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1. 51 阴 The Underworld Detective 阴间神探 Old Nine of the Daoist Sect道门老九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! 81.4kReads9.4Score10.2kShelves
2. 52 惊 Horror Survival Game: This Little Old Lady Is Seriously Wicked 惊悚国运，小老太太坏的很 Jin San'er瑾三儿Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [No Romance + Livestream + National Fortune + Horror Games + Farming. Nonsensical, lighthearted comedy, with unserious horror and unserious national fortune.] Dong Shuzhen was a little old lady of sixty-five. At last retired, she switched into travel mode. Who knew that she’d fall asleep on a plane and wake up having transmigrated? She’d become a little old lady of the same name and age. The history of this world’s nations was much like that of her original world. The main difference was that in 18.2kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves

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   Trust me, the bag looks good

3. 53 诡 Eerie Revival: I Can Contact the Past 诡异复苏：我能联系过去 Young Master Yanque燕雀大公子Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The Hungry Ghost Festival of 2025. A super red moon appeared, and as it lingered in the sky, the supernatural returned. Left Yang was shocked to discover that he could use his phone to contact himself in the past. In the stairwell, the Knock-at-the-Door Ghost killed anyone who opened the door. But someone discovered that it skipped the first floor and started knocking there. So Left Yang contacted his past self. [Please have your one-month-younger self rent an apartment on the first floor!] The 45.6kReads9.1Score4.8kShelves
4. 54 中 Tales of the Strange in China 中国异闻录 Night Owl 257夜枭257Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted At night in this city, we aren’t the only ones in control... 190Reads—Score—Shelves

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   🩸"She always heard the sound of marbles upstairs at midnight - until one day, she went upstairs to check and found that no one lived there at all..."

5. 55 出 True Tales of the Spirit Mediums: My Ten Years Serving at a Ghost Hall 出马仙纪实：我供奉鬼堂的那十年 Four Happiness Pavilion四喜阁Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing 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 42kReads9.6Score3.5kShelves

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   This is scary😱! The newly born snakes all over the yard and the black and white impermanence come to enchant the soul! A giant python protects him! My father is dead before I grow up, and I am a sissy! I was born to establish a ghost hall! When she was eighteen years old, her grandfather died in exchange for her life! In a fit of rage, he smashed the door of the hall.

6. 56 欢 Welcome to the Real Nightmare Game 欢迎进入真实噩梦游戏 Man Canghai满沧海Mystery323k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow + Horror Instances + Plot-Heavy + Mind Games and Brain-Burning Puzzles + No CP + Escape Through Deduction + Supernatural Horror] Zhao Ding woke with a start in the middle of the night, only to find that his familiar bedroom had become strangely unfamiliar. The walls were old and yellowed, there was inexplicable dust in his slippers, and eerie knocking sounded through the silent night... As he listened to the strange knocking outside his door, Zhao Ding had no idea that the world b 1.2kReads8.1Score106Shelves

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   The first one was okay in terms of horror, but this new book [Petrified]

7. 57 异 Strange Tales of the Paranormal 异悚之诡 The Clever Big Eyes机智的大眼睛Mystery598k WordsOngoing A blood-red gate of despair, with evil spirits waiting to be saved. Push the door open, and you have a one-in-nine chance of survival. Turn around, and death is certain. In the passageway leading to hell, someone must always stand there, arms outstretched, holding back the collapse of heaven itself. 12Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 58 不 Not to Be Trusted 不可信奉 After Dusk昏黄之后Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted This world is full of the bizarre. Every household worships a god, and the more devout you are, the more power you gain. Everyone longs to become a god. New to this world, Jiang Yuan refuses to worship. His blood-red cleaver tears through the beautiful veil covering the world. Beneath that veil, the real world is mad, violent, and evil. Surrounded by monsters, he realizes that he is the one who doesn't belong. He has to survive. 21.3kReads8.9Score2.2kShelves
9. 59 死 Death Postman: Commanding the Red-Dressed Bride from the Start 死亡邮差：开局驾驭红衣新娘 Xun Cat旬猫Mystery368k WordsOngoing (A new rating doesn't represent the final result.) [Mysterious supernatural revival setting] + [no heroine] + [no cheats] + [decisive and ruthless] + [Apocalypse] In this wicked age, Hell lies empty, evil spirits have returned, and the human world has become a living hell. This is the story of someone who survived. My name is Bai Yu. By the time you read this, I will already be dead... On his usual walk home, Bai Yu sees a road he's never seen before appear in front of him. With no other choice, 14Reads8.0Score—Shelves
10. 60 惊 Thriller: I Became a God in the Hell Game 惊悚：我在地狱游戏中成为神明 Relentless Downpour骤雨不停歇Mystery522k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow + mild horror + no romance + cerebral battles + mythological elements] “What’s more terrifying than ghosts and gods? The human heart, and you!” Gu Qixun was swept into a murder game. By piecing together the smallest clues, he solved the puzzle, took down the killer, won a ten-million-yuan prize, and became an official player in the [Hell Game]. Every seven days, he must enter the game and clear various terrifying dungeons, or be erased. The game has five levels, each one harder th 7Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 61 北 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 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 684.8kReads9.6Score88.6kShelves

