Recommend Some Mystery, Supernatural, and Horror Novels 求推荐悬疑灵异恐怖小说

1. 1 误 I Blundered into a Horror World, Only to Find That All the Bosses Were Lamps 误入恐怖世界，没想到BOSS全是灯 Clouds Are Light, Phoenixes Are Small and Gentle云淡凤小轻17k WordsCompleted I stumbled into a world of horror, only to find that every BOSS was a lamp. 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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   They're all from this series, give them a try, and I've watched them all! 😳

2. 2 弟 After My Brother Was Crushed by a Tycoon Family, I Summoned the Ten Kings of Hell to Claim Their Lives 弟遭豪门碾杀，我引十殿阎罗索命 Clouds Are Light, Phoenixes Are Small and Gentle云淡凤小轻13k WordsCompleted After his younger brother is crushed to death by a powerful family, he summons the Ten Kings of Hell to claim their lives 16Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 3 厉 The Vengeful Ghost Great-Grandma Wants to Kill My Daughter, but My Pure Yang Infant Shatters a Century-Old Blood Pact 厉鬼太奶想杀我女，我纯阳婴镇碎百年血契 Clouds Are Light, Phoenixes Are Small and Gentle云淡凤小轻9k WordsCompleted A Vengeful Ghost of a Great-Grandmother Wants to Kill My Daughter, but My Pure-Yang Baby Shatters a Century-Old Blood Pact 3Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 4 后 The Sealed Cave Behind the Mountain: I Became the Village's Soul Guardian 后山囚洞：我成了全村守魂人 Clouds Are Light, Phoenixes Are Small and Gentle云淡凤小轻Mystery600k WordsOngoing After accidentally entering a century-old forbidden site in the back mountains, Jiang Ningyue unexpectedly inherits a fated duty and becomes the village’s only soul guardian. A deep, secluded prison cave suppresses countless wrongfully dead spirits. Ancient village rules conceal secrets unknown to outsiders, while turmoil erupts along the boundary between Yin and Yang, and one eerie calamity follows another. Generations of cave guardians have borne endless suffering, and a century of tangled gru 7Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 5 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: Girl, Your Bazi Is Seriously Wild 直播算命：姐妹你八字很淦 Little Rabbit Demon King兔子大魔王Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [No Couple, Strong Female Lead, Live-Streamed Fortune-Telling and Metaphysics, with Various Ways to Change Your Luck] Fortune-telling on a livestream? Heaven Official's Blessing? There are gods three feet above your head. May the Supreme Lord Lao make his presence known! After graduating, Zhao Yun Er inherits a small Taoist temple. With no incense offerings, she starts livestreaming to bring in visitors. [Streamer, when will I meet the right person?] Zhao Yun Er calculates on her fingers. Sis, y 684Reads9.3Score100Shelves
6. 6 她 She’s Short on Money in the Five Elements 她五行缺钱【玄学】 Spicy Porridge麻辣粥Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Yi was kidnapped at the age of five and unexpectedly became the 108th successor of an obscure Daoist temple. The one who raised her and taught her everything was a wisp of the temple’s founding matriarch’s soul, which had remained inside her memorial tablet. Her temple was nothing more than a ramshackle shack made from discarded boards that mountain hunters didn’t want. It had no running water or electricity. Even dog-litter mushrooms grew between the floorboards. After they came down the 931Reads9.4Score198Shelves
7. 7 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 705.5kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves
8. 8 栩 Vivid as Life 栩栩若生 Xiao Xu小叙Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A fortune-teller said I was born destined for greatness, the reincarnation of the Flower Goddess, with the power to turn stones into gold and command flower spirits and tree sprites. Once I came of age, my family was sure to prosper. But when I was twelve, I came down with a strange illness. My fever wouldn’t break, and I kept seeing terrifying visions... In a dream, I met an old woman who told me to find an expert with supernatural powers to save my life. Millet to summon souls, altars and form 19.7kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves
9. 9 天EN The Heavenly Eye Feng Shui Master 天眼风水师 Light of the Dao道之光Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [A feng shui novel] [Featuring feng shui, Daoist medicine, psychology, and economics; read faces and phone numbers] [Practical insights] [Explaining the esoteric with science] My master hastily taught me the art of divination and passed down a few books. Before I even had the chance to formally begin my training in the mountains, he sent me down into the world to help people... Where can I even go to complain about that? Amid the mortal world, I help others and cultivate myself. 672.6kReads9.6Score138.4kShelves
10. 10 当 When a Young Taoist Nun Became a Big Shot's Great-Great-Aunt 当小道姑成了京圈大佬的世祖姑后 Twisting Open a Skull with One Hand单手拧开天灵盖Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted No Romance + Metaphysics + Ancient Times to the Modern Era + Ghost and Demon Hunting + Lighthearted + Cute Pets + A Touch of Ensemble Cast (Who cares about the rating? Come on in!) At nineteen, Xuan Qing became the second living being in the mortal realm to escape the constraints of the Book of Life and Death. The laws of Heaven would not allow an anomaly like her to exist. But the laws of the Great Dao insisted on protecting her. One day, Xuan Qing transmigrated to Hua Country several hundred 13kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
11. 11 玄 The Mystic Taoist Nun Gets Rich Catching Ghosts and Marries Mr. Gu 玄学道姑她靠抓鬼暴富迎娶顾总 Rock Candy Is a Little Sweet冰糖有点甜Modern Romance845k WordsCompleted [Mysticism + Sweet Romance + Hilarious Shenanigans] After twenty years of devoted eating, Yan Jiujiu finally ate her Taoist temple into bankruptcy. Her senior brothers then tricked her into going down the mountain to bring good fortune to the wealthy CEO Gu Yiqin and earn some money. But before she could make a penny, she wound up with nine hundred million in debt. Yan Jiujiu had no choice but to use mystic arts to earn a living, only to accidentally reveal that she was the mighty Netherworld So 1.9kReads9.3Score422Shelves
12. 12 玄 The Metaphysics Expert Is Back at Her Street Stall 玄学大佬她又去摆地摊了 Tomato洋柿子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Original titles: The Fortune-Telling Street Vendor Is Actually a Mystical Arts Ancestor?! and The Mystical Arts Big Shot Is Back at Her Street Stall [Fortune-telling + ghost-catching + feng shui + powerful protagonist + no romance, thriving solo + gossip + episodic stories] The junior sister of the Zhengyang Sect, sealed away for a thousand years, wakes up reborn in the body of a girl whose parents don't care for her. The girl wants to go to school, so she'll have to earn her own tuition. So We 42.6kReads9.4Score5.8kShelves
13. 13 当 When an Evil Cultivator Becomes a Cannon-Fodder Fake Heiress 当邪修穿成炮灰假千金 Gu Jiuru故久如Mystery500k WordsCompleted [Female-led story, with a male lead. If that's not your thing, don't read. Half supernatural, half cultivation, with little romance.] A genius heretic cultivator failed to overcome her tribulation and transmigrated to the modern world, where spiritual energy was scarce, charlatans ran rampant, and sinister forces were everywhere. Rong Yi: “Isn't this the perfect place for me to practice cultivation?” To absorb baleful energy and restore her cultivation, she casually took care of one supernatural 15.2kReads9.5Score1.9kShelves
14. 14 玄 The Metaphysics Master Eats Her Own Gossip Every Day 玄学大佬每天都在吃自己的瓜 Lousy Uncle辣鸡的uncleModern Romance435k WordsCompleted (Metaphysical, no romance, feel-good story, no logic, with showbiz elements, though the heroine won’t enter showbiz) Shen Yu, a great survivalist, was forced into seclusion when a cataclysm struck and the Heavenly Dao perished. By the time she ventures out again, the world has changed. Phones? Surveillance cameras? Airplanes? Cannons? Good heavens, this world is even more dangerous than the cultivation world! No need to panic. She’ll quietly cultivate and keep a low profile until she’s invincibl 7kReads9.3Score703Shelves
