Horror Novels! They Have to Be Really Scary!!! No Supernatural or Occult Stuff 恐怖小说 ! 要非常恐怖的 ! ! !不要灵异不要玄学

1. 201 相 I Sat at the Wrong Table on a Blind Date, and My Date Was the Demon Lord Who Would Destroy the World 相亲走错桌，我的相亲对象是灭世魔主 Mr. mDmD先生7k WordsCompleted I Sat at the Wrong Table on a Blind Date, and My Date Was the Demon Lord Who Would Destroy the World 1Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 202 诡 The Haunted City of Dreams 诡梦迷城 July Wife七月妻Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [Manhua adaptation and high-quality live-action audio drama now available] [Infinite progression + mystery + mind-bending puzzles + supernatural powers + paranormal horror. No System, no harem, no brainless plot. Read with caution if these are deal-breakers.] When I woke up, everything around me had become eerie and terrifying. My dead roommate called me, repeating over and over the struggle of his final moments... A pair of slender, snow-white legs appeared mysteriously on a bed in the boys' do 42.9kReads8.7Score4.7kShelves
3. 203 凌 A Strange Anomaly Appeared on the Overnight Security Feed. The Republic-Era Theater Ticket Had My Seat Number Engraved on It 凌晨值守监控突发异象，民国戏票刻着我的座位号 Mr. mDmD先生6k WordsCompleted A Strange Phenomenon Appeared on the Surveillance Monitors During My Night Shift. A Republican-Era Opera Ticket Had My Seat Number Engraved on It 3Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 204 请EN Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 102.2kReads9.5Score9.6kShelves
5. 205 天 Born with Eyes That See Sin, I Can Discern Murderers. The Bones in the Unfinished Building Mark the Start of a Ten-Year Showdown 天生罪眸能辨凶，烂尾楼白骨案，是十年对局的开场 Mr. mDmD先生6k WordsCompleted Born with eyes that can spot a criminal, he investigates the bones in an abandoned building. This case marks the opening move in a ten-year game 4Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 206 邪 Evil God Moran! 邪神墨然！ Three Winds 11三风11Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted Why does the headless ghost in the hospital keep praying at midnight? Why does the skin-stealing ghost in the desolate mountain village wail without stopping? And why does the long-haired female ghost in the studio apartment shriek in the middle of the night? None of this is a distortion of human nature, much less a collapse of morality. It’s just that… someone’s having an episode! In an age when horror has returned and vengeful ghosts run rampant, Bai Yuan, dressed in a hospital gown, smiled ca 156.7kReads9.3Score16.5kShelves
7. 207 月 A Haunted House for 500 a Month, and I'm the Only One Who Knows How to Survive 月租五百的凶宅，只有我知道怎么活 Mr. mDmD先生Female-Channel Fanfiction6k WordsCompleted A Haunted House for 500 Yuan a Month, and I’m the Only One Who Knows How to Survive 7Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 208 重 Reborn Daoist: I Sweep the City Clean by Catching Ghosts 重生道士：我靠捉鬼横扫都市 Tsunami Loves Donuts海啸爱吃甜甜圈Urban183k WordsOngoing [Rebirth + suspense]+ [mysticism and the supernatural]+ [revenge and comeback] In my previous life, I devoted myself to Taoist cultivation, only to be betrayed by my lover and die at the hands of a vengeful ghost. Reborn at twenty, I awaken the memories of a Celestial Master, with Taoist arts powerful enough to reach the heavens! Malevolent spirits in apartment hallways, vengeful ghosts in old houses, urban hauntings, plots from the netherworld... Every evil spirit in the world bows before me! W —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Seriously, I'm not exaggerating at all. I don't dare to look back when I go out at night, because I'm afraid two eyes will be staring at me.

