Recommendations for Supernatural Horror Novels Featuring Vengeful Spirits, Evil Ghosts, and Zombies 推荐一本厉鬼恶鬼僵尸厉鬼恶鬼灵异恐怖小说！！

1. 1 豫 Strange Tales from Western Henan 豫西诡事 X Half-ImmortalX半仙Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted You may think I’m telling a story, but these are things I’ve experienced firsthand over the past ten-odd years. You don’t have to believe me, but are you sure everyone you’ve met was human? Science can’t explain everything… 28.7kReads8.4Score3.6kShelves

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   The novel written by the real Taoist priest features everyday scenes of catching spirits, and it's so realistic it's worth reading.

2. 2 穿 I Transmigrated into the World of the Taoist Priest of Zombie 穿越僵尸道长世界 Lychee Congee LZ荔枝粥LZMystery228k WordsOngoing I, Li Zhizhou, transmigrated and became a junior disciple under Uncle Jiu. After awakening the Daoist Cultivation System, I carried all of Maoshan to greatness. Grand Martial Uncle Shi Jian, Martial Uncle Qianhe, and Martial Uncle Simu look at me as if they're about to steal me away as their disciple! Complete all kinds of missions, and you can learn supreme Daoist arts. There are also divine-grade pills, top-tier magic artifacts, and the finest talismans. And so, I became the most gifted discip 1.3kReads—Score110Shelves

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   This is a super enjoyable fantasy novel! If you like horror, suspense, ghosts, zombies, and magical battles, and if you like Uncle Nine, Shi Jian, Simu, and Qianhe, you can read it without hesitation. The pacing is tight, and the brotherhood between the male lead and Qiu Sheng and Jia Le is also very heartwarming. I'm a little afraid to read it alone at night. [Admiring]

3. 3 鬼 A Ghost Knocks at the Door 鬼敲门 Stir-Fried Sweet Potato and Cabbage红薯炒白菜Mystery290k WordsOngoing A child born of a ghost, a fox worshipping the moon, a hundred ghosts roaming at night, ghost soldiers taking the road. I was born under the sign of ten calamities, and the Ghost Knocking Calamity came right to my door! To stay alive, I made a pact with a ghost when I was ten, setting out on a road of no return... 6.2kReads6.4Score239Shelves

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   Jiu Jie, a young boy from Mang Village, retrieves an ancient spirit tablet from the river, stumbling upon a century-old feud between vengeful spirits. Ghosts knock incessantly at his door, and a hundred ghosts descend upon the village at night, completely exposing his identity as a child of ghosts. Countless demons, both righteous and evil cultivators, covet his body. He must evade the vengeful spirits while simultaneously uncovering the mystery of his origins, forging a life-saving pact with the thousand-year-old ghost queen, the Crimson Ghost Woman.

4. 4 驭 Commanding Ghosts to Save the World: I Face Ten Thousand Calamities in the Mortal Realm 驭诡救世：我于人间抗万劫 Autumn Night秋之夜Mystery210k WordsOngoing This world is completely absurd At some point, evil spirits began appearing without warning, and one supernatural incident after another followed. Ordinary people could only hide in terror, while spirit wielders were the only ones capable of standing up to ghosts. Lin Jie only wanted to find a job and pay his rent, but through a twist of fate, he was drawn into a series of events that seemed destined to happen. There are no born heroes, and no fated burdens to bear. Since a ghost has already po 519Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Try this one! A fast-paced urban supernatural ghost-taming novel. The male protagonist was originally a low-income worker who couldn't even afford rent. Due to a fateful "accident," he was able to control shadow spirits and, together with his father, solve the hidden dangers left over from the past, gradually embarking on the path of a ghost tamer. There's only one female lead; she's already appeared. The male lead is intelligent and capable. If you like this kind of story, hurry up and read it!