15. 15 玄 The Fake Heiress With a Gift for the Mystical Arts Is the Real Heiress 玄学假千金才是真千金 Find Joy in a Peaceful Heart清心自乐Modern Romance600k WordsCompleted [Fake and real heiresses + Satisfying metaphysical fantasy + Two powerful leads] Su Xiwan was the fake heiress mistakenly switched into the Su family. After the Su family found their biological daughter, they kicked Su Xiwan out. After leaving the Su family, Su Xiwan happened to catch the eye of the Mu family. That was when they discovered that she was the real heiress who had gone missing from the Mu family, one of the four great families of the capital. Back in a wealthy household, Mu Xiwan re 32.2kReads9.3Score4.1kShelves
16. 16 玄 The Mystic Girl Says You’ll Die at Three in the Morning. Pay Up to Change Your Fate 玄学少女说你三更死，打钱改命 Brown Sugar Cake红糖糕Modern Romance540k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + fortune-telling + ghost-catching + satisfying read + lighthearted + sweet romance + CEO + wealthy family + no angst] After enduring a tribulation, Wu Yin is struck by lightning and sent back to the twenty-first century. With no money to her name, she can only set up a fortune-telling stall online. She tells fortunes, catches ghosts, and treats illnesses. If you can pay, she’ll take the job. “Master, if you’re really any good, tell me where my daughter, who was kidnapped years ago, 59.2kReads9.4Score30.3kShelves
17. 17 神 The Divine Fortune-Teller Speaks with Ghosts, and the King of Hell Is Her Little Brother 神算她能与鬼通，阎王是她小老弟 The Badger of the Green Grassland青青草原平头哥Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ghost Hunting + Fortune-Telling + Top Combat Power + Heaven's Own Daughter] A scumbag father, a fake-nice stepmother, and a white-lotus younger sister who's a piece of work? Tang Qing wasn't afraid. She cut off all family ties from the start. Karma? Heavenly retribution? Sorry, Heaven is her own dear father. Evil spirits, zombies, and if you hit them, they'll report you to the underworld? Oh, the King of Hell is her little brother. A handful of talismans in one hand and a sword in the other, sh 2.8kReads9.2Score358Shelves
18. 18 满 The Max-Level Expert Becomes a Legend Through Metaphysics 满级大佬靠玄学成为传说 Northern Feather Kite北翎之鸢Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Jun Ci, a big shot from the demon realm, transmigrated overnight into an obscure entertainment-industry nobody who had tried to mooch off a top-tier star and then been exposed online for faking her suicide. When her company put her on ice, Jun Ci didn’t bat an eye. She simply inherited the little Taoist temple her grandfather had left her. From then on, she built a thriving business telling fortunes and catching ghosts. A business tycoon waved a wad of cash at her: “Master, will this project suc 2.3kReads9.1Score306Shelves
19. 19 万 Reported by Ten Thousand Ghosts! This Big Shot Hunts Ghosts Every Day 万鬼举报！这个大佬天天在抓鬼 The Cabbage Bun Isn't Cabbage菜包子不菜Modern Romance624k WordsCompleted [No Romance + Metaphysics + Strong Female Lead + Heartwarming + Comedy + Supernatural + Face Reading + Feng Shui] My name is Zhao Yan. I ate so much that my master packed me off to a psychiatric hospital to “hone my skills” for two years. I thought I’d at least be less hungry after I got out, but my master had already gotten himself arrested. To keep from starving, I gritted my teeth and rented a haunted house famous across the internet. Then I went back to my old trade: catching ghosts, fort 529Reads8.9Score101Shelves
20. 20 绝 The Stunning Young Heavenly Master’s Daily Face-Slapping 绝色小天师打脸日常 Give It a Persimmon Try柿柿就试试Modern Romance438k WordsCompleted Tang Yici is the youngest disciple of a mystic sect, born with a Heavenly Eye that lets her see the realms of yin and yang. But when she turns twenty-two, her master reads her fate and tells her she must guide a hundred thousand restless spirits, or she will never set foot on the Road to the Underworld or cross the River of Forgetfulness. With no other choice, she has to embark on the path of a Celestial Master. She discovers that every spirit has a tale of love and hatred behind it. Watch as th 899Reads9.4Score145Shelves
21. 21 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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    🔥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!😭😭

