Any Masterpieces in the Supernatural Genre? 有没有灵异的神作

1. 1 豫 Strange Tales from Western Henan 豫西诡事 X Half-ImmortalX半仙Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted You may think I’m telling a story, but these are things I’ve experienced firsthand over the past ten-odd years. You don’t have to believe me, but are you sure everyone you’ve met was human? Science can’t explain everything… 23.6kReads8.4Score3kShelves

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   The novels written by true Taoist priests are all adapted from real experiences and focus on one reality. They are worth reading.

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 The acclaimed mystery writer Li Yifan’s breakthrough work, now with the unpublished continuation added!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

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   Show me this book, it tells the story of the author sending ghosts. Dare to say it, dare to do it, it is true, and you can learn a lot of things you don't know!

3. 3 来 The Autobiography of a Tomb Raider 来自一位盗墓者的自传 Yun Feng云峰Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 560.5kReads9.6Score46.4kShelves

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   Speaking of good supernatural novels, when I saw the recommendation section, I really couldn't help it. I have been a bookworm for decades and recommend some good supernatural novels to you. All of them have high scores and are all top quality.

4. 4 我 There’s a Ghost Inside Me 我的体内有只鬼 A Black-Inked Blade一柄墨刀Mystery3.5M WordsCompleted Vengeful ghosts awaken, and a hundred ghosts roam the night. Jiang Xiao transmigrates into this world for no apparent reason and finds himself surrounded by demons and monsters. But then he discovers that his shadow can devour ghosts without limit and gain their abilities. [Successfully devoured the White Mist Ghost. Ability acquired: Mist Form] [Successfully devoured the Hanging Ghost. Ability acquired: Shackles] [Successfully devoured the Bronze Ghost. Ability acquired: Copper Skin] [Successfu 25.6kReads9.3Score2.9kShelves
5. 5 请 Call Me Lord Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 161.9kReads9.5Score18.2kShelves
6. 6 第 The Ninth Secret Bureau 第九守秘局 The One Surnamed Yi姓易的Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted “If we want the people of this world to live in the sunlight and keep their sanity, then we must keep secret the things they were never meant to know.” “Because the moment they see those terrifying beings that defy all known science and truly discover how horrifying this world is... believe me, Earth will become the biggest asylum in the universe.” Chen Xian, Ninth Secret Bureau 4.5kReads9.2Score552Shelves
7. 7 我 I Can Reload Infinitely, and See Through Every Hidden Card 我无限回档，洞悉所有底牌 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 375.6kReads9.5Score48.6kShelves
8. 8 地 The Underworld Calls Me Little Master 地府叫我小先生 Jie Yu界玉Mystery3.3M WordsCompleted In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse! 249.2kReads9.6Score30.8kShelves
9. 9 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 816Reads8.8Score108Shelves

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   It's not ordinary scary 😭 I saw that I didn't dare to go to the toilet in the middle of the night. Who knows!! If I had known earlier, I would have watched it during the day😭

10. 10 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 2.8kReads9.1Score188Shelves
11. 11 我 I'm a Merchant in a World of Horror 我在惊悚世界当商人 Lord Salted Fish咸鱼君Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted Some people trade in the living, while others trade in the dead. I deal in the business of the dead, but I don’t sell coffins, joss paper, burial clothes, or paper offerings. I sell things you’ve never seen before, things far stranger… 3.1kReads8.8Score312Shelves

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    It's really great to watch, and the subplots in it are not exaggerated. Reality has changed. I hope all the innocent souls in it have a happy ending. Family members, go watch it!