5. 5 东 Northeastern China's Forbidden Secrets 东北禁忌手札 Jun Lan君阑Mystery122k WordsCompleted [Extreme horror + a folk-horror story set in the countryside] In a remote mountain village, deep within the forest, countless taboos remain unknown to outsiders. The people here follow ancient rules of life and death: pregnant women must never encounter a coffin, and anyone who dies of old age at a hundred years old is destined to become an evil spirit. But in a single day, the old Yu family breaks both taboos, drawing every kind of demon and ghost to their door! At midnight, someone hears the s 912Reads8.8Score108Shelves

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   🔥This is terrifying!😭 I was so scared I couldn't go to the bathroom at night! Anyone understand?! I wish I had watched it during the day!😭😭

6. 6 午 The Midnight Ghost Market: Living People Keep Out 午夜鬼市，活人回避 The Drinking Monk吃酒和尚Mystery592k WordsCompleted [Mystery + supernatural + ghost market + narrow escape from death] My name is Tang Chao. I’m a broke young man scraping by in the antiques business, with hundreds of thousands in debt hanging over me. An ordinary porcelain-buying deal led me to pick up a strange Jun ware bowl at an unexpectedly low price. I thought I’d found a bargain. Little did I know, it was the beginning of my nightmare... On a bus, I met a burly man calling himself Jue Mingzi, who warned me that “a calamity is sure to befal 3.5kReads9.1Score217Shelves

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   These novels take horror to the extreme. While reading them, I felt breathless and chilled to the bone, as if I were being possessed by an evil spirit—a truly terrifying feeling that made me afraid to even go to the bathroom. Anyone who reads them knows how terrifying they are.

7. 7 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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   This is absolutely amazing! It's an incredible novel that could totally be adapted into a movie. It's a true masterpiece, no exaggeration, it's just so good! A pinnacle of excellence!

8. 8 活 Living Sacrifice 活人祭祀 Black Armor Warrior黑甲武士9k WordsCompleted Living Sacrifice 1.8kReads—Score—Shelves
9. 9 我 My Years as a Ghost Constable 我当鬼差的那些经历 Black Armor Warrior黑甲武士7k WordsCompleted My Experiences as a Ghost Constable 547Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 10 守 The Yin Guardian: The Mysterious Divine Coffin Hidden Beneath the Mountain 守阴人：藏在山底的神秘天棺 Still Sleepy睡不醒觉觉Mystery134k WordsOngoing After I encountered the Ghost Granny, my dad died. Later, I found my older brother, and then my grandpa died too. Somehow, I became the last Guardian of the Yin. Later, I discovered that it wasn't the Ghost Granny behind it all, but another conspiracy hidden from view. [Entirely written by hand, no AI writing!] 225Reads—Score—Shelves

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    *The Guardian of the Underworld: The Mysterious Celestial Coffin Hidden at the Foot of the Mountain* I am the last Guardian of the Underworld. A thousand-year-old celestial coffin lies hidden deep in a mountain cave, where deadly danger lurks beneath the dark currents. Torches illuminate figures without shadows, while man-eating monsters lurk in the underground river. Foreigners travel thousands of miles to the mountains to steal the secret treasure, and a woman in red is caught in a trap.

11. 11 巫 The Witch Seeks the Veins and Calms the Soul 巫师寻脉镇魂 Leisurely Guest闲客人Mystery154k WordsOngoing A man in a red robe isn't necessarily a groom. He might be a shaman, known as a Duangong. The protagonist, Liu Chunqiu, is the youngest shaman in southwestern Hubei. Other people wear red to marry. He wears red to drive out ghosts. Other people pray to Buddha and beseech the gods. He invites the gods to possess him. His master asks him to find and recover the lost lineage of shamanic arts. From then on, the protagonist performs Duangong rites day and night to heal the sick and ward off evil, and 110Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A vengeful ghost, a horror novel.