9. 209 凌 Taking Ghostly Orders at Three in the Morning: No Matter What You Hear, Never Look Back 凌晨三点接阴间订单：无论听见什么声音，千万别回头 Mr. mDmD先生6k WordsCompleted At three in the morning, I took a delivery order from the underworld: No matter what sounds you hear, never look back 15Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 210 夜 Night Wanderer: Never Look Back at Three in the Morning 夜游神：凌晨三点千万别回头 Tsunami Loves Donuts海啸爱吃甜甜圈Mystery163k WordsOngoing [Urban supernatural + underworld ranks + survival in two realms + System binding] At three in the morning, never look back. Lu Chen picks up a [Night Patrol God Seal] and accidentally becomes bound to a divine office in the underworld! While everyone else sleeps, he traverses the netherworld, patrols the night, and hunts down ghosts. When the hundred ghosts roam, they bow before him; when dark forces run rampant, he suppresses them with a single gesture! Unsolved cases in the mortal world, secre —Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 211 7 Bureau 747: Special Affairs Division Nine 747局之特殊事物处理九科 Brother Elbow肘子师兄Urban770k WordsCompleted Do you really know the colleagues around you? What about your classmates and family? The person you've lived with for years, the one you know best, might not even be human! In this world, humans and demons coexist. Demons can live among you in all sorts of ways. “They” might be the man selling jianbing on the street, or they might be your boss! If a top special forces soldier hadn't awakened his family's bloodline in a panic while carrying out a highly classified special mission, and then joined 728Reads7.1Score—Shelves
12. 212 汴 The Iron Fan, Famous Detective of Bianjing: Strange Tales of the Song Dynasty 汴京名捕铁扇子：大宋诡事录 Ge Minmin Elaine歌旻敏ElaineMystery210k WordsCompleted At night, an empty coffin floats on the Bian River, and water ghosts come to claim lives. Apparitions haunt a mansion, and ghosts knock at the door on rainy nights. Qi Guan Shanyu, the youngest renowned constable of the Six Gates, known as the “Iron Fan,” joins forces with an adversary more terrifying than ghosts: the human heart. A coffin rises from the water by itself, and the dead man’s face wears an eerie smile… Bianjing is in an uproar! Each case is more bizarre and mind-bending than the la 4Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 213 大 The Great Song’s Hour of Peril 大宋危局时辰 Ge Minmin Elaine歌旻敏ElaineHistorical249k WordsCompleted The Song Faces a Crisis: During peace talks between the Song and Liao, a Western Xia assassination group massacres the diplomatic mission. The gold intended for the negotiations mysteriously disappears, and the two states wage war for four years, leaving a hundred thousand dead. A Vice Minister of Rites, a young general, and a mysterious swordsman join forces to investigate, only to discover that a traitor is hiding at the emperor’s side. The gold never left the Great Song! One person’s selfish 9Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 214 上 The Strange Tales of Shangguan Zhaorong 上官昭容诡事录 Bamboo Shoot Buns Are So Delicious竹笋包子超好吃Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Strong female lead, no romance, Chinese-style horror, transmigration through history, numerous foreshadowed clues, coherent plot, no System, not a power fantasy] [The Strange Tales of Shangguan Zhaorong] [Also known as: Old Tales from the Yellow Springs] [Reader’s guide: The main plot and the individual arcs are interconnected, with plenty of clues and foreshadowing. Almost every character who appears has a role to play, though each arc can also be read as a standalone story.] Th 2.1kReads9.3Score370Shelves

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15. 215 我 I’m Not a Character in a Play 我不是戏中人 Ge Minmin Elaine歌旻敏ElaineUrban211k WordsCompleted On his way back to his hometown, 33-year-old writer Xi Chuan is involved in a strange car accident. After falling unconscious, he plunges into a dreamlike version of western Hunan where truth and illusion are impossible to tell apart. His gravely ill grandfather struggles to his feet and takes him to an ancient opera stage plagued by strange events, where he performs a Nuo exorcism opera. Xiao Hei, a loyal dog, transforms into an earth spirit beast to fight the unseen things lurking in the darkn 6Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 216 规 Rule Horror: Who Taught You to Study Like That? 规则怪谈：谁教你这样读书的 Bamboo Shoot Buns Are So Delicious竹笋包子超好吃Mystery426k WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead, No Romance, Rule-Based Horror, Infinite Realms, Chinese-Style Horror] Traditional culture has been distorted on a massive scale in modern society. Altered pronunciations, words smeared with stigma, and ancient sayings twisted out of shape are gnawing away at the human soul. Su Muyu, the thirtieth-generation descendant of Su Shi and the sole inheritor of the Soulcrafter lineage, joins Li Guazi, a girl whose past is a mystery, and Mr. Dongli, a word spirit from the handwritt 50Reads9.4Score—Shelves
17. 217 诡 Tales of the Uncanny: Struggling to Survive in Silent Hill 诡异录：出生寂静岭的挣扎求生 Scroll of Calligraphy and Painting上书画卷Mystery422k WordsCompleted [Supernatural + horror + suspense + mystery-solving + survival + a male lead with a surprising side] “Raccoon City to the left, Silent Hill to the right. You have to pick one. What would you do when you came to a fork in the road like this?” When Chen Lei woke up, he found himself in a supernatural realm called Silent Hill, surrounded by a group of strangers. An unknown force had stripped them all of their freedom. To uncover the truth and solve the mystery, they had no choice but to steel t 39Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A thriller/mystery film, a hodgepodge of horror movies—a must-see for fans of Chinese, American, and Japanese horror films!

