Rated 9.6 or Higher, Scary Stories! No Rules-Based Horror, There's Enough of That Already 9.6以上，让人恐怖的！（规则怪谈不要，够多了）

1. 151 我 I Am a Lady Tutor 我是女先生 Xiao Xu小叙Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted I'm hard to kill. These were the words I heard from the moment I was born. A blind fortune-teller said I was a White Tiger Sha, a girl born with a boy's fate, innately tough and destined to bring misfortune to my husband, my children, and myself. Everyone in the village said I wouldn't survive. My yang energy was too strong. Even if they managed to keep me alive, I'd grow up to be an idiot. But my grandma, a spirit medium who presided over the altar, refused to give up. Every year, she burned a 3.3kReads9.4Score44914d adds
2. 152 我 I Am Intersex 我是阴阳人 Xiao Xu小叙Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted My mother said that when I was born, her first reaction was to strangle me, because it was impossible to tell whether I was male or female. My grandmother called me a freak and a jinx, saying I would only bring shame on the family. It was then that my maternal grandmother, who had traveled all the way from the countryside to visit my mother, adopted me. So, by chance, I got to enjoy a pure childhood, free from scornful looks. Following my half-immortal grandmother, I unexpectedly discovered how 8.5kReads9.3Score1.3k14d adds
3. 153 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 19.4kReads9.5Score3.4k14d adds

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   I watched it twice, it's really good! [Admiration][Admiration]

4. 154 别 Don’t Look Outside the Window, There’s a Ghost 别看窗外，有鬼 Sauce Flying Hero酱飞侠Mystery8k WordsCompleted Don't look out the window. There's a ghost. 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Highly recommended, it's really good and incredibly immersive.

5. 155 贞 Sadako Is Actually a Top Scholar Hunk 贞子竟是个学霸男神 Sauce Flying Hero酱飞侠12k WordsCompleted Sadako Turns Out to Be a Top Student and a Handsome Guy —Reads—Score—14d adds
6. 156 哽 The Sobbing Maitreya 哽咽的弥勒 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery408k WordsCompleted A truly thrilling horror fantasy, with a master like Lin Zhenying guiding you through terrifying adventures, slaying demons and monsters, exploring forbidden arts, and cultivating as a demon immortal. Once you start reading, you won't be able to stop. It's pure exhilaration from beginning to end! 14Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Beneath the mountains and rivers, undercurrents surge; beneath the surface of ordinary life, dangers lurk. The departed linger in the mortal world, unwilling to depart; strange and malevolent beings hide their forms, lurking among the living. One after another, bizarre disappearances remain unsolved, and one after another, terrifying and bizarre events seem impossible to trace. Enforcement instruments guard the righteous path between Yin and Yang, exposing harmful schemes and settling past grievances. The entire story is brimming with atmosphere, each step fraught with suspense, revealing the myriad strange and unsettling aspects of the underworld!

7. 157 柜 The Woman in the Closet 柜子里的女人 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery6k WordsCompleted The Woman in the Cabinet 49Reads—Score—14d adds
8. 158 我 I Am Not a Paper Spirit 我不是纸仙 Half-Fated Taoist半缘道人Mystery796k WordsCompleted A paper effigy is made by folding paper into the shape of a person, so it can take on another's sins, endure their punishment, and bear the consequences of their karma. I was an orphan from a young age, adopted by my master. He was a paper effigy maker, and when I was nineteen, I learned his craft. That set me on a road of no return and turned me into a jinx. Before long, I brought about my master's death. Through one mistake, I turned a “Lovers' Fold” into a “Life-Damaging Fold,” creating a pap 50Reads7.6Score—14d adds

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   Has nobody really read this book? I can't find anyone to read it with. [I'm about to cry][I'm about to cry][I'm about to cry]