12. 12 僵 The Jiang Family's Haunted House and Corpse Marriage Pact 僵家尸宅冥尸婚契 Floating0Life浮0生Mystery329k WordsOngoing Jiang Si, who was there to watch the show, nearly gets crushed to death. On the brink of life and death, he is sucked into the core of the Nine Dragons Feng Shui Formation and accidentally gains a pair of all-seeing eyes... Before he can even celebrate, a drought demon sets its sights on him... Luckily, at the crucial moment, he is summoned to a bizarre world by an ancient zombie patriarch who has lived for a thousand years... After being welcomed back into the family, he hears, "What! You want 7.5kReads8.3Score908Shelves

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    Zombie wives... Or rather, two of them...

13. 13 替 Living for the Dead: I Devour the Bizarre in the Human World 替死者而活：我在人间吞噬诡异 Wind Who Loves Reading爱看书的風Mystery243k WordsOngoing [This novel is a serious supernatural mystery] Qi Guang died, and I took his place. An inhuman being, surviving in a borrowed body, without warmth or an understanding of humanity. I can devour every supernatural entity. I carry all of his memories, imitate his life, and learn to understand warmth, the bustle of everyday life, and the bonds between people. The human world meant nothing to me, until I met Mu Chen and gained a family I wanted to protect, along with an ordinary daily life. But the 301Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a really good book recommendation [free of charge] for those who enjoy pure supernatural dramas and the destined bond between two male leads. The title is "Living in Place of the Dead: I Devour the Strange in the Human World". [Warnings]: This is not a traditional fast-paced, light novel, nor is it a rule-based supernatural mystery. There is no female lead or harem. It's a slow-burn, serious drama focusing on how an outcast learns to be human and maintains his daily life, with a very strong atmosphere. [Highlights]: The protagonist is an outcast who has been reincarnated and can devour strange beings; his childhood friend is a psychic support, and the two are a perfect match. It's currently almost 200,000 words long, and the plot is getting intense! The protagonist just awakened his spatial ability in the Grand Theater instance, and his nemesis, the villain, lost an arm to survive! Due to platform tag mismatch, there wasn't much traffic in the early stages, so I'm asking readers who genuinely like this genre to give it a try. If you find the first few chapters slow, please be patient and read a few more; you definitely won't be disappointed.

14. 14 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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    If we're talking about terrifying and thrilling, this has to be it.

15. 15 雪 Life-and-Death Gambit in the Snowlands 雪域生死局 Trusted Washlet心腹大浣Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing [Chinese Folk Horror + Gods and Ghosts + Folk Legends + Secret-Realm Exploration + Mystery and Deduction + Strong Allies] At an antique fair in Lhasa, I stumbled upon an ancient Tibetan stone tablet. Curious about its contents, I accepted an invitation to join a merchant named Lao Gun and the team he had assembled to search for goods. Together, we ventured deep into the barren mountains of northern Tibet to investigate an ancient temple. I never expected the old temple to conceal such mysteries. 8kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves

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    [Thumbs up][Thumbs up] Highly recommend this pure folklore, suspense, and supernatural adventure masterpiece! It's packed with Chinese horror, and the mysterious folklore and metaphysics are incredibly captivating! No romance, just pure thrills and excitement! You'll be hooked from the start, and will stay up all night to finish it!!

16. 16 失 Insomniacs' Forbidden Tales: 444 Midnight Ghost Stories 失眠者禁忌：444个午夜鬼谈 Jun Nanchao峻难超Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted A horror anthology with a bonus at the end of every story. I have 444 folk ghost stories guaranteed to keep you awake until midnight, terrify you, make you break out in a cold sweat, and pull the covers over your head! At the end of every chapter, the “Author’s Note” will include an illustration or bonus! But before you open it, brace yourself. The author accepts no responsibility for what happens next! [Supernatural Horror] [Folk Horror] [Rural Ghost Stories] [True Cases] [Urban Oddities] [L 4.2kReads—Score366Shelves

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    Some say that the 444 stories in this book are actually one story. Each story is the encounter of a certain protagonist in different parallel universes, and that protagonist... Is you. If you're looking for a book that will challenge your understanding, you must read to the end!

