Recommend Great Historical-Era Supernatural Horror Stories With Evil Spirits and Monsters Roaming the Night 求好看的古代诡异，邪祟类小说，黑夜鬼怪横行。
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- 101 Drowning in Tokyo's Shadows: His Lips Stained with Neon and Sin 东京暗溺：他的唇，染着霓虹与罪 Tokyo’s Dark Descent: His Lips Stained with Neon and Sin 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 102 After My Engagement Was Called Off, My Powerful Archenemy Took Me Home and Hilariously Spoiled Me Rotten 退婚后，我被死对头大佬捡回家爆笑养废 After Calling Off the Engagement, I Was Taken In by My Archrival, a Powerful Tycoon, Who Hilariously Spoiled Me Rotten 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 103 Fierce Snow in Guandong 关东烈雪 Fierce Snowfall in Kanto 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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Tianxuan Paranormal Affairs Office 天玄灵异事务所
- [Infinite Flow + Urban Supernatural + Chinese-Style Horror + Folk Legends and Hauntings + Celestial Master Exorcists + Heirs to the Daoist Tradition + Heterochromatic-Eyed Heroine + Haunted House Tales + Episodic Stories + Folk Taboos] - Hidden deep in the bustling streets is an inconspicuous supernatural affairs office called Tianxuan. - No one dares touch the folk taboos of this world. Haunted houses are plagued by unsolved horrors, abandoned villages and ancient mansions seethe with resentm
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A New Groom Every Night 夜夜当新郎
Cang Tian Jie Lan was twenty-eight, a hardcore shut-in whose proudest achievement in life was having a hundred thousand pictures of anime wives on his hard drive. But when he woke up, he found himself in a terrifying academy overrun by ghosts, on the verge of becoming a vengeful spirit’s appetizer. At the brink of despair, he pulled out his only “spiritual sustenance”: a battered laptop packed with pictures of his waifus. The moment it booted up, the images of a hundred thousand beauties fused i
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- 106 A Happy Life, Tea Served by a Beauty 幸福生活，美人泡茶 A Happy Life, Sipping Tea with a Beauty 66Reads—Score—Shelves
- 107 Sharing the Joy with a Beauty at the Victory Banquet 庆功宴，与美同甘 A Victory Banquet, Sharing the Joy with a Beauty 65Reads—Score—Shelves
- 108 Repay My Husband's Kindness by Having Him Eight or Ten Children 为夫报恩，生他十胎八胎 To repay her husband’s kindness, she gives birth to ten children, eight of them boys —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 109 Mechanical Armor 铠甲机械化 Armored Mechanization 33Reads—Score—Shelves
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Raise Your Head Three Feet, and There’s an Evil God 举头三尺有邪神
[Eastern Fantasy + Lovecraftian Elements + Plot-Driven + Mystery + No Cliches + No System + No Brain-Dead Characters + Not a Power Fantasy] [Readers who may be bothered by this, proceed with caution] [The first five chapters are slow-burn setup. The story picks up afterward, and there's a detailed outline, so read with confidence!] After transmigrating, Zhou Mo finds himself in a small village that resembles one from ancient China. Gradually, strange and utterly inexplicable things begin happeni
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Tales of Strange Happenings in Snow City 雪城志异
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!