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    Yes, I support this genre as always. These two books are good and can be used as a reference.

12. 62 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.8M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 330.9kReads9.4Score30.9kShelves
13. 63 我 I Am Not the God of Drama 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score188.4kShelves

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    I'm not a drama god. Ten days are over. District 9. The foolish play of the gods. There is no need to say more about the value of these books.

14. 64 玛 The Ultimate Mary Sue? Not So Fast, Let’s Take Another Look! 玛丽苏天花板？不确定再看看！ Mu Beichuan沐北川Modern Romance328k WordsCompleted Strong heroine + everyone’s favorite + Mary Sue + dog-taming romance (The short drama of the same name is now streaming) [You are an innocent, kind, gentle little white flower of a heroine. As the housekeeper at the F4 residence in an elite academy, you win all four F4 members over with your goodness and sincerity.] Selfish, lecherous, and cold Feng Qianqian: “Wait… me? You’ve got the wrong person bound to you, haven’t you? (¬_¬)” The System, refusing to admit it made a mistake: “I didn’t! Don’t 28.6kReads9.4Score4.2kShelves
15. 65 惧 Afraid of Her 惧她 Sister Corpse尸姐Modern Romance145k WordsCompleted [Villainous heiress × younger loyal puppy × unhinged fiancé] [Modern romance + premium novel + sweet romance + devoted boyfriend + satisfying read + happy ending + strong heroine] If you met Qiu Ji for the first time, you'd never imagine she was a madwoman. She's a demon wearing a saint's face, a ruin built with money, a monster who takes pleasure in tormenting others. Even when she stands smiling brightly in the sunlight, she's like a sinister ghost, using false light to drag you into bottomles 16.9kReads9.4Score2.6kShelves
16. 66 小 How Did Xiao Ming Die? 小明是怎么死的 Curled Horn卷角Two Male Leads561k WordsCompleted I investigated a case. The victim was me. The summer after the college entrance exams. My deskmate invited me back to our old school building to reminisce. By chance, we found a death message left by the victim of a campus fall case that had been hastily closed years ago. From then on, strange things kept happening around me, and I narrowly escaped danger several times. To protect myself, I played along, and hitmen, top agents, mercenaries, and all kinds of giant monsters kept appearing. Then on 10.1kReads9.6Score2.3kShelves
17. 67 再 Goodbye, Chief Hypnotist 再见，首席催眠师 Misty Mane雾鬃Modern Romance378k WordsCompleted Opening: "Come on, I'm the top hypnotist, you know." Ending: "Look into my eyes, Xiao Jinye. Forget me." The fateful encounter between a girl who thinks too much and a hypnotist boy who charges a fortune. 567Reads—Score103Shelves
18. 68 全 Global Live Broadcast 全球实况 Shui Qiancheng水千丞Sci-Fi & Apocalypse560k WordsOngoing The apocalyptic war and its accompanying disasters killed 90% of the world’s population. The survivors endured a long nuclear winter in underground shelters, then struggled to begin rebuilding human civilization amid the ruins. This was an era of high technology and low productivity. The scarcity of both material goods and spiritual fulfillment in the real world drove people to seek refuge in virtual worlds. Livestreamed reality shows became the most popular form of entertainment, as well as a w 10.6kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves
19. 69 我 Deicide Learning In A Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 1.1MReads9.9Score180.5kShelves
20. 70 第 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 Wei Jie伪戒Urban6.1M WordsCompleted After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 235kReads9.6Score28.4kShelves
21. 71 任 The Mission Starts Over a Hundred Times 任务重来一百次 milieModern Romance20k WordsCompleted “You came to save me, so why can’t you look only at me? Why do you have to give your attention to those one, two, three insignificant people?” “You seem so shy. You never take my hand first. Even just now, you only did it because of someone else.” “Now that you have me, you don’t treat me as well as you used to. There wasn’t any strawberry milk today either, was there?” 7.2kReads8.6Score1.5kShelves
22. 72 诸 The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 539.7kReads9.7Score74kShelves
23. 73 斩 Slay the Gods: Guardian of Chaos 斩神：混沌的守望者 Featherfeather羽毛featherAnime Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted (My new original work, The Tarot Dreamwalker, is out now. This book is complete.) (This was written in 2023, before the original Slay the Gods was finished. Any inconsistencies are understandable, so please bear with me.) Mo Xuan, an avid reader of online novels, suddenly transmigrated into the world of Slay the Gods after coming down with a high fever! Here, mist shrouds the land, mysteries are everywhere, heroes abound, and war never ceases. The uncanny and genuine emotion coexist; courage goe 2.9kReads8.4Score344Shelves
24. 74 天 Heavenly Abyss 天渊 Mu Xiao Sansheng沐潇三生Eastern Fantasy6.3M WordsOngoing (The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw 922kReads9.4Score77.4kShelves
25. 75 1 Apartment 18 18号公寓 Mo Wangchuan莫辋川Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Lin Shen has no idea why he’s in an unfamiliar apartment building. Outside, nothing but endless thick fog surrounds it. The building doesn’t appear on any map, and no one has ever heard of it. Inside are countless rooms. The place is eerily quiet most of the time, though strange sounds can occasionally be heard. The management office, with no one in sight, continues to operate normally day after day. Lin Shen wants to escape and return to his ordinary, boring life. But there is only one way out. 14.6kReads8.4Score1.7kShelves