22. 22 鬼 Ghostly Eyes 鬼灵瞳 Little Master小师傅Mystery931k WordsCompleted A reclusive man known as Little Master, along with several strange people brought together by coincidence but united by their shared interests, gradually uncovers a history buried for many years: the five great clans of the ancient world and the Yin-Yang adepts who could do anything. It seems that fate has long been leading them into one thrilling fantasy adventure after another... 1kReads9.1Score103Shelves
23. 23 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
24. 24 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
25. 25 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Mystery229k 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 640Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Come try this one! A fast-paced urban supernatural ghost-taming novel. The male protagonist was originally a low-level worker who couldn't even afford rent. Due to a fateful "accident," he was able to control shadow spirits and, together with his parents, solve the hidden dangers left over from the past, gradually embarking on the path of a ghost tamer. If you like this kind of story, hurry up and read it!!

26. 26 悬 Suspenseful Investigation 悬侦 Camille可蜜儿Mystery504k WordsOngoing The city is a vast chessboard, and all living beings are its pieces. He heard the sound of a chess piece falling: a taunt from hell, and a death knell leading to the truth. Every cold case has an ending. He used the dead as a mirror to reconstruct the sins of the living, and the chess game as a ruse to conceal a heart that devoured people. 793Reads—Score—Shelves

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    🔍 My scalp is numb! Each case in "Suspense" is more powerful than the last. There are no cliche emotional lines, only hard-core crime solving and beautiful group portraits. The team has a tacit understanding of each other, and the twists and turns are constant. It's also super fun to read alone, and you can understand everything! 🧩

27. 27 诡 The Strange Yearbook: Who's Next? 诡异同学录：下一个，轮到谁？ The Beauty Eats Fish虞美人吃鱼Mystery354k WordsOngoing Can someone who died ten years ago really kill? At the City No. 1 High School library, a female teacher was crushed to death beneath a bookcase that had been torn from its moorings, amid piles of old books. Was the message at the scene, “May you always be surrounded by the scent of books in the library,” really written by Lin Wan, the autistic girl who drowned ten years ago? Over the past decade, several promising young people have died one after another in seemingly flawless “accidents.” Each 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You've graduated, did you write in your yearbook? Are the classmates who wrote in your yearbook still around?

28. 28 风 Echoes in the Sandstorm 《风沙里的回响》 The Beauty Eats Fish虞美人吃鱼29k WordsCompleted Echoes in the Sandstorm 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommended for those experiencing a reading slump; worth reading.

29. 29 全 Everyone Plays Hide-and-Seek: The Unhinged Beauty Has Maxed-Out Clairvoyance 全民躲猫猫：疯批美人她满级天眼 Deep-Fried Pear油炸雪梨Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing [Game Invasion + Hide-and-Seek + Livestream + Female Lead + No Romance] After nuclear war, Blue Star lies in ashes. Hide-and-seek is humanity's only hope. A global hide-and-seek game has arrived. Those chosen will represent their nations in battle. Victory earns rewards; defeat means losing territory! When Lin Suian appears as Dragon Nation's forty-fourth contestant, the comments wail: “She's wearing a hospital gown? And slippers? It's over, Dragon Nation's luck has run out!” But while the other 205.8kReads9.3Score21.9kShelves