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Tuoxie De Naoren's 15th Book 托鞋的脑仁第15本书
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- 113 A Border Guard's Blade Shatters the Firmament 边关小兵刀破苍穹 The frigid wind sweeps sand through Blackrock Pass. Lin Que wraps himself in a patched military uniform and runs his fingers over the rusty ancestral blade, “Windbreaker”... A border guard armed with a battered blade, Lin Que awakens the bloodline of a magical beast. He slays foreign tribes, foils political schemes, defeats the Buddhist and Daoist sects, and challenges the Heavenly Court. Together with the women who love him, he brings order to the world! 662Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 The Foolish Master in the City 傻子高手在都市 The city is full of tricks. I’m going back to the countryside. Silly Long has been a bit slow since he was a child. But he knows the martial arts of the Meihua school, as well as divination, Shennong medicine, geomancy, cultivation and breath control, and physiognomy. With all that, he’s made quite a name for himself in the city… 1.1kReads—Score100Shelves
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Strange Tales from the Civil Affairs Bureau (Complete in 8 Volumes) 民调局异闻录（全8册）
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
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Immortal’s Hand on My Crown: I Break Through Even While Lying Down 仙人抚顶：我躺着都能突破
Does the path to immortality mean you have to sever all attachments and give up love? Does cultivation mean you have to let the whole world down? After Lin Feiyu was hit by a dump truck, a mysterious stroke of fortune chose him and sent him to the final era of the cultivation world. He didn’t need to cultivate: simply staying alive raised his realm, though the time required to break through doubled with each advancement. He thought fate had granted him a priceless opportunity, but he had no idea
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Running Instances in the Underworld 我在阴间打副本
[Urban] [Underworld] [Infinite Flow] [Instances] [Office Drone] [Rewrite the Cycle of Reincarnation] A programmer working 996 hours a week dies suddenly from overwork, with his last thought being that he’s just lost this month’s perfect-attendance bonus. Unwilling to wait in line for 87 years to be reincarnated, he immediately takes up the Underworld’s emergency recruitment offer and becomes a temporary “Reincarnation Programmer.” His boss bullied him while he was alive, but now he’s in the Unde
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- 118 Artifact Spirit Returns to the Ruins: Repairing the Imprints of Civilization 器灵归墟：文明烙印修复记 [Archaeology] [National Treasures] [Artifact Spirits] [Xuanhuan] Three months ago, my mother completely forgot who I was. She held my face in her hands, her gaze as empty as a dried-up well, and kept repeating, “My son... what was my son's name again?” The woman who once sewed my schoolbag and tucked my blanket around me at night was being devoured, inch by inch, by “forgetfulness.” The doctor said it was a rare memory-loss disorder with no cure. It wasn't until I was sorting through my father's 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 119 In My Past Life, You Five Swords Pierced My Heart. In This Life, Get Down on Your Knees and Weep 前世你们五柄剑穿我心，这一世都给我跪下哭 In my past life, the five of you drove your swords through my heart. In this life, get down on your knees and weep. 197Reads—Score—Shelves
- 120 Mom, This Time I'll Protect You 妈，这次我守护你 Mom, This Time I’ll Protect You 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 121 I Faint at the Sight of Blood, but I'm a Miracle Doctor 我晕血，但我是神医 I Faint at the Sight of Blood, but I’m a Miracle Doctor —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 From Technician to Director: My Swordsmanship in the Workplace 《从技术员到总监：我的职场剑道》 From Technician to Director: My Sword Dao in the Workplace 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 My Unhinged Junior Sister Stabbed My Dantian with Her Sword, Then Smiled and Asked How I Was 我那疯批师妹，把剑捅进我丹田还笑着问好 My Crazy Junior Sister Stabbed Her Sword into My Dantian, Then Smiled and Asked How I Was 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 124 Reborn: My Disciples' Regret Fuels My Rise to Godhood 重生后，徒弟们的悔意是我的成神资粮 Reborn, my disciples’ remorse is the fuel that will make me a god 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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I Transmigrated to an Eerie World, Only to Become Human Rations 穿越诡异世界，却成了人类口粮
[Extremely oppressive] [Not a power fantasy] [Dark] [Slow burn] I’m not crazy! Those memories are affecting me! “Shuoshuo, who… are you talking to?” Hu Shuo looked toward the door. “Dad! What took you so long? Mom’s been here for ages.” He picked up the chicken leg in his hand and offered it to Yang Man. “Mom! You have some too.” Hu Zhijun stared at his son, whose mouth was covered in blood, and spoke in a trembling voice. “Son, your mother is sick. I’m the only one who came to see you today.” “
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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
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
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Demigod 1: Tales of New Shanghai 次神1：新沪怪谈
Praise the Fool, Azathoth | The author promises original ideas and an innovative plot: What you owe isn't money, but “psychic loans” and “existence taxes.” Overdue and unpaid? You automatically become a sacrifice or have your “existence” erased. Debt collector → half-human, half-god “demigod candidate.” New Shanghai → a cyberpunk city infiltrated by the Old Ones.
