Novels like A Rural Guide to the Supernatural
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- 1 A Mortal's Quest for the Dao: Defying Heaven to Change My Fate 凡人问道之逆天改命 After his spirit root is crippled and he is cast out by his family, Chu Yang is humiliated by his fiancée at his mother’s grave. But on a stormy night, he awakens the power to devour and uncovers the secret of the Coffin of Sky Burial. Clinging to the conviction that “I decide my own fate, not the heavens,” he rises from a crushed, insignificant ant and embarks on a path to defy destiny. He devours spirit roots, slays Golden Core cultivators, and withstands heavenly retribution, unleashing blood 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Blind Seer 盲眼天机 As a child, the protagonist was caught stealing money and severely punished by his father, who cut off three of his fingers. He wandered the streets from then on, until he stumbled upon fortune-telling by chance. After secretly reading The Deep Sea and the Flat Earth, he tried to imitate a fortune-teller, but faced one setback after another and was exposed by a fellow practitioner. On a rainy night at the City God Temple, he met a benefactor who taught him the art of divination. After getting hi 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Yin-Fated Face Reader 阴女相师 On the day I was born, a Huang Xian came to worship the moon outside my home. She said I was born with the fate of an emperor, and that if I entered the Way, I would surely command the Four Divine Beasts and make all manner of spirits bow before me. Sadly, I was born into the wrong family and wouldn't live to see ten. My family's fortunes had been cut off, and our bloodline was destined to end after three generations. I just happened to be the third. I am a living person who walks the path of th 569Reads6.3Score10314d adds
- 4 She Has No Shadow, Yet Wears My Uniform and Calls Me Teacher 她没有影子，却穿着我的工服喊我老师 She Has No Shadow, Yet Wears My Uniform and Calls Me Teacher 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Notes from a Visitor to Another World 异界人笔记 [Infinite Flow horror + mild scares + mystery + single male protagonist + no romance] My father is Pei Shiwu, my mother is Zheng Baifen, and I’m Pei Zheng, who both loses and gains. At sixteen, I unexpectedly gained the ability to see ghosts. I fought evil, helped the vulnerable, and encountered one bizarre, fascinating tale after another. These are my notes. Come along and see what I went through. Got your seats ready? I’m about to reveal it all, one story at a time… 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Eerie Artifacts 诡器 The supernatural is reviving!!! Evil spirits are invading the human world, and ghosts cannot be killed!!! Evil spirits run rampant across the world, plunging it into a massive catastrophe. The human world has become a living hell. Where can humanity find hope? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 On My Birthday, an AI Told Me My Best Friend Was Going to Kill Me 生日那天，AI告诉我闺蜜要杀我 On my birthday, an AI told me my best friend was going to kill me —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Haunting of the New Home 搬家诡事 [Mystery + Thriller + Supernatural + Horror + No Female Lead + Smart Protagonist] His name was Yi Jibo. After he was wrongfully imprisoned, his mother fell ill and died. To pay off his gambling debts, his father sold her ashes to the Japanese through a crematorium driver. To get his mother's ashes back, Yi Jibo went to work at a Japanese funeral home. And so he burned Japanese corpses while searching for his mother's ashes… 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 I Have Yin-Yang Eyes 我有一双阴阳眼 Born with yin-yang eyes, Su Mingye was frail and sickly as a child, easily assailed by ghosts. When he was fifteen, the seal on his yin-yang eyes broke, and a hundred ghosts surrounded his home to steal them. With his life hanging by a thread, he was saved by a practitioner of yin-yang arts. He later became the practitioner’s disciple, learning the arts to protect himself. With his yin-yang eyes open, he can discern the worlds of yin and yang, destroy evil spirits, recognize demons and monsters 105Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 10 The Spirit Mirror Breaks Evil: A Mountain Village's Night-Shadow Mystery 灵鉴破邪：山村夜影谜局 The Spirit Mirror Exorcises Evil: The Night-Shrouded Village’s Mystery 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Bizarre Trail of the Living Dead 活死人诡迹 A blood-written letter is his only clue, and his origins are a mystery; Seven birthmarks on his back look like people, yet resemble ghosts; A loyal, mysterious yellow dog is always at his side! Blood lingzhi, black ginseng, and a white poplar tree that bleeds; Unrotting bones, a pit of ten thousand corpses, and a ten-thousand-year-old corpse that weeps; Living dead, an immortal body, and people who look exactly alike! It all begins with a blood-written letter containing just a few brief words... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Strange Records from the Wilderness: The Fatal Curse Following Hikers 荒山诡录：徒步者背后的索命诅咒 Also known as: Ghosts in the Deep Mountains: The Reaper Has Called Out Every Teammate In the summer of 2012, I joined a hiking club, only to encounter horrors in the wild mountains that shattered everything I thought I knew. When our guide took a detour to avoid a locust tree, a black-clad child beneath it grinned eerily at me. A frail old man who had been walking ahead suddenly appeared behind us, his rotting black teeth stretching almost to his ears. When I caught up with the group, the “team 69Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Boarding School Deep in the Mountains 大山深处的寄宿学校 This is a fully enclosed school built deep in the mountains. Strange things began happening as soon as she arrived. Just how many secrets is she hiding? And why is the school tucked away in the mountains? It all began the day she transferred. 679Reads8.4Score13114d adds
- 14 The Maoshan Taoist Master of Yin and Yang 茅山阴阳道长 Night fell. The corpse in the coffin slowly opened its eyes and raised both hands. Suddenly, it shoved the coffin lid aside, exhaled a breath of cold air, then leaped up and slowly hopped into the woods beneath the moonlight... As the name suggests, Yin-Yang Daoist is a Maoshan priest. Evil spirits have emerged, plunging the world into chaos. Watch as the Yin-Yang Daoist slays demons and banishes evil to keep the world at peace. 486Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Red and White: A Deadly Omen 红白喜煞 I was born amid a clash of red and white funeral rites, with a sinister tattoo on my back from birth. People call me the Sin-Born, and everyone who gets close to me is cursed with bad luck. To keep me alive, my grandmother entrusted me to the Goddess Houtu, making me a temple keeper. She also found me a person with a pure spirit to absorb my baleful energy. To dispel the tattoo on my back, I embarked on a path of good deeds and accumulating merit. Only at the very end did I learn that the most 14Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 16 The Haunted House Salesman 凶宅推销员 My name is Wang Hao, and I work at a real estate agency that only opens late at night. The boss is beautiful, but she's rarely around. My coworker is a creepy Taoist who drags me out every night at 2:30 to spy on the apartment across the street. There's also a little girl with purple hair who keeps throwing pink slippers at me. My job is to inspect haunted houses, because I can see those "things." I only wanted to save up enough to put my younger sister through school. That was until a thousa —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Ghosts Are Everywhere 处处都有鬼 Inspired by paranormal encounters experienced by me and my friends. The later I write into the night, the more frightened I get. Every little sound or stir of wind makes me wonder if I’m going to see something again. It gives me goosebumps, and then I can write a new paranormal story. One paranormal tale per chapter. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Eat Mutton, Share the Sheep's Lifespan 吃羊肉，分羊寿 Eat mutton, share the sheep's years of life —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Heir to the Ghostly Way 鬼道传人 The art of ghostcraft bridges the worlds of yin and yang, drawing upon every school of magic. Lin Ziqin was born with a short-lived fate and had a knack for attracting ghosts from childhood. Fortunately, a master saved him, and he became an heir to the art of ghostcraft. After completing his training, he returns to capture vengeful spirits and banish evil. With beautiful women by his side, he roams the campus and the city, crossing between the realms of the living and the dead, all to defy fate 728Reads5.6Score11014d adds
