Mystery and Suspense, Paranormal, Infinite Flow, Single Female Lead 悬疑脑洞 悬疑 灵异 无限流 单女主

1. 1 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M 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 310.8kReads9.4Score27.9kShelves

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   A grandfather buries his grandson alive—a bizarre family custom. Every year, a new coffin is used, the way it's laid out is carefully chosen, and the child born from the coffin is considered a "living burial"—is it a curse or destiny? My grandfather's secrets, feng shui techniques, and strange tales of the living. On the eve of my ninth birthday, my grandfather nailed me into a specially made coffin and buried me in a sinister, chaotic graveyard. This is a cruel custom passed down through generations in our family—from the age of three, a new coffin is used every year: willow wood to ward off evil, cypress wood to dispel misfortune, sandalwood to attract spirits… The bottom of the coffin is filled with chicken bones, and copper coins cover the body. I am the only one buried alive in the coffin.

2. 2 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 155.2kReads9.3Score16.3kShelves

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   The first protagonist suffers from a mental illness that makes him unafraid of ghosts, and strange things begin to happen.

3. 3 惊EN Horror: I Created the Anomaly Containment Association 惊悚：我打造了异轨收容会 Chi Yisheng赤亦生Mystery2.7M WordsOngoing [Horror + Satisfying Power Fantasy + Director’s Tall-Tale Style] Horror games descended upon Blue Star, turning into one eerie dungeon after another. The monsters inside stepped into the real world, and from then on, the world was overrun with the uncanny. Only by conquering every dungeon could humanity stop the supernatural from consuming the world. Otherwise, the eerie realms would merge with reality and turn the human world into a living hell! Shen Yu bound himself to an Anomaly Containmen 48.6kReads9.1Score4.2kShelves
4. 4 诡 The Immortal Path of the Uncanny 诡道仙路 Big-Headed T头很大的T君Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted [Uncanny cultivation, no female lead, mortal protagonist] A black sun hangs in the sky, and the Uncanny Realm invades! Mortal Zhou Yi transmigrates into this world and makes a living by writing for others. One day, starving and freezing, he is hired by the sinister Shopkeeper Dong to copy ancient texts. By chance, he activates a beast-hide Bagua diagram and uses it to refine a perfect uncanny technique, killing the sinister shopkeeper. As he cultivates, he discovers that this world has long been 11.9kReads8.4Score1kShelves
5. 5 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! 73.7kReads9.4Score8.8kShelves

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   The first book with a single female protagonist is a horror and gore novel by Taobo; the second is about teaching several ghosts like a kindergarten teacher; the third is currently being read.

6. 6 我 I Teach as a Vicious Ghost in a Horror Game 我在惊悚游戏做猛鬼老师 Red Bean and Braised Meat红豆角炖肉Mystery505k WordsCompleted A horror game descends upon the world. Su Yun, the game’s first A-rank player, suddenly vanishes from public view. When he reappears, he is a teacher at a kindergarten for evil spirits. This is an F-rank instance with a death rate as high as ninety percent, but no player believes it. “Little Chubby is so honest. How could he be dangerous?” “The ghost girl is so kawaii. There’s no way she’d hurt the players!” But Su Yun knows that these adorable, good-natured little ones are all evil spirits, 1.3kReads9.1Score124Shelves
7. 7 我 I Was Raised by Monsters 我被怪物养大 Uncle Nan Yao南妖叔Urban769k WordsCompleted The story is set in a modern city in a parallel world. Legend has it that City A is home to an urban myth called the White Cat Agency. The agency is run by a group of monsters and demons. As long as you pay the appropriate price, they'll fulfill any request you make. Money, organs, emotions, memories, years of life... Anything could become a bargaining chip. Seventeen years ago, an infant boy of unknown origins was found by the agency's owner and raised by a group of monsters. Seventeen years l 2kReads9.6Score379Shelves
8. 8 时EN Time Stop from the Start, Even Evil Gods Have to Kneel Before Me! 时停起手，邪神也得给我跪下！ Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [Time Stop + Apocalypse + Superpowers + Arrogance + Forgetting Your Roots + Rejecting Inner Turmoil] Bai Ye transmigrated to the age of the Great Cataclysm, two hundred years in the future. This world was full of danger, its people were honest and simple, and mutated beasts ran rampant. But he wasn't worried. Because he could stop time for one minute every day. If he didn't use it today, he could save it up for tomorrow. When time across the world hit zero, he would be the only one who could mov 688.5kReads9.4Score49.1kShelves

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   It's mind-bending and exciting, with constant thrills. There are tons of foreshadowing elements, and you'll have an "aha!" Moment towards the end.