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    [💥Apartment No. 18: NPC Death Repair Game] When the bloody house number lights up, you are the lamb to be slaughtered in the dungeon! ◆A paradoxical apartment where you are trapped when you make a wish - all wishes will turn into a soul-locking curse ◆The suddenly distorted face on the elevator mirror - the reflection understands people's hearts better than the evil ghost ◆The abandoned coward carries the living person on his back and runs wildly - the weakest person hides the cruelest knife The protagonist, as the "repairer" sent by the apartment, wanders in the dead situation of "at least one person alive": when the corpses on the ceiling begin to shake, the curvature of their mouths is actually an invitation to the next deceased.

26. 76 欢 Welcome to My Scripted World 欢迎来到，我的剧本世界 Beneath the Deep Space深空下Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book + Infinite-Flow + Scripted Games + Survival + One Female Lead] In this era, we're all headed for the end. The blossoming of miracles granted by the gods, the struggle between humanity and the uncanny, extraordinary creatures, forbidden books, a paradise of reincarnation... The price of fate's gifts was marked long ago, hidden from view. “My name is Jiang Qing. I'm sorry, but after tonight, I'll disappear forever.” “When I open the door ahead, there will be no way back b 87.3kReads9.0Score8kShelves

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    The third book is pretty good, with a good grasp of the plot and the author's complaints. The fifth book is half horror, in that the protagonist can see ghosts and help them fulfill their last wishes. It's half detective and half horror.