18. 218 禁 Return from the Forbidden Zone: I Brought the Missing Back from the Warp 禁地归人之我从亚空间带回失踪者 Ge Minmin Elaine歌旻敏ElaineUrban185k WordsCompleted Every year, a million people mysteriously vanish around the world, and none ever return. Then Zhong Jiale discovered that the window in his bedroom was actually a gateway to forbidden pocket dimensions! Ruined ghost cities, deep-sea prisons, apocalyptic exclusion zones, ancient ruins... Everyone else went in to die, but he went in to save people, seize treasures, and become a god! He rescued billionaires from hell and brought back relatives who had been missing for a century through a rift in ti 5Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 219 霜 Crown of Frost and Ash 霜与烬之冠 Songhu鬆湖Female-Channel Fanfiction341k WordsCompleted At her engagement ceremony, the man she loved pushed her into an abyss. Three years later, she returned wearing a silver-frost mask. This time, she would crown his empire with her own hands, then stain that crown red with his blood. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Feng shui secrets, necromancer, corpses in pieces, zombies, ghosts, Taoist priests, suspense, love betrayed, imprisoned for ten years, and upon release, the security department comes knocking on his door!

20. 220 存 Surviving in a Supernatural World 存活灵异世界 Scroll of Calligraphy and Painting上书画卷Mystery100k WordsOngoing [Vengeful Ghosts Revive + Horror Mysteries + No Female Lead + Supernatural Tales + Decisive and Ruthless + Movie Horrors Made Real] "The Ring," "Ju-On," "Friday the 13th," "Silent Hill," "Tomie," "The House Where Evil Dwells," "One Missed Call," "Mirrors," "A Nightmare on Elm Street" People have long suspected that the spread of urban legends might not be baseless after all, and that the rise of ghost stories was no fabrication either. When Chen Ze returned to the country once again, countless 7Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 221 惊 Horror Script: It Begins in the Baby-Crying Dormitory 惊悚剧本：从婴啼寝室开始 Novel Cake in the Works小说糕制作中Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing (Dark tone) (Escape-room survival) (No System) (Not invincible: the protagonist dies if he is killed) (Not a conventional power fantasy) Chen Xian is pinned against the wall by a female ghost in a bathroom, and finds himself plunged into a terrifying instance! The cries of a baby in the dead of night... Students with eyes as blue as ghostly flames... A wedding dress stained crimson with blood... A mermaid covered in wriggling maggots... And... Teammates dying one after another... To stay alive a 14.1kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
22. 222 阴 The Cursed Coffin 阴棺抬煞 Songhu鬆湖Mystery891k WordsCompleted Deep in Bai Street stands a yin-yang coffin shop that never makes coffins and never receives customers. Chen Ye grew up accompanying his grandfather on spirit-walking rites and coffin-bearing, learning all manner of evil spirits. He thought he would spend his life in the peaceful funeral trade, taking payment to guide souls onward and living in safety. Then, in a single night, three coffins arrived at the Ding family’s home, and one bizarre incident after another erupted throughout the househol 1Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 223 开 An S-Rank Horror from the Start, but They Give Me a C-Rank Talent? 开局S级怪谈，但给我C级天赋？ Pale Era苍白纪元Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing [No Female Lead + Endless Twists + Wild Ideas and Clever Logic + Mild Horror + Protagonist and Villains Are Both Smart] [This is absolutely not a mindless power fantasy. If you don't like the first instance, go ahead and curse me out.] [This isn't a traditional rule-based horror story. The horrors can think and are intelligent, so readers who prefer traditional rule-based horror should steer clear.] Horrors run rampant, and strange tales are everywhere. Beneath every shadow may lurk an unknown t 143.3kReads8.9Score14.5kShelves
24. 224 破 Breaking Hell: The Celestial Master Returns 破狱：天师归来 Songhu鬆湖Sci-Fi & Apocalypse388k WordsCompleted After ten years in prison, the day he gets out, he discovers he’s completely out of step with the world. There are no bustling streets or lights in every window. The streets lie abandoned, the cities are dead, and the air reeks of rot and blood. Monsters that are neither human nor ghost roam everywhere: stiff bodies, fangs and claws, and a thirst for blood. The military can’t defeat them, the police can’t hold them back, and human civilization is on the brink of collapse. Even more absurdly, peo 6Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 225 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 89.3kReads9.0Score8kShelves