9. 9 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 707.4kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves
10. 10 让 You Hired Me at a Funeral Home, and I Brought My Wife 让你入职殡仪馆，你把媳妇带来了 Yesterday's Northern Border昨日北境Mystery965k WordsCompleted I am Xu Ziye, born with a body that is “like Tang Monk’s flesh” to evil spirits: born in a yin year, yin month, and yin hour, with a pure-yin Water destiny. Grandpa said I wouldn’t live past the age of three. To keep my fate in check, he gave me the most yin name of all, “Ziye.” He even arranged an unbelievable “marriage” for me while I was still in swaddling clothes: a ghost marriage to someone in the underworld. Thanks to the protection of this “ghost wife,” I survived into adulthood. But no o 153Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    I only remembered this book after browsing through all the other pages. I personally think it's okay.

11. 11 死 Death Began at School 死亡从学校开始了 Evil Eye邪恶之瞳Mystery580k WordsOngoing Ghosts are the product of an imbalance between yin and yang. In this vast world, people are all different in character, and their souls are just as varied after death. The virtuous return to pure lands and enjoy the blessings of the afterlife; the wicked and violent turn into vengeful spirits, their resentment gathering until it takes the form of a ghost. These specters wander between yin and yang, but most conceal their forms and rarely appear before the living. [No cultivation, no System, no h 307Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Suspense, death game, single female lead

12. 12 假 The Fake Heiress Tells Me to Be Generous, So I Throw a Ghost at Her 假千金劝大度，我反手朝她丢只鬼 Nai Naiyi奈奈一Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead] [Unhinged] [爽文] [No CP] [The animated series is out! If you're interested, go check it out!] After transmigrating, Shi Qing thinks she's landed in a story about a real and fake heiress, and that she's the real heiress everyone despises. But as soon as she steps outside, she locks eyes with a ghost... Does this world really go that hard? ☸ Transported to a world overrun by ghosts, Shi Qing gets her hands on a space-time shop. With all the treasures she trades for there, s 11kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves

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    Dimensional trading + metaphysics + ghost hunting + strange tales of rules + humor and lightheartedness—can you believe you can find all of these in one book? And the author has blended them exceptionally well. Aren't many people saying they're experiencing a reading slump or that there's nothing good to read? Then you should check out this one! It's amazing 👍🏻, hilarious and entertaining!

13. 13 全 The Whole Sect Are Simps, but the Junior Sister Is a Real Menace 全宗都是舔狗，小师妹是真狗 Holding Hands by the Fire执手烟火Ancient Romance4.2M WordsCompleted [The physical edition of One Thought, Phoenix Rising is available on all platforms] Feng Xi transmigrates into a cultivation novel as a cannon-fodder female side character, and the day she enters the book is the day she is doomed to die. To stay alive, she does everything she can to leave the heroine's sect, the Hunyuan Sect, and join the Xuantian Sect instead. Oh! All five of her senior brothers are the heroine's devoted admirers in the book, and each one dies more miserably than the last. Feng 181.5kReads9.5Score23.4kShelves

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    Single female lead, this one is amazing! The female lead, Feng Xi, isn't a saint; she takes revenge when she has a grudge. The story is full of witty remarks, and I couldn't stop smiling while reading. She's definitely a strong female lead, and the plot is fresh and unpredictable.

14. 14 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 43.3kReads9.1Score4.9kShelves

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    Fans of the infinite flow genre shouldn't miss this.