27. 77 诡 Cultivating in the Haunted Realm: My Taoist Arts Are More Uncanny Than the Ghosts 诡域修仙，我的道法比诡更诡异 Mighty Chengcheng大力橙橙Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Invincible protagonist + no female lead + no System + upright values Post-apocalyptic wasteland and rebuilding civilization + traditional spiritual cultivation + Chinese-style cosmic horror + road adventure Cultivation is about cultivating the heart. The world is a little deranged, but this Daoist is upright and righteous. The red moon hangs overhead, strange mists descend, and after the great calamity, the Dao has vanished from sight as uncanny entities run rampant. Li Yue walks beneath the mo 5.4kReads8.9Score645Shelves
28. 78 半 I Fought a Female Ghost for Her Shadow at Midnight, and She Got Pissed 半夜和女鬼抢影子，她红温了 Youth Isn't Afraid of Pants Exploding青春不怕裤子爆炸Mystery653k WordsOngoing That day, I became a ghost. I looked down at a mirror and saw a thousand ghostly faces. Windows, tiles, glass doors, even phone screens: wherever there was a reflective surface, there was my shadow. In the dead of night, a line of bright red text flashed across the TV: I am the Immortal in the Mirror. I am everywhere. In his third year of college, Jiang Shi ran into a woman in red who turned out to be a ghost. From the start, she gnawed off his shadow. After designing a trap to kill the evil 6.4kReads8.8Score794Shelves
29. 79 毕 No More Wage Slavery After Graduation: I'm Becoming a Bounty Hunter 毕业后不做牛马，去当赏金猎人 What Kind of Trash Did I Write?写的什么垃圾Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Comedy + Alternate setting + A touch of mystery + Adventure + Urban + No female lead] Investigating a murder from more than a decade ago, he pits his wits against a deranged serial killer. He transmigrates into a primeval jungle no one dares enter, searching for the bodies of people lost in a sinkhole. He enters a mysterious village deep in the Hundred Thousand Mountains to find a little girl... What drove a recent college graduate to embark on this one-way journey? It all began with a haunted 105.4kReads9.3Score12kShelves
30. 80 惊 The Horror Realm: Entering the Strange World from a Psychiatric Hospital 惊悚领域：从精神病院进入诡世界 Tender Little Puppy香嫩的小狗Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing (The hardcover edition has been published!) [Infinite Flow] [Original Horror Instances] [Mild Horror] “Chen Ji murdered his mother a week ago and spent three days with her corpse before he was arrested.” “You have been diagnosed with schizophrenia and are about to be transferred to a psychiatric hospital for supervision.” “Do you have anything to say?” The black-haired boy before them slowly raised his head, his expression calm. “I’ll say it again.” “The thing I killed wasn’t my mother...” “It w 157kReads9.5Score23.3kShelves

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    This is a little scary, but the characters in it are perfectly portrayed, and the foreshadowing in it is sometimes written in one stroke without even noticing it. As a result, when I look at it later, I feel that the author has a big brain, the details are perfectly drawn, and some of the copies are really touching. In summary, the protagonist has more brains than I, the reader😘 Babies, please don't discourage me from reading because of my reading time. Because I like to listen, I don't read much, and most of my reading is in listening. However, considering that some babies like to read, I used books. The ones I have introduced are all ones that I think are good-looking and worth recommending, so babies, feel free to read😘😍❤️

31. 81 蛇 The Serpent Coffin 蛇棺 Jiang He江河Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 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 34.7kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves

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    This thing can make you black-eyed. My family, I recently discovered a super exciting suspense novel - "Snake Coffin". I don't allow anyone who hasn't read it! The opening chapter is full of suspense: on the day the heroine was born, her family moved to the ancestral grave, and her father killed a big snake in the coffin that was about to shed its skin and turn into a dragon. From then on, thousands of snakes swarmed and strange things happened frequently. Mipo in the village saved her father with her life and left behind a piece of mysterious snake-shaped black jade. Just after the heroine's eighteenth birthday, the dead snake appeared in the coffin of her ancestors again. Only the black snake in the black jade tried to protect her and told her the secret of the snake coffin. My curiosity was piqued! The plot of this novel is like a roller coaster ride. I thought it was an ordinary supernatural story, but it turned out to be so twisted that I could never guess the next step. The relationship between the male and female protagonists is also very interesting. The relationship between He Yue and Mo Xiu is the main line. The two explore the truth about the snake coffin together. There are various misunderstandings and conflicts in the process. Fortunately, the ending is happy. It really made me feel worried and excited! The author's imagination is outstanding, and he has a deep understanding of ancient books such as the Classic of Mountains and Seas. The framework of the novel he constructed is extremely grand, and he can fill in all the pitfalls perfectly without leaving the novel unfinished. The description is so delicate that it makes one's hair stand on end, making one feel like one is in a world full of mystery and danger. Friends who like suspense and fantasy themes, this book "Snake Coffin" will definitely make you stay up late to read it with your eyes closed!

