamination] [Cthulhu] [Servants] [Path to Godhood] [Penitent Monk] [Plague Doctor] [Living Machinery] I arrived in a world polluted by the Ancients, carrying the attributes of pain and death. Higher civilizations, systems of sin, servants of the Old Kings, the depths of dreams. The path to godhood has opened. Seek the substance hidden in the deepest reaches of the soul. Amid the transfer of power from Old Kings to New Kings, ascend to the vastest and most profound celestial palace 6Reads7.5Score—14d adds
49. 149 穿 Transmigrated into the Cthulhu Mythos, I Match Wits with the Outer Gods 穿越克苏鲁，与外神比脑容量 Si Yi司易Mystery650k WordsOngoing “I choose that one as my opponent.” “The law of conservation of matter in the universe is that one's handiwork. If you want to contend with it, you'll first have to make one plus one equal three.” “Then I'll pick this one.” “Want to fly at the speed of light? Just try surviving one of its attacks.” “This one looks a little weaker. I'll choose it!” “It's true that this one hasn't done much, but it did make the sun in your solar system.” 105Reads—Score—14d adds
50. 150 克 Cthulhu's God Has Just Arrived in a High-Martial World to Search My Soul 克苏鲁的神，刚来高武世界搜我魂 The Most Beautiful Sheep in Sheep Village羊村最s美羊羊Urban100k WordsOngoing Xu Wenyu arrived in a high-martial world and was bound to a Cthulhu System as soon as he got there. Every time he collected negative, twisted emotions, he could draw a prize and obtain mysterious items, creatures, and even Cthulhu beings. From the start, his reward was an Old One of his own: the Staff of Night and Thunder God. Xu Wenyu stood in the arena at Jing University, leaving everyone around him dumbstruck. He could actually control creatures more terrifying than ferocious beasts. From —Reads—Score—14d adds

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