Supernatural Horror Novels About Vicious Ghosts That Hook You from the First Page! 一看就上瘾的厉鬼恶鬼灵异恐怖小说！！

1. 101 第 The Number One Yin Messenger 第一阴差 Zhang Jia Er Lei张家二雷Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Wandering souls, where will you linger? Three souls, come back at once; seven spirits, return! Lost soul, the gates of heaven open, the gates of earth open. A thousand-mile journey, let the child bring the soul home! The day I was born, strange signs appeared in the heavens. Misfortune plagued me from childhood, and it’s a miracle I survived this long. After I came of age, something happened that shattered everything I thought I knew. My dad told me he was the underworld’s bailiff in Spring City 142Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 102 出 The Spirit Medium's Road: My Adventures with the Old Immortal 出马仙，我跟老仙的江湖路 The Hall of Dragon and Phoenix Candy龙凤糖的堂Mystery981k WordsCompleted A disciple of the spirit mediums of Ghost Street, in his tenth year practicing the art. His greatest wish at first was to become the biggest local thug. He never expected to become a spirit medium, and only after taking it up did he discover that people in this line of work are worse than gangsters. What kind of person you are determines what kind of spirit you get, and the spirits follow their hosts. Zhao Zhengyang’s spirit companions are all like slick socialites in leather shoes. Then he runs 3.4kReads8.2Score392Shelves
3. 103 北 The Northern School Yin-Yang Master 北派阴阳师 Jiang Mu Yun姜牧云Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted I'm a corpse carrier and a second-rate Taoist. My father refined my mother into a Yin child to bring him wealth, and now he wants to make me disappear for good. The only person I've ever truly been at odds with is my father, the old fraud known as Chen Banxian... 160Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 104 出 Tales of a Spirit Medium 出马仙往事 Cloud Road Faraway云路遥Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted “First, invite Hu; second, invite Huang. Third, invite Mang; fourth, invite Chang. Offer incense in the hall, and let all the immortals come forth.” With an entirely yin birth chart, I suddenly became the village's most despised madman when I was eight years old. Ten years later, I recovered from my madness and took charge of the Hu family's altar, one of the five great immortal clans of Northeast China. From then on, the Five Evils and Three Deficiencies followed me everywhere. I thought I had 32.4kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves
5. 105 修 A Cultivation Master Transmigrates into the Modern Entertainment Industry 修真大佬穿越现代娱乐圈 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Jiang Suyun, the undefeated God of War of the cultivation world, was betrayed by the one he loved. After his physical body was destroyed, his soul transmigrated into the modern world, where spiritual qi revival was underway. He had planned to keep a low profile as a newcomer in the entertainment industry, but during a performance, he accidentally stirred up a celestial phenomenon that drew everyone’s attention. After the show, he was attacked by a mysterious assailant, and the power of the stars 556Reads—Score—Shelves

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   (.^▽^) Bowing down to the big boss

6. 106 开 From the Start, I Contract a Zombie. I’m Really a Good Person 开局契约一僵尸，我真是好人 King of the Turtledoves斑鸠大王Mystery114k WordsOngoing Beneath the night sky, a hundred ghosts roam. In the city, humans and beasts live side by side. Just before Wang Ming was about to face something paranormal, he received a strange painting said to ward off evil. Yet the painting depicted a terrifyingly sinister zombie. Could a zombie really ward off evil? But when he came face to face with the paranormal, the zombie in the painting not only came to life, but also helped him drive it away. At the same time, a plea for help arrived in his inbox... 27Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The best works are those written by veteran authors. The first two books were written by the same author, and all three are bizarre resurrection stories with pure hand-written elements.