32. 82 暗 Dark Eyes 暗瞳 Zhao Xiaozhao赵小赵Mystery169k WordsCompleted Twenty years spent pursuing a baffling case, only for the truth to turn out to be hidden in the radio waves. In Chongqing's Eighteen Steps, layer after layer of multiple identities is stripped away... Immerse yourself in the mystery and enjoy a spiritual cleansing through the written word. Follow the author and brace yourself for explosive plot twists. Highly recommended by Cai Jun, Zi Jinchen, and Han Xinzhi. A bizarre case in the foggy city, mysteries solved through radio waves, multiple ident —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Stop talking, it's so scary. The more I look at it, the more scared I get. I'd better cover myself with a quilt first...

33. 83 邪 The Evil Cultivator's Record of Saving the World 邪修救世录 Potatoes and Chocolate土豆与巧克力Eastern Fantasy307k WordsOngoing [Ensemble Cast] [Cultivates Both Righteous and Demonic Paths] [Cosmic Horror] [Genius] [Smart Villain] [Power Fantasy] My left eye is an ancient bronze mirror. My right eye suppresses endless horrors. Who dares call themselves righteous? Who claims to be invincible? The myriad heavens are being corrupted. Even gods and Buddhas are tainted by the uncanny. Saving the world has never been one person's responsibility. It is the result of countless cultivators working together. Though forced onto the —Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 84 在 The Romance I Found in Horror Games Is Full of Surprises 在恐怖游戏里谈的恋爱千奇百怪 Running Peach奔跑的桃子Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted Bai Yao became a vicious supporting character in numerous horror worlds, possessing nothing but beauty and a love of money. After the System tossed her the words "win them over," it lost contact because of a bad signal. She had read so many novels and knew the tropes well. Wasn't she supposed to win over men who had suffered tragic fates? The first time she saw someone, she could sense a dark red glow around him. She guessed that he must be her target, so... At a haunted boarding school, she fou 83.6kReads9.6Score9.5kShelves

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    So scary ah ah ah ah

35. 85 恐 Horror Dungeons: I Become a God in the World of Terror 恐怖副本：我在惊悚世界中封神 Really Not Allowed真的不可以Mystery108k WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow + Mild Horror + No System + No Saintly Protagonist + No Female Lead + Survival] “Terror has arrived. Only the victor escapes.” Chen Xiang is dragged into a series of terrifying instances, where he completes one survival challenge after another and gradually becomes a god in that world. “You think I’m prey, nourishment, dust beneath your feet. But even an ant can aspire to reach the heavens. It’s still too soon to know who will emerge victorious.” 621Reads—Score102Shelves
36. 86 你 You're Supposed to Fight Monsters, So Why Are You Fighting Me! 你们刷怪啊，刷我干嘛！ Likes Eating Tangerines喜欢吃橘子Urban3.3M WordsOngoing [Print edition deal signed: no System, plot-driven, fast-paced from the start, no mindless decisions, thrilling and exciting, hard-hitting fights, told from the monsters' side!] Ever since the words [Divine Order 001: Undercover] appeared in Jiang Xia's mind, he felt that he wasn't normal. No matter what he ate or how much he ate, he never felt the slightest bit full. Hungry. So hungry he was about to lose his mind! Then, at the school beauty's eighteenth birthday party, he smelled the presen 553.4kReads9.1Score42.9kShelves

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    Highly recommend this first book. This is one of the few good supernatural recovery novels written by Tomato.