12. 12 恐 Horror Tavern: I Only Raise the Most Ferocious Creatures 恐怖酒馆：我只养大凶之物 Lord Salted Fish咸鱼君Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted Tucked away in a quiet alley is a strange tavern that can grant your wishes, as long as you’re willing to set up a terrifying idol in your home... 9.3kReads9.4Score1kShelves
13. 13 恐 The Haunted Teahouse: I Only Sell Objects of Ill Omen 恐怖茶馆：我只卖大凶之物 Lord Salted Fish咸鱼君Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted The world is divided between yin and yang. Some people do business with the living, while others trade with the dead. I deal in the business of the dead, but I don’t sell coffins, paper money, funeral clothes, or paper effigies. What I sell are things you’ve never seen before, things far stranger still… 50.2kReads9.2Score5.2kShelves
14. 14 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 1.4kReads—Score299Shelves

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    Do you think the low-priced house you bought through picking up a leak is a home, or a haunted house that threatens your life? Foreclosure houses in Beijing's Second Ring Road with prices reduced by millions, single-family villas with no down payment in the Mid-Levels of Hong Kong, all properties that seem like pie-in-the-sky properties, are all filled with vicious places where human lives have been lost. I am Han Yang, a Feng Shui master who specializes in the business of haunted houses. With my true ability to regulate the situation and Qi, I can untie the Yin meridians, break the deadlock, suppress evil spirits, and revitalize the haunted houses. Others hide in the haunted house, but I make a fortune from the haunted house. When Jiuju's faction creates a sinister and deadly situation, I use Dao to break the situation, use evil to control evil, and make them pay with blood. Beijing and Hong Kong, Feng Shui secrets, Yin and Yang Bagua, are all in this realistic record.

15. 15 体 The Ghost King Is Sealed Inside Me, Yet I’m a Good-for-Nothing 体内封印鬼王，我却是个废柴 Qu Shen去甚Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted A rainy night in a cemetery, a man-eating black cat, a man searching for his late daughter, a school guard hanged on the stairs, a wedding coffin sealed with red paper, a grotesque face hiding in a mirror... What secrets lie behind it all? What other mysterious events will Wang Shier, the gravekeeper, have to face? As terror and dread slowly close in, those secrets seem to be steering his fate. (The stories in this book are all adapted from real events. If anything sounds familiar, it is pure co 15Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    Nowadays, fewer people read supernatural literature, so not many people write about it. Some of them are similar and difficult to understand. I would like to recommend a few books. The first one I read recently, and the following ones are ones I have read before.

16. 16 我 I Am a Female Physiognomist 我是女相师 Xiao Xu小叙Mystery893k WordsCompleted I was born in the twelfth lunar month of 1991, and came into the world with six fingers. The saying that people born in the Year of the Sheep have bad luck somehow became attached to me. Before I could even speak, my family sent me to live with my grandaunt, who ran a shop selling paper offerings and burial clothes. My grandaunt said I had a star spirit in my fate, and the Vermilion Bird would come to my aid. What did it matter if my destiny was cursed? As the saying goes: The Azure Dragon and W 13kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves
17. 17 栩 Vivid as Life 栩栩若生 Xiao Xu小叙Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A fortune-teller said I was born destined for greatness, the reincarnation of the Flower Goddess, with the power to turn stones into gold and command flower spirits and tree sprites. Once I came of age, my family was sure to prosper. But when I was twelve, I came down with a strange illness. My fever wouldn’t break, and I kept seeing terrifying visions... In a dream, I met an old woman who told me to find an expert with supernatural powers to save my life. Millet to summon souls, altars and form 27kReads9.5Score4kShelves
18. 18 老 Old He's Collection of Strange Tales (Complete in Two Volumes) 老贺的诡事辑录（全两册） Inkstone Fragrance砚香Mystery284k WordsCompleted The Strange Cases of Old He is a horror mystery novel based on the real-life experiences of Yang He, a retired soldier. In 1982, while serving in the army, the protagonist Yang He made a mistake. After returning home, he encountered a series of bizarre events. Though he had never believed in fate, he began to believe the words of an old fortune-teller. He wanted to change his destiny, but was drawn into a vast conspiracy as a result. One strange and eerie event after another took place, and one —Reads8.6Score—Shelves
19. 19 狄 Detective Di Renjie: The Mystery of the Orchid Pavilion 狄仁杰之兰亭疑案 Fatty Shi Watches Horror Movies时胖纸看鬼片Mystery200k WordsCompleted The Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion is known as the finest running-script calligraphy in the world. Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, was so obsessed with Wang Xizhi's masterpiece that some say it was buried with him in his tomb, while others claim it was interred in Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi's Qianling Mausoleum. To fulfill Gaozong's final wish, Wu Zetian set out to find the lost Orchid Pavilion Preface and bury it with her husband. Her investigation revealed that the pavili 445Reads9.1Score106Shelves