7. 107 阴 The One Who Borrows Lives from the Underworld 阴间借命人 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Suspense + Folk Customs + Playful Tone + Ensemble Cast + Nonstop Ghost-Hunting Thrills!] Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I’ve known no peace. My name is Quan Ning. I’m a lawyer, and one day I was in a car accident on a mountain road. As I lay dying, I saw a ghostly judge from the underworld come to claim my soul. I struck a deal with him and borrowed a sliver of hope for survival. The price of this life I borrowed was becoming 2.5kReads9.1Score236Shelves

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   This is terrifying beyond belief 😭 I was so scared I couldn't go to the bathroom at night! Anyone understand?! I should have watched it during the day 😭😭

8. 108 震 Shocking! My Boyfriend Is the Boss of a Horror Dungeon 震惊！男友竟是恐怖副本BOSS Tuoba Dumpling拓跋饺子Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + Two powerful leads + Horror-game instances + Lighthearted and funny + Boyfriend is the BOSS + Devoted husband + Both are virgins] On her birthday, Shen Jiahe’s boyfriend told her that the number of players entering horror-game instances had surged, and as the instance’s big BOSS, he had to work overtime and couldn’t come home. Shen Jiahe laughed in anger. He could have just said he was cheating on her! Instead, he came up with such a ridiculous excuse! She dumped the scumbag that 51.3kReads9.2Score5.9kShelves
9. 109 恐 Horror Revival: I Become a God Starting as a Water Ghost 恐怖复苏：从水鬼开始成神 Little Ears of Liaodong辽东的小耳朵Mystery324k WordsOngoing Paranormal resurgence + suspense and horror + the supernatural + the three laws of ghosts I transmigrated into the body of an innocent college girl and gained control of a deadly supernatural force. I can kill anyone, but I don't dare kill myself. Beneath my skin, there is no longer flesh and blood. My body is gradually dying, and an evil ghost is slowly replacing my consciousness. Human thought is being eroded. Am I a human or a ghost? I don't dare die so easily. Even when my mind grows hazy 11.9kReads6.6Score1.4kShelves
10. 110 诡 Eerie Revival: From the Start, I Perfectly Mastered the Ghost Leg 诡异复苏：开局完美驾驭鬼脚 Jiang Yinglong姜应龙Mystery533k WordsCompleted [Non-Fanfiction + Ghost Controller Supernatural System + Not Scary + No Survival Struggle + Lighthearted] The Heavenly Dao is shattered, and the Underworld lies empty. Scattered fragments of the Heavenly Dao's laws merge with evil ghosts. Carrying supernatural rules, these ghosts invade the human world, and the apocalypse begins. Xu Nuo transmigrates into this world. The version of himself here failed to control a ghost foot and became a ghost slave. The power of transmigration causes the two to 3.7kReads6.5Score246Shelves
11. 111 规 Rules of the Paranormal: The Horrors? They're All Family 规则怪谈，诡异？都是一家人 A Slime一只史莱姆Mystery947k WordsCompleted [Rule-based horror + national destiny + no romance + livestream + original scenarios + mild scares + warm and healing] Three years ago, rule-based horror arrived, launching a game that put the fate of nations on the line. Every month, chosen players are randomly selected from various countries to enter the horror world and clear its challenges. Clear a challenge, and you earn generous rewards. Fail, and the chosen player dies, while the horror descends upon their country. The Xia Kingdom has alr 15.5kReads9.5Score1.8kShelves
12. 112 诸EN 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 518.8kReads9.7Score68.3kShelves
13. 113 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 1.7MReads9.9Score207.7kShelves
14. 114 集 The Soul Collection Record 集魂录 Hidalgo伊达尔戈Mystery2.8M WordsCompleted Yao Yinsheng had never seen her grandfather, not even once. But she had been able to see spirits since childhood, and after witnessing the Black and White Impermanence spirits seize a soul when she was eight, she began having strange dreams. In them, an old man would often say to her kindly, “I’m your grandfather!” Regardless of whether Yao Yinsheng wanted him to, the old man taught her all sorts of things in her dreams. Then, when she turned eighteen, he suddenly produced a booklet and asked wi 235Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There are lots of ghosts to see!