15. 15 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 142.2kReads8.9Score14.3kShelves
16. 16 诡 The Eerie Rule Maze 诡异规则迷宫 The Devil of an Angel天使的魔鬼Mystery143k WordsCompleted This is a fairly short novel set in the future, where a supernatural phenomenon known as “Rule Mazes” appears around the world. From the outside, the mazes look like ordinary buildings, but inside they follow entirely different laws of physics and strange rules. Anyone who enters must observe and reason out each rule, then follow it strictly. Breaking any rule leads to terrible consequences. No one knows where the mazes came from, but they seem to be selecting specific people for some kind of te 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Suspenseful and supernatural, it's got a good flavor

17. 17 荒 The Heart-Eating Record of the Desolate Ruins 荒墟噬心录 The Devil of an Angel天使的魔鬼Mystery11k WordsCompleted Chronicle of the Desolate Ruins Devouring the Heart —Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 忘 Wangchuan Hall 忘川堂 The Devil of an Angel天使的魔鬼Mystery9k WordsCompleted Hall of the Forgotten River —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 棺 Death Orders from the Coffin Shop 棺材铺的死亡订单 The Devil of an Angel天使的魔鬼Mystery7k WordsCompleted Death Orders from the Coffin Shop —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 尸 Born of a Corpse, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 尸生子，鬼抬棺 Jie Yu界玉Mystery3.3M WordsCompleted In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse! 212.8kReads9.6Score25.1kShelves

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    The following are all without a female lead.

21. 21 缝 Sewing Yin Corpses, Suppressing Ghostly Calamities 缝阴尸，镇鬼祸 Fake Cigarettes假烟Mystery4.3M WordsCompleted [Six Lines and Eight Trigrams, Soul Banners and Sacrificial Rites] Humans have three souls and seven spirits; ghosts have obsessions from the Nine Hells and the karmic flames of the Five Aggregates. But ever since I was born, I have been missing my [Earth Soul]. I’ve dealt with corpses since I was little. Other children played with colorful building blocks, fluffy stuffed animals, and little tin cars that could run. My toys were one battered corpse after another. Qimen Dunjia, puppetry that mani 823Reads6.7Score101Shelves
22. 22 悬 The Life-Hanging Coffin 悬命棺 Bai Qiyi白七易Mystery273k WordsOngoing [Traditional Supernatural] [No Female Lead] [Horror] [Mysticism] [A Somewhat Comedic Style: If You Mind, Don't Read] On deserted streets, all kinds of strange things are always happening. And these things always happen to Feng Tashui, the unluckiest man alive. His life hangs over a coffin, and his breath is held by a coffin rope. This is a bizarre coffin shop. Seven days after he started working there, the owner was brutally killed in the street, but Feng Tashui didn't dare quit. Every morning, —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 我 I Am the King of Hell Among Men, and No Ghost May Pass! 我，人间阎王，百鬼禁行！ Jiang Jiu x将酒xMystery1.0M WordsOngoing [Traditional folk customs + no romance + slow burn + character growth + not a wish-fulfillment story + proceed with caution if that bothers you!] The night I was born, underworld messengers came to claim my life, and vengeful ghosts tried to seize my soul. But they didn’t know I was destined to be the Yin Emperor... I was born with the fate of the Ziwei Star! On the Cold Clothes Festival, a hundred ghosts surrounded our home, hoping to steal my fate and take over my body. To keep me alive, my 3.3kReads7.9Score187Shelves
24. 24 半 I Play Rock-Paper-Scissors with the Mirror at Midnight, and I Won't Sleep Until I Win 半夜和镜子猜拳，我赢一把就睡 Mr. Krabs Loves to Eat蟹老板爱吃饭Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted The entire Xie family had a rather spooky air about them. His great-great-grandfather was a mountain wanderer, and his great-great-grandmother sewed up corpses. His great-grandfather was a Maoshan Taoist, and his great-grandmother was a spirit medium from Fengtian. His grandfather made paper offerings, his grandmother prepared bodies for burial, his father drove corpses, and his mother raised poison insects. Some of his ancestors even liked to dig themselves out of their graves… As a result, X 5.8kReads9.0Score578Shelves

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    Both of these are ones I enjoy watching.