26. 226 噩 The Nightmare Staircase 噩梦阶梯 A Tian阿天Mystery806k WordsOngoing It all began with a staircase leading down into darkness. Lu Yu climbed the steps and entered the world of his nightmares. And so the bizarre tale began. Twisted human figures crawled beneath the moon, while rows of dark shadows drifted through the black fog... There are no ghosts in this world... but there are in dreams! [Supernatural Horror Infinite Flow × Suspense and Mystery] 1.9kReads8.3Score163Shelves
27. 227 地 Invitation from Hell 地狱邀请函 Midnight Nightmare午夜梦魇Mystery601k WordsCompleted [Ghost Escape + Supernatural Horror + Infinite Flow + A Clever Protagonist] An invitation and an abandoned bus drag a group of people into a haunted realm… Lin Mo barely makes it back to the real world alive, only to discover that the horror has just begun. One invitation after another arrives before him, and one eerie world after another comes calling… The Dusk Spirit Hotel, the Dead Return, Vengeful Ghosts Invade: what is the truth behind it all? Who is a friend? And who is an enemy? Shh… Watc 18.2kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves
28. 228 欢 Welcome Back to the Nightmare's Beginning 欢迎回到噩梦起点 Si Jingzhi思净植Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted (Infinite survival, puzzle-solving, mild horror) Late at night, Shao Jie stumbled sleepily toward the bathroom. The instant he opened the door, the whole world spun upside down! When he came to, he found himself in a gloomy, terrifying otherworld. There, he was forced to take part in a horrifying survival game: eerie footsteps sounded outside the door during the midnight room inspections, villagers mysteriously vanished from a remote village every night, and worst of all... the woman who had onc 15.8kReads7.7Score1.7kShelves
29. 229 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 19.2kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
30. 230 致 Deadly Haunted Grounds: The Death Countdown Begins! 致命诡地：现在开始死亡倒计时！ Dong Yu东鱼Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + horror instances + survival + mild scares + no romance] The curse of the Bronze Ghost Mask descends. Those chosen must embark on one deadly journey after another. Time is running out, and death is drawing near. Who will make it out alive this time? [The B&B Butcher] In a creepy old house, ghostly figures appear whenever night falls. Anyone who enc 28.3kReads8.5Score2.9kShelves
31. 231 下 Going to the Countryside to Collect Ghosts: A Feng Shui Master for Just 9.9 Yuan, Shipping Included 下乡收诡：九块九包邮的风水师 Yi Wuyu一唔于Rural Life296k WordsCompleted A supernatural resurgence? No, feng shui has gone wrong. A forty-year-old fat man will help you deal with ghosts for just 9.9 yuan. He contains them; while others talk about karma, he talks about money. With his compass and geomancy, he examines the water outlets of burial sites and the baleful energy in the earth’s veins: the ancient well in Tonghua Village, the old house in Huang Village, the looping ghostly shadows at the old ferry, the mountain range where a grave was relocated, the yin ener —Reads—Score—Shelves

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32. 232 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. 4.3kReads8.4Score704Shelves
33. 233 恐 The Haunted Gate: There's a Ghost Inside Me 恐怖鬼门：我的体内有只鬼 This Frog Here在下青蛙Mystery277k WordsOngoing (The rating has just come out, and it's expected to rise...) [Infinite-flow + no female lead + fast-paced + battles of human nature] [An evolving protagonist. If it's not your thing, please don't flame me ´ᯅ`] [Don't Open the Door, There's Something Outside...] Arc complete. [Wedding] Arc complete. Read with confidence. [People Come to Kill] Arc complete. [The Missing Her] Ongoing... Rumor has it that anyone who has committed a crime will be dragged through a ghostly door. There, they are fo 87Reads8.1Score—Shelves
34. 234 凶 House for Rent: Haunted 凶宅出租 Black Night Moon Spirit黑夜月灵Mystery453k WordsCompleted Firsthand experiences and true cases from a real estate agent, adapted supernatural incidents from haunted houses. Each chapter is a standalone paranormal story, uncovering the secrets behind haunted houses and the tangled struggles of human nature. 450Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    The scariest haunted house/supernatural novel I've ever read.