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    You must have read too many supernatural novels. Take a look at these. Every night, you hold your mobile phone and watch supernatural stories. The more you read, the better it becomes. The more you read, the more chills go down your back. You can't bear to turn off the lights. It's more interesting than TV series.

20. 20 道 The Patriarch of Taoism 道家祖师 Bird of the North北国之鸟Mystery3.2M WordsOngoing As the old saying goes, one person shouldn’t enter a temple, and two people shouldn’t peer into a well. One rainy night, I went into a ruined temple all by myself. —Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 21 道 Tales of the Taoist Sect 道门往事 Xia Yi夏忆Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted Cha Wenbin holds the ancestral seal of the Maoshan sect and is the last heir to the position of sect leader in the Orthodox Way. He saves people caught between yin and yang, but brings disaster upon himself and suffers Heaven’s punishment. With a chivalrous heart and a mastery of Taoist arts, he rescues the living from the cracks between worlds and guides the dead through the endless hellish roads! Who are the ancient Di people clad in fish scales, the mysterious king brought back to life, and t 23.4kReads9.1Score3.7kShelves
22. 22 道 Reverend, Stop Pretending. I Know You Can Use Immortal Arts 道长别装了，我知道你会仙术 Too Sleepy to Sleep困的睡不着Mystery11.6M WordsOngoing At Zhongnan Mountain, people knew only that it was home to the Quanzhen Sect. Few knew that at its foot stood a dilapidated Taoist temple. That day, the people of Gujing Temple burst onto the scene. From then on, their name would resound throughout the land! 185.5kReads9.2Score15.5kShelves
23. 23 别 Don’t Mess with This Little Demon, She Can Use Magic! 别惹这只魔星，她会法术！ The Still One Of Chang'an静者长安Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Zombies cannot have offspring. If one does, it must be a Demon Star. Ma Qingling's mother came from an exorcist family, but after being bitten by a zombie in an accident, she became one herself. Forced to part from her beloved, she hid alone in the mountains, where she became pregnant and gave birth to Ma Qingling. Later, she died sealing the Gang Cave. With her dying breath, she told Ma Qingling to find her father and say, “I'm sorry” on her behalf. Ma Qingling left the mountains, only to be ki 232Reads—Score109Shelves

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    This new book is also good, a modern urban supernatural novel with novel plot and smooth writing style.

24. 24 灵 Paranormal Streamer: The Sledgehammer Notes 灵异主播：铁锤笔记 Li Yichen李熠尘Mystery600k WordsOngoing A paranormal livestreamer and a female yin-yang practitioner team up to deal with supernatural incidents. After being ambushed by an evil sorcerer, they fall victim to a curse involving poisonous magic. To break the curse, they descend into the Yuanchen Palace, face off against ghosts in a battle of song, storm a reclusive sect’s warded realm, help underworld officials subdue demons, escort an earth immortal to take up a post, and venture into the underworld to steal a prophecy from a forbidden 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Check out this book. A duo team up to deal with supernatural events. The protagonist can be found on Douyin. It's super cool!