9. 159 幽 Whispers by the Candlelit Ruins 幽庭烛烬语 A Zan Kuna阿赞坤娜Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing In the dead of night, countless eerie secrets lurk in the dark folds of the city. The knocking in an old apartment, known as “Knocking at Midnight,” rings out like clockwork at three in the morning. When a woman living alone peers through the peephole, all she sees is a roiling cloud of scarlet blood mist in the hallway, while a damp scratching comes from the doorknob. In the basement of a century-old apothecary, “Whispers in the Medicine Crock” never cease, day or night. Every night at midnight 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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   3. Today's update is a horror story: At midnight, Lin Shen applies for a night shift at the old clock shop. The shopkeeper instructs him not to touch the pocket watch or open the back door after midnight. At midnight, the clock goes out of control, and he encounters Su Wan, a woman in a cheongsam—his mother's twin sister, whose obsession with losing her son remains unresolved. Lin Shen helps Su Wan find her lost son, Niannian, and Su Wan lets go of her obsession, restoring peace to the clock shop.

10. 160 为 For the Views, I Got Handcuffed to a Red-Clothed Female Ghost 为了流量，我和红衣女鬼锁了 Woodenhead's Journal木头的日志Mystery174k WordsCompleted Lin Xuan, a paranormal streamer struggling to make ends meet, breaks into the century-old haunted house known as the Huaiyin Mansion for views. He expects another scripted performance, but instead comes face-to-face with a real, murderous ghost: Wanqing, dressed in a blood-red wedding gown. The moment she sees him, she claims he is the “husband” she has waited a hundred years for, then transforms the mansion into an endless corridor. With death closing in, Lin Xuan desperately starts streaming, 6Reads—Score—14d adds

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    You can watch it at night

11. 161 诡 Eerie: The Strange Play Ends in Oblivion 诡异：诡剧终湮 Listening at Seven Places七处倾听Mystery212k WordsOngoing [Suspenseful What-If] [Rule Horror] [Infinite Flow Supernatural Horror] [Horror and the Paranormal] Apocalypse... One month before monsters from another world invaded, Jiang Qiubai unexpectedly obtained a strange play that could take him to other worlds. Only by gathering the powers of the twelve Chinese zodiac signs through these plays could there be any hope of defeating the invasion from another world. Shen Wanqing had been an ordinary college student. Could the two of them successfully tempe —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Horror genres are all about [fear].

12. 162 诡 Night Tales from the Haunted House: 1,000 Folk Ghost Stories 诡舍夜话：1000个民间鬼故事 Listening at Seven Places七处倾听Mystery461k WordsCompleted [Changting 9.0 Rating] [A Must-Read for Women Late at Night] [Urban Horror] Don't read this late at night! A thousand standalone tales of the eerie, guaranteed to make you afraid to walk alone after dark! This collection features sinister events passed down through generations in rural lanes and villages, as well as bizarre tales widely shared online. Each chapter is a story of its own, so there's no need to wait for updates. Just open it and start reading! The faint sobbing from a corner of an 4.6kReads—Score16314d adds
13. 163 恐 A Collection of Terrifying Tales 恐怖惊魂故事录 Listening at Seven Places七处倾听Mystery306k WordsCompleted [Traditional supernatural tales] [Strange happenings late at night] [Whispers of the uncanny in your ear] [Based on true events] [Urban horror] [Thrilling and chilling] One ghost story for every chapter, all set in the dead of night. Come and read... 607Reads—Score—14d adds
14. 164 棺 The Fragrance of the Coffin's Beauty 棺香美人 Rivet铆钉Mystery6.1M WordsOngoing When I was born, the river swelled and washed a coffin right into my home. Fifteen years later, the coffin opened, and inside was a woman... Feng shui, fate and destiny... There are endless folk legends to tell, and more bizarre wonders than words can describe. 32.2kReads9.4Score76114d adds
15. 165 湘 Tales of the Supernatural in Xiangnan 湘南鬼事录 Xiaoxiang Lady Traveler潇湘女客Mystery289k WordsCompleted My family is truly from southern Hunan, with ancestral expertise in feng shui and geomancy, spirit-summoning and calming, demon-subduing and exorcism, funeral music, and rites to guide the dead onward. Let me begin with my great-grandfather’s generation. My great-grandfather and his brother were born in the early Guangxu era of the Qing Dynasty. By the late Guangxu and Xuantong eras, they had raised five cousins in all, including my grandfather. They all knew our family’s inherited arts. My gran 138Reads—Score—14d adds

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    It's a Hunanese version of *Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio*, a *Night Parade of One Hundred Demons* set in a water town, and above all, a heartwarming tale of "protection." There's no mystification, only genuine fear and warmth.