35. 235 地 The Clammy Echoes of the Basement 地下室的黏腻回响 Clear Ink Seal清墨印11k WordsCompleted The Sticky Echoes of the Basement 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Want something scary? Want something thrilling? Check out these 5 books! They'll give you all the endings and thrills you crave, enough to scare you to death!

36. 236 清 Lucid Darkness 清醒的黑暗 Clear Ink Seal清墨印6k WordsCompleted Clear-Eyed Darkness 1Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 237 血 The Crimson Flower Cup 血色花盏 Clear Ink Seal清墨印10k WordsCompleted Blood-Red Flower Cup —Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 238 夜 The Night Shift Clerk's Countdown 《夜班店员的倒计时》 Clear Ink Seal清墨印9k WordsCompleted The Night-Shift Clerk's Countdown 2Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 239 荒 Tales of a Haunted Village 荒村怪谈录 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery304k WordsCompleted [Rural Mysteries + Folk Customs + Chinese-Style Horror + Feng Shui and the Supernatural + Anthology + Shocking Twists] There is an old well in Jiulitun that has been sealed for thirty years, and one eerie incident after another keeps occurring. Why has a little girl become unbelievably strong and deranged? Why do villagers keep drowning, and why is the village taboo so difficult to speak of? It all goes back thirty years... 243Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    I had nightmares for a week after watching it, being chased by pandas [petrified][petrified][petrified]

40. 240 永 The Water Stain That Never Dries 永远拧不干的水渍 Clear Ink Seal清墨印6k WordsCompleted The Water Stain That Never Dries —Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 241 午 Midnight Terror: Human Nature Stories That Will Haunt You 午夜惊魂：让人细思极恐的人性故事 Gold Is Money金子就是钞票Mystery142k WordsCompleted At midnight, let's listen together to the little stories that circulate all around us. Maybe they're true. Maybe you've heard them too, or even experienced them yourself. Those moments that grow more terrifying the more you think about them go perfectly with the pitch-black night beyond the window. Red brick walls are common in many places. But we've never stopped to wonder: why are those bricks so red, so vivid? Rideshares at night aren't necessarily safe. Passengers have their concerns, and dr 537Reads8.8Score—Shelves
42. 242 午 Midnight Wonders 午夜惊奇 Qiao Dou Ma Dai QAQ桥豆麻袋QAQUrban171k WordsCompleted At the stroke of midnight, amid a terrifying atmosphere, strange ghost stories begin to unfold! A bluish-white hand suddenly appears on the window in the middle of the night. Is it looking for someone to take revenge on? A bus still running in the dead of night: does it lead to the world of the living or to hell? The shapewear hanging in the wardrobe at home is made of human skin! During the Qingming Festival, a figure appears in the glass of the bathhouse. After returning to her room, a beautif 416Reads8.7Score—Shelves
43. 243 诡 Uncovering Strange Mysteries and Finding a Way Out 诡事探秘逢生 Beichen Liu北辰流Mystery187k WordsOngoing In Lichong City, four childhood friends who grew up together were enlightened by a Taoist priest when they were young, and each possesses a supernatural ability. After Yang Zhuang got into an online argument, the four were drawn into a supernatural incident at an abandoned hospital in the neighboring city of Huidong. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Keyboard Warrior's Reckless Act Leads to Supernatural Trouble! Four Supernatural Abilities Unleashed to Destroy the Twin Demons!] "If there are no ghosts in this world, I'll eat my keyboard!"—Yang Zhuang's boastful words caused trouble, leading a four-person team to storm the "Ren'ai Hospital" in Huidong City overnight! Using Taoist magic, nunchucks/Tai Chi palm/Bagua staff/Five Ghosts Formation, they unleash their full power in a bloody battle against vengeful spirits: syringes demanding lives, a pregnant woman weeping blood, the Twin Demons revealing themselves… When Wang Zhenlan's poisoned wine and Xiao Yongjie's suicide attempt surface, the truth turns out to be a tragic tale of love and money. "You have nowhere to go, so I'll send you home!" A single demon-slaying staff breaks through the illusion, and the Five Ghosts devour souls, ultimately becoming king! Supernatural Revenge #TeamUp #HumanityRedemption [What?]