37. 87 午 The Midnight Pawnshop: The Living Must Keep Away 午夜当铺，活人回避 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery4.0M WordsOngoing [Traditional Supernatural + Chinese Folklore + Unorthodox Trading + Tales of Evil Objects] No romantic pairing This is a strange pawnshop that only accepts sinister objects with special value! Coins placed in the mouths of the dead, executioners' swords, grave-top mushrooms, flesh lingzhi, Kunlun fetuses... Evil objects can harm people, but they can also help them! Once they pass through the pawnshop's hands, being pawned and sold, evil can be transformed into treasure! They can bring promotions 257.7kReads9.4Score22.1kShelves

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    This one is highly recommended, suitable for those who want to watch but are a little timid. Fast pace

38. 88 白 Selling Clothes by Day, Sewing Corpses by Night 白天卖衣服，晚上缝尸体 Night Shadow夜幽影Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted [Traditional supernatural horror, folk terror, decisive and ruthless] I rented an apartment where someone had died, hoping to save money, only to be plunged into endless darkness... My terrifying girlfriend has a mouth full of sharp teeth and haunts me day and night; A headless vengeful infant on the highway frantically tries to steal people’s heads; A horrifying internet celebrity livestreams herself peeling off people’s faces, while the comments turn eerie; At a Cat Immortal shrine in a strang 56.2kReads9.2Score7.7kShelves
39. 89 1 The Last Bus on Route 13 13路末班车 Old Eighty老八零Mystery813k WordsCompleted I'm the driver of the last bus on Route 13. Every night at eleven, I have to make a run to the suburbs. This book is addictive, so don't blame me if you can't put it down! In this novel, even the sharp-tongued readers who always guess the plot right will find themselves repeatedly proven wrong. You might find yourself asking, “What's going on? What's going on?” Don't doubt your sanity. Just keep reading. A story that keeps you on edge, here to save readers suffering from a reading drought! 17.4kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
40. 90 尸 The Girl Born of a Corpse with a Yin Fate 尸生阴命女 Lanruo Temple兰若寺Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, a human-skin lantern appears at the mass grave on Shiping Mountain. A little girl cradles a skull and slowly follows behind the lantern. The girl is called Qiyue. Born from a corpse and destined to live among the dead, she grows up determined to uncover the truth about her corpse-mother’s origins. When all the clues point to a mysterious ghost village...! 1.3kReads8.6Score165Shelves

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    They are all spooky and suitable for reading at night with a quilt covered. The fourth one is really great.

41. 91 蛇 The Snake Marriage 蛇婚 Xiao Huoyan小火炎Rural Life1.9M WordsCompleted Ever since I turned eighteen, I’ve kept having the same dream. Opera songs drift through it, singing, “Snakes bear the palanquin, ghosts escort the bride!” I was born with an ominous fate and a strange destiny, and I have a pair of yin-yang eyes that let me see ghosts from childhood. They say that on the night I was born, snakes swarmed everywhere, pouring into the house from the front and back. Only after I came into the world did they turn toward me, bow their heads three times, and leave. The 7.8kReads9.2Score1kShelves
42. 92 蛇 Snake Burial 蛇葬 Clouds Gather, Thirsting for Rain积云渴雨Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted When I was nine, my grandmother sealed me alive inside the hollow of a thousand-year-old willow tree to keep me safe from disaster. She never expected a black snake to wrap itself around me. It coiled over my collarbone and slowly devoured my heart. 11.7kReads8.2Score316Shelves
43. 93 车 The Pinker the Car, the Fiercer the Driver: I’m Claiming the Top Spot 车越粉人越狠这榜一我当定了 Zhang Paopao张泡泡Sports2.9M WordsOngoing Strong female lead, no romance, no romantic subplots, clear-headed protagonist, ensemble cast, team-focused. Qi Xu wandered alone along this highway filled with danger and death for nearly four years. With disasters striking endlessly and monsters growing ever stronger, she gradually transformed from a frail woman who could not even kill a chicken into a seasoned player who killed without hesitation. Yet she still died regrettably inside a dungeon... Just before her death, she triggered the prec 489.8kReads9.4Score60.1kShelves

    Reader note

    They're all pretty.