15. 115 集 Soul Collection, Volume Two 集魂录二 Hidalgo伊达尔戈Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted A pair of golden eyes, a whip, and a book. Bearing a new mission, Yao Yinsheng sets out to find a secret realm, a place that inspires longing yet no one has ever explored. The Soul-Gathering Record has returned to her hands, more mysterious than ever. Greater challenges and darker sides of human nature begin to emerge. Where, exactly, does hell lie? 24Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 116 我 My Years of Ghost Hunting Among the People 我在民间捉鬼的那些年 Releasing a Hydrogen Balloon放氢气球Mystery275k WordsCompleted Chinese-Style Horror, No Female Lead My name is Xu Jian. I’m 26, and I studied Taoist arts under a Maoshan priest for several years. Over the years, I’ve seen all kinds of things. After doing this long enough, I realized that ghosts aren’t scary. What’s truly frightening are the things people can’t get past in their hearts. All I do is help them say what needs to be said and settle their debts once and for all. People call me a Celestial Master of the Taoist sect, but I’m really just an ordin 4.5kReads—Score304Shelves

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    This novel is pretty good, and quite scary.

17. 117 怪 The Paranormal Investigation Bureau Needs Talents Like Me 怪谈调查科需要我这样的人才 Hope You Enjoy Reading希望看的开心Mystery221k WordsOngoing [Handcrafted from scratch!]+ [Vengeful Ghosts Return]+ [Supernatural Escape]+ [Killing Patterns]+ [Rule Horror]+ [Mystery and Twists]+ [There’s a Romance, but It’s Not the Focus] [Please Give Me a Chance to Tell a Ghost Story] Doppelgängers, dismemberment cases, vengeful ghosts, whatever you do, don’t look back, a deadly exam, zoo horror stories… The world is being invaded by the supernatural, and ordinary humans can no longer survive. Lu Ming, a rookie at the Paranormal Investigation Bureau, di 94Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 118 十 Ten Blood Letters 十次血字 Youth of the Azure Abyss苍渊少年Mystery967k WordsOngoing Heavy on deduction, lightly terrifying, with a touch of humor In a corner of an ordinary residential complex stands a strange apartment building visible only to those it chooses. Those chosen by the building can never escape. They can only endure its endless stream of eerie, blood-written instructions. Evil spirits don't reason, and deadly traps lurk everywhere. The only hope of survival is to find the one path to safety that has been concealed. Blood-written instruction: From 00:00 on May 5, 20 9.5kReads6.9Score951Shelves
19. 119 开 From the Start, I Command the Night Watch Ghost 开局驾驭打更鬼 Ansheng Fairy Tales安生童话Mystery544k WordsOngoing The protagonist is cautious and doesn't act recklessly. This story focuses on evil ghosts. The blurb isn't doing it justice; there's a detailed introduction in the book-search forum. He uses other people to test the ghosts' abilities, so don't read if that's not for you. An Eerie Revival setting with a Wasteland world, an original Tomato novel, not fanfiction. [Eerie Revival] [Wasteland] [Everyone Is a Villain] Over a hundred ghosts, all emotionless, unpredictable killing machines! Bone-Melting 1.8kReads—Score166Shelves
20. 120 诡 Eerie Descent: What Do You Mean, You're the Modern-Day Zhong Kui? 诡异降临：什么叫你是当代钟馗？ Black Hand, White Hand黑手白手Mystery205k WordsCompleted [Mild Horror] + [Supernatural] + [Secret Lore] + [Xuanhuan] In the year of Jia Shen, the gods vanished from sight, and the Three Realms entered an age without gods. Now, reincarnation has ground to a halt. The strange has returned, ghosts are running rampant, and demons and monsters wreak havoc. Lucky enough to gain the favor of the True Lord Zhong Kui and the Saintly Lord Wuchang, recent university graduate Zheng Kui inherits two supreme legacies and, through a twist of fate, embarks on the pat 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This new book is truly a ghost story, incredibly captivating. The atmosphere really kicks in from the second arc.