44. 244 民 Tales of the Supernatural 民间怪谈录 Qu Gaofeng曲高峰Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Rural Horror Stories + Anthology + Folk Horror Tales + Chinese Supernatural] Supernatural happenings are most likely to occur in mountain villages, and the stories we've heard may well have really happened. In the eerie night wind, Granny Hao, the midwife who receives the dead, is like a messenger from the underworld, guiding the spirits of helpless mothers and children home. Locust trees commune with spirits, and poplars attract yin energy. Beneath the village's ancient trees lie secrets that 829Reads8.9Score105Shelves
45. 245 薛 Xue Family Paper Effigy Shop 薛记纸扎铺 Evergreen Paper Effigy Maker长青纸扎匠Mystery782k WordsOngoing On the surface, this world is an ordinary modern city. But hidden from sight is something called “Filth.” A person’s obsessions, resentment, fear, regrets, and other powerful negative emotions can coalesce under certain conditions, attaching themselves to objects, places, or even people, where they can influence or even devour the living. Most people don’t know Filth exists, but certain specialized trades can deal with it. Paper effigy crafting is one of them. As the name suggests, paper effigy 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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46. 246 缝 The Corpse Stitcher’s Daughter 缝尸匠的女儿 Mo Xuanyu墨玄羽Mystery7k WordsCompleted My father, Liu Si, was the most famous corpse tailor in Laoshan Village. After the start of winter, the women of the village were torn to pieces by wild bears in the mountains, one after another. My father suggested finding their bodies and sewing them back together so they could be buried in peace. But rumors spread through the village: “The bears were lured here by the Liu family. They'll do anything to make money sewing up corpses.” The village chief forced my father up the mountain to kill t 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is so shocking, I'm even afraid to go to the bathroom! [Petrified][Petrified][Petrified]

47. 247 特 Special Affairs Bureau, Division Nine: The Nanhai Monster Uprising 特殊事物处理九科之南海妖乱 Brother Elbow肘子师兄Mystery540k WordsCompleted Do you really know the friends around you? The coworkers around you? Your own family? Do you~ know this world? Maybe the people you know, the ones you've met and fallen in love with, aren't human at all~~~ They're demons~! If it weren't for one extraordinary mission, none of this would ever have come to light. And if it weren't for the people who silently stood guard, the Jiuying Sect might already have severed the dragon veins and destroyed our nation's fortune of ten thousand years... 143Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 248 逃 Escape from Hell 逃出地狱 Deng Youzhi邓有志10k WordsCompleted Because my cousin is weak-willed and a classic henpecked husband, my sister-in-law's family wanted to take my father's inheritance all for themselves. Just before my father was about to die of his illness, they actually kidnapped me and sold me into northern Myanmar, that living hell, without my cousin's knowledge! —Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 249 焚 The Wronged Ghost in the Incinerator 焚化炉里的冤魂 Sword in Hand, Roaming the World仗剑天涯Mystery6k WordsCompleted On the surface, he was an official who upheld justice. Behind the scenes, he was the most brazen crime boss around! He was a cunning, utterly inhuman demon! He killed, robbed, and took lives, yet remained above the law! And all his audacity came from his powerful "protectors"! Before he was brought to justice, he did whatever he pleased, leaving countless people and families with memories of unbearable pain... —Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 250 雾 Night Watcher of Fogveil Town 雾隐镇守夜人 Black White Gray q黑白灰qMystery161k WordsOngoing Wuyin Town is about to be completely submerged by a reservoir project. After his grandmother dies, Chen Du returns to the small town where he has lived for eighteen years to keep vigil over her body. On the night of the funeral, he receives a black handbook his grandmother left behind. The first page reads: If you hear someone knocking on the coffin tonight, do not open the door. If the knocking comes from inside the coffin, find someone to take over the vigil before dawn. Remember: the dead nev —Reads—Score—Shelves

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