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- 128 The Banquet: From That Day On, We Became Subjects of Observation 晚宴：自此，我们沦为观测对象 The Banquet: From This Day On, We Became Subjects of Observation 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 129 The Garden of Sinners: Beyond the Root, Breathing Comes First 空之境界：根源之外，呼吸先行 Beyond the Origin of the Boundary of Emptiness: Breathe First 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 130 Dragon Raja: Snowbreak Iris, Eternal Prisoner 龙族：断雪鸢尾·永生囚徒 Dragon Raja: Broken Snow Iris · Prisoner of Eternity 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 131 The Garden of Sinners: The Magician, Have You Ever Seen Nothingness? 空之境界：魔术师·你见过‘无’吗？ The Garden of Sinners: Magician · Have you ever seen “nothingness”? 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 132 Lord of the Mysteries: Sequence 0, Awakening of the Cocoon, the Fool's First Cry 诡秘：序列0--蚕茧觉醒·愚者初鸣 Lord of the Mysteries: Sequence 0: Awakening from the Cocoon · The Fool’s First Cry 529Reads—Score—Shelves
- 133 Workplace Release: I Became a KPI Survival Expert 职场放生：我成了KPI生存大师 Workplace Release: I Became a KPI Survival Expert 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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In This World, Who Do You Think You Are? 天地间老子在你算老几？
On a pitch-black night, I dreamed of countless stars rushing toward me. By chance, I became a haunted-house tester, and all sorts of supernatural phenomena began appearing out of nowhere. The strange and bizarre things in the city, the mysterious forces deep in the mountains, and the gods people worship: do they really exist? Where can I find the key to a new world? Is this a responsibility, a mission, or a chance to become the next scapegoat? What unsolved mysteries lie in the world I inhabit,
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My Years of Ghost Hunting Among the People 我在民间捉鬼的那些年
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
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Traveling Between Two Worlds: The 1970s 两界穿梭之七零年代
Wu Xiaoyao is a working-class nobody, a corporate drudge who likes to unwind by grilling skewers and letting loose whenever he has a bit of free time. But an out-of-control dump truck sends him hurtling back to the fiery age of the 1970s. What surprises him is that he can travel back and forth between the seventies and 2025. Two completely different eras now lie before him.
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- 137 Twin Rivers: Bloodbath in Republican-Era Shanghai 双川民国之沪上血战 Su Tianci has spent 25 years as a working stiff. After leaving the military, he has the job he earned stolen by someone with power and influence. His attempts to seek justice come to nothing, and with the other side's overwhelming influence, he has no choice but to become a delivery driver. Who could have guessed that while performing a good deed, he'd be struck by a heavy truck and sent straight to the Republican era? Then his transmigration golden finger turns out to let him travel between the 172Reads7.2Score149Shelves
- 138 Passing Myself Off as a Rich Returnee in the 1980s 在八零伪装回国土豪 Su Tianci, an ordinary working stiff for 25 years, spends his free time exploring the wilderness. By chance, he discovers a box full of U.S. dollars. Overjoyed, Su Tianci starts dreaming about where to go for a meat-stuffed flatbread. But before he can even celebrate, he slips and inexplicably tumbles off a cliff. When he comes to again, he has somehow arrived in an era full of opportunity… 7.6kReads5.8Score316Shelves
- 139 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The Red-Hot Years 两界穿梭之火红年代 Li Xiaren is an ordinary office worker, trudging through grueling days that start at eight in the morning and end at midnight. One day, after finally getting several months of back pay, he plans to give himself a well-deserved break. Who could have guessed that eating a grilled kidney for no apparent reason would send him back to the 1970s when he woke up? Luckily, he discovers he can return to 2025, and so two completely different eras open up before him!!! 254Reads7.6Score101Shelves
- 140 A Double Crossing to Make a Fortune in Republican-Era China 双穿之民国淘金 Li Xiaren had spent 25 years as a wage slave, living at the bottom of society and crushed by the pressure of making ends meet. No matter how hard he worked to earn money, he still couldn't afford a home of his own. Even his longtime girlfriend left him. Downhearted, he finally managed to collect the wages he'd been owed and planned to head to Tian Shang Ren Jian for a stuffed flatbread. But who could have guessed? A ball of lightning struck him and sent him straight back to a turbulent era. More 532Reads7.7Score135Shelves
- 141 Dual Crossing to 1936: I Looted the Japanese Army’s Treasury 双穿1936我搬空鬼子金库 Lin Feng is a retired special forces soldier. After leaving the military due to an injury, he works as a security guard. His parents are ill, and his brother is in debt. Thanks to a jade pendant, he transmigrates to 1936, an era engulfed in the flames of war... 543Reads—Score—Shelves