25. 25 花 Divine Detective of Huadu: Touch a Corpse and Identify the Killer 花都神探：碰触尸体就能锁定凶手 Qian Ye Linyi千夜林一Mystery4.8M WordsOngoing A distant cousin's story in The Long Night [Crime-Solving + Deduction + Episodic + Not a Power Fantasy] Ten years ago, Lin Er was wrongly convicted of murder and sent to prison. Now that he’s out, is history about to repeat itself? No! I’m not the same person I was ten years ago... Serial murders, family massacres, poisonings, dismemberments, mountain god cases... There’s no case I can’t solve! Wait, how did you become a brilliant detective after ten years in prison? Heh, did you think I wasted 29.7kReads8.2Score2.5kShelves
26. 26 起 I Must Be Seeing Things: My Best Friend Turned into a Vengeful Ghost 起猛了，看到闺蜜变厉鬼了 Zhou Guifeng周圭寸Modern Romance459k WordsCompleted [Just started, so the rating will rise. Feel free to dive in!] [Strong female lead + comedy + modern fantasy + multiple versions of the male lead] When she woke up, Yun Jian Yue discovered that her best friend had croaked and become a headless vengeful ghost. Yun Jian Yue: I must've woken up too early. I'll go back to sleep. Best friend: … Yun Jian Yue took her friend to get revenge on the scumbag, but a more powerful vengeful ghost showed up halfway through and stole the target. Yun Jian Yue ra 28.7kReads9.4Score4.3kShelves

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    Please take a look at this book, it's really good.

27. 27 我 I'm an Evil Cultivator and Demon Lord. You Want Me to Enter a Horror Game? 我邪道魔头，你让我进诡异游戏？ Mr. Yan, Who Loves Sunflower Chicken爱吃葵花鸡的颜先生Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [This novel has been adapted into a comic series. Go check it out: its title is The Final Evil Cultivator: I Cultivate Immortality in a Haunted Game.] [Comedy + suggestive and cheeky writing + fun-loving protagonist + standout female supporting character] What’s it like to be an evil cultivator in a technologically advanced world where spiritual energy has run dry? Lin Ming can only say: It’s rough! Damn rough! Luckily, the haunted game arrived. It’s full of countless horrors. They are Lin Ming’ 52.9kReads8.4Score5.4kShelves

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    [Highly Recommended] Evil God Daddy Slays Through Horror Games! Global Ghosts Call Me Grandpa! 1️⃣ "I'm an Evil Demon Lord, You Want Me to Enter a Weird Game?" A top-tier demon lord enters a horror game and turns the dungeon boss into a magical artifact! "Rules? I am the rules!" 2️⃣ "My Daughter's Horror Livestream Exposes My Identity as the King of Hell" A cute child accidentally enters a supernatural livestream, and while the chat is flooded with insults— 100,000 ghost soldiers from the underworld suddenly kneel down: "Greetings, Little Princess!" 3️⃣ "Global Ghost Control: I Have a Billion Ghosts Inside Me" While others are struggling to contract a ghost, the boy burps: "Sorry, I just ate the 90,000th evil ghost for supper." 💥Explosive setting + invincible, exhilarating novel! Click to receive three days of lifespan👻

28. 28 萌 A Little Kid Tries to Find Me and Turns the Horror World Upside Down 萌娃为了找我，玩歪惊悚世界 Balala Mountain Blossom巴啦啦山花Mystery647k WordsCompleted [Horror game + comedy + dad-and-daughter story + ensemble cast + livestream power fantasy] Three-year-old Su Mengmeng enters a horror game to find her dad. But just as everyone thinks this little girl is an easy target, she turns the terrifying world upside down. Player 1: !! How did she just pull out hundreds of millions of ghost coins? My poverty has really limited my imagination! Player 2: Good grief! What tier is that ghost weapon she's carrying? A pink minigun!? Player 3: My eyes! She's rid 10.1kReads8.8Score504Shelves
29. 29 诡EN The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 231.9kReads9.5Score28.4kShelves

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    The protagonist, Fang Xiu, awakens the "death loop" ability in a parallel world where strange phenomena are resurfacing, granting him the power to regenerate infinitely. Using his foresight and the cycle of death, he overcomes crises and vows to eradicate the supernatural from the world.

30. 30 我 I’m the Landlord of a Haunted Building, Welcome to Building Three 我在鬼楼当房东，欢迎入住三号楼 Jin Shanghua锦尚花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted No romance + satisfying story + exceptionally strong heroine + no hesitation in punishing scumbags On her eighteenth birthday, Yu Zhi had her inheritance stolen by the impostor parents who had usurped her place, then was brutally murdered in a dark alley. But just when she thought she had died, she came back to life and gained the ability to never age or die. After personally killing the impostor parents and their family, Yu Zhi sold her biological parents’ inheritance, moved to a small town, an 3.9kReads9.1Score722Shelves

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    Even if you don't read the first book, I highly recommend reading the second one. If you like suspense and mystery, you definitely need to read it. The content is lighthearted and funny with a touch of horror. The female lead is somewhat similar to the character of Bao Bao Jie from Under One Person.