21. 121 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
22. 122 诡 The Haunted Coffin 诡棺 Heir of Mount Longhu龙虎山传人Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted When the coffin opens, the living are doomed to grief! My sister-in-law hanged herself, but no one could take her body down from the white cloth... As it turned out, I had been burdened with a mission from the very beginning, one that would push me down a strange and sinister path! 729Reads—Score101Shelves
23. 123 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
24. 124 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 51.9kReads9.2Score6.2kShelves
25. 125 民 True Tales of Strange Folk Stories 民间诡故事实录 Rain Falls, Charming City雨落很倾城Mystery219k WordsOngoing Vulgar customs, horror, vengeful spirits, the uncanny Don't walk outside after dark. If someone calls to you in the middle of the night, never turn around. Don't comb your hair in front of a mirror at midnight. Never break the rules... or no one will be able to save you. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 126 凶 The Vengeful Spirit Notebook 凶灵笔记 Nanmu楠木Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted I've slept in a coffin since I was little. It wasn't until the woman in red appeared that I learned the truth. I was born on Ghost Festival. I don't want to die. 1.3kReads8.7Score223Shelves
27. 127 牛 The Working Stiff's Cultivation Chronicles 牛马修仙录 Mi Duxiu觅独秀Urban782k WordsOngoing A nationwide online game turns out to be a path to immortality! Paralyzed from the waist down, he is forced to embark on the path to becoming an immortal! By day, Shi Jin is a food delivery guy, ground down by the hardships of life! By night, Shi Jin is a Great Golden Immortal, and all the gods from every direction had better keep their distance! This book has a bit of everything: spoofing Investiture of the Gods and Journey to the West, and wreaking havoc in the Celestial Court and the Primordi 23.6kReads8.9Score1.9kShelves

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    If you don't laugh after reading three chapters, I'll jump off the eighth floor!

28. 128 超 Super Scary Livestream 超级惊悚直播 Yuwen Chang Gong宇文长弓Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted "Welcome, everyone, to the Supernatural Scary Live Stream. Before we start today's broadcast, I have to tell you that only three kinds of people can watch this stream: those with a heavy aura of yin energy, those who will die within seven days, and the third kind, which I can't discuss in detail. I can only give you one warning: watch your back!" 25.3kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves
29. 129 跟 Learning Feng Shui from Third Grandpa 跟着三爷爷学风水 Ding Xingxing521丁星星521Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Born into a family of Feng Shui practitioners, I became someone who defies fate the moment I entered the world of Yin-Yang Feng Shui. As one strange event after another unfolded, I learned to recognize fortune and misfortune, ward off disaster, and handle everything with ease. To all the brothers, sisters, uncles, and aunties passing by, please leave a book review here! Remember to comment, too! Thank you! If you like learning, remember to bring your brain along. There’s plenty of useful informa 34.8kReads8.8Score3.1kShelves

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    This one is good, the next one will be even better.