17. 17 夜 Ghostly Whispers at Midnight 夜半鬼语 Millennium-Old Monster千年老妖Mystery87k WordsCompleted [Rural + Supernatural + Ghost Stories] Back when my grandfather was young, he learned carpentry. As Old Zhao put it, a sixth-grade carpenter these days was worth half a scholar. But things were different back then. Carpenters belonged to one of the lowest trades. They had to carry their tools around every day, get up before dawn and stay out until the middle of the night, traveling from village to village to find work. And because they went so many places, and made coffins and dealt with the dea 5kReads9.0Score204Shelves
18. 18 八 Eight Hundred Warriors! From Ancient Battles to Horror Crossover Worlds! 八百子弟！从古代砍到综恐！ Northwest Mao Jin Dao西北卯金刀Mystery101k WordsOngoing [System] + [Lucky Draws] + [Myriad Worlds] + [Armies] + [Conquest of All Worlds] + [Horror Crossover] Qing Yang transmigrates into an alternate ancient dynasty as its thirteen-year-old crown prince and obtains the Myriad Worlds Lucky Draw System! Within the palace, the old emperor is bedridden and eunuchs hold unchecked power, with the chief eunuch Wei Jinzhong controlling the court. Beyond the palace, regions are divided among warlords. The bad news: not long after he transmigrates, the old emp 101Reads—Score104Shelves

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    Don't worry, I've already read the latest chapter.

19. 19 噩 The Sound of Nightmares: 60 Horror Stories That Wake You from Your Dreams 噩梦之声：60个做梦吓醒的恐怖故事 Xiao Youqian萧有钱Mystery174k WordsCompleted [Standalone Ghost Stories + Supernatural Horror + Not for the Faint of Heart + Rural Tales] When night falls, terrifying ghostly figures emerge. Step into all kinds of bizarre and unbelievable tales, and spend your nights screaming! Haunted houses, ghostly shadows outside the window, a deadly lipstick, someone beneath the mattress, an umbrella that hunts people... Every corner conceals inexplicable phenomena and secrets that will fill you with dread! Every page will make your hair stand on end, 2.1kReads8.9Score176Shelves
20. 20 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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    It's my fault for not having a strong heart. [Petrified][Petrified][Petrified]

21. 21 捉 Ghost Hunting: My Baton Is Made of Thunderstruck Wood! 捉鬼：我的警棍可是雷击木做的！ Let's Just Get By for Now先混着吧Mystery621k WordsOngoing The protagonist, Chen Mo, starts out as an ordinary criminal police officer. After stumbling upon a supernatural incident, he is recruited by the Special Security Department to join its Seventh Squad, which specializes in handling paranormal cases. The Seventh Squad is a unit stationed in the field that deals with supernatural criminal cases. Hidden within the police station, its members work with beings the public knows nothing about. 234Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A hesitant, indecisive, and simp; a repressed, gossipy man who only knows how to train; a lively, energetic, and henpecked husband; a nerdy, bespectacled anime-obsessed otaku still entangled with his ex-girlfriend; and a cold, expressionless, lifelong single female forensic doctor with a necrophilia.

22. 22 怪 Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间！ Stone Giant Monster石头巨怪Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Welcome to the Rules of the Strange. This is a battle of blood and fire, a test of wit and courage. The power of words cannot be resisted, and the eerie rules must not be broken. In a seemingly hopeless situation, find the one correct answer, break free of your constraints, and search for a way to survive. 173.8kReads9.7Score17.7kShelves

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    How about trying this one? It's absolutely divine! The more you read, the more exciting it gets! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai (another world) novel to my family—a truly amazing read. The plot is thrilling, the logic is impeccable, and the aesthetics are superb. It's definitely the most worthwhile novel to read this year.