25. 25 娱 There Are Ghosts in Showbiz 娱乐圈有鬼 Liu Zhiyi柳之易Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted {Romance + nonhuman male lead + lighthearted + supernatural + short episodic tales} Little white rabbit and big bad wolf: the rabbit isn't really a rabbit, but the wolf really is a wolf! This is a story about ghosts, and a legend about raising a wolf to be your husband! Long Xiaoxiao had a dream since childhood: to become a renowned international makeup artist and stylist... At last, she achieved her dream... She became the entertainment industry's dazzling number-one fraud of a fortune-teller! 3.5kReads9.4Score607Shelves

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    This book is really beautiful! The female protagonist is very sober and the male and female protagonists help each other. The plot is compact and somewhat funny. It's a bit scary. Anyway, you must watch it.

26. 26 噩 The Sound of Nightmares: 60 Horror Stories That Wake You from Your Dreams 噩梦之声：60个做梦吓醒的恐怖故事 Xiao Youqian萧有钱Mystery174k WordsCompleted [Standalone Ghost Stories + Supernatural Horror + Not for the Faint of Heart + Rural Tales] When night falls, terrifying ghostly figures emerge. Step into all kinds of bizarre and unbelievable tales, and spend your nights screaming! Haunted houses, ghostly shadows outside the window, a deadly lipstick, someone beneath the mattress, an umbrella that hunts people... Every corner conceals inexplicable phenomena and secrets that will fill you with dread! Every page will make your hair stand on end, 1.6kReads8.9Score149Shelves

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    😱It's really scary. Don't try it if you are timid.

27. 27 活 Taboo of the Living 活人禁忌 Ninth Master of the Thieves' Sect盗门九当家Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted When I was nine, I found myself in mortal danger! To save me, my grandfather made a decision that would change my life forever... 15.7kReads9.2Score2kShelves

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    Of course it's this one

28. 28 都 The City's Exorcist 都市驱魔先生 User86275860用户86275860Urban586k WordsOngoing When shadows emerge beyond the reach of the city’s neon lights, young exorcist Jin Lei sets out on the path fate has laid for him. He inherits more than his family’s powers: he also inherits a tragic mystery spanning a hundred years. Why did his ancestor and fellow disciple turn evil? What earth-shattering scheme is the Xuanjing organization plotting from the shadows of history? From strange happenings on campus to bloody feuds in the countryside, from urban crime investigations to a battle ove 162Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a good book, I'm also following it myself

29. 29 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 2.5kReads—Score233Shelves

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    Not bad, not bad, very scary and real

30. 30 鬼 Ghostly Eyes 鬼灵瞳 Little Master小师傅Mystery931k WordsCompleted A reclusive man known as Little Master, along with several strange people brought together by coincidence but united by their shared interests, gradually uncovers a history buried for many years: the five great clans of the ancient world and the Yin-Yang adepts who could do anything. It seems that fate has long been leading them into one thrilling fantasy adventure after another... 1.4kReads9.1Score106Shelves

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    The terrifying scenes in this book directly opened an IMAX theater in my mind! The visual impact is too strong, so be careful! 🎬

31. 31 风 King of Feng Shui 风水之王 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.1M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 809.3kReads9.4Score43.5kShelves

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    I usually love to read supernatural things, but these Tomato books are pretty good, among which the Poll Bureau is the best.