44. 94 无 Infinite Ghost Stories: I Confessed to the Boss from the Start, and Now I'm Stuck with Them 无限怪谈：开局表白boss，被缠上了 Adding Jade to the Brocade锦上添玉Mystery709k WordsCompleted [Urban legend world + endless instances + Harem System + flirt and run + one-to-many (male leads are split into fragments)] After someone on the street slipped her a little card, Ai Li transmigrated. She ended up in a horror world full of eerie instances and monsters. Barely arrived, she ran into a terrifying clown with greasepaint on his face, forcing her to make a choice. Luckily, the System arrived just in time. But why did this System feel so suspiciously unprofessional? [Ding! Harem System 7.2kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves
45. 95 这 This Spirit Medium Is Pretty Powerful! 这个出马仙有点强！ Wu the Half-Immortal吴半仙Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing A piece of red cloth, three feet and three inches long. The old hall's people, the old hall's immortals. One day, when they emerge from the depths of the mountains, their names will spread far and wide! I was born in a rural village in Northeast China in the 1980s. When I was seven, a spirit medium said I was fated to suffer three calamities and eight misfortunes, and would one day become a horse-riding shaman. I didn't believe it, but hardship kept finding me. To make a living, I worked as a wa 147.2kReads9.7Score14.1kShelves

    Reader note

    Hehe, I really like it. There are folk horror and modern ones.

46. 96 道 The Taoist Exorcist 道门驱邪人 Peeing into the Wind and Soaking Myself迎风尿一身Mystery768k WordsCompleted Where there is evil under heaven, there are all manner of wicked things, and so there are Daoist exorcists. He travels between heaven and earth, yin and yang. He ventures deep into the hundred thousand mountains of Miao territory and far away to the borders of the southern seas. Head-dropping curses, gu raising, black magic, and all the world's fiends and spirits of darkness. He has exorcised countless demons and ghosts, only to discover in the end that nothing is more evil than the human heart. 3.1kReads9.1Score413Shelves
47. 97 民 Folk Feng Shui Secrets 民间风水秘术 Unbelievably Proper正经的不得了Mystery248k WordsCompleted This story focuses on practical feng shui and fortune-telling. If you're looking for made-up drama, this isn't for you! Feel free to skip the first four chapters and start reading from Chapter Five. The adaptation will also start from Chapter Five, which should make it much easier to adapt. Thank you for understanding! (Traditional, no System, no wild flights of fancy, funny, not saintly! A technical, skill-focused story!) I was born in a poor mountain village. From a young age, I traveled aroun 14.2kReads9.4Score1.8kShelves
48. 98 民 The Folk Feng Shui Master 民间风水之王 Miao Qimiao苗棋淼Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted The Nine Cauldrons Dragon Palace, the Secret Files of the Yellow Springs, the Snow Mountain Corpse Demon, the Yin-Yang Inn... Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I have known no peace. Every time I borrow a life, it becomes a deadly game. After each desperate struggle and narrow escape, I wait for the next secret order from the underworld so I can keep living. Just when I thought I'd escaped the clutches of fate, I discovered that Heaven had prepared a coffin for me too! 49.7kReads9.4Score5.9kShelves
49. 99 红 Red and White Wedding 红白囍 AyeAyeCaptainTwo Male Leads186k WordsCompleted [Republican-era nostalgia + supernatural + two male leads + equally matched powerhouses + pure-hearted madmen] [Brilliant and passionate young diviner Tian Suanzi, Mu Geshen X cold-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside heir to a family of physicians, the saintly doctor Chai Shuxin] A funeral is mournful, a wedding joyful, I travel from the world of the living to the Yellow Springs, Prepare incense, candles, paper horses, and a bridal sedan, Lady Meng offers us the nuptial wine. White paper, red rob 51.4kReads9.7Score12.8kShelves
50. 100 起 Getting to the Bottom of Mind-Reading 起底观心术 Bao Erri鲍尔日Urban1.5M WordsCompleted When I was five, a fortune-teller said I’d be able to read people’s minds when I grew up. My parents thought I was a genius and spent the whole family’s savings to send me to school. But I failed the college entrance exam and became a fried-noodle vendor. That vendor later became a “Walking Encyclopedia,” all thanks to the saying, “In books, there are houses of gold.” You are not just who you are. You can become a different kind of dazzling light. Read a comment on the first page, and you’ll get 161.4kReads9.6Score35.1kShelves

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