23. 23 九 Uncle Nine: Become a Disciple of Shi Jian and Sweep Away All Evil with Thunder Arts 九叔：拜师石坚，以雷法荡平诸邪 Construction Site Laborer中建打灰人Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing [No female lead + Shi Jian's eldest disciple] (So far, the novel has covered A Big Age of Zombies, Mr. Vampire, Mr. Vampire II, New Mr. Vampire, Exorcist Master, and Magic Cop. The pace picks up later, with plots from The Demon's Baby, Spiritual Trinity, and The Eighth Hunted, plus all kinds of original ghosts and monsters.) He transmigrates to the Republican era. A classic from-the-start setup: his entire family is slaughtered by an evil cultivator and a vengeful ghost! At the critical moment, 5.7kReads6.8Score436Shelves
24. 24 九 Uncle Nine: I Am Shi Shaojian, with Max-Level Thunder Arts from the Start 九叔：我石少坚，开局满级雷法 Yue Xiangyang越向阳Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a zombie world, he actually became Shi Shaojian, son of the great villain Shi Jian, the Lightning Spell King from “Mr. Vampire”! Luckily, he awakened a Divine-Level Theft System. He could steal talents, physiques, techniques, and more. I'll take that! “Congratulations, Host. You successfully stole from Shi Jian and obtained: Innate Thunder Body, max-level Lightning Fist...” “Congratulations, Host. You successfully stole from Uncle Jiu and obtained: mastery of the Taoist 9.7kReads6.7Score740Shelves
25. 25 诸 The Myriad Worlds: My Father Is Shi Jian, and I Overwhelm Uncle Nine 诸天万界：家父石坚，威压九叔 I'm Great at Making Instant Noodles我煮泡面有一手Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted Uncle Jiu, Shi Jian, Shi Shaojian, Taoists, cultivation, System, the Myriad Heavens! Shi Jian: “My son Shaojian has the makings of a Great Emperor!” I’m Shi Shaojian, son of Shi Jian, the Thunderclap Lord. My father Shi Jian commands thunder and lightning with a wave of his hand, and his power shakes the world. I’m the orthodox Maoshan heir and the senior brother of the new generation. My father is Maoshan’s acting sect leader. Even Uncle Jiu has to call him senior brother. I’ve obtained the Myr 11.1kReads8.6Score897Shelves
26. 26 我 My Mother Is Nüba 我的妈妈是女魃 Low Cross下底传中Urban423k WordsCompleted I have a cheap mom. She’s gentle and kind, beautiful and generous, and always eager to help. P.S. She squeezed my neck and forced me to write those compliments~ She comes from a mysterious and noble background, and she’s long since grown tired of fighting. Unfortunately, the world is full of petty villains, so she has no choice but to send me, her cheap son, out to shield her from the wind and rain and work like an ox~ Life may be hard, but there’s plenty of fun, too. After all, some female ghos 971Reads—Score102Shelves
27. 27 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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    Come on, let's see!

28. 28 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
29. 29 恐 Horrifying Hauntings: Ghost Stories 恐怖灵异诡：鬼故事 Hong Jiu洪氿Mystery426k WordsCompleted Do you really think stories are just stories? In fact, behind every story lies a real event! In this book, I wrote a story about the last bus on Route 24. To experience what it would really feel like, I set myself a goal: for seven days straight, I'd ride the last Route 24 bus from its starting point to its final stop, then ride it all the way back. And that's where the story begins...! 337Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 30 恐 Horror's Edge: 100 Absolutely Terrifying Ghost Stories 恐怖边界：100个绝对惊悚的鬼谈 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery432k WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Feng Shui and Mysticism + Mild Frights + Shocking Twists] Horror tales beyond anything you could imagine. Each story is like a dark door swinging open, drawing you into moments that will make your skin crawl. Listen. A faint whisper, an indescribable shadow creeping closer. Danger by the river, terror in the cemetery, ghost babies in the maternity ward, evil headhunting magic, apparitions at the hot springs, a bloodstained umbrella... On 2.5kReads8.9Score192Shelves

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    It was terrifying beyond belief; I was too scared to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. I wish I had watched it during the day.