32. 32 收 The Corpse Collection Files 收尸档案 Zhang Wuren张无忍Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Since ancient times, the dead have been left with their bodies. But few people know that corpses hold many secrets that remain hidden from the world. Cursed corpses, living corpses, bodies left where they fell, vengeful corpses, bisected corpses... Every corpse has a story of its own! My name is He Yongheng, and I collect bodies for a funeral home. 6.4kReads9.0Score589Shelves
33. 33 8 Ghost Shop No. 81 81号鬼事铺 Ye Wusheng夜无声Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted Night blankets the city, and the things lurking in the shadows begin to stir. The raccoon dog granny who eats raw meat, the fitness girl with fish scales growing on her back. The wild foxes who approach people by the roadside, and the little convenience store in the cemetery. I've experienced all of these. And it all began after I witnessed a car accident... 49.4kReads9.2Score4.3kShelves
34. 34 民 Strange Tales from the Min Tiao Bureau: Mian Zhuan 民调局异闻录之勉传 Er Dong Shuishou耳东水寿Mystery8.3M WordsCompleted This is the story of an immortal man spanning two thousand years. In every corner of history, he left his name behind. To some, he was a nightmare. To others, he awakened them from the nightmares that haunted them. At the beginning of the story, his name was Wu Mian. By the end, his name was Invincible. 24.9kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves
35. 35 相 The Face Reader Comes Down From the Mountain 相师下山 Drunk from a Flick of the Finger弹指一壶醉Urban3.1M WordsCompleted A country boy receives the true teachings of a Taoist master, then heads down the mountain and makes his way in the city. What can a rough country boy like him do? Qin Hai smiles faintly. “I can read faces and bones, appraise antiques, cast the Six Yao, and tell your fortune from your birth chart!” 58.4kReads9.1Score3.9kShelves
36. 36 最 The Last Knife Seller 最后一个赊刀人 Too Sleepy to Sleep困的睡不着Mystery4.9M WordsCompleted They are wandering prophets who travel the four corners of the world. Skilled in feng shui, they roam the mortal realm with a bundle of cleavers and scissors on their backs, and wherever they go, they leave behind a prophecy about what they have seen. “Keep this cleaver. If an elder in your family dies of consumption within five years, I'll come back to collect payment.” They are heirs to an ancient Daoist tradition from a distant place, able to pronounce life and death with ironclad certainty a 61.9kReads9.2Score6.7kShelves
37. 37 十 The End of Ten Days 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 1.8MReads9.9Score232.4kShelves

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    Then watch this one! Suspense! Brainstorm! High score! Absolute! 9.8! The male protagonist Qi Xia and ten other people woke up in the room. After being introduced by the zodiac sign of the human sheep, they learned that this was an interview room, and then began to experience the death game... In the game, they learned that everyone present came from different provinces, and they all died due to the earthquake. The protagonist concludes that an earthquake of this magnitude should be a worldwide disaster. ... With its unique story setting, rich characterization, intense plot design, profound theme discussion, wonderful writing and narrative, as well as high popularity and praise, the story has become a masterpiece of suspense novels that is worth reading. [Like][Like][Like] Highly recommended!

38. 38 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 171Reads8.3Score—Shelves
39. 39 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 47Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 40 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! 52Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 41 我 I Solve Cases at the Special Investigations Bureau by Day and Serve in the Underworld by Night 我白天特案局办案，晚上地府当差 Mr. Youyong幼庸先生Mystery3.6M WordsCompleted I was born with a pure Yang constitution and the fate of Zhong Kui. I can drive out demons, subdue ghosts, and repel evil spirits. The moment I was born, all kinds of factions fought to take me as their disciple. A bunch of monks and Taoist priests said I was destined to become a Celestial Master or a great monk. They even got into a brawl over me, and that’s not all: in the end, both the state and the underworld got involved! When I was one, the state even assigned me a corpse-born child who ha 21.2kReads8.7Score3.2kShelves

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    This book is quite powerful.

