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The Serpent Coffin 蛇棺
On the day I was born, my family was moving our ancestral graves. My father killed a huge snake in a coffin that was on the verge of shedding its skin and transforming into a dragon, and nearly got bitten to death. When I was born, snakes surged in from every direction, hissing. Everyone said I was ill-omened. A rice medium from the village gave her life to save my father. She left me a black jade pendant shaped like a snake, but she too was bitten to death. Just after my eighteenth birthday, th
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The Heaven-Mandated Diviner 天命卦师
[Supernatural · Urban · Mysterious] My mother was a shameless woman... Before I was even a month old, she abandoned me. The man who raised me was my adoptive father, who wasn't related to me by blood at all. When I was seven, disaster struck out of nowhere. A woman gave me a burial shroud. My adoptive father said that woman meant to take my life...
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The Nuo Dancer's Ordeal 傩人难
Isolated and misunderstood, two people just alike meet because of fate. What kind of story will unfold? Will it be funny or terrifying? Everything takes place beneath a vast shadow.
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The Phoenix of Qishan 岐山凤
[Mystery × Lovecraftian Horror × The Uncanny] When an archaeologist’s trowel uncovers more than yellow earth, it awakens the primordial whispers sealed away by blood sacrifice Zhang Ji, an archaeology student at Huanbei University, encounters a bizarre sacrificial pit during his graduation fieldwork in Mop an Village. Pottery basins, ox bones, red earth, stone slabs, and shells are buried according to a pattern no one can understand. Disturb them, and they awaken an indescribable “presence” dee
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My Years as a Yin-Yang Master 我当阴阳先生那些年
An entanglement of karma inherited from my ancestors and an ancient, wondrous book made me a Yin-Yang Master. From that day on, burdened by the curse of the Yin-Yang Master, I embarked on a path of slaying demons and suppressing ghosts.
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The Haunted Road 《冤鬼路》
The Grievous Ghost Road
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My Freshman Internship: You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习,你跑去749收容怪物
[Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster
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The Whole Village Holds a Ghost Wedding, but I'm the Only One Who Knows the Bride Is Alive 全村办冥婚,就我知道新娘是活的
The whole village is decked out for a ghost wedding, but only I know that the bride beneath the red veil is alive. My name is Shen Zhili. I am a graduate student in folklore and the last female ceremonial officiant. I was summoned to an old manor deep in the mountains to "wed" a dead young master. On my first night inside, the manor sealed itself shut, and a new notice appeared on the wall: "Rules for the Chen Family Manor's Joyful Funeral": 1. Before the wedding rites, do not look the newlyweds
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The Strange Gate Subdues the Eight Wastelands 奇门镇八荒
My name is Yang Yufan. I was born with a pair of yin-yang eyes, and my grandfather taught me the arts of the Qimen. I thought that becoming an inheritor of the Qimen tradition would make me a fortune-teller... But who could have guessed that I’d end up as one of the saints guarding the Eight Wastelands? I’ll tell you the story of what happened in my own words!
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The Spirit Medium's Hall: Let's See What This Client's Deal Is 出马鬼堂:我看看这缘主怎么个事
My name is Zhou Tie. In this book, I'll tell the true story of my ten years running a spirit hall and serving ghosts. You've heard of spirit mediums... but have you heard of a ghost spirit hall? At eighteen, I established a ghost spirit hall and served ghost immortals! The presiding master was the sister my grandfather said had gone mad and died! This book has no female lead. It's not fantasy, and it's definitely not a cultivation novel! It's the true story of how I, born with an ominous yin con
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The Maltese Falcon 马耳他之鹰
One job, two murders, three groups on his trail, four factions. On a foggy night in San Francisco, private detective Sam Spade is drawn into a deadly con revolving around a priceless black falcon statuette. A beautiful woman, swindlers, hitmen, wealthy businessmen: everyone has an agenda, and danger lurks at every turn. When the truth strips away the disguises, and love collides with principle, he must make the most ruthless choice. No warmth, no redemption, just the truth, hard-boiled to the en
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400 Folk Ghost Stories 400个民间鬼故事
Those who scare easily, stay away! This collection of folk tales is made up entirely of things I have personally seen and heard. One strange, little-known story after another: these long-buried supernatural incidents are now yours to hear, one by one! (Better to believe they exist than to believe they don't.)
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Vivid as Life 栩栩若生
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
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Chronicles of Daoist Ghostly Affairs 道门鬼事录
When I was fourteen, my father passed away. At the same time, something strange happened: a tattoo appeared on my father’s face. By the next day, his body had vanished. The police investigated for a long time but found no answers, and the case became a mystery. Our family had lost its pillar overnight, so I had no choice but to go to Guangdong to find work. Four years later, my mother fell seriously ill. Since it was also the anniversary of my father’s death, I boarded a train home and met a str
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The Heaven-Ordained Fortune Teller 天命神算
When I was thirteen, I fell gravely ill. My fever wouldn't break, and no matter how many famous doctors I saw, none could cure me. My grandfather healed me, but he died mysteriously five years later. Only then did I learn that he had incurred a karmic debt on my behalf. So I inherited his legacy and embarked on the path of a feng shui master.
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King of Feng Shui 风水之王
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!
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The Tomb Raider's Jade Talisman (Original Novel of the Film and TV Adaptation) 摸金玦(影视原著)
In the 1960s, a sweeping movement engulfed all of China. Fatty, Lu Jun, and I were assigned to a farm in the Heilongjiang Production and Construction Corps. With winter approaching, our old platoon leader arranged for the three of us and our courier, Jian Guo, to stay behind and guard the supplies. Before long, a once-in-a-century blizzard swept in. We set a trap for a fox stealing firewood, only to encounter a pack of wolves that had wandered down from Siberia. To escape, we followed the fox in
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The Fragrance of the Coffin's Beauty 棺香美人
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.
