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Supernatural Horror Means Supernatural Horror. Don't Drag in Rule-Based Horror or the Dreadful World 灵异就是灵异 别扯什么规则怪谈 惊悚世界

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  1. 651 The Judge’s Brush: I Use Daoist Arts to Subdue Yin and Yang 判官执笔:我以道法镇阴阳 Mystery485k WordsCompleted One case, one solution. Episodic stories, fast pacing, easy to get into. Wang Zhen was born with a fate tied to the Underworld, and holds the Judge’s Brush in his hand. He can see through the boundary between yin and yang, judge wicked spirits, and draw talismans with a fingertip. His strokes make them come alive. Curses that steal lives, girls in red at school, ghostly shadows in hospitals... One eerie, bizarre case after another, one vengeful spirit after another claiming lives. While others g 325Reads8.9Score—Shelves
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  2. 652 The First Half of a Female Spirit Medium’s Life! 出马女弟子的前半生! Mystery325k WordsCompleted I’m an ordinary country girl from Northeast China. When I was 18, I learned that I was born with a connection to the immortals. I was often unwell in all sorts of ways, and I sought out many spirit mediums, hoping they could help me escape my predicament. I was cheated, but I also met kind people. This is the story of how I eventually found my way out. I decided to write this book to keep more people from being scammed. I can’t guarantee that everything I say is right, but I can guarantee that I 9.5kReads9.4Score754Shelves
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  3. 653 A Debt-Ridden Wage Slave Inherits a Mansion, but the Tenants Aren’t Human 负债牛马继承豪宅,但租客不是人 Mystery234k WordsCompleted Chen Mo, a wage slave on the brink of being crushed by loan sharks, receives a mysterious phone call just as he’s losing hope. To his surprise, he inherits a mansion worth 30 million from a distant relative. He moves in overjoyed, only to discover that one of the tenants isn’t even human. The more he learns, the more shocked he becomes. It turns out a huge conspiracy is lurking behind it all... 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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  4. 654 Slaying Demons and Ghosts Since High School 斩妖灭鬼,从高中开始 Mystery660k WordsOngoing [Traditional Supernatural Horror] + [School Life] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Coming of Age] + [Not Overpowered] + [Passionate] It all begins with a student jumping from a school building. Liu Tianyu had expected to spend his student years in peace, but from that day on, his life was never quiet again. Peril at a haunted temple, a school turned into a sacrificial altar, a ghost city beneath the water: one challenge after another awaits. Watch as a group of students turn the tables amid the schemes of g 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  5. 655 It’s Settled: The King of Horror Has Arrived! 决定了,惊悚一哥驾到! Mystery109k WordsOngoing [Infinite-flow + game livestream + mystery + horror + comeback] No CP in the early chapters, so feel free to enjoy. The first story, "The Town," is nearing its conclusion. Read on without worry. "The method of reversing yin and yang... gather the yin of heaven and earth... only then can it be achieved..." Some characters had become completely illegible, so Yin Qian could only read them in fragments. As Yin Qian read each line, the words appeared on the screen. "To suppress the gods is the for —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  6. 656 The Ghost Way, Midway Through Life 半路鬼道 Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted Smart male lead + one heroine On the night of the Ghost Festival, the living send off the dead, burn incense, make offerings, and burn joss paper. But that night, I heard a ghost calling for a soul… The gong sounds, the night grows dark, and the road to the Yellow Springs is hard to travel… With talismans to guide the way and the departed to show the path, summon the gods and command the ghosts: only then can one master the Ghost Path between Yin and Yang! 6.8kReads8.9Score549Shelves
  7. 657 Chronicles of Strange Folk Tales 民间怪谈事件录 Mystery351k WordsCompleted Not for the faint of heart! Not for the faint of heart! Not for the faint of heart! The 1980s and 1990s saw one bizarre incident after another in Jubao Village: Zhao Laohei, who rose from the dead at the execution ground... The woman who hanged herself in town, her whole face turned a purplish black... The ghost child encountered during a game of hide-and-seek on the Ghost Festival... The terrifying bamboo fiend in the old bamboo grove... People and ghosts playing cards in a yin-yang card game.. 162Reads—Score—Shelves
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  8. 658 Followed by Ghosts 与鬼随行 Mystery369k WordsOngoing Immersive, terrifying, and packed with suspenseful mystery and deduction. I have a strange world, and I want to take you there! After the college entrance exams, I took a fatal blow meant for my friend and lost my sight. By chance, I ended up at a bizarre vocational college. My classmates are dying one after another under strange circumstances, and there seems to be a much bigger secret behind it all. This world seems so strange... so strange... I have to solve the mind-bending challenges one by 913Reads—Score—Shelves