31. 31 我EN With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.3M WordsOngoing 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! 748.4kReads9.4Score43kShelves

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    Try these two

32. 32 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves
33. 33 当 When the Uncanny Descends on the World, Death Is the End 当诡异降临世界，死亡即是终点 Qingyuan Vocational High School Prodigy庆元职高小天才Mystery2.5M WordsOngoing [Supernatural horrors descend + no System + fresh worldbuilding + survival + semi-infinite-flow + no do-gooder protagonist + not dark + supernatural abilities] In the best years of his life, amid the exuberance of youth, Su Yuan thought his days would remain peaceful and beautiful forever. Then a line of bloody text appeared on the blackboard during evening study. [In the silent night, a terrifying ghost appears outside your dorm room... How long will it take to kill you?] Everyone thought it wa 390.6kReads9.3Score43.5kShelves

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    A perpetual night descends, ghosts roam freely, and a group of awakened beings within the "ghostly resentment" fight for the common people and the city with their strength and wisdom. As the eternal night falls, darkness envelops everything, supernatural forces revive, and ghosts run rampant. A spark flickers within, illuminating the path to peace for humanity. "The Revival of the Supernatural, The Descent of Eternal Night" is an epic story unfolding against this grand backdrop. Today, let me recommend this highly acclaimed masterpiece on the Tomato Novels platform. The novel constructs a world of immense tension: eternal night descends randomly, and vengeful spirits roam freely. Various supernatural phenomena emerge endlessly, ghosts wreak havoc, and human survival is severely threatened. The novel's characters are captivating. The protagonists are not perfect heroes, but ordinary people who grow and transform amidst adversity. Although it is a supernatural fantasy novel, "The Revival of the Supernatural, The Descent of Eternal Night" does not merely dwell on surface horror and excitement, but delves deeply into themes such as humanity and hope. In the extreme environment of the ghostly resentment, people face moral dilemmas and difficult choices: how to make choices with limited resources? To sacrifice others or to take the risk oneself? These hardships enrich the characters and add depth to the story. The story also emphasizes the importance of **hope and unity**: the deepest darkness often breeds the brightest light. Only through the collaborative efforts of wise sorcerers, brave warriors, and skillful craftsmen can people find a way to overcome the darkness. My reasons for recommending this novel are: 1. Unique thematic fusion: Successfully combining supernatural elements with fantasy adventure creates a novel reading experience. 2. Grand worldview: Constructing a complete and detailed worldview allows readers to easily immerse themselves in it. 3. Well-developed characters: Each character is distinctive, with a clearly visible growth trajectory, making it easy for readers to resonate with them. 4. Twisting plot: The plot development is unexpected, maintaining suspense and keeping readers hooked. 5. Profound thematic exploration: More than just a supernatural novel, it prompts readers to reflect on themes such as humanity and hope. If you enjoy supernatural themes, and if you like watching protagonists grow and transform in adversity, then this novel will not disappoint you. Head over to the Tomato Novel platform and search for "Supernatural Revival, Eternal Night Descends" to begin this adventure in the dark world!

34. 34 我 I Turned the Horror World Into a Raising Game! 我把惊悚世界玩成养成游戏！ Yu Zuo予作Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A mysterious force descended upon Earth, giving rise to another world of terror. Everyone was forcibly sent into the world of horror games on their eighteenth birthday. While everyone else was immersed in fear, struggling to survive in the cracks between life and death, Qin Nuo discovered that he could earn System rewards by influencing the ghosts’ emotions. And every time he completed a dungeon, he could establish his own business in the world of horror. So he became a food runner at the Yin Sp 112.4kReads9.5Score12.2kShelves

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    A suspenseful and supernatural fantasy novel with captivating content and logically sound plot that demands a sharp mind. It follows characters as they teeter between life and death, searching for their identity through dungeons and exploring a mysterious world – a truly worthwhile read.

35. 35 漫 The Manga Prophecy Murder Case 漫画预言杀人事件 Hong Yao红摇Mystery393k WordsCompleted [Comic artist X avenger] A flop comic Chen He had abandoned three years ago suddenly went viral because it had predicted a murder. Netizens trembled in the comic's comments: [Have you seen the news? Why is this scene exactly like what they're showing on TV?!] [Am I seeing things? They only just found the body, but the comic was published three years ago!] [How did the artist come up with a burial site like that? What are the odds?] [I have a pretty wild theory...] [Could the author actually be t 56.3kReads9.5Score11.8kShelves

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    This isn't finished yet; following it in real-time will give you a better experience, with little ticks that will keep you reading.