30. 130 阴 Yin-Yang Eye Realtor: Selling Haunted Houses in Chongqing 阴阳眼中介：我在重庆卖凶宅 Listening to the Wind in the Wilds山野聆风Mystery632k WordsCompleted A novel inspired by local Chongqing legends and historical anecdotes. This story is entirely fictional. As a child, the protagonist gained the ability to see yin and yang from a Qing dynasty skeleton. His family’s ancestral ledger is filled with secrets of old Chongqing. The folklore is meticulously researched, with traceable details ranging from place names and historical anecdotes to traditional remedies and feng shui formations. Each haunted house seems like a self-contained case, but in trut 194Reads8.3Score—Shelves
31. 131 惊 Horrifying! The Eighth One 惊悚！第八个 Listening to the Wind in the Wilds山野聆风6k WordsCompleted Horrifying! The Eighth One 40Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 132 他 He Was Eating Noodles at a Roadside Restaurant, When He Found a Human Eyeball in His Bowl! 他在路边餐馆吃面，竟然吃出了人眼珠子！ Listening to the Wind in the Wilds山野聆风12k WordsCompleted He was eating noodles at a roadside restaurant when he found a human eyeball in his bowl! 38Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 133 诡 The Haunted House 2 诡舍2 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery399k WordsOngoing The eternal night has come, and absurdity runs rampant. A thick pollution blankets the sky, while pitch-black eyes look down upon the world. Carrying a flame, we press slowly onward. Humanity's sun will be kindled by human hands. 317.9kReads8.8Score35.3kShelves
34. 134 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 102.6kReads9.5Score9.7kShelves
35. 135 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
36. 136 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
37. 137 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 148.7kReads9.7Score13.6kShelves
38. 138 铃 The Bell Pavilion 铃铛阁 Zi Fan Hang Nan梓帆航楠Urban249k WordsCompleted An operation unexpectedly opened my yin-yang eyes. The string of uncanny encounters that followed completely overturned everything I thought I knew. The Four Yin Marshals of the Underworld, Zhong Kui, and the Ten Yama Kings all made their appearances. In the end, I uncovered the mystery of my own origins. I never imagined that in my previous life, I had been... 61Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is an original work by me; I'd like to recommend it.

39. 139 老 Old Lu's Lone Edge 老箓孤锋 Zi Fan Hang Nan梓帆航楠Mystery273k WordsOngoing The family has fallen into ruin, and its legacy lies in disgrace. As a descendant of Celestial Master Xu Xun, Xu Xuan has spent half his life in grief and partings. His father and elder brother died, his relatives and friends passed away, and the world mocked him as dull-witted and unworthy of carrying on the family tradition. Yet no one knows that an ancient power lies sealed in his blood. When the enemy of old comes to his door in the twilight of life, kneeling to beg forgiveness, is it genu 7Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 140 阴 Ghost Catcher of the Underworld 阴司鬼差 Mu Nan沐南Mystery2.8M WordsCompleted The ninety-nine ghost officials appointed by Qin Shi Huang have passed their positions down through the generations. Somehow, this generation’s post has come down to me. This isn’t myth or legend. It’s all real, and it’s happening right now... 646Reads6.2Score—Shelves
41. 141 祖 The Paper Effigy Shop: The Figures I Make Can Catch Ghosts 祖传纸扎铺：我扎的纸人会抓鬼 Breaking Through the Waves風破浪Mystery167k WordsCompleted There were no ghosts in the world to begin with. The more people believe in them, the more real they become! In truth, human hearts are a hundred times more sinister than evil ghosts. Every ghost was driven into being by people. My family’s paper effigy shop is so poor it’s about to close. My ancestors passed down three ironclad rules: never make an effigy in the likeness of a living person, never make one in the likeness of the dead, and never make one of anyone named by a customer. To make end 231Reads—Score124Shelves

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    Completed. Ghost hunting, zombie fighting, crime solving, suspense. Highly recommended.

42. 142 东 Tales of Strange Creatures in a Northeastern Mountain Village 东北山村野怪谈 Hong Jiu洪氿Mystery142k WordsCompleted Deep in the mountains of the Northeast, evil lurks in the old forests, and strange things abound in deserted villages. The elders say, “Every mountain has a mountain god, every forest a forest spirit. You can’t fight them, and you can’t escape them.” One eerie Northeast folk tale after another, one terrifying night in the mountain villages after another. It all begins with a heavy snowfall. 2.6kReads—Score107Shelves

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    Here it comes, here it comes!