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  9. 659 The Haunted Villa 幽灵别墅 Mystery138k WordsCompleted The story begins with a mysterious invitation. The wheels of fate start turning for the protagonist, Derek, setting off a string of suspenseful, surreal, and thrilling adventures... —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  10. 660 Death Began at School 死亡从学校开始了 Mystery580k WordsOngoing Ghosts are the product of an imbalance between yin and yang. In this vast world, people are all different in character, and their souls are just as varied after death. The virtuous return to pure lands and enjoy the blessings of the afterlife; the wicked and violent turn into vengeful spirits, their resentment gathering until it takes the form of a ghost. These specters wander between yin and yang, but most conceal their forms and rarely appear before the living. [No cultivation, no System, no h 80Reads—Score—Shelves
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  11. 661 Dai Chuan’s Idle Snow 黛川闲雪 Modern Romance193k WordsOngoing One flower, one world; one leaf, one bodhi. People are like plants, subject to the cycle of flourishing and withering through the seasons, life and death, reincarnation, cause and effect. The only things that never change are the inherent energies in the magnetic field. 16Reads—Score—Shelves
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  12. 662 I Reached Immortality by Fortune-Telling on Livestream 我靠直播算命登仙途 Modern Romance100k WordsOngoing [No CP + Livestreaming + Fortune-Telling + Feng Shui + Ghost-Hunting + System] Bai Qiaoling died during the lightning tribulation of her ascension. Instead, she was mistaken for a witch and sacrificed into the body of a miserable modern girl who shared her name, Bai Qiaoling, at Qingfeng Temple. The original Bai Qiaoling was the biological daughter of a wealthy family, reclaimed a year ago. No one knew what had happened to her, only that she had used a forbidden ritual that prevented reincarnati 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  13. 663 One Quick Calculation, and I Know You’re a Fugitive! 掐指一算,你是逃犯! Mystery4.1M WordsOngoing Su Chen, a top-tier celestial master, transmigrates to the 1990s and becomes a widower with the same name. His wife has just died, and his five children are crying for food. After searching the entire house, he finds only ten yuan. Without hesitation, Su Chen takes the money to Chunming Street, the busiest street in the city, and puts an ad in the newspaper: “Fortune-telling. If I'm wrong, you don't pay.” “Granny, your daughter didn't go missing. She's in the stove at your son-in-law's house.” A 33.5kReads9.0Score3.4kShelves
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  14. 664 Paper Effigy Craftsman 纸扎匠 Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Paper effigies connect the worlds of yin and yang, reaching across all three realms! When I was a child, I found the book my master had hidden away: The True Scripture of Paper Effigies. By day, I made paper figures, opera stages, and houses at the funeral supply shop. But beyond what ordinary people could see, I crafted divine artifacts, summoned deities, and communicated between the worlds of yin and yang. All the sects bowed before me! Little did I know that someone else had already arranged 125Reads—Score—Shelves
  15. 665 My Mom Is a Spirit Medium 我妈是神婆 Mystery215k WordsOngoing My mom is a famous spirit medium for miles around. She never charges anyone for “treating” their illnesses, but this time she insisted on taking a billion yuan in incense offerings. She even used my life to save someone else for the money! A car haunted by ghosts, a hanged ghost, a walking fox, a house of the dead, a temple of evildoers, a ghostly maze... No one would believe what I went through that summer! (This story is completely made up for entertainment. If it sounds familiar, don't ask me 5Reads—Score—Shelves
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  16. 666 Kill That Immortal 杀死那个神仙 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!!! 2kReads9.3Score134Shelves
  17. 667 Transmigrated as an Old Lady: Ghost Hunting and Solving Cases 穿越成老太太的抓鬼破案日常 Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted (Transmigration with a CP pairing, but not much romance. The focus is on solving mysteries and catching ghosts. No System and no golden finger: the heroine grows stronger through her bloodline and learning.) With her useless teammate dragging her along, Zhou An'an joined the transmigration crowd. When she opened her eyes, she found herself more than ten years older, with an old man by her side and a whole brood of children and granddaughters. What could she do? Roll up her sleeves and get to wo 4kReads9.2Score469Shelves