36. 36 案 Following the Clues Through the Shadows 案影寻踪 Night Blade, Green Hair, Snow夜刃青丝雪Mystery358k WordsCompleted A collection of standalone case-solving stories. Mu Zhao was born into the body of Mu Huaiyuan's daughter in the Great Liang Dynasty. With the wisdom of two lifetimes, she joins forces with Lin Yi, a junior official at the Court of Judicial Review, to solve one case after another. She starts at the peak, and a life with cheat-like advantages has no need for romance as decoration. 220Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There's practically no romance; it's all about career. You'll need to think critically while watching. I just finished watching it and highly recommend it.

37. 37 我 High Martial: I Awakened the S-Rank Ability D4C 【高武】我觉醒了S级异能D4C Big Lazy Fish Adventurer大咸鱼冒险家Urban532k WordsOngoing [Superhuman martial arts + supernatural powers + D4C + dark humor + one heroine + adventure and perseverance] My name is Funny Valentine, and I’m from the Dragon Kingdom. You were puzzled by that last sentence, weren’t you? People live by stereotypes. For example, no one would guess at first glance that I belong to an ethnic minority. No one would believe that someone like me, a nobody from the slums, could become the leader standing above tens of thousands. “The goddess of luck loves me, F 602Reads8.2Score101Shelves

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38. 38 神 God-Tier Choices: From the Start, I Contracted the Raiden Shogun 神级选择：开局契约雷电将军 Little Ma's Hot and Sour Rice Noodles小马酸辣粉Urban4.4M WordsOngoing Urban fantasy + beast taming + original setting + academy + stress relief + no brainless plot + one heroine. Ye Ye, who spent all his time grinding maps at home, unexpectedly transmigrated to a parallel world full of beast tamers. A year later, just as Ye Ye seemed destined to fail the Awakening Ceremony, he unexpectedly awakened a System. What’s more, his very first contracted spirit turned out to be the legendary Electro Archon, Baal Zebul. As long as 6.5kReads9.3Score574Shelves
39. 39 桃 Blessed by the Peach Blossom Sword Immortal: From the Start, I Kissed the Aloof Campus Belle by Force 桃花剑仙赐福：开局强吻高冷校花 Ling'er Jingle Bells伶儿响叮当Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [Invasion of the Myriad Races] + [High-Octane Action] + [One Heroine] Gu Qingchen transmigrates to a high-martial world. On the day of the blessing ceremony, he awakens the Divine Spirit Hall. Complete its trials, and he can receive a divine blessing. Just as the icy school beauty Luo Yuli receives an SS-rank blessing, stunning the entire crowd: [Trial issued: Kiss the school beauty Luo Yuli in front of everyone within three minutes] [Failure to complete the first trial will be treated as volunt 79.5kReads9.1Score9.8kShelves
40. 40 慈 Mercy Voyage: I Sacrifice My Girlfriend, and I Sacrifice the Whole World 慈航游戏：女友祭天，我祭全世界 He Jinke何金珂Mystery524k WordsOngoing [Horror game + rule-based horror + decisive and ruthless protagonist + one heroine] I died once trying to save my late girlfriend, Xi Yin But I can die twice more! She awakened inside the game as a vengeful ghost, with even her memories altered. I picked the most useless class on the server, building manager. I have no SSS-rank talent to take on the divine spirits, so I rely on the Building Manager app to master the rules. A divine spirit in my way? Players causing trouble? Do I really have to t 237Reads—Score—Shelves

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41. 41 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... 210.7kReads9.6Score22.6kShelves

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42. 42 妖 The Demon King and the Celestial Master 妖王天师 Linghu Erzong令狐二中Mystery3.5M WordsCompleted Have you ever heard of a sinister art that can turn a living person into a human-skin paper effigy overnight? Have you ever seen the bizarre sight of a lifelike human face growing out of a tree trunk? And surely you've never heard of a five-year-old child killing a wolfdog that feeds exclusively on corpses. Yes, there are far too many inexplicable things in this world. I may be young, but the things I've been through are things you may never have heard of. That's right. I'm Luo Tian, a Celestial 3.8kReads8.8Score355Shelves