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    My friends, does anyone understand this?! This hide-and-seek novel had me laughing so hard I was practically rolling on the floor! 🤣 It's a global forced game of hide-and-seek where if you get caught, your country falls, and everyone's legs go numb with fear. But the female lead is a crazy beauty who just got out of the hospital. She drags patients around the eerie lair, showing off her cake, and then leans in to comment on the ghosts' makeup and hair not being scary enough, causing the entire eerie place to crash. The whole thing was so hilarious it was like my head was spinning, I just couldn't stop reading!

30. 30 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 833Reads6.7Score101Shelves

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    These are mostly the type where the main character gradually grows stronger. The plot is quite novel, and the friendship between the main characters is portrayed very well. Highly recommended! 😳

31. 31 出 The Day I Left My Master, I Banged My Head and Killed My Entire Family 出师当天，我一头磕死满院亲人 Spicy Beef Offal Pot香辣牛杂煲Mystery507k WordsCompleted A yellow weasel weeps at a grave, a dead woman gives birth. A sinister, uncanny world of curse magic unfolds... 2.4kReads8.9Score320Shelves
32. 32 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
33. 33 佛 The Amulet Shop 佛牌专事店 The Little Lamb Who Wants to Fly要飞的小羊Mystery390k WordsCompleted [No female lead + two male leads] My name is Zhou Yi. I’m a broke loser who just graduated from college and can’t even find a decent job. Then a shop owner called and asked me to interview for a sales clerk position. At last, I found a job that could keep food on the table. But the things sold in this shop were nothing like ordinary merchandise. They even seemed a little sinister. Still, I needed to make a living, so I gritted my teeth and stuck with it. I never imagined that this job would plun 11.6kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves
34. 34 乡 The Godslayer of the Countryside 乡村弑神者 Huilin Xiang汇祥林里Mystery387k WordsCompleted [Chinese-style horror + not a power fantasy + more terrifying the more you think about it] When I was eight, my maternal grandfather took my two uncles and me to Chang'an Village to help harvest rice. Not long after we arrived, someone died under mysterious circumstances. Worried something might happen to me, my grandfather told my eldest uncle to take me home first. Before we left, he repeatedly warned us not to speak to anyone we met on the road. My eldest uncle agreed, and we hurried back. Ha 735Reads8.9Score105Shelves
35. 35 全EN Global Death Exam: Straight from the Execution Grounds to the Test Room 全球死考：刚下刑场你让我去考试 I Love Eating Cat Chips我爱吃猫片哇Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [Tactical battles + mild horror + infinite-world adventure] The Deadly College Entrance Exam has arrived, dragging thirty million candidates into hell. The exam questions have been replaced with scenes from horror movies and disasters. Even staying alive is a pipe dream. Pass and earn rewards. Fail and be erased! Ten points earn ten million. One hundred points earn Tyrant genes. One thousand points earn the Apocalypse. Only ??? can make it out of this exam. To investigate, the military “ 1.7MReads9.3Score344.4kShelves

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    #High intelligence, not mindless#

36. 36 当 When I'm in the Rules Horror Game, Nothing Is Forbidden 当我在规则怪谈百无禁忌 Xu Moqing徐墨卿Mystery542k WordsCompleted [No female lead + supernatural horror + mental illness + comedy + national destiny] My name is Su Ming, and I'm a transmigrator. I currently work at Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital, where I'm in charge of the important project of “being studied.” They keep saying I'm sick, but I know I'm fine. It's the world that's sick. After I escaped from the psychiatric hospital, I was chosen by Rule Horror to become Longguo's chosen participant, representing Longguo in the upcoming horror games. [Ding! The Ho 67kReads9.6Score7.7kShelves
37. 37 第 The Ninety-Ninth Bride 第九十九位新娘 Surely the Celestial Immortal Is Drunk Tonightz应是天仙狂醉zFantastical Romance345k WordsOngoing "Ninety-eight brides. Every last one of them rotted here. You won't escape." All 98 brides were screwed, and I'm unlucky number 99! I wandered into a cursed place while scouting locations and landed myself a crazy, white-haired husband. The first time we met, he grabbed me by the throat and threatened to burn my whole family if I didn't obey! Later, he stole offerings from other people, snatched my milk tea pearls, knocked on my window in the middle of the night to keep me company, and held me w 310Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This female-oriented supernatural novel is particularly good.