43. 143 白 You Won’t Find This During the Day: One Ghost Story Every Day 白天刷不到：每天一个诡故事 Hong Jiu洪氿Mystery590k WordsCompleted I’m a horror writer who publishes online. I have no fame and no income, so I can only grab people’s attention by writing the most sinister, unsettling, and realistic stories. To make them feel “real,” I’m used to grounding my characters in details from the real world: real streets, real neighborhoods, real outfits, and real little gestures. I always thought a novel was just a novel. That is, until the serial killer I wrote stepped out of my story and found me in the real world. 897Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 144 天 Heaven's Secrets Forbidden: A Metaphysics Master's Art of Feng Shui and Yin-Yang 天机禁忌：玄门风水相师镇阴阳 Yun Zewu云泽梧Mystery165k WordsOngoing Xu Daoyi was born with a pure Yang constitution, a once-in-a-century rarity. The Yang energy within him was so strong it could burn vengeful ghosts to ash. But this gift was also a death sentence. His master told him that unless he found a woman with a pure Yin birth chart before the Summer Solstice and united their Yin and Yang, he would explode and die seven days later. The seven-day deadline drew closer, and the Yang energy in his body surged higher every day. Xu Daoyi had saved countless liv 110Reads—Score155Shelves

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    Xu Daoyi possesses a pure Yang destiny, a rare occurrence even in a century, his internal Yang energy so abundant it can incinerate even vengeful ghosts. However, this talent is also a death knell—if he cannot find a woman with a purely Yin destiny before the summer solstice to unite with him, he will explode and die seven days later. The seven-day deadline is fast approaching, and the Yang energy within his body surges daily. Xu Daoyi has saved countless lives, yet he cannot save himself. And the "master" who tore off his human skin mask before the Xuanbing coffin is waiting for the moment he explodes and dies… Fate is a shackle, yet Xu Daoyi chooses to defy destiny…

45. 145 镇 Bureau of Exorcism, Case File Zero: Shadows of the Mountains and Seas 镇邪司零号档案：山海谍影 Sea Salt Velvet海盐丝绒Mystery470k WordsOngoing The passerby you brush shoulders with on the street, the café worker who smiles at you: can you be sure they're all human? Deep in neon-lit nightclubs lies a hunting ground for half-demons. Deafening music covers the sound of them draining people's vital energy. Lost in pleasure, patrons slowly have the life sucked out of them, and by the time they notice, they're already completely spent. A Gu master with wicked intentions lurks in the corners of the city, secretly gathering living people and u 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Various demons and monsters, with a strong sense of national pride, no romantic pairing.

46. 146 被 After My Fate Was Switched, I Played a Winning Hand 被换命之后，我打了一把王炸 Sea Salt Velvet海盐丝绒Modern Romance26k WordsCompleted After My Lifespan Was Stolen, I Played a Trump Card 1Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 147 六 Case Files of Bureau Six: The Ancient Shaman 六处事件档案之上古神巫 Sea Salt Velvet海盐丝绒Modern Romance180k WordsCompleted Overnight, her father was branded a traitor, and her mother vanished without a trace. The innocent and carefree Wei Yingshuang was forced to grow up in an instant. From then on, she bore the burden of searching for her parents while moonlighting as a full-time bodyguard for her childhood friend, who was born with a knack for attracting spirits. For most people, running into an evil spirit is a rare occurrence. For this one, it's an everyday affair. She can encounter one on a night walk, while br 1Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 148 我 I'm the Only Living Person in This Apartment Building 我住的这栋公寓，只有我是活人 Black Armor Warrior黑甲武士9k WordsCompleted I'm the only living person in the apartment building where I live. 4.3kReads—Score—Shelves

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    These two books are really masterpieces of horror novels! Whether it's the plot, setting, or writing, it's all top-notch and can definitely be adapted into a movie!

49. 149 水 Thirty Meters Underwater, a Bride-Clad Corpse Opened Her Eyes 水下30米，一具女尸穿着嫁衣，睁开了眼 Black Armor Warrior黑甲武士6k WordsCompleted Thirty meters underwater, a female corpse in a wedding dress opens her eyes. 3.6kReads—Score—Shelves
50. 150 纸 Tales of a Paper Effigy Maker 纸人扎匠诡事录 Black Armor Warrior黑甲武士7k WordsCompleted Tales of the Paper Effigy Artisan's Strange Cases 5.7kReads—Score151Shelves

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