16. 166 阴 The Yin-Yang Hot Pot Restaurant 阴阳火锅店 Yan Huo炎火Mystery806k WordsCompleted I took over a hot pot restaurant from my second uncle. He told me never to serve customers a yuan yang hot pot after midnight! After I took over the place, everything I believed in began to crumble... One night, I wasn't paying attention and served a couple a yuan yang hot pot. The next day, I saw in the newspaper that the couple had died! They'd jumped to their deaths together! After that, every night at midnight, a strange couple would appear in my restaurant and ask me to make them a yuan yan 587Reads7.7Score2214d adds
17. 167 我 I Might Have Changed the Wrong Fate 我可能改了个假命 Knife in the Sleeve袖里刀Mystery808k WordsCompleted When I was little, my mom asked a Taoist priest to tell my fortune. He said I'd face a calamity at 26, and that he'd come help me get through it the day before my 26th birthday. When the day finally came, the priest really did show up to change my fate. He even gave me a “Fate-Changing Ruler” and told me I had to change the fates of seven people with different destinies to survive the calamity. Otherwise, I'd only have five years left to live. So much for changing my fate for me! Did he only cha 71Reads8.9Score—14d adds
18. 168 阴 The Netherworld Inn 阴间客栈 Sun Jiu Hutu孙九糊涂Mystery814k WordsCompleted My name is Qin Yu. While on a business trip, I checked into a uniquely styled inn called the Yin Room Inn. It even offered “special services” in the middle of the night. Little did I know it was an inn from the underworld. I began having nightmare after nightmare, and my friends kept getting into trouble... 2.9kReads9.0Score16814d adds
19. 169 我 My Years as a Buddhist Nun 我当师太的那些年 Gold Is Money金子就是钞票Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted I was born a girl with a Pure Yang fate into a family of feng shui masters. For generations, my family had practiced feng shui in the countryside. My grandfather had hoped his eldest grandchild would be a boy, so he could pass down his skills to the eldest son and grandson. But I turned out to be a girl. Grandfather never took a liking to me, so my parents could only take me to live in the city. No one expected that, during the Ghost Festival in the year I turned twenty-five, Grandfather would s 425Reads8.7Score—14d adds
20. 170 我 I Run a Paper Effigy Shop 我有一间扎纸店 Er Lei二雷Mystery806k WordsCompleted I Have a Paper Effigy Shop tells the story of the protagonist, Liu Dabao, who runs a shop making paper effigies. One day, a guy named Li Xunhuan asked me to burn him a villa and gave me a jade pendant, saying someone would come to collect it later. That evening, a woman came to pick up the pendant and gave me a thousand yuan. But who could have guessed that the next day, the money vanished and turned into a pile of white paper! Was it ghost money for the dead? Were Li Xunhuan and that woman both 124Reads8.7Score1314d adds
21. 171 都 It's All the Haunted House's Fault 都是凶宅惹的祸 Nightfall夜色Mystery907k WordsCompleted I'm a mystery writer. In search of inspiration, I moved into a house rumored to be haunted. Every night, a horribly disfigured face appeared in the window, and outside, the rotten corpse of a woman hung from a tree. I realized then that this really was a haunted house! Gradually, my family began acting strangely, and we even found a mummified corpse sealed inside the wall for years! As I investigated further, I came across something even more terrifying… 62Reads8.7Score814d adds
22. 172 万 Corpse-Walking Notes 2: The Myriad Forms Celestial Palace 《赶尸笔记2》万象天宫 Dream's Evil梦之邪Mystery112k WordsCompleted Corpses driven along by corpse herders are known in the martial world as "corpses traveling ten thousand miles." It is said that in the Xiangxi region, some people make a living herding corpses. The Corpse Sect is one such group. Qin Shuang runs a funeral business; Brother Jiu has ties to both the underworld and the police; Haozi has just gotten out of prison; Baldy makes his living robbing and relocating tombs; and mute A-Wu is a skilled fighter shrouded in mystery. What kind of extraordinary s 122Reads8.7Score—14d adds
23. 173 天 The End of the World’s Divine Post: Defying Fate 天涯神贴之逆天改命 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙15k WordsCompleted The Divine Post from the Ends of the Earth: Defying Fate and Changing One’s Destiny 61Reads—Score—14d adds