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  18. 668 The Missing Person Mystery 失踪迷局 Mystery226k WordsOngoing [Mystery] [Supernatural] [Thriller] Three coffins appear out of nowhere. What secrets are hidden in the school building that's been sealed off? The mysterious legend of soul-swapping turns out to be true! Is the great willow tree worshipped by the village a sinister art that devours people, or a god that saves them? —Reads—Score—Shelves
  19. 669 Caught in a Feng Shui Trap 风水入局 Mystery264k WordsCompleted I died the moment I was born. To keep me alive, my grandfather, Mo Youren, took on the imperial mausoleums of twenty-four dynasties single-handedly, harnessing their feng shui and momentum to defy heaven and change my fate. 181Reads—Score—Shelves
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  20. 670 Fourteen Years of Hunting Ghosts (Complete in Five Volumes) 十四年猎诡人(全五册) 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 14kReads9.6Score3.2kShelves
  21. 671 The Jiuzhou Pawnshop 九州当铺 Mystery416k WordsCompleted [Urban Supernatural Powers + Traditional Paranormal Mysteries + Ghost Hunting and Demon Exorcism + Taoist Arts and Incantations + National Special Organization] The Jiuzhou Pawnshop is a mysterious organization dedicated to handling paranormal incidents. As a forfeited pawn at the shop, Bai Lian had his naturally double pupils sealed by his father not long after he was born, in exchange for three small gold bars. The seal would automatically break once he turned twenty-four. After that, he encou 867Reads6.4Score—Shelves
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  22. 672 A Call from Three Lives, A Call Three Times 三生来电,三声来电 Mystery282k WordsCompleted The heroine's family fortune is seized through the schemes of three utterly evil forces: bandits, the military, and merchants. Her parents are wrongly accused and die in prison, while she is repeatedly violated by bandits beside their funeral altar, until she takes her own life before her parents' spirits. In a time of chaos, human lives are worth no more than weeds. The heroine can only become a vengeful ghost, embarking on a century-long revenge spanning three lifetimes. She calls the three f 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  23. 673 The Perfect Crime 完美犯罪 Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted I have a criminal gene. I was born a criminal. Fate led me to meet Lü Jie, and I followed her into the field of forensic medicine. Just before graduation, a horrific bloodbath took place on campus. Lü Jie vanished, her fate unknown. I fell from heaven into darkness, and a demon stirred in the depths of my soul. After graduating, I became a forensic doctor. On my first day at work, I was confronted with a shocking case: the Red-Clothed Killer, who had disappeared for years, was back. As I went a 11.8kReads8.7Score1.2kShelves
  24. 674 The Ninth Secret Bureau 第九守秘局 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 3.7kReads9.2Score459Shelves
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  25. 675 Forensic Files of the Supernatural 法医灵异档案 Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted Horror comes from reality. Behind the outlandish rumors lies an even more unfathomable truth! I'm a forensic pathologist, and I'll tell you about horrifying murder cases from recent years that have never been made public. Every case is bizarre and strange, and every one will make your blood run cold. Once the truth behind each case comes to light, you'll realize that compared with the brutality of the crimes themselves, the most terrifying thing is the human heart! When the heart is dark, there 604Reads8.6Score100Shelves
  26. 676 The Underworld Detective 阴间神探 Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 79.6kReads9.4Score9.8kShelves
  27. 677 By the Power of the Law 急急如律令 Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted It all began when I took fifty yuan from a blind fortune-teller. Then, in the middle of the night, a woman's voice suddenly sounded behind me. 1.5kReads8.7Score162Shelves
  28. 678 The Classroom of Death 死亡教室 Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted When you receive a strange letter of admission, you have set foot on a road of no return. No one can escape! At this university of death, the moment your name appears in bloody letters on the classroom blackboard, class has begun. And once class begins, you will enter an unknown world of terror, where you must face bizarre and horrifying ghosts. They will be everywhere, coming to claim your life. Even if you are lucky enough to survive that deadly class and return to the classroom, you will stil 1.1kReads7.1Score103Shelves