31. 31 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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    After watching it, I had nightmares for a week straight, with a dog chasing me.

32. 32 工 The Best Feng Shui Master on the Construction Site 工地最强建筑风水师 Good Fortune Comes to the Good吉人自有天祥Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing [If this caught your eye, it must be fate. Don't scroll away just yet.] This novel (campus opening + wild imagination + an expansive world) combines feng shui and the supernatural (using feng shui to weave the plot together), fantasy, magic, science fiction, parallel worlds, and time travel to the past. The pace picks up dramatically after Chapter 30, and the story strongly promotes traditional Chinese culture. Also known as From the Start with a Treasure Gourd to Help Me Destroy Demons Also kno 2.2kReads8.3Score265Shelves

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    I recommend a thrilling campus-themed novel, a feng shui and supernatural story called "The Strongest Feng Shui Master on the Construction Site." It combines elements of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, feng shui battles, historical time travel, reincarnation, fantasy, science fiction, feng shui and supernatural phenomena, Lu Ban's techniques, Mohist mechanical arts, Gu poison, and corpse-driving. Written from the perspective of architecture students and building engineers, it explores feng shui and supernatural events. It's currently being serialized on Tomato Novels website.

33. 33 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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    It's really good!

34. 34 东 Strange Tales of Northeast China 东北诡异实录 Asking the Cold Wind in a Light Rain微雨问冷风Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The comic adaptation of the same name is now available, also known as Mountain Spirit Lost. The comic Northeast Strange Tales is currently being serialized. Across the vast, boundless black earth of Northeast China, one strange and little-known story after another has unfolded. Now, I’ll tell you these long-buried tales of the supernatural, one by one! 32kReads9.4Score3.3kShelves

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    Very scary, hehe, I like it!

35. 35 我 I Don’t Hunt Ghosts, I Save People 我不捉鬼，我只渡人 Tomato-Fried Duck Egg0番茄炒鸭蛋0Mystery766k WordsOngoing [Mostly Slice of Life] [No System] [Feng Shui and Face Reading] [Saving People and Ghosts] [Episodic] [Character Growth] [Not a Mindless Power Fantasy] Ghosts aren’t scary. The human heart is. This is a world with ghosts, but the coldest place isn’t the underworld. It’s the hearts of people in the living world. The male lead walks between the realms of the living and the dead, making his living through feng shui and face reading, guided by his conscience: killing the ghosts that deserve to die, 1kReads8.0Score140Shelves
36. 36 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

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    [Smiling face][Smiling face][Smiling face][Smiling face][Smiling face]

37. 37 百 March of a Hundred Ghosts: I Take the Hungry Ghosts to War 百诡行军：我带饿鬼上战场 Bai Suzhen白素针儿Mystery308k WordsCompleted [Comedy] [Adventure] Bilige was a half-baked shaman who had somehow ended up in the army. His companions included a Shaanbei fat man who'd eaten himself up to two hundred jin during a famine, a long-legged Northeastern squad leader who would grab a cleaver at the slightest provocation, and a Sichuan opera actor who never told the truth. Together with Wang Laihe, a hotheaded young man who couldn't read a single character, and a little hungry ghost who did nothing but bare its teeth and shout “Hun 163Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Very good, each episode features a different ghost.

38. 38 8 Me, in 1982 82年的我 Golden Pixiuoo金貔貅ooMystery4.4M WordsOngoing Could you see ghosts when you were little? I could! In the early 1980s, a country girl born in rural Beijing encounters all kinds of strange and wondrous things. There are everyday family squabbles, romance, absurd and eerie happenings, and an imaginative coming-of-age story. ❤️ A good book is like tea: it should be savored slowly. The title went awry and can't be changed, so it is what it is. The good thing is, readers finish this book at a remarkably high rate. It's one of those books you won' 21.5kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
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    Good articles about Taoist priests, monks, and other extraordinary people exorcising ghosts and killing zombies.