- 20 Subway Hauntings 地铁诡事 Supernatural stories often circulate about the subway in the capital: People carrying a sedan chair through the tunnel at Yonghegong Station; the last subway train at 11:30 p.m., running with its lights off; passengers who mysteriously die on the tracks, only for the last surveillance footage to reveal that they were pushed off the platform by a pair of invisible hands... Are these rumors just urban legends, or are they real? At first, I didn’t believe them either. But one night, when I accid 794Reads8.7Score10914d adds
- 21 A Collection of Bizarre Horror Stories 怪诞恐怖故事集 My stories have magic, blood and tears, the evil side of human nature, and the horror you’re looking for. 1. Mother’s Bottles and Jars: A single drop of blood can turn one grain of rice into a whole pot of rice. A hundred drops can conjure a bicycle... What kind of magic is hidden in the bottles and jars Mother prepared for him? 2. The Toilets in Dreams: If you fall asleep while desperate to pee, you’ve surely dreamed of all kinds of toilets. If you write down the toilets you see in your dreams, 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 My Sister-Obsessed Guardian: Becoming a God in a World of the Uncanny 护妹狂魔我在诡异世界封神 [Gory violence + System + dungeons + no female lead + no saintly do-gooder + slow burn + global livestream + doting big brother] Chen Mo: The bizarre world is supposed to be hell for humanity, right? But I always feel like they’re friendlier than humans. They’re not scheming or plotting against each other, and they’re completely open with me. Every one of them calls me Little Boss and scurries along behind me. I have no idea why. All the Ghost Kings: (ಥ﹏ಥ) As long as you’re happy, Your Highness 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 My Dopamine Black Market: Midnight Collection of Folk Horror 我的多巴胺黑市：午夜民间惊悚集 I’m the owner of the Midnight Dopamine Black Market. I don’t sell antiques or talismans. I deal in just one thing: those few thrilling seconds when your heart stops after waking from a midnight dream. There’s only one rule for entering this black market: trade your courage for the dopamine you desire. Here you’ll find folk horrors that make your scalp crawl: a headless sacrifice beneath the old locust tree at the village entrance, paper figures carrying a bride in a sedan chair, and the “passing 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Digging a Well, Unleashing Evil: The Stele Spirit's Bloody Grudge Traps the Village Souls 凿井惊邪：碑灵血怨困村魂 Dowsing a Well Unleashes Evil: The Stele Spirit’s Blood Curse Traps the Village Souls 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 When I Was Born, I Had a Phoenix Crown on My Head and a Green Dragon Around My Waist 我出生时，头顶凤冠，青龙缠腰 My mother was born with a yin fate and was known as the Ghost Mother. She also had another, deeply mysterious identity, one that struck fear into both the spirit and human worlds. Later, my mother gave birth to me. On the day I was born, I wore a phoenix crown, and a green dragon coiled around my waist. The Five Immortals willingly became my babysitters… Yet Master Chen the Third, a feng shui expert, declared that this girl was destined to bring disaster! 5Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 26 Luring Ghosts 招诡 A lot of the time, there are secrets and things hidden inside you that even you don't know about. For instance, what happens after you fall asleep... 350Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 27 Strange Tales of Southeast Asia 东南亚诡事 (The author has opened a coffee shop in the ancient city of Dali and is busy with renovations. Please wait a little while for updates.) My name is Ning. During college, I went alone to Thailand to intern at a hotel, where a series of bizarre and inexplicable things happened. Why was there a temple built inside the hotel? What secrets did this temple hide? 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Strange Case Files 诡局录 [No System + No Cultivation + No Foolish Protagonist + Traditional Supernatural Horror + Mystery and Suspense] My name is Shang Tian, and I’m a man cursed by an evil spirit. It was a lottery ticket that should never have existed. Its dark, yellow-black background looked soaked in old blood and night; the glaring red lettering wasn’t a set of lucky numbers, but an invitation to hell. When I scratched it off, overjoyed and thinking I’d found a lifeline to a hundred-thousand-yuan jackpot, my finge 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Strange Tales from Liaozhai: Ghost Stories and Unsolved Mysteries 聊斋秘闻鬼魅传说与未解之谜 A collection of suspenseful short stories inspired by Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio and Chinese folk legends! Your follows and support motivate me to write. I’ll do my best to bring you even better stories! Fresh off the press! Leave a review, and I’ll keep improving! 1Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 30 Born of a Corpse 尸生子 My mother-in-law was a midwife. When I grew up, I took over and delivered babies for women, becoming a male midwife. I deliver babies for the living, but I also deliver them for the dead... 177Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 31 The Curse of Sorrowful Love Lake Island 悲恋湖岛的魔咒 A tragic love affair haunts the island on Lake Sorrow, where a century-old curse follows like a shadow. Is David Crane's million-dollar prize a gift from fate, or an invitation to the abyss? An ebony bracelet conceals a mystery, a key of ultraviolet light opens a forbidden door, silicon-based blood algae whisper in the dark, and the shadow of a sacrificial ritual quietly descends. Science and witchcraft clash fiercely, while the line between reality and illusion blurs. To escape their family's f 2Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 32 Don’t Call My Name at Midnight 半夜不要喊我名字 Believe it or not, this is a true story. She is Yang Xiaofan, dumped by a man who had been using her for her money, then left with nothing. With almost no savings left, she had no choice but to move into a deserted house. The mysterious landlord disappeared without a trace after his first appearance. After midnight, terrifying knocks and calls to summon spirits put her life in danger. A black cat that comes and goes appears at strange moments, then vanishes without a trace. Again and again, I wa 1.2kReads8.3Score—14d adds
- 33 At Midnight, Don't Stay in Room 404 午夜十二点，别住404 After transferring schools, Lin Xiaoman is assigned to the strangest dormitory of all: Room 404. On the first night, she sees a pair of soaking-wet slippers beneath her bed, but no one admits they belong to her. On the second night, the shared clock turns counterclockwise and stops at the moment Senior Chu fell from the building three years ago. On the third night, her reflection in the bathroom mirror moves three seconds behind her, and unfamiliar bloody marks appear on her wrist. Her roommates 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Ghost Stories by Night 鬼话夜谈 The story follows Chen Xingchen and Jiang Chuyan, who grew up together in a village. They hear tales of the supernatural from the village elders and experience a number of eerie events themselves. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 The Ultimate Ghost-Raising Master 极品养鬼师 [Adult] + [Adorable Pets] + [Sharp Tongue] + [Making Money] + [Secret Arts] Do you know how to raise ghosts? No worries, I do! Do you know how to catch ghosts? No worries, I do that too! Do you know where to find ghosts? No worries, I’ll take you there! Watch your step. Get in! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Rift in the Abyss: We Awakened the Old Ones 深渊裂隙：我们唤醒旧日支配者 In 1992, U.S. Army Major Austin takes charge of the top-secret project "Abyss Watch." One hundred and thirty meters beneath the desert, a strange fissure spreads madness into the world above. Five elite soldiers are ordered into the abyss, with Austin directing their investigation remotely. A videotape that appears out of nowhere exposes a horrific secret from the past: To spy on the secrets underground, the military sacrificed living people. A thousand meters below ground, an ancient stone gate —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 A Life Borrowed from the Yin Realm 借阴命 To keep me alive, my grandfather borrowed someone else’s life for me. Years later, that person’s descendants came seeking revenge... 190Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 38 Records of a Hundred Ghosts 百鬼事录 [Short Story Collection] + [Based on True Events] + [Folk Paranormal] + [Chinese-Style Horror] + [Urban Legends] + [Standalone Stories] Two hundred standalone horror stories, with no dragging things out. Every story delivers a jolt to the heart, with supernatural encounters, suspense, and eerie mysteries taking turns onstage. No lengthy buildup, just instant scares. Not for the faint of heart! 288Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 39 Beware of the Red Envelopes 红包请小心 We were just a group of ordinary students, but after claiming a red envelope, we were dragged into a terrifying game. As we struggle to survive, we keep searching for a way out and trying to understand why we were chosen. Little do we know that an even deeper mystery is waiting for us, and more horrors are closing in... 636Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 40 Tomb of Terror: My Haunted Forest Expedition 古墓惊魂，我的恐怖森林探险之旅 Terror in the Ancient Tomb: My Adventure Through a Haunted Forest 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Curse of the Sinful Shadow: The Sinner's End 孽影咒怨之罪者的末路 In the shadowy corners of a bustling city, evil grows unchecked like a cancer. Driven by greed, some resort to the most despicable means to line their pockets, while others lose themselves in an abyss of desire, unable to climb out. Little do they know that retribution is already drawing near. Each sin has finally awakened a curse lurking in the unseen world. This is a horror story about evil and retribution. Every sinner pays a terrible price for their misdeeds, while the resentment hidden in t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The Terrifying School 极度恐怖校园 As the best university in the city, this school admits only outstanding students. But it also has many rules that are hard to understand: no studying after eight o’clock, and no leaving your dorm room after midnight. No matter who calls to you from the corridor, do not answer... The protagonists in this story are all independent, but their countless connections eventually bring them together. What secrets does this school hold? 293Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 White Russian Cemetery 白俄公墓 [Supernatural + Mystery + Horror + Forbidden Sites and Zone Exploration + Dark] While traveling, I passed through a small town called Beima and accidentally entered a strange internet cafe. The terrifying legend of a woman ghost hanging upside down, messages from an online friend dating back to 2001, an old school campus regarded as forbidden ground, a mysterious ghost village behind the school, and a cemetery that exists only in people's memories. Somehow, all of it seems connected to me. This 49Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 44 If You're Afraid to Die in a Horror World, What Makes You Think You Can Win? 在恐怖世界怕死，你凭什么想赢啊 [Infinite Flow]+ [Death Game]+ [Apocalyptic Survival]+ [Horror Mini-Worlds] Warning: This may not be well written, so think carefully before diving in! In the orderly world we know, have you ever imagined a chaotic world that was its opposite? Yun Xiao was snatched from his sleep and brought into such a world. Here, there are no laws, no order, no humanity… In short, there are no rules at all. All that exists are terrifying mini-worlds where you can grow stronger! At first, he thought this was 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 When Your Reflection Starts to Betray You 当你的倒影开始背叛 [Horror assignments + death games + independent planets in the galaxy] “Hey, your sister is dead~” “Your sister is dead!” “Hey, I don’t have a sister, but yours really is dead, hehe.” “**!” Lin Yumin angrily hung up. A little while later, her phone rang again. “Ma’am, we’ve found your sister’s body. Please come to the Public Security Bureau to identify it.” “Will you give it a rest? Your sister is dead! Your whole family’s croaked!” After unleashing a torrent of abuse, Lin Yumin hung up 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 There Are No Evil Dogs on Evil Dog Ridge 恶狗岭没有恶狗 There Are No Vicious Dogs on Evil Dog Ridge 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 The Conspiracy Behind the Terrifying Calls 恐怖电话背后的阴谋 The conspiracy behind the horror phone 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Redemption and Rebirth in the Darkness 黑暗中的救赎与新生 Salvation and New Life in the Darkness 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Terror Underground: My Journey of Adventure and Growth 地道惊魂，我的探险与成长 Terror Underground: My Adventure and Growth —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Abandoned Wife's Desert Island Adventure 弃妇的荒岛冒险之旅 An Abandoned Wife's Adventure on a Deserted Island 1Reads—Score—14d adds