  29. 679 The Last Daoist Lord 最后的道君 Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Ever since my mother got pregnant with me, strange things kept happening at home. First, a hedgehog came into the house, a long snake coiled around the beams, and a weasel dug a burrow in the vegetable patch out back. Then foxes from the mountains joined in, showing up at our doorstep every few days to peer inside. Now the five immortals were all gathered: Hu, Huang, Liu, Bai, and Hui. Anyone in the know would recognize this as the Five Immortals entering a home. Any one of the five entering 13.6kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
  30. 680 Tales of the Strange in Western Hunan 湘西异闻录 Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted [A friendly warning: This book has no System. It's funny and terrifying, with suspense and clever twists throughout, plus plenty of passion and brains. The more you read, the better it gets.] When I was four, I was kidnapped and taken to a cursed village to be sacrificed alive. A fox spirit risked her life to save me, and secretly pledged herself to me for life. To marry my fox bride, I venture deep into the Miao Valley, tread the Nether River Gorge, and walk the boundary between Yin and Yang. I 6.6kReads9.1Score572Shelves
  31. 681 Spirit Investigation Society No. 97 探灵社97号 Mystery100k WordsOngoing Mo Xiaoxin must be one of the poorest people in the city. Saddled with a two-million-yuan debt, she moves into a haunted house to save money, and from then on, walks the same path as ghosts. Or was it fate all along? He Yao: a Taoist priest? A rich heir? A police officer? Whatever his identity, from then on, he walks the same path as her. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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  32. 682 Death Club 死亡俱乐部 Mystery2.4M WordsCompleted There are bizarre events, horrifying hellscapes, and the ugliness of human nature. People dwell among ghosts; there are hell trains, death academies… One terrifying incident after another, open only to members of the Death Club. The Death Club welcomes you to join! Zhang Chen was slowly growing drowsy. He had no idea how long it had been since night fell. Just as he was about to drift off, a series of thuds suddenly came from upstairs, the sound of wooden clogs striking the stairs. The clacking 4.7kReads8.6Score538Shelves
  33. 683 A Dark, Daring Joke Every Night 每晚一个试胆黑段子 Mystery34k WordsCompleted A reporter learns that a remote Miao village preserves an ancient paper-cutting craft. He tracks down an old woman who knows the technique and offers her a high price for a paper cutout. She agrees to cut out a chicken. Unwilling to demonstrate in front of him, she goes inside carrying a live chicken. A few minutes later, she comes back out holding a blood-red paper cutout. Terrifyingly, a blood-soaked chicken suddenly bursts out of the room. It has no skin... Dozens of bone-chilling horror stor 157Reads8.8Score100Shelves
  34. 684 The Eerie Midnight Mirror 子夜诡镜 Mystery559k WordsOngoing The scholar Chou Wuya happened upon a copy of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. The stall owner casually included an ancient bronze mirror, named Seeing the Heart. At midnight, Chou Wuya discovered that the mirror could tear apart dreams and reality, drawing him into one eerie, terrifying mirror realm after another. Every mirror realm was a supernatural ordeal with no way out. A woman named Ruoxi was sealed inside the mirror. She told Chou Wuya that every time he entered a dream, he would gai 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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  35. 685 I Write Horror Novels on Tomato Novel 我在番茄写恐怖小说 Mystery301k WordsCompleted A friendly heads-up: [This story is wildly imaginative] This novel brings together over a hundred stories, with elements of the uncanny, fantasy, and Lovecraftian horror. Unlike other novels, it has no long, tedious passages. Every story is full of eerie, fresh surprises. 193Reads—Score127Shelves
  36. 686 The Bell Pavilion 铃铛阁 Urban249k WordsCompleted An operation unexpectedly opened my yin-yang eyes. The string of uncanny encounters that followed completely overturned everything I thought I knew. The Four Yin Marshals of the Underworld, Zhong Kui, and the Ten Yama Kings all made their appearances. In the end, I uncovered the mystery of my own origins. I never imagined that in my previous life, I had been... 30Reads—Score—Shelves
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  37. 687 My Wife Is Actually a Zombie 我的老婆竟是僵尸 Mystery233k WordsCompleted The legends speak of eight kinds of Jiangshi: Purple Jiangshi: slow-moving, wreathed in purple energy. White Jiangshi: entirely white, afraid of light and fire. Green Jiangshi: unafraid of livestock, but afraid of sunlight. Hairy Jiangshi: covered in hair, unafraid of sunlight. Flying Jiangshi: skilled in magic, able to fly through the sky and burrow underground. Wandering Corpse: travels between the worlds of yin and yang, gathering the resentment of heaven and earth. Buried Corpse: imperishabl 45Reads—Score—Shelves
  38. 688 Ghost Catcher of the Underworld 阴司鬼差 Mystery2.8M WordsCompleted The ninety-nine ghost officials appointed by Qin Shi Huang have passed their positions down through the generations. Somehow, this generation’s post has come down to me. This isn’t myth or legend. It’s all real, and it’s happening right now... 518Reads6.2Score—Shelves