40. 40 云 The Cloud City Compendium of Strange Occurrences 云都怪事图鉴 The One in the Sect Is Liang, Not Wen门中是良不是文Urban514k WordsOngoing A 72nd-generation Maoshan successor? Yeah, right. I run an online shop selling exorcism services, and I can barely afford the rent each month. Before my master died, he warned me: “If you ever see a zombie dressed in red, run!” Then my very first customer had a man in a red burial robe squatting in their house. He was so handsome I thought he was some top-tier star shooting a film. He grinned at me, his canine teeth gleaming. “Relax. Your senior brother here just died in a fashionable way.” 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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41. 41 巫 Wizard Lord: Turns Out My Golden Finger Is Women 巫师领主原来我的金手指是女人 Floating0Life浮0生Eastern Fantasy963k WordsCompleted A young man from Earth is sent by a cement truck, commonly known as a mudhead truck, to the mysterious world of wizards Luo Lin has terrible talent. He doesn’t advance to the rank of a first-level wizard until his hair has turned white, and he hasn’t even had a chance to enjoy his increased lifespan when the wizarding world is destroyed. Luo Lin begins another journey of transmigration, struggling to survive in the terrifying, otherworldly world of the high-dimensional Abyss. One day, by pure ch 14kReads8.4Score1.2kShelves
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44. 44 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
45. 45 一 Painting Yin and Yang with a Single Stroke 一笔绘阴阳 The Waves Are a Whale's Tears海浪是鲸鱼的眼泪Mystery661k WordsOngoing As I gazed down the shadowy corridor and across the empty hall, the strange order of light and darkness stirred a fear of the unknown deep inside me. The elders always said, “The ancestral hall is home to spirits that have yet to depart.” “Don’t step on the threshold, don’t touch the ancestral tablets, and don’t whistle in the ancestral hall.” “The names on the tablets weren’t carved there. They moved in.” When the wind blew past the row of wooden windows, the latticework let out a mournful wail 211Reads—Score101Shelves

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    A purely supernatural novel based on a true story. A coming-of-age story—thrilling, terrifying, and suffocating…

46. 46 乡 Tales of Strange Happenings in the Countryside 乡村诡事录 Zhang Xiaohe张小河Mystery156k WordsCompleted The strange happenings in a mountain village. I was born and raised in the countryside. Deep in the mountains, there are always ghosts and spirits, and my village was no exception. Heaven, earth, black, yellow, the cosmos vast: demons and ghosts send shivers down your spine. One year, the start of spring fell on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. That year, so many strange things happened. Just bringing them up is enough to scare people. Meeting the Black and White Impermanence on a night wa 1.9kReads9.0Score137Shelves
47. 47 我 Back When I Was a Folk Mage 我做民间法师的时候 Mid-Spring春中Mystery152k WordsOngoing I entered the trade at fourteen and spent six years as a folk ritual master. In the south, this line of work is called “spirit arts.” I watched it go from thriving to decline. This year marks my sixth year, and I’ve finally left the trade behind. This work isn’t as glamorous as it looks. We’re all rats crawling out of the sewers, and the bar for entry keeps getting lower. I’m writing these stories down now as a way to remember those days. 192Reads—Score104Shelves

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    Ahhh, so scary!

48. 48 九 Uncle Jiu's World: I Transmigrated and Became a Zombie 九叔世界之我穿越成了僵尸 Pitch-Black Meat Bun黑不溜秋的肉包子Mystery164k WordsOngoing The world is vast, and anything can happen. By a twist of fate, modern young man Jin Cheng transmigrates to Uncle Jiu's world, becoming the royal zombie currently biting Daoist Master Qianhe. He also brings along an "Extreme Choices System" with an exceptionally "dog-like" way of doing things. With a human soul, a zombie body, and the aura of a dragon, watch as he rises in a world overrun by monsters and demons to become the one and only Imperial Zombie, surpassing the Four Great Zombie Ancestor 29.8kReads—Score3.2kShelves

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