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The Ancient Serpent Spirit 远古蛇灵
No transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger. According to the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", deep in the mountains lives a kind of creature with human faces and serpentine bodies, known as the Snake Spirits. They also founded a nation called Xuanyuan. Is this mythology or history? Against the backdrop of sweeping changes in the times, Lin Jianguo, an educated youth, is assigned by his superiors to work in a remote part of Miaojiang. Bizarre things happen to him. How will he face the tides
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The Shadow-Patterned Wedding Dress: I Am a Sacrifice in the Ancient Mansion 阴纹嫁衣:我在古宅当祭品
My new work is here! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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An Evil Spirit Has Set Its Sights on Me in an Ancient Village 我在古村被邪祟盯上了
The wave of layoffs drove me back to my hometown. A letter flecked with rice husks became the beginning of my nightmare. In Weighing-Bones Village, cell phone signals have vanished, and time is frozen on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month. The paper figure at the village entrance is wearing my clothes, and the fields are full of laborers under a curse. While planting rice, I touch a tooth engraved with my own birth date. While drying grain, I discover a countdown to death. Even the lin
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The Yandere CEO Begs Me Not to Die Every Day 病娇霸总每天求我别死
My Yandere CEO Begs Me Not to Die Every Day
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Redemption and True Love: From Donating a Kidney to Dying Together 赎罪与挚爱:从捐肾到共赴黄泉
Atonement and True Love: From Donating a Kidney to Dying Together
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The Curse of the Last Bus I Experienced: Tales of the Haunted Locust Tree 我亲历的末班车诅咒:槐阴诡事录
The Curse of the Last Bus I Experienced: Strange Tales from the Shade of the Locust Tree
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Love Letter Stained by Rain: The Last “I Love You” in the Tenement Block 雨渍情书:筒子楼最后一声我爱你
A Love Letter Stained by Rain: The Last “I Love You” in the Workers’ Compound
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The Death Certificate of an Alzheimer’s Patient 阿尔茨海默者的死亡鉴定书
Death Certificate of an Alzheimer’s Patient
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The Haunted House in Qi City 祁市诡宅
The Haunted House in Qi City
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Strange Tales of Qi City: It Began When I Caught the Last Bus 祁市诡事:从搭上末班车开始
Strange Tales of Qi City: It All Begins with Catching the Last Bus
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Cloud Nine: My Forbidden Love with Him 云端九号:我和他的禁忌之恋
Cloud Nine: My Forbidden Love with Him
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72-Hour Countdown: My Food Deliveries Can Predict Death 倒计时72小时我的外卖能预知死亡
72-Hour Countdown: My Food Deliveries Can Predict Death
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The Assassin He Spoils 溺宠暗杀者
The Assassin He Spoils
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The Obsessive Mr. Gu Has Put His Wife on the Most-Wanted List 偏执顾总全网通缉他的顾太太
Obsessive CEO Gu Has His Wife Hunted Across the Internet
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Wild Sunflowers, Still Awake: A Love Letter from Shenzhen, 2008–2025 野葵未眠:2008-2025深圳情书
Wild Sunflowers Stay Awake: A Love Letter to Shenzhen, 2008–2025
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Don't Open Your Eyes Under the Blood Moon 血月下,别睁眼
[Slow-paced] + [Urban fantasy] On the night of the Ghost Festival, a red moon hung in the sky. The news said it was a once-in-a-century astronomical spectacle. I believed them. Then I noticed that in the photo of the moon on my phone, a dense crowd of “people” stood behind me. But there had clearly been no one else on the rooftop. Even stranger, people began vanishing mysteriously across the city the next day, yet none of the media mentioned it. The TV kept playing experts’ explanations on a lo
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The Midnight Photo Studio: I Take Portraits of the Dead 丑时照相馆:我拍亡魂照
[Use the living soul as a lure, and capture the lingering image of the dead] Hidden in the shadows of the city, the photo studio opens only during the Yin hours. Its owner wields a Republic-era camera, taking portraits of the dead’s fading silhouettes, but the price is a sliver of a living person’s soul. Every photograph is a prison for a departed soul’s obsession: if the obsession remains, the soul is trapped in the photo; if it is resolved, the lamp of rebirth is lit. When a young girl enters
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A Temporary Worker from Northeast China’s 749 Bureau: From the Start, I Tore a Tomb Tiger Apart with My Bare Hands 749东北临时工,开局手撕墓虎
Mu Ye was found in the Greater Khingan Mountains with all his memories gone. He didn’t know who he was or why he was there. But he knew that if he wanted to uncover clues about his past, he couldn’t leave the region. The Greater Khingan Mountains were perilous, but whenever Mu Ye faced danger, his body would grow dramatically, and his speed, strength, and other physical abilities would surge. The price was an overwhelming hunger. In his hunger, he devoured everything in sight, whether it was edi
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I’m a Descendant of the Zhang Family 我是张家后人
[Mysterious Inheritance + Spiritual Qi Revival + Folk Legends + Mr. Vampire + Homage to the Classics + Classic of Mountains and Seas] The world has gone mad. Zhang Su was just trying to unwind with a drink after work when he encountered a supernatural incident in an underground parking garage. A decorative sword he had bought online somehow got him tangled up with the paranormal. The Cat-Faced Granny, monsters from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, village guardians from folk legends, and pre-Q
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