38. 38 仙 The Immortal Emperor's Retirement Life 仙帝的退休生活 Broken Blade断刃Urban1.8M WordsOngoing Invincible, reborn, no secrets from the family + overpowered hero + one heroine + sweet romance + goofy humor + laid-back daily life The eldest grandson of the Liu family of the old capital was persecuted... No, that’s not right. Let’s start over! As an idle Immortal Emperor, I just want to retire, feed the birds, walk the dog, and spend time with my wife and kid. A thousand-year-old ghost? My brother-in-law is a city inspector in the underworld. Look into it. A hidden sect? My great-grandfather 18.4kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves

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    Cultivation, detective work, and romance

39. 39 高 The Master Comes Down from the Mountain, and My Senior Sister Dotes on Me Too Much 高手下山，我家师姐太宠我了 Please, Let Me Go Viral求求你让我火吧Urban6.3M WordsOngoing [An unstoppable power fantasy, every line is satisfying, the plot moves at lightning speed, with no dragging and decisive action] At my graduation banquet, my parents and brothers were brutally killed. Hunted down, I barely escaped with my life. After five years of martial arts training on Mount Kunlun, I've returned in triumph! “You're an elite rich kid, and you think I can't afford to offend you? My master could kill you with a slap!” “You're the king of Chinese medicine? My master is an hei 258.1kReads9.3Score8.1kShelves
40. 40 灵EN A Blind Swordsman's Sword Coffin 灵墟，剑棺，瞎剑客 Cooked Laifu Pigeon煮熟的来福鸽Eastern Fantasy8.8M WordsOngoing [No System] [Genius Swordsmanship] [Passionate] [Decisive and Ruthless] He is blind, carries a coffin on his back, and has a tragic past. The sect says: "We'll protect you." His brothers say: "We'll stay by your side." The sword spirit says: "I... will wait for you." Later, he becomes the ruler of the Immortal Realm, and his eyes regain their sight. Looking back on the road behind him, all that remains is one sentence: "When the wind blows, I'll walk slowly. When it rains, I'll keep to the side. 444.6kReads9.2Score46.8kShelves
41. 41 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! 73.8kReads9.4Score8.8kShelves
42. 42 我 I’m Already at the Nascent Soul Stage, and You’re Telling Me It’s Time to Start School? 我都元婴期了，你跟我说开学？ Miaomiao Jiang妙妙酱丷Urban5.4M WordsOngoing During his summer vacation, Ning Chen went traveling and accidentally stumbled into a teleportation array that opened once every two thousand years, transmigrating to the world of cultivation. After reaching the Nascent Soul stage, he returned, thinking the world must have changed beyond recognition. To his surprise, only one summer had passed... And so, among the incoming freshmen at Qingzhou University was an old monster at the Nascent Soul stage. “You have no idea how powerful a Nascent Soul 134.2kReads8.3Score11.7kShelves
43. 43 都 Reborn in the City as an Immortal Emperor 都市之仙帝重生 Seven Nights, Seventh Month七夜七月Urban4.1M WordsCompleted The Nine Dust Immortal Emperor, Qin Feng, was ambushed by the Misty Immortal Maiden, the woman he loved. By chance, he was reborn into his youth on Earth, a thousand years in the past. The guiding principle of my life, Qin Jiuchen, is this: my benefactors will receive a hundredfold repayment, and my enemies will suffer for three lifetimes. Having lived again, all I want is to repay kindness and settle grudges as I please, while making up for all the regrets of my previous life... 48.6kReads9.0Score4.8kShelves
44. 44 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves
45. 45 学EN Don't Worry, Senior—I'll Protect You 学姐别怕，我来保护你 Gege Wuwu隔胳呜呜Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [Heart-Pounding Engine 2: Pure White Love Letter has been published] [Lighthearted daily life] + [Single female lead] + [No System] + [Not reborn] + [Sweet romance] In high school, Luo Ye had a secret crush on a girl for three years. He even got into the same university as her, and they agreed to start dating if they both got in. But the girl unexpectedly went back on her word. Heartbroken, Luo Ye became a romance novelist. Unexpectedly, before university even began, the novel he wrote shot to t 312.7kReads9.8Score31.4kShelves
46. 46 猎 Sin Hunter Detective 猎罪神探 Old Nine of the Daoist Sect道门老九Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted What's the most terrifying case you've ever heard of? The Corpse Immortal Madam, the Medical University's Sex Fiend, the Human-Head Planters, the Zombie Baby in Building Seven... There are no ghosts in this world, only wrongs waiting to be righted by a master hand. The legendary coroner Song Yang returns to the scene with his disciples, piercing through layer upon layer of mystery to hunt down the killers lurking in this world. Come face-to-face with the bloodiest, most baffling, and most hair-r 5.9kReads9.4Score819Shelves
47. 47 都 Urban: Ten Years of Cultivation, and I’m Unrivaled the Moment I Descend the Mountain 都市：修仙十年，下山即无敌 Feng Yibing冯一病Urban3.2M WordsCompleted The new book has built up a backlog of chapters and can be found on the author's homepage. It tells the story of the hundred thousand years after this book. [Expert Descends the Mountain + Invincible Cultivation + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Decisive Killing + Multiple Realms] The Great Dao is flawed, and spiritual energy has withered. A mighty cultivator who had survived the tribulation traveled the world. By chance, he discovered a peerless prodigy born with a spiritual physique, forcibly took 256kReads9.0Score23.2kShelves
48. 48 龙 The Dragon Lifts Its Head 龙抬头 The One Playing the Zither抚琴的人Urban5.9M WordsCompleted The goddess who used to look down on me is now applying for a job at my company… When the tiger returns to the mountain, the land will run red with blood; When the dragon rises, even the Yellow River will flow backward! 65.8kReads9.0Score8.2kShelves
49. 49 查 Dodo: The Life-Stealing Incense Burner of the Eternal Village 查理九世：永生村的借命香炉 Fishing and Catching a Dragonfly钓鱼钓上蜻蜓Male-Channel Fanfiction252k WordsCompleted [A fan novel based on The Mysterious Files of DODO] “Is it right or wrong to extend a good person’s life by taking years from a wicked one?” Hidden deep in the mountains along the southwestern frontier is a place no map can locate: Eternal Life Village. Legend says its villagers possess an ancient ritual that can prolong life. At every full moon, the entire village gathers around an old well sealed with blue stone slabs. They set a hemp robe alight and toss it into a three-legged bronze furnace 39.6kReads8.9Score5.5kShelves

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    It's great; Charlie IX fanfiction is rare.

50. 50 龙 The Dragon King's Bride 龙王聘 Wangquan Yuechu王权月初Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted That year, I came down with a strange illness that nothing could cure. Then, on the night the blood moon hung high in the sky, my family decorated the house with lanterns and streamers. From that day on, I had a husband no one could see. Around that time, my mother warned me gravely that I must remain faithful to my husband and keep my distance from other men, or disaster would befall me! When I was nineteen, I broke the taboo, and he... appeared. 39.6kReads9.5Score5.8kShelves

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    A suspense novel featuring a female protagonist.

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