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A Journey to Escape Death 求亡之旅
(No mindless power fantasy, no harem, no System, wild plot twists, dark humor, thoroughly engrossing. Enter at your own risk.) Fantasy with an unusual premise, a bizarre world, and humor that isn’t exactly lighthearted. I didn’t choose a single one of the tags currently listed... The author has lost it, so please don’t make wild predictions about the plot! Do you want to die? A Fei really does. Vampires die when exposed to sunlight?! A Fei beats up a vampire count, turns himself into a vampire,
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I Hunt Down Transmigrators in Ancient China 我在古代抓捕穿越者
The protagonist, Long Chen, transmigrates into an ancient world. But it turns out that world is full of transmigrators. They belong to many different factions. Long Chen, himself a transmigrator, receives a mission: eliminate every other transmigrator. …
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When Will the Bright Moon Shine on the Twin Stars? 明月何时照双星
[Killing ghosts galore + mildly terrifying episodic stories + an ensemble cast full of passion] [Bright, sunny girl vs. cold-faced, “adorably” insecure guy = love at first sight] [Mutual devotion: a powerful team-up] “Man is man, and ghost is ghost. When one is both, that’s a xiao ghost.” “Xiao crave blood and flesh, yet share the same origins as humans.” Nie Yangmei never believed in demons and ghosts. Until one night, she opened her eyes and saw a giant monster frantically devouring flesh an
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I Have a Demon-Refining Pot, Yet Demons Haunt Me 我有炼妖壶，却被妖魔缠身
[Traditional supernatural beings + golden finger + spirits and demons] The protagonist, Lin Zhou, transmigrates to a cultivation world with a Demon-Refining Pot and becomes a guard in the Xuancha Bureau. The Bureau oversees the sects above and demons below, and is known as a job for life. From the start, Lin Zhou catches the eye of Xiao Qian from Lanruo Temple, but the Demon-Refining Pot takes her in. Later, he encounters the great shapeshifting demon Bai Suzhen. She transforms directly from a p
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My Lady Doesn't Believe in the Supernatural 我家夫人不信邪
I believe in metaphysics, but she doesn’t. We got married just to prove each other wrong. I wanted to hang a portrait of the Three Pure Ones, but she refused, so after a huge argument, I decided to write down all the true events that have happened over the years: my dad got into trouble after eating a snake, my grandma suddenly started eating pork knuckle and cursing, Gao Dabao lost a hand in an elevator accident, Feng Ershuang was grabbed by a ghost, and their cousin mysteriously went mad and d
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- 147 Among the Otherworldly 我在异人间 I am descended from the Sage Yangming. When I was born, countless bolts of heavenly thunder circled our old family home and crashed down. Could it be because the last dragon and phoenix in the world died right outside my house, and now they want me to pay with my life? 17Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 148 Day 49: The Whole Internet Watches Me Tear Through the Horse-Shaman World 第49天，全网看我杀穿出马仙 [The first novel online to tackle the “spirit-medium” genre from an opposing perspective] Before my dad died, he left me a blood curse: “If you meet a god, beat it. If you see an immortal, kill it.” Now the whole village is made up of spirit mediums, and I'm the only ordinary person left. They livestream “catching an old immortal,” so I report them and get their accounts banned. They stage “the Tragic King being killed,” so I expose their tricks on the spot. Then I rescue a snow-white fox, and i 13Reads—Score—Shelves
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Three Kingdoms: I Hold the Registers and Suppress the Ghostly Path 三国：我，执箓镇鬼道
Gender: Male Species: Human Specialty: Uneducated and unskilled, though he occasionally recalls fragmented bits of knowledge from the future. Evaluation: C- aptitude, lazy and content with the status quo Ghost Records Name: Huang Liao, courtesy name Boju Gender: Male Species: Ghost Specialty: His body has long since been ruined by drink and lust. Prospect rating: D-. A complete failure, bottom of the barrel, with a bleak future.
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Surviving the Dark Forest: How Do You Play with a Blank Slate from the Start? 黑暗森林求生，开局白板怎么玩？
[Dark Forest] [Global Survival] [Cthulhu] [No System] [No Golden Finger] [All-New Power System] Everyone transmigrates to an unknown dark forest. Here, survival comes first, and the total amount of resources never changes. Everyone is a hunter in the forest, but everyone is also prey! But if we've all transmigrated, why are we starting with nothing? Shouldn't we get to pick a class and draw a talent first? We don't even get a beginner's kit?
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