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43. 43 神 The Disciple's Game 神徒游戏 Hu Qiuqiu胡球球Mystery3.4M WordsOngoing The entire world is plunged into a terrifying death game, with 8 billion people taking part! A global battle royale for survival has begun! Only 12 of the 8 billion will survive! The survival rate is less than 0.00000000015%! Hospitals, schools, prisons... Any location anywhere in the world could become a death-game arena! Terrifying ghosts and monsters take part in the game alongside humanity! [Welcome to the Disciple Game] [Light horror + mind games + games + infinite-world adventure] (This no 75.8kReads8.3Score6.9kShelves
44. 44 最 The Last Paper Effigy Maker 最后一个扎纸人 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted The art of paper effigies can bridge the worlds of yin and yang, perform rites for the dead, and summon the King of Hell. Cut yellow paper, weave bamboo strips: paper horses travel a thousand miles, and paper figures summon spirits. With one stroke to paint their eyes, the King of Hell appears, striking terror into all directions and sending ten thousand ghosts into hiding! By the time the art of paper effigies reaches Chen Mo, he is its last practitioner. He assumes this ancient, mysterious cra 16.7kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves
45. 45 我 My Years as a Feng Shui Consultant in the Entertainment Industry 我在娱乐圈当风水顾问的那些年 Bitter Melon with Flower Crab苦瓜炒花蟹Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted Corpse-oil lipstick, raising little ghosts, summoning fox spirits, tattooed talismans: some celebrities will stop at nothing to get famous and go viral. My name is Chen Tian. I'm a feng shui consultant who moves in entertainment circles, specializing in handling the aftermath for celebrities who rose to fame through supernatural means. 140.4kReads9.0Score27kShelves
46. 46 我 I Learn to Slay Ghosts on a Paranormal Forum 我在怪谈论坛学斩鬼 Young and Unaccomplished, Yet Never Insecure年少无为不自卑Mystery735k WordsCompleted [The printed edition of Strange Tales Forum is in production] [The short drama adaptation of Strange Tales Forum is in production] Gao Shen joined a strange tales forum by chance. The forum often posts eerie stories, describing every detail so vividly that they seem to have really happened. Users who reply seriously analyze the source of each incident and discuss how to deal with it. They even address each other as Heavenly Masters, Soul Tamer 50.1kReads8.7Score6.4kShelves
47. 47 收 The Corpse Collection Files 收尸档案 Zhang Wuren张无忍Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Since ancient times, the dead have been left with their bodies. But few people know that corpses hold many secrets that remain hidden from the world. Cursed corpses, living corpses, bodies left where they fell, vengeful corpses, bisected corpses... Every corpse has a story of its own! My name is He Yongheng, and I collect bodies for a funeral home. 3.8kReads9.0Score367Shelves
48. 48 借 Borrowing Yin Bones, Wife of the King of Hell 借阴骨，阎王妻 The Best Melon最好的瓜Mystery2.4M WordsOngoing To keep me alive, my grandfather threw me into a mass grave and buried me with nine stunningly beautiful female corpses. But he never expected someone to cut open my chest and dig out my bones, leaving me on the brink of death… 8.3kReads8.9Score835Shelves
49. 49 截 The Daoist Who Severs Fate 截运道师 Bird of the North北国之鸟Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing Born in a poor mountain village, I ate a dragon fish and gained the destiny of a top scholar. Yet for mortals seeking the Great Dao, joy and sorrow, parting and loss are all unavoidable. Thirty years as beasts of burden among mortals, sixty years as dragons and elephants among Buddhas. How can one reach great enlightenment without enduring a thousand cuts? 12kReads8.7Score293Shelves
50. 50 诡 The Haunted Tomb 诡坟 Sugar Quixote糖吉柯德Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted [This is no ordinary paranormal story. It's all about horror and suspense: no mindless wish fulfillment, forbidden yin-yang lore, no cultivation, and a ghost wife. If it's not good, you can break my legs.] People laugh at my family's poverty and say that all my blood relatives have died, so there must be a ghost in our house. I don't dare argue... because there really is a ghost buried in our ancestral grave! ...My name is Zhang Asi... I was born at four in the morning on the fourteenth day of t 40.2kReads8.8Score3.7kShelves

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