42. 42 看 Fortune-Telling with Incense: A Life-or-Death Incense from the Start 看香算命：开局生死香 Shu Yue舒岳Mystery202k WordsOngoing [Mystery] + [Fast-Paced] + [Extremely Satisfying] Fresh out of college and unemployed, he is forced to inherit the family business of incense reading and fortune-telling. At the City God Temple, he meets He Hui and they set up an incense-reading studio. When someone frames them, they turn the tables and earn their first fortune. Later, he heads to the countryside to lay low, encounters all kinds of strange happenings, and learns to manipulate people, creating plenty of money-making opportunitie 105Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 43 我 My Sister Went on a Trip to Nanyang and Disappeared! 我妹妹去南洋旅游，就失踪了！ Meow Feng喵凤27k WordsCompleted My Younger Sister Went on a Trip to Nanyang and Disappeared! 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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    They all showed me this article [fear][fear], and I shrank into bed [fear][fear] and there was a twist behind it, it was scary [shock][shock] Who dares to travel to Nanyang casually now? Originally, there were many strange folk cultures in that kind of place! [Fear][Fear] A suspenseful horror article, [already planted] Read it in 28 minutes! [Cool] The male protagonist picked up a red envelope on the roadside in Southeast Asia, and [Bookshelf plus one] was kidnapped to get married in secret. [Fear][Fear] The twist in the ending that he went to find his missing sister caught people off guard. [Fear] [Fear] I feel that the author incorporated a lot of local real Nanyang folk customs into this article. If you like this type of article, you can read it. When you are bored waiting for the bus, the result is out of control. It is really a bit scary! Kind of like a true story [fear][fear][fear][exploration][exploration]

44. 44 恐 Horror Stories 恐怖随笔 Cold Rain, Calm Sea冷雨静海Mystery209k WordsCompleted A newly arrived, laid-back demobilized soldier; a beautiful makeup artist who keeps to herself, cool on the outside but warm inside; a group of colleagues at a funeral home, each with their own agenda; and a twisted, eerie spirit in the crematorium. As singing echoes through the midnight air, the curtain rises on death. They struggle to uncover the truth on the very edge of terror and death... 3.2kReads8.9Score341Shelves

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    Although the rating is not high, it is very beautiful

45. 45 关 The Female Medium of Guandong 关东女先生 Sun Xian'er孙仙儿Mystery407k WordsCompleted [Completed Novel Recommendation] Northeast folk horror and suspense! When the old rules of the Northeast are broken, a hundred ghosts roam the night, and the yin energy can no longer be contained. My name is Ren Xue. I direct supernatural dramas, but fate brought me back to Changbai Mountain, where I became a Guandong woman who understands yin-yang and feng shui. I thought I was simply carrying on my ancestors’ legacy. Who knew I’d be the key to unraveling the “Dragon-Locking Yin Formation” and 330Reads—Score101Shelves

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    "Mr. Kanto"🔥Single female protagonist without CP|Northeastern folklore suspense and supernatural. Chinese Cthulhu|Feng Shui metaphysics|Exploring ancient tombs|Game of wits|Character growth. No immortality, no tricks, a steady pace, and refreshing foreshadowing. Suitable for suspense reasoning/folklore adventure parties, it has been tied up without any unfinished content.

46. 46 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 164Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first three are a collection of horror stories that make one's hair stand on end, while the fourth is a new-style urban suspense and fantasy novel that is thrilling, funny, and a little bit borderline [Petrochemical]

47. 47 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 106Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 48 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 72Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 49 西 The Secrets of Journey to the West 西游记的秘密 Plucking Plum Blossoms, Drunk in Luoyang且插梅花醉洛阳Mystery551k WordsCompleted Abyssal Murder Mystery: I Can See the Death Countdown Each scenario is a standalone horror movie, with cruel rules and a barrage of deadly traps. The protagonist gains the one-of-a-kind hidden talent “Performance Notes,” which lets him glimpse death warnings and hidden rules in the scripts. The scenarios draw on real urban legends and folk taboos, steeped in Chinese-style horror. The central mystery deepens layer by layer: Who created the Abyss Theater? Why did the notebook’s previous owner d 33Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 50 婴 Baby Lantern 婴儿灯 Old He Baba老河灞灞Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted When I was five, I fell into the water and my soul left my body. With my own eyes, I saw the legendary baby lantern said to lure away souls. I initially thought it had come to harm me, but that wasn’t the case. As I continued to investigate, a sinister layout targeting me slowly came to light... 194Reads—Score—Shelves

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