24. 174 星 Stardust Trails: A Mortal’s Path to Immortality 星轨尘途之凡人修仙缘 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙14k WordsCompleted Stardust on the Starward Path: A Mortal’s Immortal Cultivation Journey —Reads—Score—14d adds
25. 175 诺 If Nuo Were Ying 诺若为莹 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙9k WordsCompleted If Only You Were a Gleaming Jewel —Reads—Score—14d adds
26. 176 山 The World Is at Peace, Yet You Are Nowhere in It 山河无恙无一处有你 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted The Land Is at Peace, Yet You Are Nowhere in It 3Reads—Score—14d adds
27. 177 尘 The Dust-Era Chronicles: Seeking the Way of the Three Pure Ones 尘元纪：三清问道 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙17k WordsCompleted The Era of Dust Origins: The Three Pure Ones Seek the Dao —Reads—Score—14d adds
28. 178 白 The White-Robed Spear Immortal 白衣枪仙 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙14k WordsCompleted The White-Robed Spear Immortal —Reads—Score—14d adds
29. 179 霓 Neon Odyssey: A Game of Code and Time 霓虹逆旅：代码与时空的博弈 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙80k WordsCompleted Neon Odyssey: A Battle of Code and Time —Reads—Score—14d adds
30. 180 天 The World’s Greatest Face Reader 天下第一相术师 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙Mystery31k WordsCompleted The Greatest Face Reader Under Heaven —Reads—Score—14d adds
31. 181 江 Crossing Jiangcheng: The Wanderer Returns 江城渡：逆旅归人 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙26k WordsCompleted Crossing Jiangcheng: The Traveler Returns 1Reads—Score—14d adds
32. 182 我 I Love You to the Bone, Now Take My Flying Fists 我爱你入骨，你还我漂漂拳 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙10k WordsCompleted I Love You to the Bone, Now Take My Pretty-Punch Fist 1Reads—Score—14d adds
33. 183 天 The End of the World’s Divine Post: Predicting the Future 天涯神贴之推演未来 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙7k WordsCompleted The Legendary Tianya Post: Predicting the Future 19Reads—Score—14d adds
34. 184 变 The Variable Game 变量游戏 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙22k WordsCompleted The Variable Game —Reads—Score—14d adds
35. 185 你 You Forgot the Years, I Forgot My Worries 你忘岁月我忘无忧 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙8k WordsCompleted You Forget the Years, I Forget My Worries —Reads—Score—14d adds
36. 186 鼠 Rat + God 鼠+神 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙25k WordsCompleted Rat + God —Reads—Score—14d adds
37. 187 八 The New Adventures of Bajie: A Kind Heart Takes on the World 八戒新传：心善闯天涯。 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙15k WordsCompleted The New Legend of Bajie: A Kind Heart Braving the World —Reads—Score—14d adds
38. 188 槐 Brotherhood Beneath the Pagoda Tree 槐树下的兄弟情 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙10k WordsCompleted Brotherhood Beneath the Locust Tree —Reads—Score—14d adds
39. 189 广 Ad Revenue Sharing: The Survival Game of the Free Short-Drama Era 广告分账：短剧免费时代的生存游戏 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙14k WordsCompleted Ad Revenue Sharing: The Survival Game in the Free Short-Drama Era —Reads—Score—14d adds
40. 190 转 By the Time I Turned Around, It Was My Last Moments Post 转身已是最后一条朋友圈 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙11k WordsCompleted By the Time I Turned Around, It Was My Last Moments Post —Reads—Score—14d adds
41. 191 星 You in the Galaxy 星河中的你 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙6k WordsCompleted You in the Sea of Stars —Reads—Score—14d adds
42. 192 让 Let Flowers Be Flowers, and Trees Be Trees 让花成花让树成树 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙Modern Romance6k WordsCompleted Let Flowers Be Flowers and Trees Be Trees —Reads—Score—14d adds
43. 193 阴 The Yin and Yang Overlap 阴阳重叠 Jian Ji缄戟Fantastical Romance813k WordsOngoing Freshman Lin Xiaoxue arrives at Room 304 in the old campus dormitory of Nanguang University. She carries an unknown “boundary-attracting constitution,” and the moment she steps into the building, steeped in eerie rumors, she is swept into a string of inexplicable events: sobbing from Room 307, a shadow in Classroom 404, and campus secrets that grow clearer with every passing night. As midnight becomes the meeting point of the worlds of the living and the dead, small overlaps begin occurring afte 13Reads—Score—14d adds