  39. 689 Death on Delivery 死亡外卖 Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Never try to save money when ordering takeout! After ordering a meal that wasn't clean, strange events keep happening, and his coworkers begin dying one by one. Some takeout costs you money. Some takeout costs you your life. My other completed novel, The Hell Company, is over a million words long. Come check it out, dear readers~~ 2.1kReads8.7Score195Shelves
  40. 690 Tales of Strange Happenings in Snow City 雪城志异 Mystery848k WordsOngoing A collection of short tales of the strange and supernatural, including ghost stories and even stories about aliens! Each story is only a few hundred words, so you can finish one in no time. Strange happenings and supernatural tales, demons and ghosts, tree spirits and fox fairies! Let your imagination run wild! Everyone is welcome to read! 24Reads—Score—Shelves
  41. 691 In My Next Life... 下辈子…… 6k WordsCompleted In the next life... 5Reads—Score—Shelves
  42. 692 Darling? Darling! 亲爱的?亲爱的! Mystery157k WordsOngoing Welcome, everyone, to our Loving Family The blurb can't show off my charm, so just read Chapter One. I'm a new author, and the earlier chapters aren't very good. Please bear with me. I'll try to wrap up the instances quickly and just write romance in the real world instead. I'll be making major revisions to the earlier chapters. Updates will probably come gradually, with around 200,000 words in total. The earlier chapters really aren't good. Start reading from Chapter 60 onward. The earlier part 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  43. 693 The Heaven-Chosen Daoist Maiden 天命女道 Mystery533k WordsCompleted [Supernatural horror, no romance, mystery and imagination] The tags are wrong and I can't change them. Sorry, everyone!! What could the Chief God of the Underworld be planning by reincarnating as a village girl in a remote mountain valley? Lin Qinghe has been able to see all kinds of spirits since she was little. A Taoist who roamed the land placed a seal on her, but fate cannot be denied. After more than a decade of ordinary life, the seal is unexpectedly broken while Lin Qinghe is in high scho 161Reads—Score—Shelves
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  44. 694 I'm Just a Photographer, So Why Do I Keep Seeing Ghosts?! 我就是个摄影师,为什么总见鬼! Mystery270k WordsOngoing [Original Work] + [Mystery and Horror] + [System Binding] + [Chinese-Style Horror] + [Folk Supernatural Tales] + [Decisive and Ruthless] The paranormal investigation studio founded by Lin Shen is on the verge of bankruptcy, and its equipment is about to be sold off. With nowhere else to turn, he unexpectedly binds himself to the Ghost-Hunting Bounty System. From then on, every eerie spirit caught on camera can be exchanged directly for real money. The more vicious the vengeful spirit and the hea 5Reads—Score—Shelves
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  45. 695 A Hundred Gifts of Betrothal: The Bloodwood Comb 百物聘之血木梳 14k WordsCompleted The Hundred Objects of Betrothal: The Bloodwood Comb —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  46. 696 Folk Tales of the Supernatural 0 民间故事诡异录0 Mystery390k WordsCompleted Among the things my mother left behind when she died was a bell made of human bone. The village elders went pale when they saw it and told me to bury it in the graveyard at once. But that night, Yun'er secretly retrieved it. “Your mother traded her life for this. We can't throw it away.” She hung the bell by the window. That very night, someone in the village died. The dead person clutched a scrap of paper: “The first.” The same words appeared on the bell, written in blood. —Reads—Score—Shelves
  47. 697 I Begin by Slaying Demons, Then Attain Sainthood Through the Flesh 斩妖除魔开始,肉身成圣 Eastern Fantasy422k WordsOngoing [Ancient setting, high martial arts and high fantasy + wish fulfillment + no romance + female lead + strong heroine] [Wuxia jianghu, suspense, the uncanny, and horror] The mountain path lay under a thin veil of mist in the early morning. The sound of suonas and a noisy crowd drifted through the fog, lively and boisterous, drawing closer and closer. A red procession slowly emerged from the mist. The four people at the front played suonas, singing and dancing. Behind them came a line of bearers ca 1.1kReads8.7Score115Shelves
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  48. 698 My Best Friend Says She’s a Paper Effigy 闺蜜说她是个纸扎人 16k WordsCompleted My Best Friend Says She's a Paper Effigy 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  49. 699 Feng Shui Records of Beijing and Hong Kong 京港风水实录 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 1.5kReads—Score316Shelves
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  50. 700 Echoes of the Spirit Strings 回响灵弦 8k WordsCompleted Echoing Spirit Strings —Reads—Score—Shelves
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