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44. 194 筑 The Secret Record of the Between-Realm 筑间秘录 Lion Mound狮子墩Modern Romance260k WordsOngoing Jiang Ziwen, a renowned designer, was playing a game when someone lured his soul into a dream. He suddenly died... When he was judged in the underworld, the King of Hell took note of his sense of justice and the injustice he had suffered. Since they shared the same name, the King of Hell bestowed upon him secret Feng Shui techniques. After returning to the living world, he fell in love at first sight with Ye Ling, a night patrol envoy of the underworld... 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    9.9 Contemporary Romance, Supernatural, and Feng Shui

45. 195 香 Hong Kong’s Yin Chronicles: The Domino Curse 香江陰錄：骨牌劫 Yang Zai楊載13k WordsCompleted Hong Kong Yin Chronicles: The Bone Tile Calamity —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Give it a try! [Laughs][laughs]

46. 196 井 Ghost in the Well: The Woman in Room 704 井底亡魂-704室的女人 Yang Zai楊載Mystery14k WordsCompleted Ghost at the Bottom of the Well: The Woman in Room 704 1Reads—Score—14d adds
47. 197 神 The Divine Cage Game 神笼游戏 AshzzoieUrban2.2M WordsOngoing In a dazzling technological future, a powerful being descends, calling itself a god and ruling over all. Everything becomes a game for the gods. The gods become humanity’s sole objects of faith. Above all faith, humans are the pieces and the gods move them. The world is a cage, and this is a game ruled by the gods. The gods rule everything! The gods create the games! The gods make the rules! Rule One: Every human must take part in the game. You need a ticket to compete, but the winner takes all, 25.2kReads9.3Score2k14d adds

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48. 198 诡 The Haunted Garden 诡园 Zuo Fei左绯Mystery5.4M WordsCompleted Xi Chen felt that he had already done everything he wanted to do. The world was so boring that he wanted to end it. But even he thought this boring world didn't deserve to be dragged down with him, so he let it be. He didn't just fail to die, though. He was forced to join a game. Impossible to solve? Impossible! Maybe life wasn't quite so dull after all. No CP 23.7kReads8.4Score2.6k14d adds
49. 199 诡 The Haunted Tomb 诡坟 Sugar Quixote糖吉柯德Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted [This is no ordinary paranormal story. It's all about horror and suspense: no mindless wish fulfillment, forbidden yin-yang lore, no cultivation, and a ghost wife. If it's not good, you can break my legs.] People laugh at my family's poverty and say that all my blood relatives have died, so there must be a ghost in our house. I don't dare argue... because there really is a ghost buried in our ancestral grave! ...My name is Zhang Asi... I was born at four in the morning on the fourteenth day of t 40.1kReads8.8Score3.7k14d adds
50. 200 真 The Real-Life Escape Club 真实逃杀俱乐部 Making Tea on Tong Mountain彤山煮茶Mystery4.5M WordsCompleted This world is dead. But I want to live. This is an age where the supernatural is paradise, and humanity is in hell. I saw the club as the only [Beacon of Hope], blind to the schemes and betrayal behind it. Resurrected supernatural creatures, blood-soaked death zones, slaughter experiments that defy human understanding. The boundary between life and death began to blur, until people and the supernatural could no longer be told apart. Standing atop a mountain of corpses, I faced the weeping, despa 19kReads9.0Score2.1k14d adds

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